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 So Luke chapter 5, which is on page 1032, Luke chapter 5, starting at verse 1.

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 One day, as Jesus was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, which was also known as the lake of Galilee,

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 with the people crowding round him and listening to the word of God,

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 he saw at the water's edge two boats left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets.

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 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore.

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 Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.

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 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon,

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 Put out into deep water and let down the nets for a catch.

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 Simon answered, Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything.

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 But because you say so, I will let down the nets.

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 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.

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 So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them.

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 And they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

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 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' knees and said,

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 Go away from me, Lord.

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 I am a sinful man.

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 For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken.

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 And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners.

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 Then Jesus said to Simon, Don't be afraid.

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 From now on you will fish for men.

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 So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.

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 While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy.

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 When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him,

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 Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.

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 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man.

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 I am willing, he said, be clean.

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 And immediately the leprosy left him.

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 Then Jesus ordered him, Don't tell anyone,

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 but go show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded

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 for your cleansing as a testimony to them.

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 Yet the news spread about him, spread all the more,

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 so that crowds of people came to hear him

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 and to be healed of their sicknesses.

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 But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.

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 One day as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law

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 who had come from every village in Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem

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 were sitting there.

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 And the power of the Lord was present for him to heal the sick.

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 Some men came carrying a paralytic on a mat

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 and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus.

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 When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd,

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 they went up onto the roof and lowered him on his mat

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 through the tiles into the middle of the crowd

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 right in front of Jesus.

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 When Jesus saw their faith, he said,

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 Friend, your sins are forgiven.

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 The Pharisees and teachers of the law began thinking to themselves,

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 Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy?

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 Who can forgive sins but God alone?

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 Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked,

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 Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?

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 Which is easier to say,

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 Your sins are forgiven?

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 Or to say,

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 Get up and walk.

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 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,

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 he said to the paralysed man,

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 I tell you,

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 Get up, take your mat and go home.

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 Immediately he stood up in front of them,

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 took what he had been lying on,

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 and went home praising God.

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 Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God.

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 They were filled with awe and said,

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 We have seen remarkable things today.

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 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth.

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 Follow me, Jesus said to him.

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 And Levi got up, left everything, and followed him.

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 Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house,

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 and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.

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 But the Pharisees and teachers of the law who belonged to their sect

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 complained to his disciples,

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 Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?

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 Jesus answered them,

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 It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

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 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

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 Well, let's keep that open before us.

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 Amazing, incredible encounters with Jesus Christ.

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 Let's pray before we look at it together.

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 Our Father God, we marvel and wonder

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 at these people who met Jesus.

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 And it is our prayer

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 that we would meet and encounter Jesus afresh today

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 through your word.

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 That the pictures and the understandings that we might have,

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 we would surrender them to you afresh.

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 And that you would paint before us

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 a portrait of Jesus.

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 That we would see him as he really is.

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 And we would understand his work

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 and his calling.

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 And that we too

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 would leave everything

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 and follow him.

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 Help us, we pray.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 The Apprentice,

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 that TV show,

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 is best known for the catchphrase

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 you're fired.

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 You're fired.

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 The host, Lord Shuker,

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 looks to select various business partners

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 from about 20 candidates

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 and only the best person

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 is chosen.

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 The people that are there,

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 well, they're all very successful,

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 very talented,

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 confident, popular,

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 and they all appear very good looking.

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 And out of this group,

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 Lord Shuker,

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 must select one person

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 to be his partner.

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 And if you show any sign of weakness,

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 failure,

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 or incompetence,

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 you're fired.

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 You're out of the game.

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 Well, that's how life works,

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 doesn't it?

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 If you're clever and talented

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 and popular,

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 well, you get to go places.

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 But if you live with some kind of impediment

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 or you can't quite hold things together

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 and you struggle to fit in

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 and you've got this label,

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 outsider,

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 well, then you get ignored

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 and overlooked.

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 You're fired.

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 Only the best

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 are chosen.

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 Well, it seems that in the kingdom of God,

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 it's only those

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 who know they are weak

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 and only those

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 who know they fail

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 who do get hired.

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 Look what Jesus says

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 in verse 31.

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 It is not the healthy

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 who need a doctor,

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 but the sick.

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 I have not come to call

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 the righteous,

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 those who think they are good,

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 but sinners to repentance,

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 those who know they fail

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 and mess up.

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 Chapter 4,

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 Jesus had just identified himself

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 to be God's chosen king.

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 Remember,

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 as he read from the prophet Isaiah,

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 the spirit of the Lord

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 is upon me

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 to proclaim the year

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 of the Lord's favour,

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 to bring grace

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 to the world.

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 And Jesus stood up

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 and he said,

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 I am the Messiah.

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 I am the one

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 who has come

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 to bring favour

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 to people.

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 And as he begins

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 his public ministry,

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 as he goes out

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 meeting people,

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 Jesus is seeking

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 mission partners.

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 calling people

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 to be with him.

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 First,

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 the outsider sinner.

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 So as we march

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 into chapter 5,

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 we are introduced

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 to a number

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 of different kinds

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 of people,

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 all who encounter Jesus.

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 And they all have

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 something in common.

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 I wondered if you noticed it

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 as we read through.

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 They are all outsiders.

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 First,

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 we are introduced

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 to the leper.

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 If you look in verse 12,

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 while Jesus was in

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 one of the towns,

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 a man came along

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 who was covered

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 with leprosy.

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 Now,

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 it could be any kind

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 of skin disease.

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 It could be leprosy

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 or it could be something

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 even as basic

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 as ringworm.

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 And people

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 who had

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 the skin disease

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 like leprosy

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 were considered

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 a danger

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 to society.

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 If you had

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 a skin disease,

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 well,

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 you were contagious

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 and you were

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 considered ritually

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 or ceremonially

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 unclean.

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 That meant

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 you couldn't go

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 to the temple

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 to worship God.

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 You were barred.

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 You weren't allowed

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 in there.

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 You weren't even

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 allowed into

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 the local synagogue.

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 You weren't even

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 allowed in the

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 marketplace

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 where everybody

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 gathered.

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 So long as you

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 had a skin disease,

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 you were on

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 the outside.

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 God was

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 off limits.

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 You were

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 an outsider.

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 And then we meet

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 the paralytic.

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 Verse 17.

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 One day,

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 as Jesus was

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 teaching,

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 Pharisees and

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 teachers of the law

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 who had come

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 from every

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 village,

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 so obviously

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 news about

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 Jesus was

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 spreading and

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 they were

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 coming from

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 Judea and

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 Jerusalem and

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 were sitting

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 there and

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 the power of

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 the Lord was

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 present for him

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 to heal the

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 sick.

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 Some men

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 came carrying

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 a paralytic,

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 a man who

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 couldn't walk,

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 and tried to

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 take him into

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 the house to

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 lay him before

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 Jesus.

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 Now,

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 literally,

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 this guy,

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 we don't even

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 know his name.

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 He's on the

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 outside.

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 He can't

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 get near to

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 Jesus.

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 He can't

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 walk.

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 The crowd is

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 too big and

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 no one is

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 making room for

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 him to get

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 in.

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 In fact,

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 the religious

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 leaders who

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 are in the

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 inside,

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 who are all

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 able-bodied,

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 have taken up

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 the best of

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 seats.

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 And he and

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 his friends are

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 left on the

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 outside.

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 And then we

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 meet Levi,

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 don't we,

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 in verse 27.

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 After this,

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 Jesus went

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 out and saw

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 a tax

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 collector by

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 the name of

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 Levi,

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 sitting at

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 his tax

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 booth.

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 Levi, of

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 course, is

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 also known

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 as Matthew,

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 who would

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 later write

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 Matthew's

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 gospel.

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 But for

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 now, we

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 see him

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 here as

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 Levi, and

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 he's a tax

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 collector.

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 And they

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 were the

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 worst of

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 the worst.

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 They were

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 scum.

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 As a tax

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 collector,

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 Levi worked

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 for the

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 enemy, the

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 occupying

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 Roman

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 authorities.

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 They acted

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 as informants,

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 traitors of

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 their very

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 own people.

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 And to

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 make matters

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 worse, not

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 only would

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 they charge

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 a certain

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 amount of

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 tax, but

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 they would

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 always add

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 on a little

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 bit extra

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 and keep

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 it for

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 themselves.

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 Levi was

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 not just

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 on the

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 outside.

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 Outsiders

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 considered

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 tax collectors

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 on the

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 outside of

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 them.

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 So here

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 we're

00:13:30.840 --> 00:13:31.740
 introduced to

00:13:31.740 --> 00:13:32.820
 all these

00:13:32.820 --> 00:13:34.019
 outsiders, but

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 there's one

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 more.

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 We met

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 him at the

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 very beginning

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 in verse

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 four.

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 When Jesus

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 had finished

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 speaking, he

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 said to

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 Simon,

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 Simon of

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 course would

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 become

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 Peter.

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 He

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 says, put

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 out into

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 deep and

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 let down

00:13:53.640 --> 00:13:54.320
 the nets

00:13:54.320 --> 00:13:54.860
 for a

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 catch.

