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 Starting at verse 53 we read,

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 They went each to his own house, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

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 Early in the morning he came again to the temple.

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 All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.

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 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery,

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 and placing her in the midst, they said to him,

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 Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.

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 Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such woman.

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 What do you say?

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 This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him.

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 Jesus bent down and wrote his finger on the ground.

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 And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them,

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 Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.

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 And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground.

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 But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the oldest one.

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 And Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.

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 Jesus stood up and said to her,

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 Woman, where are they?

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 Has no one condemned you?

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 She said, No one, Lord.

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 And Jesus said, Neither do I condemn you.

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 Go.

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 And from now on, sin no more.

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 Again, Jesus spoke to them saying, I am the light of the world.

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 Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness,

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 but will have the light of life.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Thank you, Angie.

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 This will be on shortly.

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 There we go.

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 Well, good morning, everybody.

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 If you don't know me, my name is Kevin.

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 I'm one of the pastor guys in this church.

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 That was a reference to Alan saying he's the youth guy.

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 But okay, we'll let that one slide.

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 It's good to see you all.

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 And a warm welcome if you are new to Watermark this morning.

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 Won't you join me?

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 Let's pray together and ask God to speak to us from his word.

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 So, Father God, Lord Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit,

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 the three in one, the triune God,

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 we come before you this morning.

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 As we've said so many times,

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 we come to worship and adore you,

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 to give you the praise that is due to your name.

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 Father, we come to your word

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 because we want your opinions and your word to shape our lives.

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 We don't want to be shaped by the views of just our culture.

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 We don't want our worldview to be shaped by our own hearts, God.

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 We want our lives to be shaped by you.

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 And so we come to your word this morning.

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 Father, as we look at this passage,

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 we pray that you will send the Holy Spirit to speak to us.

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 God, we're not here to hear the opinions of man.

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 We're not interested in some new understanding or philosophy.

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 We want to know what you have to say.

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 So come and speak to us, we pray.

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 Come and open the eyes of our hearts to see you.

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 God, I pray this morning we will understand

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 the deep compassion and the tenderness of God.

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 As Celeste read to us this morning from Psalm 103,

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 that God, you have compassion for us.

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 You'll even exceed that of a parent for their child.

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 I pray we'll know that and we'll experience that this morning.

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 God, I pray that we'll experience the wonder of the gospel again.

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 And I pray that God will experience you calling us to walk in freedom and joy.

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 And so come and have your way, Lord, we pray.

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 In your wonderful and your gracious name.

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 Amen.

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 So as Oscar reminded us,

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 we are doing this series called Gender, Sex, Relationships, and God.

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 And we are on the final one.

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 Today is the last one of those series.

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 And we've been looking at these really important topics or themes

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 over the last five weeks or so.

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 And the reason we've done that is twofold.

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 One of the reasons is because these are themes or topics

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 that our culture speaks about all the time.

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 And we want to have our views shaped by what God's Word says

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 more so than what culture has to say.

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 We don't just...

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 These really important topics,

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 we don't want our worldview shaped by Netflix or social media.

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 We want to say,

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 what is the God that made us?

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 What does He have to say about these topics?

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 A Christian is not just someone who intellectually believes that God exists

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 or that Jesus was a real man.

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 A Christian is someone who's coming to say,

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 God, my life belongs to You.

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 I've surrendered my life to You.

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 I've been transferred from the kingdom of my own kingdom

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 to the kingdom of God.

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 And so, Lord, You come and shape my life.

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 You come and lead me and guide me.

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 And so, we've been looking at these topics for that reason.

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 But the other reason we've been looking at these topics

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 is because these things of marriage and sex and gender identity

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 and sexual attraction and singleness and gender identity and dysphoria,

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 these aren't just theoretical ideas.

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 These aren't just some theory.

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 These are really real things that all of us grapple with.

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 And these are areas that also have the tendency to cause the most pain in our lives

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 and the most heartache.

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 As Chris mentioned a few weeks ago,

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 when it comes to relationships and sexuality,

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 all of us are both sinners and sufferers to varying degrees.

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 And so, what that means is every one of us needs to experience

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 the redemptive, healing grace of Christ in these areas of our lives.

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 And so, we've been looking at these topics for the last couple of weeks.

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 Now, some of us may carry real shame in these areas of our lives.

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 Maybe because of stuff that we've done.

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 Maybe because of what has been done to us.

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 For all of us, the easiest thing in the world, the temptation,

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 is just to bury it in the past,

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 to try and just move on with life and pretend that it's not there.

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 But I think all of us know that that doesn't really help, right?

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 Just covering over something, pretending that it's not there,

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 doesn't really deal with it.

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 It's kind of like when you go to your fridge and you open,

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 you see that thing in the back that's been there for way too long

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 and it's not looking very healthy.

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 You can close the fridge and just ignore it,

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 but that's not going to deal with the problem, right?

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 And so, what you want to do in these really deep, meaningful areas of life,

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 we want to shine the light of the gospel

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 and allow for Christ's redeeming, healing grace to shine there.

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 And so, that's what today's passage is all about.

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 And today, we're going to look at an instance

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 when Jesus Christ comes face to face

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 with some of the most intimate and painful and broken areas of our lives.

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 And so, we're going to look at John 8, verses 1 to 12

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 that Angie read to us this morning.

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 Now, a brief disclaimer.

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 If you've got your Bible in front of you,

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 one thing you'll probably see is

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 this section is often bracketed off in your Bible

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 or there might be a footnote

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 that says in most manuscripts,

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 in the ancient manuscripts,

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 this passage wasn't there.

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 And so, what's happened here

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 is most historians and commentators will agree

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 that this passage wasn't originally part of John's gospel

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 in the earliest days.

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 When John wrote and compiled his gospel,

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 this passage probably wasn't in there.

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 And there's a couple of reasons for that.

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 One, we know because the most ancient manuscripts

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 don't have it in there.

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 But the second one is because the kind of writing,

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 the language that John uses,

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 that this passage uses,

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 actually doesn't really correspond

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 with much of John's language at all.

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 It actually fits much better with Luke's writings.

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 And one of the earlier manuscripts in Luke's gospel

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 actually has this passage

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 towards the end of Luke's gospel in chapter 21,

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 right before Jesus goes to the cross.

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 And so, most commentators will say

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 this probably wasn't part of John's original gospel,

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 but it probably is a historical account

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 that did actually happen

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 because it corresponds so well

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 with what we know about Jesus

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 and the scribes and the Pharisees.

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 And it was part of oral tradition

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 that was later on added into scripture.

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 Okay, so that's just by way of disclaimer.

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 So, let's dive into this passage

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 and see what happens here

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 because what we see in this passage

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 fits so well with what we see

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 in the rest of the gospels

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 and what we see about Jesus.

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 And so, the passage starts off with this.

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 It's telling us that Jesus spent a night

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 in the Mount of Olives.

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 And in the rest of the gospels,

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 when Jesus spends the night

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 on the Mount of Olives,

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 he's always there spending the night in prayer.

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 And he comes down

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 after spending this night,

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 probably in prayer,

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 he comes down to the city of Jerusalem,

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 he goes to the temple,

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 and he engages in dialogue and discussion

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 in the temple courts,

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 in the outer courts,

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 in the courts of the Gentiles.

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 Now, what would happen was,

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 there's the original temple,

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 and then there's this court area outside,

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 and all sorts of religious leaders would come,

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 and they'd gather,

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 and their disciples would gather,

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 and passerby would gather,

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 and they would discuss things,

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 and debate things,

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 and look at the scriptures,

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 and they'd have this dialogue,

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 and this discussion.

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 And so, that's what happened.

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 Jesus is there,

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 and he's having this discussion

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 with all sorts of people around him.

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 And into the midst of this crowd,

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 a bit of a raucous is getting dragged along.

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 Everyone looks and sees what's happening,

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 and there's a group of men

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 that have got a lady,

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 a young lady,

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 maybe she's tied up with rope,

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 or maybe they've strong-armed her.

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 They drag her into the crowd of people,

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 and they throw her at Jesus' feet.

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 And they say,

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 Teacher,

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 we know what God said.

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 This lady has been caught

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 in the act of adultery.

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 And you know what God told Moses.

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 We know what God told Moses.

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 We've got to stone such women.

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 But, Teacher,

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 we also know that

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 you like to talk about compassion,

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 and forgiveness,

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 and turning the other cheek,

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 and all that kind of stuff.

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 So, what should we do?

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 Tell us,

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 what is your philosophy?

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 What does your teaching say

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 we must do with her now?

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 What's going on here?

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 Well,

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 verse 6 actually tells us,

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 because,

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 look at verse 6.

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 It says,

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 they said this to test him,

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 that they might have some charge

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 to bring against him.

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 In other words,

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 they're setting a trap for Jesus.

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 And it's a good trap,

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 because what's happened here

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 is that no matter how Jesus answers,

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 one way or the other,

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 he's going to get himself in trouble, right?

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 If Jesus, on the one hand,

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 says,

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 oh, well,

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 that's a little harsh.

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 I mean, come on,

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 we've all made mistakes around here.

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 None of us are perfect.

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 She's a first-time offender.

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 Let's just let her go.

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 Then,

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 that'll confirm their suspicions

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 that Jesus doesn't take God's word

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 very seriously.

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 Remember,

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 Jesus has already got them on edge

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 because of the way

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 that he treats the Sabbath,

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 the way that he welcomes sinners,

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 he touches lepers,

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 unclean people.

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 Jesus welcomes people.

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 He has meals with prostitutes

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 and tax collectors.

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 So they're really suspicious of him

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 and they don't think he's very serious

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 about God's word.

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 And so if Jesus is kind of saying,

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 oh, let's just be gracious,

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 then they feel like they can nail him.

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 They can confirm their suspicions

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 that Jesus is a heretic,

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 he's a false teacher,

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 and they can reject him

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 and denounce him.

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 But if, on the other hand,

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 Jesus says,

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 oh, you're right,

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 that's what God's word says,

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 I guess we better honor God's word.

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 Let's get our stones

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 and let's go and stone her now.

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 Well, they know that Jesus

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 has a following

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 amongst particularly

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 the common people,

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 the people that don't fit

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 the boxes of the religious people.

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 Those that are marginalized

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 and are often ostracized on society,

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 those are the ones that love Jesus.

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 So if Jesus says,

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 okay, let's go stone her,

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 he's going to be discredited

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 amongst the very people

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 that are following him.

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 And so on one hand,

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 this is Jesus' dilemma.

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 Uphold the law

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 and he discredits himself

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 amongst the people

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 with whom he's established

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 a following,

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 deny what God has said

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 to his people

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 in the Old Testament

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 and he'll discredit himself

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 amongst the religious leaders

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 and they can denounce him.

