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 So in our world of 24-hour news coverage, there's a psychosocial phenomenon which researchers identify and study called moral outrage.

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 And it's everywhere, especially on social media platforms.

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 So moral outrage is a venting of anger, a display of anger against a third party on the social media platform for some perceived wrong.

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 And let me tell you, I mean, you're probably in social media more than I am, but it is usually vicious.

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 And as I say, it's everywhere.

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 And so, for instance, when moral outrage spews out against a large clothing manufacturing corporation protesting sweatshop environments in third world country and exploitation of workers,

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 then it's vehement and appears as if it's motivated by concerns for justice.

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 But research by social psychologists have shown that in spite of an appearance of justice,

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 moral outrage is more often than not driven by self-interest.

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 That's a quite interesting thing, isn't it?

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 Now, how does that work?

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 Well, research shows that there's a connection between a person's vending or moral outrage and a sense of guilt.

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 A person wants to prove that they're a good person in moral outrage, according to the research.

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 And so it works like this.

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 When self-image is challenged, then the natural tendency for a person is to act to restore that self-image and point of security.

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 And then add into that, says the research, since justice is often reduced to a personal feeling of what is right,

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 moral outrage then becomes a tool by which people alleviate feelings of personal guilt.

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 And so it works again like that.

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 A person buys and enjoys the cheap fashion produced by sweatshops in third world countries.

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 They have a sense of guilt about doing so.

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 And they alleviate their guilt, according to the research, by spewing forth at the corporations who are perceived to be guilty of producing this stuff.

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 And the interesting trick of it is that they appear to be concerned for justice without actually addressing their own actions or undoing their own actions.

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 They can present one way in social media while living quite differently in practice.

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 Outrage against these cheap, exploitative fashions, but spending much time in the shops buying the things.

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 Now that same principle appears in a religious context.

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 And moral outrage in a religious context, I believe, presents as self-righteousness.

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 The desire of a person to show that they are good by punishing harshly a third party rather than confronting, undoing, or changing their own behaviors and beliefs.

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 And that's what takes us into these verses this morning.

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 The self-serving moral outrage of the Jewish religious leaders opens these verses.

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 Now, if the story had been original to John's record, then I don't think he could have got a better story to fit.

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 So I actually think it does fit the flow of John's writings, personally.

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 A crowd has gathered to hear Jesus teach.

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 And, if you were looking at it as an original thing, just the day before,

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 the Jewish religious leaders had gone out of their way to try and intimidate the crowd to turn against Jesus.

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 But here they are, you know, if it was original, the very next day, gathering to hear Jesus.

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 Then the religious leaders turn up and create a terrible scene.

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 They drag a poor woman before the crowd and they make her stand there in public.

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 That of itself, in the culture of the day, was a shameful thing to do.

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 But it gets worse.

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 Because, clearly, these leaders were determined to shame, humiliate, and ultimately kill this poor woman.

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 It's a sordid story.

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 Now, what do we know?

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 Well, we know from the story that her guilt was beyond doubt.

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 She had actually been caught, as it says here, it's very graphic, so forgive me, but the text says it.

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 She had actually been caught in the very act of sexual intercourse.

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 Since it was early in the morning, perhaps she had been caught just minutes earlier

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 and dragged from that bed, disheveled and made to stand publicly in front of this crowd.

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 With witnesses ever so eager to expose her guilt and see her condemned and see her killed.

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 And so, from there, the woman's now positioned.

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 And the leaders attempt to force Jesus to pass the harshest judgment on this woman.

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 They want Jesus to sanction, stoning her to death.

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 And they appealed to the law of Moses as the ultimate authority on matters of life and death.

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 Now, here's the go.

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 The story thus far.

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 These guys, in their moral outrage, present as guardians of justice and righteousness and holiness.

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 But secretly, their moral outrage was directed at Jesus.

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 We're told there in the text that they wanted to test.

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 And the word test is a very specific word.

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 It means tempt or trip up into some criminal action.

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 Jesus.

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 And so we see their real heart's intention.

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 Quite different from the surface presentation.

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 They wanted to see Jesus shamed and killed.

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 More so even than they wanted to see this woman shamed and killed.

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 And they're pretty clever in the way they approached it.

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 Because, you see, if Jesus refuses to uphold the law of Moses,

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 then he himself would be publicly shamed and rejected as a lawbreaker.

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 That's a clever move.

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 But it's the horns of a dilemma.

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 Because if he actually insists on the woman being stoned to death,

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 then most likely, at least this is what they've been betting,

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 that he would have appeared heartless and ruthless.

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 And perhaps then lost public support from the crowd for that very heartlessness.

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 And then even again, there's a third possibility.

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 Because the Jewish, the Roman authorities under occupation said that only they could sanction

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 the issuing of a death penalty.

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 So perhaps there are even the thought that if they could get Jesus to sanction the stoning of this woman,

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 then they could actually take Jesus to the Roman authorities

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 and get him into trouble there and possibly get them to deal with Jesus.

