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 Please turn with me in your Bibles to Matthew chapter 19.

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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's Word.

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 Heavenly Father, we confess that we are quick to forget.

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 And we can so easily lose sight of the preciousness of Christ, the gift you have given us in Christ in your Spirit.

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 And Lord, we want to be reminded this morning so that the way we live, the way we think, the way we prioritize and make decisions are all shaped by the priceless treasure that Christ is.

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 And having received that gift, we may never lose that sense of wonder.

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 And worship before your throne of grace.

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 So speak to us, God.

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 Address us as you are.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Please stand if you are able to honor God as we listen to his Word as we pray.

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 It's like in Matthew 19, 27.

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 Then Peter said in reply,

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 See, we have left everything and followed you.

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 What then will we have?

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 Jesus said to them,

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 Truly I say to you,

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 In a new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne,

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 You who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for my name's sake will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

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 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

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 For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

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 After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

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 And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

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 And to them he said,

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 You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right, I will give you.

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 So they went.

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 Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same.

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 And about the eleventh hour, he went out and found others standing.

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 And he said to them,

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 Why do you stand here idle all day?

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 They said to him,

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 Because no one has hired us.

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 He said to them,

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 You go into the vineyard too.

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 And when evening came,

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 the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman,

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 Call the laborers and pay them their wages,

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 beginning with the last up to the first.

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 And when those hired about the eleventh hour came,

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 each of them received a denarius.

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 Now, when those hired first came,

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 they thought they would receive more.

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 But each of them also received a denarius.

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 And on receiving it,

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 they grumbled at the master of the house,

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 saying,

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 These last worked only one hour.

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 And you have made them equal to us,

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 who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.

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 But he replied to one of them,

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 Friend, I am doing you no wrong.

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 Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

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 Take what belongs to you and go.

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 I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you.

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 Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me?

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 Or do you begrudge my generosity?

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 So, the last will be first,

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 and the first last.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 Please be seated.

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 The culture of our respective workplaces

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 can have a distinct effect on how hard we work.

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 If you have a laissez-faire boss

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 who is totally hands-off at our workplace,

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 you get little to no feedback or guidance about anything.

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 Or if you're at school,

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 you can have a PI like that.

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 Your excellent work goes unnoticed.

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 And in that kind of environment,

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 people lose motivation.

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 Because they rightly conclude

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 that extra effort makes no difference.

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 So workers check out,

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 and that they default to the lowest acceptable standard of work.

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 In contrast,

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 some bosses do a great job of rewarding performance,

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 but in such an overt, graceless manner,

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 ranking you as you're a top performer

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 and you're an average performer

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 and you're a low performer,

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 that they create this hyper-competitive

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 and cut-through culture.

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 In such an environment,

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 employees constantly compare themselves to each other,

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 which causes stress and anxiety.

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 They stop helping each other

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 because they see each other as rivals.

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 And they may even seek to undermine each other

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 to get ahead

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 because the workplace is competitive

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 rather than collaborative.

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 And people also start to optimize their work

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 for the metrics that are measured,

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 maximize the numbers that are being measured

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 rather than going for the underlying goals

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 that those numbers were meant to represent.

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 These potential pitfalls can play out

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 within the Christian life as well.

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 Some Christians live without any thought

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 of heavenly reward,

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 as if they've already received

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 everything that has been promised,

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 as if there's nothing to look forward to.

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 And as a result,

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 their lives are marked by

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 this worldliness and lukewarmness.

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 They don't think that their obedience

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 matters very much.

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 They're not willing, for that reason,

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 to make radical sacrifices for God.

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 And sometimes also,

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 even within the church,

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 we can find selfish ambition

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 and rival rather than humility

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 and unity,

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 which is why passages like

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 Philippians 1-2 and James 3,

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 14-16 exist.

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 But is there a way to avoid

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 these pitfalls?

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 Jesus tells us that there is.

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 Only a gospel culture

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 infused with the grace of God

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 can motivate us to work hard

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 in selfless,

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 self-effacing ways,

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 rather than in a selfish

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 and self-advancing way.

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 And I think this is the main point

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 of our passage.

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 We serve a generous king

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 who does not pay us

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 according to our deserves,

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 according to what we deserve,

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 but according to His grace.

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 So we're going to talk about

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 twin realities that are related

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 to each other,

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 maybe seemingly paradoxical at first.

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 God generously rewards us

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 according to our works

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 on the one hand,

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 but on the other hand,

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 God mercifully repays us

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 according to His grace

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 and not according to what we deserve.

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 So chapter 19,

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 verse 27,

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 you may have,

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 if you weren't here last week,

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 you may have been no surprised

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 at where we began,

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 but it kicks off exactly

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 where we left off last week

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 after Jesus' interaction

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 with the rich young man.

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 Jesus said in 19,

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 13 to 15,

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 that the kingdom of heaven

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 belongs to people

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 who become like children.

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 Children who occupy

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 the lowest place in society,

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 the last place in society,

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 and because they don't yet

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 contribute to society

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 in any way,

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 they are overlooked

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 by people around them.

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 And yet Jesus says,

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 if you come to God

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 with empty hands

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 and neediness

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 and with a humble faith

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 like a child,

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 then the kingdom of heaven

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 belongs to you.

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 Then in 19,

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 16 to 26,

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 He tells a rich young man

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 who had great possessions

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 that he cannot enter

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 the kingdom of heaven.

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 Here is a man

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 who had everything

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 by the world's standards.

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 He's the first

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 in human society,

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 unlike his children

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 who are the last

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 and the least,

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 he is the great one,

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 the rich one,

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 but ironically,

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 he's the one

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 who lacks

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 what is necessary

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 to possess

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 the kingdom of heaven.

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 The child

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 who has no status

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 gets into the VIP lounge

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 and this man

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 who has everything

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 is left out

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 and killed.

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 This young man

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 idolizes

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 his great possessions

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 and that's why

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 he's not willing

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 to give it up

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 to follow Christ.

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 He tells,

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 Jesus tells him

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 to sell all that he has,

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 give it away to the poor

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 and they come

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 and follow him

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 and then the man

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 walks away sorrowful.

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 But as this happens,

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 you know,

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 Peter,

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 the representative

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 and leader

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 of the 12 apostles,

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 pipes up with the question

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 in verse 27.

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 See,

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 we have left everything

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 and followed you.

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 What then will we have?

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 The pronoun we

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 in the Greek construction

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 in the original language

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 is not necessary,

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 so this is an emphatic.

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 It's saying,

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 we ourselves,

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 look,

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 see,

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 we ourselves

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 have left everything

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 and followed you.

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 Unlike that rich man,

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 but you just promised

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 that rich man,

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 hey,

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 you sell everything

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 you have

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 and then come

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 and follow me,

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 he will have

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 treasures in heaven.

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 That newbie,

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 that rookie,

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 you just told me

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 you're going to have

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 treasures in heaven?

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 Whoa, whoa, whoa,

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 what about us?

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 You see,

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 we have left everything

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 to follow you.

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 What then will we have?

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 So Peter's sensing

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 an opportunity.

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 He knows he's been

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 following Jesus

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 from the very beginning.

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 He knows that he

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 and the apostles

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 are the ones

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 who have been with him

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 all along.

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 We have seniority.

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 We've done more for you.

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 We've cast out demons

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 in your name.

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 We've preached for you.

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 We've gone with you.

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 What do we get?

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 Peter's question,

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 if we understand it rightly,

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 is prideful

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 and entitled.

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 He thinks

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 that he and the apostles

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 are so much better

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 than the rich young man.

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 Look at how much

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 we've done for you.

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 Surely the best

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 heavenly treasures

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 are reserved for us.

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 It's the kind

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 of selfish question

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 that we expect

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 Jesus to rebuke.

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 And Jesus does

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 check

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 and caution

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 the twelve apostles

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 in chapter 19,

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 verse 30,

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 going up to chapter 20,

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 verse 16.

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 But he begins

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 with an exceedingly

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 kind response

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 in verse 28.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 Truly I say to you,

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 in the new world,

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 when the Son of Man

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 will sit on his glorious throne,

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 you who have followed me

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 will also sit

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 on twelve thrones

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 judging the twelve tribes

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 of Israel.

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 Jesus acknowledges

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 that his disciples

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 have made

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 real sacrifices,

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 that they have made

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 drastic life changes

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 in order to

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 honor him

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 and follow him.

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 And think about

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 what these apostles

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 had done

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 for a moment.

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 Remember the contempt

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 that the townspeople

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 of Nazareth,

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 Jesus' hometown,

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 treated Jesus with

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 earlier on

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 in Matthew chapter 13,

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 verse 53 to 58.

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 The townspeople

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 said of Jesus,

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 He's not this,

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 the carpenter's son?

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 He's not his mother

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 called Mary?

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 And are not his brothers

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 James and Joseph

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 and Simon and Judas

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 and are not all

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 his sisters with us?

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 Where then did this man

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 get all these things?

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 And they took offense

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 at him.

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 Nazareth was such a

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 small, obscure village

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 that it doesn't get

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 mentioned even once

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 in the Old Testament

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 or in the Apocrypha

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 or in any rabbinic

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 literature.

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 Jesus comes from

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 the middle of nowhere

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 and he was

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 the carpenter's son.

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 He's an adopted,

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 earthly,

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 human father.

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 Joseph was a tradesman.

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 He was an honest,

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 respectable job

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 to be sure,

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 but he was a

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 blue-collar job.

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 Jesus was not

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 the son of a rabbi.

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 He was the son

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 of a carpenter.

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 This raises

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 the question

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 that the Pharisees

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 ask in John 7, 15,

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 how is it that this

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 man has learned

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 when he has never

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 studied?

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 Is not his mother

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 called Mary?

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 That ordinary Mary,

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 that plain old Mary

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 from down the block?

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 That's his mother.

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 What can possibly

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 be so special

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 about this Jesus

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 of Nazareth?

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 And all his brothers

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 are with us.

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 We play catch

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 with them growing up.

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 All his sisters

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 are among us.

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 Some of us

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 are married to them.

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 What can be possibly

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 so special

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 about this man

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 who has no pedigree,

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 who is so ordinary,

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 and yet these disciples

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 have left everything

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 to follow Jesus?

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 Try to imagine that

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 in a modern context.

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 Let me bring it home

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 for you.

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 Imagine

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 that some rando

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 from a small town

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 you've never heard of

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 rolls into town.

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 He has no impressive

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 degree from

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 respectable institutions.

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 And he comes

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 claiming that

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 he's a prophesied

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 Messiah,

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 the Savior of the world.

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 You Google him,

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 which is what

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 any sensible person

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 does at this point,

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 right?

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 You check him,

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 you stalk him

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 on Facebook

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 and LinkedIn.

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 Don't laugh

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 when you walk down.

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 And then you find,

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 whoa,

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 we have some

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 mutual connections,

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 some shared friends.

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 And you track down

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 his family members.

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 And oh look,

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 they're about as

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 ordinary as they can get.

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 His dad's a plumber.

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 But this man

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 keeps gaining followers

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 and to your shock

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 and dismay,

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 your friends

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 start believing in him

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 and following him.

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 And then you look up

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 YouTube videos

00:15:29.019 --> 00:15:30.019
 of this man speaking

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 and he says

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 crazy things.

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 Matthew 10,

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 37 to 39,

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 and whoever loves

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 father or mother

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 more than me

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 is not worthy of me.

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 And whoever loves

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 son or daughter

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 more than me

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 is not worthy of me.

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 And whoever does not

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 take his cross

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 and follow me

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 is not worthy of me.

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 Whoever finds his life

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 will lose it

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 and whoever loses his life

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 for my sake

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 will find it.

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 He tells his followers

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 that they must

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 deny themselves,

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 that they must renounce

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 their own plans

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 and desires,

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 that he could die

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 to themselves

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 and give up everything

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 and follow him.

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 He demands

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 exclusive allegiance.

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 He tells them

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 that they must love him

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 even more

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 than they love

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 their own family members.

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 And you listen to this

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 and you think to yourself,

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 well, this guy's

00:16:15.479 --> 00:16:16.339
 another case.

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 My friends will soon

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 come to their senses,

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 they're not going

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 to follow him.

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 But no,

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 they leave their money

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 and their property

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 behind.

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 They leave their professions,

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 their careers behind.

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 They leave even

00:16:32.980 --> 00:16:34.280
 their families behind

00:16:34.280 --> 00:16:35.600
 to follow this guy.

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 Would you not be

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 deeply alarmed?

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 Would you not try

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 to dissuade your friends?

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 Oh man,

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 I think my friends

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 got enmeshed

00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:50.540
 in some kind

00:16:50.540 --> 00:16:51.639
 of pyramid scheme

00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:51.639


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 Or a cult!

00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:55.160
 Or both!

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 Please help!

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 Imagine

00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:02.460
 how foolish

00:17:02.460 --> 00:17:03.299
 these disciples

00:17:03.299 --> 00:17:04.140
 would have looked

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 to many around them.

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 But it turns out

00:17:07.779 --> 00:17:10.079
 these twelve apostles

00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:11.660
 were right.

00:17:15.180 --> 00:17:16.500
 Jesus is killed

00:17:16.500 --> 00:17:18.059
 as he predicted

00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:19.359
 and he is raised

00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:20.180
 from the dead

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 as he predicted

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 in any other situation

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 with any other person.

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 The disciples

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 would have been fools.

00:17:29.019 --> 00:17:29.720
 But if Jesus

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 really is

00:17:30.819 --> 00:17:31.440
 the man

00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:32.579
 he said he is,

00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:33.720
 if he really is

00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:34.640
 the Son of God,

00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:35.619
 if he really is

00:17:35.619 --> 00:17:36.380
 the Lamb of God

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 who takes away

00:17:37.180 --> 00:17:38.220
 the sin of the world,

00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:39.680
 if he really is

00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:40.339
 the crucified,

00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:41.519
 risen Messiah,

00:17:42.180 --> 00:17:43.059
 then he is

00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:44.140
 worth forsaking

00:17:44.140 --> 00:17:44.839
 everything.

00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:45.420
 Good Father,

00:17:45.579 --> 00:17:45.960
 say hi.

00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:50.099
 And that is precisely

00:17:50.099 --> 00:17:51.240
 what Jesus calls us

00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:51.759
 to today.

00:17:53.279 --> 00:17:54.259
 Jesus told the rich

00:17:54.259 --> 00:17:54.879
 John and to sell

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 everything he has

00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:57.140
 and give it away

00:17:57.140 --> 00:17:58.460
 to come and follow him

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 because that was

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 the one thing,

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 the property,

00:18:01.900 --> 00:18:02.440
 the possessions

00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:03.039
 that he had

00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:04.039
 was the one thing

00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:04.960
 that he was not

00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:06.119
 willing to relinquish

00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:06.940
 to God.

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 It was his idol,

00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:11.480
 his money and possessions

00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:13.039
 occupied the center,

00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:14.480
 the ruling place

00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:15.599
 of his heart

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 and you can't

00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:18.779
 serve God that way.

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 God must be

00:18:21.099 --> 00:18:21.839
 God.

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 God,

00:18:22.639 --> 00:18:23.980
 he must be

00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:24.819
 the center.

00:18:25.339 --> 00:18:26.699
 He must occupy

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 not the outskirts

00:18:27.919 --> 00:18:28.799
 of our hearts

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 but the center

00:18:30.339 --> 00:18:31.419
 of our hearts,

00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:32.019
 the throne

00:18:32.019 --> 00:18:32.759
 of our hearts.

00:18:34.179 --> 00:18:35.039
 If you are not

00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:36.000
 yet a follower of Christ

00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:36.539
 and you are here

00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:37.039
 this morning,

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 this is what it takes

00:18:40.139 --> 00:18:40.740
 to be saved.

00:18:40.819 --> 00:18:41.619
 This is what it takes

00:18:41.619 --> 00:18:42.299
 to become a follower

00:18:42.299 --> 00:18:42.819
 of Christ.

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 It takes

00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:45.419
 everything.

00:18:45.419 --> 00:18:45.559
 Everything.

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 If there is

00:18:50.199 --> 00:18:51.259
 something in your life

00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:52.119
 of which you say,

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 I can give you

00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:55.799
 all those other things,

00:18:57.259 --> 00:18:58.539
 I can give you

00:18:58.539 --> 00:19:00.440
 a part of this thing,

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 but not all of it.

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 That's not enough.

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 You can't

00:19:11.339 --> 00:19:13.059
 have two masters.

00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:13.640
 That's called

00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:14.240
 treachery.

00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:16.700
 you can't

00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:17.620
 have two

00:19:17.620 --> 00:19:18.140
 lovers.

00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:18.980
 That's called

00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:19.539
 adultery.

