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 Heavenly Father,

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 You have called me as a pastor to this church,

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 but I am a pastor unworthy of the name of shepherd.

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 You, however, you are the good shepherd.

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 There is not a sheep among your flock that you do not know intimately.

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 All the strengths, all the weaknesses, all the failings, all the hurts.

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 And my desire this morning is that you reveal your love to your people

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 as their shepherd, as their father.

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 So please, minister to us with Your Word.

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 Remind us of how earnestly You sought us to save us.

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 And teach us how earnestly we should seek to save the lost, as Your witness says.

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 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 Luke 15, verses 1 to 10.

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 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear Him.

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 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled,

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 saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them.

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 So He told them this parable.

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 What man of you, having a hundred sheep,

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 if he has lost one of them,

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 does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country

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 and go after the one that is lost,

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 until he finds it?

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 And when he has found it,

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 he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

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 And when he comes home,

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 he calls together his friends and his neighbors,

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 saying to them,

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 Rejoice with me,

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 for I have found my sheep that was lost.

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 Just so, I tell you,

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 there will be more joy in heaven

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 over one sinner who repents

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 than over ninety-nine righteous persons

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 who need no repentance.

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 Or what woman,

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 having ten silver coins,

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 which she loses one coin,

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 does not light a lamp and sweep the house

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 and seek diligently until she finds it?

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 And when she has found it,

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 she calls together her friends and neighbors,

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 saying,

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 Rejoice with me,

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 for I have found the coin that I have lost.

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 Just so, I tell you,

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 there is joy before the angels of God

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 over one sinner who repents.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 For many of us,

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 it's more comfortable and cozy

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 to hang out with other Christians.

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 We have shared beliefs and values

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 so we understand each other,

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 you feel at home.

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 Hanging out with non-Christians,

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 on the other hand,

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 for some people,

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 can be more difficult.

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 We have to explain our beliefs and values,

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 which are often at odds with theirs.

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 We can't partake in everything that they say and do,

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 since they often do and say things

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 that contradict the teachings of Scripture.

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 So it can make us feel out of place,

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 unaccepted even.

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 But we must not let the comfort

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 of being with each other

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 draw us away from befriending those

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 who do not share our beliefs and values.

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 And this passage reminds us

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 that God is on a search and rescue mission,

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 and that the love of God compels us

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 to prioritize Christ's mission

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 of seeking and saving the lost.

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 We'll take a closer look at this passage

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 by first examining the portraits

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 of the major characters in this passage.

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 First, the portrait of the Pharisees and the scribes.

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 Second, the portrait of the tax collectors and sinners.

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 And third, the portrait of God,

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 as seen in the two parables

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 of the lost sheep and the lost coin.

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 First, let's look at the Pharisees and the scribes.

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 We find in verse 2

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 that the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling.

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 They were grumbling about the fact

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 that tax collectors and sinners

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 were drawing near to Jesus,

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 and that Jesus, instead of turning them away

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 like they usually do,

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 and like they expected Him to,

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 He was receiving these sinners and tax collectors

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 and eating with them.

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 And because the tax collectors and sinners,

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 I mean tax collectors,

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 because Pharisees and the scribes

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 often play literary foil to Jesus in the Gospels,

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 they make Jesus look good

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 because they're self-righteous and prideful.

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 And because we are aware of that,

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 it's easy for us to criticize

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 the Pharisees and the scribes right away.

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 But for a moment,

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 let's try to instead imagine ourselves

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 in the shoes of the Pharisees.

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 Because after all,

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 the parables are directed to them.

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 It's intended to teach them,

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 the grumbling Pharisees and the scribes.

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 The name Pharisee comes from the Hebrew word

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 meaning to set apart,

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 much like how we as Christians

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 describe ourselves

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 as people who are set apart for God,

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 set apart for His purposes and priorities.

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 The Pharisees were also the reformers of their day

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 who sought to purify the religion

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 and the society of their time.

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 In much the same way,

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 we view ourselves as people

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 who are heirs of the Protestant reformers.

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 And the scribes,

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 who are often alongside,

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 who are seen often alongside the Pharisees,

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 they're the Jewish legal scholars,

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 experts of Scripture.

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 And they kind of lend their academic credence

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 to the Pharisees' religious agenda.

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 So in some way,

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 Pharisees are like the pastors

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 and lay leaders of churches,

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 and the scribes are like the seminary professors

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 of our day.

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 Are you guys hearing about echo?

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 Is there a way to turn that mic off?

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 No.

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 And the Pharisees, however,

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 in spite of the fact that they were

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 these religious authorities,

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 they lost sight of God's desire

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 to seek and save the lost.

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 They were so focused on being set apart

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 from the world

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 that they were so focused on being holy,

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 they kind of separated themselves

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 from sinners.

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 And in doing so,

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 they so distanced themselves

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 from the very heart of God's mission

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 to seek and save the lost

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 that they lost the ability

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 to rejoice altogether

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 when lost people returned to Him.

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 And the example of the Pharisees

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 is a sobering one.

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 He teaches us

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 that it is possible

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 to miss God's will

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 while busily doing

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 what we perceive to be God's work.

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 It's possible for us,

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 even as Christians,

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 to lose sight of God's priority

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 of seeking and saving the lost.

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 But Luke tells us

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 in chapter 19, verse 10,

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 the Son of Man,

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 that's Jesus,

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 He came to seek

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 and to save the lost.

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 That is His mission.

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 That's why Jesus came.

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 And that mission continues

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 through us,

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 His people,

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 the church.

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 The Center for the Study

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 of Global Christianity,

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 which is a research center

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 based in

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 Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary,

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 they claim that

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 one out of five

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 non-Christians

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 in North America,

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 not the predominantly

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 Muslim North Africa,

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 North America,

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 it says,

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 one out of five

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 non-Christians

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 in North America

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 do not personally

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 know any Christian.

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 That's 20%

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 of people who live

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 here in North America.

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 13.5 million people.

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 That's a tragedy.

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 Do we have

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 non-Christian friends

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 who know

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 that we are

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 followers of Christ?

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 have we shared

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 the good news

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 of Jesus Christ

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 with those who do not

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 know Him,

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 know Jesus?

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 We may have been

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 trying hard

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 to live good

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 Christian lives.

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 We may have been

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 trying hard

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 to love our families

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 and serve them.

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 We may have even

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 been working hard

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 to serve and love

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 our church family.

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 But if we are

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 doing all of those

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 things

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 and losing sight

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 of God's priority

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 of seeking and saving

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 the lost,

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 then we are not

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 being faithful.

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 Some people might

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 object at this point,

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 Sean,

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 that's your job.

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 You're the full-time

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 pastor.

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 We have other jobs

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 during the week.

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 Of course,

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 I need to share

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 the gospel

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 with my non-Christian

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 friends and neighbors

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 as well.

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 But as another pastor,

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 Mark Dever,

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 puts it,

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 pastoral ministry

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 is actually

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 behind the lines

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 and equipping

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 gospel laborers.

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 And actually,

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 you're the ones

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 that are on the

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 front lines

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 where the church

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 meets the world.

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 I'm privileged

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 in that I get

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 to spend time

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 with dozens of you

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 every week

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 and to get to

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 encourage you

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 and exhort you

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 like this

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 to share the

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 good news of

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 Jesus Christ

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 with everybody.

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 But a cost

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 that comes with that

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 is that I need

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 to work really

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 hard,

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 extra hard

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 to intentionally

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 create opportunities

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 for me to spend

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 time with

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 non-Christians

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 and to share

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 the gospel

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 with them.

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 So there's a price

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 that pastors pay

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 in their evangelistic

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 opportunities.

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 Some of you

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 might still object

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 at this point

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 saying,

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 well,

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 but I'm not

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 gifted in evangelism.

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 that's for people

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 who have the gift

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 of evangelism.

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 Yes,

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 there are some

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 people who have

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 the gift of evangelism

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 just as there are

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 some people who are

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 particularly gifted

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 musically,

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 like the people we

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 see on the stage

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 on Sunday morning.

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 But do only

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 the musically

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 gifted people

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 sing

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 during worship?

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 Of course not.

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 God wants

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 all of us

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 to sing

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 even if we're

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 tone deaf,

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 even if we have

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 no sense of rhythm.

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 In the same way,

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 God wants all of us

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 to share the good

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 news of Jesus Christ

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 whether we have

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 the gift of evangelism

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 or not.

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 That's a command

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 for all Christians.

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 And those who

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 have the gift

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 are not intended to,

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 they're not supposed

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 to do it all

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 by themselves,

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 rather they are

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 to use their gift

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 to help

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 and to equip

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 the rest of the

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 body of Christ,

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 the church,

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 to do evangelism.

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 So what are some

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 common interests

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 that you have

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 with your non-Christian

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 friends that you

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 can explore together?

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 What are some

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 contexts in your life

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 where you can

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 interact with them,

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 get to know them

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 better,

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 love and serve them

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 and share the gospel,

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 the good news of Jesus

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 with them?

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 If we lose sight

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 of Christ's mission,

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 we become like

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 the Pharisees

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 and the scribes.

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 That's the profile

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 of the Pharisees

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 and the scribes.

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 Profile.

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 Now let's see

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 the profile

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 of the tax collectors

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 and sinners.

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 The second point.

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 Verse 1 says,

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 Now the tax collectors

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 and sinners

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 were all drawing near

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 to hear Jesus.

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 As we have seen

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 throughout the gospel

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 of Luke,

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 Jesus,

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 wherever he went,

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 drew sinners around him.

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 They congregated to him.

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 In fact,

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 he was so popular

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 among sinners

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 and tax collectors,

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 Luke uses a hyperbole

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 to express it.

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 He says,

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 They were all drawing near

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 to hear Jesus.

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 It's almost as if

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 all the tax collectors

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 and sinners

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 all over Judea

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 have come

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 to see Jesus.

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 It's almost as if

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 they're all coming to him.

