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 Father, your word leads us to talk about some very uncomfortable truths.

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 And Father, you know how we have a great habit as human beings to ignore truths that are uncomfortable,

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 to try to do some spin on them.

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 And Father, you know how unpopular this text is for the average Canadian and even the average Canadian Christian.

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 And you know, Father, how many Christians in Canada today struggle with some of these ideas and concepts

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 and even use it as an excuse to walk away from the faith.

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 Father, you know the state of our hearts.

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 And we know that every word that you caused to be written in your word written was written for our health,

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 for our salvation, for our healing, for our strengthening, for our good.

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 And so, Father, we ask that the Holy Spirit would fall with might and power and deep conviction upon us

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 and upon all who are entering into worship through the video, through YouTube Live.

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 We ask for the Holy Spirit would fall with might and power and deep conviction

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 and that your word would do its work in our hearts.

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 And we ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Some of you know that over the years I've had lots of conversations in coffee shops.

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 Over the last 22 months I haven't had very many conversations in coffee shops, even recently.

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 They're not really fully open. They're sort of open.

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 Actually, mainly the few conversations I've had lately have almost all been with Muslims, actually,

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 which is a very interesting development when they see me reading the Bible

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 and they start into a bit of a conversation with me.

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 But there's one fellow. I'm going to call him Bob.

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 And if you're watching for a first time or you're a guest here for the first time,

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 one of the things I try to do when I talk is if I'm using an example of a male,

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 I just always try to use the word Bob so I don't slip and say the person's real name.

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 And it's either usually Sue or Sally if it's a woman.

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 So if you're here and your name is Bob, if I stopped using Bob when the person's real name was Bob,

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 then you'd figure out that his real name was Bob, right?

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 So it just has to always be Bob.

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 So if you're a visitor, you're watching, your name is Bob.

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 In fact, yeah, I'm not talking about you in this case, for sure.

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 But ever, I'm not.

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 But I've had one fellow that I think I had a failure in conversations with him.

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 At the end of the day, only God knows.

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 But I really, I spent months talking to this fellow, always misreading him in a very serious way.

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 The person that he always sat with in the coffee shop was a very, very, very public atheist.

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 And they always seemed to have very, very friendly conversations.

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 And as I got to know this fellow Bob, I discovered that he was raised in an atheist household,

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 that he got a PhD in one of the STEM fields, you know, science, technology, engineering, or medicine.

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 He had a PhD in one of those STEM fields.

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 He was raised in an atheist house.

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 He had had a very, very high-profile job in the STEM field for 30-some-odd years.

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 So I just kept talking to him, assuming that he was an atheist.

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 And I actually, I kept missing what he was saying.

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 And it must have really, it's like, maybe it's part of God's grace that even though I kept being clueless with him,

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 that he kept talking to me.

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 And I'd been talking to him for months before it finally dawned on me

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 that with no help from Christians at all,

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 he had come to the point where he completely and utterly rejected naturalistic evolution.

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 And he believed that spiritual beings existed.

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 And I had completely and utterly missed it.

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 All these times we were talking, we were two ships passing in the night.

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 I just, I just didn't listen.

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 I guess I was just so overwhelmed by his background.

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 And I'd never really come across somebody who all by themselves,

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 completely and utterly separate from any interaction with Christians,

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 had rejected naturalistic evolution completely

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 and actually accepted that spiritual, that minds existed, spirits existed, angels,

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 all those things, they all existed.

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 Then we started to have very, very different conversations

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 just before COVID hit and then he eventually moved to a different city.

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 Actually, if you're watching, I, for some odd reason,

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 I'd love to have a conversation with you again if you'd do me the honor and the pleasure.

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 I mention all of this because the text that you, we just heard,

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 and we're going to look at again in a moment,

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 it makes very clear reference to Satan and to demons.

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 And in Canada, basically there's two camps in Canada nowadays

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 when it comes to things like this.

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 There are a lot of people who completely and utterly reject anything like that

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 as just being against reason, against science, against common sense.

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 It's just kooky.

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 Okay?

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 And then the other camp, which might even now be the majority in Canada,

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 is that they accept that these things exist.

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 It's like a non-issue.

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 Of course spiritual beings exist.

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 Of course spells work.

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 Of course crystals work.

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 Of course there's a spiritual dimension to life.

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 So I just want to say that, you know, over the weeks when we look at Mark's gospel,

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 and we're going to go through all of it,

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 we're going to take a break actually after this sermon

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 to do more Christmas and Advent things

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 and return to it in the second Sunday in January.

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 We'll return to the series.

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 But today I'm not going to do anything to try to convince those

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 who don't think that demons exist.

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 I will at some point in time,

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 because it's going to come up again in other texts, I will.

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 But for now, those of you who are watching, who are skeptical,

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 just give us, just pretend it's, just listen to us as you would

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 an anthropologist trying to figure out, like, weird people groups.

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 But for the rest of you Canadians who accept that such things exist,

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 just to let you know that there's, in a sense, there's two camps in Canada,

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 but biblical Christianity, real Christianity,

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 is on the side of the conversation that believes that minds exist

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 and spirits exist, spiritual beings exist.

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 We disagree with most Canadians,

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 because most Canadians who are in this camp

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 think that this world is either inherently good or neutral,

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 and we Christians disagree with that.

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 The Bible tells that that is a wrong way to understand it.

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 But here is a text where you see that Jesus obviously believes

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 in the existence of Satan and demons

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 and Christians who trust him as their Savior and Lord

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 should also believe the same as well.

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 Now, I just mention that because it's in the context

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 of talking about Satan and demons

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 that these two very, very, very unpopular Canadian ideas,

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 one of them is more of a Christian issue,

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 and the other aspect is just a Christian and secular issue,

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 is that it's in this context that Jesus is going to talk about

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 an unforgivable sin.

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 At least that's how it's often put.

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 And as part of the way he talks about that

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 and deals with some of these issues,

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 he also, in a sense, he never uses the word hell,

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 but he creates part of the, in a sense,

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 the theological and spiritual superstructure

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 and theology within which hell would be understood.

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 So let's look at the text.

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 Mark chapter 3, verses 20 to 35.

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 We're preaching through the gospel of Mark.

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 And by the way, if you're here or if you're watching

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 and you're either a skeptic or a scoffer or a seeker,

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 we don't hide things about the Christian life.

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 That's one of the reasons why we preach through books of the Bible.

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 And if you go through all of Mark's gospel,

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 we're going to have to talk about sexuality.

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 We're going to talk about identity.

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 We're going to have to talk about money.

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 We're going to talk about hell.

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 All sorts of things because we go through from verse to verse

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 and so nothing's hidden.

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 Here's how the text goes.

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 Verse 20.

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 Then Jesus went home.

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 By the way, this would be his,

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 the last couple of years of his life,

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 he had a home.

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 Not probably that he owned,

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 but that he stayed with in the Capernaum area.

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 That's sort of where his home base was for ministry during his public ministry.

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 So verse 20.

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 Then he went home and the crowd gathered again

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 so that they could not even eat.

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 That is the Jesus and his disciples and the people who lived in the home.

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 And when his family,

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 and in the original language,

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 it implies not just family,

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 but people who were close to him.

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 So when his family,

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 in a sense,

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 and many of his friends heard it,

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 that that's where he was,

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 they went out to seize him,

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 for they were saying,

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 he is out of his mind.

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 And actually, literally,

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 the word literally is the one that's used to get the word berserk.

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 He's berserk.

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 Completely crazy.

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 Raving.

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 Mad.

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 Now,

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 just a little bit of an aside.

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 I'm not going to say much about this

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 in terms of the sermon.

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 I just don't have time.

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 It would be a whole interesting sermon in and of itself.

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 But the thing to note here is that people at this time understood the difference between mental illness and demon possession.

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 They didn't just say automatically that if somebody seemed to be exhibiting weird,

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 you know,

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 hearing voices or all those other mood swings,

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 the things that we would identify as mental illness.

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 They didn't just assume it was demonic.

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 They had two categories.

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 And in fact,

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 you'll see that very clearly in the text,

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 because here in this first text,

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 they use what we would now call a psychological category,

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 that he's mentally ill.

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 And we're going to see that in the very next few verses,

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 they use a demonic category.

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 So,

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 it's not,

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 we can be really guilty of chronological snobbery

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 and just think that because we know how to set,

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 get a TikTok account,

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 that somehow we're smarter than people who didn't have flush toilets.

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 It's not the case.

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 You read all writers,

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 they were very smart,

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 very perceptive.

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 And in this day,

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 they had this distinction,

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 which we've lost.

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 And then now the text goes in a very,

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 very bit of a different direction,

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 although it helps us to see that they do understand the distinction between mental illness and demonic oppression or possession.

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 Verse 22,

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 and the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying,

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 he is possessed by Beelzebul.

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 And by the prince of demons,

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 he casts out the demons.

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 And just sort of pause here for a second.

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 I haven't really talked about it very much,

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 but when you see the word scribes here,

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 especially scribes from Jerusalem,

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 this would really be like,

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 a scribe was sort of a cross between somebody with a PhD,

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 somebody who was a lawyer,

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 somebody who was a public intellectual,

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 somebody who was a judge,

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 and someone who was a community leader.

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 So it would be as if,

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 almost as if,

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 not quite,

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 but almost as if Mayor Watson was also a lawyer,

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 and also had a doctorate,

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 and also had,

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 like,

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 was a public intellectual.

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 And they're all rolled into one.

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 And when it says that they come from Jerusalem,

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 what this means is the elite have come.

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 So in our case,

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 it would be that somebody with a PhD from Cambridge,

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 or Oxford,

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 or Harvard,

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 you know,

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 who writes for elite journals,

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 and elite media,

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 and is also a lawyer and a judge,

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 that's who's come.

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 Like,

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 this is a top-notch guy,

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 has come from the center

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 of the Jewish intellectual,

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 spiritual,

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 and cultural world.

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 So a scribe is at the pinnacle of the intellectual,

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 the cultural,

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 the,

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 you know,

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 the biblical,

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 and even in many ways,

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 often because of their consultancy role,

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 at the very height of politics,

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 all blended in a way that doesn't exist anymore.

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 And so they've come down from Jerusalem,

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 and they say that Jesus is possessed.

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 So the interesting thing,

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 by the way,

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 is that what this means is,

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 they accept,

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 they realize,

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 they can't deny that Jesus has been doing miracles.

