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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 If you have your Bibles with you, please open them up to Luke chapter 11.

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 We'll be finishing up this chapter today, starting in verse 37, going through the end of the chapter.

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 If you don't have a Bible, it'll also be on the screen behind me.

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 And we have deacons who will be going around to see if you're playing on Facebook or if you're listening to the sermon.

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 There's going to be a lot of similarities between the sermon this week and the sermon last week for several reasons that I'll go into.

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 So I'm going to dive right in and just read the text.

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 The primary difference is Jesus is speaking to the Pharisees and lawyers this week.

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 And while we might see that as him tailoring his message to the leadership of the church,

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 I think we're going to find out today that there's a lot of it that has to do with all of us.

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 So please read with me, beginning in Luke chapter 11, verse 37.

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 While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him.

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 So he went in and reclined at table.

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 Now the Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner.

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 And the Lord said to him,

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 Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you're full of greed and wickedness.

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 You fools!

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 Did not he who made the outside of everything make the inside also?

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 But give his alms those things that are within, and behold, everything is clean for you.

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 But woe to you, Pharisees, for you tithe mint and rue and every herb and neglect justice and the love of God.

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 These you ought to have done without neglecting the others.

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 And woe to you, Pharisees, for you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

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 Woe to you, for you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without knowing it.

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 And one of the lawyers said, Hold on a minute, teacher, in saying these things, you're insulting us also.

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 And Jesus said, Yeah, woe to you, lawyers, also.

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 For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

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 Woe to you, for you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed.

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 So you are witnesses, and you consent to the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their tombs.

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 Therefore, also, the wisdom of God said, or in God's wisdom, he said, I'll send them prophets and apostles,

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 some of whom they will kill and persecute, so that the blood of all the prophets shed from the foundation of the world

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 may be charged against this generation, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah,

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 who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.

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 Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.

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 Woe to you, lawyers, for you have taken away the key of knowledge.

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 You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.

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 And as he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard

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 and to provoke him to speak about many things, lying in wait for him,

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 to catch him in between something he might say.

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 Pray with me, please.

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 Father, these are difficult words for us, and as we explore them more this morning,

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 we pray for your mercy and your grace.

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 Send your Holy Spirit to illumine our hearts and our minds

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 to know what we are to do with a text like this.

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 I pray that you would be with the words of my mouth

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 and the meditation of all of our hearts.

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 They would be pleasing unto you.

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 And most of all, that the name of your son, Jesus, would be made great

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 and that we would know more of your love for us today than we did yesterday.

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 For the sake of our Savior, King Jesus, amen.

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 So last week, Ron spoke on many things about this generation of people

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 who Jesus said, this is going to fall on you.

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 And one of the bigger deals was back at the beginning in 1114

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 when Jesus cast a demon out of a man

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 and the people accused Jesus potentially of doing this because of Beelzebul

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 and saying he was in cahoots with the devil.

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 Pretty unfair accusation, and Jesus logically stepped through it with them,

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 saying, well, if that's the case, how did your sons do it?

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 What is actually happening here is the kingdom of God has come present, is there.

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 If we read in the book of Matthew, it says the son of David is here,

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 the Messiah, the very promised one, is here.

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 And people are casting division in that.

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 They're not unifying around the long-promised Savior.

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 Instead, they're becoming divided by it, and Jesus sees it happening.

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 And he says to the crowd, look, if you're not with me, you're against me.

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 There's no other place to be.

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 And he calls them a wicked generation.

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 And this wicked generation is represented by these leaders

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 that Jesus spent several verses here discussing the realities

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 of who they are in light of what the gospel says.

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 And we're going to dive right in this morning.

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 The first point in your bulletin that you see there is called response versus rebuke.

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 And the reason that I say that is because the gospel enables response,

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 and ignoring the gospel demands rebuke.

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 And the gospel is not something that magically started when Jesus came to earth.

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 God's been on about this in the whole Bible to this point.

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 We see the covenant starting with the covenant with Adam,

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 and then the covenant with Noah, and then with Abraham,

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 and then with Moses, and then with David.

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 And we think that somehow these covenants get replaced by each other.

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 But in reality, God is building a layer cake of covenants

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 where he knows that we aren't fulfilling our end of it.

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 And ultimately, he makes that promise in Jeremiah of the new covenant

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 that will be in the blood of the Messiah.

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 And so, here he is.

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 And in each of these terms, God's only requirement of his people

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 is that they embrace his covenant from the heart.

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 That we will see him for who he is,

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 and know who we are,

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 and therefore act accordingly.

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 So, we see with the Pharisees that that's not necessarily what's going on.

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 And he jumps right into it with rebuke number one there in verse 38.

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 The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner.

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 And this is not a matter of hygienic washing.

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 This wasn't a question of did Jesus wash his hands.

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 What was going on here is that the Pharisees required an extra-biblical set of rituals

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 for people to do before they ate.

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 And please don't doubt the zealousy of these men.

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 These Pharisees were trying to protect what they thought was piety

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 and what they thought was humility in front of God.

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 And yet the God-man is sitting there with them,

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 and he doesn't wash his hands as the beginning of a series of terrible things

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 that you don't want said about you by, certainly not by Jesus.

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 And he moves directly to rebuke number two, neglect.

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 In verse 42.

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 Rebuke number three, pride.

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 And rebuke number four, death.

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 So going back to the washing, Jesus says,

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 You fools, didn't he who make the outside make the inside also?

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 Give alms within, and what comes out of you will surely match that.

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 Don't make things right on the outside.

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 There's no good there.

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 If you were truly embracing the covenant from the heart,

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 which you as the leaders of the church

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 and the people who are teaching the people of God

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 how to live with him and live with each other,

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 you would know that if you were to do that within,

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 it would certainly spread to without.

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 And rebuke number two, the neglect.

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 Woe to you Pharisees, for you tithe mint and rue and every herb,

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 and yet you neglect justice and the love of God.

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 These you ought to have done.

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 You should have done justice and the love of God

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 without neglecting the others.

