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 Please turn to the end of John chapter 11.

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 And we're looking at John 11.55 to chapter 12, verse 11.

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 The first half is all action.

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 Jesus does miracles.

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 He does signs.

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 He turns water into wine.

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 He heals a man's son from a great distance.

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 He heals a man who's been paralysed for 38 years.

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 He feeds 5,000 people with a packed lunch.

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 He heals a blind man.

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 He raises the dead, chapter 11.

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 In the second half of Mark's gospel from chapter 13,

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 he goes away from the public.

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 He gathers his followers, his disciples, into an upper room

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 and he talks to them about his death.

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 And chapter 13 onwards is all about his passion, all about his death.

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 Chapter 12 is the hinge between those two halves.

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 And in chapter 12, Jesus says his last public words.

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 He does his last public actions.

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 And he explains why he's going to die.

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 The heart of the chapter, the key that unlocks the chapter, is verse 23.

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 Jesus answered them,

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 The hour has come.

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 Now is the time for the Son of Man to be glorified.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone.

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 But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

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 Do you notice that word glory?

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 It's one of John's key words.

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 It's one of the words that Christians use.

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 We use it for big things that we can't really describe.

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 Glory.

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 And what Jesus is saying here is that the glory of God

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 cannot be separated from the death of the Lord Jesus.

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 The glory of God cannot be separated from his brutal, violent execution on the cross.

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 And that is strange.

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 Glory is not just majesty, dignity and power.

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 Glory has to do with suffering and sacrifice

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 and with pain and with his giving of his life.

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 And that's why Jesus says,

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 And the hour has now come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

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 The glory of God, the heart of God,

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 has an eternal connection between suffering and love, sacrifice and honour.

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 Between expensive giving and love.

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 Chapter 12, verse 1, Jesus comes back to Bethany,

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 to the very, very happy home of Mary and Martha and Lazarus.

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 Why are they so happy?

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 Well, verse 1, this is Lazarus,

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 whom Jesus had raised from the dead in the last chapter.

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 Verse 9, there is Lazarus.

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 The crowds are coming to see him.

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 Lazarus, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

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 It's just a little throwaway line in the story.

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 Twice we are told, Lazarus is standing there.

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 He's a very popular boy.

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 He is exhibit A.

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 Everybody wants to get a piece of Lazarus.

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 You can see down in verse 10 and 11 that.

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 I'm guessing there would be movie offers if he was living today.

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 Big interviews with Piers Morgan and Lorraine Kelly.

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 And I think the question would be,

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 what would you want to ask Lazarus?

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 What would you want to ask Lazarus?

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 What would you ask him?

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 Anyone want to shout out?

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 What would you ask him?

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 Anyone?

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 I think you did.

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 What were you going to say, John?

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 What was it like being dead, isn't it?

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 Isn't that the question?

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 Surely.

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 The question I would want to ask Lazarus is,

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 what was it like?

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 What was it like going through death

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 and then coming back again?

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 I think that Lazarus might actually have been a bit disappointed,

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 don't you?

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 Coming back into this life, don't you?

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 It's just my theory.

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 We're not told.

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 And I think we're not told because that isn't the point of the passage.

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 Here's the point.

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 At the centre of this first episode in John chapter 12,

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 Mary,

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 Lazarus' sister,

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 anoints Jesus for his burial.

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 It's about Jesus' death.

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 The story is framed with references to Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead.

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 Do you remember in chapter 11,

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 he is the one who marched to the tomb

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 and he said,

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 Lazarus, come out,

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 even though he'd been dead for days,

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 he turned to Mary and Martha

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 and he said,

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 I am the resurrection and the life,

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 which is not something you do, is it?

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 Unless you're able to raise the dead.

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 And I think the shocking thing that we hear in John 12

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 is that Jesus,

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 the resurrection and the life,

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 Jesus,

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 the eternal word of God,

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 is going to die.

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 It's absolutely impossible.

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 Absolutely impossible.

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 The eternal word

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 who was made flesh

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 at the beginning of the gospel

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 who says,

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 I am the source of all life.

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 Who tells us,

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 I am the bread of life.

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 I am the resurrection and the life.

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 I am the way, the truth,

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 and the life.

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 How can he die?

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 What would possess him

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 to do such a thing?

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 And the answer is in verse 1.

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 Six days before the Passover,

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 Jesus therefore came to Bethany.

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 The Passover is the trigger

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 for Jesus to go up to Bethany.

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 Look back in chapter 11 and verse 47.

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 The chief priests and Pharisees,

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 they gathered to the council together

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 and they said,

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 what are we to do?

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 For this man performs many signs

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 if we let him go on like this.

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 Everyone will believe in him.

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 The Romans will come.

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 They'll take away our place

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 and our nation.

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 But one of them,

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 Caiaphas, the high priest that year,

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 that's how high priests

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 are supposed to talk.

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 He says,

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 you know nothing at all.

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 You're absolutely clueless.

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 Don't you understand?

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 It's better that one man die

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 for the people

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 and not that the whole nation should die.

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 So verse 53,

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 from that day on,

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 they make plans to put him to death.

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 In verse 54,

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 Jesus goes into hiding.

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 In verse 55,

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 now the Passover of the Jews

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 was at hand

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 and many went up from the country

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 to Jerusalem

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 before the Passover

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 to purify themselves.

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 In chapter 12,

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 it opens with the Passover.

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 The Passover was the messiest festival

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 in the Jewish calendar.

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 thousands upon thousands

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 of sheep and oxen

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 are slaughtered.

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 The historical records tell us

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 that Jerusalem,

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 the streets ran with blood.

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 The stench would have been incredible.

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 This is the great event

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 in the Jewish year

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 because it celebrated

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 the great redemption

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 of the Old Testament

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 when God rescued his people

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 out of slavery and Egypt

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 and when God sent

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 the angel of death

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 into Egypt

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 and the angel of death

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 passed over every house

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 that was marked

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 by the blood of the Lamb

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 and everyone

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 whose house was marked

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 by the blood of the Lamb

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 was safe.

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 And the Passover comes

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 and Jesus says,

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 now is the hour

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 for the Son of Man

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 to be glorified.

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 We've gone through

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 John's Gospel

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 right from the start

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 and we remember

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 in chapter 1

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 when John the Baptist

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 saw Jesus walking

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 towards his baptism

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 and John says,

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 behold the Lamb of God

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 who takes away

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 the sin of the world.

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 And here he is.

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 Here is the one

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 to whom all the Old Testament

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 has been pointing.

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 And it's such an irony,

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 isn't it?