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 That's how popular

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 he is among them

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 because they sense

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 that he understands

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 their need.

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 Because they sense

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 in him

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 not rejection

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 but a welcome,

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 an invitation

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 to follow him.

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 Tax collectors

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 and sinners

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 together represent

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 kind of the moral

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 reprobates,

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 the miscreants

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 of society.

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 If you haven't been

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 with us throughout

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 our series

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 in the Gospel of the Lord,

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 you might be wondering

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 what in the world

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 is wrong with

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 being a tax collector.

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 The IRS employees

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 in our country

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 have respectable professions.

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 They're not bad people.

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 But the tax collectors

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 in Jesus' day

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 were another story.

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 They were people

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 who had paid

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 the Roman Empire

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 money

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 in order to lease

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 the right

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 to exact taxes.

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 And these tax collectors

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 had total control

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 over how much money

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 they charged,

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 how much money

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 they taxed.

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 So of course,

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 they would charge

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 a handsome amount

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 on top of the money

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 that they already paid

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 the Roman Empire

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 so that they could make

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 a handsome salary.

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 So they were,

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 because of this,

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 considered extortionists.

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 They were thieves.

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 And the Jews,

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 for that reason,

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 excommunicated tax collectors

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 from their synagogues.

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 And not only that,

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 if you are a Jewish

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 tax collector,

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 you are seen not only

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 as a thief

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 and an extortionist,

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 but also a traitor

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 because you are taxing,

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 stealing money

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 from your own people

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 and using that

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 to enrich

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 the very people

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 who were oppressing them

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 and suppressing them.

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 So they,

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 the occupiers,

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 the Romans,

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 the enemies,

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 so they were the traitors.

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 So the Jews,

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 for that reason,

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 despised tax collectors

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 and the Jewish synagogues,

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 they even refused

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 to accept offerings

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 from tax collectors

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 to the synagogue.

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 Not only do we not

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 want you here,

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 you're excommunicated,

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 we will not even

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 take your offering.

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 We don't want

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 your dirty money.

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 Tax collector

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 is not a flattering description.

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 The word sinner

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 also is not

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 a flattering description.

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 We have in a way

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 sanitized the word sinner

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 because we call ourselves

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 frequently,

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 we're a sinner,

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 we're a sinner

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 and when we talk about

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 sinners that God saves,

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 we often think of people

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 who maybe have committed

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 sins that are more or less

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 socially acceptable.

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 But in order to understand

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 the passage rightly,

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 when you see the word sinner,

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 you need to imagine

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 the people who do things

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 that are viscerally

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 repulsive to you.

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 What are some things

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 you can think of

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 that are viscerally

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 repulsive to you?

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 Oh my goodness,

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 I can't believe

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 this person would do that.

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 And depending on

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 kind of your

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 kind of spectrum,

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 where you fall

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 on the spectrum of views,

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 maybe political affiliation

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 or experiences,

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 the kind of sins

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 that cause that kind of

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 reaction

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 might be different.

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 For some of you,

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 maybe you should think of

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 the white supremacists

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 that seem to

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 delegitimize your identity

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 and experience.

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 For some of you,

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 you have to think of

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 the chauvinistic man

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 that abuses his wife.

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 Or a militant feminist

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 that lobbies

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 for free abortion

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 up to birth.

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 or a homeless

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 heroin addict.

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 Or a man

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 on the sex offender registry

00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:56.639
 for having possessed

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 child pornography.

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 What are the things,

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 sins that you can imagine

00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:02.460
 that cause this

00:16:02.460 --> 00:16:03.819
 visceral repulsion?

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 Sinners.

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 Sinners.

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 That's the kind of people

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 you should be thinking about.

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 These people are

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 categorized sinners.

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 They're social outcasts

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 unacceptable

00:16:14.819 --> 00:16:16.319
 to the people

00:16:16.319 --> 00:16:17.379
 in this story.

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 That's the kind of people

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 that are in view.

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 But Jesus,

00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:22.879
 instead of shunning

00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:24.100
 these tax collectors

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 and sinners,

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 lets them draw near to him.

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 Not only that,

00:16:29.319 --> 00:16:30.939
 he welcomes them.

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 He receives them.

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 And not only that,

00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:33.919
 he doesn't stop

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 at teaching them.

00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:36.600
 It says he eats

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 with them.

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 He shares the table

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 with them.

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 He goes into

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 their homes.

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 If we categorize

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 different levels

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 of human friendships,

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 we might start

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 from kind of

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 stranger to

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 stranger to acquaintance,

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 an acquaintance

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 to kind of

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 a casual friend,

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 maybe a casual friend

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 to a close friend

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 or an intimate friend.

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 And unless you are

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 an exceptionally

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 open

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 and hospitable person,

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 you probably

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 don't have

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 anyone below

00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:09.920
 the level

00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:10.880
 of casual friend

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 into your home.

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 Because to have

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 someone into your home

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 kind of signals

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 acceptance.

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 It signals

00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:19.240
 friendship,

00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:21.019
 fellowship.

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 And that's

00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:23.920
 what Jesus

00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:25.019
 is doing

00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:26.259
 with these sinners

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 and tax collectors.

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 And the Pharisees

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 and the scribes

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 have such

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 a kind of revulsion.

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 They're repelled

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 by what Jesus

00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:34.319
 is doing.

00:17:34.579 --> 00:17:35.640
 And they express

00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:36.660
 their distaste

00:17:36.660 --> 00:17:37.220
 for Jesus'

00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:37.740
 practice

00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:38.240
 in the way

00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:39.120
 they refer to Him.

00:17:39.380 --> 00:17:39.840
 Look at how

00:17:39.840 --> 00:17:40.380
 they refer to Him.

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 They call Him

00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:41.900
 this man.

00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:44.380
 Literally in the Greek

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 it's that one

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 or this one.

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 They don't call

00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:49.700
 Jesus the teacher,

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 which would be

00:17:50.700 --> 00:17:51.540
 the respectful thing

00:17:51.540 --> 00:17:51.980
 to say.

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 And they do

00:17:53.560 --> 00:17:54.520
 in other contexts.

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 They don't even

00:17:55.860 --> 00:17:56.640
 address Jesus

00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:57.620
 by His name.

00:17:57.980 --> 00:17:58.420
 Jesus

00:17:58.420 --> 00:17:59.540
 receives sinners.

00:17:59.920 --> 00:18:00.240
 They say

00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:01.140
 this one

00:18:01.140 --> 00:18:02.360
 receives

00:18:02.360 --> 00:18:03.200
 sinners

00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:04.000
 and eats

00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.420
 with them.

00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:07.120
 But remember

00:18:07.120 --> 00:18:07.960
 that their response

00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:08.440
 is actually

00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:09.320
 quite reasonable

00:18:09.320 --> 00:18:10.140
 if we remember

00:18:10.140 --> 00:18:11.300
 what kind of people

00:18:11.300 --> 00:18:12.120
 these tax collectors

00:18:12.120 --> 00:18:12.820
 and sinners are.

00:18:16.020 --> 00:18:16.860
 Do we,

00:18:17.040 --> 00:18:17.540
 like Jesus,

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 draw,

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 receive,

00:18:20.460 --> 00:18:21.140
 eat with

00:18:21.140 --> 00:18:21.880
 sinners

00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:22.840
 such as these?

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 That doesn't mean

00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:27.160
 we condone

00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:27.880
 their behavior.

00:18:28.460 --> 00:18:29.360
 Jesus never did that.

00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:29.880
 He never

00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:31.220
 dropped the bar.

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 But He always

00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:34.759
 told people

00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:35.500
 you can come

00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:36.100
 as you are.

00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:37.860
 You just can't

00:18:37.860 --> 00:18:38.460
 stay there.

00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:40.660
 You come,

00:18:41.100 --> 00:18:41.880
 then repent

00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:42.960
 and believe

00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:44.000
 and follow me.

00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:48.860
 That's the profile

00:18:48.860 --> 00:18:49.860
 of the tax collectors

00:18:49.860 --> 00:18:50.880
 and sinners.

00:18:51.360 --> 00:18:51.720
 And finally

00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:52.600
 we see a picture

00:18:52.600 --> 00:18:53.140
 of God

00:18:53.140 --> 00:18:54.339
 in the two stories

00:18:54.339 --> 00:18:54.900
 that Jesus

00:18:54.900 --> 00:18:56.440
 tells us.

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 And with this

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 background in mind

00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:01.700
 of the tax collectors

00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:02.299
 and the sinners

00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:03.340
 and the Pharisees

00:19:03.340 --> 00:19:03.759
 and the scribes

00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:04.299
 we can better

00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:05.000
 appreciate

00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:05.880
 these two parables

00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:06.519
 we're looking at

00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:07.360
 of the lost sheep

00:19:07.360 --> 00:19:09.000
 and the lost coin.

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 Let me reread

00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:10.920
 the parable

00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:11.580
 of the lost sheep

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 so it's fresh

00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:12.799
 in your mind

00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:13.340
 as I'm talking

00:19:13.340 --> 00:19:13.680
 about it

00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:14.140
 from verses

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 3 to 7.

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 Please follow along

00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:17.340
 with me.

00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:17.600
 It says,

00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:18.539
 What man of you

00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:20.059
 having a hundred sheep

00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:20.799
 if he has lost

00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:21.579
 one of them

00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:22.719
 does not leave

00:19:22.719 --> 00:19:23.679
 the ninety-nine

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 in the open country

00:19:25.199 --> 00:19:26.319
 and go after

00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:27.559
 the one that is lost

00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:28.559
 until he finds it?

