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 So Mark chapter 9 at verse 42.

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 And if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin,

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 it would be better for him to be thrown into the sea

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 with a large millstone tied around his neck.

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 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off.

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 It is better for you to enter life maimed

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 than with two hands to go into hell where the fire never goes out.

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 And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off.

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 It is better for you to enter life crippled

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 than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.

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 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out.

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 It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye

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 than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell

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 where the worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.

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 Everyone will be salted with fire.

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 Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness,

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 how can you make it salty again?

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 Have salt in yourselves and be at peace with each other.

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 Hard words from Jesus.

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 The words that he wants us to hear.

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 Let's begin by thinking about listening to warning signs.

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 Imagine a teacher sitting down with a pupil

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 saying you need to have focus in class and doing your studies

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 or you will fail.

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 Or imagine visiting the doctor and he sits you down and says,

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 well, you need to cut down on these fatty foods and high sugar

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 for the sake of your heart.

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 Or a parent, an anxious parent saying to their child,

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 they don't take drugs because they can kill.

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 Now these are all different in one sense,

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 but very similar in another.

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 These are all warnings that come from reliable guides

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 and they're all spoken out of concern for a person's future.

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 And especially when we think in family terms,

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 they're words spoken out of deep love.

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 Now as we begin, it's important that we hear Jesus teaching on hell

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 in these same terms.

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 We need to hear what Jesus says about hell

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 because in society, hell is regarded by many as comical,

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 as a fun place.

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 You've maybe seen the buses going around the city center

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 saying that your mortgage experience can be hell or heaven.

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 You're really diminishing both.

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 Or cynically, you'll find people who imagine

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 that hell is an invention of the church

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 so that the church could control society

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 and try and curb bad behavior.

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 And so we struggle as a society to know what to do with hell.

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 And in church, sometimes it's the same thing.

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 It feels to us as one of those jagged edges

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 that we like to smooth over.

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 Sometimes we're anxious about the offense of the gospel,

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 and so it's something that we'd rather push to one side.

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 It's not for polite conversation.

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 But we need to hear Jesus

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 as a reliable and a loving guide

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 who wants to warn about reality,

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 who wants to teach us why

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 recovering the doctrine of hell is important for us as a church,

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 and to see why it matters so much.

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 So let's begin with this.

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 Why do we need the truth about hell?

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 We need it because Jesus teaches about it.

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 To be faithful to the Bible

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 and to be faithful to Jesus as teacher,

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 this isn't a topic we can take off the table.

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 Because when you look at the teaching of Jesus

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 and you look at the whole Bible,

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 we realize that Jesus talks about hell

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 more than anybody else in the whole Bible.

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 In fact, more than he speaks about heaven,

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 he speaks words of warning about hell.

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 And so that leaves us a question.

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 Is Jesus angry?

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 Is he controlling?

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 Is he vindictive?

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 Is he mean?

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 Is he unfit to listen to?

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 And it's where we need to recognize who Jesus is.

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 We need to go to the gospel.

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 The same Jesus who warns about hell,

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 it is Jesus who says,

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 I am the good shepherd,

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 and I will lay down my life for my sheep.

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 Who says,

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 greater love has no one than this,

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 that a man lay down his life for his friends,

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 and he does exactly that.

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 He is the one who gives teaching

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 about the good Samaritan,

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 encouraging us to love whoever is in front of us

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 who needs mercy and help,

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 and he demonstrates that in his life.

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 He gives us the golden rule

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 that societies all around the world

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 have appreciated due to others

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 as you would have them do to you.

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 When you read the gospels,

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 you encounter the compassion,

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 the love and the mercy of Jesus

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 on page after page after page,

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 you find him weeping,

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 weeping at the tomb of Lazarus.

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 You find him weeping over the city of Jerusalem,

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 which refuses to repent and trust in Jesus.

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 Jesus is not an angry man.

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 Jesus is the most loving man

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 who has ever met,

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 who has ever lived.

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 The context here,

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 where we find ourselves in Mark chapter nine,

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 Jesus is beginning to teach

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 and prepare his disciples

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 for his journey to the cross.

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 And what's the cross all about?

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 Jesus is going to suffer and die in love

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 and so that rebel sinners like us

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 might be forgiven.

