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 Our gracious Lord, we thank you that Jesus taught that your word is true.

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! And Lord, when we discern your truth, your word promises that we can be free.

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! Free to know you, free to worship you, and free to walk with you all the days of our life.

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 In the genuine hope that those who remain faithful will be in receipt of life forever with you.

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 Lord, we long for that, and we pray, Lord God, that you would keep us faithful as we study your word.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So, in Luke's Gospel, chapter 19, the last verse that Anthea just read to us is this.

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 Today, salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.

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 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.

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 I think this passage is remarkable.

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 It is, of course, historical.

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 It's not a parable.

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 This confrontation, this conversation between Jesus and the funny little man Zacchaeus

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 actually took place in history.

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 And I think this narrative answers three really important questions for us.

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 The first question is this.

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 Who did Jesus come for?

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 What kind of people is Jesus in the world for?

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 The second question is to do with those of us who consider ourselves to be believers.

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 And it's this.

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 What do I need to do to get closer to God?

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 And the third question is a question for churches today in the 21st century,

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 and very likely in every century prior to that.

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 And that is, what are we like?

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 This morning there might be, I don't know, 80 of us gathered here in church.

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 You add together all the other churches in Clevedon,

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 you're probably going to get a total of 800 people from this town

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 who worship God on a Sunday morning, as an average.

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 Some Sundays we do a bit better, some not so much.

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 But there are 23,000 people living in this town.

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 What is their view of us?

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 So let me try and answer those three questions in relation to the passage in front of us.

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 Firstly, who did Jesus come for?

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 I wonder if in your heart, maybe deep in the recesses,

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 there are questions like this that float around.

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 Am I good enough?

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 Will Jesus really be interested in someone like me?

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 I have a shocking history,

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 and I'm not quite sure whether Jesus came for people like me.

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 Am I religious enough?

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 That is to say, is God just an idea in my head?

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 Or is he a living reality in my life?

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 God just an idea in my head.

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 God just an idea in my head.

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 It's a very subtle difference in some ways.

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 But if God is an idea, a bit like Star Wars,

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 you know, the kind of force in the universe,

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 impersonal, but kind of there.

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 I think in the New Testament,

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 people who I'm thinking of in relation to this question

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 are what the New Testament calls God-fearers.

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 They've got a rough idea about God.

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 They even come to church.

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 They might even say prayers,

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 very likely in some kind of emergency situation.

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 Religion, I think, is the enemy of faith.

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 Because religion is about an idea,

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 and religion is obedience,

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 reverence to this idea,

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 to a certain way of worshipping,

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 but there's no personal relationship with God.

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 And I wonder if you ever have doubts

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 as to whether or not you trust enough.

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 Jesus said once,

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 in a memorable little section of Mark's Gospel,

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 he said this,

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 if you have faith the size of a mustard seed,

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 you can say to that mountain over there,

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 go throw yourself in the sea,

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 and it will be done for you.

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 I don't really think that God wants people like us

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 to make cosmetic changes to the universe.

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 But what I do think is,

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 and this is true in the Bible,

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 that mountains ironically represent two things.

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 The first thing they represent is obstacles,

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 quite naturally.

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 You want to go on a journey,

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 and you come across a mountain,

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 you've either got to schlep all the way up it,

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 or you've got to burrow through it,

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 or you've got to build a road on it,

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 or whatever.

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 They are a problem.

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 And friends,

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 I get the sense looking at you that

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 you're human beings.

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 And human beings

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 have things in their lives

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 that get in the way.

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 I wonder if somebody asked you,

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 you know,

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 if you went to see a spiritual director

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 or one of these types,

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 and they said to you,

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 so what's the blockage in your spiritual life, Mike?

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 I'm not going to tell you.

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 But of course there are blockages.

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 There are old habits.

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 There are old thoughts.

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 There is my predilection

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 to very quick judgment, judgment.

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 We are a very visual society, aren't we?

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 We make judgments about people

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 simply on the way they look.

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 And I remember saying to our church,

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 in the church I was at,

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 I remember saying,

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 do you know Andrew?

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 So I said,

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 Andrew,

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 I said,

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 that bloke who wears an anorak.

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 Person knew immediately

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 who I was talking about.

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 We make judgments about people.

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 But am I trusting enough?

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 Do I,

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 to quote Dr. Tozer,

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 lean on the wind of the Holy Spirit

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 and know the presence

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 and the power of God in my life?

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 We don't know very much about Zacchaeus,

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 but the Bible tells us three things about him.

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 In verse 2,

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 we read there's a man,

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 as Jesus was passing through Jericho,

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 there was a man by the name of Zacchaeus.

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 We know his name.

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 We know that he was a chief tax collector

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 and he was wealthy.

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 And we also know

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 that he was a small man.

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 That's why he had to race ahead of the crowd

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 and climb up into a tree.

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 My obsession for alliteration

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 wants to say that

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 he was little,

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 he was loaded,

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 and he was loathed.

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 Three things.

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 And those are true of him.

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 And listen,

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 so,

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 the fact that he was little,

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 physically little,

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 I think just doesn't mean

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 necessary,

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 people who are short of stature.

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 See,

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 I think Jesus came for people

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 who aren't just small,

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 I mean,

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 he certainly did come for people

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 who are small,

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 he came for people who are big,

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 but he came for people

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 who have felt belittled in life.