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 The point is that their outrage was so great at Jesus.

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 Why?

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 Because he had challenged their theology or their ideology of religion.

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 They wanted him dead.

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 And they cared little, whether it was the crowd that lynched him or the Roman authorities.

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 Now friends, I want to suggest this morning,

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 and there's going to be a play on this idea of temple abuse,

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 I want to suggest that this is a case of horrible temple abuse

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 that we're seeing in the story at this point.

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 Remember, part of the story, and I think it's a significant part of the story,

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 verse 2,

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 He came again to the temple.

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 All of this has just been playing out in the temple courts.

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 Now why is that significant?

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 Well, I think it all has the hallmarks of a setup for a start.

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 So the law very clearly and specifically said

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 that the man caught in adultery was equally culpable as the woman.

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 So the question arises, why was he not dragged before the crowd?

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 The law was clear that witnesses had to actually see the couple engaging in sexual intercourse.

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 No good witnesses saying, well, I think she's up to no good.

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 They actually had to see her in a compromising,

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 or see the party in a compromising position.

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 So the question then arises,

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 well, how did enough witnesses happen to see

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 this woman and her partner

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 in the act

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 so early in the morning

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 all at the same time?

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 It smacks of some sort of setup, doesn't it?

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 But it gets worse.

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 When you think about the temple

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 and what the temple represents,

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 the context in which this is unfolding,

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 the temple was the place

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 where God's people came to receive God's grace,

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 his compassion and mercy,

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 his forgiveness,

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 and ultimately restoration of relationship with God

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 as sinful people.

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 Then you have the scribes and the Pharisees,

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 the Sanhedrin,

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 the Jewish religious leaders.

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 They are actually the formal enforcers

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 of God's purposes

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 among God's covenant people,

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 especially through the temple.

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 So their job, as it were,

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 or part of their job at least,

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 was to mediate God's grace

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 to God's sinful people,

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 bringing the two together

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 so that forgiveness,

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 acceptance,

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 and relationship with God and life

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 might continue.

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 But the reality for this woman

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 is that she was dragged to the temple

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 for shame,

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 humiliation,

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 and ultimately death.

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 Do you see the contrast,

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 the jarring that's happening there?

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 The prospect of a painful,

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 slow death

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 in the courts of the temple.

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 And so I say,

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 those who dragged her there

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 were temple abusers

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 because they actually hated Jesus

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 more than they hated sin.

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 So the context of the temple

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 was just a guise

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 for their own agenda.

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 Their moral outrage

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 was not shaped by God's character,

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 less was it shaped by God's word.

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 It was shaped by self-interest.

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 And this poor woman

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 was just a means

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 to their own ends.

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 And the brutality

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 and the tragedy of this story

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 just becomes sickening.

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 Defending their performance-based religion

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 against the challenge of Jesus

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 meant that they had come to lose

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 any sense of grace,

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 any sense of mercy,

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 any sense indeed

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 of personal holiness before God.

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 The result was

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 these men presented

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 as harsh,

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 unloving,

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 graceless men

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 who in fact,

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 while they presented

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 as honouring God,

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 were actually dishonouring God.

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 And friends,

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 I want to suggest to you

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 this morning,

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 that's always the way

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 with self-righteousness.

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 Self-righteous people.

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 Because self-righteousness

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 is in fact

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 self-salvation.

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 And so these men,

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 following on the theme

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 from John

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 that we've been looking at

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 over the last weeks,

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 these men

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 have no thirst

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 or hunger for Jesus.

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 Why?

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 Because

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 they know

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 their thirst

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 or hunger

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 even for God's grace.

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 Why?

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 Because

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 they've already

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 satisfied their hunger

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 and thirst

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 in themselves

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 through their

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 religious actions.

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 And that has been

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 so satisfying to them

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 that they'll protect it

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 at all costs,

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 even

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 at point of

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 orchestrating murder

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 and exploiting

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 this poor woman.

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 Abusing this poor woman.

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 And so

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 what you have here

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 is a picture

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 of self-righteousness.

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 And it's still with us

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 to this day.

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 And it's still in churches

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 to this day.

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 Where you have people

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 who in the name of Christ

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 or in the name of God

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 pursue good things,

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 holiness

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 and justice.

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 But they do it

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 in a way that's harsh

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 and unloving

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 and graceless

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 and merciless.

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 good things

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 gone bad.

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 Now I want to suggest

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 in stark contrast

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 then we see the moral

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 outrage of Jesus.

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 And the moral outrage

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 of Jesus

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 interestingly

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 and perhaps even

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 surprisingly

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 is directed

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 entirely

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 at the Jewish leaders

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 and not

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 this poor woman

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 at all.

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 So the story goes

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 that Jesus

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 in response

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 to their

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 pressure

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 to get them

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 to pronounce

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 death sentence

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 on this woman

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 Jesus just

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 puts his head down

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 writing something

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 in the dirt

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 but essentially

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 silent.

