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 Luke chapter 7, a meal together is always, or can, no it's not always, that's a wrong

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 statement.

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 A meal together can be a wonderful time.

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 It can be miserable too, but there are several different reasons why somebody will invite

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 you to lunch or to invite you to dinner.

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 Have you ever been in a situation where somebody invited you to lunch or invited you to dinner

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 and you really didn't know why you were going?

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 You didn't know the real reason why you got invited?

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 I want to warn you that it's not always what it appears and you can lose your appetite

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 over wondering why you were invited to start with.

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 Sometimes people invite you for a ketchup meal, you know, just want to catch up.

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 We haven't seen each other in a while.

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 I had a buddy of mine that I grew up with that invited me on what I thought was a ketchup

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 meal a few years back and I found out he was selling something.

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 Somebody's always got something in the trunk, you know, but anyway, he was selling something.

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 He was trying to convince me to buy food in bulk to the point that if I bought enough,

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 they'd give me a freezer.

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 I thought, I don't think I need that much food today.

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 Let's just eat lunch, okay?

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 That's a little bit different than the old meat truck that I debated about driving in

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 college to get by one summer and making the rounds door to door.

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 Some people just want to catch up and some people want to win you over and that's exactly why

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 he invited me because he wanted to win me over and make a little money off of me and that's

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 what he was doing.

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 Other times people want to invite you over just to find out some information.

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 You know, you eat whatever's on the dish and then you get down to the real dish afterwards.

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 Tell me more.

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 I want to know.

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 And then sometimes it could be a dressing down.

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 They want you on their own turf to tell you their problem with what you're doing.

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 So Jesus was invited to eat dinner with Simon.

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 Now, don't get you Simons mixed up.

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 This is not Simon Peter.

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 This is instead a Pharisee named Simon.

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 And I don't think he caught Jesus by surprise.

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 Well, I'll be honest with you.

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 I know he didn't.

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 But whatever his motive was, he appears that he invited Jesus out of curiosity.

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 Jesus was making an impact.

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 Rumors were spreading.

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 People were excited and other people didn't like it and the message had got out.

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 And at this point, the message was that whoever Jesus is, he is a powerful man.

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 He is changing people's life.

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 There's something supernatural about him.

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 And they couldn't really define what all that meant, but there was something supernatural about that.

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 And as a Pharisee, as one of those chief priests and elders, as the religious aristocracy,

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 he's looking at this and seeing what's happening.

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 Now, is God speaking to him in his heart?

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 Maybe.

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 But the reality is, what he led Jesus there for was to try to get him somewhat in a trap.

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 But in the midst of this dinner, something else happened.

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 Now, I want you to understand the context.

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 When a treasured guest comes to visit a nice house of another, in this culture, it was quite a greeting.

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 I mean, whereas we answer the door with a handshake or a fist bump or whatever,

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 they opened the door and greeted guests with a kiss.

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 I'd wake you up.

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 Somebody invited you over to dinner, wouldn't it?

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 They didn't take their coat.

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 They had a servant wash their bare feet or wash their sandaled feet.

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 And then another may, in really nice places, may anoint their head with oil to refresh you, to bless you.

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 You can tell a nice restaurant.

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 When you go to the restroom, I always check the restroom if you want to know if the restaurant is really nice.

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 Just a little secret.

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 But when you go in the restroom, if they have mouthwash or cologne, men, I don't know what the ladies have,

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 but men, if they have that on the counter, you're paying way too much for supper.

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 I can tell you that.

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 And the difference in who rich folk are and us are normal folk,

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 if people take you to a good restaurant and they get an appetizer and dessert, that's rich folk, you know.

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 If you get both, sometimes you splurge and get one or the other, but that's rich folk.

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 But the anointing of the head with oil was kind of like that mouthwash in the bathroom.

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 It was kind of like that cologne, but it was, of course, a lot more personal.

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 Apparently, none of that happened when Jesus entered this house.

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 But folks knew he was there.

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 It was not odd in that day for those who would not be invited to such a dinner as this to come by.

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 Houses had openings for windows.

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 And it was not odd for people who would be passing by and hear of big folk eating together

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 to just see what it was like and to stick their head in the window

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 and to watch what was going on as the meal.

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 It would be odd in our culture, but in reality, in that day,

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 sometimes they'd even come in and sit along the walls and just listen and watch.

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 That may have been the case here regardless.

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 For whatever reason, a woman with a reputation of disrepute came on the scene

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 and our passage talks about what she did.

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 Talks about the host's reaction to what she did

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 and the parable that Jesus shared to share truth with them.

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 It's found in Luke chapter 7, beginning in verse 36, and it says this.

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 One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him.

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 And he went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at table,

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 and behold, a woman of the city who was a sinner.

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 When she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house,

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 brought an alabaster flask of ointment,

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 and standing behind him at his feet weeping,

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 she began to wet his feet with her tears

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 and wiped them with the hair of her head

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 and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.

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 Now, if you don't understand the seating arrangement here,

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 they had very low tables and pillows around those tables,

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 and they ate like your mother told you not to.

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 They would eat laying on one elbow and one hand

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 and bring it to their mouth very close to the plate,

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 and their legs lay behind them.

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 If somebody was next to them, they would be kneeling down beside them.

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 That's why when Jesus talks about a man being in Abraham's bosom,

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 that's what it's talking about.

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 He's laying his head right here.

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 They're eating together.

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 They're in the same presence.