00:19:22.900 --> 00:19:23.660
 My Christian

00:19:23.660 --> 00:19:24.380
 brothers and sisters,

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 aren't we all

00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:27.579
 fools

00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:28.500
 who have

00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:29.579
 left everything

00:19:29.579 --> 00:19:30.940
 to follow Jesus?

00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:34.960
 Where are

00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:35.440
 my fellow

00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:35.920
 fools

00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:37.460
 who give away

00:19:37.460 --> 00:19:38.960
 tens of thousands

00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:39.500
 of dollars

00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:40.059
 in tithes

00:19:40.059 --> 00:19:40.579
 and offerings

00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:41.620
 for the edification

00:19:41.619 --> 00:19:42.379
 of the church

00:19:42.379 --> 00:19:42.739
 body

00:19:42.739 --> 00:19:43.319
 and the advancement

00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:43.899
 of the gospel

00:19:43.899 --> 00:19:44.679
 year after year?

00:19:45.399 --> 00:19:45.739
 Many.

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 Who would

00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:48.979
 rather give away

00:19:48.979 --> 00:19:50.679
 their wealth

00:19:50.679 --> 00:19:51.559
 than to keep it

00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:52.119
 for themselves?

00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:54.739
 Where are my

00:19:54.739 --> 00:19:55.399
 fellow fools

00:19:55.399 --> 00:19:56.139
 who embrace

00:19:56.139 --> 00:19:56.899
 chastity

00:19:56.899 --> 00:19:57.919
 in singleness

00:19:57.919 --> 00:19:58.939
 or faithfulness

00:19:58.939 --> 00:19:59.500
 in marriage

00:19:59.500 --> 00:20:00.500
 and will not

00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:01.219
 indulge in the

00:20:01.219 --> 00:20:01.819
 lusts of the

00:20:01.819 --> 00:20:02.259
 flesh

00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:03.199
 for the sake

00:20:03.199 --> 00:20:03.659
 of Jesus?

00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:05.379
 Who will gladly

00:20:05.379 --> 00:20:06.739
 live like eunuchs

00:20:06.739 --> 00:20:07.319
 for the rest

00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:07.979
 of their lives

00:20:07.979 --> 00:20:09.000
 if that is indeed

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 what God

00:20:09.700 --> 00:20:10.519
 calls them to?

00:20:12.080 --> 00:20:12.700
 Where are

00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:13.120
 my fellow

00:20:13.120 --> 00:20:13.559
 fools

00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:14.140
 who after

00:20:14.140 --> 00:20:14.920
 getting slapped

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 on the right

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 cheek

00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:16.360
 turn to them

00:20:16.360 --> 00:20:16.799
 the other?

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 Who forgive,

00:20:19.080 --> 00:20:19.720
 who love

00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:20.200
 and pray

00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:20.900
 for their enemies

00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:21.580
 and forgive

00:20:21.580 --> 00:20:22.240
 people not

00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:22.900
 seven times

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 but 77 times

00:20:24.340 --> 00:20:25.680
 who extend

00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:26.259
 God's mercy

00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:26.960
 even to repeat

00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:27.420
 offenders?

00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:29.620
 Where are

00:20:29.620 --> 00:20:30.080
 my fellow

00:20:30.080 --> 00:20:30.460
 fools

00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:31.000
 who would

00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:31.819
 rather pray

00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:32.620
 and depend

00:20:32.620 --> 00:20:33.279
 on God

00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:33.880
 than to be

00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:34.259
 anxious

00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:35.200
 and take

00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:35.759
 things into

00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.180
 your own

00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:36.680
 hands?

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.779
 Where are

00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:39.140
 my fellow

00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:39.519
 fools

00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:39.839
 who would

00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:40.480
 rather be

00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:41.379
 associated

00:20:41.379 --> 00:20:41.779
 with the

00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:42.240
 crucified

00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:42.819
 Messiah

00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:44.019
 and with

00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:44.779
 these vilified

00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.259
 churches

00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:45.960
 and Christians

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 than with

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.039
 the rich

00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:47.799
 and the

00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:48.220
 powerful

00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:48.940
 and the

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.379
 famous?

00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:52.680
 Where are

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.019
 the fellow

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.480
 fools

00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:53.920
 who have

00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:54.720
 subordinated

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 all other

00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:56.319
 loyalties?

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 Loyalty to

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 kid and

00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:00.200
 kin,

00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:00.839
 loyalty to

00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:01.259
 country,

00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:02.220
 subordinated

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:03.039
 all of them

00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:03.379
 to your

00:21:03.379 --> 00:21:04.119
 loyalty to

00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:04.519
 Christ?

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:08.619
 Where are

00:21:08.619 --> 00:21:09.639
 my brothers

00:21:09.639 --> 00:21:10.059
 and sisters

00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:10.579
 who would

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:11.659
 rather die

00:21:11.659 --> 00:21:12.699
 for Christ

00:21:12.699 --> 00:21:14.259
 than live

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:15.199
 without it?

00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.500
 All of

00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:19.079
 these things

00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:20.119
 seem foolish

00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:21.219
 and crazy

00:21:21.219 --> 00:21:21.739
 to the

00:21:21.739 --> 00:21:22.419
 watching world

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 because,

00:21:25.479 --> 00:21:26.079
 he says

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:26.659
 in 1 Corinthians

00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.220
 2.18,

00:21:27.300 --> 00:21:27.660
 the word

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:27.880
 of the

00:21:27.880 --> 00:21:28.360
 cross is

00:21:28.360 --> 00:21:29.080
 folly to

00:21:29.080 --> 00:21:29.500
 those who

00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:30.080
 are perishing,

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:30.800
 but to

00:21:30.800 --> 00:21:31.340
 us who are

00:21:31.340 --> 00:21:32.080
 being saved,

00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:32.880
 it is the

00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:33.380
 power of

00:21:33.380 --> 00:21:33.720
 God.

00:21:35.080 --> 00:21:35.640
 1 Corinthians

00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:36.279
 2.14,

00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:37.080
 that natural

00:21:37.080 --> 00:21:37.640
 person does

00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:38.580
 not accept the

00:21:38.580 --> 00:21:39.120
 things of the

00:21:39.120 --> 00:21:39.700
 Spirit of God,

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.200
 for they are

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.920
 folly to

00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:41.180
 them,

00:21:41.300 --> 00:21:41.980
 and he's not

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.420
 able to

00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:43.060
 understand them

00:21:43.060 --> 00:21:43.460
 because they

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.400
 are spiritually

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:45.400
 discerned.

00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:47.660
 But as

00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:48.220
 Jim

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:48.600
 Elliot,

00:21:49.060 --> 00:21:49.400
 who was

00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:49.920
 killed like

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.340
 a fool

00:21:50.340 --> 00:21:50.700
 at the

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.040
 age of

00:21:51.040 --> 00:21:52.280
 22 by

00:21:52.280 --> 00:21:52.460
 the

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:52.920
 Guarani

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.440
 tribe in

00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:53.860
 the Amazon

00:21:53.860 --> 00:21:54.480
 in Ecuador,

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.160
 while trying

00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:56.720
 to tell them

00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.100
 about the

00:21:57.100 --> 00:21:57.580
 good news,

00:21:57.660 --> 00:21:58.080
 the saving

00:21:58.080 --> 00:21:58.560
 news of

00:21:58.560 --> 00:21:59.220
 Jesus Christ,

00:21:59.540 --> 00:22:00.080
 he once

00:22:00.080 --> 00:22:00.580
 said before

00:22:00.580 --> 00:22:00.980
 he died,

00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:02.140
 he is no

00:22:02.140 --> 00:22:03.440
 fool who

00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:04.280
 gives what

00:22:04.280 --> 00:22:04.820
 he cannot

00:22:04.820 --> 00:22:05.920
 keep to

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.720
 gain what

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.340
 he cannot

00:22:07.340 --> 00:22:07.940
 lose.

00:22:09.380 --> 00:22:10.000
 He is no

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.720
 fool who

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.380
 gives what

00:22:11.380 --> 00:22:11.880
 he cannot

00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:12.880
 keep in

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:13.280
 order to

00:22:13.280 --> 00:22:13.980
 gain what

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.880
 he cannot

00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:15.760
 lose.

00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:18.040
 The world

00:22:18.040 --> 00:22:18.660
 is passing

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.480
 away along

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:19.940
 with its

00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:20.440
 desires,

00:22:20.580 --> 00:22:21.040
 but whoever

00:22:21.040 --> 00:22:21.540
 does the

00:22:21.540 --> 00:22:21.920
 will of

00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:22.800
 God abides

00:22:22.800 --> 00:22:23.280
 forever.

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:24.500
 Is it

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.460
 not wise

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.720
 to give

00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:27.220
 up what

00:22:27.220 --> 00:22:27.780
 is passing

00:22:27.780 --> 00:22:28.840
 away in

00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:29.640
 exchange for

00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:30.160
 what lasts

00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:30.520
 forever?

00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:33.580
 For what

00:22:33.580 --> 00:22:34.000
 will it

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:34.520
 profit a

00:22:34.520 --> 00:22:35.160
 man if

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:35.680
 he gains

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.100
 the whole

00:22:36.100 --> 00:22:36.700
 world and

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.440
 forfeits

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.260
 his soul?

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:39.980
 What shall

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.580
 a man give

00:22:40.580 --> 00:22:41.360
 in return for

00:22:41.360 --> 00:22:41.820
 his soul?

00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:42.300
 Isn't it

00:22:42.300 --> 00:22:43.160
 better to

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.840
 forfeit the

00:22:43.840 --> 00:22:44.440
 world that

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:44.920
 is passing

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.240
 away,

00:22:45.320 --> 00:22:45.840
 this temporal

00:22:45.840 --> 00:22:46.680
 world to

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:47.240
 gain our

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:47.620
 eternal

00:22:47.620 --> 00:22:48.059
 soul?

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:51.740
 We are

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:51.960
 no

00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:52.340
 fools.

00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:55.600
 For

00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:55.880
 here is

00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.140
 what we

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:56.460
 have to

00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:56.680
 gain.

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.200
 Jesus said

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.480
 in verses

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.019
 28 to

00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.460
 29,

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.480
 truly I

00:22:59.480 --> 00:22:59.779
 say to

00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.000
 you in

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.279
 the new

00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:00.820
 world when

00:23:00.820 --> 00:23:01.259
 the son of

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:01.620
 man will

00:23:01.620 --> 00:23:01.960
 sit on

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.120
 his

00:23:02.120 --> 00:23:02.460
 glorious

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:02.799
 throne,

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.279
 you who

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:03.440
 have

00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:03.759
 followed

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.259
 me will

00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:04.900
 also sit

00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:05.080
 on

00:23:05.080 --> 00:23:05.420
 twelve

00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:05.960
 throes,

00:23:06.340 --> 00:23:06.620
 judging

00:23:06.620 --> 00:23:07.080
 the twelve

00:23:07.080 --> 00:23:07.620
 tribes of

00:23:07.620 --> 00:23:07.880
 Israel.

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.799
 If you're

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.340
 using the

00:23:10.340 --> 00:23:10.700
 English

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.460
 standard version

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:11.660
 of the

00:23:11.660 --> 00:23:11.920
 Bible,

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:12.440
 you might

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:12.920
 have a

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:13.259
 footnote

00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:13.640
 after the

00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:14.460
 word new

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:14.940
 world.

00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:15.980
 And if you

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:16.440
 look at that

00:23:16.440 --> 00:23:16.860
 footnote,

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.340
 it will tell

00:23:17.340 --> 00:23:17.940
 you that the

00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:18.680
 word literally

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:20.000
 means regeneration

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:21.300
 in Greek,

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.480
 which means new

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.779
 birth or

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.320
 renewal.

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:26.279
 When exactly

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:27.380
 is that time?

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.539
 Jesus tells us

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.840
 when the

00:23:29.840 --> 00:23:30.539
 son of man

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:31.279
 will sit

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.980
 on his

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.500
 glorious

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:32.960
 throne.

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:35.420
 Jesus will

00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:35.900
 mention this

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:36.759
 time again

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.759
 later in

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.600
 Matthew 25,

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.500
 31 to 32.

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.119
 he says,

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.140
 when the

00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:41.519
 son of

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.200
 man comes

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:42.680
 in his

00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:43.640
 glory and

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.000
 all the

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.799
 angels with

00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:45.119
 him,

00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:45.839
 then he

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:46.380
 will sit

00:23:46.380 --> 00:23:46.799
 on his

00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:47.200
 glorious

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.660
 throne.

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.759
 Before him

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.039
 will be

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.599
 gathered all

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:50.039
 the nations

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.359
 and he

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:50.839
 will separate

00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.500
 people one

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.039
 from another

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.579
 as a shepherd

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.259
 separates the

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:53.700
 sheep from

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.200
 the goats.

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.119
 It's the

00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:55.480
 time of

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:56.099
 final judgment

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:57.740
 after Christ's

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.079
 return.

00:23:59.160 --> 00:23:59.640
 At that

00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:00.019
 time,

00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:00.380
 Jesus

00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:00.940
 promises

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:01.339
 the twelve

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:01.720
 apostles,

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:02.400
 you who

00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:03.059
 have followed

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.859
 me will

00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:04.480
 also sit

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.079
 on twelve

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:05.539
 thrones,

00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:05.980
 judging the

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.200
 twelve

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.819
 tribes of

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.019
 Israel.

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.700
 I think

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.460
 there is a

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:09.960
 particular

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.480
 reference

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:11.279
 here to

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:12.180
 the twelve

00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:12.680
 apostles,

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.100
 that's why

00:24:13.100 --> 00:24:13.380
 there's

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:13.779
 twelve

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:14.220
 thrones.

00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:17.799
 In Luke

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:18.279
 22,

00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:18.980
 28 to 30,

00:24:19.080 --> 00:24:19.600
 Jesus says

00:24:19.600 --> 00:24:19.900
 to the

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.200
 twelve,

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.259
 you are

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:21.779
 those who

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.299
 have stayed

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.660
 with me

00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:22.880
 in my

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.240
 trials,

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:23.539
 and I

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:23.640
 have

00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:23.960
 signed

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.279
 to you

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.559
 as my

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:24.880
 father

00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:25.259
 assigned

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:25.600
 to me

00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:25.799
 a

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.120
 kingdom,

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:26.980
 that you

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.380
 may eat

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:27.819
 and drink

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.120
 at my

00:24:28.120 --> 00:24:28.420
 table

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:28.720
 in my

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:28.940
 kingdom

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.279
 and sit

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:29.460
 on

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:29.799
 thrones

00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.080
 judging

00:24:30.080 --> 00:24:30.500
 the twelve

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:30.880
 tribes

00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:31.380
 of Israel.

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:32.660
 So that

00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:33.380
 the twelve

00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:34.580
 who ministered

00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:35.059
 alongside

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.559
 Jesus

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.080
 during his

00:24:36.080 --> 00:24:36.720
 earthly life

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.200
 and ministry

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.660
 laid the

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:38.380
 foundation for

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:38.740
 the church

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.400
 and as

00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:39.860
 such they

00:24:39.860 --> 00:24:40.500
 occupy a

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.240
 special place

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.700
 in the

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.100
 age to

00:24:42.100 --> 00:24:42.400
 come.

00:24:43.840 --> 00:24:44.300
 That's why

00:24:44.300 --> 00:24:44.620
 I think

00:24:44.620 --> 00:24:45.020
 in Revelation

00:24:45.020 --> 00:24:45.580
 21,

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.080
 14,

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:46.600
 the new

00:24:46.600 --> 00:24:46.940
 Jerusalem

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.400
 that comes

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:47.800
 down from

00:24:47.800 --> 00:24:48.100
 heaven,

00:24:48.260 --> 00:24:48.940
 which represents

00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:49.440
 the people

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:49.960
 of God,

00:24:50.600 --> 00:24:51.420
 has twelve

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:52.040
 foundations

00:24:52.040 --> 00:24:52.520
 and on

00:24:52.520 --> 00:24:53.260
 them were

00:24:53.260 --> 00:24:54.840
 the twelve

00:24:54.840 --> 00:24:55.500
 names of

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:55.860
 the twelve

00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:56.720
 apostles of

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.180
 the land.

00:24:59.220 --> 00:25:00.100
 In Revelation

00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:01.360
 20,

00:25:01.600 --> 00:25:02.100
 verse 4,

00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:02.580
 it says that

00:25:02.580 --> 00:25:03.300
 after Christ's

00:25:03.300 --> 00:25:03.860
 return and

00:25:03.860 --> 00:25:04.260
 during his

00:25:04.260 --> 00:25:04.640
 millennial

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:04.880
 reign,

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.260
 there will

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:05.460
 be

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:06.059
 thrones

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.539
 and

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:06.879
 see

00:25:06.879 --> 00:25:07.079
 it

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.240
 on

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:07.680
 those

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:07.859
 to

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.019
 whom

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.160
 the

00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:08.539
 authority

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:08.799
 to

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.160
 judge

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:09.440
 was

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:09.799
 committed.