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 Simon

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 answered,

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 Master,

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 we've

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 worked hard

00:14:01.700 --> 00:14:02.440
 all night

00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:03.000
 and haven't

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 caught

00:14:03.300 --> 00:14:04.660
 anything, but

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 because you

00:14:05.260 --> 00:14:05.940
 say so, I

00:14:05.940 --> 00:14:06.440
 will let

00:14:06.440 --> 00:14:06.940
 down the

00:14:06.940 --> 00:14:07.160
 nets.

00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:07.900
 Fishing was

00:14:07.900 --> 00:14:09.020
 always done

00:14:09.020 --> 00:14:09.340
 in the

00:14:09.340 --> 00:14:10.140
 evening time

00:14:10.140 --> 00:14:10.520
 when the

00:14:10.520 --> 00:14:10.940
 sun was

00:14:10.940 --> 00:14:11.240
 down.

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 That was

00:14:11.580 --> 00:14:11.960
 the best

00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:12.400
 time to

00:14:12.400 --> 00:14:12.900
 go fishing.

00:14:13.280 --> 00:14:13.740
 Here they

00:14:13.740 --> 00:14:14.240
 are having

00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:14.900
 fished all

00:14:14.900 --> 00:14:15.280
 night.

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 And then

00:14:16.539 --> 00:14:17.199
 Jesus, a

00:14:17.199 --> 00:14:17.819
 carpenter, I

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 mean, what

00:14:18.139 --> 00:14:18.439
 does he

00:14:18.439 --> 00:14:18.919
 know about

00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:19.299
 fishing?

00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:21.480
 Let down

00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:22.039
 your nets.

00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:24.500
 When they

00:14:24.500 --> 00:14:24.939
 had done

00:14:24.939 --> 00:14:25.500
 so, verse

00:14:25.500 --> 00:14:25.959
 six, they

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 caught such

00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:27.220
 a large

00:14:27.220 --> 00:14:27.819
 number of

00:14:27.819 --> 00:14:28.919
 fish that

00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:29.439
 their nets

00:14:29.439 --> 00:14:30.079
 began to

00:14:30.079 --> 00:14:30.299
 break.

00:14:30.379 --> 00:14:30.679
 So they

00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:31.159
 signaled to

00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:31.699
 the partners

00:14:31.699 --> 00:14:32.019
 in the

00:14:32.019 --> 00:14:32.379
 other boat

00:14:32.379 --> 00:14:32.720
 to come

00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:33.179
 and help.

00:14:34.139 --> 00:14:34.539
 And they

00:14:34.539 --> 00:14:35.240
 filled the

00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:35.720
 boat so

00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:36.159
 full that

00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:36.600
 they began

00:14:36.600 --> 00:14:37.179
 to sink.

00:14:38.199 --> 00:14:38.679
 Now you

00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:39.539
 picture yourself

00:14:39.539 --> 00:14:40.159
 as Simon

00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:40.779
 the fisherman,

00:14:42.100 --> 00:14:42.639
 a tough

00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:43.139
 job.

00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:44.799
 you've

00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:45.439
 worked hard

00:14:45.439 --> 00:14:46.460
 all night.

00:14:48.199 --> 00:14:48.860
 You're not

00:14:48.860 --> 00:14:49.240
 going to get

00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:49.939
 any pay

00:14:49.939 --> 00:14:50.620
 because you've

00:14:50.620 --> 00:14:51.220
 got no

00:14:51.220 --> 00:14:51.759
 fish.

00:14:52.899 --> 00:14:53.340
 In fact,

00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:53.600
 it would be

00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:54.159
 quite common

00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:54.679
 to go for

00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:55.379
 days, even

00:14:55.379 --> 00:14:55.980
 weeks, with

00:14:55.980 --> 00:14:56.639
 no money

00:14:56.639 --> 00:14:57.259
 at all because

00:14:57.259 --> 00:14:58.139
 you catch

00:14:58.139 --> 00:14:59.500
 no fish.

00:15:00.659 --> 00:15:01.279
 And then

00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:01.960
 all of a

00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:02.460
 sudden, your

00:15:02.460 --> 00:15:02.980
 boat, and

00:15:02.980 --> 00:15:03.699
 not just your

00:15:03.699 --> 00:15:04.159
 boat, but

00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:04.779
 your mate's

00:15:04.779 --> 00:15:05.580
 boat, is

00:15:05.580 --> 00:15:07.159
 full with

00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:07.500
 the weight

00:15:07.500 --> 00:15:08.019
 of fish.

00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:08.500
 They're

00:15:08.500 --> 00:15:09.159
 falling out

00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:09.639
 over the

00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:10.220
 sides.

00:15:12.039 --> 00:15:12.319
 Ching,

00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:12.779
 ching.

00:15:13.139 --> 00:15:13.740
 You can

00:15:13.740 --> 00:15:14.139
 see the

00:15:14.139 --> 00:15:14.500
 dollar

00:15:14.500 --> 00:15:15.460
 signs flash

00:15:15.460 --> 00:15:16.299
 or whatever

00:15:16.299 --> 00:15:17.100
 currency they

00:15:17.100 --> 00:15:17.580
 used, I

00:15:17.580 --> 00:15:17.840
 don't know,

00:15:18.059 --> 00:15:18.939
 in Simon's

00:15:18.939 --> 00:15:19.340
 eyes.

00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:20.720
 I'm rich.

00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:21.399
 Look at all

00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:21.819
 this money.

00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:22.559
 Look at what

00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:22.860
 we're going

00:15:22.860 --> 00:15:23.360
 to make when

00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:23.819
 we go down

00:15:23.819 --> 00:15:24.139
 to the

00:15:24.139 --> 00:15:24.899
 market today.

00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:27.840
 But that's

00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:28.299
 not how he

00:15:28.299 --> 00:15:29.039
 responds, is

00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:29.139
 it?

00:15:29.159 --> 00:15:29.419
 Look at

00:15:29.419 --> 00:15:29.939
 verse 8.

00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:33.159
 When Simon

00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:33.980
 Peter saw

00:15:33.980 --> 00:15:35.919
 this, he

00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:36.679
 fell at

00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:37.019
 Jesus'

00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:37.899
 knees and

00:15:37.899 --> 00:15:38.240
 said,

00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:40.419
 go away

00:15:40.419 --> 00:15:40.819
 from me,

00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:41.120
 Lord.

00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:43.080
 I am a

00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:43.879
 sinful man.

00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:47.519
 You see,

00:15:48.980 --> 00:15:49.620
 encounters

00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:50.679
 with Jesus

00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:52.659
 is an

00:15:52.659 --> 00:15:53.179
 encounter

00:15:53.179 --> 00:15:53.980
 with the

00:15:53.980 --> 00:15:54.679
 living God.

00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:57.000
 Because

00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:58.120
 only God

00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:59.360
 could make

00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:00.639
 fish swim

00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:01.600
 into your

00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:03.299
 net at a

00:16:03.299 --> 00:16:03.840
 time of the

00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:05.399
 day when

00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:05.720
 you don't

00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:06.480
 catch fish.

00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:06.539
 fish.

00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:09.279
 For Simon,

00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:10.759
 as he was

00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:11.460
 just about

00:16:11.460 --> 00:16:12.139
 his business

00:16:12.139 --> 00:16:13.440
 washing his

00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:14.740
 nets, he

00:16:14.740 --> 00:16:15.879
 is confronted

00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:16.960
 with the

00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:18.200
 power and

00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:18.980
 the purity

00:16:18.980 --> 00:16:19.879
 of the

00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:20.659
 Creator

00:16:20.659 --> 00:16:21.820
 Almighty

00:16:21.820 --> 00:16:22.460
 God.

00:16:24.060 --> 00:16:24.899
 And knowing

00:16:24.899 --> 00:16:25.759
 what God

00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:26.480
 is like,

00:16:26.740 --> 00:16:27.300
 that God

00:16:27.300 --> 00:16:28.139
 is perfect

00:16:28.139 --> 00:16:29.420
 and pure,

00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:30.600
 and that you

00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:31.320
 cannot even

00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:32.139
 look upon

00:16:32.139 --> 00:16:32.740
 God without

00:16:32.740 --> 00:16:33.519
 being struck

00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:33.940
 down.

00:16:33.940 --> 00:16:35.020
 And knowing

00:16:35.020 --> 00:16:36.000
 what Peter

00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:36.540
 is like,

00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:37.160
 what Simon

00:16:37.160 --> 00:16:37.580
 is like,

00:16:37.640 --> 00:16:37.980
 that he's

00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:38.800
 weak and

00:16:38.800 --> 00:16:39.340
 failing,

00:16:39.660 --> 00:16:40.320
 that he has

00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:41.340
 been confronted

00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:41.860
 with the

00:16:41.860 --> 00:16:42.420
 living God,

00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:43.600
 he falls

00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:44.180
 down on

00:16:44.180 --> 00:16:44.880
 his knees.

00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:46.300
 He can't

00:16:46.300 --> 00:16:46.860
 even bear

00:16:46.860 --> 00:16:47.580
 to look.

00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:50.240
 Go away

00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:50.660
 from me,

00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:50.940
 Lord.

