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 I'm in trouble.

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 I need help.

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 About three days ago, one of my kids walked by me

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 and there was an odor emanating from their body.

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 And as any father would say, I said what I would normally say,

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 dude, you stink.

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 Go take a bath.

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 To which my wife responded to me and said,

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 you know, that's not very encouraging.

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 Think of a more encouraging way to say it.

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 And the only thing I can say is, take a bath.

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 This morning I woke up, and I wake up fairly early on Sundays,

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 and I was going out into the hallway,

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 and my youngest child walked out and had her arms open wide

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 and said, Dad, good morning.

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 I've worn these clothes for three days straight,

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 and I've slept in them every day.

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 What do I say?

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 I said, oh, that's great.

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 Get dressed for church today.

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 You know, sometimes in parenting, I just don't know what to do.

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 In some ways, my family was a little dysfunctional.

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 We weren't churchgoers per se.

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 And so when I try to reflect back today to then,

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 I don't get a lot of input of what I need to be doing.

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 Sundays was not a church day.

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 We worshiped ourselves.

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 Ourselves was God.

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 In my family's life, we didn't believe in God.

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 And so Sundays was the day that we slept in.

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 We went at 5 o'clock.

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 We went to this fried chicken place.

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 I don't know why it was always fried chicken,

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 but it was Pinson's fried chicken.

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 We ate fried chicken.

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 And then we caught up on homework.

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 At 6 o'clock every night, we watched the wonderful world of Disney

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 and watched the latest Disney, Huckleberry Finn,

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 or something going down the raft.

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 And then we took a bath.

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 Whether we wanted to or liked it or not,

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 we always took a bath.

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 I don't know what it is because I hated taking baths.

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 I mean, I just, I hated taking baths.

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 And I hated being clean as a kid.

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 And after the baths, my mom would literally line us up

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 because we were a military family.

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 You know, my dad was a pilot.

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 And we were just kind of like, I don't know,

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 sound of music or something like that.

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 We were in a line.

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 We had this inspection.

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 So we stuck our hands out.

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 My mom checked our fingernails and everything.

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 Then my mom checked behind our ears.

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 My mom always said the same thing.

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 Did you use soap?

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 And then she said, were there bubbles in the tub?

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 Bubbles, bubbles, bubbles.

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 A lot of bubbles.

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 Because for some reason, my mom just thought bubbles meant being clean.

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 And if there weren't bubbles in the tub,

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 then you just weren't clean at all.

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 And so she would ask those same questions.

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 And usually we got sent back into the house

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 and we had to, or into the tub,

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 and we'd have to add more bubbles and get more soap and get clean again.

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 And I just hated it.

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 And I realize now growing up that probably every kid from the age of 1 to 16 hates,

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 they hate being clean.

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 And I find myself asking my kids the same questions that my parents ask me.

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 It's kind of like, you know, your parents say,

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 one day you're going to get a kid just like you are.

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 And then you're going to see.

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 And that happens sometimes.

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 Sometimes God gives us kids just like we are.

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 And so God gave me four kids just like I am.

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 And sometimes I check their fingernails and I check the back of their ears.

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 And the worst thing is when you check the belly button, right?

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 Because that's really humiliating, right?

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 Because you don't know what's growing down there at all.

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 And then I asked the question, did you use soap yet?

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 And were there a lot of bubbles?

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 Bubbles, bubbles, bubbles.

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 Were there a lot of bubbles in the tub?

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 Yeah, okay, so you're clean.

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 And last week I had this conversation with one of my kids.

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 And I got to be very careful because three of the four are sitting here,

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 which I didn't know was going to happen,

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 which is the terrible thing about being a pastor, right?

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 Because your best illustrations are at home,

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 but you can't necessarily always use them.

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 But the kid looked at me and they were not very clean

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 because they had taken a bath two days ago

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 and they had played a lot of basketball.

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 And I said, do you, I said, all three of the kids play basketball, okay?

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 So you're not going to figure out who they are.

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 And I said, do you, you need to go get clean.

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 He goes, Dad, I'm clean.

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 I'm clean enough.

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 I mean, your standard for cleanliness is different than my standard for cleanliness.

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 I mean, everybody has different standards for cleanliness.

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 And my standard is good for me and I'm clean enough.

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 And I thought about that a lot.

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 But what does it mean to have standards of cleanliness?

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 What does it mean to be clean?

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 What does it mean to be right?

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 What does it mean to be good?

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 And I did some research.

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 And, you know, there are whole organizations and departments in the U.S. government

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 that deal with these ideas of cleanliness

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 and what is clean and what is good and what is right.

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 And so I did some research.

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 And so hopefully you didn't eat too much before you came here today.

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 But I did some research just to figure out what these standards are

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 and do we really have just many multiple standards or do we just have one standard?

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 The organization that I watched was the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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 And you can go on their website.

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 It's pretty amazing.

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 It probably will freak you out.

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 You probably don't want to go on their website.

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 But you can go on their website and check out cleanliness standards for food.

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 I dare you.

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 Okay?

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 So I did that.

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 And I did it again.

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 So I was looking through this again.

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 I did it again.

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 I just couldn't believe it.

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 And so I want to read some of these standards for you

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 just so that we can figure out what is the standard for cleanliness?

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 What is the standard for being right?

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 What is the standard for being good?

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 And the U.S. FDA, that's a long thing, it says this.

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 In selling food to the public, okay, so this, I couldn't find a 100-gram container.

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 So this is a 200-gram container, okay?

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 So we're just going to use this as the illustration here.

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 So it's this 200-gram container.

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 It says, when selling food to the public, butter passes inspection

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 if it has four or less rat hairs per 100 grams.

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 So this thing right here has 200 grams.

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 So the only reason I'm holding this is because it passed inspection

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 because it only has eight rat hairs in it, okay?

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 So it has eight rat hairs per 100 grams.

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 Or if it has five or less whole insects in it.

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 If it's five or less whole insects in it, then the FDA says it's good.

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 If there's more than five, bad.

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 More than four rat hairs, bad.

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 But if it's less than four or four or five or less whole insects.

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 So in here, that means there's at least ten whole insects or eight rat hairs.

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 And the only reason I can handle this is because there's eight rat hairs.

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 And they sold it to me.

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 So I'm going to go home today and spread rat hair on my butter, my bread today.

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 Applesauce, which if you're a German family, man, I grew up, we just ate applesauce every meal.

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 I had something about Germans and applesauce.

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 Applesauce passes inspection if there are 15 or less insect heads per 100 grams.

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 And so if this is applesauce, this is actually cranberry sauce, which I'm addicted to cranberry sauce.

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 But if this was applesauce, the only reason I'm holding this is because it had 15 or less insect heads per 100 grams.

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 So there's 200 grams here.

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 That means there's at least 30 insect heads in here.

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 The question I had to ask myself is, what is it about heads?

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 What about the rest of the parts?

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 It doesn't say anything about the rest of the parts.

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 It just says heads, which I wonder.

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 So the only reason I'm holding this 200-gram jar is because there are 30 or less insect heads in it.

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 Coffee beans.

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 I don't know if you drink coffee today.

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 I walk by the Starbucks out there, and there's this sign there that says, brewing with excellence in care.

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 And so coffee beans, according to the FDA, they only fail inspection if 10% or more of the beans are insect infected.

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 So if 9% of the beans are insect infected, they sell it, and you make coffee today.

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 So what that sign should really say out there is brewing coffee with excellence in character in beans infected by less than 9%.

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 Because that's the truth.

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 That's the standard of cleanliness.

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 Peanut butter.

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 Okay, so every morning I just put a big slab of peanut butter on, and I just slap it on the bread, and it's my life.

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 Peanut butter is okay as long as it contains less than 30 insect parts per 100 grams.

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 So there's 100 grams in here.

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 So this morning I ate 30 insects, or at least their parts.

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 And according to the FDA, I am clean, I'm good, I'm good to go, and it's all great.

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 I probably should stop here, shouldn't I?

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 I mean, I thought about doing it with the Hong Kong government and all the standards and things like that,

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 but I figured maybe that would be taking it too far.

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 But what I've seen in my conversations with my kids and what I've seen in my conversations with the Internet over the FDA

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 is that cleanliness and rightness and what is just and what is good is dependent upon the person.

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 And it's not just about food, but what we see, if we're honest, that it's also about our words.

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 In our minds.

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 In our actions.

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 In our sexuality.

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 In our relationships.

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 In our hearts.

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 All these things, we determine what is clean, what is right, what is good in and of ourselves.

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 In our hearts.

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 And the passage says that we play games with ourselves.

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 I play games with myself.

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 I mean, I try to convince myself that I'm okay, that I'm really clean, I'm not that bad off.

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 I only have 10 bug heads per 100 grams.

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 Or at least I'm not as bad as that person.

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 Because that person is really, really bad.

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 I'm not as bad as they are.

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 And so if I get to heaven, and if there's a God, because if there is a God, then surely I'm going to get to heaven because I'm good.

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 God's just going to look at my life, and he's going to take my life through a little sieve.

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 And he's going to sieve out, or he's going to audit my life, or whatever profession you're in, he's going to audit it, or he's going to inspect it, or he's going to, the scripture says, he's going to judge it.

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 He's going to sieve it.

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 But he's going to sieve through my life, and he's going to find some junk there, but it's not going to be as bad as other people.

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 And God's going to say, Tobin, you're great.

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 Come on in.

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 Come on through.

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 I remember I was teaching in China in 1991.

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 And we're doing Christmas, and we're talking about the Bible and scripture.

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 And one of my students did a very daring thing.

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 I think that he was trying to trick me.

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 He said to me, will Mao be in heaven?