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 And so they reckon

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 they've got him.

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 They've got him cornered, right?

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 Except, of course,

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 they haven't got him

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 because this is Jesus

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 and Jesus is perfect.

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 And so in this passage,

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 I think God wants to show us

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 a couple of things.

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 And the first thing

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 he wants to show us

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 is the heart of sin.

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 The heart of sin.

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 In this passage,

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 we see sin manifested

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 in different ways.

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 There's the obvious sin

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 of the lady and her adultery,

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 right?

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 Okay, we'll get there.

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 But what Jesus wants us to see,

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 there's something

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 far more sinister,

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 something far more dangerous

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 that's going on

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 underneath the surface.

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 In a way,

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 Jesus wants us to see

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 the cancer of sin

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 that's taking place

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 in these religious leaders.

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 You know,

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 you and I all know

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 that when you,

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 that it's possible

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 to have cancer

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 raging inside your body

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 and yet on the outside,

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 you look completely fine.

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 You look healthy,

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 you look fit,

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 there's nothing wrong,

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 but inside,

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 there's this battle

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 going on within you.

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 And what Jesus is doing here

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 is he's holding up

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 an x-ray machine

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 so that these religious leaders

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 and all of us

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 can see what's going on

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 under the surface.

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 He wants us to see

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 the heart of sin,

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 the symptoms,

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 okay, cool,

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 we'll get there, okay.

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 But he wants us to see

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 what's going on

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 underneath the symptoms,

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 what's really going on

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 underneath the surface here.

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 And so here we have

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 this outward

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 and this inward reality

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 to sin.

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 And Jesus is going to show us

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 that the inward reality,

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 the hidden reality,

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 is far more dangerous,

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 far more insidious

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 for followers of Jesus.

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 Because Jesus is going to show us

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 that what these guys

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 are grappling with

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 is not just sexual sin,

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 it's the sin

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 of self-righteousness

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 and pride.

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 I've got a friend

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 called Andrew Haslam.

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 He leads a church in London.

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 And many years ago,

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 I remember listening

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 to a podcast of his,

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 and he said this.

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 He said,

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 Christians don't just

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 repent of their bad deeds,

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 they repent of their good deeds

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 done in self-righteousness

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 and pride.

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 And when he said that,

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 it hit me like a ton of bricks.

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 I can still remember

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 exactly where I was driving

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 in Cape Town

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 when I heard that.

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 I thought,

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 oh my goodness,

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 that's profound.

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 Christians don't just

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 repent of our bad deeds,

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 we repent of our good deeds

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 that are done

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 in self-righteousness

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 and pride.

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 And what Andrew Haslam

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 was showing us there

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 is that sin is far more insidious,

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 the sin of self-righteousness

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 and pride

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 is far more dangerous

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 than just what we do

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 with our lives

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 and what is outward

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 we manifest.

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 And so notice a couple

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 of things here

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 with these religious leaders.

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 Notice firstly

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 their lack of compassion

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 and their empathy.

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 Why did they bring

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 the woman to Jesus

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 in the first place?

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 It wasn't because

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 they had outraged

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 at the moral decay

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 of society.

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 You know,

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 people these days,

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 really,

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 the things they get up to,

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 that's not why

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 they bring the lady

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 to Jesus.

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 They've done it

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 to set a trap.

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 They don't care about her.

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 They're using her

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 as a tool.

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 They're using this lady

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 as an instrument

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 for their own

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 political means.

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 They're using her

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 as a trap

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 so that they can

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 trap Jesus

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 for their own

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 political agenda.

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 They don't care

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 rocks about this lady.

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 They don't care

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 if she dies

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 or doesn't care.

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 They don't care about it.

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 Who do they care about?

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 They care about themselves.

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 Notice also

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 their partiality

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 or their favoritism.

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 The religious leaders,

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 they come to Jesus

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 and say,

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 oh Jesus,

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 we've got a problem.

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 You know,

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 Deuteronomy says

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 in such instances

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 we're going to have

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 to stone the woman.

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 We're going to have

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 to drive the evil

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 out of our community.

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 See,

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 that's true

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 but Deuteronomy

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 also says

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 that what about the guy?

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 I mean,

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 it's not only the lady

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 that's guilty.

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 The guy is not innocent

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 in this situation.

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 Both of them

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 are condemned

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 but where's the guy?

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 He's nowhere to be found.

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 Why?

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 Because they've got

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 an agenda.

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 They've got an agenda.

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 Their partiality,

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 they're criticizing the one

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 and they're turning

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 a blind eye

00:16:38.440 --> 00:16:39.000
 to the other.

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 But most importantly,

00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:42.560
 notice their duplicity.

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 Notice how

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 they are more aware

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 of the sins of others

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 than their own

00:16:47.660 --> 00:16:49.200
 insidious self-righteousness

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 going on

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 in their own hearts.

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 In the Old Testament,

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 in order for someone

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 to be condemned

00:16:54.560 --> 00:16:55.080
 or convicted,

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 you needed two witnesses,

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 at least two witnesses,

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 eyewitnesses.

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 And they had to be

00:17:00.580 --> 00:17:01.340
 eyewitnesses.

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 They couldn't infer

00:17:02.880 --> 00:17:03.780
 that this is probably

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 what happened.

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 They had to see the event.

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 And so here they come

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 to Jesus

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 and they say,

00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:08.839
 Jesus,

00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:09.939
 this lady has been

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 caught in the very act.

00:17:12.179 --> 00:17:12.339
 Now,

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 commentators have often

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 asked the question,

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 how did two or more

00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:18.480
 witnesses catch her

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 in the act?

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 Well,

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 I mean,

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 maybe they,

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 you know,

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 stumbled into a bedroom,

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 but what were they

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 doing in there?

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 Okay.

00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:27.519
 Maybe this couple

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 were doing it

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 in broad daylight.

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 Okay,

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 well,

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 that's unlikely.

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 I mean,

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 think first century

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 conservative Jewish values,

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 unlikely.

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 What could have been

00:17:36.699 --> 00:17:36.980
 happening,

00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:37.500
 we don't know,

00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:38.480
 but commentators

00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:39.319
 have long suspected

00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:40.759
 that what was actually

00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:41.799
 happening is these

00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:42.660
 religious leaders

00:17:42.660 --> 00:17:43.779
 set her up

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 as a trap.

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 Maybe they got a guy

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 and they said,

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 listen,

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 we'll pay you some money

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 if you sleep with her

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 and we'll be watching

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 and we'll make sure

00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:53.299
 that we'll storm in

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 at the right moment.

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 Because they had to be

00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:56.079
 more than one witness

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 and they had to catch

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 her in the act.

00:17:58.559 --> 00:17:58.819
 Now,

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 part of why we know

00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:01.740
 this possibly happened

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 is because when Jesus

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 says,

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 listen,

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 the person amongst you

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 that is without any sin,

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 pick up the first stone.

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 In Jewish culture,

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 what that didn't mean

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 was that anyone

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 who's never sinned at all

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 because,

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 I mean,

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 that would never apply,

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 right?

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 Nobody is sinless.

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 It didn't mean

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 those of you

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 that have never

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 committed adultery.

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 What it meant is

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 those of you

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 that are innocent

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 with regard to this action,

00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:27.380
 in other words,

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 you didn't know about it.

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 You couldn't have

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 prevented it in any way.

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 There was nothing

00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:32.979
 that you could have done

00:18:32.979 --> 00:18:33.899
 to have stopped this.

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 And what did they do?

00:18:35.699 --> 00:18:36.779
 They dropped their stones

00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:38.139
 and they slink off

00:18:38.139 --> 00:18:38.819
 into the sunset.

00:18:39.679 --> 00:18:40.339
 In other words,

00:18:40.399 --> 00:18:41.399
 there's a good chance

00:18:41.399 --> 00:18:42.059
 that these guys

00:18:42.059 --> 00:18:42.859
 knew exactly

00:18:42.859 --> 00:18:43.659
 what was going on.

00:18:43.939 --> 00:18:45.099
 They either set her up

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 or they were watching

00:18:46.139 --> 00:18:47.079
 it taking place

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 and they thought,

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 time for our trap.

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 We've got a plan.

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 But here's the thing.

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 While they're aware

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 of her sinfulness

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 and Jesus' apparent

00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:58.239
 floundering of God's word,

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 they are completely blind

00:19:00.140 --> 00:19:01.560
 to their own self-righteousness

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 and their pride.

00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:03.840
 Friends,

00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:04.360
 how do you know

00:19:04.360 --> 00:19:05.080
 if you're proud?

00:19:06.080 --> 00:19:06.620
 How do you know

00:19:06.620 --> 00:19:07.200
 if you're proud?

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 Well,

00:19:08.380 --> 00:19:09.900
 one of the telltale signs

00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:11.540
 is that we're far more aware

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 of the failings

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 and the brokenness

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 and the shortcomings

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 of those around us

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 than of ourselves.

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 We find it easy

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 to notice everybody else's failings

00:19:21.420 --> 00:19:22.940
 and yet we're blind

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 to what's going on

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 in our own lives.

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 And Jesus comes

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 and He names their sin.

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 He calls them out.

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 Jesus is going to speak

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 to women in a while.

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 That's right.

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 But right now,

00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:33.880
 He's holding up

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 an x-ray machine.

00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:35.079
 He's saying,

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 let's see what's going on

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 in your own lives

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 and your own hearts.

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 Let me show you

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 the cancer

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 that's ravaging

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 your own heart.

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 Now,

00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:43.940
 what does this mean

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 for us here

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 in Watermark,

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 21st century Hong Kong?

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 Well,

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 what it means is,

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 one of the things it means

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 is when we talk

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 about things like sex

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 and marriage

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 and singleness

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 and gender dysphoria

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 and same-sex attraction

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 and all these things,

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 it's possible

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 for us as a church

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 to be technically right,

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 to technically obey

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 what God's Word said.

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 We say,

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 okay,

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 I'm not sleeping

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 with my girlfriend,

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 can't check.

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 Okay,

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 I haven't had an affair

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 with anyone,

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 can't check.

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 Okay,

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 I'm right with God.

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 And one of the things

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 that Jesus wants to show us

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 is that we can be

00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:15.639
 technically right

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 and yet our hearts

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 can be filled

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 with the same self-righteousness

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 and the same pride

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 as the religious leaders.

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 We can technically be right

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 and yet be far aware

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 of everybody else's faults

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 and failings,

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 pointing the finger

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 at everybody else,

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 lacking compassion

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 and empathy,

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 tenderness and grace.