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:10.799
 So I

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.279
 think this

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.740
 reign and

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:13.440
 rule extends

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:14.039
 from the

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.480
 millennial

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.059
 kingdom to

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:15.500
 eternity

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:15.980
 beyond.

00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:17.160
 And there

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.420
 is a

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:17.759
 particular

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.539
 special place

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.140
 for these

00:25:19.140 --> 00:25:19.480
 twelve

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:19.900
 apostles.

00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:21.220
 But I

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.859
 don't think

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:22.220
 that this

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.599
 is the

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.220
 exclusive

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.980
 privilege

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.980
 of the

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:25.200
 twelve

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.619
 apostles.

00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:27.259
 Yes,

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:27.839
 they occupy

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.559
 a unique

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:29.400
 place in

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:29.799
 redemptive

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:30.379
 history and

00:25:30.379 --> 00:25:30.740
 within the

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.119
 kingdom of

00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:31.299
 God,

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.720
 but the

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.519
 apostles are

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:32.700
 the

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.220
 foundation

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.559
 of the

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:33.879
 church.

00:25:34.899 --> 00:25:35.259
 And we

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.720
 are part

00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.000
 of the

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.319
 same

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.899
 spiritual

00:25:36.899 --> 00:25:37.480
 house that

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:37.839
 God is

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.299
 building as

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:38.700
 a dwelling

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.319
 place for

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:39.779
 himself.

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:40.659
 The

00:25:40.659 --> 00:25:41.379
 apostles

00:25:41.379 --> 00:25:42.139
 represent

00:25:42.139 --> 00:25:42.879
 all of

00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:43.079
 us,

00:25:43.159 --> 00:25:43.500
 the people

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:43.859
 of God.

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.200
 And this

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:44.759
 is why

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.460
 scripture

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.240
 elsewhere

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:47.339
 anticipates

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:48.000
 that all

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.680
 the saints

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.379
 and the

00:25:49.379 --> 00:25:50.299
 whole church

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:51.440
 will partake

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:51.980
 in this

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.680
 reign of

00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:53.200
 Christ and

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.480
 in the

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:53.759
 judgment

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.399
 of Christ.

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:55.759
 It says

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.379
 in 1 Corinthians

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:56.759
 6,

00:25:56.879 --> 00:25:57.339
 2-3,

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:57.740
 do you

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.259
 not know

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.680
 that the

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.500
 saints will

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.319
 judge the

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:00.740
 world?

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:03.539
 Do you

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:03.960
 not know

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.419
 that we

00:26:04.419 --> 00:26:04.740
 are to

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.099
 judge

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.740
 angels?

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.379
 This

00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:11.139
 lofty,

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.659
 glorious

00:26:11.659 --> 00:26:12.399
 task that

00:26:12.399 --> 00:26:12.519
 our

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:12.740
 heavenly

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.119
 father

00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:13.819
 sees

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.919
 fit

00:26:14.919 --> 00:26:17.500
 to

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:17.960
 entrust

00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:18.559
 to us

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.339
 in this

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:19.919
 new age

00:26:19.919 --> 00:26:21.399
 the

00:26:21.399 --> 00:26:21.700
 judgment.

00:26:23.419 --> 00:26:24.059
 Daniel

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.819
 7-22

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.440
 prophesies

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:25.639
 of a

00:26:25.639 --> 00:26:25.960
 time when

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.099
 the

00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:26.399
 ancient

00:26:26.399 --> 00:26:26.559
 of

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:26.759
 age

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.180
 comes,

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:27.440
 the

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:27.839
 judgment

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.139
 is

00:26:28.139 --> 00:26:28.440
 given

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:28.879
 for

00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:29.159
 the

00:26:29.159 --> 00:26:29.599
 saints

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:29.859
 of

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:29.960
 the

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.180
 most

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.579
 high.

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:31.220
 And

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.339
 the

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:31.599
 time

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.000
 comes

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.720
 when

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:32.980
 the

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.359
 saints

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:33.879
 possess

00:26:33.879 --> 00:26:34.220
 the

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.539
 kingdom.

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:35.879
 Revelation

00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:36.619
 3-21,

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:36.960
 Jesus

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.539
 promises

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:37.960
 that those

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.099
 who

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:38.639
 conquer

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:39.740
 as

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.220
 he

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:41.039
 conquered,

00:26:41.679 --> 00:26:41.919
 that he

00:26:41.919 --> 00:26:42.299
 will give

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:42.779
 them to

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.539
 sit with

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.199
 him on

00:26:44.199 --> 00:26:44.960
 his throne.

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.299
 This is

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.699
 supposed to

00:26:47.699 --> 00:26:48.059
 be an

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.399
 encouraging

00:26:48.399 --> 00:26:48.980
 promise to

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.319
 those who

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:50.119
 are downtrodden

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.579
 and weak

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:50.960
 and

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:52.519
 disenfranchised

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:52.859
 here in

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.139
 life.

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.000
 Are you

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.699
 downtrodden

00:26:54.699 --> 00:26:54.919
 now?

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.139
 Are you

00:26:55.139 --> 00:26:55.819
 reviled and

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:56.379
 persecuted

00:26:56.379 --> 00:26:56.740
 now?

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.039
 Are you

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.619
 weak and

00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:58.119
 powerless

00:26:58.119 --> 00:26:58.579
 now?

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.339
 You

00:26:59.339 --> 00:26:59.500
 can

00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.779
 wait

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.000
 with

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.419
 hope

00:27:00.419 --> 00:27:02.019
 because

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.419
 Christ

00:27:02.419 --> 00:27:02.619
 has

00:27:02.619 --> 00:27:02.939
 prepared

00:27:02.939 --> 00:27:03.159
 for

00:27:03.159 --> 00:27:03.339
 you

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:03.519
 a

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:03.879
 throne

00:27:03.879 --> 00:27:04.659
 and a

00:27:04.659 --> 00:27:04.879
 kingdom.

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.639
 But does

00:27:07.639 --> 00:27:08.099
 God have

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:08.639
 something good

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:09.059
 for us

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.619
 only in

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:10.039
 this next

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.359
 life?

00:27:12.439 --> 00:27:13.199
 What about

00:27:13.199 --> 00:27:13.539
 here and

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:13.799
 now?

00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:15.799
 Do we

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.379
 have anything

00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:17.159
 to look

00:27:17.159 --> 00:27:17.579
 forward to

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:17.899
 in this

00:27:17.899 --> 00:27:18.220
 life?

00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:19.359
 Or is

00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:19.779
 this life

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.559
 only suffering

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:21.679
 and misery

00:27:21.679 --> 00:27:22.539
 and loss?

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:24.379
 Jesus

00:27:24.379 --> 00:27:24.839
 says in

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.440
 verse 29

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:26.259
 And

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.779
 everyone

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.700
 who has

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:27.940
 left

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.399
 houses

00:27:28.399 --> 00:27:28.940
 or brothers

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.519
 or sisters

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.200
 or father

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.839
 or mother

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.579
 or children

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.279
 or lands

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.700
 for my

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.319
 name's sake

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:34.559
 will receive

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:35.759
 a hundredfold

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:37.059
 and will

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.579
 inherit

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.220
 eternal

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.879
 life.

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.299
 If you

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.899
 compare this

00:27:40.899 --> 00:27:41.500
 verse to

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.299
 the parallel

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:43.200
 verses in

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:43.879
 Mark

00:27:43.879 --> 00:27:44.879
 chapter 10

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.659
 28-30

00:27:45.659 --> 00:27:46.299
 and Luke

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:47.200
 chapter 18

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:48.019
 28-30

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.960
 we can see

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.519
 clearly that

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.099
 the promise

00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:50.759
 that we

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.639
 will receive

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:52.980
 a hundredfold

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:54.380
 applies not

00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:54.740
 to the

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.240
 afterlife

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:56.259
 but to

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.920
 the present

00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:57.320
 life.

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.080
 Jesus

00:27:59.080 --> 00:27:59.560
 says in

00:27:59.560 --> 00:27:59.800
 Mark

00:27:59.800 --> 00:28:00.340
 10-30

00:28:00.340 --> 00:28:00.600
 that we

00:28:00.600 --> 00:28:01.200
 will receive

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:02.240
 a hundredfold

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.500
 now in

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.460
 this time

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:05.220
 houses

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.940
 and brothers

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.500
 and sisters

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.040
 and mothers

00:28:07.040 --> 00:28:07.620
 and children

00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:08.180
 and lands

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:09.680
 with persecutions

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.900
 and in the

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.800
 age to come

00:28:11.800 --> 00:28:12.900
 eternal life.

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.780
 Luke

00:28:14.780 --> 00:28:15.340
 18-30

00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:15.840
 says that we

00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:16.420
 will receive

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:17.200
 many times

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:17.860
 more in

00:28:17.860 --> 00:28:18.820
 this time

00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:19.820
 and in

00:28:19.820 --> 00:28:20.340
 the age to

00:28:20.340 --> 00:28:20.700
 come

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:21.620
 eternal life.

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:23.880
 so then

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.660
 there are

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:25.080
 wonderful

00:28:25.080 --> 00:28:25.540
 promises

00:28:25.540 --> 00:28:25.940
 for our

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.520
 life here

00:28:26.520 --> 00:28:27.000
 on earth

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.680
 as well.

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.440
 For the

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:30.720
 early

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.140
 converts

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:31.640
 in Jesus'

00:28:31.820 --> 00:28:32.100
 day

00:28:32.100 --> 00:28:32.860
 following

00:28:32.860 --> 00:28:33.280
 Christ

00:28:33.280 --> 00:28:33.560
 meant

00:28:33.560 --> 00:28:33.780
 being

00:28:33.780 --> 00:28:34.040
 kicked

00:28:34.040 --> 00:28:34.240
 out

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.340
 of

00:28:34.340 --> 00:28:34.500
 the

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:34.840
 synagogue

00:28:34.840 --> 00:28:35.759
 being

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.140
 disowned

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:36.500
 by their

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:36.960
 families

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.759
 being

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.240
 rejected

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.580
 and

00:28:38.580 --> 00:28:38.900
 persecuted

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.340
 by their

00:28:39.340 --> 00:28:39.800
 society.

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.060
 This

00:28:42.060 --> 00:28:43.000
 has been

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.840
 the

00:28:43.840 --> 00:28:44.840
 norm

00:28:44.840 --> 00:28:45.560
 and not

00:28:45.560 --> 00:28:46.640
 the exception

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.000
 throughout

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.600
 Christian

00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:47.960
 history.

00:28:49.340 --> 00:28:49.940
 Many

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.280
 Christians

00:28:50.280 --> 00:28:50.480
 throughout

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:50.780
 history

00:28:50.780 --> 00:28:51.100
 and even

00:28:51.100 --> 00:28:51.540
 today

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:52.720
 Christians

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.200
 in many

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.680
 parts of

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.019
 the world

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:56.659
 following

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.059
 Christ

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.500
 means

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:58.119
 rejection

00:28:58.119 --> 00:28:58.720
 and

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.259
 persecution

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.579
 by

00:28:59.579 --> 00:28:59.960
 family

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.279
 and

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.759
 society.

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.700
 But

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:02.980
 Jesus

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:03.480
 promises

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.099
 that to

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:04.619
 those who

00:29:04.619 --> 00:29:05.500
 give him

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:05.899
 the

00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:06.559
 primacy

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:07.740
 that he

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.259
 is due

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:09.299
 in their

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:09.759
 lives

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.720
 become part

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.240
 of the

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.920
 family of

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.159
 God.

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.399
 The

00:29:14.399 --> 00:29:14.759
 church.

00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:16.119
 And as the

00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:16.379
 church

00:29:16.379 --> 00:29:17.099
 lives out

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:17.779
 its calling

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.339
 as the

00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:18.899
 family of

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.140
 God,

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.640
 as they

00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:19.940
 share

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.180
 their

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.620
 lives

00:29:20.620 --> 00:29:20.840
 and

00:29:20.840 --> 00:29:21.280
 possessions

00:29:21.280 --> 00:29:21.759
 with

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:21.980
 each

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.220
 other,

00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:22.960
 we may

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.240
 lose

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.400
 our

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:23.660
 own

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:24.080
 homes,

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:24.880
 but we

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:25.180
 gain

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:25.740
 a hundred

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.340
 more in

00:29:26.340 --> 00:29:26.720
 the homes

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.000
 of our

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.280
 Christian

00:29:27.280 --> 00:29:27.780
 brothers and

00:29:27.780 --> 00:29:28.080
 sisters.

00:29:29.080 --> 00:29:29.519
 We may

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.060
 lose our

00:29:30.060 --> 00:29:30.920
 spouses and

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.720
 siblings and

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.360
 parents and

00:29:32.360 --> 00:29:32.640
 children,

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:32.980
 but we

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:34.019
 gain hundreds

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.820
 more within

00:29:34.820 --> 00:29:35.500
 the family of

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:35.759
 God.

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.440
 The church

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:39.060
 is not a

00:29:39.060 --> 00:29:39.980
 mere club

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:41.100
 or a show

00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.380
 that you

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:41.880
 attend on

00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:42.340
 Sundays,

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.040
 or a

00:29:43.040 --> 00:29:43.720
 non-profit.

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:45.819
 It is the

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.620
 very home

00:29:46.620 --> 00:29:47.339
 and family

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:47.700
 of the

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:48.180
 people of

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.500
 God,

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:49.759
 all those

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:49.960
 who have

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.100
 been

00:29:50.100 --> 00:29:50.740
 orphaned and

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.620
 disenfranchised

00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:51.980
 in this

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.539
 world because

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:52.900
 of their

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.579
 allegiance to

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:53.920
 Christ.

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:56.079
 As Jesus

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:56.640
 said earlier

00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:57.039
 in Matthew

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.779
 chapter 12

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.500
 verses 48

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:58.900
 and 50,

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.620
 stretching out

00:29:59.620 --> 00:30:00.240
 his hand

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.940
 toward the

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.460
 disciples,

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.700
 here are

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:03.319
 my mother

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:04.360
 and my

00:30:04.360 --> 00:30:04.880
 brothers.

00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:06.039
 For whoever

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.720
 does the

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.200
 will of

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.660
 God,

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:08.759
 will of

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.259
 my Father

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:09.700
 in heaven,

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.779
 that is my

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.600
 brother and

00:30:11.600 --> 00:30:12.500
 sister and

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:12.799
 mother.

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:16.000
 And that's

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.539
 what many

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.240
 of you have

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:18.140
 been throughout

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:18.579
 the history of

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:19.059
 our church for

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.500
 one another.

00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:21.279
 When you

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.940
 care for one

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.360
 another in

00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:23.720
 sickness by

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.640
 delivering meals,

00:30:24.860 --> 00:30:25.319
 cooking for

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:25.779
 each other,

00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:26.740
 when you

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.299
 watch the

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:28.160
 children of

00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:28.799
 the parents in

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.360
 the church like

00:30:29.360 --> 00:30:29.900
 their uncles

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.720
 and aunties,

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.960
 when you

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.640
 take members

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:34.220
 into your own

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:34.660
 homes when

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:35.039
 they don't

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.980
 have a place

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.500
 to live,

00:30:37.100 --> 00:30:37.480
 when you

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.019
 give away

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.680
 thousands

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.559
 anonymously to

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:40.000
 help an

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.380
 unemployed

00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:40.880
 brother,

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:42.160
 when you

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.860
 fly to a

00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:43.500
 different part

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:43.759
 of the

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.359
 country to

00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:44.740
 help a

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.460
 sister move,

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:46.680
 when you

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.500
 secretly pay

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:47.779
 for a

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.299
 church member's

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:48.859
 medical bill

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:49.319
 because they

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:50.059
 can't afford

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:50.359
 it.

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.579
 We do

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:54.880
 this because

00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:55.759
 we are

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.200
 family.

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.779
 And God

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.619
 has abundantly

00:30:59.619 --> 00:31:00.480
 fulfilled his

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.240
 promise in my

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.799
 life, in my

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:02.660
 family, a

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:03.279
 hundredfold

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:03.700
 and more.

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.559
 And that's

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.220
 just the

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.539
 beginning.

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:10.900
 Afterward,

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.500
 we have

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.380
 eternal life

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:12.780
 to enjoy.

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.840
 In this

00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:16.360
 way, God

00:31:16.360 --> 00:31:17.000
 generously

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.840
 rewards us

00:31:17.840 --> 00:31:18.400
 according to

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:18.940
 our works

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:20.140
 because our

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:21.320
 works are

00:31:21.320 --> 00:31:23.020
 the fruit and

00:31:23.020 --> 00:31:23.880
 evidence of

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:24.620
 the grace that

00:31:24.620 --> 00:31:25.140
 we have received

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.780
 from God.

