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 God, it's so easy

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 to get lost in the delusions of our own grandeur.

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 To think that we must be involved in everything.

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 We must have an opinion about everything.

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 That we must control everything.

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 But Lord, you alone are sovereign.

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 You alone are king.

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 And you have assigned to us

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 our particular set of responsibilities,

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 roles, relationships

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 to be faithful in.

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 And you call us to childlike faith

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 to entrust the rest to you.

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 Teach us that humility.

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 Give us that faith this morning

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 as we hear from you

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 and from your word in Proverbs 6,

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 verses 1 to 19.

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 In Jesus' holy name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 We're in Proverbs 6,

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 verses 1 to 19.

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 I will read it out loud for us.

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 My son,

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 if you have put up security for your neighbor,

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 have given your pledge for a stranger,

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 if you are snared in the words of your mouth,

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 caught in the words of your mouth,

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 then do this, my son,

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 and save yourself,

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 for you have come into the hand of your neighbor.

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 Go hasten and plead urgently with your neighbor.

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 Give your eyes no sleep

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 and your eyelids no slumber.

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 Save yourself like a gazelle

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 from the hand of the hunter,

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 like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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 Go to the ant, O sluggard.

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 Consider her ways and be wise.

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 Without having any chief officer or ruler,

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 she prepares her bread in summer

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 and gathers her food in harvest.

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 How long will you lie there, O sluggard?

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 When will you arise from your sleep?

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 A little sleep,

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 a little slumber,

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 a little folding of the hands to rest,

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 and poverty will come upon you like a robber

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 and want like an armed man.

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 A worthless person,

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 a wicked man,

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 goes about with crooked speech,

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 winks with his eyes,

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 signals with his feet,

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 points with his finger,

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 with perverted heart,

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 devises evil,

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 continually sowing discord.

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 Therefore calamity will come upon him

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 suddenly.

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 In a moment,

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 he will be broken beyond healing.

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 There are six things that the Lord hates.

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 Seven that are an abomination to him.

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 Haughty eyes,

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 a lying tongue,

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 and hands that shed innocent blood.

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 A heart that devises wicked plans,

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 feet that makes haste to run to evil.

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 A false witness who breathes out lies

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 and one who sows discord among brothers.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 This is an unusual passage

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 because it's sandwiched between two long sections

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 that are both warnings against adultery.

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 So Proverbs 5,

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 that Ray preached on last week,

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 and Proverbs 6, 20 to 7, 27.

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 And you wonder what it's doing here

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 between these two passages.

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 But there is a thematic connection.

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 Proverbs 5 warned in verse 3 and verse 20

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 of a forbidden woman,

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 which means literally a strange woman,

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 as Ray pointed out last week.

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 A woman that is strange

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 rather than known or familiar to you

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 because she is another man's wife.

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 And to bolster this argument,

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 Proverbs 5, verse 10,

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 once again used the word stranger

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 and said this to paraphrase,

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 you wouldn't labor long and hard

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 only to see all the fruit and income

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 of your labor go to the strangers,

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 would you?

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 And Proverbs 5, 17 added,

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 should your springs be scattered abroad,

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 streams of water in the streets?

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 Let them be for yourself alone

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 and not for strangers with you.

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 So it's a recurring theme,

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 a running theme that unites these passages,

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 the thing of the identity of a stranger.

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 That's in fact the main argument of chapter 5,

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 that to commit adultery

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 is to transgress your own boundary,

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 that to move beyond what is rightfully yours,

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 to infringe upon what is rightfully another's.

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 Because as 1 Corinthians 7, verse 4 teaches us,

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 when you get married,

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 the husband's body does not belong to him anymore,

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 it belongs to his wife.

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 And the wife's body does not belong to her anyway,

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 it belongs to her husband.

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 And so when you get married,

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 you belong to one another

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 and there's this mutuality and interdependence.

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 And when you tamper with another man's wife

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 or another woman's husband,

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 you violate that sacred mutuality and interdependence.

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 And so I don't know if you've ever gotten into a wrong car in the parking lot

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 because it looked exactly like yours or tried to get in.

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 I mean, one time a car with the exact same make and model and color as mine

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 was for some reason parked right next to mine at Market Basket.

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 And as I came out of Market Basket,

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 this was at the time my key fob battery was dead.

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 So I was using a manual key to open it.

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 And here I might try to open this car and it wouldn't turn,

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 the key wouldn't turn.

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 And so I looked more closely at the car

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 and recognized a scratch I'd never seen before.

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 And now I'm getting frustrated.

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 Did someone just scratch my car and leave?

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 And then, of course, to my relief,

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 I realized it's actually not my car at all.

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 And my car was right next to it.

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 And, of course, as soon as I realized that I was kind of looking around

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 because I'm a little embarrassed, you know,

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 you don't want to be seen trying to get into someone else's car.

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 And the reason for that is because you have no business

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 trying to get into someone else's car.

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 It's not your car, right?

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 And that's, but that's exactly what we do when we commit adultery.

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 You have no business being in that relationship.

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 It's not, that is not the relationship that God has put you in.

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 You are transgressing the boundaries God's given you.

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 We wouldn't ever think after a long day of work

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 to go home to someone else's house to sleep.

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 Not only would they call the police for intruding,

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 but it's just not our place.

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 It's not homey.

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 We wouldn't rest it.

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 We wouldn't think of it.

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 But yet we often, in other areas of our life,

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 think about things that way.

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 We transgress the boundaries that God has given us.

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 And so that was the main argument with chapter 5.

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 Really, the main argument against adultery in Proverbs chapter 5

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 was mind your own business.

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 Spouses have a mutual obligation to one another,

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 and whether you have consent or not

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 with a married woman or married man does not justify it

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 because there's a sanctity of marriage that has been established.

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 You have no business meddling in that relationship.

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 And chapter 6 is actually continuing that same theme.

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 So in verses 1 to 5, it tells us to mind our own business,

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 to not become a surety to a stranger's debt.

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 Don't co-sign a stranger's loan.

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 Verses 6 to 11 tell us to mind our own business,

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 to put our heads down and go to work,

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 to make provisions for our own life instead of being a slugger

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 that does not work unless someone forces him to.

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 Verses 12 to 19 tell us also to mind our own business,

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 to not be an instigator that sows discord among brothers.

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 So to summarize, the main point of this passage is

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 mind your own business and attend to the responsibilities

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 and relations God has given to you specifically.

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 Now please don't misunderstand me.

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 Sometimes we use that phrase, you know,

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 mind your own business,

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 to rebuff people who do rightfully have an interest in our lives.

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 Like our own parents,

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 our own spouses,

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 our own bosses,

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 our own brothers and sisters in Christ.

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 If we tell these people to mind their own business,

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 that's just selfish irresponsibility and rebellion.

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 To mind our own business in a biblical sense

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 is the opposite of selfish irresponsibility.

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 It means to be responsible citizens.

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 It means to fulfill our own obligations.

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 It's what 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 verses 9 to 12 talk about.

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 It says,

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 Now concerning brotherly love,

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 you have no need for anyone to write to you.

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 For you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.

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 For that indeed is what you are doing

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 to all the brothers throughout Macedonia.

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 But we urge you brothers to do this more and more

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 and to aspire to live quietly

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 and to mind your own affairs

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 and to work with your hands

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 as we instructed you

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 so that you may walk properly before outsiders

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 and be dependent on no one.

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 Notice that in that passage,

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 this 1 Thessalonians chapter 4,

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 that living quietly,

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 minding our own affairs,

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 working with our hands

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 so that we may walk properly before outsiders

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 and be dependent on no one,

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 that these things are not a sign of selfishness

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 but rather an expression of brotherly love.

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 That's how that passage began.

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 One of the important ways we love one another

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 within the family of God

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 is by faithfully fulfilling

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 the responsibilities and roles

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 God has given us particularly.

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 And that faithfulness

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 is born of faith in God's sovereignty

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 that He is the one that's ultimately in charge

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 and oversees all that we do not have our business in.

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 And when we faithfully do that,

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 this passage teaches us

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 that in verses 1 to 5,

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 that we will not be a surety.

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 Verses 6 to 11,

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 that we will not be a sluggard.

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 And verses 12 to 19,

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 that we will not be a sower of discord.

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 So that's the way my outline

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 as we go through this passage.

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 So first,

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 minding our own business

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 and attending to the responsibilities

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 and relations God has given us

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 entails not becoming a surety.

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 A surety is a person

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 who makes him or herself

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 a guarantor of another person's debt.

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 A cosigner of a loan.

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 It says in verses 1 to 3 of our passage,

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 My son,

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 if you have put up security for your neighbor,

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 have given your pledge for a stranger,

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 if you are snared in the words of your mouth,

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 caught in the words of your mouth,

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 then do this, my son,

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 and save yourself,

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 for you have come into the hand of your neighbor.

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 Go,

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 hasten and plead urgently with your neighbor.

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 Now this is not,

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 I want to add this important qualification,

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 this is not a prohibition

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 of helping and being generous to our neighbors.

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 For example,

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 Deuteronomy chapter 15,

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 verses 7 to 11,

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 it specifically commands

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 that if among you,

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 one of your brothers should become poor

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 in any of your towns within your land

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 that the Lord your God is giving you,

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 you shall not harden your heart

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 or shut your hand against your poor brother,

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 but you shall open your hand to him

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 and lend him sufficient for his need,

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 whatever it may be.

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 Take care,

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 lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart

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 and say,

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 the seventh ear,

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 the ear of release is near,

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 and your eye look grudgingly on your poor brother

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 and you give him nothing.

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 And he cry to the Lord against you

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 and you be guilty of sin.

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 You shall give to him freely

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 and your heart shall not be grudging

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 when you give to him

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 because for this,

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 the Lord your God will bless you

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 in all your work

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 and all that you undertake.