00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:52.620
 I am a

00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:53.320
 sinful man.

00:16:54.580 --> 00:16:55.640
 I can't

00:16:55.640 --> 00:16:56.480
 be with you,

00:16:56.760 --> 00:16:57.020
 Jesus.

00:16:57.980 --> 00:16:58.980
 I am not

00:16:58.980 --> 00:16:59.360
 worthy.

00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:01.220
 I am a

00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:01.700
 broken,

00:17:02.380 --> 00:17:03.740
 sinful mess.

00:17:03.940 --> 00:17:05.580
 I can't

00:17:05.580 --> 00:17:06.200
 come near.

00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:08.200
 I am an

00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:08.759
 outsider.

00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:11.980
 You see,

00:17:12.080 --> 00:17:12.660
 when we

00:17:12.660 --> 00:17:14.539
 truly grasp

00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:15.340
 and understand

00:17:15.340 --> 00:17:16.440
 who Jesus

00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:16.840
 is,

00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:17.200
 and as

00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:17.960
 Luke

00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:19.640
 orders his

00:17:19.640 --> 00:17:20.640
 material in

00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:21.360
 such a way

00:17:21.360 --> 00:17:22.080
 that we begin

00:17:22.080 --> 00:17:23.000
 to meet him

00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:24.240
 and hear his

00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:24.900
 words and

00:17:24.900 --> 00:17:26.140
 see what he

00:17:26.140 --> 00:17:26.620
 does,

00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:29.140
 we realise

00:17:29.140 --> 00:17:29.960
 that when

00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:31.039
 confronted with

00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:31.460
 Jesus,

00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:31.740
 us,

00:17:32.460 --> 00:17:33.180
 we are

00:17:33.180 --> 00:17:33.819
 all

00:17:33.819 --> 00:17:34.940
 outsiders.

00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:37.220
 To other

00:17:37.220 --> 00:17:37.920
 people we

00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:38.700
 might appear

00:17:38.700 --> 00:17:39.200
 to be

00:17:39.200 --> 00:17:40.200
 successful

00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:41.620
 and popular

00:17:41.620 --> 00:17:42.519
 and confident

00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:43.920
 and live in a

00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:44.640
 certain place

00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:45.220
 and have a

00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:45.960
 great job

00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:47.180
 and we

00:17:47.180 --> 00:17:48.120
 might appear

00:17:48.120 --> 00:17:48.900
 to have it

00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:49.700
 all together

00:17:49.700 --> 00:17:50.279
 and that we're

00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:51.299
 morally good

00:17:51.299 --> 00:17:51.980
 and religious

00:17:51.980 --> 00:17:53.600
 and life

00:17:53.600 --> 00:17:54.319
 goes well

00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:55.519
 but an

00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:56.119
 encounter

00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:56.619
 with the

00:17:56.619 --> 00:17:57.299
 God-man

00:17:57.299 --> 00:17:57.720
 Jesus

00:17:57.720 --> 00:17:58.379
 Christ.

00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:01.200
 Hearing his

00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:01.759
 words,

00:18:02.339 --> 00:18:03.019
 seeing what

00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.599
 he does,

00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:06.480
 we see that

00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:07.139
 we are not

00:18:07.139 --> 00:18:07.819
 like him

00:18:07.819 --> 00:18:08.279
 at all,

00:18:09.220 --> 00:18:10.119
 but that he

00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:10.960
 is powerful

00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:12.680
 and he

00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:13.500
 is pure

00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:15.319
 and we

00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:15.940
 are not

00:18:15.940 --> 00:18:17.180
 good enough

00:18:17.180 --> 00:18:18.279
 for him.

00:18:19.779 --> 00:18:20.539
 We are

00:18:20.539 --> 00:18:22.120
 all on

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 the outside.

00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:24.680
 We are

00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:25.460
 all sinners

00:18:25.460 --> 00:18:27.240
 just like

00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:27.680
 Simon,

00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:29.559
 just like

00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:29.940
 Levi,

00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:32.259
 just like

00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:32.640
 the man

00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:32.960
 who is

00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:33.279
 lame

00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:35.380
 and just

00:18:35.380 --> 00:18:35.819
 like the

00:18:35.819 --> 00:18:36.100
 leper.

00:18:38.259 --> 00:18:38.819
 How

00:18:38.819 --> 00:18:39.620
 would

00:18:39.620 --> 00:18:39.980
 Jesus

00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:40.579
 respond?

00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:44.559
 Get away

00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:45.039
 from me

00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:45.460
 Simon,

00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:47.100
 you dirty

00:18:47.100 --> 00:18:47.480
 rotten

00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:47.880
 sinner.

00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:49.120
 Stay away

00:18:49.120 --> 00:18:49.579
 from me.

00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:50.240
 I don't

00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:50.440
 want to

00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:50.600
 have

00:18:50.600 --> 00:18:50.920
 anything

00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:51.340
 to do

00:18:51.340 --> 00:18:51.559
 with

00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:51.819
 you.

00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:55.480
 Amazing

00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:56.000
 grace.

00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:56.660
 Look at

00:18:56.660 --> 00:18:57.220
 verse 10,

00:18:57.340 --> 00:18:57.720
 the second

00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:58.220
 part of

00:18:58.220 --> 00:18:58.759
 verse 10.

00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:01.759
 Then Jesus

00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.400
 said to

00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:02.759
 Simon,

00:19:04.140 --> 00:19:04.779
 don't

00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:05.220
 be

00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:05.920
 afraid.

00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:07.799
 Don't

00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:08.519
 be afraid.

00:19:09.380 --> 00:19:09.720
 Peter

00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.420
 knew his

00:19:10.420 --> 00:19:11.080
 old

00:19:11.080 --> 00:19:11.539
 testament

00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:12.039
 that when

00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:12.480
 people

00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:12.860
 met

00:19:12.860 --> 00:19:13.220
 God,

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:14.240
 they fell

00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:14.539
 down

00:19:14.539 --> 00:19:15.019
 dead.

00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:16.519
 Don't

00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:17.240
 be afraid.

00:19:18.380 --> 00:19:18.700
 From

00:19:18.700 --> 00:19:19.420
 now on,

00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:19.920
 you will

00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:21.039
 catch men

00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.800
 or literally

00:19:21.800 --> 00:19:22.300
 you will

00:19:22.300 --> 00:19:23.680
 fish for

00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:24.160
 people.

00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:26.400
 So they

00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:26.860
 pulled up

00:19:26.860 --> 00:19:27.340
 their boats

00:19:27.340 --> 00:19:27.820
 and shore

00:19:27.820 --> 00:19:28.600
 left everything

00:19:28.600 --> 00:19:30.500
 and followed.

00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:32.940
 Simon

00:19:32.940 --> 00:19:35.299
 is a

00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:35.559
 sinner.

00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:37.759
 And Jesus

00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:38.640
 knows what

00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:39.339
 Simon is

00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:39.720
 like.

00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:41.099
 And Jesus

00:19:41.099 --> 00:19:41.819
 knows what

00:19:41.819 --> 00:19:42.720
 I am

00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.140
 like and

00:19:43.140 --> 00:19:43.640
 what you

00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:44.160
 are like.

00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:44.980
 And we

00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:45.539
 can come

00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:46.019
 here and

00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:46.380
 we can

00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:47.180
 have masks

00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:47.640
 on and

00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:47.980
 we can

00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:48.680
 hide the

00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:49.160
 things that

00:19:49.160 --> 00:19:49.599
 are deep

00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:50.039
 down in

00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:50.539
 our hearts.

00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:51.539
 But Jesus

00:19:51.539 --> 00:19:52.640
 knows exactly

00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:53.119
 what we

00:19:53.119 --> 00:19:53.619
 are like.

00:19:53.619 --> 00:19:56.879
 But when

00:19:56.879 --> 00:19:57.319
 he sees

00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:57.739
 Simon,

00:19:59.299 --> 00:19:59.859
 he sees

00:19:59.859 --> 00:20:00.399
 not just

00:20:00.399 --> 00:20:00.979
 confession,

00:20:01.219 --> 00:20:01.779
 I am a

00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:02.019
 sinner.

00:20:03.099 --> 00:20:03.959
 He sees

00:20:03.959 --> 00:20:04.539
 one who

00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:05.399
 is humble

00:20:05.399 --> 00:20:06.959
 and completely

00:20:06.959 --> 00:20:07.959
 dependent on

00:20:07.959 --> 00:20:08.299
 God.

00:20:08.959 --> 00:20:09.500
 Look again

00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:09.899
 at what he

00:20:09.899 --> 00:20:10.359
 says in

00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:10.879
 verse 8.

00:20:11.979 --> 00:20:12.959
 He fell

00:20:12.959 --> 00:20:14.139
 at Jesus'

00:20:14.399 --> 00:20:16.239
 knees and

00:20:16.239 --> 00:20:16.559
 says,

00:20:16.699 --> 00:20:17.159
 go away

00:20:17.159 --> 00:20:17.559
 from me,

00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:17.859
 Lord,

00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.779
 I am a

00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:19.539
 sinful man.