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 So Jesus' feet is back behind him,

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 and this lady comes in and anoints his feet.

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 Now, when the Pharisee, in verse 39,

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 who had invited him saw this, he said to himself,

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 is this man were a prophet?

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 If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman

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 this is who is touching him, for she's a sinner.

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 So at this point, he feels like he's got Jesus in a pinch, you know?

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 Either he has received the attention of a lady with a bad reputation,

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 therefore impure himself, because he would entertain such,

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 or either he didn't even know what kind of woman that was,

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 so he was not, therefore, a prophet.

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 He had him.

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 The whole meal had paid off.

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 It was worth it, you know?

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 His curiosity was solved.

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 But wait.

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 Jesus is on the scene.

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 It says in verse 40,

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 And Jesus answered,

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 saying to him,

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 Simon, I have something to say to you.

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 And he answered,

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 Say it, teacher.

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 He said,

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 A certain moneylender had two debtors.

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 One owed 500 denarii, and the other 50.

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 When they could not pay, he canceled the debt of both.

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 Now, which of them will love him more?

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 Now, what he's saying is, on a common laborer's wage,

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 what he's saying is that one man is getting two years of his salary of debt forgiven,

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 and the other is getting about two months of debt of what he makes in two months forgiven.

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 Who do you think is more appreciative?

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 And Simon answered,

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 The one, I suppose, from whom he canceled the larger debt.

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 And Jesus said,

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 You have judged rightly.

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 And then turning toward the woman, he said to Simon,

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 Do you see this woman?

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 I entered your house.

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 You gave me no water for my feet,

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 but she has wet my feet with her tears,

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 and wiped them with her hair.

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 Which means she brought down her hair in public,

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 which is inappropriate,

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 and wiped his feet,

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 thought to be because of where they walked and who they walked behind,

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 the next man's donkey,

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 the most disgusting part of the body.

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 You gave me no kiss,

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 but from the time I came in,

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 she has not ceased to kiss my feet.

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 You didn't anoint my head with oil,

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 but she's anointed my feet with ointment.

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 Therefore, I tell you,

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 her sins, which are many,

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 I did know,

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 her sins, which are many,

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 are forgiven,

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 for she loved much.

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 But he who is forgiven little,

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 loves little.

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 And he said to her,

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 Your sins are forgiven.

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 Then those who were at the table with him

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 began to say among themselves,

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 Who is this?

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 Who even forgives sins,

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 and he said to the woman,

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 Your faith has saved you.

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 Go in peace.

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 In the story that I want to focus on

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 for the next few moments,

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 Jesus compared the state of one's soul

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 and their sin to a debt.

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 So let's just stay with that story, okay?

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 As he compares that,

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 let's unpack that,

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 and then find out how

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 to get out from under it.

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 Now,

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 as I prepared this,

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 I couldn't help but think of the irony

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 that I would be preaching a sermon to you

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 on how to get out of debt

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 when I just signed a contract

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 for a house in Picken, South Carolina,

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 the land of inflated housing.

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 But praise the Lord,

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 I signed a contract.

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 So,

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 we're getting there.

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 But this morning,

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 I speak of a different kind of debt.

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 First,

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 acknowledge your debt.

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 Because if our sin is a debt,

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 we're all in debt.

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 Having debt does not bother everybody.

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 Some don't mind debt.

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 It don't bother them.

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 Now,

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 I realize that people's got more than I do,

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 need some debt for tax purposes and all that.

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 I'm not talking about that stuff.

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 I'm talking about people who

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 dread seeing the bill come in the mail.

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 Some people really don't care, I think.

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 It's been said that nobody spends money

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 quite so readily

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 as those who are hopelessly

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 and comfortably in debt.

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 Some folks today,

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 and this is an idea that's growing way too fast,

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 believe society owes them something.

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 And it don't matter how much you owe.

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 And that same mentality carries over

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 into what they think of God,

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 that somehow God owes them something.

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 So,

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 in order for him to forgive a debt,

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 that's no big deal.

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 It isn't really a priority anyway.

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 I wasn't worried about it anyway.

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 And that's like this Pharisee.

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 The Pharisee didn't think that he had any sin debt,

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 or at least he didn't have much.

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 I mean, this is not only a churchgoer.

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 This is a church leader.

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 It's so easy to point out outward sins.

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 He didn't have many of those.

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 Because if he had,

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 he wouldn't have been a church leader anymore.

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 So he didn't have those outward sins.

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 It's a whole lot easier to point at somebody else's sin.

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 To realize our own sin debt is not easy.

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 However, Scripture tells us

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 that if we don't acknowledge our sin debt,

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 we will never be forgiven of it.

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 1 John 1 verse 8 says,

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 if we say that we have no sin,

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 we deceive ourselves,

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 and the truth is not in us.

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 John says in verse 10,

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 if we say we have not sinned,

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 we make him, being God, a liar,

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 and his word is not in us.

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 So if you're a Christian,

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 and you don't acknowledge

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 that you have an ongoing sin debt,

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 because this is not only speaking

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 to those who have not received Christ,

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 of course we must ask God

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 to forgive us of our sins,

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 acknowledge our sins,

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 confess our sins before him to be saved.

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 But once we're saved,

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 if we as Christians don't acknowledge

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 the ongoing sin debt in our life,

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 it is dulling the blade of our effectiveness.

