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 And Pastor, thank you for this opportunity.

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 I want to translate what the pastor said.

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 He was very kind.

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 He said, I hit it out of the park in the first service.

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 had high hopes for the second service.

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 What he was really saying was,

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 at your age, if we can get a bun out of you

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 that will advance some runners, we'll be happy.

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 It is Father's Day.

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 What a great day to be in the Lord's house,

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 to worship together, to spend time in His Word.

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 And I'm preaching from this Bible

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 that has been glued and taped

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 and resuscitated more times than the pastor.

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 And this Bible was given to me

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 on June 17, 1979, by my lovely wife.

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 And so it's a great honor to preach from it today.

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 Will you turn with me in your Bibles

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 to Luke 10, 25 through 37?

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 Luke 10, 25 through 37.

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 This is from a pastor's point of view.

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 I have studied Scripture time and time and time again.

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 Same Scripture.

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 Preached on it.

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 Taught on it.

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 Heard it preached on.

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 Heard it taught on.

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 Time and again.

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 And then one day,

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 I'll pick up that passage of Scripture

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 and I'll read it again.

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 And God reveals a hidden nugget

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 or a gem that I had never seen before.

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 And my reaction is always invariably the same.

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 How did I miss that for so many years?

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 Well, this is a very familiar passage of Scripture.

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 You all know it.

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 Hopefully, God's going to reveal a nugget or two

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 or perhaps even a gem

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 that we've never seen before this morning.

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 Luke 10, 25 through 37.

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 It's the story of the Good Samaritan.

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 On one occasion,

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 an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus.

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 Teacher, he asked,

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 what must I do to inherit eternal life?

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 What is written in the law?

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 He replied,

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 how do you read it?

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 He answered,

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 love the Lord your God with all your heart,

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 with all your soul,

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 and with all your strength,

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 and with all your mind.

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 And love your neighbor as yourself.

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 You have answered correctly,

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 Jesus replied,

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 do this and you will live.

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 Now we come to verse 29.

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 I want to tell you,

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 that verse carries more weight

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 than a lot of books I've ever read.

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 I want you to listen to what he's actually saying.

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 But he wanted to justify himself,

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 so he asked Jesus,

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 who is my neighbor?

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 What he's saying is this.

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 I don't have a problem with loving God.

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 God is holy.

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 God is righteous.

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 God is on his throne.

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 God is a God of grace,

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 a God of love,

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 a God of wrath,

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 a God of judgment.

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 I have no problem with God.

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 I love God and everything about him.

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 I love myself.

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 I love myself.

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 A lot of people go through life

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 and never reach that.

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 They always have ambiviant feelings

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 about themselves.

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 But he's able to love himself

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 as God directed.

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 But he said,

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 there's an area in my life

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 where there may be a problem.

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 And that is my neighbor.

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 Who is my neighbor?

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 He has stepped in the confessional booth of Jesus.

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 And he is saying,

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 there's a lot of things I do know,

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 but this one thing I'm not sure of,

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 I don't feel like I'm living up

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 to what God expects in this one area.

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 So he's confessing.

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 Can I tell you something?

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 Listen,

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 this lawyer is further down the road

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 than a lot of people in today's society

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 because he's been honest enough

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 to recognize there's something not right in my life.

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 I think it has to do with my neighbor.

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 I feel this way about some people,

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 but I don't feel that way about everybody.

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 Is that wrong

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 or can I justify myself in that?

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 And in reply, Jesus said,

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 a man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho

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 when he fell into the hands of robbers.

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 They stripped him of his clothes,

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 beat him and went away,

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 leaving him half dead.

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 A priest happened to be going down the same road.

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 And when he saw the man,

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 he passed by on the other side.

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 So to a Levite,

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 when he came to the place and saw him,

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 passed by on the other side.

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 But a Samaritan, as he traveled,

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 came where the man was.

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 And when he saw him,

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 he took pity on him.

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 He went to him and bandaged his wounds,

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 pouring on oil and wine.

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 Then he put the man on his own donkey,

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 took him to an inn,

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 and took care of him.

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 The next day,

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 he took out two silver coins

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 and gave them to the innkeeper.

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 Look after him, he said,

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 And when I return,

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 I will promise you,

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 I will reimburse you

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 for the extra expenses you may have.

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 Then Jesus asked the lawyer,

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 Which of these three do you think

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 was a neighbor to the man

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 who fell into the hands of robbers?

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 And the expert in the law replied,

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 The one who had mercy on him.

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 The one who had mercy on him.

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 It was the correct answer.

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 It was not the right answer.

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 Sadly, correct,

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 but not the right answer.

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 Jesus told him,

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 Go and do likewise.

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 Years ago,

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 divinity schools

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 and seminaries

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 all across the nation

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 started giving some professors

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 this title,

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 Professor of Practical Theology.

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 Professor of Practical Theology.

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 Always made me wonder,

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 where did the professors

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 of impractical theology teach?

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 And even more so,

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 it made me wonder,

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 when you go and sign up

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 for your fall classes

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 and you saw, of course,

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 an impractical theology,

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 who wanted to sign up for that?

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 If theology can't be practical,

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 what use is it?

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 Well, in this dialogue,

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 in this conversation

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 with this lawyer,

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 Jesus demonstrates

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 that he is indeed

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 the master professor

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 of practical theology.

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 The man asked,

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 What must I do

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 to inherit eternal life?

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 Love the Lord your God

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 with all your heart

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 and with all your soul

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 and all your strength

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 and all your mind

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 and love your neighbors

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 as yourself.

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 And then,

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 who is my neighbor?

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 Actually,

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 that was a very practical question.

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 The Jews weren't sure

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 who their neighbors were.

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 Say you lived in the Holy City.

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 Lots of Jews.

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 Lots of people like you.

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 But there were Greeks.

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 Even spoke their language.

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 Romans, they rule over you.

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 Syrians,

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 all types of other people.

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 And every single day,

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 you brush shoulders

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 with these people.

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 You bought from them.

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 You sold to them.

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 You traded with them.

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 You did business with them.

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 Every single day,

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 they were a part

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 of the community

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 in which you live.

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 Now, they were different

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 from you,

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 but every single day,

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 they were a part of you.

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 Are they my neighbor

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 even though they're different?

