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 1137 to 54. I'll read it out loud for us.

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

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 So he went in and reclined at table.

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

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 And the Lord said to him,

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 Now, you Pharisees, cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish.

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 But inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

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 You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also?

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

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 But woe to you, Pharisees!

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 For you tithe, mend, and rue, and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God.

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 These you ought to have done without neglecting the others.

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 Woe to you, Pharisees!

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 For you love the best seed in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

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 Woe to you!

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 For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without knowing it.

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 One of the lawyers answered him,

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 Teacher, in saying these things, you insult us also.

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 And he said,

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 Woe to you, lawyers, also.

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 For you loathe people with burdens hard to bear,

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 and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

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 Woe to you!

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 For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed.

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 So you are witnesses, and you consent to the deeds of your fathers.

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 For they kill them, and you build their tombs.

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 Therefore also, the wisdom of God said,

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 I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute.

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 So that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world,

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 may be charged against this generation.

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 From the blood of Abel, to the blood of Zechariah,

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 who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.

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

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

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

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

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 and to provoke him to speak about many things,

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 lying in wait for him to catch him in something he might say.

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 This is God's infallible and authoritative word.

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 I don't know if you have ever sat through a sermon,

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 wondering to yourself,

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 Is this pastor talking about me and my situation?

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 And most of the time, when I preach, I don't have a single person,

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 like one person in mind.

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 Usually it's several people or categories of people,

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 since no temptation has overtaken you,

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 except that which is common to men.

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 For that reason, if you're dealing with something,

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 it's no likelihood there are other people in the church dealing with it as well.

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 But I do think specifically about our church when I prepare sermons,

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 because my sermons are not preached for the world,

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 but for you,

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 for this local church.

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 And that's why pastors do not,

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 or at least should not,

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 copy and paste sermons written by other pastors,

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 even the best preachers in the world,

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 and then preach it to their local churches.

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 In the passage immediately preceding our passage for today,

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 Jesus preached on the importance of believing and living in accordance with his message

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 that the kingdom of God has dawned with his arrival as the Messiah and Savior of the world.

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 And he spoke unflinchingly that this generation is an evil generation.

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 It seeks for a sign,

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 but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

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 And the sign of Jonah was in reference to his preaching,

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 that his preaching to them to repent and to believe in him

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 is the sign that God's giving to them.

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 And as Jesus was saying these things,

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 I'm sure some people were squirming in their seats thinking,

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 oh man, Jesus is speaking directly to me.

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 But then there were others

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 who felt certain

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 that Jesus

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 was not speaking to them.

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 They were the Pharisees,

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 the scribes.

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 The Pharisees were one of the four major religious groups,

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 Jewish religious groups in the first century.

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 They were the Jews who sought to purify

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 and reform the Jewish community.

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 And the scribes,

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 who are called the lawyers in this passage,

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 they were the religious academics

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 who lended legal

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 and scholarly support

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 to the Pharisees' ministry,

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 their interpretation of the Old Testament.

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 So you could think of the Pharisees

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 as kind of

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 the ministers

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 or the pastors.

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 And then you could think of the lawyers,

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 the scribes as the theologians,

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 the seminary professors

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 of the Jewish people.

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 And as the Jewish leaders,

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 the religious leaders

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 and teachers of their day,

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 and the context of this passage

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 and what we've seen among the Pharisees

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 and the scribes,

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 they suggest that they would have been

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 heartily saying their amens

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 to what Jesus was saying

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 about this evil generation.

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 Because they were,

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 they knew the generation was,

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 they wanted to reform it.

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 That was their entire agenda.

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 Yes, Jesus, preach!

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 Tell them!

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 They don't listen to us!

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 Maybe they'll listen to you!

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 But Jesus is not about

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 to let them off the hook.

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 He lays into these

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 religious leaders

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 in Luke 11, 37 to 54.

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 He speaks specifically

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 of the hypocrisy of the Pharisees

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 in verses 37 to 44.

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 And he speaks of the hindrance

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 he describes

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 in verses 45 to 54.

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 And the main point is

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 that following Jesus

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 involves not merely

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 external conformity,

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 but also internal conversion

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 through the blood of Christ.

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 So let's first look at

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 the hypocrisy of the Pharisees.

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 While Jesus was speaking,

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 it says in verse 37,

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 that a Pharisee

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 asked him to dine with him,

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 so he went in

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 and reclined at table.

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 This is the second

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 of three occasions

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 in the Gospel of Luke

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 when Jesus accepts

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 the invitation

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 to a Pharisee's home.

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 And throughout his ministry,

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 Jesus has been drawing

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 the ire of the Pharisees

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 because Pharisees

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 refused to associate

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 with sinners,

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 but Jesus constantly had

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 as his companion sinners

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 because he was calling

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 them to repentance.

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 And so the Pharisees

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 didn't exactly get along

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 with him that well.

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 And yet,

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 when a Pharisee

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 asked him to dine with him,

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 Jesus accepted the invitation

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 because he knew

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 that despite the Pharisee's

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 self-righteousness,

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 they were still sinners

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 in need of the message

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 of the Gospel

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 that he brings.

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 So he went in

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 and reclined at table.

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 And the word reclined

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 suggests that this wasn't

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 an ordinary family meal,

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 as we've seen,

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 where people sit down

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 on a chair.

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 But they're reclining,

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 that means it's reversed

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 to a special meal.

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 It's a formal banquet

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 where the guests

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 are reclining

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 on little mats,

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 on cushions of some kind

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 on the floor.

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 And Jesus was likely

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 the guest of honor

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 at this special banquet

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 since he was considered

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 virtuous among Jews

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 to invite itinerant

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 Jewish teachers

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 to their homes

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 to have a discussion

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 and to hear their lessons.

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 And that's what Jesus

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 called the teacher here,

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 verse 45.

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 And this kind of context

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 of having theological

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 and religious

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 and philosophical instruction

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 over a meal

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 was very widely used

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 in the Roman Empire.

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 It came to be known later

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 as a symposium,

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 which is where we get

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 the English word.

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 So this is a common context.

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 And at this special banquet,

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 it says in verse 38,

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 the Pharisee was astonished

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 to see that Jesus

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 did not first wash

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 before dinner.

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 So he was watching Jesus

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 to see what he would do.

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 And he was surprised

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 that Jesus didn't wash

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 his hands,

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 he didn't wash himself

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 before he ate.

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 And the concern here

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 is not with personal hygiene.

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 The Pharisees couldn't care less.

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 This is about ceremonial purity.

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 Washing yourself before meals

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 is described in the Old Testament,

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 but really mostly

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 for hygienic purposes

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 and customary things to do.

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 But they are never prescribed

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 in the Old Testament

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 as a commandment.

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 You must wash your hands

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 in this manner

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 before you eat.

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 And yet the Jews

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 traditionally practiced

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 ritual cleansing

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 before meals.

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 Mark chapter 7,

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 verses 1 to 4

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 describe this Jewish tradition.

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 Now when the Pharisees

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 gathered to him

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 with some of the scribes

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 who had come from Jerusalem,

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 they saw that some

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 of his disciples

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 ate with hands

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 that were defiled,

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 that is unwashed.

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 For the Pharisees

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 and all the Jews

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 do not eat

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 unless they wash

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 their hands properly,

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 holding to the tradition

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 of the elders.

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 And when they come

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 from the marketplace,

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 they do not eat

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 unless they wash.

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 So this is a reference

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 to the tradition

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 of the elders.

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 This is extra-biblical.

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 And it's not in Scripture itself.

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 It's something the Jews

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 have added to it.

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 In fact,

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 if you look at the Mishnah,

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 which is a collection

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 of Jewish commentary,

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 they're teaching

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 an authoritative tradition

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 of the Jews,

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 it says specifically

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 that when you wash

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 your hands before meals,

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 you're supposed to

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 wash it twice.

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 You're supposed to

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 pour water on your hand twice.

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 And as you do that,

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 however,

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 the ritual cleansing

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 only applies

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 up to your wrist.

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 So if you actually

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 pour the water

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 above the wrist,

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 beyond the wrist,

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 twice,

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 and the water

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 that touches

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 the part that's

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 not clean

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 above the wrist,

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 and the water

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 flows back down

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 to your hand,

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 then you haven't

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 washed properly.

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 You're still unclean.

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 So that's the length

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 to which these Jews

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 went to ensure

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 that you're ritually

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 clean before you

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 are actually able

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 to eat something.

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 And Jesus is not

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 willing to submit

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 to these human traditions.

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 And so he doesn't

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 do this,

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 intentionally or

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 unintentionally,

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 and the Pharisees

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 are shocked

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 that Jesus,

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 this Jewish teacher,

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 would flaunt

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 this tradition.

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 And he's judging him.

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 He's surprised

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 by that.

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 And even though

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 the Pharisee himself

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 doesn't actually

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 say anything

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 to Jesus here,

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 Jesus nonetheless

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 perceives

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 the Pharisee's

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 astonishment

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 and challenges

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 his understanding

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 of ritual purity.

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 And so he says

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 in verse 39,

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 And the Lord

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 said to him,

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 this is Luke,

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 the author of the gospel,

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 calling Jesus Lord,

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 which is a loaded word,

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 right?

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 Because God is called Lord

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 in Luke chapter 1,

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 verse 43.

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 And in Luke chapter 2,

00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:11.780
 11,

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 Jesus is described

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 as a Savior

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 who is Christ the Lord.

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 So by intentionally

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 using the word Lord here,

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 Luke is highlighting

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 the contrast,

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 how out of line

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 it is for this Pharisee

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 to look down

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 on Jesus

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 for foregoing

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 a ritual cleansing

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 taught by the traditions

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 of men.

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 He is Jesus,

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 the Lord,

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 the Holy One of God.

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 And this is

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 the verdict of the Lord.

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 He says in verses

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 39 to 40,

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 Now you Pharisees

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 cleanse the outside

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 of the cup

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 and of the dish,

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 but inside you are

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 full of greed

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 and wickedness.

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 You fools,

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 did not he who made

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 the outside

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 make the inside also.

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 The issue at hand

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 was of course

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 the washing of the body,

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 the hand,

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 before the meal.

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 But Jesus uses

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 the Pharisees'

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 practice of ritual cleansing,

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 the practice of

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 ritually washing

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 the cups and dishes

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 as well

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 that the Pharisees

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 practiced

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 to make a larger point.

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 This is his illustration

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 to make a larger point

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 about ritual cleansing

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 in general.

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 Because the Pharisees

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 were meticulous

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 about making sure

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 that every cup

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 and dish that they used

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 were ritually clean.

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 But their concern

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 with ritual purity

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 was hypocritical

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 because inside

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 they were full of greed

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 and wickedness.

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 Greed is the word

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 that refers to

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 robbing somebody,

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 plundering someone

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 in other contexts.

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 And the word wickedness

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 is a general term

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 for what is evil.

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 Which is,

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 the word evil

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 is a key word

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 throughout Luke chapter 11.

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 The word evil

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 has been used five times

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 in this chapter alone.

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 And in verse 29

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 Jesus said specifically

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 that this generation

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 is an evil generation.

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 So by saying

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 that the Pharisees

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 are full of evil,

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 the wickedness,

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 which is non-form

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 of the attitude evil

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 in Greek.

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 Jesus is saying

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 explicitly

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 that the Pharisees

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 are not exempt.

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 You thought that

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 you were exempt

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 from this criticism

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 of this evil generation.

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 You are full

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 of the same evil.

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 They too are part

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 of this evil generation.

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 They too need to repent

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 of their sins

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 and follow Jesus.

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 When it comes

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 to outward observances

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 that people can see,

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 the Pharisees

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 were strict

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 and detail-oriented.

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 But when it came

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 to the inward

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 posture of obedience,

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 what people cannot see,

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 they were thoroughly wicked.

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 And the illustration

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 is powerful.

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 What good is it

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 to wash the outside

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 of dishes, right?

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 If on the inside

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 there's still food stains.

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 What good is it

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 to wash the outside

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 of your cups

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 and water bottles

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 when on the inside

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 has green

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 and white things

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 growing?

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 Would you drink

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 from that?

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 Jesus is charging

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 the Pharisees

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 of hypocrisy,

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 which means to act,

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 to pretend.

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 The Pharisees

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 are pretenders

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 because if they

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 were really concerned

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 with holiness,

00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:17.480
 they would have first

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 dealt with their

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 inward greed

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 and wickedness.

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 But instead,

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 they are concerned

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 with this outward

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 minutiae

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 of the Jewish

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 religious tradition,

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 which are not even

00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:28.299
 in Scripture,

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 but are instead

00:14:30.419 --> 00:14:31.759
 accumulation

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 of human tradition.

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 And this is

00:14:35.139 --> 00:14:36.039
 offensive to God.

00:14:36.100 --> 00:14:36.740
 This is an affront

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 to God

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 because Jesus

00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:38.580
 says in verse 40,

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 Did not he

00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:40.879
 who made the outside

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 make the inside

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 also?

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 God not only

00:14:44.379 --> 00:14:45.259
 made the outside

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 of a person,

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 but also the inside

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 of a person.

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 So both our outside

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 and inside

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 belong to God.

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 Not merely

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 what we say

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 out in the open,

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 but also

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 our hidden thoughts.

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 They belong

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 to God.

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 God is not merely

00:15:02.860 --> 00:15:03.480
 concerned with

00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:03.980
 what we do

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 in public,

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 but with everything

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 we do,

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 even in the privacy

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 of our homes.

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 How do we live

00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:12.399
 when no one

00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:12.939
 is looking?

00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:15.639
 Because God

00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:16.299
 is still watching.

00:15:17.919 --> 00:15:19.100
 In what ways,

00:15:19.179 --> 00:15:20.080
 this is a good time

00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:21.460
 to ask ourselves,

00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:23.139
 have we compartmentalized

00:15:23.139 --> 00:15:23.620
 our lives?

00:15:25.700 --> 00:15:27.240
 Perhaps on the outside,

00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:29.620
 we are ever

00:15:29.620 --> 00:15:31.120
 the polite person

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 smiling at everyone,

00:15:34.659 --> 00:15:35.799
 saying all the courteous

00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:36.639
 and nice things,

00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:38.019
 but in our hidden

00:15:38.019 --> 00:15:38.560
 thoughts,

00:15:38.779 --> 00:15:39.560
 we are full of

00:15:39.560 --> 00:15:40.480
 prideful judgment

00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:41.019
 and hatred.

00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:44.659
 Behind closed doors,

00:15:44.779 --> 00:15:45.399
 we are full of

00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:46.399
 gossip and slander.

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 Perhaps we speak

00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:52.440
 gently and kindly

00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:53.019
 to everybody

00:15:53.019 --> 00:15:54.259
 on Sunday morning,

00:15:54.259 --> 00:15:55.379
 but in the privacy

00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:56.299
 of our homes,

00:15:56.659 --> 00:15:57.980
 in the context

00:15:57.980 --> 00:15:58.940
 of our workplace,

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 we speak harshly

00:16:00.280 --> 00:16:01.760
 and haughtily

00:16:01.760 --> 00:16:04.100
 to our spouses,

00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:06.860
 to our coworkers,

00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:08.340
 to our roommates.

00:16:10.660 --> 00:16:11.860
 Perhaps on the outside,

00:16:12.900 --> 00:16:14.620
 perhaps on the outside,

00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:16.380
 we are proficient

00:16:16.380 --> 00:16:17.480
 at using

00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:18.660
 the Christian lingo,

00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:20.540
 saying all the amens

00:16:20.540 --> 00:16:21.480
 in the right places,

00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:23.280
 saying praise God

00:16:23.280 --> 00:16:24.400
 at timely moments,

00:16:24.880 --> 00:16:26.200
 and always asking people

00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:27.720
 about their prayer requests,

00:16:28.100 --> 00:16:30.120
 but we barely

00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:31.020
 spend

00:16:31.020 --> 00:16:32.580
 any time

00:16:32.580 --> 00:16:33.759
 praying for the request

00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:34.940
 we so diligently

00:16:34.940 --> 00:16:35.560
 canvassed.

00:16:39.340 --> 00:16:40.160
 Perhaps there is

00:16:40.160 --> 00:16:40.780
 a jarring

00:16:40.780 --> 00:16:42.100
 incongruity

00:16:42.100 --> 00:16:43.320
 between

00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:44.240
 the way you

00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:45.180
 present yourself

00:16:45.180 --> 00:16:47.280
 in the virtual world

00:16:47.280 --> 00:16:48.180
 of Facebook

00:16:48.180 --> 00:16:48.879
 and Instagram

00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:49.640
 and the way you

00:16:49.640 --> 00:16:50.840
 actually live

00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:52.180
 in the real world.

00:16:52.179 --> 00:16:55.799
 God made

00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:56.259
 both

00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:56.959
 the inside

00:16:56.959 --> 00:16:58.419
 and the outside,

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 and He's not

00:16:59.539 --> 00:17:00.279
 looking for

00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:01.419
 halfway Christians

00:17:01.419 --> 00:17:02.620
 or surface Christians.