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 And when he comes home

00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:31.399
 he calls together

00:19:31.399 --> 00:19:32.019
 his friends

00:19:32.019 --> 00:19:32.619
 and his neighbors

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 saying to them

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 Rejoice with me

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 for I have found

00:19:35.959 --> 00:19:36.659
 my sheep

00:19:36.659 --> 00:19:37.480
 that was lost

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 just so I tell you

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 there will be more

00:19:40.439 --> 00:19:41.639
 joy in heaven

00:19:41.639 --> 00:19:42.919
 over one sinner

00:19:42.919 --> 00:19:43.699
 who repents

00:19:43.699 --> 00:19:45.439
 than over ninety-nine

00:19:45.439 --> 00:19:46.480
 righteous persons

00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:47.399
 who need

00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:49.040
 no repentance.

00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:52.540
 The first parable

00:19:52.540 --> 00:19:53.240
 is about a shepherd

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:54.000
 who owns

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:55.300
 one hundred sheep.

00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:57.440
 It's most likely

00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:58.160
 in his

00:19:58.160 --> 00:19:59.380
 the day in the life

00:19:59.380 --> 00:19:59.780
 of a shepherd

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 it's probably

00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:00.780
 in the evening

00:20:00.780 --> 00:20:02.440
 because it's in the evening

00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:02.980
 when you're putting

00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:03.620
 the sheep back

00:20:03.620 --> 00:20:04.259
 into the fold

00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:05.000
 that's when you count

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.500
 to make sure

00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:06.380
 you have not lost

00:20:06.380 --> 00:20:06.940
 any of them.

00:20:08.860 --> 00:20:09.560
 And so the shepherd

00:20:09.560 --> 00:20:10.759
 is counting

00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:11.759
 he's already had

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.460
 a full day

00:20:12.460 --> 00:20:13.800
 of taking

00:20:13.800 --> 00:20:14.680
 leading these sheep

00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:16.140
 from a patch of grass

00:20:16.140 --> 00:20:16.660
 to another

00:20:16.660 --> 00:20:17.800
 giving them food

00:20:17.800 --> 00:20:18.560
 guiding them

00:20:18.560 --> 00:20:19.320
 getting the ones

00:20:19.320 --> 00:20:20.120
 that go astray

00:20:20.120 --> 00:20:20.920
 bringing them back

00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:21.980
 and after all this

00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.800
 he's looking forward

00:20:22.800 --> 00:20:23.519
 to a night's rest

00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:24.440
 he begins to count

00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:24.920
 the sheep

00:20:24.920 --> 00:20:26.140
 that's with him

00:20:26.140 --> 00:20:28.600
 ninety-seven

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 ninety-eight

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 ninety-nine

00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:40.900
 ninety-nine

00:20:40.900 --> 00:20:42.660
 and this time

00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:43.140
 his heart

00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:43.720
 sinks

00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:45.840
 as he realizes

00:20:45.840 --> 00:20:46.820
 that he's missing

00:20:46.820 --> 00:20:48.340
 a sheep

00:20:48.340 --> 00:20:49.240
 that he cares for

00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:51.840
 so he scans

00:20:51.840 --> 00:20:52.460
 the horizon

00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:54.480
 he leaves

00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:55.340
 the ninety-nine

00:20:55.340 --> 00:20:56.100
 it says

00:20:56.100 --> 00:20:56.620
 behind

00:20:56.619 --> 00:20:58.319
 in the open

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 country

00:20:59.439 --> 00:21:01.399
 exposed

00:21:01.399 --> 00:21:02.859
 to the elements

00:21:02.859 --> 00:21:04.239
 unattended

00:21:04.239 --> 00:21:06.059
 vulnerable

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:08.019
 he goes out

00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:08.679
 in search

00:21:08.679 --> 00:21:09.179
 for

00:21:09.179 --> 00:21:10.279
 the lost

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:11.039
 sheep

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:12.659
 he moves

00:21:12.659 --> 00:21:13.439
 briskly

00:21:13.439 --> 00:21:14.019
 he jumps

00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:15.239
 over rocky crags

00:21:15.239 --> 00:21:16.159
 and he scours

00:21:16.159 --> 00:21:17.119
 every corner

00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:17.839
 that

00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:18.659
 of the pasture

00:21:18.659 --> 00:21:19.439
 and as the night

00:21:19.439 --> 00:21:20.019
 deepens

00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:21.079
 he becomes

00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:21.819
 more frantic

00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:23.139
 the thought

00:21:23.139 --> 00:21:23.799
 of the helpless

00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:24.179
 sheep

00:21:24.179 --> 00:21:24.700
 bleeding

00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:26.220
 by a precipice

00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:27.000
 or being attacked

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:28.399
 by a wild animal

00:21:28.399 --> 00:21:29.539
 quickens his pace

00:21:29.539 --> 00:21:30.259
 and he goes

00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:30.859
 it says

00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:31.759
 in verse four

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:33.639
 until he finds

00:21:33.639 --> 00:21:34.200
 the sheep

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:37.480
 it's not a casual

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:37.899
 attitude

00:21:37.899 --> 00:21:38.879
 okay well I guess

00:21:38.879 --> 00:21:39.539
 if I find him

00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:39.960
 I find him

00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:40.319
 if I don't

00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:40.839
 I don't

00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:43.059
 it's not

00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:43.700
 I'll just look for him

00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:44.220
 for an hour

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:45.319
 if I find him

00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:45.599
 great

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:46.299
 then I'll come back

00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:46.879
 he says

00:21:46.879 --> 00:21:47.480
 he will look

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.179
 for the sheep

00:21:48.179 --> 00:21:50.079
 until he finds

00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:50.639
 the sheep

00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:52.220
 with persistence

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:53.140
 and determination

00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:54.900
 now of course

00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:56.180
 some of the skeptics

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:56.720
 among us

00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.180
 and that's

00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:58.200
 I include myself

00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:58.860
 and I will ask

00:21:58.860 --> 00:21:59.460
 did the shepherd

00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:00.880
 really leave

00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:01.980
 the ninety-nine sheep

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:03.340
 the helpless creatures

00:22:03.340 --> 00:22:04.280
 by themselves

00:22:04.280 --> 00:22:05.620
 he must have found

00:22:05.620 --> 00:22:06.400
 the helping hand

00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:06.720
 right

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.780
 have some assistance

00:22:07.780 --> 00:22:08.460
 to watch them

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:11.520
 perhaps

00:22:11.520 --> 00:22:12.300
 but I think

00:22:12.300 --> 00:22:13.160
 to ask that question

00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:13.759
 is to miss

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.759
 the point of the parable

00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:17.100
 the very point

00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:17.800
 of the parable

00:22:17.800 --> 00:22:18.980
 is that he leaves

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:20.120
 the ninety-nine

00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:21.579
 to go after

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.599
 the one

00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:24.319
 lost sheep

00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:25.799
 this is not

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.279
 a picture

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:27.559
 of a calm

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:28.179
 collected

00:22:28.179 --> 00:22:29.479
 methodical rescue

00:22:29.479 --> 00:22:30.219
 it's a picture

00:22:30.219 --> 00:22:31.659
 of an urgent

00:22:31.659 --> 00:22:32.859
 and desperate

00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:33.419
 search

00:22:33.419 --> 00:22:35.079
 it's a picture

00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:35.839
 of God's

00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:37.219
 consuming love

00:22:37.219 --> 00:22:38.779
 the desperate

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.559
 predicament

00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:40.599
 of this one

00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:41.239
 lost sheep

00:22:41.239 --> 00:22:42.679
 takes precedence

00:22:42.679 --> 00:22:43.459
 in that time

00:22:43.459 --> 00:22:44.839
 because this one

00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:45.779
 is lost

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:47.719
 while the ninety-nine

