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 Matthew chapter 9, verse 9.

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 Jesus passed on from there.

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 As Jesus passed on from there,

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! He saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth,

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! And he said to him,

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 follow me.

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 And he rose and followed him.

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 Matthew profiles Matthew.

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 Now, based on volume,

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 the longest autobiography written

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 is a six-volume book called My Struggle,

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 written by a Norwegian author, Karl Ovek Nashgar.

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 The word count is approximately one million words,

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 3,600 pages long.

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 I have no idea what his struggles were,

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 but clearly he struggled with brevity.

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 But by stark contrast,

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 volume one of Matthew's autobiography

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 is no more than a brief paragraph,

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 and we have just read it.

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 Matthew 9, verse 9.

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 Around 30 words,

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 you might say no more than a snippet

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 of his life story,

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 but it is significant

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 because here,

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 Matthew profiles Matthew.

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 Here,

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 Matthew writes just a little about himself.

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 This is where Matthew tells us

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 of how Matthew came to follow

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 the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Yes,

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 little is written,

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 but I hope,

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 as we'll discover

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 over the next half hour or so,

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 much is said.

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 It's also one of the

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 shortest personal testimonies

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 you are likely to read,

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 but it does not lack substance.

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 I want us this morning to notice

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 that Matthew is both concise

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 and comprehensive.

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 in the details he shares.

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 We have here the vital statistics,

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 and they are indeed

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 a significant to note.

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 There's also this.

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 I often hear people say,

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 I don't have a testimony

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 that's worth sharing.

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 Well, take some encouragement

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 from Matthew, if you will,

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 because a personal testimony

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 need not be

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 a lengthy and detailed account

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 of how we came to faith

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 The gospel writer Matthew

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 writes a very short account,

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 but it leaves a lasting impression

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 on the reader,

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 does it not?

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 So where are we going with this today?

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 Well, we're going to assess

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 here in verse 9,

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 just this one verse,

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 how this significant development

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 unfolds.

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 We're also going to explore

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 what we might glean from it,

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 from a missional

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 and theological perspective.

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 So we're coming to this

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 under two headings.

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 Matthew called by Jesus.

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 Matthew committed

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 to Jesus.

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 So let's begin

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 by looking at how

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 Matthew

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 was called

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 by Jesus.

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 Now,

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 the first thing I want us

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 to notice

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 is that the Lord Jesus

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 is always,

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 always strategic

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 in his work

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 and ministry.

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 The Lord Jesus

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 is always

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 missional.

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 You see that

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 across the landscape

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 of the four gospels,

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 Matthew, Mark,

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 Luke, and John.

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 What I mean by this

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 is that we never see

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 Jesus wandering aimlessly

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 from place to place.

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 Verse 9 begins,

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 as Jesus passed on,

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 or you might

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 put it another way,

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 or as Jesus went on

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 from there,

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 as he passed on

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 from there.

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 That implies

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 a predetermined

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 divine plan,

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 all of which

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 revolves around

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 fulfilling

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 God the Father's

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 redemptive

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 purposes.

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 We have here

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 the unfolding.

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 It's a work in progress.

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 We call it

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 the plan

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 of salvation,

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 and it is being

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 fulfilled here

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 in a very personal way

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 at a tax

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 collector's

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 booth.

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 note, too,

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 in John 4,

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 4,

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 John tells us

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 of how Jesus

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 had to go

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 through Samaria

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 to engage

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 with a much

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 despised

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 Samaritan woman

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 at Jacob's

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 well.

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 So,

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 in a very similar

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 vein,

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 Matthew is telling

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 us here

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 that Jesus

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 had to walk

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 by the

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 Sea of

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 Galilee.

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 Luke tells us,

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 Luke gives us

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 more geography

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 in his

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 account

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 of Matthew's

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 incident.

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 So,

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 he had to

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 walk by

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 the Sea of

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 Galilee

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 to engage

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 with Matthew

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 at this

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 local

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 tax booth.

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 And it is

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 there

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 that Jesus

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 calls

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 the writer

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 of this

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 gospel,

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 a tax

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 collector

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 whose name

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 is Levi,

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 surnamed

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 Matthew,

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 the name

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 by which

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 he is

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 widely

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 known,

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 of course,

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 in the

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 early

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 church.

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 So,

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 what is

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 so significant

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 about this

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 tax booth,

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 this tax

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 point?

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 Well,

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 this is

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 Matthew's

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 workstation

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 that we're

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 being introduced

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 to here.

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 It's his

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 office.

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 The shores

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 of Galilee

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 and the

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 surrounding

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 areas are

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 his province,

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 his domain,

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 his catchment

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 area.

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 Now,

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 I want to

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 emphasize that

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 this is

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 not,

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 and it's

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 very apparent

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 to see this,

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 of course,

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 the evidence

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 is before us,

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 this is not

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 an Acts

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 9,

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 road to

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 Damascus,

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 explosive

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 conversion

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 account,

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 far from it.

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 There is

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 very little

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 drama

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 about

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 Matthew's

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 story.

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 And again,

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 perhaps we

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 can draw

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 some crumbs

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 of encouragement

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 from that

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 point,

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 because is it

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 not reassuring

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 for anyone

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 here today,

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 whoever you

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 are.

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 Maybe it

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 is the

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 case that

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 you are

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 waiting,

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 waiting for

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 the drama

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 to unfold,

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 waiting for

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 an earth-shattering

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 development to

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 happen to you

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 before you

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 become a

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 follower of

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Well,

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 let me say to

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 you,

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 I know in

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 certain terms,

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 that's not

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 how it

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 works.

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 There are

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 exceptions to

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 the rule,

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 but we are

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 exploring the

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 rule.

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 Across the

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 landscape of

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 Scripture,

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 you will find

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 that there

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 are multiple

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 conversions

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 that are

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 uneventful.

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 people.

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 Let me

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 take you

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 back to

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 the pages

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 of the

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 Old Testament

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 to 1

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 Kings 19

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 9.

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 It's that

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 very significant

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 moment where

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 the Lord

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 spoke to

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 Elijah.

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 How did

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 that happen?

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 Well, the

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 Bible tells

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 us that it

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 wasn't in

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 a hurricane

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 force wind.

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 No,

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 God's voice

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 is absent.

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 It wasn't

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 in an

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 earthquake,

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 and it

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 wasn't in

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 the fire.

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 It came

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 in the

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 sound of

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 a low

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 whisper,

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 a still,

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 small

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 voice.

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 Maybe

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 that's how

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 God is

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 speaking to

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 you today.

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 I pray

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 that you

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 will hear

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 His

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 still,

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 small,

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 low

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 whisper,

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 because when

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 you do,

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 it will

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 be loud

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 enough

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 to

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 rattle

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 you.

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 This is

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 the dynamic

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 of Matthew

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 9.

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 9.

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 It's all

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 very

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 ordinary.

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 So you

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 might say

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 it's just

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 another day

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 at the

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 tax collector's

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 booth for

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 Matthew.

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 He's engaged

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 in his

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 work,

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 pen to

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 hand,

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 applying and

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 collecting

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 taxes

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 accordingly

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 from those

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 who are

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 under his

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 jurisdiction.

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 But verse

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 9 really

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 is a

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 turning

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 point.

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 So what

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 is the

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 turning

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 point in

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 this verse?

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 Well,

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 it revolves,

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 of course,

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 around the

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 Lord Jesus.

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 We see

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 Him walking

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 along,

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 He's

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 passing

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 by,

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 and it's

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 not by

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 coincidence.

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 Coincidence

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 is not a

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 word you'll

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 find in the

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 vocabulary of

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 divine

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 providence.

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 This is by

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 divine

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 appointment.

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 Jesus is

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 seeking out

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 disciples,

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 and He

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 calls

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 Matthew.

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 I want

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 us to

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 notice here

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 how Jesus

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 singles him

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 out,

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 just as He

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 called Simon

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 and Andrew

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 and James

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 and John

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 back in

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 chapter 4,

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 with the

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 exact same

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 formula,

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 and it's a

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 recurring formula

00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:06.899
 on the pages

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 of the gospel.

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 You will find

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 it time and

00:10:09.139 --> 00:10:09.779
 time again,

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 just two

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 words,

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 follow me.

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 But much,

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 much more

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 than just

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 two words,

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 there's

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 something very

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 personal,

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 something very

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 persuasive,

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 and indeed

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 powerful about

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 this formula,

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 as we'll see

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 in a moment.

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 So,

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 let's ask the

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 question,

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 what do we

00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:29.879
 know about

00:10:29.879 --> 00:10:30.360
 Matthew?

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 Well,

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 at this stage,

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 not a lot

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 other than

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 his father's

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 name.

