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 Thanks very much, Neil. Good afternoon, everyone. Great to have you with us today.

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 If you were here last week, you'll remember that we were listening to some pretty challenging words

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 that the Lord Jesus said to the Pharisees, lots of woes as he went through.

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 This morning, we're in the same kind of area, just fairly shortly afterwards,

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 and the Lord Jesus is again saying some very challenging words, but this time it's to his disciples.

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 So the audience is different, and the emphasis is a bit different as well.

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 Because alongside the challenge, as Neil helpfully pointed out, there is encouragement

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 and the knowledge that whatever difficult times we go through, that God is with us if we really fear him.

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 So let's read together from Luke chapter 12. We're going to read the first 12 verses.

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 Luke chapter 12, reading from verse 1.

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 Here's what it says.

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 Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so they were trampling on one another,

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 Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying,

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 Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

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 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.

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 What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight,

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 and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.

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 I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that can do no more.

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 But I will show you whom you should fear.

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 Fear him, who after the killing of the body has power to throw you into hell.

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 Yes, I tell you, fear him.

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 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies?

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 Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

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 Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

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 Don't be afraid.

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 You are worth more than many sparrows.

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 I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God.

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 But he who disowns me before men will be disowned before the angels of God.

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 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven.

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 But anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

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 When you are brought before synagogue through as an authorities,

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 do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say.

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 For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.

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 And pray that God will help us to understand his word and to apply it to our hearts today.

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 I was 13 years old when Arthur Blessett came to Edinburgh.

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 Arthur Blessett is an American evangelist.

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 He's best known because he goes everywhere carrying a cross.

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 He's in the Guinness Book of Records.

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 He's been to 324 countries and territories around the world.

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 And everywhere he goes, he has a cross with him.

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 There he is in Edinburgh with it many years ago.

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 Arthur Blessett first came to Edinburgh in 1971.

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 He preached his first sermon at the foot of the mound to an audience of two.

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 There was Ian Leach, a well-known evangelist in the city,

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 and a teenage girl who he'd met when she was running away from home.

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 I heard him a year later.

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 And he came back.

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 And by that time, he was really well-known in Edinburgh.

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 And I can well remember standing outside a city centre church

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 in a crowd that may well have numbered thousands,

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 certainly a huge number of people, mostly young people.

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 And there was a real, real excitement and buzz about it.

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 At one point, a window upstairs in the church opened.

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 Arthur Blessett poked his head out and waved to us.

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 And everyone went absolutely mad.

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 And I thought of this at the beginning of the week,

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 as I read the beginning of this passage,

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 where it talks about the crowd of many thousands who had gathered,

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 so they were trampling on one another.

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 That's the only crowd of that kind of sort

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 that I can ever remember being in

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 and experiencing the excitement of.

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 Then we had the bomb in Manchester on Monday.

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 And I thought about another crowd,

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 a crowd of young people, mainly.

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 And they were probably falling over themselves

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 as they tried to escape.

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 And what was there in their minds

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 was not excitement at that point.

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 It was fear, it was terror

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 about what was going to happen to them.

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 A very different kind of crowd

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 and a very different kind of response.

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 And I thought, as I thought about the disciples

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 in this passage,

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 they may have had both of these emotions

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 as they saw the crowd there.

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 There was excitement.

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 The people were excited about Jesus.

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 Now, when we think about this crowd,

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 we have to remember Jesus is no longer

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 on the hills and plains of Galilee,

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 preaching in the open air to lots of people.

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 He's moved to Judea

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 and he's in the streets of the city.

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 And still there's a huge crowd,

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 a different crowd.

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 Still there's a huge crowd with him.

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 And they're listening to him

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 and they're engaged by what he has to say

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 because what he has to say

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 is radically different.

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 And for them it's quite exciting

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 as he tears into the religious leaders

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 and exposes their hypocrisy.

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 And I could see the disciples

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 being really excited

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 that the message that they were bringing

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 and that they were giving,

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 that the Lord Jesus was giving to the people,

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 was hitting home

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 and it was attracting so many to him.

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 But alongside that,

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 as we thought about last week,

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 there were the religious leaders

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 and they were so upset

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 by what the Lord Jesus was doing

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 that they were really out to get him

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 and potentially anyone who followed him.

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 And so the disciples may well have been feeling,

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 yes, this is in one way,

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 it's very exciting,

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 but in another way,

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 actually, this is pretty dangerous for us.

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 It's quite possible

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 that we could go through times of persecution,

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 that we could be dragged before the judges

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 and religious courts

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 because we are followers of Jesus.

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 And so Jesus, in this passage,

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 he is trying both to challenge the disciples,

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 not to get too excited

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 and to get dragged into some of the things

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 that would feature in the Pharisees

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 and others in this world.

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 He is also trying to encourage them

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 and to say, be brave.

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 Think of the things that really matter

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 and don't get caught up in things

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 which ultimately,

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 although they're important,

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 although they're difficult,

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 although they would naturally make you afraid,

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 ultimately, they're not the things

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 that are really important.

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 And I think he really,

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 in the first verse,

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 he brings out what is going to be

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 the key message of the whole passage

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 when he says,

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 be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees,

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 which is hypocrisy.

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 The Lord Jesus is very aware

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 that the religious establishment of his day,

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 although they appeared good,

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 although they appeared to be living lives

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 that some would say,

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 well, they're lives that are obedient to God.

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 They try to obey all the things in the law

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 going beyond what the Old Testament

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 would have to their own laws.

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 They appeared to be good,

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 but actually they were hypocrites.

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 A hypocrite is someone who wears a mask,

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 someone who's something in one place

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 and something totally different somewhere else.

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 So the Pharisees in public,

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 they were religious,

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 they were holy people,

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 they liked your parade,

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 their goodness before others.

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 In private,

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 their hearts and their minds,

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 their attitudes and their actions

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 as well were wrong.

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 They were wearing a mask

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 and what you saw

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 was not necessarily what they really were.

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 And Jesus said,

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 even for my true followers,

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 for my disciples,

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 there is the danger

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 that we could get into that as well.

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 A picture of yeast

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 is in bread making,

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 obviously.

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 It's the yeast that is used in the bread

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 to raise it

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 and the bacteria of the yeast

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 go throughout the whole dough.

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 Everything gets infected by it

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 in the words of Jesus.

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 And Jesus says,

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 if you're not very careful

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 the kind of attitudes

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 the Pharisees and others have,

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 they could infect you

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 and you could become like them,

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 you could become hypocrites.

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 The real challenge for us,

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 I think,

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 is what I am on a Sunday

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 in church.

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 What I am when I go home

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 or what I am when I go into work tomorrow

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 or when I go to my sports club

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 or to the other situations

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 I have during the week.