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 That he will endure hell on the cross

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 to save us from hell,

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 to give us the invitation to trust in him

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 and enjoy the glory of heaven instead.

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 So we need to recognize

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 that this is the loving Lord Jesus

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 who's speaking about hell.

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 So why does he speak so graphically?

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 Let's just remind ourselves of verse 47 and 48

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 to see the graphic language that Jesus uses.

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 If your eye causes you to sin,

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 pluck it out.

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 It's better for you to enter the kingdom of God

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 with one eye

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 than to have two eyes

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 and be thrown into hell

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 where their worm does not die

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 and the fire is not quenched.

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 I'm not a smoker,

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 but I've seen the pictures

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 that the health boards now put on cigarette packets.

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 Why are they doing that?

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 They're issuing a warning

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 to somebody.

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 If you smoke these cigarettes,

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 this picture of your lungs

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 may be your reality.

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 A dramatic way to try and encourage someone

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 towards a different habit.

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 Jesus uses this graphic language

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 so that we will take hell seriously.

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 That as he teaches about hell in the gospels,

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 we discover a place of conscious,

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 eternal torment.

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 A place where God's active punishment

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 is failed

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 for all eternity.

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 It's a place of absolute horror.

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 And so Jesus uses this graphic imagery

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 in order to wake us up

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 and in order to change our priorities.

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 Sometimes we can become so fixed on the now

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 that we forget about what comes next.

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 What happens when we die?

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 And Jesus is reminding us

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 of these two eternal realities.

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 He's exposing the danger

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 to show us the need of rescue.

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 And of course,

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 Jesus comes to be the rescuer.

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 He is the real savior

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 to the greatest problem

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 that all of us face.

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 And so Jesus teaches about hell

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 for that reason.

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 J.I. Packer,

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 the biblical scholar,

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 says this,

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 which I find really helpful.

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 The purpose of the Bible teaching

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 about hell

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 is to make us appreciate,

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 thankfully embrace,

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 and rationally prefer

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 the grace of Christ

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 that saves us from hell.

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 It is really a mercy to mankind

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 that God in Scripture

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 is as explicit

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 about hell.

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 We cannot say

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 we have not been warned.

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 And indeed,

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 here we've been warned

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 by the loving Lord Jesus.

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 So we need the teaching of hell

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 because Jesus teaches about hell.

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 We also need it

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 because the reality of hell

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 teaches us

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 that sin is serious.

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 Now we're in the middle

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 of Jesus teaching

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 his disciples

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 from verse 33 onwards.

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 And really what he's been saying

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 to them is that

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 there are three disasters

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 for church mission

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 that can happen

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 within a Christian community.

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 One is when you start

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 fighting over rank

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 and greatness.

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 One is where there is rivalry

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 and them and us attitudes.

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 And we thought about

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 those last week.

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 But the third disaster

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 is when even within the church

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 there's a lack of holiness

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 and people get casual

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 about sin.

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 And so Jesus issues

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 this start warning

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 to his own people

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 in the first instance.

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 Let's look at what he says

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 to them.

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 In verse 42

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 he says,

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 If anyone causes

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 one of these little ones

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 who believe in me

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 to sin

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 it would be better

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 for him to be thrown

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 into the sea

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 with a large millstone

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 tied around his neck.

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 So here's what he's saying.

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 Here's the warning.

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 Your sin

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 might make someone else

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 turn from Jesus.

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 And he's saying

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 that's a dreadful offense

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 to be avoided

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 at all costs.

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 How can that happen?

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 Well perhaps

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 there's a younger Christian

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 watching

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 an older Christian

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 fall into sin

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 or be guilty

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 of hypocrisy.

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 Perhaps it's lack of care

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 for someone's

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 weaker conscience.

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 And somebody is led astray

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 and somebody is led

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 to walk away from Jesus.

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 And so he issues

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 a warning

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 about our sin

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 having consequences

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 for others.

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 Does a similar thing

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 in verse 50.

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 He talks about salt.

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 Salt

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 intended to preserve

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 and to add flavor.

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 Salt is good

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 but if it loses its saltiness

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 how can you make it salty again?

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 Have salt in yourselves

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 and be at peace

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 with each other.