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 Mark tells

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 us in Mark

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 2 that

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 Matthew,

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 Levi,

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 is the

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 son of

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 Alphaeus,

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 but Matthew,

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 Mark,

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 and Luke,

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 the three

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 gospel writers

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 who profile

00:10:48.700 --> 00:10:49.480
 this incident,

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 tell us that

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 Matthew is

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 a tax

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 collector,

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 and that's

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 arguably not

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 the best

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 introduction

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 by way of

00:11:00.540 --> 00:11:01.240
 public

00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:01.960
 perception,

00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:02.920
 at least

00:11:02.920 --> 00:11:04.080
 back in

00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:04.520
 the first

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 century world.

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 Think of

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 Matthew as

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 a New

00:11:10.119 --> 00:11:10.679
 Testament,

00:11:10.679 --> 00:11:10.119
 a New

00:11:10.119 --> 00:11:10.679
 Testament,

00:11:11.579 --> 00:11:11.899
 Naaman.

00:11:13.019 --> 00:11:13.599
 Who was

00:11:13.599 --> 00:11:13.979
 Naaman?

00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:15.559
 2 Kings

00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:16.539
 chapter 5,

00:11:16.619 --> 00:11:17.179
 verse 1,

00:11:17.259 --> 00:11:18.000
 we're introduced

00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:18.899
 to this

00:11:18.899 --> 00:11:20.119
 high-profile

00:11:20.119 --> 00:11:20.619
 figure,

00:11:21.539 --> 00:11:22.219
 a man of

00:11:22.219 --> 00:11:22.859
 status.

00:11:23.659 --> 00:11:24.299
 He's introduced

00:11:24.299 --> 00:11:25.259
 as the commander

00:11:25.259 --> 00:11:26.059
 of the army

00:11:26.059 --> 00:11:26.759
 of the king

00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:27.500
 of Syria,

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 a great man,

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 the Bible tells

00:11:30.019 --> 00:11:30.259
 us,

00:11:30.419 --> 00:11:31.339
 highly regarded,

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 a man

00:11:32.559 --> 00:11:34.759
 of valor,

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 indeed a

00:11:36.079 --> 00:11:37.259
 mighty man

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 of valor,

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 but,

00:11:39.899 --> 00:11:40.799
 but,

00:11:40.799 --> 00:11:43.519
 he was

00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:45.500
 a leper.

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 You see,

00:11:48.579 --> 00:11:49.579
 Matthew has

00:11:49.579 --> 00:11:51.119
 the leprosy

00:11:51.119 --> 00:11:51.659
 factor.

00:11:53.259 --> 00:11:53.899
 Yes,

00:11:53.939 --> 00:11:54.439
 he has a

00:11:54.439 --> 00:11:55.000
 respective

00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:55.839
 pedigree,

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 but he

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 was

00:11:58.939 --> 00:12:00.719
 a tax

00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:01.360
 collector.

00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:04.639
 The King

00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:05.399
 James

00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:06.700
 version uses

00:12:06.700 --> 00:12:07.379
 the word

00:12:07.379 --> 00:12:08.420
 publican.

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 He was a

00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:11.019
 publican,

00:12:11.560 --> 00:12:12.540
 a man

00:12:12.540 --> 00:12:13.320
 much

00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:14.680
 despised

00:12:14.680 --> 00:12:15.700
 who farmed

00:12:15.700 --> 00:12:16.340
 public

00:12:16.340 --> 00:12:16.960
 revenue

00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:17.779
 with greed

00:12:17.779 --> 00:12:18.279
 and

00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:19.580
 unfairness.

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 Names

00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:22.700
 stick,

00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:24.680
 just like

00:12:24.680 --> 00:12:25.519
 Naaman the

00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:25.920
 leper,

00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:26.940
 so,

00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:27.920
 Matthew the

00:12:27.919 --> 00:12:28.339
 tax

00:12:28.339 --> 00:12:28.959
 collector

00:12:28.959 --> 00:12:29.559
 is not

00:12:29.559 --> 00:12:29.939
 without

00:12:29.939 --> 00:12:30.839
 stigma.

00:12:32.579 --> 00:12:32.959
 Indeed,

00:12:33.099 --> 00:12:33.579
 just like

00:12:33.579 --> 00:12:34.159
 the leper,

00:12:34.299 --> 00:12:34.699
 we meet

00:12:34.699 --> 00:12:35.279
 back in

00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:35.939
 chapter 8,

00:12:36.059 --> 00:12:36.519
 in the

00:12:36.519 --> 00:12:36.919
 previous

00:12:36.919 --> 00:12:37.459
 chapter,

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 it's how

00:12:37.959 --> 00:12:38.519
 the chapter

00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:39.199
 begins,

00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:40.219
 Jesus

00:12:40.219 --> 00:12:41.279
 cleanses

00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:41.899
 a letter,

00:12:42.059 --> 00:12:42.199
 well,

00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:42.919
 just like

00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:43.939
 the leper,

00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:46.079
 a Jewish

00:12:46.079 --> 00:12:46.639
 tax

00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:47.179
 collector

00:12:47.179 --> 00:12:47.519
 like

00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:48.179
 Matthew

00:12:48.179 --> 00:12:48.699
 was

00:12:48.699 --> 00:12:49.459
 labelled

00:12:49.459 --> 00:12:50.659
 ceremonially

00:12:50.659 --> 00:12:51.799
 unclean,

00:12:53.099 --> 00:12:53.740
 thought of

00:12:53.740 --> 00:12:54.679
 generally as

00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:55.459
 a filthy,

00:12:56.039 --> 00:12:56.539
 meddling,

00:12:56.939 --> 00:12:57.599
 middleman,

00:12:57.600 --> 00:12:58.540
 of ill

00:12:58.540 --> 00:12:59.259
 repute.

00:13:00.540 --> 00:13:01.300
 Think of

00:13:01.300 --> 00:13:02.080
 Matthew as

00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:02.680
 a traitor

00:13:02.680 --> 00:13:03.320
 who has

00:13:03.320 --> 00:13:03.980
 very few

00:13:03.980 --> 00:13:04.680
 friends.

00:13:05.320 --> 00:13:05.759
 Here is

00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:06.399
 someone who

00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:07.500
 collaborates

00:13:07.500 --> 00:13:08.500
 with Rome,

00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:09.560
 collecting

00:13:09.560 --> 00:13:10.420
 taxes on

00:13:10.420 --> 00:13:11.060
 behalf of

00:13:11.060 --> 00:13:11.879
 the empire,

00:13:12.019 --> 00:13:12.480
 that's his

00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:13.279
 day job.

00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:14.480
 He's less

00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:15.680
 than patriotic,

00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:16.600
 we see him

00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:17.460
 working here

00:13:17.460 --> 00:13:18.240
 under Roman

00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:18.899
 duress,

00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:19.899
 offering a

00:13:19.899 --> 00:13:20.659
 toll booth

00:13:20.659 --> 00:13:21.620
 for Herod

00:13:21.620 --> 00:13:22.620
 Antipas,

00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:23.379
 the tetra

00:13:23.379 --> 00:13:24.820
 of Galilee.

00:13:25.580 --> 00:13:26.000
 You see,

00:13:26.139 --> 00:13:26.879
 Matthew is

00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:28.240
 also frowned

00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:29.000
 upon by

00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:29.720
 the religious

00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:30.399
 leaders,

00:13:30.899 --> 00:13:31.799
 the scribes

00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:32.139
 and the

00:13:32.139 --> 00:13:32.860
 Pharisees,

00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:33.399
 who are

00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:34.139
 always

00:13:34.139 --> 00:13:35.080
 prowling

00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:35.820
 around.

00:13:36.039 --> 00:13:36.480
 They see

00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:36.879
 him as a

00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:37.639
 defector

00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:38.340
 and as

00:13:38.340 --> 00:13:39.480
 an apostate.

00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:40.679
 The

00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:41.360
 taxation

00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:42.500
 system back

00:13:42.500 --> 00:13:43.120
 then was

00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:43.659
 corrupt

00:13:43.659 --> 00:13:44.659
 and was

00:13:44.659 --> 00:13:45.379
 considered

00:13:45.379 --> 00:13:46.419
 fraudulent

00:13:46.419 --> 00:13:47.620
 at the best

00:13:47.620 --> 00:13:48.519
 of times.

00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:50.559
 Many tax

00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:51.179
 collectors

00:13:51.179 --> 00:13:52.500
 pocketed

00:13:52.500 --> 00:13:54.039
 commission,

00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:54.099
 inflation,

00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:55.439
 inflated

00:13:55.439 --> 00:13:56.299
 payments

00:13:56.299 --> 00:13:57.659
 from the

00:13:57.659 --> 00:13:58.199
 taxes

00:13:58.199 --> 00:13:59.919
 themselves.