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 Jesus says, I think,

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 four things

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 as we go down through the passage

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 and I've used words

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 that look quite similar

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 to try and help us

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 to remember them.

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 Four key things

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 that he says

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 as he goes through.

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 And the first thing he says

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 is there is something

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 unforeseen

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 that is going to happen.

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 The Pharisees,

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 the religious leaders,

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 hypocrites down through the ages,

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 they think,

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 I'm okay,

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 I can keep up

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 my outward appearance,

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 I can make everyone think

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 that I'm good

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 and I'm living

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 a life for God

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 and what I do

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 behind the scenes,

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 what I do

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 in the privacy

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 of my own home,

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 nobody really knows about.

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 And Jesus says,

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 hypocrites

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 will be exposed.

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 The picture he uses here

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 is of a typical Jewish house.

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 So a typical Jewish house

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 wouldn't be built

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 with bricks and mortar

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 the way ours are,

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 be built with clay

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 and it wouldn't

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 in many senses

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 be that secure

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 on the outside.

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 It wouldn't be that difficult

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 if someone was really determined

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 to break in

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 to get through

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 that outer wall

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 and to take something

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 maybe even when

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 the household

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 was sleeping.

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 So what they used to do

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 was they would have

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 a room right in the middle

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 of the house.

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 A room with no

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 external walls

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 or windows.

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 And that was the most

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 private place

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 in the house.

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 It was where you'd keep

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 your most valuable things.

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 It's where they were safest.

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 And it's where if you wanted

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 to have a really

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 confidential conversation,

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 you might go

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 because no one

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 outside the house

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 could hear it.

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 You are protected

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 from everything.

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 So Jesus says,

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 it's a bit like

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 going into that dark room.

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 That room with no windows

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 waiting.

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 Nothing can be seen

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 or nothing can be heard.

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 It's a bit like that.

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 That you are trying

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 to hide what you really are.

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 And yet,

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 what you have said

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 in that dark room,

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 it will be seen

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 in the daylight

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 and it will be proclaimed,

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 he says,

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 from the rooftops.

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 Now exactly what

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 or when

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 the Lord Jesus means

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 it will be proclaimed

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 isn't entirely clear.

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 Sometimes hypocrisy

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 is exposed

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 in this world

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 and the hypocrite

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 is held up

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 as someone

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 who really hasn't

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 been doing

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 what they should have been.

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 Perhaps sometimes

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 we'll never be found out

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 if there's hypocrisy

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 but God knows

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 and God sees

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 and what we have done

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 in the hidden place

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 it will be seen

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 in public.

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 Now that needn't necessarily

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 just be something

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 to challenge us.

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 It's something also

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 I think that can be

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 an encouragement.

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 Because I'm aware

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 of many Christians,

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 Christians in this church

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 and one I'm not aware of,

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 who the work they do

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 for Jesus

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 and the prayers

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 that they bring

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 before him

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 and the encouragement

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 that they give

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 to others

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 is unseen.

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 Most of us

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 know nothing

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 about it

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 and yet we can be sure

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 that God knows

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 and that God

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 will reward

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 appropriately.

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 The things that we have done

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 in the hidden place,

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 God will,

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 Christ will give us,

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 a credit

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 will give us reward

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 for in public

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 because we have been

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 faithful servants.

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 So there is a challenge here.

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 There is also,

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 I think,

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 an encouragement

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 for us.

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 But a real warning

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 against hypocrisy.

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 So there is something,

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 says Jesus,

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 unforeseen

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 that is going to happen.

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 Jesus then says

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 there is something

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 that is

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 unforgotten.

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 And he is thinking

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 now of the fact

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 that he

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 and his disciples

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 are going to go

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 through times

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 of persecution.

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 And as the disciples

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 are looking around,

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 they may quite

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 legitimately

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 be afraid

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 as they see

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 the way things

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 are going

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 and the treatment

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 that they are getting

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 from the religious leaders.

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 And Jesus says

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 it is natural

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 to be afraid.

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 It is human

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 to be afraid.

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 that actually

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 you don't really

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 need to fear

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 what man

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 might do to you.

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 What's really important

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 is not the worst

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 that men can do

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 that you can imagine.

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 What's really important

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 is that you are

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 right before God

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 and that when you

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 stand before him

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 you can stand there

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 with the assurance

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 that your sins

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 are forgiven

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 and that you are

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 not going to be

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 condemned.

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 Men can kill

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 the body,

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 says the Lord Jesus.

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 The one we should

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 really fear,

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 the one we should

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 really respect

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 is the one

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 who ultimately

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 is going to be

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 the judge

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 of our souls

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 and who is going

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 to judge us

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 on what we have

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 done with the Lord Jesus.

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 Have we taken him

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 as our saviour

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 or have we

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 rejected him?

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 And again,

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 along with the challenge

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 there is

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 an encouragement.

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 Two examples

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 the Lord Jesus gives

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 which are illustrated

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 in the pictures here.

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 the sparrow.

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 The sparrow

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 was a very basic

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 foodstuff

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 in Jesus' day.

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 If you wanted

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 cheap meat

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 you could go along

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 to the market

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 and buy sparrow.

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 And the normal price

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 for sparrow

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 was two a penny.

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 That's referred to

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 elsewhere

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 in the New Testament.

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 Sparrows were sold

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 for two a penny.

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 But a bit like

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 some of the offers

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 that you get

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 in supermarkets today

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 if you decided

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 to buy four sparrows

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 they throw another one

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 in for nothing.

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 So you get

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 two sparrows

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 for a penny

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 or you get

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 four sparrows

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 for tuppence.

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 Not literally pennies

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 in our terms

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 and probably

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 about an hour's wages

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 would be equivalent

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 to what we called

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 a penny.

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 And that fifth sparrow

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 you might think

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 was utterly worthless.

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 It's something

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 that can just be

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 thrown in as an extra

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 that costs the vendor

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 almost nothing

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 and is almost

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 just a kind of

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 goodwill gesture

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 to you.

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 But Jesus says

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 God knows

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 and God cares

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 for that sparrow.

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 When he says

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 think about the hairs

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 in your head

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 can you count the hairs

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 in your head?

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 No of course you can't.

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 Even those of us

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 who are losing the hair

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 on our head

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 we still can't

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 begin to count

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 how many hairs

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 we've got.

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 But yes

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 says Jesus

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 God has

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 even your hairs

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 numbered.

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 That's how much

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 he cares

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 about you.

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 And don't think

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 that if things

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 get difficult

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 in this world

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 if it seems

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 that the going

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 is hard

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 and you're

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 struggling with it

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 don't think

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 in any sense

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 that God

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 has forgotten

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 about you.