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 For there will never cease to be poor in the land.

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 Therefore,

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 I command you,

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 you shall open wide your hand to your brother,

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 to the needy and to the poor in your land.

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 So on the sabbatical year,

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 to give you some Old Testament background,

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 the seventh year,

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 God's people were commanded

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 to cancel the debt

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 of all of their fellow Israelites.

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 And God is saying in this passage

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 that even when the sabbatical year

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 is just around the corner,

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 that his people should lend generously,

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 knowing full well

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 that they may never get the money back

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 because of the sabbatical year.

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 God always explicitly prohibited his people,

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 on top of that,

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 from charging interest on loans.

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 Exodus 22, 25 says,

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 if you lend money to any of my people with you

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 who is poor,

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 you shall not be like a money lender to him

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 and you shall not exact interest from him.

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 And of course,

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 the goal of that command

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 is to prohibit exploitation

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 since those who seek to borrow money

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 are usually the neediest people.

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 That's why they're coming to you,

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 to borrow money.

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 And so it usually was considered unjust.

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 It's an injustice,

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 an exploitation of someone

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 in their time of greatest need

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 and that it actually worsened

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 their financial condition

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 instead of improving it.

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 So that was the logic behind that.

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 In certain cases,

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 Israelites were allowed

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 to demand securities for a loan.

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 The security was usually a garment

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 which represented the borrower himself,

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 meaning that should the borrower

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 fail to repay his debt,

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 he would be pressed into servitude

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 in order to render a service

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 equal to the amount of the debt he owed.

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 But even that practice

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 was prohibited in scripture

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 for certain more vulnerable populations.

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 For example,

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 Deuteronomy 24, verse 17 says,

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 you shall not pervert the justice

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 due to the sojourner,

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 a foreigner that doesn't have

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 legal rights within the country,

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 or to the fatherless,

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 or take a widow's garment in pledge.

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 The sojourners who lacked legal protection,

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 orphans who lacked fatherly protection,

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 widows who lacked their husband's provision

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 and protection,

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 were never in any circumstance

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 to be taken advantage of.

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 You are not allowed

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 to take a security from them.

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 And so,

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 the Bible encourages

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 love for neighbor

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 and generosity toward the poor,

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 and Proverbs chapter 6,

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 verse 1,

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 does not contradict that.

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 What's in view here

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 is something different.

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 It is warning against

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 putting up security

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 for your neighbor,

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 on behalf of your neighbor.

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 You're not lending here

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 to a needy neighbor.

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 You're not giving

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 to a poor neighbor.

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 You're, in essence,

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 assuming their debt

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 and taking full responsibility

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 for their financial situation.

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 And biblical wisdom literature

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 consistently warns

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 against that practice.

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 And note the word

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 at the end of verse 1

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 that's parallel

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 to the word neighbor.

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 My son,

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 if you have put up security

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 for your neighbor,

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 have given your pledge

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 for a stranger.

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 That should ring a bell

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 because of all the connection

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 to the theme of stranger

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 we've seen in chapter 5.

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 Stranger,

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 that's the keyword

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 that explains

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 what he means

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 by the word neighbor here

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 because the word neighbor

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 in Hebrew

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 has a very wide

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 semantic range.

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 It can mean

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 a lot of different things

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 depending on its context.

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 Similar to the English word friend,

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 right?

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 When you say

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 a friend,

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 you could mean

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 an acquaintance,

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 a Facebook friend

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 that you have never seen before.

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 Or you could mean

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 a friend,

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 meaning your best friend

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 that you grew up with

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 and is,

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 is,

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 has been,

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 was in your wedding

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 or is going to be

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 in your wedding,

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 right?

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 So friend can mean

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 a number of different things.

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 Same thing with the word neighbor

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 in scripture.

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 And so the word neighbor here

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 is given context

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 by the word stranger.

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 So this stranger

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 is not someone

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 that is familiar to you.

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 This is not a brother

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 that you are responsible for.

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 This is someone

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 that is not within

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 your circle of relationships

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 and responsibilities.

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 Remember that

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 in chapter five,

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 the adulterous woman,

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 another man's wife,

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 was described

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 as a strange woman.

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 And Proverbs chapter 27,

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 verse 13

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 makes a very interesting

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 suggestive connection.

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 It says,

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 take a man's garment

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 when he has put up security

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 for a stranger

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 and hold it in pledge

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 when he puts up security

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 for an adulteress.

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 So what might,

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 what might be in view here

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 is that a seductive adulteress

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 can lure a foolish man

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 into putting up security

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 for her debt.

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 So if you're putting up security

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 for your wife or sister,

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 that's one thing.

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 But for a stranger,

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 for an adulteress,

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 don't ever do that.

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 That's what the problem,

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 what this problem is saying.

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 Let me ask you,

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 have you ever rashly

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 taken responsibility

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 for something

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 that is not

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 your responsibility?

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 Have you ever tried

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 to play the hero

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 in something

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 that really

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 is none of your business?

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 Have you

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 been out of your depths

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 because you have been

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 meddling in

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 trying to control

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 things that are

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 outside of your control?

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 The exhortation

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 in this proverb

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 is mind your own business

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 and attend

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 to the responsibilities

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 and relations

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 God has given you.

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 And putting up security

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 for a stranger

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 is not one

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 of those responsibilities.

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 But if you've already

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 done that,

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 there's advice

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 for you here too.

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 If you have already

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 done that,

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 as verse 2 says,

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 you've given your pledge

00:18:42.180 --> 00:18:42.859
 for a stranger.

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 If you are snared

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 in the words of your mouth,

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 caught in the words

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 of your mouth,

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 verse 3 says,

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 then do this,

00:18:48.800 --> 00:18:49.240
 my son,

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 and save yourself.

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 For you have come

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 into the hand

00:18:52.380 --> 00:18:52.880
 of your neighbor.

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 Go hasten

00:18:54.120 --> 00:18:54.940
 and plead urgently

00:18:54.940 --> 00:18:55.740
 with your neighbor.

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 The phrase,

00:18:57.780 --> 00:18:58.660
 give your pledge,

00:18:58.880 --> 00:18:59.500
 in verse 2,

00:18:59.600 --> 00:19:00.220
 is literally,

00:19:00.600 --> 00:19:00.860
 you know,

00:19:01.060 --> 00:19:01.800
 clap your hand,

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 you know,

00:19:02.100 --> 00:19:02.940
 clap your hand

00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:04.420
 in Hebrew.

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 It's a gesture

00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:06.740
 that people back then

00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.759
 used to seal

00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:08.220
 an agreement,

00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:09.600
 much like nowadays

00:19:09.600 --> 00:19:10.740
 we shake hands,

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.100
 right?

00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:12.519
 And so,

00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:13.900
 there's a word play

00:19:13.900 --> 00:19:14.840
 then in verse 3,

00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:15.980
 you have come

00:19:15.980 --> 00:19:16.939
 into the hand

00:19:16.939 --> 00:19:17.939
 of your neighbor.

00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:18.679
 In other words,

00:19:19.059 --> 00:19:20.419
 if you clap your hand

00:19:20.419 --> 00:19:21.259
 to make yourself

00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:22.519
 a surety for a stranger,

00:19:22.859 --> 00:19:24.339
 you come into the hand

00:19:24.339 --> 00:19:25.539
 under the power

00:19:25.539 --> 00:19:26.939
 of that stranger.

00:19:27.139 --> 00:19:28.119
 You have been snared

00:19:28.119 --> 00:19:28.919
 or caught

00:19:28.919 --> 00:19:29.659
 in the words

00:19:29.659 --> 00:19:30.279
 of your mouth

00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:31.959
 by what you said

00:19:31.959 --> 00:19:33.779
 with your very own mouth.

00:19:33.899 --> 00:19:35.079
 You have entrapped yourself.

00:19:35.079 --> 00:19:36.759
 This is self-inflicted

00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:37.899
 predicament.

00:19:38.899 --> 00:19:40.039
 In order to save yourself

00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:40.799
 from this

00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:41.959
 unfortunate situation,

00:19:42.579 --> 00:19:43.259
 you should go

00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:43.859
 hasten

00:19:43.859 --> 00:19:44.859
 and plead urgently

00:19:44.859 --> 00:19:45.859
 with your neighbor.

00:19:46.719 --> 00:19:46.919
 Now,

00:19:46.979 --> 00:19:47.679
 you may have

00:19:47.679 --> 00:19:48.339
 a footnote

00:19:48.339 --> 00:19:48.979
 in your Bible

00:19:48.979 --> 00:19:49.679
 next to the word

00:19:49.679 --> 00:19:50.219
 hasten.

00:19:50.899 --> 00:19:51.639
 The English

00:19:51.639 --> 00:19:52.659
 standard version

00:19:52.659 --> 00:19:53.359
 that I'm using

00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:54.279
 as a footnote

00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:54.799
 there,

00:19:54.939 --> 00:19:55.399
 that the word

00:19:55.399 --> 00:19:56.459
 can also be translated

00:19:56.459 --> 00:19:57.559
 humble yourself.

00:19:58.219 --> 00:19:58.899
 I think that's

00:19:58.899 --> 00:20:00.019
 a better translation.

00:20:00.659 --> 00:20:01.459
 The word that is

00:20:01.459 --> 00:20:02.099
 translated as

00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:03.000
 plead urgently

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:04.959
 and literally means

00:20:04.959 --> 00:20:05.599
 to bother.

00:20:06.379 --> 00:20:06.479
 So,

00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:07.479
 if you take those things,

00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:09.439
 the New American Standard

00:20:09.439 --> 00:20:10.399
 Bible translates

00:20:10.399 --> 00:20:11.740
 the end of verse 3

00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.139
 this way,

00:20:12.179 --> 00:20:12.779
 I think is very

00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:13.500
 helpful,

00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:14.039
 accurate.