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 And I just, you know, I was like, whoa, what's, you know, who's listening, and what's going on, and what kind of party members are your parents?

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 And so being the good, evasive Christian that I am, I said, I don't know, what do you guys think?

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 And there was a lot of silence there.

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 And finally, one girl stood up, and she goes, I think he will, because Chairman Mao was 51% good.

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 Did you hear that?

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 He will, because Chairman Mao is 51% good, and 51% is good enough.

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 And I've thought about that a long time.

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 What is good enough?

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 What is right?

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 What is pure?

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 What is holy?

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 We're looking in the book of Romans.

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 We've gone through one chapter in two weeks.

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 So far, I think we have a slide for it on our screen.

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 So far, we have learned.

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 Now, whether we accept it or not, that's another thing between you and God.

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 But what we've learned, we've learned about Paul.

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 His name was Saul.

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 He was a Jew.

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 He was one of the most brilliant minds in the Old, New Testament time.

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 He was trained by the greatest teacher of the day, Gamaliel, in Hebrew Scripture.

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 He was a mover, and he was a shaker.

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 And on this road, as he was persecuting Christians, he met Jesus, the resurrected Jesus.

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 And he realized that he was doing the wrong thing, and he came to Christ.

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 He became a Christian.

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 We've learned about the gospel, and we said the gospel is just the good news.

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 The good news is that God saves dead, lost people.

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 We've learned that righteousness, righteousness means to be put into right standing.

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 It is both a legal and a relational term.

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 We learned, now again, whether we believe it or not,

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 we learned through Scripture that God created us.

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 He created us to worship and to serve him.

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 He created us to live unselfish lives.

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 He created us to live an amazing life with him.

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 We learned last week through Graham that sin entered into creation,

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 and sin entered into us.

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 And we learned that sin disorders our worship.

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 Chapter 1, verse 22 and 23,

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 they went from worshiping God, the creator, to worshiping the worm,

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 they went from worshiping God to the worm.

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 They had this slide, and so sin disordered our worship.

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 We learned that sin disorders our beliefs and our thinking.

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 Chapter 1, verse 21,

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 although they knew God, they did not give him honor or presence or thank him as God,

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 and their foolish minds were darkened.

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 We learned that sin disorders our desires and our actions.

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 We've had a lot of questions about that this week.

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 People were, whoa, when they looked at chapter 1, verses 22 through 29.

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 But the Bible says that sin comes in and it changes us.

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 It causes us to treat people poorly.

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 It causes us to do things that God had not designed.

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 We also learned that sin, when it does all these things,

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 it causes disorder, and this disorder angers our righteous God.

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 We talked about wrath, however you want to say it.

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 I noticed he only said it once correctly.

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 The rest of the times he said he digressed.

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 But we talked about how this disorder angers our righteous God.

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 So today I want to look at chapter 2 really briefly.

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 There's so much here that God wants to teach us.

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 There's so much things.

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 Please promise me that you'll go back and read chapter 2, verses 1 through 16.

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 It will take you about three minutes today.

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 You have it in the little books that we made for you, the Romans book.

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 You need to pick one up on the way out.

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 Because I think there's some things that God wants to teach us today.

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 There's some things that God wants to teach us about rightness.

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 He wants to teach us about cleanliness.

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 He wants to teach us about what does it mean to be clean,

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 and how many bugs can we have in our life,

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 and what does it mean to have bugs,

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 and what does it mean to not have bugs.

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 And the first thing I think he wants to teach us is found in verses 1 through 3.

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 Therefore you have no excuse.

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 Every one of you passes judgment.

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 For then that you judge another, you condemn yourselves.

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 For you who judge practice the same things.

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 And don't you know the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who practice such things?

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 Do you suppose this, O man,

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 that you pass judgment on those who practice such things,

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 and you do the same yourself, you escape the judgment?

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 The first thing we learn in verses 1 through 4

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 is that it's really easy for you and I to recognize and to judge

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 and to see selfishness and sin and brokenness in other people's lives,

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 but it's very, very, very, very, very difficult for us to see it in our lives.

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 It's very, very difficult for us to call it what it is in our lives.

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 I mean, we see it in other people's lives,

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 but we don't see it in our lives

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 because the Bible says that we're blinded.

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 We're blinded to our blindness.

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 I mean, think about it.

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 I went to a party last night with some great friends.

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 We've been trying to hang out with them for a while,

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 and whenever I walk in, I just have this bullseye painted on my chest,

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 and they go, oh, the vicar's here.

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 And so I'm the vicar, and I'm the priest,

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 and I walk in there, and everybody comes,

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 and we talk about life, and I hear these conversations,

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 and as I hear them, I think about myself.

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 This has been an incredibly convicting sermon for me.

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 Incredibly convicting.

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 Because I realize that almost in every, not almost,

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 God has something to teach me in this passage.

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 When they break their promise,

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 when they tell things that are not true,

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 we call them liars.

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 But when we do it, we just say that we've exaggerated a little

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 because we want to do it for effect.

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 When they are abusive to their kids,

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 we go, wow, but when we do it,

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 we just say that we're disciplining our kids

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 according to the proper way at the proper time.

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 When they do it, they spread rumors.

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 They spread gossip.

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 They hurt people with their words.

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 It's an arrow that flies out there and stabs them,

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 and you can't take it away.

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 But when I do it, it's just a prayer request.

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 Or I'm asking about somebody because I'm really concerned,

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 and I really want to know.

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 I mean, they're cheaters,

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 and they're unethical.

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 But when I do it,

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 I just bend the rules a little.

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 Because the rules are not really black and white,

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 especially in certain areas of my work.

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 I mean, sometimes it's different.

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 I mean, when they see them yell,

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 I say they have a mean spirit.

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 They're angry.

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 But when I do it,

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 you know, I'm really tired.

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 And I'm sick.

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 And I haven't eaten yet.

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 I look at them,

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 and I say they're insensitive

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 and aggressive.

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 But when I do it,

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 I'm real,

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 and I'm honest,

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 and I speak bluntly.

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 I don't miss people.

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 I'm goal-oriented.

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 She, she's sleeping her way through the office

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 and trying to work her way all the way up to the top.

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 But me, I just want to have sex before I date

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 just to make sure that the date,

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 the sex is good.

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 We see people differently.

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 They get angry,

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 and they lose their temper,

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 and I just have just anger

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 because my anger deserves to be angry

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 because I deserve to be angry

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 because that person really pissed me off,

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 and I deserve it.

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 I deserve it.

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 He, he sacrifices his family and his friends

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 and his community and his church.

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 He's sacrificing all these things for his work.

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 But when I do it,

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 it's just a special time.

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 It's a special season.

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 It's only going to happen for a little while.

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 And in the end,

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 everybody's going to benefit from it.

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 They act like a goober.

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 Now, I have to give you a definition here.

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 Goober, G-O-O-B-E-R.

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 G-O-O-B-E-R.

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 Some of you go,

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 G-O-B-E-R.

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 G-O-B-E-R.

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 What is it?

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 A goober.

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 It means kind of like a jerk,

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 but it's endearing.

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 It's, you know,

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 there's such a goober.

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 I mean, he's just,

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 he's a jerk,

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 but he's,

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 he doesn't know he's a jerk.

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 He's just,

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 he's just kind of funny jerk.

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 But when I do it,

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 I'm just having a bad day.

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 When I watch how they handle their money

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 in their resources,

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 they're greedy.

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 But when we do it,

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 we're being financially responsible

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 and we're providing for our future.

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 And Paul,

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 in this passage,

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 says that all this behavior,

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 all this behavior is a self-righteousness.

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 And in the Gospels,

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 Jesus,

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 remember,

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 Jesus talked about this all the time.

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 The only time he really got angry at people

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 was the Pharisees

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 because he looked at them

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 and he realized

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 how self-righteous these were.

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 And he basically said

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 that what they are saying

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 is that they're good enough.

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 They're good enough for God

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 or at least they're not as bad

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 as the other people.

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 And so that when they come before God,

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 God's going to give them a pass.

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 Because they really don't need a savior.

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 We only need somebody to fill our 49%.

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 So Paul says in verses 1 through 3

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 that the moment we recognize

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 or we judge brokenness in other people,

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 he says what we actually do

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 is we condemn ourselves.

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 And when we do the same things,

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 it even gets heaped upon us even more.

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 I mean, maybe we say,

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 well, I would never be like chapter 1.

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 I would never do those things.

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 I'm not like this person in my office.

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 I love people.

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 I'm nice to them.

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 And Paul says, hey, you know,

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 we're probably more like people

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 than we care to admit.

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 Paul goes on in the passage

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 and he talks in verse 5

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 and look what he says.

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 He says, because of your stubbornness

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 and unrepentant heart,

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 you're storing up wrath

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 for yourself in the day of wrath

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 and revelation of the righteousness

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 judgment of God.

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 What he's basically saying is,

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 hey, as long as you refuse

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 to admit your brokenness,

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 as long as you refuse

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 to admit your problem,

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 as long as you refuse

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 to admit your addictions,

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 as long as you refuse

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 to admit that you have sin,

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 as you do that,

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 you're just building judgment

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 upon judgment upon judgment.

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 And then when you face God,

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 it's even going to be worse.

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 I remember hearing this story

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 one time as a little kid

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 about this guy

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 who was really good in business,

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 but he often cheated people.

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 And he came home every day

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 and he had gold coins

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 to show for his business

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 and people kind of looked at him

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 and go, man,

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 don't you fear God?

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 You're cheating people.

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 And he goes,

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 I think I'm doing the right thing

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 because God's blessing me.

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 He's allowing me to get all this gold

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 and I just keep getting it.

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 And so if God were really angry,

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 he would stop it.

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 And every night,

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 he'd put the gold above his bed

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 in the ceiling.