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 And they're getting

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 more and more

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 annoyed

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 by the minute.

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 We're not told

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 how long Jesus

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 did that

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 but certainly

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 we're given

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 the impression

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 in the story here

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 that they were

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 seriously annoyed.

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 They were wanting

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 to get this whole

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 shabby thing

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 over with.

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 When he finally

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 speaks

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 it is the

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 religious leaders

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 he pronounces

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 verdict on

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 not the woman.

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 He exposes

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 the self-righteous

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 to shame

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 and humiliation.

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 I think it's not

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 too much to say

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 I've pondered this

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 this week

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 so if you think

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 it's over the top

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 well then forgive me

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 for this

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 but I think it's right.

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 I think it's not

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 too much to say

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 that Jesus

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 through this story

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 shows himself

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 to hate the sin

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 of self-righteousness

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 in these men

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 even more than

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 the sin of adultery

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 in that woman.

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 At least

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 the woman

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 we get

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 sense from the story

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 at least the woman

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 had a sense

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 of her sin

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 and her shame

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 before God.

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 She was in touch

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 with herself.

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 The Jewish

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 religious leaders

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 by contrast

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 apparently

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 had no awareness

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 of their sin

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 no awareness

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 of themselves

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 until Jesus

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 forces them

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 to confront

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 the truth

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 about themselves

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 and he does.

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 They were concerned

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 primarily

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 for their own agenda

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 their own reputation

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 and they thought

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 they were doing

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 something really good.

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 The problem is

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 they weren't concerned

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 for God's honour

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 at any point in this.

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 They were supposed

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 to care for God's people

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 they were supposed

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 to point God's people

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 in their sinfulness

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 back to truth

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 and righteousness

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 but they showed

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 no concern

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 or compassion

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 for the spiritual

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 plight of this woman

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 in her shame

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 and in her misery

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 and they offered her

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 no comfort

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 and no hope.

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 And when you dig

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 down into it

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 then you see

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 failure at a different level

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 hypocrisy

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 at a different level

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 because these guys

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 even though they

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 appealed to the law

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 of Moses

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 were only selectively

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 applying the law

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 of Moses themselves.

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 So for instance

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 the woman

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 by definition

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 would have been

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 declared unclean

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 because of her adultery.

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 For them to associate

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 being in the same area

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 or touch this woman

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 would then have

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 made them unclean.

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 Either way

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 neither party

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 should have been

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 in the temple.

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 But that seems

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 to go unnoticed.

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 Then again

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 as I've hinted at it before

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 the law

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 demanded death

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 for murderers

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 as well as adultery.

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 If you go back

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 to Leviticus

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 and Numbers

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 and look where

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 these laws

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 are spelled out

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 every time

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 there's sexual immorality

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 and murder

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 intentional sins

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 they're put together

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 and death penalty

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 is suitable

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 for each

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 for both.

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 And yet we have

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 these guys here

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 demanding the death

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 of this woman

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 while failing

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 to say

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 that their own

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 murderous intentions

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 towards Jesus

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 equally deserve death.

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 And then again

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 if you dig back

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 into Leviticus

00:18:51.059 --> 00:18:51.620
 and Numbers

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 you will see

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 that this notion

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 of accusing

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 somebody

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 of a capital crime

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 and that is a crime

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 punishable by death

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 had very very

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 strict and clear

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 quality control

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 standards

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 in respect

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 of witnesses.

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 So the scripture

00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:06.920
 is very very clear

00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:08.220
 that the witness

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 not that they can

00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:10.420
 ever be perfect

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 it's not as if

00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:11.779
 Jesus is saying

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 you can only

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 be involved

00:19:13.660 --> 00:19:14.279
 in this process

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 if you've never

00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:15.619
 ever sinned

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 in any way.

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 That's not what he's saying.

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 The clear evidence

00:19:19.299 --> 00:19:19.819
 of the law

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 is that the witnesses

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 must not

00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:23.799
 in any way

00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:24.920
 have connived

00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:26.700
 in the sin

00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:27.680
 that they're bringing

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 to the court

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 for justice.

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 In other words

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 there's no possibility

00:19:34.899 --> 00:19:35.799
 of a set up

00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:38.059
 a mixed motive

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 a mixed agenda.

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 You can't use

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 a person

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 for your own ends.

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 Further

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 the person

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 the witness

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 must have been active

00:19:48.280 --> 00:19:48.980
 must have been able

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 to show

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 the courts

00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:51.440
 that they had been active

00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:53.160
 in trying to prevent

00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:53.720
 the sin

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 and trying to redirect

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 the person involved

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 in the sin

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 into paths

00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:59.120
 of righteousness

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 and truth.

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 In other words

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.740
 they can't just

00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:03.780
 grab somebody

00:20:03.780 --> 00:20:04.259
 and bring them

00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:04.960
 before the courts

00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:06.360
 as a first resort

00:20:06.360 --> 00:20:07.040
 that should only

00:20:07.040 --> 00:20:08.040
 be a last resort

00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:10.119
 due to the intransigence

00:20:10.119 --> 00:20:11.399
 of a sinner.