00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:03.639
 He's looking for

00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:04.279
 those who will

00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:05.039
 follow Him

00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:06.720
 with all their heart,

00:17:06.879 --> 00:17:07.139
 soul,

00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:07.579
 mind,

00:17:07.619 --> 00:17:08.099
 and strength.

00:17:08.779 --> 00:17:09.480
 Those who will

00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:10.460
 give their whole lives

00:17:10.460 --> 00:17:10.799
 to Him

00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:11.519
 and live from

00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:12.440
 the inside out

00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:13.359
 in obedience to Him.

00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:14.279
 That's what God

00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:14.960
 is calling us to.

00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:17.659
 So Jesus continues

00:17:17.659 --> 00:17:18.740
 that point in verse 41,

00:17:18.899 --> 00:17:19.819
 but give as alms

00:17:19.819 --> 00:17:20.480
 those things

00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:21.139
 that are within,

00:17:21.140 --> 00:17:22.400
 and behold,

00:17:22.540 --> 00:17:23.680
 everything is

00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:24.540
 clean for you.

00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:26.540
 In the context

00:17:26.540 --> 00:17:27.540
 of a special banquet

00:17:27.540 --> 00:17:28.200
 like this,

00:17:28.320 --> 00:17:29.240
 it was customary

00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:30.440
 to leave the door open.

00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:31.660
 It's a public meal

00:17:31.660 --> 00:17:33.440
 so that uninvited guests

00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:34.140
 could enter in

00:17:34.140 --> 00:17:35.080
 and be flies on the wall

00:17:35.080 --> 00:17:36.040
 and listen to this

00:17:36.040 --> 00:17:37.420
 religious or philosophical

00:17:37.420 --> 00:17:37.920
 dialogue.

00:17:38.700 --> 00:17:39.440
 And at the end

00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:39.980
 of the feast,

00:17:40.140 --> 00:17:40.860
 poor were also

00:17:40.860 --> 00:17:41.520
 welcomed in

00:17:41.520 --> 00:17:42.440
 so that they can

00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:43.880
 beg for the leftovers

00:17:43.880 --> 00:17:44.759
 and walk away

00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:45.600
 with some alms

00:17:45.600 --> 00:17:47.259
 given to them

00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:48.580
 by charitable people.

00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:50.040
 And in light

00:17:50.040 --> 00:17:50.660
 of this context,

00:17:50.660 --> 00:17:51.420
 what Jesus says

00:17:51.420 --> 00:17:52.180
 about giving alms

00:17:52.180 --> 00:17:53.460
 is it stinks.

00:17:54.340 --> 00:17:55.320
 Because the Pharisees

00:17:55.320 --> 00:17:56.460
 could host lavish

00:17:56.460 --> 00:17:57.420
 banquets like this

00:17:57.420 --> 00:17:58.080
 and give alms

00:17:58.080 --> 00:17:58.660
 to the poor,

00:17:58.880 --> 00:17:59.900
 but their hearts

00:17:59.900 --> 00:18:00.680
 were not in it.

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 They despised

00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:03.920
 the lowly,

00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:05.080
 sinful people.

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 But instead

00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:08.080
 of a mere

00:18:08.080 --> 00:18:09.279
 outward generosity,

00:18:09.620 --> 00:18:10.200
 they should,

00:18:10.340 --> 00:18:11.220
 as Jesus is saying,

00:18:11.360 --> 00:18:12.560
 cultivate an inward

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 love and compassion

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 toward them.

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 Give as alms

00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:17.000
 those things

00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:17.660
 that are within,

00:18:18.120 --> 00:18:18.759
 and behold,

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 everything is clean

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 for you.

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 If you are sanctified

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 inwardly,

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 then everything you do

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 will be acceptable

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 to God.

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 Because as Jesus said

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 earlier in Luke

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 chapter 6,

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 verse 45,

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 the good person

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 out of the good

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 treasure of his heart

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 produces good,

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 and the evil person

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 out of his evil

00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:36.619
 treasure produces evil.

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 For out of the abundance

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 of the heart

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 his mouth speaks.

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 because heart

00:18:43.120 --> 00:18:43.860
 is the wellspring

00:18:43.860 --> 00:18:44.259
 of life,

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 because the heart

00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:46.299
 that governs

00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:48.440
 our inward disposition

00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:49.279
 posture,

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 governs what we do

00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:51.200
 outwardly.

00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:53.059
 If we are sanctified

00:18:53.059 --> 00:18:53.640
 inwardly,

00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:54.940
 if we give of God

00:18:54.940 --> 00:18:55.559
 inwardly,

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 it will come out

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 on the outside.

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 After giving the

00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:01.339
 summary judgment

00:19:01.339 --> 00:19:02.079
 of the Pharisees

00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:02.799
 as those who are,

00:19:03.460 --> 00:19:04.680
 who cleanse the outside

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 but not the inside,

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 in verses 42 to 44,

00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:08.700
 Jesus pronounces

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 three woes

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 on the Pharisees

00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:11.820
 that further explain

00:19:11.820 --> 00:19:12.580
 their hypocrisy.

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 The woe is the

00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:16.160
 opposite of a blessing.

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 It's announcing pity

00:19:18.080 --> 00:19:19.340
 for someone's misfortune.

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 Woe to you,

00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:21.940
 Pharisees.

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 And the first woe

00:19:23.120 --> 00:19:24.000
 is in verse 42.

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 Woe to you,

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 Pharisees,

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 for you tithe

00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:27.220
 mint and rue

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 and every herb

00:19:28.100 --> 00:19:29.540
 and neglect justice

00:19:29.540 --> 00:19:30.500
 and the love of God.

00:19:31.140 --> 00:19:32.080
 These you ought to have

00:19:32.080 --> 00:19:33.200
 done without neglecting

00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:33.640
 the others.

00:19:34.300 --> 00:19:35.320
 Following the Old Testament

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 law,

00:19:35.820 --> 00:19:36.680
 the Pharisees gave

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 a tenth of all

00:19:38.040 --> 00:19:38.960
 their material possessions

00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:39.460
 to God

00:19:39.460 --> 00:19:40.019
 to be used

00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:41.019
 for God's worship

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:42.799
 and for the ministry

00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:43.620
 of God's people.

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 That's what we call

00:19:45.600 --> 00:19:46.200
 a tithe.

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 But the Pharisees,

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 as they did

00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:50.079
 to everything else,

00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:50.799
 they took this

00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:53.000
 to the extreme

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 and they cut

00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:56.500
 an exact tenth

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 of even the smallest

00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:59.700
 herbs like mint

00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:00.279
 and rue

00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:01.420
 in order to tithe them.

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 Can you imagine

00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.220
 them on a table?

00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:04.460
 It's a little mint

00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:05.700
 cut over a tenth of it

00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:06.380
 to make sure

00:20:06.380 --> 00:20:07.120
 they can bring it

00:20:07.120 --> 00:20:08.160
 to the temple.

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:12.559
 They calculated

00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:13.019
 their tithe

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:14.000
 to the smallest,

00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:15.559
 the decimal point,

00:20:15.860 --> 00:20:16.860
 the very last penny.

00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:18.079
 But even though

00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:18.740
 they obeyed

00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:19.180
 the commandment

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 to tithe,

00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:21.460
 even to the minutest

00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:22.079
 detail,

00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:23.120
 they neglected

00:20:23.120 --> 00:20:23.880
 justice

00:20:23.880 --> 00:20:24.960
 and the love of God.

00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:26.100
 The word justice

00:20:26.100 --> 00:20:26.860
 refers to doing

00:20:26.860 --> 00:20:27.700
 what is right

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 to our neighbors,

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:29.819
 giving them

00:20:29.819 --> 00:20:31.299
 what is their just due,

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 and loving God

00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:33.120
 refers to our orientation

00:20:33.120 --> 00:20:33.700
 toward God.

00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:34.340
 Really together,

00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:35.240
 those two words

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:36.319
 are shorthand

00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:37.279
 for the greatest

00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:37.919
 commandment

00:20:37.919 --> 00:20:39.319
 that Jesus taught

00:20:39.319 --> 00:20:41.599
 earlier in Luke

00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:42.480
 chapter 10,

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.799
 27.

00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:47.279
 You shall love

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 the Lord your God

00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:49.119
 with all your heart,

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 with all your soul,

00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.839
 and with all your strength,

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 and with all your mind,

00:20:51.879 --> 00:20:53.019
 and your neighbor

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:54.659
 as yourself.

00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:56.019
 Love to God

00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:57.079
 and justice

00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:57.819
 to our neighbors.

00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.319
 The Pharisees

00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:00.319
 go to great lengths

00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:00.980
 to obey

00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:02.039
 the least

00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:02.759
 of the commands

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.259
 of God,

00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:04.259
 yet they neglect

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:05.299
 the greatest

00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:06.379
 of God's commands.

00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:08.579
 Jesus doesn't say,

00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:09.200
 notice that,

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:10.099
 he doesn't say

00:21:10.099 --> 00:21:10.839
 that the Pharisees

00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:12.019
 are wrong to tithe.

00:21:12.660 --> 00:21:13.579
 He doesn't condemn

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.579
 them for the practice.

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:16.000
 He says,

00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:17.000
 these you ought

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.799
 to have done

00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:19.579
 without neglecting

00:21:19.579 --> 00:21:20.240
 the others.

00:21:20.900 --> 00:21:21.519
 Their obedience

00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:22.160
 to God

00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:24.259
 was disproportioned.

00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:25.359
 It was

00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:27.220
 misprioritized.

00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.379
 They obeyed

00:21:28.379 --> 00:21:29.519
 the smallest letter

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.140
 of the law,

00:21:30.379 --> 00:21:31.839
 but not the heart

00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:32.779
 and the spirit

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.359
 of the law.

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 Are we overly

00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:37.379
 concerned

00:21:37.379 --> 00:21:37.980
 with

00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:40.240
 one or two

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:41.099
 minor areas

00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:41.660
 of obedience

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:43.920
 to the expense

00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:45.259
 of more important

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:46.700
 areas of obedience?

00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:50.500
 Perhaps we're

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.759
 extremely concerned

00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:53.339
 with being on time

00:21:53.339 --> 00:21:54.420
 at the worship service.

00:21:56.619 --> 00:21:57.559
 Being on time

00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.200
 for worship service

00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:58.839
 is a good thing,

00:21:59.379 --> 00:22:01.700
 but do we,

00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.240
 in the name

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:03.140
 of punctuality

00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:03.720
 and reverence

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.280
 for God,

00:22:05.780 --> 00:22:06.680
 impatiently

00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.440
 cut off

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:08.800
 other cars

00:22:08.800 --> 00:22:09.720
 and honk

00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:11.220
 at other drivers,

00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:16.300
 and angrily

00:22:16.300 --> 00:22:16.780
 chew out

00:22:16.780 --> 00:22:17.400
 our spouses

00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:18.400
 and our children

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:19.360
 for making us

00:22:19.360 --> 00:22:19.740
 late.

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:28.859
 perhaps we're

00:22:28.859 --> 00:22:30.839
 extremely concerned

00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:31.839
 with exegetical

00:22:31.839 --> 00:22:32.740
 and theological

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.740
 minutiae,

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:36.359
 overly eager

00:22:36.359 --> 00:22:37.759
 to point out

00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:39.000
 people's sins,

00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:41.900
 overly eager

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.599
 to point out

00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:43.240
 the smallest

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:43.900
 of their

00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:45.059
 theological error.

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.159
 prayer.

00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:51.639
 And in the name

00:22:51.639 --> 00:22:52.279
 of theological

00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:52.859
 precision

00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:53.460
 and holiness,

00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:54.679
 we sinfully

00:22:54.679 --> 00:22:55.259
 judge

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:56.700
 and tear down

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.379
 our brothers

00:22:57.379 --> 00:22:57.899
 and sisters

00:22:57.899 --> 00:22:58.379
 in Christ.

00:23:02.379 --> 00:23:03.539
 What aspect

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.899
 of the spiritual

00:23:04.899 --> 00:23:05.759
 life most

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:07.019
 preoccupies you?

00:23:08.139 --> 00:23:08.960
 Are you

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.740
 obsessed with

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.319
 tithing,

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:10.779
 mint,

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.399
 rue,

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.379
 and every herb,

00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:13.560
 or are you

00:23:13.560 --> 00:23:14.240
 focused on

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:15.080
 the justice

00:23:15.080 --> 00:23:16.280
 and on

00:23:16.280 --> 00:23:16.620
 the love

00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:17.040
 of God?

00:23:20.620 --> 00:23:21.060
 Jesus

00:23:21.060 --> 00:23:21.780
 pronounces the

00:23:21.780 --> 00:23:22.320
 second woe

00:23:22.320 --> 00:23:23.180
 in verse 43,

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:24.100
 Woe to you

00:23:24.100 --> 00:23:24.700
 Pharisees,

00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:25.540
 for you love

00:23:25.540 --> 00:23:26.520
 the best seed

00:23:26.520 --> 00:23:27.400
 in the synagogues

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:28.080
 and greetings

00:23:28.080 --> 00:23:29.860
 in the marketplaces.

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.320
 The Pharisees

00:23:31.320 --> 00:23:31.840
 were always

00:23:31.840 --> 00:23:32.580
 competing with

00:23:32.580 --> 00:23:32.920
 each other

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.620
 for the most

00:23:33.620 --> 00:23:34.280
 respected

00:23:34.280 --> 00:23:34.920
 positions

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:36.220
 as they gathered

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.660
 in worship

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:37.520
 at the synagogues.

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.500
 You can see

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.040
 this from

00:23:39.040 --> 00:23:39.980
 even the Puritan

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.540
 practice.

00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:41.740
 If you visit,

00:23:41.820 --> 00:23:42.140
 have you guys

00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:42.380
 ever been

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:42.780
 to the old

00:23:42.780 --> 00:23:43.400
 North Church?

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.380
 It's a spot

00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:44.820
 on the Freedom

00:23:44.820 --> 00:23:45.080
 Trail.

00:23:45.820 --> 00:23:46.320
 One of the

00:23:46.320 --> 00:23:46.940
 oldest churches

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:47.740
 in the country.

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:49.220
 It's located

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:49.640
 in the North

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:49.880
 End,

00:23:50.060 --> 00:23:50.520
 and if you

00:23:50.520 --> 00:23:50.700
 go,

00:23:50.800 --> 00:23:51.240
 you can still

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.820
 see the old

00:23:51.820 --> 00:23:52.700
 box pews.

00:23:53.620 --> 00:23:54.080
 And these

00:23:54.080 --> 00:23:54.720
 box pews,

00:23:54.840 --> 00:23:55.480
 they all have

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:56.160
 keys in them,

00:23:56.280 --> 00:23:56.640
 interestingly.

00:23:57.080 --> 00:23:57.540
 Can you imagine

00:23:57.540 --> 00:23:58.080
 all these seeds

00:23:58.080 --> 00:23:58.640
 having keys

00:23:58.640 --> 00:23:58.940
 and you're

00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.520
 owing a key

00:23:59.520 --> 00:23:59.860
 to it?

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.600
 You had to

00:24:00.600 --> 00:24:01.220
 pay for it.

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:01.820
 You had to

00:24:01.820 --> 00:24:02.340
 pay for these

00:24:02.340 --> 00:24:02.920
 box pews,

00:24:03.060 --> 00:24:03.540
 and only the

00:24:03.540 --> 00:24:03.840
 people who

00:24:03.840 --> 00:24:04.320
 had the keys

00:24:04.320 --> 00:24:04.800
 could sit

00:24:04.800 --> 00:24:05.140
 on them.

00:24:05.820 --> 00:24:06.720
 And of course,

00:24:06.800 --> 00:24:07.140
 only the

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:07.820
 wealthiest people

00:24:07.820 --> 00:24:08.380
 could afford

00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:08.940
 such pews,

00:24:09.040 --> 00:24:09.720
 especially the

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.080
 ones that

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:10.379
 were near

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:10.939
 the front,

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.559
 which were

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:11.939
 the most

00:24:11.939 --> 00:24:12.359
 prominent

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:12.839
 positions,

00:24:12.939 --> 00:24:13.359
 and whenever

00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:14.059
 one suddenly

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:14.659
 became open,

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:14.919
 there would

00:24:14.919 --> 00:24:15.439
 be a bidding

00:24:15.439 --> 00:24:15.839
 war.

00:24:17.159 --> 00:24:17.699
 And sometimes

00:24:17.699 --> 00:24:17.939
 they would

00:24:17.939 --> 00:24:18.460
 get in fist

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:18.919
 fights for

00:24:18.919 --> 00:24:19.679
 these prominent

00:24:19.679 --> 00:24:20.119
 seats,

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.240
 which is an

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:21.619
 embarrassing

00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:21.980
 thing to

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.199
 share,

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:22.519
 I know,

00:24:22.699 --> 00:24:23.119
 because these

00:24:23.119 --> 00:24:23.279
 are,

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:24.899
 they did

00:24:24.899 --> 00:24:26.399
 this in

00:24:26.399 --> 00:24:26.919
 the churches.