00:14:01.199 --> 00:14:01.819
 Cue

00:14:01.819 --> 00:14:03.899
 Zacchaeus,

00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:05.799
 the chief

00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:06.879
 tax collector

00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:08.459
 of Jericho.

00:14:08.579 --> 00:14:09.500
 He's profiled

00:14:09.500 --> 00:14:09.980
 in Luke

00:14:09.980 --> 00:14:11.019
 chapter 19,

00:14:11.319 --> 00:14:11.860
 so you might

00:14:11.860 --> 00:14:12.240
 say,

00:14:12.539 --> 00:14:12.939
 Matthew,

00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:14.000
 Zacchaeus,

00:14:14.699 --> 00:14:15.399
 birds of a

00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:15.639
 feather.

00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:17.799
 So whether

00:14:17.799 --> 00:14:18.819
 Matthew did

00:14:18.820 --> 00:14:19.820
 or not,

00:14:20.900 --> 00:14:21.900
 whether he

00:14:21.900 --> 00:14:22.680
 was an

00:14:22.680 --> 00:14:23.520
 embezzler

00:14:23.520 --> 00:14:24.260
 or not,

00:14:24.340 --> 00:14:24.640
 he would

00:14:24.640 --> 00:14:24.980
 have been

00:14:24.980 --> 00:14:25.620
 tarred with

00:14:25.620 --> 00:14:26.140
 the same

00:14:26.140 --> 00:14:27.480
 brush as

00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:28.240
 his fellow

00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:29.560
 tax collectors,

00:14:29.680 --> 00:14:30.460
 a fraudster,

00:14:30.560 --> 00:14:31.440
 a swindler.

00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:32.300
 This negative

00:14:32.300 --> 00:14:32.960
 state of

00:14:32.960 --> 00:14:33.960
 status went

00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:34.860
 before him.

00:14:34.920 --> 00:14:35.340
 He couldn't

00:14:35.340 --> 00:14:36.340
 shake it off.

00:14:36.760 --> 00:14:37.120
 He was

00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:38.340
 guilty by

00:14:38.340 --> 00:14:39.379
 association.

00:14:39.379 --> 00:14:41.340
 the Jews

00:14:41.340 --> 00:14:41.559
 who,

00:14:42.179 --> 00:14:43.439
 this is a

00:14:43.439 --> 00:14:43.799
 Jew who

00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:44.580
 interacts

00:14:44.580 --> 00:14:46.259
 with Gentiles,

00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:47.500
 non-Jews,

00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:47.919
 and is

00:14:47.919 --> 00:14:48.740
 hated by

00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:49.539
 his fellow

00:14:49.539 --> 00:14:50.419
 Jews,

00:14:50.899 --> 00:14:51.419
 branded

00:14:51.419 --> 00:14:52.539
 unclean.

00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:53.700
 His home

00:14:53.700 --> 00:14:54.240
 is even

00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:54.779
 labeled

00:14:54.779 --> 00:14:55.919
 unclean.

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 We'll say

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 no more

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 about that

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 because tonight

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 we're going

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 to be spending

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 time in

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 Matthew's

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 home.

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 Then,

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 then,

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 along

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 comes

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 Jesus.

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 We're going

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 to pause

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 at this

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 point because

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 it is

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 significant,

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 is it

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 not,

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 that Jesus

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 does not

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 pass him

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 by.

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 We don't

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 see Jesus

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 tutting,

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 shaking his

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 head in

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 judgment at

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 Matthew.

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 Neither does

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 he give him

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 a wide

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 berth or a

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 disparaging

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 glance as

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 many others

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 would have.

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 I want us

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 to notice

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 something very,

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 very significant

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 twofold in

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 this verse.

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 Matthew

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 tells us

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 that Jesus

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 saw

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 Matthew.

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 In the

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 original language

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 of the New

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 Testament,

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 in the

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 Greek

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 tongue,

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 this word

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 saw

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 means so

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 much more

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 than just

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 a passing

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 glance.

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 This word

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 means that

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 Jesus

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 noticed

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 Matthew.

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 Jesus

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 observes

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 Matthew.

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 Jesus

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 pays

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 attention

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 to

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 Matthew.

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 This word

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 saw

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 implies

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 scrutiny.

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 This is

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 the language

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 of a

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 fixed

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 gaze.

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 Matthew

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 is the

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 focal point,

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 and he

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 has the

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 attention

00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:26.259
 of the

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 Lord Jesus.

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 But not

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 only that,

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 I want us

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 to notice

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 too that

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 Jesus

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 said.

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 this

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 implies

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 very,

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 very

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 clearly

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 that

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 Jesus

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 spoke

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 directly,

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 spoke

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 audibly,

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 and with

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 clarity

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 to

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 Matthew.

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 This

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 implies

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 direct

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 eye

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 contact.

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 And

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 isn't the

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 Lord Jesus

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 to the

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 point?

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 With

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 forthright,

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 upfront

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 language,

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 he calls

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 Matthew,

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 just as

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 he called

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 the

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 Galilean

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 fishermen

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 we read

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 of back

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 in chapter

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 4.

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 And all

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 of this

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 is in

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 the

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 imperative

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 mood.

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 The

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 verb

00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:10.279
 follow

00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:10.940
 me

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 is

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 imperative,

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 is it

00:17:14.099 --> 00:17:14.420
 not?

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 His

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 calling

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 is radical,

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 it's

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 compelling,

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 it's

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 absolute,

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 but it's

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 also

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 effective

00:17:22.460 --> 00:17:23.740
 and

00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:25.299
 it's

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 effectual.

00:17:27.500 --> 00:17:30.380
 just

00:17:30.380 --> 00:17:30.640
 two

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 words,

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 follow

00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:34.180
 me.

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 Here

00:17:37.059 --> 00:17:37.579
 we see

00:17:37.579 --> 00:17:38.000
 something

00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:38.460
 of the

00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:38.960
 word

00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:39.599
 of his

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 power.

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 This

00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:42.619
 much

00:17:42.619 --> 00:17:43.819
 discriminated

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 against

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 tax

00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:45.559
 collector

00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:47.059
 who is

00:17:47.059 --> 00:17:48.000
 barred

00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:48.559
 from the

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 synagogue,

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 there is

00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:52.039
 no place

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 reserved

00:17:52.619 --> 00:17:53.319
 for Matthew

00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:53.799
 in the

00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:54.200
 temple,

00:17:54.380 --> 00:17:54.819
 it's an

00:17:54.819 --> 00:17:55.559
 exclusion

00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:56.299
 zone as

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 far as

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 he is

00:17:57.059 --> 00:17:57.480
 concerned,

00:17:57.500 --> 00:17:59.140
 because of

00:17:59.140 --> 00:17:59.460
 who he

00:17:59.460 --> 00:17:59.839
 is and

00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:00.160
 what he

00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:00.519
 does,

00:18:00.579 --> 00:18:00.859
 he is

00:18:00.859 --> 00:18:01.539
 unclean,

00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:01.960
 he is

00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:02.319
 vile,

00:18:02.420 --> 00:18:02.700
 he is

00:18:02.700 --> 00:18:02.880
 a

00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:03.740
 despicable

00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:04.099
 Jew

00:18:04.099 --> 00:18:04.500
 who is

00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.240
 barred

00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:06.160
 from all

00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:06.700
 of the

00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:07.180
 above.

00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:07.700
 You are

00:18:07.700 --> 00:18:08.079
 not

00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:08.759
 welcome

00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:09.259
 here,

00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:09.819
 Matthew,

00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:10.400
 but how

00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:11.259
 encouraging,

00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:11.640
 how

00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:12.259
 uplifting,

00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:12.539
 how

00:18:12.539 --> 00:18:13.259
 reassuring

00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:14.220
 to read

00:18:14.220 --> 00:18:14.960
 of what

00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:15.680
 unfolds

00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:16.099
 next.

00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:17.339
 The

00:18:17.339 --> 00:18:17.819
 living

00:18:17.819 --> 00:18:18.460
 temple

00:18:18.460 --> 00:18:19.779
 in the

00:18:19.779 --> 00:18:20.480
 person

00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:20.880
 of

00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:21.440
 Jesus

00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:22.259
 Christ

00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:23.319
 comes

00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:23.660
 to

00:18:23.660 --> 00:18:24.279
 Matthew.

00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:25.379
 Yes,

00:18:25.460 --> 00:18:26.500
 he calls

00:18:26.500 --> 00:18:26.839
 this

00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:27.539
 much

00:18:27.539 --> 00:18:28.639
 reviled

00:18:28.639 --> 00:18:29.319
 character

00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:30.259
 and does

00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:30.700
 so

00:18:30.700 --> 00:18:31.440
 without

00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:32.599
 discrimination

00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:33.500
 and without

00:18:33.500 --> 00:18:34.180
 prejudice.

