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 So our sermon text tonight is Matthew chapter 7.

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 Let me invite you to go there with me.

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 We've been looking at the teaching of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount this summer.

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 This is probably one of the most famous sections of Jesus' teaching.

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 And tonight we're looking at chapter 7, verses 1 through 12.

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 So let me invite you to go there with me.

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 That's page 812 in the Pew Bible, if you want to turn there.

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 If you didn't bring a Bible with you, page 812.

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 If you don't own a Bible, feel free to take that Bible with you tonight

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 for your own study, for your own reading.

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 We'd be glad for you to have one.

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 So Matthew chapter 7, verses 1 through 12.

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 Jesus teaches his disciples this.

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 He says,

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 Judge not that you be not judged.

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 For with the judgment you pronounced, you will be judged.

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 And with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

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 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye,

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 but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

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 Or how can you say to your brother,

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 let me take the speck out of your eye when there is the log in your own eye?

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 You hypocrite.

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 First take the log out of your own eye,

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 and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

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 Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs,

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 lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.

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 Ask, and it will be given to you.

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 Seek, and you will find.

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 Knock, and it will be opened to you.

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 For everyone who asks receives,

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 and the one who seeks finds,

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 and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

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 Or which one of you, if his son asks for bread,

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 will give him a stone?

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 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?

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 If you then, who are evil,

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 know how to give good gifts to your children,

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 how much more will your Father, who is in heaven,

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 give good things to those who ask him?

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 So whatever you wish that others would do to you,

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 do also to them.

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 For this is the law and the prophets.

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 Let's pray.

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 God, we thank you for your word.

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 And as we've just heard,

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 we want to ask and seek and knock

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 that you would open up this passage for us by your spirit.

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 Lord, and bless the words of my mouth

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 and the meditation of all of our hearts.

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 God, would it be pleasing in your sight, we pray.

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 Amen.

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 So chapter seven.

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 So at this point in the Sermon on the Mount,

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 Jesus is opening up, as you probably noticed,

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 a new topic, a new section.

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 The Sermon on the Mount starts back in chapter five.

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 And in that chapter, really as a whole,

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 Jesus is showing us how the life lived

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 in his kingdom of grace fulfills the Old Testament law.

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 Over and over and again,

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 he's showing us how the life that he's come to bring

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 is really the fulfillment of all of God's promises.

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 And then in chapter six,

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 Jesus went on to show us two things

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 about being his follower.

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 In the first half of chapter six,

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 he showed us how being his follower

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 makes us very different

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 than the religious people in our age.

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 He says that our spirituality

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 isn't about sort of trumpeting our righteousness

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 to be seen by others.

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 Instead, it's actually an intimate walk,

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 an intimate relationship with God as our father.

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 And then in the rest of chapter six,

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 he shows us how being his follower

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 makes us very different,

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 not just from the religious people,

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 but from the irreligious people.

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 He shows us that our ambition

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 isn't about building up treasures on earth

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 and trying to fight away

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 that residual sense of worry and anxiety

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 that we have by building up earthly material wealth.

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 He says, no, your ambition

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 is to seek first the kingdom

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 and his righteousness.

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 So Jesus in chapter six

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 has just finished teaching us

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 how we have a whole new spirituality

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 and a whole new ambition.

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 He's shown us how we're totally different

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 from the religious and the irreligious.

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 And now in chapter seven,

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 he's showing us

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 what relationships are meant to look like

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 for his followers.

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 how we ought to live our life together

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 as those who've been brought

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 into God's kingdom by his grace.

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 And we need someone to teach us

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 about relationships, right?

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 Because relationships are hard.

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 We step on each other's toes.

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 We offend each other.

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 We hurt each other.

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 We ignore each other.

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 We try to build friendships

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 and they fail.

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 We try to build marriages

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 and they get rocky

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 and they get bitter.

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 We try to build churches

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 and they split.

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 Relationships are hard, right?

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 I don't think any of us here tonight,

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 if we're being honest,

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 would say that relationships

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 are just an easy breezy thing

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 and that we've never encountered difficulty.

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 If that's you,

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 if you're thinking that,

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 I have nothing else to say to you tonight.

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 No, I'm just kidding.

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 I challenge you to look a little more deeply

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 at your life, at your heart.

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 I think it's clear from this passage

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 that Jesus doesn't presuppose

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 that life in his kingdom

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 is going to be all rosy, right?

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 He knows that there will be offenses committed,

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 wills crossed, feelings hurt.

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 There will be sin that has to be addressed.

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 Relationships are hard.

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 But if relationships are hard,

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 we know that they're incredibly important

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 at the same time, right?

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 I mean, in a certain sense,

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 life is about relationships.

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 Relationship with one another,

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 relationship ultimately with God.

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 This is how God created us.

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 He made us to live in community.

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 And that means to live in relationship

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 with flesh and blood other people.

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 Because in doing so,

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 isn't there something deeply spiritual about that?

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 As we live in relationship,

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 aren't we bearing the image

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 of our triune God?

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 The one God who eternally exists

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 in a threefold relationship

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 of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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 God himself, this is what we confess,

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 is an essentially relational God.

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 That even without the world,

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 God existed in a perfect,

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 loving, holy relationship.

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 And for that fact alone,

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 aren't our relationships,

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 which are a picture of that,

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 incredibly important?

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 Aren't they freighted

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 with a spiritual significance

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 that we often underestimate?

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 But even more,

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 I would say that relationships

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 are important

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 because I think that loneliness

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 is one of the great pressing problems

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 for us today, isn't it?

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 Think about it.

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 Even more so in our technological age

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 when we can feel digitally connected

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 to everyone

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 and really connected to no one.

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 And out of that loneliness,

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 out of that lack,

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 or perceived lack,

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 of meaningful relationships

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 spring a whole host

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 of further problems in our life.

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 Just look at your own life.

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 When you're lonely,

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 aren't those some of your hardest times?

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 Not just emotionally,

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 but spiritually, morally.

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 So relationships are critically important,

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 and yet as we've said,

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 they're incredibly hard.

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 And so we need help.

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 And that's where our passage comes in.

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 Here's what relationships will look like,

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 Jesus says,

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 in my kingdom.

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 This is how you live

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 under my reign of grace.

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 And this is how you're going to be,

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 you,

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 my disciples,

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 my followers,

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 my church,

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 this is how you're going to be

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 a picture to the world

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 of a renewed humanity.

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 Under my loving rule,

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 by my spirit.

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 And in our passage tonight,

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 Jesus makes three big points

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 about relationships,

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 and we're going to walk through each one.

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 The first one's this.

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 And they're simple points.

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 The first one's this.

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 Don't judge.

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 Verses one through five.

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 Let's read them again.

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 Judge not,

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 that you not be judged.

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 For with the judgment you pronounced,

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 you will be judged.

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 And with the measure you use,

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 it will be measured to you.

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 Why do you see the speck

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 that is in your brother's eye,

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 but do not notice the log

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 that is in your own eye?

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 Or how can you say to your brother,

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 let me take the speck out of your eye

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 when there is the log in your own eye?

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 You hypocrite.

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 First take the log out of your own eye,

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 and then you will see clearly

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 to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

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 Now,

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 what does Jesus mean

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 when he says,

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 don't judge?

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 Does he mean

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 that we should never distinguish

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 between what's right and good for us

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 and what's wrong and bad for us?

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 Should anything go in God's kingdom?

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 Well, no, right?

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 He clearly doesn't mean that.

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 Okay,

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 so let's go one step further.

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 Does Jesus mean

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 that we should never

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 look into the life

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 of another person

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 and point out

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 what's right in their life

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 and good for them

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 and what's wrong in their life

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 and bad for them?

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 Should we never do that

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 according to Jesus?

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 Isn't that what a lot of people mean

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 when they say,

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 don't judge?

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 It's amazing.

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 I think there was a time

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 when John 3.16

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 was the most known passage

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 in the Bible.

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 I think Matthew 7.1

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 is probably the most well-known passage

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 in the Bible right now.

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 Anybody in the street,

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 don't judge.