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 Have you been through

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 an experience in your life

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 that's made you feel small?

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 Has made you feel humiliated?

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 See,

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 Jesus came for people like you.

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 What we know about Jesus was

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 he had a load of money

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 and the Bible never ever,

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 last time I heard Simon give a message,

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 he made this point very clearly.

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 That money in itself,

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 wealth in itself,

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 is not sinful,

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 but the big problem of it is

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 it can become an unhealthy priority

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 in your life.

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 I was reading some research

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 this past week

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 and what the research showed

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 is that when it comes to wealth,

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 there's a kind of tipping point.

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 And beyond that tipping point,

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 when we become very, very wealthy,

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 it doesn't do us any good at all.

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 In fact,

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 a lot of very, very wealthy people,

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 very depressed

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 or very controlling,

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 unhappy people,

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 trying to work out their lives

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 in the light of their wealth.

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 That is a very challenging thing.

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 And Zacchaeus had that.

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 He was a tax collector

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 and the tax collectors

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 collected tax

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 on behalf of the occupying

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 Roman government.

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 And they were paid

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 by commission.

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 So not only

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 did they pay

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 a high level of tax,

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 actually,

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 the people in Judea

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 at the time,

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 but on top of that,

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 Zacchaeus added an extra 10%,

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 which he stuffed

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 into his back pocket.

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 Little wonder

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 he was hated

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 by his Jewish compatriots.

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 He was regarded

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 as a traitor,

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 as a quizley,

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 as somebody

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 who definitely

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 could not be trusted

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 and certainly

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 could not be liked.

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 And the likelihood is

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 there were people around

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 who disliked Zacchaeus

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 so much

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 they really secretly

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 would have liked

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 to have killed him.

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 He was loathed.

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 He was loaded

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 and he was little.

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 I want to say to you

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 that if you're

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 the kind of person

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 who feels belittled,

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 then Jesus

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 is for you.

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 I want to say to you,

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 if you're the sort of person

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 who's struggling

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 with wealth,

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 and I know we'd all like

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 the experience

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 of struggling with wealth

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 so we could prove

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 the Bible true.

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 If you're struggling

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 with it,

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 Jesus is for you.

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 If you're wondering,

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 well,

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 does anybody

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 really love me?

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 I mean,

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 that is such a profound

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 existential question.

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 Does anybody

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 really love me?

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 You say to yourself,

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 well,

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 I have a wife,

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 I have a husband.

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 not every home

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 is a place

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 of marital bliss.

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 If you're feeling

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 that nobody

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 really loves you,

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 then Jesus

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 is for you.

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 The second question

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 that this passage

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 raises

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 is a really

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 important question.

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 And it's really

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 for people

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 who think they've

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 crossed the line

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 and are believers.

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 And it's this,

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 how do I get closer

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 to Jesus?

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 I mean,

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 very figuratively,

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 historically,

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 in reality,

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 in this story,

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 Jesus,

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 Zacchaeus,

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 runs ahead of the crowd

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 and does this

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 kind of comic thing.

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 He climbs into a tree.

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 I can,

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 I mean,

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 I would have loved

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 to have been there

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 just to hear

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 what the other people

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 in the crowd

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 were saying

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 when they saw him

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 stuck up this tree.

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 And Jesus

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 comes along

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 and in the

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 English translations

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 of our Bible,

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 it really doesn't

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 kind of make this

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 clear enough.

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 In verse 5,

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 we read,

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 Jesus reached the spot,

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 he looked up

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 and said to him,

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 Zacchaeus,

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 come down immediately.

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 I must stay

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 at your house

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 today.

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 what the English

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 translation

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 at this point

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 misses

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 is this truth

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 that the Greek word

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 literally means

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 Jesus fixed him

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 with a stare.

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 Something far more

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 profound than

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 just looking up.

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 It was something

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 intentional.

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 And I think

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 this is probably

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 poetic,

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 but nevertheless

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 I'm going to say it.

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 I have the feeling

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 for the first time

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 in his squalid

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 little life,

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 Zacchaeus

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 experienced

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 the grace of God

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 in the face

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 And something

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 changed.

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 Come on to that.

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 This is

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 a remarkable

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 story.

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 a little

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 loaded

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 and loathed

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 man

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 who

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 was deeply

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 distrusted

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 and hated

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 by the crowd.

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 Jesus,

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 out of all

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 the crowd,

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 fixes

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 his eyes

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 on this

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 person

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 and basically

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 invites himself

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 round for tea.

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 How amazing

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 is that?

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 You want to

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 get closer

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 to Jesus.

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 One thing

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 this story

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 tells us

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 is you

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 don't become

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 a Christian

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 by effort.

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 You become

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 a Christian

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 by the grace

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 of God.

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 We just

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 sang about it.

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 Amazing grace.

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 How sweet

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 the sound

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 that saved

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 a soul

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 like me

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 and like

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 some of you.

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 Grace

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 means God

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 loves you

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 even though

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 you don't

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 deserve it.

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 Did Zacchaeus

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 deserve God's

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 love?

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 I don't

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 think so.

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 And none

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 of you do

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 because all

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 of you

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 are what the

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 Bible calls

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 sinners.

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 I hate to

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 tell you that

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 but it's

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 true.