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 And so throughout the Gospels,

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 what Jesus wants to show

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 is that the life

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 that Jesus called us to,

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 yes,

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 it's a life of walking

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 in the light,

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 yes,

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 it's a life of purity

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 and holiness,

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 sure,

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 but it's also a life

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 that doesn't just honor

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 Christ with our bodies,

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 it's one that honors Christ

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 with all of our lives,

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 heart,

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 soul,

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 mind,

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 and strength.

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 Jesus says

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 the life He's called us to

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 is a life of humble obedience,

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 of compassion

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 and tenderness,

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 of compassion

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 with those

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 that are struggling.

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 The cancer

00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:07.460
 of self-righteousness.

00:21:08.399 --> 00:21:08.619
 Now,

00:21:09.299 --> 00:21:10.439
 contrasted to that

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 is we see

00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:12.299
 the beauty of Jesus,

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 the beauty of Jesus.

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 And when we see

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 the beauty of Jesus,

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 I want us to notice

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 three things here.

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 Firstly,

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 the heart of Jesus,

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 secondly,

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 the work of Jesus,

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 and thirdly,

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 the instruction of Jesus

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 or the appeal of Jesus.

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 Notice what happens here.

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 What does Jesus do?

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 These guys come

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 and they say,

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 Jesus,

00:21:32.119 --> 00:21:33.659
 we've caught it in the act,

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 what should we do?

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 And the first thing

00:21:36.379 --> 00:21:37.059
 Jesus does

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 is He bends down

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 and He writes

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 with His finger

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 in the dust.

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 Now,

00:21:41.399 --> 00:21:42.139
 side note,

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 what was Jesus writing

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 in the dust,

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 right?

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 Well,

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 the answer is

00:21:48.939 --> 00:21:49.659
 we actually

00:21:49.659 --> 00:21:50.379
 just don't know.

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 All sorts of people

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 have come up

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 with all sorts of theories

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 and He was writing this

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 and He was writing this.

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 Actually,

00:21:56.639 --> 00:21:57.500
 we just don't have a clue,

00:21:57.639 --> 00:21:57.899
 right?

00:21:58.459 --> 00:21:59.559
 So here's the question.

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 This is a bit of a sidebar.

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 Why does the author,

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 Luke or whoever it is,

00:22:05.959 --> 00:22:06.740
 why does the author

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 put this in here?

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 I mean,

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.699
 it doesn't add anything

00:22:09.699 --> 00:22:10.459
 to the story

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 other than maybe

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:13.279
 a little bit of tension.

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 Why is it in the story?

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 I think the best answer

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 is this,

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 because it really happened.

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 If somebody is making

00:22:22.379 --> 00:22:23.059
 the story up,

00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:24.079
 why would they write that?

00:22:24.119 --> 00:22:25.019
 It doesn't add anything

00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:25.720
 to their story.

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 The reason that it's

00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:28.200
 in the story

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 is because whoever

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.940
 the witnesses were

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:31.039
 that saw this,

00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:32.480
 saw this happen.

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:33.579
 Okay,

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:35.139
 does that make any sense?

00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:36.960
 It's just a sidebar

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:38.019
 to say we can trust

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:39.079
 the arbitrary nature

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:40.220
 of Scripture sometimes.

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:42.000
 If someone was making

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.460
 this stuff up,

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:42.940
 they wouldn't put

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.480
 these things in.

00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:43.700
 Okay,

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.460
 coming back.

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.840
 So Jesus is writing

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 to his finger in the dust.

00:22:46.820 --> 00:22:47.700
 The religious leaders,

00:22:48.620 --> 00:22:49.840
 they're just on

00:22:49.840 --> 00:22:50.660
 a one-track mind,

00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:53.019
 and they carry on

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:54.140
 because verse 7 says,

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:55.440
 they continue to ask him,

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.220
 what should we do?

00:22:57.340 --> 00:22:59.299
 Jesus says this,

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:01.759
 let him who is without sin

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:03.000
 among you

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.680
 be the first

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 to throw a stone at her.

00:23:07.860 --> 00:23:08.980
 Notice the heart

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.900
 of Jesus here.

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.279
 Jesus says,

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:13.940
 these incredible words,

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.859
 and I can imagine

00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:15.460
 the lady,

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:17.359
 she's lying on the ground,

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:19.639
 and she feels the rope

00:23:19.639 --> 00:23:20.799
 that maybe has tied

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.579
 her slacken.

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:24.079
 She hears and feels

00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:25.480
 the thud of these rocks

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 hitting the ground.

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 First one,

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:28.420
 two,

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 and then a whole heap

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:31.899
 as she sees these men,

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.899
 her accusers,

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:34.660
 slowly drift away.

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:37.540
 And Jesus looks up

00:23:37.540 --> 00:23:38.000
 and he says,

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:39.640
 where are your accusers?

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:41.240
 Has no one accused her?

00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:41.740
 She says,

00:23:41.860 --> 00:23:42.120
 no.

00:23:43.600 --> 00:23:44.759
 And Jesus says

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:46.000
 these incredible words,

00:23:46.380 --> 00:23:47.680
 neither do I

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:49.300
 condemn you.

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.540
 Friends,

00:23:53.600 --> 00:23:54.160
 just consider

00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:55.440
 how remarkable it is

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.800
 that the sovereign God,

00:23:56.880 --> 00:23:57.500
 Oscar led us

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:59.160
 in such an amazing prayer earlier.

00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:01.019
 God immortal,

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:01.740
 invisible,

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:03.340
 the God only wise,

00:24:03.820 --> 00:24:05.220
 the sovereign God

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:06.700
 of all creation,

00:24:07.360 --> 00:24:08.880
 the one whom angels

00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:10.400
 long to sing about,

00:24:10.560 --> 00:24:11.120
 holy,

00:24:11.340 --> 00:24:11.820
 holy,

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:12.660
 holy,

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.660
 the one whose scripture

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:15.400
 describes as lives

00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:17.680
 in inapproachable light,

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:19.700
 the God that created

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.180
 the world,

00:24:20.300 --> 00:24:20.860
 who has never

00:24:20.860 --> 00:24:22.540
 once for one second

00:24:22.540 --> 00:24:24.480
 in all creation

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.900
 ever sinned

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:27.200
 or ever

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 had an immoral thought.

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:31.380
 This perfect

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:33.059
 God of creation

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:35.120
 looks at this lady

00:24:35.120 --> 00:24:37.000
 who has just been caught

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:38.500
 in the act of adultery

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:40.220
 and says to her,

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:42.660
 I do not condemn you.

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.880
 John Stott says

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:47.940
 that this miracle

00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:49.480
 is greater than

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.559
 all the miracles

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.720
 in the whole of the Old Testament.

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:53.380
 Jesus turning water

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:54.079
 into wine,

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:55.460
 Jesus walking

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:57.259
 on a storm-tossed sea,

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:59.180
 Jesus healing

00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.819
 a dead,

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:01.319
 dying boy

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:02.579
 with a simple word,

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.839
 Jesus feeding

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:05.000
 5,000 men

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.500
 and more

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.799
 with a snack lunch.

00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:08.319
 All the miracles

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:10.019
 combined and together

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:11.759
 come nothing close

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.900
 to the simple words

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:13.380
 of Jesus

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:14.039
 that says,

00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:16.460
 I do not condemn you.

00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:18.900
 John Stott goes on

00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:19.299
 to say,

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.740
 in this sentence

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.680
 and in the heart

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.240
 of mercy

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:23.440
 which lay behind it

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:25.380
 is all our hope

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:26.860
 and all our salvation

00:25:26.860 --> 00:25:28.140
 forever.

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:30.860
 Friends,

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:33.279
 what glorious words.

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.660
 Most of us will know

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.779
 the famous words

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.820
 of John 3, 16.

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.779
 The most famous words

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.539
 in the Bible, right?

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:41.840
 For God so loved the world

00:25:41.840 --> 00:25:44.140
 that He gave His only begotten Son

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:46.140
 that whoever should believe in Him

00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:46.759
 will not perish

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.840
 but have eternal life.

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:49.240
 But John 3 goes on

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.880
 to say then,

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:50.560
 verse 17,

00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:52.240
 for God did not send

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:53.120
 His Son into the world

00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:54.480
 to condemn the world

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:55.660
 but in order

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.340
 that the world

00:25:56.340 --> 00:25:57.440
 might be saved

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:57.980
 through Him.

00:25:58.580 --> 00:25:58.880
 Friends,

00:25:59.000 --> 00:26:00.000
 Jesus Christ did not

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.720
 come into the world

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.720
 with a clipboard

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:04.120
 to grade your moral performance.

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.640
 Jesus did not come

00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:07.100
 with a grading sheet

00:26:07.100 --> 00:26:08.000
 to see how well

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.940
 you measure up

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:10.100
 according to

00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:11.040
 the standard,

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:12.140
 the IV standard

00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.680
 of heaven.

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:14.300
 Jesus comes

00:26:14.300 --> 00:26:15.480
 that we might be saved

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:15.720
 to Him.

00:26:15.820 --> 00:26:16.060
 Yes,

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:16.480
 it's true

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.280
 that if we will not

00:26:17.280 --> 00:26:17.960
 name our sin,

00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:18.960
 Jesus will do that.

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.600
 That is true.

00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:21.240
 But Jesus does this

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:22.120
 in order that we might

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.920
 be set free,

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.420
 in order that we might

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:25.220
 own our sin

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:26.319
 and be saved through Him.

00:26:27.340 --> 00:26:28.779
 Neither do I condemn you.

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.920
 In this sentence

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:31.400
 and in the heart of mercy

00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:32.480
 which lay behind it

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:34.059
 is all our hope

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:35.319
 and all our salvation

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:35.900
 forever.

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:38.799
 Now when Jesus says,

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:40.380
 neither do I condemn you,

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:42.259
 Jesus does not say this

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:43.460
 for the same reasons

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:44.940
 that the religious leaders

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:46.579
 abandon their condemnation.

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.460
 Right?

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.539
 They also walk out

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.140
 and they abandon

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:50.019
 their condemnation.

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:51.360
 They give up

00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:52.299
 on their condemnation

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:54.220
 not because of their compassion

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:56.140
 but because of their hypocrisy

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:57.079
 as being exposed.

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.759
 Because they're confronted

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.920
 by their own sinfulness.

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.840
 Jesus' lack of condemnation

00:27:02.840 --> 00:27:03.880
 does not come from

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.700
 His guilt

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.960
 or His conscience

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:07.120
 or His modern view

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:07.740
 of tolerance.