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.259
 But that's

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:31.000
 kind of exactly

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.819
 what Jesus

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:32.119
 is talking

00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:32.259
 about.

00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:32.619
 A similar

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:33.119
 thing was

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:34.159
 happening among

00:24:34.159 --> 00:24:34.779
 the Jewish

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.379
 leaders in

00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:35.779
 the synagogue.

00:24:36.159 --> 00:24:36.939
 They sought

00:24:36.939 --> 00:24:38.199
 the best seat

00:24:38.199 --> 00:24:38.539
 in the

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.079
 synagogues

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:39.519
 because it

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:39.859
 was a

00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:40.220
 status

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:40.700
 symbol.

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 Yes,

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:43.119
 I get to

00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:43.539
 sit here

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:43.960
 in the

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.119
 front.

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.220
 We have

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:46.539
 the total

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:46.920
 opposite

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.180
 problem.

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.759
 Nobody wants

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.139
 to sit in

00:24:48.139 --> 00:24:48.379
 the front

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:48.720
 for some

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:48.980
 reason.

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:49.279
 You guys

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:49.539
 just sit

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:49.680
 in the

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:49.819
 front.

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:55.720
 But they

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.220
 wanted to

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.680
 be highly

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:57.119
 regarded.

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.599
 They wanted

00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:58.240
 to be seen

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:59.180
 as important.

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.059
 And they

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.559
 wanted to,

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.200
 they loved

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.980
 greetings in

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.299
 the market

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:05.619
 places.

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.220
 Jesus is not

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:06.839
 simply saying

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.180
 that these

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:07.680
 Pharisees,

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.000
 you know,

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:08.660
 loved people

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.059
 and wanted

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.440
 people to

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:09.859
 say hi

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:10.259
 to them.

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.839
 This is a

00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:13.319
 reference to

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:14.200
 these formal

00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:14.919
 elaborate

00:25:14.919 --> 00:25:15.799
 greetings that

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.220
 the Jews

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:16.980
 were expected

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:18.419
 to lavish on

00:25:18.419 --> 00:25:19.159
 respected

00:25:19.159 --> 00:25:20.259
 persons,

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.819
 highly regarded

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.500
 persons.

00:25:23.379 --> 00:25:24.279
 Pharisees wanted

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.419
 people to see

00:25:25.419 --> 00:25:25.980
 them in their

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.740
 flowing roads.

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.200
 And when they

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.599
 were caught

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:27.859
 them, they

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.159
 would come

00:25:28.159 --> 00:25:28.579
 to be like,

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.599
 oh, most

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.299
 revered

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:31.579
 Pharisee or

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.179
 rabbi,

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:33.980
 the peerless

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.779
 scholar of the

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.200
 law, the

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.839
 doctor of

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.399
 theology,

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:37.840
 the

00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:38.540
 compassionate

00:25:38.540 --> 00:25:40.280
 champion

00:25:40.280 --> 00:25:40.960
 of piety.

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.259
 You kind

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:44.060
 philanthropist,

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:44.500
 what an

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.600
 honor it

00:25:45.600 --> 00:25:46.120
 is for me

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:46.500
 to be

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.080
 greeted by

00:25:47.080 --> 00:25:47.740
 your presence.

00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:52.800
 The Pharisees

00:25:52.800 --> 00:25:53.519
 were engaged

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.360
 in a popularity

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:55.600
 contest, but

00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:56.920
 Jesus rebukes

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.640
 them for this.

00:25:59.340 --> 00:25:59.740
 Do we

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.440
 seek the

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:01.140
 approval of

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:02.160
 man rather

00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:02.680
 than the

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.820
 approval of

00:26:03.820 --> 00:26:04.280
 God?

00:26:04.280 --> 00:26:04.340
 God.

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:07.679
 do we

00:26:07.679 --> 00:26:08.240
 want to be

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.899
 seen by

00:26:08.899 --> 00:26:09.500
 others as

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:11.220
 important, as

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:13.299
 successful, as

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:14.319
 godly, as

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:14.819
 mature?

00:26:15.919 --> 00:26:16.339
 Are we

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:17.000
 eager to show

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.599
 off how many

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:18.399
 Bible references

00:26:18.399 --> 00:26:18.899
 we know?

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:22.019
 Do we

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.759
 subtly let

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.179
 on to

00:26:23.179 --> 00:26:23.959
 so that people

00:26:23.959 --> 00:26:24.659
 can see just

00:26:24.659 --> 00:26:25.039
 how many

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.480
 hours we

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.159
 spend praying

00:26:26.159 --> 00:26:26.679
 each day?

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:29.240
 Do we

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.740
 like to

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.559
 pray long,

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.859
 flowery prayers,

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:32.919
 eloquent prayers

00:26:32.919 --> 00:26:33.459
 to impress

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:34.039
 those around

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.759
 us rather

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.400
 than focusing

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:36.120
 on speaking

00:26:36.120 --> 00:26:36.779
 to God?

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:39.920
 Are we

00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:40.460
 eager to

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.019
 show people

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.440
 just how

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:41.819
 much we

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.259
 give to

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.779
 the church?

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.799
 Or how

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.180
 much we

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:47.039
 sacrifice and

00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.420
 serve?

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:49.940
 Do we

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.620
 despise

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:51.480
 humble service

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:51.799
 in the

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.920
 background and

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.579
 seek only

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:54.700
 the prominent

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:56.140
 positions on

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:56.759
 the stage?

00:26:56.759 --> 00:27:03.660
 and then

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.079
 if we do

00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:04.700
 this, we

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:06.059
 do not get

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.680
 the recognition

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.119
 and praise

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:07.440
 that we

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:08.900
 crave, we

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.440
 throw temper

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.119
 tantrums.

00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:13.099
 Nobody

00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:13.779
 notices me

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.079
 when I'm

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:14.400
 serving.

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.440
 Nobody

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:17.900
 sees how

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.460
 mature I

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:18.759
 am.

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.619
 Why is

00:27:20.619 --> 00:27:21.140
 that woman

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:21.619
 serving in

00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:22.059
 that role?

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.759
 I'm just

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.259
 as gifted

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.660
 as she

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:24.980
 is.

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.559
 Why is

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:27.279
 that man

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.599
 in the

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:27.980
 place of

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.319
 leadership?

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.079
 Surely I

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:29.480
 am just

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.220
 as qualified

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.680
 as he

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.000
 is.

00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:34.299
 If we

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.940
 serve to

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.599
 get credit

00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:36.619
 for ourselves,

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.740
 God does

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.640
 not get

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:40.160
 the credit.

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.799
 If we

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.339
 serve in

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:44.819
 our own

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.299
 strength

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:45.619
 without

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:46.299
 acknowledging

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:47.039
 the gifts

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.440
 of God,

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:47.799
 that all

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.119
 that we

00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:48.660
 have comes

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.200
 from God,

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:50.500
 and that

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:50.859
 all that

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.339
 we do

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:51.819
 is the

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.460
 outworking

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:52.819
 of the

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.360
 grace of

00:27:53.360 --> 00:27:53.700
 God

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.279
 within

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:54.779
 us,

00:27:55.340 --> 00:27:55.920
 then we

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.519
 are robbing

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:56.940
 God of

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.440
 his glory.

00:27:58.880 --> 00:27:59.480
 And that

00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.880
 too is

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.559
 hypocrisy.

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:02.480
 Acting

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:02.980
 like we

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.460
 want to

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:03.880
 glorify

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:04.340
 God

00:28:04.340 --> 00:28:05.059
 when we're

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.500
 really

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.440
 concerned

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:06.640
 with

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:07.120
 glorifying

00:28:07.120 --> 00:28:07.620
 ourselves.

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.700
 And the

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.299
 final woe

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.819
 against the

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.200
 Pharisees

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.579
 is pronounced

00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:13.960
 in verse

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.539
 44.

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.799
 Woe to

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.180
 you,

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:16.920
 for you

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.539
 are like

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.340
 unmarked

00:28:18.340 --> 00:28:18.779
 graves,

00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:19.259
 and people

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.880
 walk over

00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:20.360
 them without

00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:21.100
 knowing it.

00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:22.959
 Numbers 19

00:28:22.959 --> 00:28:23.599
 11 taught

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:24.039
 that coming

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.559
 into physical

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.539
 contact with

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.259
 the dead

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:27.679
 brought ceremonial

00:28:27.679 --> 00:28:28.579
 uncleanness.

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.399
 And so to

00:28:29.399 --> 00:28:29.899
 avoid,

00:28:30.379 --> 00:28:30.879
 so the Jews

00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:31.919
 avoided graves.

00:28:32.939 --> 00:28:33.759
 And unless

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.299
 they were

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:34.799
 burying their

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.319
 family members,

00:28:35.419 --> 00:28:35.779
 they didn't

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.819
 go near

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:37.799
 the graves.

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.759
 And unmarked

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.299
 graves were

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:41.500
 particularly dangerous

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.500
 for ceremonial

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.159
 defilement

00:28:43.159 --> 00:28:44.639
 because you

00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:45.199
 can't see

00:28:45.199 --> 00:28:45.459
 them.

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:46.259
 You can't

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.699
 spot them.

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.019
 They're not

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.339
 marked.

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.219
 It's like

00:28:49.219 --> 00:28:49.639
 going to a

00:28:49.639 --> 00:28:50.159
 cemetery and

00:28:50.159 --> 00:28:50.439
 it's all

00:28:50.439 --> 00:28:51.000
 grass and

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.259
 there's

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:51.460
 dead

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:51.960
 people all

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.180
 under

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.319
 you,

00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:52.519
 but you

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:52.640
 don't

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:53.000
 know where

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.420
 they are.

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:59.420
 The Pharisees,

00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:00.259
 ironically,

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:01.119
 they were the

00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:02.160
 highly respected

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:03.180
 religious leaders

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.500
 of their

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:03.940
 communities.

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:05.140
 The people

00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:06.220
 followed their

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:07.140
 teaching and

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.819
 example,

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:08.960
 and yet they

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:09.319
 were like

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:10.180
 unmarked

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.720
 graves.

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:11.880
 And people

00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:13.619
 unknowingly

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:14.740
 were rendered

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.660
 unclean

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:17.240
 by following

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.599
 them,

00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:18.839
 coming into

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.539
 contact with

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:19.799
 them,

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:21.159
 because the

00:29:21.159 --> 00:29:21.460
 Pharisees

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:22.059
 were spiritually

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:23.059
 dead inside,

00:29:23.139 --> 00:29:23.460
 even the

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:24.200
 outwardly they

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.599
 had the

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.359
 appearance of

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:25.680
 life.

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.639
 So Christian

00:29:28.639 --> 00:29:29.119
 brothers and

00:29:29.119 --> 00:29:29.480
 sisters,

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:33.180
 we all might

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:33.980
 have the

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.740
 outward appearance

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.220
 of life,

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:37.279
 but are we

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:38.619
 alive on the

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:39.059
 inside?

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.159
 God,

00:29:39.159 --> 00:29:43.059
 this is an

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.480
 especially

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.279
 important question

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:44.839
 for you to

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.799
 answer if you

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.700
 have taken it

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.339
 upon yourself

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:48.200
 to teach,

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.079
 lead,

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:50.039
 or disciple

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:51.059
 other believers.

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.659
 If we don't

00:29:54.659 --> 00:29:55.519
 have the life

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.539
 of God within

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:56.960
 us,

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.779
 if we are

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.599
 hypocrites,

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.519
 who are clean

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.399
 on the outside,

00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:02.119
 but dirty on

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:02.500
 the inside,

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:03.759
 if we fixate on

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.059
 minutiae,

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.819
 while ignoring the

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.519
 most important

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:06.960
 things,

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.840
 if we seek

00:30:07.840 --> 00:30:08.680
 our glory

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:09.200
 rather than

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.860
 the glory of

00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:10.340
 God,

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.180
 then our

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:12.120
 example and

00:30:12.120 --> 00:30:12.700
 our teaching

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:14.140
 will not merely

00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:15.140
 be in vain,

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:16.380
 they will be

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:17.700
 spiritually deadly

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.519
 for those around

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:18.960
 us.

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:25.480
 So I want to

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.220
 exhort you this

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.920
 morning as the

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.680
 19th century

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.579
 pastor J.C.

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.460
 Ryle once

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:30.059
 exhorted his

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.840
 own congregation,

00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:33.120
 let us leave

00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:33.960
 the whole passage

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.759
 with a settled

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:36.220
 determination to

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:37.380
 watch and pray

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:38.680
 against hypocrisy

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.299
 and religion.

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:41.279
 Whatever we are

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.840
 as Christians,

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:42.960
 let us be

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.440
 real,

00:30:44.340 --> 00:30:44.720
 thorough,

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:45.860
 genuine,

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:47.180
 and sincere.

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:48.100
 Let us

00:30:48.100 --> 00:30:49.060
 abhor all

00:30:49.060 --> 00:30:50.039
 affectation

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:51.039
 and part

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.980
 acting in

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.380
 the things

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:52.940
 of God as

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:53.299
 that which

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:53.840
 is utterly

00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:54.680
 loathsome in

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.560
 Christ's eyes.

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.759
 We may be

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.799
 weak and

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.500
 erring and

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.680
 frail and

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.360
 come far

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:01.060
 short of our

00:31:01.060 --> 00:31:01.560
 aims and

00:31:01.560 --> 00:31:02.000
 desires,

00:31:02.120 --> 00:31:02.779
 but at any

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.200
 rate,

00:31:03.560 --> 00:31:03.940
 if we

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.720
 profess to

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.360
 believe in

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:05.759
 Christ,

00:31:06.080 --> 00:31:06.400
 let us

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:07.120
 be true.

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:12.100
 Let us

00:31:12.100 --> 00:31:12.640
 rather be

00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:13.100
 weak,

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:13.980
 failing,

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.299
 Christians who

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:16.080
 fall short,

00:31:16.360 --> 00:31:16.779
 yet be

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.240
 true,

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.259
 then be

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.799
 fake.

00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:24.200
 Following

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.639
 Jesus

00:31:24.639 --> 00:31:25.359
 involves not

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:26.440
 merely external

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:27.019
 conformity,

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:27.500
 but also

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.319
 internal

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.940
 conversion

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:30.000
 through the

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.319
 blood of

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:30.680
 Christ.

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.680
 And as

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.559
 Jesus denounces

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.420
 the hypocrisy

00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:36.139
 of the Pharisees,

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.839
 an expert of

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.220
 the Jewish

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.740
 law,

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:39.099
 a scribe

00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:39.879
 dares to

00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:40.500
 step into

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:40.819
 Jesus'

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:41.440
 line of

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:41.759
 fire.

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:44.420
 Teacher,

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:46.420
 in saying

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:46.900
 these things,

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.560
 you insult

00:31:47.560 --> 00:31:48.340
 us also.

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:50.620
 To

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:51.300
 translate that,

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:51.880
 he's saying,

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.220
 Jesus,

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.600
 I think you're

00:31:53.600 --> 00:31:54.160
 a little out

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.500
 of line

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:54.800
 here.

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.779
 Surely you

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.279
 don't intend

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:59.039
 to insult

00:31:59.039 --> 00:32:00.480
 upstanding

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:01.420
 moral citizens

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:02.420
 like us,

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:05.320
 but you're

00:32:05.320 --> 00:32:05.940
 getting a little

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:06.360
 bit carried

00:32:06.360 --> 00:32:07.000
 away because

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.920
 these Pharisees

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:08.160
 are one

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.560
 of us,

00:32:09.340 --> 00:32:09.759
 so please

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.120
 stop.

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.240
 These

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:15.360
 lawyers and

00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:15.980
 theologians,

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:17.500
 they were

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.180
 allied.

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:20.039
 These lawyers

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.759
 aided the

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.200
 Pharisees in

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.600
 their ministry,

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.120
 so they were

00:32:22.120 --> 00:32:22.660
 squirming in

00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:23.180
 their seats as

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:23.779
 the Pharisees

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.660
 were being

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:25.200
 denounced in

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:25.720
 this way,

00:32:26.340 --> 00:32:26.880
 but Jesus

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.740
 doesn't stop.

00:32:27.840 --> 00:32:28.300
 He addresses

00:32:28.300 --> 00:32:28.960
 the lawyers

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:30.000
 directly as

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.300
 well.

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:30.779
 He says

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.119
 in verse

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:31.799
 46,

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:32.980
 Woe to

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.899
 you lawyers

00:32:33.899 --> 00:32:34.419
 also,

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:35.519
 for you

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.259
 loathe people

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:37.059
 with burdens

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.879
 hard to

00:32:37.879 --> 00:32:38.200
 bear,

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:38.879
 and you

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.419
 yourselves

00:32:39.419 --> 00:32:39.819
 do not

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.399
 touch the

00:32:40.399 --> 00:32:40.700
 burdens

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.159
 with one

00:32:41.159 --> 00:32:41.379
 of your

00:32:41.379 --> 00:32:41.859
 fingers.