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 And some Jews

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 were not even sure

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 about other Jews.

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 I mean,

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 here's one

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 in the Holy City

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 of Jerusalem.

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 He's very,

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 very much intent

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 on keeping

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 the ceremonial law.

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 If he does something

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 that needs to be cleansed,

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 he takes care of it.

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 But out here

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 in the country,

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 50 miles away,

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 there's this old farmer

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 or somebody else.

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 He can't do that.

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 He can't run 50 miles

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 to Jerusalem all the time.

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 So he can't keep

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 the ceremonial law.

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 They're not living

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 up to God's standard.

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 Are they my neighbor?

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 And just like today,

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 Israel's surrounded

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 by enemies.

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 Do we call them

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 neighbors as well?

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 So the man said,

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 who's my neighbor?

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 And true to form,

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 Jesus doesn't answer

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 the question directly.

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 Instead,

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 he tells a story.

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 Now,

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 why doesn't he answer it?

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 Because Jesus knows us.

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 You can speak truth

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 into your child's life.

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 That mean they're

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 going to adopt it?

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 I can speak truth

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 into your life

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 this morning.

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 You may not remember

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 the four o'clock

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 this afternoon.

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 But if you discover

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 the truth for yourself,

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 if you figure it out

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 for yourself,

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 that tends to stick

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 with you,

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 doesn't it?

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 That's the truth

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 that makes a difference.

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 That is a part

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 of life.

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 Now,

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 this parable

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 is a part of our lexicon.

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 It's part of our language.

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 If a person

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 goes about doing

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 good deeds,

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 a really nice person,

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 we refer to them

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 as a good Samaritan.

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 There are counseling centers

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 across the nation,

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 Samaritan centers.

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 We belong

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 to a,

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 one of the RV groups

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 who are members,

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 the Good Sam Club.

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 It's a guy

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 with a big grin

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 and a little yellow

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 halo around his head.

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 He's called

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 the Good Sam,

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 the Good Samaritan.

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 It's part of our language.

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 But to understand

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 this parable

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 and really understand it,

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 we have to take

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 a little geography lesson here.

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 Jerusalem and Jericho

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 are 17 miles apart.

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 Jerusalem is a very,

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 very safe place.

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 It's the holy city.

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 You're safe

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 when you're there.

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 Jericho

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 is a very,

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 very safe place.

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 It's a desert oasis.

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 But between the two,

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 there are 17 miles.

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 17 miles.

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 There's ravines

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 and wadis

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 and treeless mountains.

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 It's a tough,

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 treacherous

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 because there's

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 a lot of bandits.

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 It's a dangerous

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 road to travel.

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 Safe on both ends,

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 but it's dangerous

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 in the middle.

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 And it is one

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 tough hike.

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 Jerusalem is up here

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 almost at 3,000 feet.

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 Jericho is down here,

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 840 feet

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 below sea level.

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 It is the lowest city

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 on the planet,

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 this planet.

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 We were at the ocean

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 a couple weeks ago.

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 if you go out

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 far enough

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 to get in water

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 that's 840 feet deep,

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 you got to dive down

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 to the bottom

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 of the sea

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 to get to Jericho.

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 Friend,

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 I don't care

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 who you are,

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 that's a tough hike

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 when you ascend

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 or descend

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 almost 4,000 feet.

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 So that's the story.

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 And this is the way

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 Jesus deals with it.

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 A man goes down

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 from Jerusalem

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 to Jericho.

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 I don't know

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 whether the man

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 is rich or poor.

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 I don't know

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 whether he's religious

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 or not.

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 I don't know

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 whether he's prominent

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 or just an average Joe

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 like the rest of us.

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 Jesus is just a man.

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 He's sort of every man.

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 And then he tells

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 the story.

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 Now what does he want us

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 to take away

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 from this story?

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 I think Jesus

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 is going to demonstrate us

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 to us

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 three philosophies

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 in life.

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 Three philosophies

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 in life.

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 The first philosophy

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 was the one

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 that the robbers had.

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 That philosophy

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 was

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 what is yours?

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 It's mine.

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 They beat the man.

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 They strip the man.

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 And they walk away

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 leaving him half dead.

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 We will take from you

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 what

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 we

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 want.

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 Now nobody here

00:13:18.899 --> 00:13:19.620
 is going to do that.

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 You're not going to

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 beat somebody up

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 in the parking lot

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 out here

00:13:22.180 --> 00:13:22.840
 and take everything

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 they have

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 and walk off.

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 You're not even

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 going to do that

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 on a dark night

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 here in Pickens.

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 But somebody

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 might say something

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 about somebody

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 else

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 that would steal

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 their reputation

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 diminish them

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 in the eyes

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 of other people.

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 Somebody might

00:13:42.819 --> 00:13:43.939
 do a business deal

00:13:43.939 --> 00:13:45.779
 where they take

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 advantage of

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 somebody else.

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 Amy Grant

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 began her career

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 in gospel music.

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 She had a friend

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 a young woman

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 that had been abused

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 and quite honestly

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 the young woman

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 just never got over it.

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 It's amazing

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 the number of people

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 who have been abused

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 for a long time

00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:11.720
 struggle with

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 the rest of their lives.

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 Just a fact of life.

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 And so Amy Grant

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 her heart went out

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 to this person

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 so she wrote

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 a song

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 for this young lady

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 and the name

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 of the song

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 was Ask Me.

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 So she went over

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 to the young lady

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 and she said

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 I want to sing

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 this for you.

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 And she started

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 singing

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 and the woman

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 started listening

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 and she broke down

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 sobbing uncontrollably.

00:14:37.740 --> 00:14:38.100
 Amy said

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 what's wrong?

00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:39.679
 What's wrong?

00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:43.579
 At last

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 somebody understands me.

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 You understand

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 the pain

00:14:49.479 --> 00:14:50.099
 I've been living

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 with all my life.

00:14:53.239 --> 00:14:54.019
 Amy Grant said

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 man what an effect

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 it had on her.

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 I need to include

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 this in my concerts.

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 And so the next concert

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 she included the song

00:15:02.779 --> 00:15:03.539
 Ask Me

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 and a strange thing

00:15:05.719 --> 00:15:06.139
 happened.

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 Down here

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 in the audience

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 somebody stood up

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 and remained standing.

