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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 We are back in our study of Luke. So if you have Bibles with you, you can put them to Luke 6,

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 beginning of verse 1. If you don't, you can follow along on the screen up here behind me.

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 But I'm going to read Luke 6, verses 1 down through verse 11.

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 So here now, God's inspired word of truth.

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 On a Sabbath, while he was going through the grain fields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain,

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 rubbing them in their hands.

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 But some of the Pharisees said,

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 Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?

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 And Jesus answered them,

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 Have you not read what David did when he was hungry?

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 He and those who were with him, how he entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the presence,

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 which is not lawful for any, but the priest who eats,

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 and also gave it to those who were with him?

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, I thank you for Christian,

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 who knows how to work all this stuff,

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 that enables your word to be heard,

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 and for us to engage with you.

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 And that's what we want now in this time.

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 We want to engage with you.

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 We want you to be speaking to us.

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 And so we thank you for the opportunity,

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 but we really need your spirit to come and be the one who speaks.

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 So would you send your spirit to speak to our hearts?

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 And Father, use my words, which are at best weak.

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 Use them that we might know you more.

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 And we pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Okay.

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 It's been a while since we've been in Luke,

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 so let's kind of step back a little bit and get caught up where we are.

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 But also, we need to see that context,

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 to see this growing conflict that is coming about.

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 You know, and Jesus begins his ministry there in Luke 4,

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 and everything seems to be going well,

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 well, except they wanted to kill him after his first sermon,

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 but that beside.

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 Things are going well,

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 but one of the things that Luke says down there

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 is that word began to spread.

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 Jesus, you know, after this point,

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 he goes and heals a man,

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 or he casts a demon out of this man,

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 and people marveled, and they were amazed.

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 But he did it on a Sabbath.

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 And so, when word begins to spread all over about this Jesus,

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 yes, they were amazed.

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 He was casting out demons.

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 But he did it on a Sabbath.

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 And so, as we go on,

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 these reports continue to spread.

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 He is doing remarkable things.

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 He's healing and doing all of these things.

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 And down in Luke 5,

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 you see that the word about him is spreading even broader.

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 It's going farther and farther.

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 And what you begin to see there in Luke 5

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 is that as the crowds build,

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 this other group of people starts showing up pretty regularly.

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 So, when he's now confined in this house,

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 he's got a whole crowd of people.

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 When they bring the paralytic in

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 and lower him down through the roof,

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 sitting there in the midst of this crowd

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 are now the Pharisees.

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 the Jewish authorities.

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 Because they have heard

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 all of these things about Jesus.

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 And so, they're listening and they're watching.

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 And they're getting disturbed.

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 Their blood pressure is going up.

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 And so, as we continue to trace through Luke 5,

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 you begin to see that they're not just listening anymore.

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 They're actually asking questions.

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 And so, when Jesus goes to this party that Levi has,

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 because he's so excited when he comes to Jesus,

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 he throws a party for all his non-Christian friends,

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 all these tax collectors and sinners.

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 The Pharisees are there.

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 They're not actually in there.

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 But they see what's happening.

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 They ask the disciples,

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 Hey, what is your master doing here?

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 Eating with tax collectors and sinners.

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 And so, at the end of this confrontation,

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 Jesus basically tells them

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 that a new system has come.

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 You can't sew an old piece of material,

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 a new piece of material,

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 onto what's old.

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 Because if you do,

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 it'll basically destroy both.

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 And he's telling them that there's a new system coming.

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 There's a new kingdom that's coming.

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 And the old has to go.

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 It can't be tinkered with.

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 It can't be modified.

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 It can't be improved.

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 It needs to be tossed.

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 To make room,

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 make way for the new kingdom.

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 So now we get to Luke 6.

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 And when we come to Luke 6,

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 we see Luke gives us two different scenarios here,

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 two different situations.

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 But there are events that take place

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 on two different Sabbaths.

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 And that's the key thing.

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 And this is the first of three big conflicts

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 that Jesus is going to have

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 with these Jewish authorities over the Sabbath.

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 And the others will show up in Luke 13.

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 Another one then in Luke 14.

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 And it's the Sabbath becomes

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 one of these primary issues,

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 or it's kind of a symbolic issue

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 of the old system.

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 The Jews, the Sabbath observance for the Jews

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 was so important

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 that it was actually a huge statement

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 of their identity as good Jews.

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 These Pharisees,

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 I mean, you have to understand,

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 the Pharisees in that day,

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 these were the religious conservatives.

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 These were the evangelicals of Jerusalem

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 standing in the forefront,

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 in the cultural war

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 to keep away the infection

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 of Hellenistic thought

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 into their religion.

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 They didn't want it to be corrupted.

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 So the Pharisees developed all of these systems

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 of regulations and laws

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 to keep their religion pure.

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 And they did it,

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 one of the biggest places they did it

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 was in Sabbath observance.

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 There were about five volumes

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 of rabbinic teaching known as the Talmud.

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 And there was one whole volume

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 devoted to how do you keep the Sabbath.

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 Because, I mean, how do you keep the Sabbath?

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 You go back to the Ten Commandments,

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 it's just one little,

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 one verse that says,

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 don't work on the Sabbath,

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 not you or your animals or whatever,

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 you know, and rest on the Sabbath.

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 Okay, what does that mean?

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 Can I travel anywhere on the Sabbath?

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 How far can I travel?

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 Well, you know, can I eat?

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 Can I prepare food?

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 What can I do?

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 What can I not do?

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 And so there's a lot of uncertainty

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 if that's all that you have

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 as to whether you're keeping the Sabbath

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 the way it's supposed to.

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 So they built up all these definitions

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 of what it meant to keep the Sabbath.

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 But these definitions

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 ended up becoming a litmus test

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 as to whether you were

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 an Orthodox,

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 a good Jew.

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 And so this was so much

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 part of the old system.

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 And so when Jesus comes to town

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 and starts preaching

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 and acting the part of this new prophet,

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 the Pharisees are wondering,

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 he says, wait a minute.

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 He's not keeping the Sabbath rules.

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 How can he be such a prophet?

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 But this is where we see

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 this growing conflict.

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 But it's important for us.

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 Not so much about for us

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 as to what we're supposed to do

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 or not supposed to do on Sunday.

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 What it is,

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 is a primary,

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 maybe an extreme,

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 but it's a great example

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 of something that is innately true

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 of every one of us.

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 And that is

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 our tendency towards

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 and our commitment to

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 self-justification.

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 because we are all,

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 every one of us,

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 in search of something

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 that gives us identity,

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 that gives us value,

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 that gives us,

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 that just says that we are right.

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 And deep down,

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 we know that we're not.

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 But we are trying to.

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 We are looking for something

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 to give us that sense

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 that we're okay.

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 And that's what we see in this.

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 And so,

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 I think what I want us to do

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 is we study down through this.

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 There are four things

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 I want us to see.

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 We're going to look at

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 the whole methodology

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 of self-justification,

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 what that means.

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 We're going to look at

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 the tragedy of self-justification.

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 We're going to look at

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 the insanity

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 of self-justification.

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 And then finally,

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 we're going to look at

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 the remedy

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 for self-justification.

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 Let's look at the methodology.

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 You know, again,

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 the Ten Commandments,

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 the Sabbath,

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 there's just not much there.

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 You're supposed to rest

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 from your labor.

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 You're not supposed to travel.

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 Or you're not,

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 we don't know exactly

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 what is rest.

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 Because even for us,

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 we wrestle with it.