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 All have

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 sinned

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 and fall

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 short of

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 the glory

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 of God.

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 You see

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 I've said

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 this many

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 many times

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 but there

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 are basically

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 two ways

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 to do

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 your life.

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 One way

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 is to do

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 it with

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 God.

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 The other

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 way is to

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 do it

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 to quote

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 Frank Sinatra

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 my way.

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 You have

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 a choice.

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 God's not

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 going to

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 bamboozle

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 you into

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 it.

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 Michael's

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 not going

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 to bamboozle

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 into you.

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 Simon

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 Dorrance

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 is not

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 going to

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 bamboozle

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 you into

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 it.

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 It is

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 your choice.

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 And you

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 can make

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 that choice

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 today.

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 If you're

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 a God

00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:36.860
 fearer

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 take your

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 sunglasses

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 off and

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 look at

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 the reality

00:16:41.579 --> 00:16:42.199
 of the

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 God of

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 love

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 shown to

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 us in

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 Jesus

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 Christ.

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 If you

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 want to

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 get closer

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 to God

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 it's going

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 to take

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 some

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 effort

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 on your

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 part.

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 It's

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 not going

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 to take

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 effort

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 for you

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 to become

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 a Christian.

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 I just

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 told you

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 why that

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 is.

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 But once

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 you are

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 a follower

00:16:58.799 --> 00:16:59.340
 of Jesus

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 how many

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 of us

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 became

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 Christians

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 years ago?

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 A friend

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 of mine

00:17:05.639 --> 00:17:06.119
 said to

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 me not

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 that long

00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:07.720
 ago he

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 said the

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 only reason

00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:09.779
 I still

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 go to

00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:10.319
 church

00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:10.639
 this is a

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 man who's

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 been to

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 every crusade

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 on the

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 planet

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 definitely

00:17:14.099 --> 00:17:14.799
 saved

00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:15.139
 guy

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 really

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 really

00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:16.960
 passionate

00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:17.779
 about his

00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:18.259
 faith.

00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:18.339
 faith.

00:17:19.220 --> 00:17:19.680
 He said

00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:20.119
 to me

00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:21.059
 and given

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 millions by

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 the way

00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:22.759
 to churches

00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:23.240
 he said

00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:23.539
 to me

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 the only

00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:25.119
 reason I

00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:25.680
 still go

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 to church

00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:27.099
 is because

00:17:27.099 --> 00:17:27.700
 I couldn't

00:17:27.700 --> 00:17:28.160
 face the

00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:28.940
 criticism of

00:17:28.940 --> 00:17:29.579
 not going.

00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:31.019
 Does that

00:17:31.019 --> 00:17:31.660
 sound healthy

00:17:31.660 --> 00:17:32.140
 to you?

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 Somebody

00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:33.740
 shout no.

00:17:33.740 --> 00:17:40.339
 how many

00:17:40.339 --> 00:17:40.920
 of us

00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:42.079
 talked to

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 you a

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 little bit

00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:43.059
 about this

00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:43.559
 last week

00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:44.120
 how many

00:17:44.120 --> 00:17:44.460
 of us

00:17:44.460 --> 00:17:44.859
 have just

00:17:44.859 --> 00:17:45.680
 got stuck

00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:48.279
 stuck in

00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:49.000
 our faith

00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:50.799
 stuck in

00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:51.599
 our worship

00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:53.940
 stuck in

00:17:53.940 --> 00:17:55.000
 our attitudes

00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:58.039
 and today

00:17:58.039 --> 00:17:59.000
 Jesus looks

00:17:59.000 --> 00:17:59.480
 up into

00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:00.160
 your tree

00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:02.599
 and invites

00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:02.920
 you to

00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:03.299
 come on

00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:03.660
 down

00:18:03.660 --> 00:18:06.120
 and walk

00:18:06.120 --> 00:18:06.620
 with him.

00:18:10.320 --> 00:18:11.300
 And then

00:18:11.300 --> 00:18:12.440
 there's

00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:13.279
 this very

00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:13.940
 ugly

00:18:13.940 --> 00:18:16.060
 understandable

00:18:16.060 --> 00:18:17.920
 but third

00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:18.800
 question that

00:18:18.800 --> 00:18:19.820
 Jesus addresses

00:18:19.820 --> 00:18:20.460
 and it's

00:18:20.460 --> 00:18:20.900
 this

00:18:20.900 --> 00:18:22.920
 what are

00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:24.080
 we in

00:18:24.080 --> 00:18:24.640
 the church

00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:25.160
 like?

00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:27.480
 What does

00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:28.120
 it tell us?