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.279
 It comes from

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:10.819
 His abundant heart

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.720
 of tenderness

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.980
 and compassion

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:14.599
 and His grace

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.779
 towards sinners

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.799
 like us.

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.140
 Friends,

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:20.460
 over the last five weeks

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.180
 we have touched

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:23.259
 on many deep

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:23.980
 and intimate

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:25.120
 and painful areas

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:25.799
 of our lives.

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:28.339
 We've asked the question

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:28.980
 about what do we do

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.620
 with our bodies

00:27:29.620 --> 00:27:30.579
 and how do we

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.440
 honor Christ

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.200
 rather than

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:33.079
 selling our bodies

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:35.140
 in the pursuit of sin.

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.839
 And as we said,

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.519
 for most of us

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.620
 these aren't just theories.

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.240
 These aren't just

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:40.360
 theological ideas.

00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:41.939
 This is reality.

00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:42.939
 This is pain.

00:27:43.139 --> 00:27:44.599
 This is the shame

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.359
 that we carry

00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:46.319
 in our lives.

00:27:46.659 --> 00:27:48.199
 These are very real struggles

00:27:48.199 --> 00:27:49.399
 that many of us

00:27:49.399 --> 00:27:49.959
 grapple with

00:27:49.959 --> 00:27:51.240
 in our day-to-day reality.

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.659
 For some of us

00:27:52.659 --> 00:27:53.219
 it's grappling

00:27:53.219 --> 00:27:54.399
 with same-sex attraction.

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:55.119
 For some of us

00:27:55.119 --> 00:27:56.339
 it's gender dysphoria.

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:57.479
 Friends,

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.279
 for some of us here

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.919
 maybe you fell pregnant

00:27:59.919 --> 00:28:00.679
 and you couldn't live

00:28:00.679 --> 00:28:01.859
 with the shame of that

00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:03.039
 and so you've terminated

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:04.819
 that life inside of you

00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:05.659
 and now you live

00:28:05.659 --> 00:28:06.819
 with the reality of that.

00:28:07.699 --> 00:28:07.979
 Friends,

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.740
 for some of us

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:10.680
 we've been unfaithful

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.519
 to our spouses

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:13.440
 and for the rest of our lives

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:15.220
 we'll live with the reality

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:15.839
 of that.

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:17.960
 Friends,

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.960
 for some of us

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:20.120
 it's the addiction of porn

00:28:20.120 --> 00:28:21.299
 that feels like a rope

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:22.099
 around our neck.

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:24.039
 And the truth is that

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:25.460
 all of us have compromised.

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.539
 All of us have

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.859
 made sacrifices

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:29.460
 and probably all of us here

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.279
 have felt

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:32.500
 the hurt and the pain

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.220
 of those,

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:34.440
 of others towards us.

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:36.120
 All of us are both

00:28:36.120 --> 00:28:37.660
 sinners and sufferers.

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:39.519
 And what that means,

00:28:39.600 --> 00:28:40.960
 what Jesus wants us to see

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.820
 is that no matter

00:28:41.820 --> 00:28:43.060
 what your past,

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:43.980
 no matter

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:45.840
 what you've done,

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:47.120
 no matter how tarnished

00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:47.820
 your past,

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:49.000
 no matter how you

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:50.180
 stained your track record

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.400
 it is,

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.940
 no matter how disastrous

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.540
 your sin,

00:28:52.820 --> 00:28:54.279
 no matter how radical

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:55.080
 you've sinned,

00:28:55.560 --> 00:28:57.180
 the radical compassion

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:58.920
 of Christ towards you

00:28:58.920 --> 00:29:00.779
 is able to cover

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:02.000
 the most devastating

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.700
 track record

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:03.640
 and past of your life.

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:04.480
 Friends,

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:06.220
 there is nothing

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:08.599
 thank you,

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.099
 Elodie.

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:11.579
 Elodie agrees.

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.120
 Thank you.

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:14.200
 There is nothing

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:15.660
 in all the world

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:16.559
 that you can do

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:18.500
 that will disqualify you

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.759
 from the compassion

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:21.299
 of Christ your maker.

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:23.660
 Jesus Christ looks you

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:24.420
 and I in the eye

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:25.420
 and he says,

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:25.960
 if you're willing

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.839
 to own your sin,

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:27.940
 if you're not going

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:29.220
 to hide it like the Pharisees,

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:29.819
 if you're willing

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.500
 to own it,

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:33.319
 neither do I condemn you.

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:34.740
 Friends,

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:36.059
 if that is not good news,

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.980
 I don't know what is.

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.480
 A little while ago,

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.200
 a friend of mine

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:41.299
 or someone very dear

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:42.240
 to me said this.

00:29:42.899 --> 00:29:43.240
 He said,

00:29:43.939 --> 00:29:45.319
 the great vaults

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:46.899
 of Christ's redemption

00:29:46.899 --> 00:29:48.599
 and healing

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:50.980
 turn on the very small

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:53.399
 hinges of repentance.

00:29:55.899 --> 00:29:56.379
 Friends,

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.519
 there are vaults

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.379
 of redemption

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:59.200
 and healing

00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:01.159
 that are more valuable

00:30:01.159 --> 00:30:02.119
 and more precious

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:03.799
 than all the diamond fields

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.459
 of Russia

00:30:04.459 --> 00:30:05.119
 and Namibia,

00:30:05.239 --> 00:30:06.139
 the gold mines

00:30:06.139 --> 00:30:07.419
 of wherever,

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:09.500
 the great vaults

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.879
 of Swiss bank accounts.

00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:12.279
 There are vaults

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:12.739
 of redemption

00:30:12.739 --> 00:30:13.359
 and healing

00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:14.959
 and it's accessible

00:30:14.959 --> 00:30:16.379
 to every single one of us.

00:30:16.939 --> 00:30:18.199
 This is the heart of Jesus.

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:20.559
 There is nothing,

00:30:21.159 --> 00:30:21.719
 nothing

00:30:21.719 --> 00:30:23.519
 that you can do

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.879
 that will out-sin

00:30:24.879 --> 00:30:26.259
 Christ's compassion

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:27.419
 and tenderness for you.

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:29.279
 And so as we talk

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:30.199
 about these things

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:31.620
 and as we carry the pain

00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:32.120
 and the shame

00:30:32.120 --> 00:30:32.799
 of our lives,

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:33.539
 friends,

00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:34.580
 you are not disqualified.

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:37.000
 Jesus moves towards us.

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:39.380
 The heart of Jesus.

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.420
 Secondly,

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.680
 the work of Jesus.

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.120
 Now,

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:44.019
 when Jesus says,

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:45.440
 I do not condemn you,

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:47.279
 Jesus is not just

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:48.000
 being loose

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.580
 and easy

00:30:48.580 --> 00:30:50.200
 with God's call

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.799
 for holiness.

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:52.100
 Jesus is not just

00:30:52.100 --> 00:30:52.740
 being modern

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.400
 and tolerant.

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.340
 Typically,

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:57.640
 when we are confronted

00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:58.880
 with sin in our lives,

00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.400
 there's typically

00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:00.860
 two ways to handle it.

00:31:01.540 --> 00:31:02.520
 The traditional

00:31:02.520 --> 00:31:03.600
 or the religious way

00:31:03.600 --> 00:31:04.180
 of handling it,

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:05.220
 maybe the moralistic

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:06.140
 way of handling it,

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:07.560
 is through self-atonement,

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:09.100
 through our moral performance.

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.880
 So we try and perform

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:12.120
 or merit our way

00:31:12.120 --> 00:31:13.240
 towards God's forgiveness.

00:31:13.780 --> 00:31:14.200
 We think,

00:31:14.580 --> 00:31:15.540
 if I can do enough,

00:31:15.600 --> 00:31:16.620
 if I can serve enough,

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.940
 if I can give enough,

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:20.080
 if I can do enough stuff,

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.880
 God will be pleased with me

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:23.140
 and I'll earn my way

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:24.580
 into His good books.

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:26.140
 The problem is

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:27.380
 that as we've already seen,

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:28.880
 that leads to either

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:30.200
 self-righteousness

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:31.440
 and pride when we do it

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:33.280
 or failure and despair

00:31:33.280 --> 00:31:34.140
 when we don't.

00:31:35.100 --> 00:31:36.500
 The other way of doing it

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.780
 is the more modern way

00:31:37.780 --> 00:31:38.240
 of doing it,

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:39.180
 the relative,

00:31:39.520 --> 00:31:40.840
 the way of tolerance,

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.600
 which is to say,

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.680
 hang on,

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:44.660
 who says that's sin anyway?

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.880
 We're all sinners.

00:31:46.520 --> 00:31:48.020
 Who are you to say

00:31:48.020 --> 00:31:48.960
 what's right or wrong?

00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:50.480
 Who are you to judge me?

00:31:51.300 --> 00:31:52.259
 What's right for you

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:53.300
 may not be right for me.

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:54.020
 What's right for me

00:31:54.020 --> 00:31:55.040
 may not be right for you.

00:31:55.080 --> 00:31:56.520
 So we just relativize it.

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:58.059
 But the problem is

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:59.279
 that if we downplay

00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:00.680
 or re-relativize sin,

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:02.200
 we don't actually deal

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:03.599
 with the reality of it.

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.359
 And so for instance,

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.660
 you can say,

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.139
 oh well,

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.460
 you know,

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:08.259
 who's to judge,

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:08.839
 who's to say

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.960
 what's right and wrong anyway?

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:11.379
 But try and say that

00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:12.019
 to somebody

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.960
 whose child

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.500
 has just been

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:14.720
 sexually molested.

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:16.920
 You can't just say,

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.299
 oh well,

00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:17.539
 you know,

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:18.579
 we live in a modern age

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.400
 and everyone's doing it

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:19.940
 these days

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.920
 and who's to say

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:22.019
 what's right or wrong anyway?

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.779
 Relativizing sin

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:25.019
 doesn't deal with the pain

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.660
 and the agony

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:27.019
 and the anguish.

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:28.539
 It doesn't set us free.

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:31.099
 Jesus Christ

00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:32.240
 doesn't do either

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.940
 of these things.

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.599
 Jesus doesn't say

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:35.500
 like modern culture,

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:35.900
 well,

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:37.039
 no one's perfect,

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:38.259
 everyone's doing it.

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:39.400
 Just as long as

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:40.180
 you have good intentions,

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:41.700
 I'm sure you didn't mean

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.359
 to harm anyone.

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:44.319
 But Jesus also doesn't

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:45.319
 like traditional culture

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:45.619
 say,

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.359
 right,

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:47.279
 go to the temple

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:48.559
 and earn your forgiveness.