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 His fame,

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 if you look,

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 you read the other part of the gospel before this,

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 the way the gospel writers work,

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 is they record a couple of significant incidents,

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 that involve a miracle,

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 or a healing,

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 or an exorcism,

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 but they also regularly tell you,

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 that he did this all the time.

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 And if you go back,

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 there's been a couple of summary statements earlier,

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 that basically just say,

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 you know,

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 Jesus is doing this all the time,

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 all the time,

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 all the time,

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 all the time.

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 We're just recording a couple of them.

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 And in fact,

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 in the text that we looked at,

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 either last week or the week before,

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 it just said that one of the reasons,

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 that's one of the reasons why Jesus's fame,

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 without social media,

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 had spread so far,

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 even into areas that were majority pagan,

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 and mixed pagan Jewish areas,

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 and the Jewish homeland,

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 and the center of the Jewish homeland,

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 the fact that he was doing these things,

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 had become very well known.

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 So the scribes,

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 these cultural elite,

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 they come,

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 and they accept,

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 that he's been doing exorcisms,

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 and miracles,

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 and healing,

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 but they saw this,

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 as evidence of something,

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 very opposite,

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 of what Jesus was interpreting it as.

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 In fact,

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 they say,

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 that the fact that he's able to do this,

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 is because of Satan,

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 which we'll see in a moment,

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 Beelzebul,

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 Satan,

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 sort of a common name.

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 So the,

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 if you think of the,

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 demonic world,

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 C.S. Lewis wouldn't say,

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 that it was a hierarchy,

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 if you read the screw tape letters,

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 and if you haven't read,

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 the screw tape letters,

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 read the screw tape letters,

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 at the bottom of the lower archy,

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 or the height of the hierarchy,

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 but a demon,

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 that has more power,

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 and influence,

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 than other demons,

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 and that Jesus is possessed,

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 by this very,

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 very high level,

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 demon,

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 or from God's perspective,

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 a low level,

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 demon,

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 and that's why Jesus,

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 is able to do this.

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 So how does Jesus respond?

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 Well here's how he does it.

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 Look at verses,

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 I'm going to read all of 23 to 30,

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 and then we're going to circle back,

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 and sort of unpack it.

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 So they make this claim,

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 against Jesus in public.

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 So verse 23,

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 Jesus called to them,

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 and to him,

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 he called them to him,

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 and said to them in parables.

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 Now he's answering this question,

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 in public.

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 How can Satan,

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 verse 23,

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 he called them to him,

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 and said to them in parables,

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 how can Satan cast out Satan?

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 If a kingdom is divided,

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 against itself,

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 that kingdom cannot stand.

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 And if a house is divided,

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 against itself,

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 that house,

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 will not be able to stand.

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 And if Satan,

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 has risen up against himself,

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 and is divided,

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 he cannot stand,

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 but is coming to an end.

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 But no one,

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 right,

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 so now that is in a sense,

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 he's given a bit of set of some arguments,

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 about why it can't be Satan.

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 Now he's going to challenge them,

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 to understand how they should be,

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 interpreting it in a different way.

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 But,

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 no one can enter a strong man's house,

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 and plunder his goods,

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 unless he first binds the strong man.

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 Then indeed,

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 he may plunder his house.

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 And now it takes this,

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 sort of very deeper turn,

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 about the significance,

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 of being closed to this truth.

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 Truly,

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 and by the way,

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 those of you who remember,

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 the King James Version,

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 that would be verily.

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 This,

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 we could almost translate it as,

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 Amen.

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 And it means,

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 whenever you see this,

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 it's used about,

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 I think,

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 ten times or something in Mark.

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 It means that God,

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 Jesus is making a very solemn statement.

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 Amen.

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 Rather than us say,

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 at the end of a prayer,

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 Amen.

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 Catches your attention.

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 I say to you,

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 all sins will be forgiven,

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 the children of man,

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 and whatever blasphemies they utter,

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 literally in the Greek it says,

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 whatever blasphemies they blaspheme,

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 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit,

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 never has forgiveness,

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 but is guilty of an eternal sin,

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 for they were saying,

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 he has an unclean spirit.

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 So,

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 whoa,

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 that's heavy.

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 What's going on?

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 Well,

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 here's a couple of things.

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 Part of what Jesus is saying is,

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 here's how your argument works.

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 Okay?

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 When you're trying to interpret what I'm doing,

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 we'll use the example of Martin Luther King,

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 Jr.,

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 and his great action in the 60s

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 to begin to break down segregation,

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 to really begin to challenge at a very,

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 very deep level.

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 It was a cultural turning point,

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 the United States,

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 the great work of Martin Luther King,

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 Jr.

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 and if somebody said to you,

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 Martin Luther King,

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 Jr.,

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 in all his works,

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 he was actually working for the Klan,

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 the Ku Klux Klan.

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 You know those things,

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 and I don't want to put an image,

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 because it would just,

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 it would,

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 it would,

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 it would,

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 it would defile our room

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 to put up an image

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 of the Ku Klux Klan.

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 Those evil men robed in white

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 with the white hoods,

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 cowards,

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 covering their faces,

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 the burning crosses.

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 So imagine somebody said,

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 you know Martin Luther King,

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 he was actually working

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 for the Ku Klux Klan,

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 and you'd go,

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 what?

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 What?

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 They'd say,

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 yeah, yeah, yeah,

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 all that stuff,

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 the demonstrations with the cops,

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 and, you know,

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 the bus boycotts,

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 and breaking down segregation,

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 and opening places up,

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 they were actually working for the Klan,

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 and you'd go,

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 what?

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 Like,

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 how could you possibly look

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 at Martin Luther King

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 and say that he was working

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 for the Klan?

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 But actually,

00:17:58.799 --> 00:17:59.459
 it would even be worse

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 if it went the other way.

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 If somebody said,

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 yeah, yeah,

00:18:02.179 --> 00:18:02.859
 Martin Luther King,

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 I've just been doing a lot

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 of reading about him,

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 I've really been doing

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 lots and lots of research

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 about him,

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 and do you know

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 that Martin Luther King

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 ran the Ku Klux Klan?

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 And you'd go,

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 you'd laugh,

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 like I just did,

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 you'd giggle.

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 And then they said,

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 no, no, no, no,

00:18:16.659 --> 00:18:17.980
 I've been studying it.

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 Like,

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 I've been looking

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 at archival footage,

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 and I've been reading

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 interviews,

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 and Martin Luther King

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 ran the Ku Klux Klan.

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 Now,

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 you'd start to realize,

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 what?

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 Like,

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 okay,

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 how do you have

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 a conversation

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 with somebody like this?

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 Like,

00:18:38.360 --> 00:18:39.160
 how can anybody

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 in their right mind

00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:41.839
 possibly think

00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:44.079
 that Martin Luther King

00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:45.319
 organized the people

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 in the white hoods

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 to go around

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 and lynch

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 black people?

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 And, like,

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 wouldn't that be a,

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 like,

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 wouldn't it almost

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 make you want to gag

00:18:58.919 --> 00:18:59.859
 and vomit

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 that it's such a

00:19:01.579 --> 00:19:02.839
 perversion

00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:03.919
 of the truth

00:19:03.919 --> 00:19:07.399
 and such a slander

00:19:07.399 --> 00:19:12.000
 against a very,

00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:12.279
 very,

00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:13.240
 very great man?

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 Like,

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 and you might try

00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:17.299
 to say to them,

00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:17.460
 no,

00:19:17.539 --> 00:19:17.660
 no,

00:19:17.660 --> 00:19:17.779
 no,

00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:17.920
 no,

00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:17.980
 no,

00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:18.920
 no,

00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:19.079
 no,

00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:19.440
 like,

00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:20.240
 Martin Luther King

00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:20.700
 did things

00:19:20.700 --> 00:19:22.299
 to stop black people

00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:24.579
 from being African Americans

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 from being lynched.

00:19:25.940 --> 00:19:26.059
 Yeah,

00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:26.180
 yeah,

00:19:26.180 --> 00:19:26.339
 yeah,

00:19:26.339 --> 00:19:26.460
 yeah,

00:19:26.460 --> 00:19:26.579
 no,

00:19:26.620 --> 00:19:27.039
 it was all part

00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:27.839
 of a Ku Klux Klan.

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 No,

00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:28.740
 no,

00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:29.059
 no,

00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:29.200
 no,

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 like,

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 you,

00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:33.000
 and that's what

00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.799
 Jesus is saying

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 here is going on

00:19:34.539 --> 00:19:35.359
 with these scribes

00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:36.579
 and the scribes.

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 He's saying,

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 like,

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 like,

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 one moment,

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 like,

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 if you know mentally ill people,

00:19:40.660 --> 00:19:41.000
 imagine,

00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:41.440
 you know,

00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:41.859
 some of the,

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 those of you who are downtown a fair bit

00:19:43.399 --> 00:19:45.500
 and you see these regular mentally ill people,

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 there's this really,

00:19:46.939 --> 00:19:47.240
 like,

00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:49.219
 I see so many sad cases

00:19:49.219 --> 00:19:50.979
 of mentally ill people

00:19:50.979 --> 00:19:51.939
 on the streets of Ottawa

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 that are off their meds

00:19:53.179 --> 00:19:54.099
 and,

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 and you just see them gaunt,

00:19:56.059 --> 00:19:56.599
 raving,

00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.379
 waving their arms

00:19:58.379 --> 00:19:59.919
 as they wander down the street

00:19:59.919 --> 00:20:03.279
 with the sores all over their body,

00:20:03.859 --> 00:20:04.699
 huddled in,

00:20:04.719 --> 00:20:05.679
 in little corners,

00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:07.479
 talking to non-existent people

00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:10.220
 and if somebody healed them

00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:11.279
 that all of a sudden

00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:12.599
 they were in their right mind,

00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:14.440
 how could you possibly think

00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:16.120
 that that was the devil doing it?

00:20:18.360 --> 00:20:18.759
 Like,

00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:19.279
 how could you,

00:20:19.819 --> 00:20:21.880
 if you saw somebody on the street

00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:22.759
 and their arm

00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:24.240
 was all bent

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:26.720
 and when you saw them,

00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:26.900
 you know,

00:20:26.940 --> 00:20:27.819
 their sleeves came up

00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:29.360
 and there was basically no flesh on it

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 and they'd lost all control

00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:31.380
 of their fingers

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 and then,

00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:32.860
 like,

00:20:32.940 --> 00:20:33.880
 a day later,

00:20:33.940 --> 00:20:35.059
 you saw that their arm

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 was straight,

00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:37.579
 there was muscle on the arm

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 and their fingers were moving

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 and you said the devil do that,

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 you say,

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 what?