00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:22.559
 Simon is

00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:23.480
 dependent.

00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:23.899
 As he

00:20:23.899 --> 00:20:24.720
 falls on

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:25.259
 his knees,

00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:25.960
 he is

00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:26.559
 looking for

00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:27.819
 mercy and

00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:28.359
 grace.

00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:29.579
 And grace

00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:30.680
 and mercy

00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:32.000
 he receives

00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:33.359
 from an

00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:34.339
 outsider to

00:20:34.339 --> 00:20:34.980
 an insider,

00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:35.899
 from catching

00:20:35.899 --> 00:20:36.879
 fish to

00:20:36.879 --> 00:20:37.700
 now fishing

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.420
 for people.

00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:39.420
 His whole

00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:40.299
 life in an

00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:41.119
 instance has

00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:41.940
 been changed

00:20:41.940 --> 00:20:42.779
 and transformed.

00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:43.779
 He's not

00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:44.399
 fired.

00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:46.480
 He's hired.

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:49.380
 Jesus is

00:20:49.380 --> 00:20:49.900
 saying to

00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.259
 Simon,

00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:51.099
 I want

00:20:51.099 --> 00:20:51.759
 you now

00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.279
 to tell

00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:53.059
 people about

00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:53.319
 me.

00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:54.120
 Tell them

00:20:54.120 --> 00:20:54.680
 about the

00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:55.420
 grace and

00:20:55.420 --> 00:20:56.019
 the mercy

00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:56.620
 that you

00:20:56.620 --> 00:20:57.420
 have received.

00:20:58.019 --> 00:20:58.900
 Treat people

00:20:58.900 --> 00:20:59.839
 as I have

00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:00.740
 just treated

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.180
 you.

00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:04.880
 You see,

00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:05.660
 Jesus calls

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:06.720
 outsiders to

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.539
 follow him

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:09.059
 and to

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.819
 join him

00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.220
 in his

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:11.140
 great mission

00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:12.099
 of welcoming

00:21:12.099 --> 00:21:14.279
 outsiders so

00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:14.799
 that they

00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:15.779
 too can go

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.519
 and welcome

00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.480
 others.

00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:20.220
 Well,

00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:20.599
 how is

00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:21.200
 Jesus going

00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:21.579
 to do

00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:21.940
 that?

00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:23.440
 How does

00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:23.819
 he just

00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:25.059
 suddenly see

00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:25.759
 Simon in

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:27.019
 one way and

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.559
 then say,

00:21:28.139 --> 00:21:28.839
 listen Simon,

00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.480
 it's okay,

00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:30.180
 you can come

00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:30.740
 and catch

00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.539
 people now?

00:21:33.399 --> 00:21:33.700
 Well,

00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.200
 I think the

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:35.180
 following stories

00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:37.059
 illustrate what

00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.700
 actually is

00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:39.279
 going on in

00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:40.399
 Simon's life.

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:42.879
 First,

00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:44.539
 cleaned.

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:47.559
 if we look

00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:48.160
 at the story

00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:49.019
 in verse 12

00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.579
 of the leper,

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.379
 we saw that

00:21:50.379 --> 00:21:51.039
 he is an

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:51.819
 outsider.

00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:53.279
 He is

00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:54.500
 unclean.

00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:55.899
 Now,

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.440
 if you were

00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:57.440
 to touch

00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:58.139
 someone or

00:21:58.139 --> 00:21:58.899
 to come

00:21:58.899 --> 00:21:59.799
 into contact

00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:00.440
 with someone

00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:01.299
 with a skin

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:01.899
 disease,

00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:02.619
 well,

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:03.000
 then you

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.399
 became

00:22:03.399 --> 00:22:04.240
 contaminated.

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:04.700
 So,

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.579
 just even

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.319
 sitting within

00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:07.160
 their vicinity,

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.359
 the law

00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:08.700
 said,

00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:09.000
 well,

00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:09.899
 you've now

00:22:09.899 --> 00:22:10.299
 become

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:10.859
 unclean.

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:12.160
 In other

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:12.359
 words,

00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:13.220
 you are now

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:13.920
 an outsider

00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:14.460
 as well.

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.200
 The law

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:16.880
 was very,

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.519
 very clear

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:18.019
 to those

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.360
 who had

00:22:18.360 --> 00:22:18.720
 a skin

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.079
 disease.

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:19.620
 This comes

00:22:19.620 --> 00:22:20.519
 from Leviticus

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.420
 13.

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.420
 The law

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:22.819
 said,

00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:24.319
 anyone with

00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:24.779
 such a

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.880
 defiling disease

00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:26.500
 must wear

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.680
 torn clothes,

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.460
 let their

00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:29.100
 hair be

00:22:29.100 --> 00:22:29.860
 unkept,

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:30.880
 cover the

00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:31.500
 lower part

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:31.779
 of their

00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:32.339
 face and

00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:32.960
 cry out,

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:34.059
 unclean,

00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:35.200
 unclean.

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.559
 As long

00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:36.880
 as they

00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:37.380
 have the

00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:37.940
 disease,

00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:39.100
 they remain

00:22:39.100 --> 00:22:40.220
 unclean.

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:42.000
 they must

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:43.240
 live alone.

00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:44.640
 They must

00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:46.019
 live outside

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:47.680
 the camp.

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:49.839
 So,

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.240
 you see,

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.339
 you had

00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:51.620
 to be

00:22:51.620 --> 00:22:52.019
 very,

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:52.819
 very careful

00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:53.759
 about coming

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.620
 into contact

00:22:54.620 --> 00:22:55.000
 with a

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.259
 leper.

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:57.180
 If you

00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:57.680
 saw one,

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.120
 you ran

00:22:58.120 --> 00:22:58.519
 the other

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:58.819
 way.

00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:00.400
 You avoided

00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:00.759
 them at

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.620
 all costs.

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.380
 Well,

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:03.759
 look at the

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.100
 middle of

00:23:04.100 --> 00:23:04.720
 verse 12.

00:23:05.660 --> 00:23:06.240
 When this

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.900
 leper saw

00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:07.559
 Jesus,

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:09.299
 he fell

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:09.700
 with his

00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.180
 face to

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:10.560
 the ground

00:23:10.560 --> 00:23:11.039
 and begged

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.299
 him,

00:23:11.840 --> 00:23:12.180
 Lord,

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.759
 if you

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.240
 are willing,

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:14.940
 you can

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.580
 make me

00:23:15.580 --> 00:23:16.000
 clean.

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:17.840
 Well,

00:23:17.860 --> 00:23:18.180
 what would

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:18.820
 Jesus do?

00:23:19.580 --> 00:23:20.019
 To be

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.640
 near a

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.220
 leper runs

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.660
 the risk

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:22.140
 of being

00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:22.860
 contaminated,

00:23:23.060 --> 00:23:23.400
 becoming

00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:24.039
 unclean.

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:25.320
 To engage

00:23:25.320 --> 00:23:25.860
 with this

00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:26.500
 leper means,

00:23:26.840 --> 00:23:27.019
 well,

00:23:27.120 --> 00:23:27.720
 other people

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.279
 would see

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.720
 you and

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.259
 you could

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.660
 become

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:30.539
 ostracised

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:31.360
 and pushed

00:23:31.360 --> 00:23:31.759
 to the

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.539
 outside and

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.240
 you would

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:33.740
 be treated

00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:34.340
 like him.

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.820
 Jesus,

00:23:38.820 --> 00:23:39.380
 amidst the

00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:39.820
 crowds,

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.559
 reached out

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.159
 his hand

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:42.919
 and touched

00:23:42.919 --> 00:23:44.399
 the man.

00:23:46.399 --> 00:23:47.159
 I am

00:23:47.159 --> 00:23:47.559
 willing,

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.439
 he said.

00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:49.980
 Be

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.480
 clean.

00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:52.220
 And

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:52.939
 immediately

00:23:52.939 --> 00:23:53.779
 the leprosy

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.319
 left him.

00:23:56.379 --> 00:23:56.740
 I mean,

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.839
 the miracle

00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.619
 is incredible.

00:23:59.639 --> 00:23:59.980
 Something

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:01.059
 extraordinary

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:01.679
 has just

00:24:01.679 --> 00:24:02.059
 happened.

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:03.659
 Instead of

00:24:03.659 --> 00:24:04.720
 Jesus being

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.359
 the one who

00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:05.839
 becomes

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.500
 unclean,

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:08.039
 it goes

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.819
 into reverse.

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.500
 The leper

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.059
 becomes

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:10.440
 clean.

00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:11.779
 Everybody

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.500
 else the

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:12.980
 leper had

00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:13.299
 touched,

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.420
 they became

00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:14.899
 unclean.

00:24:14.899 --> 00:24:15.659
 But now

00:24:15.659 --> 00:24:16.200
 as Jesus

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:16.940
 reaches out

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.420
 and touches

00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:17.759
 him,

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:19.180
 Jesus doesn't

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:20.000
 become unclean,

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.599
 but the leper

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:21.379
 does become

00:24:21.379 --> 00:24:21.740
 clean.