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 God cares

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 about the sparrow

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 cares even

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 about the number

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 of hairs

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 on your head.

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 How much more

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 does he care

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 for you

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 if you are

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 seeking to follow

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 him

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 and to live

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 for him

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 and because of

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 that you get

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 into a time

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 of difficulty.

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 God loves

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 you.

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 You are of

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 great value

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 to him.

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 And if you are

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 trusting in him

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 you can rely

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 on him

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 absolutely.

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 It's really

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 coming back

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 to what Peter

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 was saying

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 isn't it

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 in the children's

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 talk.

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 We can rely

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 on God

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 we know

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 he won't

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 forget us

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 we know

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 he won't

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 abandon us

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 even in the

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 time of trial

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 the time

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 of difficulty

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 he'll be

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 there with

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 us.

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 And even

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 if the worst

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 happens

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 and very

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 unlikely

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 in this

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 country

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 even if

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 the worst

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 happens

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 and someone

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 is martyred

00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:41.879
 for their

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 faith

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 they can

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 have the

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 confidence

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 that their

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 soul is

00:16:45.839 --> 00:16:46.199
 secure

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 that they

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 will get

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 the reward

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 from the

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 one who

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 truly judges

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 and the

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 only one

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 whom we

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 should

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 really

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 fear.

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 We are

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 unforgotten.

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 Third word

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 is unforgiven

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 and this

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 is the

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 most difficult

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 and perhaps

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 the most

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 solemn

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 part

00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:07.080
 of our

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 passage.

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 Look at

00:17:08.840 --> 00:17:09.320
 half a dozen

00:17:09.320 --> 00:17:09.840
 commentaries

00:17:09.840 --> 00:17:10.080
 you get

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 at least

00:17:10.360 --> 00:17:10.900
 half a dozen

00:17:10.900 --> 00:17:11.360
 different

00:17:11.360 --> 00:17:11.840
 answers

00:17:11.840 --> 00:17:12.820
 for exactly

00:17:12.820 --> 00:17:13.660
 what it

00:17:13.660 --> 00:17:14.100
 means.

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 But this

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 is something

00:17:16.100 --> 00:17:16.920
 that a lot

00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:17.660
 of Christians

00:17:17.660 --> 00:17:18.200
 have found

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 really difficult

00:17:19.120 --> 00:17:20.620
 and a real

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 struggle with.

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 Some of the

00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:24.380
 older folks

00:17:24.380 --> 00:17:25.680
 here will be

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 aware of a

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 book written

00:17:26.620 --> 00:17:27.060
 by a man

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 called Edwin

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 Goss

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 which is

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 called

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 Father and

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 Son.

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 It's actually

00:17:30.800 --> 00:17:31.500
 still in print

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 but I suspect

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 not so much

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 read by younger

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 people these

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 days.

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 Edwin Goss

00:17:36.940 --> 00:17:37.679
 grew up

00:17:37.679 --> 00:17:38.119
 as his

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 mother died

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 fairly early

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 he was brought

00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:40.599
 up by his

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 father who

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 was a

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 brilliant

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 academic

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 a very

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 devout

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 Christian

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 but very

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 very strict

00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:48.159
 with his

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 children.

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 And Goss's

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 book is

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 essentially

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 about that

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 with I

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 think a

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 little bit

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 of exaggeration

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 in places.

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 One of the

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 characters that

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 Edwin Goss

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 presents to

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 us is a

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 man called

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 Mr.

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 Padgett.

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 And Mr.

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 Padgett is

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 utterly convinced

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 that he's

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 committed

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 the

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 unforgivable

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 sin.

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 Now no one

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 actually knows

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 what sin it is

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 he thinks he's

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 committed.

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 He never

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 tells anybody

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 but he goes

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 around saying

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 I've committed

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 the unforgivable

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 sin.

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 My soul

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 is utterly

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 damned.

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 And sadly

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 he's not alone.

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 There have been

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 a lot of people

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 who have felt

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 I've committed

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 the unforgivable

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 sin.

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 There's no way

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 that God

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 can forgive me

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 for what

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 I've done.

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 Well can I

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 say this

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 this kind

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 of God

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 is not

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 the God

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 I know.

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 The God

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 I know

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 is best

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 characterized

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 in the parable

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 of the

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 prodigal son.

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 This son

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 who says

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 effectively

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 to his

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 father

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 I don't

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 want you

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 I want

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 your money.

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 He takes

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 his money

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 and he

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 goes away

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 and he

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 wastes it

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 on wild

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 living

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 and at the

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 end when he's

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 right down

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 to his last

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 penny or beyond

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 that

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 he decides

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 he'll have

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 to go back

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 to his

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 father

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 expecting

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 nothing.

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 Expecting at

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 best that his

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 father might

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 take him in

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 as a servant.

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 What happens?

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 As he's

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 coming his

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 father rushes

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 out

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 flings his

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 arm around

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 him and

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 throws a

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 huge party

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 to welcome

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 him back.

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 The father

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 is not

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 looking for

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 reasons to

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 condemn

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 his son.

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 He's looking

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 for opportunities

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 to show

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 his love

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 and his

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 forgiveness

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 to the

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 one who's

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 done him

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 wrong.

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 That's my

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 God.

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 That's my

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 father.

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 That is the

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 one I know

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 and many

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 others here

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 know.

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 Not someone

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 who wants

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 to condemn

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 and to

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 punish us

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 for our

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 sins but

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 who wants

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 us to

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 accept the

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 offer of

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 salvation he

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 has given

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 us who

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 sent his

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 son to

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 die on

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 the cross

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 for us

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 so that

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 everyone who

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 trusts in

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 him can be

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 forgiven for

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 the sins

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 they have

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 done.

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 And verses

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 like this

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 must be

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 read in

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 the context

00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:02.859
 of that

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 understanding.

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 We mustn't

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 look at them

00:20:05.459 --> 00:20:06.139
 in isolation

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 and worry

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 about them.

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 Quite often

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 the comments

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 of quite a

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 few of them

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 have read

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 said if

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 you're worried

00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:12.859
 about having

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 committed the

00:20:13.419 --> 00:20:14.000
 unforgivable

00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:14.939
 sin you

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 haven't.

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 Because if

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 you had

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 committed it

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 you wouldn't

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 be worried

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 about it.

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 So what is

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 the Lord

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 Jesus talking

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 about?

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 Well let's

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 look at it a

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 bit more in

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 the context

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 of the

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 passage.

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 Because in

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 verse 8

00:20:28.159 --> 00:20:28.859
 and verse

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 9 he's

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 talking about

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 people who

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 own him

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 acknowledge

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 him or

00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:33.939
 who disown

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 him before

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 others.