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 That's not the sort of thing

00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:43.600
 the devil does.

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 You see,

00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:52.339
 what the,

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:52.660
 what,

00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:54.680
 what Jesus is pointing out here,

00:20:54.860 --> 00:20:55.059
 like,

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:55.380
 look,

00:20:55.460 --> 00:20:56.400
 look again at verses,

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 28,

00:20:59.100 --> 00:20:59.259
 see,

00:20:59.360 --> 00:21:00.680
 look again at verse 27,

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 but no one can enter

00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:03.680
 a strong man's house

00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.640
 and plunder his goods

00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:05.780
 unless he first finds

00:21:05.780 --> 00:21:06.560
 the strong man,

00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:08.200
 then indeed he may plunder his house.

00:21:08.800 --> 00:21:09.680
 Jesus is saying

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 that if you actually look

00:21:10.620 --> 00:21:11.200
 at the evidence,

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 what you see

00:21:12.080 --> 00:21:14.180
 is the strong man of death

00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:16.200
 is being,

00:21:16.280 --> 00:21:17.380
 is being bound.

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 That's why people

00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:19.160
 are being healed.

00:21:19.300 --> 00:21:19.800
 You are seeing

00:21:19.800 --> 00:21:20.600
 the strong man

00:21:20.600 --> 00:21:21.540
 of mental illness

00:21:21.540 --> 00:21:22.220
 being bound

00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:23.160
 and that's why people

00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:23.860
 are being put

00:21:23.860 --> 00:21:24.520
 in their right mind.

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 You see the strong man

00:21:25.620 --> 00:21:27.180
 of demonic possession

00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:28.000
 being bound

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:29.420
 by someone

00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:31.360
 stronger still

00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:33.159
 and that stronger one

00:21:33.159 --> 00:21:34.419
 is obviously of God

00:21:34.419 --> 00:21:35.599
 because it brings life,

00:21:35.679 --> 00:21:36.439
 it brings clarity

00:21:36.439 --> 00:21:37.179
 of mind,

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:39.299
 it brings healing,

00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:40.019
 it brings

00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:41.519
 a putting away

00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:42.179
 of death

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 and you're going to see

00:21:43.479 --> 00:21:44.740
 other nature miracles

00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:45.459
 later on

00:21:45.459 --> 00:21:46.479
 as it goes on

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 and that what you're seeing

00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:48.659
 is not

00:21:48.659 --> 00:21:50.019
 demonic,

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:50.959
 but what you see

00:21:50.959 --> 00:21:51.899
 is that it's possible

00:21:51.899 --> 00:21:52.959
 to close yourself

00:21:52.959 --> 00:21:53.919
 to the truth,

00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:57.320
 so close yourself

00:21:57.320 --> 00:21:58.160
 to the truth

00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:59.460
 that no truth

00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:00.700
 can penetrate

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:01.519
 your mind.

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:04.140
 Some of you

00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:04.759
 have probably heard

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.500
 the old joke,

00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:08.200
 there's a doctor

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:09.120
 dealing with a patient

00:22:09.120 --> 00:22:09.740
 and then one day

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.800
 he comes

00:22:10.800 --> 00:22:12.000
 because he's troubling

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.800
 all of his family,

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:13.539
 it's a psychiatrist,

00:22:14.320 --> 00:22:15.340
 and because he believes

00:22:15.340 --> 00:22:15.920
 he's dead

00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:17.660
 and so,

00:22:17.800 --> 00:22:18.440
 like how do you tell

00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:19.320
 a live person

00:22:19.320 --> 00:22:20.440
 that they're not dead

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:20.940
 and so then

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.980
 they have conversations

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.480
 about it,

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.320
 they try medication

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:23.819
 and all of that

00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:24.460
 type of stuff

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:26.460
 and every time

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:27.240
 he comes up

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:27.859
 with something

00:22:27.859 --> 00:22:28.759
 about well you do this

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.700
 and dead men do this,

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.220
 he always has

00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:31.579
 some type of explanation

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.500
 as to why it really

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.019
 just proves

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.819
 that he's dead,

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:34.799
 not alive.

00:22:35.179 --> 00:22:35.379
 Anyway,

00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.740
 finally one day

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:38.139
 the fellow comes in

00:22:38.139 --> 00:22:38.539
 and he happens

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:38.899
 to mention

00:22:38.899 --> 00:22:39.740
 he'd just been

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:41.000
 watching a movie

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.559
 and murder

00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.439
 and he noticed

00:22:42.439 --> 00:22:43.159
 that one of the things

00:22:43.159 --> 00:22:44.019
 which is very telling

00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:44.700
 is that dead men

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.299
 don't bleed

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:46.399
 and the psychiatrist

00:22:46.399 --> 00:22:47.099
 goes ah,

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:48.139
 maybe this will work.

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.419
 He's come to the conclusion

00:22:49.419 --> 00:22:49.939
 that dead men

00:22:49.939 --> 00:22:50.439
 don't bleed.

00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:51.220
 So he said

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.879
 you understand

00:22:51.879 --> 00:22:52.399
 that dead men

00:22:52.399 --> 00:22:52.980
 don't bleed,

00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:53.299
 right?

00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:54.519
 And the guy says

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.079
 absolutely

00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:55.759
 so you can put out

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.079
 your hand

00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:58.379
 he cuts him

00:22:58.379 --> 00:22:59.119
 and he cuts him

00:22:59.119 --> 00:22:59.759
 here on the arm

00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.779
 and blood comes out

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:02.059
 and the man goes

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:05.000
 whoa,

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:07.039
 doctor,

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:08.879
 thank you so much.

00:23:09.679 --> 00:23:10.839
 You've shown to me

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.559
 that dead men

00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:12.339
 do bleed.

00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:15.039
 Sorry,

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:15.859
 it wasn't very funny.

00:23:16.419 --> 00:23:16.740
 Sorry,

00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:17.159
 anyway,

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:18.339
 it's so possible

00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:19.259
 to be closed

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:20.299
 to the truth

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:21.240
 that you just,

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.259
 and you know

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.200
 we see this in life

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.980
 if you think about it

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.500
 for a second.

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.359
 How many people,

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.019
 maybe it's been

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.500
 some of you

00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:27.700
 in the room here

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.839
 that have had

00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:29.279
 a problem

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:30.079
 with a teacher

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:31.299
 or a boss

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:32.539
 or a coach

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.759
 or a parent

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:35.299
 and for some reason

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:36.519
 the teacher

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:38.079
 just turns against you.

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.279
 They put you

00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:40.539
 in a certain category,

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.900
 a bad category

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:43.379
 and then it doesn't matter

00:23:43.379 --> 00:23:44.160
 what you do.

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:45.019
 If you do an act

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.879
 of kindness,

00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:47.200
 it's manipulation.

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:49.880
 If you accept responsibility,

00:23:50.340 --> 00:23:50.500
 you know,

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.019
 they come up

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.840
 with some other bad,

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.340
 well of course

00:23:52.340 --> 00:23:53.140
 you accept responsibility,

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.900
 of course you did

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.580
 that bad thing,

00:23:54.620 --> 00:23:55.200
 we already knew

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:56.059
 you did bad things

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:56.740
 and no matter

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:57.620
 what you did,

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:59.420
 it always gets twisted

00:23:59.420 --> 00:24:00.319
 by the person

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:01.539
 in a bad direction

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:02.220
 and we see that

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:03.279
 it's in movies,

00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:04.740
 it's what happens

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.480
 with bullies,

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.620
 it's what can happen

00:24:06.620 --> 00:24:07.340
 with parents,

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.740
 people will talk about

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.180
 that,

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.400
 you know,

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.220
 just something

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.740
 that Louise and I

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.200
 were watching

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.840
 the other night

00:24:11.840 --> 00:24:13.180
 and it was this kid

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.980
 talking about

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.519
 how his dad

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.200
 tried to kill him

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.980
 when he was 12,

00:24:16.100 --> 00:24:17.140
 how his dad

00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:18.080
 was an evil man

00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:19.120
 and nothing he did

00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:19.980
 could ever convince

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.460
 the dad

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:20.960
 that the kid

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.720
 had any worth,

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:23.019
 that he was any good,

00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:24.460
 everything would be

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:26.340
 twisted in an evil way

00:24:26.340 --> 00:24:27.340
 and what Jesus

00:24:27.340 --> 00:24:28.700
 is warning us about

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.380
 is that there is

00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:30.240
 a way for us

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:31.000
 as human beings

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.900
 to be like that

00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:32.580
 with God,

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:36.600
 to be like that

00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:37.200
 with God.

00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:41.600
 Now why does this matter?

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:44.420
 Obviously it can matter

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:45.019
 to a kid

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.720
 to have a parent

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.259
 like that

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.720
 that nothing you do

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.779
 will ever show

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.460
 that parent

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.640
 that there's something

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:51.519
 good about you

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.840
 or that you've moved

00:24:52.840 --> 00:24:53.880
 in a good direction,

00:24:54.060 --> 00:24:54.640
 that their mind

00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:55.440
 is completely

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:56.180
 and utterly

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:57.680
 closed against you.

00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:59.200
 But why does it matter?

00:24:59.300 --> 00:25:00.820
 Look at verses 28 to 30.

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:02.860
 Truly,

00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:03.380
 remember,

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:03.920
 amen,

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:04.800
 I say to you,

00:25:04.860 --> 00:25:06.120
 all sins will be forgiven

00:25:06.120 --> 00:25:07.160
 the children of man

00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:08.940
 and whatever blasphemies

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.279
 they utter,

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:10.900
 but whoever blasphemes

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:12.120
 against the Holy Spirit

00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:13.480
 never has forgiveness

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.460
 but is guilty

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:16.799
 of an eternal sin

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:18.279
 for they were saying

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:18.980
 he has

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:21.160
 an unclean spirit.

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:26.700
 Now we get troubled

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.720
 with the last part

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.579
 but not realize

00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:29.279
 how amazing

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.360
 the first part is.