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 And every day,

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 he'd come back

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 and he'd cheat people

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 and do business

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 and every night,

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 he'd answer the same question.

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 Well, I think I'm doing pretty good

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 because if I weren't doing good,

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 then God wouldn't allow me

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 to have this gold

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 and I'm doing pretty good.

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 And he put the gold up on the ceiling.

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 And one day,

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 he put the gold up on the ceiling

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 and he went back to bed

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 and the ceiling collapsed

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 and killed him

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 with all the gold

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 that he was storing up there.

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 Sometimes we think

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 that because we don't experience

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 heartache or troubles

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 that we're doing okay.

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 And what Paul says here

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 in verse five is he says,

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 and remember,

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 he's talking to people

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 in the church.

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 He's talking to people

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 in the church

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 and he's saying,

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 be careful

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 because if you don't deal

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 with what's going on

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 in your life,

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 judgment upon judgment

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 upon judgment.

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 I mean, he says here,

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 the words are very specific,

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 stubbornness and unrepentant.

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 They're actually words

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 that mean heart disease.

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 And it says,

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 as long as you don't deal

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 with what's going on

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 in your heart,

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 this is the word for sclerosis,

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 that your arteries

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 are hardening.

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 The words there also

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 are used in Deuteronomy

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 for idols,

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 in idol worship.

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 And so what Paul

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 is saying there

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 to the people of God,

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 what he's saying

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 to you and me

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 is that we look outwardly

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 at people,

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 but we don't look inwardly.

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 We want to present ourselves

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 well on the outside,

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 but we don't want to present

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 ourselves well on the inside

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 because no one else

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 is going to see it

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 and maybe God

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 doesn't even see it.

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 And so we look well

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 on the outside.

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 We don't kill people.

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 We don't hit our kids

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 in public.

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 We don't yell at people.

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 We treat people kindly,

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 especially our employees.

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 We don't steal.

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 We don't sleep around.

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 Everything looks great

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 outwardly.

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 And Paul says,

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 be careful.

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 Be careful.

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 We went to a dinner party

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.759
 last night for our neighbors

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.279
 upstairs.

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 It was her birthday party.

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:16.960
 Don't tell them,

00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:18.980
 but I stole the fork.

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.480
 I was,

00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:22.000
 it was just,

00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:23.220
 something came over me.

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.420
 I was going through

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:25.980
 the dinner table.

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:26.720
 It was Mexican food.

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.460
 It was amazing

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:28.240
 and it was great.

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:29.600
 And I saw this silverware.

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:29.779
 I said,

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:31.259
 that's the coolest silverware.

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:31.720
 I mean,

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.620
 it was plain

00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:33.860
 and it's simple

00:25:33.860 --> 00:25:35.039
 and it looks good.

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:37.200
 And then I picked it up.

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.380
 I said,

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:37.799
 I really,

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:39.680
 but then I picked it up

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.819
 and you know what I realized?

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.399
 It's hollow.

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:49.519
 I mean,

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.440
 it looked so good

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:51.240
 on the outside.

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.460
 I was like,

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:52.819
 wow,

00:25:52.919 --> 00:25:53.519
 where'd they get this?

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:54.279
 This is amazing.

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:57.700
 But when I picked it up,

00:25:59.379 --> 00:26:00.759
 when I judged it,

00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:03.779
 when I felt

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.859
 if it was true,

00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:06.799
 when I felt

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.960
 as if there was anything to it,

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:09.339
 any substance at all,

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:12.240
 I realized it was hollow.

00:26:12.379 --> 00:26:13.379
 And this is what Paul says

00:26:13.379 --> 00:26:14.119
 in verse five.

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:15.960
 He says,

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.639
 be careful

00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:18.500
 because you look

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.139
 on the outside

00:26:19.139 --> 00:26:19.460
 and you say,

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.419
 I'm not like people

00:26:20.419 --> 00:26:21.859
 in chapter one.

00:26:22.919 --> 00:26:23.680
 But what he says

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.339
 is inwardly,

00:26:24.419 --> 00:26:25.639
 you have these idols

00:26:25.639 --> 00:26:28.740
 that you cling to.

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:32.960
 You cling to security.

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:34.079
 You cling to power.

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:35.500
 You cling to influence.

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.240
 You cling to honor.

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:37.120
 You cling to recognition.

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:37.960
 You cling to wealth.

00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:39.339
 You cling to stuff.

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.000
 Sure,

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:41.180
 you're not like the people

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:42.099
 in chapter one.

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:47.180
 But you have problems.

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.380
 You know,

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:51.420
 I think the problem with me,

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:53.559
 I think the problem with us,

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.180
 if we're honest,

00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:55.559
 is that when we read words

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.359
 like sin,

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.980
 what we usually think of

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.700
 is outwardly.

00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:00.620
 We think of things that we do.

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.240
 We think of things,

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:02.880
 maybe if we're really in queue,

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:04.099
 we think of things we don't do,

00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:05.420
 things we shouldn't do.

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:07.360
 But we think of outward,

00:27:07.580 --> 00:27:08.420
 external behavior,

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:10.420
 and we compare our behavior

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:12.000
 to other people's behavior,

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.940
 and when we compare

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.940
 other people's behavior

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.800
 to our behavior,

00:27:15.100 --> 00:27:15.880
 our response is,

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.840
 I'm not so bad.

00:27:18.600 --> 00:27:20.140
 I'm not as bad as they are.

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:22.340
 But when Jesus looks

00:27:22.340 --> 00:27:23.560
 in this passage,

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:25.440
 and when Paul talks

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:26.340
 these words,

00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:29.000
 what he's looking at

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.800
 is our heart.

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:33.559
 and he's trying to see,

00:27:34.139 --> 00:27:35.799
 are we hollow?

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:42.579
 Are we plastic?

00:27:46.899 --> 00:27:48.220
 Or do we have substance?

00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:50.680
 Are we real?

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.859
 There's an amazing passage,

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:55.019
 it's one of my favorite passages

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.799
 in 1 Samuel,

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:57.319
 is after Saul

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:58.399
 loses the kingship

00:27:58.399 --> 00:27:59.319
 because his actions

00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:00.919
 are not what God

00:28:00.919 --> 00:28:01.899
 wants him to be,

00:28:02.419 --> 00:28:03.500
 God calls Samuel

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:06.220
 to go to anoint

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:07.099
 the next king,

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.700
 and he goes,

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.099
 and Nathan,

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:09.819
 Nathan goes in

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:11.039
 and anoints the next king,

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.940
 and he walks into the camp,

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:14.099
 and he sees all of

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:15.200
 David's brothers

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.980
 hanging around,

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.980
 and he sees the oldest one,

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.639
 and he's tall,

00:28:17.639 --> 00:28:18.279
 and he's beautiful,

00:28:18.419 --> 00:28:18.879
 and he's handsome,

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.579
 and he's a stud,

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.899
 and he says,

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.819
 oh, surely that's

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.359
 God's anointed.

00:28:23.199 --> 00:28:24.000
 That's who I'm supposed

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:25.399
 to bring into the kingship,

00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:27.000
 and God says,

00:28:27.219 --> 00:28:27.419
 no.

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.039
 He says,

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.359
 basically,

00:28:31.439 --> 00:28:32.219
 that man's hollow.

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:35.979
 On the outside,

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.939
 he looks really good,

00:28:37.439 --> 00:28:38.039
 and he's doing

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.619
 all the right things,

00:28:38.659 --> 00:28:39.019
 and he says

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.619
 all the right things,

00:28:39.659 --> 00:28:40.379
 but inwardly,

00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:42.399
 he's not right.

00:28:42.459 --> 00:28:43.459
 His heart isn't right.

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.139
 I have somebody

00:28:44.139 --> 00:28:44.759
 different for you.

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:46.359
 I have my servant,

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:46.759
 David,

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.379
 who is a man

00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:48.119
 after my own heart.

00:28:50.219 --> 00:28:51.659
 So we see in this passage

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:52.340
 that Paul,

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.340
 and this passage

00:28:53.340 --> 00:28:54.360
 is heavy, guys.

00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:55.220
 I mean,

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:56.080
 this doesn't bother you.

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:56.240
 I mean,

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:57.279
 it bothers me teaching it.

00:28:57.820 --> 00:28:59.019
 The first three chapters

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.820
 of Romans are like,

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.100
 whoa.

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:02.340
 And you ask the questions,

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:02.540
 well,

00:29:02.580 --> 00:29:03.820
 why is Paul bringing us

00:29:03.820 --> 00:29:04.720
 into this depth?

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.740
 And it goes back

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.140
 to the song

00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:08.700
 we just sang.

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:11.320
 Amazing grace,

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:12.259
 how sweet the sound

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:13.259
 that saved a wretch like me.

00:29:13.320 --> 00:29:14.600
 I once was lost,

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:17.519
 but now I'm found.

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:20.400
 Paul's saying

00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:21.320
 in the book of Romans

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:22.259
 chapters 1,

00:29:22.399 --> 00:29:22.639
 2,

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.119
 and 3

00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:25.099
 that we're never

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:26.179
 going to understand grace,

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.639
 that we're never

00:29:26.639 --> 00:29:27.619
 going to understand God,

00:29:27.679 --> 00:29:28.119
 we're never going

00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:28.919
 to understand mercy

00:29:28.919 --> 00:29:31.779
 unless we understand

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.779
 how bad off we are.

00:29:34.119 --> 00:29:34.879
 If we just think

00:29:34.879 --> 00:29:35.960
 we're 51%,

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:38.980
 then God's grace

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.639
 means this.

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.279
 And we didn't really

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.720
 need Jesus

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.700
 to come die for us.