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 It tells

00:18:28.920 --> 00:18:29.960
 us in

00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:30.920
 verse

00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:32.259
 number

00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:32.800
 nine

00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:33.659
 verse nine

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 I think

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 it says

00:18:36.220 --> 00:18:36.740
 this

00:18:36.740 --> 00:18:37.960
 sorry

00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:38.200
 it's

00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:38.599
 verse

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 seven

00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:41.059
 all the

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:41.919
 people saw

00:18:41.919 --> 00:18:42.379
 this

00:18:42.379 --> 00:18:42.839
 that is

00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:43.259
 Jesus

00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:44.139
 talking to

00:18:44.139 --> 00:18:44.779
 Zacchaeus

00:18:44.779 --> 00:18:46.200
 and began

00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:46.919
 to mutter

00:18:46.919 --> 00:18:48.220
 he has

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 gone to be

00:18:49.059 --> 00:18:49.859
 the guest

00:18:49.859 --> 00:18:50.419
 of a

00:18:50.419 --> 00:18:50.680
 sinner

00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:55.019
 this

00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:55.380
 this is

00:18:55.380 --> 00:18:55.840
 amazing

00:18:55.420 --> 00:18:57.019
 amazing

00:18:57.019 --> 00:18:59.019
 that

00:18:59.019 --> 00:18:59.460
 Jesus

00:18:59.460 --> 00:19:00.380
 would talk

00:19:00.380 --> 00:19:01.000
 to somebody

00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:02.039
 like Zacchaeus

00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:02.620
 the crowd

00:19:02.620 --> 00:19:03.340
 quite rightly

00:19:03.340 --> 00:19:03.980
 were a little

00:19:03.980 --> 00:19:04.680
 indignant

00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:05.460
 about it

00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:07.840
 and they

00:19:07.840 --> 00:19:08.440
 started to

00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:08.759
 what?

00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:09.480
 grumble

00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:12.059
 do you

00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:12.720
 find that

00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:13.279
 you are

00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:13.799
 the kind

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.460
 of person

00:19:14.460 --> 00:19:15.360
 who is

00:19:15.360 --> 00:19:15.920
 too quick

00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:16.539
 to judge

00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:18.519
 you know

00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:18.960
 the weird

00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:19.579
 thing is

00:19:19.579 --> 00:19:20.460
 I've seen

00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:21.339
 research done

00:19:21.339 --> 00:19:21.799
 on this

00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:22.880
 that a lot

00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:23.519
 of people

00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:25.059
 try church

00:19:25.059 --> 00:19:27.860
 according

00:19:27.860 --> 00:19:29.259
 to Rachel

00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:29.980
 Wolfe

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 that's her

00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:31.799
 name

00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:33.380
 Rachel

00:19:33.380 --> 00:19:34.059
 Wolfe says

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 that at

00:19:35.079 --> 00:19:35.680
 any one

00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:36.160
 time

00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:36.980
 if any

00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.339
 of you

00:19:37.339 --> 00:19:37.599
 were to

00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:38.299
 invite one

00:19:38.299 --> 00:19:38.779
 of your

00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:39.639
 not

00:19:39.639 --> 00:19:40.220
 Christian

00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:40.700
 friends

00:19:40.700 --> 00:19:41.159
 to come

00:19:41.159 --> 00:19:41.700
 to church

00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:41.980
 maybe

00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:42.200
 they're

00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:42.379
 going

00:19:42.379 --> 00:19:42.599
 through

00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:42.980
 a hard

00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:43.319
 time

00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:43.700
 whatever

00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:44.379
 if you

00:19:44.379 --> 00:19:44.940
 invited

00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:45.319
 them

00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:46.359
 apparently

00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:47.619
 74%

00:19:47.619 --> 00:19:48.139
 of them

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 would

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 respond

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 warmly

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 to an

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 invitation

00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:52.899
 next issue

00:19:52.899 --> 00:19:53.099
 is

00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:53.899
 what happens

00:19:53.899 --> 00:19:54.240
 when they

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:54.799
 get here

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 I think

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 listen

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 I've

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 spoken

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 I couldn't

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 tell you

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 how many

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 church

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 weekends

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 I've

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 spoken

00:20:03.099 --> 00:20:03.359
 at

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 and

00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:05.180
 every

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 one of

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 them

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 when I

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 say to

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 them

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:07.539
 so

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 what

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 to the

00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:08.720
 people

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 in

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 this

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 particular

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 church

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 what

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 would

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 you

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 say

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 your

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 strength

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 is

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 do you

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 know

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 what

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 they

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 all

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 say

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 we're

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 friendly

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 at

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 St.