00:22:47.719 --> 00:22:48.859
 are not lost

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:53.259
 it's like

00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:53.799
 he loves

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:54.619
 that lost

00:22:54.619 --> 00:22:55.019
 sheep

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.619
 as if

00:22:55.619 --> 00:22:56.099
 it were

00:22:56.099 --> 00:22:56.759
 the only

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.240
 sheep

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.859
 there

00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:58.879
 to love

00:22:58.879 --> 00:23:04.639
 and that

00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:04.959
 actually

00:23:04.959 --> 00:23:05.899
 speaks volumes

00:23:05.899 --> 00:23:06.399
 about how

00:23:06.399 --> 00:23:06.779
 he loves

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.299
 the ninety-nine

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:07.639
 as well

00:23:07.639 --> 00:23:08.599
 doesn't it

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:10.059
 because imagine

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:10.879
 if he lost

00:23:10.879 --> 00:23:11.619
 that one

00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:11.839
 sheep

00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:12.279
 and he said

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.759
 to himself

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.979
 oh just one

00:23:13.979 --> 00:23:14.259
 sheep

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.740
 I still got

00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:15.199
 ninety-nine

00:23:15.199 --> 00:23:15.500
 more

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:17.579
 how would

00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:18.119
 the ninety-nine

00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:18.779
 sheep feel

00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.420
 about that

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:21.380
 well I guess

00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:21.880
 I'm not that

00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:22.579
 valuable after

00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:26.440
 his leaving

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:27.079
 the ninety-nine

00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:27.700
 going after

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.059
 the one

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.420
 lost sheep

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:28.720
 actually

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.319
 conveys

00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:29.960
 the value

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:31.380
 the surpassing

00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:31.779
 value

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.380
 and importance

00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:33.180
 of all the

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:34.079
 other sheep

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:34.779
 that's in fold

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:37.420
 he goes

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:37.880
 after the

00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:38.599
 lost one

00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:39.180
 because

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:40.519
 he loves

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.059
 the sheep

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:42.380
 he loves

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:42.700
 it like

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.220
 the only

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.559
 sheep

00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:44.039
 he has

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.559
 to love

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:49.279
 the second

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.639
 parable

00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:50.039
 makes

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.859
 a similar

00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:51.179
 point

00:23:51.179 --> 00:23:51.480
 it says

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:51.839
 in verses

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.339
 eight to

00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:52.599
 ten

00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:53.359
 or what

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:53.740
 woman

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.159
 having

00:23:54.159 --> 00:23:54.599
 ten

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:55.019
 silver

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.500
 coins

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.220
 if she

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.639
 loses

00:23:56.639 --> 00:23:57.059
 one

00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:57.500
 coin

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.259
 does not

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.799
 light a

00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.119
 lamp

00:23:59.119 --> 00:23:59.740
 and sweep

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.659
 the house

00:24:00.659 --> 00:24:01.299
 and seek

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:02.039
 diligently

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.539
 until

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:03.240
 she

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:03.859
 finds

00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:04.139
 it

00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:05.419
 and when

00:24:05.419 --> 00:24:05.980
 she has

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.700
 found it

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.839
 she calls

00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:08.200
 together

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:09.119
 her friends

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:10.279
 and neighbors

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:11.339
 saying

00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:12.579
 rejoice

00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:13.200
 with me

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.819
 for I

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.619
 found the

00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:14.980
 coin

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.319
 that I

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:15.539
 had

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.019
 lost

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.779
 just

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.139
 so

00:24:17.139 --> 00:24:17.379
 I

00:24:17.379 --> 00:24:17.639
 tell

00:24:17.639 --> 00:24:17.859
 you

00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:18.220
 there

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.399
 is

00:24:18.399 --> 00:24:18.779
 joy

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.299
 before

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:19.579
 the

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:19.899
 angels

00:24:19.899 --> 00:24:20.079
 of

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.399
 God

00:24:20.399 --> 00:24:20.960
 over

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.439
 one

00:24:21.439 --> 00:24:22.179
 sinner

00:24:22.179 --> 00:24:22.939
 who

00:24:22.939 --> 00:24:24.099
 repents

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:29.000
 in the

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.899
 ancient world

00:24:29.899 --> 00:24:30.279
 in this

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:30.799
 culture

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:32.059
 most of the

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.439
 homes were

00:24:32.439 --> 00:24:32.819
 made of

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:33.399
 mud bricks

00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:33.899
 or stone

00:24:33.899 --> 00:24:34.220
 bricks

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:34.500
 so there

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:34.899
 would be

00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:35.559
 it's mostly

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.439
 windowless

00:24:36.439 --> 00:24:36.799
 houses

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.319
 so there's

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:37.879
 really no

00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:38.319
 natural

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:38.779
 light

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.419
 so they

00:24:39.419 --> 00:24:39.679
 would have

00:24:39.679 --> 00:24:40.000
 to use

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.399
 light

00:24:40.399 --> 00:24:41.399
 artificial

00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:42.179
 light

00:24:42.179 --> 00:24:42.679
 or fire

00:24:42.679 --> 00:24:43.139
 candle

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:44.600
 and

00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:45.540
 if

00:24:45.540 --> 00:24:46.060
 they

00:24:46.060 --> 00:24:46.759
 because

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.140
 the

00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:47.960
 ground

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.240
 also

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.540
 is made

00:24:48.540 --> 00:24:48.680
 of

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:48.840
 mud

00:24:48.840 --> 00:24:49.140
 bricks

00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:49.780
 and stone

00:24:49.780 --> 00:24:50.240
 there

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:50.420
 would be

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:50.700
 a lot

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:50.820
 of

00:24:50.820 --> 00:24:51.000
 these

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.500
 crevices

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.060
 and a lot

00:24:52.060 --> 00:24:52.540
 of debris

00:24:52.540 --> 00:24:53.120
 and dust

00:24:53.120 --> 00:24:53.540
 and dirt

00:24:53.540 --> 00:24:54.440
 and coins

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:54.940
 would often

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.440
 get lost

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:56.460
 get stuck

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:56.780
 in those

00:24:56.780 --> 00:24:57.200
 crevices

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:58.080
 and actually

00:24:58.080 --> 00:24:58.600
 because of

00:24:58.600 --> 00:24:58.860
 that

00:24:58.860 --> 00:24:59.680
 it's a

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.040
 boon to

00:25:00.040 --> 00:25:00.720
 archaeologists

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.340
 because a lot

00:25:01.340 --> 00:25:01.960
 of archaeologists

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:02.400
 can find

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:02.940
 these coins

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.360
 that have

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:03.780
 been stuck

00:25:03.780 --> 00:25:04.000
 in the

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.300
 crevices

00:25:04.300 --> 00:25:05.060
 for generations

00:25:05.060 --> 00:25:06.180
 and they

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.700
 can date

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.820
 the period

00:25:07.820 --> 00:25:09.020
 and learn

00:25:09.020 --> 00:25:09.759
 about history

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.540
 and so on

00:25:10.540 --> 00:25:11.380
 and so

00:25:11.380 --> 00:25:12.060
 this is kind

00:25:12.060 --> 00:25:12.380
 of what's

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:12.720
 happening

00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:13.340
 she loses

00:25:13.340 --> 00:25:13.800
 one

00:25:13.800 --> 00:25:14.780
 coin

00:25:14.780 --> 00:25:16.220
 and

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:17.700
 the word

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:17.960
 here

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:19.140
 of the ten

00:25:19.140 --> 00:25:19.740
 silver coins

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.140
 she loses

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:20.500
 one

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.259
 it's like

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.580
 it's a

00:25:21.580 --> 00:25:22.040
 drachma

00:25:22.040 --> 00:25:22.360
 it's like

00:25:22.360 --> 00:25:22.940
 the denarius

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.440
 which is

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.660
 its amount

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:25.460
 its value

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:25.860
 is about

00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:26.980
 the day's

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.240
 worth

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:28.000
 wage

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:29.420
 the regular

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:30.079
 laborers

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:30.799
 a day's

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.039
 worth

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:32.240
 and she

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.839
 loses it

00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:34.039
 and she

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.579
 has nine

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.140
 other ones

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:35.539
 but she

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.259
 doesn't say

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.579
 well

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.319
 okay well

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:38.500
 I'll cut

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.019
 my losses

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.640
 and forget

00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:39.920
 about it

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.380
 no she

00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:41.960
 begins

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.720
 to clean

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.240
 the entire

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:43.660
 house

00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:45.299
 to find

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:46.200
 that one

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:47.059
 lost

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:47.559
 coin

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:48.180
 she lights

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:48.880
 the light

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.980
 she sweeps

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.880
 the ground

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.900
 hoping that

00:25:51.900 --> 00:25:52.279
 that'll make

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:52.500
 it a little

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.000
 more visible

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.480
 maybe that

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:53.980
 she'll hear

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.400
 the coin

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:54.860
 clink

00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:55.599
 move

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:57.579
 she

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:58.319
 and again

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:58.819
 like the

00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.039
 sheep

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.360
 it says

00:25:59.360 --> 00:25:59.640
 that she

00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:00.140
 searches

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:00.680
 for it

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.299
 until

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:02.460
 she

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:03.460
 finds it

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.200
 she seeks

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:05.140
 diligently

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:05.920
 until

00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:06.839
 she

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:08.019
 finds it

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:11.120
 this

00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:11.620
 is a

00:26:11.620 --> 00:26:11.980
 picture

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.799
 of God

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.400
 God's

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:13.700
 love

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.539
 for those

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:14.860
 who are

00:26:14.860 --> 00:26:15.339
 lost

00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:16.319
 and notice

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:16.700
 how the

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.099
 initiative

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:17.819
 is with

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.180
 God

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.599
 himself

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:20.599
 the coin

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.099
 does not

00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:21.960
 come rolling

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.420
 to him

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:23.039
 come find

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.299
 me

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:25.139
 the sheep

00:26:25.139 --> 00:26:25.519
 are not

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:25.899
 finding

00:26:25.899 --> 00:26:26.539
 their way

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:26.839
 on their

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:27.099
 own

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.319
 they're

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:27.579
 not

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.359
 cats

00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:34.559
 the

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.000
 shepherd

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.519
 must

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:35.980
 go

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:39.839
 unless

00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.119
 he

00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:40.579
 goes

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:41.059
 they do

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.259
 not

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:41.480
 come

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:41.859
 back

00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:43.039
 they are

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:43.539
 lost

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:45.460
 so the

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:45.779
 shepherd

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.359
 goes

00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:46.980
 so the

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.220
 woman

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.779
 looks

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.980
 and this

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.539
 is God's

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:49.740
 heart

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.019
 in our

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.579
 salvation

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:51.059
 when we

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.599
 are lost

00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:52.159
 apart from

00:26:52.159 --> 00:26:52.359
 him

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:52.879
 that's

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:53.319
 how God

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:53.799
 searches

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.479
 for us

00:26:54.479 --> 00:26:55.679
 diligently