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.579
 And so Paul

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.740
 teaches us

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.500
 through Romans

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:49.119
 this long passage,

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:49.919
 it's intense

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:51.160
 and full of hardness

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.740
 and I feel like

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.519
 I'm sloshing

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.860
 through the mud

00:29:53.860 --> 00:29:55.620
 of my life.

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:58.019
 He teaches us

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.320
 this way

00:29:58.320 --> 00:29:59.060
 because he wants us

00:29:59.060 --> 00:29:59.700
 to realize

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:01.840
 how bad we are off

00:30:01.840 --> 00:30:03.279
 and how bad we are

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:06.759
 and how amazing God is.

00:30:09.360 --> 00:30:10.420
 The passage is

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:10.840
 this is like

00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:11.500
 if God were

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.440
 a venture capitalist.

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:15.460
 God has given you

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:16.460
 everything you need

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:17.320
 to do your business

00:30:17.320 --> 00:30:19.080
 and he just keeps

00:30:19.080 --> 00:30:20.160
 pouring on everything

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:20.799
 and everything

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.500
 in your life.

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.700
 And Romans 2

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.460
 says that one day

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:25.240
 the venture capitalist

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.960
 comes back

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:28.180
 and he's going to see

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:28.680
 what you did

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:29.440
 with all the resources

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:30.220
 you gave him.

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:31.860
 You're going to be

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.480
 called account

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.120
 to how well

00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:34.000
 you handled his money.

00:30:35.320 --> 00:30:36.140
 In verse 5

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:36.559
 it says

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.279
 that there will be

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:37.740
 a day,

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:39.059
 a specific day

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:41.000
 that we will come

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:42.579
 before the Lord.

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.259
 Verse 2 says

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.720
 that it's going to be

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.720
 according to the truth

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:48.519
 that no hollow people

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.079
 are going to be able

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.639
 to make it

00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:51.079
 because God's going to

00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:51.419
 be able to look

00:30:51.419 --> 00:30:51.940
 at our life

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.259
 and he's going to be

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.980
 able to look at our heart

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:54.059
 and he's going to know

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.980
 exactly what's in us.

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.919
 Verse 16 says

00:30:55.919 --> 00:30:57.099
 that at that moment

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:58.039
 look what he says

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.960
 he's going to open up

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.339
 our hearts

00:30:59.339 --> 00:30:59.819
 he's going to see

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:01.059
 the secrets of our hearts.

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:01.720
 There's going to be

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.819
 nothing in our lives

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:03.659
 that are going to be

00:31:03.659 --> 00:31:05.419
 hidden in God's court.

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:06.980
 Everything,

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:07.700
 everything is going

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.099
 to be seen

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.859
 before the Lord

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.879
 everything is going

00:31:09.879 --> 00:31:10.379
 to be seen.

00:31:11.919 --> 00:31:12.939
 Verse 9 through 11

00:31:12.939 --> 00:31:13.559
 says that it's going

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:14.319
 to be impartial.

00:31:15.459 --> 00:31:16.319
 He uses this word

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:16.799
 impartial

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.159
 it means

00:31:17.159 --> 00:31:18.479
 no favoritism

00:31:18.479 --> 00:31:19.299
 it actually means

00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:21.139
 not to give the face.

00:31:22.179 --> 00:31:23.259
 It means not to show

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:24.359
 facial differential

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:25.799
 don't defer

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.459
 to that person

00:31:26.459 --> 00:31:27.339
 because they're so good.

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:29.019
 So when we come to it

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.979
 in verse 9 and 11

00:31:29.979 --> 00:31:30.879
 and he talks about

00:31:30.879 --> 00:31:31.659
 that day that you

00:31:31.659 --> 00:31:32.419
 and I

00:31:32.419 --> 00:31:33.599
 come before the Lord

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:34.519
 he's going to be

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:36.199
 totally impartial

00:31:36.199 --> 00:31:37.119
 it's going to be

00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:37.839
 just us

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:39.119
 no favoritism

00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:39.819
 it's going to be

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.939
 based on what we did

00:31:40.939 --> 00:31:41.859
 who we are

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:43.039
 and God will judge

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:44.179
 everybody the same.

00:31:45.439 --> 00:31:46.539
 God's not going to judge

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:48.339
 whoever the wealthiest

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:49.019
 person you is

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:50.039
 know differently

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:51.319
 than yourself

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:52.119
 but he's going to

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:53.279
 judge us all

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:54.199
 the same.

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:54.859
 None of us are going

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.839
 to be able to bribe God.

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:57.859
 Do you know that?

00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:00.399
 None of us will be able

00:32:00.399 --> 00:32:01.259
 to bribe God.

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:06.539
 Finally in verses 6-8

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.259
 he says this

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.839
 he says

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.759
 God's judgment

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.460
 is going to be

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:10.980
 objective.

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:14.079
 Listen really carefully

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:16.039
 because you're going to

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.539
 misunderstand

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:18.839
 what I say

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:20.799
 because I thought about it

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.619
 for many years

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:22.980
 before I could understand it.

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:25.279
 What this passage says

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:26.700
 and what the rest

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.599
 of the Bible says

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:28.359
 is that when you come

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:29.119
 before the Lord

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:31.459
 you are going to be judged

00:32:31.459 --> 00:32:32.959
 based on what you did

00:32:32.959 --> 00:32:34.839
 or did not do

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:36.359
 in your life.

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:39.639
 Did you hear me?

00:32:41.579 --> 00:32:42.279
 When you come

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.939
 before the Lord

00:32:42.939 --> 00:32:43.859
 you are going to be judged

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:44.759
 by what you did

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:47.059
 or did not do

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:48.419
 in your life.

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:50.359
 Good works

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:51.319
 will be the test

00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:53.039
 on judgment day.

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:55.319
 What he's saying

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:56.599
 is that our works

00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:58.759
 are going to reveal

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.539
 our heart.

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:02.180
 And whatever is happening

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:03.200
 in our heart right now

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:04.539
 it just can't be held there.

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:05.279
 It's going to get out.

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.440
 And so whatever

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:07.399
 our hands do

00:33:07.399 --> 00:33:10.379
 that's what's in our heart.

00:33:11.659 --> 00:33:12.559
 Now listen to me

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:13.759
 I'm not saying

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.920
 that good works

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:15.619
 is the basis

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:16.519
 for your salvation.

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.940
 I'm not saying

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.759
 that good works

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.299
 are the basis

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:20.039
 for your salvation

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.879
 because as we're going

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.440
 to see later

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:24.720
 in chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:26.019
 all the way to 16 in Romans

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:27.039
 and the rest of the Bible

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:28.480
 that Jesus Christ

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:30.380
 faith in Jesus alone

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:31.559
 is the only thing

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:32.140
 that's going to provide

00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:32.779
 your salvation.

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:34.480
 Faith in Jesus alone

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:35.299
 is the only thing

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:35.740
 that's going to give you

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.299
 new life.

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:38.980
 But the passage says

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:40.259
 that our good works

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:41.080
 of righteousness

00:33:41.080 --> 00:33:43.680
 are going to prove

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:45.120
 that we have real faith.

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:48.360
 He's saying

00:33:48.360 --> 00:33:49.860
 that the fruit of our lives

00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:51.380
 as we walk down in life

00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:52.360
 and we look at people's lives

00:33:52.360 --> 00:33:54.060
 that the fruit of our lives

00:33:54.060 --> 00:33:55.060
 are going to show us

00:33:55.060 --> 00:33:56.600
 that we're on the right track.

00:33:57.780 --> 00:33:58.500
 How do you know

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.460
 if you're on the right track?

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.560
 Look at the fruit

00:34:00.560 --> 00:34:01.720
 of your life.

00:34:04.360 --> 00:34:05.140
 If your fruit

00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:06.340
 is what this passage says

00:34:06.340 --> 00:34:06.980
 if it lines up

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.720
 to what we're talking

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.240
 about here

00:34:08.240 --> 00:34:09.240
 then you know

00:34:09.240 --> 00:34:09.980
 is your fruit

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.780
 selfish ambition?

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.660
 Is your fruit

00:34:12.660 --> 00:34:13.800
 not obeying the truth?

00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:15.460
 Is your truth

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:16.400
 number verse 8

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:17.619
 obeying unrighteousness?

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:19.140
 Is the fruit

00:34:19.140 --> 00:34:20.340
 wrath and indignation?

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:20.760
 Then you know

00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:21.680
 you're on the wrong path.

00:34:22.100 --> 00:34:22.820
 Verse 7

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:24.019
 Are you persevering

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.800
 to do good works?

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:28.100
 Are you seeking glory

00:34:28.100 --> 00:34:28.660
 and honor?

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:30.220
 For the Lord

00:34:30.220 --> 00:34:30.960
 immortality

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.800
 eternal life?

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:33.240
 If you do those things

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:33.880
 do you know

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.960
 that you're on

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:37.140
 the right track?

00:34:39.180 --> 00:34:40.440
 Jesus over and over

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:41.360
 throughout the gospels

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:41.940
 and we've read Luke

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.720
 for three years now

00:34:42.720 --> 00:34:43.960
 he says over

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.600
 and over

00:34:44.600 --> 00:34:45.019
 and over

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:46.519
 Matthew 25

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:47.100
 In the end day

00:34:47.100 --> 00:34:47.680
 the Son of God

00:34:47.680 --> 00:34:48.079
 will come

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.719
 he'll come

00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:49.360
 with his angels

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:50.579
 he'll separate

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:51.460
 every one of us

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.119
 into two groups

00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:52.940
 the sheep

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.819
 and the goats

00:34:53.819 --> 00:34:54.579
 and he'll say

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.119
 to the sheep

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:56.199
 well done

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.739
 my good and faithful

00:34:56.739 --> 00:34:57.099
 servants

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:58.000
 come into my kingdom

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:59.079
 you fed me

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.799
 when I was thirsty

00:34:59.799 --> 00:35:00.599
 I'm just paraphrasing

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.480
 well when did we

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:01.739
 feed you

00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:02.239
 when you were thirsty?