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 Leviticus says, yeah, you've got to tithe that stuff.

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 But this is going to be the crux of our whole passage

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 because essentially what Jesus is saying is

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 the thing that he said to the gentleman earlier

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 in Luke 9, I believe.

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 All of the law and the prophets can be summarized

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 in the reality of loving your neighbor as yourself

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 and loving God with all of your heart

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 and your soul and mind.

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 And what Jesus is saying is

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 you're tithing mint and herbs and rue

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 and you're denying love for other people

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 and you're denying love for God.

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 We see this pictured in Micah 6.8

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 where it says that,

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 for he's shown you, O man, what is good

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 and what does the Lord require of you

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 but to do justly and to love mercy

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 and to walk humbly with your God.

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 I'm going to look up my other verse too

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 because it seems that we don't have those on the slides.

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 Colossians 3.

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 We're in sword drills now.

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 Somebody can beat me there.

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 Start reading Colossians 3.

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 There we go.

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 Study Bibles are great.

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 They're just long.

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 Colossians 3 starting in verse 12.

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 Put on then as God's chosen ones

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 holy and beloved compassionate hearts,

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 kindness, humility, meekness, patience,

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 bearing with one another

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 and if one has a complaint against another,

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 forgiving each other as the Lord's forgiven you.

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 That's how you're supposed to forgive.

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 And above all these things,

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 put on love which binds everything together

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 in perfect harmony.

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 Justice in the time of Micah

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 who had great success

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 preaching and speaking

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 and was able to turn the king's heart

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 toward the Lord

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 was the idea of the people

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 who were in control

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 looking out for those who had been oppressed,

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 looking out for those who were being suppressed.

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 We call it in our core values

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 looking out for the lost

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 and the lonely

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 and the littlest

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 and the left out.

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 That's the role of these people

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 but they're not doing that.

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 The Pharisees aren't doing that.

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 Instead, we move to rebuke number three

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 starting in verse 43.

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 Woe to you Pharisees

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 for you love the best seat in the synagogues

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 and greetings in the marketplace.

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 That means that they like to go

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 and sit in the front of the synagogue

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 and be seen.

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 They like to see

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 and they like to have other people

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 to know where they were.

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 And the greetings in the marketplace

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 wasn't a simple,

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 hey, how you doing?

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 It's good to see you today, pastor.

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 It was a ritualistic,

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 extra-biblical thing

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 that they made people do.

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 They had to stop

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 and go through an entire rite with them

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 publicly

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 just so they could be seen.

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 Scratch that itch of pride.

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 And then he bookends it

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 with the worst woe, number four.

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 For you are like unmarked graves

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 and people walk over them

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 without knowing it.

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 In the beginning,

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 they had accused Jesus

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 because he didn't wash his hands

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 and Jesus is saying,

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 look, you're an unmarked grave.

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 And the significance of that

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 to this culture

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 is that touching anything dead

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 or being around anything dead

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 made you ceremonially unclean

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 for seven days.

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 And Jesus is saying,

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 not only are you doing that to people,

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 but they don't know

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 you're doing it to people.

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 In fact, they think

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 they're approaching

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 the leaders of the church,

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 the leaders of the people of God,

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 who are giving them good information.

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 But you're defiling them.

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 And while they're ceremonially unclean,

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 you're spewing more

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 of what you're spewing at them,

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 more of the venom that you have.

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 And you're leading them to death.

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 And that's a terrible thought

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 for people who are supposed to be

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 the ones leading people to life.

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 And all four of these rebukes

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 center on the title of this sermon.

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 The Pharisees are majoring on the minors.

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 They're not paying attention

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 to the heart of what the covenant is

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 and the heart of what the gospel is.

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 And instead, they're piling on to people.

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 And we'll see more of that in a minute

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 with the scribes.

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 I abhor abortion

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 with every fiber of my being.

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 Yet I was raised,

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 and I think many Gen Xers like me

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 were raised in a time

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 where I was not taught very well

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 how to think about abortion.

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 I was taught a lot of answers

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 that became more ideology

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 than they became interacting

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 with the gospel

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 on a terrible, heartbreaking issue.

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 It became politicized,

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 which is one of the problems, I think.

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 And I'm not condemning any people

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 in my past.

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 I'm saying the net effect

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 of that on me

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 was that I looked at abortion

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 as a set of things

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 that were an ideology

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 rather than the heartbreaking reality

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 of a life being lost.

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 and the heartbreaking reality

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 of someone

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 who could have been going

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 through the worst circumstances.

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 Instead, she's just kind of condemned

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 and lost and forgotten about.

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 And open and public displays

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 of condemning that

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 without the other side of that

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 being the compassionate

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 coming toward those people

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 in love,

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 men and women

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 who would have found themselves

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 in that situation.

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 And I can't help but think

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 that that's happening again

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 with a different issue now,

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 especially as I deal

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 and speak with the youth on it.

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 Emily and I,

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 and the boys,

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 well, three boys at the time,

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 moved to St. Louis

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 in the August of 2012.

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 And a few things happened

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 while we were living there,

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 none bigger than,

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 on August 9th,

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 Michael Brown was shot

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 by a police officer

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 and killed.

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 And I remember walking into work,

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 I worked full-time for the seminary,

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 and looking at a guy

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 that I worked with

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 and saying,

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 hey, this is going to end up

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 being a really big deal.

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 And he looked at me

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 and was like,

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 no, this happens all the time.

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 And I said,

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 yeah,

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 I think this is going to end up

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 being a really big deal

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 and I didn't know why.

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 And that was the beginning

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 of me walking

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 for the rest of the time

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 we lived there

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 with African-American brothers

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 and sisters,

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 many of whom were in the PCA,

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 through a situation

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 that I kind of thought

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 I knew about.

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 Most of my friends growing up

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 were African-American.

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 I'd seen a few things

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 being in that situation.

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 But what I was experiencing there

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 was something different

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 because there was

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 some kind of a heart change

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 that was going on

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 inside of me

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 toward the issue.