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 For some of us,

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 rest is going out

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 and working in the yard.

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 For me,

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 I like to rest

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 from working in the yard.

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 So what does it mean

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 to rest?

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 Well,

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 well,

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 but that command

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 that was given to us

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 in the Ten Commandments

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 was not just

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 a piece of,

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 one article of a legal code,

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 but it described more

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 of a posture

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 of our hearts.

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 It was a posture

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 that,

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 it was a day

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 where we were to set,

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 step back

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 from all that our duties,

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 all the things

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 that we were involved with,

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 and it was supposed

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 to be a day

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 of celebration

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 for all that God

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 had done

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 and that we were

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 to rest in that

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 and even trust Him

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 that we don't have

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 to work

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 this one day

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 of the week.

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 But instead

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 of it becoming,

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 just being a heart posture,

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 it became a whole list

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 so often

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 of specific duties.

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 And so,

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 you know,

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 how to keep the Sabbath

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 and so forth.

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 And what the Pharisees

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 came and accused

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 the disciples of here

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 were three violations

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 of the Sabbath.

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 The disciples

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 were allowed to

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 walk through

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 someone else's field

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 and just with their hands

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 pluck grain

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 and eat.

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 They weren't allowed

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 to take a sickle

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 to someone else's fields,

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 but the Bible

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 did provide

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 four hungry travelers

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 that you could go

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 through a field,

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 pluck grain

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 with your hands,

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 and then eat.

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 But what the Pharisees

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 had decided,

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 though,

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 on the Sabbath

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 was you could not

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 reap,

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 you could not

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 winnow,

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 which is separating

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 the grain from the chaff,

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 and you could not

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 prepare food.

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 Well, the disciples

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 did all those things.

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 They plucked grain

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 with their hands,

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 which was reaping,

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 they rubbed it

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 in their hands

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 to separate it

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 from the chaff,

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 which was winnowing,

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 and preparing

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 a meal.

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 So the Pharisees

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 were accusing

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 the disciples here

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 of breaking

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 the Sabbath rule,

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 but this is the problem

00:13:45.779 --> 00:13:46.419
 with the Sabbath.

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 What can you do?

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 What can you not do?

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 What is right?

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 And so,

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 in effect,

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 the Jewish leaders

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 erected a system,

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 a whole system

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 of laws

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 that defined

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 everything.

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 There were no questions.

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 There were no gray areas.

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 Those laws defined

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 how far you could go

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 from your residence

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 on the Sabbath.

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 They even defined

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 what your residence was.

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 It defined

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 everything

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 down to the minutiae.

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 So that

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 when the Pharisees

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 looked at their lives,

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 when they wanted

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 to obey God,

00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:31.500
 they could see,

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 I did it.

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 I kept

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 all of those

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 rules.

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 Of course,

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 the other advantage,

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 too,

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 is that when you

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 kept it,

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 everybody else

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 would see you

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 keeping it

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 as well.

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 I mean,

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 what good is it

00:14:45.860 --> 00:14:46.419
 to be good

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 if nobody

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 sees you being good?

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 It also kept them

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 from the riffraff

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 of society.

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 Because when others

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 would see them

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 keeping the Sabbath,

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 that separated them

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 in a whole better

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 class of people.

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 They were better.

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 They were good.

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 They were

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 not

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 the ordinary

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 sinners.

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 And so,

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 this is what it does.

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 But also notice,

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 what the disciples

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 were accused of

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 were not breaking

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 necessarily

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 biblical commandments.

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 The Pharisees

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 were upset

00:15:31.599 --> 00:15:32.279
 because they

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 broke their

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 rules about

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 the commandments.

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 These were

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 man-made.

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 These were things

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 that they had

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 concocted.

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 And so,

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 even in this,

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 Jesus never

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 throws out

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 the concept

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 of Sabbath.

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 He actually

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 promotes it

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 in a whole

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 new way.

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 but what

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 he was

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 throwing out

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 were the

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 man-made

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 rules.

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 And so,

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 I know this,

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 in some ways,

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 it all sounds

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 kind of silly,

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 but this is

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 what we do.

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 We all do

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 this.

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 I mean,

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 what is it

00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:09.120
 that makes

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 you

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 a good

00:16:10.980 --> 00:16:11.439
 Christian?

00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:13.939
 What do you

00:16:13.939 --> 00:16:14.519
 do

00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:15.860
 that makes

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 you feel

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 good about

00:16:17.539 --> 00:16:18.299
 yourself

00:16:18.299 --> 00:16:19.620
 as a

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 Christian?

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 I mean,

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 sometimes,

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 you know,

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 it's not,

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 it's enough,

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 well,

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 excuse me,

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 let me step

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 back a second.

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 You know,

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 sometimes maybe

00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:33.799
 we don't just

00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:34.219
 have to be

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 good,

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 or we just

00:16:35.079 --> 00:16:35.479
 have to be

00:16:35.479 --> 00:16:35.839
 better.

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 I feel good

00:16:37.539 --> 00:16:38.199
 about myself

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 as long as

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 I'm just

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 better than

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 somebody else.

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 But,

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 what makes

00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:44.240
 me better?

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 What have

00:16:45.419 --> 00:16:46.139
 I erected?

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 What kind

00:16:46.599 --> 00:16:47.199
 of man-made

00:16:47.199 --> 00:16:48.279
 rule have

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 I created

00:16:49.579 --> 00:16:50.500
 that now

00:16:50.500 --> 00:16:51.199
 gives me

00:16:51.199 --> 00:16:51.819
 a sense

00:16:51.819 --> 00:16:52.899
 of superiority

00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:54.240
 or betterness

00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:54.699
 or just

00:16:54.699 --> 00:16:55.220
 feeling good

00:16:55.220 --> 00:16:56.039
 about myself?

00:16:56.740 --> 00:16:57.360
 Am I a good

00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:58.240
 Christian because

00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:59.139
 I'm against

00:16:59.139 --> 00:16:59.639
 abortion?

00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:01.579
 Well,

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 I hope you

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 are.

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 This is

00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:04.440
 Right to Life

00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:05.099
 Sunday if you

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 didn't remember.

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 You know,

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 I think it's

00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:12.039
 good to be

00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:12.859
 opposed to

00:17:12.859 --> 00:17:13.299
 be against

00:17:13.299 --> 00:17:13.720
 abortion,

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 but does

00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:14.639
 that make

00:17:14.639 --> 00:17:15.359
 me better

00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:15.940
 than you

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 if you're

00:17:16.619 --> 00:17:17.019
 not?

00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:19.579
 Am I a good

00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:20.240
 Christian because

00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:20.759
 I'm a

00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:21.240
 Republican

00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:23.180
 or because

00:17:23.180 --> 00:17:23.700
 I'm not?

00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:26.559
 We won't

00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:26.980
 say anything

00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:27.519
 else about

00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:27.759
 that.

00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:30.819
 Am I a good

00:17:30.819 --> 00:17:31.920
 Christian because

00:17:31.920 --> 00:17:32.779
 of my stance

00:17:32.779 --> 00:17:34.240
 on same-sex

00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:34.779
 marriage?

00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:38.220
 Am I

00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:39.899
 better because

00:17:39.899 --> 00:17:41.059
 I am

00:17:41.059 --> 00:17:42.180
 reformed

00:17:42.180 --> 00:17:42.940
 theologically?

00:17:43.779 --> 00:17:44.519
 Am I

00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:45.500
 better because

00:17:45.500 --> 00:17:46.000
 I'm a

00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:47.059
 grace man?