00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:14.339
 It says,

00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:14.680
 Go,

00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:16.160
 humble yourself

00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:17.859
 and importune

00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.599
 your brother.

00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:19.940
 Importune your brother.

00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:21.879
 It means to humble yourself

00:20:21.879 --> 00:20:22.920
 and plead urgently

00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:24.399
 and persistently

00:20:24.399 --> 00:20:26.039
 even to the point

00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:27.099
 of embarrassment.

00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:29.160
 Like the importunate widow

00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:30.440
 in Luke 18

00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:31.240
 verses 1-8

00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:32.519
 who persistently

00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:33.539
 pleads for justice

00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:34.920
 to a wicked judge

00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:36.220
 so that the judge,

00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:37.059
 even though he has

00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:38.139
 no regard for God

00:20:38.139 --> 00:20:39.240
 or humanity,

00:20:39.660 --> 00:20:40.039
 he says,

00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:40.960
 because this widow

00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:42.059
 keeps bothering me,

00:20:42.139 --> 00:20:43.019
 I will give her justice

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:44.339
 so that she will not

00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:45.019
 beat me down

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:46.039
 by her continual coming.

00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:46.700
 So,

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.819
 that's what Proverbs

00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.899
 chapter 6 verse 3

00:20:48.899 --> 00:20:50.159
 is telling us to do.

00:20:50.599 --> 00:20:51.299
 The stranger

00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:52.460
 that you put up security

00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:53.279
 for is obviously

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:54.359
 not going to be eager

00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:55.240
 to release you

00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:56.639
 so plead urgently

00:20:56.639 --> 00:20:58.019
 and persistently

00:20:58.019 --> 00:20:59.680
 and shamelessly

00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:01.319
 so that he or she

00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:01.980
 might release you

00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:03.180
 from the legal obligation

00:21:03.180 --> 00:21:04.579
 before the payment

00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:05.259
 is due.

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.500
 Now,

00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:07.420
 the father continues

00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:08.159
 his admonition

00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:09.259
 in verses 4-5.

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 Give your eyes

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 no slumber,

00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:13.140
 no sleep,

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 and your eyelids

00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:14.900
 no slumber.

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 Save yourself

00:21:16.340 --> 00:21:17.400
 like a gazelle

00:21:17.400 --> 00:21:18.380
 from the hand

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 of the hunter,

00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:20.140
 like a bird

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 from the hand

00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:22.000
 of the fowler.

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 Once again,

00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:23.519
 the word hand

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 is repeated.

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 You see it four times

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 in these first five verses.

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 At first,

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 the son foolishly

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 clapped his hand

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 in pledge

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 so that he came

00:21:31.940 --> 00:21:32.700
 into the hand

00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:33.300
 of his neighbor.

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 Now,

00:21:33.860 --> 00:21:34.600
 he must free himself

00:21:34.600 --> 00:21:35.240
 from this trap

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:35.920
 like a gazelle

00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:36.680
 from the hand

00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.320
 of the hunter,

00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:38.319
 like a bird

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:39.019
 from the hand

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.639
 of the fowler.

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 It's the stranger's hand

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 that's in view here

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 that he must escape

00:21:43.659 --> 00:21:44.519
 like a gazelle

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 or the bird from.

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 And this extended metaphor

00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:48.720
 of hunting

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 and being hunted

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 and caught

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 and ensnared

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 is really helpful

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 because it inverts

00:21:55.439 --> 00:21:56.599
 the assumed

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 power dynamic.

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 Right?

00:21:58.819 --> 00:21:59.480
 When you put up

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 security for a stranger,

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 when you co-sign a loan,

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 it makes you feel like

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 you are in charge.

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:04.359
 Right?

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 It makes you feel like

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 you are the benefactor

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 and that this debtor

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 is subject

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 to your goodwill.

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 But in reality,

00:22:13.399 --> 00:22:13.979
 what this passage

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 is teaching us

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 is when you put up

00:22:15.699 --> 00:22:16.859
 security for a stranger,

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 you become the subject

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 to his goodwill.

00:22:21.339 --> 00:22:21.799
 You are now

00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:23.399
 his beneficiary.

00:22:23.959 --> 00:22:24.959
 He has successfully

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 ensnared you

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 and you will be impoverished

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 if he refuses

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 to repay his own debt.

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 So moments ago,

00:22:31.219 --> 00:22:31.919
 he was begging you

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 to put up security

00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:33.120
 for him,

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 but now you must

00:22:34.360 --> 00:22:35.140
 beg him

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 to release you.

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 That's the folly

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 of becoming a surety.

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 Instead,

00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:40.420
 it says,

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.000
 we should mind

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.620
 our own business

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 and attend

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:43.000
 to the responsibilities

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.940
 and relations

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:45.660
 God has given to us.

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 Right?

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 I mean,

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 think about how urgent

00:22:48.840 --> 00:22:49.720
 this is.

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 A bird caught

00:22:50.620 --> 00:22:51.220
 by the fowler

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 is not going to say,

00:22:52.100 --> 00:22:52.240
 well,

00:22:52.300 --> 00:22:53.920
 let me take a nap first

00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:56.100
 and finish eating this food

00:22:56.100 --> 00:22:57.200
 and then try to flee.

00:22:57.340 --> 00:22:57.500
 Right?

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 I mean,

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:59.060
 that's not how you think

00:22:59.060 --> 00:22:59.759
 when you're trapped.

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:00.540
 Similarly,

00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:01.320
 you should think about it

00:23:01.320 --> 00:23:01.580
 that way.

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 If you have come under,

00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:03.480
 pledge,

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:04.820
 if you become a surety,

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:06.040
 give your eyes no sleep,

00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:07.500
 your eyes no slumber,

00:23:07.600 --> 00:23:08.680
 you have been trapped.

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.800
 Extricate yourself

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 as soon as you possibly can.

00:23:12.060 --> 00:23:12.940
 It's the first order

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 of business.

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 And he says,

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.940
 untimely sleep

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:16.960
 and dilly-dallying

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:18.000
 and procrastination

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:19.180
 and laziness

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:20.720
 can ruin you.

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 And that thought

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:26.640
 of untimely sleep

00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:28.060
 and laziness

00:23:28.060 --> 00:23:29.040
 and procrastination,

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:30.800
 it prompts the father

00:23:30.800 --> 00:23:31.519
 to warn the son

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:32.539
 against being a sluggard

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.879
 in verses 6 to 11.

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 That's my second point.

00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:37.019
 He says in verses 6 to 8,

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.460
 Go to the aunt,

00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:39.259
 O sluggard,

00:23:39.379 --> 00:23:40.440
 consider her ways

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:41.940
 and be wise.

00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:44.420
 Without having any chief officer

00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:46.339
 or ruler,

00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:48.980
 she prepares her bread

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.359
 in summer

00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:50.160
 and gathers her food

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:50.680
 in harvest.

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:52.180
 Now,

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:52.880
 he uses

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:55.580
 a form of direct address.

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.279
 He says,

00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:57.120
 O sluggard,

00:23:57.360 --> 00:23:58.539
 in order to dramatize

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.560
 and emphasize this warning.

00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:01.580
 But the implied audience

00:24:01.580 --> 00:24:02.400
 is still the son.

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:03.460
 He doesn't want the son

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:04.539
 to become like the sluggard.

00:24:05.360 --> 00:24:06.060
 So he says,

00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:07.140
 Go to the aunt,

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:07.500
 you know,

00:24:07.620 --> 00:24:08.279
 waking him up

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:08.960
 from his slumber.

00:24:09.120 --> 00:24:09.380
 Go.

00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:11.320
 Consider her ways

00:24:11.320 --> 00:24:11.920
 and be wise.

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:14.220
 The father points out

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.860
 that an aunt

00:24:14.860 --> 00:24:16.279
 gathers and stores grain

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:17.099
 during the summer

00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:18.920
 so that he can survive

00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:19.460
 the winter

00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:20.660
 when there is little

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.819
 food to gather.

00:24:22.399 --> 00:24:23.720
 Not only is this

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:26.819
 relatively insignificant creature

00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:28.720
 more forward-thinking

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:30.259
 and industrious

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.899
 than the sluggard,

00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:32.339
 it's also more

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:33.200
 responsible

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:35.399
 and self-starting.

00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:35.639
 Right?

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.579
 Look at it again.

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:36.819
 It says,

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:38.779
 Without having any chief

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.980
 officer

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:41.019
 or ruler,

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:42.559
 she prepares her bread

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:42.899
 in summer

00:24:42.899 --> 00:24:43.720
 and gathers her food

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.139
 in harvest.

00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:45.700
 Nobody orders the aunt

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:46.360
 to do that.

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:49.120
 Go grab the breadcrumb

00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:50.140
 at this time

00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:50.960
 from this place

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.400
 and bring it

00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:52.000
 and store it here.

00:24:52.100 --> 00:24:53.840
 Nobody decides

00:24:53.840 --> 00:24:55.580
 her duties for her

00:24:55.580 --> 00:24:56.319
 but the aunt

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:57.380
 does it anyway.

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:59.000
 She knows from her

00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:01.240
 God-given insect instinct

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:03.019
 what her responsibilities

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:04.460
 and relations are

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:06.240
 and she fulfills them

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:07.100
 admirably.

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:09.039
 The aunt knows

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:10.259
 to mind her own business

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.279
 and attend to her

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:12.319
 God-given responsibilities

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:12.960
 and relations.

00:25:13.620 --> 00:25:14.319
 The sluggard,

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:15.039
 on the other hand,

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.740
 does not.

00:25:16.399 --> 00:25:17.500
 So the aunt's

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.119
 industry

00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:19.279
 and independence

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:20.119
 put the sluggard

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.579
 to shame.