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 Right?

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 Is Jesus saying

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 we should never get that personal,

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 that engaged,

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 that into one another lives?

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 Well, I think it's clear

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 from the end of verse 5

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 that we actually should be doing that.

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 We should be helping

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 to take the specks

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 from our brother or sister's eye.

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 We should be looking

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 into their life

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 and helping them to see

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 how they can change

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 and become more like Christ.

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 So then,

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 what exactly does Jesus mean

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 when he says,

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 don't judge?

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 Well, I think it's clear

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 that he's forbidding.

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 What he's forbidding here

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 is a judgmental heart.

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 A condemning attitude.

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 The heart that in pride

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 looks at another brother

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 and sister in Christ

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 and condemns them

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 for sin in their life.

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 This is the kind of heart

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 that Jesus is forbidding here.

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 This is the kind of heart

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 that sees a brother or sister

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 struggling or failing

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 and says,

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 you call yourself a Christian?

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 How could you do

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 something like that?

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 And then,

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 begins to exclude them

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 or cut them out

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 because of that struggle

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 or failing.

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 I'd never go to church

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 with someone like that.

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 And what Jesus is saying

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 is that sort of

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 judgmental spirit

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 should have no place

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 in the community of disciples.

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 Flat out.

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 You know,

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 perhaps you've been

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 in a church

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 that's plagued

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 by that sort of attitude.

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 What Jesus says

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 in verse 2

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 is that

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 that sort of heart attitude

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 will grow

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 like wildfire

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 in a community.

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 You'll judge

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 and it will come

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 right back at you.

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 You'll measure someone up

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 and suddenly

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 you'll find yourself

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 being measured up.

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 And what happens

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 is that

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 what gets created

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 is this sort of

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 great big feedback loop

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 where over time

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 all that gets heard

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 in the community

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 is this obnoxious noise

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 of condemnation

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 as I condemn you

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 and you condemn me

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 and it grows

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 in this loud

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 obnoxious hum

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 and that's all we hear

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 rather than

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 the peaceful song

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 of the gospel.

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 Maybe you've seen this

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 in churches.

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 It's sad.

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 It's damaging

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 not just to the people involved.

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 It's damaging

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 to the reputation

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 of Christ.

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 Maybe you've seen it

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 in marriages

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 this kind of

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 judgmental attitude

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 where a couple

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 sort of

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 starts out well

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 in their relationship

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 but man

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 over time

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 they just end up

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 tearing one another down

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 and hammering

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 on one another

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 and condemning

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 each other's performance.

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 Sometimes it starts out

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 in seemingly innocent

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 sort of banter

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 or a sarcastic attitude

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 or sort of

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 a sarcastic

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 joking remark

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 and then it ends up

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 growing into the

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 deafening noise

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 of judgment

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 and condemnation

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 and suddenly

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 this marriage

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 this relationship

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 is like a battleground

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 with one side

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 just bombing the other

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 with an increasingly

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 short fuse

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 and an increasingly

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 quick trigger finger.

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 but Jesus says

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 no

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 this isn't

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 what it will look like

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 for you.

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 You won't be

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 self-appointed judges

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 casting your verdict

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 of condemnation

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 on everyone

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 who happens

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 to slip up.

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 No

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 you will be

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 not proud judges

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 but you are going

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 to be

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 humble

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 soul

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 spiritual

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 surgeons

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 helping each other

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 loving each other

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 in the struggle

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 against sin.

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 Jesus says

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 first

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 take the log

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 out of your own eye

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 and that's an amazing

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 word picture

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 we're kind of familiar

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 with it

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 but it's

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 you know

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 I wonder

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 if the first time

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 Jesus used that analogy

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 that people actually

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 had to laugh

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 because it's such

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 a ridiculous image

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 isn't it?

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 I mean

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 think about it

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 imagine someone

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 marching around

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 condemning people

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 for having specks

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 in their eye

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 while a giant beam

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 is waving around

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 in theirs

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 I mean

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 it's like something

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 out of Monty Python

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 right?

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 Walking around

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 saying

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 let me take that

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 speck out of your eye

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 after they keep

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 knocking people over

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 with this rafter

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 that's protruding

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 from their face

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 it's absurd

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 it's ridiculous

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 and Jesus is saying

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 it's about as ridiculous

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 as a judgmental Christian

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 take the log

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 out of your own eye

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 first

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 you know

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 realizing that

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 I've got a log

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 immediately

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 makes you humble

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 doesn't it?

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 it gets you

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 off the bench

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 the judge's bench

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 and if you take it out

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 with the help of others

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 no doubt

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 then it doesn't just

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 make you humble

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 but it makes you helpful

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 you'll be able to

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 actually then turn around

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 and do the gentle work

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 of loving

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 and correcting

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 and restoring

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 a brother or sister

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 who's stuck in sin

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 and this teaching

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 it just runs

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 throughout the New Testament

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 one example

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 the apostle Paul

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 picks up on Jesus' teaching

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 as he writes his letter

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 to Galatia

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 to the churches in Galatia

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 Galatians chapter 6

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 verse 1 says this

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 brothers and sisters

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 that is he's writing

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 to the church

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 just like Jesus

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 here in the Sermon on the Mount

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 you notice how many times

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 Jesus has brothers

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 in this paragraph

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 he's talking about

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 the church

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 this is an in-house issue

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 brothers and sisters

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 if anyone is caught

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 Paul says

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 that is if they're stuck

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 in any transgression

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 you who are spiritual

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 that is you who have

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 the Holy Spirit

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 who know what it's like

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 to have the log

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 taken out of your eye

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 which should be all of us

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 you who are spiritual

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 should restore them

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 in a spirit

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 of gentleness

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 that's our marching order

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 when we look at our

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 brothers and sisters in Christ

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 as we do life together

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 and as we inevitably see sin

00:15:10.779 --> 00:15:12.100
 in their lives

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 specks in their eyes

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 Jesus would say

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 that will trip them up

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 that will irritate them

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 that might eventually blind them

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 as we see those specks

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 in their eyes

00:15:24.839 --> 00:15:26.379
 Jesus says

00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:27.600
 you don't stand over them

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 and proudly judge them

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 nor do you ignore them

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 and walk the other way

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 no

00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:33.600
 you come alongside them

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 and you work to gently

00:15:35.699 --> 00:15:37.139
 restore them

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 now imagine

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 imagine

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 if that's what people found

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 when they spent time

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 in our community here

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 if that's what people knew

00:15:50.379 --> 00:15:51.259
 to be true

00:15:51.259 --> 00:15:52.299
 of Trinity

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 of our gatherings on Sundays

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 of our small groups

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 in particular

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 where we can get to know

00:15:57.860 --> 00:15:58.179
 one another

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 a little more deeply

00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:00.319
 of our one-to-one

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 friendships and relationships

00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:02.679
 that flow out

00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:03.500
 of our membership

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 with one another

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 what if people found

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 that to be the case

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 that to be true

00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:09.220
 of our community

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 that it wasn't a place

00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:11.500
 of judgment

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 like so many people

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 think Christianity is

00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:14.779
 but it was a place

00:16:14.779 --> 00:16:15.500
 of restoration

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 a place of spiritual healing

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 a place of spiritual help

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 what if they found people

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 who loved each other enough

00:16:25.500 --> 00:16:27.539
 to take the logs

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 out of their own eyes

00:16:28.939 --> 00:16:31.580
 and be the humble

00:16:31.580 --> 00:16:33.320
 soul surgeons

00:16:33.320 --> 00:16:34.740
 that Jesus calls us to be

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 that's what I need

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 and I'm not just using

00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:40.680
 the rhetorical I

00:16:40.680 --> 00:16:41.580
 here in my sermon

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 that's what I personally

00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:43.860
 Nick need

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 I need someone

00:16:45.060 --> 00:16:46.399
 who isn't going to condemn me

00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:47.600
 with a spirit of judgment

00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:48.879
 but someone who's actually

00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:49.919
 going to correct me