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 And then thirdly

00:20:15.619 --> 00:20:17.619
 witnesses

00:20:17.619 --> 00:20:19.139
 had to initiate

00:20:19.139 --> 00:20:20.119
 the stoning

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 and the reason

00:20:22.299 --> 00:20:22.940
 why that is

00:20:22.940 --> 00:20:24.240
 because

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:25.440
 they had to be

00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:26.440
 convinced in themselves

00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:27.359
 that there was

00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:28.960
 no other option

00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:29.440
 for dealing

00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:30.399
 with this situation

00:20:30.399 --> 00:20:31.259
 than to kill

00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:31.759
 this person.

00:20:34.220 --> 00:20:35.200
 So whatever

00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:35.940
 Jesus was writing

00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:36.340
 in the dirt

00:20:36.340 --> 00:20:36.819
 and we don't know

00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:37.440
 what it was

00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:38.299
 or whether he's

00:20:38.299 --> 00:20:38.759
 just drawing

00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:39.440
 cartoon figures

00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:39.600
 out

00:20:39.600 --> 00:20:40.200
 we don't know

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:42.080
 but when he speaks

00:20:42.080 --> 00:20:45.360
 his words

00:20:45.360 --> 00:20:46.240
 bringing all this

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:47.259
 to bear

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:49.000
 let him who is

00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:49.660
 without sin

00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:50.559
 cast the first stone.

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.559
 That's sweeping

00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.319
 all this stuff up

00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:52.819
 and they would have

00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:53.360
 known this.

00:20:59.600 --> 00:21:00.660
 And so Jesus

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:01.340
 exposes

00:21:01.340 --> 00:21:02.240
 their own shame

00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:03.460
 because clearly

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:04.240
 these men

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:05.759
 clearly these men

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.920
 were not concerned

00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:09.440
 to obey

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:09.900
 the law

00:21:09.900 --> 00:21:10.299
 of Moses

00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:10.779
 properly

00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:12.039
 and Jesus

00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:12.960
 exposes

00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:13.559
 them

00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:15.799
 in their hypocrisy

00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:17.299
 as ruthlessly

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:18.519
 as they

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:19.519
 sought to expose

00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.000
 this woman.

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.960
 And again

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.779
 as they had

00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:24.740
 treated this woman

00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:25.940
 so miserably

00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:27.920
 Jesus shows

00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:28.259
 them

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:29.200
 no compassion

00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:31.539
 he offers

00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:32.380
 them no grace

00:21:32.380 --> 00:21:35.580
 rather

00:21:35.580 --> 00:21:37.460
 he forces

00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:37.800
 them

00:21:37.800 --> 00:21:38.880
 to leave

00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:39.600
 in shame

00:21:39.600 --> 00:21:40.880
 and humiliation

00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:41.680
 before the crowd.

00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:45.380
 And again

00:21:45.380 --> 00:21:45.620
 friends

00:21:45.620 --> 00:21:46.260
 I want you to see

00:21:46.260 --> 00:21:46.880
 how Jesus

00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:48.040
 does that so well

00:21:48.040 --> 00:21:48.940
 and so repeatedly

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.620
 in his ministry.

00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:51.200
 He reverses

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.820
 the roles.

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:53.760
 The one

00:21:53.760 --> 00:21:54.560
 who comes

00:21:54.560 --> 00:21:55.840
 in self-righteousness

00:21:55.840 --> 00:21:56.760
 determined

00:21:56.760 --> 00:21:57.980
 to inflict shame

00:21:57.980 --> 00:22:00.180
 and humiliation

00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:01.019
 on another

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:03.019
 is exposed

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.640
 by Jesus

00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:04.860
 and retreats

00:22:04.860 --> 00:22:05.660
 in shame

00:22:05.660 --> 00:22:06.759
 and humiliation

00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:08.240
 before Jesus.

00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:11.019
 Pretty powerful

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.720
 picture I think.

00:22:14.120 --> 00:22:14.980
 And so

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:16.980
 we ought not

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.579
 to be surprised

00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:17.900
 at that

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:18.339
 because

00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:20.700
 an unwillingness

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.240
 to judge

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:22.059
 yourselves

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:23.339
 according to the

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:24.019
 laws of scripture

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:25.360
 actually

00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:26.199
 reduces

00:22:26.199 --> 00:22:27.199
 our authority

00:22:27.199 --> 00:22:28.259
 to judge

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:28.619
 others.

00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.339
 And then

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:33.679
 perhaps

00:22:33.679 --> 00:22:34.859
 most surprisingly

00:22:34.859 --> 00:22:35.439
 of all

00:22:35.439 --> 00:22:36.959
 Jesus

00:22:36.959 --> 00:22:37.479
 moves

00:22:37.479 --> 00:22:38.059
 this woman

00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:39.079
 from shame

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:40.139
 towards

00:22:40.139 --> 00:22:40.599
 honor

00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:41.599
 dignity

00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:42.199
 and life.