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 Hebrews 12, 1,

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 after that wonderful chapter

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 of that hall of fame of faith

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 of all those folks

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 that lived so strong for the Lord

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 and trusted him in difficult circumstances,

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 after that in Hebrews 12, 1,

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 it talks about how the sin

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 that so easily encumbers us

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 and entangles us

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 as one entangled

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 in a race

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 where they're trying to

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 get out of a hurdle or something.

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 By the way,

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 if you missed Cindy McLaughlin

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 this weekend,

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 you need to look it up.

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 She ran the 400 meters

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 in whatever games those are.

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 How many games we got?

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 You know, I don't know what,

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 but anyway,

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 in the world games,

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 she ran the 400 meter hurdles,

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 beat the world record by a second,

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 which may not sound like a lot,

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 but what's the race?

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 They said,

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 if you lined up, folks,

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 ladies,

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 in the 400 meter race

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 without the hurdles,

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 she'd come in seventh in the world

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 without the hurdles,

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 but she had the hurdles.

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 It was amazing,

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 and I'll tell you why she did it,

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 because nothing encumbered that lady.

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 She was not entangled in any way.

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 She just whooped them.

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 Y'all know what that means?

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 She just whooped them.

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 She let nothing come in the way,

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 and don't you ever think

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 that you can run

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 your Christian life

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 free of hindrances

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 and have sin in your life,

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 because when sin is present

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 and not acknowledged,

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 you are limiting

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 how God will use you.

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 I know he can do all things

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 that he wants to do.

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 I'm telling you,

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 if you have sin in your life,

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 you'll hinder what God

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 will do in you

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 if you don't acknowledge it,

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 and that makes a difference in you,

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 but that also makes

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 an eternal difference

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 in the lives of those

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 that you ought to be influencing

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 and that you ought to be reaching,

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 because if your sin hinders you

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 from being everything

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 that you need to be for God

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 and hinders your conversation with God

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 and hinders the conviction

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 in your heart

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 that you need from the Lord

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 in your life,

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 if you've got sin

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 that you are harboring

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 and holding on to

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 and getting in the way,

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 you're not as sensitive

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 to how the Spirit leads.

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 You're not making the impact

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 of influencing

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 and reaching the world

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 that Christ has called us to,

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 and eternity is hanging

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 in the balance for some folks,

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 and God has called us

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 to be light,

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 and in order for us to do that,

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 we have to realize

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 the debt in our own life

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 and get it taken care of.

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 I want you to notice something.

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 I want you to notice the question

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 that Jesus asked in verse 44,

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 because you can easily pass by it.

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 He said,

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 do you see this woman?

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 Because Simon didn't really see her.

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 I mean,

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 she was standing there,

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 yeah,

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 but he didn't see her accurately.

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 I'll tell you what he saw.

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 He saw a guilty,

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 loose,

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 heathen woman,

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 and that is not what she was,

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 because what she was

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 was a broken woman.

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 Thank God she was a freed woman,

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 and she was a forgiven woman,

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 and ironically,

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 what he saw in himself

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 was wrong too,

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 because he saw himself

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 as righteous and well off,

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 but because he didn't see

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 his own debt,

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 he was still shackled

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 and indebted.

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 It could be

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 that we can't really understand

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 the state of others

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 until we understand

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 the state of ourselves,

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 and when we understand

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 the state of our own situation,

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 we realize

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 we don't have a lot of time

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 nor a lot of place

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 to be pointing fingers

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 at other people.

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 We got enough

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 in our row to hoe

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 without worrying

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 about somebody else's,

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 or as Jesus put it,

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 the log is too big

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 in our eyes

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 to be worried

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 about the speck

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 in somebody else's.

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 I want you to notice

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 what Jesus seems to point out.

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 He does not spend,

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 and I'm talking more

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 than just this story,

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 he does not spend

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 near the time

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 pointing out

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 the blatantly wicked

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 who are obviously

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 against the things of God.

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 Instead,

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 Jesus goes about

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 and kind of goes after

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 the pseudo-faithful,

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 those who like to point out

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 the sins of others

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 and ignore their own.

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 And the reality is

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 that when you look

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 at the sins

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 that Jesus named

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 and pointed to,

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 it was often the sins

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 that are less seen.

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 That's why he spoke to them,

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 so the people would see them.

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 Jesus focused on

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 the sins of the mind.

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 Jesus focused on

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 the sins of the heart.

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 That's what he spent

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 his time teaching about.

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 Those sins of the mind

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 and the heart

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 that even most

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 godly-looking folks

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 may be dealing with.

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 I'm sorry.

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 I didn't do it.

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 Jesus did it.

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 He's messing with us.

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 Folks,

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 we are all in sin debt.

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 Second thing

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 is the debt we owe

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 is a debt

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 that we cannot pay.

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 Just like the debtors

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 in this story

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 that could not pay,

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 we can't pay.

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 Be clear about something.

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 We often think

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 that canceling our debt

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 and canceling our sin

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 allows us to escape

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 without any consequences.

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 And that is not true

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 at all.

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 If you have stolen,

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 there are consequences

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 to your theft.

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 Because one person

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 is without what they had

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 and you need to be charged

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 for it.

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 The breach has happened.

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 Even if you pay it back.

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 You know,

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 I walk down here

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 on the floor

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 and I get a little bit

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 too close to Kevin

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 and he gets nervous

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 and jumps up

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 and slaps me in the face.

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 We'll work all that out

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 after church

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 and I'll forgive him

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 and forget it.