00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:24.119
 Instead of

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:25.399
 his uncleanliness

00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:26.119
 being passed

00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:27.039
 on to Jesus,

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.359
 Jesus'

00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:29.200
 cleanliness

00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:29.799
 is passed

00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.539
 on to him.

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:32.839
 And by

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.420
 a simple

00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:34.019
 word of

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.399
 command,

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:35.240
 be clean,

00:24:35.639 --> 00:24:36.200
 the leper

00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:36.740
 has his

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.180
 life

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:38.220
 restored.

00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:39.819
 He's no

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.500
 longer an

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.119
 outsider.

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.500
 He now

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.159
 can walk

00:24:43.159 --> 00:24:43.659
 into the

00:24:43.659 --> 00:24:44.180
 marketplace,

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:44.940
 he can

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.460
 now go

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:45.839
 to the

00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:46.099
 temple,

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.740
 that's why

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.379
 Jesus said

00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:47.619
 to him

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:47.960
 in verse

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.440
 14,

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.220
 go show

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.700
 yourself

00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:50.099
 to the

00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:50.379
 priest,

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.220
 go show

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.579
 them that

00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:51.779
 you're

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.259
 clean and

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.559
 that you

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.200
 can go

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:53.980
 and worship

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.519
 God.

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.519
 It's

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.359
 just a

00:24:59.359 --> 00:24:59.799
 brilliant

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.359
 picture.

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:01.379
 of the

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:02.000
 compassion

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.659
 and love

00:25:02.659 --> 00:25:03.159
 of God

00:25:03.159 --> 00:25:03.720
 towards

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.460
 people like

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.039
 you and

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.339
 me,

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.920
 of God

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.779
 reaching down

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.599
 and touching

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:10.240
 unclean

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:11.399
 people like

00:25:11.399 --> 00:25:11.839
 us.

00:25:12.899 --> 00:25:13.500
 And through

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:13.960
 Jesus,

00:25:14.159 --> 00:25:15.319
 our uncleanliness,

00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:16.200
 all our

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.899
 impurity,

00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:17.920
 all our

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.759
 sin is

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.319
 removed,

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.220
 and we

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:21.079
 instead are

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:22.139
 covered with

00:25:22.139 --> 00:25:23.559
 his purity.

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.619
 So that

00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:26.259
 people like

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:26.920
 you and I

00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:27.460
 can come

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:28.119
 and stand

00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:28.599
 in the

00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:29.279
 presence of

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:29.619
 God.

00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:37.339
 Jesus has

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:37.819
 come to

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:39.259
 clean us

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:40.419
 so that

00:25:40.419 --> 00:25:40.759
 we can

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.459
 be welcomed

00:25:41.459 --> 00:25:42.779
 into his

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.859
 mission.

00:25:46.159 --> 00:25:47.039
 But not

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:47.299
 just

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:47.879
 cleaned,

00:25:49.679 --> 00:25:50.239
 forgiven.

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.739
 Remember the

00:25:52.739 --> 00:25:53.579
 lame man?

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:55.259
 we left

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:55.659
 him in

00:25:55.659 --> 00:25:56.379
 verse 18

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:56.980
 on the

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.899
 outside.

00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:00.539
 Verse 19,

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:00.919
 when they

00:26:00.919 --> 00:26:01.359
 could not

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:01.879
 find a

00:26:01.879 --> 00:26:02.519
 way to

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.419
 do this,

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:03.919
 that was

00:26:03.919 --> 00:26:04.319
 to get

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.819
 to Jesus

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.359
 because of

00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:05.740
 the crowd.

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:05.939
 Well,

00:26:05.939 --> 00:26:06.279
 they went

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:06.720
 up onto

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.259
 the roof,

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.839
 which would

00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.079
 have been

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.980
 flat roofs,

00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:10.359
 and they

00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:11.220
 lowered him

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:11.779
 on his

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.419
 mat through

00:26:12.419 --> 00:26:13.019
 the tiles,

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:13.559
 easy to

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:14.299
 take apart

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:14.819
 and drop

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.199
 somebody

00:26:15.199 --> 00:26:15.559
 down,

00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:17.559
 into the

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:17.939
 middle of

00:26:17.939 --> 00:26:18.500
 the crowd,

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.759
 right in

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:21.220
 front of

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.579
 Jesus.

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.259
 Now he's

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.539
 on the

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:24.039
 inside,

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.819
 right in

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.440
 front of

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:26.819
 Jesus.

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.720
 Now Jesus

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.400
 can heal

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:30.259
 him and

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:31.000
 make him

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.460
 walk.

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:31.500
 walk.

00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:34.579
 But what

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.000
 does Jesus

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.340
 say,

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:35.920
 verse 20,

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.620
 when Jesus

00:26:36.620 --> 00:26:37.259
 saw their

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.900
 faith,

00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:39.259
 their

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.940
 dependence,

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:40.319
 their

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:40.960
 humility,

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.480
 he said,

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:42.980
 friend,

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:43.840
 your sins

00:26:43.840 --> 00:26:44.400
 are forgiven.

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.380
 Well,

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:46.840
 this guy,

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.440
 he can't

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:48.000
 walk and

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.860
 he wants

00:26:48.860 --> 00:26:49.480
 Jesus to

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:49.860
 make him

00:26:49.860 --> 00:26:50.519
 walk again.

00:26:51.120 --> 00:26:51.720
 That's why

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.440
 he's there.

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:54.680
 But Jesus

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.559
 sees past

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.200
 the physical

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:57.559
 and he

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:57.960
 sees the

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.420
 heart and

00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:58.819
 he sees

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.279
 the life

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.579
 and he

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.039
 sees a

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:01.100
 greater need

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:01.679
 for this

00:27:01.679 --> 00:27:02.039
 man.

00:27:02.459 --> 00:27:03.059
 The need

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.599
 to be

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:04.159
 forgiven,

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:04.819
 yes,

00:27:04.919 --> 00:27:05.299
 physically

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.839
 he's on

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.519
 the inside,

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.439
 he's right

00:27:07.439 --> 00:27:07.839
 in front

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.379
 of Jesus,

00:27:09.699 --> 00:27:10.459
 but he

00:27:10.459 --> 00:27:10.859
 needs to

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.319
 be brought

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.879
 to the

00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.719
 inside.

00:27:14.159 --> 00:27:14.959
 He needs

00:27:14.959 --> 00:27:15.240
 to be

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.839
 made clean.

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.859
 He needs

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.279
 to be

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:17.879
 forgiven.

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.659
 You see,

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.419
 unless we

00:27:20.419 --> 00:27:21.259
 experience

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.859
 forgiveness,

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.559
 we remain

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.279
 on the

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.179
 outside.

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.539
 Without

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:26.419
 being made

00:27:26.419 --> 00:27:26.779
 clean,

00:27:26.879 --> 00:27:27.279
 we cannot

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.980
 be part

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.339
 of his

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:28.719
 mission.

00:27:30.399 --> 00:27:31.079
 Verse 21,

00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:31.980
 the Pharisees

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.299
 and the

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.619
 teachers

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:32.980
 of the

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.179
 law

00:27:33.179 --> 00:27:33.859
 began

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:34.259
 thinking

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.500
 to

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:34.879
 themselves,

00:27:35.199 --> 00:27:35.679
 who is

00:27:35.679 --> 00:27:35.919
 this

00:27:35.919 --> 00:27:36.199
 fellow

00:27:36.199 --> 00:27:37.159
 who

00:27:37.159 --> 00:27:37.579
 speaks

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.240
 blasphemy?

00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:39.059
 Who does

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.500
 he think

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.059
 he is?

00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:41.659
 Who can

00:27:41.659 --> 00:27:42.439
 forgive sins

00:27:42.439 --> 00:27:43.119
 but God

00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:43.480
 alone?

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.659
 Jesus'

00:27:47.919 --> 00:27:48.579
 claim to

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.459
 forgive sins

00:27:49.459 --> 00:27:50.079
 is sending

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:51.339
 out another

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:52.659
 clear message.

00:27:54.179 --> 00:27:55.219
 I am

00:27:55.219 --> 00:27:55.740
 God.

00:27:56.959 --> 00:27:57.919
 I have

00:27:57.919 --> 00:27:58.679
 the authority

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.259
 to forgive

00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.420
 to forgive

00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:00.039
 your sins.

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:00.660
 Yes,

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.360
 only God

00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:01.960
 can forgive

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.340
 sins,

00:28:02.560 --> 00:28:03.060
 but don't

00:28:03.060 --> 00:28:03.740
 you realise

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.200
 who I

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:04.500
 am?

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.680
 I can

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:06.980
 forgive

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.880
 your sins

00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:08.700
 and I

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.320
 can wipe

00:28:09.320 --> 00:28:10.519
 the slate

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:10.920
 clean

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:12.340
 and give

00:28:12.340 --> 00:28:12.740
 you a

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.580
 fresh start

00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:14.420
 so that

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:15.100
 your sins,

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.620
 past,

00:28:15.820 --> 00:28:16.320
 present and

00:28:16.320 --> 00:28:16.700
 future,

00:28:17.060 --> 00:28:17.880
 are remembered

00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:19.000
 no more,

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.600
 no longer

00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:21.420
 held against

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:21.759
 you.