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 It's an irony

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 that the Jews

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 are going up to Jerusalem

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 to have their sins

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 purified by ceremonies

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 and in the midst of them

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 is the one,

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 the Eternal One,

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 the Lamb of God

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 who's going to take away

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 the sins of the world.

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 The great rescue

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 is about to come.

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 The interesting thing,

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 believe it or not,

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 we're still in the introduction,

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 the interesting thing is

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 in this first story

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 of John 12,

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 Jesus is not

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 the main character.

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 Verse 3,

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 we meet Martha

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 and she is serving,

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 serving,

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 serving.

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 She's going on serving.

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 And then Mary

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 does this extravagant action

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 and Jesus is passive.

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 It's one of those occasions

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 in the Gospel

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 where Jesus is not

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 the main actor.

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 And what Mary does

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 is she takes a pound

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 of extraordinarily

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 expensive ointment,

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 pure and hard,

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 and she pours it

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 over Jesus' feet.

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 And then she undoes

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 her hair,

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 which as a Jewish woman

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 had been bound up

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 and she wipes

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 his feet with his hair,

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 with her hair.

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 Everyone present

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 is shocked.

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 It is a shocking thing

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 to do.

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 It would be the same

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 sort of thing

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 if someone did that

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 in your home today.

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 And John is at pains

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 to tell you

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 how much it cost.

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 He says,

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 it is pure nard,

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 it's a pound of nard,

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 pound weight.

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 He tells us,

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 and Judas helpfully

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 fills in the details,

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 this thing that

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 she has just done

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 is worth a year's wage.

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 It is deeply personal,

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 creative,

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 extravagance.

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 And she takes

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 her life's wages,

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 she takes

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 a year's wages,

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 her life savings,

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 and she pours it

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 over Jesus.

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 It is great humility

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 and love.

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 And John tells us

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 this lovely little line

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 at the end of verse 3.

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 Can you see it?

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 In fact,

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 can you smell it?

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 The house was filled

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 with the fragrance

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 of the perfume.

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 You don't actually

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 know that

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 unless you were

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 an eyewitness

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 or a nose witness.

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 But it shocks

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 the disciples.

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 Look at Judas,

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 verse 4,

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 he's offended.

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 Why on earth

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 was this not sold

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 to the poor?

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 To poor?

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 It's said so aggressively

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 that he expects

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 everyone in the room

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 is going to agree with him.

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 It is a terrible waste.

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 And Judas asks

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 the most obvious question,

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 doesn't he?

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 Jesus responds

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 and says,

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 let her alone now.

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 Leave her alone,

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 verse 7,

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 that she may

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 keep it for the day

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 of my burial.

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 For the poor

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 you will always

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 have with you,

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 but you do not

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 always have me.

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 Here is something

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 that is socially awkward.

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 It is quite inappropriate,

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 to be honest,

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 in a way.

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 Jesus takes it

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 and he brings it

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 to the point

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 of his death,

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 his burial.

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 I am not sure

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 that Mary understood

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 all of what she did,

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 but by her extravagance

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 she moves close

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 to the heart of God.

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 And Jesus takes it

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 and he is honoured

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 by it

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 and pleased by it

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 and he says

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 this is an incredibly

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 precious thing

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 that she has done.

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 And incidentally,

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 I don't know

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 if you've had a debate

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 on this,

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 but in verse 8

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 when Jesus says

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 the poor you always

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 have with you

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 but me you don't,

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 Jesus is not saying

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 there don't worry

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 about the poor.

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 There are better things

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 to do with your money

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 than them.

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 I've heard some people

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 use the verse

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 in that way.

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 But actually

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 Jesus is quoting,

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 and this shocked me

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 this week,

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 Jesus is quoting

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 Deuteronomy 15.

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 In Deuteronomy

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 chapter 15

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 God is speaking

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 to the people

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 of Israel

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 and in Deuteronomy

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 15

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 God is taking away

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 the excuse

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 of the people

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 of Israel

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 and he says

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 do not be greedy

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 and he is saying

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 in Deuteronomy 15

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 you have to care

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 for those who are

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 among you

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 who are poor.

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 That's the duty

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 of the people of God.

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 Let me quote you

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 one or two verses

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 from Deuteronomy 15.

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 It says

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 you shall give

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 to him freely

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 that's the poor

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 and your heart

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 shall not be grudging

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 when you give to him

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 because for this

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 the Lord your God

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 will bless you

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 in all your work

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 and in all

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 that you undertake.

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 Then he says

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 there will always

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 be poor in the land

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 for there will never

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 cease to be poor

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 in the land.

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 Therefore I command you

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 you shall open

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 wide your hand

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 to your brother

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 to the needy

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 to the poor

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 in your land.

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 Jesus takes

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 that quote

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 and he reminds them

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 you've got an obligation

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 to the poor

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 but he says

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 there's something

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 more important here.

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 that his death

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 is more important

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 than all the world's poor

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 and that is shocking

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 particularly as he quotes

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 the verse

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 where God says

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 I stand with the poor.

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 It would have been

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 wouldn't it

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 a very good thing

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 if Mary had taken

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 this ointment

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 and sold it

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 and given the proceeds away

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 that would have been

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 a good thing

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 but Jesus says

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 actually she's doing

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 something better

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 and the fragrance

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 of what she does

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 fills the house

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 and continues

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 to fill the house.

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 Now the question is

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 what are we to do

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 with this contrast

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 between Mary

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 and Judas?

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 What is behind it?

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 And I think

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 what we're meant to see

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 in the rest of the time

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 we have tonight

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 is the contrast

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 of faith.

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 The contrast

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 of believing

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 and unbelief.

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 Verse 11

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 if you just look

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 at the end

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 of the story

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 John tells us

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 that everyone

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 is going away

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 and believing

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 in Jesus.

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 Everyone is going

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 over to Jesus.

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 It's the thing

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 the authorities

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 are most afraid of

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 and if you go

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 to the end

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 of the gospel

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 that is where

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 the gospel

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 is going.

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 John writes

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 all these words

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 this book

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 so that you might

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 believe in Jesus

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 and have life

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 in his name

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 and the contrast

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 between Mary

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 and Judas

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 is a contrast

00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:46.600
 between belief

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 and unbelief

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 between faith

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 and unfaith.

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 We Christians

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 speak a lot

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 about faith

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 don't we?