00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:50.920
 Am I

00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:51.480
 superior?

00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:52.019
 Do I

00:17:52.019 --> 00:17:52.319
 have a

00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:53.039
 great sense

00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:53.500
 of value

00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:54.500
 because I

00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:55.400
 graduated from

00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:55.759
 Marshall

00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:56.299
 University?

00:17:58.579 --> 00:17:59.160
 I'm really

00:17:59.160 --> 00:17:59.799
 glad not many

00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:00.200
 of you have

00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:00.619
 to deal

00:18:00.619 --> 00:18:00.920
 with that

00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:01.220
 kind of

00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:01.660
 temptation.

00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:03.559
 It's

00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:03.920
 brutal.

00:18:07.819 --> 00:18:08.519
 What makes

00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:09.220
 you significant?

00:18:09.619 --> 00:18:10.180
 What makes

00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:10.700
 you good?

00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:11.380
 What gives

00:18:11.380 --> 00:18:11.900
 you a good

00:18:11.900 --> 00:18:12.779
 sense about

00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:13.599
 yourself?

00:18:16.759 --> 00:18:17.480
 We narrow

00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:17.960
 the law of

00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:18.480
 God down

00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:19.160
 to something

00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:20.759
 just like

00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:21.460
 the Pharisees,

00:18:21.579 --> 00:18:22.039
 something that

00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:22.519
 we can now

00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:22.859
 do,

00:18:23.259 --> 00:18:23.799
 we can

00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:24.399
 achieve,

00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:26.119
 and we

00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:26.480
 build our

00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:27.200
 identity on

00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:27.519
 that.

00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:31.399
 To the

00:18:31.399 --> 00:18:31.819
 neglect,

00:18:31.980 --> 00:18:32.519
 unfortunately,

00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:34.579
 of everything

00:18:34.579 --> 00:18:34.980
 else.

00:18:34.980 --> 00:18:35.980
 self-justification.

00:18:35.980 --> 00:18:38.160
 So that's

00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:38.740
 the method.

00:18:39.360 --> 00:18:40.559
 We create

00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:43.059
 a whole set

00:18:43.059 --> 00:18:43.839
 of laws

00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:45.120
 that not

00:18:45.120 --> 00:18:45.740
 only we

00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:46.240
 have to

00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:46.519
 keep

00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:47.059
 ourselves,

00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:48.860
 we will

00:18:48.860 --> 00:18:49.900
 also enforce

00:18:49.900 --> 00:18:51.160
 on other

00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:51.500
 people.

00:18:52.819 --> 00:18:53.380
 So what's

00:18:53.380 --> 00:18:54.000
 the tragedy

00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:56.799
 of self-justification?

00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:57.079
 Well,

00:18:57.140 --> 00:18:57.360
 really,

00:18:57.440 --> 00:18:57.720
 I think

00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:58.200
 there's two

00:18:58.200 --> 00:18:58.819
 things.

00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:00.480
 The first

00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:01.759
 thing is

00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.740
 that it's

00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:03.519
 a joyless

00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:04.099
 religion.

00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:04.240
 religion.

00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:07.359
 There is

00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:07.980
 no fun

00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:08.299
 here.

00:19:08.639 --> 00:19:09.079
 I want you

00:19:09.079 --> 00:19:09.480
 to find

00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:10.179
 one place

00:19:10.179 --> 00:19:10.619
 in Scripture

00:19:10.619 --> 00:19:11.119
 where these

00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:11.679
 Pharisees

00:19:11.679 --> 00:19:12.059
 are at a

00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:12.459
 party.

00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:15.359
 Oh,

00:19:15.379 --> 00:19:15.659
 they're at

00:19:15.659 --> 00:19:16.099
 parties,

00:19:16.219 --> 00:19:16.459
 but they're

00:19:16.459 --> 00:19:16.839
 trying to

00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:17.199
 break them

00:19:17.199 --> 00:19:17.519
 up.

00:19:23.639 --> 00:19:24.179
 This

00:19:24.179 --> 00:19:24.859
 approach,

00:19:25.299 --> 00:19:26.359
 this kind

00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:26.759
 of religion

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.219
 is an

00:19:27.219 --> 00:19:27.719
 approach to

00:19:27.719 --> 00:19:28.319
 God that

00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:29.179
 requires strict

00:19:29.179 --> 00:19:29.639
 ritual.

00:19:30.679 --> 00:19:31.459
 I have to

00:19:31.459 --> 00:19:32.059
 do right

00:19:32.059 --> 00:19:34.119
 right or

00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:34.679
 else.

00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:36.119
 I am

00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:36.679
 nothing.

00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:38.059
 If I don't

00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:38.740
 do right,

00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:39.839
 I am an

00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:40.480
 outcast.

00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:41.220
 If I don't

00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:42.119
 do right,

00:19:42.339 --> 00:19:43.019
 then I'm

00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:44.740
 not right.

00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:48.859
 And God

00:19:48.859 --> 00:19:49.799
 then becomes

00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:50.740
 somebody

00:19:50.740 --> 00:19:52.359
 not to

00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:52.980
 love,

00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:54.779
 but to

00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.399
 appease.

00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:58.720
 I've got to

00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.540
 do something

00:19:59.540 --> 00:20:01.000
 to make

00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:01.700
 him smile,

00:20:01.800 --> 00:20:02.120
 to make

00:20:02.120 --> 00:20:02.620
 him happy,

00:20:02.780 --> 00:20:03.860
 or maybe

00:20:03.860 --> 00:20:04.340
 not that

00:20:04.340 --> 00:20:04.720
 far.

00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:05.720
 Maybe I'm

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.300
 not trying to

00:20:06.300 --> 00:20:06.540
 make him

00:20:06.540 --> 00:20:06.900
 smile.

00:20:07.040 --> 00:20:07.380
 I'm just

00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:07.860
 trying to

00:20:07.860 --> 00:20:08.360
 keep him

00:20:08.360 --> 00:20:08.780
 from getting

00:20:08.780 --> 00:20:09.580
 ticked off

00:20:09.580 --> 00:20:11.700
 and getting

00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:12.300
 angry and

00:20:12.300 --> 00:20:13.019
 whacking me

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:14.080
 around somehow.

00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:14.240
 all.

00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:19.039
 And what it

00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:19.859
 says here is

00:20:19.859 --> 00:20:20.139
 that their

00:20:20.139 --> 00:20:20.819
 God that they

00:20:20.819 --> 00:20:21.619
 worship is

00:20:21.619 --> 00:20:22.480
 not fun.

00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:23.939
 He's not

00:20:23.939 --> 00:20:24.439
 fun to be

00:20:24.439 --> 00:20:24.759
 with.

00:20:25.099 --> 00:20:25.799
 He's not a

00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:26.659
 joy to

00:20:26.659 --> 00:20:27.279
 deal with.

00:20:27.899 --> 00:20:28.419
 He is a

00:20:28.419 --> 00:20:29.519
 God that is

00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:30.000
 hard to

00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:30.439
 please.

00:20:31.939 --> 00:20:32.199
 And

00:20:32.199 --> 00:20:32.619
 typically,

00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:34.099
 he's angry.

00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:37.699
 You know,

00:20:37.879 --> 00:20:39.139
 how do you

00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:39.819
 enjoy a

00:20:39.819 --> 00:20:40.839
 God that

00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:41.379
 you have to

00:20:41.379 --> 00:20:41.879
 constantly

00:20:41.879 --> 00:20:42.579
 placate?