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 So he's saying

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 to the church

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 that our sin

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 if we start fighting

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 amongst ourselves

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 if we start comparing

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 and competing

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 if we get casual

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 about sin

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 if we don't have peace

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 our sin as a church

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 as a community

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 might stop others

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 from ever wanting

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 anything to do

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 with the Lord Jesus.

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 We can be guilty

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 of being

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 unsalty.

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 We don't preserve

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 we don't add flavor

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 we can be judgmental

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 and hypocritical

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 and mean-spirited

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 and harsh

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 not living like Jesus

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 in such a way

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 that somebody

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 might look at the church

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 and say

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 well why in the world

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 would we bother

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 listening to what

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 they have to say

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 because they seem

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 miserable and unpleasant

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 and I want nothing

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 to do with them.

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 So there's a warning

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 two ways

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 our sin individually

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 can cause others

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 to fall away

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 our sin as a community

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 can cause others

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 to never look at Jesus

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 in the first place.

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 And then in that

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 middle section

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 from verse 43 to 48

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 he talks about

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 the personal effect

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 of sin

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 and he calls us

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 to radical obedience.

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 Let's read verse 43.

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 If your hand causes you

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 to sin

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 cut it off

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 it's better for you

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 to enter life maimed

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 than with two hands

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 to go into hell

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 where the fire

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 never goes out.

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 So again

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 Jesus is saying

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 there are two

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 eternal destinies

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 that there's no

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 middle ground

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 that is

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 in verse 43

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 life

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 further on

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 talked about

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 the kingdom of God

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 that is the reality

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 of heaven

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 with God

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 that is

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 perfection

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 to look forward to

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 an eternity

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 marked by love

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 and joy

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 and fellowship

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 and community

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 or there is

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 hell

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 that is

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 unending

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 punishment

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 for our

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 willful sin

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 and rebellion

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 and what Jesus

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 is saying

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 that we should

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 do anything

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 that it takes

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 to ensure

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 that we find

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 a way to life.

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 If our hand

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 causes us to sin

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 cut it off.

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 Maybe we know

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 the story.

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 That was then

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 turned into a movie

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 in about 127 hours

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 a climber

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 called Aaron Ralston

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 who was

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 canyoning

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 or bouldering

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 in Utah

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 and his arm

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 got trapped

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 and he couldn't

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 get it out

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 and he spent

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 five days

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 there in the

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 blazing heat

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 until he realized

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 the only way

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 he was going to get

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 out of this alive

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 was by cutting off

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 his own arm

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 and he had to make

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 that choice

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 literally sawing

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 off his arm

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 in order to stay

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 alive.

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 Jesus is saying

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 cut off

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 in our lives

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 whatever would

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 cause us

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 to dishonor God

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 whatever would

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 cause us

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 to walk

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 from God

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 whatever would

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 cause us

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 to look at

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 things that are

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 impure

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 and unworthy

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 of God

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 like a surgeon

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 amputating

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 an arm or a leg

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 in order to

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 save a life.

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 Hell is serious

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 and sin

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 is serious.

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 I think

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 sometimes we

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 struggle

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 with the reality

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 of hell

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 because we fail

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 in the first place

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 to take the holiness

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 of God seriously

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 and we think

00:14:29.799 --> 00:14:30.340
 about sin

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 the way perhaps

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 we think about

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 a parking ticket

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 or a speeding

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 thing.

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 Everybody does it

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 it's no big deal.

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 We fail to take

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 the seriousness

00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:39.500
 of sin

00:14:39.500 --> 00:14:40.740
 seriously

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 and Jesus

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 is looking

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 to correct

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 our thinking

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 by giving us

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 these stark images

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 and stark warnings.

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 one of the things

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 that he wants

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 to encourage

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 in us

00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:52.299
 is a healthy

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 fear of sin

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 it should sometimes

00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:55.679
 to have a healthy

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 fear

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 and sin

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 is something

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 we are to be

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 afraid of.

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 perhaps you saw

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 the story

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 in the news

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 this week

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 of the man

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 in the Czech

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 Republic

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 who kept

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 a couple

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 of lions

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 as household

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 pets.

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 He used to

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 walk them

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 down the street

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 and he fed

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 them

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 they were in the

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 house and

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 garden with him

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 it only became

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 public knowledge

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 because one of

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 those lions

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 mauled him

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 to death.

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 there are some

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 things that we

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 don't mess

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 around with

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 and we need

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 to have a

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 healthy fear

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 of.