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:24.599
 And to

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:25.359
 prove it,

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.379
 look at

00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:27.180
 verse 23,

00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:28.279
 Jesus says

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.599
 to them,

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:29.240
 which is

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:29.799
 easier to

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.099
 say,

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.680
 your sins

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.220
 are forgiven

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:33.700
 or to

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.000
 say,

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:34.759
 get up

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.319
 and walk?

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.640
 Well,

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.460
 it's easy

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.119
 to say,

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.180
 your sins

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:40.720
 are forgiven.

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.220
 I mean,

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.779
 I could say

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.140
 that to

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:43.700
 any one of

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:43.879
 you.

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.200
 I could

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:44.379
 say,

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.019
 your sins

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.460
 are forgiven,

00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:46.180
 your sins

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:46.660
 are forgiven.

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:48.700
 How do

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:48.980
 you know

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.500
 if your sins

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:49.859
 are forgiven?

00:28:50.119 --> 00:28:50.480
 How do

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:51.059
 you prove

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.799
 it or

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.460
 disprove

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:52.799
 it?

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.679
 Anybody

00:28:53.679 --> 00:28:54.440
 can say,

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.240
 your sins

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.720
 are forgiven.

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.859
 It's much

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.559
 harder to

00:28:59.559 --> 00:28:59.960
 say,

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:01.159
 get up

00:29:01.159 --> 00:29:01.799
 and walk

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:04.480
 because it

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:04.899
 must be

00:29:04.899 --> 00:29:05.679
 proven by

00:29:05.679 --> 00:29:06.419
 that person

00:29:06.419 --> 00:29:07.059
 getting up

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.599
 and walking.

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.619
 Verse

00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:11.240
 24,

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.720
 but so

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.159
 that you

00:29:14.159 --> 00:29:14.819
 may know

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:15.279
 that the

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:15.859
 Son of

00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:16.279
 Man

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:17.500
 has

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.159
 authority

00:29:18.159 --> 00:29:18.679
 on earth

00:29:18.679 --> 00:29:19.259
 to forgive

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.919
 sins,

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:21.200
 He said

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:21.560
 to the

00:29:21.560 --> 00:29:21.940
 paralyzed

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.440
 man,

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.360
 I tell

00:29:23.360 --> 00:29:23.560
 you,

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.240
 get up,

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.380
 take your

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:26.800
 mat and

00:29:26.800 --> 00:29:27.600
 go home.

00:29:28.860 --> 00:29:29.240
 Jesus

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.980
 heals

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.539
 the man

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:31.320
 physically

00:29:31.320 --> 00:29:33.039
 to prove

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.779
 he can

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.860
 forgive sins

00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:35.920
 spiritually.

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:39.120
 He does

00:29:39.120 --> 00:29:40.440
 a greater

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:41.060
 work,

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:42.160
 more than

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:42.759
 this guy

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.759
 ever thought

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:45.000
 or imagined.

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:46.740
 he takes

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.180
 him from

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:48.079
 the outside

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:50.039
 and brings

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:50.539
 him into

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.740
 the inside.

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:53.740
 And unless

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.279
 we have

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.740
 come to

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.619
 experience

00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:56.960
 this forgiveness

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.859
 from God,

00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:59.740
 we remain

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.559
 on the

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.519
 outside.

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:03.980
 And the

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.519
 point is

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:04.880
 clear,

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.579
 it's only

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.180
 when we're

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.700
 forgiven

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:09.519
 and cleaned

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:10.940
 that we can

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.640
 be part of

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:12.880
 his mission.

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:16.920
 because

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:18.280
 his purpose

00:30:18.280 --> 00:30:19.620
 is to

00:30:19.620 --> 00:30:20.340
 call us

00:30:20.340 --> 00:30:20.940
 to his

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.340
 mission.

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.840
 Look at

00:30:22.840 --> 00:30:23.320
 the story

00:30:23.320 --> 00:30:23.820
 of Levi.

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:25.740
 The

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.280
 encounter

00:30:26.280 --> 00:30:26.920
 with Jesus

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.940
 is just

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.440
 stunning.

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.440
 It's a

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:29.860
 brilliant

00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:30.740
 little story.

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.740
 Verse 27,

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:33.380
 after this

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:34.060
 Jesus went

00:30:34.060 --> 00:30:34.460
 out and

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:34.780
 he saw

00:30:34.780 --> 00:30:35.240
 a tax

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.620
 collector

00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:36.360
 by the

00:30:36.360 --> 00:30:36.740
 name of

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.000
 Levi

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.640
 sitting at

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.120
 his tax

00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:38.500
 booth.

00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:40.160
 Follow

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:40.840
 me,

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:41.620
 Jesus

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.160
 said to

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.400
 him.

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.620
 And

00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:43.920
 Levi

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.640
 got up,

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.180
 left

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.700
 everything

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.280
 and

00:30:46.280 --> 00:30:46.780
 followed

00:30:46.780 --> 00:30:47.160
 him.

00:30:48.060 --> 00:30:48.400
 It's

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:49.180
 astounding.

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:50.860
 Tax

00:30:50.860 --> 00:30:51.340
 collectors

00:30:51.340 --> 00:30:51.700
 are

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.520
 outsiders

00:30:52.520 --> 00:30:52.980
 and

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.160
 they

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.400
 should

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:54.000
 stay

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:55.100
 outsiders.

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.020
 They're

00:30:56.020 --> 00:30:56.380
 meant to

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:56.600
 be

00:30:56.600 --> 00:30:57.360
 condemned,

00:30:57.780 --> 00:30:58.160
 not

00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:58.620
 welcomed.

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.820
 But

00:31:00.820 --> 00:31:01.240
 these are

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.700
 the people

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.300
 that Jesus

00:31:02.300 --> 00:31:02.760
 calls.

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:03.660
 He

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.280
 cleans

00:31:04.280 --> 00:31:04.580
 them,

00:31:04.840 --> 00:31:05.020
 he

00:31:05.020 --> 00:31:05.720
 forgives

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.000
 them,

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:06.500
 and he

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:06.820
 says,

00:31:07.260 --> 00:31:07.820
 follow

00:31:07.820 --> 00:31:08.260
 me.

00:31:10.300 --> 00:31:11.160
 Verse 28,

00:31:11.360 --> 00:31:11.800
 and Levi

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.720
 got up,

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:13.799
 left

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.339
 everything,

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:15.799
 and

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.200
 followed

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.579
 him.

00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:18.819
 Well,

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.259
 Simon's

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:20.000
 response was

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.759
 pretty much

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.240
 the same,

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:21.659
 wasn't it?

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.299
 Verse 11,

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.419
 they pulled

00:31:24.419 --> 00:31:24.980
 their boats

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.460
 up on

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:25.839
 shore,

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.279
 left

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:27.879
 everything,

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.379
 and

00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:29.919
 followed

00:31:29.919 --> 00:31:30.279
 him.

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.159
 Now,

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:33.579
 we know

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.259
 that Simon,

00:31:34.379 --> 00:31:34.940
 as we read

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.359
 through the

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:35.819
 Gospels,

00:31:35.919 --> 00:31:36.460
 that he did

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.259
 continue to

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:37.659
 fish.

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:39.600
 and it's

00:31:39.600 --> 00:31:40.360
 very possible

00:31:40.360 --> 00:31:40.920
 that Levi

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:41.779
 continued to

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.440
 be a tax

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:42.800
 collector,

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.259
 although

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:44.460
 an honest

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:44.820
 one.

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.300
 So,

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:47.620
 what does

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:47.960
 it mean

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.340
 that they

00:31:48.340 --> 00:31:48.779
 left

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.200
 everything

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:49.480
 and

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:49.960
 followed

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.279
 him?

00:31:50.820 --> 00:31:51.160
 Well,

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.620
 in following

00:31:52.620 --> 00:31:53.580
 Jesus and

00:31:53.580 --> 00:31:54.160
 leaving

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.700
 everything,

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.380
 it's the

00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:57.140
 same call

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:57.600
 that goes

00:31:57.600 --> 00:31:58.140
 out to

00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:58.440
 us.

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.160
 Jesus is

00:31:59.160 --> 00:31:59.400
 saying,

00:31:59.519 --> 00:31:59.660
 look,

00:32:00.620 --> 00:32:00.960
 your

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.660
 priorities

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.200
 in life

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:02.560
 have now

00:32:02.560 --> 00:32:03.100
 changed.

00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:05.420
 I am

00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:05.740
 your

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.480
 priority.

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.320
 Their

00:32:08.320 --> 00:32:08.640
 whole

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.340
 life was

00:32:09.340 --> 00:32:09.640
 now

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:11.180
 reorientated

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:11.779
 around the

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.480
 mission and

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:13.259
 the plan of

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:13.640
 Jesus,

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.560
 who was to

00:32:14.560 --> 00:32:15.720
 call people

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:17.360
 into his

00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:17.759
 mission.

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.800
 Jesus has

00:32:19.800 --> 00:32:20.940
 become central.