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:43.859
 Much like

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:44.579
 the Pharisees

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:45.279
 insistence

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:45.700
 on a very

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.379
 particular

00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:46.899
 ritual

00:32:46.899 --> 00:32:47.379
 cleansing

00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:48.019
 prior to

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.399
 meals,

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.779
 the lawyers

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.680
 had developed

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:51.680
 hundreds of

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.680
 rules that

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.500
 went beyond

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.299
 the warrant,

00:32:54.659 --> 00:32:55.279
 the boundaries

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:55.819
 of Scripture.

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.379
 By doing

00:32:58.379 --> 00:32:58.599
 this,

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.379
 they loaded

00:32:59.379 --> 00:33:00.279
 people with

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:01.460
 burdens hard

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:01.960
 to bear,

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:03.059
 with burdens

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.779
 that God

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:04.700
 did not intend

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.299
 for them

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:06.019
 to bear.

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:08.319
 And one of

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:08.779
 the clearest

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.420
 examples of

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:09.980
 this was

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:10.819
 their observance,

00:33:10.899 --> 00:33:11.740
 their legalistic

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.339
 observance of

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:12.819
 the Sabbath,

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:14.139
 because Exodus

00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:14.639
 20 does

00:33:14.639 --> 00:33:15.099
 command us,

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:15.660
 remember the

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:16.119
 Sabbath day

00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:16.519
 by keeping

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:16.839
 holy,

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.119
 right?

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.700
 Six days

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.019
 you shall

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.420
 labor and

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:18.619
 do all

00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:18.920
 your work,

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.399
 but the

00:33:19.399 --> 00:33:20.000
 seventh day

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.399
 you shall

00:33:20.399 --> 00:33:20.879
 not do

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.240
 any work.

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.539
 That was

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:21.980
 the simple

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.359
 command.

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.660
 Six days

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:23.980
 work,

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:24.639
 seventh day

00:33:24.639 --> 00:33:25.000
 do not

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.299
 work.

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:25.940
 Remember

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.500
 your Sabbath.

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.399
 But the

00:33:27.399 --> 00:33:27.819
 lawyers,

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.680
 these Jewish

00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:28.980
 lawyers,

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.420
 they took

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:30.019
 that simple

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:31.019
 command and

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:32.000
 attached dozens

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.759
 of prickly

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.340
 rules to

00:33:33.340 --> 00:33:33.560
 it.

00:33:34.600 --> 00:33:35.120
 So one

00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:36.080
 such example

00:33:36.080 --> 00:33:36.840
 of this is

00:33:36.840 --> 00:33:37.060
 this,

00:33:37.100 --> 00:33:37.440
 it says,

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.560
 a man may

00:33:38.560 --> 00:33:38.980
 carry an

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.519
 object in

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:39.940
 his right

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.900
 hand or

00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:41.279
 in his

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:42.080
 left hand,

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.860
 in his

00:33:42.860 --> 00:33:43.500
 bosom or

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:43.800
 in his

00:33:43.800 --> 00:33:44.200
 shoulder,

00:33:44.820 --> 00:33:45.660
 and if they

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:46.060
 did that,

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:46.500
 they would be

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:46.940
 guilty of

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:47.340
 breaking the

00:33:47.340 --> 00:33:47.580
 Sabbath,

00:33:48.060 --> 00:33:48.480
 if they use

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:48.860
 any of those

00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:49.500
 body parts to

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:49.820
 carry an

00:33:49.820 --> 00:33:50.240
 object on

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.580
 a Sabbath.

00:33:51.100 --> 00:33:51.560
 However,

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:52.320
 if he carried

00:33:52.320 --> 00:33:53.320
 an object on

00:33:53.320 --> 00:33:54.060
 the back of

00:33:54.060 --> 00:33:54.660
 his hand,

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:56.080
 or with

00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:56.720
 his foot,

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.620
 or with

00:33:57.620 --> 00:33:58.380
 his mouth,

00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.360
 or with

00:33:59.360 --> 00:33:59.960
 his elbow,

00:34:00.120 --> 00:34:00.380
 or with

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:01.059
 his ear,

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.319
 or in

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:02.779
 his hair,

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:03.140
 or in

00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:03.600
 his wallet,

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:04.360
 as long as

00:34:04.360 --> 00:34:04.860
 the wallet is

00:34:04.860 --> 00:34:05.519
 carried mouth

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.100
 downwards,

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.460
 or between

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:08.159
 his wallet and

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:08.539
 his shirt,

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.159
 or in the

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.599
 hem of his

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:09.880
 shirt,

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:10.860
 or in his

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.159
 shoe,

00:34:11.240 --> 00:34:11.579
 or in his

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.079
 sandal,

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:13.000
 then he

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.320
 would not

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:13.780
 be guilty

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:14.260
 of breaking

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.880
 the Sabbath.

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:16.639
 Isn't that

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.079
 crazy?

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:18.679
 It's

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.159
 ridiculous.

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.159
 I was

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:23.679
 reading that.

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.280
 That's from

00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:24.760
 the Mishnah.

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:27.480
 Unlike

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:28.239
 Jesus who

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:28.639
 said in

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.459
 Matthew 11,

00:34:29.859 --> 00:34:30.259
 come to

00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:30.759
 me all

00:34:30.759 --> 00:34:31.359
 who labor

00:34:31.359 --> 00:34:31.759
 and are

00:34:31.759 --> 00:34:32.419
 heavy laden

00:34:32.419 --> 00:34:32.779
 and I

00:34:32.779 --> 00:34:33.059
 will give

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.739
 you rest.

00:34:34.459 --> 00:34:35.239
 Take my

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:35.859
 yoke upon

00:34:35.859 --> 00:34:36.159
 you and

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:36.599
 learn from

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:36.819
 me for

00:34:36.819 --> 00:34:37.039
 I am

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.699
 gentle and

00:34:37.699 --> 00:34:38.179
 lowly in

00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:38.859
 heart and

00:34:38.859 --> 00:34:39.139
 you will

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:39.759
 find rest

00:34:39.759 --> 00:34:40.119
 for your

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:40.919
 souls for

00:34:40.919 --> 00:34:41.419
 my yoke

00:34:41.419 --> 00:34:42.019
 is easy

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.359
 and my

00:34:42.359 --> 00:34:42.639
 burden

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:43.539
 is light.

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:44.719
 These

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:45.119
 Jewish

00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:45.519
 lawyers

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:46.299
 loaded

00:34:46.299 --> 00:34:47.539
 people with

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:48.059
 burdens

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:49.359
 hard to

00:34:49.359 --> 00:34:49.579
 bear.

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:49.799
 They

00:34:49.799 --> 00:34:50.599
 added to

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:51.000
 God's

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.419
 perfect

00:34:51.419 --> 00:34:52.099
 law these

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.699
 imperfect

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:53.099
 human

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:53.539
 traditions.

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:54.139
 They

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.919
 complicated

00:34:54.919 --> 00:34:55.279
 God's

00:34:55.279 --> 00:34:55.639
 law with

00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:56.279
 complex

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:56.920
 legal

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.480
 details

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:57.860
 that were

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.340
 difficult

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:59.160
 for people

00:34:59.160 --> 00:34:59.720
 to follow

00:34:59.720 --> 00:35:00.180
 let alone

00:35:00.180 --> 00:35:00.680
 understand.

00:35:03.560 --> 00:35:04.320
 Sometimes

00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:04.920
 we too

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.820
 can be

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.500
 tempted

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:07.340
 to take

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:07.940
 matters

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.880
 that are

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:09.320
 spiritually

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:10.120
 indifferent

00:35:10.120 --> 00:35:12.300
 and then

00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:13.100
 elevate them

00:35:13.100 --> 00:35:14.740
 to level

00:35:14.740 --> 00:35:15.260
 of God's

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:15.519
 law.

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.940
 1 Timothy

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.740
 5 verse

00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:21.000
 2

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.679
 it does

00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:22.300
 teach us

00:35:22.300 --> 00:35:23.219
 that men

00:35:23.219 --> 00:35:23.860
 are to

00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:24.179
 treat

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:24.719
 older

00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:25.059
 women

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.420
 in the

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:25.699
 church

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:26.199
 as

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:26.719
 mothers

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:27.679
 younger

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:28.219
 women

00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:28.539
 as

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:28.980
 sisters

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.340
 in

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.579
 all

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:30.000
 purity.

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.679
 So if

00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:31.860
 you're

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.280
 a man

00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:32.619
 and you

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.019
 start to

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.639
 get romantically

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.179
 involved

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:34.579
 with a

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:34.719
 young

00:35:34.719 --> 00:35:35.039
 woman in

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.320
 the church

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:35.619
 you should

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:36.019
 treat her

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.599
 like a

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:36.940
 sister

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.420
 in all

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:37.840
 purity

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.159
 until

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:38.420
 you're

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:38.699
 married.

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:40.099
 I do

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.400
 believe

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:40.760
 that has

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:41.019
 far

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:41.320
 reaching

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:42.019
 implications

00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:43.480
 because

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.780
 there are

00:35:43.780 --> 00:35:44.039
 a lot

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.320
 of men

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:44.659
 who do

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:45.219
 all kinds

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:45.500
 of things

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:45.719
 that they

00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:46.019
 would never

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.400
 think to

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:46.699
 do with

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:46.860
 their

00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:47.180
 sisters.

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:51.260
 But despite

00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:52.099
 this principle

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:52.980
 the Bible

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:54.140
 does not

00:35:54.140 --> 00:35:54.640
 say

00:35:54.640 --> 00:35:55.460
 that the

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:55.820
 two

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:56.720
 can never

00:35:56.720 --> 00:35:57.300
 go on a

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:57.660
 date by

00:35:57.660 --> 00:35:58.140
 themselves.

00:36:00.640 --> 00:36:01.360
 The Bible

00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:01.820
 does not

00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:02.240
 say

00:36:02.240 --> 00:36:03.240
 that they

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:03.559
 can never

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.360
 hold hands

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:06.500
 or hug.

00:36:08.700 --> 00:36:09.260
 Sometimes

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:10.240
 pastors

00:36:10.240 --> 00:36:11.039
 and Christians

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:11.680
 lay those

00:36:11.680 --> 00:36:12.160
 extra rules

00:36:12.160 --> 00:36:12.440
 down.

00:36:14.700 --> 00:36:15.579
 1 Timothy

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.260
 chapter 2

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:16.539
 verses

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:16.960
 9 to

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.219
 10

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:17.739
 teach

00:36:17.739 --> 00:36:18.139
 women

00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:18.679
 to

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:19.159
 adorn

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.820
 themselves

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:20.239
 in

00:36:20.239 --> 00:36:20.940
 respectable

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:21.539
 apparel

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:22.480
 with

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:23.159
 modesty

00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:23.420
 and

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:24.199
 self-control

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:24.759
 not with

00:36:24.759 --> 00:36:25.420
 braided hair

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:25.860
 and gold

00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:26.340
 or pearls

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:27.159
 or costly

00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:27.820
 attire

00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:28.719
 but with

00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:29.079
 what is

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:29.759
 proper for

00:36:29.759 --> 00:36:30.159
 women who

00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:30.500
 profess

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:30.980
 godliness

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.480
 with good

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:31.960
 works.

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:32.759
 That is

00:36:32.759 --> 00:36:33.119
 commanded

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:33.539
 in Scripture.

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.019
 But the

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:35.480
 Bible does

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:36.239
 not say

00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:36.599
 that a

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:36.880
 woman

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.519
 therefore

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:38.019
 should wear

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:38.719
 only full

00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:39.039
 length

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:39.539
 dresses

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:41.460
 as some

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:41.779
 churches

00:36:41.779 --> 00:36:42.159
 teach.