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.759
 Verses 9-11

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.680
 describe the sluggard

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.079
 this way,

00:25:24.159 --> 00:25:25.059
 How long will you

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.559
 lie there,

00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:26.059
 O sluggard?

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.599
 When will you

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:28.619
 arise from your sleep?

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:30.319
 A little sleep,

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.680
 a little slumber,

00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:32.879
 a little folding

00:25:32.879 --> 00:25:33.480
 of the hands

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.019
 to rest

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:35.519
 and poverty

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.379
 will come upon you

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:37.159
 like a robber

00:25:37.159 --> 00:25:38.619
 and want

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:39.500
 like an armed man.

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:41.940
 The interrogative words

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:43.200
 emphasize time,

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:43.640
 right?

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.940
 How long

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.380
 will you

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:45.799
 lie there?

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:47.340
 When will you

00:25:47.340 --> 00:25:48.960
 arise from your sleep?

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:50.539
 So there's an implied

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.960
 rebuke in those words.

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:53.120
 The sluggard has already

00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:53.980
 been lying there

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:55.080
 and sleeping for far

00:25:55.080 --> 00:25:55.779
 too long.

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:57.019
 From the perspective

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.700
 of the father,

00:25:57.860 --> 00:25:58.740
 the sluggard's slumber

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.860
 is endless.

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.620
 When?

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.580
 How long?

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:04.000
 It seems endless.

00:26:04.580 --> 00:26:05.559
 But from the perspective

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:06.400
 of the sluggard,

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.299
 note the contrast

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:07.900
 that the father

00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:08.660
 gives voice to

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:09.320
 in verse 10,

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:10.360
 it's just

00:26:10.360 --> 00:26:11.720
 a little sleep,

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:13.300
 a little slumber,

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:15.000
 a little folding

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.740
 of the hands

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.240
 to rest.

00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:18.040
 Notice how vague

00:26:18.040 --> 00:26:18.880
 and incremental

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.880
 that is, right?

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.200
 I mean,

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.100
 it seems harmless.

00:26:21.580 --> 00:26:22.320
 Oh, a little sleep.

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.700
 Oh, I'll just snooze

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.940
 just for a little while.

00:26:26.300 --> 00:26:27.460
 Oh, I'll get that done

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:28.440
 just a little later.

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.300
 Right?

00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:30.740
 Bible scholar

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.600
 Derek Kittner

00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:32.759
 puts it insightfully.

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.440
 He says,

00:26:33.820 --> 00:26:34.620
 he does not,

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.100
 the sluggard,

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:35.620
 he does not

00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:36.400
 commit himself

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:37.340
 to a refusal

00:26:37.340 --> 00:26:39.640
 but deceives himself

00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:41.080
 by the smallness

00:26:41.080 --> 00:26:42.320
 of his surrenders.

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:44.240
 So by inches

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:45.460
 and minutes,

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.900
 his opportunity

00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:47.780
 slips away.

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.120
 The sluggard

00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:51.000
 is reluctant

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:52.180
 to make a firm

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.940
 time commitment.

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.700
 So he delays

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.700
 incrementally

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:57.000
 and indefinitely.

00:26:57.300 --> 00:26:58.500
 He hates deadlines.

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.340
 He shirks

00:26:59.340 --> 00:27:00.120
 responsibilities.

00:27:00.360 --> 00:27:01.019
 He flees

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.600
 pressure.

00:27:02.340 --> 00:27:03.300
 Sleep is like

00:27:03.300 --> 00:27:03.840
 a drug

00:27:03.840 --> 00:27:04.600
 for the sluggard.

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.840
 It's the means

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.939
 by which he escapes

00:27:06.939 --> 00:27:08.039
 the painful realities

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.559
 of life,

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.579
 the difficulties

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.119
 of life.

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:12.339
 And we can be tempted

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:13.399
 to think in the same way,

00:27:13.419 --> 00:27:13.759
 can't we?

00:27:14.899 --> 00:27:16.379
 What are some urgent

00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:19.279
 and important things

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:20.939
 in your life

00:27:20.939 --> 00:27:22.159
 that you keep pushing back

00:27:22.159 --> 00:27:22.959
 little by little?

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:26.039
 Perhaps it requires

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.619
 discipline.

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.679
 Perhaps it's unpleasant.

00:27:30.179 --> 00:27:30.959
 Perhaps it's

00:27:30.959 --> 00:27:32.039
 seeking reconciliation

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.980
 with the Christian

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.579
 brother or sister

00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:33.939
 that you have

00:27:33.939 --> 00:27:34.559
 sinned against.

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:36.559
 perhaps it's

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.619
 calling your parents.

00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:39.200
 Perhaps it's

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:40.279
 getting a laborious

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:41.299
 work project done.

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.519
 Perhaps it's

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.440
 applying for jobs.

00:27:45.419 --> 00:27:46.099
 Perhaps it's

00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:47.139
 studying for exams.

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:48.859
 Perhaps it's

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.619
 getting up early

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:50.559
 in the morning

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:51.339
 to read your Bible

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:51.879
 and pray.

00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:53.639
 Maybe it's exercising.

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:54.619
 Maybe it's finding

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:55.579
 and committing

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:57.039
 to a local church.

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:59.700
 What have you

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.819
 been delaying

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:02.039
 unnecessarily

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:04.579
 to your own peril?

00:28:06.899 --> 00:28:08.000
 You might think

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:09.099
 it's just a little

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:10.139
 folding of the hands

00:28:10.139 --> 00:28:10.659
 to rest,

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.819
 but the Father warns,

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.180
 and poverty

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:14.000
 will come upon you

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.759
 like a robber

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.579
 and want

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.940
 like an armed man.

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:18.440
 The Father warns

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.059
 of poverty

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.700
 and want.

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:21.079
 He doesn't merely

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.960
 say that you won't

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.519
 be rich.

00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:23.899
 He doesn't merely

00:28:23.899 --> 00:28:24.659
 say that you will

00:28:24.659 --> 00:28:25.480
 be middle class.

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.680
 No, he says

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.259
 that you will

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:28.559
 be impoverished

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.559
 and lack

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.200
 the basic

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:31.339
 necessities of life.

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.900
 The Hebrew word

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.500
 that is translated

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.319
 poverty here

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:35.099
 in verse 11

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:36.120
 only occurs

00:28:36.120 --> 00:28:36.539
 in the book

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.079
 of Proverbs.

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:38.440
 It always

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.519
 has a negative

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.180
 connotation.

00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:41.940
 It doesn't refer

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:43.000
 to just not

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.559
 having enough

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:45.880
 disposable income

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:46.599
 and living from

00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:47.400
 paycheck to paycheck.

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.160
 No, it refers

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:49.579
 to destitution,

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.960
 not having

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.640
 enough food

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:52.000
 to eat.

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:53.420
 And it's not

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:53.920
 a coincidence

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:55.079
 that the Bible

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:56.519
 never uses

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.460
 the adjective

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:58.159
 poor

00:28:58.159 --> 00:28:59.819
 to describe

00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:00.599
 the condition

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:01.519
 of a sluggard

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.259
 that becomes

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.839
 destitute.

00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:04.039
 The word

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.599
 poor

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.399
 in contrast

00:29:05.399 --> 00:29:05.819
 to the word

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.220
 poverty

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:07.159
 is used

00:29:07.159 --> 00:29:07.659
 in the Bible

00:29:07.659 --> 00:29:08.240
 primarily

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.720
 to refer

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.119
 to those

00:29:09.119 --> 00:29:09.740
 who are poor

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.659
 because of

00:29:10.659 --> 00:29:11.220
 circumstances

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:11.539
 that are

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:12.279
 outside of

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.819
 their control.

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.859
 And almost

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:15.460
 uniformly

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.879
 they are

00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:16.679
 the object

00:29:16.679 --> 00:29:17.199
 of God's

00:29:17.199 --> 00:29:18.379
 special compassion

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:19.079
 and care

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.500
 in Scripture.

00:29:20.939 --> 00:29:21.679
 So Proverbs

00:29:21.679 --> 00:29:22.500
 19.17

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:22.940
 says,

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.460
 whoever is

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:23.900
 generous

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.380
 to the

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:24.799
 poor

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.900
 lends

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.299
 to the

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:26.599
 Lord

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:28.059
 and he

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.440
 meaning

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:28.880
 God

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:29.480
 will repay

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:29.740
 him

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.099
 for his

00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:30.380
 deed.

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:31.759
 God cares

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.039
 for the

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.259
 poor

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.660
 but the

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:33.420
 impoverished

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:33.819
 sluggard

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.220
 is another

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:34.559
 story

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.000
 altogether.

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:36.119
 This is

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.599
 not the

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:36.880
 case

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:37.559
 for charity.

00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:38.619
 Poverty

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:39.279
 and want

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.799
 in wisdom

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.160
 literature

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:40.819
 are result

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.440
 of divine

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:42.019
 judgment

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:43.000
 for sins

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.700
 such as

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:45.099
 slothfulness,

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.140
 stinginess,

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:47.400
 love of luxury,

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.259
 carelessness,

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.660
 and idle talk

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.279
 which we'll all

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:50.779
 see throughout

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.139
 the book of

00:29:51.139 --> 00:29:51.379
 Proverbs

00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:51.799
 as we go

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.059
 through.

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.559
 And poverty

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:55.539
 is not

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.099
 deferential

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:56.559
 toward its

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:56.899
 victims.

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.240
 Verse 11

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.639
 says that it

00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:59.220
 comes like a

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.920
 robber which

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.500
 conveys the

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:00.980
 sudden,

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.920
 stealthy way

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.319
 in which

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:03.099
 poverty comes

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:04.240
 and like

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:04.740
 an armed

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.440
 man which

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:06.220
 conveys the

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:06.779
 violent,

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:07.980
 forcible way

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.680
 in which

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:09.519
 poverty comes.