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 Back there

00:15:12.800 --> 00:15:13.779
 somebody stood up.

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 Back there

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 back there

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 down here

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 all over the audience

00:15:16.779 --> 00:15:17.779
 people began standing

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 and they remained standing

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 the whole time.

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 They were saying

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 this is my story.

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 I have been

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 through that.

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 I understand

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 the pain.

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 That may have been

00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:32.580
 physical abuse

00:15:32.580 --> 00:15:33.220
 it could have been

00:15:33.220 --> 00:15:34.160
 spousal abuse

00:15:34.160 --> 00:15:34.680
 it could have been

00:15:34.680 --> 00:15:35.580
 sexual abuse

00:15:35.580 --> 00:15:36.519
 it could have been

00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:37.800
 an employer

00:15:37.800 --> 00:15:39.040
 employee abuse

00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:39.719
 abuse

00:15:39.719 --> 00:15:41.480
 but it was

00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:42.279
 somebody saying

00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:43.199
 I'm going to

00:15:43.199 --> 00:15:43.899
 take from you

00:15:43.899 --> 00:15:45.539
 what I want.

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 And friend

00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:51.559
 we do it

00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:52.279
 in a thousand

00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:53.959
 different ways.

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 That's the first

00:15:55.959 --> 00:15:56.480
 philosophy.

00:15:57.539 --> 00:15:58.179
 The second

00:15:58.179 --> 00:15:58.679
 philosophy

00:15:58.679 --> 00:15:59.240
 was the

00:15:59.240 --> 00:15:59.879
 philosophy

00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:01.000
 of the priest

00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:01.620
 and Levite

00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:02.779
 the religious people.

00:16:03.599 --> 00:16:04.500
 What is mine

00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:05.799
 is mine.

00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:07.459
 They both

00:16:07.459 --> 00:16:07.979
 passed by

00:16:07.979 --> 00:16:08.339
 on the other

00:16:08.339 --> 00:16:08.719
 side

00:16:08.719 --> 00:16:09.359
 for two

00:16:09.359 --> 00:16:09.799
 reasons.

00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:11.359
 The first

00:16:11.359 --> 00:16:11.979
 is religious

00:16:11.979 --> 00:16:12.539
 people

00:16:12.539 --> 00:16:15.019
 if they came

00:16:15.019 --> 00:16:16.120
 within six feet

00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:16.859
 of a corpse

00:16:16.859 --> 00:16:18.620
 they had to go

00:16:18.620 --> 00:16:19.539
 back uphill

00:16:19.539 --> 00:16:20.779
 to Jerusalem

00:16:20.779 --> 00:16:22.120
 and get cleansed.

00:16:23.719 --> 00:16:24.439
 If they're near

00:16:24.439 --> 00:16:24.919
 Jericho

00:16:24.919 --> 00:16:26.240
 that's 17 miles

00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:27.319
 and 4,000 feet

00:16:27.319 --> 00:16:27.839
 of climbing.

00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:30.000
 That's no small

00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:30.459
 thing.

00:16:30.460 --> 00:16:33.440
 it's a whole

00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:34.139
 lot easier

00:16:34.139 --> 00:16:36.120
 to pass by

00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:36.759
 on the other

00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:37.360
 side.

00:16:38.800 --> 00:16:39.060
 And the

00:16:39.060 --> 00:16:39.700
 second reason

00:16:39.700 --> 00:16:40.200
 they passed

00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:40.820
 by was a little

00:16:40.820 --> 00:16:41.800
 bit of hypocrisy

00:16:41.800 --> 00:16:43.639
 because if there

00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:44.160
 had been a lot

00:16:44.160 --> 00:16:44.800
 of other people

00:16:44.800 --> 00:16:45.440
 standing around

00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:45.980
 to see what

00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:46.680
 they did

00:16:46.680 --> 00:16:47.620
 they may not

00:16:47.620 --> 00:16:48.160
 have passed

00:16:48.160 --> 00:16:48.540
 by.

00:16:49.280 --> 00:16:49.980
 They may have

00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:50.540
 acted in a

00:16:50.540 --> 00:16:51.460
 religious manner

00:16:51.460 --> 00:16:52.700
 but the only

00:16:52.700 --> 00:16:54.139
 thing out there

00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:54.540
 were some

00:16:54.540 --> 00:16:55.340
 sheep and

00:16:55.340 --> 00:16:55.820
 goats and

00:16:55.820 --> 00:16:56.200
 they won't

00:16:56.200 --> 00:16:56.700
 go and tell

00:16:56.700 --> 00:16:57.680
 anybody and

00:16:57.680 --> 00:16:58.240
 as long as

00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:58.800
 nobody's going

00:16:58.800 --> 00:16:59.300
 to tell on

00:16:59.300 --> 00:16:59.879
 them they're

00:16:59.879 --> 00:17:00.420
 going to take

00:17:00.420 --> 00:17:01.240
 the easy route

00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:02.280
 and just go

00:17:02.280 --> 00:17:02.660
 by.

00:17:06.660 --> 00:17:07.400
 Do you

00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:07.980
 realize

00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:10.299
 we've

00:17:10.299 --> 00:17:11.600
 institutionalized

00:17:11.600 --> 00:17:12.299
 this type of

00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:12.960
 thinking in our

00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:13.480
 society?

00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:16.519
 It's part of

00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:17.240
 our institutions.

00:17:19.299 --> 00:17:19.720
 Would you

00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:20.579
 believe that a

00:17:20.579 --> 00:17:21.559
 15 year old

00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:22.679
 boy completely

00:17:22.679 --> 00:17:24.039
 innocent in

00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:26.599
 Chicago was

00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:27.740
 walking down

00:17:27.740 --> 00:17:28.240
 the street one

00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:28.460
 night.

00:17:28.819 --> 00:17:29.579
 Two gangs got

00:17:29.579 --> 00:17:30.339
 into it and a

00:17:30.339 --> 00:17:31.099
 stray bullet hit

00:17:31.099 --> 00:17:31.279
 him.

00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:33.639
 He knew he was

00:17:33.639 --> 00:17:34.139
 hurt bad.

00:17:35.740 --> 00:17:36.339
 He started

00:17:36.339 --> 00:17:37.159
 walking immediately

00:17:37.159 --> 00:17:38.000
 to the nearest

00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:38.839
 hospital.