00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:46.899
 1 Corinthians

00:36:46.899 --> 00:36:47.599
 chapter 6

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:48.099
 19 to

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:48.379
 20

00:36:48.379 --> 00:36:48.699
 does

00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:49.019
 teach

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.179
 that

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:49.319
 your

00:36:49.319 --> 00:36:49.759
 body

00:36:49.759 --> 00:36:49.920
 is

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.059
 a

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.319
 temple

00:36:50.319 --> 00:36:50.500
 of

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:50.599
 the

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:50.779
 Holy

00:36:50.779 --> 00:36:51.199
 Spirit

00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:51.759
 within

00:36:51.759 --> 00:36:52.079
 you

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:52.359
 whom

00:36:52.359 --> 00:36:52.519
 you

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:52.719
 have

00:36:52.719 --> 00:36:52.899
 from

00:36:52.899 --> 00:36:53.219
 God

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:53.559
 you

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:53.679
 are

00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:53.940
 not

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:54.119
 your

00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:54.480
 own

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:54.699
 for

00:36:54.699 --> 00:36:54.819
 you

00:36:54.819 --> 00:36:54.940
 are

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.159
 bought

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:55.299
 with

00:36:55.299 --> 00:36:55.420
 a

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:55.639
 price

00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:55.799
 so

00:36:55.799 --> 00:36:56.339
 glorify

00:36:56.339 --> 00:36:56.719
 God

00:36:56.719 --> 00:36:56.960
 with

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.099
 your

00:36:57.099 --> 00:36:57.460
 body

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:58.139
 in

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:58.279
 your

00:36:58.279 --> 00:36:58.619
 body

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.839
 1 Corinthians

00:36:59.839 --> 00:37:00.119
 10

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.539
 31

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:00.819
 also

00:37:00.819 --> 00:37:01.019
 says

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.279
 whether

00:37:01.279 --> 00:37:01.579
 you

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:01.880
 eat

00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:02.039
 or

00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:02.500
 drink

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:02.859
 or

00:37:02.859 --> 00:37:03.159
 whatever

00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:03.359
 you

00:37:03.359 --> 00:37:03.539
 do

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:03.940
 all

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.099
 to

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.219
 the

00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:04.519
 glory

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:04.719
 of

00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:05.019
 God

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:05.500
 but

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:05.619
 the

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:05.819
 Bible

00:37:05.819 --> 00:37:06.059
 does

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:06.420
 not

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:06.880
 teach

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.179
 that

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:07.420
 we

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:07.799
 should

00:37:07.799 --> 00:37:08.099
 all

00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:08.460
 be

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:09.579
 pescatarians

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:09.739
 and

00:37:09.739 --> 00:37:10.440
 vegetarians

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:11.699
 and

00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:12.039
 cut out

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.259
 all

00:37:12.259 --> 00:37:12.839
 inorganic

00:37:12.839 --> 00:37:13.259
 and processed

00:37:13.259 --> 00:37:13.500
 foods

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:13.819
 from our

00:37:13.819 --> 00:37:14.179
 lives

00:37:14.179 --> 00:37:18.739
 Psalm

00:37:18.739 --> 00:37:19.539
 127

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:20.039
 verse

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:20.259
 3

00:37:20.259 --> 00:37:20.599
 does

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:20.960
 teach

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.139
 us

00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:21.359
 that

00:37:21.359 --> 00:37:22.139
 children

00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:22.900
 are

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.500
 heritage

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:24.179
 from

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:24.380
 the

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:24.559
 Lord

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:24.759
 the

00:37:24.759 --> 00:37:25.000
 fruit

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.139
 of

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:25.279
 the

00:37:25.279 --> 00:37:25.579
 womb

00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:25.960
 a

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.460
 reward

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:27.579
 but

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:27.739
 the

00:37:27.739 --> 00:37:27.960
 Bible

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.239
 does

00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:28.559
 not

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:28.980
 teach

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:29.299
 that

00:37:29.299 --> 00:37:29.820
 therefore

00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:30.659
 all

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:31.820
 contraceptives

00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:31.960
 are

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.340
 evil

00:37:32.340 --> 00:37:32.860
 and

00:37:32.860 --> 00:37:33.000
 that

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.320
 married

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:33.679
 couples

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:33.860
 should

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:34.039
 have

00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:34.179
 as

00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:34.440
 many

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:34.840
 children

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.079
 as

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:35.259
 they

00:37:35.259 --> 00:37:35.460
 can

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:35.960
 possibly

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.320
 have

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:36.779
 physically

00:37:36.779 --> 00:37:42.460
 Ephesians

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:43.099
 chapter 6

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:43.460
 18

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:43.860
 teaches

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.400
 to

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:44.699
 pray

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:44.840
 at

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:45.059
 all

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.420
 times

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:45.539
 in

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:45.699
 the

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:45.940
 spirit

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.139
 with

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:46.380
 all

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:46.739
 prayer

00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:46.940
 and

00:37:46.940 --> 00:37:47.659
 supplication

00:37:47.659 --> 00:37:48.279
 but

00:37:48.279 --> 00:37:48.679
 scripture

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:48.980
 does

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.299
 not

00:37:49.299 --> 00:37:49.599
 say

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:49.799
 that

00:37:49.799 --> 00:37:49.960
 we

00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:50.239
 have

00:37:50.239 --> 00:37:50.420
 to

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:50.739
 close

00:37:50.739 --> 00:37:50.940
 our

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.239
 eyes

00:37:51.239 --> 00:37:51.440
 and

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:51.840
 pray

00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:52.340
 on

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:52.519
 our

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:52.940
 knees

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.219
 every

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:53.460
 time

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:53.599
 we

00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:53.840
 pray

00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:55.179
 or

00:37:55.179 --> 00:37:55.320
 that

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:55.460
 we

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:55.699
 have

00:37:55.699 --> 00:37:55.840
 to

00:37:55.840 --> 00:37:56.139
 use

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:56.340
 the

00:37:56.340 --> 00:37:56.840
 rosary

00:37:56.840 --> 00:37:57.360
 or

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:57.500
 to

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:57.779
 repeat

00:37:57.780 --> 00:37:58.100
 certain

00:37:58.100 --> 00:37:58.560
 phrases

00:37:58.560 --> 00:37:58.880
 over

00:37:58.880 --> 00:37:59.019
 and

00:37:59.019 --> 00:37:59.240
 over

00:37:59.240 --> 00:37:59.560
 again

00:37:59.560 --> 00:38:00.260
 it

00:38:00.260 --> 00:38:00.580
 doesn't

00:38:00.580 --> 00:38:00.840
 commend

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.019
 those

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.320
 things

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:04.600
 if

00:38:04.600 --> 00:38:04.820
 we

00:38:04.820 --> 00:38:05.800
 idealize

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:05.960
 our

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.560
 personal

00:38:06.560 --> 00:38:07.160
 preferences

00:38:07.160 --> 00:38:08.060
 or

00:38:08.060 --> 00:38:08.280
 our

00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:08.760
 human

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:09.340
 opinions

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:09.720
 to

00:38:09.720 --> 00:38:09.880
 the

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:10.120
 level

00:38:10.120 --> 00:38:10.320
 of

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:10.860
 God's

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.320
 law

00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:11.680
 if

00:38:11.680 --> 00:38:12.140
 we

00:38:12.140 --> 00:38:12.540
 fail

00:38:12.540 --> 00:38:12.780
 to

00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:13.260
 distinguish

00:38:13.260 --> 00:38:13.820
 the

00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:14.200
 biblical

00:38:14.200 --> 00:38:14.920
 principles

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:15.600
 from

00:38:15.600 --> 00:38:15.920
 our

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:16.560
 personal

00:38:16.560 --> 00:38:17.240
 practices

00:38:17.240 --> 00:38:18.360
 then

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:18.560
 we

00:38:18.560 --> 00:38:18.940
 lay

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:19.620
 undue

00:38:19.620 --> 00:38:20.120
 burdens

00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:20.279
 on

00:38:20.279 --> 00:38:20.619
 people

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:23.500
 make

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:23.579
 it

00:38:23.579 --> 00:38:23.739
 more

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:24.119
 difficult

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:24.359
 for

00:38:24.359 --> 00:38:24.500
 them

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:24.659
 to

00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:24.880
 follow

00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:25.199
 God

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:28.819
 to

00:38:28.819 --> 00:38:29.019
 make

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:29.219
 things

00:38:29.219 --> 00:38:29.659
 worse

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:31.299
 not

00:38:31.299 --> 00:38:31.500
 only

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:31.659
 did

00:38:31.659 --> 00:38:31.880
 these

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:32.199
 lawyers

00:38:32.199 --> 00:38:32.440
 lay

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:32.719
 heavy

00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:33.119
 burdens

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:33.339
 on

00:38:33.339 --> 00:38:33.460
 the

00:38:33.460 --> 00:38:33.859
 people

00:38:33.859 --> 00:38:34.739
 they

00:38:34.739 --> 00:38:34.960
 also

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.199
 did

00:38:35.199 --> 00:38:35.460
 not

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:35.859
 touch

00:38:35.859 --> 00:38:36.079
 the

00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:36.539
 burdens

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:37.000
 with

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:37.279
 one

00:38:37.279 --> 00:38:37.420
 of

00:38:37.420 --> 00:38:37.579
 their

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:38.099
 fingers

00:38:38.099 --> 00:38:40.699
 they

00:38:40.699 --> 00:38:40.839
 were

00:38:40.839 --> 00:38:41.279
 happy

00:38:41.279 --> 00:38:41.579
 to

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:42.119
 multiply

00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:43.000
 regulations

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.839
 but

00:38:43.839 --> 00:38:43.980
 when

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.119
 it

00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:44.299
 came

00:38:44.299 --> 00:38:44.460
 to

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:45.000
 actually

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:45.799
 helping

00:38:45.799 --> 00:38:46.359
 people

00:38:46.359 --> 00:38:47.019
 follow

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.339
 these

00:38:47.339 --> 00:38:47.920
 regulations

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.960
 patiently

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:49.619
 teaching

00:38:49.619 --> 00:38:49.960
 them

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:50.820
 explaining

00:38:50.820 --> 00:38:51.119
 to

00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:51.380
 them

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:51.920
 walking

00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:52.360
 alongside

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:52.900
 them

00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:53.240
 and

00:38:53.240 --> 00:38:53.900
 motivating

00:38:53.900 --> 00:38:54.260
 them

00:38:54.260 --> 00:38:54.579
 they

00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:54.980
 did

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.599
 nothing

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:58.860
 after

00:38:58.860 --> 00:38:59.380
 loading

00:38:59.380 --> 00:38:59.720
 these

00:38:59.720 --> 00:39:00.039
 people

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.300
 up

00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:00.460
 with

00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:00.659
 these

00:39:00.659 --> 00:39:00.960
 heavy

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:01.400
 burdens

00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:01.940
 they

00:39:01.940 --> 00:39:02.099
 did

00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:02.280
 not

00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:02.579
 lift

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:02.780
 the

00:39:02.780 --> 00:39:03.099
 finger

00:39:03.099 --> 00:39:03.300
 to

00:39:03.300 --> 00:39:03.500
 help

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:03.619
 them

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:03.980
 instead

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.340
 they

00:39:04.340 --> 00:39:04.539
 just

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:05.059
 pointed

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.320
 their

00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:05.639
 finger

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:05.880
 at

00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:06.099
 them

00:39:06.099 --> 00:39:06.500
 in

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:07.420
 condemnation

00:39:07.420 --> 00:39:11.260
 they

00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:11.680
 crushed

00:39:11.680 --> 00:39:12.079
 them

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:14.500
 so

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:14.900
 Jesus

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:15.639
 pronounces

00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:15.880
 the

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.240
 second

00:39:16.240 --> 00:39:16.619
 woe

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:16.900
 over

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:17.159
 these

00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:17.579
 scribes