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 Grotti's

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 how do you

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 know that

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 well we

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 all know

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 each other

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 good for

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 you

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 I was

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 always keen

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 when I

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 was in

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 local church

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 ministry

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 to talk

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 to the

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 people

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 who came

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 twice

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 try and

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 find out

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 what is

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 it

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 that's

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 a

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 stumbling

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 block

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 for

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 them

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 and

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 do you

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 know

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 what a

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 stumbling

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 block

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 is

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 it

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 is

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 people

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 who

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 grumble

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 what is

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 it they

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 don't like

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 they don't

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 like the

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 fact that

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 they kind

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 of feel

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 even if

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 it's not

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 quite true

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 they kind

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 of feel

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 that we

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 bear the

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 kind of

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 characteristic

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 of judgment

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 that somehow

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 something

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 pervades

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 from us

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 that is a

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 sort of

00:21:01.459 --> 00:21:02.459
 holier than

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 thou

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.700
 righteousness

00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:08.960
 remember in

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 the new

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 testament

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 there was

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 another tax

00:21:11.139 --> 00:21:11.659
 collector

00:21:11.659 --> 00:21:12.639
 who was a

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 praying man

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 and he

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 prayed a

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 prayer

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 and basically

00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.240
 he was

00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:18.059
 looking at

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 sorry this

00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:19.859
 was a

00:21:19.859 --> 00:21:20.419
 pharisee

00:21:20.419 --> 00:21:20.779
 and he was

00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.519
 looking at

00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:21.980
 a tax

00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:22.299
 collector

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 saying I

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 thank you

00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:24.180
 lord that

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 you didn't

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:24.960
 make me

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 like that

00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:25.960
 person

00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:29.740
 maybe you

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.180
 should ask

00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:30.519
 yourself

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.119
 if I

00:21:31.119 --> 00:21:31.359
 were to

00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:31.700
 pray a

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.220
 prayer like

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 that

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:33.940
 who would

00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:34.379
 be the

00:21:34.379 --> 00:21:34.919
 person

00:21:34.919 --> 00:21:35.700
 that I

00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:36.099
 would have

00:21:36.099 --> 00:21:36.700
 in mind

00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:37.359
 when I

00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:37.819
 say to

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:38.299
 myself

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:39.480
 I'm glad

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:39.839
 you didn't

00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:40.200
 make me

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.720
 like that

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.119
 lord

00:21:41.119 --> 00:21:45.440
 it's not

00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:45.759
 a bad

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.480
 question to

00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:47.019
 ask

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:49.059
 too often

00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:49.519
 in our

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:49.859
 churches

00:21:49.859 --> 00:21:50.720
 we model

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.679
 a kind

00:21:51.679 --> 00:21:52.359
 of ham

00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:53.839
 superiority

00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:55.839
 that unbelievers

00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:56.299
 I mean the

00:21:56.299 --> 00:21:56.899
 one thing I've

00:21:56.899 --> 00:21:57.599
 discovered about

00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:58.419
 unbelievers

00:21:58.419 --> 00:21:59.679
 and I've had a

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 lot to do

00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:00.639
 with them

00:22:00.639 --> 00:22:02.099
 is this

00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:03.339
 they can

00:22:03.339 --> 00:22:04.059
 see through

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:05.019
 us very

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.719
 very

00:22:05.719 --> 00:22:06.480
 quickly

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:11.159
 what's

00:22:11.159 --> 00:22:12.199
 natural

00:22:12.199 --> 00:22:12.799
 behavior

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:13.519
 to us

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:15.279
 I've always

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:16.219
 noticed this

00:22:16.219 --> 00:22:17.759
 that in

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.319
 churches

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:18.899
 I mean

00:22:18.899 --> 00:22:19.500
 part of

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:19.980
 the joy

00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.359
 of being

00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:20.659
 in a

00:22:20.659 --> 00:22:20.919
 church

00:22:20.919 --> 00:22:21.319
 I would

00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:21.719
 say one

00:22:21.719 --> 00:22:21.980
 of the

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.539
 primary

00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:23.519
 reasons

00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:24.259
 that I

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:24.919
 do like

00:22:24.919 --> 00:22:25.419
 Christ's

00:22:25.419 --> 00:22:25.759
 church

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.859
 is because

00:22:26.859 --> 00:22:27.439
 I like the

00:22:27.439 --> 00:22:27.859
 people who