00:18:36.220 --> 00:18:37.000
 Jesus of

00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:37.680
 Nazareth

00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:38.399
 is the

00:18:38.399 --> 00:18:39.139
 definitive

00:18:39.139 --> 00:18:40.359
 good

00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:41.539
 Samaritan.

00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:42.420
 We see him

00:18:42.420 --> 00:18:43.059
 here while

00:18:43.059 --> 00:18:43.980
 others pass

00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:45.000
 by and look

00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:45.480
 the other

00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:45.839
 way.

00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:47.059
 Jesus looks

00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:48.279
 directly at

00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:49.220
 Matthew and

00:18:49.220 --> 00:18:50.460
 engages with

00:18:50.460 --> 00:18:51.399
 Matthew and

00:18:51.399 --> 00:18:52.359
 with compassion

00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:53.099
 and with

00:18:53.099 --> 00:18:54.139
 tender mercy

00:18:54.139 --> 00:18:55.079
 he speaks

00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:56.459
 directly to

00:18:56.459 --> 00:18:57.819
 him and

00:18:57.819 --> 00:18:59.439
 draws his

00:18:59.439 --> 00:19:00.259
 attention to

00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:00.719
 himself.

00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:01.199
 Isn't that

00:19:01.199 --> 00:19:01.639
 beautiful?

00:19:05.099 --> 00:19:05.679
 Matthew

00:19:05.679 --> 00:19:06.500
 highlights,

00:19:06.659 --> 00:19:07.240
 doesn't he,

00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:07.939
 that Jesus

00:19:07.939 --> 00:19:09.500
 is particularly

00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:10.939
 interested in

00:19:10.939 --> 00:19:11.819
 individuals.

00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:16.339
 His

00:19:16.339 --> 00:19:17.179
 ministry is

00:19:17.179 --> 00:19:18.199
 full of

00:19:18.199 --> 00:19:18.899
 personal

00:19:18.899 --> 00:19:19.699
 encounters.

00:19:20.879 --> 00:19:21.419
 Maybe some

00:19:21.419 --> 00:19:21.879
 of us need

00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:22.300
 to take

00:19:22.300 --> 00:19:23.020
 note of

00:19:23.020 --> 00:19:23.840
 that today.

00:19:24.860 --> 00:19:25.580
 He

00:19:25.580 --> 00:19:26.540
 pursues

00:19:26.540 --> 00:19:27.160
 Matthew

00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:28.600
 as he

00:19:28.600 --> 00:19:29.200
 pursued

00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:29.700
 you and

00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:30.260
 I as

00:19:30.260 --> 00:19:30.780
 followers

00:19:30.780 --> 00:19:31.560
 of Jesus

00:19:31.560 --> 00:19:32.320
 Christ.

00:19:32.800 --> 00:19:33.140
 He

00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:34.000
 finds

00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:34.620
 Matthew

00:19:34.620 --> 00:19:36.400
 and others

00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:37.140
 like him

00:19:37.140 --> 00:19:38.320
 and he

00:19:38.320 --> 00:19:38.780
 touches

00:19:38.780 --> 00:19:39.880
 and transforms

00:19:39.880 --> 00:19:40.900
 their lives

00:19:40.900 --> 00:19:41.760
 one after

00:19:41.760 --> 00:19:42.260
 another.

00:19:43.500 --> 00:19:43.800
 I mean,

00:19:43.860 --> 00:19:44.320
 if we just

00:19:44.320 --> 00:19:44.960
 go back

00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:45.360
 to the

00:19:45.360 --> 00:19:45.780
 previous

00:19:45.780 --> 00:19:46.460
 chapter,

00:19:47.060 --> 00:19:47.900
 chapter 8,

00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:48.540
 verse 1,

00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:49.480
 navigate your

00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:49.980
 way through

00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:50.339
 it.

00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:52.099
 It's

00:19:52.099 --> 00:19:52.660
 incredible.

00:19:53.339 --> 00:19:53.920
 First of

00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:55.539
 all, he

00:19:55.539 --> 00:19:55.940
 brings

00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:56.880
 cleansing to

00:19:56.880 --> 00:19:57.380
 a leper.

00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:58.579
 Then we

00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:59.000
 have the

00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.559
 encounter

00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:00.460
 with the

00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:01.519
 centurion's

00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:02.360
 servant.

00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:03.980
 Then Peter's

00:20:03.980 --> 00:20:04.819
 mother-in-law.

00:20:05.420 --> 00:20:06.140
 Then two

00:20:06.140 --> 00:20:07.400
 demon-possessed

00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:07.839
 men.

00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:08.640
 And then as

00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:09.440
 we transition

00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:10.279
 into chapter

00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:11.660
 9, the

00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:12.360
 paralytic.

00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:16.159
 there's a

00:20:16.159 --> 00:20:16.779
 personal

00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:17.859
 perspective to

00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.500
 the gospel.

00:20:19.919 --> 00:20:20.219
 Jesus

00:20:20.219 --> 00:20:21.519
 continues to

00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:22.259
 touch and

00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:23.219
 to transform

00:20:23.219 --> 00:20:24.859
 one life

00:20:24.859 --> 00:20:25.959
 after another

00:20:25.959 --> 00:20:26.539
 until he

00:20:26.539 --> 00:20:27.619
 gathers all

00:20:27.619 --> 00:20:28.240
 the lost

00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:28.839
 sheep of

00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:29.319
 the house

00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:30.000
 of Israel

00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:30.799
 one by

00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:31.859
 one as

00:20:31.859 --> 00:20:32.859
 one flock

00:20:32.859 --> 00:20:34.000
 in one

00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:34.519
 fold

00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:36.079
 under one

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:36.699
 shepherd.

00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:37.279
 So I want

00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:37.839
 you today to

00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:38.819
 take encouragement

00:20:38.819 --> 00:20:39.740
 from Matthew.

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 Jesus

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 continues to

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 call individuals

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 like you

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 and I

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 with the

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 same

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 vocabulary,

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 the same

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 formula,

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 follow me.

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 And this

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 discipleship

00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:53.319
 formula has

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 lost nothing,

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 nothing of

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 its thrust

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 2,000 years

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 later.

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 This

00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:02.039
 same

00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:02.920
 Jesus may

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 well be

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 calling you

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 today

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 from a

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 very personal

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 perspective.

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 And if he

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 is, you

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 too will

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 sense that

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 it's

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 personal,

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 it's

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 persuasive,

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 and it's

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 powerful.

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 I want to

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 remind you

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 today that

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 Jesus sees

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 you.

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 He knows

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 you.

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 And he

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 is speaking

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 to you

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 now through

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 his word,

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 through the

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 message of

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 the gospel

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 as he

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 passes by.

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 And you

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 would do

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 well to

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 listen.

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 Take

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 encouragement

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 too.

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 if you

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 struggle

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 today with

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 negativity.

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 The

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 gospels

00:21:44.259 --> 00:21:44.980
 tackle

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 negative

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 perception

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 head-on.

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 You may

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 well be

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 afraid of

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 how you

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 are

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 perceived

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 by

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 others.

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 Maybe

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 your past

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.279
 haunts

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.559
 you.

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 Maybe

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 there's

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 some

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 dark

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 matter

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 there

00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:58.259
 that

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 you

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 have

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 trouble

00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.759
 erasing.

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 your life

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 is full

00:22:02.879 --> 00:22:03.400
 of trigger

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:04.099
 points.

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 Matthew

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:07.299
 may well

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 have been

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 an

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 embezzler

00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:10.079
 or

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 label

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 such.

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 How does

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 he shake

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 it off?

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 Well,

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 perhaps he

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 had tried

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 but has

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 probably

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 resigned

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 to being

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 branded

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 a

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 publican.

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 But

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 Jesus

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 intervenes

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 where

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 others

00:22:24.379 --> 00:22:25.059
 might

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 ignore

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 and

00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:26.759
 snub

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 Matthew,

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 write him

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 off

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 and he

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 calls

00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:30.859
 them

00:22:30.859 --> 00:22:31.079
 to

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:31.660
 himself.

00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:32.879
 He

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 does

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:33.559
 so

00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:34.799
 mercifully.

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 He

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:36.839
 has

00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:37.559
 mercy

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:37.899
 on

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 him

00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:38.920
 and

00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:39.079
 he

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:39.279
 will

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:39.539
 have

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.019
 mercy

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.279
 on

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 you

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:40.859
 too.

00:22:41.379 --> 00:22:41.720
 Stand

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.200
 next

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:42.440
 to

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:42.859
 Matthew

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.119
 if

00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:43.299
 you

00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:43.619
 will.

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.059
 This

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.240
 is

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.639
 life

00:22:45.639 --> 00:22:46.160
 changing.