00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:44.939
 The contrast

00:22:44.939 --> 00:22:45.379
 and the treatment

00:22:45.379 --> 00:22:45.899
 of this woman

00:22:45.899 --> 00:22:47.199
 could not be clear.

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:47.759
 Verse 9

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:49.240
 the words there

00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:49.979
 say that the

00:22:49.979 --> 00:22:50.919
 Jewish religious

00:22:50.919 --> 00:22:51.279
 leaders

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:51.599
 they just

00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:52.099
 went away

00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:52.579
 the word there

00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:53.179
 is abandon

00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:53.680
 they just

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:54.500
 abandoned her

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.340
 they left her

00:22:55.340 --> 00:22:56.440
 standing in front

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:57.019
 of the crowd

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:58.360
 in her shame

00:22:58.360 --> 00:22:59.220
 and humiliation

00:22:59.220 --> 00:22:59.680
 and misery

00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:00.039
 they just

00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:00.660
 walked away

00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.480
 and there she

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.000
 was just

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.500
 standing

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:05.539
 so awful

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:07.480
 when she was

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.160
 no longer

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:08.880
 useful to their

00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.180
 scheme

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:10.120
 they just

00:23:10.120 --> 00:23:10.900
 abandoned her

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:12.019
 well

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:13.180
 Jesus doesn't

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.820
 abandon her

00:23:13.820 --> 00:23:15.580
 such a warm

00:23:15.580 --> 00:23:16.900
 lovely response

00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:17.340
 from Jesus

00:23:17.340 --> 00:23:18.799
 in fact

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:20.120
 though she is

00:23:20.120 --> 00:23:21.120
 guilty as charge

00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:21.519
 and Jesus

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:22.740
 doesn't move away

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.059
 from that

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.319
 she is

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:24.380
 guilty as charged

00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:25.799
 and unclean

00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:26.400
 because of her

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:26.700
 sin

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:29.240
 and has brought

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:30.000
 God's name

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.839
 into disrepute

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.500
 of one of God's

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:32.140
 special people

00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:32.920
 though all of that's