00:22:27.859 --> 00:22:28.439
 come here

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:29.000
 at least

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.380
 the ones

00:22:29.380 --> 00:22:29.860
 I know

00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:31.740
 okay

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:33.320
 and what's

00:22:33.320 --> 00:22:33.840
 the danger

00:22:33.840 --> 00:22:34.299
 of that

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:34.980
 that all

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:35.299
 I do

00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:35.519
 at the

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:35.759
 end of

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.200
 the service

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:36.580
 is go

00:22:36.580 --> 00:22:37.000
 and seek

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.460
 them out

00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:37.900
 and catch

00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:38.279
 up with

00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:38.840
 them etc

00:22:38.840 --> 00:22:39.360
 etc

00:22:39.360 --> 00:22:40.320
 imagine

00:22:40.320 --> 00:22:41.160
 you come

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:41.519
 here for

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:41.960
 the first

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.720
 time and

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.120
 nobody

00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:43.759
 talks to

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:43.980
 you

00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:45.600
 why

00:22:45.600 --> 00:22:46.660
 because

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.120
 we're all

00:22:47.120 --> 00:22:47.640
 enjoying

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:48.500
 fellowship

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:54.440
 I can't

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.900
 answer the

00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.559
 question

00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:57.920
 without being

00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:58.640
 judgmental

00:22:58.640 --> 00:22:59.240
 myself

00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:00.519
 in asking

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:01.180
 what are

00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:01.759
 we like

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:07.559
 I see

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.059
 some good

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.539
 things

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:10.980
 who did

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.720
 Jesus come

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.099
 for

00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:13.220
 well the

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:13.960
 Bible tells

00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:14.380
 us very

00:23:14.380 --> 00:23:14.880
 clearly

00:23:14.880 --> 00:23:16.140
 it's people

00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:16.519
 who are

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:16.980
 lost

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:18.980
 lost

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.620
 lost

00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:20.299
 in life

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:22.019
 lost

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.480
 in their

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.059
 walk

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.299
 with

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:23.799
 Jesus

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:25.799
 lost

00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:28.180
 people

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:28.960
 who

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.519
 can't

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.079
 find a

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:30.799
 way out

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:32.279
 of their

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:32.900
 issues

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.160
 their

00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:33.819
 baggage

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:36.099
 Jesus

00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:36.640
 said

00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:37.059
 didn't he

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.640
 thank God

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:38.039
 he said

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.400
 this

00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:39.400
 it's not

00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:40.059
 the healthy

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.620
 who need

00:23:40.620 --> 00:23:41.140
 a doctor

00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:43.200
 but those

00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:43.519
 who are

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:43.940
 sick

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:47.180
 the problem

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.700
 is

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:49.759
 it takes

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.440
 honesty

00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:50.900
 does it

00:23:50.900 --> 00:23:51.279
 not

00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:52.160
 to admit

00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:52.400
 that

00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:53.279
 this is

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.500
 and

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.460
 particularly

00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:54.960
 men

00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:56.980
 how many

00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:57.480
 men

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.259
 in our

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.519
 community

00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:58.980
 would put

00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.420
 off going

00:23:59.420 --> 00:23:59.759
 to the

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.180
 doctor

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:01.779
 put it

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.019
 off

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.600
 put it

00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:02.860
 off

00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:03.440
 put it

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:03.799
 off

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:06.440
 until

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:06.700
 they

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.259
 diagnosed

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.660
 with

00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:08.200
 something

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:09.140
 horrendous

00:24:09.140 --> 00:24:11.800
 Jesus

00:24:11.800 --> 00:24:12.460
 came

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:12.880
 for the

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.380
 lost

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:18.000
 and

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.680
 in one

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.040
 way

00:24:19.040 --> 00:24:20.860
 basic

00:24:20.860 --> 00:24:21.340
 premise

00:24:21.340 --> 00:24:21.680
 of the

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.040
 Bible

00:24:22.040 --> 00:24:24.140
 is we're

00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:24.360
 all

00:24:24.360 --> 00:24:24.759
 sick

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:26.620
 that we

00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:27.400
 all need

00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:27.780
 to be

00:24:27.780 --> 00:24:28.360
 rescued

00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:29.000
 because

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:30.259
 of our

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.759
 innate

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:32.020
 self-centeredness

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:34.139
 but the

00:24:34.139 --> 00:24:34.859
 great news

00:24:34.859 --> 00:24:35.180
 is

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:36.759
 this

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.420
 is a

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:37.980
 story

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.819
 of

00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:39.579
 transformation

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:42.319
 it's a

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:42.940
 story that

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.819
 reminds me

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:45.059
 and reminds

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.400
 you

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:46.660
 that however

00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.920
 lost I

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.539
 feel

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:49.779
 our God

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.180
 in the

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.759
 person of

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.039
 Jesus

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.500
 and the

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:51.960
 power of

