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 Luke chapter 6 verses 37 to 49.

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 He also told them a parable.

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 Can a blind man lead a blind man?

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 Will they not both fall into a pit?

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 A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone, when he is fully trained, will be like his teacher.

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 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

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 How can you say to your brother,

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 Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye.

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 When you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye, you hypocrite.

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 First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.

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 For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit.

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 For each tree is known by its own fruit.

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 For figs are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush.

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 The good person, out of the good treasure of his heart, produces good.

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 And the evil person, out of his evil treasure, produces evil.

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 For out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

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 Why do you call me, Lord, Lord, and not do what I tell you?

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 Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like.

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 He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock.

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 And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

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 But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation.

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 When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.

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 This is God's authoritative word.

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 Heavenly Father, we come to you now wanting to hear from you.

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 Lord, apart from the humility that Christ exemplified for us, we cannot rightly hear this message.

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 To peel back our self-righteousness, our pride.

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 To humble ourselves.

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 To follow you, who alone is the true teacher.

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 That can lead us to eternal life and salvation.

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 So won't you please lead us, speak to us through your word.

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 Humble us and help us to believe and obey.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Last week we studied the core of Jesus' ethical teaching.

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 And the command to love our neighbors as ourselves.

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 And the command even to love our enemies.

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 And do good even to those who hate us and who do no good to us.

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 And in today's passage, Jesus concludes teaching by really calling for self-examination.

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 That are we true followers of Christ or not?

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 What do true followers of Christ look like?

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 And the main point of this passage is that we should follow Christ,

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 who is the good teacher that saves us from our sins.

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 And we'll just go through the sections.

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 Forgiveness of Christ, follower of Christ, fruit of Christ,

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 and the foundation of Christ that Jesus talks about in turn.

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 And in the first section that I'm covering, verses 37 to 38,

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 I read it last week because it's actually really part of last week's passage that I read.

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 It fits better in that context.

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 But because the sermon was getting too long, I didn't preach that.

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 So I'm just going to tack this on to the last week's message if I can and go with the rest of it.

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 Because in the preceding passage, Jesus taught us to love our enemies and do good even to those who are evil

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 because we're imitating our heavenly Father.

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 And verse 36 ended by saying,

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 And so 37 and 38 are really continuing that thought, explaining what being merciful looks like.

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 And Jesus explains that command to be merciful by giving two further negative commands

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 and two positive commands that go with that.

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 So he says,

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 Judge not, and you will not be judged.

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 Condemn not, and you will not be condemned.

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 Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

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 Give, and it will be given to you.

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 This is a favorite verse that non-Christians like to quote two Christians.

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 Maybe you've had this quoted to you before.

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 Didn't Jesus teach you not to judge?

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 Stop telling me that what I'm doing is sinful.

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 You're so judgmental.

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 However, the command not to judge here does not mean that we cannot form any kind of moral judgments.

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 If you believe in any kind of morality, you have to form moral judgments in order to function in society, right?

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 You have to be able to say that some things are morally right while other things are morally wrong.

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 That kind of judgment is fundamental to and necessary for anyone who has a conscience.

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 So the command to judge not does not mean that you shouldn't form any moral judgments.

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 If that were the case, there would be no rule of law, no courts, no church discipline,

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 which blatantly contradicts the teaching of Scripture from other places.

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 So the command to judge not is rather more helpfully explained by the parallel phrase in verse 37.

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 Condemn not.

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 There's nothing wrong with calling sin a sin,

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 as long as that moral judgment is shared with love

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 and an earnest desire that that person would repent from his or her sin

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 and turn to God for forgiveness.

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 But when we judge, not inviting them toward God's mercy,

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 but instead shunning them with condemnation,

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 we're disobeying Jesus' command.

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 If we're self-righteous, if instead of mourning over people's sins,

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 we are gloating over their sins

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 and eagerly pointing the finger of condemnation toward them,

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 then we're disobeying Jesus' command.

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 So in that case, we're placing ourselves in the seat of God's judgment

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 where only He deserves to sit.

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 And if we presume to sit on God's judgment seat by condemning others,

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 God Himself says that He will condemn us.

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 The assumed subject of the passive verbs in verses 37 and 38 is God.

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 Judge not, and you will not be judged by God.

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 Condemn not, and you will not be condemned by God.

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 Forgive, and you will be forgiven by God.

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 Give, and it will be given to you by God.

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 This is what Greek grammarians call the divine passive.

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 It assumes that God's the one who's acting and working in us and doing these things.

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 And earlier in verse 31, Jesus commanded us,

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 As you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

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 And so here in verses 37 and 38, God promised that as we do to others, He will do to us.

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 This does not mean that we are saved by our good works.

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 Salvation is a gift from God.

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 We are saved by God.

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 We are saved by God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ.

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 But those who are saved do good works.

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 You guys see the difference?

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 And because those who are saved do good works,

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 our good works become the basis for God's judgment in the end.

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 We are saved by grace, but judged by our works.

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 This is why we are commanded in Ephesians chapter 4, verse 32,

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 to forgive one another as God in Christ forgave you.

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 It's because God has already forgiven us.

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 We are to forgive one another.

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 And God's forgiveness is the basis for our forgiveness.

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 And for this reason, when we don't forgive one another,

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 God will judge us as unforgiven people.

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 We will not receive His forgiveness on the day of judgment.

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 That's the meaning of condemn not, and you will not be condemned.

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 Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

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 And because forgiveness involves bearing the pain

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 and really the cost of that person's offense against you,

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 it's naturally connected to the idea of giving.

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 And verse 38 says,

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 Give, and it will be given to you.

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 In the same way that we generously offer forgiveness to those who wrong us,

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 we are to give generously of our finances as well.

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 And Jesus promises this to those who are generous.

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 He says,

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 Good measure, pressed down, shaken together,

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 running over will be put into your lap.

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 For with the measure you use,

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 it will be measured back to you.

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 This is an illustration from kind of farming and commerce of agricultural goods.

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 For example, when selling corn kernels in this day and age,

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 they would really pour a measure into a container.

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 And they would shake it up to make sure that it occupies all this,

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 there's no empty space in the container.

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 And they would press it down to make sure that there is no extra room.

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 They'll pour some more, then they shall get some more.

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 And then they'll literally, in order to give a full measure,

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 keep on top of it so that it's overflowing,

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 and then pour that into someone's lap

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 to ensure that they are not getting deprived or cheated in any way.

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 So that's a way a very generous seller would pour,

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 lavish this thing that they're getting from them.

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 And that's what God promises.

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 If you give generously, if you give to others,

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 I will pour back to you in good measure,

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 pressed down, shaken together, running over onto your lap.

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 And then for with the measure you use,

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 it will be measured back to you.

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 And this is consistent with the way God has taught us throughout Scripture.

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 In Proverbs 11, 24 to 25,

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 It says,

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 To give to those who don't do evil to us,

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 and to lend to those,

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 give to those who have no way of returning the favor in any way.

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 Because the reason, the basis for this is that God will reward us.

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 If you give to poor who cannot repay you,

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 God will reward you for that.

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 And so entrusting ourselves to God's repayment

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 is what enables us to give selflessly and sacrificially in this life,

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 without expecting anything in return.