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 But I'm telling you,

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 I'm going to be more careful

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 to come back over here

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 this time, you know.

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 I'm coming on this side

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 next time.

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 Because the reality is,

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 yeah,

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 the sin can be forgiven.

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 And the Lord will forget it

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 but there's a breach

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 that's happened.

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 I mean,

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 if you murder somebody,

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 that person is dead.

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 They're not coming back.

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 They're dead.

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 And however sorry you are,

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 you can't bring them back.

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 You can be forgiven

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 but the consequences

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 of that murder

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 is that somebody died.

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 If you lie,

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 somebody is deceived.

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 There's a trust

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 that is broken

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 and the consequences

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 remain in that.

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 Lives are affected

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 by that.

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 However,

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 when we ask God

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 to cleanse us

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 and we repent

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 of our sin,

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 he removes the sin debt

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 from us.

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 We're okay with the Lord

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 but let's don't get

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 so comfortable with that

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 that we miss the fact

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 that our sin causes

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 so many hindrances

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 in our life

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 that we cannot be casual

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 even though we know

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 we serve a good

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 and faithful

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 and forgiving God

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 that will cleanse us

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 when we repent.

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 And 1 John

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 will eat your lunch

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 about that particular matter.

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 We may still deal

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 with the trail

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 that our actions

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 or our thoughts

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 have left behind

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 but God removes the debt

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 and our guilt spiritually

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 but that will not happen.

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 That cleansing

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 does not come

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 when we are merely

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 watching out

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 for ourselves.

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 You see this clearly

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 with the two thieves

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 on the cross.

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 As Jesus hung

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 on what I believe

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 was Barabbas' cross

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 there were two thieves

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 probably a part

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 of Barabbas' gang

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 of thieves

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 hanging on each side

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 of the Lord.

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 And Luke chapter 23

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 verse 39

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 says one of the criminals

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 who were hanging

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 railed at him

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.659
 saying are you not

00:24:03.659 --> 00:24:04.259
 the Christ?

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 Save yourself

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 and us.

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 But the other

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 rebuked him

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 saying do you not

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 fear God

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 since you are

00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:11.960
 under the same

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 sentence of condemnation?

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 And we indeed

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 justly for we are

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 receiving the due

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 reward of our deeds

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 for this man

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 has done nothing wrong.

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 Now I'm going

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 to tell you something.

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 When Jesus

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 and I know Jesus

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 had innate knowledge

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 that we don't have.

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 One reason

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 is because he had

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:31.720
 a sinless relationship

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 with the Father

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 which would make

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.259
 a huge amount

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 of difference.

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 But he's also God

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 hanging there.

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 But when a man

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 is hanging on the

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 cross dying

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 and he says

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 what scripture

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 just said he says

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:46.859
 my soul

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 something's happened

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 in that old boy's life.

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 When he's hanging

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 on the cross

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 in agony

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 and says

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:55.099
 we are indeed

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 just

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 for we receive

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:57.879
 the reward

00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:59.019
 for our deeds

00:24:59.019 --> 00:25:00.279
 but this man's

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.940
 done nothing wrong

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.779
 and Jesus said

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:03.319
 oh and he said

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:04.519
 Jesus remember me

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.440
 when you come

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.180
 into your kingdom.

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.500
 And Jesus

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.139
 goes on to say

00:25:10.139 --> 00:25:10.660
 today you'll

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.480
 be with me

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:11.900
 in paradise.

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:14.359
 My point is

00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:14.879
 the first man

00:25:14.879 --> 00:25:15.779
 just wanted down.

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.480
 He just wanted down.

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.339
 The second one

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:19.759
 wanted to be changed.

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.519
 And it is the one

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.500
 that loves God

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.180
 that's forgiven

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:25.079
 and the forgiven

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:26.000
 ones are the ones

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.799
 that love God.

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.920
 The unforgiven

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.980
 really do not

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:29.660
 love God.

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.420
 But it's not a matter

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:32.299
 that we can solve

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:33.059
 ourselves because

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:34.339
 we can't pay it back

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.179
 and we can't

00:25:35.179 --> 00:25:36.079
 make it go away.

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:37.599
 We can't retrace

00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:38.679
 our steps

00:25:38.679 --> 00:25:39.980
 that we have

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.859
 already committed

00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:41.539
 and changed

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.099
 what has already

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:42.579
 been done.

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.639
 It is a debt

00:25:43.639 --> 00:25:44.639
 that we cannot

00:25:44.639 --> 00:25:45.899
 pay.

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.639
 Now before I ever

00:25:48.639 --> 00:25:49.500
 get to my next

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.220
 point you need

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:51.059
 to get the fact

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:52.039
 that we're all

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.859
 in sin debt

00:25:52.859 --> 00:25:54.039
 and it's a sin debt

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:55.119
 that we cannot

00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:55.639
 pay.

00:25:55.639 --> 00:25:55.740
 We cannot pay.

00:25:55.740 --> 00:26:02.660
 But the good

00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.240
 news is

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:04.279
 and that's why

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:04.940
 I'm here today

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.420
 is because of

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:05.839
 the good news.

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.120
 You got to

00:26:08.120 --> 00:26:09.019
 understand the

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.940
 bad news

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:11.859
 to get to

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.539
 the good news.

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.180
 And the good

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:14.720
 news is

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:16.339
 the debt

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:17.079
 that we cannot

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.579
 pay

00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:19.180
 can be

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:19.720
 canceled

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.799
 today.