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.319
 the Holy

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:52.759
 Spirit

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.500
 is in

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:53.980
 the matter

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.299
 of

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:55.139
 transformation

00:24:55.139 --> 00:24:56.240
 of changing

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.579
 you

00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:57.160
 from the

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.559
 inside

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.099
 out

00:24:58.099 --> 00:25:01.379
 listen

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:01.920
 to this

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:03.460
 this is

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:03.920
 the tax

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:04.340
 collector

00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:04.900
 speaking

00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:05.279
 right

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:08.080
 he says

00:25:08.080 --> 00:25:08.380
 look

00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:08.800
 Lord

00:25:08.800 --> 00:25:09.779
 here and

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.080
 now

00:25:10.080 --> 00:25:10.580
 I give

00:25:10.580 --> 00:25:11.100
 half of

00:25:11.100 --> 00:25:11.300
 my

00:25:11.300 --> 00:25:11.779
 possessions

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.279
 to the

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.660
 poor

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:14.060
 and if

00:25:14.060 --> 00:25:14.340
 I've

00:25:14.340 --> 00:25:14.660
 cheated

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.100
 anybody

00:25:15.100 --> 00:25:15.640
 out of

00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:16.060
 anything

00:25:16.060 --> 00:25:16.980
 I will

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.720
 pay back

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.539
 four times

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.200
 the amount

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 I mean

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.420
 I

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:23.080
 you know

00:25:23.080 --> 00:25:23.920
 math isn't

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.420
 my strong

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:24.779
 point

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.180
 but the

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:25.380
 bottom

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:25.980
 line is

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.400
 it doesn't

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:26.820
 sound like

00:25:26.820 --> 00:25:27.080
 he's going

00:25:27.080 --> 00:25:27.240
 to be

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:27.660
 left with

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 too much

00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:28.600
 does it

00:25:28.600 --> 00:25:30.500
 in a

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:30.840
 moment

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:33.059
 this

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.359
 man's

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:33.799
 life

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:35.779
 this

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.139
 man's

00:25:36.139 --> 00:25:36.539
 heart

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:36.819
 was

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.500
 changed

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:39.119
 Zacchaeus

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.519
 didn't know

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:40.179
 anything about

00:25:40.179 --> 00:25:40.759
 the cross

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.399
 he didn't

00:25:41.399 --> 00:25:41.839
 know anything

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.359
 about the

00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:43.019
 sacrificial

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.619
 death of

00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:43.939
 Jesus

00:25:43.939 --> 00:25:44.619
 he didn't

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.179
 know any

00:25:45.179 --> 00:25:45.619
 of that

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:46.599
 didn't even

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:47.119
 know about

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:47.559
 the Holy

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:47.980
 Spirit

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:49.000
 but one

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:50.220
 confrontation

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:51.339
 one conversation

00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:52.000
 with Jesus

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:54.019
 and he's

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.699
 changed

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:57.500
 Zacchaeus

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.080
 was a

00:25:58.080 --> 00:25:58.360
 sinner

00:25:58.360 --> 00:25:59.700
 and my

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.180
 goodness

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:00.840
 he knew

00:26:00.840 --> 00:26:01.299
 it

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:03.259
 Zacchaeus

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.880
 climbed

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:04.340
 a tree

00:26:04.340 --> 00:26:06.200
 the Lord

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.860
 whom we

00:26:06.860 --> 00:26:07.400
 worship

00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:08.460
 was nailed

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.039
 to one

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:11.500
 Deuteronomy

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.559
 chapter 21

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:14.000
 the writer

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.400
 of the book

00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:15.039
 of Deuteronomy

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.519
 says this

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.140
 cursed

00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:17.660
 is he

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.299
 who is

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:18.740
 hung on

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.180
 a tree

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:20.880
 Jesus

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.880
 was cursed

00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:22.340
 by

00:26:22.340 --> 00:26:23.400
 simply by

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:24.140
 the fact

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:24.480
 that they

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:25.100
 crucified

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:25.580
 him

00:26:25.580 --> 00:26:27.900
 God's

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.200
 love

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:29.160
 is not

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:29.680
 some

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:31.259
 sentimental

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:32.080
 rose

00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:32.600
 tinted

00:26:32.600 --> 00:26:32.940
 love

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:34.519
 it was

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.200
 a costly

00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:36.740
 sacrificial

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.860
 and

00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:38.960
 excruciating

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.420
 love

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:42.420
 see from

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:43.040
 his head

00:26:43.040 --> 00:26:44.860
 his hands

00:26:44.860 --> 00:26:45.600
 his feet

00:26:45.600 --> 00:26:46.980
 sorrow

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.500
 and love

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:47.820
 flow

00:26:47.820 --> 00:26:48.300
 mingle

00:26:48.300 --> 00:26:48.820
 down

00:26:48.820 --> 00:26:50.280
 did

00:26:50.280 --> 00:26:50.600
 air

00:26:50.600 --> 00:26:50.920
 such

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.240
 love

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.840
 and sorrow

00:26:51.840 --> 00:26:52.240
 meet

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:53.040
 and thorns

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.980
 compose

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.659
 so rich

00:26:54.659 --> 00:26:55.200
 a crown

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:57.359
 those amazing

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:58.180
 words of

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:58.480
 the

00:26:58.480 --> 00:27:00.200
 dissenter

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:01.099
 Isaac

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:01.700
 Watts

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:03.539
 he went

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:03.819
 to a

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.139
 wonderful

00:27:04.139 --> 00:27:04.440
 school

00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:04.619
 do you

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:04.920
 know what

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.240
 Isaac

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.539
 Watts'