00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:45.639
 How do

00:20:45.639 --> 00:20:46.299
 you live

00:20:46.299 --> 00:20:47.759
 with

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:49.039
 someone

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:50.779
 who's always

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.299
 looking over

00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:51.899
 your shoulder

00:20:51.899 --> 00:20:53.319
 and he's

00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:53.579
 got a

00:20:53.579 --> 00:20:54.059
 scorecard?

00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:58.179
 How do

00:20:58.179 --> 00:20:58.679
 you rest?

00:21:00.159 --> 00:21:00.659
 How do

00:21:00.659 --> 00:21:01.019
 you enjoy

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.480
 life?

00:21:04.159 --> 00:21:05.439
 Are you

00:21:05.439 --> 00:21:06.159
 excited about

00:21:06.159 --> 00:21:07.119
 this person

00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:07.379
 with a

00:21:07.379 --> 00:21:07.879
 scorecard?

00:21:10.439 --> 00:21:11.159
 Don't you

00:21:11.159 --> 00:21:11.639
 wish that he

00:21:11.639 --> 00:21:12.079
 would just

00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:12.939
 leave?

00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:15.179
 so you

00:21:15.179 --> 00:21:16.099
 could rest?

00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:19.659
 Well,

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.339
 that's the

00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:20.779
 tragedy.

00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:21.339
 That's the

00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:21.779
 way a lot

00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.059
 of us

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:22.939
 live our

00:21:22.939 --> 00:21:23.460
 religion.

00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:24.399
 God is

00:21:24.399 --> 00:21:25.039
 not somebody

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.799
 that's fun.

00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:26.419
 He's a

00:21:26.419 --> 00:21:27.559
 necessary evil

00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:29.399
 who's

00:21:29.399 --> 00:21:29.919
 constantly

00:21:29.919 --> 00:21:30.980
 displeased.

00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:31.720
 He's

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.579
 disappointed

00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:34.039
 because his

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:35.099
 scorecards

00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:36.740
 are not

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:37.639
 favorable

00:21:37.639 --> 00:21:38.980
 for us.

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:41.980
 you

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.039
 know,

00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:42.460
 I lived

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:43.140
 for years

00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:43.759
 and years

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.799
 with this

00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:45.259
 one

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:46.360
 very

00:21:46.360 --> 00:21:46.880
 haunting

00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:47.740
 question.

00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:50.680
 Am I

00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:50.839
 good

00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:51.339
 enough?

00:21:53.339 --> 00:21:53.880
 You know,

00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:54.420
 not am I

00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:54.920
 good,

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:55.759
 am I

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:55.980
 good

00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:56.799
 enough?

00:21:57.880 --> 00:21:58.480
 Have I

00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:58.819
 kept

00:21:58.819 --> 00:22:00.120
 enough?

00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:00.680
 Have I

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:00.980
 been

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:01.759
 doing

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.640
 enough?

00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:06.180
 And I

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:06.340
 never

00:22:06.340 --> 00:22:06.740
 could answer

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:06.900
 that

00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:07.320
 question.

00:22:09.080 --> 00:22:09.660
 And the

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:09.980
 answer to

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.120
 that

00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:10.740
 question

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.759
 would

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.400
 determine

00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:14.020
 what this

00:22:14.020 --> 00:22:14.640
 God was

00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:15.100
 like

00:22:15.100 --> 00:22:16.880
 that I

00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:17.160
 had to

00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:17.340
 deal

00:22:17.340 --> 00:22:17.700
 with.

00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:22.920
 If I

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:23.080
 have

00:22:23.080 --> 00:22:23.500
 devotional

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:23.940
 times

00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:24.400
 every day

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:25.039
 for 10

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.360
 years,

00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:25.720
 is that

00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:25.920
 going to

00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:26.319
 make God

00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:26.640
 happy?

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:28.680
 Would he

00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:29.259
 require me

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.900
 30 minutes

00:22:29.900 --> 00:22:30.319
 a day

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:31.840
 or maybe

00:22:31.840 --> 00:22:32.340
 45?

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.819
 Is that

00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.200
 enough?

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.340
 How do

00:22:38.340 --> 00:22:38.799
 we ever

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.880
 do enough?

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:42.019
 See,

00:22:42.100 --> 00:22:42.360
 that's the

00:22:42.360 --> 00:22:42.740
 problem with

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.360
 the scorecard.

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.680
 And that's

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.100
 the problem

00:22:46.100 --> 00:22:46.620
 with a God

00:22:46.620 --> 00:22:47.019
 who keeps

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.319
 score.

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:50.140
 the other

00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:50.660
 part of

00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:51.000
 this,

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.019
 the other

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:53.100
 tragedy in

00:22:53.100 --> 00:22:53.420
 this,

00:22:53.840 --> 00:22:54.960
 is that

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:55.539
 if that

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.019
 is the

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:57.039
 way I

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.660
 live with

00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:58.220
 God,

00:22:59.580 --> 00:23:01.620
 it's also

00:23:01.620 --> 00:23:02.140
 the way I

00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:02.940
 live with

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.900
 people around

00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:04.180
 me.

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.519
 You know,

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:09.940
 it's I

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:10.799
 become God.

00:23:11.120 --> 00:23:11.660
 When I

00:23:11.660 --> 00:23:12.279
 set up the

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.700
 rules,

00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:14.000
 that's

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.420
 something that

00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:14.900
 only God

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:15.400
 can do.

00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:16.980
 And then

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.319
 when I

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:17.740
 use the

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.480
 rules to

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.240
 judge other

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:19.939
 people as

00:23:19.939 --> 00:23:20.279
 to whether

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:21.099
 they are

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.639
 meeting the

00:23:21.639 --> 00:23:22.079
 standard,

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.960
 that puts

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.359
 me in the

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:24.099
 judgment seat,

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.559
 which is

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:25.299
 only a

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:26.220
 place for

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:26.579
 God.

00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.839
 And in

00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:29.599
 so doing,

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.439
 with people

00:23:30.439 --> 00:23:31.159
 around me,

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:32.099
 I'm the one

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:32.679
 that ends up

00:23:32.679 --> 00:23:33.179
 carrying the

00:23:33.179 --> 00:23:33.819
 scorecard.

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:35.839
 And I

00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.399
 become the

00:23:36.399 --> 00:23:36.819
 lawgiver,

00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:37.720
 the judge,

00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:38.379
 and the

00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:38.720
 jury,

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:40.519
 and the

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.299
 executioner.

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:41.740
 God

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:44.119
 because if

00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:44.359
 you don't

00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:44.759
 meet up to

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.480
 my standards,

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:48.559
 you'll

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:48.919
 become an

00:23:48.919 --> 00:23:49.440
 outcast.

00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:51.159
 From my

00:23:51.159 --> 00:23:51.519
 circle,

00:23:52.379 --> 00:23:53.180
 from my

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:54.180
 favor,

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:57.799
 you'll

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.159
 become an

00:23:58.159 --> 00:23:58.599
 outcast.

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:00.980
 And see,

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:01.720
 these Pharisees,

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.279
 that's exactly

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:02.940
 what they did.

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.899
 They created

00:24:03.899 --> 00:24:04.960
 this law,

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:05.940
 and it's

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.319
 funny,

00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:07.759
 well, it's not

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.200
 really funny,

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:08.900
 it's tragic.

00:24:10.120 --> 00:24:10.799
 There's a man

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.259
 there with a

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.779
 withered hand.

00:24:11.840 --> 00:24:12.200
 It was a

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.920
 right hand.