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.920
 Praise God.

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:25.840
 Because once

00:26:25.840 --> 00:26:26.880
 we do acknowledge

00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:27.920
 our sin debt

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.600
 before the Lord

00:26:28.600 --> 00:26:29.320
 it is a relief

00:26:29.320 --> 00:26:29.660
 to know

00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:30.279
 that we can

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:30.700
 be free

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.180
 from it.

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 Because 1 John

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:34.200
 1.8 and 1 John

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:35.100
 1.10

00:26:35.100 --> 00:26:36.279
 in between those

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:37.080
 two is 1 John

00:26:37.080 --> 00:26:37.580
 1.9

00:26:37.580 --> 00:26:38.000
 one of my

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.720
 favorite passages

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.519
 and that is

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:40.279
 that we confess

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.920
 our sins

00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:41.460
 he's faithful

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:41.840
 and just

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:42.320
 to forgive us

00:26:42.320 --> 00:26:42.759
 of our sins

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.519
 and to cleanse

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.140
 us from

00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:46.380
 all unrighteousness.

00:26:47.840 --> 00:26:48.460
 Now confession

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:48.980
 means we're

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.680
 agreeing with God

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.460
 on what it is.

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:51.980
 Not you know

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.600
 Lord I might have

00:26:52.600 --> 00:26:52.980
 done something

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.740
 a little over here

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.440
 and you know

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:55.140
 I mean to

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:56.819
 ain't no big

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.339
 deal but I need

00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:57.660
 to go ahead.

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.259
 No no no

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.660
 it is a big

00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:58.940
 deal.

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.519
 Because as I

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.099
 shared last

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:02.000
 week your

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.859
 little sins

00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:03.480
 that you think

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:03.819
 are little

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.539
 sins are the

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.160
 same sins

00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:06.539
 in your life

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.059
 and my life

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.359
 that sent

00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:07.880
 Christ to the

00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:08.200
 cross.

00:27:08.380 --> 00:27:08.700
 So they're

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.359
 all huge.

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:11.599
 Because they

00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:12.079
 cause a debt

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:12.720
 we can't pay.

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:15.960
 Confessing is

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.620
 agreeing with God

00:27:16.620 --> 00:27:17.120
 on the weight

00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:17.640
 and the magnitude

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.220
 of that sin

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.680
 and if we

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:21.240
 I love this

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.640
 passage because

00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:22.019
 it says he's

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:23.180
 faithful and just.

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:23.960
 that means that

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.360
 if he

00:27:24.360 --> 00:27:26.600
 he's willing

00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:27.700
 but unable

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.519
 if he was

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:29.380
 willing but he

00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:30.160
 wasn't able

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:33.320
 he'd be good

00:27:33.320 --> 00:27:33.940
 hearted but we'd

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:34.519
 still be in the

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.220
 same mess.

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:38.279
 And if he was

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:39.220
 not willing but

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:40.060
 was able

00:27:40.060 --> 00:27:43.259
 he'd still be

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.900
 hanging over our

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.259
 head.

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:47.000
 But the

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.560
 scripture says

00:27:47.560 --> 00:27:48.080
 that when we

00:27:48.080 --> 00:27:49.060
 agree with him

00:27:49.060 --> 00:27:49.980
 on the state of

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.660
 our debt

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:52.400
 that he is

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:53.140
 willing and

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:54.240
 able to

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.980
 forgive us

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.540
 of our sins

00:27:55.540 --> 00:27:56.259
 and what I

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.700
 love is the

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.100
 last part

00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:57.700
 and cleanse us

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.279
 from all

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.000
 unrighteousness

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.740
 that's because

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.519
 if I ask you

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.200
 to write down

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:01.680
 your sins

00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:02.080
 on a sheet

00:28:02.080 --> 00:28:02.440
 of paper

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:03.140
 and you got

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:03.820
 honest enough

00:28:03.820 --> 00:28:04.060
 and weren't

00:28:04.060 --> 00:28:04.440
 worried about

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:04.820
 your neighbor

00:28:04.820 --> 00:28:05.200
 enough to

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:06.080
 actually write

00:28:06.080 --> 00:28:06.960
 down everything

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.820
 you could think

00:28:07.820 --> 00:28:08.980
 of it would

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.560
 still be

00:28:09.560 --> 00:28:09.980
 incomplete.

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:10.900
 I could give

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.340
 you a week

00:28:11.340 --> 00:28:11.759
 to do it.

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.600
 It would still

00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:13.279
 be incomplete

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:14.180
 because we've

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.960
 got so good

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.560
 at sinning that

00:28:15.560 --> 00:28:16.040
 we can't even

00:28:16.040 --> 00:28:16.540
 keep up with

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:16.859
 all we've

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.440
 done wrong.

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:19.359
 So I love

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:20.000
 that last part

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.920
 because not only

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.480
 does he forgive

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.119
 us of our sins

00:28:22.119 --> 00:28:22.799
 that we confess

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.619
 to him but he

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:24.279
 cleanses us

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:25.240
 from all

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:26.259
 unrighteousness.

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.720
 If he could

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.579
 but would not

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.759
 or was not

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.299
 willing we

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:33.839
 would be

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.879
 in a mess

00:28:34.879 --> 00:28:35.619
 but thank God

00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:36.579
 he can and

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:37.159
 he will

00:28:37.159 --> 00:28:38.000
 and we can

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.500
 be clean.