00:39:17.579 --> 00:39:19.759
 in

00:39:19.759 --> 00:39:22.299
 verses 47

00:39:22.299 --> 00:39:24.059
 to 48

00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:24.759
 woe

00:39:24.759 --> 00:39:25.400
 so

00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:25.519
 you

00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:25.659
 are

00:39:25.659 --> 00:39:26.159
 witnesses

00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:26.579
 and you

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:27.159
 consent

00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:27.480
 to the

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:27.739
 deeds

00:39:27.739 --> 00:39:27.980
 of your

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.440
 fathers

00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:28.679
 for

00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:28.900
 they

00:39:28.900 --> 00:39:29.319
 kill

00:39:29.319 --> 00:39:29.639
 them

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:30.259
 and you

00:39:30.259 --> 00:39:30.619
 build

00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:31.039
 their

00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:31.860
 tombs

00:39:31.860 --> 00:39:33.500
 not

00:39:33.500 --> 00:39:33.739
 only

00:39:33.739 --> 00:39:33.940
 do

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:34.139
 these

00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:34.480
 scribes

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:34.599
 lay

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:35.159
 misleading

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:35.599
 and heavy

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:35.920
 burdens

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.079
 on

00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:36.360
 God's

00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:36.619
 people

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:36.840
 when

00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:37.079
 God

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:37.480
 sends

00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:37.659
 his

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:38.019
 prophets

00:39:38.019 --> 00:39:38.319
 to

00:39:38.319 --> 00:39:38.739
 redirect

00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:39.199
 them

00:39:39.199 --> 00:39:39.819
 they

00:39:39.819 --> 00:39:40.239
 bury

00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:40.480
 these

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:40.920
 prophets

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:42.799
 these

00:39:42.799 --> 00:39:43.039
 two

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:43.360
 verses

00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:43.900
 47

00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:44.360
 and 48

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:44.699
 are

00:39:44.699 --> 00:39:45.380
 structured

00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:45.779
 with

00:39:45.779 --> 00:39:46.239
 matching

00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:46.819
 mirroring

00:39:46.819 --> 00:39:47.279
 statements

00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:47.940
 it begins

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.560
 by saying

00:39:48.560 --> 00:39:48.840
 your

00:39:48.840 --> 00:39:49.380
 fathers

00:39:49.380 --> 00:39:49.700
 built

00:39:49.700 --> 00:39:49.880
 the

00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:50.160
 tomb

00:39:50.160 --> 00:39:51.140
 your

00:39:51.140 --> 00:39:51.400
 fathers

00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:51.700
 killed

00:39:51.700 --> 00:39:51.900
 the

00:39:51.900 --> 00:39:52.200
 prophets

00:39:52.200 --> 00:39:53.380
 and

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:54.460
 you

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:54.740
 built

00:39:54.740 --> 00:39:54.920
 the

00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:55.240
 tombs

00:39:55.240 --> 00:39:55.480
 of the

00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:55.760
 prophets

00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:56.000
 whom

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.120
 your

00:39:56.120 --> 00:39:56.360
 fathers

00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:56.660
 killed

00:39:56.660 --> 00:39:56.960
 and it

00:39:56.960 --> 00:39:57.200
 ends

00:39:57.200 --> 00:39:57.640
 with the

00:39:57.640 --> 00:39:58.060
 reverse

00:39:58.060 --> 00:39:58.340
 of the

00:39:58.340 --> 00:39:58.540
 same

00:39:58.540 --> 00:39:58.900
 statement

00:39:58.900 --> 00:39:59.600
 and the

00:39:59.600 --> 00:39:59.920
 intention

00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:00.220
 of that

00:40:00.220 --> 00:40:00.580
 structure

00:40:00.580 --> 00:40:01.040
 is to

00:40:01.040 --> 00:40:01.280
 bring

00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:01.920
 focus

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.460
 to the

00:40:02.460 --> 00:40:02.780
 middle

00:40:02.780 --> 00:40:03.880
 which

00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:04.100
 is

00:40:04.100 --> 00:40:04.300
 so

00:40:04.300 --> 00:40:04.560
 you

00:40:04.560 --> 00:40:04.740
 are

00:40:04.740 --> 00:40:05.280
 witnesses

00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:05.880
 and you

00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:06.460
 consent

00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:06.840
 to the

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:07.120
 deeds

00:40:07.120 --> 00:40:07.360
 of your

00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:07.660
 father

00:40:07.660 --> 00:40:07.980
 that's

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.120
 what

00:40:08.120 --> 00:40:08.380
 Jesus

00:40:08.380 --> 00:40:08.620
 is

00:40:08.620 --> 00:40:08.940
 talking

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.260
 about

00:40:09.260 --> 00:40:10.000
 he's

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:10.160
 not

00:40:10.160 --> 00:40:10.460
 talking

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:10.660
 about

00:40:10.660 --> 00:40:11.060
 literal

00:40:11.060 --> 00:40:11.500
 tomb

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:11.920
 building

00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:12.700
 that it's

00:40:12.700 --> 00:40:13.060
 a problem

00:40:13.060 --> 00:40:13.360
 for them

00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:13.760
 to build

00:40:13.760 --> 00:40:14.099
 tombs

00:40:14.099 --> 00:40:14.500
 for these

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:14.940
 prophets

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:15.660
 he's

00:40:15.660 --> 00:40:15.860
 saying

00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:16.300
 that you

00:40:16.300 --> 00:40:16.579
 are

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:17.280
 figuratively

00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:18.280
 finishing

00:40:18.280 --> 00:40:19.059
 what your

00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:19.559
 fathers

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:20.320
 started

00:40:20.320 --> 00:40:21.640
 your

00:40:21.640 --> 00:40:22.059
 fathers

00:40:22.059 --> 00:40:22.500
 killed

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:22.700
 the

00:40:22.700 --> 00:40:23.019
 prophets

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:23.320
 of the

00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:23.579
 Lord

00:40:23.579 --> 00:40:24.480
 and you

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:25.000
 make sure

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.640
 they stay

00:40:25.640 --> 00:40:26.120
 dead

00:40:26.120 --> 00:40:26.740
 and buried

00:40:26.740 --> 00:40:28.400
 they kill

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:28.640
 them

00:40:28.640 --> 00:40:29.099
 you make

00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:29.280
 their

00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:29.780
 tombs

00:40:29.780 --> 00:40:31.200
 you consent

00:40:31.200 --> 00:40:31.599
 to their

00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:31.980
 deeds

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:32.320
 by the

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:32.519
 way

00:40:32.519 --> 00:40:32.720
 you

00:40:32.720 --> 00:40:33.220
 reject

00:40:33.220 --> 00:40:33.960
 me

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:34.720
 the

00:40:34.720 --> 00:40:35.240
 ultimate

00:40:35.240 --> 00:40:35.640
 prophet

00:40:35.640 --> 00:40:35.920
 of the

00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:36.200
 Lord

00:40:36.199 --> 00:40:42.980
 Jesus

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:43.539
 continues

00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:43.739
 in

00:40:43.739 --> 00:40:43.939
 verses

00:40:43.939 --> 00:40:44.399
 49

00:40:44.399 --> 00:40:44.619
 to

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:44.980
 51

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.339
 therefore

00:40:45.339 --> 00:40:45.719
 also

00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:45.899
 the

00:40:45.899 --> 00:40:46.179
 wisdom

00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:46.379
 of

00:40:46.379 --> 00:40:46.699
 God

00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:47.019
 said

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:47.179
 I

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:47.339
 will

00:40:47.339 --> 00:40:47.699
 send

00:40:47.699 --> 00:40:47.899
 them

00:40:47.899 --> 00:40:48.319
 prophets

00:40:48.319 --> 00:40:48.480
 and

00:40:48.480 --> 00:40:48.939
 apostles

00:40:48.939 --> 00:40:49.559
 some

00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:49.960
 of whom

00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:50.119
 they

00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:50.279
 will

00:40:50.279 --> 00:40:50.759
 kill

00:40:50.759 --> 00:40:51.000
 and

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:51.599
 persecute

00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:52.119
 so

00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:52.259
 that

00:40:52.259 --> 00:40:52.399
 the

00:40:52.399 --> 00:40:52.639
 blood

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:52.759
 of

00:40:52.759 --> 00:40:52.960
 all

00:40:52.960 --> 00:40:53.099
 the

00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:53.519
 prophets

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:53.799
 shed

00:40:53.799 --> 00:40:54.000
 from

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:54.159
 the

00:40:54.159 --> 00:40:54.619
 foundation

00:40:54.619 --> 00:40:54.819
 of

00:40:54.819 --> 00:40:54.919
 the

00:40:54.919 --> 00:40:55.239
 world

00:40:55.239 --> 00:40:55.759
 may

00:40:55.759 --> 00:40:55.919
 be

00:40:55.919 --> 00:40:56.339
 charged

00:40:56.339 --> 00:40:56.719
 against

00:40:56.719 --> 00:40:56.960
 this

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:57.460
 generation

00:40:57.460 --> 00:40:58.059
 from

00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:58.219
 the

00:40:58.219 --> 00:40:58.519
 blood

00:40:58.519 --> 00:40:58.679
 of

00:40:58.679 --> 00:40:58.980
 Abel

00:40:58.980 --> 00:40:59.139
 to

00:40:59.139 --> 00:40:59.279
 the

00:40:59.279 --> 00:40:59.539
 blood

00:40:59.539 --> 00:40:59.679
 of

00:40:59.679 --> 00:41:00.319
 Zechariah

00:41:00.319 --> 00:41:00.799
 who

00:41:00.799 --> 00:41:01.179
 perished

00:41:01.179 --> 00:41:01.519
 between

00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:01.739
 the

00:41:01.739 --> 00:41:02.000
 altar

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:02.139
 and

00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:02.239
 the

00:41:02.239 --> 00:41:02.619
 sanctuary

00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:03.219
 yes

00:41:03.219 --> 00:41:03.500
 I

00:41:03.500 --> 00:41:03.739
 tell

00:41:03.739 --> 00:41:03.939
 you

00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:04.619
 it

00:41:04.619 --> 00:41:04.900
 will

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:05.179
 be

00:41:05.179 --> 00:41:05.720
 required

00:41:05.720 --> 00:41:06.059
 of

00:41:06.059 --> 00:41:06.340
 this

00:41:06.340 --> 00:41:06.920
 generation

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:08.400
 Jesus

00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:08.639
 is

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:08.920
 not

00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:09.619
 citing

00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:09.920
 from

00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:10.079
 a

00:41:10.079 --> 00:41:10.360
 book

00:41:10.360 --> 00:41:10.539
 of

00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:10.800
 scripture

00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:11.119
 here

00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:11.740
 but

00:41:11.740 --> 00:41:11.900
 he's

00:41:11.900 --> 00:41:12.320
 alluding

00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:12.820
 generally

00:41:12.820 --> 00:41:13.039
 to

00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:13.420
 God's

00:41:13.420 --> 00:41:13.880
 wisdom

00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:14.400
 borne out

00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:14.700
 by

00:41:14.700 --> 00:41:15.240
 Israel's

00:41:15.240 --> 00:41:15.639
 history

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:16.400
 so

00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:16.599
 even

00:41:16.599 --> 00:41:16.760
 though

00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:16.960
 God

00:41:16.960 --> 00:41:17.340
 knew

00:41:17.340 --> 00:41:17.539
 that

00:41:17.539 --> 00:41:17.700
 his

00:41:17.700 --> 00:41:18.099
 people

00:41:18.099 --> 00:41:18.340
 would

00:41:18.340 --> 00:41:18.800
 kill

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:19.099
 and

00:41:19.099 --> 00:41:19.519
 persecute

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:19.659
 his

00:41:19.659 --> 00:41:20.000
 prophets

00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:20.159
 and

00:41:20.159 --> 00:41:20.460
 apostles

00:41:20.460 --> 00:41:20.700
 God

00:41:20.700 --> 00:41:21.119
 sent

00:41:21.119 --> 00:41:21.300
 them

00:41:21.300 --> 00:41:21.720
 anyway

00:41:21.720 --> 00:41:21.980
 so

00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:22.119
 that

00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:22.460
 people

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:22.659
 might

00:41:22.659 --> 00:41:22.800
 be

00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:23.019
 held

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.639
 accountable

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:24.260
 because

00:41:24.260 --> 00:41:24.420
 they

00:41:24.420 --> 00:41:24.840
 heard

00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:25.079
 the

00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:25.480
 message

00:41:25.480 --> 00:41:26.559
 and

00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:27.260
 rejecting

00:41:27.260 --> 00:41:27.619
 them

00:41:27.619 --> 00:41:28.159
 intentionally

00:41:28.159 --> 00:41:28.619
 after

00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:28.960
 hearing

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:29.099
 the

00:41:29.099 --> 00:41:29.380
 message

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:29.579
 and

00:41:29.579 --> 00:41:29.880
 shedding

00:41:29.880 --> 00:41:30.059
 the

00:41:30.059 --> 00:41:30.460
 blood

00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:30.579
 of

00:41:30.579 --> 00:41:30.719
 these

00:41:30.719 --> 00:41:31.079
 prophets

00:41:31.079 --> 00:41:31.320
 they

00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:31.539
 will

00:41:31.539 --> 00:41:31.719
 be

00:41:31.719 --> 00:41:31.940
 held

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:32.340
 accountable

00:41:32.340 --> 00:41:32.559
 by

00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:32.880
 God

00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:33.759
 he

00:41:33.759 --> 00:41:33.880
 says

00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:34.059
 from

00:41:34.059 --> 00:41:34.199
 the

00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:34.440
 blood

00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:34.599
 of

00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:34.880
 Abel

00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:35.019
 to

00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:35.159
 the

00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:35.320
 blood

00:41:35.320 --> 00:41:35.420
 of

00:41:35.420 --> 00:41:35.799
 Zechariah

00:41:35.799 --> 00:41:36.239
 Abel

00:41:36.239 --> 00:41:36.759
 as you

00:41:36.759 --> 00:41:37.139
 recall

00:41:37.139 --> 00:41:37.739
 was

00:41:37.739 --> 00:41:38.179
 killed

00:41:38.179 --> 00:41:38.460
 by

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:38.900
 Cain

00:41:38.900 --> 00:41:39.119
 his

00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:39.460
 brother

00:41:39.460 --> 00:41:40.460
 because

00:41:40.460 --> 00:41:40.759
 Cain

00:41:40.759 --> 00:41:41.199
 resented

00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:41.639
 the fact

00:41:41.639 --> 00:41:41.840
 that

00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:42.239
 Abel

00:41:42.239 --> 00:41:42.539
 was

00:41:42.539 --> 00:41:42.799
 more

00:41:42.799 --> 00:41:43.239
 righteous

00:41:43.239 --> 00:41:43.980
 than

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:44.159
 he

00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:44.420
 was

00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:45.259
 and

00:41:45.259 --> 00:41:45.400
 that

00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:45.519
 he

00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:45.880
 offered

00:41:45.880 --> 00:41:46.039
 a

00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:46.199
 more

00:41:46.199 --> 00:41:46.699
 acceptable

00:41:46.699 --> 00:41:47.340
 sacrifice

00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:47.539
 to

00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:47.779
 God

00:41:47.779 --> 00:41:47.960
 than

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:48.139