00:31:26.820 --> 00:31:27.380
 As Jesus

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:27.760
 said in

00:31:27.760 --> 00:31:28.260
 Matthew 10,

00:31:28.300 --> 00:31:28.560
 42,

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:28.880
 whoever

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.540
 gives one

00:31:29.540 --> 00:31:29.940
 of these

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.620
 little ones

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:31.020
 even a

00:31:31.020 --> 00:31:31.420
 cup of

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.140
 cold water

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:32.660
 because he

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:32.900
 is a

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.320
 disciple,

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.200
 truly I

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.500
 say to you,

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:34.740
 he will

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.220
 by no

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:36.040
 means lose

00:31:36.040 --> 00:31:37.040
 his reward.

00:31:37.540 --> 00:31:38.060
 Even the

00:31:38.060 --> 00:31:39.060
 least of our

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.599
 good deeds

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:39.859
 that we

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:40.299
 do in

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:41.000
 his name

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:42.720
 will be

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.119
 rewarded,

00:31:43.639 --> 00:31:44.059
 will not

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:44.740
 go unseen.

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:46.299
 So take

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.720
 heart,

00:31:47.639 --> 00:31:47.879
 my brothers

00:31:47.879 --> 00:31:48.279
 and sisters.

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:51.299
 Verse 30

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:52.339
 then concludes

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:53.019
 the preceding

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.720
 passage and

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.379
 begins the

00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:54.740
 next.

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.940
 It's a pivot

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.299
 point.

00:31:57.099 --> 00:31:57.720
 But many

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.139
 who are

00:31:58.139 --> 00:31:58.679
 first will

00:31:58.679 --> 00:31:59.139
 be last

00:31:59.139 --> 00:31:59.359
 and the

00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:00.159
 last first.

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:02.419
 Some people

00:32:02.419 --> 00:32:03.059
 understand

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.619
 verse 30

00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:04.519
 as a positive

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:05.240
 statement

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:06.119
 affirming

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:06.700
 Peter and

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.200
 the apostles.

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:08.580
 the rich

00:32:08.580 --> 00:32:09.140
 young man

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:09.819
 is the

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.100
 one who

00:32:10.100 --> 00:32:10.640
 was first

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.059
 in this

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.660
 world but

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:12.019
 he will

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.600
 be last.

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.500
 But you

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:13.900
 who left

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:14.340
 everything,

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.940
 you're last

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.240
 in this

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:15.840
 world but

00:32:15.840 --> 00:32:16.500
 you will

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.080
 be first.

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.319
 That is

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:19.660
 a true

00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:19.980
 statement.

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.940
 It's what

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.200
 Jesus

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:22.640
 essentially

00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:23.120
 said in

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.440
 the earlier

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:24.180
 verses 28

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.620
 and 29.

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:25.500
 However,

00:32:25.620 --> 00:32:26.100
 I don't

00:32:26.100 --> 00:32:26.660
 think that's

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:27.220
 the primary

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.860
 function of

00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:28.559
 verse 30.

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:29.900
 And here's

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.200
 why.

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.720
 It begins

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.120
 with the

00:32:32.120 --> 00:32:32.580
 conjunction

00:32:32.580 --> 00:32:33.559
 but,

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:36.840
 which indicates

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:37.579
 contrast.

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.679
 Remember

00:32:39.679 --> 00:32:40.379
 Peter's

00:32:40.379 --> 00:32:41.059
 plow and

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.559
 entitled

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.539
 question in

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:44.139
 chapter 19

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:44.899
 verse 27.

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.459
 See,

00:32:46.179 --> 00:32:47.099
 we have

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:48.039
 left everything

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.459
 in follow

00:32:48.459 --> 00:32:48.799
 due.

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:50.019
 What then

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.439
 will we

00:32:50.439 --> 00:32:50.839
 have?

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.779
 If Jesus

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.819
 is affirming

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.399
 Peter's

00:32:54.399 --> 00:32:55.240
 attitude and

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.980
 posture here,

00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:57.220
 you're right,

00:32:57.419 --> 00:32:58.019
 you're right.

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:59.259
 You gave us

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.980
 so much to

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.500
 follow me,

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.159
 you'll be

00:33:01.159 --> 00:33:01.519
 first,

00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:02.059
 don't worry.

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:03.539
 I don't

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:03.799
 think that's

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.159
 what Jesus

00:33:04.159 --> 00:33:04.559
 is saying.

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:06.440
 If that's

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:06.740
 the case,

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:06.980
 then we

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.599
 expect the

00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:07.960
 coordinated

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.460
 conjunction

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:08.980
 for.

00:33:09.659 --> 00:33:10.740
 For many

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.259
 who are

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.679
 first will

00:33:11.679 --> 00:33:12.119
 be last

00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:12.379
 and the

00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:12.659
 last

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:13.079
 first.

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.159
 But no,

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.519
 we have

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:15.059
 but.

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:16.980
 It keeps

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.799
 a contrast.

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:18.619
 And if you

00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:19.299
 skip ahead to

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.839
 chapter 20

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.619
 verse 16,

00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:21.740
 you will see

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.019
 that the

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.679
 same statement

00:33:22.679 --> 00:33:23.220
 is repeated

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.779
 in reverse

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.179
 order.

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.240
 So the

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.980
 last will

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.500
 be first

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:26.799
 and the

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.159
 first

00:33:27.159 --> 00:33:27.839
 last.

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:28.879
 This is

00:33:28.879 --> 00:33:29.159
 what we

00:33:29.159 --> 00:33:29.659
 call an

00:33:29.659 --> 00:33:30.500
 inclusio.

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.539
 These two

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:32.339
 verses serve

00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:33.700
 as bookends.

00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:35.039
 the front

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.539
 and back

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:35.980
 covers of

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.319
 the book

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:37.059
 that enclose

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:37.580
 its content

00:33:37.580 --> 00:33:38.160
 together and

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:38.680
 bind them

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.180
 together.

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.400
 So I

00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:40.799
 think for

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.180
 that reason,

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.840
 chapter 19

00:33:41.840 --> 00:33:42.519
 verse 30

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:43.460
 goes primarily

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:44.319
 with the

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:44.680
 following

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.180
 parable.

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:46.680
 And it's

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:47.420
 intended as

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:48.080
 a caution

00:33:48.080 --> 00:33:48.460
 to the

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:49.140
 apostles and

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:49.539
 to all

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:49.960
 subsequent

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.660
 followers of

00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:50.940
 Christ.

00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:51.759
 Yes,

00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:52.420
 you will

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:53.120
 have great

00:33:53.120 --> 00:33:53.559
 rewards.

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.400
 I assure

00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:54.779
 you of

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.039
 that.

00:33:55.340 --> 00:33:56.120
 But don't

00:33:56.120 --> 00:33:56.559
 you go

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:57.160
 importing

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:57.819
 selfish

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.440
 ambition,

00:33:59.380 --> 00:33:59.779
 sinful

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.539
 comparison,

00:34:01.100 --> 00:34:01.819
 and envy,

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:02.819
 and worldly

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.839
 striving for

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.819
 first place

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:06.059
 into your

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:06.859
 Christian life.

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.579
 Because first

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.319
 will be last

00:34:10.319 --> 00:34:11.519
 and the

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.319
 last first.

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:13.519
 You guys

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:14.059
 following me?

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:16.139
 It will be

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:16.659
 clear when we

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:16.980
 get to the

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.299
 parable.

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.139
 God

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:20.679
 mercifully

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:21.380
 repays us

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:21.960
 according to

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.380
 his grace.

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:22.880
 Jesus says

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.440
 in verse 1,

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.259
 for the king

00:34:24.259 --> 00:34:24.840
 of heaven is

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.139
 like a

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.659
 master of

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:25.960
 a house

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.299
 who went

00:34:26.299 --> 00:34:26.840
 out early

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.059
 in the

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.460
 morning to

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:28.179
 hire neighbors

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:28.659
 for his

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:29.059
 vineyard.

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.239
 The

00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:30.579
 conjunction

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.500
 for in

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.840
 verse 1

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.380
 signals that

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:32.840
 Jesus is

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:33.460
 commenting on

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:33.700
 what he

00:34:33.700 --> 00:34:34.300
 just said

00:34:34.300 --> 00:34:34.619
 in verse

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:35.000
 30,

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:35.740
 chapter 19,

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.180
 verse 30.

00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:36.740
 But many

00:34:36.740 --> 00:34:37.039
 who are

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.420
 first will

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:37.820
 be last

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:38.380
 and the

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.119
 last first

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:40.019
 because

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:41.099
 for,

00:34:41.260 --> 00:34:41.460
 Jesus

00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:41.980
 explaining,

00:34:42.340 --> 00:34:42.800
 for the

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:43.220
 kingdom of

00:34:43.220 --> 00:34:43.579
 heaven is

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.240
 like this,

00:34:44.740 --> 00:34:45.059
 like a

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.460
 master of

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:45.720
 a house

00:34:45.720 --> 00:34:45.960
 who went

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.320
 out early

00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:46.480
 in the

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:46.840
 morning to

00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:47.400
 hire neighbors

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.780
 for his

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:47.980
 king.

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.440
 The

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:50.220
 vineyard is

00:34:50.220 --> 00:34:50.660
 an often

00:34:50.660 --> 00:34:51.360
 used image,

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:51.780
 a metaphor

00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:52.280
 for the

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:52.740
 people of

00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:53.059
 God in

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.320
 the Old

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.720
 Testament.

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:54.980
 And

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.300
 Jesus

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:56.019
 used that

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.740
 image famously

00:34:56.740 --> 00:34:57.119
 in John

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:57.800
 15 to

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:58.000
 say,

00:34:58.160 --> 00:34:58.840
 I am the

00:34:58.840 --> 00:34:59.460
 true vine

00:34:59.460 --> 00:34:59.820
 and the

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:00.559
 father is a

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:01.260
 vine dresser.

00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:02.200
 I am the

00:35:02.200 --> 00:35:02.680
 vine and

00:35:02.680 --> 00:35:03.140
 you are

00:35:03.140 --> 00:35:03.280
 the

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:03.640
 branches.

00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:03.940
 Whoever

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.460
 abides in

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:04.860
 me and

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.220
 I in

00:35:05.220 --> 00:35:05.500
 him,

00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:06.200
 he it

00:35:06.200 --> 00:35:06.480
 is that

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:07.000
 bears much

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.300
 fruit.

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.260
 For apart

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:08.520
 from me

00:35:08.520 --> 00:35:08.760
 you can

00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:08.940
 do

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.300
 nothing.

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:10.080
 The

00:35:10.080 --> 00:35:10.620
 people of

00:35:10.620 --> 00:35:11.020
 God are

00:35:11.020 --> 00:35:11.440
 God's

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:11.960
 vineyard

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.740
 and God

00:35:12.740 --> 00:35:13.020
 is the

00:35:13.020 --> 00:35:13.520
 master who

00:35:13.520 --> 00:35:14.020
 owns it.

00:35:15.240 --> 00:35:15.960
 In this

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.280
 parable,

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:16.800
 the master

00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:17.020
 of the

00:35:17.020 --> 00:35:17.460
 house goes

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:18.080
 out early

00:35:18.080 --> 00:35:18.340
 in the

00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:18.840
 morning to

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.140
 hire

00:35:19.140 --> 00:35:19.640
 laborers

00:35:19.640 --> 00:35:20.000
 for his

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.320
 vineyard.

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.280
 This is

00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:21.740
 an allusion

00:35:21.740 --> 00:35:22.240
 to the

00:35:22.240 --> 00:35:22.900
 practice of

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.680
 hiring day

00:35:23.680 --> 00:35:24.440
 laborers.

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:26.240
 The day

00:35:26.240 --> 00:35:26.920
 laborers

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:27.540
 were those

00:35:27.540 --> 00:35:28.160
 who did

00:35:28.160 --> 00:35:28.740
 not have

00:35:28.740 --> 00:35:29.300
 permanent

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.940
 regular

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.620
 employment.

00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:32.020
 They

00:35:32.020 --> 00:35:32.440
 did not

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:33.180
 even enjoy

00:35:33.180 --> 00:35:33.440
 the

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:33.780
 minimum

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:34.500
 security

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:34.840
 that

00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:35.360
 slaves

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.860
 enjoyed

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.840
 because

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.300
 at least

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:38.020
 slaves

00:35:38.020 --> 00:35:39.300
 are

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:39.800
 guaranteed

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:40.700
 housing

00:35:40.700 --> 00:35:41.140
 and

00:35:41.140 --> 00:35:41.840
 food

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.540
 as long

00:35:42.540 --> 00:35:42.780
 as they

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:42.880
 are

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.140
 working

00:35:43.140 --> 00:35:43.500
 for their

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:43.820
 master.

00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:46.000
 In the

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.760
 absence of

00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:47.300
 welfare

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:47.980
 programs

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.340
 like we

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:48.720
 have today,

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:49.240
 these day

00:35:49.240 --> 00:35:49.680
 laborers

00:35:49.680 --> 00:35:50.440
 were completely

00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:50.880
 at the

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.200
 mercy

00:35:51.200 --> 00:35:51.980
 of their

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.480
 employer.

00:35:53.100 --> 00:35:53.580
 If they

00:35:53.580 --> 00:35:54.020
 did not

00:35:54.020 --> 00:35:54.780
 find work

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:55.320
 for that

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:55.660
 day,

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:56.660
 then there

00:35:56.660 --> 00:35:56.920
 would be

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.460
 no food

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:57.780
 on the

00:35:57.780 --> 00:35:58.060
 table

00:35:58.060 --> 00:35:58.620
 for their

00:35:58.620 --> 00:35:59.060
 families

00:35:59.060 --> 00:35:59.760
 that evening.

00:35:59.760 --> 00:36:02.440
 most of

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:03.060
 us don't

00:36:03.060 --> 00:36:03.560
 understand

00:36:03.560 --> 00:36:04.080
 what that

00:36:04.080 --> 00:36:04.460
 kind of

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:04.720
 job

00:36:04.720 --> 00:36:05.240
 insecurity

00:36:05.240 --> 00:36:05.880
 looks like.

00:36:06.720 --> 00:36:07.200
 But there

00:36:07.200 --> 00:36:07.580
 are people

00:36:07.580 --> 00:36:08.040
 like this

00:36:08.040 --> 00:36:08.280
 in our

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:08.540
 day and

00:36:08.540 --> 00:36:09.040
 age also.

00:36:10.200 --> 00:36:10.840
 People who

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.280
 rely on

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:11.540
 temp

00:36:11.540 --> 00:36:12.000
 agencies

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:13.300
 like

00:36:13.300 --> 00:36:14.900
 laborfinders.com.

00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:17.140
 People who

00:36:17.140 --> 00:36:17.840
 wait early

00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:18.440
 in the morning

00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:19.440
 in front of

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:20.500
 hardware stores,

00:36:20.620 --> 00:36:21.220
 parking lots

00:36:21.220 --> 00:36:21.820
 like Home

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:22.140
 Depot.

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.620
 This happens

00:36:23.620 --> 00:36:24.060
 for real

00:36:24.060 --> 00:36:24.480
 in Home

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:24.720
 Depot,

00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:25.240
 South Bay

00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:25.560
 Boston.

00:36:26.420 --> 00:36:27.000
 Hoping that

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.900
 contractors and

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.340
 homeowners

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:29.519
 buying supplies

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:30.059
 would hire

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.500
 them for

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:30.920
 the day

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.240
 so that

00:36:31.240 --> 00:36:31.480
 they can

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:32.000
 get immediate

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:33.780
 pay for

00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:34.260
 their manual

00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:34.539
 labor.

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.460
 Some

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:37.120
 companies like

00:36:37.120 --> 00:36:37.780
 People Ready

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:38.740
 exist to

00:36:38.740 --> 00:36:39.280
 help day

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:39.960
 laborers like

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.320
 this.

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.260
 They have a

00:36:41.260 --> 00:36:41.920
 location in

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.660
 Chelsea where

00:36:42.660 --> 00:36:43.400
 workers typically

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:44.160
 show up between

00:36:44.160 --> 00:36:45.559
 5, 5.30 and

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:46.820
 7 a.m.,

00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:47.460
 hoping to be

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:48.180
 dispatched to

00:36:48.180 --> 00:36:49.059
 job sites for

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:49.760
 manual labor,

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.440
 construction,

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:51.440
 event cleanup,

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:52.100
 whatever it might

00:36:52.100 --> 00:36:52.340
 be.

00:36:53.220 --> 00:36:53.940
 It's not

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:54.579
 month to

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:55.019
 month for

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.500
 these kinds

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:55.880
 of workers.