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 and be helpful

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 I can't see the specks

00:16:54.060 --> 00:16:55.120
 in my own eye

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 you can't see the specks

00:16:57.820 --> 00:16:58.580
 in your eye

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 I can't see them in my eye

00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:02.700
 but you know what

00:17:02.700 --> 00:17:04.200
 you can see them in my eye

00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:06.640
 and you can help

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 so this is point number one

00:17:10.100 --> 00:17:11.180
 as Jesus starts framing

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 relationships for us

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 Jesus is telling us

00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:14.160
 that when it comes to your

00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:14.779
 brothers and sisters

00:17:14.779 --> 00:17:15.340
 in the kingdom

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 you're not there to pronounce

00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:17.299
 judgment

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 you're there to offer

00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:19.400
 humble help

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 second point

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 is this

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 be

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 discerning

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 this is verse six

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 look there again with me

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 do not give dogs

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 what is holy

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 do not throw your pearls

00:17:31.159 --> 00:17:31.939
 before pigs

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 lest they trample them

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 underfoot

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 and turn

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 and attack you

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 okay

00:17:37.220 --> 00:17:38.659
 now this verse

00:17:38.659 --> 00:17:39.159
 is striking

00:17:39.159 --> 00:17:40.159
 on a lot of levels

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 right

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 striking level number one

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 it's pretty clear

00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:44.619
 that Jesus is calling

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 some people

00:17:45.059 --> 00:17:46.000
 dogs and pigs

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 okay

00:17:47.220 --> 00:17:48.399
 that probably challenges

00:17:48.399 --> 00:17:49.159
 some of our views

00:17:49.159 --> 00:17:50.000
 of who Jesus is

00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:50.299
 right

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 oh Jesus

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 meek and mild

00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:53.139
 he would never hurt an ant

00:17:53.139 --> 00:17:54.000
 and then he calls people

00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:54.659
 dogs and pigs

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 does that mean

00:17:55.259 --> 00:17:56.160
 Jesus doesn't love people

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 no

00:17:56.380 --> 00:17:57.440
 but I think we need

00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:58.000
 to come to terms

00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:59.040
 with who Jesus really is

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 and this becomes

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 even more shocking

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 when you consider

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 that in the first century

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 dogs weren't exactly

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 sort of cuddly pets

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 no one had a gold retriever

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 in the first century

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 that was neat

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 and you played fetch with it

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 and you took it to the lake

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 and it swam for you

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 right

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 no

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 dogs were these mangy creatures

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 that ran around in packs

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 in your city

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 and carried diseases

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 nobody liked dogs

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 so it's pretty bad

00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:19.840
 I think about pigs

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 I have a son

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 I have a three year old son

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 at home

00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:23.620
 you know

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 I think one of the things

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 you get as a three year old son

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 is like a farm set up

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 with little plastic pigs

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 and they're cute right

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 they roll around in the mud

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 they're really neat

00:18:30.179 --> 00:18:30.619
 look

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 a pig for a first century Jew

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 was like the definition

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 of something that was

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 ritually unclean

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 no Jew would have looked

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 at a pig and be like

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 oh cute

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 look it's rolling around

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 in the mud

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 no it was unclean

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 it was bad

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 okay you get the point

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 what the heck

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 is Jesus talking about here

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 what is he saying

00:18:46.239 --> 00:18:47.699
 about our relationships

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 here I think

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 is what Jesus is doing

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 in this verse

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 he is taking

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 an extreme case

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 and making

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 a general point

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 so he's making

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 he's making an extreme

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 sort of case

00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:01.559
 he's taking

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 an extreme case

00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:04.220
 and making a general point

00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:05.799
 here's the extreme case

00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:07.559
 that Jesus is laying out for us

00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:08.920
 he is saying

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 that there will be

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 some people

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 that you will share

00:19:14.120 --> 00:19:15.120
 the gospel with

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 that's the pearl

00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:18.920
 in Jesus' little parable

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 right here

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 the precious

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 beautiful

00:19:22.360 --> 00:19:23.780
 costly message

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 of Christ

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 there will be

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 some people

00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:27.280
 who will

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 doggedly

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 refuse

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 and reject

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 and renounce

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 and ridicule

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 all your

00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:35.980
 repeated attempts

00:19:35.980 --> 00:19:36.800
 to love them

00:19:36.800 --> 00:19:37.759
 and to share

00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:38.460
 the saving message

00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:38.960
 of Christ

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 with them

00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:41.780
 and Jesus says

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 for those who are

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 that

00:19:43.460 --> 00:19:44.800
 dogged

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 in their opposition

00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:47.040
 to me

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 then there comes

00:19:48.879 --> 00:19:49.399
 a time

00:19:49.399 --> 00:19:51.180
 when you sadly

00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:52.579
 need to invest

00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:53.180
 your energies

00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:53.700
 elsewhere

00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:56.399
 not that you hate them

00:19:56.399 --> 00:19:57.680
 not that you

00:19:57.680 --> 00:19:58.819
 scorn them

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 but you invest

00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:00.759
 your energies

00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:01.180
 elsewhere

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:02.440
 of course

00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:03.000
 God can change

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.319
 their heart

00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:03.639
 overnight

00:20:03.639 --> 00:20:04.059
 right

00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:05.099
 Jesus goes

00:20:05.099 --> 00:20:05.399
 right in

00:20:05.399 --> 00:20:05.779
 to start talking

00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:06.240
 about prayer

00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:06.819
 after this verse

00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:07.359
 I think that's

00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:07.680
 telling

00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:09.399
 and if God

00:20:09.399 --> 00:20:09.819
 does that

00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:10.339
 by all means

00:20:10.339 --> 00:20:10.720
 give them

00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:11.159
 the pearl

00:20:11.159 --> 00:20:11.379
 right

00:20:11.379 --> 00:20:12.099
 but there comes

00:20:12.099 --> 00:20:12.740
 a time

00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:13.299
 with some people

00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:13.960
 when sadly

00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:15.620
 you need to move

00:20:15.620 --> 00:20:15.900
 on

00:20:15.900 --> 00:20:16.480
 and invest

00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:16.960
 your energies

00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:17.380
 elsewhere

00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:18.579
 now

00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:19.640
 as I said

00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:21.360
 Jesus is talking

00:20:21.360 --> 00:20:22.720
 about an extreme

00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:24.200
 case

00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:26.400
 this isn't something

00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:26.920
 we're going to run