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.259
 Old hymn

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:39.899
 says this

00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.899
 he paid a

00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:41.539
 debt he did

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.059
 not owe

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.879
 I owe a debt

00:28:42.879 --> 00:28:43.440
 I could not

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:44.079
 pay I needed

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.819
 somebody to wash

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.639
 my sins away

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:46.640
 and now I sing

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.259
 a brand new

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:48.000
 song amazing

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.759
 grace Christ

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.540
 Jesus paid a

00:28:49.540 --> 00:28:50.360
 debt that I

00:28:50.360 --> 00:28:51.140
 could never

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:51.900
 pay.

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:53.220
 Our sin debt

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:54.660
 is only

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:55.280
 canceled through

00:28:55.280 --> 00:28:55.780
 the shed blood

00:28:55.780 --> 00:28:56.320
 of Christ.

00:28:57.320 --> 00:28:57.860
 It is the

00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:58.660
 cross of Calvary

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:59.259
 and our surrender

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.980
 to his cause

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.600
 and his kingdom

00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:01.600
 that brings

00:29:01.600 --> 00:29:01.920
 that.

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.700
 So who do you

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.460
 think has the

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.120
 greater debt

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:05.860
 in this story?

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.860
 Is it the one

00:29:08.860 --> 00:29:10.440
 that knew she

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:11.420
 was guilty of

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:12.060
 great and

00:29:12.060 --> 00:29:13.160
 grievous sins

00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:15.920
 or is it

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.400
 the one

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:17.200
 that has

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:18.080
 not confessed

00:29:18.080 --> 00:29:18.620
 the sins

00:29:18.620 --> 00:29:19.259
 of the heart

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.920
 and the sins

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.680
 of the mind?

00:29:22.620 --> 00:29:23.279
 It may

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:24.019
 surprise you

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.519
 when you see

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.019
 what Christ

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.519
 points out

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:25.940
 so very

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:26.360
 often.