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:56.019
 workers.

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.660
 It's day

00:36:57.660 --> 00:36:58.500
 by day,

00:36:59.380 --> 00:36:59.920
 hand to

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:00.240
 mouth.

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:04.539
 A wealthy

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:06.019
 landowner with

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.680
 a vineyard,

00:37:07.260 --> 00:37:08.300
 who also has a

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:09.320
 foreman that

00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:09.980
 works for him,

00:37:11.140 --> 00:37:11.920
 could clearly

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.880
 keep his own

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:13.700
 labor force if

00:37:13.700 --> 00:37:14.340
 he wanted to.

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:16.480
 But he is

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:17.320
 hiring these

00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:18.320
 day laborers

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:19.740
 as an act of

00:37:19.740 --> 00:37:20.420
 compassion,

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:22.119
 seeking to

00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:22.980
 relieve the

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:23.740
 hardship of

00:37:23.740 --> 00:37:24.320
 the unemployed.

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:24.460
 work.

00:37:26.180 --> 00:37:26.519
 And that's

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:26.800
 why he

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:27.760
 hires again

00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:28.620
 and again,

00:37:28.700 --> 00:37:29.220
 even after he's

00:37:29.220 --> 00:37:29.740
 already hired

00:37:29.740 --> 00:37:30.620
 everybody necessary

00:37:30.620 --> 00:37:31.100
 in the morning,

00:37:31.240 --> 00:37:33.380
 the first hours

00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:33.740
 of the morning.

00:37:34.620 --> 00:37:35.160
 So the

00:37:35.160 --> 00:37:35.620
 master of the

00:37:35.620 --> 00:37:35.960
 house goes

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.559
 out early in

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:36.900
 the morning.

00:37:37.240 --> 00:37:37.640
 That phrase

00:37:37.640 --> 00:37:38.380
 usually indicates

00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:39.320
 the fourth watch

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:39.880
 of the night,

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.500
 meaning between

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:41.120
 3 a.m. and

00:37:41.120 --> 00:37:41.820
 6 a.m.

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:43.100
 Really early.

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:45.600
 He would

00:37:45.600 --> 00:37:46.400
 hire workers

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:46.980
 during that

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:47.900
 time span so

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:48.120
 that they

00:37:48.120 --> 00:37:48.580
 could start

00:37:48.580 --> 00:37:49.280
 work right

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:50.100
 at daybreak

00:37:50.100 --> 00:37:51.200
 at 6 a.m.

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.539
 Early bird

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:53.140
 gets the worm,

00:37:53.220 --> 00:37:53.380
 right?

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:53.980
 As they say.

00:37:55.240 --> 00:37:56.280
 So he

00:37:56.280 --> 00:37:56.780
 finds the

00:37:56.780 --> 00:37:57.200
 workers that

00:37:57.200 --> 00:37:57.620
 he needs,

00:37:57.740 --> 00:37:58.000
 and in

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:58.460
 verse 2,

00:37:58.600 --> 00:37:59.280
 after agreeing

00:37:59.280 --> 00:37:59.559
 with the

00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:00.039
 laborers for

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:00.539
 a denarius

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:00.840
 a day,

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:01.260
 he sent

00:38:01.260 --> 00:38:01.640
 them into

00:38:01.640 --> 00:38:02.640
 his vineyard.

00:38:03.620 --> 00:38:03.920
 The

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.440
 master has

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:04.900
 found the

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:05.440
 laborers for

00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:05.900
 his vineyard,

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:06.320
 he sends

00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:06.580
 them to

00:38:06.580 --> 00:38:06.900
 work,

00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:07.380
 and now

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:08.120
 we expect

00:38:08.120 --> 00:38:09.280
 the

00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:09.660
 master to

00:38:09.660 --> 00:38:10.220
 return home.

00:38:11.740 --> 00:38:12.480
 But here

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:12.940
 the parable

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:13.420
 takes an

00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:13.900
 unexpected

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:14.380
 turn.

00:38:15.160 --> 00:38:15.559
 It says

00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:16.240
 in verse 3

00:38:16.240 --> 00:38:16.680
 and 4,

00:38:16.840 --> 00:38:17.160
 and going

00:38:17.160 --> 00:38:17.920
 out about

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:18.900
 the third

00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:19.860
 hour,

00:38:20.240 --> 00:38:20.720
 he saw

00:38:20.720 --> 00:38:21.380
 others standing

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:21.940
 idle in the

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:22.340
 marketplace,

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:23.059
 and to them

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:23.500
 he said,

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:24.440
 you go into

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:24.960
 the vineyard

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:25.400
 too,

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:26.199
 and whatever

00:38:26.199 --> 00:38:26.739
 is right,

00:38:26.880 --> 00:38:27.360
 I will

00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:27.920
 give you.

00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:29.179
 This is the

00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:29.780
 third hour

00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:30.659
 since daybreak

00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:31.420
 at 6 a.m.,

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:31.780
 so this is

00:38:31.780 --> 00:38:33.219
 9 a.m.,

00:38:33.219 --> 00:38:33.860
 where most of

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:34.280
 us for the

00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:34.500
 work,

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:36.460
 and the

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:37.260
 master hires

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:38.460
 still more

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:39.320
 day laborers.

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:40.679
 Why does he

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:41.159
 hire them?

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:41.599
 He says,

00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:42.239
 because he saw

00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:42.960
 them standing

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.820
 idle in the

00:38:43.820 --> 00:38:44.219
 marketplace.

00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:45.280
 The word

00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:45.860
 idle in

00:38:45.860 --> 00:38:46.199
 English

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:47.059
 carries a

00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:47.619
 pejorative

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:48.059
 sense,

00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:48.460
 like they're

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:49.039
 being lazy

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:49.539
 or something

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:49.779
 and they

00:38:49.779 --> 00:38:50.079
 don't want

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:50.380
 to work,

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:50.860
 but that's

00:38:50.860 --> 00:38:51.279
 not the

00:38:51.279 --> 00:38:51.900
 meaning here.

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:53.320
 The word

00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:53.980
 used here

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.219
 that's

00:38:54.219 --> 00:38:54.599
 translated

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:55.279
 idle simply

00:38:55.279 --> 00:38:55.739
 means that

00:38:55.739 --> 00:38:55.920
 they're

00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:56.519
 unemployed.

00:38:57.400 --> 00:38:57.619
 They're

00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:58.000
 idle,

00:38:58.159 --> 00:38:58.360
 they're

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.759
 standing

00:38:58.759 --> 00:38:59.259
 with no

00:38:59.259 --> 00:38:59.840
 work because

00:38:59.840 --> 00:39:00.340
 they don't

00:39:00.340 --> 00:39:00.900
 have work,

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:01.519
 they have

00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:01.980
 nothing to

00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:02.199
 do.

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.279
 They're

00:39:03.279 --> 00:39:03.539
 waiting

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:03.840
 around,

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.340
 hoping to

00:39:04.340 --> 00:39:04.699
 be hired.

00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:06.000
 And the

00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:06.699
 master hires

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:07.039
 them and

00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:07.699
 promises them

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:08.039
 a fair

00:39:08.039 --> 00:39:08.340
 wage.

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:09.440
 But the

00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:09.820
 story doesn't

00:39:09.820 --> 00:39:10.179
 end there.

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.619
 It says in

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:12.039
 verse 5,

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:12.500
 going out

00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:13.340
 again about

00:39:13.340 --> 00:39:14.019
 the 6th

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:15.079
 hour and

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:15.759
 the 9th

00:39:15.759 --> 00:39:16.079
 hour,

00:39:16.420 --> 00:39:17.159
 he did the

00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:17.480
 same.

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:18.500
 He repeats

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:18.980
 the cycle

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:19.679
 again at

00:39:19.679 --> 00:39:20.619
 noon when

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:21.059
 the day is

00:39:21.059 --> 00:39:21.659
 already half

00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:22.740
 over and

00:39:22.740 --> 00:39:23.000
 then he

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:23.340
 does it

00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:23.820
 again at

00:39:23.820 --> 00:39:24.579
 3 p.m.

00:39:26.240 --> 00:39:26.579
 And it

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:26.880
 says in

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.460
 verses 6

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:27.880
 and 7,

00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:28.280
 and about

00:39:28.280 --> 00:39:29.039
 the 11th

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:29.420
 hour he

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:29.840
 went out

00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:30.219
 and found

00:39:30.219 --> 00:39:30.559
 others

00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:31.219
 standing and

00:39:31.219 --> 00:39:31.539
 he said

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:31.820
 to them,

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:32.639
 why do you

00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:33.139
 stand here

00:39:33.139 --> 00:39:33.639
 idle all

00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:33.900
 day?

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:35.360
 They said

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:35.639
 to him,

00:39:35.679 --> 00:39:36.659
 because no

00:39:36.659 --> 00:39:37.260
 one has

00:39:37.260 --> 00:39:38.099
 hired us.

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:39.340
 He said

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:39.679
 to them,

00:39:40.059 --> 00:39:40.599
 you go

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:41.000
 into the

00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:41.380
 vineyard

00:39:41.380 --> 00:39:41.679
 box.

00:39:43.300 --> 00:39:43.760
 This,

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:44.280
 by the way,

00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:44.840
 is where

00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:45.320
 we get the

00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:45.599
 English

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:46.079
 expression,

00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:47.039
 the 11th

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:47.360
 hour,

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:48.980
 when you

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:49.440
 slip in

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:49.960
 the last

00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:50.280
 minute,

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:50.719
 the last

00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:51.240
 possible

00:39:51.240 --> 00:39:51.920
 hour that

00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:52.659
 something needs

00:39:52.659 --> 00:39:53.079
 to be done

00:39:53.079 --> 00:39:53.420
 and you can

00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:53.820
 do it,

00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:54.980
 that's the

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:55.519
 11th hour

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:56.079
 between 5

00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:56.400
 and 6

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:56.760
 p.m.

00:39:56.800 --> 00:39:58.099
 in the

00:39:58.099 --> 00:39:58.400
 biblical

00:39:58.400 --> 00:39:59.940
 time frame,

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:01.119
 the literal

00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:01.679
 last hour

00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:02.300
 before sunset.

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:03.380
 And think for

00:40:03.380 --> 00:40:03.940
 a moment about

00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:04.679
 what kind of

00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:06.000
 workers are

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:06.679
 left behind

00:40:06.679 --> 00:40:07.300
 until the

00:40:07.300 --> 00:40:07.920
 11th hour

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:08.679
 and not

00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:09.099
 hired by

00:40:09.099 --> 00:40:09.320
 anyone.

00:40:09.320 --> 00:40:14.519
 if you

00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:15.000
 don't

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.340
 understand

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:15.539
 where I

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:15.740
 did it,

00:40:15.780 --> 00:40:16.240
 think about

00:40:16.240 --> 00:40:17.120
 those times

00:40:17.120 --> 00:40:17.900
 when you

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:18.100
 were in

00:40:18.100 --> 00:40:19.240
 school and

00:40:19.240 --> 00:40:19.440
 you were

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:19.840
 getting picked

00:40:19.840 --> 00:40:20.320
 for teams

00:40:20.320 --> 00:40:20.760
 in recess.

00:40:23.100 --> 00:40:23.539
 You're

00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:23.780
 trying to

00:40:23.780 --> 00:40:24.100
 divide up

00:40:24.100 --> 00:40:24.519
 into teams,

00:40:24.580 --> 00:40:24.780
 you've got

00:40:24.780 --> 00:40:25.559
 two captains,

00:40:26.220 --> 00:40:26.620
 who gets

00:40:26.620 --> 00:40:27.260
 picked first?

00:40:28.860 --> 00:40:29.080
 Yeah,

00:40:29.180 --> 00:40:30.140
 the strongest,

00:40:30.660 --> 00:40:31.519
 most athletic,

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:34.480
 and then

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:35.079
 the small,

00:40:35.219 --> 00:40:35.679
 the weak

00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:37.519
 get picked

00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:37.940
 last.

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:40.360
 So imagine

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:40.699
 what kind

00:40:40.699 --> 00:40:41.039
 of workers

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:41.500
 these are.

00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:44.019
 Maybe

00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:44.699
 they're old

00:40:44.699 --> 00:40:45.320
 and infirm,

00:40:46.739 --> 00:40:47.639
 maybe one

00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:48.059
 limb is

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:48.400
 shorter than

00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:48.639
 the other

00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:48.920
 so they

00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:49.280
 walk with

00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:49.639
 the limb.

00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:53.280
 Maybe

00:40:53.280 --> 00:40:54.340
 they're really

00:40:54.340 --> 00:40:55.259
 small and

00:40:55.259 --> 00:40:55.659
 scrum.

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:01.179
 And imagine

00:41:01.179 --> 00:41:01.679
 what's going

00:41:01.679 --> 00:41:02.199
 through the

00:41:02.199 --> 00:41:02.659
 minds of

00:41:02.659 --> 00:41:03.079
 these day

00:41:03.079 --> 00:41:03.480
 laborers.

00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:03.739
 It says

00:41:03.739 --> 00:41:04.059
 that they've

00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:04.519
 been standing

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:05.299
 there all

00:41:05.299 --> 00:41:06.179
 day because

00:41:06.179 --> 00:41:06.619
 no one

00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:07.239
 has hired

00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:07.480
 them.

00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:08.599
 Most people

00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:09.079
 wouldn't wait

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:09.599
 that long,

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:09.839
 right?

00:41:11.719 --> 00:41:12.539
 Many people

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:13.099
 would despair

00:41:13.099 --> 00:41:13.639
 of work

00:41:13.639 --> 00:41:14.719
 long before

00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:15.379
 the 11th

00:41:15.379 --> 00:41:16.699
 hour and

00:41:16.699 --> 00:41:17.039
 would have

00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:17.759
 left for

00:41:17.759 --> 00:41:18.139
 home.

00:41:19.819 --> 00:41:20.559
 But these

00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:20.879
 workers,

00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:21.159
 as they

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:21.639
 watch the

00:41:21.639 --> 00:41:22.279
 sun sinking

00:41:22.279 --> 00:41:22.799
 lower and

00:41:22.799 --> 00:41:23.119
 lower,

00:41:23.799 --> 00:41:24.199
 their hope

00:41:24.199 --> 00:41:24.859
 of work

00:41:24.859 --> 00:41:26.559
 dims

00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:27.259
 further and

00:41:27.259 --> 00:41:27.599
 further.

00:41:27.599 --> 00:41:27.900
 workers?

00:41:29.339 --> 00:41:29.699
 Ah,

00:41:30.380 --> 00:41:31.299
 almost

00:41:31.299 --> 00:41:31.880
 11th

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:32.139
 hour.

00:41:33.139 --> 00:41:33.380
 No

00:41:33.380 --> 00:41:33.960
 employer

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:34.900
 has come

00:41:34.900 --> 00:41:35.619
 by in a

00:41:35.619 --> 00:41:36.139
 little while.

00:41:36.779 --> 00:41:37.059
 Should I

00:41:37.059 --> 00:41:37.699
 just call

00:41:37.699 --> 00:41:38.039
 it home,

00:41:38.259 --> 00:41:38.599
 call it,

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:39.199
 call it,

00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:39.679
 call it the

00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:39.980
 day and

00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:40.420
 go home?

00:41:41.639 --> 00:41:42.500
 But I have a

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:43.059
 family to

00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:43.420
 feed.

00:41:44.860 --> 00:41:45.639
 I have no

00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:46.019
 money.

00:41:49.880 --> 00:41:50.759
 I can't go

00:41:50.759 --> 00:41:51.199
 home yet.

00:41:51.739 --> 00:41:52.199
 Got to wait

00:41:52.199 --> 00:41:52.860
 a little longer.

00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:54.719
 I must find

00:41:54.719 --> 00:41:55.099
 work.

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:56.279
 I'll

00:41:56.279 --> 00:41:56.539
 wait.

00:41:58.059 --> 00:41:58.440
 And at

00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:59.179
 the last

00:41:59.179 --> 00:41:59.739
 hour,

00:42:01.179 --> 00:42:01.719
 the faith

00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:02.339
 and persistence

00:42:02.339 --> 00:42:02.940
 of these

00:42:02.940 --> 00:42:03.880
 day laborers

00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:04.440
 pay off,

00:42:04.839 --> 00:42:05.079
 and this

00:42:05.079 --> 00:42:05.599
 compassionate

00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:06.920
 master hires

00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:07.980
 them and

00:42:07.980 --> 00:42:08.579
 sends them

00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:08.920
 into the

00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:09.219
 vineyard.

00:42:10.960 --> 00:42:11.539
 But the

00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:12.019
 story doesn't

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:12.519
 end there.

00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:13.259
 There's still

00:42:13.259 --> 00:42:13.719
 one more

00:42:13.719 --> 00:42:14.059
 twist.