00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:27.819
 into every day

00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:30.059
 in John Stott's

00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.799
 commentary on this

00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:31.319
 passage

00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:32.200
 John Stott

00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:33.340
 he said that

00:20:33.340 --> 00:20:34.539
 in his entire

00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:35.299
 ministry

00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:37.120
 he only knew

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 one or two people

00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:39.539
 that he thinks

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 would fall into

00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.640
 this category

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 one or two

00:20:42.860 --> 00:20:43.940
 in his whole

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 ministry

00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.620
 now look

00:20:45.620 --> 00:20:46.360
 John Stott

00:20:46.360 --> 00:20:47.000
 was a pastor

00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.720
 of a church

00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:48.259
 in London

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 one of the

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 biggest cities

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 in the world

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 and his evangelistic

00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:51.560
 efforts took him

00:20:51.560 --> 00:20:52.500
 literally all around

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:52.920
 the world

00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:54.100
 and if someone

00:20:54.100 --> 00:20:55.100
 like that says

00:20:55.100 --> 00:20:55.820
 I only know

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 one or two people

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 then I think

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 that should give us

00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:59.500
 a lot of pause

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 before we just

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 start writing

00:21:00.360 --> 00:21:00.980
 off our neighbors

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 right

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 no we shouldn't

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:04.140
 be doing that

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:06.560
 okay

00:21:06.560 --> 00:21:07.340
 but

00:21:07.340 --> 00:21:08.540
 the extreme

00:21:08.540 --> 00:21:09.020
 example

00:21:09.020 --> 00:21:09.800
 is meant

00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:10.680
 to teach us

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 a general

00:21:11.180 --> 00:21:11.559
 lesson

00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:12.039
 a general

00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:12.339
 truth

00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:12.659
 and the

00:21:12.659 --> 00:21:12.899
 general

00:21:12.899 --> 00:21:13.200
 truth

00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:13.779
 is this

00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:15.339
 that we

00:21:15.339 --> 00:21:15.899
 need to be

00:21:15.899 --> 00:21:16.500
 discerning

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:18.279
 in our

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:18.940
 relationships

00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:20.519
 in other

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:20.819
 words

00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:21.519
 we need to

00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:22.059
 not be

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:22.559
 afraid

00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:23.180
 to do

00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:24.019
 honest

00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:25.180
 spiritual

00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:26.200
 assessment

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:28.960
 not in order

00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.379
 to judge

00:21:29.379 --> 00:21:29.639
 others

00:21:29.639 --> 00:21:30.180
 but in order

00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:30.740
 actually to

00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.240
 love them

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:31.700
 think about

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:31.879
 it

00:21:31.879 --> 00:21:32.139
 right

00:21:32.139 --> 00:21:33.159
 one of the

00:21:33.159 --> 00:21:33.539
 worst

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:34.059
 things

00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:34.460
 that a

00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:34.759
 medical

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.159
 doctor

00:21:35.159 --> 00:21:35.700
 can do

00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:36.180
 is give

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:36.639
 a false

00:21:36.639 --> 00:21:37.220
 diagnosis

00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:38.680
 when my

00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:39.059
 brother was

00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:39.379
 in high

00:21:39.379 --> 00:21:39.639
 school

00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:40.120
 in his

00:21:40.120 --> 00:21:40.440
 sophomore

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:40.800
 year

00:21:40.800 --> 00:21:41.440
 there came

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:41.700
 a time

00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:41.860
 in his

00:21:41.860 --> 00:21:42.080
 sophomore

00:21:42.080 --> 00:21:42.259
 year

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.580
 when he

00:21:42.580 --> 00:21:43.020
 was just

00:21:43.020 --> 00:21:43.820
 always

00:21:43.820 --> 00:21:44.400
 tired

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:45.460
 always

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:45.980
 fatigued

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.259
 and was

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:46.759
 not

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.060
 feeling

00:21:47.060 --> 00:21:47.560
 himself

00:21:47.560 --> 00:21:48.680
 so we

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:48.860
 took him

00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:49.020
 to the

00:21:49.020 --> 00:21:49.220
 doctor

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:49.400
 right

00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:49.680
 my mom

00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:49.880
 took him

00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:50.040
 to the

00:21:50.040 --> 00:21:50.280
 doctor

00:21:50.280 --> 00:21:50.680
 and here's

00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:50.800
 what the

00:21:50.800 --> 00:21:51.140
 doctor said

00:21:51.140 --> 00:21:51.360
 you know

00:21:51.360 --> 00:21:51.660
 you're probably

00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:51.920
 just going

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.180
 through some

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:52.480
 growth

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:52.860
 pains

00:21:52.860 --> 00:21:53.700
 drink some

00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:54.440
 protein shakes

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:55.140
 get some

00:21:55.140 --> 00:21:55.500
 rest

00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.060
 and it'll

00:21:56.060 --> 00:21:56.460
 pass

00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:58.960
 well for some

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.560
 reason that

00:21:59.560 --> 00:22:00.080
 didn't quite

00:22:00.080 --> 00:22:00.780
 sit right with

00:22:00.780 --> 00:22:01.220
 my mom

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.520
 with my

00:22:01.520 --> 00:22:01.820
 parents

00:22:01.820 --> 00:22:02.360
 so they

00:22:02.360 --> 00:22:02.580
 took him

00:22:02.580 --> 00:22:02.880
 to another

00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:03.200
 doctor

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:03.600
 and got a

00:22:03.600 --> 00:22:04.160
 second opinion

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:04.759
 they ran

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.380
 some tests

00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:06.300
 and found out

00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:10.920
 which is a

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.300
 form of

00:22:11.300 --> 00:22:11.740
 cancer

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:14.000
 had they

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.460
 listened to

00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:14.860
 the first

00:22:14.860 --> 00:22:15.220
 doctor

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:15.820
 who knows

00:22:15.820 --> 00:22:16.100
 what would

00:22:16.100 --> 00:22:16.200
 have

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:16.520
 happened

00:22:16.520 --> 00:22:19.040
 but thankfully

00:22:19.040 --> 00:22:20.860
 we caught

00:22:20.860 --> 00:22:21.420
 it in time

00:22:21.420 --> 00:22:22.200
 the treatments

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:22.840
 were successful

00:22:22.840 --> 00:22:23.320
 my brother's

00:22:23.320 --> 00:22:23.700
 been cancer

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.040
 free for

00:22:24.040 --> 00:22:24.340
 over like

00:22:24.340 --> 00:22:24.920
 20 years

00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:27.140
 but here's

00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:27.560
 the point

00:22:27.560 --> 00:22:28.680
 if it's

00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:29.500
 that critical

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.020
 that we get

00:22:30.020 --> 00:22:30.580
 an honest

00:22:30.580 --> 00:22:31.180
 and accurate

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:31.580
 medical

00:22:31.580 --> 00:22:32.060
 assessment

00:22:32.060 --> 00:22:33.800
 how much

00:22:33.800 --> 00:22:34.300
 more

00:22:34.300 --> 00:22:35.460
 that we get

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:36.020
 an honest

00:22:36.020 --> 00:22:36.880
 spiritual

00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:37.400
 assessment

00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:38.700
 I mean

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:38.960
 if the

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.620
 worst thing

00:22:39.620 --> 00:22:39.880
 that a

00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:40.140
 doctor

00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:40.480
 can do

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:40.759
 is give

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.000
 you a

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.380
 false

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:41.980
 medical

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.559
 diagnosis

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:43.279
 the worst

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:43.440
 thing

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:43.720
 that a

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.039
 friend

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.420
 can do

00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:44.779
 is give

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.019
 you a

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.240
 false

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.960
 spiritual

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.519
 diagnosis

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:50.160
 if done

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:50.920
 in humility

00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:51.740
 an honest

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.279
 spiritual

00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:52.720
 assessment

00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:53.079
 is the

00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:53.840
 most loving

00:22:53.840 --> 00:22:54.360
 thing

00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:54.980
 that we

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.620
 can receive

00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:58.059
 if I'm

00:22:58.059 --> 00:22:58.680
 dying

00:22:58.680 --> 00:23:00.059
 spiritually

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:00.559