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 And for the first time

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 in my life,

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 I truly began

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 to understand

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 my neglect

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 and my pride

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 toward the issue

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 of racial reconciliation

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 and of systematic injustice

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 and things like that.

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 And really what Jesus

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 is talking about here

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 is that,

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 is the response to that,

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 not the conclusions

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 we draw from that.

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 And I saw that my response

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 was really steeped

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 in an ideology

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 that I'd either developed

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 or been taught,

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 culturally, personally,

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 I don't know.

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 And yet here I was

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 face to face

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 with believers

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 who I knew

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 and who I trusted

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 who were telling me things

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 that were wholly other

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 than what I had ever experienced

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 or known.

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 and my heart

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 began to break

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 because of how much sin

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 I saw inside of myself

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 in that situation.

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 As God's people,

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 we are to be rushing

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 to those situations

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 and leading the way,

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 not in solving

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 all of the problems

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 because that's not

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 what we can do

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 and that's not

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 what God calls us to do

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 but he calls us

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 to rush to the situations

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 with compassion

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 and with mercy

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 and with patience

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 and with understanding

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 and with love.

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 All of those things

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 I read that Paul spoke

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 of in Colossians.

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 Not to mention

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 the historical reality

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 of who God's people

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 are in the earth.

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 We're meant to be

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 a taste of the kingdom

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 for everybody

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 that comes in contact

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 with us.

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 And a lot of the time

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 we're judged

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 on that first thing

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 that happens,

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 that response.

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 How do we respond?

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 And that's where

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 I felt condemned

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 because my first response

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 is always a knee-jerk thing

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 that's not very indicative

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 of what I should be rushing to.

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 I rush to my ideology

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 and I don't rush

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 to the gospel.

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 I don't rush

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 to consider

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 how might God

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 be working

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 in this situation.

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 What is broken?

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 What is not broken?

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 How do I engage

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 with that

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 trusting

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 that my role

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 is not to be the fixer

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 or to hold on

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 too tightly

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 to things

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 that I don't want

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 to change

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 but it's actually

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 just to be present

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 and to act

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 like a Christian

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 the way that God

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 has called me

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 to be.

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 And don't hear

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 what I'm not saying.

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 I'm not discussing

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 conclusions.

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 I'm discussing

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 initial response.

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 And we can see

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 the hearts

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 of the Pharisees

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 in this situation

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 not responding

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 but instead

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 deserving rebuke.

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 And the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ

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 lets me know

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 where I stand

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 as a humble sinner

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 completely in need

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 of saving.

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 And I can't stand here

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 and bind anyone's conscience

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 based upon conclusions

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 or outcomes.

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 Can't do that.

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 But I can absolutely

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 point to a scripture

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 that demands

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 for you

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 and me

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 to humbly

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 and patiently

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 and compassionately

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 and lovingly

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 seek out

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 and to listen

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 to our brothers

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 and sisters

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 and to listen

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 to people

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 of all sorts

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 of races

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 because we are

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 the ones

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 who are the dominant

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 culture

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 not differently

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 than what Micah

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 was speaking to.

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 And it's important

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 that we understand

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 as the church

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 our responsibility

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 to be out

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 in front of that.

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 Our posture

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 is what is at stake

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 well before the outcome

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 of any of these situations.

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 And defensiveness

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 and self-preservationist motives

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 are exactly

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 what Jesus

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 is condemning here.

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 And this isn't lost

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 on the audience

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 as we see

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 when we move on

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 to the lawyers

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 who said,

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 hey man

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 wait a second

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 you're talking about them

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 we're the ones

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 who supply them

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 with a lot

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 of our information

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 so what you're saying

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 you're talking about us too

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 slow down buddy

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 we invited you to dinner.

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 Actually

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 the verb

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 or the noun there

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 would suggest

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 it was earlier

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 in the day meal

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 but anyway

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 we invited you

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 to eat with us.

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 And Jesus starts

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 levying some woes

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 on them

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 and your second point

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 there in the outline

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 is repentance

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 versus reaction.

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 what does being faced

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 with the reality

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 of the gospel

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 cause you to rush to?

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 Does it prick your heart

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 in a way

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 that would

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 cause you

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 to desire

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 to repent

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 and even seek out

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 what those things are

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 to repent of?

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 Or do we just

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 viscerally react?

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 Let's see what

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 the lawyers did

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 lawyers, scribes

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 they studied the law

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 they advised the Pharisees

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 ultimately they're the ones

00:21:55.840 --> 00:21:56.620
 who killed Jesus.

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 Woe number one

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 was unnecessary burdens

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:02.820
 we see in verse 46.

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 What are you lawyers also

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 for you load people

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 with burdens

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 hard to bear

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 and you yourselves

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:08.320
 don't touch the burdens

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 with one of your fingers.

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 It was interesting

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 to read different commentators

00:22:12.840 --> 00:22:13.580
 discuss this

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 because they're discussing

00:22:14.660 --> 00:22:15.660
 a couple of different things.

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 One

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 they're talking

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 about several things

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:19.220
 that they add on

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:19.920
 to the requirements

00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.400
 of the law

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 and the gospel

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 I mean I'm sorry

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 the law

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 and

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 two things

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 are probably happening

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 one

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 the people can't

00:22:31.400 --> 00:22:32.559
 meet the requirements

00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.100
 that they're adding

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:34.339
 they're burdening the people

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 and the people

00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:35.960
 have no ability

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.860
 to rise to it

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 and so

00:22:38.360 --> 00:22:39.000
 and it's hopeless

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:39.940
 because if you can't

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.500
 rise to it

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 there's no other way

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.200
 these are the people

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:42.799
 who are telling you

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.400
 the way to God

00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:44.900
 and so if you can't

00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:45.319
 rise to that

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 and the other part

00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:46.700
 of that is

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.079
 they weren't even

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:47.779
 doing it themselves

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 and they didn't care

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 it was hypocritical

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.720
 of them

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 and Jesus

00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:52.680
 is pointing that out