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:13.880
 And if you

00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:14.299
 know anything

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:14.900
 about Middle

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:15.660
 Eastern culture,

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.660
 the right hand

00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:17.600
 is everything,

00:24:17.840 --> 00:24:18.480
 and you never

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.039
 do anything

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.559
 with the left

00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:20.039
 hand because

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:20.580
 of certain

00:24:20.580 --> 00:24:21.080
 things you

00:24:21.080 --> 00:24:21.500
 do with

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:21.860
 the left

00:24:21.860 --> 00:24:22.220
 hand.

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.860
 And this

00:24:24.860 --> 00:24:25.420
 guy had a

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:26.080
 withered right

00:24:26.080 --> 00:24:26.519
 hand.

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.660
 He was

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:28.220
 helpless.

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:31.460
 The Pharisees

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.100
 did not

00:24:32.100 --> 00:24:33.000
 care.

00:24:34.840 --> 00:24:35.460
 And they

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.140
 started judging

00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:37.100
 Jesus because

00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:37.720
 he didn't

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:39.079
 follow their

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:39.980
 specific rules.

00:24:40.100 --> 00:24:40.360
 They got

00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:40.839
 angry at

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.120
 him.

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.539
 You know,

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.039
 you can find

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.559
 a place where

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:48.120
 you get angry

00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:49.000
 or where

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:50.120
 you're self-justifying

00:24:50.120 --> 00:24:50.640
 by simply

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:51.140
 looking at

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:51.700
 those places

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.140
 where you

00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:52.559
 get angry

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.059
 the quickest.

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.000
 You know,

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.680
 we've talked

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.299
 about anger

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:56.720
 before,

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.200
 but it's

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.920
 such a great

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.700
 window into

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.600
 our soul.

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:00.460
 Who is it

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:00.860
 that makes

00:25:00.860 --> 00:25:01.440
 you angry?

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.220
 Is it

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:04.100
 homosexuals?

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.920
 Is it

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.240
 liberals?

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:09.700
 Is it

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.299
 Yankees?

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.299
 Who makes

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:17.019
 you angry?

00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:18.400
 People that

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:18.779
 don't use

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.200
 their signal

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.579
 lights?

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:26.079
 Or people

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:26.559
 that constantly

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.140
 drive on the

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.779
 left lane

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:28.200
 and not the

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:28.640
 right lane?

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:34.280
 when I

00:25:34.280 --> 00:25:34.660
 feel the

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:35.060
 right to

00:25:35.060 --> 00:25:35.380
 condemn

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:35.900
 somebody

00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:37.740
 because

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.340
 they're

00:25:38.340 --> 00:25:38.580
 doing

00:25:38.580 --> 00:25:38.960
 something

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.240
 that I

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.460
 think

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:39.660
 is

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.320
 stupid

00:25:40.320 --> 00:25:42.320
 or wrong,

00:25:43.060 --> 00:25:44.000
 that's a

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.259
 window

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:45.120
 into

00:25:45.120 --> 00:25:45.580
 something

00:25:45.580 --> 00:25:46.060
 that I'm

00:25:46.060 --> 00:25:46.420
 using

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:47.620
 to justify

00:25:47.620 --> 00:25:48.220
 myself.

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:54.759
 the

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.480
 Pharisees

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.539
 majored

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:57.660
 on

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:57.960
 outward

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.420
 religion

00:25:58.420 --> 00:26:00.400
 but it

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:00.620
 was a

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:00.839
 religion

00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:01.120
 that was

00:26:01.120 --> 00:26:01.860
 very cold,

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:02.600
 it was

00:26:02.600 --> 00:26:03.299
 very harsh

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:05.140
 and in

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:05.579
 many ways

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.259
 they missed

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.980
 everything

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:08.059
 about their

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.420
 religion

00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:09.799
 because they

00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:10.079
 would have

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.480
 known

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:11.720
 that way

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.180
 back in

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.420
 the Old

00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:12.860
 Testament

00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.639
 one of

00:26:13.639 --> 00:26:13.959
 the minor

00:26:13.959 --> 00:26:14.419
 prophets

00:26:14.419 --> 00:26:14.979
 had already

00:26:14.979 --> 00:26:15.679
 spoken of

00:26:15.679 --> 00:26:16.099
 this whole

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.459
 thing,

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:16.759
 his name

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.379
 was Micah.

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.559
 In Micah

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 chapter 6

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 verses 6

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 through 8

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 Micah

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 came to

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 them and

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 said,

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 look,

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 your

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 outward

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 religion

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 means

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 nothing

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 to me

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 but this

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 is what

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 God

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 requires

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 of you.

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 He says

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 to do

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 justice

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 and that

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 is

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 to treat

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 people

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 with the

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 dignity

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 and the

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 value

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 and the

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 respect

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 that they

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 deserve

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 as being

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 created

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 in the

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 image of

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 God.

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 Did they

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 do that

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 with that

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 man with

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 their hand?

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 No.

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 Do I

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 do that

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 with these

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 crazy

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 drivers out

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 here on

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 the road?

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 No.

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 Then it

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 says

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 to love

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 kindness

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 or to

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 love

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 mercy

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 and that

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 is to

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 desire

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 to come

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 to the

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 aid of

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 those who

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 are helpless

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 and needy

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 and

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 needy

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 help

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 basically

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 to love.

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 And when

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 I've got my

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 rule book

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 out and

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 scorecard

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 out,

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 that's not

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 what comes

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 out of

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 me.

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 And it

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 says to

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 walk humbly

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 with their

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 God because

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 see what they

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 were doing

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 in all of

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 this was

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 they were

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 becoming

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 God

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 in and

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 of

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 themselves.

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 They were

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 the law

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 giver.

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 They were

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 the judge.

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 They were

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 the jury.

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 They were

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 the executioner.

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 That's not

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 humility.

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 That's the

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 opposite of

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 humility.

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 That's exactly

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 what Satan

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 was doing

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 when he

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 was thrown

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 out.

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 But this

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 is a picture

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 of us

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 when we

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 are self

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 justifying

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 according to

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 a set of

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 standards

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 we create

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 and then

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 apply to

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 everybody else

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 around us.

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 And it's

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 tragic.

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 But it's

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 also

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 insanity.

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 I mean

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 there's a

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 word here

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 that I've

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 got to

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 point out

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 to you

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 that really

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 is unfortunate

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 the way it

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 was translated

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 in our

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 text.

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 In verse

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 11 down

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 there it

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 says,

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 and they

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 were filled

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 with fury.

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 Well that

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 word is

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 not just a

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 word for

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 strong anger.

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 It's actually

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 a word that

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 can be

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 translated as

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 dementia

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 or insanity.

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 So when

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 the Pharisees

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 heard what

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 Jesus said

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 and watched

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 him do

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 what he

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 did and

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 they had

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 no answer

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 literally I

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 wish the

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 writers of

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 this of

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 the ESV

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 had said

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 they went

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 nuts.

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 They were

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 out of

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 their minds.

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 They were

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 out of

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 control.

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 They were

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 so enraged.

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 But it

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.259
 was an

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 insane

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.039
 they were

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 mad.

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 Literally

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 they were

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 mad.