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 One of the

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 images that

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 God gives

00:15:30.860 --> 00:15:31.479
 to Cain

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 actually

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 in Genesis

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 chapter 4

00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:34.379
 is of sin

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 as being

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 like a lion.

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 He tells

00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:38.019
 Cain to

00:15:38.019 --> 00:15:38.899
 watch out

00:15:38.899 --> 00:15:39.599
 as sin

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 is like a

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 lion

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 crouching

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 at your

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 door

00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:42.500
 it seeks

00:15:42.500 --> 00:15:43.860
 to destroy

00:15:43.860 --> 00:15:44.500
 you

00:15:44.500 --> 00:15:47.199
 and Cain

00:15:47.199 --> 00:15:47.719
 is invited

00:15:47.719 --> 00:15:48.259
 to seek

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 to master

00:15:48.839 --> 00:15:49.219
 sin

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 as the old

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 Puritan

00:15:50.079 --> 00:15:50.639
 John Owen

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 said

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 be killing

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 sin

00:15:51.940 --> 00:15:52.880
 or it

00:15:52.880 --> 00:15:53.380
 will be

00:15:53.380 --> 00:15:53.820
 killing

00:15:53.820 --> 00:15:54.780
 you.

00:15:57.220 --> 00:15:57.880
 Jesus

00:15:57.880 --> 00:15:58.740
 shows us

00:15:58.740 --> 00:15:59.520
 sin

00:15:59.520 --> 00:16:00.440
 is serious.

00:16:01.160 --> 00:16:01.820
 The cross

00:16:01.820 --> 00:16:02.340
 of Jesus

00:16:02.340 --> 00:16:03.440
 shows

00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:04.360
 that sin

00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:05.080
 is serious.

00:16:05.760 --> 00:16:06.120
 What's

00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:06.580
 happening

00:16:06.580 --> 00:16:07.640
 on the

00:16:07.640 --> 00:16:08.120
 cross

00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:08.900
 as Jesus

00:16:08.900 --> 00:16:09.400
 dies?

00:16:10.180 --> 00:16:10.600
 Jesus

00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:11.920
 is facing

00:16:11.920 --> 00:16:13.540
 the curse

00:16:13.540 --> 00:16:14.300
 he goes

00:16:14.300 --> 00:16:15.000
 under the

00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:15.740
 curse of

00:16:15.740 --> 00:16:16.220
 God

00:16:16.220 --> 00:16:17.540
 for

00:16:17.540 --> 00:16:18.380
 disobedience

00:16:18.380 --> 00:16:19.600
 not because

00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:20.180
 Jesus has

00:16:20.180 --> 00:16:20.600
 done anything

00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:20.880
 wrong

00:16:20.880 --> 00:16:21.180
 he is

00:16:21.180 --> 00:16:21.500
 sinless

00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:21.960
 and perfect

00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:22.299
 but he

00:16:22.299 --> 00:16:22.919
 does that

00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:23.820
 in the

00:16:23.820 --> 00:16:24.240
 place

00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:25.179
 of his

00:16:25.179 --> 00:16:25.759
 people.

00:16:27.139 --> 00:16:27.700
 We find

00:16:27.700 --> 00:16:28.080
 Jesus

00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:28.860
 crying out

00:16:28.860 --> 00:16:29.419
 my God

00:16:29.419 --> 00:16:30.039
 my God

00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:30.600
 why have

00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:31.200
 you forsaken

00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:31.539
 me?

00:16:32.139 --> 00:16:32.379
 Jesus

00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:32.980
 is cut

00:16:32.980 --> 00:16:33.500
 off

00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:35.100
 and abandoned

00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:36.039
 at the

00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:36.480
 cross

00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:37.580
 because God

00:16:37.580 --> 00:16:38.059
 the holy

00:16:38.059 --> 00:16:38.360
 God

00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:38.740
 can have

00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:39.039
 nothing

00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:39.419
 to do

00:16:39.419 --> 00:16:39.919
 with sin

00:16:39.919 --> 00:16:40.759
 and Jesus

00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:41.340
 has become

00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:41.820
 the sin

00:16:41.820 --> 00:16:42.279
 bearer of

00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:42.759
 the world

00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:43.779
 there on

00:16:43.779 --> 00:16:44.419
 the cross.