00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:53.100
 saying this is

00:22:53.100 --> 00:22:54.039
 this is not right

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 this is not good

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:58.740
 so going back

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.120
 to what he said

00:22:59.120 --> 00:22:59.759
 to the Pharisees

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 in place of justice

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 and mercy

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 you're actually

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:04.360
 levying

00:23:04.360 --> 00:23:06.160
 undue burden

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:08.400
 and hypocrisy

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:09.120
 on these people

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 stay with me

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 for these next couple

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 because they're

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 they're a little bit

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 it was difficult to read

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 I'm sure it was difficult

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 to hear

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:18.600
 and I'll try

00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:19.259
 to explain it

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.779
 a little bit

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:21.519
 because it's

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:22.319
 it's very important

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:23.220
 what Jesus was saying

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:24.519
 the second woe

00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:25.240
 was the woe

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:26.039
 of the tombs

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:28.380
 verses 47

00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:29.220
 and 48

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:31.319
 woe to you

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:31.940
 for you build

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.440
 the tombs

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:33.079
 of the prophets

00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:33.860
 whom your fathers

00:23:33.860 --> 00:23:34.319
 killed

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:36.920
 so your witnesses

00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:38.059
 and you consent

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.600
 to the deeds

00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:39.220
 of your fathers

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:40.059
 for they killed them

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:41.180
 and you built

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:41.880
 their tombs

00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:46.680
 these people

00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.180
 obviously didn't

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.880
 kill the prophets

00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:51.220
 what he's speaking

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.580
 of there

00:23:51.580 --> 00:23:52.620
 is their complicit

00:23:52.620 --> 00:23:54.060
 response

00:23:54.060 --> 00:23:55.040
 to what

00:23:55.040 --> 00:23:55.880
 their fathers

00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:56.520
 had done

00:23:56.520 --> 00:23:58.720
 their motivations

00:23:58.720 --> 00:24:00.100
 show their collusion

00:24:00.100 --> 00:24:01.800
 and much like

00:24:01.800 --> 00:24:02.160
 he does

00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:03.600
 in Matthew 5

00:24:03.600 --> 00:24:04.260
 when we see

00:24:04.260 --> 00:24:04.980
 Jesus talking

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.960
 about

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:07.480
 if you even

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.120
 think

00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:09.100
 sexually

00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:09.760
 about a woman

00:24:09.760 --> 00:24:11.000
 you have

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.860
 committed adultery

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:12.500
 and even

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.079
 if you

00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:13.559
 think

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.639
 hateful thoughts

00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:15.240
 about your brother

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.719
 you've committed

00:24:15.719 --> 00:24:16.019
 murder

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.679
 this is another

00:24:16.679 --> 00:24:18.159
 floor and ceiling

00:24:18.159 --> 00:24:19.019
 type of a thing

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:21.019
 they would say

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.139
 well

00:24:21.139 --> 00:24:22.579
 they killed him

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.459
 back several hundred

00:24:23.459 --> 00:24:23.859
 years ago

00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:24.279
 this didn't have

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.740
 anything to do

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.219
 with us

00:24:25.219 --> 00:24:26.979
 and Jesus is saying

00:24:26.979 --> 00:24:27.879
 no you're not

00:24:27.879 --> 00:24:28.740
 you're missing the point

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:30.159
 you are complicit

00:24:30.159 --> 00:24:30.759
 in this

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:33.899
 willingly complicit