00:42:15.659 --> 00:42:16.159
 It says in

00:42:16.159 --> 00:42:16.519
 verse 8,

00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:16.839
 And when

00:42:16.839 --> 00:42:17.500
 evening came,

00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:17.920
 the owner

00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:18.420
 of the vineyard

00:42:18.420 --> 00:42:18.900
 said to his

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:19.219
 foreman,

00:42:19.539 --> 00:42:19.980
 Call the

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.559
 laborers and

00:42:20.559 --> 00:42:20.920
 pay them

00:42:20.920 --> 00:42:21.579
 their wages,

00:42:22.259 --> 00:42:23.039
 beginning with

00:42:23.039 --> 00:42:23.759
 the last,

00:42:23.760 --> 00:42:25.280
 up to the

00:42:25.280 --> 00:42:25.660
 first.

00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:27.880
 Interesting.

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:30.480
 It's kind

00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:31.020
 of backwards.

00:42:32.220 --> 00:42:32.640
 Those guys

00:42:32.640 --> 00:42:32.880
 were here

00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:33.240
 first.

00:42:35.180 --> 00:42:35.940
 It's already

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:36.480
 a sign of

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:36.920
 things to

00:42:36.920 --> 00:42:37.200
 come.

00:42:38.480 --> 00:42:39.320
 Verse 9,

00:42:39.840 --> 00:42:40.200
 And when

00:42:40.200 --> 00:42:40.860
 those hired

00:42:40.860 --> 00:42:41.240
 about the

00:42:41.240 --> 00:42:41.520
 eleventh

00:42:41.520 --> 00:42:42.100
 hour came,

00:42:42.160 --> 00:42:42.540
 each of

00:42:42.540 --> 00:42:43.120
 them received

00:42:43.120 --> 00:42:43.960
 a denies.

00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:46.260
 These guys

00:42:46.260 --> 00:42:46.960
 were literally

00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:47.940
 just hired.

00:42:49.940 --> 00:42:50.840
 They probably

00:42:50.840 --> 00:42:51.800
 barely broke

00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:52.400
 a sweat,

00:42:52.400 --> 00:42:53.460
 working in

00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:54.019
 the cool

00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:54.539
 afternoon

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:55.099
 breeze,

00:42:55.260 --> 00:42:55.700
 enjoying

00:42:55.700 --> 00:42:56.320
 the

00:42:56.320 --> 00:42:56.800
 twilight.

00:42:59.280 --> 00:42:59.579
 And

00:42:59.579 --> 00:43:00.260
 knowing that

00:43:00.260 --> 00:43:00.700
 they only

00:43:00.700 --> 00:43:01.300
 worked for

00:43:01.300 --> 00:43:02.059
 one hour,

00:43:03.619 --> 00:43:04.340
 they were

00:43:04.340 --> 00:43:04.900
 probably not

00:43:04.900 --> 00:43:05.559
 expecting a

00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:06.300
 full wage.

00:43:06.920 --> 00:43:07.200
 They were

00:43:07.200 --> 00:43:07.480
 probably

00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:08.139
 expecting a

00:43:08.139 --> 00:43:08.800
 fraction of

00:43:08.800 --> 00:43:09.280
 a denarius,

00:43:09.860 --> 00:43:10.500
 crumbs from

00:43:10.500 --> 00:43:11.079
 the master's

00:43:11.079 --> 00:43:11.380
 table.

00:43:12.740 --> 00:43:13.360
 Yet each

00:43:13.360 --> 00:43:13.639
 of them

00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:14.139
 received a

00:43:14.139 --> 00:43:14.720
 denarius,

00:43:14.860 --> 00:43:15.099
 and they

00:43:15.099 --> 00:43:15.639
 were probably

00:43:15.639 --> 00:43:16.280
 ecstatic.

00:43:17.220 --> 00:43:17.880
 Thank you,

00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:18.280
 master.

00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:19.720
 Thank you,

00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:20.280
 thank you.

00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:21.160
 This is so

00:43:21.159 --> 00:43:22.639
 very generous

00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:23.000
 of you.

00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:23.359
 You have

00:43:23.359 --> 00:43:24.059
 no idea

00:43:24.059 --> 00:43:24.719
 what this

00:43:24.719 --> 00:43:25.319
 means to

00:43:25.319 --> 00:43:25.639
 me,

00:43:25.819 --> 00:43:26.199
 and what

00:43:26.199 --> 00:43:26.519
 this will

00:43:26.519 --> 00:43:26.940
 do for

00:43:26.940 --> 00:43:27.579
 my family.

00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:28.099
 And they

00:43:28.099 --> 00:43:28.759
 go home

00:43:28.759 --> 00:43:29.359
 bounding

00:43:29.359 --> 00:43:30.000
 with joy,

00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:31.639
 thinking of

00:43:31.639 --> 00:43:31.920
 what they

00:43:31.920 --> 00:43:32.359
 can buy.

00:43:37.519 --> 00:43:38.199
 Paying the

00:43:38.199 --> 00:43:38.920
 5 p.m.

00:43:38.980 --> 00:43:40.259
 workers a

00:43:40.259 --> 00:43:40.920
 full day's

00:43:40.920 --> 00:43:41.940
 wage makes

00:43:41.940 --> 00:43:42.819
 no economic

00:43:42.819 --> 00:43:43.299
 sense.

00:43:44.159 --> 00:43:44.679
 It's a quick

00:43:44.679 --> 00:43:45.279
 way to go

00:43:45.279 --> 00:43:45.659
 bankrupt.

00:43:48.079 --> 00:43:48.799
 But it

00:43:48.799 --> 00:43:49.420
 serves to

00:43:49.420 --> 00:43:50.039
 highlight the

00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:51.119
 uncalculating

00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:52.139
 generosity of

00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:52.599
 this master.

00:43:55.079 --> 00:43:55.639
 And then in

00:43:55.639 --> 00:43:56.079
 verse 10,

00:43:56.159 --> 00:43:56.500
 we skip

00:43:56.500 --> 00:43:56.940
 ahead to the

00:43:56.940 --> 00:43:57.319
 workers who

00:43:57.319 --> 00:43:57.599
 were hired

00:43:57.599 --> 00:43:58.159
 first.

00:43:58.779 --> 00:43:59.400
 Having just

00:43:59.400 --> 00:44:00.039
 witnessed the

00:44:00.039 --> 00:44:00.579
 workers who

00:44:00.579 --> 00:44:01.099
 worked for

00:44:01.099 --> 00:44:02.279
 one hour and

00:44:02.279 --> 00:44:03.039
 got paid a

00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:03.599
 denarius,

00:44:04.019 --> 00:44:04.980
 they're processing

00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:05.819
 the shock.

00:44:06.679 --> 00:44:07.420
 But there's

00:44:07.420 --> 00:44:08.119
 also murmurs

00:44:08.119 --> 00:44:08.819
 of excitement.

00:44:10.960 --> 00:44:11.599
 Did you see

00:44:11.599 --> 00:44:11.960
 that?

00:44:13.299 --> 00:44:14.420
 I think he

00:44:14.420 --> 00:44:14.859
 just gave

00:44:14.859 --> 00:44:15.739
 them four

00:44:15.739 --> 00:44:16.239
 denarius.

00:44:16.239 --> 00:44:17.239
 the

00:44:17.239 --> 00:44:16.299
 guys.

00:44:19.139 --> 00:44:19.579
 Wow.

00:44:20.799 --> 00:44:21.419
 This guy's

00:44:21.419 --> 00:44:21.859
 bloated.

00:44:26.059 --> 00:44:26.819
 Imagine what

00:44:26.819 --> 00:44:27.079
 it's going to

00:44:27.079 --> 00:44:27.819
 give us once

00:44:27.819 --> 00:44:28.399
 our turn.

00:44:33.139 --> 00:44:34.039
 But each

00:44:34.039 --> 00:44:35.579
 day, we

00:44:35.579 --> 00:44:35.939
 seek the

00:44:35.939 --> 00:44:36.439
 denarius.

00:44:36.440 --> 00:44:38.440
 God's

00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:39.440
 sacrifice.

00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:39.960
 Now,

00:44:41.159 --> 00:44:41.860
 before I go

00:44:41.860 --> 00:44:42.320
 any further,

00:44:42.519 --> 00:44:42.980
 a caveat.

00:44:43.679 --> 00:44:44.200
 I don't

00:44:44.200 --> 00:44:44.659
 think this

00:44:44.659 --> 00:44:45.260
 passage means

00:44:45.260 --> 00:44:45.519
 that there

00:44:45.519 --> 00:44:45.780
 are no

00:44:45.780 --> 00:44:46.579
 different levels

00:44:46.579 --> 00:44:47.119
 of rewards

00:44:47.119 --> 00:44:47.500
 in heaven.

00:44:48.579 --> 00:44:49.119
 In the

00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:49.639
 parable of

00:44:49.639 --> 00:44:50.460
 minus in

00:44:50.460 --> 00:44:51.099
 Luke 19,

00:44:51.320 --> 00:44:51.880
 the servant

00:44:51.880 --> 00:44:52.400
 who used

00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:52.880
 the one

00:44:52.880 --> 00:44:53.440
 minus to

00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:53.900
 make ten

00:44:53.900 --> 00:44:54.500
 minus more

00:44:54.500 --> 00:44:55.000
 is entrusted

00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:55.400
 with ten

00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:55.700
 cities.

00:44:55.820 --> 00:44:56.000
 The one

00:44:56.000 --> 00:44:56.320
 who made

00:44:56.320 --> 00:44:57.740
 five minus

00:44:57.740 --> 00:44:58.079
 more is

00:44:58.079 --> 00:44:58.380
 entrusted

00:44:58.380 --> 00:44:58.900
 with five

00:44:58.900 --> 00:44:59.119
 cities.

00:44:59.260 --> 00:44:59.460
 It seems

00:44:59.460 --> 00:45:00.000
 there is

00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:00.720
 different levels

00:45:00.720 --> 00:45:01.280
 of rewards.

00:45:01.280 --> 00:45:03.100
 Also, in

00:45:03.100 --> 00:45:03.519
 1 Corinthians

00:45:03.519 --> 00:45:04.140
 3, 12

00:45:04.140 --> 00:45:04.720
 to 15,

00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:05.380
 we see that

00:45:05.380 --> 00:45:06.019
 some will

00:45:06.019 --> 00:45:06.500
 receive a

00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:07.080
 reward when

00:45:07.080 --> 00:45:07.340
 they are

00:45:07.340 --> 00:45:07.780
 saved for

00:45:07.780 --> 00:45:07.960
 their

00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:08.580
 faithfulness,

00:45:08.920 --> 00:45:09.480
 but others

00:45:09.480 --> 00:45:10.000
 will suffer

00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:10.580
 loss.

00:45:10.720 --> 00:45:10.960
 And even

00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:11.280
 though they

00:45:11.280 --> 00:45:11.800
 themselves

00:45:11.800 --> 00:45:12.180
 will be

00:45:12.180 --> 00:45:12.600
 saved,

00:45:12.680 --> 00:45:12.920
 but they

00:45:12.920 --> 00:45:13.240
 will be

00:45:13.240 --> 00:45:13.740
 saved only

00:45:13.740 --> 00:45:14.580
 through fire

00:45:14.580 --> 00:45:15.900
 with no

00:45:15.900 --> 00:45:16.560
 rewards to

00:45:16.560 --> 00:45:16.940
 show for

00:45:16.940 --> 00:45:17.360
 the work

00:45:17.360 --> 00:45:17.640
 that they

00:45:17.640 --> 00:45:18.140
 have done.

00:45:18.360 --> 00:45:18.740
 These are

00:45:18.740 --> 00:45:19.260
 all true

00:45:19.260 --> 00:45:19.680
 and visible

00:45:19.680 --> 00:45:20.140
 doctrines,

00:45:20.240 --> 00:45:20.420
 and I

00:45:20.420 --> 00:45:21.120
 don't think

00:45:21.120 --> 00:45:21.660
 the parable

00:45:21.660 --> 00:45:21.880
 of the

00:45:21.880 --> 00:45:22.120
 vineyard

00:45:22.120 --> 00:45:23.240
 labels contradicts

00:45:23.240 --> 00:45:23.519
 any of

00:45:23.519 --> 00:45:23.840
 that.

00:45:25.100 --> 00:45:26.480
 And those

00:45:26.480 --> 00:45:27.000
 things won't

00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:27.720
 matter in

00:45:27.720 --> 00:45:28.120
 heaven for

00:45:28.120 --> 00:45:28.380
 us because

00:45:28.380 --> 00:45:28.720
 there's no

00:45:28.720 --> 00:45:29.260
 sin and

00:45:29.260 --> 00:45:29.580
 there's no

00:45:29.580 --> 00:45:29.960
 envy.

00:45:31.280 --> 00:45:31.660
 We'll all

00:45:31.660 --> 00:45:32.140
 be joyful

00:45:32.140 --> 00:45:32.920
 and contented.

00:45:33.680 --> 00:45:34.180
 Well, what

00:45:34.180 --> 00:45:34.800
 then is the

00:45:34.800 --> 00:45:35.260
 point of

00:45:35.260 --> 00:45:35.780
 this parable?

00:45:37.040 --> 00:45:37.460
 Let's look

00:45:37.460 --> 00:45:37.780
 at it more

00:45:37.780 --> 00:45:38.080
 closely.

00:45:38.220 --> 00:45:38.540
 It says in

00:45:38.540 --> 00:45:39.240
 verses 11 to

00:45:39.240 --> 00:45:39.560
 12,

00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:40.420
 And on

00:45:40.420 --> 00:45:41.240
 receiving it,

00:45:41.300 --> 00:45:42.000
 they grumbled

00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:42.380
 at the

00:45:42.380 --> 00:45:42.860
 master of

00:45:42.860 --> 00:45:43.200
 the house,

00:45:43.280 --> 00:45:43.560
 saying,

00:45:44.019 --> 00:45:44.640
 These last

00:45:44.640 --> 00:45:45.580
 words only

00:45:45.580 --> 00:45:46.340
 warrant one

00:45:46.340 --> 00:45:47.120
 hour, and

00:45:47.120 --> 00:45:47.380
 you have

00:45:47.380 --> 00:45:48.140
 made them

00:45:48.140 --> 00:45:49.260
 equal to

00:45:49.260 --> 00:45:49.980
 us who

00:45:49.980 --> 00:45:50.360
 have borne

00:45:50.360 --> 00:45:51.019
 the burden

00:45:51.019 --> 00:45:51.620
 of the day

00:45:51.620 --> 00:45:51.980
 and the

00:45:51.980 --> 00:45:52.540
 scorching

00:45:52.540 --> 00:45:53.019
 heat.

00:45:55.120 --> 00:45:55.600
 Grumbling

00:45:55.600 --> 00:45:57.120
 is never a

00:45:57.120 --> 00:45:57.560
 good sign

00:45:57.560 --> 00:45:57.920
 when you see

00:45:57.920 --> 00:45:58.300
 the fire.

00:46:00.040 --> 00:46:00.720
 In Luke

00:46:00.719 --> 00:46:01.759
 530, the

00:46:01.759 --> 00:46:02.239
 same word

00:46:02.239 --> 00:46:02.679
 is used to

00:46:02.679 --> 00:46:03.199
 describe the

00:46:03.199 --> 00:46:03.839
 Pharisees and

00:46:03.839 --> 00:46:04.379
 the scribes

00:46:04.379 --> 00:46:05.000
 who grumbled

00:46:05.000 --> 00:46:06.000
 at Jesus

00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:06.339
 and his

00:46:06.339 --> 00:46:06.739
 disciples.

00:46:06.980 --> 00:46:07.299
 Why?

00:46:07.799 --> 00:46:08.299
 Because they

00:46:08.299 --> 00:46:08.919
 saw that

00:46:08.919 --> 00:46:09.519
 Jesus is

00:46:09.519 --> 00:46:10.439
 welcoming tax

00:46:10.439 --> 00:46:11.099
 collectors and

00:46:11.099 --> 00:46:11.399
 sinners.

00:46:11.959 --> 00:46:12.480
 They grumbled.

00:46:14.980 --> 00:46:16.179
 How can you

00:46:16.179 --> 00:46:17.179
 treat us the

00:46:17.179 --> 00:46:17.879
 same way you

00:46:17.879 --> 00:46:18.539
 treated them?

00:46:18.619 --> 00:46:18.980
 They worked

00:46:18.980 --> 00:46:19.459
 one hour,

00:46:19.579 --> 00:46:19.980
 we worked

00:46:19.980 --> 00:46:20.500
 twelve.