00:26:55.679 --> 00:26:56.699
 until

00:26:56.699 --> 00:26:57.279
 he

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:57.799
 finds

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.240
 us

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:59.859
 he

00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.059
 doesn't

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.199
 say

00:27:00.199 --> 00:27:00.319
 I'll

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:00.639
 try a

00:27:00.639 --> 00:27:00.859
 couple

00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:01.439
 times

00:27:01.439 --> 00:27:03.579
 try a

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:03.740
 couple

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.000
 times

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.419
 see if

00:27:04.419 --> 00:27:04.639
 he'll

00:27:04.639 --> 00:27:05.139
 respond

00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:05.819
 see if

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:06.119
 she'll

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.459
 repent

00:27:06.459 --> 00:27:09.159
 no

00:27:09.159 --> 00:27:09.799
 until

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.299
 he

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.000
 finds

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:12.240
 every

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:13.240
 last

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.819
 one

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:14.139
 that

00:27:14.139 --> 00:27:14.519
 belongs

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:14.699
 to

00:27:14.699 --> 00:27:15.000
 him

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.599
 he

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:16.299
 searches

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:17.399
 diligently

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:18.300
 until

00:27:18.300 --> 00:27:19.200
 he

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:19.720
 finds

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:20.060
 it

00:27:20.060 --> 00:27:23.580
 and

00:27:23.580 --> 00:27:23.780
 this

00:27:23.780 --> 00:27:24.140
 image

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:24.300
 of

00:27:24.300 --> 00:27:24.560
 God

00:27:24.560 --> 00:27:24.720
 as

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:24.860
 a

00:27:24.860 --> 00:27:25.140
 shepherd

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.620
 has

00:27:25.620 --> 00:27:25.860
 a

00:27:25.860 --> 00:27:26.100
 long

00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:26.540
 history

00:27:26.540 --> 00:27:26.860
 throughout

00:27:26.860 --> 00:27:27.040
 the

00:27:27.040 --> 00:27:27.320
 Bible

00:27:27.320 --> 00:27:28.940
 and

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.080
 one

00:27:29.080 --> 00:27:29.180
 of

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.300
 the

00:27:29.300 --> 00:27:29.600
 most

00:27:29.600 --> 00:27:30.380
 remarkable

00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:30.700
 one

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.019
 is

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.620
 found

00:27:31.620 --> 00:27:31.780
 in

00:27:31.780 --> 00:27:32.340
 Ezekiel

00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:32.840
 34

00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:34.700
 and

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.060
 here

00:27:35.060 --> 00:27:35.700
 God

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.620
 condemns

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:36.820
 the

00:27:36.820 --> 00:27:37.259
 shepherds

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.640
 of Israel

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:38.220
 the leaders

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.780
 of Israel

00:27:38.780 --> 00:27:40.940
 saying

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.259
 this

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.880
 thus says

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.140
 the Lord

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.480
 God

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.120
 ah

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:43.680
 shepherds

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.280
 of Israel

00:27:44.280 --> 00:27:44.780
 who have

00:27:44.780 --> 00:27:45.000
 been

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.460
 feeding

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:46.220
 yourselves

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:47.400
 should

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:47.740
 not

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.420
 shepherds

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:49.000
 feed

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.320
 the

00:27:49.320 --> 00:27:49.700
 sheep

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:51.000
 you

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.320
 eat

00:27:51.320 --> 00:27:51.520
 the

00:27:51.520 --> 00:27:51.860
 fat

00:27:51.860 --> 00:27:52.420
 you

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:52.880
 clothe

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.320
 yourselves

00:27:53.320 --> 00:27:53.600
 with

00:27:53.600 --> 00:27:53.800
 the

00:27:53.800 --> 00:27:54.080
 wool

00:27:54.080 --> 00:27:54.600
 you

00:27:54.600 --> 00:27:55.120
 slaughter

00:27:55.120 --> 00:27:55.360
 the

00:27:55.360 --> 00:27:55.580
 fat

00:27:55.580 --> 00:27:55.940
 ones

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.380
 but

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:56.520
 you

00:27:56.520 --> 00:27:56.700
 do

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.000
 not

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.480
 feed

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:57.700
 the

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.040
 sheep

00:27:58.040 --> 00:27:59.420
 the

00:27:59.420 --> 00:27:59.800
 weak

00:27:59.800 --> 00:27:59.960
 you

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.160
 have

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:00.400
 not

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:00.960
 strengthened

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.480
 the

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:01.820
 sick

00:28:01.820 --> 00:28:02.020
 you

00:28:02.020 --> 00:28:02.200
 have

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.560
 not

00:28:02.560 --> 00:28:03.020
 healed

00:28:03.020 --> 00:28:03.460
 the

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:03.920
 injured

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.100
 you

00:28:04.100 --> 00:28:04.240
 have

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.540
 not

00:28:04.540 --> 00:28:04.940
 bound

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.280
 up

00:28:05.280 --> 00:28:05.620
 the

00:28:05.620 --> 00:28:06.180
 strayed

00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:06.280
 you

00:28:06.280 --> 00:28:06.500
 have

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:06.920
 not

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.520
 brought

00:28:07.520 --> 00:28:08.020
 back

00:28:08.020 --> 00:28:08.540
 the

00:28:08.540 --> 00:28:09.020
 lost

00:28:09.020 --> 00:28:09.200
 you

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.360
 have

00:28:09.360 --> 00:28:09.620
 not

00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.140
 sought

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:10.600
 and

00:28:10.600 --> 00:28:10.860
 with

00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.280
 harshness

00:28:12.280 --> 00:28:12.460
 you

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:12.780
 have

00:28:12.780 --> 00:28:13.260
 ruled

00:28:13.260 --> 00:28:13.660
 them

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:15.660
 so

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:15.820
 they

00:28:15.820 --> 00:28:16.000
 were

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.380
 scattered

00:28:16.380 --> 00:28:17.420
 because

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:17.580
 there

00:28:17.580 --> 00:28:17.720
 was

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:17.920
 no

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.320
 shepherd

00:28:18.320 --> 00:28:19.120
 and

00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:19.220
 they

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.520
 became

00:28:19.520 --> 00:28:19.900
 food

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:20.140
 for

00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:20.400
 all

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:20.580
 the

00:28:20.580 --> 00:28:20.860
 wild

00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:21.400
 beasts

00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:22.280
 my

00:28:22.280 --> 00:28:22.620
 sheep

00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:22.860
 were

00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.300
 scattered

00:28:23.300 --> 00:28:25.000
 but

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.300
 then

00:28:25.300 --> 00:28:25.780
 this

00:28:25.780 --> 00:28:25.960
 is

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.160
 his

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:27.140
 condemnation

00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:27.560
 of

00:28:27.560 --> 00:28:27.880
 the

00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:28.240
 leaders

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.420
 of

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:28.720
 Israel

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.140
 but

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 then

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 after

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 that

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 God

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 promises

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:31.080
 this

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 in

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 a

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 prophecy

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.540
 through

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 Ezekiel

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 behold

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 I

00:28:34.800 --> 00:28:35.680
 I

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.440
 myself

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:36.800
 will

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 search

00:28:37.280 --> 00:28:37.460
 for

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 my

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 sheep

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 and

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:38.560
 will

00:28:38.560 --> 00:28:38.960
 seek

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 them

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 out

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 I

00:28:40.300 --> 00:28:40.460
 will

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:40.820
 feed

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 them

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 on

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 the

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 mountains

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 of

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 Israel

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 by

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 the

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 ravines

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 and

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:43.919
 in

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 all

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 the

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 inhabited

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 places

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 of

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 the

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 country

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 I

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:47.399
 will

00:28:47.399 --> 00:28:47.819
 feed

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.019
 them

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 with

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 good

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 pasture

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 and

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 on

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 the

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 mountain

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 heights

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:50.639
 of

00:28:50.639 --> 00:28:50.980
 Israel

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 shall

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 be

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 their

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 grazing

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 land

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 there

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 they

00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:53.599
 shall

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:53.899
 lie

00:28:53.899 --> 00:28:54.279
 down

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.480
 in

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 good

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.200
 grazing

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:55.599
 land

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 and

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.119
 on

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 rich

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:56.960
 pasture

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.279
 they

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.599
 shall

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:58.059
 feed

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.519
 on

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:58.700
 the

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 mountains

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.859
 of

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 Israel

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:01.440
 I

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:01.980
 myself

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.180
 will

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:02.299
 be

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:02.480
 the

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:02.779
 shepherd

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.019
 of

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.240
 my

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.640
 sheep

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.039
 and

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.220
 I

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.740
 myself

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:04.980
 will

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.200
 make

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:05.400
 them

00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:05.620
 lie

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 down

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.519
 declares

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:06.740
 the

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.000
 Lord

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.440
 God

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:08.420
 I

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:08.799
 will

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.180
 seek

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.420
 the

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:09.799
 lost

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.759
 and

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.039
 I

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.400
 will

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:11.720
 bring

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.039
 back

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.240
 the

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 strayed

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 and

00:29:13.100 --> 00:29:13.500
 I

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:13.940
 will

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.380
 bind

00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:14.640
 up

00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:14.840
 the

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 injured

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 and

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.000
 I

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.279
 will

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.900
 strengthen

00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:17.460
 the

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:17.799
 weak

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 and

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.440
 the

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:18.759
 fat

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:18.940
 and

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:19.079
 the

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.480
 strong

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:19.700
 I

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:19.860
 will

00:29:19.860 --> 00:29:20.440
 destroy

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:20.880
 I

00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:21.000
 will

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.380
 feed

00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:21.759
 them

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.420
 in

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 justice

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:26.079
 God

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.519
 had

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.099
 promised

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:28.599
 that

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:28.939
 he

00:29:28.939 --> 00:29:29.220
 will

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:29.740
 himself

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.139
 do

00:29:30.139 --> 00:29:30.579
 what

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:31.159
 all

00:29:31.159 --> 00:29:31.339
 of

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.519
 his

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:31.960
 appointed

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.399
 leaders

00:29:32.399 --> 00:29:32.759
 failed

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:32.960
 to

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.259
 do

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.980
 all

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.179
 the

00:29:34.179 --> 00:29:34.659
 prophets

00:29:34.659 --> 00:29:35.259
 all

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.460
 the

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:35.919
 kings

00:29:35.919 --> 00:29:36.480
 all

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:36.700
 the

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.019
 priests

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.159
 that

00:29:37.159 --> 00:29:37.279
 were

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:37.519
 supposed

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:37.700
 to

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:37.980
 leave

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.339
 God's

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:38.740
 people

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.200
 and

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.480
 show

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:39.659
 them

00:29:39.659 --> 00:29:39.799
 the

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:39.960
 love

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.099
 of

00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:40.339
 God

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:40.579
 have

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:41.019
 failed

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.639
 him

00:29:41.639 --> 00:29:42.099
 have

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.659
 disappointed

00:29:42.659 --> 00:29:43.079
 him

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:43.500
 they

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:43.720