00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:03.239
 Well whenever you

00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:03.719
 did it to the least

00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:04.019
 of these

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.639
 you did it to me

00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:05.279
 works

00:35:05.279 --> 00:35:06.179
 good works

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:07.799
 right

00:35:07.799 --> 00:35:08.460
 they're identifying

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:09.179
 what path

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:09.840
 they're on

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:12.440
 he looks at the goats

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:12.739
 and says

00:35:12.739 --> 00:35:13.719
 hey depart from me

00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:14.460
 you never fed me

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:15.159
 you didn't know me

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:16.259
 when did we

00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:16.739
 didn't feed you

00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:17.119
 when did we

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:17.579
 we didn't know you

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:17.900
 when did we

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.380
 didn't visit you

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:18.719
 in prison

00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:19.579
 well when you

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.299
 did it to the least

00:35:20.299 --> 00:35:20.719
 of these

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:21.339
 when you didn't

00:35:21.339 --> 00:35:21.819
 do it

00:35:21.819 --> 00:35:23.699
 you didn't do it

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:25.019
 to me

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:28.819
 Matthew 7

00:35:28.819 --> 00:35:29.559
 a good tree

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:30.460
 produces good fruit

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:31.079
 a bad tree

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:32.039
 produces bad fruit

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:33.000
 a bad tree

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:34.019
 cannot produce good fruit

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.519
 and a good tree

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:35.880
 cannot produce bad fruit

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:39.059
 and so what he's saying

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.699
 in this passage

00:35:39.699 --> 00:35:40.460
 in this judgment

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:41.339
 that we're all

00:35:41.339 --> 00:35:41.759
 going to come

00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:42.380
 before the Lord

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:43.500
 and on that day

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:43.940
 again

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.960
 good works

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:46.139
 are not going

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:47.139
 to save us

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:51.179
 but good works

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:53.239
 are a result

00:35:53.239 --> 00:35:55.659
 of our salvation

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:58.599
 they will happen

00:35:58.599 --> 00:36:00.119
 in our lives

00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:01.900
 if we're God's people

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:06.139
 chapter 2 says

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:06.639
 that when we come

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:07.379
 before the Lord

00:36:07.379 --> 00:36:09.500
 and we say

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:10.480
 that we're God's people

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:12.859
 he's going to see

00:36:12.859 --> 00:36:13.719
 good works there

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:17.359
 so the question

00:36:17.359 --> 00:36:18.039
 I have to ask us

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:18.739
 is what kind of works

00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:19.339
 do we have

00:36:19.339 --> 00:36:25.519
 what kind of works

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.079
 are flowing

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:27.519
 from our heart

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:32.579
 if the day of judgment

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:33.480
 happened today

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:36.179
 would we be happy

00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:36.839
 with the things

00:36:36.839 --> 00:36:37.500
 that come forth

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:38.119
 from our heart

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:41.199
 or will we be sad

00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:44.299
 would it make a difference

00:36:44.299 --> 00:36:46.599
 would it show

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:47.779
 that we're on the right track

00:36:47.779 --> 00:36:49.759
 and that we came to faith

00:36:49.759 --> 00:36:50.939
 through Jesus Christ alone

00:36:50.939 --> 00:36:52.639
 and that Holy Spirit

00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:53.079
 is in us

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:53.519
 and he's producing

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:54.319
 these good works

00:36:54.319 --> 00:36:56.000
 and we see these fruits

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:57.079
 happening in our life

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:58.079
 gentleness

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.619
 joy

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.239
 patience

00:36:59.239 --> 00:36:59.679
 kindness

00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:00.319
 love

00:37:00.319 --> 00:37:01.119
 self-control

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:02.119
 are those things

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:03.159
 being made manifest

00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:03.839
 more and more

00:37:03.839 --> 00:37:08.460
 or are they not

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:13.880
 do we have

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.539
 changed hearts

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:20.460
 why

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:22.860
 is Paul

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:24.320
 bringing us

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:25.579
 down

00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:27.599
 heavy

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:29.820
 hard

00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:31.780
 everyone

00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:33.159
 is condemned

00:37:33.159 --> 00:37:35.940
 no one

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:37.059
 is 51%

00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:39.259
 everybody's

00:37:39.259 --> 00:37:40.000
 a 0%

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.599
 good

00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:42.380
 why is he doing that

00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:44.679
 I mean I'm so glad

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:45.739
 that it's just chapter 2

00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:46.400
 because if he's doing it

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:47.099
 in chapter 16

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:47.400
 I'd be like

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:47.559
 oh

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:49.400
 but he's doing it

00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:49.960
 in chapter 2

00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:50.900
 because he wants us

00:37:50.900 --> 00:37:51.719
 to see

00:37:51.719 --> 00:37:54.119
 that until we see

00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:54.679
 ourselves

00:37:54.679 --> 00:37:55.320
 right

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:59.320
 we'll never see

00:37:59.320 --> 00:37:59.960
 God right

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:04.920
 until

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.900
 we stop

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:06.940
 comparing ourselves

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.340
 with people

00:38:07.340 --> 00:38:07.900
 around us

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.579
 and in our work

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:08.920
 and making

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.400
 comparisons

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:10.159
 and putting

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:11.139
 if we keep

00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:11.720
 doing that

00:38:11.720 --> 00:38:12.460
 we're never

00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:12.740
 going to

00:38:12.740 --> 00:38:13.079
 understand

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:13.679
 grace

00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:18.840
 we're never

00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:19.059
 going to

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.380
 understand

00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:19.840
 Christ's

00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:20.260
 sacrifice

00:38:20.260 --> 00:38:21.019
 on the cross

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:22.679
 it will be

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:22.940
 just something

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.679
 we think about

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:24.159
 and we read

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:24.639
 but it hasn't

00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:25.700
 impacted our lives

00:38:25.700 --> 00:38:26.039
 and it hasn't

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:26.940
 changed our hearts

00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:27.539
 it hasn't

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:28.340
 produced fruit

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:29.639
 that is good

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:31.880
 until we understand