00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.359
 He

00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:47.559
 may

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:47.759
 be

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.200
 calling

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.599
 out

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:48.859
 to

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:49.099
 you

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:49.639
 today

00:22:49.639 --> 00:22:50.139
 come

00:22:50.139 --> 00:22:50.399
 to

00:22:50.399 --> 00:22:50.839
 Jesus

00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:52.079
 because

00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:52.299
 he

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:52.599
 says

00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:52.879
 whoever

00:22:52.879 --> 00:22:53.500
 comes

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 to

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.059
 me

00:22:54.059 --> 00:22:54.740
 I

00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.019
 will

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.660
 never

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:57.099
 drive

00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:57.960
 that

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.620
 individual

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 away.

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 And

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 then

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.059
 there

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 may

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 be

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 some

00:23:03.600 --> 00:23:03.759
 of

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 us

00:23:04.120 --> 00:23:04.779
 who

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 are

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 inclined

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:05.819
 to

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 shelve

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 to

00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:08.400
 procrastinate

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 and

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:09.819
 to

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 say

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 tomorrow

00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:10.700
 will

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.000
 do

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 or

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:11.980
 I'll

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.360
 revisit

00:23:12.360 --> 00:23:12.700
 this

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 next

00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:13.600
 Sunday.

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 Today

00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:17.519
 if

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.019
 you

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:18.660
 hear

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.019
 his

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.600
 voice

00:23:19.600 --> 00:23:19.880
 the

00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:20.240
 Bible

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.960
 says

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:21.299
 do

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:21.660
 not

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:22.200
 harden

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:22.539
 your

00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:23.299
 hearts

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:24.579
 do

00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:24.839
 not

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.299
 harden

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:25.559
 your

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 hearts

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:27.299
 yes

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:29.099
 it's

00:23:29.099 --> 00:23:29.539
 a matter

00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:29.879
 of the

00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:30.399
 heart

00:23:30.399 --> 00:23:33.240
 which

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:33.579
 takes

00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:33.779
 us

00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:33.919
 to

00:23:33.919 --> 00:23:34.079
 the

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:34.500
 heart

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.599
 of

00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:35.779
 the

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.200
 matter

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:37.919
 secondly

00:23:37.919 --> 00:23:37.940
!

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.919
 briefly

00:23:38.919 --> 00:23:40.180
 Matthew

00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:41.220
 committed

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.940
 to

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.339
 Jesus

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:46.720
 how does

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.099
 Matthew

00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:47.720
 respond?