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:32.319
 What the Bible

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:33.200
 is saying here

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.860
 is that there's

00:25:33.860 --> 00:25:34.539
 a watershed,

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:36.140
 a potential watershed

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:38.019
 in a person's life.

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:39.519
 Many of you know

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:40.220
 if you come here

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:40.900
 I really love

00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:41.519
 the analogy

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.259
 of the watershed.

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:42.940
 If you're driving

00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:44.139
 along the Trans-Canada

00:25:44.139 --> 00:25:45.519
 at some point in time,

00:25:45.579 --> 00:25:46.200
 I think it's between

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:47.279
 North Bay and Sudbury,

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.539
 there's a sign

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:49.299
 on the side of the road

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:50.119
 from here on in

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:50.960
 that all the water

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:52.200
 you see is flowing

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:53.000
 to the Arctic.

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:54.099
 Before this point

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:55.240
 it's all flowing south

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:56.480
 but from here on in

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.160
 it's a watershed.

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:58.200
 Everything is flowing

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:59.420
 in the direction

00:25:59.420 --> 00:26:00.859
 it's flowing north.

00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:02.400
 It's flowing towards

00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:03.079
 Hudson's Bay

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:03.680
 or the Arctic.

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:06.860
 And what Jesus

00:26:06.860 --> 00:26:08.299
 is saying here

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:08.940
 is that there's

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:10.380
 a watershed moment

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:11.519
 will come in your life

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:13.440
 and on one side

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:14.720
 of that watershed

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:17.360
 is eternal forgiveness.

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:18.960
 The flow of your life,

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:21.140
 the flow of the waters

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:22.000
 of your life

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:23.539
 are immersed

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:25.740
 in eternal forgiveness

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.980
 that you've been forgiven

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:28.160
 and you flow

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:29.920
 towards a forgiveness

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:31.420
 that will go on

00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:32.700
 into all eternity.

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:34.299
 and on the other side

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:34.980
 of that watershed

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:36.240
 sorry for you folks here

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:37.860
 I'll try to reverse it

00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:38.180
 later on.

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:39.080
 You're not bad guys

00:26:39.080 --> 00:26:39.880
 okay on this side

00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:40.519
 but the other side

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.059
 of the watershed

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:43.019
 is that

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:47.059
 you will never

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.819
 have forgiveness.

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:52.559
 The sin that is

00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:53.200
 in your life

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.759
 is a sin

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.400
 that not only

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:55.180
 has begun

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:56.299
 in this side

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:56.860
 of the grave

00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.680
 but continues.

00:26:58.940 --> 00:26:59.880
 That direction

00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:00.580
 the flow

00:27:00.580 --> 00:27:01.920
 will continue

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:03.779
 into all eternity.

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.420
 And you see

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:10.060
 what Jesus

00:27:10.060 --> 00:27:10.860
 is doing here

00:27:10.860 --> 00:27:12.080
 is he's preparing us

00:27:12.080 --> 00:27:13.160
 to understand

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:14.940
 what's going to happen

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.320
 to him

00:27:15.320 --> 00:27:15.700
 at the end

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.360
 of the gospel.

00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:18.259
 That his death

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.860
 is not just

00:27:18.860 --> 00:27:19.740
 a mere death

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:22.019
 but his death

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.940
 is that

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.580
 which creates

00:27:23.580 --> 00:27:24.240
 a watershed.

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.460
 That you can come

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:27.980
 to a point

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.380
 in time

00:27:28.380 --> 00:27:28.920
 in your life

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.759
 where you receive

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.359
 what Jesus

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:31.299
 has done for you

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:32.000
 by his death

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.900
 upon the cross

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 and that when you

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.200
 receive it

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:36.079
 what you've received

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:37.519
 is eternal forgiveness

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:39.559
 and the crossing

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.859
 over of a watershed

00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:41.900
 that the flow

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.619
 of your life

00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:43.759
 is now

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:45.379
 in forgiveness

00:27:45.379 --> 00:27:47.640
 to forgiveness

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:50.140
 for every single

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:51.099
 thing that has

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:52.140
 ever been done

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:52.799
 or you ever

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.400
 will do.

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:57.740
 he's not saying

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:59.100
 that if you

00:27:59.100 --> 00:27:59.940
 happen to let slip

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:01.060
 a stupid thing

00:28:01.060 --> 00:28:02.060
 about the Holy Spirit

00:28:02.060 --> 00:28:02.540
 you're going to go

00:28:02.540 --> 00:28:03.259
 to hell forever.

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.860
 You see

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:09.759
 blasphemy

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.500
 is

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:10.920
 like

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 couldn't you

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:12.120
 blasphemy

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:13.080
 is slander

00:28:13.080 --> 00:28:14.519
 blasphemy

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.140
 is believing

00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:15.920
 lies

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:17.440
 blasphemy

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:18.180
 is believing

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 not just

00:28:18.780 --> 00:28:20.160
 lies about a person

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:21.100
 but terrible

00:28:21.100 --> 00:28:22.400
 offensive lies

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:23.320
 just as if I was

00:28:23.320 --> 00:28:23.980
 to try to argue

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.280
 to you

00:28:24.280 --> 00:28:25.000
 that Martin Luther

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.740
 King ran

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:27.000
 the Ku Klux Klan

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:29.440
 I mean

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:29.980
 just imagine

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 if I tweeted

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.259
 that without

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:32.220
 any context

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:33.240
 I'd break

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.640
 Twitter

00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:36.259
 I would break

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.660
 Twitter

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:39.700
 and I should

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.380
 by the way

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:41.680
 it would be

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.340
 an evil thing

00:28:42.340 --> 00:28:44.019
 and so the reason

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.600
 that Jesus

00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:45.420
 mentions the Holy

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:45.880
 Spirit

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:46.580
 is to under

00:28:46.580 --> 00:28:47.100
 because it

00:28:47.100 --> 00:28:47.480
 partly

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.120
 it's not here

00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:48.560
 in the text

00:28:48.560 --> 00:28:48.940
 it's part of

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.259
 the bigger

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.960
 picture of the

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.259
 Bible

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.820
 that all of

00:28:50.820 --> 00:28:51.180
 the Trinity

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.840
 is involved

00:28:51.840 --> 00:28:52.720
 in a person

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.320
 becoming a

00:28:53.320 --> 00:28:53.700
 Christian

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:55.060
 in redemption

00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:56.259
 the Father

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:57.299
 sends the Son

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:58.420
 the Son

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:59.560
 dies as the Lamb

00:28:59.560 --> 00:29:00.019
 of God

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.660
 who takes away

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.519
 the sin of the world

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.960
 and the Holy Spirit

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.860
 is God

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.960
 who brings you

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.759
 to a saving

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.779
 faith and knowledge

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.360
 of Jesus

00:29:07.360 --> 00:29:09.340
 all of the Holy

00:29:09.340 --> 00:29:10.240
 all of the Trinity

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.920
 is involved

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:12.400
 in your salvation

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:13.039
 and mine

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:15.360
 it was the Holy Spirit

00:29:15.360 --> 00:29:16.620
 that led you

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:17.160
 to Jesus

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:18.840
 it was the Holy Spirit

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:20.119
 that led you

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:20.859
 to accept him

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.419
 as your Savior

00:29:21.419 --> 00:29:22.039
 and your Lord

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:23.619
 it is not

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:24.299
 your doing

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:25.759
 it is nothing

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.279
 that you can

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.919
 pat yourself

00:29:26.919 --> 00:29:27.500
 on the back

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:27.839
 for

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.539
 it is not

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.059
 because you

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.819
 are so clever

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.659
 so winsome

00:29:30.659 --> 00:29:31.319
 so cute

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:32.139
 so charming

00:29:32.139 --> 00:29:33.779
 it's the work

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.539
 of the Holy Spirit

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:37.819
 and so to deny

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.459
 the work

00:29:38.459 --> 00:29:39.220
 of the Holy Spirit

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.720
 and to say

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.299
 that the work

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:41.220
 of the Holy Spirit

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:42.000
 in miracles

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:42.699
 in the person

00:29:42.699 --> 00:29:43.240
 of Jesus

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:44.439
 and to be so

00:29:44.439 --> 00:29:45.059
 completely

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:45.679
 and utterly

00:29:45.679 --> 00:29:47.039
 close to the truth

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:48.139
 you are being

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.839
 towards God

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.680
 exactly like

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.359
 that parent

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:51.019
 or coach

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:52.180
 who completely

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:52.720
 and utterly

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:54.659
 sees the child

00:29:54.659 --> 00:29:56.099
 as an evil child

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:57.139
 a bad child

00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:57.960
 and no amount

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.480
 of action

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:59.079
 and no amount

00:29:59.079 --> 00:29:59.519
 of truth

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.460
 will break through

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:01.119
 the hardness

00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:01.960
 of their heart

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.859
 and the Bible

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:04.159
 says that even

00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:04.799
 if you are a

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:06.079
 Kanata soccer mom

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.619
 and you're really

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:07.299
 really pleasant

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.359
 or you live

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:09.240
 in Rockcliffe

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.240
 or you live

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:11.159
 in a rich section

00:30:11.159 --> 00:30:11.960
 of Manitik

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:13.159
 or out in West Carleton

00:30:13.159 --> 00:30:14.619
 or you're a hockey star

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:16.019
 or you're a PhD

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:17.819
 from Harvard

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.940
 or a D Phil

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.779
 from Oxford

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:21.400
 or you are the head

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:22.500
 of the Globe and Mail

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:24.119
 or whatever it is

00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:25.099
 if there is in fact

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.799
 a possibility

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.500
 for you

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.420
 to be completely

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:27.940
 and utterly

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:29.559
 so close to God

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:33.940
 that nothing

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:35.400
 can penetrate that

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:41.839
 see the other thing

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.339
 about this

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:43.000
 is that sin

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:44.000
 is not puny

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:47.680
 sin

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:49.380
 is not puny

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:51.539
 God is infinite

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:53.460
 you are finite

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:55.200
 when you

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:56.180
 as a finite being

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:56.779
 do something

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.619
 that separates you

00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:58.579
 from the infinite God

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:59.099
 you have created

00:30:59.099 --> 00:31:00.480
 an infinite distance

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.079
 between you

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.539
 and God

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:04.359
 and so only

00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:05.240
 an infinite

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:06.259
 sacrifice

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:08.720
 can cover

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:10.680
 the infinite distance