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:32.400
 the first two

00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:33.059
 chapters of

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:33.820
 Romans

00:38:33.820 --> 00:38:34.760
 and the rest

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:35.179
 of scripture

00:38:35.179 --> 00:38:35.839
 until we see

00:38:35.839 --> 00:38:36.239
 just how

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:36.859
 desperate we

00:38:36.859 --> 00:38:37.359
 are

00:38:37.359 --> 00:38:41.259
 God will

00:38:41.259 --> 00:38:41.899
 always look

00:38:41.899 --> 00:38:42.559
 so small

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:43.199
 to us

00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:46.279
 and the gospel

00:38:46.279 --> 00:38:46.819
 will mean

00:38:46.819 --> 00:38:47.379
 very little

00:38:47.379 --> 00:38:48.019
 to us

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:50.219
 and we'll talk

00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:50.879
 about grace

00:38:50.879 --> 00:38:51.299
 but we won't

00:38:51.299 --> 00:38:51.839
 give it to our

00:38:51.839 --> 00:38:52.319
 neighbors

00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:55.300
 because they're

00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:55.800
 worse than

00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:56.300
 us

00:38:56.300 --> 00:39:00.180
 but Paul

00:39:00.180 --> 00:39:00.820
 is taking us

00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:01.860
 to Romans

00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:02.700
 and he's an

00:39:02.700 --> 00:39:03.620
 amazing writer

00:39:03.620 --> 00:39:04.220
 he's brilliant

00:39:04.220 --> 00:39:04.800
 it's the best

00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:05.140
 Greek

00:39:05.140 --> 00:39:05.559
 if you want

00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:05.780
 to read

00:39:05.780 --> 00:39:06.080
 Greek

00:39:06.080 --> 00:39:06.420
 and Hebrew

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:07.220
 it's the best

00:39:07.220 --> 00:39:07.519
 Greek

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:08.080
 to be reading

00:39:08.080 --> 00:39:08.780
 he's perfect

00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:09.480
 he's flawless

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:10.740
 and he's laying

00:39:10.740 --> 00:39:11.580
 out this law

00:39:11.580 --> 00:39:12.160
 document

00:39:12.160 --> 00:39:13.019
 and basically

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:13.640
 what he's doing

00:39:13.640 --> 00:39:14.320
 is chapter

00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:14.700
 one

00:39:14.700 --> 00:39:15.180
 guilty

00:39:15.180 --> 00:39:17.740
 chapter

00:39:17.740 --> 00:39:18.160
 two

00:39:18.160 --> 00:39:19.660
 guilty

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:21.679
 chapter

00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:22.039
 three

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:23.480
 guilty

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:25.119
 everyone

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:26.899
 chapter

00:39:26.899 --> 00:39:27.319
 four

00:39:27.319 --> 00:39:29.139
 Jesus

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:32.299
 chapter

00:39:32.299 --> 00:39:32.739
 four

00:39:32.739 --> 00:39:34.259
 grace

00:39:34.259 --> 00:39:36.980
 chapter

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.440
 five

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:37.859
 God

00:39:37.859 --> 00:39:38.199
 is

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:39.059
 amazing

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:41.399
 and Paul

00:39:41.399 --> 00:39:42.139
 is taking us

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:42.579
 through this

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:43.019
 process

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:43.779
 because he

00:39:43.779 --> 00:39:44.319
 wants us

00:39:44.319 --> 00:39:44.859
 to understand

00:39:44.859 --> 00:39:45.359
 our guilt

00:39:45.359 --> 00:39:45.920
 before a

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:46.539
 holy God

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:47.379
 and until

00:39:47.379 --> 00:39:48.099
 we understand

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:48.599
 that

00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:50.940
 we'll never

00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:52.539
 ever

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:54.799
 be the people

00:39:54.799 --> 00:39:55.179
 that God

00:39:55.179 --> 00:39:55.940
 wants us to be

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.559
 we'll never be

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:57.039
 the church

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:57.380
 that God

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:58.039
 wants us to be

00:39:58.039 --> 00:39:58.980
 we'll never

00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.539
 ever

00:39:59.539 --> 00:40:00.940
 understand

00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:01.500
 grace

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:02.400
 and love

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:03.299
 we'll never

00:40:03.299 --> 00:40:03.719
 be able to

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:04.360
 forgive people

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:04.719
 because we

00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:05.000
 still don't

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:05.279
 believe that

00:40:05.279 --> 00:40:05.559
 God's

00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:06.339
 forgiven us

00:40:06.339 --> 00:40:12.559
 am I getting

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:12.860
 heavy

00:40:12.860 --> 00:40:14.279
 my wife

00:40:14.279 --> 00:40:14.839
 just smile

00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:20.340
 what do

00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:20.640
 you call

00:40:20.640 --> 00:40:21.200
 the person

00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:23.400
 who has

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:23.900
 an accountant

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:24.640
 or a banker

00:40:24.640 --> 00:40:27.440
 or however

00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:27.820
 you want to

00:40:27.820 --> 00:40:28.220
 invest your

00:40:28.220 --> 00:40:28.460
 money

00:40:28.460 --> 00:40:30.059
 and that

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:30.360
 person

00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:30.880
 continually

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.300
 gives his

00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:31.700
 accountant

00:40:31.700 --> 00:40:32.579
 he continually

00:40:32.579 --> 00:40:33.000
 gives his

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:33.360
 banker

00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:34.320
 he continually

00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:34.840
 gives his

00:40:34.840 --> 00:40:35.280
 investor

00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:36.140
 millions

00:40:36.140 --> 00:40:36.760
 and millions

00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:37.340
 and millions

00:40:37.340 --> 00:40:37.920
 of dollars

00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:39.019
 and that

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:39.400
 investor

00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:39.960
 squanders

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:40.620
 his wealth

00:40:40.619 --> 00:40:42.859
 that investor

00:40:42.859 --> 00:40:43.880
 shows him

00:40:43.880 --> 00:40:44.139
 nothing

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:44.699
 for his

00:40:44.699 --> 00:40:45.219
 return

00:40:45.219 --> 00:40:47.420
 and after

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:48.259
 80 years

00:40:48.259 --> 00:40:49.239
 that person

00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:49.659
 has given

00:40:49.659 --> 00:40:50.599
 everything

00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:51.000
 that he

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:51.559
 has

00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:53.480
 and the

00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:53.819
 investor

00:40:53.819 --> 00:40:54.279
 has ripped

00:40:54.279 --> 00:40:54.839
 them off

00:40:54.839 --> 00:40:57.659
 what do you

00:40:57.659 --> 00:40:58.119
 call that

00:40:58.119 --> 00:40:58.599
 person

00:40:58.599 --> 00:41:02.000
 if you're

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:02.500
 in Goldman's

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:02.739
 you call

00:41:02.739 --> 00:41:02.920
 him a

00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:03.219
 Muppet

00:41:03.219 --> 00:41:03.599
 right

00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:07.099
 what Paul

00:41:07.099 --> 00:41:07.639
 says is

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:07.960
 we call

00:41:07.960 --> 00:41:08.519
 that person

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:09.980
 God

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.980
 God

00:41:10.980 --> 00:41:14.260
 you call

00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:14.579
 that person

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:15.000
 God

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:20.500
 chapter

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:21.519
 2

00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:22.360
 verse 4

00:41:22.360 --> 00:41:23.860
 God

00:41:23.860 --> 00:41:24.800
 continually

00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:25.820
 gives his

00:41:25.820 --> 00:41:26.599
 graciousness