 have

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.099
 hurt

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:44.439
 the

00:29:44.439 --> 00:29:44.759
 sheep

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.319
 they

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:45.460
 have

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:46.019
 misled

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.359
 them

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:47.159
 they

00:29:47.159 --> 00:29:47.319
 had

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:47.579
 not

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:47.879
 bound

00:29:47.879 --> 00:29:48.119
 up

00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:48.299
 to

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:48.619
 hurting

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:49.480
 they

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.579
 had

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:49.779
 not

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.059
 fed

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:50.240
 the

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.599
 hungry

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.599
 but

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:51.839
 God

00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:52.059
 says

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:52.419
 I

00:29:52.419 --> 00:29:53.119
 myself

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:53.439
 will

00:29:53.439 --> 00:29:53.759
 do

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.000
 it

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.339
 and

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:54.539
 he

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:54.919
 does

00:29:54.919 --> 00:29:55.279
 that

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:55.919
 through

00:29:55.919 --> 00:29:56.679
 Jesus

00:29:56.679 --> 00:29:57.539
 the

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:57.699
 son

00:29:57.699 --> 00:29:57.839
 of

00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.159
 God

00:29:58.159 --> 00:30:00.399
 that's

00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:00.539
 why

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:00.819
 when

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.199
 Jesus

00:30:01.199 --> 00:30:01.659
 comes

00:30:01.659 --> 00:30:01.899
 he

00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.419
 describes

00:30:02.419 --> 00:30:02.839
 himself

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.119
 in

00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:03.439
 John

00:30:03.439 --> 00:30:03.819
 chapter

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.199
 10

00:30:04.199 --> 00:30:05.099
 he

00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:05.319
 says

00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:05.699
 I

00:30:05.699 --> 00:30:06.159
 am

00:30:06.159 --> 00:30:06.459
 the

00:30:06.459 --> 00:30:06.939
 good

00:30:06.939 --> 00:30:07.739
 shepherd

00:30:07.739 --> 00:30:09.299
 I

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:09.699
 know

00:30:09.699 --> 00:30:10.039
 my

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.439
 own

00:30:10.439 --> 00:30:10.819
 and

00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:11.000
 my

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.419
 own

00:30:11.419 --> 00:30:11.699
 know

00:30:11.699 --> 00:30:12.000
 me

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:13.139
 just

00:30:13.139 --> 00:30:13.299
 as

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:13.439
 the

00:30:13.439 --> 00:30:13.699
 father

00:30:13.699 --> 00:30:14.059
 knows

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.219
 me

00:30:14.219 --> 00:30:14.299
 and

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:14.379
 I

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:14.619
 know

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:14.839
 the

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.159
 father

00:30:15.159 --> 00:30:15.939
 and

00:30:15.939 --> 00:30:16.179
 I

00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:16.579
 lay

00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:16.939
 down

00:30:16.939 --> 00:30:17.259
 my

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.739
 life

00:30:17.739 --> 00:30:18.439
 for

00:30:18.439 --> 00:30:18.639
 the

00:30:18.639 --> 00:30:18.939
 sheep

00:30:18.939 --> 00:30:22.599
 and

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:22.740
 I

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:22.879
 have

00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:23.139
 other

00:30:23.139 --> 00:30:23.480
 sheep

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:23.619
 that

00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:23.699
 are

00:30:23.699 --> 00:30:23.879
 not

00:30:23.879 --> 00:30:24.000
 of

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.179
 this

00:30:24.179 --> 00:30:24.500
 fold

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:24.759
 I

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:24.959
 must

00:30:24.959 --> 00:30:25.199
 bring

00:30:25.199 --> 00:30:25.359
 them

00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:25.679
 also

00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:26.579
 and

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:26.719
 they

00:30:26.719 --> 00:30:26.879
 will

00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:27.240
 listen

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.459
 to

00:30:27.459 --> 00:30:27.659
 my

00:30:27.659 --> 00:30:28.079
 voice

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.679
 so

00:30:28.679 --> 00:30:28.919
 there

00:30:28.919 --> 00:30:29.099
 will

00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:29.199
 be

00:30:29.199 --> 00:30:29.439
 one

00:30:29.439 --> 00:30:29.879
 flock

00:30:29.879 --> 00:30:30.740
 one

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.599
 shepherd

00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:33.839
 Jesus

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:34.199
 is

00:30:34.199 --> 00:30:34.339
 the

00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:34.599
 one

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:34.879
 who

00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:35.039
 has

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.359
 come

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:35.799
 he

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.579
 lives

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:36.859
 a

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.099
 life

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.259
 of

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:37.599
 perfect

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.099
 obedience

00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:38.259
 to

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:38.399
 the

00:30:38.399 --> 00:30:38.699
 father

00:30:38.699 --> 00:30:39.279
 he

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.879
 always

00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:40.459
 speaks

00:30:40.459 --> 00:30:40.740
 the

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.000
 words

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.159
 of

00:30:41.159 --> 00:30:41.459
 God

00:30:41.459 --> 00:30:41.799
 so

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:41.919
 that

00:30:41.919 --> 00:30:42.099
 we

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:42.319
 are

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.679
 never

00:30:42.679 --> 00:30:43.199
 misled

00:30:43.199 --> 00:30:43.379
 by

00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:43.599
 his

00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:44.039
 teaching

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.639
 he

00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:45.299
 obeys

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:45.480
 his

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:45.859
 father

00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:46.259
 unto

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.679
 death

00:30:46.679 --> 00:30:46.879
 on

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:47.019
 the

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:47.379
 cross

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:47.799
 so

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:47.960
 that

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.220
 he

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:48.639
 can

00:30:48.639 --> 00:30:49.159
 pay

00:30:49.159 --> 00:30:49.419
 for

00:30:49.419 --> 00:30:49.619
 the

00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:50.000
 sins

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.379
 that

00:30:50.379 --> 00:30:50.619
 we

00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:50.859
 have

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.240
 committed

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:52.000
 observe

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.359
 the

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:52.619
 wrath

00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:52.799
 of

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.139
 God

00:30:53.139 --> 00:30:54.159
 receive

00:30:54.159 --> 00:30:54.500
 the

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:54.919
 penalty

00:30:54.919 --> 00:30:55.299
 for

00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:55.579
 sin

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.159
 and

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:56.480
 so

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:56.799
 that

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.159
 after

00:30:57.159 --> 00:30:57.419
 he

00:30:57.419 --> 00:30:57.619
 is

00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:58.039
 raised

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.359
 from

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:58.539
 the

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:58.819
 dead

00:30:58.819 --> 00:30:59.099
 we

00:30:59.099 --> 00:30:59.379
 can

00:30:59.379 --> 00:30:59.680
 be

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.319
 called

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:01.399
 sons

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:01.639
 of

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:02.059
 God

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:03.119
 children

00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:03.359
 of

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:03.639
 God

00:31:03.639 --> 00:31:05.119
 that's

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:05.240
 what

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.379
 we

00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:05.579
 call

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:05.740
 the

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:05.960
 good

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.220
 news

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.379
 of

00:31:06.379 --> 00:31:06.639
 Jesus

00:31:06.639 --> 00:31:07.159
 Christ

00:31:07.159 --> 00:31:08.159
 he

00:31:08.159 --> 00:31:08.740
 is

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:08.899
 the

00:31:08.899 --> 00:31:09.139
 good

00:31:09.139 --> 00:31:09.519
 shepherd

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:09.759
 that

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.059
 came

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:10.279
 to

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.639
 rescue

00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:11.000
 us

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.539
 we

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:11.759
 were

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:11.899
 the

00:31:11.899 --> 00:31:12.139
 ones

00:31:12.139 --> 00:31:12.259
 who

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:12.359
 were

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:12.799
 lost

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.039
 and

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.720
 destitute

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:15.559
 yet

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:15.839
 he

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:16.259
 brought

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:16.599
 us

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:16.980
 and

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.299
 he

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:17.799
 restored

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.160
 us

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:18.740
 to

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:18.920
 the

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:19.119
 fold

00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:19.279
 of

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.619
 God

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:21.700
 isn't

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:21.839
 that

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:21.960
 an

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.339
 amazing

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:22.779
 love

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:25.359
 how

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:25.579
 did

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:25.960
 Jesus

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.299
 love

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:26.700
 sinners

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:26.920
 this

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:27.220
 way

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:29.599
 why

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:29.759
 is

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:29.859
 it

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.000
 so

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.180
 hard

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:30.359
 for

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:30.680
 us

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:30.920
 to

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.299
 love

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:32.759
 sinners

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.819
 in

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:33.980
 this

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.259
 way

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:37.319
 Jesus

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:37.680
 gives

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:37.819
 us

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:37.940
 the

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.279
 answer

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.440
 in

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:38.599
 verse

00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:38.920
 four

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:42.359
 because

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:42.599
 he

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:42.879
 actually

00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:43.079
 does

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.259
 not

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.500
 think

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.700
 that

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:43.879
 this

00:31:43.879 --> 00:31:44.019
 is

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.440
 difficult

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:46.059
 look

00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:46.160
 at

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.320
 verse

00:31:46.320 --> 00:31:46.519
 four

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:46.720
 with

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:46.840
 me

00:31:46.840 --> 00:31:46.920
 it

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.039
 says

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.320
 what

00:31:47.320 --> 00:31:47.580
 man

00:31:47.580 --> 00:31:47.740
 of

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:47.980
 you

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:49.420
 having

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:50.000
 a

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.320
 hundred

00:31:50.320 --> 00:31:50.700
 sheep

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.779
 if he

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.019
 has

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.500
 lost

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:52.960
 one

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.100
 of

00:31:53.100 --> 00:31:53.340
 them

00:31:53.340 --> 00:31:54.059
 does

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.299
 not

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.700
 leave

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:54.860
 the

00:31:54.860 --> 00:31:55.519
 ninety-nine

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.180
 in

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:56.539
 the

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:56.880
 open

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:57.380
 country

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:57.860
 and

00:31:57.860 --> 00:31:58.160
 go

00:31:58.160 --> 00:31:58.700
 after

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:58.940
 the

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.140
 one

00:31:59.140 --> 00:31:59.320
 that

00:31:59.320 --> 00:31:59.440
 is

00:31:59.440 --> 00:31:59.840
 lost

00:31:59.840 --> 00:32:00.620
 until

00:32:00.620 --> 00:32:01.240
 he

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.660
 finds

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:01.920
 it

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:04.440
 same

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.840
 idea

00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:05.140
 is

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:05.279
 in

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:05.500
 verse

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:05.779
 eight

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.200
 or

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.400
 what

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:06.720
 woman

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.440
 having

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:07.880
 ten

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.240
 silver

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.580
 coins

00:32:08.580 --> 00:32:08.779
 if

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:08.940
 she

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.299
 loses

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.620
 one

00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:09.940
 coin

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.460
 does

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:10.840
 not

00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:11.120
 light

00:32:11.120 --> 00:32:11.279
 a

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.539
 lamp

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:11.680
 and

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:11.840
 sweep

00:32:11.840 --> 00:32:12.000
 the

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.200
 house

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:12.500
 and seek

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:12.900
 diligently

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:13.500
 until

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:13.880
 she

00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:14.200
 finds

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.380
 it

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:15.440
 the

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:15.759
 idea

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:15.980
 is

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.300
 this

00:32:16.300 --> 00:32:16.960
 this

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.080
 is

00:32:17.080 --> 00:32:17.280
 not

00:32:17.280 --> 00:32:17.780
 uncommon

00:32:17.780 --> 00:32:19.300
 if

00:32:19.300 --> 00:32:19.519
 you

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:19.720
 were

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:19.880
 a

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:20.160
 shepherd

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:20.380
 and

00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:20.480
 you

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:20.800
 had

00:32:20.800 --> 00:32:21.320