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:51.100
 well in

00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:51.579
 just a few

00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:52.100
 words

00:23:52.100 --> 00:23:54.339
 it's

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:54.860
 what you

00:23:54.860 --> 00:23:55.140
 might

00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:55.660
 call a

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.200
 one-liner

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.620
 Matthew

00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:57.100
 himself

00:23:57.100 --> 00:23:57.779
 tells us

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:58.240
 Matthew

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:59.079
 rose

00:23:59.079 --> 00:23:59.740
 Matthew

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.640
 got up

00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:00.980
 and

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.680
 followed

00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:02.220
 him

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.720
 followed

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.220
 Jesus

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.799
 he does

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.259
 so with

00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:04.779
 submission

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.460
 he does

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:05.880
 so with

00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:06.339
 obedience

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:06.980
 he does

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.380
 so with

00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:08.400
 self-denial

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:09.860
 he commits

00:24:09.860 --> 00:24:11.019
 and he

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.740
 does so

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.680
 by

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.920
 faith

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:15.940
 and he

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.420
 does so

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:17.000
 immediately

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:20.039
 the

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:20.819
 radical

00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:21.940
 effectual

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:22.500
 call

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:22.819
 of

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.299
 Jesus

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:23.900
 is

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.299
 met

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:24.660
 here

00:24:24.660 --> 00:24:24.920
 by

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.759
 unconditional

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.619
 obedience

00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:27.119
 it's

00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:27.299
 so

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:27.799
 important

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.220
 for us

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.420
 to

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:28.839
 note

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.200
 that

00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:29.420
 he

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:30.160
 rose

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.500
 there

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:30.680
 and

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:30.920
 then

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.119
 he

00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:31.599
 stood

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.519
 and

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.279
 relinquishes

00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:33.599
 his

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:34.200
 position

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:35.240
 severs

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:35.599
 his

00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:36.119
 ties

00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:36.420
 with

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:36.599
 the

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.180
 taxation

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:37.819
 system

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.180
 that's

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:38.339
 his

00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:38.599
 main

00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:39.000
 source

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.180
 of

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:39.500
 income

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:40.180
 and

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:40.400
 he

00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:41.099
 follows

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:41.660
 Jesus

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:42.140
 what

00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:42.319
 does

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:42.559
 this

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:42.839
 tell

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.059
 us

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.380
 it's

00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:43.579
 the

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:44.059
 core

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.400
 of

00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:45.180
 discipleship

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.619
 Christian

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.640
 discipleship

00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:47.080
 to

00:24:47.080 --> 00:24:47.620
 follow

00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:48.320
 one

00:24:48.320 --> 00:24:49.020
 must

00:24:49.020 --> 00:24:49.960
 forsake

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.180
 that

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.500
 is the

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:50.840
 essence

00:24:50.840 --> 00:24:51.120
 of

00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:51.520
 faith

00:24:51.520 --> 00:24:52.200
 forsaking

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.700
 all

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.040
 I

00:24:53.040 --> 00:24:53.560
 trust

00:24:53.560 --> 00:24:53.980
 him

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:55.360
 Matthew

00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:55.940
 does

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.580
 that

00:24:56.580 --> 00:24:59.280
 in

00:24:59.280 --> 00:24:59.520
 fact

00:24:59.520 --> 00:24:59.840
 Luke

00:24:59.840 --> 00:25:00.340
 tells

00:25:00.340 --> 00:25:00.540
 us

00:25:00.540 --> 00:25:00.680
 in

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:00.880
 his

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.280
 account

00:25:01.280 --> 00:25:01.480
 in

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:01.640
 Luke

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:02.020
 5

00:25:02.020 --> 00:25:02.600
 28

00:25:02.600 --> 00:25:03.040
 that

00:25:03.040 --> 00:25:03.620
 Matthew

00:25:03.620 --> 00:25:04.460
 left

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.660
 everything

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.220
 behind

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:07.580
 and

00:25:07.580 --> 00:25:08.180
 got up

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.500
 and

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.120
 followed

00:25:09.120 --> 00:25:09.920
 Jesus

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:11.759
 what

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 does

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 all of

00:25:12.280 --> 00:25:12.540
 this

00:25:12.540 --> 00:25:13.120
 convey

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 to

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 us

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:13.980
 from

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.140
 a

00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.700
 theological

00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:15.600
 perspective

00:25:15.600 --> 00:25:17.700
 well the

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 key word

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 must be

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 grace

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 sovereign

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 grace

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 irresistible

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 grace

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:25.279
 faith

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:25.620
 and

00:25:25.620 --> 00:25:26.240
 repentance

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:27.600
 all of

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 the above

00:25:28.360 --> 00:25:29.700
 yes

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:31.539
 we see

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.220
 here some

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:33.240
 key aspects

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:34.039
 of the

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.819
 doctrines

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.680
 of salvation

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:36.100
 Matthew

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:36.600
 is not

00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:37.440
 explicit

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:37.920
 but he

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.160
 is

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.940
 implicit

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:41.080
 so here

00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:41.580
 in verse

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 9

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 it's

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 not

00:25:42.439 --> 00:25:43.299
 insignificant

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.799
 that

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.459
 moments

00:25:44.459 --> 00:25:44.839
 ago

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.339
 Matthew

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:46.859
 was

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.279
 seen

00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:48.219
 sitting

00:25:48.219 --> 00:25:49.799
 welded

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.579
 to the

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:51.039
 tax

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:53.199
 collectors

00:25:53.199 --> 00:25:53.639
 booth

00:25:53.639 --> 00:25:54.139
 and now

00:25:54.139 --> 00:25:54.779
 he's

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.079
 on his

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.439
 feet

00:25:55.439 --> 00:25:57.119
 in

00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:57.799
 response

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.259
 to the

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.699
 words

00:25:58.699 --> 00:25:59.039
 of

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.500
 Jesus

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.139
 just

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:00.500
 two

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.000
 words

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.659
 follow

00:26:01.659 --> 00:26:01.959
 me

00:26:01.959 --> 00:26:02.319
 he

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:03.159
 rose

00:26:03.159 --> 00:26:03.559
 and

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:04.299
 followed

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:05.159
 Jesus

00:26:05.159 --> 00:26:06.679
 sitting

00:26:06.679 --> 00:26:07.279
 speaks

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:07.619
 of

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:08.539
 someone

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:08.799
 who

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.000
 is

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:10.079
 inactive

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:12.359
 standing

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:14.259
 pursuing

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.919
 Jesus

00:26:14.919 --> 00:26:15.619
 speaks

00:26:15.619 --> 00:26:16.000
 of

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.399
 someone

00:26:16.399 --> 00:26:16.659
 who

00:26:16.659 --> 00:26:16.899
 is

00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:17.359
 suddenly

00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:18.539
 proactive

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:20.339
 so there's

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:21.000
 more than a

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.619
 change of

00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:22.939
 circumstances

00:26:22.939 --> 00:26:23.779
 being alluded

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.500
 to here

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.179
 there's a

00:26:25.179 --> 00:26:25.679
 radical

00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:26.279
 shift

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.619
 of

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:27.279
 emphasis

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:28.199
 from

00:26:28.199 --> 00:26:28.759
 negative

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.480
 to

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:30.019
 positive

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.359
 it's

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:30.639
 quite

00:26:30.639 --> 00:26:31.319
 compelling

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:31.839
 indeed

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.960
 it captures

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.399
 something

00:26:33.399 --> 00:26:33.819
 of the

00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.319
 dynamic

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:34.799
 of the

00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:35.399
 40th

00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:36.359
 psalm

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:37.639
 and on

00:26:37.639 --> 00:26:37.899
 a

00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:38.319
 rock

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:38.659
 he

00:26:38.659 --> 00:26:39.319
 set

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:39.659
 my

00:26:39.659 --> 00:26:40.339
 feet

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.439
 moments

00:26:41.439 --> 00:26:41.899
 ago

00:26:41.899 --> 00:26:42.979
 languishing

00:26:42.979 --> 00:26:43.519
 in the

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.000
 pit

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:45.740
 now

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.000
 he

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.279
 has

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:46.719
 found

00:26:46.719 --> 00:26:47.079
 his

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.899
 feet

00:26:47.899 --> 00:26:48.539
 in

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.059
 and

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.479
 through

00:26:49.479 --> 00:26:50.019
 the

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.459
 Lord

00:26:50.459 --> 00:26:50.919
 Jesus

00:26:50.919 --> 00:26:51.599
 Christ

00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:52.199
 his

00:26:52.199 --> 00:26:52.719
 getting

00:26:52.719 --> 00:26:53.379
 up

00:26:53.379 --> 00:26:54.379
 implies

00:26:54.379 --> 00:26:55.319
 conviction

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:55.939
 conviction

00:26:55.939 --> 00:26:56.219
 of

00:26:56.219 --> 00:26:56.740
 what

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.899
 well

00:26:57.899 --> 00:26:58.299
 surely

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:58.819
 of a

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.439
 sin

00:26:59.439 --> 00:27:00.240
 of a

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.519
 felt

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:00.979
 sense

00:27:00.979 --> 00:27:01.199
 of

00:27:01.199 --> 00:27:02.119
 compulsion

00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:02.500
 to

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.039
 follow

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.579
 the

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.359
 sinless

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:04.899
 one

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:06.720
 he

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.640
 recognizes

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.100
 this

00:27:08.100 --> 00:27:08.519
 Matthew

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:08.900
 that

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.200
 he

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:09.600
 is

00:27:09.600 --> 00:27:09.920
 a

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.560
 sinful

00:27:10.560 --> 00:27:11.140
 man

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.480
 in

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:11.800
 need

00:27:11.800 --> 00:27:12.040
 of

00:27:12.040 --> 00:27:12.280
 a

00:27:12.280 --> 00:27:12.640
 savior

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:15.000
 indeed

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.240
 he

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.460
 has

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:15.620
 a

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:15.960
 heightened

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.640
 awareness

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:17.060
 of

00:27:17.060 --> 00:27:17.380
 this

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:17.780
 and

00:27:17.780 --> 00:27:18.100
 he's

00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:18.360
 on

00:27:18.360 --> 00:27:18.680
 his

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.280
 feet

00:27:19.280 --> 00:27:22.160
 what's

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:22.380
 going

00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:22.620
 on

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:22.740
 in

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:22.920
 his

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.320
 head

00:27:23.320 --> 00:27:23.519
 at

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:23.759
 this

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.160
 point

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:24.560
 I

00:27:24.560 --> 00:27:24.740
 think

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:24.900
 we

00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:25.060
 can

00:27:25.060 --> 00:27:25.380
 answer

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:25.680
 that

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.220
 question

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.519
 his

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:26.960
 mind

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.160
 is

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:27.740
 enlightened

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.019
 in

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.160
 the

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:28.540
 knowledge

00:27:28.540 --> 00:27:29.000
 of

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.180
 the

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.500
 one

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:29.680
 who

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:29.880
 is

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:30.320
 calling

00:27:30.320 --> 00:27:30.759
 him

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.759
 his

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.160
 will

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:32.400
 is

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:32.780
 renewed

00:27:32.780 --> 00:27:33.060
 in

00:27:33.060 --> 00:27:33.240
 this

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.660
 moment

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:33.900
 and

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.040
 you're

00:27:34.040 --> 00:27:34.240
 saying

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.380
 it

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:34.800
 can't

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.099
 happen

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:35.379
 that

00:27:35.379 --> 00:27:35.819
 quickly

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.639
 it

00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:37.119
 can

00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:37.500
 and

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:37.659
 it

00:27:37.659 --> 00:27:38.200
 does

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.919
 and

00:27:38.919 --> 00:27:39.139
 it's

00:27:39.139 --> 00:27:39.460
 what's

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:40.000
 unfolding

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.480
 here

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.000
 because

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.419
 in

00:27:41.419 --> 00:27:42.019
 these

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.639
 decisive

00:27:42.639 --> 00:27:43.279
 moments

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.700
 Matthew

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.319
 is

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:44.899
 fully

00:27:44.899 --> 00:27:45.599
 persuaded

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.440
 and

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:46.740
 made

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.259
 able

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.680
 to

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.139
 follow

00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:48.819
 Jesus

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.480
 Christ

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:51.359
 never

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:52.019
 underestimate

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.480
 what

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:52.879
 God

00:27:52.879 --> 00:27:53.339
 can do

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:53.960
 for you

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.440
 from

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:54.619
 the

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:54.839
 moment

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.079
 you

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.440
 walk

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:55.639
 in

00:27:55.639 --> 00:27:55.859
 this

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:56.119
 door

00:27:56.119 --> 00:27:56.319
 and

00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:56.500
 you

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:56.879
 leave

00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:57.139
 after

00:27:57.139 --> 00:27:57.319
 the

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:57.799
 benediction

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.039
 has

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.240
 been

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.819
 pronounced

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:58.839
!