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 Of those

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 who are

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 willing to

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 stand up

00:20:38.959 --> 00:20:39.399
 and say

00:20:39.399 --> 00:20:40.059
 I belong

00:20:40.059 --> 00:20:40.659
 to Jesus

00:20:40.659 --> 00:20:41.419
 I know

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 him I

00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:43.099
 love him

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 and of

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 those if

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 they do

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:45.399
 know him

00:20:45.399 --> 00:20:45.939
 who would

00:20:45.939 --> 00:20:46.379
 not want

00:20:46.379 --> 00:20:47.059
 anyone else

00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:47.479
 to know

00:20:47.479 --> 00:20:47.919
 who would

00:20:47.919 --> 00:20:48.319
 keep it

00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:48.859
 a secret

00:20:48.859 --> 00:20:49.919
 and would

00:20:49.919 --> 00:20:50.579
 worry about

00:20:50.579 --> 00:20:51.559
 other people

00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.679
 finding out.

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 And Jesus

00:20:54.139 --> 00:20:55.159
 says as he

00:20:55.159 --> 00:20:55.799
 said earlier

00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.119
 when he's

00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:56.539
 talking about

00:20:56.539 --> 00:20:57.259
 hypocrisy

00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:58.299
 there is a

00:20:58.299 --> 00:20:58.819
 reckoning

00:20:58.819 --> 00:21:00.019
 in these

00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.559
 things.

00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:01.879
 Now it's

00:21:01.879 --> 00:21:02.399
 not that if

00:21:02.399 --> 00:21:02.919
 we are truly

00:21:02.919 --> 00:21:03.559
 trusting in

00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:03.879
 the Lord

00:21:03.879 --> 00:21:04.619
 Jesus and

00:21:04.619 --> 00:21:05.180
 we don't

00:21:05.180 --> 00:21:05.839
 tell others

00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:06.480
 about it

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:06.960
 that we

00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:07.399
 lose our

00:21:07.399 --> 00:21:07.839
 salvation

00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:08.319
 through that.

00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:08.859
 The scripture

00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.259
 is very

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:09.759
 clear that's

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.099
 not the

00:21:10.099 --> 00:21:10.759
 case and

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.019
 you only

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.359
 have to

00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:11.619
 look at

00:21:11.619 --> 00:21:12.460
 Peter and

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:12.879
 the way he

00:21:12.879 --> 00:21:13.460
 denied the

00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:14.000
 Lord Jesus

00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:14.940
 and got

00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:15.419
 forgiveness

00:21:15.419 --> 00:21:16.720
 to understand

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.519
 that.

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:18.720
 But Jesus

00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.379
 said it is

00:21:19.379 --> 00:21:20.379
 really important

00:21:20.380 --> 00:21:21.460
 that you

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:22.220
 don't try

00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:23.100
 to pretend

00:21:23.100 --> 00:21:23.920
 that you

00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:24.660
 don't belong

00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:25.220
 to me

00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:26.340
 if you

00:21:26.340 --> 00:21:26.940
 really do.

00:21:28.100 --> 00:21:28.420
 And again

00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:28.660
 I think

00:21:28.660 --> 00:21:29.020
 that's going

00:21:29.020 --> 00:21:29.620
 a bit beyond

00:21:29.620 --> 00:21:30.240
 just not

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:30.900
 saying things

00:21:30.900 --> 00:21:31.720
 to our

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.160
 friends or

00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:32.520
 colleagues.

00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:32.960
 We really

00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:33.720
 should be

00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:34.320
 witnessing

00:21:34.320 --> 00:21:34.940
 about our

00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:35.820
 love of the

00:21:35.820 --> 00:21:36.180
 Lord Jesus

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:36.540
 and all he's

00:21:36.540 --> 00:21:37.200
 done for us.

00:21:37.260 --> 00:21:37.640
 But if we

00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:38.140
 keep quiet

00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:38.560
 don't say

00:21:38.560 --> 00:21:38.920
 anything

00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:39.840
 I don't

00:21:39.840 --> 00:21:40.300
 think that

00:21:40.300 --> 00:21:40.900
 is especially

00:21:40.900 --> 00:21:41.280
 what the

00:21:41.280 --> 00:21:41.680
 Lord Jesus

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.100
 is talking

00:21:42.100 --> 00:21:42.720
 about here

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.480
 but it is

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.380
 more saying

00:21:44.380 --> 00:21:44.840
 I don't

00:21:44.840 --> 00:21:45.260
 know him

00:21:45.260 --> 00:21:46.240
 and I don't

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.740
 want anything

00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.200
 to do with

00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:47.460
 him in the

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:48.040
 kind of way

00:21:48.040 --> 00:21:49.260
 that Peter

00:21:49.260 --> 00:21:50.180
 did.

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.340
 So Lord

00:21:51.340 --> 00:21:51.920
 Jesus says

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.360
 in these

00:21:52.360 --> 00:21:52.600
 kind of

00:21:52.600 --> 00:21:53.000
 situations

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.340
 there is

00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:53.860
 a reckoning

00:21:53.860 --> 00:21:54.680
 it will

00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:55.120
 be taken

00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:55.740
 into account

00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.460
 if we are

00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:57.060
 truly believing

00:21:57.060 --> 00:21:57.300
 in the

00:21:57.300 --> 00:21:57.800
 Lord Jesus

00:21:57.800 --> 00:21:58.800
 it doesn't

00:21:58.800 --> 00:21:59.180
 mean we're

00:21:59.180 --> 00:21:59.880
 not saved

00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:00.600
 and don't

00:22:00.600 --> 00:22:01.180
 belong to

00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:01.600
 him though.

00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:02.860
 He then

00:22:02.860 --> 00:22:03.220
 says verse

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.600
 10

00:22:03.600 --> 00:22:04.720
 everyone who

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.220
 speaks a

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:05.820
 word against

00:22:05.820 --> 00:22:06.180
 the son

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:06.660
 of man

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:07.440
 will be

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:07.780
 forgiven.

00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:08.040
 Now the

00:22:08.040 --> 00:22:08.440
 son of man

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:08.880
 is Jesus

00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:09.240
 I think

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.740
 it's fairly

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.360
 clear from

00:22:10.360 --> 00:22:10.640
 the way

00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:11.540
 he talks

00:22:11.540 --> 00:22:11.980
 about it

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.320
 through the

00:22:12.320 --> 00:22:12.860
 gospels

00:22:12.860 --> 00:22:13.400
 that he

00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:13.840
 is talking

00:22:13.840 --> 00:22:15.080
 about himself

00:22:15.080 --> 00:22:15.980
 here.