00:17:40.419 --> 00:17:41.220
 He got within

00:17:41.220 --> 00:17:42.859
 35 feet of the

00:17:42.859 --> 00:17:43.720
 emergency room

00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:45.599
 door and he

00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:46.259
 collapsed right

00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:46.679
 there in the

00:17:46.679 --> 00:17:47.240
 parking lot.

00:17:48.639 --> 00:17:49.419
 He lay there

00:17:49.419 --> 00:17:50.500
 for 25 minutes

00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:52.619
 he bled out

00:17:52.619 --> 00:17:53.480
 and died.

00:17:54.380 --> 00:17:54.819
 Oh if they'd

00:17:54.819 --> 00:17:55.460
 only known in

00:17:55.460 --> 00:17:56.519
 the hospital that

00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:56.940
 he was there.

00:17:57.359 --> 00:17:58.339
 They did know.

00:17:59.460 --> 00:18:00.460
 They saw him when

00:18:00.460 --> 00:18:01.380
 he walked up.

00:18:02.900 --> 00:18:03.859
 What did they do?

00:18:04.299 --> 00:18:05.119
 They called an

00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:07.400
 ambulance from

00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:08.180
 somewhere else to

00:18:08.180 --> 00:18:09.519
 come get him but

00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:10.220
 he didn't get there

00:18:10.220 --> 00:18:10.559
 in time.

00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:11.500
 Well why didn't

00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:12.720
 they just go out

00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:13.759
 pick him up and

00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.500
 bring him in?

00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:17.039
 Because the

00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:17.900
 hospital had a

00:18:17.900 --> 00:18:18.380
 policy.

00:18:18.380 --> 00:18:20.160
 You can't treat

00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:21.500
 anybody outside the

00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:22.180
 doors of this

00:18:22.180 --> 00:18:23.860
 hospital because we

00:18:23.860 --> 00:18:24.880
 might get sued.

00:18:25.600 --> 00:18:26.600
 There's a liability

00:18:26.600 --> 00:18:28.260
 problem here and

00:18:28.260 --> 00:18:29.400
 we're going to take

00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:30.220
 care of ourselves

00:18:30.220 --> 00:18:31.100
 and our people.

00:18:32.780 --> 00:18:33.620
 That's most

00:18:33.620 --> 00:18:33.960
 important.

00:18:34.180 --> 00:18:34.980
 What is mine is

00:18:34.980 --> 00:18:35.400
 mine.

00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:36.340
 Have you ever

00:18:36.340 --> 00:18:37.100
 bought something

00:18:37.100 --> 00:18:37.620
 that had a

00:18:37.620 --> 00:18:37.940
 warranty?

00:18:39.520 --> 00:18:41.020
 And so part of it

00:18:41.020 --> 00:18:41.600
 broke and you

00:18:41.600 --> 00:18:42.360
 called the

00:18:42.360 --> 00:18:43.020
 manufacturer.

00:18:44.020 --> 00:18:44.980
 This happened.

00:18:45.620 --> 00:18:46.400
 I'm sorry that's

00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:47.200
 not covered under

00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:47.660
 warranty.

00:18:48.940 --> 00:18:49.920
 Can I translate

00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:50.680
 that to you?

00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:52.680
 We've had such a

00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:53.240
 problem with that

00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:53.900
 part we're not

00:18:53.900 --> 00:18:54.720
 going to fix it

00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:55.680
 because it's going

00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:56.540
 to cost too much

00:18:56.540 --> 00:18:58.000
 what's mine is mine

00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:59.180
 and everybody here

00:18:59.180 --> 00:18:59.580
 has had that

00:18:59.580 --> 00:19:00.400
 experience right?

00:19:01.320 --> 00:19:01.800
 Everybody.

00:19:02.660 --> 00:19:03.080
 We've

00:19:03.080 --> 00:19:04.280
 institutionalized it.

00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:05.180
 We do it in a

00:19:05.180 --> 00:19:06.280
 thousand thousand

00:19:06.280 --> 00:19:07.440
 different ways.

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 And then there's

00:19:10.580 --> 00:19:14.540
 that third idea.

00:19:14.539 --> 00:19:15.960
 philosophy.

00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:18.460
 It's the

00:19:18.460 --> 00:19:18.920
 philosophy

00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:21.220
 exemplified by the

00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:21.740
 Samaritan.

00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:27.839
 His philosophy

00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:32.119
 was what is

00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:35.019
 mine is

00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:35.440
 yours.

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 And here's the

00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:38.019
 kicker to the

00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:38.379
 story.

00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:40.779
 The good guy,

00:19:40.879 --> 00:19:42.539
 the hero of the

00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:43.839
 whole story is the

00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:44.359
 Samaritan.

00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:46.220
 The one person

00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:46.839
 in that whole

00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:47.419
 region of the

00:19:47.419 --> 00:19:48.379
 world that

00:19:48.379 --> 00:19:50.199
 everybody hated.

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 The Jews hated

00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:53.359
 the Samaritans

00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:54.419
 because they had

00:19:54.419 --> 00:19:55.480
 left the Jewish

00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:57.059
 faith and the

00:19:57.059 --> 00:19:57.919
 ethnic group and

00:19:57.919 --> 00:19:58.959
 married a Gentile.

00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:01.279
 The Gentiles hated

00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:02.199
 the Samaritans

00:20:02.199 --> 00:20:03.279
 because they were

00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:04.220
 associated with the

00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:04.740
 Jews.

00:20:05.179 --> 00:20:05.980
 Those two groups

00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:07.119
 did not get along.

00:20:08.179 --> 00:20:08.859
 How much were the

00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:09.720
 Samaritans hated?

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:12.559
 If you were a Jew

00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:13.440
 in the marketplace

00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:15.480
 and a Samaritan

00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:16.740
 walked by you,

00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.379
 now he didn't

00:20:18.379 --> 00:20:18.960
 touch you,

00:20:20.399 --> 00:20:21.720
 but his shadow

00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:23.279
 fell on you.

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:25.220
 His shadow.

00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.740
 You were supposed

00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.179
 to go to the

00:20:28.179 --> 00:20:28.700
 temple and get

00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:29.279
 cleansed.