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:10.799
 So you

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.819
 can't always

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.700
 indulge in a

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.099
 little more

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.559
 sleep and

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.119
 expect to

00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:14.559
 arouse

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.220
 yourself for

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:16.200
 work just

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.779
 in time to

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.420
 avoid poverty.

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.420
 It doesn't

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:19.200
 work like that.

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:20.379
 Poverty comes

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:21.160
 unannounced,

00:30:21.860 --> 00:30:22.640
 unexpectedly,

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.220
 unavoidably.

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:25.360
 It's similar

00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:26.020
 to why so

00:30:26.020 --> 00:30:26.740
 many drivers

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.480
 I think fall

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:27.980
 asleep on

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.320
 the road.

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.660
 They think

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:30.600
 that they

00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:31.220
 could arouse

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:32.000
 themselves when

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.480
 they start to

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.160
 feel themselves

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:33.900
 falling asleep.

00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:34.980
 They don't

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.680
 realize that

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.160
 even though

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:37.280
 that pre-sleep

00:30:37.280 --> 00:30:38.280
 stages are

00:30:38.280 --> 00:30:38.760
 gradual,

00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:39.620
 when they

00:30:39.620 --> 00:30:40.400
 actually fall

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:40.860
 asleep,

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.660
 it's almost

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.260
 instantaneous.

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:44.020
 There's no

00:30:44.020 --> 00:30:44.560
 way to pull

00:30:44.560 --> 00:30:45.120
 yourself out

00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.700
 of that once

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:47.240
 it's too

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:47.520
 late.

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:49.579
 And so

00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:49.980
 they don't

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.579
 pull over

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:51.619
 at the

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:53.559
 first indication

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:53.879
 that they

00:30:53.879 --> 00:30:54.359
 are sleepy

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:54.799
 or falling

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.180
 asleep.

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:55.980
 Instead,

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.400
 they say

00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:56.740
 a little

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.119
 longer,

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.359
 a few

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:58.599
 more

00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:59.019
 miles,

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.359
 and then

00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:00.759
 bam,

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:02.539
 car wreck.

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.139
 Poverty is

00:31:05.139 --> 00:31:05.379
 similar.

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:05.980
 It will come

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.339
 upon you

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:06.700
 like a

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.139
 robber,

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:08.139
 like an

00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:08.720
 armed man.

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.799
 You thought

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.079
 you were

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:10.680
 getting away

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.079
 with the

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:11.839
 little shortcuts

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:12.200
 here and

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.440
 there,

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.359
 a few

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:14.240
 wasted hours

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.660
 here and

00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:14.920
 there,

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.480
 and then

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:15.840
 bam,

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:16.240
 you lose

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.700
 your job.

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:17.820
 You thought

00:31:17.820 --> 00:31:18.100
 you could

00:31:18.100 --> 00:31:18.620
 skim the

00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:19.160
 books and

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:19.519
 pull an

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.060
 all-nighter

00:31:20.060 --> 00:31:20.360
 the day

00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:20.860
 before your

00:31:20.860 --> 00:31:21.180
 exam,

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.039
 relying on

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.539
 your own

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.039
 intelligence

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.480
 to bail

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:23.800
 you out

00:31:23.800 --> 00:31:24.080
 as it

00:31:24.080 --> 00:31:24.400
 has done

00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:24.759
 before.

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:25.840
 A little

00:31:25.840 --> 00:31:26.420
 more video

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:26.779
 games,

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.720
 a few

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.500
 more episodes,

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:29.500
 and then

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:29.740
 bam,

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.460
 you fail

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:30.820
 the exam.

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.460
 You thought

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:32.820
 you could

00:31:32.820 --> 00:31:33.800
 miss church

00:31:33.800 --> 00:31:34.300
 just a few

00:31:34.300 --> 00:31:34.779
 times,

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.620
 well,

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.000
 that wasn't

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.440
 so bad,

00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:37.460
 and then

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:37.640
 a few

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.240
 more times,

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.400
 a little

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:39.980
 more spiritual

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.420
 neglect,

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.259
 and then

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.560
 bam,

00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:43.180
 unbelief

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:44.440
 and spiritual

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:44.820
 hardness

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.500
 have sunk

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.039
 into your

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.339
 heart.

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:48.099
 By the

00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:48.419
 time you

00:31:48.419 --> 00:31:49.059
 realize that

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:49.359
 you're in

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:49.720
 trouble,

00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:50.359
 it's already

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:50.899
 too late.

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:52.700
 So the

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.419
 passage exhorts

00:31:53.419 --> 00:31:53.700
 us,

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:54.279
 mind your

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:54.779
 own business

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.339
 and attend

00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:55.619
 to the

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:56.319
 responsibilities

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:57.079
 and relations

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.679
 God has

00:31:57.679 --> 00:31:58.200
 given you.

00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:00.119
 The third

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:00.700
 category of

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.119
 person that

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:01.539
 the father

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.619
 warns the

00:32:02.619 --> 00:32:03.200
 son against

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:04.079
 becoming is

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:05.599
 a worthless

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.179
 person,

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.079
 or more

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.500
 literally,

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.639
 a man of

00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:09.220
 worthlessness.

00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:11.019
 He is twice

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:12.339
 described in

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:13.240
 verses 14 and

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:14.339
 19 as a

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:15.159
 sower of

00:32:15.159 --> 00:32:15.779
 discord.

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:17.619
 This is an

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:18.459
 agitator,

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.679
 a rabble

00:32:19.679 --> 00:32:20.099
 rouser,

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:21.439
 a troublemaker,

00:32:21.919 --> 00:32:22.859
 a person who

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:24.240
 incites discord

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:25.099
 and disunity

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:26.599
 against God

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:27.259
 and against

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:28.139
 humanity.

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.519
 The term

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.879
 worthlessness is

00:32:30.879 --> 00:32:31.500
 almost a

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.459
 catch-all term

00:32:32.459 --> 00:32:33.339
 for all kinds

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:34.059
 of rebellious

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.599
 wickedness,

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.799
 so much so

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.319
 that the

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:37.039
 Hebrew word

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.779
 behind that,

00:32:37.919 --> 00:32:38.399
 belial,

00:32:38.939 --> 00:32:40.000
 is used as

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.599
 a name for

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:41.279
 the devil in

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.899
 2 Corinthians

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:42.560
 chapter 6,

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:43.160
 verse 15.

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:44.660
 And the

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:45.040
 kind of

00:32:45.040 --> 00:32:45.640
 things that

00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:46.259
 he does,

00:32:46.580 --> 00:32:47.040
 this worthless

00:32:47.040 --> 00:32:47.580
 man does,

00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:48.280
 is described

00:32:48.280 --> 00:32:49.140
 colorfully in

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.880
 verses 12 to

00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:50.300
 14.

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:52.420
 He goes out

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:53.320
 with crooked

00:32:53.320 --> 00:32:53.820
 speech,

00:32:54.800 --> 00:32:55.480
 winks with

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.060
 his eyes,

00:32:57.060 --> 00:32:57.740
 signals with

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.240
 his feet,

00:32:58.840 --> 00:32:59.500
 points with

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:00.080
 his finger,

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.580
 with perverted

00:33:01.580 --> 00:33:02.019
 heart,

00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:03.000
 devises evil,

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.660
 continually

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.740
 sowing discord.

00:33:05.560 --> 00:33:06.240
 Many body

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.060
 parts are used

00:33:07.060 --> 00:33:07.840
 to describe this

00:33:07.840 --> 00:33:08.440
 worthless man's

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:08.820
 behavior.

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.579
 He is

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:10.099
 described as

00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:10.779
 having a

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:12.019
 crooked speech.

00:33:12.139 --> 00:33:12.559
 It's literally

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:13.480
 crooked mouth,

00:33:13.899 --> 00:33:14.899
 which refers to

00:33:14.899 --> 00:33:15.779
 his slanderous

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.599
 and false

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:16.980
 speech.

00:33:17.619 --> 00:33:18.460
 His winking

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.359
 eyes betray

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:20.200
 deception.

00:33:20.439 --> 00:33:20.980
 I think people

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.599
 in various

00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:22.159
 cultures still

00:33:22.159 --> 00:33:22.519
 do that.

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:23.000
 It's like,

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.779
 you say one

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.159
 thing, but

00:33:24.159 --> 00:33:24.460
 when you're

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:24.960
 meaning another

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.379
 thing, you

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:25.919
 wink, right?

00:33:26.439 --> 00:33:27.359
 You're deceiving

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:27.759
 people.

00:33:28.879 --> 00:33:29.980
 He signals

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.439
 his feet,

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:30.939
 or more

00:33:30.939 --> 00:33:31.279
 literally,

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:32.259
 he shuffles

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.919
 with his feet.

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:34.159
 The parallel

00:33:34.159 --> 00:33:35.059
 in verse 18

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.980
 describes feet

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:37.019
 that make haste

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.639
 to run to

00:33:37.639 --> 00:33:38.039
 evil.

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:38.859
 So the

00:33:38.859 --> 00:33:39.599
 shuffling feet

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.279
 is likely

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.799
 a reference

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.819
 to a busy

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.460
 body just

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:43.279
 restlessly

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:44.299
 nosing about

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:45.440
 plotting evil

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:46.000
 and stirring

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.579
 up the pot

00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:47.039
 and meddling

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.519
 in other

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:47.859
 people's

00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:48.259
 business.

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:49.099
 Shuffling

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.399
 feet.

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:51.180
 He points

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:51.539
 with his

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:51.899
 finger,

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.379
 right?

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:52.920
 Mocking,

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.700
 ridiculing,

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:54.440
 caricaturing,

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.720
 and accusing,

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:57.920
 blaming all

00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:58.619
 of the stems

00:33:58.619 --> 00:33:59.819
 ultimately from

00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:00.379
 the perverted

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:00.839
 heart,

00:34:01.159 --> 00:34:02.359
 which devises

00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:02.859
 evil,

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:04.139
 continually

00:34:04.139 --> 00:34:05.059
 sowing discord.