00:29:28.360 --> 00:29:29.040
 So very

00:29:29.040 --> 00:29:29.500
 often he

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:29.920
 tells us

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.240
 let's not

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:30.779
 be concerned

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:32.220
 let's don't

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:33.480
 so concern

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:33.960
 ourselves

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.620
 with other

00:29:34.620 --> 00:29:35.160
 sins

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:36.120
 as near as

00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:36.700
 much as we

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.240
 do our

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.860
 own

00:29:37.860 --> 00:29:39.820
 and let's

00:29:39.820 --> 00:29:40.200
 not only

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.600
 concern

00:29:40.600 --> 00:29:41.000
 ourselves

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.500
 with other

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:41.859
 sins

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:42.819
 as near

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.460
 as much

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:43.980
 as we

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:44.240
 do

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.799
 others

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.720
 souls

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:50.079
 because I

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.319
 want you

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:50.779
 to notice

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:53.779
 Jesus was

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.460
 more concerned

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.039
 about the

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.779
 unconfessed

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.359
 sins

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:57.500
 of the

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:58.119
 Pharisee

00:29:58.119 --> 00:30:01.319
 than he

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.720
 was

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:03.240
 the

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.700
 admitting

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:05.000
 of her

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.720
 many sins

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:07.259
 as she

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.640
 laid her

00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:08.140
 life out

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:08.680
 before him

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:09.619
 as she

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.000
 laid her

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.599
 reputation

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:11.140
 out before

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:11.539
 him

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.440
 as she

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:12.720
 put it

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.099
 all on

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.559
 the line

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:16.099
 she could

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:16.359
 have been

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:16.900
 stoned to

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:17.339
 death for

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:17.640
 what she

00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:17.980
 did that

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.259
 day

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:20.339
 she laid

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:20.579
 it all

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:21.140
 out there

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:25.200
 so he's

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.599
 more concerned

00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:25.980
 about the

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:27.200
 sin of the

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.539
 fellow who

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:27.799
 wouldn't

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:28.380
 confess it

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:30.299
 but he

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.859
 was also

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.519
 a whole lot

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.000
 more concerned

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.299
 and get

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:32.779
 this now

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:35.200
 with the

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:35.519
 state of

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.420
 her soul

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:39.140
 than she

00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:39.560
 was all

00:30:39.560 --> 00:30:39.920
 the things

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.200
 she had

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.360
 done

00:30:40.360 --> 00:30:40.800
 wrong

00:30:40.800 --> 00:30:46.700
 only God

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.300
 can cancel

00:30:47.300 --> 00:30:47.600
 sin

00:30:47.600 --> 00:30:47.860
 death

00:30:47.860 --> 00:30:49.860
 and that

00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:50.360
 only comes

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:50.539
 through

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:51.039
 Christ

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:53.220
 and so we

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.840
 have a job

00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:54.340
 to do

00:30:54.340 --> 00:30:57.200
 and that

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.940
 job is to

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.740
 acknowledge the

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.240
 sin in our

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.820
 own life

00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:02.019
 and ask

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.440
 God

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:03.279
 agree with

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:03.740
 God on

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:03.899
 it

00:31:03.899 --> 00:31:05.119
 and ask

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:05.460
 God to

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.139
 remove it

00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:06.859
 and repent

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.399
 of it

00:31:07.399 --> 00:31:08.639
 repent

00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:10.180
 means 180

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:11.299
 degree

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:12.660
 I got

00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:13.079
 fired up

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.519
 one time

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:13.839
 when I was

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.079
 young

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:14.399
 preaching

00:31:14.399 --> 00:31:14.859
 and said

00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:15.240
 that's a

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:16.220
 360 degree

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:16.480
 turn

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:16.759
 no

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.480
 if it's

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.399
 360 degrees

00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:18.779
 you keep

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.220
 going in the

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:19.639
 same direction

00:31:19.639 --> 00:31:20.059
 you're going

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:20.420
 and it ain't

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:20.799
 that

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:22.559
 it's a

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:22.940
 180

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:32.099
 and second

00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:32.579
 job we

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:32.859
 got

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:35.439
 just go

00:31:35.439 --> 00:31:36.039
 tell somebody

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.319
 that

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:38.799
 go treat

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.059
 them like

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.379
 Jesus

00:31:39.379 --> 00:31:39.719
 would

00:31:39.719 --> 00:31:42.399
 care more

00:31:42.399 --> 00:31:42.759
 about your

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.240
 soul than

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.459
 you do

00:31:43.459 --> 00:31:44.039
 their sin

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:45.099
 worry

00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:47.419
 more about

00:31:47.419 --> 00:31:48.119
 your sin

00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:48.559
 than you do

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.079
 theirs

00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:51.139
 and when we

00:31:51.139 --> 00:31:51.799
 do that

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:54.939
 we're on

00:31:54.939 --> 00:31:55.319
 track

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:57.259
 you want to

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.559
 know how to

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:57.919
 get out of

00:31:57.919 --> 00:31:58.179
 debt

00:31:58.179 --> 00:31:59.959
 acknowledge

00:31:59.959 --> 00:32:00.579
 it

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:02.399
 admit it

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:04.019
 acknowledge

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.540
 all of

00:32:04.540 --> 00:32:04.980
 it

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:06.440
 turn

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:06.980
 from it

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:08.759
 and lay

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.200
 it at the

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.740
 feet of

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.200
 the only

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:11.440
 one that

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:12.160
 can cancel

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:12.480
 it

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:13.220
 because you

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.660
 know what

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:15.120
 it's already

00:32:15.120 --> 00:32:15.740
 been paid

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:18.300
 he's paid

00:32:18.300 --> 00:32:18.780
 for it

00:32:18.780 --> 00:32:20.300
 we just have

00:32:20.300 --> 00:32:20.920
 to admit it

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:22.140
 and lay it

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:22.480
 down

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:24.040
 with every head

00:32:24.040 --> 00:32:24.480
 bowed and

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:24.800
 every eye

00:32:24.800 --> 00:32:25.240
 closed

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:27.339
 my burden

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:27.839
 this morning

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.319
 is

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:29.380
 that there

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:29.740
 may be

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.120
 somebody

00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:30.599
 here

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:31.519
 who's

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:31.880
 never

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.440
 acknowledged

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:32.960
 that sin

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.740
 before God

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:35.339
 confess that

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:35.779
 to him

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:37.059
 and ask him

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.380
 to come

00:32:37.380 --> 00:32:37.700
 into their

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.000
 life

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.599
 cleanse them

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:39.200
 change them

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:39.940
 save them

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:41.620
 maybe you

00:32:41.620 --> 00:32:42.059
 think you

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.400
 have

00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:43.420
 maybe other

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:43.920
 people think

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:44.500
 you have

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:44.720
 that

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:49.420
 and it'd

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:49.519
 be

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:49.960
 embarrassing

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.299
 for you

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:50.720
 to acknowledge

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.220
 such as

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:51.500