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 And so then that tells us that the key to Christian generosity

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 is not wealth,

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 but faith in God's generosity.

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 We give not out of the abundance of wealth,

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 but out of the abundance of faith

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 that God, who is generous, will give.

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 That's the first point.

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 And the second point,

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 we see what it means to be the follower of Christ,

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 the forgiveness of Christ.

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 It goes with last week's passage.

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 And here, Jesus really is concluding

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 His main ethical teaching,

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 and starting in verse 39,

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 He calls His followers to self-examination,

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 and He exhorts them to respond to His teaching

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 by following Him and obeying His commands.

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 So He begins in verse 39.

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 He also told them a parable.

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 Can a blind man lead a blind man?

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 Will they not both fall into a pit?

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 So Jesus uses two illustrations here

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 to make the point that His hearers should follow Him.

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 First illustration is one of a blind man, right?

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 Following a blind man.

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 And of course, it's absurd for a blind man

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 to try to lead another blind man.

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 And Jesus uses this picture to warn His disciples

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 that they should be careful whom they follow.

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 Because following someone who is spiritually blind

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 will lead them to fall into a pit.

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 And as I mentioned last week,

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 Jesus' teaching here is directed primarily

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 at His disciples.

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 But there is a larger crowd,

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 those who are around Him,

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 that are not His disciples,

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 which includes probably His critics,

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 the Pharisees and the scribes as well.

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 They're part of the great multitude of the people

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 who are not His disciples.

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 And especially because Jesus' teaching

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 was preceded by,

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 His sermon on the plain

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 was preceded by His confrontation with the Pharisees.

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 It's hard to ignore the fact

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 that Jesus has the Pharisees in mind

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 in the background as He says this.

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 And in Matthew 15, 14,

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 actually Jesus explicitly calls out the Pharisees

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 as blind guides.

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 So He says,

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 If the blind lead the blind,

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 both will fall into a pit.

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 And Jesus makes a follow-up point in verse 40.

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 A disciple is not above his teacher,

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 but everyone, when he is fully trained,

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 will be like his teacher.

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 In the ancient world,

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 the teacher-disciple-student relationship

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 was much more personal and intimate

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 than it is now.

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 Nowadays, there's a lot more self-study, right?

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 Because there's an abundance of books

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 and other digital resources

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 that we can access so readily available.

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 But in the ancient world,

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 they didn't have that,

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 so the students follow their teachers around everywhere,

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 and they would watch them

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 and learn from their example,

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 and they would learn through oral instruction primarily,

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 if the teacher is teaching them

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 in what they say to them.

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 And so given that background,

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 Jesus is teaching His disciples

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 that the teacher sets the upper limit,

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 the ceiling of what the disciples can learn

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 and become.

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 And so because of that,

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 they should be all the more thoughtful and careful

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 about whom they choose to follow as their teacher.

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 The implication.

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 The implication, of course,

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 is that they should not follow blind guides

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 like the Pharisees,

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 but that they should follow Him

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 and seek to become more like Him.

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 So who would you say are the people in your life

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 that you follow?

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 Who are the teachers in your life?

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 The one you tend to rely on for guidance in life.

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 Maybe it's a college professor,

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 a pastor, or a community group leader,

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 an author,

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 a YouTube personality?

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 Whoever it might be,

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 you should make sure that your teacher

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 is following Christ.

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 Because you're going to end up where he or she is.

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 And if you are someone that others look up to and follow,

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 then you should make sure that you are not blind

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 and that you are faithfully following Christ.

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 As Robert Murray Mishane,

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 he's a 19th century Scottish pastor,

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 he once famously said this,

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 the greatest need of my people

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 is my own holiness.

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 Your followers will become like you.

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 That's a sobering thought

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 that should make any aspiring leader tremble.

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 Makes me tremble.

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 Continuing the theme of spiritual sight,

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 Jesus says in verses 41 to 42,

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 Why do you see the speck

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 that is in your brother's eye,

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 but do not notice the log

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 that is in your own eye?

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 How can you say to your brother,

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 Brother, let me take out the speck

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 that is in your eye.

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 When you yourself do not see the log

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 that is in your own eye,

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 you hypocrite.

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 First, take the log out of your own eye

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 and then you will see clearly

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 to take out the speck

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 that is in your brother's eye.

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 The word log refers to

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 one of the main beams of a house.

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 When you're building a house,

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 like that cross beam

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 that goes through the entire structure.

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 And speck refers to a small flake of wood,

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 something like sawdust maybe

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 that you've seen before.

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 And so imagine two construction workers

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 building a house together

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 and one of them has the cross beam

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 of the house sticking out of his eye.

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 Obviously, that's not even possible.

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 He'd be dead, right?

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 But just imagine the scene.

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 And this is supposed to be funny.

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 And he looks at his co-worker

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 who has a little sawdust in his eye

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 and he looks to him and says,

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 Hey, man, hey,

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 you have sawdust in your eye.

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 Come here.

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 Let me get that out for you.

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 It's ridiculous, right?

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 It's Jesus using a humorous illustration

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 to expose our prideful human tendency

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 to be hyper-aware of the shortcomings

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 and sins of other people

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 but unaware of our own shortcomings and sins.

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 That's a natural human sinful tendency.

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 Jesus calls this man with the log in his eye

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 a hypocrite,

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 which in the Greek means actor or pretender.

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 The man is a pretender

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 because if he were really serious

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 about dealing with sin,

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 he would have dealt with his own sin,

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 own graver sins,

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 before confronting his brother.

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 But instead, consciously or not,

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 he pretends to be concerned

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 for the holiness of his brother

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 when he is really primarily concerned

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 with elevating himself above his brother.

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 It's so easy to fall into this kind of hypocrisy, isn't it?

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 A boss at work berates an employee

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 for a small mistake that he made,

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 pointing out the fact that he has no attention to detail

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 and that he is incompetent

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 and wasting his time and pay.

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 But as he does this,

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 he fails to see that his self-righteousness,

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 unrighteousness, prideful judgment,

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 excessive anger, and harsh speech

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 are far bigger problems

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 than his employees' lack of attention to detail.

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 A wife seems lonely and depressed

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 and asks her husband to stay home one evening

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 to spend time with her

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 instead of going out to the work social.

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 The husband responds by trying to remove

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 the speck from her eye,

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 giving a sanctimonious lecture

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 on how much he sacrifices for her,

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 telling her callously

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 that she just needs to be more joyful in the Lord,

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 and finally accusing her of being selfish

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 and needy.

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 But as he does this,

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 the husband fails to see

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 the log in his own eye,

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 that because of his daily evening ritual

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 of sports watching and video gaming,

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 and because of his weekly weekend ritual

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 of golf outings with his buddies,

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 that he has hardly nourished and cherished his wife

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 as the Bible calls him to,

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 and his selfishness and neglect of his wife

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 are far greater faults before the eyes of God

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 than his wife's despondency.

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 He's like an ophthalmologist

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 trying to perform a delicate eye surgery

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 while he himself has a golf ball-sized cataract

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 in his eyes

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 that prevents him from seeing clearly.

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 Now, all this to say,

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 this doesn't mean that,

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 as Christians,

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 we can never bring correction

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 to a fellow believer.