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.559
 that you have created

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:12.299
 between yourself

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:12.819
 and God

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:14.720
 only the infinite

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:16.359
 can cross the distance

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:17.240
 between the infinite

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.819
 and the finite

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:20.159
 and so this is

00:31:20.159 --> 00:31:22.139
 pointing very powerfully

00:31:22.139 --> 00:31:23.579
 towards who Jesus is

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.720
 and what he accomplishes

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.759
 for you on the cross

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:27.639
 it is the infinite God

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:29.779
 closing the infinite distance

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.619
 between you

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:31.460
 and God

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:33.460
 and an infinite distance

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:33.759
 which

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:35.059
 I mean you can't

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:36.019
 add to infinity

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.919
 it's just infinity

00:31:36.919 --> 00:31:38.039
 but your whole life

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.779
 is just part of

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:40.019
 an infinite separation

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.680
 from God

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.379
 and God

00:31:41.379 --> 00:31:42.700
 in the first God

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.480
 the son of God

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:45.119
 closes that infinite distance

00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:46.379
 that no finite being

00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:47.420
 could ever cross

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:48.680
 and he dies

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:49.579
 a death

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.460
 that covers

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:52.139
 that infinite distance

00:31:52.139 --> 00:31:53.599
 and offers you

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:54.879
 a fellowship

00:31:54.879 --> 00:31:55.859
 and a walk

00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:57.339
 with that infinite

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:58.960
 eternal God

00:31:58.960 --> 00:32:01.859
 and when you accept

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:03.059
 Christ as your savior

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.639
 and know him

00:32:03.639 --> 00:32:04.339
 as your savior

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:04.819
 and know him

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:05.379
 as your Lord

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:06.819
 that eternal life

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.500
 of forgiveness

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:08.200
 begins

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:09.880
 and carries on

00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:11.519
 into eternity

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:21.200
 I think it was C.S. Lewis

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.940
 but it might have been

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.619
 somebody else

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:22.960
 who said

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.220
 you see

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:24.259
 if you're so completely

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.779
 and utterly

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.920
 closed to God

00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:28.759
 if you become

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:30.180
 at a subtle level

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:32.980
 like these scribes

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:34.799
 who see these evidences

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:36.440
 of the strong man

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.500
 of God breaking

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:38.660
 into our world

00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:40.220
 and they either just

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:41.600
 you just dismiss them

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:42.220
 as just being

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:43.160
 so much nonsense

00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:44.279
 you don't care about them

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:45.360
 you don't give a hoot for them

00:32:45.360 --> 00:32:46.500
 you don't get mad about it

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:47.880
 you just deny it

00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:49.259
 you just close your mind

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.559
 to it

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:49.900
 you just say

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:50.519
 yeah whatever

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:51.160
 yeah whatever

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.880
 I'm empathetic

00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:52.700
 but whatever it is

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.500
 it closes you

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.380
 to these things

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:55.640
 and if that state

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:56.220
 of your soul

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:57.779
 continues into all eternity

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:58.860
 then even if

00:32:58.860 --> 00:32:59.600
 in eternity

00:32:59.600 --> 00:33:00.980
 in the new heaven

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.640
 and the new earth

00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:02.440
 you experience

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:03.460
 the love of God

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.600
 in a way

00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:05.740
 that that love of God

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.940
 could not be denied

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:08.519
 or could not be avoided

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:09.880
 but you actually began

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:11.059
 to experience

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:13.319
 without any veil

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:15.340
 the powerful goodness

00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:16.319
 and love of God

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:17.660
 you would experience it

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:18.799
 not as release

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:20.100
 but as torment

00:33:20.100 --> 00:33:22.180
 you would experience

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:23.019
 the warmth

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:24.079
 of the love of God

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:25.440
 not as a warmth

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:27.039
 which heals your bones

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:28.620
 but as a fire

00:33:28.620 --> 00:33:29.680
 that burns

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.720
 your bones

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:33.440
 that it is possible

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:34.519
 for a human being

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:36.120
 to so become

00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:37.180
 close to God

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:38.019
 and resent

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:39.000
 the presence

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:40.200
 and the demands

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:40.839
 of God

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:43.079
 that even his mercies

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:44.140
 will be experienced

00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:44.799
 as torment

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:52.839
 so some of you

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:53.180
 might say

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.600
 George

00:33:53.600 --> 00:33:55.319
 I mean that's all

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:56.559
 very sobering

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:58.500
 I mean I guess

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.180
 what you're saying

00:33:59.180 --> 00:34:00.240
 is that the hell

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:01.060
 is an uncomfortable

00:34:01.060 --> 00:34:01.660
 truth

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:04.600
 and according to you

00:34:04.600 --> 00:34:05.200
 it's a truth

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:06.460
 and so you shouldn't

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:07.259
 close your eyes to it

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:08.639
 but think about it

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:09.720
 but George

00:34:09.720 --> 00:34:10.440
 are you saying

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:12.539
 that you sort of

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:12.860
 somehow

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:14.280
 are more open

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:15.099
 to God

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:16.539
 than I am

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:18.559
 that you're more open

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.820
 to truth about God

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:20.639
 than I am

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:23.599
 I mean frankly George

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:24.659
 your poop smells

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:26.039
 just as bad as mine

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.840
 and you're no better

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.480
 than me

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:29.380
 so I just

00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:30.159
 I even resent

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:30.599
 the fact

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.019
 that you would

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.599
 think that

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.900
 that's the problem

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.480
 with Christians

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:34.420
 they think that

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:38.559
 and the other thing

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.000
 George

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:40.500
 you just listen

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.380
 to what you're saying

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:43.320
 I mean what you're saying

00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:44.579
 just defies

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:46.559
 all the logic

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.679
 of morality

00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:49.059
 and culture

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:50.139
 and religion

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:51.300
 and spirituality

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:54.199
 and the good things

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:54.820
 and things like

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:55.559
 stoicism

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:57.199
 like if you really

00:34:57.199 --> 00:34:57.940
 believe that

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.920
 then why on earth

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.779
 wouldn't you just

00:34:59.779 --> 00:35:00.320
 go ahead

00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:01.059
 and do whatever

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.659
 you want

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:02.279
 knowing you're

00:35:02.279 --> 00:35:03.139
 going to be forgiven

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:04.900
 like George

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:06.380
 what you've just said

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:06.840
 is both

00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:07.960
 is both

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.739
 personally

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:09.960
 very offensive

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:12.900
 and is morally

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.719
 ridiculous

00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:23.239
 and those would be

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:24.019
 good reactions

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.699
 by the way

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:28.739
 and I'd have to say

00:35:28.739 --> 00:35:29.039
 well

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:30.380
 I'm going to be

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:31.239
 honest with you

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:34.119
 yeah there's times

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.920
 I think I'm a lot

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.539
 better than other

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:35.960
 people

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:38.219
 but that's me

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:38.780
 at my worst

00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:39.719
 not my best

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:41.519
 there's

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:42.320
 there's times

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:43.340
 I do somehow

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:44.139
 think I've just

00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:44.940
 figured these things

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.619
 out and why don't

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.519
 other people do it

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:47.239
 but that's me

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:48.340
 at my worst

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:49.300
 not my best

00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:50.539
 that's me

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:51.559
 forgetting the Bible

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:53.179
 not being based

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:53.799
 on the Bible

00:35:53.799 --> 00:35:56.500
 in a very

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:57.539
 interesting way

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.859
 Jesus sort of

00:35:58.859 --> 00:35:59.739
 addresses some of

00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:00.259
 these issues

00:36:00.259 --> 00:36:01.039
 in the very next

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.659
 part or Mark

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:02.219
 has Jesus

00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:03.159
 address this issue

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:03.779
 in the very very

00:36:03.779 --> 00:36:04.559
 next bit that

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.019
 comes

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.980
 just part of it

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.519
 one of the things

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.019
 he doesn't

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:07.779
 I'll talk about

00:36:07.779 --> 00:36:08.440
 that at the end

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:09.279
 look at what

00:36:09.279 --> 00:36:09.759
 happens in

00:36:09.759 --> 00:36:11.159
 verses 31 to 35

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:13.779
 and his mother

00:36:13.779 --> 00:36:14.279
 and brother

00:36:14.279 --> 00:36:15.079
 and his brothers

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:16.000
 came and standing

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.859
 outside they sent

00:36:16.859 --> 00:36:17.639
 to him and called

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.899
 him and a crowd

00:36:18.899 --> 00:36:19.719
 was sitting around

00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:20.480
 him so they're

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:21.179
 sitting around him

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:22.000
 to listen to him

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:23.339
 and they said to

00:36:23.339 --> 00:36:24.239
 him your mother

00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:24.960
 and your brothers

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.679
 are outside

00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:27.019
 seeking you

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:28.219
 and the implication

00:36:28.219 --> 00:36:29.019
 is that they're

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.480
 sort of making

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:30.619
 demands on Jesus

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.119
 you're not just

00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:31.639
 saying oh where's

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:32.420
 Jesus oh you've

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:32.799
 seen Jesus

00:36:32.799 --> 00:36:33.279
 no no no

00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:35.420
 get Jesus here

00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:36.780
 okay we're outside