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 We've said it

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 already

00:14:57.500 --> 00:14:58.379
 in our services

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 that I confess

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 that Jesus

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 is

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 we did it

00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:02.680
 this morning

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 I believe

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 in God

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 Father Almighty

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 and here is

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 a concrete example

00:15:08.899 --> 00:15:09.820
 of what

00:15:09.820 --> 00:15:10.560
 true faith

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 looks like

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 and John

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 brings this out

00:15:14.100 --> 00:15:14.519
 by showing

00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:15.500
 true faith

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 and unfaith

00:15:16.059 --> 00:15:16.500
 there's three

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 contrasts

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 I'll be brief

00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:18.740
 three contrasts

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 the first contrast

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 is a contrast

00:15:21.100 --> 00:15:21.759
 of values

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 real faith

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 demonstrates

00:15:27.299 --> 00:15:27.860
 itself

00:15:27.860 --> 00:15:28.700
 in a contrast

00:15:28.700 --> 00:15:29.500
 of values

00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:32.259
 what Mary

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 does

00:15:32.700 --> 00:15:33.480
 is socially

00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:34.000
 inappropriate

00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:36.559
 but it's a

00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:37.519
 perfect demonstration

00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:38.200
 of real faith

00:15:38.200 --> 00:15:40.340
 John

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 drives this home

00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:42.240
 in verse

00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:43.080
 three

00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:46.220
 the word

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 there

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 pure

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 nard

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 the word

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 there is

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 literally

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 the word

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 pure

00:15:51.940 --> 00:15:52.220
 there is

00:15:52.220 --> 00:15:52.500
 literally

00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:53.060
 faith

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 it's

00:15:54.800 --> 00:15:55.120
 slightly

00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:55.660
 odd

00:15:55.660 --> 00:15:57.460
 it is

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 literally

00:15:57.860 --> 00:15:58.620
 faith

00:15:58.620 --> 00:15:59.140
 nard

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 it's the

00:16:00.660 --> 00:16:01.300
 same word

00:16:01.300 --> 00:16:01.720
 as

00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:02.980
 belief

00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:04.300
 that's there

00:16:04.300 --> 00:16:04.600
 in verse

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 11

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 exactly

00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:05.440
 the same

00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:05.759
 word

00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:08.639
 in other

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 words

00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:10.580
 what Mary

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 is doing

00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:11.940
 comes out

00:16:11.940 --> 00:16:12.240
 of her

00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:12.740
 faith

00:16:12.740 --> 00:16:16.259
 Mary

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 values

00:16:17.220 --> 00:16:17.639
 Jesus

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 above

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 everything

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 else

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 above

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 even

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 her

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 financial

00:16:23.060 --> 00:16:23.779
 security

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 whereas

00:16:25.860 --> 00:16:26.379
 Judas

00:16:26.379 --> 00:16:26.860
 is a man

00:16:26.860 --> 00:16:27.500
 of unbelief

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 what motivates

00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:30.740
 Judas

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 is money

00:16:31.259 --> 00:16:32.000
 and greed

00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:33.759
 he values

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 what the

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 culture

00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:34.820
 values

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 I was on

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 an excruciating

00:16:38.659 --> 00:16:40.740
 long journey

00:16:40.740 --> 00:16:41.460
 on a train

00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:42.259
 last year

00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:42.980
 for four

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 hours

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 and there

00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:45.139
 were two

00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:45.860
 young men

00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:46.139
 who were

00:16:46.139 --> 00:16:46.759
 opposite me

00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:47.379
 sitting at a

00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:47.700
 table

00:16:47.700 --> 00:16:48.919
 who were

00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:49.159
 with me

00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:49.679
 the whole

00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:50.059
 journey

00:16:50.059 --> 00:16:51.379
 and they

00:16:51.379 --> 00:16:51.799
 talked for

00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:52.139
 the whole

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 time about

00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:53.299
 one thing

00:16:53.299 --> 00:16:53.919
 quite loudly

00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:55.120
 about money

00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:55.779
 it was

00:16:55.779 --> 00:16:56.220
 amazing to

00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:56.440
 me

00:16:56.440 --> 00:16:58.180
 they talked

00:16:58.180 --> 00:16:58.420
 about how

00:16:58.420 --> 00:16:58.640
 they were

00:16:58.640 --> 00:16:58.820
 going to

00:16:58.820 --> 00:16:59.300
 make it

00:16:59.300 --> 00:17:00.480
 they talked

00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:00.780
 about what

00:17:00.780 --> 00:17:00.960
 they were

00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:01.160
 going to

00:17:01.160 --> 00:17:01.600
 do with

00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:01.820
 it

00:17:01.820 --> 00:17:02.740
 and they

00:17:02.740 --> 00:17:02.960
 talked

00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:03.300
 about how

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 much

00:17:03.460 --> 00:17:03.880
 they liked

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 it

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 it was

00:17:05.580 --> 00:17:06.000
 remarkable

00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:06.720
 I took

00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:07.039
 notes

00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:08.380
 no I

00:17:08.380 --> 00:17:08.620
 didn't

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 I should

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 have

00:17:09.380 --> 00:17:09.500
 taken

00:17:09.500 --> 00:17:09.720
 notes

00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:10.900
 the

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 absolute

00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:13.620
 unquestioned

00:17:13.620 --> 00:17:14.440
 assumption

00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:14.880
 of their

00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:15.640
 conversation

00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:16.320
 is that

00:17:16.320 --> 00:17:17.440
 money was

00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:18.200
 the ultimate

00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:18.440
 good

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 the primary

00:17:18.840 --> 00:17:19.160
 good

00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:20.799
 that's

00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:20.920
 the way

00:17:20.920 --> 00:17:21.200
 unbelief

00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:21.500
 works

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 it looks

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 as if

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 this world

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 is a

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 place

00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:26.859
 of

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 permanence

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 and meaning

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 and I

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 think if

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 you take

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 Jesus out

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 of the

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 equation

00:17:33.620 --> 00:17:34.339
 Judas'