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.519
 true for her

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.400
 and Jesus knew

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:34.799
 all that was

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.359
 true for her

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:37.599
 he speaks to her

00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:38.480
 with compassion

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:40.400
 and offers her

00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:41.359
 a fresh start

00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:43.299
 a new hope

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:44.519
 for a new life

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:46.319
 now it's really

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:46.740
 important to

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.240
 understand how

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.660
 this works

00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:49.000
 this is not

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:50.200
 a general

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:51.000
 acquittal

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:53.160
 or a declaration

00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:54.000
 of not guilty

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.680
 by Jesus

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:56.599
 even though

00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:58.000
 he alone

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.480
 was the one

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:59.019
 who was without

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.559
 sin and even

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.079
 though he

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:00.579
 therefore would

00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:00.960
 have been the

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.819
 one who either

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.519
 had the authority

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:04.099
 to condemn

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:05.019
 or acquit

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:07.559
 but I don't think

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:07.920
 that's what's

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.480
 happening here

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:11.859
 he does not

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:12.619
 condone her

00:24:12.619 --> 00:24:12.859
 sin

00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:15.700
 and in fact

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.539
 pushes her

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:18.039
 towards genuine

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.680
 repentance

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.640
 and turning

00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:20.100
 away from

00:24:20.100 --> 00:24:20.400
 the sin

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:22.640
 so I think

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:23.120
 it works like

00:24:23.120 --> 00:24:23.779
 this in summary

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.740
 Jesus saying

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:26.640
 to this woman

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.940
 I'm extending

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.640
 you mercy

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:29.500
 and grace

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:33.560
 and that means

00:24:33.560 --> 00:24:34.279
 henceforth

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:35.740
 responding

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.900
 to God's

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.539
 mercy and grace

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.539
 by living a life

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.120
 henceforth

00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:40.580
 to God's glory

00:24:40.580 --> 00:24:44.900
 mercy from

00:24:44.900 --> 00:24:45.460
 God

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:47.460
 must result

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:48.420
 in a life

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.220
 lived to

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.620
 God

00:24:49.620 --> 00:24:50.340
 and for

00:24:50.340 --> 00:24:50.640
 God

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:54.440
 and perhaps

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:54.920
 my friends

00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:55.279
 again

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:56.259
 perhaps that's

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.140
 why these

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:57.620
 verses are

00:24:57.620 --> 00:24:57.920
 here

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:59.539
 because

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.880
 they form

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.299
 a book

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:01.539
 end

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:02.319
 with a story

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:02.779
 back from

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.360
 chapter 4

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:03.660
 about the

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.000
 women of

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.340
 Samaria

00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:04.779
 similar

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.140
 sort of

00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.740
 situation

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:08.700
 they illustrate

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:11.059
 the teaching

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.799
 about Jesus

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.740
 being the

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.180
 bread of

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.580
 life

00:25:13.580 --> 00:25:15.019
 the hunger

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:16.299
 satisfier

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:16.620
 and the

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:17.240
 thirst

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.720
 quencher

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:20.420
 she illustrates

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:20.940
 that Jesus

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.740
 will satisfy

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.299
 these deep

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:22.779
 longings

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.200
 she has been

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.720
 chasing

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.819
 in the

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:25.319
 so-called

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:25.860
 danger

00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:26.660
 and excitement

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.220
 of illicit

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.600
 sex

00:25:27.600 --> 00:25:27.940
 and we've

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.140
 got to

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:28.500
 understand

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:28.799
 at this

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:28.980
 point

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:29.299
 that she

00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:29.519
 would have

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:29.759
 been a

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:29.960
 willing

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.440
 partner

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:31.039
 in that

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.440
 adultery

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:32.240
 so she

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.819
 was looking

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.519
 for something

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.460
 other than

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.000
 her husband

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.920
 she was

00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:36.460
 looking for

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:37.200
 as I say

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:37.940
 the excitement

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.620
 or something

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:39.919
 satisfying

00:25:39.919 --> 00:25:40.219
 she was

00:25:40.219 --> 00:25:40.639
 looking for

00:25:40.639 --> 00:25:42.939
 and Jesus

00:25:42.939 --> 00:25:43.339
 is saying

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:43.679
 no

00:25:43.679 --> 00:25:44.159
 no

00:25:44.159 --> 00:25:44.519
 no

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.739
 I'm

00:25:45.739 --> 00:25:46.219
 recognizing

00:25:46.219 --> 00:25:46.759
 your hunger

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.259
 and your thirst

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.599
 but you're