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:21.920
 Their life

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:22.560
 was all about

00:32:22.560 --> 00:32:23.279
 now serving

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:24.080
 his purpose,

00:32:24.320 --> 00:32:24.820
 whether they

00:32:24.820 --> 00:32:25.360
 were fishing

00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:26.019
 or tax

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.580
 collecting or

00:32:26.580 --> 00:32:27.120
 whatever they

00:32:27.120 --> 00:32:27.420
 did,

00:32:28.080 --> 00:32:28.779
 their mission

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:30.540
 was about

00:32:30.540 --> 00:32:31.320
 serving his

00:32:31.320 --> 00:32:31.720
 purpose.

00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:34.560
 Jesus was

00:32:34.560 --> 00:32:35.200
 now their

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:36.040
 Lord.

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:38.220
 God

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:39.040
 that is

00:32:39.040 --> 00:32:39.980
 what and

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.700
 how Jesus

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.380
 was referred

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:42.240
 to, a

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.860
 title that

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.420
 was reserved

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.040
 for God

00:32:44.040 --> 00:32:44.420
 alone.

00:32:46.100 --> 00:32:46.920
 In other

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:47.300
 words, there

00:32:47.300 --> 00:32:48.019
 is no longer

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:49.019
 any I

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:50.120
 or me.

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:52.080
 It's no

00:32:52.080 --> 00:32:52.660
 longer what

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:53.680
 I want or

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.440
 what I want

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:54.840
 to do.

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:55.740
 But what

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.500
 does God

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:57.420
 say in

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:58.080
 his word

00:32:58.080 --> 00:32:58.680
 and what

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.160
 should I

00:32:59.160 --> 00:32:59.600
 obey?

00:33:00.600 --> 00:33:01.279
 He is my

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.800
 master.

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.800
 I must

00:33:03.800 --> 00:33:04.259
 follow

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:05.200
 him.

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:07.460
 And that's

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:07.900
 the call

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:08.400
 of Jesus

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:08.819
 when he

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.660
 cleans us

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.600
 and forgives

00:33:10.600 --> 00:33:10.860
 us.

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:11.440
 He is

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:11.940
 calling

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.700
 outsiders

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:13.420
 like you

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:13.819
 and me

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.640
 to follow

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:15.400
 him and

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:15.940
 to join

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:16.440
 him in

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:17.160
 his mission

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:18.420
 of welcoming

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:19.680
 outsiders.

00:33:23.580 --> 00:33:24.740
 So third,

00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:25.480
 outsider

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:25.960
 sinners

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:28.200
 welcome

00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:29.200
 others.

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.360
 Levi

00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:33.220
 immediately

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:34.059
 understands

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:35.700
 that because

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:36.220
 he has

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.500
 been

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:37.319
 welcomed,

00:33:38.139 --> 00:33:38.500
 brought

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:38.899
 from the

00:33:38.899 --> 00:33:39.599
 outside to

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.259
 the inside

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:40.960
 by Jesus,

00:33:41.159 --> 00:33:41.919
 he now

00:33:41.919 --> 00:33:42.619
 welcomes

00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:43.279
 other people.

00:33:43.639 --> 00:33:44.159
 Look at his

00:33:44.159 --> 00:33:44.679
 response,

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.599
 verse 29.

00:33:46.159 --> 00:33:46.759
 Then Levi

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.480
 held a

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.440
 great banquet,

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:49.500
 this massive

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:50.579
 party in his

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:50.980
 house,

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.799
 for Jesus

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.679
 and a large

00:33:53.679 --> 00:33:54.460
 crowd of the

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:55.159
 tax collectors

00:33:55.159 --> 00:33:55.679
 and others

00:33:55.679 --> 00:33:56.240
 were eating

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:56.500
 them.

00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.200
 Levi

00:33:59.200 --> 00:34:00.019
 sends out

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.599
 an invite

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:01.159
 to all his

00:34:01.159 --> 00:34:01.819
 other tax

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.200
 collector

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.819
 friends.

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.859
 all the

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:05.099
 other

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:05.859
 outsiders.

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:07.359
 He says,

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:07.859
 come to

00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:08.400
 my house,

00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:09.059
 come and

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.360
 have a

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.759
 party.

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.820
 Because he

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.279
 wants them

00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:12.679
 to meet

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:13.099
 Jesus.

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:14.759
 He wants

00:34:14.759 --> 00:34:15.219
 them to

00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:15.840
 experience

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.380
 what it

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:16.779
 is to

00:34:16.779 --> 00:34:17.500
 be cleaned

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:18.719
 and forgiven

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:20.739
 and called.

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.179
 And here

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:23.619
 we see

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.279
 mission at

00:34:24.279 --> 00:34:25.179
 its simplest

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:26.079
 but at

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.779
 its best.

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.420
 Sitting

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:30.000
 down with

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.739
 his friends,

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:33.340
 eating and

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:35.079
 drinking and

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.860
 talking about

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.480
 what Jesus

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.100
 has done

00:34:37.100 --> 00:34:37.960
 in your

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:38.380
 life.

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:42.019
 But not

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.559
 everyone is

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:42.940
 happy.

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:44.500
 Verse 30.

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.220
 The Pharisees

00:34:46.220 --> 00:34:46.600
 and the

00:34:46.600 --> 00:34:47.220
 teachers of

00:34:47.220 --> 00:34:47.640
 the law

00:34:47.640 --> 00:34:49.539
 who belong

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:49.980
 to their

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.380
 sect,

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.240
 remember they've

00:34:51.240 --> 00:34:51.920
 come from all

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:52.300
 over the

00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:52.660
 places.

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.420
 We read that

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:54.460
 in verse 17,

00:34:55.660 --> 00:34:56.180
 wanting to

00:34:56.180 --> 00:34:56.539
 know who

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:57.140
 this Jesus

00:34:57.140 --> 00:34:57.660
 is.

00:34:57.659 --> 00:34:57.719
 faith.

00:34:59.299 --> 00:34:59.699
 And they

00:34:59.699 --> 00:35:00.859
 complained to

00:35:00.859 --> 00:35:01.579
 the disciples,

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:03.639
 why do you

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:04.440
 eat and

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:05.460
 drink with

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:06.319
 tax collectors

00:35:06.319 --> 00:35:07.000
 and sinners?

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:09.839
 Remember tax

00:35:09.839 --> 00:35:10.440
 collectors were

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:11.299
 like traitors.

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:12.819
 They were

00:35:12.819 --> 00:35:13.559
 working for

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:14.759
 the occupying

00:35:14.759 --> 00:35:15.239
 Romans.

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:16.799
 For the

00:35:16.799 --> 00:35:17.440
 Pharisees,

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:18.460
 God's Messiah

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:19.159
 was meant to

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:20.219
 come in in a

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:21.399
 blaze of glory

00:35:21.399 --> 00:35:22.359
 and get rid of

00:35:22.359 --> 00:35:23.159
 the Romans and

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:24.099
 overthrow the

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:25.239
 enemy and set

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:26.179
 up and establish

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:27.099
 God's kingdom

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:28.279
 and restore

00:35:28.279 --> 00:35:28.919
 everything and

00:35:28.919 --> 00:35:29.519
 everybody to

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.139
 their rightful

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:30.579
 place.

00:35:31.759 --> 00:35:32.579
 But here's the

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:33.019
 Messiah,

00:35:33.919 --> 00:35:34.980
 sitting down in

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.639
 the middle of

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:36.480
 these outsiders,

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:37.299
 sitting amongst

00:35:37.299 --> 00:35:38.379
 these traitors,

00:35:39.739 --> 00:35:40.460
 sitting amongst

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:42.199
 the outsiders,

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.299
 eating and

00:35:43.299 --> 00:35:43.799
 drinking.

00:35:47.839 --> 00:35:48.940
 And in case

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.519
 we're missing

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:50.179
 the point,

00:35:51.279 --> 00:35:52.440
 that's precisely

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.279
 the mission of

00:35:53.279 --> 00:35:53.599
 Jesus.

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:56.079
 He says,

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:56.839
 verse 31,

00:35:57.879 --> 00:35:58.460
 it is not

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:59.059
 the healthy

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.659
 who need

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:00.219
 the doctor,

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:01.940
 but it's

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.440
 the sick.

00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:04.879
 I haven't

00:36:04.879 --> 00:36:05.279
 come to

00:36:05.279 --> 00:36:05.719
 call the

00:36:05.719 --> 00:36:06.139
 righteous,

00:36:07.339 --> 00:36:08.480
 but sinners

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:09.819
 to repentance.

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.379
 As we

00:36:15.379 --> 00:36:16.419
 finish,

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:17.039
 I want to

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.919
 ask ourselves

00:36:17.919 --> 00:36:18.699
 some questions.

00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:21.639
 How are we

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:22.879
 doing at

00:36:22.879 --> 00:36:23.339
 welcoming

00:36:23.339 --> 00:36:23.859
 others?

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:23.960
 sinners?

00:36:26.140 --> 00:36:26.940
 Do you

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:27.700
 sit down

00:36:27.700 --> 00:36:28.360
 and eat

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:30.059
 with tax

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.519
 collectors

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:31.160
 and sinners?