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 that's

00:16:46.379 --> 00:16:46.719
 not all

00:16:46.719 --> 00:16:47.019
 we see

00:16:47.019 --> 00:16:47.240
 at the

00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:47.519
 cross

00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:47.939
 the cross

00:16:47.939 --> 00:16:48.319
 also

00:16:48.319 --> 00:16:48.839
 shows us

00:16:48.839 --> 00:16:49.259
 the love

00:16:49.259 --> 00:16:49.639
 of God

00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:49.939
 because

00:16:49.939 --> 00:16:50.299
 Jesus

00:16:50.299 --> 00:16:50.819
 is willing

00:16:50.819 --> 00:16:51.279
 to go

00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:51.519
 there.

00:16:51.899 --> 00:16:52.019
 The

00:16:52.019 --> 00:16:52.299
 father

00:16:52.299 --> 00:16:52.799
 is willing

00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:53.379
 to send

00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:53.819
 Jesus

00:16:53.819 --> 00:16:55.199
 to stand

00:16:55.199 --> 00:16:55.659
 in our

00:16:55.659 --> 00:16:56.099
 place

00:16:56.099 --> 00:16:57.240
 to take

00:16:57.240 --> 00:16:57.639
 our

00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:58.360
 punishment

00:16:58.360 --> 00:16:59.219
 in order

00:16:59.219 --> 00:17:00.199
 to give

00:17:00.199 --> 00:17:00.799
 us forgiveness

00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:01.319
 in order

00:17:01.319 --> 00:17:01.979
 to save

00:17:01.979 --> 00:17:02.339
 us from

00:17:02.339 --> 00:17:02.839
 our sin

00:17:02.839 --> 00:17:03.279
 and to

00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:03.939
 save us

00:17:03.939 --> 00:17:05.139
 from hell.

00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:06.299
 Jesus

00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:07.039
 goes

00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:07.799
 to the

00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:08.319
 place of

00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:08.720
 hell

00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:09.500
 and punishment

00:17:09.500 --> 00:17:10.920
 for us.

00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:13.460
 We need

00:17:13.460 --> 00:17:14.039
 hell to

00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:14.579
 remind us

00:17:14.579 --> 00:17:15.079
 that sin

00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:17.220
 is serious.

00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:19.359
 We also

00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:19.940
 need hell

00:17:19.940 --> 00:17:20.380
 because it

00:17:20.380 --> 00:17:21.259
 reminds us

00:17:21.259 --> 00:17:22.279
 that sharing

00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:23.059
 the gospel

00:17:23.059 --> 00:17:25.039
 is urgent.