00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:50.059
 Go offer the sacrifices,

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.720
 do this,

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.899
 pray 10 times a day

00:32:51.899 --> 00:32:53.299
 and then you'll be forgiven.

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:55.639
 Jesus does something

00:32:55.639 --> 00:32:56.720
 altogether different.

00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.859
 Jesus comes

00:32:58.859 --> 00:33:00.159
 and he invites her

00:33:00.159 --> 00:33:01.519
 to experience

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:02.200
 his forgiveness.

00:33:03.419 --> 00:33:04.559
 Jesus is serious

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:05.179
 about sin.

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:06.359
 He's realistic

00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:06.980
 about the fact

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.980
 that she's an adulterer.

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:09.019
 He's realistic

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.720
 about the deadly

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:10.819
 consequences of sin.

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:12.279
 Jesus Christ,

00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:13.019
 the Son of God,

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.619
 in no way

00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:14.440
 undermines

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:15.119
 or diminishes

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:15.839
 the rightness

00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:17.079
 of God's holy commands.

00:33:17.419 --> 00:33:18.379
 He's not downplaying

00:33:18.379 --> 00:33:19.559
 the seriousness of sin.

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.980
 He calls her actions

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.700
 for what it is.

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:23.019
 Her guilt is real.

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.319
 But then he says,

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:26.399
 I do not condemn you.

00:33:27.919 --> 00:33:29.299
 Now how does Jesus

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:30.019
 do that?

00:33:30.419 --> 00:33:31.759
 Why does Jesus say,

00:33:31.899 --> 00:33:33.139
 I do not condemn you?

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.500
 Well,

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.059
 the one reason

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:36.039
 we already looked at

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.759
 is because of his

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:38.319
 unbelievable compassion,

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.159
 his tenderness.

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:41.159
 But the other reason

00:33:41.159 --> 00:33:41.779
 is this.

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:43.460
 Because Jesus

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:44.319
 is going to take

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:45.019
 her guilt

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:46.460
 upon

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:47.740
 himself.

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:49.680
 friends,

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.200
 it's not only

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:51.019
 the compassion

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.660
 of Jesus,

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.880
 it's the sacrifice

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:54.500
 of Jesus.

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.000
 You see,

00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:57.299
 compassion is wonderful

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:58.559
 and compassion

00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:59.259
 is amazing.

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:01.000
 But compassion

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:02.680
 doesn't bring

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.720
 about justice.

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:05.220
 Compassion

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:06.880
 doesn't justify

00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:08.260
 God's righteous law.

00:34:08.260 --> 00:34:08.340
 people.

00:34:10.180 --> 00:34:11.000
 The reason

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.900
 Jesus could say

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.480
 those words

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:13.020
 and the reason

00:34:13.020 --> 00:34:13.880
 Jesus could say

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.420
 those words

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:14.940
 to us

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:16.120
 is because

00:34:16.120 --> 00:34:16.900
 in a few short

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.860
 days after saying

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.060
 this,

00:34:18.200 --> 00:34:19.020
 Jesus Christ

00:34:19.020 --> 00:34:19.640
 would go to the

00:34:19.640 --> 00:34:19.980
 cross

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.980
 and he would

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.520
 take her

00:34:21.520 --> 00:34:22.280
 condemnation,

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.320
 he would take

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:24.300
 our condemnation

00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:25.760
 upon himself.

00:34:26.540 --> 00:34:26.860
 Friends,

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.920
 God fully intended

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.660
 for the sin of

00:34:28.660 --> 00:34:29.480
 adultery to be

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.180
 punished to the

00:34:30.180 --> 00:34:30.700
 full extent

00:34:30.700 --> 00:34:31.020
 that his

00:34:31.020 --> 00:34:31.500
 righteousness

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.960
 and his

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.340
 justice

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:32.880
 demanded.

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:34.320
 And yet it was

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:35.119
 just that she

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:35.840
 would not bear

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.599
 the condemnation

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:37.119
 of herself.

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:38.680
 Jesus Christ,

00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:39.640
 the only sinless

00:34:39.640 --> 00:34:39.960
 man,

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.980
 the one man

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.519
 in history

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.360
 who rightly

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:43.240
 could condemn

00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:43.500
 her,

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.720
 does not condemn

00:34:44.720 --> 00:34:45.180
 her because

00:34:45.180 --> 00:34:46.000
 Jesus takes

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.820
 the condemnation

00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:47.579
 upon himself.

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:48.940
 Jesus says

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.680
 you are guilty

00:34:49.680 --> 00:34:50.280
 but you're not

00:34:50.280 --> 00:34:50.700
 condemned

00:34:50.700 --> 00:34:52.340
 because Jesus

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:53.099
 who is not

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:53.579
 guilty

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:55.019
 will himself

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:56.059
 be condemned.

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.840
 Jesus will

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:58.519
 allow himself

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.220
 to be condemned

00:34:59.220 --> 00:35:00.300
 in her place

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:01.280
 so that all

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:01.720
 those who

00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:02.440
 hope in him

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:03.400
 and trust in him

00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:04.639
 though guilty

00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:06.240
 can go free.

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:07.900
 Friends,

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.639
 remember the words

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:10.400
 of Isaiah 53?

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:11.579
 Isaiah the prophet

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:12.519
 writes about this

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.639
 coming suffering

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.059
 servant,

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:14.820
 the one who will

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:15.780
 one day go to

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:16.179
 the cross

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:16.780
 and he writes

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.179
 about him

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:17.420
 and says

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:18.240
 he will be

00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:18.980
 wounded for

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.960
 our transgressions.

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:20.780
 He will be

00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:21.500
 crushed for

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:22.440
 our iniquities.

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.599
 Upon him

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:24.760
 will be placed

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:25.400
 the punishment

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:26.039
 that will bring

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:26.639
 us peace

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:27.860
 and with his

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:28.780
 stripes we will

00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:29.320
 be healed

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:30.760
 and we all

00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:31.300
 like sheep

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:31.720
 have gone

00:35:31.720 --> 00:35:32.159
 astray.

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:32.559
 We have

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.319
 turned away

00:35:33.319 --> 00:35:33.980
 every one

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:34.279
 of us

00:35:34.279 --> 00:35:34.659
 his own

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:34.899
 way

00:35:34.899 --> 00:35:35.739
 but the

00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:36.059
 Lord

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:36.539
 has laid

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.480
 upon him

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:38.599
 the sin

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:39.299
 of us

00:35:39.299 --> 00:35:39.779
 all.

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.739
 Friends,

00:35:41.799 --> 00:35:42.279
 when Jesus

00:35:42.279 --> 00:35:43.539
 speaks these

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:45.279
 stunning words

00:35:45.279 --> 00:35:45.759
 and says

00:35:45.759 --> 00:35:46.879
 I do not

00:35:46.879 --> 00:35:47.819
 condemn you

00:35:47.819 --> 00:35:49.059
 it's not just

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:49.619
 because of the

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.319
 abundance of

00:35:50.319 --> 00:35:51.199
 his niceness

00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:52.159
 it's not just

00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:52.859
 because Jesus

00:35:52.859 --> 00:35:54.000
 is a lovely

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.839
 old grandfather

00:35:54.839 --> 00:35:56.059
 it's not just

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.899
 because Jesus

00:35:56.899 --> 00:35:58.179
 is overly nice

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:58.899
 or avoiding

00:35:58.899 --> 00:35:59.440
 conflict

00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:00.740
 it's because

00:36:00.740 --> 00:36:01.240
 in a few

00:36:01.240 --> 00:36:02.059
 short days

00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:03.119
 he's going

00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:03.340
 to go

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:04.059
 to Calvary

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:05.280
 and the

00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:05.940
 condemnation

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.460
 that she

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:07.019
 deserves

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:07.599
 and that we

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:08.059
 deserve

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:08.500
 will be

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.240
 placed upon

00:36:09.240 --> 00:36:09.579
 him

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:10.900
 so that we

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.260
 can go

00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:11.619
 free.

00:36:13.220 --> 00:36:13.519
 Friends,

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:14.260
 the heart

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:14.900
 of compassion

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:15.400
 of Jesus

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:17.000
 the work

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.460
 of Jesus

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:18.220
 on the cross

00:36:18.220 --> 00:36:19.380
 but then

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:19.900
 thirdly

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.539
 and finally

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:22.139
 the appeal

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:22.880
 of Jesus.

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:24.760
 look at

00:36:24.760 --> 00:36:26.000
 verse 10

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.539
 and 11

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:27.039
 with me.

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:29.280
 Jesus

00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:29.940
 stands up

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.200
 and he

00:36:30.200 --> 00:36:30.760
 says to her

00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:31.059
 woman

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.720
 where are

00:36:31.720 --> 00:36:32.700
 your accusers

00:36:32.700 --> 00:36:33.460
 has no one

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:34.119
 condemned you?

00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:35.460
 She says

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:36.019
 no one

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.380
 Lord.

00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:37.720
 Jesus

00:36:37.720 --> 00:36:38.200
 says

00:36:38.200 --> 00:36:39.300
 well neither

00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:39.720
 do I

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:40.360
 condemn you.

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.519
 Go and

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:42.000
 from now

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.360
 on

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:43.360
 sin

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:44.519
 no more.

00:36:47.180 --> 00:36:47.880
 I meant

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.140
 to say

00:36:48.140 --> 00:36:48.700
 this earlier

00:36:48.700 --> 00:36:50.059
 but notice

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:51.240
 the order

00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:52.139
 Jesus does

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:52.959
 not say

00:36:52.959 --> 00:36:54.359
 go and

00:36:54.359 --> 00:36:54.739
 sin

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:55.519
 no more

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:56.539
 and then

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:56.919
 you will

00:36:56.919 --> 00:36:57.339
 not be

00:36:57.339 --> 00:36:57.759
 condemned.

00:36:58.779 --> 00:36:59.399
 That's how

00:36:59.399 --> 00:37:00.019
 every religion

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.500
 in the world

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:00.919
 operates.

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:01.219
 It's how

00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:01.979
 every moral

00:37:01.979 --> 00:37:02.659
 philosophy

00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:03.119
 in the world

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:03.579
 operates.

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.459
 Do the

00:37:04.459 --> 00:37:05.000
 right thing

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:06.019
 earn your

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.479
 stripes

00:37:06.479 --> 00:37:07.599
 meet the

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:07.979
 grade

00:37:07.979 --> 00:37:08.699
 you will

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:09.039
 not be

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.439
 condemned.