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.839
 And all of

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:07.279
 these body

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:07.879
 parts are used

00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:08.460
 to show

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.140
 that this

00:34:09.140 --> 00:34:10.420
 sower of

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.920
 discord

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:12.760
 instigates

00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:13.460
 conflict and

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:14.039
 agitates

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:15.320
 crowd with

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:16.019
 his whole

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.640
 self.

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.660
 He leverages

00:34:18.660 --> 00:34:19.240
 everything he

00:34:19.240 --> 00:34:20.140
 has to do

00:34:20.140 --> 00:34:20.460
 this.

00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:21.180
 He is a

00:34:21.180 --> 00:34:22.160
 deceptive and

00:34:22.160 --> 00:34:23.420
 destructive force

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:24.160
 in society,

00:34:24.660 --> 00:34:24.920
 sowing

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.599
 misunderstanding,

00:34:26.140 --> 00:34:26.720
 suspicion,

00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:27.640
 hatred,

00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:28.640
 and violence.

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:30.220
 He is the

00:34:30.220 --> 00:34:31.059
 polar opposite

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:32.320
 of the wise

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:32.760
 man who

00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:33.240
 minds his

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:33.820
 own business

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:34.539
 and attends

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:34.920
 to his

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.500
 God-given

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.240
 responsibilities

00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:36.920
 and relations.

00:34:38.300 --> 00:34:38.780
 The worthless

00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:39.400
 man minds

00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:39.800
 others'

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.280
 business,

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.000
 meddles in

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.820
 their affairs,

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.820
 their responsibilities,

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.960
 their relations,

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:45.200
 and the

00:34:45.200 --> 00:34:46.119
 prevalence of

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:46.960
 such worthless

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.940
 men explain

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.700
 why our

00:34:48.700 --> 00:34:49.440
 society is so

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:49.860
 fractured.

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.599
 And we have

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:53.079
 to be careful

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:53.820
 not to follow

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.460
 in the path

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.579
 of the

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:55.920
 sower of

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.300
 discord,

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.079
 right?

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:57.680
 It's so easy

00:34:57.680 --> 00:34:58.460
 nowadays when

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:59.519
 everything from

00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:00.579
 law to

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:01.559
 even health

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:03.300
 seems partisan

00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:05.280
 and politicized.

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.980
 It's so easy

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.800
 to represent

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:09.139
 unfairly and

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:09.920
 uncharitably

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:10.739
 those whom

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:11.239
 we disagree

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:11.579
 with.

00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:14.659
 It's so easy

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:15.480
 to wink

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:16.199
 with our eyes

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:16.559
 at our

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:17.420
 followers or

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:17.900
 friends,

00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:20.400
 to point

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:20.780
 with our

00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:21.119
 fingers,

00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:21.639
 to pass

00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:22.199
 blame,

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:22.980
 mock,

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:24.679
 even demonize

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.079
 the other.

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:28.300
 It's so easy

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:29.080
 to devise

00:35:29.080 --> 00:35:29.580
 evil in

00:35:29.580 --> 00:35:30.100
 our hearts,

00:35:30.700 --> 00:35:31.240
 seeking the

00:35:31.240 --> 00:35:31.740
 ill or

00:35:31.740 --> 00:35:32.780
 downfall of

00:35:32.780 --> 00:35:33.480
 another person

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:33.920
 instead of

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.400
 seeking their

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:35.460
 good and

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:36.920
 speaking well

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.340
 of them.

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:40.060
 Have you

00:35:40.060 --> 00:35:40.680
 made a

00:35:40.680 --> 00:35:41.620
 caustic or

00:35:41.620 --> 00:35:42.300
 snarky

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:42.940
 comment that

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:44.080
 sows discord

00:35:44.080 --> 00:35:45.240
 rather than

00:35:45.240 --> 00:35:45.700
 peace?

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:48.200
 Have you

00:35:48.200 --> 00:35:48.780
 shared an

00:35:48.780 --> 00:35:49.580
 article or

00:35:49.580 --> 00:35:50.140
 meme that

00:35:50.140 --> 00:35:50.820
 is misleading

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.420
 because it

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:52.080
 contains only

00:35:52.080 --> 00:35:52.720
 half the

00:35:52.720 --> 00:35:53.160
 truth?

00:35:55.620 --> 00:35:56.360
 We should

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:57.080
 always strive

00:35:57.080 --> 00:35:57.880
 to represent

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.460
 those who

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:59.140
 disagree with

00:35:59.140 --> 00:35:59.960
 us in

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.519
 the most

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:01.740
 honest and

00:36:01.740 --> 00:36:02.599
 compelling way

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:03.079
 possible.

00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:04.960
 That's what it

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:05.380
 means to

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:06.019
 follow Matthew

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.619
 chapter 7

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.140
 verse 12.

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:07.800
 Whatever you

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:08.280
 wish that

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:08.800
 others would

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.320
 do to you,

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:10.320
 do also to

00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:10.559
 them.

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.300
 I think the

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:13.420
 vast influx of

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:14.440
 available knowledge

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:14.900
 to us through

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:15.579
 the internet seems

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.039
 to have made

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:17.000
 many of us,

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:18.260
 our knowledge,

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:19.059
 a mile wide

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.579
 but an inch

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:19.860
 deep.

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:21.920
 We live in

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:22.640
 the shallows,

00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:23.160
 as the

00:36:23.160 --> 00:36:23.880
 Pulitzer Prize

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:25.380
 nominated author

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:26.059
 Nicholas Carr

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:26.519
 puts it.

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:27.759
 we have

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:28.800
 much knowledge

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:29.719
 but little

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:30.099
 wisdom.

00:36:31.259 --> 00:36:31.639
 And as a

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:32.280
 result we have

00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:33.380
 become slow

00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:34.980
 to hear and

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.920
 quick to speak,

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:37.320
 quick to anger,

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:39.139
 rather than as

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:40.199
 James 1.19 says,

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:41.139
 quick to hear,

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:42.460
 slow to speak,

00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:43.719
 slow to anger.

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:46.259
 If that's the

00:36:46.259 --> 00:36:46.820
 case, brother and

00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:47.380
 sister, we are

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:48.860
 in danger of

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.579
 becoming

00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:50.460
 sowers of

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:52.159
 discord, men

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:52.659
 and women of

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:53.179
 worthlessness.

00:36:53.179 --> 00:36:55.179
 So let's not

00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:55.839
 get sucked into

00:36:55.839 --> 00:36:56.259
 this and

00:36:56.259 --> 00:36:57.099
 instead heed

00:36:57.099 --> 00:36:57.679
 the warning of

00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:58.259
 the father in

00:36:58.259 --> 00:36:58.879
 verse 15.

00:36:59.699 --> 00:36:59.940
 Therefore,

00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:00.839
 calamity will

00:37:00.839 --> 00:37:01.639
 come upon him

00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:02.219
 suddenly.

00:37:03.359 --> 00:37:04.119
 In a moment,

00:37:04.299 --> 00:37:04.699
 he will be

00:37:04.699 --> 00:37:05.559
 broken beyond

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:05.980
 healing.

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.299
 The judgment

00:37:07.299 --> 00:37:08.199
 predicted here is

00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:08.899
 very similar to

00:37:08.899 --> 00:37:09.659
 the sudden and

00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:10.460
 violent poverty

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:11.159
 that comes upon

00:37:11.159 --> 00:37:11.739
 the sluggard in

00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:12.379
 verse 11.

00:37:12.859 --> 00:37:13.379
 The sore of

00:37:13.379 --> 00:37:14.379
 discord too will

00:37:14.379 --> 00:37:15.500
 be overcome by

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:16.699
 calamity suddenly

00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:18.039
 and he will be

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:19.019
 broken beyond

00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:19.440
 healing.

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:21.019
 So causing

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:22.659
 trouble spells

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:23.440
 trouble for the

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:23.940
 troublemaker.

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:25.000
 The sore of

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.559
 discord will

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:26.619
 himself be

00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:26.960
 broken.

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.179
 And to

00:37:28.179 --> 00:37:28.820
 reinforce this

00:37:28.820 --> 00:37:29.360
 teaching, the

00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:30.280
 father reiterates

00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:31.800
 the offenses of

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:32.220
 the sore of

00:37:32.220 --> 00:37:32.679
 discord in

00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:33.519
 verses 16 to

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:35.019
 19 using many

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.800
 parallel body

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.820
 parts going from

00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:37.380
 head to toe.

00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:38.500
 It says,

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:39.220
 there are six

00:37:39.220 --> 00:37:39.880
 things that the

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.659
 Lord hates,

00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:41.900
 seven that are

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:42.539
 an abomination

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:43.320
 to him,

00:37:43.820 --> 00:37:44.619
 haughty eyes,

00:37:44.780 --> 00:37:45.619
 a lying tongue

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:46.559
 and hands that

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:47.059
 shed innocent

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:47.460
 blood,

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:48.579
 a heart that

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:49.420
 devises wicked

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:50.420
 plans, feet

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:51.360
 that make haste

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:51.900
 to run to

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.260
 evil.

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:53.360
 And then he

00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:54.019
 adds two more,

00:37:54.680 --> 00:37:55.539
 a false witness

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:56.220
 who breathes

00:37:56.220 --> 00:37:56.920
 out lies and

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.480
 one who sows

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:58.639
 discord among

00:37:58.639 --> 00:37:59.180
 brothers.