00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:26.519
 I think

00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:26.799
 one of the

00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:27.460
 most convicting

00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:28.099
 things that

00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:28.900
 I've read

00:17:28.900 --> 00:17:29.480
 and a number

00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:29.920
 of occasions

00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:30.420
 I read it

00:17:30.420 --> 00:17:30.980
 again a couple

00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:31.299
 of weeks

00:17:31.299 --> 00:17:31.640
 ago

00:17:31.640 --> 00:17:32.960
 a quote

00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:33.500
 from

00:17:33.500 --> 00:17:34.940
 the magician

00:17:34.940 --> 00:17:36.319
 Penn Jillette

00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:36.740
 there's the

00:17:36.740 --> 00:17:37.460
 magician

00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:37.900
 jewel

00:17:37.900 --> 00:17:38.759
 Penn and

00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.079
 teller

00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:39.799
 Penn Jillette

00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:40.079
 he's not

00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:40.500
 a Christian

00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:42.179
 he said

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 this in

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 an interview

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 once

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 how much

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 do you

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 have to

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 hate

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 somebody

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 to believe

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 that there

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 is a

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 heaven

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 and hell

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 but not

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 to tell

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 them

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 because of

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 social

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 awkwardness

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 sometimes

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 we forget

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 just how

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 urgent the

00:18:00.859 --> 00:18:01.599
 gospel is

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 and I

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 find that

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 quote really

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 convicting

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 I wonder

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 if you're

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 a Christian

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 here today

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 do you

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 identify

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 with this

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 missionary

00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:08.940
 who was

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 speaking

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 this week

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 saying

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 why is

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 it that

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 I am

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 willing

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 to share

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 my life

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 with another

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 person

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 but I

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 often hesitate

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 to share

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 my God

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 with that

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 person

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 being honest

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 there are many

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 things that can

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 get in the way

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 of sharing the

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 gospel

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 whether it's

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 fear

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 whether it's

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 questions of

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 is this the

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 right time

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 whether it's

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 a sense of

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 politeness

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 or social

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 awkwardness

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 that cause

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 us to

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 say

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 nothing

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 and when

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 we do

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 that

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 what's

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 happening

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 we are

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 lessening

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 that sense

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 that this

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 is a life

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 and death

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 situation

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 that our

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 gospel message

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 has a life

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 and death

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 urgency

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 attached

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 to it

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 we know

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 as Christians

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 that we're

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 called to be

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 marked by

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 love and

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 care

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 but if

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 our care

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 only extends

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 to the

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 physical

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 and never

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 extends to the

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 spiritual

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 and the

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 eternal

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 then our

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 love

00:19:10.600 --> 00:19:11.960
 is out of

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 balance

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 that it's

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 not enough

00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:16.259
 just to care

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 for people's

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 bodily needs

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 we also need

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 to care for

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 their souls

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 to care

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 for their

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 salvation

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 and again

00:19:23.580 --> 00:19:24.640
 Jesus is

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 teaching his

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 disciples

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 and he's

00:19:26.040 --> 00:19:26.860
 teaching his

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 church about

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 hell

00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:29.519
 in order

00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:30.120
 to soften

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 and melt

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 our hearts

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 and to

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 get us

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 to that

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 place

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 where we

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 would love

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 others

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 more than

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 our

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 maybe our

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 reputation

00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:39.440
 or our

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 sense of

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 dis-ease

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:42.140
 about having