00:22:17.080 --> 00:22:17.500
 He says

00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:18.600
 even those

00:22:18.600 --> 00:22:19.240
 who speak

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:20.140
 against me

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 and who

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 condemn me

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 there is

00:22:22.360 --> 00:22:23.259
 the possibility

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 of forgiveness.

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 Example of

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 that the

00:22:26.580 --> 00:22:27.280
 apostle Paul

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 Saul of

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 Tarsus

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 Saul who

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 was so

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 instrumental in

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 the stoning

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 of Stephen

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 and who

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 was going

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:34.360
 around saying

00:22:34.360 --> 00:22:35.040
 really terrible

00:22:35.040 --> 00:22:35.680
 things about

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.080
 the Lord

00:22:36.080 --> 00:22:36.759
 Jesus and

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.460
 about Christians

00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:38.060
 and seeking to

00:22:38.060 --> 00:22:38.940
 persecute them

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:40.280
 and Jesus

00:22:40.280 --> 00:22:41.000
 meets him on the

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.900
 Damascus road

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.880
 and his life

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 is turned

00:22:43.340 --> 00:22:43.740
 round.

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.920
 very clearly

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.500
 what Paul

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:45.880
 had been

00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:46.180
 doing

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:46.660
 wasn't

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.220
 unforgivable.

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 It was

00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:47.900
 terrible

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 that he

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 was

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 persecuting

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:49.220
 the

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:49.620
 Christians

00:22:49.620 --> 00:22:50.779
 it wasn't

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.880
 unforgivable.

00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:53.859
 Jesus

00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:54.240
 says

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:55.420
 that can

00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:55.799
 be

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 forgiven.

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 But he

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.000
 says

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.400
 whoever

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:59.019
 blasphemes

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.440
 against the

00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:00.019
 Holy Spirit

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.980
 will not

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.920
 be forgiven.

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.400
 Now let's

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:02.980
 get to the

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.259
 number of it.

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 What does

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:04.579
 that mean?

00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:06.059
 Two things

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.559
 which I think

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.000
 I found

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:08.200
 reasonably

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 persuasive

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.880
 in what

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 I've looked

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:11.540
 at

00:23:11.540 --> 00:23:12.300
 about

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 this.

00:23:13.760 --> 00:23:14.320
 In the

00:23:14.320 --> 00:23:14.500
 other

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.040
 Gospels

00:23:15.040 --> 00:23:15.360
 where the

00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:15.540
 Lord

00:23:15.540 --> 00:23:15.780
 Jesus

00:23:15.780 --> 00:23:16.100
 says

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 a similar

00:23:16.560 --> 00:23:17.000
 kind

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 of

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:17.520
 thing

00:23:17.520 --> 00:23:18.300
 is in

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 the

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:19.020
 context

00:23:19.020 --> 00:23:19.540
 of people

00:23:19.540 --> 00:23:20.140
 looking at

00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:20.460
 him

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.160
 and looking

00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:21.480
 at all

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:21.940
 he's done

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.360
 through the

00:23:22.360 --> 00:23:22.780
 power of

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 the Holy

00:23:23.100 --> 00:23:23.480
 Spirit

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:24.500
 and saying

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 that's the

00:23:25.080 --> 00:23:25.520
 work of

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 the devil.

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 That's not

00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:27.980
 God's work

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:29.200
 that's the

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:30.040
 devil's work.

00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:31.520
 And Jesus

00:23:31.520 --> 00:23:32.360
 may be saying

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:33.160
 if someone

00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:33.860
 gets to that

00:23:33.860 --> 00:23:34.720
 kind of stage

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.060
 where they

00:23:35.060 --> 00:23:36.020
 see goodness

00:23:36.020 --> 00:23:37.520
 and they

00:23:37.520 --> 00:23:38.220
 see God

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.800
 at work

00:23:38.800 --> 00:23:39.400
 helping

00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:39.900
 people

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:40.460
 healing

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:40.820
 them

00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.399
 teaching

00:23:41.399 --> 00:23:41.779
 them

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.279
 doing

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:42.859
 everything

00:23:42.859 --> 00:23:43.279
 that is

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.519
 good

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:43.740
 and they

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:43.839
 say

00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.200
 that's

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 from

00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:44.519
 the

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:44.859
 devil

00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:45.559
 then

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:45.799
 they're

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.200
 never

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:46.480
 going

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:46.619
 to

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:46.759
 be

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:46.939
 able

00:23:46.939 --> 00:23:47.179
 to

00:23:47.179 --> 00:23:47.759
 change

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.500
 in

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:48.659
 their

00:23:48.659 --> 00:23:49.220
 attitude.

00:23:49.919 --> 00:23:50.200
 So that's

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:50.720
 one possible

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.399
 interpretation.

00:23:52.919 --> 00:23:53.259
 The other

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:54.240
 which I think

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.839
 I find

00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:56.359
 probably the

00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:57.200
 most persuasive

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:58.559
 is that the

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:59.119
 work of the

00:23:59.119 --> 00:23:59.700
 Holy Spirit

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.919
 is to lead

00:24:00.919 --> 00:24:01.919
 people to

00:24:01.919 --> 00:24:02.299
 Jesus.

00:24:03.679 --> 00:24:04.419
 And when

00:24:04.419 --> 00:24:05.399
 we hear

00:24:05.399 --> 00:24:06.119
 God's word

00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:06.599
 or when we

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:07.059
 read from

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:07.579
 the Bible

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.579
 it is the

00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:09.159
 Holy Spirit

00:24:09.159 --> 00:24:09.700
 who works

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.000
 in our

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.399
 hearts

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:11.300
 who

00:24:11.300 --> 00:24:12.259
 convicts

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:12.560
 us that

00:24:12.560 --> 00:24:12.860
 we are

00:24:12.860 --> 00:24:13.200
 sinners

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.620
 that we

00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:13.940
 need

00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.380
 God's

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:14.740
 help

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.340
 and that

00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:15.860
 we need

00:24:15.860 --> 00:24:16.420
 to come

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:17.000
 to trust

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.400
 and to

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:17.700
 follow

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:18.140
 Jesus

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:19.160
 and who

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:19.860
 leads us

00:24:19.860 --> 00:24:20.759
 to him.