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:36.940
 Let me

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:37.539
 ask a couple

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:38.160
 of questions.

00:36:39.160 --> 00:36:39.880
 Who are the

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.559
 people that

00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:41.960
 you intentionally

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:43.760
 socialise with

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:44.700
 and chat to?

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:45.180
 I don't

00:36:45.180 --> 00:36:46.140
 mean the

00:36:46.140 --> 00:36:46.579
 people who

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:46.980
 you kind of

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.559
 bump into

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:48.300
 at work or

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:49.019
 in college

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.940
 and kind of

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.519
 they're there,

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:51.619
 but who do

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:52.659
 you intentionally

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:53.659
 take time

00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:54.139
 out with

00:36:54.139 --> 00:36:55.019
 and socialise

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.300
 with?

00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:58.239
 Or do you

00:36:58.239 --> 00:36:58.780
 just like to

00:36:58.780 --> 00:36:59.179
 keep it

00:36:59.179 --> 00:37:00.920
 safe and

00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:01.400
 hang out

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:01.860
 with the

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:02.539
 good

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:03.139
 Christians?

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:04.880
 After all,

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.179
 we don't

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:05.420
 want to

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:05.739
 become

00:37:05.739 --> 00:37:06.480
 contaminated

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:07.219
 by those

00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:07.559
 who live

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:08.000
 in moral

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:08.480
 lives,

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:08.880
 do we?

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:13.139
 Who do

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:13.639
 you invite

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:14.139
 into your

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:14.599
 homes?

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.380
 Or who do

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:16.840
 you invite

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:17.380
 out if you

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:17.840
 go out for

00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:18.380
 dinner or

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:18.900
 a drink?

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:20.199
 The nice

00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:20.639
 people?

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:22.199
 The ones

00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:22.860
 that believe

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:23.340
 the same

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:23.880
 kinds of

00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:24.360
 things that

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:25.099
 you believe?

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:27.139
 After all,

00:37:27.179 --> 00:37:27.480
 we don't

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:27.800
 want to

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:28.960
 become unclean

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:29.519
 by those

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:29.940
 who hold

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.679
 different views

00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:31.780
 about abortion

00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:32.619
 or gender

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:33.320
 identity.

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:34.719
 We don't

00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:35.039
 want to

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:36.980
 touch them.

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:41.539
 Or perhaps

00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:42.159
 the sad

00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:42.960
 reality is

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:43.500
 you actually

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:44.179
 don't know

00:37:44.179 --> 00:37:44.739
 anyone you

00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:45.380
 could welcome.

00:37:46.820 --> 00:37:47.619
 There's no

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:47.960
 one you

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:49.139
 can invite.

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:52.440
 Maybe you've

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:53.019
 lost the

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.739
 reason that

00:37:53.739 --> 00:37:54.519
 Jesus called

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:54.980
 you in the

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:55.679
 first place.

00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:59.340
 Maybe we've

00:37:59.340 --> 00:37:59.900
 become like

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:01.380
 a Pharisee

00:38:01.380 --> 00:38:02.639
 gossiping

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:03.380
 about those

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:04.259
 who eat

00:38:04.259 --> 00:38:05.019
 and drink

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:05.759
 with sinners.

00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:08.539
 I'm not

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:08.920
 going to

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.320
 be like

00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:09.599
 them.

00:38:12.199 --> 00:38:12.980
 Well, let

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.659
 me remind

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:14.239
 us all.

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:16.300
 Jesus has

00:38:16.300 --> 00:38:16.960
 not cleaned

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:18.079
 us and

00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:18.940
 forgiven us

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:20.159
 so that we

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:20.880
 can stay in

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.380
 our nice

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:22.539
 cozy Christian

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:23.199
 bubble with

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:23.780
 our nice

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:24.320
 Christian

00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:24.940
 friends,

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:26.000
 sending nice

00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:26.699
 little Christian

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:27.639
 text messages

00:38:27.639 --> 00:38:28.019
 on our

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:29.000
 Facebook page.

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:29.059
 church.

00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:31.139
 Jesus

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:32.159
 welcomes

00:38:32.159 --> 00:38:33.340
 outsiders like

00:38:33.340 --> 00:38:33.800
 you and

00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:35.260
 me so

00:38:35.260 --> 00:38:35.599
 that we

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:36.300
 can go and

00:38:36.300 --> 00:38:36.659
 welcome

00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:37.739
 outsiders in.

00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:41.380
 Three

00:38:41.380 --> 00:38:43.139
 things to

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:43.780
 consider.

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.340
 Very

00:38:45.340 --> 00:38:46.059
 simply, how

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.500
 do we go

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:47.300
 about welcoming

00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:48.420
 others?

00:38:49.179 --> 00:38:49.619
 Three

00:38:49.619 --> 00:38:50.119
 things.

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.739
 Intentional.

00:38:52.659 --> 00:38:52.940
 Be

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:53.539
 intentional.

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:56.000
 Take the

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:56.719
 time to think

00:38:56.719 --> 00:38:57.219
 through, right?

00:38:57.299 --> 00:38:57.839
 Okay, at the

00:38:57.839 --> 00:38:58.919
 weekend, I'm

00:38:58.919 --> 00:38:59.399
 going to go and

00:38:59.399 --> 00:38:59.959
 meet people.

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:00.599
 I'm going to go

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:01.579
 and invite them

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:02.219
 and they're going

00:39:02.219 --> 00:39:02.899
 to come over to

00:39:02.899 --> 00:39:04.279
 the house or I'm

00:39:04.279 --> 00:39:04.839
 going to go out

00:39:04.839 --> 00:39:05.519
 and see them.

00:39:05.859 --> 00:39:07.279
 Be intentional.

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:08.579
 Plan it.

00:39:08.919 --> 00:39:09.719
 Yes, it's going to

00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:10.659
 be sacrificial and

00:39:10.659 --> 00:39:11.419
 you won't get to do

00:39:11.419 --> 00:39:12.339
 the things you want

00:39:12.339 --> 00:39:13.539
 to do, but be

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:15.719
 intentional about

00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:16.859
 where you go and

00:39:16.859 --> 00:39:17.619
 the people you

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:18.459
 hang out with.

00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:21.980
 Second one,

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:22.539
 communal.

00:39:22.539 --> 00:39:24.840
 That is, don't

00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:25.699
 do it alone.

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.940
 Invite other

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:28.900
 believers along

00:39:28.900 --> 00:39:30.000
 with you to

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:31.039
 meet other

00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:31.679
 people.

00:39:32.779 --> 00:39:33.779
 If you're having

00:39:33.779 --> 00:39:34.579
 friends over,

00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:36.219
 invite all kinds

00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:37.019
 of friends over.

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:40.300
 Be intentional.

00:39:40.900 --> 00:39:41.820
 Be communal.

00:39:43.219 --> 00:39:43.940
 And the last

00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:44.480
 one, be

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:45.440
 real.

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:47.340
 And I simply

00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:48.199
 mean by that,

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:49.800
 look, Jesus

00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:50.679
 sees right into

00:39:50.679 --> 00:39:51.300
 our hearts.

00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:53.380
 we don't need

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:53.940
 to put on a

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.740
 mask or a

00:39:54.740 --> 00:39:55.519
 pretense to

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:56.019
 pretend that

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:56.900
 we're better or

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:57.920
 superior, that we

00:39:57.920 --> 00:39:58.740
 don't mess up or

00:39:58.740 --> 00:39:59.480
 we don't fail.

00:40:00.539 --> 00:40:01.680
 Be real about

00:40:01.680 --> 00:40:02.360
 your life.

00:40:04.260 --> 00:40:04.760
 Admit your

00:40:04.760 --> 00:40:05.200
 weakness.

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:06.080
 Admit where you

00:40:06.080 --> 00:40:06.780
 need help.

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:08.560
 Show that you

00:40:08.560 --> 00:40:09.260
 are dependent

00:40:09.260 --> 00:40:11.340
 on an amazing

00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:13.360
 God and an

00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:14.240
 amazing Savior

00:40:14.240 --> 00:40:16.500
 who comes to

00:40:16.500 --> 00:40:17.320
 clean us,

00:40:18.260 --> 00:40:20.060
 who comes to

00:40:20.060 --> 00:40:20.560
 forgive,

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:22.519
 and who comes

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:23.280
 to call us

00:40:23.280 --> 00:40:24.000
 to be part of

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:24.600
 his mission.

00:40:27.600 --> 00:40:28.260
 Let's just

00:40:28.260 --> 00:40:29.320
 pray a

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:29.580
 minute.

00:40:29.580 --> 00:40:30.220
 Let's

00:40:30.220 --> 00:40:30.940
 pray a

00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:33.260
 minute.

00:40:37.260 --> 00:40:38.039
 Let's

00:40:38.039 --> 00:40:38.240
 pray a

00:40:38.240 --> 00:40:38.420
 minute.

00:40:38.420 --> 00:40:39.019
 Let's

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:43.420
 pray a

00:40:43.420 --> 00:40:43.740
 minute.

00:40:43.740 --> 00:40:44.480
 Let's

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:46.000
 pray a

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.039
 minute.