00:24:33.899 --> 00:24:34.500
 in this

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 so

00:24:37.219 --> 00:24:38.359
 verses 49

00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:38.839
 and 51

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:39.419
 this will be more

00:24:39.419 --> 00:24:40.159
 of an explanatory

00:24:40.159 --> 00:24:40.719
 aside

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:42.960
 but therefore

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.559
 also

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:44.519
 the wisdom

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.019
 of God

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.500
 said

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:46.799
 the NIV

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.339
 I really like

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:47.480
 there

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:47.700
 it said

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.299
 God in his

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:48.700
 wisdom

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.200
 said

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:51.220
 that

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:53.160
 I lost

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:53.480
 myself

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:53.700
 there

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.740
 I will send

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.200
 the prophets

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.759
 and apostles

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.380
 some of whom

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:56.980
 they will kill

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.680
 and persecute

00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:58.259
 so this is part

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.960
 of God's plan

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.440
 that this is

00:24:59.440 --> 00:24:59.980
 going to happen

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:01.140
 so that the

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:01.640
 blood of all

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:02.079
 the prophets

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:02.660
 shed from the

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.259
 foundation of the

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:03.819
 world may be

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.500
 charged against

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.039
 you guys

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.799
 this generation

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:07.059
 from the blood

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.440
 of Abel

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:07.880
 who we don't

00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:08.339
 usually think

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:08.759
 about as a

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.019
 prophet

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:11.420
 but he was

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:12.259
 someone who

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.299
 embraced love

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:13.799
 for God

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.500
 we could say

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:14.900
 embraced the

00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:15.119
 covenant

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:15.460
 from the

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:15.779
 heart

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:17.639
 to Zechariah

00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:19.579
 and Zechariah

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:19.980
 is a little bit

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.680
 hard to pin down

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:21.400
 but most likely

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:22.059
 if you have a

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.879
 study Bible

00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:23.339
 in front of you

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:23.660
 you'll look at

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.259
 the note there

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:25.240
 most likely

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.180
 it was Zechariah

00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:27.639
 in 2 Chronicles

00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:28.759
 which in the

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.299
 Hebrew Bible

00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:30.059
 means that

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.980
 Jesus was laying

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.720
 out for them

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.240
 Abel

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:33.000
 in the beginning

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.599
 of the Hebrew

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.000
 Bible

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.859
 all the way

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:35.519
 to Zechariah

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.139
 at the end

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:36.640
 of the Hebrew

00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.060
 Bible

00:25:37.060 --> 00:25:38.100
 you're responsible

00:25:38.100 --> 00:25:39.400
 for all of this

00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:41.160
 this blood

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:42.240
 is on you

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:45.640
 and woe number

00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:46.180
 three

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:49.480
 which is

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:51.360
 going again

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:51.800
 back to

00:25:51.800 --> 00:25:52.200
 similar

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:52.820
 to the

00:25:52.820 --> 00:25:53.780
 final rebuke

00:25:53.780 --> 00:25:54.380
 against the

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:55.020
 Pharisees

00:25:55.020 --> 00:25:55.620
 with the

00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:56.420
 unmarked graves

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:58.480
 verse 52

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.860
 woe to you

00:25:59.860 --> 00:26:00.300
 lawyers

00:26:00.300 --> 00:26:00.800
 for you've

00:26:00.800 --> 00:26:01.340
 taken away

00:26:01.340 --> 00:26:01.680
 the key

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.259
 of knowledge

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:04.140
 you did

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.460
 not enter

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.039
 yourselves

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:06.460
 and you

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:06.740
 hindered

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.299
 those who

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:07.579
 were

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.140
 entering

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:11.160
 key of

00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:11.680
 knowledge

00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:12.799
 that idea

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.619
 that they

00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:14.319
 had the

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:14.640
 key

00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:15.140
 as the

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:15.519
 teachers

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:15.960
 of the

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.319
 law

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:17.059
 and the

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:17.879
 ones who

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:18.279
 review

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:19.059
 and translate

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:20.279
 and advise

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:20.680
 on the

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.039
 law

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:22.339
 that they

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:23.019
 never even

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:24.220
 knew it

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.720
 themselves

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:27.039
 and not only

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.480
 that but

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.119
 because of

00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:28.759
 what he said

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:28.960
 at the

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.339
 beginning

00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:30.279
 that they

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:30.980
 were burdening

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.940
 unnecessarily

00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:32.620
 the people

00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:33.220
 of Israel

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:34.660
 God's chosen

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.299
 people with

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:35.759
 all of these

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.240
 other things

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.680
 was hindering

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.440
 them from

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:38.039
 getting inside

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.440
 as well

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:39.759
 they didn't

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.080
 have the

00:26:40.080 --> 00:26:40.299
 key

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:42.160
 you don't

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:42.920
 have the

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.160
 key

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:43.860
 and you're

00:26:43.860 --> 00:26:44.220
 keeping other

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.620
 people who

00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:45.140
 want to go

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:45.720
 in from

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.380
 going in

00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:50.380
 pretty harsh

00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:51.720
 stuff

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:54.660
 and then we

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:55.519
 see in

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:58.059
 53 and

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.600
 54

00:26:58.600 --> 00:27:00.920
 what reaction

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.680
 looks like

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:03.980
 because in

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.320
 repentance

00:27:04.320 --> 00:27:04.799
 you hear

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.480
 that and

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:07.340
 tear your

00:27:07.340 --> 00:27:07.900
 clothes

00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.279
 right

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:09.500
 lay in

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.060
 sackcloth

00:27:10.060 --> 00:27:10.519
 and ashes

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:11.039
 like the

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.539
 Ninevites

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:13.740
 and as

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.620
 Jesus alluded

00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:15.100
 to in the

00:27:15.100 --> 00:27:15.440
 sign of

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:15.740
 Jonah

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.779
 you realize

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.220
 who you

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.539
 are

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.019
 how you've

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.259
 acted

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.799
 before a

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.279
 holy God

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.600
 how much

00:27:19.600 --> 00:27:20.060
 more so

00:27:20.060 --> 00:27:20.620
 for the

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:21.000
 people who

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.360
 were supposed

00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:21.759
 to be the