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.119
 school was

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.379
 called

00:27:06.379 --> 00:27:06.839
 it was

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:07.059
 called

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.279
 the

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.099
 academy

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:08.659
 of

00:27:08.659 --> 00:27:09.220
 dissent

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:10.440
 I should

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:10.559
 have

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:10.720
 gone

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.059
 there

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:16.539
 listen my

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:16.940
 friend

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:18.339
 if you

00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:18.859
 are a

00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:19.079
 God

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:19.559
 fearer

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:19.940
 you have

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.519
 an idea

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:20.920
 about

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.200
 God

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:21.579
 but you

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:21.940
 don't

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.259
 have a

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:22.660
 personal

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.379
 relationship

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:23.900
 with him

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:25.160
 maybe this

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.619
 morning

00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:26.379
 the Holy

00:27:26.379 --> 00:27:26.980
 Spirit's

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.259
 going to

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.879
 whisper in

00:27:27.879 --> 00:27:28.440
 your ear

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:29.299
 and ask

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:29.639
 you to

00:27:29.639 --> 00:27:30.079
 make that

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:30.700
 leap of

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.019
 faith

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:32.000
 to take

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.599
 an idea

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.299
 and to

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:33.759
 make it

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.480
 a reality

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.039
 in your

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.500
 life

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:39.839
 I wonder

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:40.559
 if you're

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:40.940
 ready

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:43.759
 do you

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.019
 remember

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.380
 Johnny

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:44.840
 Cash

00:27:44.840 --> 00:27:47.039
 he did

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.360
 a

00:27:47.360 --> 00:27:49.000
 song

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:51.019
 we did

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.400
 several

00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:51.700
 as a

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.019
 matter of

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.220
 fact

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.559
 but he

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.019
 did this

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.340
 song

00:27:53.340 --> 00:27:54.539
 and he

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:55.240
 said this

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.640
 put your

00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:56.220
 hand in

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.660
 the hand

00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:56.940
 of the

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.220
 man

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.559
 who's

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:57.840
 still

00:27:57.840 --> 00:27:58.059
 the

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:58.420
 water

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:59.980
 put your

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.620
 hand in

00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:01.100
 the hand

00:28:01.100 --> 00:28:01.420
 of the

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:01.740
 man

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.259
 who

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.880
 calmed

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:03.340
 the sea

00:28:03.340 --> 00:28:06.160
 I wonder

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:07.880
 if those

00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:08.220
 of you

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.539
 who are

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:09.220
 still lost

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.860
 in life

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.500
 are going

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.019
 to stretch

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.559
 out and

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.139
 reach out

00:28:12.139 --> 00:28:12.719
 to Jesus

00:28:12.719 --> 00:28:14.179
 and metaphorically

00:28:14.179 --> 00:28:14.879
 put your

00:28:14.879 --> 00:28:15.459
 hand in

00:28:15.459 --> 00:28:15.819
 his

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:18.559
 that God

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.199
 will cease

00:28:19.199 --> 00:28:19.699
 to be an

00:28:19.699 --> 00:28:20.339
 idea for

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:20.659
 you and

00:28:20.659 --> 00:28:21.159
 become a

00:28:21.159 --> 00:28:22.039
 reality for

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.299
 you

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:24.439
 I wonder

00:28:24.439 --> 00:28:24.919
 if those

00:28:24.919 --> 00:28:25.279
 of you

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.519
 who are

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.319
 stuck in

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:27.000
 your faith

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:28.240
 and you

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.819
 put up a

00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:29.299
 good show

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:30.019
 to confuse

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:31.000
 people and

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.539
 to hide

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:31.899
 it from

00:28:31.899 --> 00:28:33.079
 people but

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.899
 actually you

00:28:33.899 --> 00:28:34.599
 cannot hide

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:34.919
 it from

00:28:34.919 --> 00:28:35.240
 God

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:38.379
 man looks

00:28:38.379 --> 00:28:39.159
 at the

00:28:39.159 --> 00:28:39.719
 outward

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.339
 appearance

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:40.700
 God

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.519
 looks at

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:41.860
 the

00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:43.860
 heart

00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:47.279
 listen to

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:47.519
 me

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:49.579
 Jesus

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.059
 said

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:51.000
 in

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.440
 John

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:51.839
 chapter

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.420
 6

00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:53.400
 whoever

00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:55.279
 whoever

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:57.420
 whoever

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:58.240
 comes to

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.860
 me I

00:28:58.860 --> 00:28:59.519
 will never

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.339
 drive

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:00.920
 away

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:03.579
 today

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:05.759
 salvation

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.480
 has come

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:06.880
 to this

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.259
 house

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.680
 Jesus

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:08.240
 said to

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:09.000
 Nicodemus

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.660
 Jesus

00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:10.799
 because this

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.420
 man too

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:11.980
 is a son

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.480
 of Abraham

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:12.960
 he's a

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.279
 Jew

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:15.019
 for the

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.380
 son of

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:15.680
 man

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.640
 came to

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.039
 seek

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.900
 and to

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.299
 save

00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:18.519
 the

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.059
 lost

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:21.579
 how

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:22.019
 grateful

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.839
 I am

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:24.240
 God

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.240


00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.240


00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.240


00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.279
 God

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.279


00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.619
 in his

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:25.099
 grace

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.579
 and his

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.159
 mercy

00:29:26.159 --> 00:29:27.720
 took a

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.179
 moron

00:29:28.179 --> 00:29:28.839
 like me

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:30.259
 and

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:31.099
 invited me

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:31.559
 into a

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.159
 relationship

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.819
 with him

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:35.779
 I read

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.399
 those words

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:37.159
 now and I

00:29:37.159 --> 00:29:38.599
 I get a

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:39.240
 lump in my

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.599
 throat

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:42.339
 because I'm

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:42.899
 not sure

00:29:42.899 --> 00:29:43.480
 that there

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:43.879
 were many

00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.379
 people who

00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:44.699
 were more

00:29:44.699 --> 00:29:45.199
 lost than

00:29:45.199 --> 00:29:45.779
 me when

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.500
 God revealed

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.019
 himself

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:49.660
 I pray

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.339
 today dear

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:50.859
 friends

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:52.500
 this may be

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.019
 true for

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.460
 some of

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:53.619
 you

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:53.940
 let's

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.279
 pray

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:58.119
 our

00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:58.639
 father we

00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:59.160
 thank you

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.859
 for this

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:00.680
 dear man

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.440
 Zacchaeus

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 Lord a

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 man who

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 had so

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 many

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 impediments

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 to get

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 his life

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 and a

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 man who

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 about his

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 height

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 about his

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 and father

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 you know

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 we're not

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 making

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 excuse

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 Lord but

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 we're human

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 beings we

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 have things

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 that get in

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 the way

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 get in the

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 way of our

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 work get in

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 the way of

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 our marriages

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 get those of

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 us who are

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 blessed enough

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 to have one

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 get in the

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 way of

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 relationships

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 and Lord

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 thank you

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 that you

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 always look

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 beyond that

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 that Lord

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 however wretched

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 we feel

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 however the

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 world looks

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 at us

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 Lord we're

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 amazed that

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 when you

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 look at us

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 you don't

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 see our

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 problem

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 you don't

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 see us as

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 a problem

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 you see our

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 potential

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 so Lord

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 in your

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 grace

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 in your

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 sovereignty

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 and in

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 your power

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 we plead

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 with you

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 speak to us

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 today

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 speak to us

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 Lord that we

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 may hear

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 and do

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 what it is

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 you call us

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 to do

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 pray Lord

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 that today

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 may be the

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 salvation for

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 many of us

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 in this

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 church

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 in Jesus

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 name we

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 pray and

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 the people

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 who agreed

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 said together

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 Amen

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 may may may

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