00:37:59.780 --> 00:38:00.599
 The use of

00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:01.599
 ascending numbers

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.480
 going from six

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:03.039
 things that the

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.639
 Lord hates to

00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:04.420
 seven that are

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:05.180
 an abomination

00:38:05.180 --> 00:38:06.940
 to him is a

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.700
 poetic device,

00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:08.400
 it's a rhetorical

00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:09.700
 device that serves

00:38:09.700 --> 00:38:11.380
 to escalate and

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:13.340
 emphasize what

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:14.519
 he's trying to

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:16.159
 say, that the

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:17.099
 Lord despises

00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:17.740
 these things.

00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:18.680
 So they are

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:19.339
 an abomination

00:38:19.339 --> 00:38:19.960
 to him.

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:21.059
 And the

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.759
 haughty eyes,

00:38:21.879 --> 00:38:22.579
 a lying tongue

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:23.679
 and blood

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:24.460
 shedding hands,

00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:25.480
 plotting heart,

00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:26.639
 evil chasing

00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:27.579
 feet, a lying

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:28.460
 witness and

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:29.039
 one who sows

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:30.219
 discord among

00:38:30.219 --> 00:38:31.259
 brothers, they

00:38:31.259 --> 00:38:32.419
 all have this

00:38:32.419 --> 00:38:33.039
 in common,

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:34.079
 that they are

00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:35.159
 all disruptive,

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:36.599
 that they are

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:38.059
 all anti-social

00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:38.779
 behaviors.

00:38:39.819 --> 00:38:41.119
 They claw out

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:41.879
 the thread of

00:38:41.879 --> 00:38:43.119
 trust from the

00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:44.139
 fabric of society

00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:44.919
 so that it

00:38:44.919 --> 00:38:46.399
 unravels into

00:38:46.399 --> 00:38:47.539
 ugly chaos.

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:49.380
 they disrupt

00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:50.400
 and destroy

00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:51.300
 family relations

00:38:51.300 --> 00:38:52.039
 that are

00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:52.599
 precious to

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:52.880
 God.

00:38:54.099 --> 00:38:54.719
 And by

00:38:54.719 --> 00:38:55.199
 bringing in

00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:55.759
 the Lord

00:38:55.759 --> 00:38:56.960
 in verse

00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:57.719
 16, in

00:38:57.719 --> 00:38:58.159
 climactic

00:38:58.159 --> 00:38:58.900
 fashion, the

00:38:58.900 --> 00:38:59.420
 father gets

00:38:59.420 --> 00:38:59.960
 to the heart

00:38:59.960 --> 00:39:00.480
 of the matter

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:01.179
 in all of

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:01.739
 his advice.

00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:02.779
 The reason

00:39:02.779 --> 00:39:03.779
 why he warns

00:39:03.779 --> 00:39:04.599
 us against

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:05.779
 being a surety,

00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:06.380
 a sluggard,

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:06.820
 and a sore

00:39:06.820 --> 00:39:07.960
 discord is

00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:08.719
 not merely

00:39:08.719 --> 00:39:09.380
 because it's

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:10.059
 harmful to

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:10.840
 ourselves,

00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:12.259
 but even more

00:39:12.259 --> 00:39:13.119
 importantly because

00:39:13.119 --> 00:39:14.019
 these things are

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:15.079
 offensive to

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:15.440
 God.

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:16.920
 they are sins

00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:17.860
 against God

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:18.599
 and the order

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:19.500
 he has instituted

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:20.200
 in our world

00:39:20.200 --> 00:39:21.700
 and the roles

00:39:21.700 --> 00:39:22.139
 that he has

00:39:22.139 --> 00:39:22.720
 assigned in

00:39:22.720 --> 00:39:23.280
 particular to

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:23.700
 us.

00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:25.380
 And so he's

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:25.860
 telling us that

00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:26.179
 we are to

00:39:26.179 --> 00:39:26.880
 mind our own

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.300
 business and

00:39:27.300 --> 00:39:27.780
 attempt to

00:39:27.780 --> 00:39:28.559
 responsibilities and

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:29.320
 relations God

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:30.119
 has given us.

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:31.700
 Unfortunately,

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:33.139
 apart from

00:39:33.139 --> 00:39:34.440
 Christ, we all

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:35.320
 have the

00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:36.340
 perverted hearts

00:39:36.340 --> 00:39:37.440
 that devise evil

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:38.139
 that this passage

00:39:38.139 --> 00:39:38.820
 speaks of.

00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:40.720
 Twice in

00:39:40.720 --> 00:39:41.300
 verse 14 and

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:41.720
 verse 18,

00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:42.240
 this passage

00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:42.940
 describes the

00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:43.820
 perverted heart

00:39:43.820 --> 00:39:44.620
 that is at

00:39:44.620 --> 00:39:45.420
 the root of

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:46.059
 wickedness.

00:39:46.660 --> 00:39:47.620
 Verse 14 says

00:39:47.620 --> 00:39:47.880
 that the

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:48.519
 worthless man

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:49.180
 with perverted

00:39:49.180 --> 00:39:50.160
 heart devises

00:39:50.160 --> 00:39:50.840
 evil,

00:39:51.260 --> 00:39:51.760
 continually

00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:52.539
 sowing discord.

00:39:53.240 --> 00:39:54.120
 So people

00:39:54.120 --> 00:39:54.900
 argue whether

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:55.700
 the adverb

00:39:55.700 --> 00:39:56.500
 continually goes

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:56.960
 with sowing

00:39:56.960 --> 00:39:57.820
 discord or

00:39:57.820 --> 00:39:59.340
 devising evil,

00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:00.980
 but if you

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:01.680
 follow the

00:40:01.680 --> 00:40:02.600
 punctuation

00:40:02.600 --> 00:40:04.620
 that was

00:40:04.620 --> 00:40:05.240
 provided by

00:40:05.240 --> 00:40:05.700
 the Jewish

00:40:05.700 --> 00:40:06.320
 scribes and

00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:06.880
 scholars in

00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:07.240
 the 10th

00:40:07.240 --> 00:40:07.539
 century,

00:40:08.100 --> 00:40:09.220
 the adverb

00:40:09.220 --> 00:40:09.700
 actually goes

00:40:09.700 --> 00:40:10.260
 with devising

00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:10.519
 evil.

00:40:10.640 --> 00:40:10.880
 So it's

00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:11.760
 saying that

00:40:11.760 --> 00:40:13.740
 our perverted

00:40:13.740 --> 00:40:14.500
 hearts are

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:15.240
 continually

00:40:15.240 --> 00:40:16.200
 devising evil.

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:16.920
 That's what

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.520
 our perverted

00:40:17.520 --> 00:40:18.020
 hearts are

00:40:18.020 --> 00:40:18.660
 doing all

00:40:18.660 --> 00:40:19.160
 the time.

00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:20.600
 So it's

00:40:20.600 --> 00:40:21.840
 actually corroborated

00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:22.460
 by Genesis

00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:23.600
 6-5 when it

00:40:23.600 --> 00:40:23.820
 says,

00:40:24.200 --> 00:40:24.580
 the Lord

00:40:24.580 --> 00:40:25.400
 saw that

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:26.100
 the wickedness

00:40:26.100 --> 00:40:26.640
 of man was

00:40:26.640 --> 00:40:27.120
 great in

00:40:27.120 --> 00:40:27.480
 the earth

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:28.080
 and that

00:40:28.080 --> 00:40:29.220
 every intention

00:40:29.220 --> 00:40:29.740
 of the

00:40:29.740 --> 00:40:30.220
 thoughts of

00:40:30.220 --> 00:40:30.740
 his heart

00:40:30.740 --> 00:40:31.580
 was only

00:40:31.580 --> 00:40:32.180
 evil

00:40:32.180 --> 00:40:33.060
 continually.

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:34.560
 Our

00:40:34.560 --> 00:40:35.480
 wicked

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:35.800
 hearts,

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:36.120
 perverted

00:40:36.120 --> 00:40:36.440
 hearts are

00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:37.020
 continually

00:40:37.020 --> 00:40:38.160
 manufacturing

00:40:38.160 --> 00:40:38.720
 evil.

00:40:39.180 --> 00:40:39.800
 That's why

00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:41.380
 the theologian

00:40:41.380 --> 00:40:41.940
 and reformer

00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:42.620
 John Calvin

00:40:42.620 --> 00:40:43.220
 put it this

00:40:43.220 --> 00:40:43.380
 way,

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:43.840
 man's

00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:44.860
 nature is

00:40:44.860 --> 00:40:45.480
 a perpetual

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:46.960
 factory of

00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:47.360
 idols.

00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:50.400
 And what

00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:50.720
 are we to

00:40:50.720 --> 00:40:51.080
 do about

00:40:51.080 --> 00:40:51.440
 this?

00:40:52.220 --> 00:40:52.539
 I mean,

00:40:52.600 --> 00:40:53.220
 this passage

00:40:53.220 --> 00:40:54.180
 emphasizes taking

00:40:54.180 --> 00:40:55.160
 responsibility for

00:40:55.160 --> 00:40:55.519
 ourselves,

00:40:55.640 --> 00:40:55.820
 right?

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:56.420
 Verse 3,

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:56.960
 verse 5

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:57.420
 tells us,

00:40:57.800 --> 00:40:58.240
 save yourself,

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:59.320
 save yourself

00:40:59.320 --> 00:40:59.860
 from legal

00:40:59.860 --> 00:41:00.140
 trouble,

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:00.980
 save yourself

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:01.600
 from economic

00:41:01.600 --> 00:41:01.920
 ruin,

00:41:02.300 --> 00:41:03.019
 save yourself,

00:41:03.120 --> 00:41:03.519
 but there's

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:04.320
 one thing

00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:04.960
 that we

00:41:04.960 --> 00:41:06.060
 cannot save

00:41:06.060 --> 00:41:06.780
 ourselves from

00:41:06.780 --> 00:41:07.560
 and that is

00:41:07.560 --> 00:41:08.340
 our own

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:09.620
 sinful hearts.