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.080
 leaders

00:27:22.080 --> 00:27:24.039
 but they

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.220
 don't

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:24.519
 repent

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:26.700
 they react

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:29.339
 and this

00:27:29.339 --> 00:27:29.819
 language

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:31.259
 is so

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:32.000
 strong in

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.460
 the original

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:33.799
 language that

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.480
 it's hard to

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:34.839
 catch in

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:35.519
 English but I

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:35.839
 think in

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.359
 English it's

00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:36.920
 pretty strong

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.379
 also

00:27:37.379 --> 00:27:38.819
 as he went

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.279
 away from

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:39.700
 there the

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.259
 scribes and

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:41.139
 Pharisees began

00:27:41.139 --> 00:27:41.940
 to press him

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:43.400
 hard and to

00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:44.139
 provoke him to

00:27:44.139 --> 00:27:45.039
 speak about many

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:46.160
 things lying in

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:46.900
 wait for him to

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:47.480
 catch him in

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.079
 something that he

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:49.279
 might say and

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.839
 as I was reading

00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:50.779
 this the visual

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.779
 image I had was

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:53.319
 someone trying to

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:54.240
 leave and like a

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:55.119
 pack of dogs

00:27:55.119 --> 00:27:56.399
 circling him and

00:27:56.399 --> 00:27:57.879
 foaming at the

00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:58.440
 mouth and

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:59.279
 seething and

00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:01.139
 angrily going

00:28:01.139 --> 00:28:02.000
 at Jesus

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:04.539
 trying to get

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.660
 him to show

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:07.259
 that he's not

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:08.000
 who he's claiming

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.519
 to be

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:11.039
 because if he's

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.700
 who he's claiming

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.299
 to be

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:13.879
 who are they

00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:21.319
 there are many

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:23.460
 difficult things

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.539
 facing us as the

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.099
 church of Jesus

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:26.980
 Christ today

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:29.759
 and we

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:31.559
 we can't help

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:32.259
 but look and

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.799
 see that we

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.980
 stand in the

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.639
 midst of some

00:28:34.639 --> 00:28:35.059
 kind of a

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.960
 transition in our

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:38.220
 country and it's

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:40.619
 scary to think

00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:41.399
 that the things

00:28:41.399 --> 00:28:42.000
 that were might

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.519
 not be the

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.359
 things that are

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:43.899
 or the things

00:28:43.899 --> 00:28:44.619
 that will be

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:46.319
 and we clutch

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:47.159
 and we grasp

00:28:47.159 --> 00:28:48.220
 and that's that's

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:49.359
 my I shouldn't

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:50.179
 lay that on you

00:28:50.179 --> 00:28:50.779
 that can be my

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.240
 reaction

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:53.259
 to what's

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:53.799
 happening

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:55.660
 and what's

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.299
 going on

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:58.740
 we think of

00:28:58.740 --> 00:29:00.859
 the immigrants

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:02.079
 from Syria

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:03.059
 and from Haiti

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:04.359
 from the

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:05.140
 Dominican Republic

00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:06.740
 from Cuba

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.599
 from Central

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:07.960
 and South

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.460
 America

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.180
 from other

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.700
 places

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:15.960
 we have been

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.400
 in war

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:16.799
 at war

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.319
 for a long

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:17.980
 time in one

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.859
 place and now

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.380
 we're scared

00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:19.860
 of a war

00:29:19.860 --> 00:29:20.440
 starting in

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.220
 another place

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:22.500
 potentially

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:26.720
 and then

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.520
 we even

00:29:27.520 --> 00:29:29.340
 think about

00:29:29.340 --> 00:29:29.620
 in our

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:30.200
 recreation

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:32.620
 which is going

00:29:32.620 --> 00:29:33.060
 to be interesting

00:29:33.060 --> 00:29:33.820
 to see today

00:29:33.820 --> 00:29:35.580
 how many players

00:29:35.580 --> 00:29:36.640
 if not whole

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.780
 teams in the NFL

00:29:37.780 --> 00:29:38.700
 are going to

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.880
 respond to the

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.800
 call from many

00:29:40.800 --> 00:29:41.420
 for them to be

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:41.920
 silenced

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:46.060
 and the question

00:29:46.060 --> 00:29:48.279
 that faces us

00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:50.560
 is what about

00:29:50.560 --> 00:29:50.960
 us

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:53.460
 what about you

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:54.140
 and what about

00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:54.519
 me

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:57.060
 the church

00:29:57.060 --> 00:29:58.420
 the people

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:58.980
 of God

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.519
 we're called

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.019
 to lead

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.380
 in these

00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:00.800
 things

00:30:00.800 --> 00:30:02.759
 we're not

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.480
 called to sit

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:04.039
 back and wait

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.500
 for others

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.259
 to respond

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.740
 and then

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:07.200
 see how it

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.740
 goes

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:10.400
 we're to

00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:10.680
 lead

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.019
 so that

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.279
 others

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.839
 can have

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.299
 a taste

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:12.640
 of the

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:12.960
 kingdom

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:17.779
 do we

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.319
 begin

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:19.359
 to think

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:19.599
 about

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:20.380
 situations

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:22.019
 with

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.680
 compassion

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:24.400
 and with

00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:24.839
 mercy

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:27.440
 with a

00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:27.980
 desire

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.299
 and a

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.599
 passion

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.460
 for justice

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:31.740
 and patience

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:33.579
 and kindness

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.440
 and loving

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:37.500
 do we

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:37.880
 pray

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.340
 do we

00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:38.580
 care

00:30:38.580 --> 00:30:38.900
 to

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:41.279
 and if

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.559
 we do

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:41.900
 do we

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:42.299
 do we

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:42.460
 pray

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:42.660
 with

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:43.080
 passion

00:30:43.080 --> 00:30:43.299
 and

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.880
 heartbreak

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:45.940
 for those

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.460
 who stand

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:46.880
 to suffer

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.360
 greatly

00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:52.420
 or do we

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:52.700
 begin

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:52.880
 with

00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:53.400
 ideology

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:56.680
 do we

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.180
 rush out

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.640
 with bleeding

00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:58.039
 hearts

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.440
 to seek

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:58.759
 a quick

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.220
 fix

00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:00.880
 until the

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.320
 next thing

00:31:01.320 --> 00:31:02.080
 flashes across

00:31:02.080 --> 00:31:02.500
 the news

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:02.820
 screen

00:31:02.820 --> 00:31:03.180
 that we

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:03.519