 and there's

00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:01.160
 a cure

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:02.720
 I need to

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.500
 know of it

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:06.360
 one of my

00:23:06.360 --> 00:23:06.740
 pastoral

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.460
 responsibilities

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:07.819
 here at

00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:08.019
 Trinity

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.539
 is to

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:08.740
 give

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.059
 leadership

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.259
 and

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.539
 guidance

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:09.720
 to

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:09.859
 our

00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:10.019
 youth

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.359
 ministry

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:10.659
 leaders

00:23:10.659 --> 00:23:10.839
 who

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.059
 work

00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:11.200
 with

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.299
 our

00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:11.460
 middle

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:11.859
 schoolers

00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.139
 and high

00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:12.460
 schoolers

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:12.579
 our

00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:12.980
 teenagers

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:14.379
 and you

00:23:14.379 --> 00:23:14.460
 know

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:14.980
 too often

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.619
 what I

00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:16.000
 find in

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.220
 youth

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.599
 ministry

00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:17.059
 is that

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:17.480
 kids

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:17.859
 can get

00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:18.799
 categorized

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.539
 as good

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.000
 kids

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:21.779
 you know

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.440
 this kid

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:23.259
 shows up to

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:23.740
 meetings

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.680
 he obeys the

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.099
 rules

00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:25.899
 he's not too

00:23:25.899 --> 00:23:26.460
 rebellious

00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:27.279
 that kind of

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:27.579
 kid is

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.200
 supposedly a

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.680
 good kid

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:30.339
 but you

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:30.779
 know what

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:32.599
 that good

00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:33.059
 kid

00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:33.720
 apart from

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.159
 Christ

00:23:34.159 --> 00:23:35.259
 is spiritually

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.619
 dead

00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:38.639
 none of

00:23:38.639 --> 00:23:39.079
 his rule

00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:39.559
 following

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.259
 none of

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.379
 his

00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:40.859
 attendance

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.559
 at our

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:41.939
 awesome

00:23:41.939 --> 00:23:42.219
 Wednesday

00:23:42.219 --> 00:23:42.439
 night

00:23:42.439 --> 00:23:42.639
 youth

00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:42.819
 group

00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:43.199
 meetings

00:23:43.199 --> 00:23:43.719
 none of

00:23:43.719 --> 00:23:43.899
 his

00:23:43.899 --> 00:23:44.559
 outwardly

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.179
 commendable

00:23:45.179 --> 00:23:45.739
 behavior

00:23:45.739 --> 00:23:46.539
 means that

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:46.919
 he's in a

00:23:46.919 --> 00:23:47.179
 saving

00:23:47.179 --> 00:23:47.699
 relationship

00:23:47.699 --> 00:23:47.959
 with

00:23:47.959 --> 00:23:48.219
 Jesus

00:23:48.219 --> 00:23:50.539
 and if

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.099
 all he

00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:51.819
 hears is

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.139
 that he's

00:23:52.139 --> 00:23:52.539
 a good

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:52.979
 kid

00:23:52.979 --> 00:23:53.959
 then he's

00:23:53.959 --> 00:23:54.219
 in a

00:23:54.219 --> 00:23:54.679
 very

00:23:54.679 --> 00:23:55.619
 spiritually

00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:56.639
 dangerous

00:23:56.639 --> 00:23:57.339
 place

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:58.759
 he's been

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.259
 given a

00:23:59.259 --> 00:24:00.739
 misdiagnosis

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.380
 and he

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:02.000
 will remain

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.480
 sick

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.039
 and be

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:03.319
 headed

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:04.079
 for death

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:07.420
 friends

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:07.700
 think about

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:07.839
 your

00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:08.380
 co-workers

00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:09.640
 think about

00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:09.779
 your

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.200
 neighbors

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:12.059
 is there

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.579
 someone who

00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:12.920
 actually

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.720
 loves them

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.220
 enough

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:15.500
 to give

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:15.859
 them

00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:16.620
 when the

00:24:16.620 --> 00:24:17.160
 time is

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:17.620
 right

00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:19.359
 an honest

00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:20.180
 spiritual

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.779
 diagnosis

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:23.759
 now that

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.079
 doesn't mean

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:24.319
 we should

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:24.759
 go bang

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:24.980
 on our

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.319
 neighbor's

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:25.480
 door

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.099
 uninvited

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:26.440
 and call

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:26.740
 them a

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:26.920
 sinner

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.200
 right

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.460
 that's

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:27.779
 probably

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.140
 not the

00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:28.339
 most

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:28.839
 helpful

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.220
 way

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:29.759
 to go

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.079
 about

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:30.400
 this

00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:30.700
 yeah

00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:32.840
 but in

00:24:32.840 --> 00:24:33.400
 your life

00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:33.700
 with those

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.279
 outside the

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:34.440
 church

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:34.880
 are you

00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:35.360
 willing

00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:35.860
 am I

00:24:35.860 --> 00:24:36.180
 willing

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:36.680
 when the

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:36.920
 spirit

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.480
 opens the

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:37.740
 door

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.900
 to say

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:41.740
 that good

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.180
 works

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:43.400
 won't earn

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:43.779
 God's

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.059
 favor

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:46.340
 and that

00:24:46.340 --> 00:24:46.740
 spiritually

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.340
 speaking we

00:24:47.340 --> 00:24:47.880
 can never

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.259
 be good

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.640
 enough

00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:49.900
 and that

00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:50.519
 apart from

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.140
 Christ and

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:51.559
 what he's

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.039
 done for

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.340
 us in

00:24:52.340 --> 00:24:52.779
 love

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.559
 we're

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.059
 spiritually

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.519
 dead

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:57.960
 how about

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.420
 you tonight

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:58.759
 friend

00:24:58.759 --> 00:25:02.019
 has

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.240
 has anyone

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.619
 been that

00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:02.900
 honest

00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:03.319
 with you

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:05.700
 are you

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.039
 willing to

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.279
 be that

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.660
 honest with

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.140
 yourself

00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:10.319
 the only

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:10.879
 thing that

00:25:10.879 --> 00:25:11.319
 will take

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:12.680
 away your

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.680
 spiritual

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:14.640
 cancer of

00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:16.140
 sin and

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:16.680
 give you a

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.839
 clean record

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.599
 with God

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.759
 is a saving

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.519
 relationship