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 when the

00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:23.859
 foolishness

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:24.259
 was brought

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.539
 to the

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:24.899
 lights

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 and it

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 was

00:29:27.419 --> 00:29:28.099
 foolishness

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:29.299
 they

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 couldn't

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 see it

00:29:30.159 --> 00:29:32.519
 and they

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:32.959
 didn't give

00:29:32.959 --> 00:29:33.299
 it up

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 but they

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.319
 dug their

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:34.919
 heels in

00:29:34.919 --> 00:29:35.240
 even

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.819
 farther

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:38.259
 and in

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.500
 their

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:39.599
 rage

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:41.059
 in their

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.699
 insane

00:29:41.699 --> 00:29:42.579
 rage

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:42.839
 they

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.859
 tried to

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:45.480
 recapture

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:46.980
 this

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.720
 foundation

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.399
 upon which

00:29:48.399 --> 00:29:48.740
 they were

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.139
 standing

00:29:49.139 --> 00:29:49.659
 that Jesus

00:29:49.659 --> 00:29:50.159
 had just

00:29:50.159 --> 00:29:50.799
 knocked out

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.199
 from under

00:29:51.199 --> 00:29:51.619
 their feet.

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 It's

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.259
 insane.

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.899
 Self-justification

00:29:57.899 --> 00:30:00.460
 is insane.

00:30:02.419 --> 00:30:02.699
 I mean

00:30:02.699 --> 00:30:03.339
 how many of us

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:03.939
 do enough?

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.619
 How many of us

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:05.419
 are good enough?

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.240
 I mean

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.879
 so what

00:30:06.879 --> 00:30:07.859
 what is it

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.500
 that makes

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.699
 me good?

00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:10.379
 What am I

00:30:10.379 --> 00:30:10.899
 doing

00:30:10.899 --> 00:30:12.199
 that

00:30:12.199 --> 00:30:13.500
 gives me

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.819
 more value?

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:17.159
 How is it

00:30:17.159 --> 00:30:17.639
 that I can

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:18.119
 think

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:18.839
 that I have

00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:19.279
 a right

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:20.099
 to condemn

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:20.519
 another

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:20.979
 people

00:30:20.979 --> 00:30:21.679
 simply because

00:30:21.679 --> 00:30:22.279
 they throw

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:22.740
 a switch

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.019
 in their

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.339
 car

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:25.419
 or they

00:30:25.419 --> 00:30:25.779
 don't

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.339
 throw it?

00:30:27.939 --> 00:30:28.699
 Why would

00:30:28.699 --> 00:30:29.479
 I think

00:30:29.479 --> 00:30:30.279
 that I have

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.799
 a greater

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.339
 value

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:31.819
 and I can

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:32.399
 feel better

00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:33.039
 about myself

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.519
 than you

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:34.179
 because of

00:30:34.179 --> 00:30:34.759
 my low

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.000
 carb

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.439
 diet?

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.639
 And that

00:30:38.639 --> 00:30:38.899
 I'm

00:30:38.899 --> 00:30:39.279
 better

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:40.459
 than those

00:30:40.459 --> 00:30:40.899
 who would

00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:41.719
 eat donuts

00:30:41.719 --> 00:30:43.099
 every day

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:44.959
 and I

00:30:44.959 --> 00:30:45.539
 will

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.579
 not mention

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:47.139
 any names.

00:30:53.219 --> 00:30:53.899
 Though

00:30:53.899 --> 00:30:55.839
 the brownie

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.299
 I had last

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:56.579
 weekend

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:57.299
 didn't count

00:30:57.299 --> 00:31:00.819
 or the

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.379
 biscuits I

00:31:01.379 --> 00:31:01.879
 had yesterday

00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:02.279
 morning.

00:31:04.439 --> 00:31:05.240
 You got

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.679
 any donuts

00:31:05.679 --> 00:31:06.019
 left?

00:31:07.219 --> 00:31:07.559
 You got

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:10.859
 what makes

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:11.460
 me think

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:12.700
 that these

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.159
 trivial

00:31:13.159 --> 00:31:14.000
 little things

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:16.000
 gives me

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.599
 a basis

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:18.619
 to separate

00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:19.319
 myself from

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:19.940
 the riffraff

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:21.940
 and it

00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:22.299
 puts me

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:22.539
 in a

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:22.879
 superior

00:31:22.879 --> 00:31:23.519
 place

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:25.460
 that somehow

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.220
 my scorecard

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.859
 looks better

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:29.659
 because of

00:31:29.659 --> 00:31:30.000
 that.

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.599
 Insanity.

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.059
 It is

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.539
 also.

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.059
 And it's

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:38.659
 so contrary

00:31:38.659 --> 00:31:39.359
 and this

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:39.779
 is interesting

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.279
 why did

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:40.819
 Jesus pick

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.299
 the Sabbath?

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.279
 Because a

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.839
 life like

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:45.000
 this has

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:47.240
 no rest.

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.440
 None.

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:53.539
 Because how

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:53.960
 can you

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.539
 rest

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:57.440
 with a

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:57.980
 scorecard?

00:31:57.980 --> 00:32:01.339
 how can you

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:03.279
 ever rest

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:04.059
 that you've

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.700
 done enough?

00:32:05.860 --> 00:32:06.660
 How can you

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:08.279
 ever rest

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:08.759
 in your

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.360
 value?

00:32:12.360 --> 00:32:13.680
 You can't.

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:18.180
 do you

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:19.279
 think of God

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:22.380
 instead of

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:22.920
 bringing a

00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:23.420
 smile to your

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:23.840
 face it

00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:24.120
 probably

00:32:24.120 --> 00:32:24.500
 strikes

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.220
 terror in

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.620
 your heart.

00:32:27.620 --> 00:32:28.060
 Do you

00:32:28.060 --> 00:32:28.440
 ever think of

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:28.720
 what the

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:29.220
 judgment day

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.500
 is going to

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:29.740
 be?

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:31.799
 You get to

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.299
 stand before

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:32.900
 God and the

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.560
 records opened.

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:35.560
 Are you looking

00:32:35.560 --> 00:32:36.259
 forward to it?

00:32:37.340 --> 00:32:37.880
 Because he's

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.180
 going to pull

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.420
 out your

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:38.940
 scorecard.

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:41.660
 how are you

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:42.059
 going to be?

00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:43.440
 How are you

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:43.820
 going to do?

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.340
 Well there is

00:32:48.340 --> 00:32:48.680
 a remedy

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:52.100
 and we see it

00:32:52.100 --> 00:32:52.900
 here in two

00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:53.340
 places.

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.519
 First in

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:58.039
 verse 5

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:59.340
 and I love

00:32:59.340 --> 00:32:59.720
 this.

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:02.180
 When Jesus

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:02.799
 goes through

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.759
 and he's

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.420
 answering the

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:05.120
 Pharisees

00:33:05.120 --> 00:33:06.080
 and gives

00:33:06.080 --> 00:33:06.500
 them this

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:07.299
 tale of

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:08.160
 look you

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:08.400
 make

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:09.240
 exception for

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.820
 David who

00:33:09.820 --> 00:33:10.180
 was the

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:11.380
 king and

00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:12.040
 he broke

00:33:12.040 --> 00:33:13.100
 the rules

00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:13.420
 of the

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:13.940
 tabernacle

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.380
 by eating

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:14.880
 bread.

00:33:16.580 --> 00:33:17.400
 See you've

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:17.640
 got a

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:18.280
 greater king

00:33:18.280 --> 00:33:18.740
 here.

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:22.259
 Because I'm

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.840
 not David.

00:33:24.820 --> 00:33:25.620
 I'm Lord

00:33:25.620 --> 00:33:26.100
 of David.

00:33:27.300 --> 00:33:27.820
 I'm Lord

00:33:27.820 --> 00:33:28.259
 of the

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:28.640
 Sabbath

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:29.500
 itself.