 need to

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:03.779
 go

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:05.440
 and be

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:06.079
 championing

00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:06.519
 that next

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:06.960
 cause

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:11.599
 do we

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.059
 react

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:12.420
 with

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:13.660
 condemnation

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:14.319
 and premise

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:17.279
 coldness

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:18.420
 and a

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:18.839
 lack of

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.160
 willingness

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:20.200
 to engage

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:25.379
 or do we

00:31:25.379 --> 00:31:25.899
 understand

00:31:25.899 --> 00:31:26.500
 who we

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:26.980
 are

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:29.079
 at the

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.299
 foot of

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:29.879
 the cross

00:31:29.879 --> 00:31:32.980
 Jesus

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.640
 calls

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:34.079
 I think

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.380
 this is

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:34.640
 in your

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:35.039
 bulletin

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.319
 I'm not

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:35.519
 sure

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:35.779
 Jesus

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.480
 calls his

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:36.880
 followers

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.620
 to examine

00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:38.079
 their heart

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:38.620
 motivations

00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:39.259
 at every

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.680
 turn

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:42.200
 and the

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:42.860
 question for

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.400
 us is

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:43.920
 when we

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.519
 lead

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:46.640
 do we

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:47.120
 follow

00:31:47.120 --> 00:31:48.980
 my wife

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.299
 looked at me

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:49.740
 cross-eyed

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.160
 when I told

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.519
 her that was

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:50.779
 going to be

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:50.960
 in the

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.400
 bulletin

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:52.620
 and here's

00:31:52.620 --> 00:31:52.799
 what I

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.079
 meant by

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.440
 that

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:57.720
 all of

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:57.860
 our

00:31:57.860 --> 00:31:58.340
 situations

00:31:58.340 --> 00:31:58.620
 are

00:31:58.620 --> 00:31:59.120
 impossible

00:31:59.120 --> 00:32:03.380
 whether we

00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:03.940
 levy our

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.740
 ideology on

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.200
 others

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:07.700
 as was done

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:07.920
 by the

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:08.279
 Pharisees

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:08.539
 and the

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.140
 scribes

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:10.820
 or we

00:32:10.820 --> 00:32:10.980
 have

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.840
 ideology

00:32:11.840 --> 00:32:12.299
 of others

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:12.600
 levied

00:32:12.600 --> 00:32:13.259
 upon us

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:16.059
 both of

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.259
 those

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:17.039
 situations

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:19.160
 they create

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:20.100
 impossible

00:32:20.100 --> 00:32:20.700
 outcomes

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.940
 and completely

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.400
 hopeless

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:23.000
 outcomes

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:24.360
 which is

00:32:24.360 --> 00:32:24.880
 probably the

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:25.539
 real tragedy

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:25.940
 that we

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.440
 read in

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:27.120
 this passage

00:32:27.120 --> 00:32:28.960
 that the

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:29.420
 people could

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:29.759
 not meet

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:29.960
 these

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:30.340
 standards

00:32:30.340 --> 00:32:31.100
 and there

00:32:31.100 --> 00:32:31.380
 was no

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:31.740
 hope for

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:31.980
 them

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:34.819
 and Jesus

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.519
 also presents

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.420
 us with an

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:36.779
 impossible

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.319
 outcome

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:38.140
 if we're

00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:38.420
 left to

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:38.980
 ourselves

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:40.960
 but the

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.380
 difference is

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:41.600
 that he

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:42.059
 covers the

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.819
 impossibilities

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:45.200
 we are

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.860
 unable to

00:32:45.860 --> 00:32:47.019
 respond in

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.840
 and of

00:32:47.840 --> 00:32:48.259
 ourselves

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.700
 because it's

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.240
 not natural

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.960
 to be inclined

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.360
 to the

00:32:50.360 --> 00:32:50.680
 things of

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:51.000
 God

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:53.560
 and we're

00:32:53.560 --> 00:32:54.000
 not able

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.740
 to repent

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:57.039
 not because

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:58.180
 just because

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.600
 we lack

00:32:58.600 --> 00:32:58.860
 the

00:32:58.860 --> 00:32:59.580
 inclination

00:32:59.580 --> 00:33:01.039
 but we

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.700
 also don't

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:02.100
 have the

00:33:02.100 --> 00:33:02.500
 ability

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:06.420
 and that's

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:06.940
 the beauty

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.680
 of where

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:08.380
 we are

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:09.060
 as the

00:33:09.060 --> 00:33:09.519
 people of

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:09.759
 God

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.220
 when found

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:10.900
 in Christ

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:12.920
 because through

00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:13.299
 Jesus

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.840
 who's our

00:33:13.840 --> 00:33:14.220
 perfect

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.580
 covenant

00:33:14.580 --> 00:33:15.259
 representative

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:18.180
 our

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.620
 Savior

00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:19.940
 our God

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.560
 the one

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:21.720
 through whom

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.200
 all things

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:22.480
 have been

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:22.879
 made

00:33:22.879 --> 00:33:24.460
 when he

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:25.179
 condescends

00:33:25.179 --> 00:33:25.679
 to sinners

00:33:25.679 --> 00:33:26.299
 like me

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:27.799
 and sinners

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.539
 like you

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:31.460
 we have

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:32.099
 the ability

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:33.720
 to do

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.579
 these things

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:36.579
 not because

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:37.339
 suddenly we

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:37.960
 want to

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.539
 but because

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:39.779
 he brings

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.419
 that about

00:33:40.419 --> 00:33:41.200
 in us

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:42.839
 and in

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.519
 our hearts

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:47.220
 he sends

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:47.519
 down

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:48.319
 closely to

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:48.599
 us

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:48.960
 and he

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:49.220
 says

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:49.819
 follow me

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:52.220
 and when

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.619
 you follow

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:52.980
 me

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:54.119
 I'm going

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:54.339
 to give

00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:54.579
 you the

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:54.900
 ability

00:33:54.900 --> 00:33:55.359
 to follow

00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:55.700
 me

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:59.099
 how can

00:33:59.099 --> 00:33:59.539
 this not

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.099
 humble us

00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:00.400
 as the

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:00.799
 people of

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.099
 God

00:34:01.099 --> 00:34:03.220
 how can

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:03.839
 this not

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:05.480
 drive us

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:06.400
 to lead

00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:09.960
 how can

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.579
 this not

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:10.980
 spur

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.820
 conversations

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.240
 of the

00:34:12.240 --> 00:34:12.639
 gospel

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.119
 and the

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.400
 goodness

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:13.760
 of the