00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:36.740
 They were not

00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:38.399
 welcome at the

00:20:38.399 --> 00:20:39.179
 Jewish

00:20:39.179 --> 00:20:41.480
 temple.

00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:43.339
 Samaritans

00:20:43.339 --> 00:20:43.920
 had to go build

00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:44.319
 their own

00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:44.860
 temple at

00:20:44.860 --> 00:20:46.240
 Mount

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:46.799
 Zeratham.

00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:49.000
 They resented

00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:50.240
 the Jews so

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:50.740
 much, the

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.259
 Samaritans

00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:52.900
 did, that

00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:53.500
 just a few

00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:54.299
 years before,

00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:56.180
 some Samaritans

00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:56.700
 snuck into

00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.500
 Jerusalem at

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:59.259
 night to the

00:20:59.259 --> 00:21:01.019
 holy temple and

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.620
 scattered some

00:21:01.620 --> 00:21:02.339
 human bones

00:21:02.339 --> 00:21:02.920
 throughout the

00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:04.099
 temple and

00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:04.799
 defiled it.

00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:06.180
 Oh, you

00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:06.759
 know how that

00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.299
 set things

00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:07.639
 off.

00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:09.779
 And here's

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.319
 the kicker.

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.720
 Jesus says,

00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:14.299
 this man,

00:21:14.379 --> 00:21:15.059
 the Samaritan,

00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:16.700
 is the hero

00:21:16.700 --> 00:21:17.539
 of the story.

00:21:19.659 --> 00:21:20.579
 The hero.

00:21:21.139 --> 00:21:21.460
 Why?

00:21:23.659 --> 00:21:24.379
 Because he

00:21:24.379 --> 00:21:24.899
 comes to the

00:21:24.899 --> 00:21:25.399
 place where the

00:21:25.399 --> 00:21:28.039
 man was and he

00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:28.819
 takes pity on

00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:31.099
 him and he

00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:32.879
 does what is

00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:33.300
 right.

00:21:35.460 --> 00:21:36.540
 He takes a

00:21:36.540 --> 00:21:37.340
 bottle of wine

00:21:37.340 --> 00:21:39.020
 and pours it

00:21:39.020 --> 00:21:39.780
 into his cuts

00:21:39.780 --> 00:21:40.540
 and wounds

00:21:40.540 --> 00:21:42.040
 to disinfect.

00:21:43.380 --> 00:21:44.020
 He takes

00:21:44.020 --> 00:21:45.080
 oil and pours

00:21:45.080 --> 00:21:46.220
 it over the

00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:47.260
 skin to keep

00:21:47.260 --> 00:21:48.240
 the skin soft

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:48.900
 and supple.

00:21:50.340 --> 00:21:51.180
 He probably

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:52.520
 cuts strips of

00:21:52.520 --> 00:21:53.160
 bandages from

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:54.180
 his own clothing

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:55.880
 and binds up

00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:56.660
 these wounds.

00:21:56.660 --> 00:21:59.740
 And then he

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.200
 puts the man

00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:00.820
 on his donkey

00:22:00.820 --> 00:22:01.380
 and takes him

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:02.920
 to an inn.

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:06.080
 He stays with

00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:06.720
 him that night

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.200
 and the next

00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:08.340
 day he leaves

00:22:08.340 --> 00:22:08.860
 two silver

00:22:08.860 --> 00:22:09.460
 coins, not

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:10.200
 copper coins,

00:22:11.100 --> 00:22:11.820
 two silver

00:22:11.820 --> 00:22:12.460
 coins.

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:13.920
 He says,

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.500
 this will take

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:14.980
 care of his

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.480
 expenses.

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.620
 If it doesn't,

00:22:17.560 --> 00:22:18.120
 I'm going to

00:22:18.120 --> 00:22:18.740
 be back this

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.000
 way.

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:20.320
 I will reimburse

00:22:20.320 --> 00:22:21.140
 you for whatever

00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:21.759
 it takes.

00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:24.779
 And then

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.639
 Jesus asked,

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:28.279
 who are you

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:28.960
 in the story?

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:33.039
 Who are you?

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.819
 Your pastor

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.379
 will not tell

00:22:38.379 --> 00:22:38.899
 you this.

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.779
 I'm retired

00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.139
 and I don't

00:22:41.139 --> 00:22:41.399
 care.

00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:44.680
 Did you know

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:45.500
 that when we

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.480
 pastors in the

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:48.420
 pulpit, we

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:48.960
 can read your

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.339
 minds?

00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:53.619
 I glanced

00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:54.119
 over there a

00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:54.599
 while ago at

00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:54.939
 Jeff.

00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:56.980
 When I asked

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:58.019
 that question,

00:22:58.119 --> 00:22:58.500
 I know what

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.059
 Jeff's thinking.

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.319
 Jeff, I'm

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:01.619
 going to tell

00:23:01.619 --> 00:23:01.919
 him what you

00:23:01.919 --> 00:23:02.299
 were thinking.

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.379
 Jeff was

00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:05.759
 thinking,

00:23:06.399 --> 00:23:08.659
 hmm, well,

00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:09.359
 that's hard

00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:09.839
 to say.

00:23:12.219 --> 00:23:13.000
 If the truth

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.619
 be known,

00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:15.359
 I'm probably

00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:16.059
 a composite

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.779
 of all three.

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:18.699
 There have

00:23:18.699 --> 00:23:19.419
 been times

00:23:19.419 --> 00:23:21.179
 that I've

00:23:21.179 --> 00:23:22.079
 taken advantage

00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:22.799
 of people.

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:24.440
 Jeff, I'm

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:24.799
 not putting

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.200
 you down.

00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:26.799
 Everybody in

00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.099
 this room

00:23:27.099 --> 00:23:27.419
 has done

00:23:27.419 --> 00:23:27.579
 that,

00:23:27.639 --> 00:23:27.879
 including

00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.419
 myself.

00:23:28.579 --> 00:23:29.119
 Everybody in

00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:29.399
 this room

00:23:29.399 --> 00:23:29.740
 has done

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.039
 that.

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:31.839
 And there

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.419
 are times

00:23:32.419 --> 00:23:33.399
 when I

00:23:33.399 --> 00:23:33.940
 passed by

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.200
 on the

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:34.859
 other side

00:23:34.859 --> 00:23:35.259
 when I

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.500
 could have

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:35.879
 helped.