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:06.879
 look

00:28:06.879 --> 00:28:07.019
 at

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.440
 Matthew

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:09.680
 to

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:09.960
 use

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.159
 the

00:28:10.159 --> 00:28:10.839
 vocabulary

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.799
 of

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:13.399
 Puritan

00:28:13.399 --> 00:28:14.119
 theology

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.700
 we see

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:14.879
 him

00:28:14.879 --> 00:28:15.639
 closing

00:28:15.639 --> 00:28:16.419
 in

00:28:16.419 --> 00:28:17.099
 with

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:17.940
 Jesus

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:21.200
 by

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.759
 grace

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.279
 alone

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:23.099
 through

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:23.599
 faith

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:24.059
 alone

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.859
 in

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.559
 Christ

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.700
 alone

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:28.220
 he's

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.460
 not

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:28.859
 unlike

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:29.299
 Lydia

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:29.799
 is he

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.000
 whom

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.819
 we meet

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.000
 in

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.480
 Acts

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:31.940
 chapter

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.700
 16

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:32.960
 the

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.319
 Lord

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:34.619
 opens

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:35.519
 Matthew's

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:35.859
 heart

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.160
 here

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.519
 just

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:36.839
 as

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:37.039
 he

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.559
 opened

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.099
 the

00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:38.559
 heart

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:38.880
 of

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.220
 Lydia

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.579
 to

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:39.900
 pay

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.480
 attention

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:40.839
 to

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.279
 what

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:42.039
 is

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.819
 being

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.740
 said

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:46.640
 and

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:46.920
 just

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.240
 like

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.779
 Lydia

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:51.180
 Matthew's

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.500
 heart

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:51.940
 is no

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.299
 longer

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:52.559
 his

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:52.940
 own

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:55.640
 when

00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:55.779
 the

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.079
 Bible

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:56.539
 speaks

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:56.819
 of

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.019
 the

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.559
 heart

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.460
 more

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.880
 often

00:28:58.880 --> 00:28:59.099
 than

00:28:59.099 --> 00:28:59.480
 not

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.259
 it

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.700
 alludes

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:00.980
 to

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.299
 every

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:01.740
 fiber

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:01.920
 of

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.039
 our

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.200
 being

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.380
 the

00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:02.839
 entire

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.519
 person

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:05.339
 he

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:05.620
 gave

00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:06.200
 everything

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.980
 Luke

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.380
 tells

00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:07.599
 us

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.200
 everything

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.940
 every

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.519
 fiber

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:09.700
 of

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:09.819
 his

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:10.220
 being

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:10.460
 is

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:10.900
 now

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:14.700
 under

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:14.900
 the

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.380
 jurisdiction

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:15.880
 of the

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.099
 Lord

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:16.519
 Jesus

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.180
 Christ

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:17.420
 and

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:17.700
 Levi

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.240
 got

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:18.740
 up

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.220
 Luke

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.660
 tells

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:19.839
 us

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:20.120
 yes

00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:20.279
 he

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.460
 got

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:20.640
 up

00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:20.799
 he

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.259
 left

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.819
 everything

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.339
 behind

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:23.000
 and

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.519
 followed

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.319
 Jesus

00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:25.140
 isn't

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:25.259
 it

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.740
 interesting

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.380
 when we

00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:26.940
 compare

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.980
 Matthew

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.420
 with

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:29.000
 the

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.460
 fishermen

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:30.279
 from

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:30.759
 Galilee

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:30.960
 the

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.279
 fishermen

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:31.720
 brought

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:31.960
 their

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.480
 boats

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:32.740
 to

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.380
 land

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:34.460
 Luke

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:34.900
 tells

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.140
 us

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:35.440
 left

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:35.880
 everything

00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:36.120
 and

00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:36.480
 followed

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:36.819
 him

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.900
 but

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.059
 they

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.259
 would

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.819
 return

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.220
 to

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.420
 the

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:39.700
 sea

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:39.940
 of

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.400
 Galilee

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:40.620
 to

00:29:40.620 --> 00:29:40.819
 their

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.220
 boats

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:41.480
 from

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:41.860
 time

00:29:41.860 --> 00:29:42.079
 to

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.620
 time

00:29:42.620 --> 00:29:44.480
 Matthew

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.299
 would

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:45.779
 never

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.559
 ever

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:47.600
 return

00:29:47.600 --> 00:29:48.400
 to

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:48.660
 his

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:49.019
 tax

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.759
 collector's

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.059
 booth

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:50.920
 he

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.340
 turns

00:29:51.340 --> 00:29:51.579
 his

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:51.980
 back

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.660
 on

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:53.299
 Caesar

00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:54.579
 for

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.240
 Christ

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.900
 the

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.440
 world

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.019
 behind

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.340
 me

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:58.019
 the

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.559
 cross

00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:59.079
 before

00:29:59.079 --> 00:29:59.399
 me

00:29:59.399 --> 00:30:00.480
 no

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.220
 turning

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.959
 back

00:30:01.959 --> 00:30:02.639
 so

00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:03.779
 we're

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:03.939
 going

00:30:03.939 --> 00:30:04.079
 to

00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:04.539
 close

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:04.939
 but

00:30:04.939 --> 00:30:05.179
 I do

00:30:05.179 --> 00:30:05.459
 want

00:30:05.459 --> 00:30:05.619
 to

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:06.179
 question

00:30:06.179 --> 00:30:06.859
 one

00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:07.220
 thing

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:08.559
 did

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:08.699
 he

00:30:08.699 --> 00:30:09.019
 really

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.359
 leave

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:09.779
 everything

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.259
 behind

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:13.879
 he

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.039
 would

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.159
 have

00:30:14.159 --> 00:30:14.500
 at

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:14.919
 least

00:30:14.919 --> 00:30:15.399
 taken

00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:15.720
 one

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.099
 item

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:16.359
 with

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:16.559
 him

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:18.439
 his

00:30:18.439 --> 00:30:18.899
 own

00:30:18.899 --> 00:30:19.720
 personal

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.399
 possession

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:21.900
 and

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.140
 that's

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.540
 important

00:30:22.540 --> 00:30:22.800
 to

00:30:22.800 --> 00:30:23.140
 note

00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:24.120
 he's

00:30:24.120 --> 00:30:24.340
 not

00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:24.700
 taking

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:24.940
 what

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.320
 doesn't

00:30:25.320 --> 00:30:25.620
 belong

00:30:25.620 --> 00:30:25.860
 to

00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:26.100
 him

00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:27.780
 his

00:30:27.780 --> 00:30:28.300
 pen

00:30:28.300 --> 00:30:29.519
 yes

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.380
 his

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:30.880
 pen

00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:32.220
 because

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.540
 Jesus

00:30:32.540 --> 00:30:33.019
 has a

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.420
 plan

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:33.860
 and a

00:30:33.860 --> 00:30:34.259
 purpose

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.540
 for

00:30:34.540 --> 00:30:34.940
 Matthew

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:37.700
 this

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.480
 tax

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.380
 collector's

00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:40.100
 financial

00:30:40.100 --> 00:30:40.960
 spreadsheet

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.720
 is now

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.340
 history

00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:44.100
 but he

00:30:44.100 --> 00:30:44.420
 will

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:45.000
 continue

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.440
 to be

00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:45.720
 a

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.160
 record

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:46.540
 keeper

00:30:46.540 --> 00:30:48.200
 but we

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.540
 are going

00:30:48.540 --> 00:30:49.240
 to transition

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.839
 from a

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.380
 spreadsheet

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:51.059
 to a

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:51.559
 scroll

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:53.400
 this is

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:53.660
 how it

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:54.120
 ends

00:30:54.120 --> 00:30:54.480
 because

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.019
 ultimately

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.579
 Matthew

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.120
 will be

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:56.680
 commissioned

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:58.319
 to

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:59.140
 pen

00:30:59.140 --> 00:30:59.640
 a

00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:01.039
 detailed

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.980
 gospel

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.660
 account

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:03.660
 of the

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.180
 birth

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:05.259
 the life

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:06.220
 the ministry

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:07.039
 death

00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:08.180
 and

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:09.079
 resurrection

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:10.420
 of the

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:10.660
 Lord

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.059
 Jesus

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:12.799
 and in

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.160
 there

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.880
 will be

00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:14.559
 just a

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.140
 snippet

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:15.960
 of how

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:16.480
 he came

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.019
 to know

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:18.319
 the Lord

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:18.939
 Jesus

00:31:18.939 --> 00:31:19.519
 Christ

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.039
 himself

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.339
 yes

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:20.779
 record

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:21.139
 keeping

00:31:21.139 --> 00:31:22.099
 and attention

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:22.819
 to detail

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.740
 will be

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.599
 Matthew's

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:25.759
 strong point

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.480
 and here

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:26.899
 we have

00:31:26.899 --> 00:31:27.220
 it

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.819
 here

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.240
 today

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.480
 the

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:29.139
 gospel

00:31:29.139 --> 00:31:29.359
 of

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:29.720
 Matthew

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.559
 this

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.119
 is

00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:31.799
 his

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:32.759
 legacy

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:34.059
 it's

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.639
 remarkable

00:31:34.639 --> 00:31:35.819
 one

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:36.419
 verse

00:31:36.419 --> 00:31:37.039
 what does

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.500
 it convey

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:37.939
 to us

00:31:37.939 --> 00:31:38.379
 that this

00:31:38.379 --> 00:31:39.559
 bad news

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:40.799
 tax collector

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:42.179
 will become

00:31:42.179 --> 00:31:43.419
 a good news

00:31:43.419 --> 00:31:44.599
 storyteller

00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:45.659
 under the

00:31:45.659 --> 00:31:46.799
 superintendence

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.519
 of God

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.000
 the Holy

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.480
 Spirit

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:48.779
 this

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.399
 record

00:31:49.399 --> 00:31:49.839
 keeper

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.899
 will write

00:31:50.899 --> 00:31:51.759
 a full

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.619
 account

00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:54.079
 of Jesus

00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:55.180
 ironically

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.980
 you might

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.359
 say

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:57.399
 specifically

00:31:57.399 --> 00:31:58.799
 for Jewish

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.259
 readers

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.859
 the ones

00:31:59.859 --> 00:32:01.119
 who despise

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:01.480
 him the

00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:01.940
 most

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:03.319
 his mission

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:04.579
 it will be

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:05.799
 to prove

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.700
 yes

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.940
 that Jesus

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.879
 of Nazareth

00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:09.619
 is the

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:10.200
 Messiah

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:11.659
 and Matthew

00:32:11.659 --> 00:32:12.259
 will stop

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.960
 at nothing

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.859
 to proclaim

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.659
 on these

00:32:14.659 --> 00:32:15.180
 pages

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:16.380
 the kingdom

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:17.320
 of God

00:32:17.320 --> 00:32:18.640
 so the

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:19.460
 very skills

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:20.140
 that he had

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:21.100
 sharpened

00:32:21.100 --> 00:32:22.019
 as a tax

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.519
 collector

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.259
 will now

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.740
 be used

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.660
 effectively

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:26.380
 in the

00:32:26.380 --> 00:32:26.759
 kingdom

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:28.120
 note

00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:29.240
 to follow

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:30.259
 he forsook

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:31.240
 the booth

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:32.060
 is history

00:32:32.060 --> 00:32:33.100
 would he ever

00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:33.759
 regret

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:35.100
 severing his

00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:35.820
 ties with it

00:32:35.820 --> 00:32:36.480
 no

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:37.880
 neither

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.519
 will you

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:39.140
 today

00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:40.060
 should you

00:32:40.060 --> 00:32:40.620
 abandon

00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:41.799
 your symbolic

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.639
 booth

00:32:42.639 --> 00:32:44.119
 and follow

00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:45.379
 Jesus Christ

00:32:45.379 --> 00:32:46.619
 whatever it is

00:32:46.619 --> 00:32:47.339
 that may be

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:47.879
 holding you

00:32:47.879 --> 00:32:48.119
 back

00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:49.039
 take encouragement