 he

00:41:48.139 --> 00:41:48.380
 did

00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:49.259
 and

00:41:49.259 --> 00:41:49.460
 so

00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:49.759
 Cain

00:41:49.759 --> 00:41:50.219
 murdered

00:41:50.219 --> 00:41:50.440
 his

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:50.699
 brothers

00:41:50.699 --> 00:41:51.820
 Abel

00:41:51.820 --> 00:41:51.960
 is

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:52.219
 called

00:41:52.219 --> 00:41:52.380
 here

00:41:52.380 --> 00:41:52.539
 the

00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:52.860
 first

00:41:52.860 --> 00:41:53.059
 the

00:41:53.059 --> 00:41:53.380
 martyr

00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:55.660
 and

00:41:55.660 --> 00:41:56.420
 Zechariah

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:56.920
 is not

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:57.300
 a reference

00:41:57.300 --> 00:41:57.620
 to

00:41:57.620 --> 00:41:57.860
 the

00:41:57.860 --> 00:41:58.240
 prophet

00:41:58.240 --> 00:41:58.800
 Zechariah

00:41:58.800 --> 00:41:59.140
 who wrote

00:41:59.140 --> 00:41:59.480
 the book

00:41:59.480 --> 00:41:59.620
 of

00:41:59.620 --> 00:42:00.180
 Zechariah

00:42:00.180 --> 00:42:00.760
 but

00:42:00.760 --> 00:42:00.940
 it's

00:42:00.940 --> 00:42:01.300
 a reference

00:42:01.300 --> 00:42:01.599
 to

00:42:01.599 --> 00:42:02.019
 the prophet

00:42:02.019 --> 00:42:02.480
 Zechariah

00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:02.840
 mentioned

00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:03.079
 in

00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:03.420
 2nd

00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:04.019
 Chronicles

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:04.380
 chapter

00:42:04.380 --> 00:42:05.019
 24

00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:05.380
 verses

00:42:05.380 --> 00:42:05.780
 20

00:42:05.780 --> 00:42:05.920
 to

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:06.500
 25

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:07.340
 he

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:07.559
 says

00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:07.740
 that

00:42:07.740 --> 00:42:08.460
 Zechariah

00:42:08.460 --> 00:42:09.019
 denounced

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:09.200
 the

00:42:09.200 --> 00:42:09.920
 transgressions

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:10.160
 of the

00:42:10.160 --> 00:42:10.460
 people

00:42:10.460 --> 00:42:10.640
 of

00:42:10.640 --> 00:42:10.980
 Judah

00:42:10.980 --> 00:42:11.480
 but

00:42:11.480 --> 00:42:11.760
 then

00:42:11.760 --> 00:42:12.000
 by

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:12.180
 the

00:42:12.180 --> 00:42:12.620
 command

00:42:12.620 --> 00:42:12.960
 of

00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:13.099
 the

00:42:13.099 --> 00:42:13.440
 king

00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:13.680
 the

00:42:13.680 --> 00:42:13.980
 people

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:14.559
 stoned

00:42:14.559 --> 00:42:14.940
 him

00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:15.160
 with

00:42:15.160 --> 00:42:15.559
 stones

00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:15.960
 in

00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:16.240
 the

00:42:16.240 --> 00:42:16.660
 court

00:42:16.660 --> 00:42:17.300
 of

00:42:17.300 --> 00:42:17.500
 the

00:42:17.500 --> 00:42:17.940
 house

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:18.260
 of

00:42:18.260 --> 00:42:18.440
 the

00:42:18.440 --> 00:42:18.720
 Lord

00:42:18.719 --> 00:42:19.779
 in

00:42:19.779 --> 00:42:19.939
 the

00:42:19.939 --> 00:42:20.359
 temple

00:42:20.359 --> 00:42:20.919
 precinct

00:42:20.919 --> 00:42:21.199
 within

00:42:21.199 --> 00:42:21.480
 the

00:42:21.480 --> 00:42:21.739
 house

00:42:21.739 --> 00:42:21.879
 of

00:42:21.879 --> 00:42:22.159
 God

00:42:22.159 --> 00:42:22.579
 itself

00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:23.399
 these

00:42:23.399 --> 00:42:23.739
 people

00:42:23.739 --> 00:42:24.159
 killed

00:42:24.159 --> 00:42:24.359
 the

00:42:24.359 --> 00:42:24.659
 prophet

00:42:24.659 --> 00:42:24.819
 of

00:42:24.819 --> 00:42:24.919
 the

00:42:24.919 --> 00:42:25.139
 Lord

00:42:25.139 --> 00:42:25.919
 and

00:42:25.919 --> 00:42:26.279
 according

00:42:26.279 --> 00:42:26.559
 to

00:42:26.559 --> 00:42:26.779
 the

00:42:26.779 --> 00:42:27.199
 Jewish

00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:28.039
 canonical

00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:28.759
 order

00:42:28.759 --> 00:42:28.980
 the

00:42:28.980 --> 00:42:29.199
 book

00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:29.500
 order

00:42:29.500 --> 00:42:29.699
 of

00:42:29.699 --> 00:42:30.699
 the

00:42:30.699 --> 00:42:30.899
 Old

00:42:30.899 --> 00:42:31.339
 Testament

00:42:31.339 --> 00:42:32.659
 Zechariah

00:42:32.659 --> 00:42:32.959
 is the

00:42:32.959 --> 00:42:33.199
 last

00:42:33.199 --> 00:42:33.579
 prophet

00:42:33.579 --> 00:42:33.959
 to be

00:42:33.959 --> 00:42:34.299
 martyred

00:42:34.299 --> 00:42:34.599
 in this

00:42:34.599 --> 00:42:34.799
 way

00:42:34.799 --> 00:42:35.299
 so

00:42:35.299 --> 00:42:35.539
 this

00:42:35.539 --> 00:42:35.679
 is

00:42:35.679 --> 00:42:36.000
 basically

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:36.219
 from

00:42:36.219 --> 00:42:36.399
 the

00:42:36.399 --> 00:42:36.719
 first

00:42:36.719 --> 00:42:37.000
 to

00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:37.139
 the

00:42:37.139 --> 00:42:37.519
 last

00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:38.159
 you

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:38.259
 will

00:42:38.259 --> 00:42:38.379
 be

00:42:38.379 --> 00:42:38.579
 held

00:42:38.579 --> 00:42:38.959
 accountable

00:42:38.959 --> 00:42:39.219
 for

00:42:39.219 --> 00:42:39.599
 all

00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:39.799
 of

00:42:39.799 --> 00:42:40.099
 them

00:42:40.099 --> 00:42:40.719
 why

00:42:40.719 --> 00:42:41.059
 because

00:42:41.059 --> 00:42:41.299
 they

00:42:41.299 --> 00:42:41.480
 are

00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:42.019
 rejecting

00:42:42.019 --> 00:42:42.980
 Christ

00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:43.319
 the

00:42:43.319 --> 00:42:43.739
 ultimate

00:42:43.739 --> 00:42:44.219
 prophet

00:42:44.219 --> 00:42:46.059
 and

00:42:46.059 --> 00:42:46.239
 in

00:42:46.239 --> 00:42:46.439
 doing

00:42:48.719 --> 00:42:49.299
 tradition

00:42:49.299 --> 00:42:49.919
 of

00:42:49.919 --> 00:42:50.179
 their

00:42:50.179 --> 00:42:50.539
 fathers

00:42:50.539 --> 00:42:50.699
 who

00:42:50.699 --> 00:42:50.899
 killed

00:42:50.899 --> 00:42:51.059
 the

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:51.439
 prophets

00:42:51.439 --> 00:42:51.899
 they're

00:42:51.899 --> 00:42:52.339
 continuing

00:42:52.339 --> 00:42:52.639
 their

00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:52.980
 work

00:42:52.980 --> 00:42:53.339
 and

00:42:53.339 --> 00:42:53.579
 therefore

00:42:53.579 --> 00:42:53.799
 they'll

00:42:53.799 --> 00:42:53.899
 be

00:42:53.899 --> 00:42:54.079
 held

00:42:54.079 --> 00:42:54.500
 accountable

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:54.719
 for

00:42:54.719 --> 00:42:54.859
 them

00:42:54.859 --> 00:42:55.079
 all

00:42:55.079 --> 00:42:56.399
 if

00:42:56.399 --> 00:42:56.579
 our

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:57.059
 Christianity

00:42:57.059 --> 00:42:57.519
 is

00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:58.159
 merely

00:42:58.159 --> 00:42:59.119
 about

00:42:59.119 --> 00:42:59.539
 external

00:42:59.539 --> 00:43:00.319
 conformity

00:43:00.319 --> 00:43:01.059
 and not

00:43:01.059 --> 00:43:01.459
 internal

00:43:01.459 --> 00:43:02.119
 conversion

00:43:02.119 --> 00:43:02.500
 through

00:43:02.500 --> 00:43:02.939
 the

00:43:02.939 --> 00:43:03.099
 blood

00:43:03.099 --> 00:43:03.239
 of

00:43:03.239 --> 00:43:03.480
 Christ

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:03.659
 then

00:43:03.659 --> 00:43:03.819
 we

00:43:03.819 --> 00:43:04.119
 too

00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:04.519
 are

00:43:04.519 --> 00:43:07.899
 doing

00:43:07.899 --> 00:43:08.319
 exactly

00:43:08.319 --> 00:43:08.519
 what

00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:08.679
 the

00:43:08.679 --> 00:43:09.019
 scribes

00:43:09.019 --> 00:43:09.139
 were

00:43:09.139 --> 00:43:09.399
 doing

00:43:09.399 --> 00:43:10.059
 the

00:43:10.059 --> 00:43:10.359
 last

00:43:10.359 --> 00:43:10.639
 woe

00:43:10.639 --> 00:43:10.779
 is

00:43:10.779 --> 00:43:10.899
 in

00:43:10.899 --> 00:43:11.059
 verse

00:43:11.059 --> 00:43:11.519
 52

00:43:11.519 --> 00:43:11.899
 woe

00:43:11.899 --> 00:43:12.019
 to

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:12.159
 you

00:43:12.159 --> 00:43:12.500
 lawyers

00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:12.939
 for

00:43:12.939 --> 00:43:13.039
 you

00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:13.159
 have

00:43:13.159 --> 00:43:13.539
 taken

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:14.039
 away

00:43:14.039 --> 00:43:14.519
 the

00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:14.859
 key

00:43:14.859 --> 00:43:15.079
 to

00:43:15.079 --> 00:43:15.559
 knowledge

00:43:15.559 --> 00:43:16.539
 the

00:43:16.539 --> 00:43:16.739
 key

00:43:16.739 --> 00:43:16.939
 of

00:43:16.940 --> 00:43:17.280
 knowledge

00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:17.500
 you

00:43:17.500 --> 00:43:17.619
 did

00:43:17.619 --> 00:43:17.820
 not

00:43:17.820 --> 00:43:18.099
 enter

00:43:18.099 --> 00:43:18.539
 yourselves

00:43:18.539 --> 00:43:18.720
 and

00:43:18.720 --> 00:43:18.840
 you

00:43:18.840 --> 00:43:19.119
 hindered

00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:19.400
 those

00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:19.539
 who

00:43:19.539 --> 00:43:19.780
 were

00:43:19.780 --> 00:43:20.280
 entering

00:43:20.280 --> 00:43:20.880
 even

00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:21.079
 though

00:43:21.079 --> 00:43:21.320
 these

00:43:21.320 --> 00:43:21.679
 teachers

00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:21.900
 of

00:43:21.900 --> 00:43:22.220
 God's

00:43:22.220 --> 00:43:22.380
 law

00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:22.840
 believed

00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:23.039
 that

00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:23.200
 they

00:43:23.200 --> 00:43:23.579
 held

00:43:23.579 --> 00:43:23.760
 the

00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:23.940
 key

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:24.119
 to

00:43:24.119 --> 00:43:24.440
 eternal

00:43:24.440 --> 00:43:24.840
 life

00:43:24.840 --> 00:43:25.019
 to

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:25.119
 the

00:43:25.119 --> 00:43:25.320
 kingdom

00:43:25.320 --> 00:43:25.519
 of

00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:25.780
 God

00:43:25.780 --> 00:43:26.519
 they

00:43:26.519 --> 00:43:26.900
 in fact

00:43:26.900 --> 00:43:27.079
 did

00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:27.360
 not

00:43:27.360 --> 00:43:27.740
 have

00:43:27.740 --> 00:43:27.900
 the

00:43:27.900 --> 00:43:28.139
 key

00:43:28.139 --> 00:43:28.619
 themselves

00:43:28.619 --> 00:43:28.820
 they

00:43:28.820 --> 00:43:28.960
 could

00:43:28.960 --> 00:43:29.139
 not

00:43:29.139 --> 00:43:29.420
 enter

00:43:29.420 --> 00:43:29.980
 themselves

00:43:29.980 --> 00:43:30.760
 in fact

00:43:30.760 --> 00:43:30.940
 they

00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:31.079
 were

00:43:31.079 --> 00:43:31.780
 hindering

00:43:31.780 --> 00:43:32.220
 people

00:43:32.220 --> 00:43:32.420
 who

00:43:32.420 --> 00:43:32.639
 were

00:43:32.639 --> 00:43:33.019
 entering

00:43:33.019 --> 00:43:35.220
 instead

00:43:35.220 --> 00:43:35.440
 of

00:43:35.440 --> 00:43:36.159
 clarifying

00:43:36.159 --> 00:43:36.519
 God's

00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:36.780
 word

00:43:36.780 --> 00:43:37.059
 they

00:43:37.059 --> 00:43:37.820
 complicated

00:43:37.820 --> 00:43:38.280
 God's

00:43:38.280 --> 00:43:38.579
 word

00:43:38.579 --> 00:43:39.500
 by adding

00:43:39.500 --> 00:43:40.300
 human

00:43:40.300 --> 00:43:40.780
 traditions

00:43:40.780 --> 00:43:41.059
 and

00:43:41.059 --> 00:43:41.519
 regulations

00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:42.380
 instead

00:43:42.380 --> 00:43:42.679
 of

00:43:42.679 --> 00:43:43.340
 accepting

00:43:43.340 --> 00:43:43.579
 the

00:43:43.579 --> 00:43:43.940
 prophets

00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:44.159
 of

00:43:44.159 --> 00:43:44.280
 the

00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:44.519
 Lord

00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:44.780
 and

00:43:44.780 --> 00:43:45.179
 listening

00:43:45.179 --> 00:43:45.380
 to

00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:45.480
 them

00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:45.619
 they

00:43:45.619 --> 00:43:46.199
 rejected

00:43:46.199 --> 00:43:46.639
 them

00:43:46.639 --> 00:43:47.019
 and

00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:47.480
 turned

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:48.059
 other

00:43:48.059 --> 00:43:48.420
 people

00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:48.780
 away

00:43:48.780 --> 00:43:49.179
 from

00:43:49.179 --> 00:43:49.579
 them

00:43:49.579 --> 00:43:50.380
 and

00:43:50.380 --> 00:43:50.519
 by

00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:50.820
 doing

00:43:50.820 --> 00:43:51.059
 these

00:43:51.059 --> 00:43:51.280
 things

00:43:51.280 --> 00:43:51.519
 these

00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:51.900
 lawyers

00:43:51.900 --> 00:43:52.659
 hindered

00:43:52.659 --> 00:43:53.199
 people

00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:53.500
 from

00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:53.880
 knowing

00:43:53.880 --> 00:43:54.219
 God

00:43:54.219 --> 00:43:54.699
 entering

00:43:54.699 --> 00:43:54.940
 into

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:55.139
 his

00:43:55.139 --> 00:43:55.500
 kingdom

00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:57.840
 hypocrisy

00:43:57.840 --> 00:43:58.900
 and false

00:43:58.900 --> 00:43:59.340
 teaching

00:43:59.340 --> 00:43:59.880
 heresy

00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:00.159
 these

00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:00.400
 are

00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:01.000
 not

00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:01.239
 just

00:44:01.239 --> 00:44:01.579
 problems

00:44:01.579 --> 00:44:01.820
 for

00:44:01.820 --> 00:44:02.340
 us

00:44:02.340 --> 00:44:03.159
 they're

00:44:03.159 --> 00:44:03.659
 hindrances

00:44:03.659 --> 00:44:03.920
 to

00:44:03.920 --> 00:44:04.199
 other

00:44:04.199 --> 00:44:04.559
 people

00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:05.559
 around

00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:05.960
 us

00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:09.619
 this

00:44:09.619 --> 00:44:09.900
 is a

00:44:09.900 --> 00:44:10.099
 heavy

00:44:10.099 --> 00:44:10.340
 hitting

00:44:10.340 --> 00:44:10.820
 message

00:44:10.820 --> 00:44:15.699
 and

00:44:15.699 --> 00:44:15.840
 if

00:44:15.840 --> 00:44:16.000
 you're

00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:16.179
 like

00:44:16.179 --> 00:44:16.420
 me

00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:17.000
 you've

00:44:17.000 --> 00:44:17.179
 been

00:44:17.179 --> 00:44:17.599
 convicted

00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:18.420
 by

00:44:18.420 --> 00:44:18.639
 this

00:44:18.639 --> 00:44:19.139
 passage

00:44:19.139 --> 00:44:23.179
 I've

00:44:23.179 --> 00:44:23.380
 done

00:44:23.380 --> 00:44:23.659
 this

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:36.099
 and

00:44:36.099 --> 00:44:36.300
 that's

00:44:36.300 --> 00:44:36.420
 where

00:44:36.420 --> 00:44:36.539
 we

00:44:36.539 --> 00:44:36.900
 receive

00:44:36.900 --> 00:44:37.300
 hope

00:44:37.300 --> 00:44:38.139
 in

00:44:38.139 --> 00:44:38.400
 verses

00:44:38.400 --> 00:44:38.980
 53

00:44:38.980 --> 00:44:39.199
 to

00:44:39.199 --> 00:44:39.679
 54

00:44:39.679 --> 00:44:42.199
 as

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:42.519
 Jesus

00:44:42.519 --> 00:44:42.820
 went

00:44:42.820 --> 00:44:43.059
 away

00:44:43.059 --> 00:44:43.300
 from

00:44:43.300 --> 00:44:43.559
 there

00:44:43.559 --> 00:44:44.659
 the

00:44:44.659 --> 00:44:45.159
 scribes

00:44:45.159 --> 00:44:45.300
 and

00:44:45.300 --> 00:44:45.480
 the

00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:45.920
 Pharisees

00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:46.340
 began

00:44:46.340 --> 00:44:46.760
 to

00:44:46.760 --> 00:44:47.099
 press

00:44:47.099 --> 00:44:47.300
 him

00:44:47.300 --> 00:44:47.599
 hard

00:44:47.599 --> 00:44:47.760
 and

00:44:47.760 --> 00:44:47.880
 to

00:44:47.880 --> 00:44:48.220
 provoke

00:44:48.220 --> 00:44:48.400
 him

00:44:48.400 --> 00:44:48.559
 to

00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:48.840
 speak

00:44:48.840 --> 00:44:49.039
 about

00:44:49.039 --> 00:44:49.260
 many

00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:49.740
 things

00:44:49.740 --> 00:44:50.699
 lying

00:44:50.699 --> 00:44:50.980
 in

00:44:50.980 --> 00:44:51.260
 wait

00:44:51.260 --> 00:44:51.440
 for

00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:51.720
 him

00:44:51.720 --> 00:44:52.159
 to

00:44:52.159 --> 00:44:52.559
 catch

00:44:52.559 --> 00:44:52.860
 him

00:44:52.860 --> 00:44:53.099
 in

00:44:53.099 --> 00:44:53.519
 something

00:44:53.519 --> 00:44:53.940
 he

00:44:53.940 --> 00:44:54.280
 might

00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:54.800
 say

00:44:54.800 --> 00:44:56.340
 what

00:44:56.340 --> 00:44:56.500
 is

00:44:56.500 --> 00:44:56.780
 this

00:44:56.780 --> 00:44:57.179
 pointing

00:44:57.179 --> 00:44:57.460
 to

00:44:57.460 --> 00:44:58.440
 from

00:44:58.440 --> 00:44:58.800
 this

00:44:58.800 --> 00:44:59.079
 point

00:44:59.079 --> 00:44:59.340
 on

00:44:59.340 --> 00:44:59.659
 the

00:44:59.659 --> 00:45:00.220
 hostility