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 arguments

00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:35.440
 make sense

00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:38.120
 it's very

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 straightforward

00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:39.160
 what he

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 says

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 you can

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 hear what

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 he says

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 surely

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 he says

00:17:41.180 --> 00:17:41.680
 if we'd

00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:42.819
 have sold

00:17:42.819 --> 00:17:43.880
 this ointment

00:17:43.880 --> 00:17:44.839
 it would

00:17:44.839 --> 00:17:45.500
 have benefited

00:17:45.500 --> 00:17:46.400
 far more

00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:46.759
 people

00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:48.819
 it's a

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 waste

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 if Jesus

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 is about

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 to die

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 I mean

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 how can

00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:54.220
 you

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 justify

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 taking

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 something

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 that's

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 worth

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 a whole

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 year's

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 wages

00:17:58.099 --> 00:17:58.759
 and

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 wasting

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 it

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 on

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 Jesus

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 do you

00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.159
 know what

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 we could

00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:03.559
 have done

00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:03.740
 with that

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 money

00:18:03.879 --> 00:18:04.379
 we could

00:18:04.379 --> 00:18:04.720
 have set

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 up a

00:18:05.019 --> 00:18:05.319
 community

00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:05.619
 loan

00:18:05.619 --> 00:18:05.960
 scheme

00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:08.839
 we could

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 have

00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:09.579
 funded

00:18:09.579 --> 00:18:10.839
 the food

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 bank

00:18:11.180 --> 00:18:11.819
 for over

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 a year

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 we could

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 have

00:18:15.380 --> 00:18:15.940
 given it

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 to an

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 orphanage

00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:17.380
 we could

00:18:17.380 --> 00:18:17.539
 have

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 funded

00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:18.060
 the

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 night

00:18:18.380 --> 00:18:18.820
 shelter

00:18:18.820 --> 00:18:19.380
 and paid

00:18:19.380 --> 00:18:19.720
 for a

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 worker

00:18:20.120 --> 00:18:20.420
 amongst

00:18:20.420 --> 00:18:20.560
 the

00:18:20.560 --> 00:18:20.860
 homeless

00:18:20.860 --> 00:18:21.320
 for over

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 a year

00:18:21.700 --> 00:18:24.259
 and Judas

00:18:24.259 --> 00:18:24.580
 could say

00:18:24.580 --> 00:18:24.720
 well

00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:25.519
 devotion to

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 Jesus

00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:26.080
 is all

00:18:26.080 --> 00:18:26.440
 well and

00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:26.860
 good

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 I'm all

00:18:27.900 --> 00:18:28.160
 for

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 devotion

00:18:28.640 --> 00:18:29.720
 but this

00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:30.920
 is unqualified

00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:31.799
 extravagance

00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:33.420
 it is socially

00:18:33.420 --> 00:18:33.799
 awkward

00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:34.220
 it is

00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:34.740
 inappropriate

00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:37.420
 and Judas

00:18:37.420 --> 00:18:37.940
 looks at

00:18:37.940 --> 00:18:38.240
 Mary

00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:39.380
 and what

00:18:39.380 --> 00:18:39.860
 she does

00:18:39.860 --> 00:18:40.500
 is utterly

00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:41.240
 bewildering

00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:41.660
 to him

00:18:41.660 --> 00:18:44.220
 he can't

00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:44.500
 get his

00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:44.960
 head around

00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:45.160
 it

00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:45.580
 it is

00:18:45.580 --> 00:18:46.140
 utterly

00:18:46.140 --> 00:18:47.180
 bewildering

00:18:47.180 --> 00:18:48.060
 what a

00:18:48.060 --> 00:18:48.560
 waste

00:18:48.560 --> 00:18:51.920
 and that's

00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:52.540
 always

00:18:52.540 --> 00:18:53.820
 the way

00:18:53.820 --> 00:18:54.779
 belief

00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.160
 looks

00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:55.840
 to those

00:18:55.840 --> 00:18:56.100
 who don't

00:18:56.100 --> 00:18:56.400
 believe

00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:58.860
 if you

00:18:58.860 --> 00:18:59.259
 are

00:18:59.259 --> 00:19:00.340
 a believer

00:19:00.340 --> 00:19:00.700
 if you

00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:00.980
 are a

00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:01.180
 follower

00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:01.519
 of the

00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:01.660
 Lord

00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:01.900
 Jesus

00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:02.300
 Christ

00:19:02.300 --> 00:19:02.720
 that will

00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:03.340
 always

00:19:03.340 --> 00:19:03.640
 be

00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:04.640
 bewildering

00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:06.240
 to those

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.400
 who are

00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:06.920
 unbelievers

00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:09.960
 and then

00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:10.279
 in verse

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 6

00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:11.580
 John

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 reaches

00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:12.279
 out

00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:13.060
 and he

00:19:13.060 --> 00:19:13.700
 flicks

00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:14.200
 off

00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:15.680
 Judas

00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:16.160
 mask

00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:18.480
 see

00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:18.700
 verse

00:19:18.700 --> 00:19:18.980
 6

00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:22.640
 you find

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 out

00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.039
 this

00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:23.660
 grubby

00:19:23.660 --> 00:19:25.700
 grasping

00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:28.100
 dried up

00:19:28.100 --> 00:19:29.000
 deceptive

00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:29.259
 little

00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:29.740
 heart

00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:32.000
 is because

00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:32.340
 he's a

00:19:32.340 --> 00:19:32.600
 thief

00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:35.679
 he keeps

00:19:35.679 --> 00:19:36.019
 the money

00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:36.299
 bags

00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:36.919
 for himself

00:19:36.919 --> 00:19:39.079
 so he

00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:39.500
 can help

00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:39.899
 himself

00:19:39.899 --> 00:19:40.879
 he doesn't

00:19:40.879 --> 00:19:41.279
 care about

00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:41.639
 the poor

00:19:41.639 --> 00:19:42.339
 it's a

00:19:42.339 --> 00:19:42.819
 devastating

00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:43.599
 picture of

00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:43.939
 Judas

00:19:43.939 --> 00:19:46.659
 but what

00:19:46.659 --> 00:19:47.119
 Judas has

00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:47.480
 done

00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:48.299
 is he

00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:48.740
 has learned

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.740
 to describe

00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:50.359
 disguise

00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:51.539
 his greed

00:19:51.539 --> 00:19:53.240
 as compassion

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:54.759
 isn't that

00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:55.240
 devastating

00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:57.880
 he's learned

00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:58.880
 to disguise

00:19:58.880 --> 00:19:59.700
 his grubby

00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:00.279
 grasping

00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:00.940
 materialistic

00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:01.259
 heart

00:20:01.259 --> 00:20:01.980
 in terms

00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:02.240
 of

00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:03.180
 social

00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:03.599
 justice

00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:06.400
 and it's

00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:06.880
 because his

00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:07.779
 eyes are

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.380
 closed

00:20:08.380 --> 00:20:09.620
 to the

00:20:09.620 --> 00:20:10.019
 glory of

00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.279
 Jesus

00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:12.220
 and he

00:20:12.220 --> 00:20:12.660
 clings to

00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:12.900
 his own

00:20:12.900 --> 00:20:13.140
 self

00:20:13.140 --> 00:20:13.799
 indulgence

00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:14.140
 and his

00:20:14.140 --> 00:20:14.440
 own

00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:15.000
 emptiness

00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:15.779
 because of

00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.240
 unbelief

00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:18.220
 and that

00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:18.539
 is the

00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:18.980
 contrast

00:20:18.980 --> 00:20:19.380
 here between

00:20:19.380 --> 00:20:19.880
 belief

00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:22.080
 and unbelief

00:20:22.080 --> 00:20:24.240
 that is the

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:24.740
 value system

00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.180
 the second

00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:25.660
 contrast

00:20:25.660 --> 00:20:26.140
 is a

00:20:26.140 --> 00:20:26.400
 contrast

00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:26.620
 of

00:20:26.620 --> 00:20:27.240
 audience

00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:29.500
 a

00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:29.740
 contrast

00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:29.960
 of

00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.480
 audience

00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:33.280
 I think

00:20:33.280 --> 00:20:34.900
 we get

00:20:34.900 --> 00:20:35.380
 an indication

00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:35.920
 of how

00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.560
 inappropriate

00:20:36.560 --> 00:20:37.480
 and awkward

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.260
 and appalling

00:20:38.260 --> 00:20:38.900
 a thing it is

00:20:38.900 --> 00:20:39.480
 that Mary's

00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:40.060
 just done

00:20:40.060 --> 00:20:40.980
 in the very

00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.620
 next chapter

00:20:41.620 --> 00:20:45.160
 I preached

00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:45.420
 on this

00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:45.780
 passage

00:20:45.780 --> 00:20:47.200
 on this

00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:47.460
 incident

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:47.760
 a number

00:20:47.760 --> 00:20:48.000
 of times

00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:48.260
 but I've

00:20:48.260 --> 00:20:48.800
 not really

00:20:48.800 --> 00:20:49.180
 made this

00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:49.480
 connection

00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:49.920
 before

00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:50.839
 that in

00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:51.700
 chapter 13

00:20:51.700 --> 00:20:51.900
 do you

00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:52.019
 remember

00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:52.240
 you've got

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:52.680
 the really

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.059
 famous

00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:53.400
 incident

00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:53.720
 where

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.440
 Jesus

00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:55.759
 washes

00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:56.220
 the

00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:56.700
 disciples

00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.180
 feet

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:59.960
 and

00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:00.160
 they're

00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:00.480
 completely

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:01.220
 stupefied

00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:02.160
 that anyone

00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:02.740
 would do

00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:03.120
 something

00:21:03.120 --> 00:21:04.120
 so menial

00:21:04.120 --> 00:21:07.799
 I don't

00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:08.200
 know why

00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:08.980
 we think

00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:09.240
 Jesus'

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:09.440
 feet

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:09.940
 must have

00:21:09.940 --> 00:21:10.220
 just been

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.519
 wonderfully

00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:10.900
 clean

00:21:10.900 --> 00:21:11.240
 in chapter

00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:11.680
 12

00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:15.440
 there is

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.539
 tremendous

00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:17.900
 self-forgetfulness