00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:37.500
 And there

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.139
 are times I've

00:23:38.139 --> 00:23:38.460
 been the

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:39.220
 Good Samaritan.

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:40.819
 So I'm

00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.400
 a composite

00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:42.079
 of all three

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.360
 and I

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:42.539
 say,

00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:42.980
 Jeff, you

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.500
 can't be a

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.140
 composite of

00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:44.680
 all three.

00:23:45.600 --> 00:23:46.000
 You've got to

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.759
 be one person

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.480
 in the story.

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:49.740
 And Jeff

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.519
 is thinking,

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:51.900
 well, if the

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.559
 truth be known,

00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:53.160
 it's that middle

00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:54.019
 person then because

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:55.039
 I've taken

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.839
 advantage and I've

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.559
 been a Good

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:56.980
 Samaritan,

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:58.100
 but more often

00:23:58.100 --> 00:23:58.559
 than not,

00:23:58.620 --> 00:23:59.240
 I have probably

00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:00.240
 passed up more

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:01.120
 opportunities to

00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:02.339
 help than any

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:02.940
 other thing.

00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:05.279
 And I would

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.819
 turn to Jeff

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.240
 and I'd say,

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:07.860
 Jeff, that's

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.319
 not who you

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:08.699
 are in the

00:24:08.699 --> 00:24:09.019
 story.

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.719
 You're wrong.

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.599
 You're the

00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:14.519
 same person I

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:16.359
 am and the

00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:17.119
 same person you

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:17.439
 are.

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.879
 Every single

00:24:19.879 --> 00:24:20.599
 one of us in

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:22.479
 this room is

00:24:22.479 --> 00:24:23.039
 the man who

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:24.740
 was robbed and

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.719
 left in the

00:24:25.719 --> 00:24:27.159
 road to die,

00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:28.399
 everything taken

00:24:28.399 --> 00:24:29.159
 away from him.

00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:31.219
 Every one of us

00:24:31.219 --> 00:24:31.939
 has been there

00:24:31.939 --> 00:24:33.240
 lying in the

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.639
 middle of the

00:24:33.639 --> 00:24:35.039
 road, dead in

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.799
 our sins,

00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:37.099
 hoping and

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:37.679
 praying,

00:24:37.859 --> 00:24:38.979
 that a good

00:24:38.979 --> 00:24:39.839
 Samaritan would

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.439
 come by.

00:24:41.679 --> 00:24:42.259
 And for many

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:43.819
 of you, he

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:44.219
 did.

00:24:45.439 --> 00:24:46.779
 His name was

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.199
 Jesus.

00:24:48.639 --> 00:24:49.379
 What did he

00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:49.659
 do?

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:51.419
 He saw you.

00:24:53.639 --> 00:24:54.939
 He took pity

00:24:54.939 --> 00:24:55.539
 on you.

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:59.599
 He took wine

00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:00.119
 and poured

00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:00.639
 into your

00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:01.259
 wounds.

00:25:02.139 --> 00:25:02.639
 But it

00:25:02.639 --> 00:25:03.359
 wasn't wine

00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:04.059
 from a bottle.

00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:05.979
 It was wine

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.819
 from a cup.

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.279
 A cup that

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.940
 he held up

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.400
 one night

00:25:09.400 --> 00:25:09.860
 and said,

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:10.839
 this cup is

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.480
 the New

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:11.900
 Testament,

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.360
 the new

00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:13.339
 covenant in

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:13.920
 my blood

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.319
 which is

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:15.019
 poured out

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:15.680
 for you.

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:16.480
 And it

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:16.880
 not only

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.740
 disinfected,

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:19.180
 it forgave

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:20.259
 your sin

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:21.380
 eternally.

00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:21.520
 me.

00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.060
 And then he

00:25:24.060 --> 00:25:24.620
 poured on the

00:25:24.620 --> 00:25:25.300
 oil of the

00:25:25.300 --> 00:25:26.200
 Holy Spirit.

00:25:26.860 --> 00:25:27.420
 Not only to

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:28.040
 make the skin

00:25:28.040 --> 00:25:28.640
 soft and

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.360
 supple, but

00:25:29.360 --> 00:25:29.860
 make their

00:25:29.860 --> 00:25:31.500
 heart soft

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.180
 and supple so

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:32.800
 that when God

00:25:32.800 --> 00:25:33.500
 spoke to you,

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.300
 you could feel

00:25:34.300 --> 00:25:34.920
 what God was

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.400
 saying, where

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:35.840
 God was

00:25:35.840 --> 00:25:36.280
 leading, and

00:25:36.280 --> 00:25:36.680
 what God

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.440
 was directing.

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:39.180
 And then he

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:39.840
 took you on his

00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:40.580
 own donkey and

00:25:40.580 --> 00:25:41.460
 he took you to

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.340
 a place and he

00:25:42.340 --> 00:25:43.200
 took care of you

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:43.820
 and he left

00:25:43.820 --> 00:25:44.380
 those silver

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:44.940
 coins.

00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.380
 And it was his

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:46.860
 way of saying,

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.400
 I'm not only

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:48.040
 taking care of

00:25:48.040 --> 00:25:48.900
 you now, but if

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.760
 you need anything

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:52.160
 in the future, I'm

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:53.319
 there for you.

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.480
 Christ was a

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.099
 good Samaritan.

00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:01.700
 But not

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:03.759
 everybody has

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.619
 that experience.

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.559
 Because some of

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:07.960
 you have not

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.559
 called in his

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.119
 name yet.

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:11.079
 A while ago, I

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:12.240
 said the lawyer,

00:26:12.379 --> 00:26:13.359
 when he said the

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:13.859
 man who had

00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:15.920
 mercy on him, that

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:16.640
 was the correct

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.339
 answer, but not

00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:18.119
 the right answer.

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:22.379
 The reason it

00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:22.960
 wasn't the right

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:25.440
 answer, that

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:26.460
 lawyer could not

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:29.019
 bring himself to

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.539
 say those

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:30.680
 despicable words

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.240
 that had come

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:31.779
 from Jesus'

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.359
 mouth.

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.599
 He could not

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.299
 say the two

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:36.900
 words, the

00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:37.460
 Samaritan.