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.160
 And if

00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:22.920
 the Holy Spirit

00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.759
 again and

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.840
 again convicts

00:24:24.840 --> 00:24:25.380
 us of this

00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:26.040
 and seeks to

00:24:26.040 --> 00:24:26.420
 bring our

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:27.120
 sins before

00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:27.500
 us

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.400
 and we

00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:28.980
 say no

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.440
 I'm not

00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:29.980
 interested

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.560
 I don't

00:24:30.560 --> 00:24:30.880
 need

00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:31.240
 Jesus

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:32.200
 I'm not

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.660
 a sinner

00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:34.360
 then there

00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:34.800
 comes a

00:24:34.800 --> 00:24:35.140
 point

00:24:35.140 --> 00:24:36.440
 when we're

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:36.900
 no longer

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.240
 in this

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.460
 world

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:37.759
 when we

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.180
 said I

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:38.440
 don't

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:38.680
 need

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.060
 Jesus

00:24:39.060 --> 00:24:40.560
 and we've

00:24:40.560 --> 00:24:41.180
 rejected

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:42.040
 the work

00:24:42.040 --> 00:24:42.320
 of the

00:24:42.320 --> 00:24:42.860
 Holy Spirit

00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.460
 seeking to

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:43.960
 lead us

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.759
 to him

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.940
 there is

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.860
 then no

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.640
 way of

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.160
 escape

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:49.280
 from that.

00:24:49.800 --> 00:24:50.380
 If we

00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:51.340
 persistently

00:24:51.340 --> 00:24:52.580
 don't allow

00:24:52.580 --> 00:24:53.100
 the Spirit

00:24:53.100 --> 00:24:53.660
 to speak

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.040
 to us

00:24:54.040 --> 00:24:54.360
 and to

00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:54.800
 lead us

00:24:54.800 --> 00:24:55.440
 to Christ

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:56.580
 then perhaps

00:24:56.580 --> 00:24:57.220
 that is what

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.580
 the Lord

00:24:57.580 --> 00:24:58.360
 Jesus calls

00:24:58.360 --> 00:24:59.320
 blasphemy

00:24:59.320 --> 00:25:00.200
 against

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:01.180
 the Spirit.

00:25:02.120 --> 00:25:02.560
 Now please

00:25:02.560 --> 00:25:03.019
 don't take

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.440
 that away

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:03.920
 being the

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:04.460
 thing that

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:04.840
 you really

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:05.399
 remember of

00:25:05.399 --> 00:25:05.639
 what I've

00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:05.980
 said today.

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.319
 I think it's

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.819
 important that

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.259
 we try to

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:08.079
 understand these

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:09.119
 verses but

00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:09.399
 there are

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:09.799
 other things

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.399
 which from

00:25:10.399 --> 00:25:11.000
 a practical

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.619
 day-to-day

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.759
 viewpoint I

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.099
 think are

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.559
 much more

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.720
 important to

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.119
 us.

00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:18.079
 One more

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.399
 thing the

00:25:18.399 --> 00:25:19.139
 last couple

00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:20.019
 of verses

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.879
 of the

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:21.279
 chapter.

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.579
 And again

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.399
 Jesus is

00:25:24.399 --> 00:25:24.980
 talking to

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:25.619
 his disciples

00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:26.659
 and he's

00:25:26.659 --> 00:25:27.139
 thinking about

00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:27.579
 the fact

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:27.959
 there's going

00:25:27.959 --> 00:25:28.419
 to be

00:25:28.419 --> 00:25:29.279
 difficulties

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.279
 for them.

00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.419
 And he

00:25:31.419 --> 00:25:31.899
 says you

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.439
 will be

00:25:32.439 --> 00:25:33.339
 unforsaken.

00:25:33.439 --> 00:25:33.679
 In other

00:25:33.679 --> 00:25:34.399
 words when

00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:34.820
 you come

00:25:34.820 --> 00:25:35.160
 to the

00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:35.640
 point of

00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:36.060
 trial,

00:25:36.540 --> 00:25:37.019
 when you're

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.540
 up before

00:25:37.540 --> 00:25:38.460
 the Sanhedrin

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:39.160
 or the

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:40.180
 secular judges

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:40.640
 of this

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:41.500
 world and

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.000
 they're trying

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.640
 to condemn

00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:43.440
 you because

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:43.840
 you're a

00:25:43.840 --> 00:25:44.980
 Christian and

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.480
 because you're

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.440
 following me,

00:25:47.780 --> 00:25:48.560
 you will not

00:25:48.560 --> 00:25:49.820
 be on your

00:25:49.820 --> 00:25:50.180
 own.

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:51.940
 Don't worry

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.280
 that you're

00:25:52.280 --> 00:25:52.620
 going to have

00:25:52.620 --> 00:25:53.300
 to stand in

00:25:53.300 --> 00:25:53.700
 front of

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.300
 these judges

00:25:54.300 --> 00:25:55.600
 and you can't

00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:56.080
 think what to

00:25:56.080 --> 00:25:56.480
 say and you're

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.820
 terrified because

00:25:57.820 --> 00:25:58.820
 the Holy Spirit

00:25:58.820 --> 00:26:00.660
 will be with

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:00.980
 you.

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.440
 And the Holy

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.380
 Spirit will give

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:04.180
 you the words

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:05.019
 that you

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.360
 need.

00:26:06.620 --> 00:26:07.060
 And that's the

00:26:07.060 --> 00:26:07.539
 context of

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:07.820
 these verses.

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:08.299
 This verse

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:08.860
 is sometimes

00:26:08.860 --> 00:26:09.340
 or has been

00:26:09.340 --> 00:26:09.759
 used in the

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.580
 past as an

00:26:10.580 --> 00:26:11.080
 excuse for

00:26:11.080 --> 00:26:11.840
 lazy preachers

00:26:11.840 --> 00:26:12.560
 not to prepare

00:26:12.560 --> 00:26:13.160
 their sermons

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.759
 and to say

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.120
 well God

00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:15.100
 will tell me

00:26:15.100 --> 00:26:15.720
 what to say

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.500
 when I get

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:16.640
 there.

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.440
 That is not

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:18.220
 what it's

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.620
 about.

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:19.960
 Nor is it

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.320
 an excuse

00:26:20.320 --> 00:26:20.980
 for any of

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.820
 us not to

00:26:21.820 --> 00:26:22.200
 read the

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:22.660
 Bible and

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:23.019
 try to

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.740
 understand and

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.440
 remember what

00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:25.080
 it says.

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:25.940
 When we

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.460
 come to the

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:26.940
 point of

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.560
 difficulty,

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.759
 our understanding,

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.580
 our memory of

00:26:29.580 --> 00:26:30.580
 scripture is

00:26:30.580 --> 00:26:31.620
 absolutely vital.

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.120
 Remember the

00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:32.759
 Lord Jesus and

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.500
 his temptation

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.559
 again and

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.359
 again he

00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:35.980
 repeated the

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.420
 words of

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:36.740
 scripture.

00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.160
 So let's

00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:37.779
 not get lazy

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:38.259
 and think I

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.740
 don't need to

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.039
 read the

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:39.839
 Bible because

00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.240
 God will

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.680
 show me at

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.259
 each stage

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:41.859
 what I

00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:42.259
 need to

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.579
 do.