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:37.700
 we're his mom

00:36:37.700 --> 00:36:38.600
 these are his

00:36:38.600 --> 00:36:38.980
 brothers

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:41.660
 get Jesus

00:36:41.660 --> 00:36:42.320
 and tell him

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:43.200
 to get his butt

00:36:43.200 --> 00:36:44.120
 out of that place

00:36:44.120 --> 00:36:44.640
 and come here

00:36:44.640 --> 00:36:45.440
 that's that's

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.040
 what's going on

00:36:46.040 --> 00:36:46.880
 get his butt

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.240
 out of there

00:36:47.240 --> 00:36:47.680
 come here

00:36:47.680 --> 00:36:48.420
 I'm his mom

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:49.600
 these are his

00:36:49.600 --> 00:36:50.080
 brothers

00:36:50.080 --> 00:36:52.500
 tell him to come

00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:54.340
 and Jesus

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:55.220
 answered them

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:55.820
 that's the people

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.660
 who passed it on

00:36:56.660 --> 00:36:58.019
 and he says

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.860
 who are my mother

00:36:58.860 --> 00:36:59.500
 and my brothers

00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:02.380
 verse 34

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:03.400
 and looking about

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:03.980
 at those who

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:04.619
 sat around him

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:04.880
 he said

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.559
 here are my

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:06.180
 mother and my

00:37:06.180 --> 00:37:06.619
 brothers

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:08.300
 verse 35

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:09.000
 for whoever

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.700
 does the will

00:37:09.700 --> 00:37:10.220
 of God

00:37:10.220 --> 00:37:11.360
 he is my

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:11.720
 brother

00:37:11.720 --> 00:37:12.740
 she is my

00:37:12.740 --> 00:37:13.559
 or he is my

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:13.840
 brother

00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:14.559
 she is my

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:14.960
 sister

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:16.019
 and my

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.300
 mother

00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:17.500
 whoever does

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:17.760
 the will

00:37:17.760 --> 00:37:18.160
 of God

00:37:18.160 --> 00:37:19.980
 now there's

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.480
 a couple of

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:21.019
 things here

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.599
 which are going

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:22.500
 on in this

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:22.980
 text

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:24.780
 the first thing

00:37:24.780 --> 00:37:25.360
 is here

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:26.019
 that

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:29.800
 you see

00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:30.900
 here's the

00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:31.519
 great thing

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:33.219
 about this

00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:35.719
 Ted Lasso

00:37:35.719 --> 00:37:36.739
 if you've

00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:37.300
 watched that

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:38.019
 one of the

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.420
 things he

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:39.239
 talks about

00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:39.639
 is that

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:40.759
 sports players

00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:41.380
 have to be

00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:42.199
 like goldfish

00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:43.639
 because goldfish

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:44.239
 only remember

00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:44.759
 things for

00:37:44.759 --> 00:37:45.880
 10 seconds

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:48.380
 and you know

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:48.679
 that's probably

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:49.139
 good advice

00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:49.539
 if you're in

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:50.119
 sports to get

00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:50.719
 over things

00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:51.259
 but the

00:37:51.259 --> 00:37:51.860
 problem is

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:52.900
 that human

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:53.360
 beings

00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:54.059
 especially

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:54.719
 Christians

00:37:54.719 --> 00:37:55.579
 but human

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:55.880
 beings

00:37:55.880 --> 00:37:56.320
 we're like

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:56.780
 goldfish

00:37:56.780 --> 00:37:57.179
 we very

00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:57.780
 very quickly

00:37:57.780 --> 00:37:58.259
 forget

00:37:58.260 --> 00:37:59.380
 and the

00:37:59.380 --> 00:37:59.600
 thing

00:37:59.600 --> 00:37:59.840
 that we

00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:00.080
 very

00:38:00.080 --> 00:38:00.260
 very

00:38:00.260 --> 00:38:00.640
 quickly

00:38:00.640 --> 00:38:01.060
 forget

00:38:01.060 --> 00:38:01.580
 is that

00:38:01.580 --> 00:38:02.200
 we forget

00:38:02.200 --> 00:38:03.000
 that what

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:03.360
 had just

00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:03.740
 happened

00:38:03.740 --> 00:38:04.180
 what just

00:38:04.180 --> 00:38:04.460
 happened

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:04.960
 well Jesus

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:05.660
 just said

00:38:05.660 --> 00:38:06.720
 there is a

00:38:06.720 --> 00:38:07.180
 way

00:38:07.180 --> 00:38:08.060
 for you

00:38:08.060 --> 00:38:08.440
 to be

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:09.220
 eternally

00:38:09.220 --> 00:38:09.820
 forgiven

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:11.040
 the implication

00:38:11.040 --> 00:38:11.900
 is is that

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:12.540
 the infinite

00:38:12.540 --> 00:38:13.520
 God has done

00:38:13.520 --> 00:38:14.080
 something that

00:38:14.080 --> 00:38:14.540
 a finite

00:38:14.540 --> 00:38:15.260
 human being

00:38:15.260 --> 00:38:15.980
 cannot do

00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:16.460
 to cross

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:17.160
 the infinite

00:38:17.160 --> 00:38:17.760
 distance

00:38:17.760 --> 00:38:18.200
 between

00:38:18.200 --> 00:38:18.880
 God

00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:19.720
 and you

00:38:19.720 --> 00:38:20.240
 and he

00:38:20.240 --> 00:38:20.720
 has done

00:38:20.720 --> 00:38:21.080
 something

00:38:21.080 --> 00:38:21.480
 you cannot

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:22.260
 possibly do

00:38:22.260 --> 00:38:22.960
 for yourself

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:24.100
 he has died

00:38:24.100 --> 00:38:24.620
 for you

00:38:24.620 --> 00:38:25.540
 it is his

00:38:25.540 --> 00:38:26.060
 death that

00:38:26.060 --> 00:38:27.020
 covers everything

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.480
 that you've

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:28.280
 ever possibly

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:28.759
 done

00:38:28.759 --> 00:38:29.619
 this is an

00:38:29.619 --> 00:38:30.360
 unbelievable

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:31.300
 not unbelievable

00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:32.019
 hopefully you

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.440
 believe it

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:33.320
 this is a

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:34.219
 a truth

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:35.159
 of a profound

00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:36.239
 thing that

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:37.440
 God has done

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:38.019
 for you

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:38.440
 and you

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:39.179
 cannot do

00:38:39.179 --> 00:38:39.900
 for yourself

00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:40.440
 and then we

00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:40.880
 come here

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:41.179
 and say

00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:41.639
 the will of

00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:41.900
 God

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.500
 oh the will

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:42.780
 of God

00:38:42.780 --> 00:38:43.099
 means I

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:43.519
 have to be

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:43.980
 good to

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.280
 be right

00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:44.739
 with God

00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:45.559
 what

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:47.179
 why are we

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:48.159
 all goldfish

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:50.420
 what does

00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:50.840
 the will of

00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:51.440
 God mean

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:52.500
 listen to

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:53.219
 Jesus and

00:38:53.219 --> 00:38:53.679
 do what he

00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:54.340
 says

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:56.119
 believe that

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:56.579
 he is the

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:56.920
 Savior

00:38:56.920 --> 00:38:57.440
 in the Lord

00:38:57.440 --> 00:38:57.740
 and you

00:38:57.740 --> 00:38:58.500
 cannot save

00:38:58.500 --> 00:38:59.099
 yourself

00:38:59.099 --> 00:39:03.780
 what does

00:39:03.780 --> 00:39:04.260
 it mean

00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:05.480
 it means

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:05.980
 that listen

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:08.900
 I did

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:09.639
 not become

00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:10.180
 a Christian

00:39:10.180 --> 00:39:10.880
 because I

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.400
 am so

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:12.180
 clever and

00:39:12.180 --> 00:39:12.539
 I could

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:13.139
 follow all

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:13.680
 the evidence

00:39:13.680 --> 00:39:14.400
 so well

00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:16.079
 God did

00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:16.740
 something for

00:39:16.740 --> 00:39:17.220
 me in the

00:39:17.220 --> 00:39:17.659
 person of

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:17.960
 the Holy

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:18.539
 Spirit that

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:18.860
 I could

00:39:18.860 --> 00:39:19.240
 not do

00:39:19.240 --> 00:39:19.960
 for myself

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:25.159
 the Bible

00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:25.659
 says that

00:39:25.659 --> 00:39:25.900
 when we

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.400
 appear before

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:26.920
 the judgment

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:27.300
 seat of

00:39:27.300 --> 00:39:27.539
 God

00:39:27.539 --> 00:39:27.880
 no one

00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:28.180
 will have

00:39:28.180 --> 00:39:28.720
 an excuse

00:39:28.720 --> 00:39:29.240
 no one

00:39:29.240 --> 00:39:29.519
 will be

00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:29.840
 able to

00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:30.260
 say that

00:39:30.260 --> 00:39:30.539
 God

00:39:30.539 --> 00:39:31.039
 didn't do

00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:31.559
 things in

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:32.000
 their life

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:32.579
 in such a

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:32.920
 way that

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:33.220
 they did

00:39:33.220 --> 00:39:33.639
 not have

00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:34.220
 moments of

00:39:34.220 --> 00:39:34.680
 freedom and

00:39:34.680 --> 00:39:35.320
 clarity where

00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:35.680
 they could

00:39:35.680 --> 00:39:36.000
 not have

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:36.579
 responded to

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:37.119
 the gospel

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:38.619
 that's what

00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:39.220
 Romans 1

00:39:39.220 --> 00:39:39.940
 through 3

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:40.700
 is talking

00:39:40.700 --> 00:39:41.360
 about amongst

00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:42.039
 other things

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:45.099
 and all I can

00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:45.840
 tell you is

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:46.160
 if you're

00:39:46.160 --> 00:39:47.000
 watching this

00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:47.400
 if you're

00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:47.920
 honest with

00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:48.220
 yourself

00:39:48.220 --> 00:39:48.700
 before I

00:39:48.700 --> 00:39:49.180
 became a

00:39:49.180 --> 00:39:49.519
 Christian

00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:52.759
 I wasn't

00:39:52.759 --> 00:39:53.300
 honest about

00:39:53.300 --> 00:39:53.759
 this until

00:39:53.759 --> 00:39:54.139
 after I

00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:54.579
 became a

00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:54.860
 Christian

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:55.300
 but before

00:39:55.300 --> 00:39:55.699
 I became

00:39:55.699 --> 00:39:56.099
 a Christian

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:56.719
 I didn't

00:39:56.719 --> 00:39:57.139
 want it

00:39:57.139 --> 00:39:57.440
 to be

00:39:57.440 --> 00:39:57.739
 true

00:39:57.739 --> 00:40:00.360
 I didn't

00:40:00.360 --> 00:40:01.119
 want Jesus

00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:01.960
 to be the

00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:02.380
 Savior and

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:02.699
 the Lord

00:40:02.699 --> 00:40:03.840
 I didn't

00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:04.400
 want him

00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:04.780
 to be the

00:40:04.780 --> 00:40:05.059
 Lord of

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:05.500
 my life

00:40:05.500 --> 00:40:06.300
 do you

00:40:06.300 --> 00:40:06.599
 know how

00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:07.480
 geeky

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:08.000
 nerdy

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:08.639
 awkward

00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:10.000
 and just

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:10.759
 unlikable

00:40:10.759 --> 00:40:11.639
 Christians are

00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:12.039
 and you

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:12.679
 want me to

00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:13.280
 become one

00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:13.699
 of them

00:40:13.699 --> 00:40:15.559
 no way

00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:19.399
 the Christian

00:40:19.399 --> 00:40:20.319
 life comes

00:40:20.319 --> 00:40:21.019
 when there

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:21.419
 is that

00:40:21.419 --> 00:40:22.039
 pressure of

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:22.399
 the Holy

00:40:22.399 --> 00:40:23.039
 Spirit

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:25.019
 Romans 3

00:40:25.019 --> 00:40:26.059
 Revelation 3

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:26.739
 talks about

00:40:26.739 --> 00:40:27.919
 Jesus knocking

00:40:27.919 --> 00:40:28.419
 at the door

00:40:28.419 --> 00:40:28.719
 of your

00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:29.219
 heart

00:40:29.219 --> 00:40:30.319
 and the

00:40:30.319 --> 00:40:30.679
 Christian

00:40:30.679 --> 00:40:31.759
 life comes

00:40:31.759 --> 00:40:32.699
 when you

00:40:32.699 --> 00:40:33.119
 lay down

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:33.579
 your sword

00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:34.639
 and shield

00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:36.439
 and you

00:40:36.439 --> 00:40:37.139
 stop running

00:40:37.139 --> 00:40:38.500
 and you've

00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:38.899
 been running

00:40:38.899 --> 00:40:39.739
 like this

00:40:39.739 --> 00:40:40.619
 to try to

00:40:40.619 --> 00:40:41.019
 shut out

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:41.359
 Jesus'