00:37:10.459 --> 00:37:10.979
 Jesus

00:37:10.979 --> 00:37:11.539
 doesn't say

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:12.079
 go and

00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:12.619
 sin no more

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:12.939
 and if

00:37:12.939 --> 00:37:13.339
 you're good

00:37:13.339 --> 00:37:13.679
 enough

00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:13.959
 for the

00:37:13.959 --> 00:37:14.459
 next six

00:37:14.459 --> 00:37:14.879
 months

00:37:14.879 --> 00:37:15.759
 you will

00:37:15.759 --> 00:37:16.059
 not be

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.339
 condemned.

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:16.799
 Jesus

00:37:16.799 --> 00:37:17.219
 says

00:37:17.219 --> 00:37:17.979
 you are

00:37:17.979 --> 00:37:18.500
 set free

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:19.619
 now go

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:20.039
 and sin

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:20.619
 no more.

00:37:21.239 --> 00:37:22.259
 having

00:37:22.259 --> 00:37:22.779
 flooded

00:37:22.779 --> 00:37:23.059
 her

00:37:23.059 --> 00:37:23.259
 with

00:37:23.259 --> 00:37:23.619
 grace

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:24.059
 Jesus

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:24.339
 now

00:37:24.339 --> 00:37:24.699
 calls

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:24.839
 her

00:37:24.839 --> 00:37:25.019
 to

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.179
 a

00:37:25.179 --> 00:37:25.479
 life

00:37:25.479 --> 00:37:25.819
 of

00:37:25.819 --> 00:37:26.379
 obedience

00:37:26.379 --> 00:37:27.159
 and

00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:27.539
 Jesus

00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:27.799
 is

00:37:27.799 --> 00:37:27.979
 not

00:37:27.979 --> 00:37:28.239
 just

00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:28.979
 pronouncing

00:37:28.979 --> 00:37:29.519
 forgiveness

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:30.079
 on her

00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:30.919
 he's

00:37:30.919 --> 00:37:31.479
 calling

00:37:31.479 --> 00:37:31.739
 her

00:37:31.739 --> 00:37:32.139
 out

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.319
 of

00:37:32.319 --> 00:37:32.839
 darkness

00:37:32.839 --> 00:37:33.139
 and

00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:33.359
 into

00:37:33.359 --> 00:37:33.719
 light

00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:34.459
 he's

00:37:34.459 --> 00:37:34.779
 calling

00:37:34.779 --> 00:37:35.000
 her

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:35.239
 out

00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:35.359
 of

00:37:35.359 --> 00:37:35.919
 death

00:37:35.919 --> 00:37:36.439
 and

00:37:36.439 --> 00:37:36.739
 into

00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:37.459
 life

00:37:37.459 --> 00:37:38.679
 when

00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:39.079
 Jesus

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:39.500
 calls

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:39.639
 us

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:39.819
 to

00:37:39.819 --> 00:37:40.259
 forsake

00:37:40.259 --> 00:37:40.599
 sin

00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:41.239
 he's

00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:41.439
 not

00:37:41.439 --> 00:37:41.799
 calling

00:37:41.799 --> 00:37:42.079
 to

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:42.559
 minimize

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:42.939
 our

00:37:42.939 --> 00:37:43.139
 joy

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:43.379
 he's

00:37:43.379 --> 00:37:43.579
 wanting

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:43.819
 to

00:37:43.819 --> 00:37:44.319
 maximize

00:37:44.319 --> 00:37:44.719
 our

00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:44.919
 joy

00:37:44.919 --> 00:37:45.139
 look

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:45.299
 at

00:37:45.299 --> 00:37:45.559
 verse

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:46.079
 12

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.319
 with

00:37:46.319 --> 00:37:46.579
 me

00:37:46.579 --> 00:37:47.459
 Jesus

00:37:47.459 --> 00:37:47.799
 says

00:37:47.799 --> 00:37:48.500
 I

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:48.759
 am

00:37:48.759 --> 00:37:48.919
 the

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.180
 light

00:37:49.180 --> 00:37:49.320
 of

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:49.440
 the

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:49.800
 world

00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:50.519
 whoever

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:51.159
 follows

00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:51.400
 me

00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:51.700
 will

00:37:51.700 --> 00:37:51.920
 not

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:52.220
 walk

00:37:52.220 --> 00:37:52.380
 in

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:52.760
 darkness

00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:53.619
 but

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:53.800
 will

00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:54.039
 have

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.240
 the

00:37:54.240 --> 00:37:54.800
 light

00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:55.440
 of

00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:56.119
 life

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:57.280
 Jesus

00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:57.500
 is

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:57.680
 not

00:37:57.680 --> 00:37:57.900
 just

00:37:57.900 --> 00:37:58.220
 saying

00:37:58.220 --> 00:37:58.840
 okay

00:37:58.840 --> 00:37:59.159
 we've

00:37:59.159 --> 00:37:59.340
 dealt

00:37:59.340 --> 00:37:59.500
 with

00:37:59.500 --> 00:37:59.639
 your

00:37:59.639 --> 00:38:00.059
 past

00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:00.579
 okay

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:01.639
 all

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:01.780
 the

00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:02.039
 best

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.300
 to

00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:02.559
 you

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:03.400
 Jesus

00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:03.780
 saying

00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:04.599
 you

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:04.780
 are

00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:04.940
 not

00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:05.280
 condemned

00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:05.539
 now

00:38:05.539 --> 00:38:05.860
 walk

00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:06.260
 out

00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:06.440
 of

00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:06.840
 darkness

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:07.119
 and

00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:07.440
 come

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:07.599
 and

00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:07.860
 walk

00:38:07.860 --> 00:38:08.019
 in

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.139
 the

00:38:08.139 --> 00:38:08.440
 light

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:08.960
 walk

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.180
 out

00:38:09.180 --> 00:38:09.380
 of

00:38:09.380 --> 00:38:09.720
 death

00:38:09.720 --> 00:38:09.940
 and

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.280
 come

00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:10.740
 to

00:38:10.740 --> 00:38:11.079
 find

00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:11.599
 life

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:14.720
 in

00:38:14.720 --> 00:38:15.039
 John's

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.420
 gospel

00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:15.920
 whenever

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:17.260
 John

00:38:17.260 --> 00:38:17.599
 uses

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:17.780
 the

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:17.980
 word

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.559
 life

00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:20.599
 he's

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:20.739
 not

00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:20.960
 just

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.299
 talking

00:38:21.299 --> 00:38:21.539
 about

00:38:21.539 --> 00:38:22.039
 breathing

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:22.259
 as

00:38:22.259 --> 00:38:22.519
 opposed

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:22.679
 to

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:22.820
 not

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:23.159
 breathing

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:24.340
 he's

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:24.460
 not

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:24.659
 just

00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:24.940
 talking

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:25.199
 about

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:25.920
 eternal

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:26.279
 life

00:38:26.279 --> 00:38:26.619
 after

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:26.820
 we

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:27.139
 die

00:38:27.139 --> 00:38:28.259
 he's

00:38:28.259 --> 00:38:28.539
 talking

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:28.779
 about

00:38:28.779 --> 00:38:29.199
 heaven

00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:29.739
 invading

00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:29.980
 our

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.279
 lives

00:38:30.279 --> 00:38:30.659
 now

00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:31.539
 he's

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:31.719
 talking

00:38:31.719 --> 00:38:31.900
 about

00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:32.119
 the

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.460
 fullness

00:38:32.460 --> 00:38:32.679
 of

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:32.840
 life

00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:33.099
 remember

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:33.400
 John

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:33.699
 10

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:33.880
 verse

00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:34.159
 10

00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:34.759
 I've

00:38:34.759 --> 00:38:35.000
 come

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.159
 that

00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:35.279
 you

00:38:35.279 --> 00:38:35.440
 might

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:35.599
 have

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:35.980
 life

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:36.139
 and

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:36.480
 life

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:36.739
 in

00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:36.900
 the

00:38:36.900 --> 00:38:37.400
 full

00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:37.739
 life

00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:37.940
 to

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:38.539
 abundance

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:39.659
 Jesus

00:38:39.659 --> 00:38:40.079
 says

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.380
 whoever

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:41.000
 follows

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:41.199
 me

00:38:41.199 --> 00:38:41.380
 will

00:38:41.380 --> 00:38:41.559
 no

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:41.820
 longer

00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:42.179
 walk

00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:42.340
 in

00:38:42.340 --> 00:38:42.880
 darkness

00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:43.579
 but

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:43.739
 will

00:38:43.739 --> 00:38:44.019
 have

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:44.259
 the

00:38:44.259 --> 00:38:44.639
 light

00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:48.699
 life

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:48.860
 and

00:38:48.860 --> 00:38:49.079
 says

00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:49.400
 come

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:49.559
 and

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:49.779
 walk

00:38:49.779 --> 00:38:49.960
 with

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:50.159
 me

00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:50.480
 come

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:50.639
 and

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:51.299
 experience

00:38:51.299 --> 00:38:51.719
 fullness

00:38:51.719 --> 00:38:51.980
 of

00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:52.259
 life

00:38:52.259 --> 00:38:53.360
 follow

00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:53.599
 me

00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:53.820
 what

00:38:53.820 --> 00:38:54.039
 he's

00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:54.320
 saying

00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:54.519
 is

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:54.840
 leave

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:55.199
 behind

00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:55.440
 your

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:55.820
 shame

00:38:55.820 --> 00:38:57.119
 leave

00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:57.480
 behind

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:57.699
 the

00:38:57.699 --> 00:38:58.059
 darkness

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:59.420
 he's

00:38:59.420 --> 00:38:59.599
 saying

00:38:59.599 --> 00:38:59.920
 come

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.119
 and

00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:00.400
 find

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:00.860
 peace

00:39:00.860 --> 00:39:01.159
 come

00:39:01.159 --> 00:39:01.320
 and

00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:01.559
 find

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:02.059
 fullness

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:02.360
 of

00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:02.679
 joy

00:39:02.679 --> 00:39:03.400
 come

00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:03.519
 and

00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:03.960
 experience

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.199
 the

00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:04.759
 security

00:39:04.759 --> 00:39:04.980
 and

00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:05.099
 the

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:05.539