00:45:00.220 --> 00:45:00.480
 of

00:45:00.480 --> 00:45:00.659
 the

00:45:00.659 --> 00:45:01.159
 scribes

00:45:01.159 --> 00:45:01.260
 and

00:45:01.260 --> 00:45:01.380
 the

00:45:01.380 --> 00:45:01.740
 Pharisees

00:45:01.740 --> 00:45:02.000
 against

00:45:02.000 --> 00:45:02.340
 Jesus

00:45:02.340 --> 00:45:03.199
 escalates

00:45:03.199 --> 00:45:03.960
 sharply

00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:04.860
 until

00:45:04.860 --> 00:45:05.340
 chapters

00:45:05.340 --> 00:45:05.840
 22

00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:06.039
 to

00:45:06.039 --> 00:45:06.460
 23

00:45:06.460 --> 00:45:07.039
 when

00:45:07.039 --> 00:45:07.240
 they

00:45:07.240 --> 00:45:07.800
 plot

00:45:07.800 --> 00:45:08.180
 and

00:45:08.180 --> 00:45:08.660
 execute

00:45:08.660 --> 00:45:09.059
 their

00:45:09.059 --> 00:45:09.360
 plot

00:45:09.360 --> 00:45:09.599
 to

00:45:09.599 --> 00:45:10.140
 arrest

00:45:10.140 --> 00:45:10.900
 Jesus

00:45:10.900 --> 00:45:11.400
 using

00:45:11.400 --> 00:45:11.620
 the

00:45:11.620 --> 00:45:11.840
 civil

00:45:11.840 --> 00:45:12.360
 authorities

00:45:12.360 --> 00:45:13.240
 and

00:45:13.240 --> 00:45:13.480
 to

00:45:13.480 --> 00:45:14.400
 bring

00:45:14.400 --> 00:45:14.539
 him

00:45:14.539 --> 00:45:14.620
 to

00:45:14.620 --> 00:45:14.760
 his

00:45:14.760 --> 00:45:15.059
 death

00:45:15.059 --> 00:45:15.200
 on

00:45:15.200 --> 00:45:15.320
 the

00:45:15.320 --> 00:45:15.760
 cross

00:45:15.760 --> 00:45:17.340
 and

00:45:17.340 --> 00:45:17.840
 that's

00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:18.160
 the

00:45:18.160 --> 00:45:18.480
 most

00:45:18.480 --> 00:45:18.920
 important

00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:19.340
 point

00:45:19.340 --> 00:45:19.980
 from

00:45:19.980 --> 00:45:20.280
 this

00:45:20.280 --> 00:45:20.900
 passage

00:45:20.900 --> 00:45:21.620
 because

00:45:21.620 --> 00:45:21.860
 we

00:45:21.860 --> 00:45:21.980
 have

00:45:21.980 --> 00:45:22.200
 all

00:45:22.200 --> 00:45:22.519
 done

00:45:22.519 --> 00:45:22.880
 this

00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:23.140
 I

00:45:23.140 --> 00:45:23.380
 have

00:45:23.380 --> 00:45:24.079
 done

00:45:24.079 --> 00:45:24.220
 this

00:45:24.220 --> 00:45:24.340
 we

00:45:24.340 --> 00:45:24.940
 pretended

00:45:24.940 --> 00:45:25.300
 to

00:45:25.300 --> 00:45:25.599
 be

00:45:25.599 --> 00:45:26.079
 righteous

00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:26.360
 on

00:45:26.360 --> 00:45:26.480
 the

00:45:26.480 --> 00:45:26.980
 outside

00:45:26.980 --> 00:45:29.280
 even

00:45:29.280 --> 00:45:29.460
 though

00:45:29.460 --> 00:45:29.660
 we're

00:45:29.660 --> 00:45:30.140
 sinful

00:45:30.140 --> 00:45:30.420
 on

00:45:30.420 --> 00:45:30.559
 the

00:45:30.559 --> 00:45:30.940
 inside

00:45:30.940 --> 00:45:33.120
 but

00:45:33.120 --> 00:45:33.420
 that's

00:45:33.420 --> 00:45:33.700
 why

00:45:33.700 --> 00:45:34.220
 Jesus

00:45:34.219 --> 00:45:34.919
 died

00:45:34.919 --> 00:45:35.839
 outwardly

00:45:35.839 --> 00:45:36.439
 as

00:45:36.439 --> 00:45:36.939
 a

00:45:36.939 --> 00:45:37.239
 sinner

00:45:37.239 --> 00:45:38.519
 he

00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:38.859
 died

00:45:38.859 --> 00:45:39.059
 a

00:45:39.059 --> 00:45:39.459
 sinner's

00:45:39.459 --> 00:45:39.839
 death

00:45:39.839 --> 00:45:40.799
 even

00:45:40.799 --> 00:45:41.000
 though

00:45:41.000 --> 00:45:41.619
 inwardly

00:45:41.619 --> 00:45:41.819
 he

00:45:41.819 --> 00:45:42.139
 was

00:45:42.139 --> 00:45:42.319
 the

00:45:42.319 --> 00:45:42.619
 only

00:45:42.619 --> 00:45:42.959
 man

00:45:42.959 --> 00:45:43.099
 in

00:45:43.099 --> 00:45:43.339
 human

00:45:43.339 --> 00:45:43.739
 history

00:45:43.739 --> 00:45:44.000
 that

00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:44.279
 had

00:45:44.279 --> 00:45:44.639
 no

00:45:44.639 --> 00:45:45.139
 sin

00:45:45.139 --> 00:45:48.459
 we

00:45:48.459 --> 00:45:48.980
 have

00:45:48.980 --> 00:45:49.839
 moralistically

00:45:49.839 --> 00:45:50.259
 and

00:45:50.259 --> 00:45:51.039
 legalistically

00:45:51.039 --> 00:45:51.480
 kept

00:45:51.480 --> 00:45:51.839
 the

00:45:51.839 --> 00:45:52.519
 minutia

00:45:52.519 --> 00:45:52.779
 of

00:45:52.779 --> 00:45:52.919
 the

00:45:52.919 --> 00:45:53.259
 law

00:45:53.259 --> 00:45:53.839
 while

00:45:53.839 --> 00:45:54.459
 neglecting

00:45:54.459 --> 00:45:54.599
 the

00:45:54.599 --> 00:45:54.879
 more

00:45:54.879 --> 00:45:55.319
 important

00:45:55.319 --> 00:45:55.939
 commands

00:45:55.939 --> 00:45:57.019
 and

00:45:57.019 --> 00:45:57.419
 that's

00:45:57.419 --> 00:45:57.719
 why

00:45:57.719 --> 00:45:58.219
 Jesus

00:45:58.219 --> 00:45:58.559
 had

00:45:58.559 --> 00:45:58.719
 to

00:45:58.719 --> 00:45:59.039
 live

00:45:59.039 --> 00:45:59.459
 a

00:45:59.459 --> 00:45:59.980
 perfect

00:45:59.980 --> 00:46:00.439
 life

00:46:00.439 --> 00:46:00.859
 of

00:46:00.859 --> 00:46:01.259
 obedience

00:46:01.259 --> 00:46:01.699
 and

00:46:01.699 --> 00:46:01.839
 he

00:46:01.839 --> 00:46:02.239
 died

00:46:02.239 --> 00:46:02.500
 to

00:46:02.500 --> 00:46:03.319
 satisfy

00:46:03.320 --> 00:46:03.780
 the

00:46:03.780 --> 00:46:04.340
 requirements

00:46:04.340 --> 00:46:04.920
 all

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:05.140
 the

00:46:05.140 --> 00:46:05.580
 requirements

00:46:05.580 --> 00:46:05.780
 of

00:46:05.780 --> 00:46:05.900
 the

00:46:05.900 --> 00:46:06.059
 law

00:46:06.059 --> 00:46:06.220
 from

00:46:06.220 --> 00:46:06.360
 the

00:46:06.360 --> 00:46:06.940
 minutia

00:46:06.940 --> 00:46:07.360
 to

00:46:07.360 --> 00:46:07.519
 the

00:46:07.519 --> 00:46:07.860
 most

00:46:07.860 --> 00:46:08.360
 important

00:46:08.360 --> 00:46:10.640
 we

00:46:10.640 --> 00:46:11.120
 have

00:46:11.120 --> 00:46:11.580
 sought

00:46:11.580 --> 00:46:12.280
 prominent

00:46:12.280 --> 00:46:12.780
 seats

00:46:12.780 --> 00:46:13.700
 and

00:46:13.700 --> 00:46:14.120
 long

00:46:14.120 --> 00:46:14.600
 greetings

00:46:14.600 --> 00:46:14.880
 from

00:46:14.880 --> 00:46:15.380
 people

00:46:15.380 --> 00:46:18.000
 robbing

00:46:18.000 --> 00:46:18.300
 God

00:46:18.300 --> 00:46:18.440
 of

00:46:18.440 --> 00:46:18.600
 his

00:46:18.600 --> 00:46:19.000
 glory

00:46:19.000 --> 00:46:20.200
 and

00:46:20.200 --> 00:46:20.519
 that's

00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:20.740
 why

00:46:20.740 --> 00:46:21.160
 Jesus

00:46:21.160 --> 00:46:21.460
 had

00:46:21.460 --> 00:46:21.600
 to

00:46:21.600 --> 00:46:21.920
 die

00:46:21.920 --> 00:46:22.080
 on

00:46:22.080 --> 00:46:22.260
 the

00:46:22.260 --> 00:46:22.820
 cross

00:46:22.820 --> 00:46:23.940
 the

00:46:23.940 --> 00:46:24.420
 lowest

00:46:24.420 --> 00:46:24.840
 seat

00:46:24.840 --> 00:46:25.380
 reserved

00:46:25.380 --> 00:46:25.860
 for

00:46:25.860 --> 00:46:26.400
 criminal

00:46:26.400 --> 00:46:27.160
 slaves

00:46:27.159 --> 00:46:29.420
 and

00:46:29.420 --> 00:46:29.599
 he

00:46:29.599 --> 00:46:30.119
 endured

00:46:30.119 --> 00:46:30.379
 the

00:46:30.379 --> 00:46:31.059
 mockery

00:46:31.059 --> 00:46:31.519
 and

00:46:31.519 --> 00:46:32.139
 humiliation

00:46:32.139 --> 00:46:32.460
 from

00:46:32.460 --> 00:46:32.839
 people

00:46:32.839 --> 00:46:33.379
 so

00:46:33.379 --> 00:46:33.559
 that

00:46:33.559 --> 00:46:33.940
 we

00:46:33.940 --> 00:46:34.579
 might

00:46:34.579 --> 00:46:34.899
 be

00:46:34.899 --> 00:46:35.219
 seated

00:46:35.219 --> 00:46:35.639
 with

00:46:35.639 --> 00:46:36.079
 God

00:46:36.079 --> 00:46:36.559
 and

00:46:36.559 --> 00:46:36.739
 be

00:46:36.739 --> 00:46:37.279
 ushered

00:46:37.279 --> 00:46:37.659
 into

00:46:37.659 --> 00:46:38.000
 his

00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:38.420
 glory

00:46:38.420 --> 00:46:40.139
 life

00:46:40.139 --> 00:46:40.559
 eternal

00:46:40.559 --> 00:46:43.039
 we

00:46:43.039 --> 00:46:43.259
 have

00:46:43.259 --> 00:46:43.619
 all

00:46:43.619 --> 00:46:43.839
 at

00:46:43.839 --> 00:46:44.119
 one

00:46:44.119 --> 00:46:44.460
 point

00:46:44.460 --> 00:46:45.039
 rebelled

00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:45.619
 against

00:46:45.619 --> 00:46:46.019
 God

00:46:46.019 --> 00:46:46.379
 by

00:46:46.379 --> 00:46:46.879
 living

00:46:46.879 --> 00:46:47.139
 for

00:46:47.139 --> 00:46:47.579
 ourselves

00:46:47.579 --> 00:46:47.779
 and

00:46:47.779 --> 00:46:47.940
 for

00:46:47.940 --> 00:46:48.099
 our

00:46:48.099 --> 00:46:48.539
 glory

00:46:48.539 --> 00:46:49.279
 rather

00:46:49.279 --> 00:46:49.519
 than

00:46:49.519 --> 00:46:49.719
 for

00:46:49.719 --> 00:46:50.119
 him

00:46:50.119 --> 00:46:51.239
 but

00:46:51.239 --> 00:46:51.460
 by

00:46:51.460 --> 00:46:51.859
 doing

00:46:51.859 --> 00:46:52.339
 this

00:46:52.339 --> 00:46:52.739
 we

00:46:52.739 --> 00:46:53.039
 put

00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:53.420
 ourselves

00:46:53.420 --> 00:46:54.039
 squarely

00:46:54.039 --> 00:46:54.239
 in the

00:46:54.239 --> 00:46:54.539
 line

00:46:54.539 --> 00:46:54.659
 of

00:46:54.659 --> 00:46:54.819
 the

00:46:54.819 --> 00:46:55.319
 Pharisees

00:46:55.319 --> 00:46:55.460
 and

00:46:55.460 --> 00:46:55.599
 the

00:46:55.599 --> 00:46:56.019
 scribes

00:46:56.019 --> 00:46:56.280
 who

00:46:56.280 --> 00:46:56.380
 are

00:46:56.380 --> 00:46:56.820
 accountable

00:46:56.820 --> 00:46:57.059
 to

00:46:57.059 --> 00:46:57.480
 God

00:46:57.480 --> 00:46:57.780
 for

00:46:57.780 --> 00:46:58.199
 the

00:46:58.199 --> 00:46:58.420
 blood

00:46:58.420 --> 00:46:58.559
 of

00:46:58.559 --> 00:46:58.699
 all

00:46:58.699 --> 00:46:58.820
 the

00:46:58.820 --> 00:46:59.259
 prophets

00:46:59.259 --> 00:47:01.019
 and

00:47:01.019 --> 00:47:01.159
 the

00:47:01.159 --> 00:47:02.280
 most

00:47:02.280 --> 00:47:02.699
 important

00:47:02.699 --> 00:47:03.059
 blood

00:47:03.059 --> 00:47:03.759
 that

00:47:03.759 --> 00:47:03.940
 we

00:47:03.940 --> 00:47:04.099
 have

00:47:04.099 --> 00:47:04.480
 shed

00:47:04.480 --> 00:47:05.559
 through

00:47:05.559 --> 00:47:05.800
 this

00:47:05.800 --> 00:47:06.340
 resistance

00:47:06.340 --> 00:47:06.659
 and

00:47:06.659 --> 00:47:07.079
 rebellion

00:47:07.079 --> 00:47:07.500
 is

00:47:07.500 --> 00:47:07.699
 the

00:47:07.699 --> 00:47:08.019
 blood

00:47:08.019 --> 00:47:08.360
 of

00:47:08.360 --> 00:47:08.719
 Jesus

00:47:08.719 --> 00:47:09.000
 the

00:47:09.000 --> 00:47:09.380
 ultimate

00:47:09.380 --> 00:47:09.880
 prophet

00:47:09.880 --> 00:47:10.139
 the

00:47:10.139 --> 00:47:10.539
 Messiah

00:47:10.539 --> 00:47:10.800
 the

00:47:10.800 --> 00:47:11.059
 Son

00:47:11.059 --> 00:47:11.219
 of

00:47:11.219 --> 00:47:11.559
 God

00:47:11.559 --> 00:47:14.619
 but

00:47:14.619 --> 00:47:14.860
 this

00:47:14.860 --> 00:47:15.019
 is

00:47:15.019 --> 00:47:15.159
 the

00:47:15.159 --> 00:47:15.440
 amazing

00:47:15.440 --> 00:47:15.800
 thing

00:47:15.800 --> 00:47:17.500
 the

00:47:17.500 --> 00:47:17.840
 blood

00:47:17.840 --> 00:47:18.019
 of

00:47:18.019 --> 00:47:18.440
 Abel

00:47:18.440 --> 00:47:19.900
 cries

00:47:19.900 --> 00:47:20.280
 out

00:47:20.280 --> 00:47:20.639
 for

00:47:20.639 --> 00:47:21.079
 our

00:47:21.079 --> 00:47:22.280
 for

00:47:22.280 --> 00:47:22.800
 vengeance

00:47:22.800 --> 00:47:25.900
 the

00:47:25.900 --> 00:47:26.240
 blood

00:47:26.240 --> 00:47:26.440
 of

00:47:26.440 --> 00:47:27.200
 Zechariah

00:47:27.200 --> 00:47:28.000
 clamors

00:47:28.000 --> 00:47:28.700
 for

00:47:28.700 --> 00:47:29.139
 our

00:47:29.139 --> 00:47:30.099
 condemnation

00:47:30.099 --> 00:47:31.740
 the

00:47:31.740 --> 00:47:31.940
 blood

00:47:31.940 --> 00:47:32.079
 of

00:47:32.079 --> 00:47:32.280
 all

00:47:32.280 --> 00:47:32.400
 of

00:47:32.400 --> 00:47:32.559
 these

00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:33.059
 prophets

00:47:33.059 --> 00:47:33.400
 call

00:47:33.400 --> 00:47:33.639
 for

00:47:33.639 --> 00:47:34.340
 justice

00:47:34.340 --> 00:47:35.380
 for

00:47:35.380 --> 00:47:35.619
 us

00:47:35.619 --> 00:47:35.780
 to

00:47:35.780 --> 00:47:35.940
 be

00:47:35.940 --> 00:47:36.420
 condemned

00:47:36.420 --> 00:47:37.519
 to

00:47:37.519 --> 00:47:37.960
 eternal

00:47:37.960 --> 00:47:38.539
 destruction

00:47:38.539 --> 00:47:38.800
 in

00:47:38.800 --> 00:47:39.000
 hell

00:47:39.000 --> 00:47:41.079
 but

00:47:41.079 --> 00:47:41.420
 Hebrews

00:47:41.420 --> 00:47:41.920
 12

00:47:41.920 --> 00:47:42.760
 24

00:47:42.760 --> 00:47:43.240
 tells

00:47:43.240 --> 00:47:43.400
 us

00:47:43.400 --> 00:47:43.639
 that

00:47:43.639 --> 00:47:44.039
 the

00:47:44.039 --> 00:47:44.680
 sprinkled

00:47:44.680 --> 00:47:45.019
 blood

00:47:45.019 --> 00:47:45.220
 of

00:47:45.220 --> 00:47:45.619
 Jesus

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 speaks

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 a

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 better

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 word

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 than

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 the

00:47:48.579 --> 00:47:48.840
 blood

00:47:48.840 --> 00:47:49.000
 of

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 Abel

00:47:49.380 --> 00:47:53.539
 the

00:47:53.539 --> 00:47:53.800
 blood

00:47:53.800 --> 00:47:54.000
 of

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 Jesus

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 does

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 not

00:47:55.519 --> 00:47:55.780
 cry

00:47:55.780 --> 00:47:56.019
 out

00:47:56.019 --> 00:47:56.180
 for

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 vengeance

00:47:56.599 --> 00:47:57.400
 the

00:47:57.400 --> 00:47:57.620
 blood

00:47:57.620 --> 00:47:57.800
 of

00:47:57.800 --> 00:47:58.079
 Jesus

00:47:58.079 --> 00:47:58.519
 cries

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 out

00:47:58.780 --> 00:47:58.940
 for

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 our

00:47:59.079 --> 00:47:59.700
 vindication

00:47:59.700 --> 00:48:01.680
 the

00:48:01.680 --> 00:48:02.000
 blood

00:48:02.000 --> 00:48:02.200
 of

00:48:02.200 --> 00:48:02.539
 Jesus

00:48:02.539 --> 00:48:03.420
 cries

00:48:03.420 --> 00:48:03.740
 out

00:48:03.740 --> 00:48:03.940
 for

00:48:03.940 --> 00:48:04.099
 our

00:48:04.099 --> 00:48:04.920
 justification

00:48:04.920 --> 00:48:06.280
 the

00:48:06.280 --> 00:48:06.500
 blood

00:48:06.500 --> 00:48:06.640
 of

00:48:06.640 --> 00:48:06.900
 Jesus

00:48:06.900 --> 00:48:07.500
 declares

00:48:07.500 --> 00:48:07.720
 that

00:48:07.720 --> 00:48:07.960
 our

00:48:07.960 --> 00:48:08.700
 sins

00:48:08.700 --> 00:48:09.519
 so

00:48:09.519 --> 00:48:10.280
 grave

00:48:10.280 --> 00:48:12.519
 and

00:48:12.519 --> 00:48:12.680
 our

00:48:12.680 --> 00:48:13.059
 spiritual

00:48:13.059 --> 00:48:13.720
 conditions

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 so

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 lethal

00:48:14.700 --> 00:48:17.380
 have

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 been

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 made

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 right

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 have

00:48:19.800 --> 00:48:20.059
 been

00:48:20.059 --> 00:48:20.539
 paid

00:48:20.539 --> 00:48:20.920
 for

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 have

00:48:21.780 --> 00:48:22.180
 been

00:48:22.180 --> 00:48:23.780
 made

00:48:23.780 --> 00:48:25.040
 new

00:48:25.040 --> 00:48:26.100
 through

00:48:26.100 --> 00:48:26.320
 what

00:48:26.320 --> 00:48:26.680
 Jesus

00:48:26.680 --> 00:48:27.120
 did

00:48:27.120 --> 00:48:27.600
 by

00:48:27.600 --> 00:48:27.940
 dying

00:48:27.940 --> 00:48:28.080
 on

00:48:28.080 --> 00:48:28.200
 the

00:48:28.200 --> 00:48:28.460
 cross

00:48:28.460 --> 00:48:28.640
 for

00:48:28.640 --> 00:48:28.860
 our

00:48:28.860 --> 00:48:29.160
 sins

00:48:29.160 --> 00:48:29.580
 and

00:48:29.580 --> 00:48:29.720
 being

00:48:29.720 --> 00:48:30.220
 raised

00:48:30.220 --> 00:48:30.420
 to

00:48:30.420 --> 00:48:30.620
 new

00:48:30.620 --> 00:48:31.019
 life

00:48:31.019 --> 00:48:34.120
 that's

00:48:34.120 --> 00:48:34.780
 what we

00:48:34.780 --> 00:48:35.120
 call the

00:48:35.120 --> 00:48:35.620
 gospel of

00:48:35.620 --> 00:48:35.820
 Jesus

00:48:35.820 --> 00:48:36.260
 Christ

00:48:36.260 --> 00:48:37.560
 and

00:48:37.560 --> 00:48:37.800
 that's

00:48:37.800 --> 00:48:37.920
 the

00:48:37.920 --> 00:48:38.120
 hope

00:48:38.120 --> 00:48:38.280
 that

00:48:38.280 --> 00:48:38.440
 this

00:48:38.440 --> 00:48:38.720
 passage

00:48:38.720 --> 00:48:39.040
 points

00:48:39.040 --> 00:48:39.220
 us

00:48:39.220 --> 00:48:39.380
 to

00:48:39.380 --> 00:48:42.040
 take

00:48:42.040 --> 00:48:42.180
 a

00:48:42.180 --> 00:48:42.360
 moment

00:48:42.360 --> 00:48:42.640
 now

00:48:42.640 --> 00:48:42.880
 to

00:48:42.880 --> 00:48:43.280
 reflect

00:48:43.280 --> 00:48:43.480
 on

00:48:43.480 --> 00:48:43.740
 this

00:48:43.740 --> 00:48:44.300
 reality

00:48:44.300 --> 00:48:44.720
 for

00:48:44.720 --> 00:48:47.740
 a few

00:48:47.740 --> 00:48:48.120
 moments

00:48:48.119 --> 00:48:51.719
 in

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 what

00:48:51.880 --> 00:48:52.199
 areas

00:48:52.199 --> 00:48:52.339
 of

00:48:52.339 --> 00:48:52.440
 your

00:48:52.440 --> 00:48:52.739
 life

00:48:52.739 --> 00:48:52.940
 is

00:48:52.940 --> 00:48:53.119
 the

00:48:53.119 --> 00:48:53.279
 Lord

00:48:53.279 --> 00:48:53.819
 calling

00:48:53.819 --> 00:48:55.519
 to

00:48:55.519 --> 00:48:56.019
 repentance

00:48:56.019 --> 00:48:56.359
 and

00:48:56.359 --> 00:48:56.639
 greater

00:48:56.639 --> 00:48:57.319
 conformity

00:48:57.319 --> 00:48:57.659
 to

00:48:57.659 --> 00:48:58.159
 Christ

00:48:58.159 --> 00:49:00.759
 in

00:49:00.759 --> 00:49:01.000
 what

00:49:01.000 --> 00:49:01.299
 ways

00:49:01.299 --> 00:49:01.440
 is

00:49:01.440 --> 00:49:01.619
 God

00:49:01.619 --> 00:49:01.940
 calling

00:49:01.940 --> 00:49:02.119
 to

00:49:02.119 --> 00:49:02.400
 rely

00:49:02.400 --> 00:49:02.739
 less

00:49:02.739 --> 00:49:02.940
 on

00:49:02.940 --> 00:49:03.259
 your

00:49:03.259 --> 00:49:03.779
 self

00:49:03.779 --> 00:49:04.259
 righteousness

00:49:04.259 --> 00:49:05.539
 but

00:49:05.539 --> 00:49:05.619
 on

00:49:05.619 --> 00:49:05.739
 the

00:49:05.739 --> 00:49:06.079
 righteousness

00:49:06.079 --> 00:49:06.359
 of

00:49:06.359 --> 00:49:06.679
 Christ

00:49:06.679 --> 00:49:32.440
 For