00:40:41.359 --> 00:40:42.259
 voice

00:40:42.259 --> 00:40:42.899
 and you've

00:40:42.899 --> 00:40:43.219
 been running

00:40:43.219 --> 00:40:43.559
 with your

00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:44.419
 eyes closed

00:40:44.419 --> 00:40:46.159
 and the

00:40:46.159 --> 00:40:46.779
 Holy Spirit

00:40:46.779 --> 00:40:47.299
 just puts

00:40:47.299 --> 00:40:47.959
 that pressure

00:40:47.959 --> 00:40:48.319
 and you

00:40:48.319 --> 00:40:48.939
 finally say

00:40:48.939 --> 00:40:49.639
 I surrender

00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:51.480
 and you

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:51.899
 stop

00:40:51.899 --> 00:40:53.339
 you take

00:40:53.339 --> 00:40:53.779
 your fingers

00:40:53.779 --> 00:40:54.159
 out of your

00:40:54.159 --> 00:40:54.599
 ears

00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:55.679
 you open

00:40:55.679 --> 00:40:56.259
 your eyes

00:40:56.259 --> 00:40:56.819
 and you

00:40:56.819 --> 00:40:57.199
 turn

00:40:57.199 --> 00:40:58.959
 and you

00:40:58.959 --> 00:40:59.359
 let him

00:40:59.359 --> 00:40:59.839
 come with

00:40:59.839 --> 00:41:00.279
 all his

00:41:00.279 --> 00:41:00.719
 love

00:41:00.719 --> 00:41:03.819
 and you

00:41:03.819 --> 00:41:04.079
 let him

00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:04.819
 take you

00:41:04.819 --> 00:41:05.599
 for himself

00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:08.799
 and what

00:41:08.799 --> 00:41:09.039
 does it

00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:09.439
 mean to

00:41:09.439 --> 00:41:10.099
 be completely

00:41:10.099 --> 00:41:10.719
 forgiven of

00:41:10.719 --> 00:41:11.259
 everything you've

00:41:11.259 --> 00:41:11.659
 done in your

00:41:11.659 --> 00:41:12.699
 life if you

00:41:12.699 --> 00:41:13.399
 take that

00:41:13.399 --> 00:41:13.899
 to mean

00:41:13.899 --> 00:41:14.239
 that you

00:41:14.239 --> 00:41:14.599
 can do

00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:15.139
 whatever you

00:41:15.139 --> 00:41:15.779
 want then

00:41:15.779 --> 00:41:16.559
 you're like

00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:17.219
 the mom

00:41:17.219 --> 00:41:17.519
 and the

00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:18.599
 brothers outside

00:41:18.599 --> 00:41:19.339
 demanding

00:41:19.339 --> 00:41:20.439
 Jesus come

00:41:20.439 --> 00:41:20.879
 out and

00:41:20.879 --> 00:41:21.399
 talk to

00:41:21.399 --> 00:41:22.299
 us because

00:41:22.299 --> 00:41:22.819
 we're who

00:41:22.819 --> 00:41:23.379
 we are

00:41:23.379 --> 00:41:26.000
 that's not

00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:26.319
 what it

00:41:26.319 --> 00:41:26.799
 means

00:41:26.799 --> 00:41:29.539
 it's only

00:41:29.539 --> 00:41:29.859
 in the

00:41:29.859 --> 00:41:30.659
 perspective of

00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:31.179
 forgiveness

00:41:31.179 --> 00:41:31.819
 that you can

00:41:31.819 --> 00:41:32.519
 begin to have

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:33.559
 moral clarity

00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:34.079
 about the

00:41:34.079 --> 00:41:34.519
 world and

00:41:34.519 --> 00:41:35.159
 about yourself

00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:35.859
 that you can

00:41:35.859 --> 00:41:36.359
 begin to

00:41:36.359 --> 00:41:37.139
 have humility

00:41:37.139 --> 00:41:38.500
 that you

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:38.859
 can be

00:41:38.859 --> 00:41:39.339
 convicted

00:41:39.339 --> 00:41:39.779
 of a

00:41:39.779 --> 00:41:40.239
 sin

00:41:40.239 --> 00:41:40.980
 of pride

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:41.779
 or prejudice

00:41:41.779 --> 00:41:42.900
 or racism

00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:45.279
 or greed

00:41:45.279 --> 00:41:47.279
 or gluttony

00:41:47.279 --> 00:41:48.279
 or lust

00:41:48.279 --> 00:41:48.879
 or something

00:41:48.879 --> 00:41:50.440
 and before

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:51.000
 that we

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:51.659
 always wanted

00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:52.019
 to put up

00:41:52.019 --> 00:41:52.799
 our good

00:41:52.799 --> 00:41:53.420
 fronts that

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:53.779
 we're this

00:41:53.779 --> 00:41:54.179
 type of

00:41:54.179 --> 00:41:54.500
 person

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:55.199
 and so we

00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:55.679
 try to figure

00:41:55.679 --> 00:41:56.039
 out a way

00:41:56.039 --> 00:41:56.519
 to spin

00:41:56.519 --> 00:41:56.779
 that

00:41:56.779 --> 00:41:57.299
 to deny

00:41:57.299 --> 00:41:57.519
 it

00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:57.819
 to make

00:41:57.819 --> 00:41:58.099
 it look

00:41:58.099 --> 00:41:58.379
 like we

00:41:58.379 --> 00:41:58.599
 didn't

00:41:58.599 --> 00:41:59.039
 do it

00:41:59.039 --> 00:41:59.719
 you know

00:41:59.719 --> 00:42:00.000
 we used

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:00.359
 to joke

00:42:00.359 --> 00:42:00.699
 in my

00:42:00.699 --> 00:42:00.960
 house

00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:01.719
 that sometimes

00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:02.079
 when one of

00:42:02.079 --> 00:42:02.420
 the kids

00:42:02.420 --> 00:42:02.699
 you'd hear

00:42:02.699 --> 00:42:03.179
 this loud

00:42:03.179 --> 00:42:03.599
 crash

00:42:03.599 --> 00:42:04.039
 and what

00:42:04.039 --> 00:42:04.299
 was the

00:42:04.299 --> 00:42:04.759
 thing they

00:42:04.759 --> 00:42:05.019
 say

00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:05.679
 first they

00:42:05.679 --> 00:42:06.139
 say nothing

00:42:06.139 --> 00:42:06.699
 happened

00:42:06.699 --> 00:42:08.000
 second

00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:08.879
 they'd say

00:42:08.879 --> 00:42:09.379
 it wasn't

00:42:09.379 --> 00:42:09.619
 me

00:42:09.619 --> 00:42:09.879
 and then

00:42:09.879 --> 00:42:10.239
 the third

00:42:10.239 --> 00:42:10.619
 thing they'd

00:42:10.619 --> 00:42:10.859
 say it

00:42:10.859 --> 00:42:11.279
 wasn't my

00:42:11.279 --> 00:42:11.599
 fault

00:42:11.599 --> 00:42:12.259
 that was

00:42:12.259 --> 00:42:13.399
 the litany

00:42:13.399 --> 00:42:13.739
 right

00:42:13.739 --> 00:42:14.019
 nothing

00:42:14.019 --> 00:42:14.519
 happened

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:15.639
 how come

00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:16.019
 somebody's

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:16.339
 screaming

00:42:16.339 --> 00:42:17.139
 wasn't

00:42:17.139 --> 00:42:17.519
 me

00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:19.000
 how come

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:19.159
 they're

00:42:19.159 --> 00:42:19.399
 screaming

00:42:19.399 --> 00:42:19.919
 your name

00:42:19.919 --> 00:42:20.599
 not my

00:42:20.599 --> 00:42:20.980
 fault

00:42:20.980 --> 00:42:21.339
 right

00:42:21.339 --> 00:42:22.819
 and you

00:42:22.819 --> 00:42:23.619
 go through

00:42:23.619 --> 00:42:24.259
 and it's

00:42:24.259 --> 00:42:24.879
 only if you

00:42:24.879 --> 00:42:25.179
 know you're

00:42:25.179 --> 00:42:25.539
 completely

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:26.099
 forgiven

00:42:26.099 --> 00:42:27.399
 that you

00:42:27.399 --> 00:42:27.819
 can actually

00:42:27.819 --> 00:42:28.399
 stop and

00:42:28.399 --> 00:42:28.719
 say yeah

00:42:28.719 --> 00:42:29.119
 that was

00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:29.419
 me

00:42:29.419 --> 00:42:32.679
 that was

00:42:32.679 --> 00:42:32.919
 me

00:42:32.919 --> 00:42:33.419
 Lord help

00:42:33.419 --> 00:42:33.639
 me to

00:42:33.639 --> 00:42:34.639
 see the

00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:35.500
 moral world

00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:35.799
 as it

00:42:35.799 --> 00:42:36.399
 really is

00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:36.780
 help me

00:42:36.780 --> 00:42:37.320
 to confront

00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:38.180
 the selfishness

00:42:38.180 --> 00:42:38.440
 and the

00:42:38.440 --> 00:42:38.720
 greed

00:42:38.720 --> 00:42:39.940
 in my

00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:40.420
 life

00:42:40.420 --> 00:42:41.480
 it's only

00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:41.760
 in that

00:42:41.760 --> 00:42:42.340
 perspective

00:42:42.340 --> 00:42:42.700
 in that

00:42:42.700 --> 00:42:43.160
 place

00:42:43.160 --> 00:42:43.720
 that you

00:42:43.720 --> 00:42:44.099
 can actually

00:42:44.099 --> 00:42:44.720
 begin to

00:42:44.720 --> 00:42:45.200
 have true

00:42:45.200 --> 00:42:46.139
 moral improvement

00:42:46.139 --> 00:42:46.960
 at the very

00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:47.639
 very deep

00:42:47.639 --> 00:42:48.240
 level of the

00:42:48.240 --> 00:42:48.599
 heart

00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:49.440
 as the

00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:49.760
 gospel

00:42:49.760 --> 00:42:50.639
 becomes real

00:42:50.639 --> 00:42:51.099
 to you

00:42:51.099 --> 00:42:52.139
 invite you

00:42:52.139 --> 00:42:52.660
 to stand

00:42:52.659 --> 00:42:57.339
 if you

00:42:57.340 --> 00:42:58.019
 are here

00:42:58.019 --> 00:42:58.360
 and you've

00:42:58.360 --> 00:42:58.760
 never given

00:42:58.760 --> 00:42:59.140
 your life

00:42:59.140 --> 00:42:59.700
 to christ

00:42:59.700 --> 00:43:00.180
 and you

00:43:00.180 --> 00:43:00.760
 feel that

00:43:00.760 --> 00:43:01.180
 pressure

00:43:01.180 --> 00:43:01.579
 in your

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:02.039
 heart

00:43:02.039 --> 00:43:02.860
 all i can

00:43:02.860 --> 00:43:03.380
 say is

00:43:03.380 --> 00:43:04.280
 just as i

00:43:04.280 --> 00:43:04.559