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.579
 with Christ

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:25.259
 how do you

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:25.700
 get there

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:27.519
 to get

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:27.920
 there you've

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.140
 got to

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:29.240
 agree with

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:29.660
 God's

00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:30.799
 diagnosis of

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.299
 your spiritual

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.940
 condition you

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.680
 have to admit

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.660
 that you're a

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:34.960
 rebel against

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:36.140
 God and

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:36.840
 that that sin

00:25:36.840 --> 00:25:37.279
 leads to

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.440
 death deserved

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:40.920
 death and

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.360
 then you need

00:25:41.360 --> 00:25:42.340
 to turn away

00:25:42.340 --> 00:25:43.200
 from trying to

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:43.799
 be the king

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.340
 of your own

00:25:44.340 --> 00:25:45.400
 life and

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:45.920
 give your

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:46.799
 life to

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.720
 Christ to

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.400
 trust in

00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:49.600
 him alone

00:25:49.600 --> 00:25:51.019
 for your

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.700
 record before

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.059
 God

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:55.559
 and if you

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.299
 haven't done

00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:57.400
 that then

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:58.120
 there is no

00:25:58.120 --> 00:25:58.700
 amount of

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.420
 rule following

00:25:59.420 --> 00:26:00.180
 or church

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:01.620
 attendance that

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:02.360
 will ever make

00:26:02.360 --> 00:26:02.880
 a difference

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:05.620
 but if you

00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:06.360
 have done

00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:07.840
 that or if

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.539
 you do

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.139
 that even

00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:09.599
 tonight even

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:10.279
 right now

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:10.839
 then Christ

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.500
 will accept

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.179
 you and

00:26:12.179 --> 00:26:12.500
 make you

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:12.879
 his own

00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:14.819
 and finally

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.639
 for the first

00:26:15.639 --> 00:26:16.359
 time you'll

00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:16.659
 know what

00:26:16.659 --> 00:26:17.119
 it's like

00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:18.259
 to be alive

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:19.720
 not just to

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.339
 be sitting

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:22.299
 here in a

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.939
 body but to

00:26:22.939 --> 00:26:23.919
 know spiritual

00:26:23.919 --> 00:26:24.859
 life

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:30.099
 the last

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.379
 point that

00:26:30.379 --> 00:26:30.819
 Jesus makes

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.139
 about our

00:26:31.139 --> 00:26:31.879
 relationships is

00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:32.119
 found in

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:32.679
 verse 12

00:26:32.679 --> 00:26:34.299
 so whatever

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:34.980
 you wish that

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.339
 others would

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:35.879
 do to you

00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:37.059
 do also to

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:37.679
 them for

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:38.840
 this is the

00:26:38.840 --> 00:26:39.820
 law and the

00:26:39.820 --> 00:26:40.360
 prophets

00:26:40.360 --> 00:26:41.820
 don't judge

00:26:41.820 --> 00:26:42.900
 be discerning

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:43.720
 and now third

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.940
 do to others

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.560
 what you'd

00:26:45.560 --> 00:26:45.960
 have them do

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.360
 to you

00:26:46.360 --> 00:26:47.340
 and isn't

00:26:47.340 --> 00:26:47.660
 this what we've

00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.000
 been talking

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.299
 about the

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:48.900
 whole time

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.980
 I don't want

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.720
 a proud judge

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.039
 I want a

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.700
 humble helper

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.500
 right I

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:52.880
 don't want a

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:53.580
 false diagnosis

00:26:53.580 --> 00:26:54.039
 I want an

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.980
 honest true

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.560
 diagnosis

00:26:55.560 --> 00:26:57.100
 that's what I

00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:57.560
 want someone to

00:26:57.560 --> 00:26:58.240
 do for me

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.880
 and Jesus

00:26:58.880 --> 00:27:00.019
 says exactly

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:01.039
 do it for

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.480
 others

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:04.120
 be the

00:27:04.120 --> 00:27:04.700
 humble soul

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.560
 surgeon be the

00:27:05.560 --> 00:27:06.279
 honest friend

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:06.899
 and don't

00:27:06.899 --> 00:27:07.279
 just stop

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.720
 there let

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.559
 this principle

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.420
 the golden

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:10.019
 rule as we

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.680
 sometimes call

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.879
 it rule all

00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.119
 of your

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:13.259
 relationships in

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:14.339
 every aspect

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:16.599
 that's the law

00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:17.220
 and the prophets

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:19.940
 you know when you

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.440
 study the first

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.000
 century you find

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.319
 that other

00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:21.779
 teachers in

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.440
 Jesus day said

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.139
 similar things

00:27:23.139 --> 00:27:24.240
 but they often

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.960
 would word it in

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.779
 the negative like

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.859
 this don't do to

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:27.720
 others what you

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.399
 wouldn't want done

00:27:28.399 --> 00:27:28.859
 to you

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:31.119
 but you see how

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.759
 Jesus flips it

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:33.240
 around he makes

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.980
 it positive

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:35.360
 do to others

00:27:35.360 --> 00:27:36.599
 what you would

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:37.120
 have him do

00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:37.440
 to you

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:37.960
 and doesn't

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.620
 that make it

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.599
 much more

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.460
 radical

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.220
 much more

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:42.019
 comprehensive

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.880
 much more

00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:44.160
 just mind

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:44.759
 blowingly

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.960
 applicable to

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.579
 our lives

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:50.140
 but you know

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:50.559
 if we focus

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:50.960
 for a moment

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.480
 where Jesus

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:52.000
 has put the

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.460
 focus in

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:52.920
 verses 1

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.360
 through 6

00:27:53.360 --> 00:27:54.099
 don't judge

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:55.220
 be discerning

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:56.819
 if that's what

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.360
 he's calling us

00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:57.779
 to do unto

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.380
 others as we

00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:59.000
 would have

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.740
 others do

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.299
 to us

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:02.200
 then I think

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.680
 two things

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.659
 become quickly

00:28:03.659 --> 00:28:04.879
 really clear

00:28:04.879 --> 00:28:06.899
 first

00:28:06.899 --> 00:28:08.759
 we absolutely

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.559
 need to pray

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:11.859
 that's exactly

00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:12.200
 what Jesus

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.740
 points to in

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.220
 verses 7

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:13.680
 through 11

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.159
 look there

00:28:14.159 --> 00:28:15.440
 it's as if

00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:16.039
 Jesus is saying

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.680
 in context

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.740
 you cannot

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.740
 possibly do

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.159
 this on your

00:28:19.159 --> 00:28:19.339
 own

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:20.139
 you need to

00:28:20.139 --> 00:28:21.099
 bathe every

00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:21.980
 single relationship