 hundred

00:32:21.320 --> 00:32:21.640
 sheep

00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:21.780
 and

00:32:21.780 --> 00:32:21.900
 you

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:22.200
 lost

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:22.420
 one

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:22.580
 you

00:32:22.580 --> 00:32:22.720
 would

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:22.880
 go

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.120
 look

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.340
 for

00:32:23.340 --> 00:32:23.580
 it

00:32:23.580 --> 00:32:24.660
 that's

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:24.780
 what

00:32:24.780 --> 00:32:25.080
 Jesus

00:32:25.080 --> 00:32:25.259
 is

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.540
 telling

00:32:25.540 --> 00:32:25.840
 these

00:32:25.840 --> 00:32:26.380
 Pharisees

00:32:26.380 --> 00:32:26.519
 and

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:26.660
 the

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:27.140
 scribes

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:27.759
 this

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:27.940
 is

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.259
 not

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.640
 out

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:28.780
 of

00:32:28.780 --> 00:32:28.920
 the

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:29.440
 ordinary

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:30.280
 that's

00:32:30.280 --> 00:32:30.480
 what

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:30.660
 you

00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:31.080
 do

00:32:31.080 --> 00:32:31.540
 for

00:32:31.540 --> 00:32:31.940
 what

00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.440
 is

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:32.960
 yours

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:35.780
 but

00:32:35.780 --> 00:32:35.920
 you

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.060
 are

00:32:36.060 --> 00:32:36.320
 not

00:32:36.320 --> 00:32:36.740
 treating

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.000
 my

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.420
 people

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:38.400
 as

00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:39.000
 your

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.400
 own

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:42.820
 Jesus

00:32:42.820 --> 00:32:43.080
 is

00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:43.380
 saying

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:43.900
 I

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.340
 go

00:32:44.340 --> 00:32:45.120
 because

00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:45.320
 they

00:32:45.320 --> 00:32:45.720
 belong

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:45.980
 to

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.380
 God

00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:47.800
 I

00:32:47.800 --> 00:32:48.160
 go

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:48.480
 because

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:48.720
 they

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:48.860
 are

00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:49.140
 my

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.660
 sheep

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.620
 and

00:32:50.620 --> 00:32:50.900
 I

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.060
 am

00:32:51.060 --> 00:32:51.280
 their

00:32:51.280 --> 00:32:51.700
 shepherd

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.160
 that's

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:52.400
 why

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:52.620
 I

00:32:52.620 --> 00:32:52.920
 go

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:55.220
 I

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.500
 look

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:55.660
 for

00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:55.780
 the

00:32:55.780 --> 00:32:56.019
 lost

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.280
 coin

00:32:56.280 --> 00:32:56.600
 because

00:32:56.600 --> 00:32:56.920
 it

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.100
 is

00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:57.519
 mine

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:58.140
 it's

00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:58.300
 not

00:32:58.300 --> 00:32:58.519
 some

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:58.960
 stranger

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.340
 dropping

00:32:59.340 --> 00:32:59.540
 a

00:32:59.540 --> 00:32:59.759
 coin

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.300
 it's

00:33:00.300 --> 00:33:00.759
 mine

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:01.420
 they

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:01.920
 belong

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:02.180
 to

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:02.680
 me

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:07.440
 that's

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:07.820
 God's

00:33:07.820 --> 00:33:08.240
 heart

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:09.839
 and

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:10.160
 this

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:10.960
 totally

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.599
 transforms

00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:11.799
 our

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.319
 understanding

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:12.640
 of

00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:13.279
 evangelism

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:14.259
 often

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.579
 people

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:14.859
 say

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:15.099
 well

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:15.259
 if

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.359
 you

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:15.720
 believe

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:15.880
 in

00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:16.000
 the

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.359
 doctrine

00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:16.539
 of

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:16.960
 election

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.579
 that

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:17.880
 God

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.420
 chooses

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:19.059
 from

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.359
 before

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:19.559
 the

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:19.880
 foundation

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:20.220
 of

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.339
 the

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:20.519
 world

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:20.819
 those

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.000
 whom

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.140
 he

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:21.299
 will

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.680
 save

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.099
 that

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.339
 people

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:22.539
 will

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:22.839
 not

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:23.640
 evangelize

00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:24.380
 that

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:24.579
 people

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:24.759
 will

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.019
 not

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.319
 seek

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.539
 after

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:25.700
 the

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:25.920
 lost

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.079
 sheep

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:26.339
 that

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:27.000
 exactly

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.259
 the

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.599
 opposite

00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:27.880
 is

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:28.160
 true

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:30.599
 when

00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:30.859
 we

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:31.400
 realize

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:31.559
 that

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:31.700
 the

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:32.059
 people

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.299
 who

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:32.460
 are

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:32.960
 lost

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.660
 apart

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:33.900
 from

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.279
 God

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.759
 they're

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:34.980
 not

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.240
 some

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:35.859
 strangers

00:33:35.859 --> 00:33:36.120
 or

00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:36.339
 some

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.440
 to

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:38.960
 persuade

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.240
 and

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.700
 cajole

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:39.980
 into

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.299
 coming

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:40.460
 to

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:40.779
 faith

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.299
 then

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.500
 of

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:41.700
 course

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:41.960
 we're

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.039
 going

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.099
 to

00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:42.220
 be

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:42.440
 less

00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:42.859
 interested

00:33:42.859 --> 00:33:44.120
 but

00:33:44.120 --> 00:33:44.279
 when

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:44.440
 we

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:44.839
 recognize

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.039
 that

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.180
 they

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.319
 are

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:45.759
 actually

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:45.980
 our

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.299
 brothers

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.599
 and

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:47.000
 sisters

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:49.420
 they're

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:49.819
 actually

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:50.059
 our

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.599
 comrades

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:50.759
 in

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:50.920
 the

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.140
 kingdom

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:51.400
 of

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:51.779
 God

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:53.480
 but

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.039
 kept

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:55.420
 illegitimately

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:56.460
 imprisoned

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:57.440
 by

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:58.000
 our

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.400
 enemy

00:33:58.400 --> 00:34:01.539
 our

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:01.980
 brothers

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.279
 and

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:02.620
 sisters

00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:02.980
 who

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.400
 do

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:03.599
 not

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.059
 realize

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.240
 that

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.380
 they

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:04.559
 have

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:04.720
 a

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.099
 gracious

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:05.819
 heavenly

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.259
 father

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.480
 but

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:06.620
 are

00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:06.920
 living

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.380
 as

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:08.019
 orphans

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.280
 out

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:08.400
 in

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:08.539
 the

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:08.880
 world

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:10.239
 when

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:10.420
 you

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.880
 recognize

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.239
 that

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:11.420
 you

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:11.820
 go

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.639
 and

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:12.780
 you

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:13.300
 share

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:16.480
 you

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:16.679
 go

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:16.880
 with

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.259
 God's

00:34:17.259 --> 00:34:17.460
 heart

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:17.619
 for

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:17.739
 the

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:18.159
 lost

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:22.960
 that's

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.119
 the

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.500
 heart

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:23.800
 of

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:23.940
 the

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.320
 father

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:29.659
 of

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:29.880
 course

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.099
 we

00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:30.320
 don't

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:30.539
 know

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:30.739
 who

00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:31.099
 belongs

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.259
 to

00:34:31.259 --> 00:34:31.519
 God

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:34.079
 it's

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.579
 presumptuous

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:34.820
 to

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:35.280
 think

00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:35.500
 that

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:35.699
 we

00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:35.900
 can

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.179
 tell

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:36.400
 whether

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:36.880
 someone's

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.099
 chosen

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:37.320
 by

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:37.539
 God

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:37.679
 or

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:37.940
 not

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:39.559
 so

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:39.720
 we

00:34:39.720 --> 00:34:39.960
 go

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.179
 to

00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:40.559
 all

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:41.840
 and

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:41.960
 we

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.119
 share

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:42.260
 the

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:42.420
 good

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:42.800
 news

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:43.460
 knowing

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:43.659
 that

00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:43.780
 there

00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:43.920
 are

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.179
 some

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:44.480
 among

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:44.820
 them

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:45.920
 who

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.159
 will

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:46.860
 recognize

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:47.079
 the

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.500
 shepherd's

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:47.800
 voice

00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:48.039
 and

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.280
 come

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:54.320
 I

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:54.500
 think

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:54.840
 it was

00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:55.500
 maybe

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:55.740
 two

00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:56.019
 years

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.340
 ago

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:57.280
 there

00:34:57.280 --> 00:34:57.440
 was

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:57.679
 a

00:34:57.679 --> 00:34:58.679
 7.8

00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:59.099
 magnitude

00:34:59.099 --> 00:35:00.179
 earthquake

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:00.880
 in

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:01.260
 Nepal

00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:02.079
 it

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:02.260
 was

00:35:02.260 --> 00:35:02.579
 a

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:03.119
 devastating

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.980
 earthquake

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:05.200
 killed

00:35:05.200 --> 00:35:05.559
 more than

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.099
 9,000

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:06.480
 people

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:06.780
 I

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:06.900
 think

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.000
 it

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.360
 injured

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:08.079
 more

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.199
 than

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:09.179
 23,000

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:10.199
 and

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:10.740
 after

00:35:10.740 --> 00:35:10.880
 the

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.139
 earthquake

00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:11.980
 this is a true story