 used in

00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:05.180
 that example

00:43:05.180 --> 00:43:06.559
 that's the

00:43:06.559 --> 00:43:07.240
 holy spirit

00:43:07.240 --> 00:43:07.740
 knocking

00:43:07.740 --> 00:43:08.420
 that's god

00:43:08.420 --> 00:43:09.039
 giving you an

00:43:09.039 --> 00:43:10.039
 opportunity to

00:43:10.039 --> 00:43:10.800
 no longer be

00:43:10.800 --> 00:43:11.600
 closed off to

00:43:11.600 --> 00:43:11.920
 him

00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:14.740
 for god so

00:43:14.740 --> 00:43:15.120
 loved the

00:43:15.120 --> 00:43:15.680
 world that he

00:43:15.680 --> 00:43:16.220
 gave his only

00:43:16.220 --> 00:43:17.300
 begotten son to

00:43:17.300 --> 00:43:18.059
 the end who all

00:43:18.059 --> 00:43:18.660
 that all who

00:43:18.660 --> 00:43:19.240
 believe in him

00:43:19.240 --> 00:43:20.019
 will not perish

00:43:20.019 --> 00:43:20.440
 but have

00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:21.120
 eternal life

00:43:21.120 --> 00:43:21.840
 have everlasting

00:43:21.840 --> 00:43:22.340
 life

00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:23.960
 that's god

00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:24.400
 calling

00:43:24.400 --> 00:43:25.720
 and all i can

00:43:25.720 --> 00:43:26.300
 say to you is

00:43:26.300 --> 00:43:26.960
 just turn and

00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:27.519
 face him and

00:43:27.519 --> 00:43:28.559
 say jesus be my

00:43:28.559 --> 00:43:28.980
 savior

00:43:28.980 --> 00:43:33.100
 do that miracle

00:43:33.100 --> 00:43:33.880
 of conversion

00:43:33.880 --> 00:43:34.519
 in me

00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:37.200
 and for those

00:43:37.200 --> 00:43:37.640
 of us who

00:43:37.640 --> 00:43:38.019
 gather

00:43:38.019 --> 00:43:39.660
 we gather as

00:43:39.660 --> 00:43:40.700
 goldfish who've

00:43:40.700 --> 00:43:41.360
 been redeemed

00:43:41.360 --> 00:43:43.160
 and the reason

00:43:43.160 --> 00:43:44.140
 why church is so

00:43:44.140 --> 00:43:44.980
 important is that

00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:45.700
 we can say the

00:43:45.700 --> 00:43:46.240
 creed

00:43:46.240 --> 00:43:47.380
 we can gather

00:43:47.380 --> 00:43:48.460
 around the word

00:43:48.460 --> 00:43:49.640
 of god and be

00:43:49.640 --> 00:43:50.700
 reminded of the

00:43:50.700 --> 00:43:51.480
 gospel and of

00:43:51.480 --> 00:43:52.320
 eternal forgiveness

00:43:52.320 --> 00:43:53.100
 and how we

00:43:53.100 --> 00:43:53.860
 forget it

00:43:53.860 --> 00:43:55.120
 ten seconds

00:43:55.120 --> 00:43:56.400
 after we can

00:43:56.400 --> 00:43:57.680
 recommit around

00:43:57.680 --> 00:43:58.700
 the lord's table

00:43:58.700 --> 00:43:59.440
 that we are the

00:43:59.440 --> 00:44:00.760
 lords that he is

00:44:00.760 --> 00:44:02.240
 our savior that we

00:44:02.240 --> 00:44:03.100
 do not deserve

00:44:03.100 --> 00:44:04.200
 salvation but he

00:44:04.200 --> 00:44:04.780
 has given it

00:44:04.780 --> 00:44:06.019
 freely and fully

00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:07.480
 we are his he

00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:08.420
 will never let us

00:44:08.420 --> 00:44:09.780
 go it is worth

00:44:09.780 --> 00:44:11.640
 following him and

00:44:11.640 --> 00:44:12.380
 it doesn't matter

00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:13.100
 if legislation

00:44:13.100 --> 00:44:14.720
 says that this is

00:44:14.720 --> 00:44:15.940
 all a pile of

00:44:15.940 --> 00:44:17.980
 baloney which

00:44:17.980 --> 00:44:18.680
 just happened this

00:44:18.680 --> 00:44:19.000
 week

00:44:19.000 --> 00:44:21.460
 it's the truth

00:44:21.460 --> 00:44:23.240
 it's the truth

00:44:23.240 --> 00:44:24.519
 let's bow our

00:44:24.519 --> 00:44:25.079
 heads in prayer

00:44:25.079 --> 00:44:30.039
 father we ask

00:44:30.039 --> 00:44:30.440
 that the holy

00:44:30.440 --> 00:44:31.240
 spirit would come

00:44:31.240 --> 00:44:31.880
 with might and

00:44:31.880 --> 00:44:32.539
 power and deep

00:44:32.539 --> 00:44:33.880
 conviction we

00:44:33.880 --> 00:44:34.619
 thank and praise

00:44:34.619 --> 00:44:35.159
 you that you do

00:44:35.159 --> 00:44:35.679
 not weigh our

00:44:35.679 --> 00:44:36.619
 merits but pardon

00:44:36.619 --> 00:44:37.480
 our offenses we

00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:38.159
 thank and praise

00:44:38.159 --> 00:44:39.440
 you father that

00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:40.440
 in jesus that

00:44:40.440 --> 00:44:41.340
 infinite distance

00:44:41.340 --> 00:44:42.340
 between us and

00:44:42.340 --> 00:44:43.340
 you was closed

00:44:43.340 --> 00:44:44.099
 that we are now

00:44:44.099 --> 00:44:45.099
 in your arms that

00:44:45.099 --> 00:44:45.519
 we are your

00:44:45.519 --> 00:44:46.720
 children by adoption

00:44:46.720 --> 00:44:47.880
 and grace that

00:44:47.880 --> 00:44:48.559
 christ is our

00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:49.619
 hope of glory that

00:44:49.619 --> 00:44:50.179
 you will never

00:44:50.179 --> 00:44:51.099
 forget us that

00:44:51.099 --> 00:44:51.599
 you will never

00:44:51.599 --> 00:44:52.980
 abandon us that

00:44:52.980 --> 00:44:53.480
 you will never

00:44:53.480 --> 00:44:54.639
 leave us alone that

00:44:54.639 --> 00:44:55.079
 you will never

00:44:55.079 --> 00:44:56.259
 mock us or deride

00:44:56.259 --> 00:44:57.559
 us that all you

00:44:57.559 --> 00:44:58.599
 want to do father

00:44:58.599 --> 00:44:59.579
 is have your word

00:44:59.579 --> 00:45:00.460
 come deep within

00:45:00.460 --> 00:45:01.420
 us so that we

00:45:01.420 --> 00:45:02.519
 might be formed by

00:45:02.519 --> 00:45:03.659
 the gospel might be

00:45:03.659 --> 00:45:04.880
 formed by grace that

00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:05.799
 we might be formed

00:45:05.799 --> 00:45:07.440
 by forgiveness that

00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:08.279
 that grace and

00:45:08.279 --> 00:45:09.099
 forgiveness might

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 humble us and

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 create within us a

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 longing and yearning

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 to bring you glory

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 to live a life that

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 honors you and is

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 good for this city is

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 good for this nation is

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 good for this world

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 that you will give

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 us a heart for the

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 broken and the lost

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 rather than contempt

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 father we thank you

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 for the gospel that

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 we can recommit around

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 who jesus is and what

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 he did for us on the

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 cross and father grant

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 us a heart to share the

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 gospel to bear witness

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 to jesus he is the hope

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 of glory and there is

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 no other we ask all

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 these things in the name

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 of jesus and all god's

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 people said amen

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 but today is enduring

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 nothingяз Slim

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 our value wedding

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 we'll be able to

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 receive victory

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 and be held

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 to fight with

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 baby

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 and if we recognize

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 and we see

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 again

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 we align

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 tovordan

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 she's

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 biblical

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 to respect

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 to the

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 people

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 who

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 and

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 stand

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 to choose

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 and

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 rock

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 видно

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 to

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руж

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 the

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 husband

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 reveal

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