00:33:30.360 --> 00:33:30.759
 And little

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.400
 did these

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:32.400
 Pharisees

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:33.360
 realize that

00:33:33.360 --> 00:33:33.640
 they were

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:35.060
 standing before

00:33:35.060 --> 00:33:36.300
 the face of

00:33:36.300 --> 00:33:37.000
 the one who

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.900
 declared the

00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:39.160
 Sabbath to

00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:39.580
 come into

00:33:39.580 --> 00:33:39.860
 being.

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.400
 And why

00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:42.720
 did he

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:43.240
 create the

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.519
 Sabbath?

00:33:44.560 --> 00:33:45.380
 To celebrate.

00:33:47.120 --> 00:33:47.920
 To celebrate

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.759
 all that God

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.220
 had done.

00:33:50.540 --> 00:33:51.420
 To celebrate

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:52.560
 his creation.

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.840
 To celebrate

00:33:53.840 --> 00:33:54.580
 the goodness

00:33:54.580 --> 00:33:55.240
 of it.

00:33:55.820 --> 00:33:56.259
 You know where

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.860
 he pronounced

00:33:56.860 --> 00:33:57.320
 it at the end

00:33:57.320 --> 00:33:57.900
 of that sixth

00:33:57.900 --> 00:33:58.519
 day and it

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.440
 was very

00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:00.080
 good.

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:02.019
 And then he

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:03.040
 had this day

00:34:03.040 --> 00:34:04.060
 to again

00:34:04.060 --> 00:34:05.200
 to rest from

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:05.660
 his labor.

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.360
 But then to

00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:07.460
 celebrate all

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:08.500
 of this great

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:09.079
 work.

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:10.220
 And the one

00:34:10.220 --> 00:34:11.039
 now that

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.880
 stood in

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.519
 front of

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:12.840
 them

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:16.480
 was not

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:16.960
 only the

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.699
 creator who

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.240
 called it

00:34:18.240 --> 00:34:18.679
 into being

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.079
 but he was

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.659
 also the

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:20.039
 one who

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:20.539
 was making

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.460
 all things

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.099
 new.

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.760
 It was

00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:26.960
 his work

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:29.659
 that was

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:29.920
 going to

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.880
 become the

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.420
 scorecard.

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:33.700
 he was

00:34:33.700 --> 00:34:34.039
 going to

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.500
 go and

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.680
 it was

00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:34.840
 going to

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.119
 be on

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:35.800
 the cross

00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:36.200
 where he

00:34:36.200 --> 00:34:36.820
 would say

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:37.519
 it is

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.099
 finished.

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:38.880
 It is

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.559
 done.

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:43.920
 He was

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.340
 going to

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:45.320
 go and

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:45.820
 he was

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:46.320
 going to

00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:47.019
 live and

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.420
 fulfill

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:48.420
 everything

00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:48.860
 that God

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:49.599
 required.

00:34:50.180 --> 00:34:50.639
 Fill the

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:51.360
 scorecard

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:52.300
 with

00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:53.400
 righteousness

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:55.519
 and then

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:56.000
 hand it

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.760
 to us

00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:58.960
 if we

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.539
 believed.

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:03.180
 and in

00:35:03.180 --> 00:35:03.740
 that

00:35:03.740 --> 00:35:05.760
 we can

00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:06.320
 rest.

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:08.400
 Jesus

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:09.280
 would

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:10.340
 do all

00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:10.700
 that was

00:35:10.700 --> 00:35:11.280
 required

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:12.079
 of us

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:12.700
 himself.

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.639
 He would

00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:15.039
 do the

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.599
 work

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:18.280
 and then

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:19.139
 invite us

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:20.720
 into his

00:35:20.720 --> 00:35:21.159
 rest.

00:35:22.260 --> 00:35:22.539
 And it

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:22.680
 would be

00:35:22.680 --> 00:35:23.420
 a rest

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:24.300
 that would

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:24.980
 go on

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:25.840
 forever.

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.079
 God

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:27.840
 would

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:28.640
 do the

00:35:28.640 --> 00:35:28.840
 rest.

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.840
 But

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.940
 secondly

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:32.140
 there was

00:35:32.140 --> 00:35:32.420
 something

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:32.780
 else.

00:35:34.220 --> 00:35:34.800
 In that

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:35.180
 second

00:35:35.180 --> 00:35:35.780
 episode

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:37.079
 I loved

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:37.600
 it because

00:35:37.600 --> 00:35:38.120
 there was

00:35:38.120 --> 00:35:39.079
 there was

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:39.760
 somebody in

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:40.340
 that group

00:35:40.340 --> 00:35:40.880
 in that

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.420
 place

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:41.820
 of the

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.100
 synagogue

00:35:42.100 --> 00:35:42.680
 who was

00:35:42.680 --> 00:35:43.160
 lame

00:35:43.160 --> 00:35:43.940
 who was

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.380
 weak

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:44.900
 and he

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.059
 was

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.539
 helpless

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:46.240
 and

00:35:46.240 --> 00:35:46.559
 everybody

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:47.100
 thinks

00:35:47.100 --> 00:35:47.660
 it was

00:35:47.660 --> 00:35:48.000
 the man

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.160
 with

00:35:48.160 --> 00:35:48.260
 the

00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:48.500
 withered

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:48.820
 hand.

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.579
 But it

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:51.980
 wasn't

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.780
 just him.

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:56.780
 it was

00:35:56.780 --> 00:35:57.120
 all those

00:35:57.120 --> 00:35:57.780
 Pharisees.

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:01.080
 And he

00:36:01.080 --> 00:36:01.420
 basically

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:01.980
 told the

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.900
 guy with

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:03.000
 the

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.240
 withered

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:03.460
 hand

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:03.720
 he says

00:36:03.720 --> 00:36:04.220
 come to

00:36:04.220 --> 00:36:04.560
 me.

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:07.300
 Stretch

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:07.640
 out your

00:36:07.640 --> 00:36:08.000
 hand.

00:36:11.080 --> 00:36:11.660
 And in

00:36:11.660 --> 00:36:12.060
 the same

00:36:12.060 --> 00:36:12.700
 way he

00:36:12.700 --> 00:36:13.140
 was calling

00:36:13.140 --> 00:36:13.420
 to the

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:14.120
 Pharisees

00:36:14.120 --> 00:36:14.940
 to do

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:15.340
 the same

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:15.760
 thing.

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:18.000
 He said

00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:18.420
 come to

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:18.820
 me.

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:20.700
 Come

00:36:20.700 --> 00:36:21.180
 stretch

00:36:21.180 --> 00:36:21.560
 out your

00:36:21.560 --> 00:36:22.060
 hand.

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:22.739
 you're

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:23.199
 helpless.

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:24.519
 You

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:24.920
 can't

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.239
 do

00:36:25.239 --> 00:36:25.840
 enough.

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:27.000
 Come

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.739
 to

00:36:27.739 --> 00:36:28.340
 me.

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.759
 Just

00:36:31.759 --> 00:36:32.119
 like he

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:33.000
 says in

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.239
 Matthew

00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:33.599
 11.

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:35.199
 Come

00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:35.659
 to me

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:36.360
 all who

00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:36.940
 are weary

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:38.219
 and heavy

00:36:38.219 --> 00:36:38.759
 laden

00:36:38.759 --> 00:36:40.719
 and I

00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:41.279
 will give

00:36:41.279 --> 00:36:42.259
 you rest.

00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:45.340
 Let me

00:36:45.340 --> 00:36:45.779
 ask you a

00:36:45.779 --> 00:36:46.039
 question.