00:41:09.800 --> 00:41:10.980
 For that,

00:41:11.180 --> 00:41:12.220
 we need a

00:41:12.220 --> 00:41:12.580
 savior.

00:41:13.600 --> 00:41:14.100
 Jesus,

00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:14.860
 whose name

00:41:14.860 --> 00:41:15.519
 means to

00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:16.220
 save,

00:41:16.640 --> 00:41:17.400
 to deliver,

00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:18.740
 is described

00:41:18.740 --> 00:41:19.240
 in scripture

00:41:19.240 --> 00:41:19.940
 as the

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:20.519
 savior of

00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:20.920
 the world,

00:41:21.100 --> 00:41:21.600
 John 4,

00:41:21.660 --> 00:41:21.940
 42.

00:41:22.060 --> 00:41:23.000
 He is the

00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:23.400
 one who

00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:24.220
 fulfills the

00:41:24.220 --> 00:41:25.500
 prophecy of

00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:26.500
 Ezekiel 36,

00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:28.560
 verse 25-26,

00:41:28.660 --> 00:41:29.019
 when God

00:41:29.019 --> 00:41:29.720
 promised to

00:41:29.720 --> 00:41:30.400
 give us new

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:30.940
 hearts,

00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:32.460
 because there's

00:41:32.460 --> 00:41:33.100
 no hope for

00:41:33.100 --> 00:41:33.720
 us with the

00:41:33.720 --> 00:41:34.519
 perverted hearts.

00:41:36.120 --> 00:41:37.160
 Only way that

00:41:37.160 --> 00:41:37.519
 we can be

00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:37.740
 saved,

00:41:37.820 --> 00:41:38.460
 only way we

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:38.960
 can obey

00:41:38.960 --> 00:41:39.500
 God and

00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:40.000
 believe in

00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:40.460
 him and

00:41:40.460 --> 00:41:41.079
 be faithful

00:41:41.079 --> 00:41:41.519
 to the

00:41:41.519 --> 00:41:42.139
 responsibilities

00:41:42.139 --> 00:41:42.679
 and relations

00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:43.000
 he has

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:43.519
 given us

00:41:43.519 --> 00:41:44.119
 is by

00:41:44.119 --> 00:41:44.480
 receiving

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:45.099
 this new

00:41:45.099 --> 00:41:45.980
 heart that

00:41:45.980 --> 00:41:46.599
 God promises

00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:47.119
 on and

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:47.659
 that comes

00:41:47.659 --> 00:41:48.440
 to us only

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:49.039
 through Jesus

00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:49.579
 Christ,

00:41:50.059 --> 00:41:50.760
 because Jesus

00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:51.800
 cleanses us

00:41:51.800 --> 00:41:52.699
 by dying for

00:41:52.699 --> 00:41:53.199
 our sins on

00:41:53.199 --> 00:41:53.639
 the cross,

00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:55.099
 he's victorious

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:56.239
 in being raised

00:41:56.239 --> 00:41:56.860
 from the dead

00:41:56.860 --> 00:41:58.360
 and he fills

00:41:58.360 --> 00:41:58.880
 us with his

00:41:58.880 --> 00:41:59.719
 Holy Spirit

00:41:59.719 --> 00:42:01.440
 by whom we

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:02.579
 are born again

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:03.420
 to new

00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:03.980
 creation,

00:42:04.219 --> 00:42:04.820
 with new

00:42:04.820 --> 00:42:05.340
 hearts.

00:42:05.340 --> 00:42:06.960
 God

00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:11.380
 does this

00:42:11.380 --> 00:42:11.920
 for us

00:42:11.920 --> 00:42:13.300
 while we

00:42:13.300 --> 00:42:14.140
 are his

00:42:14.140 --> 00:42:14.940
 enemies,

00:42:15.340 --> 00:42:15.880
 as Romans

00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:16.420
 5 talks

00:42:16.420 --> 00:42:16.820
 about it.

00:42:17.220 --> 00:42:17.760
 Look at the

00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:18.260
 words that I

00:42:18.260 --> 00:42:18.420
 use,

00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:18.700
 he says,

00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:19.340
 these are

00:42:19.340 --> 00:42:19.740
 things,

00:42:19.860 --> 00:42:20.420
 these things

00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:20.880
 that we

00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:21.380
 have all

00:42:21.380 --> 00:42:23.100
 done are

00:42:23.100 --> 00:42:23.880
 an abomination

00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:24.740
 to God.

00:42:26.720 --> 00:42:27.500
 That's a word

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:27.840
 that we don't

00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:28.480
 use very often,

00:42:28.559 --> 00:42:28.860
 is it?

00:42:28.860 --> 00:42:32.280
 I don't

00:42:32.280 --> 00:42:32.640
 think I

00:42:32.640 --> 00:42:33.260
 ever say

00:42:33.260 --> 00:42:34.140
 that I

00:42:34.140 --> 00:42:34.840
 abominate

00:42:34.840 --> 00:42:35.200
 something.

00:42:35.680 --> 00:42:35.840
 I mean,

00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:36.120
 that's a

00:42:36.120 --> 00:42:36.720
 pretty strong

00:42:36.720 --> 00:42:37.079
 word,

00:42:37.260 --> 00:42:37.980
 abominate

00:42:37.980 --> 00:42:38.260
 something.

00:42:38.420 --> 00:42:38.780
 Maybe the

00:42:38.780 --> 00:42:39.099
 only thing

00:42:39.099 --> 00:42:39.519
 I can think

00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:40.140
 of abominating

00:42:40.140 --> 00:42:40.539
 is maybe

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:40.880
 like a

00:42:40.880 --> 00:42:41.360
 cockroach

00:42:41.360 --> 00:42:41.800
 or something.

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:42.920
 It's

00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:44.280
 just revolting.

00:42:44.780 --> 00:42:46.460
 And that's

00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:47.700
 what we

00:42:47.700 --> 00:42:48.240
 were in

00:42:48.240 --> 00:42:49.000
 our sins

00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:50.059
 to God.

00:42:51.500 --> 00:42:51.940
 This

00:42:51.940 --> 00:42:52.579
 disgusting

00:42:52.579 --> 00:42:53.000
 cockroach

00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:53.340
 should have

00:42:53.340 --> 00:42:54.000
 just squashed

00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:54.960
 to death

00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:55.400
 instead.

00:42:55.780 --> 00:42:56.220
 That's what

00:42:56.220 --> 00:42:56.680
 we deserved.

00:42:56.780 --> 00:42:57.039
 We should

00:42:57.039 --> 00:42:57.340
 have been

00:42:57.340 --> 00:42:57.720
 punished.

00:42:57.880 --> 00:42:58.200
 We should

00:42:58.200 --> 00:42:58.840
 have been

00:42:58.840 --> 00:42:59.300
 consigned

00:42:59.300 --> 00:42:59.940
 to eternal

00:42:59.940 --> 00:43:00.480
 damnation.

00:43:00.620 --> 00:43:01.000
 We should

00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:02.019
 have died.

00:43:02.820 --> 00:43:03.240
 And yet

00:43:03.240 --> 00:43:03.840
 God is

00:43:03.840 --> 00:43:04.519
 merciful to

00:43:04.519 --> 00:43:04.920
 us because

00:43:04.920 --> 00:43:05.220
 He,

00:43:05.760 --> 00:43:06.220
 at the same

00:43:06.220 --> 00:43:06.539
 time,

00:43:06.600 --> 00:43:06.880
 He has

00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:07.360
 this wrath

00:43:07.360 --> 00:43:07.660
 towards

00:43:07.660 --> 00:43:07.860
 sinners.

00:43:07.980 --> 00:43:08.300
 He has

00:43:08.300 --> 00:43:08.760
 this

00:43:08.760 --> 00:43:10.460
 unparalleled

00:43:10.460 --> 00:43:10.900
 love.

00:43:12.340 --> 00:43:13.160
 So He

00:43:13.160 --> 00:43:13.700
 makes a

00:43:13.700 --> 00:43:14.180
 way for

00:43:14.180 --> 00:43:14.579
 us to

00:43:14.579 --> 00:43:15.120
 be saved

00:43:15.120 --> 00:43:15.660
 from the

00:43:15.660 --> 00:43:16.059
 wrath of

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:16.340
 God,

00:43:17.220 --> 00:43:18.240
 from the

00:43:18.240 --> 00:43:18.660
 sins that

00:43:18.660 --> 00:43:18.920
 He

00:43:18.920 --> 00:43:19.700
 abominates.

00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:21.680
 And that

00:43:21.680 --> 00:43:21.980
 is through

00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:22.300
 Jesus.

00:43:23.680 --> 00:43:24.360
 And it's

00:43:24.360 --> 00:43:25.140
 only through

00:43:25.140 --> 00:43:26.019
 faith in

00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:26.579
 Jesus that

00:43:26.579 --> 00:43:27.640
 we learn

00:43:27.640 --> 00:43:28.180
 truly

00:43:28.179 --> 00:43:29.299
 to live

00:43:29.299 --> 00:43:29.619
 with the

00:43:29.619 --> 00:43:30.139
 wisdom of

00:43:30.139 --> 00:43:30.579
 God that

00:43:30.579 --> 00:43:31.019
 is taught

00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:31.379
 in this

00:43:31.379 --> 00:43:31.659
 book of

00:43:31.659 --> 00:43:32.039
 Proverbs.

00:43:32.039 --> 00:43:32.779
 He has

00:43:32.779 --> 00:43:33.119
 to live

00:43:33.119 --> 00:43:34.579
 with the

00:43:34.579 --> 00:43:35.399
 wisdom of God

00:43:35.399 --> 00:43:35.819
 that is taught

00:43:35.819 --> 00:43:36.099
 in this book of Proverbs.