00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:18.460
 in what

00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:19.039
 Mary does

00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:19.680
 she doesn't

00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:20.420
 stop and

00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:21.039
 calculate

00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:23.460
 what the

00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:23.839
 public is

00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:24.059
 going to

00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:24.339
 think

00:21:24.339 --> 00:21:25.440
 with what

00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:25.859
 she does

00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:27.759
 and she's

00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.099
 not doing

00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:28.779
 this for the

00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:29.220
 benefit of

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:29.899
 an audience

00:21:29.899 --> 00:21:32.200
 except one

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:32.519
 alone

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:33.359
 Jesus Christ

00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:35.980
 and that's

00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:36.339
 what faith

00:21:36.339 --> 00:21:36.659
 does

00:21:36.659 --> 00:21:38.819
 she wipes

00:21:38.819 --> 00:21:40.359
 his dirty

00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:41.220
 stinking

00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:41.940
 feet

00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:43.619
 with her

00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:43.960
 hair

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:46.319
 and it

00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:46.720
 doesn't

00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:47.759
 matter

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.160
 how

00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:48.600
 socially

00:21:48.600 --> 00:21:49.140
 awkward

00:21:49.140 --> 00:21:49.880
 that is

00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:50.380
 what matters

00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:50.900
 to her

00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:51.460
 is that

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:51.920
 she is

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.500
 personally

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:53.840
 involved

00:21:53.840 --> 00:21:54.140
 with the

00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:54.500
 Lord Jesus

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:54.880
 Christ

00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:57.700
 and her

00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:58.120
 humility

00:21:58.120 --> 00:21:58.740
 is genuine

00:21:58.740 --> 00:21:59.480
 because it

00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:00.279
 arises out

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:00.480
 of a

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:00.860
 devotion

00:22:00.860 --> 00:22:01.819
 to the

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.220
 Lord Jesus

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:04.259
 she doesn't

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.660
 think about

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.160
 the financial

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:05.680
 cost

00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:06.940
 she doesn't

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.360
 think about

00:22:07.360 --> 00:22:07.819
 how other

00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.299
 people are

00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:08.539
 going to

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:08.840
 look at

00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:09.079
 her

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:11.839
 but she

00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:12.279
 realises

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:12.720
 if he

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:13.099
 has come

00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:13.740
 from God

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:16.039
 and if he

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:16.379
 has come

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:16.699
 to bring

00:22:16.699 --> 00:22:16.980
 us to

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.319
 God

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:19.099
 then there

00:22:19.099 --> 00:22:19.480
 is no

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:19.839
 gift

00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:20.559
 too great

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:21.519
 no action

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:23.159
 too extravagant

00:22:23.159 --> 00:22:23.559
 for him

00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:26.559
 that if he

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.199
 is the

00:22:27.199 --> 00:22:27.579
 Lord of

00:22:27.579 --> 00:22:27.879
 life

00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:29.639
 who is

00:22:29.639 --> 00:22:30.019
 able to

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:30.279
 conquer

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.699
 death

00:22:30.699 --> 00:22:31.079
 as she's

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:31.379
 seen in

00:22:31.379 --> 00:22:31.699
 the chapter

00:22:31.699 --> 00:22:32.099
 before

00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:32.519
 nothing

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.079
 that she

00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:33.419
 can do

00:22:33.419 --> 00:22:33.699
 is too

00:22:33.699 --> 00:22:33.939
 much

00:22:33.939 --> 00:22:35.659
 and Mary

00:22:35.659 --> 00:22:36.099
 does what

00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:36.619
 is beautiful

00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:37.619
 and right

00:22:37.619 --> 00:22:40.239
 and that

00:22:40.239 --> 00:22:40.459
 is the

00:22:40.459 --> 00:22:40.719
 way of

00:22:40.719 --> 00:22:41.319
 true faith

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:41.899
 of believing

00:22:41.899 --> 00:22:42.500
 in Jesus

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.000
 to love

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.339
 Jesus

00:22:43.339 --> 00:22:44.039
 more than

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.739
 all things

00:22:44.739 --> 00:22:45.079
 and it

00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:45.519
 will make

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:45.919
 you do

00:22:45.919 --> 00:22:46.519
 things that

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.199
 look rash

00:22:47.199 --> 00:22:48.539
 and extravagant

00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:49.239
 and wasteful

00:22:49.239 --> 00:22:49.519
 to our

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:49.859
 culture

00:22:49.859 --> 00:22:52.599
 and so

00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:53.159
 why on

00:22:53.159 --> 00:22:53.759
 earth would

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.319
 you give

00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:55.239
 10% of

00:22:55.239 --> 00:22:55.739
 your income

00:22:55.739 --> 00:22:56.139
 to the

00:22:56.139 --> 00:22:56.419
 church

00:22:56.419 --> 00:22:56.719
 are you

00:22:56.719 --> 00:22:57.019
 kidding

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.319
 in a

00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:57.699
 city like

00:22:57.699 --> 00:22:57.979
 London

00:22:57.979 --> 00:22:58.359
 that's so

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 expensive

00:22:58.779 --> 00:23:00.879
 why would

00:23:00.879 --> 00:23:01.479
 you give

00:23:01.479 --> 00:23:02.299
 generously

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:03.519
 to the

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:03.899
 work of

00:23:03.899 --> 00:23:04.339
 Christchurch

00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:04.639
 when you

00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:05.039
 haven't even

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.319
 paid off

00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:05.839
 your mortgage

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.259
 or your

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.699
 loans

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:08.819
 why would

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.460
 you volunteer

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.400
 your precious

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:10.860
 precious

00:23:10.860 --> 00:23:11.500
 holidays

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.440
 to serve

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:12.779
 a holiday

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.400
 bible club

00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:13.740
 or a young

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.080
 people's

00:23:14.080 --> 00:23:14.360
 camp

00:23:14.360 --> 00:23:16.160
 that's

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:16.720
 crazy

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:18.319
 why would

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.779
 you not

00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.680
 play sport

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.080
 on a

00:23:20.080 --> 00:23:20.440
 Sunday

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:21.220
 because it's

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.940