00:41:26.599 --> 00:41:28.280
 God

00:41:28.280 --> 00:41:29.079
 continually

00:41:29.079 --> 00:41:29.740
 gives his

00:41:29.740 --> 00:41:30.119
 mercy

00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:31.940
 God

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:32.719
 is long

00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:33.320
 suffering

00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:35.019
 God

00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:35.679
 gives his

00:41:35.679 --> 00:41:36.260
 love

00:41:36.260 --> 00:41:37.820
 God

00:41:37.820 --> 00:41:38.460
 gives his

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:39.159
 patience

00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:40.759
 God

00:41:40.759 --> 00:41:41.139
 gives us

00:41:41.139 --> 00:41:41.399
 all

00:41:41.399 --> 00:41:41.739
 that we

00:41:41.739 --> 00:41:42.319
 have

00:41:42.319 --> 00:41:44.779
 why

00:41:44.779 --> 00:41:47.399
 the verse

00:41:47.399 --> 00:41:47.739
 says

00:41:47.739 --> 00:41:48.179
 so that

00:41:48.179 --> 00:41:48.940
 we might

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:50.440
 amongst

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:50.879
 all these

00:41:50.879 --> 00:41:51.299
 amazing

00:41:51.299 --> 00:41:51.679
 blessings

00:41:51.679 --> 00:41:51.940
 we're

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:52.399
 receiving

00:41:52.399 --> 00:41:54.420
 we might

00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:54.739
 see the

00:41:54.739 --> 00:41:55.019
 Lord

00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:58.259
 we might

00:41:58.259 --> 00:41:58.679
 see our

00:41:58.679 --> 00:41:59.059
 sin

00:41:59.059 --> 00:42:01.779
 and that

00:42:01.779 --> 00:42:02.119
 we come

00:42:02.119 --> 00:42:02.719
 before him

00:42:02.719 --> 00:42:03.639
 as his

00:42:03.639 --> 00:42:04.039
 people

00:42:04.039 --> 00:42:06.539
 and to

00:42:06.539 --> 00:42:07.019
 confess

00:42:07.019 --> 00:42:07.739
 our need

00:42:07.739 --> 00:42:08.179
 for him

00:42:08.179 --> 00:42:11.719
 to confess

00:42:11.719 --> 00:42:12.039
 our need

00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:12.419
 for him

00:42:12.419 --> 00:42:16.419
 how we

00:42:16.419 --> 00:42:16.639
 doing

00:42:16.639 --> 00:42:22.579
 what do you

00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:22.879
 think of

00:42:22.879 --> 00:42:23.159
 God's

00:42:23.159 --> 00:42:23.479
 kindness

00:42:23.479 --> 00:42:29.559
 what do you

00:42:29.559 --> 00:42:29.839
 think of

00:42:29.839 --> 00:42:30.679
 God tolerating

00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:31.119
 you and

00:42:31.119 --> 00:42:31.699
 your behavior

00:42:31.699 --> 00:42:36.399
 what do you

00:42:36.399 --> 00:42:36.679
 think of

00:42:36.679 --> 00:42:36.919
 God

00:42:36.919 --> 00:42:37.819
 giving so

00:42:37.819 --> 00:42:38.079
 much

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:38.779
 patience

00:42:38.779 --> 00:42:40.159
 and love

00:42:40.159 --> 00:42:40.939
 to us

00:42:40.939 --> 00:42:43.739
 how does

00:42:43.739 --> 00:42:44.319
 that impact

00:42:44.319 --> 00:42:44.939
 us today

00:42:44.939 --> 00:42:47.019
 how does

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:47.460
 that impact

00:42:47.460 --> 00:42:47.679
 us in

00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:48.339
 our workplace

00:42:48.339 --> 00:42:49.899
 how does

00:42:49.899 --> 00:42:50.339
 that impact

00:42:50.339 --> 00:42:50.599
 us with

00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:51.119
 our enemies

00:42:51.119 --> 00:42:52.079
 how does

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:52.460
 that impact

00:42:52.460 --> 00:42:52.679
 us with

00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:53.019
 people who

00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:53.919
 really make

00:42:53.919 --> 00:42:54.399
 us angry

00:42:54.399 --> 00:42:55.079
 and mad

00:42:55.079 --> 00:42:58.359
 I mean

00:42:58.359 --> 00:42:58.699
 we're not

00:42:58.699 --> 00:42:59.439
 talking about

00:42:59.439 --> 00:42:59.779
 a bubble

00:42:59.779 --> 00:43:00.299
 bath with a

00:43:00.299 --> 00:43:00.539
 lot of

00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:00.779
 bubbles

00:43:00.780 --> 00:43:01.300
 cleaning us

00:43:01.300 --> 00:43:01.540
 up

00:43:01.540 --> 00:43:02.640
 we're not

00:43:02.640 --> 00:43:03.000
 talking about

00:43:03.000 --> 00:43:03.400
 an FDA

00:43:03.400 --> 00:43:04.000
 inspection

00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:05.019
 that's 51%

00:43:05.019 --> 00:43:05.700
 good or bad

00:43:05.700 --> 00:43:06.019
 or whatever

00:43:06.019 --> 00:43:06.580
 like that

00:43:06.580 --> 00:43:08.260
 but we

00:43:08.260 --> 00:43:08.540
 think of

00:43:08.540 --> 00:43:09.220
 his patience

00:43:09.220 --> 00:43:09.580
 and his

00:43:09.580 --> 00:43:10.160
 long suffering

00:43:10.160 --> 00:43:10.580
 and his

00:43:10.580 --> 00:43:10.980
 kindness

00:43:10.980 --> 00:43:11.500
 and his

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:11.980
 perseverance

00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:14.300
 what does

00:43:14.300 --> 00:43:14.660
 that do

00:43:14.660 --> 00:43:15.420
 inside of

00:43:15.420 --> 00:43:15.800
 us

00:43:15.800 --> 00:43:20.160
 Paul says

00:43:20.160 --> 00:43:20.880
 I hope

00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:22.380
 and I

00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:22.900
 pray

00:43:22.900 --> 00:43:24.300
 that it

00:43:24.300 --> 00:43:24.880
 humbles us

00:43:24.880 --> 00:43:25.400
 and shows us

00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:25.920
 how amazing

00:43:25.920 --> 00:43:26.620
 God is

00:43:26.620 --> 00:43:29.000
 and that

00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:29.400
 every moment

00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:29.860
 of our life

00:43:29.860 --> 00:43:30.320
 we live

00:43:30.320 --> 00:43:30.780
 in just

00:43:30.780 --> 00:43:31.920
 adoration

00:43:31.920 --> 00:43:33.360
 and worship

00:43:33.360 --> 00:43:35.059
 realizing

00:43:35.059 --> 00:43:35.660
 that we

00:43:35.660 --> 00:43:37.019
 were lost

00:43:37.019 --> 00:43:39.920
 but now

00:43:39.920 --> 00:43:40.500
 we're found

00:43:40.500 --> 00:43:43.039
 and it had

00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:43.440
 nothing to do

00:43:43.440 --> 00:43:43.960
 with us

00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:46.840
 it has all

00:43:46.840 --> 00:43:47.019
 to do

00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:47.380
 with God

00:43:47.380 --> 00:43:50.220
 hang in

00:43:50.220 --> 00:43:50.420
 there

00:43:50.420 --> 00:43:51.900
 it gets

00:43:51.900 --> 00:43:52.240
 better

00:43:52.240 --> 00:43:54.019
 but Paul

00:43:54.019 --> 00:43:54.360
 wants to

00:43:54.360 --> 00:43:54.660
 take us

00:43:54.660 --> 00:43:54.940
 to the

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:55.300
 truth of

00:43:55.300 --> 00:43:55.820
 our hearts

00:43:55.820 --> 00:43:57.600
 before we

00:43:57.600 --> 00:43:58.100
 can understand

00:43:58.100 --> 00:43:58.840
 God's love

00:43:58.840 --> 00:43:59.880
 and grace

00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:00.740
 and mercy

00:44:00.740 --> 00:44:01.340
 to us

00:44:01.340 --> 00:44:03.519
 father we

00:44:03.519 --> 00:44:03.880
 thank you

00:44:03.880 --> 00:44:04.200
 for this

00:44:04.200 --> 00:44:04.480
 day

00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:05.120
 we thank you

00:44:05.120 --> 00:44:05.500
 that you

00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:06.360
 are amazing

00:44:06.360 --> 00:44:07.500
 we thank you

00:44:07.500 --> 00:44:07.820
 for your

00:44:07.820 --> 00:44:08.380
 word that

00:44:08.380 --> 00:44:08.940
 is living

00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:09.519
 and active

00:44:09.519 --> 00:44:11.180
 we thank you

00:44:11.180 --> 00:44:11.519
 that you

00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:12.019
 are just

00:44:12.019 --> 00:44:12.539
 and righteous

00:44:12.539 --> 00:44:13.180
 and that you

00:44:13.180 --> 00:44:14.000
 judge people

00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:15.000
 with a clean

00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:15.380
 eye

00:44:15.380 --> 00:44:15.760
 and that you

00:44:15.760 --> 00:44:16.260
 don't give

00:44:16.260 --> 00:44:16.800
 face to

00:44:16.800 --> 00:44:17.380
 people who

00:44:17.380 --> 00:44:18.420
 have advantages

00:44:18.420 --> 00:44:19.140
 but in the

00:44:19.140 --> 00:44:19.620
 courtroom of

00:44:19.620 --> 00:44:19.920
 you

00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:22.720
 everybody

00:44:22.720 --> 00:44:23.320
 is treated

00:44:23.320 --> 00:44:23.940
 the same

00:44:23.940 --> 00:44:25.780
 father we

00:44:25.780 --> 00:44:26.019
 thank you

00:44:26.019 --> 00:44:26.300
 for these

00:44:26.300 --> 00:44:26.760
 words of

00:44:26.760 --> 00:44:27.079
 Paul

00:44:27.079 --> 00:44:27.460
 and I'm

00:44:27.460 --> 00:44:27.860
 convicted

00:44:27.860 --> 00:44:28.260
 I am

00:44:28.260 --> 00:44:28.700
 convicted

00:44:28.700 --> 00:44:30.599
 when I

00:44:30.599 --> 00:44:31.180
 judge

00:44:31.180 --> 00:44:31.680
 and pass

00:44:31.680 --> 00:44:32.019
 judgment

00:44:32.019 --> 00:44:32.579
 on people

00:44:32.579 --> 00:44:33.039
 when I

00:44:33.039 --> 00:44:33.619
 say things

00:44:33.619 --> 00:44:34.340
 about them

00:44:34.340 --> 00:44:35.280
 and then

00:44:35.280 --> 00:44:35.980
 immediately

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:38.820
 immediately

00:44:38.820 --> 00:44:39.940
 do the

00:44:39.940 --> 00:44:40.720
 same thing

00:44:40.720 --> 00:44:43.480
 father I

00:44:43.480 --> 00:44:43.960
 just we

00:44:43.960 --> 00:44:44.639
 just I

00:44:44.639 --> 00:44:45.760
 I ask

00:44:45.760 --> 00:44:46.260
 your forgiveness

00:44:46.260 --> 00:44:46.639
 and I

00:44:46.639 --> 00:44:47.039
 repent

00:44:47.039 --> 00:44:49.719
 I pray