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 Colossians 3.16 tells us,

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 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly,

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 teaching and admonishing one another

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 in all wisdom.

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 We're commanded,

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 every single believer,

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 to admonish one another,

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 to speak the truth in love to one another.

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 The Bible commands this.

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 But it does mean

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 that we should examine ourselves

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 and acknowledge our own faults

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 and confess our own sins

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 before confronting someone else.

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 Our own shortcomings and sins

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 can blind us from seeing other people's

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 shortcomings and sins clearly.

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 So what are some logs in your life?

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 Of course, the trouble is that

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 for some of us,

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 we have had these logs

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 lodged in our eyes for so long,

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 it's hard for us to see it.

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 Lorraine Quig,

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 who was an FBI

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 counterintelligence operative,

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 an undercover agent for 25 years,

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 knows something about deception.

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 And she writes in her book

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 that the most difficult kind of deception

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 to uncover

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 is actually self-deception.

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 She says,

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 we've carefully,

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 she says here,

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 we tell ourselves

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 we want to know the truth,

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 but we're very selective

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 about the kind of truth we seek.

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 About others?

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 Yes.

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 And usually about world events

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 and situations that impact us directly.

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 But we are less receptive

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 to revelations about ourselves.

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 We've carefully packaged ourselves

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 to look and act

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 in a manner that ensures success

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 in the world.

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 Our ego has dressed us up

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 for so long

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 that many of us

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 don't even know

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 how to begin

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 to peel back

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 the layers of illusion,

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 to expose cold,

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 hard facts

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 about ourselves.

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 That's why we need help.

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 So take time this week

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 to ask a trusted Christian brother

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 or sister

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 to help you identify

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 any logs

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 in your life

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 that you're

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 oblivious to

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 but it's obvious

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 to others.

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 The existence of logs

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 in our eyes

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 necessitates

00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:44.000
 mutual admonishment

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 among church members.

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 But before admonishing

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 one another,

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 we should examine

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 ourselves.

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 That's the call.

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 And having spoken

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 of the blind,

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 leading the blind,

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 and a man whose sight

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 is obscured by a log

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 trying to help another man

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 with a speck in his eye,

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 Jesus explains

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:03.559
 the need for self-examination

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 further in verses 43 to 45.

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 This is where he talks

00:23:06.659 --> 00:23:07.259
 about the fruit

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 of Christ.

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 We know that this passage

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 is a further explanation

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 of the preceding verses

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 because it begins

00:23:13.399 --> 00:23:14.299
 with the word for.

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 He says,

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:15.859
 For,

00:23:16.419 --> 00:23:17.220
 no good tree

00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:18.220
 bears bad fruit,

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 nor again does a bad tree

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.720
 bear good fruit.

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 For each tree

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:23.240
 is known by its own fruit.

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 For figs are not gathered

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.480
 from thorn bushes,

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 nor are grapes

00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:27.980
 picked from a bramble bush.

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.220
 The good person

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:30.460
 out of the good treasure

00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:30.980
 of his heart

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.880
 produces good.

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:33.400
 And the evil person

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.700
 out of his evil treasure

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.700
 produces evil.

00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:37.140
 For out of the abundance

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.940
 of the heart

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 his mouth speaks.

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 Once again,

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.299
 the theme

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:42.960
 is self-examination.

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.660
 This time,

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.500
 Jesus begins

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 with the very simple

00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:47.380
 observation

00:23:47.380 --> 00:23:48.660
 that a good tree

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:50.360
 cannot bear bad fruit,

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 and that a bad tree

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.640
 cannot bear good fruit.

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:54.620
 This is an impossibility.

00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:55.419
 A good tree

00:23:55.419 --> 00:23:56.559
 cannot bear bad fruit.

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 Likewise,

00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:57.779
 thorn bushes

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:58.979
 don't produce figs,

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 nor do bramble bushes

00:23:59.859 --> 00:24:00.639
 produce grapes.

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 Figs are a delicious,

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.219
 nutritious fruit

00:24:03.219 --> 00:24:04.299
 that grow in the Middle East,

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 and of course,

00:24:05.739 --> 00:24:06.219
 you wouldn't expect

00:24:06.219 --> 00:24:06.759
 to find that

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.559
 among the thorn bushes.

00:24:07.739 --> 00:24:09.199
 And the bramble bush,

00:24:09.359 --> 00:24:09.500
 likewise,

00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:11.579
 has prickles and thorns,

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 and its leaves

00:24:12.439 --> 00:24:12.959
 are serrated.

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 You can get cut

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.359
 by the leaves as well.

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 So it might make

00:24:16.419 --> 00:24:17.159
 a good alternative

00:24:17.159 --> 00:24:18.179
 for a barbed wire,

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 but you're not going

00:24:18.959 --> 00:24:19.839
 to find any grapes

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:20.599
 growing on them,

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:21.059
 and this is

00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:22.279
 the obvious observation.

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:23.919
 But from this,

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.519
 Jesus makes

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.159
 the insightful

00:24:25.159 --> 00:24:26.299
 spiritual observation

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 that the good person

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 out of the good treasure

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.119
 of his heart

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:31.200
 produces good,

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.960
 and the evil person

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:34.299
 out of his evil treasure

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:35.159
 produces evil,

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.539
 for out of the abundance

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:37.399
 of the heart

00:24:37.399 --> 00:24:38.859
 his mouth speaks.

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 There are several things

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:41.639
 that are very interesting

00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:42.259
 about this,

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.839
 about verse 45.

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:44.960
 First,

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:46.039
 Jesus doesn't use

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:47.379
 the same absolute

00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:48.279
 formulation

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:49.180
 that he used

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:50.079
 in his illustrations.

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 Notice that Jesus

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.700
 doesn't say

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:54.119
 the good person

00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:54.960
 does not

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.980
 or cannot

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.879
 produce evil.

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.519
 He does not say

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.440
 the evil person

00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:00.180
 does not

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:00.759
 or cannot

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.879
 produce good.

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 Instead,

00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:04.339
 Jesus rewards it

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 in a general

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.619
 positive formulation.

00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:07.099
 He says,

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:08.480
 the good person

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:09.220
 out of the good

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:10.160
 treasure of his heart

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:11.240
 produces good,

00:25:11.379 --> 00:25:12.599
 and the evil person

00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:13.779
 out of his evil treasure

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.819
 produces evil.

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:17.059
 This is a general truth.

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.720
 It's not that

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:19.900
 this is what

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:21.220
 is generally true

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.140
 of good people

00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:23.860
 and good evil people,

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:25.100
 that you can tell

00:25:25.100 --> 00:25:25.980
 by their fruit

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.759
 what they do

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.519
 in their lives.

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 We saw earlier

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.700
 that Jesus called

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.200
 his disciples

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:31.819
 to do good

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.640
 even to their enemies.

00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:33.900
 So the same idea

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.799
 here of doing good

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.400
 refers to doing

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.019
 something that's

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.779
 morally good,

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:38.539
 something good works,

00:25:38.620 --> 00:25:39.140
 what we might call

00:25:39.140 --> 00:25:39.720
 good works.

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:42.240
 And so he makes

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.620
 the point,

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.380
 it's not that a good

00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:44.319
 person can never

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:45.160
 do any wrong,

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:46.759
 but that there's

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.900
 a consistency there

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:49.119
 and a pattern there

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:50.059
 that a good person

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:51.500
 does good things.

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:53.400
 Because what the person

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:54.599
 does flows out

00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:55.319
 from the treasure

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:56.460
 of his heart.

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:58.400
 This is an extremely

00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:59.740
 important principle

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:01.779
 because our actions

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.539
 and speech

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:04.140
 are not caused

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:05.660
 by our circumstances

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.819
 or our environment,

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:10.039
 but by our hearts.

00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:13.519
 it's our sinful

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:14.839
 human tendency

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.940
 to blame others.

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.039
 And so we say,

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:18.339
 well, if my roommates

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:19.480
 weren't so lazy

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.619
 and incompetent,

00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:21.559
 then I wouldn't be

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:22.680
 so frustrated and angry.

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.579
 It's tempting

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.359
 to think that way,

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.659
 but the sinful anger

00:26:27.659 --> 00:26:28.379
 comes from

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:29.480
 your own heart.

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:35.159
 If only I made

00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:35.720
 more money,

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:37.599
 then I wouldn't be

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:38.180
 so greedy

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:38.960
 and stingy.

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.360
 It's tempting

00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:42.299
 to think that way,

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.920
 but greed

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:45.220
 comes from

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:46.360
 your own heart.

00:26:48.320 --> 00:26:49.740
 The circumstances

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:51.500
 provide the context

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.500
 for your behavior,

00:26:52.820 --> 00:26:53.580
 but they are not

00:26:53.580 --> 00:26:54.440
 the cost.

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:57.259
 After a concrete floor

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.840
 is laid

00:26:57.840 --> 00:26:59.180
 in a building,

00:26:59.320 --> 00:26:59.779
 on a building,

00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:00.680
 sometimes engineers

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.900
 do a load test

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:03.240
 to investigate

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:04.539
 its structural integrity.

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.639
 If there's not

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:06.480
 enough compressive

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:07.579
 strength in the concrete,

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.480
 it will crack

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:09.259
 under the weight.

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.940
 And when concrete

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:12.119
 fails in this way,

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.680
 the cause of the failure

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.940
 is not the weight,

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:16.859
 but the concrete's

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:18.500
 lack of structural integrity.

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.559
 It was already

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:21.440
 defective,

00:27:21.639 --> 00:27:22.099
 and the weight

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:23.399
 merely exposed

00:27:23.399 --> 00:27:24.700
 that defect.

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:26.000
 And that's the same

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.440
 thing here.

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.319
 This calls for

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.680
 honest self-evaluation.

00:27:29.379 --> 00:27:29.960
 We should look

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.720
 around ourselves,

00:27:30.859 --> 00:27:31.480
 look at the fruit

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:32.159
 of our lives,

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:33.240
 in our families,

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:34.180
 in our church,

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:35.440
 in our workplaces.

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:36.220
 Am I bearing

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:37.440
 good fruit

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:39.299
 or bad fruit?

00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:41.400
 Because the fruit

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:42.059
 we produce

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:43.420
 outwardly reflects

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:44.779
 what's inside

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.380
 our hearts.

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.920
 While this is true

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.920
 generally of all

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.559
 behaviors,

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:52.480
 Jesus has a

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.539
 particular emphasis,

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:55.440
 focus in this passage

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:56.880
 on our speech.

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.839
 He concludes

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.519
 verse 45.

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.240
 This is the second

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:00.960
 surprising thing

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.599
 about this verse.

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.819
 For out of the

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:03.559
 abundance of the

00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:03.899
 heart,

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:06.259
 his mouth speaks.

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:09.099
 The heart is

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:09.700
 the fountain

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.579
 of the mouth.

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:12.000
 What comes out

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:13.220
 of the mouth

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:14.019
 comes up

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:15.179
 from the heart.

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.939
 This focus

00:28:16.939 --> 00:28:17.559
 on speech

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.480
 connects this passage

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.119
 back to verses

00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:20.419
 39 to 42,

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.500
 where Jesus

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.720
 mentioned a teacher

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.759
 who misleads

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:25.139
 his disciple

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:25.659
 and a man

00:28:25.659 --> 00:28:26.159
 who brings

00:28:26.159 --> 00:28:27.419
 misguided correction

00:28:27.419 --> 00:28:28.639
 to his brother.

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.839
 There's a particular

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.720
 warning here

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.299
 to those who

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:32.380
 aspire to teach

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:32.880
 others,

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.360
 those who speak

00:28:34.360 --> 00:28:34.759
 a lot.

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:37.160
 For out of the

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.940
 abundance,

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.860
 the overflow

00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:39.440
 of the heart,

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:40.740
 your mouth speaks.

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:42.259
 So we are to

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:43.180
 guard our hearts,

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.740
 guard your inner

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.279
 life,

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.600
 guard what you

00:28:46.600 --> 00:28:47.620
 love and cherish

00:28:47.620 --> 00:28:48.360
 in your heart,

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.360
 and make sure

00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:50.160
 that you examine

00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:51.400
 the fruit of any

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:52.440
 teacher you acquire

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.299
 for yourself.

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:55.940
 who then

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:57.059
 is the teacher

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.480
 that we should

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:57.759
 follow?

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:00.339
 That's the main

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:01.059
 point that Jesus

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.659
 has been getting

00:29:01.659 --> 00:29:02.500
 at all this time,

00:29:02.639 --> 00:29:03.799
 and he makes it

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.859
 explicit in verses

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:06.559
 46 to 49,

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.220
 when he talks

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:08.099
 about the foundation

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:09.099
 of Christ.

00:29:10.379 --> 00:29:11.319
 He says in verses

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:12.500
 46 to 47,

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:14.139
 why do you call

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:14.940
 me Lord,

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:15.339
 Lord,

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:17.000
 and not do

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.859
 what I tell you?

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.879
 Everyone who

00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:20.559
 comes to me

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.299
 and hears my

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:22.099
 words and does

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.379
 them,

00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:23.320
 I will show

00:29:23.320 --> 00:29:24.180
 you what he

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:24.700
 is like.

00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:26.440
 What's the point

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.680
 of calling Jesus

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:28.340
 Lord,

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.640
 or Master,

00:29:30.280 --> 00:29:30.680
 Teacher,

00:29:31.060 --> 00:29:31.660
 or God,

00:29:31.860 --> 00:29:32.740
 if you don't

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.760
 do what he

00:29:33.760 --> 00:29:34.520
 tells you?

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.320
 The repetition

00:29:36.320 --> 00:29:37.040
 of the word

00:29:37.040 --> 00:29:38.720
 Lord is emphatic,

00:29:38.840 --> 00:29:39.180
 and it kind of

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:39.880
 almost suggests

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.460
 this kind of

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.440
 insincere

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:42.600
 servility.

00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:43.220
 It's someone

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:44.060
 who is fawning

00:29:44.060 --> 00:29:44.700
 over Jesus.

00:29:45.020 --> 00:29:45.520
 Oh, Lord,

00:29:45.620 --> 00:29:45.820
 Lord,

00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:46.480
 teach us.

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.200
 Lord,

00:29:47.300 --> 00:29:47.560
 Lord,

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.320
 lead us.

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:48.720
 Lord,

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.100
 Lord,

00:29:49.100 --> 00:29:50.160
 speak to us.

00:29:50.520 --> 00:29:51.100
 But it's all

00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:51.620
 a show.

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.360
 It's a hypocrisy.

00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:54.020
 Because they

00:29:54.020 --> 00:29:54.860
 don't do

00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.840
 what he

00:29:55.840 --> 00:29:56.480
 says.

00:29:59.340 --> 00:30:00.020
 Earlier in

00:30:00.020 --> 00:30:00.300
 chapter,

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.040
 earlier in

00:30:01.040 --> 00:30:01.480
 this chapter,

00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:01.960
 Luke 6,

00:30:02.020 --> 00:30:02.560
 verse 18,

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:03.380
 before Jesus

00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:04.020
 began the

00:30:04.020 --> 00:30:04.300
 sermon,

00:30:05.280 --> 00:30:05.840
 we are told

00:30:05.840 --> 00:30:06.260
 that a great

00:30:06.260 --> 00:30:06.880
 multitude of

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:08.260
 people came

00:30:08.260 --> 00:30:10.080
 to hear him.

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:10.880
 The word

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:11.720
 come and

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.320
 word hear,

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:12.800
 these two

00:30:12.800 --> 00:30:13.140
 words are

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.660
 repeated in

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.380
 verse 47,

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:15.160
 as Jesus

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:15.900
 brings this

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.480
 sermon to a

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.040
 close.

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:18.080
 But he adds

00:30:18.080 --> 00:30:19.080
 a third word,

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.800
 a new word.

00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:20.100
 He says,

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:20.740
 everyone who

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.439
 comes to

00:30:21.439 --> 00:30:22.559
 me and

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.299
 hears my

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:24.419
 words and

00:30:24.419 --> 00:30:25.799
 does them,

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.879
 I will show

00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:27.539
 you what he

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.000
 is like.

00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:28.319
 It's,

00:30:28.679 --> 00:30:28.879
 yes,

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.339
 they've come

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:30.199
 to hear him,

00:30:30.659 --> 00:30:31.219
 but coming

00:30:31.219 --> 00:30:31.659
 is not

00:30:31.659 --> 00:30:32.119
 enough.

00:30:32.679 --> 00:30:33.319
 Hearing is

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:34.059
 not enough.

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:34.559
 You must

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.159
 do what

00:30:35.159 --> 00:30:35.919
 Jesus has

00:30:35.919 --> 00:30:36.839
 taught you

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:37.459
 to do.

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.319
 As

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:39.740
 Christians,

00:30:39.939 --> 00:30:40.799
 we love to

00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:41.519
 pray for

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:42.339
 discernment and

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:42.799
 guidance in

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.219
 our lives,

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.539
 don't we?

00:30:44.879 --> 00:30:45.619
 I'm the same

00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:45.819
 way.

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.699
 And it's good

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.420
 and right

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:48.059
 that we

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.700
 desire to

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.140
 figure out

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:49.600
 what God's

00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:50.019
 will is for

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.380
 us so we

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:50.759
 can follow

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.019
 him.

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:52.019
 But for

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.819
 every decision

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:53.319
 where his

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:54.220
 will is not

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.400
 perfectly clear

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:56.640
 and we need

00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:57.400
 to exercise

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:58.100
 discernment and

00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:58.720
 wisdom and

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.160
 prayer,

00:30:59.840 --> 00:31:00.759
 for every one

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.100
 of those,

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:01.500
 there are

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.380
 hundreds of

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:03.039
 decisions where

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.799
 God's will

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:05.080
 is perfectly

00:31:05.080 --> 00:31:08.480
 clear and

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:09.160
 revealed to

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.840
 us in

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:10.460
 his word,

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:11.740
 the

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.100
 scriptures.

00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:12.279
 believers.

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.679
 You might

00:31:14.679 --> 00:31:15.299
 not know what

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:15.939
 your long-term

00:31:15.939 --> 00:31:16.559
 career is

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:17.079
 supposed to

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:17.399
 be,

00:31:17.659 --> 00:31:18.419
 but you do

00:31:18.419 --> 00:31:18.980
 know this

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.759
 from Colossians

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.779
 3.23,

00:31:21.199 --> 00:31:21.579
 that whatever

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:22.299
 you do,

00:31:22.459 --> 00:31:23.439
 work heartily

00:31:23.439 --> 00:31:24.319
 as for the

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.740
 Lord and

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.240
 not for

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.599
 men.

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:27.959
 You might

00:31:27.959 --> 00:31:28.359
 not know

00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:29.079
 exactly who

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.639
 you're supposed

00:31:29.639 --> 00:31:30.240
 to marry,

00:31:31.179 --> 00:31:31.959
 but you do

00:31:31.959 --> 00:31:32.500
 know this.

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:33.179
 2 Corinthians

00:31:33.179 --> 00:31:34.219
 6.14 says,

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:35.019
 do not be

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:36.039
 unequally yoked

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:37.359
 with unbelievers.

00:31:38.439 --> 00:31:39.299
 1 Thessalonians

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:40.240
 4.3 says,

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:41.259
 abstain from

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:42.359
 sexual immorality.

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.480
 You know

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.039
 these things

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.619
 which refers

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:45.000
 to any

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.680
 sexual immorality

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:46.299
 outside of

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.660
 marriage.

00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:47.779
 You want

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.160
 to know

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:48.720
 more of

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:49.339
 God's will

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:49.660
 in your

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.099
 life.

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:50.819
 Are you

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.319
 obeying

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:51.680
 what you

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.480
 already know

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.279
 about God's

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.680
 will in

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.180
 your life?

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:58.640
 We always

00:31:58.640 --> 00:31:59.019
 want God

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.680
 to speak to

00:31:59.680 --> 00:31:59.839
 us,

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.460
 but if God

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:00.839
 were to

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.539
 speak right

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:01.980
 now in

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.359
 an audible

00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:02.779
 way,

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:03.680
 would you

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:04.379
 obey Him?

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:09.779
 Because God

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.480
 has spoken

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:11.079
 to us.

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:12.339
 through Jesus

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:12.819
 Christ.

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.379
 And God's

00:32:13.379 --> 00:32:13.920
 word has

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.579
 been recorded

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:15.539
 and preserved

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.000
 for us

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.960
 in this

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.400
 book.

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.319
 Maybe

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:22.680
 there's a

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:23.099
 lack of

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:23.680
 clarity

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:25.220
 in our

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.599
 lives

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:26.019
 regarding

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.480
 God's

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:26.720
 will

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.400
 because

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:27.640
 there's

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:28.000
 a lack

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.180
 of

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.660
 obedience

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:30.000
 in our

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.359
 lives

00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:30.740
 regarding

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.259
 what God

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.759
 has already

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.220
 revealed.

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:33.220
 God's

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:37.539
 need for

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.039
 obedience

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:39.220
 is the

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.740
 point of

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:39.839
 the

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:40.279
 illustration

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.759
 that Jesus

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.360
 uses in

00:32:41.360 --> 00:32:42.160
 verses 48

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:42.819
 to 49.

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:44.579
 He is like

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:44.940
 a man

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.480
 building a

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:45.839
 house

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.579
 who dug

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:47.220
 deep and

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.579
 laid the

00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:48.059
 foundation

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.400
 on the

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:48.660
 rock

00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:49.180
 and when

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.640
 a flood

00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:50.100
 arose,

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.700
 the stream

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.100
 broke

00:32:51.100 --> 00:32:51.579
 against the

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:51.860
 house

00:32:51.860 --> 00:32:52.519
 and could

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.079
 not shake

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:53.339
 it

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:54.000
 because it

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.299
 had been

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.980
 well built.

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.740
 But the

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.440
 one who

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.420
 hears

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:57.819
 and does

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.480
 not do

00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:59.120
 them is

00:32:59.120 --> 00:32:59.460
 like a

00:32:59.460 --> 00:32:59.900
 man who

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.519
 built a

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.059
 house on

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.460
 the ground

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:01.960
 without a

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.440
 foundation.

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.380
 When the

00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:04.120
 stream broke

00:33:04.120 --> 00:33:04.740
 against it,

00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:05.740
 immediately it

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.519
 fell and

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.120
 the ruin of

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:07.799
 that house

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.720
 was great.

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.579
 The person

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:12.339
 who obeys

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:12.680
 Jesus'

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:13.480
 teaching is

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.000
 building a

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.740
 house on

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.299
 the rock,

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:15.620
 on a

00:33:15.620 --> 00:33:16.079
 foundation,

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:16.860
 which will

00:33:16.860 --> 00:33:17.680
 withstand the

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.480
 floods that

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:19.000
 rise up

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.460
 against it.

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:19.759
 But the

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.240
 person who

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.839
 disobeys

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:21.120
 Jesus'

00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:22.120
 teaching is

00:33:22.120 --> 00:33:22.539
 building a

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:22.960
 house without

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.640
 a foundation,

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.120
 just on

00:33:24.120 --> 00:33:24.559
 the dirt,

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.660
 which will

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:26.160
 collapse

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.839
 immediately

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:27.720
 into great

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.640
 ruin when

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:29.099
 the judgment

00:33:29.099 --> 00:33:29.579
 of God's

00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:30.279
 flood comes.

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:31.900
 This image

00:33:31.900 --> 00:33:32.200
 is an

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:33.779
 allusion to

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.420
 Ezekiel

00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:35.079
 13,

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:36.079
 9-14,

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:36.880
 where God

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:37.740
 denounces the

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.440
 false prophets

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:38.940
 of Israel.

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.620
 He says this

00:33:40.620 --> 00:33:41.079
 to the false

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:41.460
 prophets,

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.460
 My hand

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:42.880
 will be

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.500
 against the

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:44.140
 prophets who

00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:44.860
 see false

00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:45.759
 visions and

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.140
 who give

00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:47.180
 lying divinations.

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.059
 They shall

00:33:48.059 --> 00:33:48.700
 not be in

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:49.120
 the council

00:33:49.120 --> 00:33:49.519
 of my

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:49.900
 people,

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.319
 nor be

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:51.079
 enrolled in

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:51.680
 the register

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.039
 of the

00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:52.440
 house of

00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:52.819
 Israel,

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.620
 nor shall

00:33:53.620 --> 00:33:54.120
 they enter

00:33:54.120 --> 00:33:54.579
 the land

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:55.099
 of Israel,

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.779
 and you

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.339
 shall know

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:56.720
 that I

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.019
 am the

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.599
 Lord God,

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.699
 precisely

00:33:58.699 --> 00:33:59.519
 because they

00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:00.519
 have misled

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.159
 my people,

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:01.599
 saying,

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.399
 Peace,

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:03.199
 when there

00:34:03.199 --> 00:34:03.559
 is no

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:04.059
 peace,

00:34:04.379 --> 00:34:05.039
 and because

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.419
 when the

00:34:05.419 --> 00:34:06.000
 people build

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.419
 a wall,

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.339
 these prophets

00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:08.340
 smear it

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:09.219
 with whitewash,

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.119
 say to those

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:10.679
 who smear it

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.380
 with whitewash,

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:11.920
 that it shall

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.460
 fall.

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:13.739
 There will

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:14.360
 be a

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:15.159
 deluge of

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:15.559
 rain,

00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:16.519
 and you,

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.340
 O great

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.920
 hailstones,

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.679
 will fall,

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.699
 and a stormy

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:20.619
 wind break out,

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:21.159
 and when the

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:22.559
 wall falls,

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.219
 will it not

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:23.899
 be said to

00:34:23.899 --> 00:34:24.239
 you,

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:25.619
 where is the

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.539
 coating with

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.019
 which you

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.619
 smeared it?

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.619
 Therefore,

00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:31.579
 thus says the

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:32.039
 Lord God,

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:36.959
 I will make

00:34:36.959 --> 00:34:38.339
 a stormy

00:34:38.339 --> 00:34:39.000
 wind break

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.480
 out in my

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:39.859
 wrath,

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:40.739
 and there

00:34:40.739 --> 00:34:41.480
 shall be a

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:42.059
 deluge of

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.679
 rain in my

00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:43.019
 anger,

00:34:43.459 --> 00:34:44.139
 and great

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:45.000
 hailstones in

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.659
 wrath to make

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.459
 a full end,

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.179
 and I will

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.959
 break down the

00:34:47.959 --> 00:34:48.599
 wall that you

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:49.279
 have smeared

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:50.039
 with whitewash,

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.519
 and bring it

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:51.059
 down to the

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.380
 ground,

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:52.340
 so that its

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:53.579
 foundation will

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.759
 be laid bare.

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.699
 God's judgment

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:58.380
 was at hand

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:59.219
 against sinful

00:34:59.219 --> 00:34:59.679
 Israel,

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:00.579
 but the false

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:01.340
 prophets of

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:01.860
 Israel were

00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:02.559
 giving them

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:03.920
 false assurances,

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:05.900
 proclaiming peace

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.519
 when there is no

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:08.400
 peace in sight,

00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:09.380
 and by doing

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:09.559
 that,

00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:09.840
 they were

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.900
 basically smearing

00:35:10.900 --> 00:35:12.219
 whitewash on a

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:12.779
 wall that was

00:35:12.779 --> 00:35:13.759
 about to crumble.

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.460
 Instead of fixing

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.360
 the cracks on the

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:16.619
 wall,

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.900
 they masked it

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:19.239
 with whitewash,

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:20.320
 and pretended like

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:20.940
 everything was

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.240
 okay,

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.440
 and God

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.039
 promised to

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.640
 send a flood

00:35:23.640 --> 00:35:24.260
 of rain that

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:25.120
 will tear down

00:35:25.120 --> 00:35:25.580
 the wall and

00:35:25.580 --> 00:35:26.300
 expose their

00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:26.920
 hypocrisy.

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:28.840
 Jesus making a

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.380
 similar point.

00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:30.320
 If we hear

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:31.000
 Jesus,

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:32.539
 but don't obey

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:32.960
 him,

00:35:33.120 --> 00:35:34.480
 we are whitewashing

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.559
 our walls that

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:36.160
 are crumbling

00:35:36.160 --> 00:35:36.600
 down.

00:35:37.120 --> 00:35:38.280
 We're building a

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:39.160
 house without a

00:35:39.160 --> 00:35:39.620
 foundation.

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.680
 We're pretending

00:35:40.680 --> 00:35:41.460
 that obedience

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.480
 doesn't matter.

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:43.400
 We're pretending

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:44.200
 that our sins

00:35:44.200 --> 00:35:45.519
 are not serious,

00:35:46.220 --> 00:35:47.559
 and Jesus warns

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:47.760
 us,

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.539
 if you do that,

00:35:48.780 --> 00:35:49.500
 the house of your

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:51.059
 life will fall

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:52.280
 into great ruin

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:53.659
 on that day

00:35:53.659 --> 00:35:54.199
 of judgment.

00:35:55.900 --> 00:35:57.079
 Our sins

00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:58.219
 are grave,

00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:59.800
 and they have

00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:01.139
 eternal consequences.

00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:03.460
 You must repent

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:04.800
 and turn to Jesus

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:05.679
 for salvation.

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:08.800
 You must turn

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.659
 to him in faith,

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.579
 cling to him,

00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:11.280
 and follow him

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:11.840
 in obedience.

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:14.239
 This is an

00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:15.179
 urgent and

00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:15.840
 desperate

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:17.000
 situation.

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:23.039
 exactly a month

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.400
 ago,

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:25.039
 a mining

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.460
 dam

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:26.519
 in

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:27.219
 Burmadino,

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.539
 Brazil,

00:36:29.739 --> 00:36:30.420
 collapsed due

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:30.940
 to structural

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.440
 failure.

00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:34.599
 And the New York

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.480
 Times posted a

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:36.400
 frightening video

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:36.920
 of the incident.

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:37.559
 I don't know if

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:38.000
 you guys have

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.380
 seen it.

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.880
 It's like a

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.719
 tidal wave

00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:41.420
 of mud.

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:43.159
 The collapse

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:45.400
 released 11.7

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:46.420
 million cubic

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:47.240
 meters of

00:36:47.240 --> 00:36:48.240
 toxic mud

00:36:48.240 --> 00:36:49.579
 and buried

00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:50.840
 more than

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.820
 150 people

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:52.320
 alive.

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:54.480
 And this

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:55.519
 sent a

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:56.480
 chilling fear

00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:57.599
 throughout Brazil's

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.480
 mining heartland

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:59.400
 because there

00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:00.559
 are 87 other

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:01.360
 dams like this

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:01.599
 one,

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:02.840
 which is held

00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:03.380
 up by little

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:04.119
 more than

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:05.559
 sand and

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:06.019
 silt.

00:37:08.680 --> 00:37:10.420
 83 of those

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:11.800
 87 dams have

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:12.780
 been rated by the

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:13.640
 Brazilian government

00:37:13.640 --> 00:37:14.560
 as equally

00:37:14.560 --> 00:37:15.360
 vulnerable or

00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:15.840
 worse.

00:37:19.160 --> 00:37:19.960
 This

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:20.780
 highlights the

00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:22.019
 mortal danger

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:23.760
 of building a

00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:24.840
 house on dirt

00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:25.640
 without a

00:37:25.640 --> 00:37:26.140
 foundation.

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:28.040
 And it's a

00:37:28.040 --> 00:37:28.880
 good illustration

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:29.740
 of the

00:37:29.740 --> 00:37:31.000
 eternal danger

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:32.540
 of refusing to

00:37:32.540 --> 00:37:33.380
 follow Christ.

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:36.620
 The situation

00:37:36.620 --> 00:37:37.300
 for sinners

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:38.200
 is far

00:37:38.200 --> 00:37:38.940
 more

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:39.980
 precarious

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:41.000
 than

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:41.619
 that of

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:41.760
 the

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:42.199
 Brazilian

00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:42.719
 residents

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.240
 living

00:37:43.240 --> 00:37:44.139
 right near

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:44.360
 those

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:44.880
 dams.

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:49.900
 Let me

00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:50.340
 ask you,

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:52.840
 are you a

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:53.320
 good person?

00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:58.079
 Jesus said

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.500
 earlier in

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:59.199
 verse 45,

00:37:59.519 --> 00:37:59.920
 the good

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:00.460
 person out of

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:00.740
 the good

00:38:00.740 --> 00:38:01.360
 treasure of

00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:01.699
 his heart

00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:02.079
 produces

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:02.440
 good.

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:02.920
 Are you a

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.519
 good person?

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:05.079
 That's a

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:05.740
 trick question.

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:09.459
 Christian

00:38:09.459 --> 00:38:10.099
 ethicist

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:11.059
 Louis Smedes

00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:11.399
 wrote a

00:38:11.399 --> 00:38:11.839
 brilliantly

00:38:11.839 --> 00:38:12.799
 titled book

00:38:12.799 --> 00:38:13.619
 called

00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:14.399
 A Pretty

00:38:14.399 --> 00:38:14.939
 Good

00:38:14.939 --> 00:38:15.500
 Person,

00:38:16.299 --> 00:38:16.879
 pointing out

00:38:16.879 --> 00:38:17.239
 the fact

00:38:17.239 --> 00:38:17.759
 that most

00:38:17.759 --> 00:38:18.299
 people in

00:38:18.299 --> 00:38:18.739
 this world

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:19.639
 see themselves

00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:20.259
 as a

00:38:20.259 --> 00:38:20.979
 pretty good

00:38:20.979 --> 00:38:21.659
 person.

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:22.899
 But this

00:38:22.899 --> 00:38:23.339
 is the

00:38:23.339 --> 00:38:24.259
 most dangerous

00:38:24.259 --> 00:38:25.059
 delusion

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:25.739
 that the

00:38:25.739 --> 00:38:26.279
 devil has

00:38:26.279 --> 00:38:27.179
 ever duped

00:38:27.179 --> 00:38:27.739
 humanity

00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:28.199
 with.

00:38:29.479 --> 00:38:29.799
 Because

00:38:29.799 --> 00:38:30.299
 later in

00:38:30.299 --> 00:38:31.079
 Luke 18,

00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:32.000
 18-19,

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:33.239
 a self-righteous

00:38:33.239 --> 00:38:34.139
 ruler asks

00:38:34.139 --> 00:38:34.759
 Jesus,

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:36.080
 good teacher,

00:38:36.620 --> 00:38:38.200
 what must

00:38:38.200 --> 00:38:38.900
 I do to

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.700
 inherit eternal

00:38:39.700 --> 00:38:40.140
 life?

00:38:41.760 --> 00:38:42.660
 And Jesus

00:38:42.660 --> 00:38:43.160
 replies,

00:38:43.560 --> 00:38:44.680
 why do you

00:38:44.680 --> 00:38:45.060
 call me

00:38:45.060 --> 00:38:45.440
 good?

00:38:46.860 --> 00:38:47.840
 No one

00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:48.360
 is good

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:49.900
 except God

00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:51.120
 alone.

00:38:52.540 --> 00:38:53.520
 Jesus is not

00:38:53.520 --> 00:38:54.140
 denying that

00:38:54.140 --> 00:38:54.660
 he is good.

00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:55.820
 He is good

00:38:55.820 --> 00:38:56.400
 because he

00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:57.040
 is the

00:38:57.040 --> 00:38:57.960
 Son of God,

00:38:58.220 --> 00:38:58.980
 the second

00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.760
 person of

00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:00.360
 the Trinity.

00:39:00.720 --> 00:39:01.180
 But Jesus

00:39:01.180 --> 00:39:02.080
 is challenging

00:39:02.080 --> 00:39:02.740
 the rich

00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:03.680
 young rulers

00:39:03.680 --> 00:39:04.580
 shallow

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:05.420
 understanding

00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:06.039
 of moral

00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:06.639
 goodness.

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.500
 As we

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:07.940
 see later

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:08.179
 in that

00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:08.480
 passage,

00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:08.819
 when the

00:39:08.819 --> 00:39:09.179
 ruler

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:10.380
 claims to

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:10.539
 have,

00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:11.119
 he claims

00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:11.319
 to have

00:39:11.319 --> 00:39:11.699
 kept all

00:39:11.699 --> 00:39:12.019
 the Ten

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.539
 Commandments,

00:39:12.779 --> 00:39:13.440
 he thought

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:13.840
 he was a

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:14.380
 pretty good

00:39:14.380 --> 00:39:14.960
 person.

00:39:15.340 --> 00:39:15.699
 And he

00:39:15.699 --> 00:39:16.099
 thought that

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:16.340
 he was

00:39:16.340 --> 00:39:16.579
 being

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:17.159
 deferential

00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:17.460
 toward

00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:17.759
 Jesus

00:39:17.759 --> 00:39:18.340
 by calling

00:39:18.340 --> 00:39:18.920
 him good.

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:19.259
 Hey,

00:39:19.299 --> 00:39:19.719
 I'm pretty

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:19.960
 good.

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.139
 Hey,

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:20.739
 good teacher,

00:39:20.819 --> 00:39:21.099
 let's have

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:21.679
 a conversation.

00:39:24.819 --> 00:39:25.619
 But Jesus

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:26.559
 exposes the

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:27.440
 man's deficient

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:28.059
 understanding

00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:28.880
 of goodness.

00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:30.259
 You think

00:39:30.259 --> 00:39:30.860
 you're good?

00:39:30.860 --> 00:39:33.059
 there is

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:33.900
 no human

00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:34.880
 being that

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:35.539
 can rightly

00:39:35.539 --> 00:39:36.620
 claim to

00:39:36.620 --> 00:39:37.220
 be good.

00:39:37.720 --> 00:39:38.539
 No one is

00:39:38.539 --> 00:39:39.099
 good except

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:39.880
 God alone

00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:40.640
 because every

00:39:40.640 --> 00:39:41.360
 single human

00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:42.320
 being has

00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:42.740
 rebelled

00:39:42.740 --> 00:39:43.559
 against God,

00:39:43.780 --> 00:39:44.440
 has sinned

00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:45.260
 against him,

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:46.180
 and deserves

00:39:46.180 --> 00:39:47.780
 eternal punishment.

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:51.160
 We're not

00:39:51.160 --> 00:39:51.860
 good people.

00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:54.559
 but the

00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:55.300
 good God

00:39:55.300 --> 00:39:56.960
 sent us

00:39:56.960 --> 00:39:57.460
 a good

00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:57.980
 teacher

00:39:57.980 --> 00:40:00.720
 to instruct

00:40:00.720 --> 00:40:01.280
 us in the

00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:01.599
 way of

00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:02.059
 salvation.

00:40:04.240 --> 00:40:05.120
 So are

00:40:05.120 --> 00:40:05.940
 you following

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:07.039
 Jesus Christ?

00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:10.519
 Following

00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:11.200
 Jesus Christ

00:40:11.200 --> 00:40:11.640
 means we

00:40:11.640 --> 00:40:12.340
 follow him

00:40:12.340 --> 00:40:12.800
 to the

00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:13.280
 cross

00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:14.880
 where Jesus

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:15.599
 out of his

00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:16.539
 love for us

00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:17.480
 in order to

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:18.320
 save us

00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:18.720
 out of his

00:40:18.720 --> 00:40:19.180
 love and

00:40:19.180 --> 00:40:19.740
 obedience to

00:40:19.740 --> 00:40:20.280
 the Father,

00:40:20.760 --> 00:40:21.539
 he dies

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:22.139
 to pay

00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:22.820
 the penalty

00:40:22.820 --> 00:40:23.779
 of our

00:40:23.779 --> 00:40:24.500
 sins.

00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:25.880
 Jesus was

00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:26.239
 good,

00:40:26.320 --> 00:40:26.599
 he was

00:40:26.599 --> 00:40:27.219
 perfectly

00:40:27.219 --> 00:40:27.739
 righteous,

00:40:28.259 --> 00:40:28.559
 yet he

00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:29.279
 met the

00:40:29.279 --> 00:40:30.179
 ruin and

00:40:30.179 --> 00:40:31.019
 calamity of

00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:31.400
 the cross

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:31.860
 that should

00:40:31.860 --> 00:40:32.320
 have fallen

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:33.019
 on us,

00:40:33.779 --> 00:40:36.519
 that we

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:37.199
 deserved,

00:40:38.279 --> 00:40:39.000
 so that we

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:39.480
 might be

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:40.340
 spared from

00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:40.900
 the wrath

00:40:40.900 --> 00:40:41.559
 of God.

00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:43.079
 That's the

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:44.579
 good news

00:40:44.579 --> 00:40:45.480
 of Jesus

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:46.019
 Christ.

00:40:46.139 --> 00:40:46.400
 Do you

00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:47.119
 believe it?

00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:51.920
 have you

00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:52.400
 renounced

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:53.420
 your sins

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:53.799
 and have

00:40:53.799 --> 00:40:54.460
 you pledged

00:40:54.460 --> 00:40:55.539
 allegiance to

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:56.980
 Christ the

00:40:56.980 --> 00:40:57.319
 King?

00:40:59.279 --> 00:41:00.019
 That's the

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:00.699
 most important

00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:01.139
 question.

00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:07.139
 We should

00:41:07.139 --> 00:41:08.019
 follow Christ

00:41:08.019 --> 00:41:09.139
 who is a

00:41:09.139 --> 00:41:09.659
 good teacher

00:41:09.659 --> 00:41:11.339
 that saves

00:41:11.339 --> 00:41:12.339
 us from

00:41:12.339 --> 00:41:12.859
 our sins.

00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:14.619
 Take a

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:15.000
 moment to

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:15.519
 reflect on

00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:15.659
 that.

00:41:15.659 --> 00:41:15.920
 You can

00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:16.420
 close your

00:41:16.420 --> 00:41:16.779
 eyes if

00:41:16.779 --> 00:41:16.879
 you

00:41:16.879 --> 00:41:17.159
 prefer.

00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:21.759
 How is

00:41:21.759 --> 00:41:23.139
 the Lord

00:41:23.139 --> 00:41:23.719
 Jesus

00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:25.859
 calling you

00:41:25.859 --> 00:41:26.219
 to follow

00:41:26.219 --> 00:41:26.739
 him today?

00:41:26.739 --> 00:41:26.839
 Amen.