 the Lord's

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.080
 day

00:23:22.080 --> 00:23:23.039
 how ridiculous

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:27.400
 but if you

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:27.920
 see the

00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:28.259
 Lord Jesus

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:28.940
 Christ as

00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.279
 the one

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:29.620
 who is

00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:30.380
 most

00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:30.860
 important

00:23:30.860 --> 00:23:33.360
 who is

00:23:33.360 --> 00:23:33.819
 ultimately

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.920
 important

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:38.200
 you'll

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:38.460
 see that

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:38.620
 that's

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:38.740
 no

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.120
 sacrifice

00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:39.400
 at all

00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:39.680
 will you

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:41.900
 you see

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.539
 real faith

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:42.960
 will show

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.420
 itself

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:45.460
 in a way

00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:45.759
 that is

00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:46.779
 dangerously

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.400
 out of

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:47.680
 step

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:47.980
 with our

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.320
 culture

00:23:48.320 --> 00:23:50.460
 in a way

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:50.759
 that is

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:51.500
 dangerously

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:51.860
 out of

00:23:51.860 --> 00:23:52.060
 step

00:23:52.060 --> 00:23:52.360
 with what

00:23:52.360 --> 00:23:52.920
 normal

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.300
 people

00:23:53.300 --> 00:23:53.740
 think

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:56.380
 because real

00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:56.860
 faith looks

00:23:56.860 --> 00:23:57.300
 at Jesus

00:23:57.300 --> 00:23:57.920
 and sees

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.340
 in Jesus

00:23:58.340 --> 00:23:58.920
 someone who

00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.320
 is more

00:23:59.320 --> 00:23:59.759
 important

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.200
 than

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:01.920
 more

00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:02.300
 important

00:24:02.300 --> 00:24:02.560
 than the

00:24:02.560 --> 00:24:02.960
 world's

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.220
 poor

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:05.440
 who's

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:05.660
 more

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:05.980
 important

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.120
 than

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:06.259
 the

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.640
 world's

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.059
 rich

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:09.160
 who's

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:09.400
 more

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:09.740
 important

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.079
 than

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:11.740
 anything

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:18.059
 that's

00:24:18.059 --> 00:24:18.299
 the second

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:18.720
 contrast

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.700
 contrast in

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.000
 values

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.920
 contrast in

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.299
 audience

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:21.680
 and then a

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:21.880
 third

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.480
 contrast

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:24.980
 is a

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.660
 contrast in

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:26.319
 deaths

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:28.220
 deaths

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.660
 plural

00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:30.720
 I want to

00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:30.900
 do a little

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:31.160
 bit more

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:31.500
 work on

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:31.839
 this but

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:33.480
 a contrast

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.279
 in deaths

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:36.059
 again look at

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.319
 the key

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:36.539
 verse

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:36.879
 verse

00:24:36.879 --> 00:24:39.379
 24

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:43.419
 unless

00:24:43.419 --> 00:24:44.500
 a grain

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.099
 of wheat

00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:45.959
 falls into

00:24:45.959 --> 00:24:46.179
 the earth

00:24:46.179 --> 00:24:47.019
 and dies

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.740
 it remains

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.159
 alone

00:24:48.159 --> 00:24:49.799
 but if it

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.220
 dies

00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:50.959
 it bears

00:24:50.959 --> 00:24:51.539
 much

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.039
 fruit

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:54.119
 and then it

00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:54.480
 says

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:56.279
 whoever

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:57.259
 loves

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:58.059
 his life

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:59.220
 loses

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.559
 it

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:01.259
 and whoever

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.620
 hates

00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:02.019
 his life

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.360
 in this

00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:02.740
 world

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:04.339
 will keep

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:04.599
 it for

00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:04.880
 eternal

00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:05.299
 life

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:07.059
 as you read

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.680
 through chapter 12

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:07.980
 there's a

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.579
 contrast of

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.059
 deaths

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:11.720
 there are

00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.000
 little

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.420
 deaths

00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:12.960
 if I can put it

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.240
 like that

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.640
 and there are

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.120
 big deaths

00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:17.240
 in this passage

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:18.480
 I think it's

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.339
 why Lazarus

00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:21.079
 is so heavily

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.900
 relied on in this

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.620
 first section

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:23.719
 Lazarus death

00:25:23.719 --> 00:25:24.139
 was a little

00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:24.479
 death

00:25:24.479 --> 00:25:26.379
 it was little

00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:27.059
 because Jesus

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.579
 brought him

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.019
 back

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:30.539
 but Jesus

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.099
 death is

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:31.599
 the big

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:32.039
 death

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:34.279
 because he is

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.959
 the resurrection

00:25:34.959 --> 00:25:35.439
 and the life

00:25:35.439 --> 00:25:36.319
 it is a big

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.819
 thing

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:38.059
 for the resurrection