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.859
 from Matthew

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:51.139
 you see like

00:32:51.139 --> 00:32:52.139
 like Matthew

00:32:52.139 --> 00:32:53.279
 your gifts

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:54.399
 your talents

00:32:54.399 --> 00:32:55.459
 can also

00:32:55.459 --> 00:32:56.399
 be put

00:32:56.399 --> 00:32:57.599
 to effective

00:32:57.599 --> 00:32:58.099
 use

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:59.179
 in the

00:32:59.179 --> 00:32:59.479
 kingdom

00:32:59.479 --> 00:33:00.159
 one last

00:33:00.159 --> 00:33:00.479
 thing

00:33:00.479 --> 00:33:02.039
 back in

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.779
 2017

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:06.379
 Dean and I

00:33:06.379 --> 00:33:07.139
 had the

00:33:07.139 --> 00:33:07.879
 privilege of

00:33:07.879 --> 00:33:08.539
 spending some

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:08.939
 time with

00:33:08.939 --> 00:33:09.359
 Kenny John

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:09.899
 McKenzie

00:33:09.899 --> 00:33:11.359
 in Uganda

00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:12.079
 two weeks

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:13.079
 for one day

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.659
 Kenny John

00:33:13.659 --> 00:33:14.139
 and I

00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:14.500
 flew

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.899
 with a

00:33:15.899 --> 00:33:16.279
 Canadian

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.819
 pilot

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:17.399
 on a

00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:18.059
 math plane

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:19.179
 his name

00:33:19.179 --> 00:33:20.399
 is Matt

00:33:20.399 --> 00:33:21.119
 a remarkable

00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:21.599
 man

00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:24.579
 as I sat

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.179
 in this

00:33:25.179 --> 00:33:25.779
 very small

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.259
 cockpit

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:27.419
 with Matt

00:33:27.419 --> 00:33:28.679
 I asked him

00:33:28.679 --> 00:33:29.199
 what he did

00:33:29.199 --> 00:33:29.979
 before he became

00:33:29.979 --> 00:33:30.339
 a Matt

00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:30.719
 pilot

00:33:30.719 --> 00:33:31.159
 he said

00:33:31.159 --> 00:33:31.599
 well I was

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:32.059
 a pilot

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:33.679
 and I said

00:33:33.679 --> 00:33:33.939
 what did

00:33:33.939 --> 00:33:34.379
 you fly

00:33:34.379 --> 00:33:35.240
 he says

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:36.159
 I flew

00:33:36.159 --> 00:33:36.479
 with Air

00:33:36.479 --> 00:33:36.839
 Canada

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.740
 but I said

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.000
 what did

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.500
 you fly

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:40.240
 he was

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.859
 reluctant

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:42.099
 to disclose

00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:42.880
 this information

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.440
 to me

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:44.059
 but I pushed

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:44.619
 him further

00:33:44.619 --> 00:33:47.240
 Matt

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:48.660
 was a

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:49.700
 high profile

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.519
 pilot

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:51.960
 of shall

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.319
 we say

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:52.660
 a very

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.299
 large

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:53.839
 Boeing

00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:55.660
 and here

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.200
 he is

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.819
 at the

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.200
 cockpit

00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:57.940
 of a

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.460
 Cessna

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.920
 208

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:00.720
 12

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 seater

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 plane

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 his skills

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 his talents

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 transferred

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 into the

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 kingdom

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 for the

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 greater

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 good

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 of God's

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 kingdom

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 and its

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 extension

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 across

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 Uganda

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 and more

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 besides

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 Galenian

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 fishermen

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 were called

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 to become

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 fishers

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 of men

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 if we

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 are to

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 follow

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 Jesus

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 it must

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 be with

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 the

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 unconditional

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 submission

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 of

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 Matthew

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 nothing

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 less

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 will

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 do

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 so can

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 I appeal

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 to you

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 come

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 if you

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 will

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 into the

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 school

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 of

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 the

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 discipleship

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 with the

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 obedience

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 that comes

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 from

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 faith

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 we see

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 it

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 in

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 Matthew

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 he leads

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 by

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 example

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 will you

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 not

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 follow

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 his

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 example

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 amen

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 gracious

00:35:06.700 --> 00:35:07.300
 God

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 grant us

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 to follow

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 you

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 give us

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 to see

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 our need

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 to do

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 so in

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 the here

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 and now

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 to do

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 so

00:35:18.740 --> 00:35:20.060
 unreservedly

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 unconditionally

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 for we

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 ask these

00:35:23.680 --> 00:35:24.320
 things in

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 Jesus name

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 amen

00:35:25.859 --> 00:35:28.159
 well let's

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:28.539
 sing the

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 great

00:35:28.819 --> 00:35:29.400
 redemption

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:30.559
 song of

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 scripture

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:31.779
 psalm

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 130

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 the

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 Scottish

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 Psalter

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 rendering

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:35.759
 on page

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 421

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:42.259
 psalm

00:35:42.259 --> 00:35:44.299
 130

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 it's the

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.380
 Scottish

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:45.980
 Psalter

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.699
 rendering

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:47.460
 Lord

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:48.339
 from the

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 depths

00:35:48.779 --> 00:35:49.219
 to thee

00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:49.900
 I cried

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.619
 my voice

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:51.039
 Lord

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.639
 do thou

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:51.960
 hear

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.500
 unto my

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 supplications

00:35:53.279 --> 00:35:53.679
 voice

00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:54.059
 give

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:54.639
 an

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 attentive

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 ear

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:56.259
 the psalm

00:35:56.259 --> 00:35:56.859
 concludes

00:35:56.859 --> 00:35:57.239
 and

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 plenteous

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.239
 or

00:35:58.239 --> 00:35:58.819
 full

00:35:58.819 --> 00:35:59.500
 redemption

00:35:59.500 --> 00:36:00.480
 is ever

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.039
 found

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.599
 with him

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.059
 and from

00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:02.719
 all his

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:03.420
 iniquities

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:04.000
 he

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.599
 Israel

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:05.159
 shall

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:06.039
 redeem

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:06.400
 to the

00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:06.839
 praise

00:36:06.839 --> 00:36:07.599
 of God

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:13.980
 Lord

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:13.980


00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:14.039
 Lord

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:16.239
 from the

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 times

00:36:17.759 --> 00:36:19.639
 to thee

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:20.759
 I

00:36:20.759 --> 00:36:22.139
 cry

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:23.319
 my

00:36:23.319 --> 00:36:25.319
 voice

00:36:25.319 --> 00:36:26.199
 Lord

00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:27.480
 do

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:34.960
 thou

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:34.960


00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:34.960


00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:34.960


00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:34.960


00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:34.960


00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:34.960


00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:40.079
 voice

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 give

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00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:41.860
 not

00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:48.079
 I'll tend to hear.

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:58.579
 Lord, who shall stand with Thou, O Lord,

00:36:58.579 --> 00:37:11.739
 Just mark in equity, But yet with Thee

00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:25.420
 Forgiveness is, Thou fear Thou mayest be.

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:35.420
 I win for God, My soul doth ween,

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:43.420
 My heart is in His word.

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:53.420
 More than the light, For morning war,

00:37:53.420 --> 00:38:03.420
 My soul doth ween, The Lord.

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:20.420
 I sing for Thine day that to watch, The morning light to see.

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:38.420
 Let Israel open the Lord, For with Him mercy be.

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:48.420
 And plentious redemption,

00:38:48.420 --> 00:39:06.420
 Is ever come with Him, And from all His delinquities,

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:26.420
 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, The love of God the Father, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit remain with us all. Amen.

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:28.420
 Amen.

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:32.420
 To the door.

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:49.730
 And there's no idea why you find holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy