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 Well, y'all just sang a mighty song full of truth.

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! Let me just remind you of a verse of the song we just sang.

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! It says this,

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 No fate I dread, I know I am forgiven.

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 The future sure, the price it has been paid.

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 For Jesus bled and suffered for my pardon,

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 and he was raised to overthrow the grave.

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 To this I hold.

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 My sin has been defeated.

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 Jesus now and ever is my plea.

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 Oh, the chains are released, I can sing.

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 I am free, yet not I, but through Christ in me.

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 What does that truth do for those of us

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 who have embraced that truth and placed our faith in Christ

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 and enjoy the benefits of salvation?

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 What would you expect the life of those who have been truly saved to look like?

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 Those who have experienced God's answer to the biggest problems of life,

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 the biggest problem of life, I should say,

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 and that is our sin that leads to death and condemnation,

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 separation from God,

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 and through Jesus who took our sin on himself,

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 on the cross,

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 made a way for us to enjoy life with God

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 through salvation and forgiveness of Christ.

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 What should all of that do for us

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 in this life

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 as we come to terms with that reality?

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 If Jesus has taken care

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 of the biggest problem of life,

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 what would we expect him to do with the lesser things?

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 And if he has done that for us,

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 what would you expect the life of believers to look like?

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 Wouldn't you expect it to look like

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 a life of confidence,

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 a life of peace,

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 a life of joy,

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 a life of rest,

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 a life of dependence on God

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 and not self-reliance?

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 This morning, Jesus is going to confront us

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 in that very space.

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 He's going to confront that very thing in us

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 that, by the way,

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 is natural to all of us.

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 It is this mantra that we hear

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 in our culture,

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 in our society,

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 trust yourself,

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 do it yourself,

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 make it happen,

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 you can pull this off.

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 And it shows up in the little things,

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 it shows up in the big things,

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 and so, you know,

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 I wonder,

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 if you're honest with yourself,

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 like me,

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 how many of us wake up

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 breathless?

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 We anticipate

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 the things that are going to happen

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 in the day,

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 or maybe we collapse

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 into bed at night

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 and we are just exhausted

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 and we wake up,

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 we're still exhausted

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 because as we anticipate

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 what's coming,

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 we know we have to pull this off

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 another day.

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 At least that's what we're taught.

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 There is built in

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 to the rhythms

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 of life

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 this sense

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 that we need

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 to make it happen.

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 Even this morning,

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 I took my shower,

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 I was standing

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 there at the mirror

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 and this deep sigh

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 that I gave

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 and my wife says,

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 how you doing?

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 I'm like,

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 you know,

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 this morning,

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 I'm supposed to be preaching

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 on how the gospel

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 destroys

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 and removes

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 self-reliance

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 and here I am,

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 I'm feeling

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 the weight

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 of having to

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 carry this

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 on my own.

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 And so,

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 your pastor

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 needs this text

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 as much as anybody

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 in this room

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 because this is what

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 we've been taught.

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 This is what we've been

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 told to do.

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 It's built in

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 to the philosophers

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 of this world.

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 It's inescapable.

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 Like,

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 for example,

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 the slogan,

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 just do it.

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 That's our philosopher.

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 Nike.

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 Or,

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 how about

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 even our

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 even our

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 hardware stores

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 that are

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 that are

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 that are named

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 do it best?

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 Or,

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 how about

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 Home Depot

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 which is

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 doers

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 get more done?

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 Or,

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 Lowe's

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 that says

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 never stop improving?

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 Or,

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 Burger King

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 that says

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 have it your way.

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 This is what

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 we've been fed.

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 This is how we

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 are supposed to live.

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 And this is

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 the pressure

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 that we feel

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 we have to carry.

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 It's built in.

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 It seeps

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 in

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 to every

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 part of life

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 wherever you go.

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 This idea

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 that you have to

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 pull it off

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 another day.

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 Ralph Waldo Emerson

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 in his book

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 all the way back

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 in the 1800s

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 and his philosophy

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 is carried on

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 into today.

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 His book

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 called

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 Self-Reliance.

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 And in this book

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 he says

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 trust yourself.

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 He also says

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 insist

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 on yourself.

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 Never imitate.

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 Or his contemporary

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 Henry David Thoreau

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 which he says

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 go confidently

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 in the direction

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 of your dreams.

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 Live the life

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 you have imagined.

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 Or even

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 Nietzsche

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 the German philosopher

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 in the 1800s

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 says

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 no one can build

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 you the bridge

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 on which you

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 and only you

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 must cross

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 the river

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 of life.

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 If you want to

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 live this life

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 it depends

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 on you.

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 You've got

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 to make it happen.

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 And this has been

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 this has been

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 the history

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 of the world

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 since the very

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 beginning.

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 You can be like

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 God's.

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 You can

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 make it happen.

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 You can be

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 just like God.

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 Just eat that fruit.

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 It can

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 make you

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 just like him.

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 You can pull it off.

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 You don't need

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 God anyway.

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 These self-help books

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 according to

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 a study

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 the self-help

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 industry

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 has exploded

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 in recent years

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 so that

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 from 2013

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 to 2019

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 it grew

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 by 11%.

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 And then

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 in just

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 one year

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 from 2020

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 to 2021

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 it grew

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 20%.

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 This self-help

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 book

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 this self-help

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 era

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 that we're living in.

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 The do-it-yourself

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 culture

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 that permeates

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 every part

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 of life

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 and that's

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 exactly

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 what Jesus

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 is confronting

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 in our passage

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 today.

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 This idea

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 that we can

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 do it ourself.

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 You can pull it off.

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 You can make it happen.

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 So I'd encourage you

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 if you would

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 please turn

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 in your Bibles

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 to Luke chapter

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 18.

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 Luke chapter 18

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 we're going to be

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 starting in verse 9

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 we're moving our way

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 to verse 17.

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 If you're using

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 the Pew Bible

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 in front of you

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 it's on page

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 I think

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 877

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 Luke chapter 18

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 Here we're going

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 to find

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 through

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 through this passage

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 especially the first

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 group of verses

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 that Jesus

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 is going to

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 confront

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 a heart

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 of self-reliance.

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 Jesus

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 confronts

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 a heart

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 of self-reliance.

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 And so

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 my guess is

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 that everybody

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 in this room

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 this is

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 a message

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 for you.

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 It's a message

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 for you.

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 Look with me

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 in verse 9

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 I'm going to

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 read through

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 verse 14

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 as we jump

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 into our study

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 today.

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 It said

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 he also told

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 this parable

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 to some

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 who trusted

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 in themselves

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 that they were

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 righteous

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 and treated

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 others with

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 contempt.

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 Two men

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 went up

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 into the temple

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 to pray

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 one a Pharisee

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 the other

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 a tax collector

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 the Pharisee

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 standing by himself

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 prayed thus

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 God I thank you

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 that I am not

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 like other men

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 extortioners

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 unjust

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 adulterers

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 or even like

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 this tax collector

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 I fast

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 twice a week

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 I give tithes

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 of all that I get

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 but the tax collector

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 standing far off

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 would not even

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 lift up his eyes

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 to heaven

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 but beat his breast

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 saying God

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 be merciful

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 to me

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 a sinner

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 I tell you

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 that this man

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 went down

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 to his house

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 justified

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 rather than

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 the other

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 for everyone

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 who exalts

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 himself

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 will be humbled

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 but the one

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 who humbles

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 himself

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 will be

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 exalted

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 right at the

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 very beginning

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 of this

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 parable

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 this section

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 of scripture

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 Jesus

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 is helping

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 to address

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 a particular

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 issue

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 that Luke

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 brings out

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 into the

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 forefront

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 for us

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 so there's

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 no mystery

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 as to why

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 Jesus is

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 providing

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 this parable

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 he says

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 right there

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 at the beginning

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 he told

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 this parable

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 to some

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 who trusted

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 in themselves

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 Jesus is

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 going to

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 confront

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 this heart

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 of self

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 reliance

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 and he's

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 going to

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 begin

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 with a Pharisee

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 the self

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 reliant

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 Pharisee

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 is who

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 stands out

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 at the

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 very beginning

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 of our

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 view

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 he told

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 this parable

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 to those

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 who trusted

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 in themselves

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 the NIV

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 puts it

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 this way

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 to some

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 who were

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 confident

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 of their

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 own

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 righteousness

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 maybe that's

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 a better

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 rendition

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 a better

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 translation

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 because the

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 word trusted

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 here is not

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 the word

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 pistuo

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 which is the

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 word for

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 faith

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 that we

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 find

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 throughout

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 the New

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 Testament

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 but it's

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 the word

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 patho

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 which is

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 the word

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 persuade

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 to be

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 persuaded

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 or to be

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 convinced

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 the reality

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 that's occurred

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 in the past

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 that has

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 continuing

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 effects

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 of persuading

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 them

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 of stirring

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 up within

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 them

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 this confidence

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 that they've

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 arrived

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 they're persuaded

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 by their own

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 righteousness

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 and of course

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 the Pharisees

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 as we've been

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 looking at

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 the Pharisees

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 throughout

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 the past

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 several chapters

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 and throughout

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 this year

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 we've come

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 to see

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 time and

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 time again

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 that they

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 were the

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 model keepers

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 of righteousness

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 in their minds

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 they felt like

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 they embodied

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 all the standard

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 that God

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 had set

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 and so

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 they

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 commended

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 that kind

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 of lifestyle

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 to those

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 who lived

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 in first

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 century Israel

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 if you want

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 to be a

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 kingdom goer

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 if you want

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 to enter

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 into the

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 kingdom

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 your life

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 needs to

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 look like

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 ours

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 we are

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 the standard

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 we are

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 the ones

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 who set

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 the precedent

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 as it were

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 and so

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 here is

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 this Pharisee

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 who believes

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 that he's

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 arrived

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 and so

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 Jesus is

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 going to

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 address

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 this group

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 of individuals

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 who feel

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 convinced

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 of their

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 own

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 self-reliance

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 the problem

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 of course

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 is that

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 this Pharisee

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 was comparing

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 himself

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 with

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 others

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 rather than

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 understanding

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 and appreciating

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 the standard

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 that had been

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 set from

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 the scripture

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 he is

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 looking around

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 he's evaluating

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 himself

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 based upon

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 others that

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 he sees

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 and he spotted

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 somebody

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 in the temple

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 he knows

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 he's better

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 than

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 and so

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 he begins

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 to compare

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 himself

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 with him

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 of course

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 from an

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 external point

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 of view

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 he was

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 head and

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 shoulders

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 above this

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 tax collector

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 and that's

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 why Jesus

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 uses

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 this Pharisee

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 and this

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 tax collector

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 as examples

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 in his

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 parable

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 to help

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 direct

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 attention

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 to what

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 true

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 dependence

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 on God

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 true faith

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 in God

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 will look

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 like

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 so he uses

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 this Pharisee

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 who

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 because

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 of his

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 own

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 self-reliance

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 it turns

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 his heart

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 not only

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 against God

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 as it were

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 but especially

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 reflected in

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 how he

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 sees others

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 notice

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 he trusted

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 in himself

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 at the end

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 of verse

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 9

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 that they

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 were

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 righteous

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 and he

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 treated

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 others

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 with

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 contempt

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 this is

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 perhaps

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 the first

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 clue

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 that

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 something

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 was

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 gravely

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 out of

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 step

00:12:06.139 --> 00:12:06.399
 in his

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 life

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 he treated

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 others

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 with

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 contempt

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 this

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 word for

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 contempt

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 is to

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 despise

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 to look

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 down on

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 to ridicule

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 it's

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 to treat

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 somebody

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 as if

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 they had

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 no account

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 to consider

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 them as

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 worthless

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 individuals

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 this is

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 the same

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 word that

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 was used

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 to describe

00:12:22.839 --> 00:12:23.559
 the mocking

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 treatment

00:12:24.019 --> 00:12:24.579
 that Jesus

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 received

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 on the cross

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 at the hands

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 of the soldiers

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 that kind

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 of ridicule

00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:30.000
 that kind

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 of mocking

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 the faulty

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 comparison

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 produced in

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 their own

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 heart

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 an inflated

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 view

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 of themselves

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 and a

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 diminished

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 view

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 of everyone

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 else around

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 them

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 and by the way

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 also a

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 diminished

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 view

00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:44.860
 of God

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 himself

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 bringing

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 God

00:12:46.299 --> 00:12:47.099
 down

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 and that's

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 what Jesus

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 is addressing

00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:49.540
 here

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 that's

00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:50.800
 what Jesus

00:12:50.800 --> 00:12:51.700
 is confronting

00:12:51.700 --> 00:12:52.279
 Jesus

00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:52.840
 begins

00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:53.960
 with this

00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:54.779
 Pharisee

00:12:54.779 --> 00:12:55.279
 to help

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 draw

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 attention

00:12:56.200 --> 00:12:57.440
 to what

00:12:57.440 --> 00:12:58.120
 true faith

00:12:58.120 --> 00:12:58.740
 in God

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 really looks

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 like

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 he says

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 in verse

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 10

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 two men

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 went up

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 into the

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 temple

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 to pray

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 one a

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 Pharisee

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 and the

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 other

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 a tax

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 collector

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 the very

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 nature

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 of the

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 fact

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 that

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 in

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 physicality

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 they needed

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 to go

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 up to

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 the

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 temple

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 in a

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 physical

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 way

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 was an

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 illustration

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 or a

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 demonstration

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 as it

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 were

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 of their

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 position

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 before

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 God

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 and that

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 should

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 have been

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 enough

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 and of

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 course

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 in going

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 to the

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 temple

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 nothing

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 that

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 happened

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 in the

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 temple

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 was

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 something

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 that they

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 could take

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 credit

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 for

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 the

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 temple

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 itself

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 that had

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 been

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 given

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 to them

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 by God

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 the

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 priests

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 who were

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 the agents

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 of God

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 to usher

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 them

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 into

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 God's

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 presence

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 the

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 sacrifices

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 and the

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 altar

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 that was

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 there

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 making

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 atonement

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 a

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 demonstration

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 a visible

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 representation

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 of that

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 atonement

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 that was

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 going to

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 take place

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 for them

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 through

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 Jesus

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 none of

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 which

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 they could

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 take credit

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 for

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 and so

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 that should

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 have been

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 enough

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 for this

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 self-reliant

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 Pharisee

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 to know

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 that he

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 needs to

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 turn his

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 heart

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 towards God

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 but it

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 didn't

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 accomplish

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 that purpose

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 this Pharisee

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 was completely

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 oblivious

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 to the

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 provisions

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 that were

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 outside of

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 himself

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 so

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 Jesus

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 now

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 describes

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 his

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 posture

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 notice

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 that

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 in

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 verse

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 11

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 the

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 Pharisee

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 standing

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 by

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 himself

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 prayed

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 here he is

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 standing by

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 himself

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 here he is

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 separated

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 from others

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 here he is

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 getting

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 maximum

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 exposure

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 perhaps

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 standing as

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 close to

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 the sanctuary

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 as he

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 could

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 he's

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 standing

00:14:34.139 --> 00:14:34.500
 in a

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 place

00:14:35.059 --> 00:14:35.580
 so that

00:14:35.580 --> 00:14:35.939
 everyone

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 could

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 see

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 he's

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 speaking

00:14:37.580 --> 00:14:38.220
 out loud

00:14:38.220 --> 00:14:38.779
 so that

00:14:38.779 --> 00:14:39.220
 everyone

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 can hear

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 and notice

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 how he's

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 praying

00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:44.220
 the

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 Pharisee

00:14:44.740 --> 00:14:45.759
 in the

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 ESV

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 says he's

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 standing

00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:48.019
 by

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 himself

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 but we

00:14:50.419 --> 00:14:50.980
 find in

00:14:50.980 --> 00:14:51.579
 other versions

00:14:51.579 --> 00:14:51.860
 the

00:14:51.860 --> 00:14:52.600
 translation

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 is

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 they

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 trusted

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 in

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 themselves

00:14:55.340 --> 00:14:57.519
 or that

00:14:57.519 --> 00:14:57.840
 they

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 were

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 praying

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 about

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 themselves

00:15:01.340 --> 00:15:03.539
 this

00:15:03.539 --> 00:15:03.840
 Pharisee

00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:04.100
 wasn't

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 praying

00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:04.579
 to God

00:15:04.579 --> 00:15:04.939
 at all

00:15:04.939 --> 00:15:06.179
 this

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 Pharisee

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 was

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 dependent

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 upon

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 his

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 own

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 self

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 righteousness

00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:10.000
 here he

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 is

00:15:10.159 --> 00:15:10.539
 standing

00:15:10.539 --> 00:15:11.019
 by

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 himself

00:15:11.460 --> 00:15:12.120
 praying

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 out

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 loud

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 this

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 was

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 their

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 practice

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 so we

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 find

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 throughout

00:15:15.580 --> 00:15:15.899
 the

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 duration

00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:16.899
 of

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 Christ's

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 ministry

00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:17.980
 Matthew

00:15:17.980 --> 00:15:18.720
 chapter 6

00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:19.820
 verse 5

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 and when you

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 pray

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 you must not be

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 like the

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 hypocrites

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 for they

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 love to

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 stand and

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 pray in

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 the

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 synagogues

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 and at

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 the street

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 corners

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 that they

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 may be

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 seen

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 by others

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 truly

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 I say

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 to you

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 they have

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 received

00:15:33.539 --> 00:15:33.899
 their

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 reward

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 and then

00:15:36.899 --> 00:15:37.059
 it's

00:15:37.059 --> 00:15:37.320
 prayer

00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:38.120
 notice

00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:40.100
 in the

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 middle

00:15:40.220 --> 00:15:40.519
 of verse

00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:40.879
 11

00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:41.600
 he prayed

00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:41.919
 thus

00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:42.259
 God

00:15:42.259 --> 00:15:42.879
 I thank

00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:43.220
 you

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 that I

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 am not

00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:44.580
 like other

00:15:44.580 --> 00:15:44.879
 men

00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:45.679
 extortioners

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 unjust

00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:47.259
 adulterers

00:15:47.259 --> 00:15:47.600
 or even

00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:48.379
 like this

00:15:48.379 --> 00:15:49.019
 tax

00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:49.560
 collector

00:15:49.560 --> 00:15:50.960
 I fast

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 twice a

00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:51.500
 week

00:15:51.500 --> 00:15:51.799
 I give

00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:52.460
 tithes

00:15:52.460 --> 00:15:53.379
 of all

00:15:53.379 --> 00:15:53.820
 that I

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 get

00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:56.039
 one could

00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:56.320
 argue

00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:56.960
 that this

00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:57.759
 man wasn't

00:15:57.759 --> 00:15:58.240
 even praying

00:15:58.240 --> 00:15:58.519
 at all

00:15:58.519 --> 00:15:58.980
 he was just

00:15:58.980 --> 00:15:59.720
 drawing attention

00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:00.620
 to his own

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 self

00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:01.759
 righteousness

00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:02.120
 he was

00:16:02.120 --> 00:16:02.639
 applauding

00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:03.539
 himself

00:16:03.539 --> 00:16:03.980
 before

00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:04.379
 others

00:16:04.379 --> 00:16:05.000
 there is

00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:05.320
 no

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 reflection

00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:06.740
 of his

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 heart

00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:07.500
 that

00:16:07.500 --> 00:16:08.019
 demonstrates

00:16:08.019 --> 00:16:08.299
 any

00:16:08.299 --> 00:16:09.100
 reverence

00:16:09.100 --> 00:16:10.019
 or devotion

00:16:10.019 --> 00:16:10.899
 to God

00:16:10.899 --> 00:16:11.320
 at all

00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:12.059
 just a

00:16:12.059 --> 00:16:12.419
 devotion

00:16:12.419 --> 00:16:13.379
 to himself

00:16:13.379 --> 00:16:15.559
 he prays

00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:16.480
 this self

00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:17.580
 congratulatory

00:16:17.580 --> 00:16:18.179
 prayer

00:16:18.179 --> 00:16:19.600
 calling attention

00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:20.100
 to his own

00:16:20.100 --> 00:16:21.059
 distinct life

00:16:21.059 --> 00:16:21.580
 he's not a

00:16:21.580 --> 00:16:21.919
 robber

00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:22.600
 he's not an

00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:23.059
 evildoer

00:16:23.059 --> 00:16:23.720
 he's not an

00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:24.159
 adulterer

00:16:24.159 --> 00:16:24.740
 so he's

00:16:24.740 --> 00:16:25.460
 listing off

00:16:25.460 --> 00:16:26.100
 several of the

00:16:26.100 --> 00:16:26.539
 commands

00:16:26.539 --> 00:16:27.500
 that we find

00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:28.179
 throughout

00:16:28.179 --> 00:16:29.059
 the mosaic

00:16:29.059 --> 00:16:29.440
 law

00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:30.960
 he's been

00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:31.620
 a law

00:16:31.620 --> 00:16:31.919
 keeper

00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:32.720
 he hasn't

00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:33.399
 done those

00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:33.620
 things

00:16:33.620 --> 00:16:34.159
 and now

00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:35.000
 he directs

00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:35.320
 attention

00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:35.720
 not only

00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:36.019
 to things

00:16:36.019 --> 00:16:36.840
 he's not

00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:37.519
 but now

00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:38.100
 the things

00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:38.419
 that he's

00:16:38.419 --> 00:16:38.679
 doing

00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:39.379
 which are

00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:40.820
 above and

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 beyond what

00:16:41.299 --> 00:16:41.820
 was expected

00:16:41.820 --> 00:16:42.500
 in the law

00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:44.320
 he fasts

00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:45.100
 twice a week

00:16:45.100 --> 00:16:46.600
 fasting was

00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:47.379
 only expected

00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:48.779
 from the people

00:16:48.779 --> 00:16:49.139
 of Israel

00:16:49.139 --> 00:16:50.139
 once a year

00:16:50.139 --> 00:16:50.700
 but they

00:16:50.700 --> 00:16:51.899
 in their

00:16:51.899 --> 00:16:53.080
 religiosity

00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:53.700
 are fasting

00:16:53.700 --> 00:16:54.440
 twice a week

00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:55.259
 which would have

00:16:55.259 --> 00:16:55.659
 happened on

00:16:55.659 --> 00:16:56.080
 Monday

00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:57.159
 and Thursday

00:16:57.159 --> 00:16:58.919
 and here they

00:16:58.919 --> 00:16:59.159
 are

00:16:59.159 --> 00:17:00.399
 tithing all

00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:00.799
 that they get

00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:01.379
 not just

00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:02.700
 of the

00:17:02.700 --> 00:17:03.920
 income

00:17:03.920 --> 00:17:04.640
 that they

00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:05.080
 receive

00:17:05.080 --> 00:17:06.180
 but everything

00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:06.920
 that they

00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:07.580
 receive

00:17:07.580 --> 00:17:08.299
 they are

00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:09.779
 tithing to

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 the Lord

00:17:10.080 --> 00:17:11.620
 externally

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 he has it

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 all together

00:17:13.019 --> 00:17:15.160
 he has every

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 reason to be

00:17:16.100 --> 00:17:16.740
 confident in

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 his own

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 spirituality

00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:19.279
 he has

00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:19.860
 cause to

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 rejoice

00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:21.539
 and from

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 an external

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 perspective

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 one could

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 argue that

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 he doesn't

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 even need

00:17:26.840 --> 00:17:27.340
 God

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 at all

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 he's arrived

00:17:29.140 --> 00:17:29.700
 himself

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 but of

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 course

00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:31.620
 all of

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 this

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 is

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 self

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 serving

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 it

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 demonstrates

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 his

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 self

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 reliance

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 it shows

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 his

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 dependence

00:17:36.900 --> 00:17:37.640
 and confidence

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 in his

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 own

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 merit

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 and now

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 Jesus

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 provides

00:17:41.980 --> 00:17:42.840
 a contrast

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 to the

00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:43.920
 Pharisee

00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:44.600
 in verses

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 13 and

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 14

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 we see

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 now

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 the

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 dependence

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 or the

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 dependent

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 tax collector

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 no longer

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 the self

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 righteousness

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 that's

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 reflected

00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:53.980
 in the

00:17:53.980 --> 00:17:54.360
 Pharisee

00:17:54.360 --> 00:17:54.779
 but now

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 this

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 dependence

00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:56.059
 that's

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 reflected

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 in this

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 tax collector

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 notice

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 but the

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 tax collector

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 standing

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 far off

00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:01.839
 would not

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 even lift

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 up his

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 eyes

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 to heaven

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 but beat

00:18:05.120 --> 00:18:05.600
 his breast

00:18:05.600 --> 00:18:05.880
 saying

00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:06.319
 God

00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:07.319
 be merciful

00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:08.180
 to me

00:18:08.180 --> 00:18:09.160
 a sinner

00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:10.839
 of course

00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:11.500
 the tax collector

00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:11.500


00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:11.500


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 represents

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 all that is

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 anti-Pharisee

00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:16.120
 all that is

00:18:16.120 --> 00:18:17.519
 anti-righteousness

00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:18.360
 he knew

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 himself

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 that he did

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 not measure

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 up to

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 God's

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 standard

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 he's

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 in

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 this

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 temple

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 and he

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 comes to

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 terms

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 with who

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 he is

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 in relation

00:18:27.339 --> 00:18:28.139
 to God

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 and he

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 directs

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 his

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 attention

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 to two

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 parts

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 first

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 the

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 character

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 of God

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 and then

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 the nature

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 of himself

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 he comes

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 to know

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 that

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 that God

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 is

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 truly

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 righteous

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 and it's

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 reflected

00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:43.980
 in his

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 posture

00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:45.019
 it's

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 reflected

00:18:45.399 --> 00:18:45.879
 in the

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 way

00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:46.379
 that he

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 approaches

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 God

00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:48.199
 notice

00:18:48.199 --> 00:18:48.859
 how he

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 comes

00:18:50.919 --> 00:18:51.579
 and postures

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 himself

00:18:52.059 --> 00:18:53.079
 before the

00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:53.259
 Lord

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 he's

00:18:53.579 --> 00:18:53.959
 standing

00:18:53.959 --> 00:18:55.339
 but not

00:18:55.339 --> 00:18:56.000
 as one

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 who is

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 setting

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 himself

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 apart

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 drawing

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 attention

00:18:58.339 --> 00:18:58.519
 to

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 himself

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 but over

00:18:59.539 --> 00:18:59.859
 to the

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 side

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 he's

00:19:00.879 --> 00:19:01.299
 standing

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 in reverence

00:19:01.959 --> 00:19:02.419
 he's

00:19:02.419 --> 00:19:02.759
 standing

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 as one

00:19:03.459 --> 00:19:04.259
 who seeks

00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:05.419
 to honor

00:19:05.419 --> 00:19:06.240
 God

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.679
 himself

00:19:06.679 --> 00:19:07.899
 standing

00:19:07.899 --> 00:19:08.139
 in the

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 corner

00:19:08.379 --> 00:19:09.959
 he's not

00:19:09.959 --> 00:19:10.279
 interested

00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:10.740
 in drawing

00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:11.119
 attention

00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:11.740
 to himself

00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:12.199
 but he's

00:19:12.199 --> 00:19:12.519
 there

00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:13.359
 to worship

00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:13.899
 God

00:19:13.899 --> 00:19:14.240
 and to

00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:14.659
 plead

00:19:14.659 --> 00:19:15.539
 for God's

00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:15.879
 mercy

00:19:15.879 --> 00:19:16.240
 on his

00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:16.599
 life

00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:17.740
 he is

00:19:17.740 --> 00:19:18.139
 humble

00:19:18.139 --> 00:19:19.519
 not willing

00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:19.939
 to

00:19:19.939 --> 00:19:20.959
 even lift

00:19:20.959 --> 00:19:21.599
 his eyes

00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:22.199
 to heaven

00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:23.259
 he's

00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:23.480
 come

00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:23.640
 to

00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:23.940
 terms

00:19:23.940 --> 00:19:24.100
 with

00:19:24.100 --> 00:19:24.299
 his

00:19:24.299 --> 00:19:24.559
 sin

00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:24.980
 he's

00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:25.259
 beating

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:25.500
 his

00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:25.779
 breast

00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:26.059
 which is

00:19:26.059 --> 00:19:26.700
 an expression

00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:27.900
 of sorrow

00:19:27.900 --> 00:19:28.640
 and great

00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:29.160
 pain

00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:30.080
 over the

00:19:30.080 --> 00:19:30.779
 sin that

00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.240
 he has

00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:31.900
 that he has

00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:32.420
 sinned against

00:19:32.420 --> 00:19:32.819
 the Lord

00:19:32.819 --> 00:19:34.340
 and then

00:19:34.340 --> 00:19:34.779
 his prayer

00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:36.400
 the tone

00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:36.819
 of his

00:19:36.819 --> 00:19:37.299
 request

00:19:37.299 --> 00:19:37.740
 of course

00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:38.340
 is different

00:19:38.340 --> 00:19:38.980
 than that

00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:39.240
 of the

00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:39.600
 Pharisee

00:19:39.600 --> 00:19:40.019
 there is

00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:40.319
 no

00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:41.200
 self

00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:42.120
 focus

00:19:42.120 --> 00:19:43.440
 this is

00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:43.900
 a prayer

00:19:43.900 --> 00:19:44.920
 of penitence

00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:45.420
 a prayer

00:19:45.420 --> 00:19:46.319
 for mercy

00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:47.080
 a prayer

00:19:47.080 --> 00:19:48.539
 of repentance

00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:49.960
 it's

00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:50.539
 simple

00:19:50.539 --> 00:19:51.559
 it's

00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:52.159
 desperate

00:19:52.159 --> 00:19:53.440
 just a few

00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:54.019
 words in the

00:19:54.019 --> 00:19:54.240
 Greek

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:54.779
 God

00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.619
 be merciful

00:19:55.619 --> 00:19:56.619
 to me

00:19:56.619 --> 00:19:57.359
 a sinner

00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:58.119
 he comes

00:19:58.119 --> 00:19:58.639
 to terms

00:19:58.639 --> 00:19:59.379
 with who

00:19:59.379 --> 00:20:00.019
 God is

00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:00.539
 in his

00:20:00.539 --> 00:20:00.980
 character

00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:01.819
 a God

00:20:01.819 --> 00:20:02.159
 who is

00:20:02.159 --> 00:20:02.680
 full

00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.720
 of mercy

00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:05.700
 this

00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:06.619
 word

00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:07.159
 for mercy

00:20:07.159 --> 00:20:07.420
 in the

00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:07.599
 Greek

00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:07.960
 isn't

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.180
 the

00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:08.819
 normal

00:20:08.819 --> 00:20:09.460
 word

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:10.000
 for mercy

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.359
 but it's

00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:10.599
 actually

00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:11.039
 the word

00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:12.079
 propitiation

00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:13.099
 which is

00:20:13.099 --> 00:20:13.420
 the word

00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:13.839
 that means

00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:14.680
 to appease

00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:15.460
 to

00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:16.680
 satisfy

00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:17.759
 it's a

00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:18.079
 word

00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:18.980
 that speaks

00:20:18.980 --> 00:20:19.679
 of forgiveness

00:20:19.679 --> 00:20:20.339
 or to

00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:20.579
 make

00:20:20.579 --> 00:20:21.419
 atonement

00:20:21.419 --> 00:20:21.759
 for

00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:23.139
 to be

00:20:23.139 --> 00:20:23.939
 a sacrifice

00:20:23.939 --> 00:20:25.299
 and here

00:20:25.299 --> 00:20:25.740
 whether this

00:20:25.740 --> 00:20:26.679
 was during

00:20:26.679 --> 00:20:27.119
 the time

00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:27.740
 of morning

00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.339
 sacrifice

00:20:28.339 --> 00:20:29.099
 or the

00:20:29.099 --> 00:20:29.359
 time

00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:29.960
 of evening

00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.559
 sacrifice

00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:31.339
 all of

00:20:31.339 --> 00:20:32.019
 the reminders

00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:32.519
 of what

00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:33.039
 God has

00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:33.419
 done

00:20:33.419 --> 00:20:34.019
 through

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:34.759
 sacrifice

00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:35.379
 in making

00:20:35.379 --> 00:20:35.859
 a way

00:20:35.859 --> 00:20:36.480
 for him

00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:37.220
 to approach

00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:37.839
 God

00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:38.339
 himself

00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:39.339
 he has

00:20:39.339 --> 00:20:39.919
 come to

00:20:39.919 --> 00:20:40.240
 terms

00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.559
 with the

00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:40.779
 fact

00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:41.220
 that he

00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:41.819
 can only

00:20:41.819 --> 00:20:42.199
 approach

00:20:42.199 --> 00:20:42.460
 God

00:20:42.460 --> 00:20:43.039
 if

00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:43.839
 and only

00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:44.159
 if

00:20:44.159 --> 00:20:44.859
 there's

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:45.279
 an atonement

00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:45.720
 for sin

00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:47.059
 and of

00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:47.339
 course

00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:47.980
 Christ

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.960
 is the

00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.319
 ultimate

00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:50.440
 and complete

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:50.900
 atonement

00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.360
 for sin

00:20:51.360 --> 00:20:53.400
 he's come

00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:54.099
 to plead

00:20:54.099 --> 00:20:54.900
 for mercy

00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:57.400
 because he

00:20:57.400 --> 00:20:57.839
 knows

00:20:57.839 --> 00:20:58.500
 that God

00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:58.880
 delights

00:20:58.880 --> 00:20:59.400
 in mercy

00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:00.920
 God

00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:01.420
 delights

00:21:01.420 --> 00:21:02.099
 in mercy

00:21:02.099 --> 00:21:03.019
 and so

00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:03.480
 this could

00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:03.980
 be better

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:04.579
 translated

00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:05.059
 God

00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:05.819
 make

00:21:05.819 --> 00:21:06.700
 atonement

00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:07.819
 for me

00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:08.779
 a sinner

00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:11.759
 salvation

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.460
 and forgiveness

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:13.700
 he understands

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:14.240
 are outside

00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:14.720
 of him

00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:15.680
 they're offered

00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:16.240
 to him

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:16.819
 through

00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:17.339
 Christ

00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:17.960
 and through

00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:18.339
 Christ

00:21:18.339 --> 00:21:18.839
 alone

00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:19.859
 second

00:21:19.859 --> 00:21:20.160
 he

00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:21.000
 acknowledges

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.440
 himself

00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:22.000
 as a

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.200
 sinner

00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:22.859
 not only

00:21:22.859 --> 00:21:23.579
 understands

00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:24.359
 that atonement

00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:25.500
 only comes

00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:26.120
 through God

00:21:26.120 --> 00:21:26.799
 but that he

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.380
 himself is

00:21:27.380 --> 00:21:27.779
 unworthy

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 and not just

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 a sinner

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 but in the

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 Greek

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 it uses

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 the definite

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 article

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:33.859
 the sinner

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 the ultimate

00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:36.440
 sinner

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 the chief

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 of sinners

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 you might say

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 the representation

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 of all

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 that one

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 might think

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 of when they

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 think about

00:21:43.099 --> 00:21:44.059
 the sinner

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 here he

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 is

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 so perhaps

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.359
 even

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 willing

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 to receive

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 and admit

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 that all

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 that the

00:21:51.919 --> 00:21:52.319
 Pharisee

00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:52.699
 had said

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 about him

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 was true

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 but there

00:21:54.419 --> 00:21:55.179
 he is

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 pleading

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 for the

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 mercy

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 of God

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 forgiveness

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 of God

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 that comes

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 through those

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 who ask

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 and then

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 Jesus'

00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:05.259
 commentary

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 in verse 14

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 notice

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 I tell you

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 this man

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 went down

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 to his house

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 justified

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 rather than

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 the other

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 for everyone

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 who exalts

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 himself

00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:13.740
 will be

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 humbled

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 but the

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 one who

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 humbles

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 himself

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 will be

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 exalted

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 this phrase

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 he went

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 down to

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 his house

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 justified

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 is an

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 expression

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 that points

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 to the fact

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 that he

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 was made

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 right

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 declared

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 righteous

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 it's not

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:30.599
 that he

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 went into

00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:31.680
 the temple

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.079
 a sinner

00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:32.700
 and out

00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:32.920
 of the

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 temple

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 not a

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 sinner

00:22:34.139 --> 00:22:34.339
 no

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 he was

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:35.379
 a sinner

00:22:35.379 --> 00:22:36.139
 both ways

00:22:36.139 --> 00:22:36.420
 but he

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:36.899
 went into

00:22:36.899 --> 00:22:37.379
 the temple

00:22:37.379 --> 00:22:38.059
 condemned

00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:39.240
 he came

00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:39.660
 out of

00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:40.160
 the temple

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:41.259
 justified

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:42.640
 exonerated

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.980
 the condemnation

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 lifted

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 from him

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 because of

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 the forgiveness

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.740
 that comes

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:49.440
 through Christ

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 and his

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 sacrifice

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 of course

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 not because

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:53.599
 of his own

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 actions

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 not because

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:56.339
 he wasn't

00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:56.640
 a sinner

00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:57.099
 in the most

00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:57.779
 vile of

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:57.980
 sinners

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 he was

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 the sinner

00:22:59.299 --> 00:23:00.119
 in his

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 very words

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 but yet

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.960
 he still

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.539
 came out

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:02.900
 of the

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 temple

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:04.039
 justified

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.839
 forgiven

00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.700
 atoned

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.000
 for

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:07.200
 the tax

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:07.920
 collector's

00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:08.220
 prayer

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:09.400
 was accepted

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 God

00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:11.600
 found

00:23:11.600 --> 00:23:11.920
 favor

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:13.040
 in this

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 humble

00:23:13.280 --> 00:23:13.580
 prayer

00:23:13.580 --> 00:23:15.160
 in the

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:15.940
 understanding

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:16.660
 and recognition

00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:17.440
 of dependence

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.140
 on God

00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:19.080
 and on God

00:23:19.080 --> 00:23:19.460
 alone

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.240
 for forgiveness

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:23.759
 as we

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:25.100
 now apply

00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:25.500
 this to

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:25.920
 ourselves

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.420
 we ask

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 ourselves

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 this question

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:28.680
 what is

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.280
 the test

00:23:29.280 --> 00:23:29.900
 of your

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:30.720
 self

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.560
 reliance

00:23:31.560 --> 00:23:33.100
 what is

00:23:33.100 --> 00:23:33.540
 the test

00:23:33.540 --> 00:23:34.060
 of whether

00:23:34.060 --> 00:23:34.580
 or not

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.799
 you fit

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.119
 into

00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:36.460
 this

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:37.079
 category

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.839
 of

00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:38.460
 personal

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:39.299
 self

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:40.119
 reliance

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:41.500
 and what

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:41.799
 would you

00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:42.419
 expect

00:23:42.419 --> 00:23:43.099
 to see

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:44.839
 of those

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.359
 who are

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:46.000
 learning

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:47.019
 to trust

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.500
 in God

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.099
 because we

00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:48.859
 understand

00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:49.740
 from the

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.419
 apostle Paul

00:23:50.419 --> 00:23:50.759
 that the

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 just

00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:51.839
 will live

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.359
 by faith

00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:53.079
 the righteous

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:53.879
 will live

00:23:53.879 --> 00:23:54.879
 by faith

00:23:54.879 --> 00:23:55.199
 in God

00:23:55.199 --> 00:23:57.139
 how does

00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:57.460
 that show

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:57.699
 up

00:23:57.699 --> 00:23:58.240
 day to

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.419
 day

00:23:58.419 --> 00:23:59.839
 how do

00:23:59.839 --> 00:23:59.960
 you

00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:00.359
 demonstrate

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:00.679
 how do

00:24:00.679 --> 00:24:00.819
 I

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.259
 demonstrate

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.059
 my

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.379
 faith

00:24:02.379 --> 00:24:02.559
 in

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:02.799
 God

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:04.519
 how do

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:04.759
 I

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:06.000
 how do

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:06.099
 I

00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:06.759
 represent

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.379
 or

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:08.079
 commit

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.819
 myself

00:24:08.819 --> 00:24:09.879
 moment

00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:10.519
 by moment

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:10.879
 day

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:11.480
 by day

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.519
 to

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.159
 place

00:24:13.159 --> 00:24:13.799
 myself

00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:14.259
 into

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.799
 the

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.259
 hands

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.819
 of the

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.019
 Lord

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.480
 and to

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.339
 express

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:17.839
 my

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.339
 dependence

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:19.059
 on

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:19.339
 him

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:20.259
 just

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.599
 as

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:20.960
 if

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.759
 I

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:21.940
 was

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:22.259
 depending

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:22.500
 on

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:22.740
 him

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.159
 like

00:24:23.159 --> 00:24:23.379
 the

00:24:23.379 --> 00:24:23.819
 oxygen

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.319
 that

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:24.659
 fills

00:24:24.659 --> 00:24:24.919
 my

00:24:24.919 --> 00:24:25.240
 lungs

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.659
 every

00:24:25.659 --> 00:24:25.980
 time

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:26.119
 I

00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:26.299
 take

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:26.419
 a

00:24:26.419 --> 00:24:26.659
 breath

00:24:26.659 --> 00:24:28.440
 of

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:28.639
 course

00:24:28.639 --> 00:24:28.859
 there

00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:29.200
 are

00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:30.419
 very

00:24:30.419 --> 00:24:30.980
 simple

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:32.359
 ways

00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:32.699
 for us

00:24:32.699 --> 00:24:32.799
 to

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.079
 express

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:33.259
 this

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.459
 things

00:24:33.459 --> 00:24:33.599
 that

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:33.719
 you

00:24:33.719 --> 00:24:33.859
 have

00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:34.099
 heard

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:34.399
 from

00:24:34.399 --> 00:24:34.539
 the

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:34.779
 time

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:34.919
 that

00:24:34.919 --> 00:24:35.039
 you

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.159
 are

00:24:35.159 --> 00:24:35.299
 a

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.579
 believer

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:37.479
 things

00:24:37.479 --> 00:24:37.699
 like

00:24:37.699 --> 00:24:38.099
 Psalm

00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.599
 40

00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:38.859
 verse

00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:39.179
 8

00:24:39.179 --> 00:24:39.979
 where

00:24:39.979 --> 00:24:40.119
 the

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:40.419
 psalmist

00:24:40.419 --> 00:24:40.879
 says

00:24:40.879 --> 00:24:41.579
 I

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:42.019
 delight

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.339
 to

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:42.659
 do

00:24:42.659 --> 00:24:42.939
 your

00:24:42.939 --> 00:24:43.319
 will

00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:43.759
 oh

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:43.919
 my

00:24:43.919 --> 00:24:44.279
 God

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:46.039
 your

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:46.539
 law

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:46.740
 is

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:46.979
 within

00:24:46.979 --> 00:24:47.179
 my

00:24:47.179 --> 00:24:47.500
 heart

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:49.459
 are

00:24:49.459 --> 00:24:49.759
 we

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.419
 those

00:24:50.419 --> 00:24:51.740
 who

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.319
 pursue

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:52.599
 the

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:52.779
 word

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:52.959
 of

00:24:52.959 --> 00:24:53.259
 God

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:54.919
 every

00:24:54.919 --> 00:24:55.299
 moment

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:56.419
 every

00:24:56.419 --> 00:24:56.699
 day

00:24:56.699 --> 00:24:58.159
 are

00:24:58.159 --> 00:24:58.339
 we

00:24:58.339 --> 00:24:58.699
 those

00:24:58.699 --> 00:24:58.919
 who

00:24:58.919 --> 00:24:59.539
 demonstrate

00:24:59.539 --> 00:24:59.899
 our

00:24:59.899 --> 00:25:00.359
 dependence

00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:01.039
 on

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:01.339
 God

00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:01.740
 so

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:01.980
 that

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.339
 God

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:02.579
 is

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.240
 first

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.839
 he

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.079
 gets

00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:04.299
 our

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.759
 first

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.119
 fruits

00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:05.259
 and

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:05.500
 maybe

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.179
 your

00:25:06.179 --> 00:25:06.599
 first

00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:06.899
 fruits

00:25:06.899 --> 00:25:07.119
 are

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:07.819
 in

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.000
 the

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.439
 morning

00:25:08.439 --> 00:25:08.959
 or

00:25:08.959 --> 00:25:09.359
 maybe

00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:09.639
 your

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:09.939
 first

00:25:09.939 --> 00:25:10.199
 fruits

00:25:10.199 --> 00:25:10.339
 are

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:10.500
 in

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:10.639
 the

00:25:10.639 --> 00:25:10.980
 evening

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.599
 depending

00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:12.059
 upon

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:12.459
 how

00:25:12.459 --> 00:25:12.740
 God

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.059
 wired

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.299
 you

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:13.579
 but

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:13.779
 you're

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.000
 giving

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.419
 God

00:25:14.419 --> 00:25:14.740
 the

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.179
 best

00:25:15.179 --> 00:25:15.879
 free

00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:16.059
 of

00:25:16.059 --> 00:25:16.579
 destruction

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:17.879
 just

00:25:17.879 --> 00:25:18.220
 you

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.419
 and

00:25:18.419 --> 00:25:18.699
 him

00:25:18.699 --> 00:25:19.099
 just

00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:19.319
 like

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:19.699
 Jesus

00:25:19.699 --> 00:25:20.000
 does

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.419
 can

00:25:20.419 --> 00:25:20.740
 you

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:20.959
 even

00:25:20.959 --> 00:25:21.919
 begin

00:25:21.919 --> 00:25:22.159
 to

00:25:22.159 --> 00:25:22.439
 get

00:25:22.439 --> 00:25:22.619
 your

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:22.980
 head

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.619
 around

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 this

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 Jesus

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 as

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 God

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 demonstrated

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 his

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 confidence

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 in

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 the

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 father

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 and

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 not

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 self

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 reliance

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 by

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 moving

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 out

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 into

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 the

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 desolate

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 places

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 and

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 communing

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 with

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 God

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 one

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 on

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 one

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 demonstrating

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 his

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 dependence

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 on

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 the

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 father

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 he

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 was

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 God

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 and

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 so

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 if

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 Jesus

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 reflected

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 and

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 demonstrated

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 his

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 dependence

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 on

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 the

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 father

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 this

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 way

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 how

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 much

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 more

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 should

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 those

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 of

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 us

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 who

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 call

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 God

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 our

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 father

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 demonstrate

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 a

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 commitment

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 to

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 God

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 through

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 devotion

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 and

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 love

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 for

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 God

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 itself

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 and

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 I

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 love

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 how

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 the

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 apostle

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 Paul

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 puts

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 this

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 in

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 Philippians

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 chapter

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 three

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 verses

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 seven

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 and

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 eight

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 and

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 verse

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 ten

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 he

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 says

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 whatever

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 gain

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 I

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 had

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 I

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 counted

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 as

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 loss

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 for

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 the

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 sake

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 of

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 Christ

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 indeed

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 I

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 count

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 everything

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 as

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 loss

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 because

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 of

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 the

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 surpassing

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 worth

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 of

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 knowing

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 Christ

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 Jesus

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 my

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 Lord

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 for

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 his

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 sake

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 I

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 have

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 suffered

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 the

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 loss

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 of

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 all

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 things

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 and

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 count

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 them

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 as

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 rubbish

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 in

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 order

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 to

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 gain

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 Christ

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 that

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 I

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 might

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 know

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 him

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 in

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 the

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 power

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 of

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 his

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 resurrection

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 and

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 may

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 share

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 in

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 his

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 sufferings

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 becoming

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 like

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 him

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 in

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 his

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 death

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 what

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 is

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 the

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 one

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 pursuit

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 of

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 your

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 life

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 what

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 is

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 the

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 ultimate

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 goal

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 for

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 living

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 what

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 is

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 the

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 thing

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 that

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 you

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 are

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 living

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 for

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 maybe

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 I

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 should

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 put

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 it

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 that

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 way

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 and

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 what

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 you're

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 living

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 for

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 will

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 show

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 up

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 from

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 day

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 to

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 day

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 and

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 the

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 things

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 that

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 you

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 get

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 stressed

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 about

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 or

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 the

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 things

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 that

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 occupy

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 your

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 attention

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 and

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 your

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 time

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 and

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 your

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 focus

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 and

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 the

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.299
 things

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 you're

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 willing

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 to

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 get

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 rid

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 of

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 for

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 the

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 sake

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 of

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 having

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 that

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 one

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:13.460
 thing

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 that

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 is

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 all

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 important

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 and

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 the

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 apostle Paul

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.420
 whatever

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 it

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:19.819
 takes

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:21.779
 whatever

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.039
 you

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 take

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:22.720
 away

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:22.960
 from

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 me

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 God

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 as

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 long

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 as

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.519
 I

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 have

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 you

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 it's

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 not

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.379
 only

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 enough

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 but

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 it

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 is

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 good

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 and

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 so

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 I

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 wonder

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.920
 this

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 morning

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 how

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:35.900
 many

00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:36.079
 of

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 us

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 myself

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 included

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 how

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 many

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.359
 of

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 us

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 need

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 to

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 pray

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 this

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.619
 prayer

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 God

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 do

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.759
 whatever

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.400
 it

00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:43.940
 takes

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 to

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 strip

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 me

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 of

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 my

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.000
 self

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.680
 reliance

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 and

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 make

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.299
 me

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 dependent

00:27:49.899 --> 00:27:50.519
 on

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:50.720
 you

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 so

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.639
 that

00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:51.919
 you

00:27:51.919 --> 00:27:52.279
 are

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:53.019
 first

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.379
 so

00:27:53.379 --> 00:27:53.559
 that

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:53.799
 you

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.019
 are

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 foremost

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:54.939
 so

00:27:54.939 --> 00:27:55.099
 that

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.299
 you

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:55.519
 are

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.319
 everything

00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:56.919
 so

00:27:56.919 --> 00:27:57.119
 that

00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:57.359
 you

00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:57.779
 are

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.019
 the

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.639
 good

00:27:58.639 --> 00:27:59.000
 of

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.199
 my

00:27:59.199 --> 00:27:59.619
 life

00:27:59.619 --> 00:27:59.939
 and

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 I

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 find

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.419
 satisfaction

00:28:01.419 --> 00:28:01.960
 in

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.139
 you

00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:02.439
 that

00:28:02.439 --> 00:28:02.579
 I

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:02.720
 might

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.039
 know

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.419
 him

00:28:03.419 --> 00:28:04.419
 in

00:28:04.419 --> 00:28:04.519
 the

00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:04.879
 power

00:28:04.879 --> 00:28:05.059
 of

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.099
 his

00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:05.559
 resurrection

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:06.039
 and

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.220
 the

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.579
 fellowship

00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:06.799
 of

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:06.939
 his

00:28:06.939 --> 00:28:07.500
 sufferings

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.220
 whatever

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 it

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 takes

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 Lord

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 I

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:09.919
 want

00:28:09.919 --> 00:28:10.259
 to

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.699
 know

00:28:10.699 --> 00:28:11.339
!

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:11.399
 you!

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.659
 Jesus

00:28:17.659 --> 00:28:17.960
 says

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.159
 this

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.300
 in

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 John

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 15

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 verse

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 16

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 you

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 did

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 not

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 choose

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:22.720
 me

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 but

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.040
 I

00:28:23.040 --> 00:28:23.360
 chose

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 you

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 and

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:24.620
 appointed

00:28:24.620 --> 00:28:25.100
 you

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 that

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:25.660
 you

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:25.880
 should

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:26.180
 go

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:26.360
 and

00:28:26.360 --> 00:28:26.500
 bear

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:26.880
 fruit

00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:27.259
 and

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.440
 that

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:27.900
 your

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.200
 fruit

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:28.460
 should

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 abide

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.420
 so

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:29.680
 that

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.620
 whatever

00:28:30.620 --> 00:28:31.120
 you

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 ask

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 the

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.759
 father

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.040
 in

00:28:33.040 --> 00:28:33.279
 my

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 name

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:34.160
 he

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 may

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 give

00:28:34.560 --> 00:28:34.660
 it

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:34.800
 to

00:28:34.800 --> 00:28:35.040
 you

00:28:35.040 --> 00:28:35.920
 now

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.560
 there's

00:28:36.560 --> 00:28:36.880
 a lot

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.120
 going

00:28:37.120 --> 00:28:37.340
 on

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 in

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:37.640
 this

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:37.860
 verse

00:28:37.860 --> 00:28:38.060
 but

00:28:38.060 --> 00:28:38.880
 not

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 only

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:40.400
 the

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:40.660
 fact

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:40.820
 that

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 God

00:28:41.100 --> 00:28:41.259
 has

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.740
 drawn

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.160
 us

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.460
 into

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 relationship

00:28:43.100 --> 00:28:43.740
 with

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 him

00:28:44.040 --> 00:28:44.420
 but

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 he's

00:28:44.620 --> 00:28:44.980
 drawn

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.240
 us

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.400
 into

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:48.600
 to

00:28:48.600 --> 00:28:49.220
 bear

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 fruit

00:28:49.580 --> 00:28:49.740
 and

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.240
 what

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.380
 that

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:50.620
 means

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 is

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 as

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 the

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 Holy

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 Spirit

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.100
 is

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 working

00:28:52.540 --> 00:28:53.180
 in

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.320
 our

00:28:53.320 --> 00:28:53.560
 life

00:28:53.560 --> 00:28:53.920
 he's

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.500
 producing

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.259
 spiritual

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.820
 fruit

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 and

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.160
 when

00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:57.620
 that

00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:58.259
 spiritual

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 fruit

00:28:58.800 --> 00:28:59.140
 takes

00:28:59.140 --> 00:28:59.680
 place

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:00.200
 and

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:00.500
 when

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.259
 we

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.400
 are

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:01.880
 working

00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:02.300
 in

00:29:02.300 --> 00:29:02.440
 a

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:02.759
 way

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.040
 that

00:29:03.040 --> 00:29:03.600
 pleases

00:29:03.600 --> 00:29:04.560
 God

00:29:04.560 --> 00:29:05.140
 it

00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:05.860
 places

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.200
 us

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.400
 in

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:06.620
 a

00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:07.380
 situation

00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:07.680
 of

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:08.200
 dependence

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.820
 where

00:29:08.820 --> 00:29:08.980
 the

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.300
 only

00:29:09.300 --> 00:29:10.500
 way

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:10.820
 that's

00:29:10.820 --> 00:29:10.920
 going

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.019
 to

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.279
 work

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:11.460
 out

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:11.660
 is

00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:11.920
 if

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.480
 God

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:13.560
 is

00:29:13.560 --> 00:29:13.680
 the

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:13.840
 one

00:29:13.840 --> 00:29:14.100
 working

00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:14.259
 it

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.460
 through

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:15.840
 so

00:29:15.840 --> 00:29:16.240
 it

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.720
 leads

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.080
 us

00:29:17.080 --> 00:29:17.519
 to

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.059
 dependence

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:18.440
 in

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:18.799
 prayer

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:20.240
 that

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.440
 God

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:20.619
 has

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.160
 appointed

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.480
 us

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:21.680
 he's

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.279
 called

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:22.660
 us

00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.039
 with

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:23.160
 the

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:23.539
 express

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.019
 purpose

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.500
 of

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.000
 making

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.279
 us

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.740
 dependent

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.559
 in

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:26.839
 him

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.079
 through

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:27.460
 prayer

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:31.539
 does

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:31.660
 your

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.000
 life

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:35.039
 reflect

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:36.240
 a

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.599
 dependence

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:36.920
 on

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.139
 God

00:29:37.139 --> 00:29:37.319
 through

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:37.579
 prayer

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:39.240
 so

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.379
 that

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:39.680
 every

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:39.980
 major

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.539
 decision

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:43.619
 every

00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:44.940
 family

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:46.039
 issue

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:47.779
 everything

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.019
 that's

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.180
 going

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.339
 on

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:48.500
 at

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:48.799
 work

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:50.839
 every

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.599
 conversation

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.119
 that you

00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:52.460
 have

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.639
 with

00:29:52.639 --> 00:29:53.000
 others

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:54.539
 is

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:54.720
 so

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.440
 punctuated

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.379
 is

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:56.700
 so

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.359
 carried

00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:57.960
 is

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.180
 so

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.799
 supported

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.159
 by

00:29:59.159 --> 00:29:59.579
 prayer

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.659
 that

00:30:00.659 --> 00:30:01.019
 God

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.279
 is

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:01.579
 in

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:01.740
 it

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:01.940
 and

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.259
 through

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.500
 it

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:02.960
 and

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.099
 you

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.559
 see

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:03.960
 that

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.259
 God

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:04.460
 is

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:04.899
 working

00:30:04.899 --> 00:30:06.259
 so

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.399
 that

00:30:06.399 --> 00:30:06.579
 his

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.000
 fullness

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.399
 is

00:30:07.399 --> 00:30:09.619
 bearing

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.139
 itself

00:30:10.139 --> 00:30:10.399
 out

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:10.500
 in

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:10.619
 your

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:10.879
 life

00:30:10.879 --> 00:30:11.119
 as

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:11.299
 you

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:11.579
 are

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:12.859
 submitting

00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:13.319
 yourself

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:13.559
 to

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:13.799
 him

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.619
 in

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.139
 confidence

00:30:15.139 --> 00:30:15.719
 rather

00:30:15.719 --> 00:30:16.019
 than

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.519
 self

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.000
 reliance

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:19.859
 so

00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:20.159
 Jesus

00:30:20.159 --> 00:30:20.799
 confronts

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:20.979
 this

00:30:20.979 --> 00:30:21.240
 self

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.799
 reliance

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.799
 and

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.279
 now

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.699
 in

00:30:23.699 --> 00:30:23.879
 this

00:30:23.879 --> 00:30:24.299
 next

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:24.899
 couple

00:30:24.899 --> 00:30:25.099
 of

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.619
 groups

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:25.819
 of

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.099
 verses

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:26.639
 he

00:30:26.639 --> 00:30:27.259
 commends

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.500
 the

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:27.719
 heart

00:30:27.719 --> 00:30:27.839
 of

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.319
 dependence

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:29.419
 we

00:30:29.419 --> 00:30:29.699
 have

00:30:29.699 --> 00:30:30.079
 the

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.539
 correlation

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:30.839
 as

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:31.119
 well

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:32.799
 in

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.000
 verses

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.339
 15

00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:33.479
 to

00:30:33.479 --> 00:30:33.799
 17

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.119
 notice

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:34.319
 it

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.599
 says

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:35.419
 now

00:30:35.419 --> 00:30:35.559
 they

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:35.699
 were

00:30:35.699 --> 00:30:36.039
 bringing

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.659
 even

00:30:36.659 --> 00:30:37.199
 infants

00:30:37.199 --> 00:30:37.399
 to

00:30:37.399 --> 00:30:37.679
 him

00:30:37.679 --> 00:30:38.439
 that

00:30:38.439 --> 00:30:38.579
 he

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:38.819
 might

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.139
 touch

00:30:39.139 --> 00:30:39.399
 them

00:30:39.399 --> 00:30:40.240
 and

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.379
 when

00:30:40.379 --> 00:30:40.519
 the

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:40.939
 disciples

00:30:40.939 --> 00:30:41.339
 saw

00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:41.459
 it

00:30:41.459 --> 00:30:41.599
 they

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.039
 rebuked

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.179
 him

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.360
 but

00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:43.039
 Jesus

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.580
 called

00:30:43.580 --> 00:30:43.900
 them

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.080
 to

00:30:44.080 --> 00:30:44.279
 him

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.660
 saying

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.080
 let

00:30:45.080 --> 00:30:45.240
 the

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.539
 children

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:45.900
 come

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.039
 to

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.279
 me

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.660
 and

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:46.779
 do

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:46.940
 not

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.279
 hinder

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.700
 them

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.120
 for

00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:48.600
 such

00:30:48.600 --> 00:30:49.200
 belongs

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:49.420
 the

00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:49.640
 kingdom

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:49.840
 of

00:30:49.840 --> 00:30:50.200
 God

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:51.539
 truly

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:51.759
 I

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:51.920
 say

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.060
 to

00:30:52.060 --> 00:30:52.299
 you

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:53.400
 whoever

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:53.700
 does

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:53.900
 not

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.240
 receive

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.400
 the

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:54.580
 kingdom

00:30:54.580 --> 00:30:54.759
 of

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:54.940
 God

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.160
 like

00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:55.299
 a

00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:55.560
 child

00:30:55.560 --> 00:30:56.019
 shall

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.580
 not

00:30:56.580 --> 00:30:57.200
 enter

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.480
 it

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.539
 so

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:58.779
 Jesus

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.019
 is

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.400
 commanding

00:30:59.400 --> 00:30:59.539
 this

00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.720
 heart

00:30:59.720 --> 00:30:59.840
 of

00:30:59.840 --> 00:31:00.160
 dependence

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:00.380
 and

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:00.779
 we

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.039
 see

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.160
 it

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:01.279
 in

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:01.420
 the

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:01.880
 example

00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:02.299
 of

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:02.480
 these

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:02.820
 children

00:31:02.820 --> 00:31:03.500
 and

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:04.420
 not

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:04.799
 only

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.120
 the

00:31:05.120 --> 00:31:05.779
 humility

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.380
 of

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:06.620
 these

00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:06.940
 children

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:07.700
 but

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.460
 especially

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:09.100
 the

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:09.519
 dependence

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:09.819
 of

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.000
 these

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.240
 children

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.620
 because

00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:11.600
 as it

00:31:11.600 --> 00:31:12.759
 really

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.279
 to be

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.680
 honest

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:14.319
 these

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:14.779
 kids

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.539
 don't

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:15.779
 show

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.140
 any

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:16.680
 true

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.600
 spiritual

00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:18.340
 nature

00:31:18.340 --> 00:31:18.579
 at

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:18.840
 all

00:31:18.840 --> 00:31:19.000
 they

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.200
 are

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:20.019
 spiritually

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.539
 bankrupt

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:20.840
 they're

00:31:20.840 --> 00:31:21.460
 unable

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:21.799
 to

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.420
 do

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:23.120
 anything

00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:24.319
 meritorious

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:25.240
 and

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.680
 that's

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:25.819
 the

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.140
 point

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:26.299
 of

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:26.440
 the

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:26.819
 story

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.000
 is

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.480
 they're

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:27.620
 not

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:27.799
 even

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.279
 coming

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:28.460
 to

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:28.680
 Jesus

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:28.880
 on

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.019
 their

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.240
 own

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.500
 they

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:29.640
 have

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:29.700
 to

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:29.860
 be

00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:30.380
 brought

00:31:30.380 --> 00:31:31.039
 by

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:31.180
 their

00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:31.620
 parents

00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:34.160
 Jesus

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:34.500
 uses

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:34.720
 this

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:34.940
 word

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.460
 infants

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:35.799
 which

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:35.960
 is

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.120
 the

00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:36.400
 same

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:36.640
 word

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:36.779
 we

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.100
 find

00:31:37.100 --> 00:31:37.240
 in

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.420
 Luke

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:37.440
!

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:38.019
 chapter 1

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:39.100
 verse 41

00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:39.880
 and 45

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:40.320
 I think

00:31:40.320 --> 00:31:40.600
 it is

00:31:40.600 --> 00:31:41.380
 which speaks

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:41.680
 of

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.220
 John

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.380
 the

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:42.680
 Baptist

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:42.980
 in

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.140
 the

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:43.380
 womb

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:43.519
 of

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:43.840
 Elizabeth

00:31:43.840 --> 00:31:45.840
 that's

00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:46.400
 the

00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:46.880
 kind

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:47.080
 of

00:31:47.080 --> 00:31:47.620
 people

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:47.860
 we're

00:31:47.860 --> 00:31:48.200
 talking

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.440
 about

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:48.600
 and

00:31:48.600 --> 00:31:49.240
 Jesus

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.519
 is

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.140
 commending

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:51.019
 kids

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:52.600
 you can't

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:53.120
 come in

00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:53.740
 to the

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.080
 kingdom

00:31:54.080 --> 00:31:54.779
 unless

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.100
 you're

00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:55.580
 a

00:31:55.580 --> 00:31:56.019
 helpless

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.559
 little

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:56.960
 baby

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:58.779
 unless

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.240
 you come

00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.480
 to a

00:31:59.480 --> 00:31:59.740
 place

00:31:59.740 --> 00:31:59.880
 of

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.460
 understanding

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:01.059
 it is

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.440
 not

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:01.600
 of

00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:01.799
 you

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:03.019
 it is

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.320
 only

00:32:03.320 --> 00:32:03.500
 of

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:03.740
 God

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:05.160
 you

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:05.340
 add

00:32:05.340 --> 00:32:05.660
 nothing

00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:05.920
 to the

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.320
 equation

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:08.039
 it is

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.939
 based on

00:32:08.939 --> 00:32:10.259
 Christ's

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.779
 death

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.240
 and

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:11.779
 resurrection

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.480
 and

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:13.079
 righteousness

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:13.819
 and

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.539
 atonement

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.099
 and

00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:15.559
 him

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:16.319
 alone

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:18.480
 and

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:18.819
 unless

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.599
 God

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:20.259
 strips

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.879
 you

00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:21.079
 and

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.399
 strips

00:32:21.399 --> 00:32:21.819
 me

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:22.319
 of

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:22.500
 our

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:22.799
 self

00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:23.179
 reliance

00:32:23.179 --> 00:32:23.379
 we will

00:32:23.379 --> 00:32:23.599
 never

00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:23.899
 come to

00:32:23.899 --> 00:32:24.299
 a place

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:24.799
 of

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.279
 enjoying

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:25.559
 all

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:25.659
 the

00:32:25.659 --> 00:32:26.099
 benefits

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:26.740
 of

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:26.839
 the

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.319
 relationship

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:27.720
 that God

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:27.899
 has

00:32:27.899 --> 00:32:28.019
 to

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:28.240
 offer

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.740
 through

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:28.960
 his

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:29.159
 son

00:32:29.159 --> 00:32:29.379
 Jesus

00:32:29.379 --> 00:32:29.779
 Christ

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:31.059
 will

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.420
 keep

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:32.480
 depending

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:33.039
 on

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.500
 ourselves

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:33.759
 and

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:33.920
 will

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.200
 keep

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.500
 falling

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:34.920
 flat

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.359
 on

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:35.500
 our

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:35.799
 face

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:38.160
 the

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:38.559
 significance

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:39.019
 of

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.220
 this

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.619
 account

00:32:39.619 --> 00:32:39.940
 that we

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.240
 find

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.460
 here

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:40.619
 in

00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:40.899
 Luke

00:32:40.899 --> 00:32:41.920
 chapter

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.619
 18

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:43.319
 is

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:44.000
 significant

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.639
 because

00:32:44.639 --> 00:32:45.859
 now we're

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:46.539
 beginning to

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:47.019
 merge

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.279
 our

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:47.839
 stories

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:48.480
 now we

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:48.799
 find

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.339
 also

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:49.759
 in

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.240
 Matthew

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.740
 and also

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.180
 in

00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:51.660
 Mark's

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:52.099
 account

00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:52.599
 now

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:53.259
 these

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.639
 stories

00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:53.819
 are

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.099
 beginning

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:54.379
 to

00:32:54.379 --> 00:32:54.899
 converge

00:32:54.899 --> 00:32:55.440
 where

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:55.960
 we've

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.259
 kind of

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:56.940
 gone

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.600
 from

00:32:57.600 --> 00:32:57.880
 Luke

00:32:57.880 --> 00:32:58.180
 chapter

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.559
 9

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:58.799
 to

00:32:58.799 --> 00:32:59.320
 this

00:32:59.320 --> 00:32:59.820
 point

00:32:59.820 --> 00:33:01.120
 Luke

00:33:01.120 --> 00:33:01.259
 has

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.420
 been

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:01.860
 tracking

00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.080
 the

00:33:02.080 --> 00:33:02.420
 ministry

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:02.640
 of

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:02.880
 Jesus

00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:03.480
 outside

00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:03.880
 of

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:04.320
 Galilee

00:33:04.320 --> 00:33:04.860
 and

00:33:04.860 --> 00:33:05.140
 now

00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:05.320
 we're

00:33:05.320 --> 00:33:05.940
 finding

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:06.279
 some

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:06.940
 convergence

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.500
 and we're

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:07.660
 going to

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.519
 begin to

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:08.960
 see how

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.460
 these

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:10.019
 narratives

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:11.299
 blend

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:11.820
 together

00:33:11.820 --> 00:33:12.220
 again

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:14.600
 but this

00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:14.740
 is

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.340
 significant

00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:16.299
 that is

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:16.680
 repeated

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.120
 in all

00:33:17.120 --> 00:33:17.420
 three

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:17.880
 synoptic

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.360
 gospels

00:33:18.360 --> 00:33:18.580
 to

00:33:18.580 --> 00:33:19.000
 help

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.440
 draw

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:20.140
 attention

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.920
 to the

00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:21.380
 significance

00:33:21.380 --> 00:33:22.259
 of

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.480
 faith

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:22.620
 and

00:33:22.620 --> 00:33:22.940
 dependence

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.180
 on

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:23.420
 God

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:25.580
 being

00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:27.220
 released

00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:28.419
 from

00:33:28.419 --> 00:33:28.740
 self

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.279
 reliance

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:32.639
 we find

00:33:32.639 --> 00:33:32.879
 in this

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:33.199
 story

00:33:33.199 --> 00:33:34.579
 that Jesus

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:35.299
 rebukes

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:35.439
 his

00:33:35.439 --> 00:33:35.819
 disciples

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:37.679
 because

00:33:37.679 --> 00:33:37.980
 Jesus

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.379
 wants

00:33:38.379 --> 00:33:38.539
 his

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:38.939
 disciples

00:33:38.939 --> 00:33:39.119
 to

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:39.619
 understand

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:40.439
 that

00:33:40.439 --> 00:33:40.579
 they

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:40.699
 are

00:33:40.699 --> 00:33:41.059
 acting

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.359
 just

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:41.599
 like

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:41.740
 the

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.199
 Pharisees

00:33:42.199 --> 00:33:43.679
 they

00:33:43.679 --> 00:33:44.359
 are

00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:44.980
 looking

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:45.339
 at

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:46.000
 contempt

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.079
!

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.779
 on

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.039
 these

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.279
 little

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.859
 babies

00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:48.759
 feeling

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.059
 as

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:49.240
 though

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.500
 these

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:49.919
 babies

00:33:49.919 --> 00:33:50.099
 are

00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:50.319
 not

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:50.679
 worth

00:33:50.679 --> 00:33:51.139
 Jesus

00:33:51.139 --> 00:33:51.839
 time

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:52.500
 so

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:52.799
 in

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.000
 a

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.439
 sense

00:33:53.439 --> 00:33:53.819
 they're

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:54.000
 doing

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.619
 exactly

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:54.939
 what

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.140
 the

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.660
 Pharisee

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:55.940
 did

00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:56.299
 in

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:56.440
 the

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:56.860
 temple

00:33:56.860 --> 00:33:57.539
 looking

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:57.779
 with

00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.360
 contempt

00:33:58.360 --> 00:33:58.620
 on

00:33:58.620 --> 00:33:58.820
 that

00:33:58.820 --> 00:33:59.220
 tax

00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.600
 collector

00:33:59.600 --> 00:34:00.019
 and

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.240
 Jesus

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.500
 says

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:00.940
 wait

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.160
 a

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:01.400
 minute

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:01.920
 I

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.299
 want

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:02.400
 you

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:02.519
 to

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:03.200
 understand

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:03.660
 that

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.120
 these

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:04.259
 are

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:04.380
 the

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:04.640
 very

00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:05.340
 examples

00:34:05.340 --> 00:34:05.759
 of

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.160
 faith

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:06.480
 that

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:06.600
 I

00:34:06.600 --> 00:34:06.740
 want

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:06.860
 to

00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:07.059
 put

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.559
 forward

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:07.820
 to

00:34:07.820 --> 00:34:08.139
 you

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.579
 you

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:09.039
 can't

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.400
 come

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:09.800
 into

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:09.980
 the

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.280
 kingdom

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:10.940
 unless

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.260
 you're

00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:11.559
 just

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:11.820
 like

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.099
 them

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:13.519
 just

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:13.700
 as

00:34:13.700 --> 00:34:14.119
 dependent

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:18.920
 come

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.039
 as

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.159
 a

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:19.420
 child

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.880
 come

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.019
 with

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.099
 a

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.240
 heart

00:34:21.240 --> 00:34:21.360
 of

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:21.900
 dependence

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:23.139
 contributing

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:24.240
 nothing

00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:25.259
 and gaining

00:34:25.259 --> 00:34:26.219
 everything

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:26.859
 in

00:34:26.859 --> 00:34:27.239
 Christ

00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:28.639
 just as we

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.039
 find in

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.339
 Titus

00:34:29.339 --> 00:34:29.819
 chapter 3

00:34:29.819 --> 00:34:30.399
 verse 5

00:34:30.399 --> 00:34:31.459
 it says

00:34:31.459 --> 00:34:31.959
 he saved

00:34:31.959 --> 00:34:32.379
 us

00:34:32.379 --> 00:34:33.479
 not because

00:34:33.479 --> 00:34:33.979
 of works

00:34:33.979 --> 00:34:34.559
 done by us

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.000
 in righteousness

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.939
 but according

00:34:35.939 --> 00:34:36.939
 to his own

00:34:36.939 --> 00:34:37.459
 mercy

00:34:37.459 --> 00:34:38.500
 by the washing

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:39.059
 of regeneration

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.239
!

00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:39.959
 and the renewal

00:34:39.959 --> 00:34:40.639
 of the

00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:41.259
 Holy Spirit

00:34:41.259 --> 00:34:42.419
 the mercy

00:34:42.419 --> 00:34:43.179
 of God

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:44.000
 is there

00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:44.639
 to meet

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.059
 you

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:46.819
 God

00:34:46.819 --> 00:34:47.579
 delights

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.459
 in mercy

00:34:48.459 --> 00:34:49.979
 he loves

00:34:49.979 --> 00:34:50.639
 to show

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:51.279
 his mercy

00:34:51.279 --> 00:34:52.119
 it's part

00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:52.419
 of who

00:34:52.419 --> 00:34:52.779
 he is

00:34:52.779 --> 00:34:53.359
 he wants

00:34:53.359 --> 00:34:53.819
 to show

00:34:53.819 --> 00:34:54.299
 it off

00:34:54.299 --> 00:34:55.319
 and make

00:34:55.319 --> 00:34:55.859
 it known

00:34:55.859 --> 00:34:57.939
 in Micah

00:34:57.939 --> 00:34:58.599
 chapter 7

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:59.479
 verse 18

00:34:59.479 --> 00:35:01.239
 who is a

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:01.719
 God like

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:02.039
 you who

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.619
 pardons

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:03.419
 sin

00:35:03.419 --> 00:35:04.559
 and forgives

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:05.399
 the transgression

00:35:05.399 --> 00:35:06.519
 of the remnant

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.299
 of his inheritance

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:08.340
 you do not

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:09.000
 stay angry

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.420
 forever

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:10.620
 but delight

00:35:10.620 --> 00:35:11.380
 to show

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:12.140
 mercy

00:35:12.140 --> 00:35:15.600
 so access

00:35:15.600 --> 00:35:16.640
 mercy

00:35:16.640 --> 00:35:19.039
 let God

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:19.460
 show

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:20.320
 off

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:21.100
 his

00:35:21.100 --> 00:35:22.420
 merciful

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:23.420
 benevolent

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:23.860
 character

00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:24.680
 to you

00:35:24.680 --> 00:35:26.000
 plead

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:27.100
 for mercy

00:35:27.100 --> 00:35:29.340
 so the heart

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.980
 of our Savior

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:31.240
 is put on

00:35:31.240 --> 00:35:31.700
 display

00:35:31.700 --> 00:35:32.360
 as he

00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:33.720
 is commending

00:35:33.720 --> 00:35:34.680
 dependence

00:35:34.680 --> 00:35:35.140
 as he

00:35:35.140 --> 00:35:36.280
 loves to show

00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:36.780
 mercy

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:38.820
 but as we

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.580
 also see

00:35:39.580 --> 00:35:40.140
 in the life

00:35:40.140 --> 00:35:40.600
 of Christ

00:35:40.600 --> 00:35:41.800
 his love

00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:42.440
 for serving

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:43.200
 the least

00:35:43.200 --> 00:35:43.500
 of these

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:44.060
 Jesus was

00:35:44.060 --> 00:35:44.740
 not like

00:35:44.740 --> 00:35:45.700
 the Pharisee

00:35:45.700 --> 00:35:46.140
 and looking

00:35:46.140 --> 00:35:46.880
 with contempt

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:47.700
 on those

00:35:47.700 --> 00:35:48.300
 who were

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:48.860
 so much

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.800
 smaller than

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:49.980
 him

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.560
 so much

00:35:50.560 --> 00:35:50.980
 lower

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.760
 than him

00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:52.200
 but he

00:35:52.200 --> 00:35:52.720
 delighted

00:35:52.720 --> 00:35:53.600
 in showing

00:35:53.600 --> 00:35:53.960
 mercy

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.700
 and extending

00:35:54.700 --> 00:35:55.240
 kindness

00:35:55.240 --> 00:35:56.080
 in ministry

00:35:56.080 --> 00:35:56.820
 and service

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:57.880
 even to these

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.280
 babies

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:58.740
 who had

00:35:58.740 --> 00:35:59.340
 nothing to

00:35:59.340 --> 00:35:59.660
 contribute

00:35:59.660 --> 00:36:00.100
 to him

00:36:00.100 --> 00:36:02.260
 so I end

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:02.780
 our time

00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:03.220
 together

00:36:03.220 --> 00:36:03.680
 just with

00:36:03.680 --> 00:36:04.180
 this final

00:36:04.180 --> 00:36:04.800
 word

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:05.320
 this brief

00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:05.660
 word

00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:06.940
 I want

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.480
 to commend

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:08.039
 to you

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:09.420
 the ministry

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:09.839
 of our

00:36:09.839 --> 00:36:10.159
 Savior

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:11.339
 and recognize

00:36:11.339 --> 00:36:12.619
 your opportunity

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:13.139
 to serve

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:13.460
 the same

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:13.659
 way

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:15.859
 you have

00:36:15.859 --> 00:36:16.399
 an opportunity

00:36:16.399 --> 00:36:16.960
 to serve

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.460
 that's

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:18.559
 what I want

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:18.980
 to just share

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.699
 briefly here

00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:20.960
 don't want to

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.239
 miss this

00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:21.719
 opportunity

00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:23.480
 to commend

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:23.899
 to you

00:36:23.899 --> 00:36:24.599
 the significance

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:26.119
 of ministry

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:27.059
 to children

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:28.940
 not only

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:30.000
 ministry

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.619
 to kids

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.679
 within your

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:32.119
 families

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:33.319
 but also

00:36:33.319 --> 00:36:34.279
 the ministry

00:36:34.279 --> 00:36:34.739
 that we

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:35.380
 can have

00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:36.759
 as a

00:36:36.759 --> 00:36:37.420
 church

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:37.940
 body

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:39.139
 in helping

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:39.880
 to address

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.659
 this

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:41.500
 significant

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:43.279
 aspect

00:36:43.279 --> 00:36:43.980
 of what

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:44.460
 we're called

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:44.859
 to as a

00:36:44.859 --> 00:36:45.119
 church

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:46.299
 you know

00:36:46.299 --> 00:36:47.819
 you may not

00:36:47.819 --> 00:36:48.339
 be called

00:36:48.339 --> 00:36:49.000
 to full-time

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.440
 ministry

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:51.119
 you may not

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.599
 have the

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:52.019
 gift of

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:52.400
 teaching

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:53.299
 you may not

00:36:53.299 --> 00:36:53.799
 feel

00:36:53.799 --> 00:36:54.859
 particularly

00:36:54.859 --> 00:36:55.739
 gifted

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:56.839
 in communicating

00:36:56.839 --> 00:36:57.599
 but I can

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.279
 tell you

00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:59.000
 if you

00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.640
 have

00:36:59.640 --> 00:37:00.200
 children

00:37:00.200 --> 00:37:01.100
 or are

00:37:01.100 --> 00:37:01.640
 hoping

00:37:01.640 --> 00:37:02.080
 to have

00:37:02.080 --> 00:37:02.480
 children

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:03.300
 God has

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:04.160
 called you

00:37:04.160 --> 00:37:04.720
 to

00:37:04.720 --> 00:37:05.720
 children's

00:37:05.720 --> 00:37:06.340
 ministry

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:08.100
 in your

00:37:08.100 --> 00:37:08.380
 home

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:09.580
 and outside

00:37:09.580 --> 00:37:09.840
 of your

00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:10.040
 home

00:37:10.040 --> 00:37:11.440
 let me just

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:11.800
 share some

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:12.340
 statistics

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:13.260
 these statistics

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:13.820
 by the way

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:14.240
 of course

00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:14.760
 are not

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.420
 authoritative

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:16.300
 but I think

00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:17.140
 they bring

00:37:17.140 --> 00:37:17.580
 the point

00:37:17.580 --> 00:37:17.920
 home

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:19.440
 okay

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:22.260
 modern

00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:22.700
 research

00:37:22.700 --> 00:37:23.280
 indicates

00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:24.340
 that what

00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:24.840
 a person

00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:25.680
 believes

00:37:25.680 --> 00:37:27.380
 is locked

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:27.900
 in by

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.480
 the age

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:29.300
 of 13

00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:30.840
 what you

00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:31.059
 believe

00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:31.300
 at age

00:37:31.300 --> 00:37:31.639
 13

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.059
 is pretty

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.320
 much

00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:32.660
 what you're

00:37:32.660 --> 00:37:32.880
 going to

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:33.220
 believe

00:37:33.220 --> 00:37:34.240
 when you

00:37:34.240 --> 00:37:34.500
 die

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:36.220
 apparently

00:37:36.220 --> 00:37:37.260
 32%

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:38.700
 of those

00:37:38.700 --> 00:37:39.059
 between

00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:40.039
 5 and

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.480
 13

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:42.099
 have 32%

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.700
 probability

00:37:42.700 --> 00:37:43.480
 of accepting

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:43.980
 Christ as

00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:44.380
 their savior

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:45.840
 then

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:46.840
 it moves

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:47.680
 to 4%

00:37:47.680 --> 00:37:48.420
 between those

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:48.660
 who are

00:37:48.660 --> 00:37:49.660
 14 and

00:37:49.660 --> 00:37:49.960
 18

00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:50.800
 and then

00:37:50.800 --> 00:37:51.700
 after 18

00:37:51.700 --> 00:37:52.360
 until you

00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:52.700
 die

00:37:52.700 --> 00:37:54.579
 only 6%

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:55.220
 of adults

00:37:55.220 --> 00:37:56.680
 after 18

00:37:56.680 --> 00:37:57.500
 become

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:57.880
 Christian

00:37:57.880 --> 00:37:59.200
 another way

00:37:59.200 --> 00:37:59.420
 to look

00:37:59.420 --> 00:37:59.760
 at this

00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:01.920
 is 94%

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:03.200
 of people

00:38:03.200 --> 00:38:04.260
 who live

00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:05.619
 in America

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:07.480
 94%

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:07.780
 of them

00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:08.579
 are going

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:08.920
 to make

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.400
 a decision

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:10.000
 for Christ

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.900
 before they're

00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:11.360
 18

00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:16.559
 Barna research

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:16.900
 has also

00:38:16.900 --> 00:38:17.280
 discovered

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.559
 that a

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:18.019
 person's

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.420
 lifelong

00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:19.500
 behavior

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:20.460
 and views

00:38:20.460 --> 00:38:21.400
 are generally

00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:21.840
 developed

00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:22.320
 when they

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:22.860
 are young

00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:23.539
 and there

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:23.840
 are four

00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:24.300
 categories

00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:24.640
 first

00:38:24.640 --> 00:38:25.539
 a person's

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:26.640
 moral foundations

00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:27.460
 are generally

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:28.019
 in place

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:28.759
 by the time

00:38:28.759 --> 00:38:29.139
 they're age

00:38:29.139 --> 00:38:29.480
 nine

00:38:29.480 --> 00:38:30.440
 second

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:31.159
 a person's

00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:32.139
 response

00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:33.339
 to the meaning

00:38:33.339 --> 00:38:34.139
 of personal

00:38:34.139 --> 00:38:34.739
 value of

00:38:34.739 --> 00:38:35.440
 Jesus Christ

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:36.239
 his life

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:36.639
 his death

00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:37.179
 his resurrection

00:38:37.179 --> 00:38:38.619
 is usually

00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:39.099
 determined

00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:40.179
 before a person

00:38:40.179 --> 00:38:41.019
 reaches 18

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:42.219
 third

00:38:42.219 --> 00:38:43.079
 Barna showed

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:43.539
 data

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:44.659
 indicating

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:45.159
 that the

00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:45.820
 most cases

00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:46.559
 of people's

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:46.980
 spiritual

00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:47.460
 beliefs

00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:48.579
 are irrecover

00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:49.420
 excuse me

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:50.559
 irrecoverably

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:52.280
 formed

00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:52.880
 when they

00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:53.500
 are preteen

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:55.340
 those beliefs

00:38:55.340 --> 00:38:55.960
 include

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:56.800
 the nature

00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:57.259
 of God

00:38:57.259 --> 00:38:57.840
 the existence

00:38:57.840 --> 00:38:58.420
 of Satan

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:59.400
 the reliability

00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:00.159
 of the Bible

00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:01.139
 perceptions

00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:01.900
 regarding the

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.460
 afterlife

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:03.239
 the holiness

00:39:03.239 --> 00:39:03.820
 of Jesus

00:39:03.820 --> 00:39:04.280
 Christ

00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:05.159
 and the means

00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:05.719
 of gaining

00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:06.639
 God's favor

00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:07.900
 finally

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:09.960
 research revealed

00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:10.579
 that adult

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:11.619
 church leaders

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:13.019
 usually have

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:13.780
 some serious

00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:14.240
 involvement

00:39:14.240 --> 00:39:15.139
 in church life

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:15.880
 and training

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.800
 when they are

00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:17.139
 young

00:39:17.139 --> 00:39:18.300
 four out of

00:39:18.300 --> 00:39:19.599
 five pastors

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:20.380
 and church

00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:20.760
 leaders

00:39:20.760 --> 00:39:21.780
 have been

00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:22.260
 involved

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:23.240
 in some way

00:39:23.240 --> 00:39:24.300
 in children's

00:39:24.300 --> 00:39:24.559
 ministry

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:25.480
 have grown up

00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:26.180
 in the church

00:39:26.180 --> 00:39:27.220
 okay

00:39:27.220 --> 00:39:28.660
 again

00:39:28.660 --> 00:39:29.139
 this is not

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.639
 authoritative

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:31.660
 but let me just

00:39:31.660 --> 00:39:32.280
 bring it all

00:39:32.280 --> 00:39:32.559
 together

00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:34.639
 what this means

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:35.440
 is

00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:36.880
 four out of

00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:37.320
 five

00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:38.579
 of your future

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:39.219
 pastors

00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:39.880
 and Christian

00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:40.179
 leaders

00:39:40.179 --> 00:39:43.059
 are currently

00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:43.940
 in children's

00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:44.299
 ministry

00:39:44.299 --> 00:39:47.279
 and

00:39:47.279 --> 00:39:48.940
 94%

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:49.599
 of those

00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:50.460
 who will make

00:39:50.460 --> 00:39:50.900
 a decision

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:51.460
 for Christ

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:52.659
 are in

00:39:52.659 --> 00:39:53.320
 children's

00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:53.759
 ministry

00:39:53.759 --> 00:39:54.820
 and youth

00:39:54.820 --> 00:39:55.320
 ministry

00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:56.139
 right now

00:39:56.139 --> 00:39:58.199
 if you want

00:39:58.199 --> 00:39:58.539
 to make a

00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:58.960
 difference

00:39:58.960 --> 00:40:00.420
 if you want

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:00.699
 to have an

00:40:00.699 --> 00:40:01.099
 impact

00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:02.500
 can I encourage

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:02.779
 you

00:40:02.779 --> 00:40:03.639
 to get

00:40:03.639 --> 00:40:04.159
 plugged in

00:40:04.159 --> 00:40:05.259
 to children's

00:40:05.259 --> 00:40:05.619
 ministry

00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:07.440
 not only

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:09.299
 is this a way

00:40:09.299 --> 00:40:09.900
 for you to

00:40:09.900 --> 00:40:10.860
 pour into

00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:11.980
 and invest

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:12.679
 in the lives

00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:13.059
 of others

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:13.639
 but let me tell

00:40:13.639 --> 00:40:13.779
 you

00:40:13.779 --> 00:40:14.799
 the benefits

00:40:14.799 --> 00:40:15.559
 are more

00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:15.980
 than you can

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:16.460
 even imagine

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:17.579
 because especially

00:40:17.579 --> 00:40:18.579
 as young

00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:19.179
 families

00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:20.500
 young parents

00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:21.339
 you're not

00:40:21.339 --> 00:40:22.019
 only

00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:23.139
 able to

00:40:23.139 --> 00:40:23.659
 invest

00:40:23.659 --> 00:40:24.319
 in others

00:40:24.319 --> 00:40:24.719
 and maybe

00:40:24.719 --> 00:40:25.259
 even your

00:40:25.259 --> 00:40:25.759
 own kids

00:40:25.759 --> 00:40:26.579
 but you're

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:27.599
 able to

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:28.159
 build

00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:28.940
 relationships

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:30.319
 with people

00:40:30.319 --> 00:40:30.880
 who have

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.559
 gone down

00:40:31.559 --> 00:40:31.980
 the road

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:32.619
 before you

00:40:32.619 --> 00:40:33.539
 and many

00:40:33.539 --> 00:40:34.099
 of them

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:34.440
 who are

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:34.820
 helping to

00:40:34.820 --> 00:40:35.340
 oversee

00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:36.280
 children's

00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:36.599
 ministry

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:37.320
 right now

00:40:37.320 --> 00:40:37.980
 have been

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:39.400
 raising families

00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:40.200
 and investing

00:40:40.200 --> 00:40:40.960
 in youngsters

00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:42.079
 for the last

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:42.920
 20 years

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:43.760
 and so

00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:44.460
 this is not

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:44.900
 only a

00:40:44.900 --> 00:40:45.440
 discipling

00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:45.940
 opportunity

00:40:45.940 --> 00:40:47.059
 for you

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:47.660
 to invest

00:40:47.660 --> 00:40:48.160
 in others

00:40:48.160 --> 00:40:48.860
 but a

00:40:48.860 --> 00:40:49.480
 discipling

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:49.820
 opportunity

00:40:49.820 --> 00:40:50.240
 for them

00:40:50.240 --> 00:40:50.760
 to invest

00:40:50.760 --> 00:40:51.280
 in you

00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:53.099
 to grow

00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:53.800
 to be the

00:40:53.800 --> 00:40:54.260
 kind of

00:40:54.260 --> 00:40:54.599
 parent

00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:54.960
 that is

00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:55.640
 learning

00:40:55.640 --> 00:40:56.559
 from others

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:58.199
 okay

00:40:58.199 --> 00:41:01.320
 are we

00:41:01.320 --> 00:41:01.460
 going to

00:41:01.460 --> 00:41:01.699
 show the

00:41:01.699 --> 00:41:01.980
 heart of

00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:02.299
 Christ

00:41:02.299 --> 00:41:04.519
 in loving

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:05.420
 the least

00:41:05.420 --> 00:41:05.820
 of these

00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:07.139
 are we

00:41:07.139 --> 00:41:07.360
 going to

00:41:07.360 --> 00:41:07.920
 demonstrate

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:11.059
 in a very

00:41:11.059 --> 00:41:11.860
 tangible way

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:13.239
 a dependence

00:41:13.239 --> 00:41:13.799
 on God

00:41:13.799 --> 00:41:14.840
 and not a

00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:15.139
 personal

00:41:15.139 --> 00:41:15.639
 reliance

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:16.960
 may God

00:41:16.960 --> 00:41:17.480
 help us

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:18.500
 this week

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:20.299
 to press

00:41:20.299 --> 00:41:20.579
 him

00:41:20.579 --> 00:41:21.799
 and to

00:41:21.799 --> 00:41:22.279
 demonstrate

00:41:22.279 --> 00:41:23.699
 that God

00:41:23.699 --> 00:41:24.819
 is

00:41:24.819 --> 00:41:25.460
 everything

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:26.139
 for us

00:41:26.139 --> 00:41:27.519
 that we

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:28.359
 are confident

00:41:28.359 --> 00:41:28.679
 in him

00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:29.279
 that we

00:41:29.279 --> 00:41:30.079
 are running

00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:30.639
 to him

00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:31.739
 and cultivating

00:41:31.739 --> 00:41:32.500
 that relationship

00:41:32.500 --> 00:41:33.559
 that demonstrates

00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:34.639
 a dependence

00:41:34.639 --> 00:41:35.619
 a reliance

00:41:35.619 --> 00:41:36.239
 and a commitment

00:41:36.239 --> 00:41:37.779
 on Christ

00:41:37.779 --> 00:41:38.539
 and Christ

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:38.819
 alone

00:41:38.819 --> 00:41:39.239
 may God

00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:39.699
 help us

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:40.879
 oh Lord

00:41:40.879 --> 00:41:41.480
 I thank you

00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:43.759
 for this

00:41:43.759 --> 00:41:44.119
 word

00:41:44.119 --> 00:41:45.480
 thank you

00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:45.719
 for this

00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:46.119
 parable

00:41:46.119 --> 00:41:46.879
 for what

00:41:46.879 --> 00:41:47.319
 it teaches

00:41:47.319 --> 00:41:47.759
 us

00:41:47.759 --> 00:41:48.839
 thank you

00:41:48.839 --> 00:41:49.000
 Lord

00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:49.299
 for

00:41:49.299 --> 00:41:50.819
 the challenge

00:41:50.819 --> 00:41:51.259
 but also

00:41:51.259 --> 00:41:51.919
 the encouragement

00:41:51.919 --> 00:41:53.159
 that you

00:41:53.159 --> 00:41:53.279
 have

00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:53.760
 accomplished

00:41:53.760 --> 00:41:54.260
 everything

00:41:54.260 --> 00:41:54.660
 for us

00:41:54.660 --> 00:41:54.820
 so we

00:41:54.820 --> 00:41:55.060
 can be

00:41:55.060 --> 00:41:55.500
 dependent

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:56.100
 on you

00:41:56.100 --> 00:41:56.820
 we don't

00:41:56.820 --> 00:41:57.200
 need to

00:41:57.200 --> 00:41:58.000
 rely on

00:41:58.000 --> 00:41:58.420
 ourselves

00:41:58.420 --> 00:41:59.240
 for anything

00:41:59.240 --> 00:42:00.980
 may you

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:01.580
 be pleased

00:42:01.580 --> 00:42:02.920
 with our

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:03.300
 lives

00:42:03.300 --> 00:42:04.340
 and may

00:42:04.340 --> 00:42:05.019
 you accomplish

00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:05.640
 your work

00:42:05.640 --> 00:42:06.620
 in and through

00:42:06.620 --> 00:42:07.080
 us we pray

00:42:07.080 --> 00:42:07.720
 in Jesus name

00:42:07.720 --> 00:42:08.260
 amen