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.099
 looking for it

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:48.399
 in all the

00:25:48.399 --> 00:25:48.939
 wrong places

00:25:48.939 --> 00:25:50.859
 I'm giving you

00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:51.299
 a chance

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:52.279
 to point you

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:52.719
 to me

00:25:52.719 --> 00:25:56.459
 but once again

00:25:56.459 --> 00:25:56.859
 you see

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:57.859
 that involves

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.479
 more temple

00:25:58.479 --> 00:25:58.899
 abuse

00:25:58.899 --> 00:26:00.619
 so here's

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:00.799
 where the

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.219
 play and the

00:26:01.219 --> 00:26:01.579
 idea of

00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:02.039
 temple abuse

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.479
 comes in

00:26:02.479 --> 00:26:03.539
 the Old

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:03.899
 Testament

00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.399
 law

00:26:04.399 --> 00:26:05.059
 and temple

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.839
 if you go

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.259
 back and read

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.599
 through

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.259
 Leviticus

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:07.819
 and Numbers

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:09.220
 the Old

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.539
 Testament

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:09.919
 law

00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:10.839
 had no

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:12.099
 recourse

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:13.220
 for the

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:14.119
 intentional sin

00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:14.659
 of murder

00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:15.619
 or adultery

00:26:15.619 --> 00:26:16.179
 there's no

00:26:16.179 --> 00:26:17.079
 sacrifice offered

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:18.079
 to sort

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:18.439
 things out

00:26:18.439 --> 00:26:18.839
 with God

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:20.200
 the only

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:20.799
 option a

00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:21.200
 person in

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.799
 that situation

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.059
 has

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:22.679
 is to

00:26:22.679 --> 00:26:22.939
 throw

00:26:22.939 --> 00:26:23.279
 themselves

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:24.019
 directly

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.579
 on God's

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:25.119
 mercy and

00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:25.599
 grace for

00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:25.980
 forgiveness

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.980
 forgiveness

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:32.460
 and this

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:33.279
 is exactly

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:34.220
 what Jesus

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.839
 knows

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:36.240
 and exactly

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:37.400
 what he

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:37.980
 points this

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.440
 woman to

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:43.059
 ultimately the

00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:44.079
 temple always

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:45.259
 pointed God's

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:46.240
 people to

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:47.059
 God's grace

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.759
 in forgiveness

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.180
 and new

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:48.680
 relationship

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:50.420
 the Pharisees

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:51.299
 sadly had come

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:51.860
 to see it as a

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.259
 place of

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:53.019
 condemnation

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.620
 and that's all

00:26:53.620 --> 00:26:54.059
 they could see it

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.539
 because of their

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.079
 position of

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:56.019
 self-righteousness

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:58.939
 but here's the

00:26:58.939 --> 00:26:59.259
 play

00:26:59.259 --> 00:27:00.720
 because Jesus

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.319
 has already

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:02.220
 identified himself

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.740
 earlier in the

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:04.220
 ministry as the

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:04.919
 true temple

00:27:04.919 --> 00:27:05.859
 the new

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.220
 temple

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:11.480
 so the new

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:12.460
 reality for this

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.059
 guilty woman

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:14.439
 was that the

00:27:14.439 --> 00:27:15.439
 true temple

00:27:15.439 --> 00:27:17.359
 pushed her to

00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:18.919
 experience and

00:27:18.919 --> 00:27:19.919
 know new

00:27:19.919 --> 00:27:20.619
 satisfaction

00:27:20.619 --> 00:27:21.979
 new grace

00:27:21.979 --> 00:27:24.459
 but it wasn't

00:27:24.459 --> 00:27:25.099
 about trying

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:26.359
 harder in

00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:27.199
 real performance

00:27:27.199 --> 00:27:27.959
 based religion

00:27:27.959 --> 00:27:29.399
 it was not

00:27:29.399 --> 00:27:30.359
 about what she

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:31.599
 could or would

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.179
 ever do

00:27:32.179 --> 00:27:35.299
 it was on the

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:36.259
 basis of what he

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:37.439
 could and would

00:27:37.439 --> 00:27:38.639
 do for her in his

00:27:38.639 --> 00:27:40.019
 death as the true

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.359
 temple

00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:43.500
 so ironically as we

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.759
 unpack this story

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:46.339
 I believe that Jesus

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:48.079
 knew that someone

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:49.019
 would die as a

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.539
 result of this

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:49.980
 incident

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:52.960
 the leaders

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.579
 wanted the woman

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:54.079
 to die

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:58.960
 but Jesus

00:27:58.960 --> 00:28:00.519
 knows it will be

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.420
 him who will die

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:05.059
 he knows he will

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.839
 be condemned to

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.980
 death for her

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.279
 sin

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:10.119
 while she is

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:11.099
 freed into life

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:12.980
 and so it works

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.400
 like this

00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:14.960
 Jesus is able to

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:16.480
 move her towards

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:16.980
 life

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:19.519
 because he was

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.100
 actually in

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:20.640
 Jerusalem

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:22.340
 precisely moving

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:23.240
 himself towards

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.720
 death

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:33.660
 what a contrast

00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:34.160
 with the self

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:35.000
 righteous leaders

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:36.980
 convincing themselves