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.819
 He understood

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.339
 what Jesus

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:40.799
 wanted.

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.599
 His head was

00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:44.920
 there, but his

00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:45.640
 heart wasn't.

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:48.279
 He could not

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:49.000
 say the words.

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:51.339
 We're in a

00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:52.119
 different position

00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:54.119
 because the word

00:26:54.119 --> 00:26:54.680
 we need to

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.220
 speak is the

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:55.980
 most beautiful

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:57.279
 name in any

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:57.940
 language in the

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:58.279
 world.

00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.160
 It's the name

00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.660
 of Jesus.

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.440
 If you haven't

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:02.200
 had that experience

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:03.319
 this morning, you

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:04.200
 can have it.

00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:06.299
 All you have to

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:08.200
 do, realize that

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:09.619
 you're lying there

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:10.859
 dead in your

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:12.799
 sins, but there

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:14.460
 is one that can

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:15.799
 pull that wine on

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.759
 there and forgive

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:18.000
 that sin for all

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.579
 eternity.

00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:20.240
 There is one that

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:21.579
 can take that sin

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:22.660
 and pull all on it,

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:24.079
 all into your life

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.759
 and make you

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.480
 sensitive to the

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.200
 leadership of the

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:27.099
 Holy Spirit and

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:27.839
 he'll take care of

00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:28.359
 you now and

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:28.900
 forever.

00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:29.059
 Forever.

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:34.940
 And all we have

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:36.700
 to do is

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:38.799
 genuinely with all

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:40.099
 our heart, now

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:42.619
 listen to me, I'm

00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:43.099
 going to say,

00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:46.119
 believe and trust

00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:47.559
 Jesus Christ.

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:49.819
 And why do I say

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.179
 that?

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:53.279
 Because sometimes

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:54.119
 our belief don't

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:57.059
 go very far, but

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:58.079
 our trust does.

00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:00.619
 Trust is a part of

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.039
 belief.

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.679
 All you have to do

00:28:03.679 --> 00:28:04.599
 is put your trust in

00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:05.459
 him and call on his

00:28:05.459 --> 00:28:06.199
 name this morning.

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:07.279
 And everything that

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:08.059
 was given to that

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:09.079
 man who was robbed

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:10.759
 will be given to you

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.339
 today.

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:12.899
 because he wants

00:28:12.899 --> 00:28:13.559
 to do that.

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.579
 Now this is

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.259
 Father's Day.

00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:18.500
 Father's Day.

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.439
 Fathers,

00:28:21.199 --> 00:28:22.799
 my conviction for

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:24.699
 many years has

00:28:24.699 --> 00:28:25.679
 been that you are

00:28:25.679 --> 00:28:27.759
 the unsung hero

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.659
 in the family.

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.699
 You go out every

00:28:30.699 --> 00:28:32.000
 single day, you

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:33.099
 work hard as you

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:34.399
 can because you

00:28:34.399 --> 00:28:35.119
 are expected to

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:36.599
 be the provider in

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:38.159
 so many ways to

00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:39.659
 put a roof over

00:28:39.659 --> 00:28:40.519
 their heads and

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.720
 food on the table

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.460
 and clothes on

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.099
 their back and

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:43.579
 all the other

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.539
 things they need.

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:47.359
 And you never get

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:48.299
 the acclaim and

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:49.339
 the applause of

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:49.720
 mother.

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.180
 Never.

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.720
 Now you say,

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.980
 well, why did

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.819
 your family treat

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:56.420
 you so bad?

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.400
 I don't base it on

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:57.819
 that, friend.

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.960
 I base it on the

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.460
 numbers.

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:02.059
 Years ago, before

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:03.160
 we had cell

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:05.500
 phones, where we

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.119
 make long-distance

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:08.740
 calls free, you had

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.480
 to pay to make

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.339
 long-distance calls.

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:10.959
 You didn't make

00:29:10.959 --> 00:29:11.619
 many because it

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:12.319
 was expensive.

00:29:13.199 --> 00:29:13.699
 There were three

00:29:13.699 --> 00:29:14.539
 ways to do it.

00:29:14.659 --> 00:29:15.279
 You could call from

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:17.279
 your home phone and

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:18.000
 they would charge it

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.779
 to your account.

00:29:19.699 --> 00:29:20.379
 You could make it

00:29:20.379 --> 00:29:22.480
 from a pay phone and

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:23.039
 they'd say that's

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:24.459
 $2.75 for the first

00:29:24.459 --> 00:29:25.019
 three minutes.

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:26.039
 Ching, ching, ching,

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:26.539
 ching, ching.

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.639
 And after about three

00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:28.159
 minutes they'd say

00:29:28.159 --> 00:29:29.759
 that'd be $1.75 for

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.899
 the next two minutes.

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.759
 Ching, ching, ching,

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.220
 ching.

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:34.079
 Or the third way, you

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:35.039
 could call collect.

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:37.000
 This is Paul Wetz

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:38.139
 calling for his dad.

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.259
 Will you accept the

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:39.660
 charges?

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.740
 Every single year.

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:49.299
 Not many long-distance

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.299
 calls made because it

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:50.660
 was expensive.

00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:51.920
 But every single year

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:53.599
 they set records for

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.819
 the number of long-distance

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:56.000
 calls made.

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:58.039
 What holiday do you

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.960
 think it was made on?

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.879
 Mother's Day.

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:04.120
 Exactly.

00:30:05.340 --> 00:30:07.280
 Dads never did get there.

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.520
 But hold it.

00:30:10.620 --> 00:30:11.920
 Father's Day set a record

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.260
 too.

00:30:13.260 --> 00:30:13.960
 Did you know that?

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:16.100
 This is a fact.

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:19.600
 The most collect long-distance

00:30:19.600 --> 00:30:22.280
 calls every year was made

00:30:22.280 --> 00:30:23.580
 on Father's Day.

00:30:23.580 --> 00:30:26.700
 Men, you are the unsung

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:28.320
 heroes in your family.

00:30:29.320 --> 00:30:30.040
 Dad, I want to tell you

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.879
 how much I love and

00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:31.799
 appreciate you when you

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:32.839
 accept the charges.

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:39.980
 But guys, you're used

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.399
 to giving.