00:46:22.980 --> 00:46:23.659
 Those guys

00:46:23.659 --> 00:46:24.139
 were shooting

00:46:24.139 --> 00:46:25.079
 the breeze for

00:46:25.079 --> 00:46:26.079
 eleven hours,

00:46:26.519 --> 00:46:26.899
 and then they

00:46:26.899 --> 00:46:27.399
 came to the

00:46:27.399 --> 00:46:28.099
 vineyard one

00:46:28.099 --> 00:46:28.699
 hour ago.

00:46:28.699 --> 00:46:29.839
 Look at the

00:46:29.839 --> 00:46:31.059
 sweat on my

00:46:31.059 --> 00:46:31.399
 brows.

00:46:31.500 --> 00:46:31.939
 Look at how

00:46:31.939 --> 00:46:32.379
 I've been

00:46:32.379 --> 00:46:33.339
 tanned from

00:46:33.339 --> 00:46:33.899
 being out in

00:46:33.899 --> 00:46:34.460
 the scorching

00:46:34.460 --> 00:46:34.939
 sun.

00:46:35.960 --> 00:46:36.679
 My back is

00:46:36.679 --> 00:46:37.119
 aching from

00:46:37.119 --> 00:46:37.579
 the bearing

00:46:37.579 --> 00:46:38.059
 the burden

00:46:38.059 --> 00:46:38.559
 of the day.

00:46:38.679 --> 00:46:39.199
 It's not

00:46:39.199 --> 00:46:40.759
 fair to

00:46:40.759 --> 00:46:41.500
 make them

00:46:41.500 --> 00:46:42.259
 equal to

00:46:42.259 --> 00:46:42.679
 us.

00:46:44.759 --> 00:46:45.259
 But the

00:46:45.259 --> 00:46:45.939
 master answers

00:46:45.939 --> 00:46:46.279
 in verses

00:46:46.279 --> 00:46:47.159
 13, 14.

00:46:47.839 --> 00:46:49.279
 Friend, I'm

00:46:49.279 --> 00:46:49.839
 doing you no

00:46:49.839 --> 00:46:50.159
 wrong.

00:46:51.199 --> 00:46:51.739
 Did you not

00:46:51.739 --> 00:46:52.399
 agree with me

00:46:52.399 --> 00:46:53.039
 for a denarius?

00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:54.639
 Take what

00:46:54.639 --> 00:46:55.379
 belongs to you

00:46:55.379 --> 00:46:55.899
 and go.

00:46:55.900 --> 00:46:57.119
 I choose

00:46:57.119 --> 00:46:57.599
 to give

00:46:57.599 --> 00:46:57.980
 to this

00:46:57.980 --> 00:46:58.760
 last worker

00:46:58.760 --> 00:46:59.960
 as I

00:46:59.960 --> 00:47:00.599
 give to

00:47:00.599 --> 00:47:00.940
 you.

00:47:02.300 --> 00:47:03.019
 The word

00:47:03.019 --> 00:47:04.019
 friend sounds

00:47:04.019 --> 00:47:05.180
 intimate and

00:47:05.180 --> 00:47:06.099
 familiar, but

00:47:06.099 --> 00:47:06.539
 the Greek

00:47:06.539 --> 00:47:07.119
 word behind

00:47:07.119 --> 00:47:07.639
 this is not

00:47:07.639 --> 00:47:08.139
 the typical

00:47:08.139 --> 00:47:08.740
 word used

00:47:08.740 --> 00:47:09.440
 for friend

00:47:09.440 --> 00:47:11.059
 that's

00:47:11.059 --> 00:47:12.119
 referring to

00:47:12.119 --> 00:47:12.400
 like an

00:47:12.400 --> 00:47:12.680
 intimate

00:47:12.680 --> 00:47:13.160
 companion.

00:47:13.559 --> 00:47:13.980
 It's a

00:47:13.980 --> 00:47:14.559
 word that

00:47:14.559 --> 00:47:15.380
 refers to

00:47:15.380 --> 00:47:15.880
 someone who

00:47:15.880 --> 00:47:16.639
 you're

00:47:16.639 --> 00:47:17.300
 associated

00:47:17.300 --> 00:47:17.800
 with, but

00:47:17.800 --> 00:47:18.660
 not necessarily

00:47:18.660 --> 00:47:19.180
 at the level

00:47:19.180 --> 00:47:19.980
 of friendship.

00:47:20.760 --> 00:47:21.039
 A more

00:47:21.039 --> 00:47:21.780
 literal translation

00:47:21.780 --> 00:47:22.400
 might be a

00:47:22.400 --> 00:47:23.700
 comrade or a

00:47:23.700 --> 00:47:23.980
 fellow.

00:47:24.820 --> 00:47:25.340
 It's not

00:47:25.340 --> 00:47:25.960
 dissimilar to

00:47:25.960 --> 00:47:26.740
 how every

00:47:26.740 --> 00:47:27.539
 British person

00:47:27.539 --> 00:47:28.240
 calls like

00:47:28.240 --> 00:47:29.039
 every random

00:47:29.039 --> 00:47:29.880
 person, hey

00:47:29.880 --> 00:47:30.660
 mate, you

00:47:30.660 --> 00:47:31.100
 know, or

00:47:31.100 --> 00:47:33.640
 like, it's

00:47:33.640 --> 00:47:34.820
 really funny

00:47:34.820 --> 00:47:35.840
 this week, my

00:47:35.840 --> 00:47:36.579
 third daughter

00:47:36.579 --> 00:47:36.980
 has been on

00:47:36.980 --> 00:47:37.480
 this bro

00:47:37.480 --> 00:47:38.100
 kick this

00:47:38.100 --> 00:47:38.340
 week.

00:47:39.000 --> 00:47:39.860
 She picked

00:47:39.860 --> 00:47:40.640
 up this bro

00:47:40.640 --> 00:47:41.180
 language from

00:47:41.180 --> 00:47:41.700
 somebody in

00:47:41.700 --> 00:47:42.260
 school and

00:47:42.260 --> 00:47:42.620
 she called

00:47:42.620 --> 00:47:43.300
 everyone's

00:47:43.300 --> 00:47:43.620
 bros.

00:47:43.760 --> 00:47:44.440
 Like, hey

00:47:44.440 --> 00:47:45.400
 bro, what's

00:47:45.400 --> 00:47:45.820
 up with that

00:47:45.820 --> 00:47:46.180
 bro?

00:47:46.800 --> 00:47:47.780
 Hey, that's

00:47:47.780 --> 00:47:48.340
 not a bro,

00:47:48.440 --> 00:47:48.700
 that's your

00:47:48.700 --> 00:47:49.100
 sister.

00:47:51.180 --> 00:47:51.780
 And so

00:47:51.780 --> 00:47:53.380
 it's kind

00:47:53.380 --> 00:47:54.019
 of like that.

00:47:54.120 --> 00:47:54.760
 It's like, hey,

00:47:54.760 --> 00:48:04.660
 mate, I'm

00:48:04.660 --> 00:48:05.060
 not doing

00:48:05.060 --> 00:48:05.320
 you any

00:48:05.320 --> 00:48:05.700
 wrong.

00:48:06.700 --> 00:48:07.180
 In fact,

00:48:07.500 --> 00:48:07.920
 Matthew is

00:48:07.920 --> 00:48:08.580
 the only New

00:48:08.580 --> 00:48:09.140
 Testament author

00:48:09.140 --> 00:48:10.000
 that uses this

00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:10.720
 Greek word

00:48:10.720 --> 00:48:12.500
 that's translated

00:48:12.500 --> 00:48:12.980
 friend here.

00:48:13.080 --> 00:48:13.480
 And every

00:48:13.480 --> 00:48:14.300
 time he uses

00:48:14.300 --> 00:48:14.640
 it, the

00:48:14.640 --> 00:48:15.340
 association is

00:48:15.340 --> 00:48:15.940
 not good.

00:48:17.260 --> 00:48:18.760
 In 1116, it

00:48:18.760 --> 00:48:19.240
 refers to the

00:48:19.240 --> 00:48:20.080
 generation that

00:48:20.080 --> 00:48:21.100
 rejects John the

00:48:21.100 --> 00:48:21.600
 Baptist and

00:48:21.600 --> 00:48:21.900
 Jesus.

00:48:22.940 --> 00:48:24.000
 In chapter 22,

00:48:24.000 --> 00:48:24.920
 verse 12, in

00:48:24.920 --> 00:48:25.500
 the parable of

00:48:25.500 --> 00:48:25.800
 the wedding

00:48:25.800 --> 00:48:26.380
 feast, it

00:48:26.380 --> 00:48:27.280
 refers to a

00:48:27.280 --> 00:48:27.679
 man who

00:48:27.679 --> 00:48:28.139
 shows up to

00:48:28.139 --> 00:48:28.579
 the wedding

00:48:28.579 --> 00:48:29.679
 without a

00:48:29.679 --> 00:48:30.380
 wedding garment

00:48:30.380 --> 00:48:31.000
 and is

00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:31.860
 subsequently thrown

00:48:31.860 --> 00:48:32.500
 out into the

00:48:32.500 --> 00:48:33.119
 outer darkness

00:48:33.119 --> 00:48:33.500
 where there

00:48:33.500 --> 00:48:33.719
 will be

00:48:33.719 --> 00:48:34.139
 weeping and

00:48:34.139 --> 00:48:34.880
 national teeth.

00:48:35.639 --> 00:48:35.900
 And then

00:48:35.900 --> 00:48:36.539
 finally, in

00:48:36.539 --> 00:48:37.320
 Matthew 26,

00:48:37.380 --> 00:48:37.860
 50, it's

00:48:37.860 --> 00:48:38.360
 how Jesus

00:48:38.360 --> 00:48:38.840
 addresses

00:48:38.840 --> 00:48:41.380
 Judas who

00:48:41.380 --> 00:48:42.139
 betrays him

00:48:42.139 --> 00:48:43.179
 and hands him

00:48:43.179 --> 00:48:43.599
 over to the

00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:43.840
 Jewish

00:48:43.840 --> 00:48:44.260
 authorities.

00:48:47.300 --> 00:48:47.920
 These day

00:48:47.920 --> 00:48:48.800
 laborers have

00:48:48.800 --> 00:48:49.780
 agreed to do

00:48:49.780 --> 00:48:50.559
 a whole day's

00:48:50.559 --> 00:48:51.300
 work for the

00:48:51.300 --> 00:48:52.300
 denarius, these

00:48:52.300 --> 00:48:53.440
 6 a.m.

00:48:53.480 --> 00:48:53.740
 workers.

00:48:54.280 --> 00:48:54.900
 So the issue

00:48:54.900 --> 00:48:55.660
 is not that the

00:48:55.660 --> 00:48:56.600
 master is cheating

00:48:56.600 --> 00:48:57.200
 them out of their

00:48:57.200 --> 00:48:57.500
 wages.

00:48:57.620 --> 00:48:58.360
 He's delivered on

00:48:58.360 --> 00:48:58.780
 his promise.

00:48:58.860 --> 00:48:59.420
 He's given them

00:48:59.420 --> 00:48:59.940
 what he had

00:48:59.940 --> 00:49:00.260
 promised.

00:49:00.780 --> 00:49:01.640
 The real issue

00:49:01.640 --> 00:49:02.180
 is that these

00:49:02.180 --> 00:49:02.760
 6 a.m.

00:49:02.800 --> 00:49:03.640
 workers don't

00:49:03.640 --> 00:49:04.580
 think that 5

00:49:04.580 --> 00:49:04.920
 p.m.

00:49:04.960 --> 00:49:05.860
 workers deserve

00:49:05.860 --> 00:49:06.880
 their denarii.

00:49:08.320 --> 00:49:08.800
 And the

00:49:08.800 --> 00:49:09.620
 master diagnoses

00:49:09.620 --> 00:49:10.300
 this problem

00:49:10.300 --> 00:49:11.140
 precisely in

00:49:11.140 --> 00:49:11.720
 verse 15.

00:49:12.080 --> 00:49:12.860
 Am I not

00:49:12.860 --> 00:49:13.740
 allowed to do

00:49:13.740 --> 00:49:15.100
 what I choose

00:49:15.100 --> 00:49:15.900
 with what

00:49:15.900 --> 00:49:16.840
 belongs to

00:49:16.840 --> 00:49:17.300
 me?

00:49:17.300 --> 00:49:19.280
 Or do you

00:49:19.280 --> 00:49:20.160
 begrudge my

00:49:20.160 --> 00:49:20.820
 generosity?

00:49:22.019 --> 00:49:22.640
 They are

00:49:22.640 --> 00:49:23.580
 begrudging the

00:49:23.580 --> 00:49:24.100
 master's

00:49:24.100 --> 00:49:24.620
 generosity.

00:49:25.860 --> 00:49:26.840
 It's fine and

00:49:26.840 --> 00:49:27.380
 dandy that you

00:49:27.380 --> 00:49:28.180
 hired me and

00:49:28.180 --> 00:49:28.940
 gave me the

00:49:28.940 --> 00:49:29.700
 wages that I

00:49:29.700 --> 00:49:30.840
 deserve, but

00:49:30.840 --> 00:49:31.560
 that guy over

00:49:31.560 --> 00:49:32.160
 there doesn't

00:49:32.160 --> 00:49:32.900
 deserve it.

00:49:34.000 --> 00:49:34.940
 You should be

00:49:34.940 --> 00:49:36.220
 generous to

00:49:36.220 --> 00:49:38.400
 me, but not

00:49:38.400 --> 00:49:39.140
 that generous.

00:49:42.260 --> 00:49:43.320
 The sentence

00:49:43.320 --> 00:49:44.680
 do you begrudge

00:49:44.680 --> 00:49:45.700
 my generosity

00:49:45.700 --> 00:49:46.400
 in Greek is

00:49:46.400 --> 00:49:46.740
 literally,

00:49:46.739 --> 00:49:47.759
 is your

00:49:47.759 --> 00:49:48.899
 I evil

00:49:48.899 --> 00:49:50.159
 because I

00:49:50.159 --> 00:49:50.859
 am good?

00:49:52.759 --> 00:49:53.359
 It's a

00:49:53.359 --> 00:49:54.119
 voted sentence.

00:49:54.839 --> 00:49:55.299
 The phrase

00:49:55.299 --> 00:49:56.259
 bad I or

00:49:56.259 --> 00:49:57.279
 evil I is

00:49:57.279 --> 00:49:58.019
 Jewish idiom

00:49:58.019 --> 00:49:58.759
 for stinginess

00:49:58.759 --> 00:49:59.439
 and jealousy.

00:50:00.939 --> 00:50:01.479
 Earlier in

00:50:01.479 --> 00:50:02.159
 Genesis, I

00:50:02.159 --> 00:50:02.719
 sorry, Matthew

00:50:02.719 --> 00:50:03.779
 6, 22, 24,

00:50:03.879 --> 00:50:04.359
 Jesus said,

00:50:04.659 --> 00:50:05.500
 the I is the

00:50:05.500 --> 00:50:06.000
 lamp of the

00:50:06.000 --> 00:50:06.619
 body, so if

00:50:06.619 --> 00:50:07.279
 your I is

00:50:07.279 --> 00:50:08.099
 healthy, your

00:50:08.099 --> 00:50:08.659
 whole body

00:50:08.659 --> 00:50:09.159
 will be full

00:50:09.159 --> 00:50:09.859
 of light, but

00:50:09.859 --> 00:50:10.599
 if your I is

00:50:10.599 --> 00:50:11.059
 bad, your

00:50:11.059 --> 00:50:11.619
 whole body

00:50:11.619 --> 00:50:12.099
 will be full

00:50:12.099 --> 00:50:12.619
 of darkness.

00:50:13.039 --> 00:50:13.559
 If then the

00:50:13.559 --> 00:50:14.119
 light in you

00:50:14.119 --> 00:50:14.579
 is darkness,

00:50:14.719 --> 00:50:15.379
 how great is

00:50:15.379 --> 00:50:15.839
 the darkness?

00:50:15.840 --> 00:50:17.079
 No one can

00:50:17.079 --> 00:50:17.680
 serve two

00:50:17.680 --> 00:50:18.340
 masters, for

00:50:18.340 --> 00:50:18.860
 either he will

00:50:18.860 --> 00:50:19.400
 hate the one

00:50:19.400 --> 00:50:19.880
 and love the

00:50:19.880 --> 00:50:20.720
 other, or he

00:50:20.720 --> 00:50:21.660
 will be devoted

00:50:21.660 --> 00:50:22.160
 to the one

00:50:22.160 --> 00:50:22.820
 and despise the

00:50:22.820 --> 00:50:23.160
 other, but

00:50:23.160 --> 00:50:23.880
 cannot serve

00:50:23.880 --> 00:50:24.460
 God and

00:50:24.460 --> 00:50:24.820
 money.