 identity

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:05.820
 that

00:39:05.820 --> 00:39:05.940
 you

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.179
 long

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:06.500
 for

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:07.679
 Jesus

00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:08.259
 grace

00:39:08.259 --> 00:39:08.679
 calls

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:08.860
 us

00:39:08.860 --> 00:39:09.139
 out

00:39:09.139 --> 00:39:09.299
 of

00:39:09.299 --> 00:39:09.739
 darkness

00:39:09.739 --> 00:39:10.099
 and

00:39:10.099 --> 00:39:10.440
 into

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:10.880
 light

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.960
 and

00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:12.239
 friends

00:39:12.239 --> 00:39:12.460
 it's

00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:12.860
 important

00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:13.219
 for us

00:39:13.219 --> 00:39:13.380
 to

00:39:13.380 --> 00:39:13.539
 note

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:13.820
 that

00:39:13.820 --> 00:39:14.239
 sin

00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:15.500
 has

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:15.860
 such

00:39:15.860 --> 00:39:16.039
 a

00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:16.619
 profound

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:17.219
 effect

00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:17.360
 on

00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:17.480
 us

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:17.639
 it's

00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:17.820
 able

00:39:17.820 --> 00:39:18.039
 to

00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:18.500
 wound

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:18.739
 us

00:39:18.739 --> 00:39:19.199
 so

00:39:19.199 --> 00:39:19.639
 deeply

00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:20.639
 sin

00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:20.800
 is

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:21.219
 really

00:39:21.219 --> 00:39:21.699
 serious

00:39:21.699 --> 00:39:22.019
 that's

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.159
 why

00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:22.480
 Jesus

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:22.860
 calls

00:39:22.860 --> 00:39:22.980
 us

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.119
 to

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:23.579
 repentance

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:24.519
 but

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:24.639
 in

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:25.539
 calling

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:25.739
 us

00:39:25.739 --> 00:39:25.840
 to

00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:26.199
 repentance

00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:26.760
 Jesus

00:39:26.760 --> 00:39:27.000
 is

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.179
 not

00:39:27.179 --> 00:39:27.679
 laying

00:39:27.679 --> 00:39:27.900
 us

00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:28.079
 with

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:28.420
 guilt

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:28.619
 and

00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:28.860
 shame

00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:29.139
 he's

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.559
 calling

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:29.880
 us

00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:30.119
 to

00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:30.679
 freedom

00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:31.059
 and

00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:31.519
 life

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:33.119
 Jesus

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:33.559
 calling

00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:33.739
 us

00:39:33.739 --> 00:39:33.920
 to

00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:34.300
 walk

00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:35.260
 in

00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:35.639
 light

00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:36.500
 and

00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:36.659
 in

00:39:36.659 --> 00:39:36.900
 life

00:39:36.900 --> 00:39:37.039
 and

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:37.159
 so

00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:37.519
 Jesus

00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:37.840
 says

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:38.039
 to

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:38.340
 her

00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:39.739
 where

00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:39.960
 are

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:40.239
 they

00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:40.579
 has

00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:40.760
 no

00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:40.900
 one

00:39:40.900 --> 00:39:41.239
 condemned

00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:41.539
 you

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:42.820
 neither

00:39:42.820 --> 00:39:43.019
 do

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:43.199
 I

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:46.039
 sin

00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:46.420
 no

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:46.679
 more

00:39:46.679 --> 00:39:47.900
 now

00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:48.579
 what

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:48.739
 does

00:39:48.739 --> 00:39:48.960
 all

00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:49.179
 this

00:39:49.179 --> 00:39:49.500
 mean

00:39:49.500 --> 00:39:50.260
 how

00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:50.400
 do

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:50.519
 we

00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:50.820
 apply

00:39:50.820 --> 00:39:51.039
 this

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:51.159
 to

00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:51.300
 our

00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:51.599
 lives

00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:51.960
 well

00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:53.360
 there's

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:53.539
 really

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:53.739
 one

00:39:53.739 --> 00:39:54.260
 application

00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:54.719
 here

00:39:54.719 --> 00:39:55.559
 and

00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:55.739
 that

00:39:55.739 --> 00:39:55.940
 is

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.239
 for

00:39:56.239 --> 00:39:56.559
 all

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:56.699
 of

00:39:56.699 --> 00:39:57.039
 us

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:57.980
 no

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.219
 matter

00:39:58.219 --> 00:39:58.780
 where

00:39:58.780 --> 00:39:59.000
 we

00:39:59.000 --> 00:39:59.239
 are

00:39:59.239 --> 00:39:59.440
 on

00:39:59.440 --> 00:39:59.579
 our

00:39:59.579 --> 00:39:59.900
 spiritual

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:00.400
 journey

00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:01.380
 no

00:40:01.380 --> 00:40:01.559
 matter

00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:01.760
 whether

00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:01.960
 we've

00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:02.059
 been

00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:02.280
 walking

00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:02.480
 with

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:02.800
 Christ

00:40:02.800 --> 00:40:03.000
 for

00:40:03.000 --> 00:40:03.280
 30

00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:03.679
 years

00:40:03.679 --> 00:40:03.820
 or

00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:04.000
 we've

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.079
 been

00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:04.300
 walking

00:40:04.300 --> 00:40:04.480
 with

00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:04.780
 Christ

00:40:04.780 --> 00:40:04.980
 for

00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:05.199
 three

00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:05.579
 weeks

00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:06.920
 come

00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:07.159
 to

00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:07.679
 Jesus

00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:08.940
 come

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.119
 to

00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:09.440
 Jesus

00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:09.639
 the

00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:09.800
 one

00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:09.920
 who

00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:10.039
 is

00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:10.260
 full

00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:10.400
 of

00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:10.980
 compassion

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:11.280
 and

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:16.659
 come

00:40:16.659 --> 00:40:16.860
 to

00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:17.159
 Jesus

00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:17.639
 freshly

00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:18.139
 today

00:40:18.139 --> 00:40:18.480
 and

00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:19.019
 follow

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:19.380
 him

00:40:19.380 --> 00:40:19.679
 and

00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:20.079
 walk

00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:20.699
 in

00:40:20.699 --> 00:40:20.840
 the

00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:21.199
 light

00:40:21.199 --> 00:40:22.260
 friends

00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:22.460
 you've

00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:22.579
 got

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:22.699
 to

00:40:22.699 --> 00:40:22.860
 come

00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:23.019
 to

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:23.340
 Jesus

00:40:23.340 --> 00:40:23.519
 and

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:23.880
 receive

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:24.099
 his

00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:24.360
 grace

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:24.559
 if

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:24.639
 you

00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:24.860
 try

00:40:24.860 --> 00:40:25.019
 and

00:40:25.019 --> 00:40:25.340
 earn

00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:25.579
 his

00:40:25.579 --> 00:40:25.940
 grace

00:40:25.940 --> 00:40:26.739
 you'll

00:40:26.739 --> 00:40:27.039
 find

00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:27.420
 yourself

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:28.119
 disqualified

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:28.500
 and

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:28.900
 unable

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:29.119
 to

00:40:29.119 --> 00:40:29.260
 do

00:40:29.260 --> 00:40:29.480
 it

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:30.340
 if

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:30.460
 you

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:30.840
 come

00:40:30.840 --> 00:40:31.019
 to

00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:31.360
 Jesus

00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:31.599
 but

00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:31.719
 you

00:40:31.719 --> 00:40:31.940
 try

00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:32.059
 and

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:32.739
 relativize

00:40:32.739 --> 00:40:32.920
 your

00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:33.159
 sin

00:40:33.159 --> 00:40:33.320
 you

00:40:33.320 --> 00:40:33.500
 try

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:33.619
 and

00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:33.760
 say

00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:34.139
 everyone

00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:34.340
 is

00:40:34.340 --> 00:40:34.679
 doing

00:40:34.679 --> 00:40:34.900
 it

00:40:34.900 --> 00:40:35.579
 you'll

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:35.800
 find

00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:35.980
 that

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:36.199
 you'll

00:40:36.199 --> 00:40:36.440
 never

00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:36.659
 be

00:40:36.659 --> 00:40:36.940
 free

00:40:36.940 --> 00:40:37.179
 from

00:40:37.179 --> 00:40:37.380
 it

00:40:37.380 --> 00:40:38.159
 you'll

00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:38.340
 never

00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:38.500
 be

00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:38.760
 set

00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:39.079
 free

00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:39.680
 it

00:40:39.680 --> 00:40:39.800
 will

00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:40.100
 always

00:40:40.100 --> 00:40:40.260
 have

00:40:40.260 --> 00:40:40.420
 a

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 power

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 on

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 you

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 the

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 only

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 way

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 to

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 truly

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 be

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 free

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 from

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 the

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 condemning

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 voices

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 of

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 the

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 past

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 from

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 the

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 enslaving

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 power

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 of

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 sin

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 in

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 the