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.839
 that you have

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:24.180
 in tremendous

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.779
 amounts of

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.039
 prayer

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:28.339
 not sure how

00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:29.019
 to be a

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.839
 gentle soul

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.500
 surgeon with

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:30.960
 your wife

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.399
 or with your

00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:31.839
 husband or

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.119
 with your

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:32.639
 roommate or

00:28:32.639 --> 00:28:32.960
 with your

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.299
 friend

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:34.720
 Jesus says

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.379
 ask

00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:36.379
 seek

00:28:36.379 --> 00:28:37.460
 knock

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:38.339
 the father

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:39.019
 is not

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.379
 going to

00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:39.659
 give you

00:28:39.659 --> 00:28:40.420
 a stone

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.200
 he's going

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.559
 to give

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.059
 you bread

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:45.240
 not sure

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.579
 how to be

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:46.079
 discerning

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.399
 with your

00:28:46.399 --> 00:28:46.839
 friends at

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.240
 work

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:48.799
 ask

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.559
 Jesus says

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:50.579
 seek

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:51.960
 knock

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:53.379
 your father

00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:53.720
 is not

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:53.960
 going to

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.220
 give you

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.740
 a serpent

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.079
 he's going

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.359
 to give

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:55.920
 you fish

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:58.039
 look you

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.460
 know how

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.759
 to give

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.120
 your kids

00:28:59.120 --> 00:28:59.759
 good gifts

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:01.000
 how much

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.279
 more do you

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.539
 think the

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:02.099
 father

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:03.019
 in heaven

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.579
 is going

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:03.900
 to give

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.599
 good

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.440
 things

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:05.980
 to those

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.539
 who ask

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:06.779
 him

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:08.720
 you see

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.319
 God wants

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:09.620
 to be

00:29:09.620 --> 00:29:10.019
 at the

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.480
 center

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.319
 of all

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:11.579
 of our

00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:11.819
 human

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:12.420
 relationships

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:13.420
 he wants

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:13.640
 to be

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:14.160
 the one

00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:14.700
 that we

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.099
 depend

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:15.440
 on

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:15.880
 as we're

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.160
 trying to

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:16.420
 make our

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:16.680
 friendships

00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:17.019
 work

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.460
 and as

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:17.559
 we're

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:17.799
 trying to

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.140
 make our

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:18.579
 church life

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:18.779
 work

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.019
 and as

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.120
 we're

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:19.359
 trying to

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:19.680
 make our

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:19.980
 marriages

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.279
 work

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.620
 and our

00:29:20.620 --> 00:29:21.259
 relationship

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.539
 with our

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:21.960
 co-workers

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.240
 work

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.519
 and our

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:22.859
 family

00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:23.139
 life

00:29:23.139 --> 00:29:23.359
 work

00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:24.259
 he wants

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:25.019
 us to

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.180
 be

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:25.799
 utterly

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.200
 dependent

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.759
 on him

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.500
 as we

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:27.920
 move out

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.220
 in those

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:28.740
 relationships

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.180
 he wants

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.460
 us to

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:29.859
 ask

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.400
 and to

00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:30.700
 seek

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.240
 and to

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.660
 knock

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.920
 so that

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.079
 at the

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:33.279
 end of

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.519
 the day

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:34.079
 we won't

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.539
 take credit

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:34.839
 for our

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.000
 good

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.519
 relationships

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:35.980
 God

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.359
 will get

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:36.700
 credit

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:40.259
 but secondly

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:42.279
 as we

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.920
 pray

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:44.819
 we need

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.420
 the gospel

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:48.099
 after all

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:48.500
 the reason

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.240
 why we're

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:49.460
 so

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:50.379
 judgmental

00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:51.799
 why is

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.059
 that

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:53.419
 it's

00:29:53.419 --> 00:29:53.659
 because

00:29:53.659 --> 00:29:53.859
 we're

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.039
 so

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.480
 self

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:54.879
 righteous

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:57.480
 and on

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:57.740
 the flip

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:57.899
 side

00:29:57.899 --> 00:29:58.220
 why are

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:58.319
 we

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:58.519
 not

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.980
 discerning

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.139
 and

00:29:59.139 --> 00:29:59.659
 honest

00:29:59.659 --> 00:30:01.399
 isn't

00:30:01.399 --> 00:30:01.480
 it

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:01.679
 because

00:30:01.679 --> 00:30:01.819
 we're

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:01.960
 so

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.460
 afraid

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.279
 of

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.419
 what

00:30:03.419 --> 00:30:03.720
 others

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:03.859
 will

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.059
 think

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.200
 of

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.440
 us

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:04.700
 if

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:04.859
 we

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:05.460
 actually

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:06.819
 tell

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:06.960
 them

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.059
 what

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:07.159
 we

00:30:07.159 --> 00:30:07.299
 know

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:07.379
 to

00:30:07.379 --> 00:30:07.500
 be

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:07.779
 true

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:09.339
 so

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:09.440
 on

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:09.539
 the

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:09.720
 one

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:09.899
 hand

00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:10.039
 we're

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.200
 too

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.440
 self

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:10.599
 righteous

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:10.819
 and

00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:11.259
 proud

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.679
 and

00:30:11.679 --> 00:30:11.759
 on

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:11.859
 the

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.019
 other

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:12.240
 hand

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.359
 we're

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:12.519
 too

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.000
 afraid

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:14.460
 what

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:14.720
 on

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.039
 earth

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.240
 could

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.919
 crush

00:30:15.919 --> 00:30:16.200
 both

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.679
 pride

00:30:16.679 --> 00:30:16.899
 and

00:30:16.899 --> 00:30:17.139
 fear

00:30:17.139 --> 00:30:17.299
 at

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:17.440
 the

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:17.960
 exact

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.700
 same

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:19.360
 time

00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:20.220
 friends

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.700
 only

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.140
 this

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:22.660
 the

00:30:22.660 --> 00:30:23.079
 cross

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:23.240
 of

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.460
 Jesus

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:23.940
 Christ

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:25.640
 what

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:25.759
 does

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:25.880
 the

00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:26.100
 cross

00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:26.340
 mean

00:30:26.340 --> 00:30:26.539
 what

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:26.660
 does

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:26.779
 it

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.279
 say

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:29.579
 on

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:29.700
 the

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:29.840
 one

00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:30.000
 hand

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.120
 what

00:30:30.120 --> 00:30:30.220
 the

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:30.440
 cross

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:30.660
 says

00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:30.779
 is

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:30.920
 that

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.100
 I

00:30:31.100 --> 00:30:31.220
 am

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:31.940
 sinful

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:33.120
 beyond

00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:33.620
 degree

00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:34.920
 that

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.160
 I

00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:35.299
 am

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:35.720
 so

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.160
 sinful

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:36.380
 that

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:36.759
 Jesus

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.200
 Christ

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.340
 the

00:30:37.340 --> 00:30:37.660
 eternal

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:37.920
 son

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:38.059
 of

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.299
 God

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.700
 had

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:38.880
 to

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.200
 die

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.420
 for

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:39.640
 me

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:40.059
 in

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.200
 order

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.380
 to

00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:40.700
 restore

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:40.900
 my

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:41.380
 relationship

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:41.640
 with

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:41.920
 God

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:44.880
 so

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:45.200
 beneath

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.380
 the

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:45.779
 cross

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.340
 there's

00:30:46.340 --> 00:30:46.480
 more

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:46.940
 pride

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.680
 how

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:47.840
 could

00:30:47.840 --> 00:30:47.940
 there

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.019
 be

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:48.700
 self

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.299
 righteousness

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:50.880
 beneath

00:30:50.880 --> 00:30:51.039
 the

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.400
 cross

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:52.960
 there's

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.059
 no

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.220
 more

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.720
 judges

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.840
 beneath

00:30:54.840 --> 00:30:55.000
 the

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.360
 cross

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:57.440
 but

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:57.539
 what

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:57.640
 does

00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:57.759
 the

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:57.920
 cross

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.220
 also

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:58.539
 say

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:59.480
 the

00:30:59.480 --> 00:30:59.700
 cross

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.100
 also

00:31:00.100 --> 00:31:00.580
 says

00:31:00.580 --> 00:31:01.019
 friends

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.539
 that

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:01.680
 I

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:01.799
 am

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:02.559
 loved

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:03.799
 beyond

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.600
 compare

00:31:04.600 --> 00:31:07.039
 that

00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:07.480
 so

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:08.019
 great

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.220
 was

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.519
 his

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:08.920
 love

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.140
 for

00:31:09.140 --> 00:31:09.519
 me

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:10.740
 that

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.140
 Christ

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:11.340
 was

00:31:11.340 --> 00:31:11.860
 willing

00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:12.500
 to

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:12.940
 pour

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.140
 out

00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:13.340
 his

00:31:13.340 --> 00:31:13.880
 life

00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:14.799
 gladly

00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:15.120
 to

00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:15.340
 die

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:15.519
 for

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:15.740
 me

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:17.900
 and

00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:18.039
 that

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.240
 means

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.380
 that

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:18.620
 beneath

00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:18.779
 the

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:18.960
 cross