00:44:49.719 --> 00:44:50.300
 for our

00:44:50.300 --> 00:44:51.199
 family here

00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:51.519
 our church

00:44:51.519 --> 00:44:51.860
 family

00:44:51.860 --> 00:44:52.579
 we just ask

00:44:52.579 --> 00:44:53.300
 your forgiveness

00:44:53.300 --> 00:44:54.039
 and we repent

00:44:54.039 --> 00:44:56.199
 help us not

00:44:56.199 --> 00:44:57.039
 to be self

00:44:57.039 --> 00:44:57.400
 righteous

00:44:57.400 --> 00:44:58.139
 help us not

00:44:58.139 --> 00:44:58.739
 to allow our

00:44:58.739 --> 00:44:59.400
 self righteousness

00:44:59.400 --> 00:45:01.259
 to hide the

00:45:01.259 --> 00:45:02.219
 beauty and wonder

00:45:02.219 --> 00:45:03.039
 and truth of

00:45:03.039 --> 00:45:03.619
 your word

00:45:03.619 --> 00:45:04.119
 and who you

00:45:04.119 --> 00:45:04.599
 are

00:45:04.599 --> 00:45:05.900
 and the type

00:45:05.900 --> 00:45:06.400
 of life that

00:45:06.400 --> 00:45:06.739
 you want to

00:45:06.739 --> 00:45:07.119
 give us

00:45:07.119 --> 00:45:07.420
 and the way

00:45:07.420 --> 00:45:07.800
 you want us

00:45:07.800 --> 00:45:08.279
 to treat other

00:45:08.279 --> 00:45:08.739
 people

00:45:08.739 --> 00:45:10.679
 I mean it

00:45:10.679 --> 00:45:11.960
 seems incredible

00:45:11.960 --> 00:45:12.599
 and impossible

00:45:12.599 --> 00:45:13.119
 but it's what

00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:14.000
 your word says

00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:14.320
 and it's what

00:45:14.320 --> 00:45:14.960
 you've desired

00:45:14.960 --> 00:45:15.400
 and it's what

00:45:15.400 --> 00:45:16.159
 will be one

00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:16.619
 day

00:45:16.619 --> 00:45:19.900
 what I pray

00:45:19.900 --> 00:45:20.519
 for those of us

00:45:20.519 --> 00:45:20.940
 in here right

00:45:20.940 --> 00:45:21.659
 now who are

00:45:21.659 --> 00:45:22.500
 who's struggling

00:45:22.500 --> 00:45:23.299
 with even just

00:45:23.299 --> 00:45:23.940
 the idea of

00:45:23.940 --> 00:45:24.759
 being a god

00:45:24.759 --> 00:45:26.380
 I pray Lord

00:45:26.380 --> 00:45:26.799
 that you would

00:45:26.799 --> 00:45:27.500
 speak to them

00:45:27.500 --> 00:45:28.059
 that you

00:45:28.059 --> 00:45:29.199
 would show them

00:45:29.199 --> 00:45:29.579
 through the

00:45:29.579 --> 00:45:29.960
 community

00:45:29.960 --> 00:45:30.480
 and through

00:45:30.480 --> 00:45:31.039
 people whose

00:45:31.039 --> 00:45:31.579
 lives are

00:45:31.579 --> 00:45:31.859
 different

00:45:31.859 --> 00:45:32.500
 whose works

00:45:32.500 --> 00:45:33.159
 are different

00:45:33.159 --> 00:45:33.500
 and for

00:45:33.500 --> 00:45:34.339
 different reasons

00:45:34.339 --> 00:45:35.460
 pray that they

00:45:35.460 --> 00:45:36.699
 would ask

00:45:36.699 --> 00:45:37.239
 the questions

00:45:37.239 --> 00:45:37.819
 is there a

00:45:37.819 --> 00:45:38.239
 possibility

00:45:38.239 --> 00:45:38.699
 that there is

00:45:38.699 --> 00:45:39.019
 a god

00:45:39.019 --> 00:45:39.400
 and if there

00:45:39.400 --> 00:45:39.799
 is a god

00:45:39.799 --> 00:45:40.359
 how do I

00:45:40.359 --> 00:45:41.239
 how do I

00:45:41.239 --> 00:45:41.960
 respond to him

00:45:41.960 --> 00:45:42.500
 what should I

00:45:42.500 --> 00:45:42.960
 do

00:45:42.960 --> 00:45:45.019
 do I act like

00:45:45.019 --> 00:45:45.359
 the person

00:45:45.359 --> 00:45:46.079
 who's 51%

00:45:46.079 --> 00:45:46.799
 together or do

00:45:46.799 --> 00:45:47.139
 I act like

00:45:47.139 --> 00:45:47.400
 the person

00:45:47.400 --> 00:45:47.619
 who has

00:45:47.619 --> 00:45:48.119
 all together

00:45:48.119 --> 00:45:49.119
 or do I

00:45:49.119 --> 00:45:49.319
 act like

00:45:49.319 --> 00:45:49.719
 the person

00:45:49.719 --> 00:45:51.079
 which your

00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:51.719
 word says

00:45:51.719 --> 00:45:52.900
 has none

00:45:52.900 --> 00:45:53.139
 of it

00:45:53.139 --> 00:45:53.599
 together

00:45:53.599 --> 00:45:57.639
 but I pray

00:45:57.639 --> 00:45:58.059
 for those

00:45:58.059 --> 00:45:58.400
 of us

00:45:58.400 --> 00:45:59.380
 who who've

00:45:59.380 --> 00:45:59.759
 entered into

00:45:59.759 --> 00:46:00.259
 your family

00:46:00.259 --> 00:46:00.840
 and we

00:46:00.840 --> 00:46:01.779
 wonder if

00:46:01.779 --> 00:46:02.319
 our fruits

00:46:02.319 --> 00:46:03.159
 are good

00:46:03.159 --> 00:46:03.980
 and are we

00:46:03.980 --> 00:46:04.639
 producing the

00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:05.360
 fruit that is

00:46:05.360 --> 00:46:06.539
 of you

00:46:06.539 --> 00:46:08.900
 maybe we've

00:46:08.900 --> 00:46:09.759
 lost focus

00:46:09.759 --> 00:46:10.079
 of you

00:46:10.079 --> 00:46:10.819
 maybe we've

00:46:10.819 --> 00:46:11.840
 allowed sin

00:46:11.840 --> 00:46:12.299
 to come into

00:46:12.299 --> 00:46:12.900
 our life

00:46:12.900 --> 00:46:13.400
 and to

00:46:13.400 --> 00:46:14.460
 shade

00:46:14.460 --> 00:46:15.240
 our vision

00:46:15.240 --> 00:46:15.579
 of your

00:46:15.579 --> 00:46:15.900
 beauty

00:46:15.900 --> 00:46:16.280
 and your

00:46:16.280 --> 00:46:16.660
 wonder

00:46:16.660 --> 00:46:17.019
 and your

00:46:17.019 --> 00:46:17.519
 grace

00:46:17.519 --> 00:46:19.539
 father please

00:46:19.539 --> 00:46:20.900
 forgive us

00:46:20.900 --> 00:46:24.599
 help us

00:46:24.599 --> 00:46:25.119
 just to

00:46:25.119 --> 00:46:25.820
 lay these

00:46:25.820 --> 00:46:26.300
 things before

00:46:26.300 --> 00:46:26.980
 you now

00:46:26.980 --> 00:46:28.420
 as you speak

00:46:28.420 --> 00:46:28.940
 to us

00:46:28.940 --> 00:46:29.500
 through your

00:46:29.500 --> 00:46:30.000
 spirit

00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:35.300
 father help us

00:46:35.300 --> 00:46:35.800
 to realize

00:46:35.800 --> 00:46:36.500
 that we are

00:46:36.500 --> 00:46:37.240
 really really

00:46:37.240 --> 00:46:38.079
 bad off

00:46:38.079 --> 00:46:38.559
 and it doesn't

00:46:38.559 --> 00:46:39.400
 get any

00:46:39.400 --> 00:46:40.139
 better once we

00:46:40.139 --> 00:46:40.660
 come to know

00:46:40.659 --> 00:46:41.099
 you but we

00:46:41.099 --> 00:46:41.639
 need you

00:46:41.639 --> 00:46:42.319
 moment by

00:46:42.319 --> 00:46:42.719
 moment

00:46:42.719 --> 00:46:43.179
 and that

00:46:43.179 --> 00:46:43.779
 badness we

00:46:43.779 --> 00:46:44.319
 struggle with

00:46:44.319 --> 00:46:44.739
 our whole

00:46:44.739 --> 00:46:45.299
 lives and

00:46:45.299 --> 00:46:45.460
 there will

00:46:45.460 --> 00:46:46.000
 never become

00:46:46.000 --> 00:46:46.579
 a time when

00:46:46.579 --> 00:46:48.159
 we're 51%

00:46:48.159 --> 00:46:49.480
 unbad and

00:46:49.480 --> 00:46:50.019
 we're okay

00:46:50.019 --> 00:46:50.619
 we don't need

00:46:50.619 --> 00:46:50.940
 you we don't

00:46:50.940 --> 00:46:51.440
 need to pray

00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:52.420
 but your word

00:46:52.420 --> 00:46:52.879
 says that we

00:46:52.879 --> 00:46:53.679
 will always go

00:46:53.679 --> 00:46:54.039
 through this

00:46:54.039 --> 00:46:54.460
 journey and

00:46:54.460 --> 00:46:54.920
 this pilgrimage

00:46:54.920 --> 00:46:55.440
 and that's why

00:46:55.440 --> 00:46:56.039
 it's so important

00:46:56.039 --> 00:46:56.500
 that we do it

00:46:56.500 --> 00:46:57.159
 together as a

00:46:57.159 --> 00:46:58.319
 family to

00:46:58.319 --> 00:46:59.039
 encourage and

00:46:59.039 --> 00:46:59.599
 to lift up

00:46:59.599 --> 00:47:00.019
 when things

00:47:00.019 --> 00:47:00.559
 are hard and

00:47:00.559 --> 00:47:01.039
 difficult

00:47:01.039 --> 00:47:03.659
 but help us

00:47:03.659 --> 00:47:04.099
 to be people

00:47:04.099 --> 00:47:04.799
 who are real

00:47:04.799 --> 00:47:05.299
 help us not

00:47:05.299 --> 00:47:05.960
 to be plastic

00:47:05.960 --> 00:47:07.639
 people who

00:47:07.639 --> 00:47:08.119
 look good on

00:47:08.119 --> 00:47:08.539
 the outside

00:47:08.539 --> 00:47:09.219
 but when we

00:47:09.219 --> 00:47:10.379
 experience

00:47:10.380 --> 00:47:11.280
 tension and

00:47:11.280 --> 00:47:12.220
 pressure and

00:47:12.220 --> 00:47:13.140
 persecution

00:47:13.140 --> 00:47:15.059
 maybe one of

00:47:15.059 --> 00:47:15.619
 our idols is

00:47:15.619 --> 00:47:16.340
 taken away like

00:47:16.340 --> 00:47:17.200
 our job or

00:47:17.200 --> 00:47:18.039
 our family or

00:47:18.039 --> 00:47:18.640
 our health

00:47:18.640 --> 00:47:20.260
 we just

00:47:20.260 --> 00:47:20.720
 snap

00:47:20.720 --> 00:47:23.840
 Lord help us

00:47:23.840 --> 00:47:24.340
 to see your

00:47:24.340 --> 00:47:25.079
 mercy and your

00:47:25.079 --> 00:47:25.840
 grace and your

00:47:25.840 --> 00:47:27.380
 patience and

00:47:27.380 --> 00:47:27.880
 how they're new

00:47:27.880 --> 00:47:28.460
 every day

00:47:28.460 --> 00:47:31.260
 Father and I

00:47:31.260 --> 00:47:31.760
 pray for our

00:47:31.760 --> 00:47:32.360
 church that we

00:47:32.360 --> 00:47:32.720
 would be a

00:47:32.720 --> 00:47:33.200
 church that

00:47:33.200 --> 00:47:33.780
 would walk

00:47:33.780 --> 00:47:35.820
 in good works

00:47:35.820 --> 00:47:37.280
 so that the

00:47:37.280 --> 00:47:37.840
 world around

00:47:37.840 --> 00:47:38.380
 us would see

00:47:38.380 --> 00:47:39.059
 those works

00:47:39.059 --> 00:47:40.200
 and they

00:47:40.200 --> 00:47:40.620
 wouldn't point

00:47:40.620 --> 00:47:41.240
 to us

00:47:41.240 --> 00:47:43.100
 but they'd

00:47:43.100 --> 00:47:43.580
 point to your

00:47:43.580 --> 00:47:45.320
 son who's

00:47:45.320 --> 00:47:45.720
 amazing

00:47:45.720 --> 00:47:47.800
 we love you

00:47:47.800 --> 00:47:48.760
 we pray these

00:47:48.760 --> 00:47:49.059
 things in your

00:47:49.059 --> 00:47:49.800
 son Jesus name

00:47:49.800 --> 00:47:50.660
 amen

00:47:50.659 --> 00:47:51.559
 amen

00:47:51.559 --> 00:47:52.480
 amen

00:47:52.480 --> 00:47:53.219
 children

00:47:53.219 --> 00:47:54.079
 and

00:47:54.079 --> 00:47:55.559
 and

00:47:55.559 --> 00:47:56.199
 ma'il

00:47:56.199 --> 00:47:56.559
 hebben

00:47:56.559 --> 00:47:57.559
 an

00:47:57.559 --> 00:47:58.500
 amen