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 present

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 the

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 only

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 way

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 to

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 truly

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 be

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 free

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 is

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 to

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 come

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 to

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 Jesus

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:53.059
 freshly

00:40:53.059 --> 00:40:53.519
 today

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 friends

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 come

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 to

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 Jesus

00:40:55.600 --> 00:40:55.820
 and

00:40:55.820 --> 00:40:56.019
 bring

00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:56.200
 your

00:40:56.200 --> 00:40:56.420
 sin

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 to

00:40:56.579 --> 00:40:56.800
 him

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 his

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 sacrifice

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 is

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 enough

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 to

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 cover

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 your

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 sin

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 friends

00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:01.160
 come

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 to

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 Jesus

00:41:01.680 --> 00:41:01.880
 and

00:41:01.880 --> 00:41:02.039
 bring

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:02.220
 your

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 shame

00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:02.859
 to

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 him

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 his

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 grace

00:41:04.219 --> 00:41:04.480
 is

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 enough

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 to

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 cover

00:41:05.379 --> 00:41:05.739
 your

00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:06.239
 shame

00:41:06.239 --> 00:41:07.179
 friends

00:41:07.179 --> 00:41:07.419
 come

00:41:07.419 --> 00:41:07.619
 to

00:41:07.619 --> 00:41:07.919
 Jesus

00:41:07.919 --> 00:41:08.119
 and

00:41:08.119 --> 00:41:08.299
 bring

00:41:08.299 --> 00:41:08.459
 your

00:41:08.459 --> 00:41:08.899
 fears

00:41:08.899 --> 00:41:09.079
 to

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:09.319
 him

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 his

00:41:09.919 --> 00:41:10.739
 faithfulness

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 is

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 enough

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 to

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 carry

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 you

00:41:12.259 --> 00:41:12.500
 through

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 your

00:41:12.759 --> 00:41:13.259
 fears

00:41:13.259 --> 00:41:14.299
 friends

00:41:14.299 --> 00:41:14.539
 come

00:41:14.539 --> 00:41:14.739
 to

00:41:14.739 --> 00:41:15.059
 Jesus

00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:15.319
 and

00:41:15.319 --> 00:41:15.539
 bring

00:41:15.539 --> 00:41:15.719
 your

00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:16.239
 longings

00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:16.419
 to

00:41:16.419 --> 00:41:16.679
 him

00:41:16.679 --> 00:41:17.739
 his

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 love

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 is

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 enough

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 to

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 satisfy

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 the

00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:20.639
 longings

00:41:20.639 --> 00:41:20.779
 of

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 your

00:41:20.899 --> 00:41:21.299
 heart

00:41:21.299 --> 00:41:22.459
 let's

00:41:22.459 --> 00:41:22.639
 come

00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:22.819
 to

00:41:22.819 --> 00:41:23.159
 Jesus

00:41:23.159 --> 00:41:24.059
 right

00:41:24.059 --> 00:41:24.339
 now

00:41:24.339 --> 00:41:24.879
 let's

00:41:24.879 --> 00:41:25.079
 pray

00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:25.519
 together

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:29.619
 Lord

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:29.879
 Jesus

00:41:29.879 --> 00:41:30.239
 Christ

00:41:30.239 --> 00:41:30.459
 in

00:41:30.459 --> 00:41:30.639
 this

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 passage

00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:31.319
 we

00:41:31.319 --> 00:41:31.879
 see

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:33.119
 just

00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:33.320
 a

00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:33.599
 small

00:41:33.599 --> 00:41:33.980
 glimpse

00:41:33.980 --> 00:41:34.420
 of

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:35.079
 the

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:36.240
 cancer

00:41:36.240 --> 00:41:36.760
 of

00:41:36.760 --> 00:41:37.099
 sin

00:41:37.099 --> 00:41:39.240
 but

00:41:39.240 --> 00:41:39.579
 also

00:41:39.579 --> 00:41:39.960
 the

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:40.380
 beauty

00:41:40.380 --> 00:41:41.640
 that

00:41:41.640 --> 00:41:41.780
 is

00:41:41.780 --> 00:41:42.240
 Jesus

00:41:42.240 --> 00:41:43.480
 Lord

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:43.680
 Jesus

00:41:43.680 --> 00:41:43.960
 thank

00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:44.119
 you

00:41:44.119 --> 00:41:44.539
 so

00:41:44.539 --> 00:41:44.820
 much

00:41:44.820 --> 00:41:44.980
 for

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:45.140
 your

00:41:45.140 --> 00:41:45.559
 amazing

00:41:45.559 --> 00:41:45.920
 grace

00:41:45.920 --> 00:41:46.240
 God

00:41:46.240 --> 00:41:47.099
 your

00:41:47.099 --> 00:41:47.579
 amazing

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:47.920
 grace

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:48.099
 that

00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:48.280
 would

00:41:48.280 --> 00:41:48.700
 save

00:41:48.700 --> 00:41:48.960
 a

00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:49.240
 wretch

00:41:49.240 --> 00:41:49.579
 like

00:41:49.579 --> 00:41:50.019
 us

00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:51.840
 Father

00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:52.019
 the

00:41:52.019 --> 00:41:52.260
 truth

00:41:52.260 --> 00:41:52.420
 is

00:41:52.420 --> 00:41:52.559
 that

00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:52.800
 every

00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:53.099
 one

00:41:53.099 --> 00:41:53.260
 of

00:41:53.260 --> 00:41:53.619
 us

00:41:53.619 --> 00:41:54.119
 have

00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:54.340
 been

00:41:54.340 --> 00:41:55.000
 tainted

00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:56.099
 by

00:41:56.099 --> 00:41:56.240
 the

00:41:56.240 --> 00:41:56.559
 reality

00:41:56.559 --> 00:41:56.780
 of

00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:57.019
 sin

00:41:57.019 --> 00:41:58.260
 every

00:41:58.260 --> 00:41:58.539
 one

00:41:58.539 --> 00:41:58.640
 of

00:41:58.640 --> 00:41:58.780
 us

00:41:58.780 --> 00:41:58.940
 need

00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:59.059
 to

00:41:59.059 --> 00:41:59.240
 come

00:41:59.240 --> 00:41:59.380
 and

00:41:59.380 --> 00:41:59.599
 drink

00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:00.099
 deeply

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:00.519
 God

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:00.780
 of

00:42:00.780 --> 00:42:01.000
 the

00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:01.280
 wonder

00:42:01.280 --> 00:42:01.500
 of

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:01.659
 your

00:42:01.659 --> 00:42:02.019
 grace

00:42:02.019 --> 00:42:02.920
 Father

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:03.179
 each

00:42:03.179 --> 00:42:03.480
 one

00:42:03.480 --> 00:42:03.619
 of

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:03.840
 us

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:04.079
 need

00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:04.320
 to

00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:05.780
 come

00:42:05.780 --> 00:42:05.980
 to

00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:06.159
 the

00:42:06.159 --> 00:42:06.400
 vault

00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:06.619
 of

00:42:06.619 --> 00:42:06.760
 your

00:42:06.760 --> 00:42:07.400
 redemptive

00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:08.079
 mercy

00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:08.300
 and

00:42:08.300 --> 00:42:08.579
 healing

00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:09.019
 grace

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:09.320
 God

00:42:09.320 --> 00:42:09.480
 and

00:42:09.480 --> 00:42:09.940
 find

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:10.179
 our

00:42:10.179 --> 00:42:10.760
 restoration

00:42:10.760 --> 00:42:11.179
 in need

00:42:11.179 --> 00:42:11.420
 there

00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:13.739
 Jesus

00:42:13.739 --> 00:42:14.199
 thank you

00:42:14.199 --> 00:42:14.599
 that your

00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:15.079
 heart

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:15.239
 of

00:42:15.239 --> 00:42:15.860
 compassion

00:42:15.860 --> 00:42:17.800
 and your

00:42:17.800 --> 00:42:18.380
 sacrifice

00:42:18.380 --> 00:42:18.699
 on the

00:42:18.699 --> 00:42:18.960
 cross

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:19.500
 bids

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:19.719
 us

00:42:19.719 --> 00:42:19.880
 it

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:20.320
 calls

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:20.519
 us

00:42:20.519 --> 00:42:20.679
 to

00:42:20.679 --> 00:42:20.880
 come

00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:21.019
 and

00:42:21.019 --> 00:42:21.139
 do

00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:21.480
 that

00:42:21.480 --> 00:42:24.900
 God

00:42:24.900 --> 00:42:24.920
 Lord

00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:25.179
 as

00:42:25.179 --> 00:42:25.460
 we

00:42:25.460 --> 00:42:26.099
 come

00:42:26.099 --> 00:42:26.260
 to

00:42:26.260 --> 00:42:26.400
 the

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:26.699
 communion

00:42:26.699 --> 00:42:27.219
 table

00:42:27.219 --> 00:42:27.719
 I

00:42:27.719 --> 00:42:28.320
 pray

00:42:28.320 --> 00:42:28.579
 Lord

00:42:28.579 --> 00:42:28.780
 that

00:42:28.780 --> 00:42:29.039
 you

00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:29.440
 by

00:42:29.440 --> 00:42:29.639
 your

00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:29.900
 spirit

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:30.039
 will

00:42:30.039 --> 00:42:30.320
 minister

00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:30.539
 to

00:42:30.539 --> 00:42:30.679
 us

00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:30.960
 deeply

00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:32.679
 God

00:42:32.679 --> 00:42:32.820
 for

00:42:32.820 --> 00:42:33.019
 those

00:42:33.019 --> 00:42:33.119
 of

00:42:33.119 --> 00:42:33.240
 us

00:42:33.240 --> 00:42:33.400
 that

00:42:33.400 --> 00:42:33.780
 carry

00:42:33.780 --> 00:42:34.119
 guilt

00:42:34.119 --> 00:42:34.340
 and

00:42:34.340 --> 00:42:34.679
 shame

00:42:34.679 --> 00:42:36.320
 for

00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:36.579
 those

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:36.719
 of

00:42:36.719 --> 00:42:36.900
 us

00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:37.179
 that

00:42:37.179 --> 00:42:37.360
 have

00:42:37.360 --> 00:42:37.559
 been

00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:38.260
 walking

00:42:38.260 --> 00:42:38.460
 in

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:38.599
 the

00:42:38.599 --> 00:42:38.940
 dark

00:42:38.940 --> 00:42:39.159
 for

00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:39.460
 those

00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:39.579
 of

00:42:39.579 --> 00:42:39.740
 us

00:42:39.740 --> 00:42:40.000
 God

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:40.260
 that

00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:41.000
 have

00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:41.139
 been

00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:41.420
 taking

00:42:41.420 --> 00:42:41.940
 steps

00:42:41.940 --> 00:42:42.360
 towards

00:42:42.360 --> 00:42:42.860
 death

00:42:42.860 --> 00:42:43.340
 rather

00:42:43.340 --> 00:42:43.619
 than

00:42:43.619 --> 00:42:44.019
 life

00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:46.119
 Jesus

00:42:46.119 --> 00:42:46.420
 won't

00:42:46.420 --> 00:42:46.539
 you

00:42:46.539 --> 00:42:46.900
 come

00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:47.219
 and

00:42:47.219 --> 00:42:48.500
 join

00:42:48.500 --> 00:42:48.659
 near

00:42:48.659 --> 00:42:48.820
 to

00:42:48.820 --> 00:42:48.940
 us

00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:49.239
 now

00:42:49.239 --> 00:42:51.239
 won't

00:42:51.239 --> 00:42:51.340
 you

00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:51.559
 come

00:42:51.559 --> 00:42:51.920
 and

00:42:51.920 --> 00:42:53.500
 heal

00:42:53.500 --> 00:42:53.780
 us

00:42:53.780 --> 00:42:53.940
 and

00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:54.219
 redeem

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:54.639
 us

00:42:54.639 --> 00:42:55.840
 restore

00:42:55.840 --> 00:42:56.119
 us

00:42:56.119 --> 00:42:56.280
 and

00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:56.559
 renew

00:42:56.559 --> 00:42:56.920
 us

00:42:56.920 --> 00:42:58.460
 come

00:42:58.460 --> 00:42:58.619
 and

00:42:58.619 --> 00:42:58.820
 call

00:42:58.820 --> 00:42:59.000
 us

00:42:59.000 --> 00:42:59.199
 back

00:42:59.199 --> 00:42:59.340
 to

00:42:59.340 --> 00:42:59.639
 yourself

00:42:59.639 --> 00:42:59.820
 we

00:42:59.820 --> 00:43:00.119
 pray

00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:01.759
 in

00:43:01.759 --> 00:43:01.900
 your

00:43:01.900 --> 00:43:02.239
 wonderful

00:43:02.239 --> 00:43:02.539
 and

00:43:02.539 --> 00:43:02.719
 your

00:43:02.719 --> 00:43:03.019
 gracious

00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:03.519
 name

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:04.960
 Amen