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.940
 that I read in the news

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.619
 at the time

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:15.179
 a man named

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:16.079
 Sham Krishna

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:16.500
 wall

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.800
 he was a bus driver

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:20.260
 he rushed home to find that his house

00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:21.219
 had crumbled

00:35:21.219 --> 00:35:23.240
 and that his 10 year old daughter

00:35:23.240 --> 00:35:24.360
 Sonia

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:26.260
 and his 5 month old son

00:35:26.260 --> 00:35:27.460
 5 month old son

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:28.000
 Sonis

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:29.920
 were buried under the wreckage

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:31.420
 and his

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:32.900
 his face

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.639
 pale

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.099
 and numb

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:34.800
 from the shock

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:36.099
 he began to

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:36.760
 scrabble

00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:37.700
 frantically

00:35:37.700 --> 00:35:38.559
 through the rubble

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:39.579
 searching for his children

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.760
 and the neighbors

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:41.599
 came to help

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:43.079
 but he and his wife

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.480
 Razmila

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:44.300
 began to grow

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:45.139
 despondent

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:46.519
 they could not

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:47.680
 hear any sound

00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:49.740
 fortunately

00:35:49.740 --> 00:35:50.139
 after

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.920
 two hours

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.420
 of non-stop

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:51.639
 digging

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.480
 they were blessed

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:53.340
 to find their

00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:54.400
 10 year old daughter

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:55.360
 Sonia alive

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:56.860
 but their 5 month old

00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:57.760
 baby was still missing

00:35:57.760 --> 00:35:59.680
 all around them

00:35:59.680 --> 00:36:00.280
 they could hear

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:01.420
 their forlorn neighbors

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:02.660
 just despairing

00:36:02.660 --> 00:36:03.740
 and clutching their hearts

00:36:03.740 --> 00:36:04.940
 wailing for their lost

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:06.020
 loved ones

00:36:06.020 --> 00:36:07.280
 and the Nepalese soldiers

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:08.700
 arrived around 6pm

00:36:08.700 --> 00:36:09.760
 to help them dig

00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:10.520
 through the rubble

00:36:10.520 --> 00:36:11.460
 and when

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:12.560
 the baby Sonis

00:36:12.560 --> 00:36:13.700
 did not turn up

00:36:13.700 --> 00:36:14.940
 after 3 hours of digging

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:15.760
 with all the help

00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:16.400
 from the soldiers

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:17.540
 they gave up hope

00:36:17.540 --> 00:36:17.960
 and left

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.460
 telling

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:19.960
 Sham Krishna

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:21.720
 there's no way

00:36:21.720 --> 00:36:22.420
 an infant

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:23.640
 could survive this

00:36:23.640 --> 00:36:25.800
 he's in all likelihood

00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:26.280
 dead

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:29.360
 and you really need

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:30.000
 to come to grips

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.780
 with this reality

00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:31.220
 I'm sorry

00:36:31.220 --> 00:36:31.680
 we're going

00:36:31.680 --> 00:36:35.120
 later

00:36:35.120 --> 00:36:36.400
 he keeps

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:37.460
 the father however

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:38.120
 didn't budge

00:36:38.120 --> 00:36:39.280
 and he kept digging

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:40.360
 one stone

00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:41.080
 at a time

00:36:41.080 --> 00:36:41.960
 and later

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:43.120
 a well-meaning neighbor

00:36:43.120 --> 00:36:43.760
 told him

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:44.560
 and this was in the news

00:36:44.560 --> 00:36:44.860
 as well

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:45.760
 it's destiny

00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:47.440
 I guess it's what they believe

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:49.240
 some Nepalese believe

00:36:49.240 --> 00:36:49.840
 it's destiny

00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:51.060
 there's nothing you can do

00:36:51.060 --> 00:36:52.640
 you're just going to

00:36:52.640 --> 00:36:53.620
 make things worse

00:36:53.620 --> 00:36:55.280
 give it up

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:57.519
 but he kept digging

00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:59.300
 and the sun went down

00:36:59.300 --> 00:37:00.760
 came up again

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:02.620
 the father kept digging

00:37:02.620 --> 00:37:04.140
 12 hours

00:37:04.140 --> 00:37:05.880
 16 hours

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:07.560
 then in this

00:37:07.560 --> 00:37:09.360
 22nd hour

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:10.640
 of digging

00:37:10.640 --> 00:37:12.200
 he pulled back

00:37:12.200 --> 00:37:12.720
 a boulder

00:37:12.720 --> 00:37:13.380
 and heard

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:14.380
 faint cries

00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:15.519
 of a baby

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:17.360
 almost as if

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:17.920
 the baby knew

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.440
 that the father

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.360
 was searching for him

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:20.180
 on the other side

00:37:20.180 --> 00:37:21.100
 calling for help

00:37:21.100 --> 00:37:22.180
 and the father's eyes

00:37:22.180 --> 00:37:23.160
 widened

00:37:23.160 --> 00:37:24.160
 well with tears

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:24.799
 in joy

00:37:24.799 --> 00:37:25.559
 he dug

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:26.480
 with new vigor

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:27.920
 and now everyone

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:29.059
 rallied around the father

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:29.920
 because they had heard

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.759
 the sound

00:37:30.759 --> 00:37:31.619
 and even the soldiers

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:32.199
 came back

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:32.779
 because they knew

00:37:32.779 --> 00:37:33.420
 that it was not

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:34.659
 a futile task

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:35.399
 and they were

00:37:35.399 --> 00:37:36.179
 they dug

00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:36.920
 they dug together

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:37.879
 and they eventually

00:37:37.879 --> 00:37:39.179
 got baby Sonis out

00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:40.399
 unscathed

00:37:40.399 --> 00:37:41.359
 out of the rubble

00:37:41.359 --> 00:37:43.359
 his face

00:37:43.359 --> 00:37:44.399
 was coated with dust

00:37:44.399 --> 00:37:45.139
 but he was otherwise

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:45.839
 unharmed

00:37:45.839 --> 00:37:47.960
 why

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.839
 was that father

00:37:48.839 --> 00:37:49.599
 so persistent

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:55.019
 because it's

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:55.759
 his child

00:37:55.759 --> 00:38:04.679
 that's how

00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:05.239
 he loves

00:38:05.239 --> 00:38:06.319
 every single

00:38:06.319 --> 00:38:06.980
 one

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.900
 of his children

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:10.759
 that's how

00:38:10.759 --> 00:38:11.639
 he relentlessly

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:12.719
 pursued you

00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:13.759
 and brought

00:38:13.759 --> 00:38:14.259
 repentance

00:38:14.259 --> 00:38:14.819
 and faith

00:38:14.819 --> 00:38:15.639
 in Jesus Christ

00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:19.039
 and that's

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:19.779
 how he is

00:38:19.779 --> 00:38:20.179
 now

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:21.460
 relentlessly

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:22.960
 seeking

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:24.179
 and saving

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:24.739
 the lost

00:38:24.739 --> 00:38:27.019
 and it's our

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.599
 privilege

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:29.179
 to be a part

00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:29.559
 of that

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:36.219
 so

00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:37.719
 if you would

00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:38.319
 close your eyes

00:38:38.319 --> 00:38:38.799
 for a moment

00:38:38.799 --> 00:38:39.659
 to reflect

00:38:39.659 --> 00:38:40.359
 on that truth

00:38:40.359 --> 00:38:42.819
 think about

00:38:42.819 --> 00:38:44.219
 what are the things

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:44.879
 the priorities

00:38:44.879 --> 00:38:45.319
 and purposes

00:38:45.319 --> 00:38:45.759
 that

00:38:45.759 --> 00:38:48.219
 you're so

00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:49.000
 fixated on

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.559
 in your life

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:50.279
 that you

00:38:50.279 --> 00:38:51.019
 lose sight

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.559
 of this

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:53.279
 priority

00:38:53.279 --> 00:38:53.679
 of seeking

00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:54.079
 and saving

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:54.559
 the lost

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:58.339
 think about that

00:38:58.339 --> 00:38:58.779
 my prayer

00:38:58.779 --> 00:38:59.179
 for you

00:38:59.179 --> 00:38:59.619
 this morning

00:38:59.619 --> 00:39:00.059
 is that God

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.679
 would disturb

00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:01.459
 your priorities

00:39:01.459 --> 00:39:05.359
 to make this

00:39:05.359 --> 00:39:05.980
 a priority

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:06.579
 in your life

00:39:06.579 --> 00:39:08.599
 that consumes

00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:09.339
 you as it

00:39:09.339 --> 00:39:09.799
 consumes

00:39:09.799 --> 00:39:10.339
 our heavenly

00:39:10.339 --> 00:39:10.679
 father

00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:12.259
 our lord

00:39:12.259 --> 00:39:12.859
 Jesus Christ

00:39:12.859 --> 00:39:13.519
 the good shepherd

00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:18.579
 you