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:38.539
 and the life

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:39.439
 to go to death

00:25:39.439 --> 00:25:40.779
 in surrendering

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.419
 to death

00:25:41.419 --> 00:25:41.919
 wonderfully

00:25:41.919 --> 00:25:42.239
 he will

00:25:42.239 --> 00:25:42.899
 destroy it

00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:45.679
 and real

00:25:45.679 --> 00:25:47.559
 believing

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:48.559
 real faith

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.119
 in Jesus

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:49.779
 is a little

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.259
 death

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.299
 death

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:51.680
 it is dying

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.019
 to this

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.359
 world

00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:54.059
 it is dying

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.379
 to my

00:25:54.379 --> 00:25:54.759
 life

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:56.140
 it is dying

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:56.779
 to everything

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.319
 that I hold

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:57.700
 precious

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.440
 and that is

00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:59.180
 why in verse

00:25:59.180 --> 00:25:59.519
 11

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.519
 when the dudes

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:01.259
 describe those

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.720
 who believe

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.160
 in Jesus

00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:02.759
 it says

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.079
 can you see

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:03.559
 what it says

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:05.220
 it says

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.660
 they are

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.759
 going away

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:09.339
 and believing

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:09.920
 in Jesus

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.500
 literally

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:10.900
 they are

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.879
 going over

00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:12.440
 they are

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:13.480
 betraying us

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:15.220
 they're going

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.480
 over

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:16.259
 they are betraying

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:16.519
 us

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:16.859
 and they're

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:17.319
 believing in

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:17.640
 Jesus

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:21.600
 so here's

00:26:21.600 --> 00:26:21.920
 the shocking

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.120
 thing

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.740
 believing in

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.000
 Jesus

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:24.220
 is fundamentally

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.980
 an act of

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.440
 betrayal

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:28.480
 here's the

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:28.900
 great choice

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.220
 in life

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:29.740
 listen to this

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:31.300
 the choice

00:26:31.300 --> 00:26:31.860
 is to

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:33.280
 betray Christ

00:26:33.280 --> 00:26:33.840
 as Judas

00:26:33.840 --> 00:26:34.120
 did

00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:36.120
 or to

00:26:36.120 --> 00:26:36.660
 betray my

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.380
 own life

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:38.720
 as Mary

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.000
 did

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:40.500
 that's the

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:40.680
 choice

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:40.940
 the great

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.259
 choice in

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:41.460
 life

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:42.280
 betray

00:26:42.280 --> 00:26:43.300
 Christ

00:26:43.300 --> 00:26:44.000
 like Judas

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:45.920
 or betray

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.440
 my own

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:46.820
 life

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:48.119
 like Mary

00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:50.339
 and so

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:50.919
 believing in

00:26:50.919 --> 00:26:51.139
 Jesus

00:26:51.139 --> 00:26:51.619
 means

00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:52.359
 putting an

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:53.659
 end

00:26:53.659 --> 00:26:54.480
 to loving

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:55.240
 this life

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:57.379
 it's a

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:58.000
 little death

00:26:58.000 --> 00:27:00.639
 and Mary's

00:27:00.639 --> 00:27:01.220
 faith shows

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:01.960
 a reckless

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.799
 disregard

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.819
 for everything

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.179
 that was

00:27:04.179 --> 00:27:04.679
 expected

00:27:04.679 --> 00:27:05.439
 it's a

00:27:05.439 --> 00:27:06.079
 little death

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:09.659
 when I was

00:27:09.659 --> 00:27:09.939
 a young

00:27:09.939 --> 00:27:10.399
 Christian

00:27:10.399 --> 00:27:12.579
 and I

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:12.839
 suspect

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.119
 I'm not

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:13.319
 alone

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:13.500
 in this

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:13.700
 when I

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:13.879
 was a

00:27:13.879 --> 00:27:14.000
 young

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.200
 Christian

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.659
 I used

00:27:14.659 --> 00:27:14.960
 to think

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:15.419
 that God

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:16.180
 might require

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.840
 me someday

00:27:16.840 --> 00:27:17.300
 to offer

00:27:17.300 --> 00:27:17.840
 my body

00:27:17.840 --> 00:27:18.200
 as a

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:18.560
 martyr

00:27:18.560 --> 00:27:20.720
 I often

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.000
 used to

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.220
 think

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:21.759
 if a

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.220
 gunman

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:23.000
 came into

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.660
 this church

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:24.700
 I'd jump

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.160
 in front

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.519
 of the

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.360
 take the

00:27:26.360 --> 00:27:26.620
 bullet

00:27:26.620 --> 00:27:28.980
 and if I

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.560
 was called

00:27:29.560 --> 00:27:30.340
 to stand

00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:31.039
 for Christ

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.860
 and give

00:27:31.860 --> 00:27:32.220
 my life

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:32.440
 as a

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:32.580
 martyr

00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:32.960
 I would

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.580
 nobody

00:27:33.580 --> 00:27:33.940
 go

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:34.380
 that's

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:34.640
 what being

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:34.779
 a

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.039
 Christian

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:38.619
 and I

00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:39.000
 think

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.639
 many of

00:27:39.639 --> 00:27:39.740
 us

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:39.940
 go

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:40.240
 through

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.460
 the

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:40.659
 Christian

00:27:40.659 --> 00:27:40.859
 life

00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:41.079
 thinking

00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.279
 a bit

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.619
 like that

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 we think

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.319
 that if

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 there's

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 ever going

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 to be

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 a call

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:45.059
 upon me

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 to make

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 a great

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 sacrifice

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 one day

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 I'm going

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.059
 to make

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 it

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 but I've

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 come to

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 realise

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 like I hope

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 you have

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 that the

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.000
 Christian

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.539
 life is

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 actually

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 made up

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 of a

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 thousand

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.180
 little

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 deaths

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 daily

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 and that's

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 what this

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 passage does

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 in a really

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.379
 lovely

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 disconcerting

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:03.919
 way

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 it

00:28:05.639 --> 00:28:05.980
 connects

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 our

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.480
 little

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 deaths

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 with

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 his

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 big

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 death

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 it

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 makes