00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:14.119
 grace

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.579
 of Jesus

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.200
 Christ

00:34:15.200 --> 00:34:16.720
 with everyone

00:34:16.720 --> 00:34:17.680
 around us

00:34:17.680 --> 00:34:19.840
 how can

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:20.240
 our hearts

00:34:20.240 --> 00:34:20.780
 not be

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:21.200
 pricked

00:34:21.200 --> 00:34:22.019
 at signs

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.720
 of injustice

00:34:22.720 --> 00:34:25.740
 at signs

00:34:25.740 --> 00:34:26.280
 of people

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:27.559
 running to

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:28.139
 ideology

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:29.119
 for comfort

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:30.579
 passionately

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.260
 screaming

00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:32.720
 about politics

00:34:32.720 --> 00:34:33.660
 or anything

00:34:33.660 --> 00:34:34.280
 other than

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:34.740
 the love

00:34:34.740 --> 00:34:35.160
 of Jesus

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:35.679
 Christ

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:39.379
 and so

00:34:39.379 --> 00:34:39.819
 when we're

00:34:39.819 --> 00:34:40.219
 out there

00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:41.019
 leading with

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.259
 those

00:34:41.259 --> 00:34:42.000
 conversations

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.839
 that are

00:34:42.839 --> 00:34:43.239
 put on

00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:43.920
 our hearts

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:45.779
 because of

00:34:45.779 --> 00:34:46.199
 the Holy

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:46.699
 Spirit

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.779
 that's coming

00:34:47.779 --> 00:34:48.219
 from both

00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:48.799
 the Father

00:34:48.799 --> 00:34:49.500
 who loves

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:49.799
 us

00:34:49.799 --> 00:34:50.480
 and his

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:50.759
 Son

00:34:50.759 --> 00:34:51.119
 who is

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:51.539
 our King

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:52.159
 and Savior

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:54.920
 the Holy

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.500
 Spirit is

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.440
 driving us

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:57.079
 into those

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.699
 situations

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:58.119
 and we

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.480
 don't have

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:58.719
 to be

00:34:58.719 --> 00:34:59.099
 afraid

00:34:59.099 --> 00:35:02.039
 you don't

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.639
 look dumb

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:03.000
 when you

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.480
 walk into

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.219
 a situation

00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:05.019
 because it's

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.699
 not politically

00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:07.000
 right where

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.579
 we live

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:13.239
 you're part

00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:13.460
 of the

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:13.880
 kingdom of

00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:14.179
 God

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:16.519
 as God's

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:16.800
 people

00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:17.679
 we lead

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:18.099
 in those

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:18.780
 situations

00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:22.079
 and when

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:22.599
 we lead

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:22.940
 in those

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.500
 situations

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:24.360
 by following

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:24.820
 Jesus

00:35:24.820 --> 00:35:27.099
 that's when

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:27.739
 reconciliation

00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:28.719
 happens

00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:30.639
 not because

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:31.320
 we bring it

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:31.739
 about

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 but because

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.539
 we're willing

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.019
 to be

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.459
 there

00:35:34.459 --> 00:35:36.019
 and be

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.579
 patient

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:39.539
 to respond

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:40.699
 and to

00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:41.099
 repent

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:44.719
 we're known

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:45.619
 into the

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.279
 deepest parts

00:35:46.279 --> 00:35:46.599
 of our

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:47.059
 being

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:47.639
 by a

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:47.939
 God

00:35:47.939 --> 00:35:48.500
 who still

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:48.979
 loved us

00:35:48.979 --> 00:35:49.439
 and pursued

00:35:49.439 --> 00:35:49.919
 us while

00:35:49.919 --> 00:35:50.459
 we were yet

00:35:50.459 --> 00:35:50.759
 sinners

00:35:50.759 --> 00:35:51.459
 Christ died

00:35:51.459 --> 00:35:52.099
 for us

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:56.659
 we don't

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:57.239
 have to be

00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:57.779
 afraid of

00:35:57.779 --> 00:35:58.079
 that

00:35:58.079 --> 00:36:00.719
 so I

00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:00.839
 want to

00:36:00.839 --> 00:36:01.360
 encourage us

00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:01.639
 as we

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:02.239
 leave today

00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:04.079
 after our

00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:05.199
 15 minute or

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:05.559
 so

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.679
 congregational

00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:06.920
 meeting

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:08.579
 I want to

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:09.299
 encourage us

00:36:09.299 --> 00:36:10.239
 to consider

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:12.179
 how do we

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.679
 respond

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:14.579
 and how do

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:15.099
 we repent

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:20.500
 because we

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:20.719
 have a

00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:21.139
 father who

00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:21.599
 loves us

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.139
 very very

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:22.559
 much

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:24.579
 and his

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:25.279
 son stands

00:36:25.279 --> 00:36:25.819
 there on

00:36:25.819 --> 00:36:26.500
 our behalf

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.579
 interceding

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:28.179
 for us

00:36:28.179 --> 00:36:31.599
 and we're

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:32.159
 his church

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:32.500
 we're the

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:32.860
 taste of

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.279
 his kingdom

00:36:33.279 --> 00:36:33.719
 here on

00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:34.019
 earth

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:35.619
 and we're

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:35.980
 called to

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.420
 do that

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:37.719
 pray with

00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:38.159
 me please

00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:42.659
 father we're

00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:43.360
 grateful for

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:44.239
 your love

00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:44.559
 and your

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:45.079
 care for

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:45.579
 us

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:47.380
 we're

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:48.079
 grateful for

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:48.239
 the

00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:48.900
 responsibilities

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:49.519
 you put

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.259
 on us

00:36:50.259 --> 00:36:51.860
 as your

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:52.279
 people

00:36:52.279 --> 00:36:53.759
 not because

00:36:53.759 --> 00:36:54.579
 we can rise

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:54.900
 to the

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:55.319
 challenge

00:36:55.319 --> 00:36:55.659
 and not

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:56.219
 because we're

00:36:56.219 --> 00:36:56.759
 worthy of

00:36:56.759 --> 00:36:57.039
 them

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:59.319
 but because

00:36:59.319 --> 00:37:00.759
 you're not

00:37:00.759 --> 00:37:01.239
 going to

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:01.699
 leave us

00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:02.420
 or forsake

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:02.819
 us

00:37:02.819 --> 00:37:05.819
 it's a joy

00:37:05.819 --> 00:37:06.759
 to respond

00:37:06.759 --> 00:37:07.599
 to your

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:08.279
 Holy Spirit

00:37:08.279 --> 00:37:11.420
 it's a joy

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:13.079
 to repent

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:15.880
 because we

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:16.239
 know how

00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:16.539
 much you

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:17.119
 love us

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:19.539
 help us

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:19.779
 to look

00:37:19.779 --> 00:37:20.119
 to your

00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:20.460
 son

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:23.219
 help us

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:23.719
 to lead

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.059
 as your

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:24.539
 church

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:25.659
 in the

00:37:25.659 --> 00:37:26.000
 world

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:28.880
 in his

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:29.299
 great name

00:37:29.299 --> 00:37:29.739
 we pray

00:37:29.739 --> 00:37:30.579
 amen

00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:34.719
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00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:35.239
 information

00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:36.019
 visit us

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.519
 online

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:36.920
 at

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:37.819
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00:37:38.220 --> 00:37:40.059
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00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:41.820
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00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:43.380
 and

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:43.980
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00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:45.080
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