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.120
 there's

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:19.380
 no

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:19.579
 more

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:19.920
 fear

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.880
 there's

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:21.099
 no

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.279
 more

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:21.480
 being

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:22.019
 afraid

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.420
 and

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:22.799
 worrying

00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:22.960
 what

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.200
 others

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:23.339
 will

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:23.519
 think

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:23.940
 because

00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:24.740
 now

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:24.940
 you

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.120
 see

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:25.319
 what

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:25.660
 God

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:26.079
 thinks

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.559
 your

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.039
 creator

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:28.759
 that

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:28.940
 you

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.059
 are

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:29.460
 loved

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:29.620
 with

00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:29.720
 an

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.160
 eternal

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.940
 costly

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.380
 love

00:31:31.380 --> 00:31:33.880
 so

00:31:33.880 --> 00:31:34.000
 what

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.079
 do

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.180
 we

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:34.440
 need

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:34.559
 in

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:34.680
 our

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.380
 relationships

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:36.039
 friends

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.160
 we

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:36.259
 need

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.400
 a

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:36.859
 cross

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:37.599
 we

00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:37.759
 need

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:37.900
 the

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:38.339
 gospel

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:40.099
 we

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:40.259
 need

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.400
 the

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:40.819
 cross

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:40.960
 and

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.140
 that's

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:41.779
 exactly

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.059
 what

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.400
 Jesus

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:42.680
 has

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.059
 done

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.279
 for

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.620
 us

00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:45.559
 so

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:45.699
 in

00:31:45.699 --> 00:31:45.979
 his

00:31:45.979 --> 00:31:46.339
 kingdom

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:46.679
 there's

00:31:46.679 --> 00:31:46.879
 no

00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:47.079
 more

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.539
 pride

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:48.179
 and

00:31:48.179 --> 00:31:48.359
 there's

00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:48.659
 no

00:31:48.659 --> 00:31:48.859
 more

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:49.199
 fear

00:31:49.199 --> 00:31:49.799
 and

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:49.919
 in

00:31:49.919 --> 00:31:50.039
 our

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.539
 relationships

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:50.819
 there's

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.419
 finally

00:31:51.419 --> 00:31:51.639
 the

00:31:51.639 --> 00:31:52.259
 power

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.699
 to

00:31:52.699 --> 00:31:52.919
 do

00:31:52.919 --> 00:31:53.099
 unto

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:53.419
 others

00:31:53.419 --> 00:31:53.559
 what

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:53.739
 we

00:31:53.739 --> 00:31:54.019
 have

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.219
 them

00:31:54.219 --> 00:31:54.659
 do

00:31:54.659 --> 00:31:54.819
 to

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:55.259
 us

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.879
 not

00:31:55.879 --> 00:31:56.059
 to

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:56.339
 judge

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:56.479
 us

00:31:56.479 --> 00:31:56.579
 but

00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:56.719
 to

00:31:56.719 --> 00:31:57.019
 help

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.399
 us

00:31:57.399 --> 00:31:58.519
 not

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:58.659
 to

00:31:58.659 --> 00:31:58.779
 give

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:58.919
 us

00:31:58.919 --> 00:31:59.419
 false

00:31:59.419 --> 00:31:59.919
 diagnoses

00:31:59.919 --> 00:32:00.139
 but

00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:00.259
 to

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.379
 give

00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:00.539
 us

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:00.959
 true

00:32:00.959 --> 00:32:01.399
 ones

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:03.880
 and

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:04.080
 friends

00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:04.420
 these

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:04.540
 are

00:32:04.540 --> 00:32:04.640
 the

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:04.860
 good

00:32:04.860 --> 00:32:05.400
 things

00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:06.080
 that

00:32:06.080 --> 00:32:06.259
 the

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:06.580
 father

00:32:06.580 --> 00:32:06.820
 has

00:32:06.820 --> 00:32:07.220
 promised

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.420
 to

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:07.840
 give

00:32:07.840 --> 00:32:08.259
 us

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:08.759
 through

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.280
 Christ

00:32:09.280 --> 00:32:09.860
 by

00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:10.080
 his

00:32:10.080 --> 00:32:10.380
 spirit

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:12.220
 so

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:12.460
 let's

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:12.720
 pray

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:18.320
 father

00:32:18.320 --> 00:32:18.540
 indeed

00:32:18.540 --> 00:32:18.820
 tonight

00:32:18.820 --> 00:32:19.500
 we confess

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:19.759
 that our

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.240
 relationships

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.860
 are hard

00:32:20.860 --> 00:32:21.700
 god

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:21.900
 as we

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:22.040
 think

00:32:22.040 --> 00:32:22.259
 about

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.800
 being

00:32:22.800 --> 00:32:23.280
 spiritually

00:32:23.280 --> 00:32:23.700
 helpful

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:23.940
 to

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.080
 one

00:32:24.080 --> 00:32:24.400
 another

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:25.480
 and

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:25.620
 lord

00:32:25.620 --> 00:32:25.840
 as we

00:32:25.840 --> 00:32:26.000
 think

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.220
 about

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.580
 being

00:32:26.580 --> 00:32:27.460
 spiritually

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:27.840
 helpful

00:32:27.840 --> 00:32:28.080
 in

00:32:28.080 --> 00:32:28.280
 giving

00:32:28.280 --> 00:32:28.540
 true

00:32:28.540 --> 00:32:29.300
 diagnoses

00:32:29.300 --> 00:32:29.740
 to

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:29.900
 one

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.200
 another

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:30.580
 god

00:32:30.580 --> 00:32:30.820
 we

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.319
 confess

00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:31.519
 that

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:31.679
 we

00:32:31.679 --> 00:32:31.839
 are

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:32.179
 out

00:32:32.179 --> 00:32:32.299
 of

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:32.460
 our

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:32.819
 depth

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:35.819
 god

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:35.939
 we're

00:32:35.939 --> 00:32:36.119
 too

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.519
 proud

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:36.679
 and

00:32:36.679 --> 00:32:36.799
 we're

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:36.960
 too

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.460
 afraid

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:39.639
 so

00:32:39.639 --> 00:32:39.779
 we

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:39.919
 need

00:32:39.919 --> 00:32:40.039
 your

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.259
 holy

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:40.659
 spirit

00:32:40.659 --> 00:32:41.059
 god

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:43.119
 father

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:43.279
 we

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.419
 need

00:32:43.419 --> 00:32:43.559
 your

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.039
 spirit

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:44.319
 to

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:44.799
 remind

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.279
 us

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:46.000
 and

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.159
 to

00:32:46.159 --> 00:32:46.419
 make

00:32:46.419 --> 00:32:46.579
 the

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:46.839
 cross

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.220
 real

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.460
 to

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:47.819
 us

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.039
 so

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.159
 that

00:32:48.159 --> 00:32:48.220
 it

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.339
 will

00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:48.819
 drive

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.099
 out

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.319
 our

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:49.659
 pride

00:32:49.659 --> 00:32:49.779
 and

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:49.919
 our

00:32:49.919 --> 00:32:50.220
 fear

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:52.419
 so

00:32:52.419 --> 00:32:52.559
 that

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:52.700
 we

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:52.839
 can

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:52.960
 be

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.139
 the

00:32:53.139 --> 00:32:53.500
 kind

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:53.639
 of

00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:53.919
 people

00:32:53.919 --> 00:32:54.119
 who

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:54.639
 love

00:32:54.639 --> 00:32:54.779
 the

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:54.899
 way

00:32:54.899 --> 00:32:55.200
 Jesus

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.639
 calls

00:32:55.639 --> 00:32:55.779
 us

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:55.919
 to

00:32:55.919 --> 00:32:56.220
 love

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:58.679
 god

00:32:58.679 --> 00:32:58.779
 i

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:58.879
 pray

00:32:58.879 --> 00:32:59.000
 that

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.119
 that

00:32:59.119 --> 00:33:01.299
 would

00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:01.419
 be

00:33:01.419 --> 00:33:01.719
 true

00:33:01.719 --> 00:33:02.039
 of

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.299
 all

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.459
 the

00:33:02.459 --> 00:33:02.719
 churches

00:33:02.719 --> 00:33:02.919
 in

00:33:02.919 --> 00:33:03.059
 new

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.319
 haven

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:04.039
 lord

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:04.179
 that

00:33:04.179 --> 00:33:04.519
 those

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:04.679
 who

00:33:04.679 --> 00:33:04.979
 take

00:33:04.979 --> 00:33:05.139
 up

00:33:05.139 --> 00:33:05.259
 your

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:05.579
 name

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:05.759
 would

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:05.899
 be

00:33:05.899 --> 00:33:06.179
 known

00:33:06.179 --> 00:33:06.339
 as

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.519
 those

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:06.679
 not

00:33:06.679 --> 00:33:06.779
 who

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:06.899
 are

00:33:06.899 --> 00:33:07.639
 judgmental

00:33:07.639 --> 00:33:07.799
 but

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.059
 those

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.159
 who

00:33:08.159 --> 00:33:08.299
 are

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:08.959
 actually

00:33:08.959 --> 00:33:10.159
 spiritually

00:33:10.159 --> 00:33:11.099
 helpful

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:11.399
 that

00:33:11.399 --> 00:33:11.579
 we

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:12.259
 love

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:12.419
 one

00:33:12.419 --> 00:33:12.719
 another

00:33:12.719 --> 00:33:13.359
 even

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:13.539
 to

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:13.719
 the

00:33:13.719 --> 00:33:14.079
 point

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.299
 of

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:14.819
 helping

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.039
 one

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:15.299
 another

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:15.519
 to

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:15.979
 grow

00:33:15.979 --> 00:33:16.979
 and

00:33:16.979 --> 00:33:17.379
 pointing

00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:17.579
 out

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:17.719
 one

00:33:17.719 --> 00:33:18.079
 another's

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.339
 faults

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:18.819
 humbly

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.000
 and

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.919
 lovingly

00:33:19.919 --> 00:33:21.139
 god

00:33:21.139 --> 00:33:21.279
 would

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:21.399
 this

00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:21.559
 be

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:21.839
 true

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.039
 of

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.339
 us

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:24.619
 god

00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:24.879
 help

00:33:24.879 --> 00:33:25.019
 us

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.319
 beneath

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.519
 the

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:25.799
 cross

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.019
 to

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.400
 take

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:26.859
 the

00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:27.400
 lens

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:27.559
 of

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:27.720
 this

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.220
 golden

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:28.579
 rule

00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:28.740
 and

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.220
 shine

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.379
 it

00:33:29.379 --> 00:33:29.519
 on

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:29.859
 all

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:30.000
 of

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.119
 our

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:30.660
 lives

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:33.200
 god

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:33.339
 that

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:33.599
 this

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:33.740
 would

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:33.839
 be

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:33.960
 the

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.139
 thing

00:33:34.139 --> 00:33:34.259
 that

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.539
 drives

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:34.680
 us

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:34.980
 not

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.240
 because

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:35.379
 we're

00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:35.539
 trying

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:35.680
 to

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.119
 earn

00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:36.299
 your

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:36.579
 favor

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:36.759
 but

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.039
 because

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.220
 we

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:37.619
 have

00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:37.779
 your

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:38.139
 favor

00:33:38.139 --> 00:33:38.779
 and

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:38.900
 out

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.000
 of

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.440
 love

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:39.559
 and

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:40.099
 response

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.279
 to

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.440
 you

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:40.599
 we

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:40.779
 go

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.099
 forth

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:41.259
 to

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.440
 do

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:41.799
 this

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:44.980
 father

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:45.119
 we

00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:45.279
 pray

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:45.460
 this

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:45.579
 in

00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:45.700
 the

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:45.859
 name

00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:46.019
 of

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.359
 Jesus

00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:47.059
 amen