 that

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:54.460
 well I

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.079
 promise you

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:58.279
 just like

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:58.720
 that lady

00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.160
 left her

00:32:59.160 --> 00:32:59.559
 embarrassment

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.200
 to the side

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.579
 and dealt

00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:00.900
 with what

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.259
 she needed

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.519
 to do

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:01.759
 in her

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.059
 heart

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.420
 you need

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:02.700
 to deal

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.079
 with what's

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:03.319
 in your

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:03.700
 heart

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:04.619
 and what

00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:04.940
 God's

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.259
 telling you

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:05.640
 to do

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:08.180
 maybe you're

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.519
 here this

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:08.759
 morning

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.000
 and

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:12.039
 you know

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:14.200
 there's sin

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:14.440
 in your

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:14.920
 life

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:16.700
 that you

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:17.099
 need to ask

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.420
 God to

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:17.859
 forgive you

00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:18.139
 for and

00:33:18.139 --> 00:33:18.420
 to walk

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:18.940
 away from

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:21.519
 now's

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.059
 the time

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:22.700
 don't put

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.139
 it off

00:33:23.139 --> 00:33:25.779
 you walk

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.200
 out of this

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.599
 room and

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:26.980
 go on your

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.379
 way

00:33:27.379 --> 00:33:29.039
 you'll forget

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.859
 it

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:32.079
 move on

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:33.359
 now's the

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:33.639
 time

00:33:33.639 --> 00:33:34.119
 get serious

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:34.599
 with God

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:36.119
 deal with

00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:36.680
 it

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:38.500
 in any way

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:38.920
 he tells

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.299
 you to deal

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:40.019
 with it

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:42.079
 if that

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:42.500
 means going

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:42.920
 to somebody

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.400
 go to

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:43.599
 them

00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:44.619
 if that

00:33:44.619 --> 00:33:44.980
 means going

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:45.200
 to the

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.420
 altar

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:45.720
 go to

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:45.859
 the

00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:46.119
 altar

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:46.779
 if it

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:46.980
 means

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.299
 standing

00:33:47.299 --> 00:33:47.599
 right

00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:47.980
 where you

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.180
 are

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:48.539
 and asking

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:48.879
 God to

00:33:48.879 --> 00:33:49.220
 forgive you

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:49.400
 and to

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:49.779
 cleanse you

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.259
 and to

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:50.539
 make you

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:51.079
 right again

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:51.400
 do it

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:51.859
 right where

00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:52.259
 you are

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.599
 just do

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:52.900
 what God

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.200
 tells you

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:53.559
 to do

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:56.519
 maybe you're

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:56.839
 here and

00:33:56.839 --> 00:33:58.519
 you have

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.099
 done that

00:33:59.099 --> 00:33:59.559
 you know

00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:00.240
 that God

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:01.220
 has forgiven

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:01.559
 you

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:03.339
 but there's

00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:03.700
 a matter

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:03.980
 in your

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.319
 life

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:04.579
 you've

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:04.859
 made a

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:05.180
 personal

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:05.480
 decision

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:05.859
 for God

00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:06.240
 but you've

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.599
 never made

00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:07.019
 it public

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:08.019
 you've

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.480
 never done

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:08.840
 that through

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:09.280
 baptism

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:09.800
 and I'm

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.320
 telling you

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.720
 that's

00:34:10.720 --> 00:34:11.560
 not a

00:34:11.560 --> 00:34:11.860
 rite of

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.160
 passage

00:34:12.160 --> 00:34:12.519
 it's a

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.000
 hindrance

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.380
 it's a

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.680
 sinful

00:34:13.680 --> 00:34:14.200
 hindrance

00:34:14.200 --> 00:34:14.620
 to not

00:34:14.620 --> 00:34:14.800
 be

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.100
 baptized

00:34:15.100 --> 00:34:15.900
 as a

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.200
 believer

00:34:16.200 --> 00:34:17.540
 because it

00:34:17.540 --> 00:34:18.100
 is exactly

00:34:18.100 --> 00:34:18.720
 what Christ

00:34:18.720 --> 00:34:19.140
 not only

00:34:19.140 --> 00:34:19.640
 tells us

00:34:19.640 --> 00:34:19.940
 to do

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.480
 but he

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.140
 shows us

00:34:21.140 --> 00:34:21.620
 to do

00:34:21.620 --> 00:34:23.580
 so I

00:34:23.580 --> 00:34:24.360
 encourage you

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:26.720
 to step

00:34:26.720 --> 00:34:27.040
 forward

00:34:27.040 --> 00:34:27.360
 and make

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:27.680
 what was

00:34:27.680 --> 00:34:28.060
 private

00:34:28.060 --> 00:34:28.540
 public

00:34:28.540 --> 00:34:30.660
 maybe God's

00:34:30.660 --> 00:34:30.980
 leading you

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.240
 to be a

00:34:31.240 --> 00:34:31.440
 part of

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.000
 this church

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:33.900
 you want

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.280
 to join

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:34.500
 us

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.780
 in the

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:35.119
 journey

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:37.480
 join

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:37.820
 hands

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:38.239
 with us

00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:38.719
 invest

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:39.079
 in us

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.380
 let us

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:39.719
 invest

00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:39.960
 in you

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.219
 let us

00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:40.420
 grow

00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:40.760
 together

00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:40.960
 in the

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.219
 Lord

00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:41.840
 it's

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.260
 exciting

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:42.480
 to be

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:42.739
 a part

00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:43.019
 of that

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:44.659
 God's

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:44.920
 leading you

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.079
 to do

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:45.219
 that

00:34:45.219 --> 00:34:45.579
 we'd love

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:45.980
 to guide

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.119
 you

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:46.380
 in that

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:46.699
 process

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.579
 I have

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.400
 no idea

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:49.860
 what God

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:50.679
 is telling

00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:50.980
 you

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.559
 I know

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:51.739
 what he

00:34:51.739 --> 00:34:52.059
 told me

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.539
 to say

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:55.000
 but I

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.380
 just know

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:55.699
 you'll never

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:56.280
 be satisfied

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:56.639
 until you

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:57.139
 be obedient

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.579
 to him

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.639
 so just

00:34:58.639 --> 00:34:58.920
 do what

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.199
 he tells

00:34:59.199 --> 00:34:59.440
 you to

00:34:59.440 --> 00:34:59.659
 do

00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:00.440
 right now

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:01.059
 Lord

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.319
 Jesus

00:35:01.319 --> 00:35:01.779
 I love

00:35:01.779 --> 00:35:01.880
 you

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.279
 and thank

00:35:02.279 --> 00:35:02.519
 you

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:04.400
 for your

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:04.880
 movement

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.900
 of the

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.259
 spirit of

00:35:06.259 --> 00:35:06.460
 God

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:06.739
 in this

00:35:06.739 --> 00:35:07.199
 place

00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:08.900
 help us

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.299
 to simply

00:35:09.299 --> 00:35:09.840
 be obedient

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.199
 as you

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:10.480
 speak to

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:10.799
 our hearts

00:35:10.799 --> 00:35:11.340
 and lives

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:12.599
 in Jesus

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:13.460
 precious name

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:14.119
 amen

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:14.500
 stand

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:14.699
 together