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.680
 And you're used to not

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.440
 getting much acclaim.

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:44.379
 I understand that.

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.839
 That's just a fact of

00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:46.579
 being a dad.

00:30:47.899 --> 00:30:49.220
 But today, you know,

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.899
 they're going to honor

00:30:49.899 --> 00:30:50.579
 and they're going to give

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:51.700
 you a few nice things.

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.740
 But you know what?

00:30:54.879 --> 00:30:55.920
 You're used to giving.

00:30:56.139 --> 00:30:57.039
 You've done it your whole

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.940
 life without any

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.820
 recognition hardly.

00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:01.640
 Give them something else

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:01.980
 today.

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:07.039
 A man who's not afraid

00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:07.539
 to say,

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.759
 I was the robber

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.759
 laying in the road

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.799
 dead in my sins.

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:15.200
 And Jesus entered my life.

00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:18.360
 And he gave me the Holy

00:31:18.360 --> 00:31:18.840
 Spirit.

00:31:18.840 --> 00:31:21.240
 And sometimes we're

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.960
 going to do this and

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.820
 sometimes we're going to

00:31:22.820 --> 00:31:24.820
 not do that simply because

00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:26.240
 I feel that's where God

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.900
 is leading and I want to

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.920
 be sensitive to his

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.279
 leadership.

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:33.339
 And I don't know whether

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:34.220
 how things are going in

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:35.319
 your life today, but this

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:36.120
 I do know.

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:40.740
 He has paid the innkeeper

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:42.720
 and he's made a promise

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:44.059
 that if anything else is

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:45.859
 needed, he'll take care of

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:46.339
 that too.

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:49.440
 I don't know what the

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:50.599
 future holds for me,

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:53.519
 but I know who holds the

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:55.859
 future and I know I can

00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:57.480
 trust the one who holds

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:58.119
 the future.

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.539
 Gentlemen, when you show

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.700
 that to your family,

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:03.579
 when you live that out

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:05.039
 before them, you have

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:07.720
 given them the best

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:10.259
 Father's Day gift you can

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:11.379
 ever give.

00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:13.799
 So this morning, whether it

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:15.180
 be a profession of faith,

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:17.579
 becoming a part of this

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:19.700
 church, a step forward in

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.759
 your faith, I'm going to go

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.579
 one step further.

00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:24.220
 I remember the time my

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:25.759
 pastor stood in the pulpit

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:28.940
 and he said, every young

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:31.039
 man here, every woman here

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:32.759
 needs to start praying and

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.900
 asking this one question.

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:36.440
 What does God want you to

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.859
 do vocationally the rest of

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.460
 your life?

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:40.539
 Does he want you to be a

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:43.140
 teacher, a lawyer, a doctor,

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.619
 a nurse, whatever?

00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:47.379
 Ask him what he wants you to

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:47.760
 do?

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.920
 I took up that challenge

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:54.600
 and I was shocked at what

00:32:54.600 --> 00:32:55.740
 God called me to do.

00:32:57.320 --> 00:32:58.200
 But friend, don't ever make

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:59.700
 a decision in life, ever,

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:03.440
 without asking God his

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:03.800
 direction.

00:33:03.800 --> 00:33:04.760
 That's part of that oil

00:33:04.760 --> 00:33:06.780
 thing, his leadership.

00:33:07.860 --> 00:33:08.840
 Pastor, would you come?

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:16.419
 Thank God for the word that

00:33:16.419 --> 00:33:17.759
 Paul's given us today.

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:21.279
 If you've never accepted the

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:22.539
 Lord Jesus Christ as your

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:23.599
 personal Lord and Savior, I

00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:24.839
 want you to know he accepts

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:25.939
 you as you are today.

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:28.099
 You just come and say,

00:33:28.179 --> 00:33:30.699
 Pastor, I'd love to surrender

00:33:30.699 --> 00:33:32.639
 my life to the Lord Jesus.

00:33:33.199 --> 00:33:34.039
 Maybe you've done that

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:35.299
 privately, but you've never

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:36.159
 done it publicly.

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.720
 You've never acknowledged

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.039
 that.

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:39.360
 Jesus, by his commission

00:33:39.360 --> 00:33:41.660
 and by his example, tells

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:42.620
 us to follow that with

00:33:42.620 --> 00:33:43.120
 baptism.

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.160
 If you've never been

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:45.360
 baptized as a believer, I

00:33:45.360 --> 00:33:46.299
 encourage you to be

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.700
 obedient.

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:48.140
 Follow the Lord.

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:49.160
 We'll guide you through

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:49.360
 that.

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:50.100
 We're not doing it this

00:33:50.100 --> 00:33:51.620
 morning, but we'll guide

00:33:51.620 --> 00:33:52.339
 you in that.

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:54.039
 Maybe God's leading you to

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:55.259
 be a part of First Baptist

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.680
 Church.

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:57.380
 You know this is the place

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:58.819
 where God would have you

00:33:58.819 --> 00:33:59.279
 to serve.

00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:00.480
 As soon as we stand and

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.640
 begin to sing, I encourage

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.180
 you to come.

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:04.960
 We'd love to guide you in

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:05.799
 what that means and

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.559
 introduce you to the

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:06.960
 congregation.

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:09.440
 And maybe it's

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.240
 something else.

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:13.220
 Maybe you realize you've

00:34:13.220 --> 00:34:14.420
 passed by folks that

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:16.199
 needed you to stop.

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:19.000
 Or maybe you've not

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:20.099
 acknowledged the one that

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:22.539
 went to the cross for you,

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:25.099
 gave his life for you.

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:27.559
 I don't know what God's

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:28.579
 telling you, but I'm

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.960
 thankful that Paul shared

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:31.579
 what God laid on his

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:31.860
 heart.

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.840
 And I encourage you to be

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:33.740
 obedient this morning.

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:35.259
 Lord Jesus, we love you.

00:34:35.959 --> 00:34:37.119
 We thank you for your

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 word.

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 Thank you, Lord, for the

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 challenge of it, the

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 personalization of it by

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 the Holy Spirit of God.

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 And I pray this morning,

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 dear Father, that you'll

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 help each one of us to be

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 obedient to follow exactly

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 as you lead right now in

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 these very moments.

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 In Jesus' precious name,

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 amen.

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