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 those

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 conversations

00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:45.500
 that he's

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:46.140
 reminding us

00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:46.660
 about hell

00:19:46.660 --> 00:19:47.140
 to give us

00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:47.640
 a sense of

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 urgency

00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:50.040
 to replace

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 a sense

00:19:51.060 --> 00:19:51.759
 of apathy

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 sometimes we

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 can be so

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 concerned

00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:56.019
 will I

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 have the

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 right

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 answers

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 what if

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 the conversation

00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:58.880
 goes in

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 this direction

00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:00.760
 we get

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 really nervous

00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:01.720
 so we

00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.060
 don't even

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 begin

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 rather than

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 trusting Jesus

00:20:04.800 --> 00:20:05.500
 to send the

00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:05.960
 spirit to

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 help us

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 and trusting

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 that even

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.780
 in the mess

00:20:08.780 --> 00:20:09.180
 even if we

00:20:09.180 --> 00:20:09.560
 don't get

00:20:09.560 --> 00:20:10.100
 things right

00:20:10.100 --> 00:20:10.920
 God can still

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:11.580
 work and God

00:20:11.580 --> 00:20:12.160
 can still be

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 on it

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 Jesus teaches

00:20:14.840 --> 00:20:15.280
 us about

00:20:15.280 --> 00:20:15.840
 hell to

00:20:15.840 --> 00:20:16.380
 shape our

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 priorities

00:20:17.080 --> 00:20:18.840
 and to

00:20:18.840 --> 00:20:19.260
 shape our

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 prayers

00:20:19.860 --> 00:20:21.460
 for ourselves

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 that we

00:20:21.780 --> 00:20:22.240
 would beg

00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:22.700
 for a sense

00:20:22.700 --> 00:20:23.280
 of urgency

00:20:23.280 --> 00:20:23.760
 and to have

00:20:23.760 --> 00:20:24.560
 soft hearts

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:25.879
 but also

00:20:25.879 --> 00:20:26.179
 that we

00:20:26.179 --> 00:20:26.339
 would be

00:20:26.339 --> 00:20:26.819
 looking for

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 opportunity

00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:27.899
 to love

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 our friends

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 and our

00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:29.440
 city more

00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:31.039
 by talking

00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:31.419
 about the

00:20:31.419 --> 00:20:31.779
 gospel

00:20:31.779 --> 00:20:34.279
 that we

00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:34.460
 would be

00:20:34.460 --> 00:20:34.879
 willing not

00:20:34.879 --> 00:20:35.419
 just to share

00:20:35.419 --> 00:20:36.000
 our lives

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.460
 with others

00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:37.720
 not just to

00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:38.259
 meet physical

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.679
 needs but

00:20:38.679 --> 00:20:39.139
 we would also

00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:39.759
 be willing to

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.179
 share our

00:20:40.179 --> 00:20:41.559
 God with

00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:42.000
 our family

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.279
 and our

00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:43.419
 friends and

00:20:43.419 --> 00:20:43.940
 to seek to

00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.539
 meet people's

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.359
 spiritual needs

00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:47.659
 I find this

00:20:47.659 --> 00:20:48.219
 a profoundly

00:20:48.219 --> 00:20:49.719
 convicting

00:20:49.719 --> 00:20:51.539
 and challenging

00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:52.299
 section but I

00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:53.039
 don't want us

00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:53.859
 to go away

00:20:53.859 --> 00:20:54.299
 from here

00:20:54.299 --> 00:20:55.219
 feeling motivated

00:20:55.219 --> 00:20:55.939
 by a sense

00:20:55.939 --> 00:20:56.679
 of guilt

00:20:56.679 --> 00:20:57.699
 I've done

00:20:57.699 --> 00:20:58.259
 really badly

00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:58.919
 and I know

00:20:58.919 --> 00:20:59.339
 I should do

00:20:59.339 --> 00:20:59.779
 better

00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:00.679
 because that's

00:21:00.679 --> 00:21:01.179
 where maybe

00:21:01.179 --> 00:21:01.679
 our hearts

00:21:01.679 --> 00:21:02.719
 instinctively go

00:21:02.719 --> 00:21:03.559
 and I'm

00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:04.000
 certainly not

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.559
 speaking as

00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:05.079
 somebody who

00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:06.159
 who's got

00:21:06.159 --> 00:21:07.119
 this sorted

00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:07.979
 and somebody

00:21:07.979 --> 00:21:08.500
 who finds it

00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:09.259
 easy to have

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:09.619
 those kind

00:21:09.619 --> 00:21:10.279
 of conversations

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:12.240
 but Jesus

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.679
 is saying

00:21:12.679 --> 00:21:13.159
 here's our

00:21:13.159 --> 00:21:13.539
 goal

00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:15.039
 our goal

00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:15.659
 is first of

00:21:15.659 --> 00:21:16.039
 all to

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.819
 care for

00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:17.180
 people

00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:18.240
 to see the

00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:18.980
 urgency of

00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:19.440
 sharing the

00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:19.700
 gospel

00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:20.899
 but ultimately

00:21:20.899 --> 00:21:21.579
 as Christians

00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:22.159
 we want to

00:21:22.159 --> 00:21:22.920
 delight in

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.639
 Jesus so

00:21:23.639 --> 00:21:24.220
 much

00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:25.619
 that it would

00:21:25.619 --> 00:21:25.920
 be our

00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.259
 instinct

00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:26.559
 it would be

00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:27.039
 our greatest

00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:27.599
 joy to

00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:29.019
 share Jesus

00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:30.159
 with others

00:21:30.159 --> 00:21:30.940
 where sharing

00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:31.579
 Jesus would

00:21:31.579 --> 00:21:32.259
 complete our

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:32.899
 own joy

00:21:32.899 --> 00:21:34.059
 of our

00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:34.659
 salvation

00:21:34.659 --> 00:21:36.740
 the one

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:37.180
 last thing

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:37.759
 to say

00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:38.559
 about the

00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:39.299
 importance of

00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:39.619
 hell

00:21:39.619 --> 00:21:40.539
 is that

00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:41.039
 hell

00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:42.119
 perhaps

00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:42.799
 surprisingly

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:44.099
 helps us

00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:44.799
 appreciate

00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:46.200
 God's

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:46.740
 love

00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.419
 one of the

00:21:47.419 --> 00:21:47.779
 things about

00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.180
 Christianity

00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:49.079
 is that it

00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:49.779
 is a

00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:50.419
 rescue

00:21:50.419 --> 00:21:50.940
 religion

00:21:50.940 --> 00:21:52.480
 we don't

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:52.919
 say do

00:21:52.919 --> 00:21:53.519
 better and

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:54.440
 try harder

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:55.700
 our message

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.480
 is that as

00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:57.559
 people we

00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.319
 are spiritually

00:21:58.319 --> 00:21:59.359
 dead and we

00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:00.720
 need a

00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:01.220
 resurrection