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 sense

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 of

00:28:11.399 --> 00:28:11.619
 our

00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:11.980
 little

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.460
 deaths

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 it

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:14.619
 says

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:14.819
 that

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.079
 through

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.359
 his

00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:15.839
 big

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 death

00:28:16.199 --> 00:28:16.399
 the

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 death

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 of

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 the

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.139
 Lord

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 Jesus

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.279
 and

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:18.480
 our

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:18.759
 little

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.240
 deaths

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.579
 we

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:20.879
 live

00:28:20.879 --> 00:28:21.099
 and

00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:21.339
 have

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:21.720
 eternal

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.159
 life

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 in

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 1672

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.199
 just

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 before he

00:28:27.699 --> 00:28:27.859
 was

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.159
 released

00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:28.399
 from

00:28:28.399 --> 00:28:28.839
 prison

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 John

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 Bunyan

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.740
 who wrote

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 Pilgrim's

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 Progress

00:28:32.379 --> 00:28:33.079
 he'd

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.339
 been in

00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:33.519
 prison

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 for

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 12

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.359
 years

00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:36.139
 he'd

00:28:36.139 --> 00:28:36.259
 been

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.379
 in

00:28:36.379 --> 00:28:36.539
 prison

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:36.699
 for

00:28:36.699 --> 00:28:36.939
 12

00:28:36.939 --> 00:28:37.099
 years

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:37.259
 for

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:37.579
 preaching

00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:37.819
 without

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:38.019
 a

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.500
 license

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:41.279
 and

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:41.439
 just

00:28:41.439 --> 00:28:41.720
 before

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:41.839
 he

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:41.959
 was

00:28:41.959 --> 00:28:42.339
 released

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 he

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:42.699
 was

00:28:42.699 --> 00:28:43.039
 very

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.519
 conscious

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:43.720
 as

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:43.859
 a

00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:44.139
 pastor

00:28:44.139 --> 00:28:44.279
 of

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 a

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 congregation

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.179
 how

00:28:45.179 --> 00:28:45.359
 he

00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:45.679
 suffered

00:28:45.679 --> 00:28:45.859
 was

00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:46.279
 important

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:48.339
 he wrote

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:48.500
 this

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:48.859
 he quoted

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.059
 from

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.220
 2

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.439
 Corinthians

00:28:49.439 --> 00:28:49.740
 1

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.159
 which

00:28:50.159 --> 00:28:50.399
 says

00:28:50.399 --> 00:28:50.619
 we

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:50.919
 felt

00:28:50.919 --> 00:28:51.079
 that

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.199
 we

00:28:51.199 --> 00:28:51.319
 had

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:51.659
 received

00:28:51.659 --> 00:28:51.859
 the

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.139
 sentence

00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:52.319
 of

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:52.599
 death

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.119
 but

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:53.299
 that

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:53.480
 was

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:53.619
 to

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:53.819
 make

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.000
 us

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.339
 rely

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 not

00:28:54.639 --> 00:28:54.799
 on

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.279
 ourselves

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.639
 but

00:28:55.639 --> 00:28:55.839
 on

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:56.119
 God

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.279
 who

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:56.539
 raises

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:56.759
 the

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 dead

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:04.000
 cast

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.659
 the

00:29:04.659 --> 00:29:05.039
 sentence

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.279
 of

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:05.639
 death

00:29:05.639 --> 00:29:07.119
 upon

00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:07.919
 everything

00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:09.079
 that

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.259
 can

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.579
 properly

00:29:09.579 --> 00:29:09.799
 be

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 called

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 the

00:29:10.139 --> 00:29:10.439
 things

00:29:10.439 --> 00:29:10.740
 of

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.000
 life

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 even

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.439
 to

00:29:12.439 --> 00:29:12.679
 reckon

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00:29:12.679 --> 00:29:13.500
 myself

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 my

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 wife

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 my

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 children

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 my

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:16.919
 health

00:29:16.919 --> 00:29:18.119
 my

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:18.519
 enjoyment

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.139
 and

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:19.639
 all

00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:20.879
 as

00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:21.139
 dead

00:29:21.139 --> 00:29:21.619
 to me

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:22.539
 and

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.019
 myself

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.319
 as

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:23.500
 dead

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 to

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 them

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 and

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.399
 secondly

00:29:26.399 --> 00:29:27.000
 he said

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.379
 to

00:29:27.379 --> 00:29:27.699
 live

00:29:27.699 --> 00:29:28.099
 upon

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:28.519
 God

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:28.699
 who

00:29:28.699 --> 00:29:29.000
 is

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.819
 invisible

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:31.980
 that's

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.139
 it

00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:33.860
 that's

00:29:33.860 --> 00:29:34.020
 real

00:29:34.020 --> 00:29:34.380
 faith

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:36.780
 it

00:29:36.780 --> 00:29:37.300
 sees

00:29:37.300 --> 00:29:38.300
 in

00:29:38.300 --> 00:29:38.600
 Jesus

00:29:38.600 --> 00:29:39.080
 it

00:29:39.080 --> 00:29:39.460
 sees

00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:39.800
 in

00:29:39.800 --> 00:29:40.200
 God

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:42.560
 more

00:29:42.560 --> 00:29:42.700
 than

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:42.840
 we

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:43.360
 deserve

00:29:43.360 --> 00:29:44.960
 and

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.120
 all

00:29:45.120 --> 00:29:45.220
 that

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.320
 we

00:29:45.320 --> 00:29:45.720
 desire

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:48.200
 and

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:48.360
 in

00:29:48.360 --> 00:29:48.560
 his

00:29:48.560 --> 00:29:48.940
 death

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.400
 the

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:49.680
 great

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.140
 death

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:50.800
 our

00:29:50.800 --> 00:29:51.360
 salvation

00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:52.780
 and

00:29:52.780 --> 00:29:52.960
 his

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.300
 glory

00:29:53.300 --> 00:29:55.759
 and

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.160
 true

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:56.600
 faith

00:29:56.600 --> 00:29:57.320
 looks

00:29:57.320 --> 00:29:57.800
 at

00:29:57.800 --> 00:29:58.160
 that

00:29:58.160 --> 00:30:00.020
 and

00:30:00.020 --> 00:30:00.500
 says

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:01.600
 what

00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:02.079
 Christ

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.399
 has

00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:02.740
 given

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.199
 is

00:30:03.199 --> 00:30:03.699
 everything

00:30:03.699 --> 00:30:06.339
 and

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:06.519
 what

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:06.939
 Christ

00:30:06.939 --> 00:30:07.519
 deserves

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:07.759
 from

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.059
 us

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:10.379
 is

00:30:10.379 --> 00:30:10.740
 everything

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:12.740
 love

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.000
 so

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.419
 amazing

00:30:13.419 --> 00:30:15.240
 so

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.719
 divine

00:30:15.719 --> 00:30:18.099
 demands

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.659
 my soul

00:30:18.659 --> 00:30:19.819
 my life

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:21.399
 my all

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:23.000
 let's

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.159
 pray

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