00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:46.500
 How many

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:46.739
 of y'all

00:36:46.739 --> 00:36:47.179
 are tired?

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:52.859
 how many

00:36:52.859 --> 00:36:53.119
 of you are

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:53.480
 tired of

00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:53.599
 the

00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:54.099
 scorecard?

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:58.639
 How many

00:36:58.639 --> 00:36:58.919
 of you are

00:36:58.919 --> 00:36:59.379
 tired of

00:36:59.379 --> 00:36:59.799
 trying to

00:36:59.799 --> 00:37:00.440
 perform and

00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:00.719
 trying to

00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:01.000
 be good

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.319
 enough?

00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:04.779
 And not

00:37:04.779 --> 00:37:05.419
 really knowing

00:37:05.419 --> 00:37:06.659
 if you ever

00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:07.159
 get there?

00:37:07.799 --> 00:37:08.539
 Well you do

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:09.139
 kind of know

00:37:09.139 --> 00:37:09.839
 because you

00:37:09.839 --> 00:37:10.159
 know you

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:10.559
 never get

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:10.819
 there.

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:14.759
 There's a lot

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.120
 of us are

00:37:15.120 --> 00:37:15.440
 tired.

00:37:19.020 --> 00:37:19.460
 Jesus

00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:19.900
 says come

00:37:19.900 --> 00:37:20.240
 to me.

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:24.140
 Don't worry

00:37:24.140 --> 00:37:24.600
 about doing

00:37:24.600 --> 00:37:24.920
 all this

00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:25.300
 stuff.

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:28.460
 I've already

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:28.900
 done it.

00:37:30.600 --> 00:37:31.480
 You can't do

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:32.020
 anything with

00:37:32.020 --> 00:37:32.660
 the scorecard

00:37:32.660 --> 00:37:33.220
 that's enough.

00:37:33.720 --> 00:37:34.240
 I've already

00:37:34.240 --> 00:37:34.740
 done it.

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:37.300
 The scorecard

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:37.860
 is full.

00:37:37.860 --> 00:37:38.400
 It is

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:38.900
 fulfilled.

00:37:39.120 --> 00:37:39.500
 It is

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:40.079
 complete.

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:40.700
 There will

00:37:40.700 --> 00:37:41.760
 nothing else

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:42.519
 to be done.

00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:45.740
 Come to

00:37:45.740 --> 00:37:46.019
 me.

00:37:48.200 --> 00:37:48.940
 And in

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.340
 me

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:52.320
 you'll

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:52.840
 find

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:54.099
 what he

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.640
 means

00:37:54.640 --> 00:37:56.820
 by rest

00:37:56.820 --> 00:37:57.599
 and the

00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:57.920
 Sabbath.

00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:00.240
 Because it's

00:38:00.240 --> 00:38:00.800
 the end of

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:01.120
 labor.

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:02.940
 It's the

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.480
 end of

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:04.120
 performance.

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:06.180
 It's the

00:38:06.180 --> 00:38:06.840
 celebration

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:07.740
 now of

00:38:07.739 --> 00:38:08.359
 all that

00:38:08.359 --> 00:38:09.000
 Christ

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:09.679
 has

00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:10.500
 done

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:12.259
 for us.

00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:14.419
 Because now

00:38:14.419 --> 00:38:14.899
 we are

00:38:14.899 --> 00:38:15.579
 in

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:16.679
 Christ.

00:38:20.339 --> 00:38:20.939
 So if

00:38:20.939 --> 00:38:21.099
 you're

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:21.459
 tired

00:38:21.459 --> 00:38:24.479
 come to

00:38:24.479 --> 00:38:24.839
 Jesus

00:38:24.839 --> 00:38:26.939
 and know

00:38:26.939 --> 00:38:27.479
 his rest.

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:31.519
 Let's

00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:31.779
 pray.

00:38:33.839 --> 00:38:34.319
 Father

00:38:34.319 --> 00:38:34.659
 we

00:38:34.659 --> 00:38:35.519
 there's a

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:35.759
 lot of

00:38:35.759 --> 00:38:36.039
 us here

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:36.339
 that are

00:38:36.339 --> 00:38:36.639
 tired.

00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:39.899
 some of

00:38:39.899 --> 00:38:40.139
 us are

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:40.419
 tired

00:38:40.419 --> 00:38:40.639
 and we

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:40.799
 don't

00:38:40.799 --> 00:38:41.039
 know

00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:41.279
 it.

00:38:44.479 --> 00:38:45.119
 But some

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.359
 of us

00:38:45.359 --> 00:38:45.699
 know it

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:46.119
 very

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:46.799
 acutely.

00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:49.579
 Would

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:49.919
 you

00:38:49.919 --> 00:38:53.879
 give us

00:38:53.879 --> 00:38:54.319
 ears to

00:38:54.319 --> 00:38:54.659
 hear your

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:55.159
 invitation?

00:38:57.739 --> 00:38:58.319
 And would

00:38:58.319 --> 00:38:58.659
 you give us

00:38:58.659 --> 00:38:59.079
 the strength

00:38:59.079 --> 00:39:00.319
 to get up

00:39:00.319 --> 00:39:01.019
 and go

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.599
 to Jesus

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:02.719
 and stretch

00:39:02.719 --> 00:39:03.039
 out our

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.459
 hands to

00:39:03.459 --> 00:39:03.719
 him?

00:39:03.719 --> 00:39:08.259
 and help

00:39:08.259 --> 00:39:08.559
 us to

00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:08.879
 believe

00:39:08.879 --> 00:39:10.819
 that in

00:39:10.819 --> 00:39:11.159
 Jesus

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:12.679
 we can

00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:13.419
 finally find

00:39:13.419 --> 00:39:13.959
 our rest.

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:15.759
 No more

00:39:15.759 --> 00:39:16.719
 self-justifying.

00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:19.519
 No more

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:19.980
 performing.

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:23.019
 Just rest.

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:24.919
 Because Jesus

00:39:24.919 --> 00:39:25.459
 has done it

00:39:25.459 --> 00:39:25.639
 all.

00:39:27.799 --> 00:39:28.399
 Would you

00:39:28.399 --> 00:39:28.759
 do that

00:39:28.759 --> 00:39:29.259
 for us?

00:39:29.260 --> 00:39:29.340
 Jesus.

00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:31.520
 And

00:39:31.520 --> 00:39:31.740
 Father

00:39:31.740 --> 00:39:32.080
 if there's

00:39:32.080 --> 00:39:32.540
 some here

00:39:32.540 --> 00:39:32.980
 who've never

00:39:32.980 --> 00:39:33.380
 known

00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:34.620
 Jesus at

00:39:34.620 --> 00:39:35.000
 all

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:36.880
 and are

00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:37.500
 so tired

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:40.140
 would you

00:39:40.140 --> 00:39:40.940
 speak to

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:41.480
 their hearts

00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:42.800
 that they

00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:43.240
 might hear

00:39:43.240 --> 00:39:43.840
 his voice

00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:44.640
 his

00:39:44.640 --> 00:39:45.260
 inviting

00:39:45.260 --> 00:39:46.300
 voice

00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:48.560
 that they

00:39:48.560 --> 00:39:49.000
 might come

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:49.400
 to you.

00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:51.900
 And we

00:39:51.900 --> 00:39:52.280
 pray in

00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:52.900
 Jesus name.

00:39:53.160 --> 00:39:53.360
 Amen.

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:53.460
 Amen.

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:58.019
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