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:02.299
 we need help

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:03.259
 from outside

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.960
 of us

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:05.619
 and Jesus

00:22:05.619 --> 00:22:06.220
 teaching on

00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:06.559
 sin and

00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:07.220
 hell reveals

00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:07.779
 the danger

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.919
 clearly to

00:22:08.919 --> 00:22:09.319
 us

00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:10.960
 and that

00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:11.619
 left to

00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:12.179
 ourselves

00:22:12.179 --> 00:22:13.019
 our default

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.799
 destination

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.659
 for eternity

00:22:14.659 --> 00:22:15.539
 would be

00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.579
 hell

00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:18.579
 that we

00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:18.980
 need a

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.639
 rescuer

00:22:19.639 --> 00:22:21.059
 or universally

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:22.220
 we stand

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.980
 condemned

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:24.159
 we have

00:22:24.159 --> 00:22:24.759
 failed to

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.339
 love God

00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:25.639
 with our

00:22:25.639 --> 00:22:26.139
 heart and

00:22:26.139 --> 00:22:26.559
 soul and

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:26.980
 mind and

00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:27.379
 strength and

00:22:27.379 --> 00:22:27.899
 we failed

00:22:27.899 --> 00:22:28.519
 to love our

00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:29.139
 neighbor as

00:22:29.139 --> 00:22:30.179
 ourselves all

00:22:30.179 --> 00:22:30.859
 of the time

00:22:30.859 --> 00:22:34.119
 but hell

00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:35.159
 also explains

00:22:35.159 --> 00:22:35.599
 to us

00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:36.439
 Jesus journey

00:22:36.439 --> 00:22:36.799
 to the

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.119
 cross

00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:39.699
 Jesus goes

00:22:39.699 --> 00:22:40.039
 to the

00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:40.679
 cross in

00:22:40.679 --> 00:22:41.379
 order to

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 defeat

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 the powers

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 of evil

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 and darkness

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 by absorbing

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 them into

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 himself and

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 by facing

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 the punishment

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 for our

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 sin

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 Jesus on

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 the cross

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 tastes

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 hell in

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 concentrated

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 form in

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 those three

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 hours of

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 darkness as

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 he carries

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 the sin

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 of the

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 world as

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 our loving

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 substitute

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 and when we

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 realize why

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 Jesus goes

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 to the cross

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 it helps us

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 to understand

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 more of the

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 love of God

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 I listened to

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 a lecture this

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 week from

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 Tim Keller

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 addressing

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 seminary

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 students and

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 he said the

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 doctrine of

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 hell is a

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 doorway into

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 the love of

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 God precisely

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 for that reason

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 it shows that

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 depth it shows

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 the extent of

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 God's redeeming

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 love and

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 also it

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 stops our

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 hearts from

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 growing cold

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 to God when

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 we realize what

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 he has lovingly

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 saved us

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 from

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 Charles Dickens

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 novel a tale

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 of two cities

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 climaxes with

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 Charles Darnay

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 one of the

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 main characters

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 in a prison

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 cell during the

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 French Revolution

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 awaiting his

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 execution the

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 following morning

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 well into the

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 prison comes his

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 friend Sidney

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 Carton and he

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 drugs Darnay

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 he takes his

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 clothes he has

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 another friend

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 drag Darnay out of

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 the prison and

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 off to freedom

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 and Sidney

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 Carton stands in

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 the place of his

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 friend and goes

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 to the executioner's

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 block the following

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 morning in a

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 wonderful moment of

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 self-giving love

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 and it's a small

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 picture of Jesus

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 love for us in the

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 gospel and Jesus

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 sacrifice that is

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 intended to melt

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 and to warm our

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 hearts as we see

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 Jesus becoming our

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:48.819
 substitute going to

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 the place of death

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 to rescue us from

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 eternal condemnation

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 from a living death

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 we see Jesus become

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 cursed so we might

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 be blessed

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 so let's hear this

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 loving warning from

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 Jesus this loving

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 and reliable guide

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 to look on the

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 cross as God's

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 loving response

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 to our death

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 sentence and to

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 trust him as

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 Lord and Savior

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 you