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.740
 that they are good

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.620
 enough by punishing

00:28:38.620 --> 00:28:39.340
 others whom they

00:28:39.340 --> 00:28:40.040
 deem to be wicked

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:43.119
 but Jesus is

00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:44.119
 preparing to be

00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:45.180
 considered bad

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.899
 himself to be

00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:46.460
 considered a

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:47.299
 criminal himself

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:51.079
 to make guilty

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.819
 sinners like this

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:52.680
 woman look good

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:54.099
 in the eyes of

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:54.359
 God

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:57.119
 his moral outrage

00:28:57.119 --> 00:28:57.779
 is completely

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.180
 different

00:28:58.180 --> 00:29:01.740
 she is a

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:01.960
 sinner

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:05.240
 but Jesus the

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.859
 true temple

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:06.619
 has not come to

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:07.460
 condemn guilty

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:08.119
 people like her

00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:09.539
 he came to

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:09.980
 deliver

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:11.000
 he came to

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.640
 save them

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:12.240
 he came to

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.640
 make them

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:13.279
 acceptable to

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.599
 God and

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:14.500
 reconnect them

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:15.839
 into the life

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.620
 of God's rich

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:17.079
 blessing

00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:18.180
 the life we

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:18.819
 all long for

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:21.500
 so ladies

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.259
 can I have a

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:23.480
 special moment

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:24.259
 of your time

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.700
 to make this

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.339
 application to

00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:25.880
 you guys this

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:26.120
 morning

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:28.360
 generic guys

00:29:28.360 --> 00:29:32.319
 I would suggest

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:32.579
 to you this

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:32.920
 morning that

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.880
 Jesus ought to

00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:34.579
 be the darling

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:35.400
 the absolute

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:37.099
 darling of the

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:38.319
 hashtag me

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:39.160
 too community

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:44.279
 he's the

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:45.180
 truly caring

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:46.840
 man that

00:29:46.840 --> 00:29:47.580
 every woman

00:29:47.580 --> 00:29:48.720
 hungers and

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.560
 thirsts for

00:29:49.560 --> 00:29:53.680
 he understands

00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:54.880
 this woman's

00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:55.620
 deep longings

00:29:55.620 --> 00:29:57.080
 he cares

00:29:57.080 --> 00:29:59.700
 for women

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:01.160
 this woman in

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:01.540
 particular

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:05.819
 he speaks the

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 truth to you

00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:07.399
 in love as

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 he did to

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 this woman

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 he points

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.379
 you to

00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:10.079
 true life

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:11.399
 and points

00:30:11.399 --> 00:30:11.899
 you away

00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:13.139
 from a

00:30:13.139 --> 00:30:13.519
 life of

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:13.920
 false

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:14.460
 intimacy

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.639
 false

00:30:15.639 --> 00:30:16.339
 satisfaction

00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:17.099
 false

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:17.759
 thirst

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.200
 quenching

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:20.580
 so we

00:30:20.580 --> 00:30:21.140
 find ourselves

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:21.819
 living today

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.500
 in an epidemic

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.360
 of domestic

00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:23.880
 abuse

00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:25.200
 an epidemic

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:26.259
 of adultery

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:28.819
 as both men

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:29.440
 and women

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:30.000
 seek to

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 satisfy their

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.420
 thirst and

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:31.900
 their hunger

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:33.140
 in one another

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:35.420
 or in sex

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:36.059
 outside of

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.400
 marriage

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:40.519
 but the

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.500
 real solution

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:44.300
 can only be

00:30:44.300 --> 00:30:45.180
 new relationship

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.660
 and life

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.160
 in Jesus

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:49.240
 but you know

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:50.000
 it's sad isn't

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.380
 it that our

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 society would

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.600
 rather look for

00:30:52.600 --> 00:30:53.120
 the answer

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:54.560
 in legislation

00:30:54.560 --> 00:30:55.100
 we've got to

00:30:55.100 --> 00:30:55.860
 have legislation

00:30:55.860 --> 00:30:56.759
 to stop these

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.080
 things

00:30:57.079 --> 00:31:00.000
 or we'll

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.339
 have the

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:00.939
 hashtag

00:31:00.939 --> 00:31:01.679
 me too

00:31:01.679 --> 00:31:02.159
 we'll create

00:31:02.159 --> 00:31:02.720
 a shaming

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:03.399
 culture to

00:31:03.399 --> 00:31:03.740
 deal with

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.339
 these things

00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:07.419
 rather than

00:31:07.419 --> 00:31:08.039
 looking at a

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.599
 renewing

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:09.099
 culture

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:11.039
 of honouring

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.579
 in an

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:12.000
 overflow

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.799
 response of

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.379
 being renewed

00:31:13.379 --> 00:31:13.799
 and honoured

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.319
 by God

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:16.859
 this woman

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:17.939
 in pursuing

00:31:17.939 --> 00:31:18.339
 adultery

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.779
 was looking

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.519
 for validation

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.319
 satisfaction

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:21.759
 intimacy

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.460
 fulfilment

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:22.960
 happiness

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:25.319
 but she

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:25.819
 ended up

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.199
 broken

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:28.259
 isolated

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:30.559
 scorned

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.319
 and shamed

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:34.779
 in other

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.140
 words this

00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:35.620
 woman was

00:31:35.620 --> 00:31:36.480
 chasing the

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:37.000
 life

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:38.019
 chasing life

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.400
 as she

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:38.960
 thought it

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:39.420
 to be

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:42.340
 but she

00:31:42.340 --> 00:31:43.160
 found death

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:43.720
 in the midst

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.240
 of that

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.620
 life

00:31:44.620 --> 00:31:47.940
 the final

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.380
 reality

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:48.660
 as the

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.340
 story ends

00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:50.660
 is that

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.000
 in the

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.600
 presence of

00:31:51.600 --> 00:31:51.980
 Jesus

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:54.100
 she had

00:31:54.100 --> 00:31:54.840
 the opportunity

00:31:54.840 --> 00:31:55.299
 to find

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.799
 life

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:57.480
 in the

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:57.799
 midst of

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.099
 death

00:31:58.099 --> 00:32:00.720
 let me

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.019
 pray

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:04.019
 lord help us

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.639
 not to trip

00:32:04.639 --> 00:32:05.180
 up on some

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:05.460
 of the

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:06.019
 textual

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.419
 problems

00:32:06.419 --> 00:32:06.700
 of this

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.180
 passage

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.940
 help us

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.539
 to see

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.960
 just the

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.700
 warmth

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.759
 and

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.359
 compassion

00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:13.859
 of the

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.259
 lord Jesus

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.720
 Christ

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.680
 help us

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:15.700
 help us

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:16.119
 lord to

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:16.559
 find

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.960
 in

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.480
 ourselves

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:19.059
 those

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:20.019
 elements

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.279
 of

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:20.660
 self

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:21.099
 righteousness

00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:21.559
 self

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:22.140
 salvation

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:22.819
 and root

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.279
 them out

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:25.039
 so we

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.859
 might truly

00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:26.759
 be people

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:27.720
 who are

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.440
 shaped by

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:29.140
 you and

00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:29.720
 your character

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:30.019
 and your

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.259
 word

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:32.180
 and that we

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:32.599
 in turn

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:33.200
 lord might be

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.619
 people of

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:34.240
 grace who

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:34.859
 can extend

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.339
 grace

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:37.200
 in truth

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.660
 and love

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:38.500
 amen

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:38.620
 amen

00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:40.139
 to

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.759
 who

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:40.879
 stood

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:40.919
 out

00:32:40.919 --> 00:32:41.839
 he

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:42.399
 sorry

00:32:42.399 --> 00:32:42.799
 to

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.259
 to

00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:44.839
 you a

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:46.159
 can go

00:32:46.679 --> 00:33:00.599
 m