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:43.759
 But when

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.019
 we're in

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.400
 the heat

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:44.640
 of the

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.019
 moment,

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.460
 when everything

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:47.099
 is against

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:47.859
 us and in

00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:48.720
 this case when

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.099
 the people

00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:49.440
 were on

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:49.779
 trial,

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.379
 the disciples

00:26:50.379 --> 00:26:50.720
 were on

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.039
 trial,

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:52.500
 Jesus says

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:53.680
 don't worry,

00:26:54.379 --> 00:26:55.379
 don't fail you

00:26:55.379 --> 00:26:56.220
 on your own

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:57.039
 because you

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.759
 will never be

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.299
 forsaken,

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:59.539
 my Holy

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.599
 Spirit will

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.220
 be there

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:02.240
 with you.

00:27:03.399 --> 00:27:03.919
 Those of

00:27:03.919 --> 00:27:04.039
 us who

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.180
 were at

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.480
 the prayer

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:04.980
 meeting on

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.480
 Thursday,

00:27:05.879 --> 00:27:06.399
 were thinking

00:27:06.399 --> 00:27:06.740
 of some

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.220
 verses in

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:07.799
 John 15

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.139
 which in

00:27:08.139 --> 00:27:08.659
 many ways

00:27:08.659 --> 00:27:09.419
 are a

00:27:09.419 --> 00:27:10.359
 parallel to

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:10.639
 this.

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.159
 Jesus is

00:27:11.159 --> 00:27:11.619
 talking to

00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:12.220
 the disciples

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:13.359
 about the

00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:14.919
 trials and

00:27:14.919 --> 00:27:15.779
 the persecution

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:17.339
 that they'll

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:17.779
 face.

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.579
 And he

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:19.039
 says that

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.500
 when the

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:19.980
 advocate,

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:20.399
 that's the

00:27:20.399 --> 00:27:20.899
 Holy Spirit

00:27:20.899 --> 00:27:21.419
 comes,

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:22.339
 whom I will

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:22.859
 send to you

00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:23.200
 from the

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.480
 Father,

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.159
 the Spirit of

00:27:24.159 --> 00:27:24.519
 truth who

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.039
 goes out from

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.539
 the Father,

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.339
 he will

00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:27.220
 testify about

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.579
 me,

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.859
 and you

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:29.619
 also must

00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:30.879
 testify for

00:27:30.879 --> 00:27:31.299
 you have

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.839
 been with

00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:32.899
 me from

00:27:32.899 --> 00:27:33.859
 the beginning.

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.379
 You must

00:27:35.379 --> 00:27:35.819
 testify,

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:36.859
 we are

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.720
 God's

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.279
 mouthpieces

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:38.779
 in this

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.000
 earth,

00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:39.359
 that is

00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:39.699
 what we

00:27:39.699 --> 00:27:40.019
 are here

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.599
 to do,

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.259
 to tell

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:42.419
 others about

00:27:42.419 --> 00:27:42.839
 the Lord

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.220
 Jesus.

00:27:43.879 --> 00:27:44.439
 But we're

00:27:44.439 --> 00:27:45.059
 not doing

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.559
 it on our

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:45.879
 own,

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.839
 we're doing

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.179
 it through

00:27:47.179 --> 00:27:47.639
 the power

00:27:47.639 --> 00:27:47.939
 of the

00:27:47.939 --> 00:27:48.539
 Holy Spirit

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:49.659
 and he

00:27:49.659 --> 00:27:50.299
 ultimately

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:51.099
 is the

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:51.399
 one who

00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:51.859
 gives us

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.220
 the words

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.619
 to say

00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:53.220
 even when

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:53.599
 we feel

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:54.759
 weak and

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.259
 inadequate

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:56.460
 and perhaps

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:56.759
 when we

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.119
 feel under

00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:57.519
 a great

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:57.879
 deal of

00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:58.279
 pressure,

00:27:58.639 --> 00:27:59.199
 we can

00:27:59.199 --> 00:27:59.759
 trust in

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.859
 him because

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:01.339
 he is

00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:02.199
 there to

00:28:02.199 --> 00:28:02.939
 help us

00:28:02.939 --> 00:28:04.119
 and to

00:28:04.119 --> 00:28:04.799
 give us

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.879
 courage and

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.559
 to give us

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.459
 the right

00:28:07.459 --> 00:28:08.459
 words.

00:28:09.679 --> 00:28:10.539
 So a

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:10.839
 difficult

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.139
 passion,

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.579
 undoubtedly

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:12.059
 a difficult

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.379
 passion,

00:28:12.459 --> 00:28:12.899
 I haven't

00:28:12.899 --> 00:28:13.779
 tried to

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.739
 cover in

00:28:14.739 --> 00:28:15.399
 any detail

00:28:15.399 --> 00:28:16.039
 all the

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.459
 difficult

00:28:16.459 --> 00:28:17.259
 interpretations

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:18.539
 within it.

00:28:19.679 --> 00:28:20.159
 But let's

00:28:20.159 --> 00:28:20.739
 take away

00:28:20.739 --> 00:28:21.299
 from it

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:22.379
 just one

00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:23.899
 key thing.

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:25.180
 and that

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.759
 key thing

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.080
 is that

00:28:26.080 --> 00:28:26.960
 what really

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.759
 really matters

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.680
 is my

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.300
 relationship

00:28:29.300 --> 00:28:30.220
 with God

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:31.259
 not what

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:32.100
 other people

00:28:32.100 --> 00:28:33.580
 think about

00:28:33.580 --> 00:28:33.920
 me.

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.560
 We shouldn't

00:28:36.560 --> 00:28:36.980
 be going

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.820
 around all

00:28:37.820 --> 00:28:38.280
 the time

00:28:38.280 --> 00:28:38.840
 looking over

00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:39.480
 our shoulders

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.720
 and thinking

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.560
 well we need

00:28:41.560 --> 00:28:42.980
 to look good

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.680
 before others,

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.720
 I need to

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.480
 avoid getting

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:45.960
 into trouble

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.759
 in this world,

00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:48.300
 I need to

00:28:48.300 --> 00:28:50.140
 keep an

00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:50.980
 appearance up,

00:28:51.340 --> 00:28:51.740
 keep the

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.440
 mask up

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.180
 if you

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.539
 like.

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.059
 What really

00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:55.860
 matters says

00:28:55.860 --> 00:28:56.960
 Jesus is

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.440
 how you

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:58.400
 are before

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:58.880
 God.

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.059
 You might

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:00.920
 appear totally

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:01.960
 insignificant and

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:03.120
 forgotten in

00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:03.779
 this world,

00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:05.019
 but God

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.700
 values you

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.100
 and God

00:29:06.100 --> 00:29:06.740
 sees what

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.240
 you do

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.860
 and what

00:29:07.860 --> 00:29:08.279
 is in

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:09.299
 your heart.

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.420
 You may

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:11.120
 face times

00:29:11.120 --> 00:29:11.759
 of trial

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.440
 and of

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:13.080
 persecution

00:29:13.080 --> 00:29:13.480
 and of

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:13.880
 trouble

00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:14.740
 in this

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.160
 world,

00:29:15.580 --> 00:29:16.200
 but God

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:16.779
 is there

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.600
 with you

00:29:17.600 --> 00:29:18.460
 and God

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:18.880
 will make

00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.900
 sure that

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:20.759
 you are

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.240
 rewarded

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:22.120
 for your

00:29:22.120 --> 00:29:22.920
 faithfulness

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.859
 to him.

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:25.640
 Let's just

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:26.200
 make sure

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.980
 that we

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:27.759
 know God

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.319
 as our

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.920
 loving

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.319
 heavenly

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:29.759
 father,

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:30.759
 that we

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.120
 know him

00:29:31.120 --> 00:29:31.420
 as the

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:31.819
 one who

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:32.440
 wants to

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:32.759
 have a

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.000
 living

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.620
 relationship

00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:34.440
 with us

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:35.440
 and if

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:35.680
 we have

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:35.920
 sinned,

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.200
 if we have

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.640
 done things

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:36.900
 that we

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:37.220
 think are

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:37.559
 absolutely

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.120
 terrible,

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.019
 is still

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.500
 willing to

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:39.960
 forgive

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:41.240
 and to

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.839
 see us

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.980
 restored to

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.299
 him.

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.400
 And if

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:44.620
 we're in

00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:45.180
 that position,

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:45.680
 let's be

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.920
 bold and

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.279
 let's be

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:47.759
 willing to

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.599
 go and

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:49.220
 to talk to

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:49.819
 others about

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.919
 him and

00:29:50.919 --> 00:29:51.359
 not to

00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:52.000
 be ashamed

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.879
 of our

00:29:52.879 --> 00:29:53.500
 Lord Jesus,

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.759
 but to

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.579
 present him

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.339
 before men

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:57.019
 and to

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.500
 recognize

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:57.939
 whatever

00:29:57.939 --> 00:29:58.619
 happens,

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.579
 whatever the

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.519
 response is,

00:30:00.879 --> 00:30:01.339
 he will be

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:01.919
 with us

00:30:01.919 --> 00:30:02.659
 and will

00:30:02.659 --> 00:30:03.299
 help us.

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.299
 Let's pray

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:04.679
 together.

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:07.099
 Father, we

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:07.500
 thank you for

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:07.960
 your word.

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:09.419
 We thank you

00:30:09.419 --> 00:30:10.000
 for these

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.879
 verses which

00:30:10.879 --> 00:30:11.539
 are difficult

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.480
 to understand

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:14.079
 and yet

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:14.799
 which present

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.240
 to us

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.619
 great

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.139
 encouragement

00:30:16.139 --> 00:30:16.799
 as well.

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:18.379
 we thank

00:30:18.379 --> 00:30:18.619
 you that

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:18.879
 we are

00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:19.659
 so valued

00:30:19.659 --> 00:30:20.299
 by you,

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:21.639
 that you

00:30:21.639 --> 00:30:22.279
 who value

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:22.819
 even the

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.220
 smallest

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.759
 sparrow,

00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:24.659
 how much

00:30:24.659 --> 00:30:25.259
 more you

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:25.940
 value and

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.859
 love and

00:30:26.859 --> 00:30:27.319
 care for

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:27.480
 us.

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:27.960
 Help us

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.579
 to rejoice

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:29.059
 in the

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.940
 love and

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.339
 the care

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:30.919
 you have

00:30:30.919 --> 00:30:31.839
 for us.

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.299
 We thank

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:33.619
 you are

00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:34.139
 the Father

00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:34.659
 who wants

00:30:34.659 --> 00:30:35.240
 to forgive

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:36.559
 us and

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.099
 to restore

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.399
 us to

00:30:37.399 --> 00:30:37.659
 yourself.

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.039
 We pray

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.399
 for any

00:30:38.399 --> 00:30:39.220
 here who

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:39.659
 are far

00:30:39.659 --> 00:30:40.059
 from you

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.619
 this morning,

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:40.940
 whether

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.779
 far from

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:41.919
 you,

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.220
 as have

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.700
 never

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.460
 come to

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:43.720
 know the

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:43.919
 Lord

00:30:43.919 --> 00:30:44.200
 Jesus,

00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:44.639
 perhaps

00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:45.539
 far spiritually,

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:47.019
 having fallen

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:48.000
 away from

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.539
 love for

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:48.779
 him.

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.460
 Help them

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:50.119
 to understand

00:30:50.119 --> 00:30:50.460
 that you

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:50.740
 are the

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:50.980
 loving

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.460
 Father

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:52.279
 who will

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.659
 welcome

00:30:52.659 --> 00:30:53.059
 them as

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.639
 they come

00:30:53.639 --> 00:30:54.299
 through the

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.819
 Lord Jesus

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.420
 with their

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:56.279
 trust in

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.599
 him.

00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:58.240
 Help those

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.559
 of us

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:59.259
 who know

00:30:59.259 --> 00:30:59.899
 and who

00:30:59.899 --> 00:31:00.339
 love the

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:01.299
 Lord to

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.839
 make that

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:02.759
 evident all

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.500
 around us

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:04.420
 that we

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:04.779
 won't be

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 afraid of

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 men,

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 that we

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 will recognise

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 that our

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:09.220
 God is

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 great,

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 our God

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.159
 is with

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 us,

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 our God

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.039
 sees

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 everything.

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 And help

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 us to

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 have lives

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 of openness

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 and honesty

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 and not

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 to fall

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 into this

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.440
 trap of

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:21.120
 hypocrisy

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:21.860
 that the

00:31:21.860 --> 00:31:22.539
 Pharisees

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.640
 had incited

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 others into.

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 Thank you

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:25.880
 for our

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:26.519
 time together.

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.400
 We commit

00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:28.059
 ourselves to

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.339
 you.

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.160
 We want to

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 pray again

00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:30.039
 for those

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.259
 who have

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.799
 been affected

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.339
 by the

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:31.860
 bombing in

00:31:31.860 --> 00:31:32.380
 Manchester

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 and for

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 your comfort

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 and your

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.720
 strength for

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:35.960
 them.

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:36.759
 We give

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:36.980
 you our

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.440
 thanks and

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:37.640
 commit

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.200
 ourselves to

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.420
 you.

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.180
 In Jesus'

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:39.539
 name.

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.559
 Amen.