00:50:25.640 --> 00:50:26.240
 Someone who

00:50:26.240 --> 00:50:27.019
 is stingy and

00:50:27.019 --> 00:50:28.039
 ungenerous with

00:50:28.039 --> 00:50:28.420
 their money,

00:50:28.519 --> 00:50:28.880
 someone who

00:50:28.880 --> 00:50:29.640
 serves money

00:50:29.640 --> 00:50:30.180
 rather than

00:50:30.180 --> 00:50:30.720
 God is

00:50:30.720 --> 00:50:31.320
 described to

00:50:31.320 --> 00:50:31.880
 have bad

00:50:31.880 --> 00:50:33.000
 eye or evil

00:50:33.000 --> 00:50:33.320
 eye.

00:50:34.180 --> 00:50:34.960
 This bad

00:50:34.960 --> 00:50:35.500
 eye is

00:50:35.500 --> 00:50:36.380
 contrasted with

00:50:36.380 --> 00:50:37.039
 the goodness

00:50:37.039 --> 00:50:37.800
 of God and

00:50:37.800 --> 00:50:38.180
 of Jesus.

00:50:38.400 --> 00:50:38.840
 Is your

00:50:38.840 --> 00:50:39.620
 eye bad

00:50:39.620 --> 00:50:40.559
 because I

00:50:40.559 --> 00:50:41.300
 am good?

00:50:41.300 --> 00:50:42.780
 And this

00:50:42.780 --> 00:50:43.440
 harkens back

00:50:43.440 --> 00:50:43.740
 to what

00:50:43.740 --> 00:50:44.220
 Jesus said

00:50:44.220 --> 00:50:44.460
 to the

00:50:44.460 --> 00:50:44.880
 rich young

00:50:44.880 --> 00:50:45.220
 man in

00:50:45.220 --> 00:50:45.780
 chapter 19

00:50:45.780 --> 00:50:46.440
 verse 17.

00:50:46.840 --> 00:50:47.120
 There is

00:50:47.120 --> 00:50:48.120
 only one

00:50:48.120 --> 00:50:48.700
 who is

00:50:48.700 --> 00:50:49.200
 good.

00:50:50.500 --> 00:50:50.880
 In other

00:50:50.880 --> 00:50:51.380
 words, no

00:50:51.380 --> 00:50:51.780
 one is

00:50:51.780 --> 00:50:52.440
 good but

00:50:52.440 --> 00:50:53.320
 God alone.

00:50:55.320 --> 00:50:55.860
 As Romans

00:50:55.860 --> 00:50:57.019
 3, 10, 10

00:50:57.019 --> 00:50:57.680
 to 12 says

00:50:57.680 --> 00:50:58.380
 citing Psalm

00:50:58.380 --> 00:50:59.660
 14, none

00:50:59.660 --> 00:51:00.400
 is righteous,

00:51:00.600 --> 00:51:01.160
 no, not

00:51:01.160 --> 00:51:01.620
 one.

00:51:01.860 --> 00:51:02.560
 No one

00:51:02.560 --> 00:51:03.140
 understands,

00:51:03.320 --> 00:51:03.800
 no one

00:51:03.800 --> 00:51:04.600
 seeks God.

00:51:04.800 --> 00:51:05.420
 All have

00:51:05.420 --> 00:51:06.160
 turned aside,

00:51:06.420 --> 00:51:07.019
 together they

00:51:07.019 --> 00:51:07.460
 have become

00:51:07.460 --> 00:51:07.920
 worthless.

00:51:07.920 --> 00:51:09.079
 no one

00:51:09.079 --> 00:51:10.280
 does good,

00:51:10.599 --> 00:51:11.579
 not even

00:51:11.579 --> 00:51:12.079
 one.

00:51:13.039 --> 00:51:13.659
 Here is the

00:51:13.659 --> 00:51:14.139
 main point

00:51:14.139 --> 00:51:14.400
 of this

00:51:14.400 --> 00:51:14.740
 parable.

00:51:15.659 --> 00:51:16.019
 No

00:51:16.019 --> 00:51:17.180
 day laborer

00:51:17.180 --> 00:51:18.240
 is entitled

00:51:18.240 --> 00:51:18.780
 to the

00:51:18.780 --> 00:51:19.320
 wage that

00:51:19.320 --> 00:51:19.820
 the master

00:51:19.820 --> 00:51:20.360
 generously

00:51:20.360 --> 00:51:20.900
 gives.

00:51:21.500 --> 00:51:21.940
 Why?

00:51:22.500 --> 00:51:23.180
 Because he

00:51:23.180 --> 00:51:23.680
 was not

00:51:23.680 --> 00:51:24.500
 obligated to

00:51:24.500 --> 00:51:24.940
 hire them

00:51:24.940 --> 00:51:25.180
 in the

00:51:25.180 --> 00:51:25.900
 first place.

00:51:29.559 --> 00:51:30.220
 Remember,

00:51:30.360 --> 00:51:30.639
 these are

00:51:30.639 --> 00:51:31.579
 day laborers,

00:51:31.700 --> 00:51:32.099
 unemployed

00:51:32.099 --> 00:51:32.720
 workers,

00:51:33.240 --> 00:51:33.960
 the undesirable

00:51:33.960 --> 00:51:34.860
 workers.

00:51:35.860 --> 00:51:36.320
 It was the

00:51:36.320 --> 00:51:36.880
 master's

00:51:36.880 --> 00:51:37.900
 compassion that

00:51:37.900 --> 00:51:38.519
 led him to

00:51:38.519 --> 00:51:39.019
 hire these

00:51:39.019 --> 00:51:39.460
 laborers in

00:51:39.460 --> 00:51:39.800
 the first

00:51:39.800 --> 00:51:40.220
 place,

00:51:40.340 --> 00:51:40.820
 even at

00:51:40.820 --> 00:51:41.300
 noon,

00:51:41.579 --> 00:51:41.920
 and even

00:51:41.920 --> 00:51:42.800
 at 3pm,

00:51:43.019 --> 00:51:43.500
 and even

00:51:43.500 --> 00:51:44.840
 at 5pm.

00:51:47.200 --> 00:51:47.660
 Fully

00:51:47.660 --> 00:51:48.059
 knowing that

00:51:48.059 --> 00:51:48.400
 he wasn't

00:51:48.400 --> 00:51:48.740
 going to

00:51:48.740 --> 00:51:49.420
 get full

00:51:49.420 --> 00:51:50.000
 productivity

00:51:50.000 --> 00:51:50.340
 out of

00:51:50.340 --> 00:51:50.480
 them.

00:51:51.420 --> 00:51:51.720
 Moreover,

00:51:51.840 --> 00:51:52.139
 when he

00:51:52.139 --> 00:51:52.700
 hired them,

00:51:52.780 --> 00:51:53.099
 he didn't

00:51:53.099 --> 00:51:53.700
 have to

00:51:53.700 --> 00:51:54.300
 promise them

00:51:54.300 --> 00:51:54.900
 a specific

00:51:54.900 --> 00:51:55.720
 wage.

00:51:55.980 --> 00:51:56.280
 He could

00:51:56.280 --> 00:51:56.579
 have just

00:51:56.579 --> 00:51:57.019
 told them,

00:51:57.059 --> 00:51:57.460
 I'll pay

00:51:57.460 --> 00:51:57.860
 you what

00:51:57.860 --> 00:51:58.500
 seems right,

00:51:58.579 --> 00:51:58.820
 which is

00:51:58.820 --> 00:51:59.320
 exactly what

00:51:59.320 --> 00:51:59.639
 he said

00:51:59.639 --> 00:51:59.960
 in verse

00:51:59.960 --> 00:52:00.300
 4.

00:52:01.059 --> 00:52:01.440
 And when

00:52:01.440 --> 00:52:01.800
 the time

00:52:01.800 --> 00:52:02.180
 of payment

00:52:02.180 --> 00:52:02.599
 comes,

00:52:02.720 --> 00:52:03.660
 he could

00:52:03.660 --> 00:52:04.019
 have given

00:52:04.019 --> 00:52:04.500
 them a

00:52:04.500 --> 00:52:05.139
 fraction of

00:52:05.139 --> 00:52:05.619
 the denarius,

00:52:06.019 --> 00:52:06.340
 and there

00:52:06.340 --> 00:52:06.720
 would not

00:52:06.720 --> 00:52:07.340
 have been a

00:52:07.340 --> 00:52:07.760
 thing

00:52:07.760 --> 00:52:08.240
 that these

00:52:08.240 --> 00:52:09.000
 workers could

00:52:09.000 --> 00:52:09.640
 do about

00:52:09.640 --> 00:52:09.960
 it,

00:52:10.560 --> 00:52:11.080
 because they

00:52:11.080 --> 00:52:11.940
 can't find

00:52:11.940 --> 00:52:12.380
 any other

00:52:12.380 --> 00:52:12.860
 work.

00:52:13.820 --> 00:52:14.420
 A fraction

00:52:14.420 --> 00:52:14.980
 of the denarius

00:52:14.980 --> 00:52:15.340
 is better

00:52:15.340 --> 00:52:15.840
 than nothing,

00:52:16.420 --> 00:52:16.900
 and it's not

00:52:16.900 --> 00:52:17.380
 like they have

00:52:17.380 --> 00:52:18.140
 labor unions

00:52:18.140 --> 00:52:18.540
 that they can

00:52:18.540 --> 00:52:18.920
 go to.

00:52:21.000 --> 00:52:21.760
 They have

00:52:21.760 --> 00:52:22.520
 no recourse.

00:52:22.640 --> 00:52:23.140
 These day

00:52:23.140 --> 00:52:23.840
 laborers are

00:52:23.840 --> 00:52:24.320
 at the

00:52:24.320 --> 00:52:25.400
 complete mercy

00:52:25.400 --> 00:52:25.780
 of the

00:52:25.780 --> 00:52:26.100
 master,

00:52:26.460 --> 00:52:27.040
 and that's

00:52:27.040 --> 00:52:27.600
 the point.

00:52:28.420 --> 00:52:28.960
 The master

00:52:28.960 --> 00:52:29.960
 emphasizes his

00:52:29.960 --> 00:52:30.820
 sovereignty in

00:52:30.820 --> 00:52:31.340
 verse 15,

00:52:31.340 --> 00:52:32.180
 am I not

00:52:32.180 --> 00:52:32.820
 allowed to

00:52:32.820 --> 00:52:33.539
 do what

00:52:33.539 --> 00:52:34.400
 I choose

00:52:34.400 --> 00:52:35.120
 with what

00:52:35.120 --> 00:52:35.840
 belongs to

00:52:35.840 --> 00:52:36.240
 me.

00:52:37.400 --> 00:52:38.400
 It's my

00:52:38.400 --> 00:52:38.980
 vineyard.

00:52:39.860 --> 00:52:40.640
 It's my

00:52:40.640 --> 00:52:41.039
 money.

00:52:41.980 --> 00:52:42.860
 I choose

00:52:42.860 --> 00:52:43.380
 the workers,

00:52:43.940 --> 00:52:44.700
 and I

00:52:44.700 --> 00:52:45.320
 choose the

00:52:45.320 --> 00:52:45.680
 wages,

00:52:46.300 --> 00:52:47.059
 and that's

00:52:47.059 --> 00:52:47.700
 how salvation

00:52:47.700 --> 00:52:48.140
 works.

00:52:51.500 --> 00:52:52.480
 Who then

00:52:52.480 --> 00:52:52.840
 are the

00:52:52.840 --> 00:52:53.360
 6 a.m.

00:52:53.360 --> 00:52:53.700
 workers,

00:52:53.980 --> 00:52:54.720
 and who

00:52:54.720 --> 00:52:54.960
 are the

00:52:54.960 --> 00:52:55.360
 5 p.m.

00:52:55.360 --> 00:52:55.660
 workers?

00:52:55.659 --> 00:52:57.920
 Is Jesus

00:52:57.920 --> 00:52:58.679
 contrasting the

00:52:58.679 --> 00:52:59.359
 12, the

00:52:59.359 --> 00:53:00.179
 earliest followers

00:53:00.179 --> 00:53:00.719
 of Jesus,

00:53:01.039 --> 00:53:01.420
 with the

00:53:01.420 --> 00:53:02.440
 later followers

00:53:02.440 --> 00:53:02.879
 of Jesus?

00:53:03.299 --> 00:53:03.819
 Is Jesus

00:53:03.819 --> 00:53:04.579
 contrasting the

00:53:04.579 --> 00:53:05.399
 original Jewish

00:53:05.399 --> 00:53:06.099
 converts with

00:53:06.099 --> 00:53:06.559
 the later

00:53:06.559 --> 00:53:07.679
 Gentile converts?

00:53:08.239 --> 00:53:08.779
 The parable

00:53:08.779 --> 00:53:09.679
 doesn't specify

00:53:09.679 --> 00:53:10.639
 because I think

00:53:10.639 --> 00:53:11.199
 it's making a

00:53:11.199 --> 00:53:11.759
 more general

00:53:11.759 --> 00:53:12.239
 point that

00:53:12.239 --> 00:53:12.719
 applies to

00:53:12.719 --> 00:53:13.359
 all of those

00:53:13.359 --> 00:53:13.859
 situations.

00:53:15.359 --> 00:53:15.940
 Jesus is

00:53:15.940 --> 00:53:16.559
 reminding us

00:53:16.559 --> 00:53:17.239
 that we receive

00:53:17.239 --> 00:53:18.219
 eternal life

00:53:18.219 --> 00:53:19.440
 as a gift

00:53:19.440 --> 00:53:20.639
 and not as

00:53:20.639 --> 00:53:21.480
 a wage,

00:53:21.980 --> 00:53:22.539
 as we read

00:53:22.539 --> 00:53:22.879
 in the

00:53:22.879 --> 00:53:23.399
 assurance of

00:53:23.399 --> 00:53:24.039
 pardon from

00:53:24.039 --> 00:53:24.839
 Romans 4 this

00:53:24.839 --> 00:53:25.139
 morning.

00:53:26.500 --> 00:53:27.279
 When it

00:53:27.279 --> 00:53:27.859
 comes to

00:53:27.859 --> 00:53:28.599
 our salvation,

00:53:28.839 --> 00:53:29.859
 God mercifully

00:53:29.859 --> 00:53:30.960
 repays us,

00:53:31.279 --> 00:53:32.219
 not according

00:53:32.219 --> 00:53:32.739
 to our

00:53:32.739 --> 00:53:33.379
 deserves,

00:53:34.539 --> 00:53:35.199
 not according

00:53:35.199 --> 00:53:35.659
 to what we

00:53:35.659 --> 00:53:36.099
 deserve,

00:53:36.559 --> 00:53:37.219
 but according

00:53:37.219 --> 00:53:37.940
 to His

00:53:37.940 --> 00:53:38.679
 grace.

00:53:39.440 --> 00:53:39.980
 As it says

00:53:39.980 --> 00:53:40.879
 in Psalm 103

00:53:40.879 --> 00:53:41.399
 verse 10,

00:53:41.519 --> 00:53:42.059
 God does

00:53:42.059 --> 00:53:42.859
 not deal

00:53:42.859 --> 00:53:43.399
 with us

00:53:43.399 --> 00:53:43.980
 according

00:53:43.980 --> 00:53:44.579
 to our

00:53:44.579 --> 00:53:45.019
 sins,

00:53:45.299 --> 00:53:45.920
 nor repay

00:53:45.920 --> 00:53:46.500
 us according

00:53:46.500 --> 00:53:47.279
 to our

00:53:47.279 --> 00:53:48.279
 iniquities.

00:53:50.159 --> 00:53:51.159
 If God

00:53:51.159 --> 00:53:51.819
 treated us

00:53:51.819 --> 00:53:52.359
 according to

00:53:52.359 --> 00:53:52.779
 what we

00:53:52.779 --> 00:53:53.239
 deserved,

00:53:53.599 --> 00:53:54.099
 none of

00:53:54.099 --> 00:53:54.440
 us would

00:53:54.440 --> 00:53:55.079
 be hired

00:53:55.079 --> 00:53:57.219
 none of

00:53:57.219 --> 00:53:57.579
 us would

00:53:57.579 --> 00:53:58.019
 make the

00:53:58.019 --> 00:53:58.420
 cut.

00:53:59.299 --> 00:53:59.920
 All of

00:53:59.920 --> 00:54:00.239
 us would

00:54:00.239 --> 00:54:00.759
 be waiting

00:54:00.759 --> 00:54:01.219
 until the

00:54:01.219 --> 00:54:01.579
 end of

00:54:01.579 --> 00:54:01.860
 day and

00:54:01.860 --> 00:54:02.279
 the sun

00:54:02.279 --> 00:54:02.840
 sets and

00:54:02.840 --> 00:54:03.380
 day after

00:54:03.380 --> 00:54:03.779
 day,

00:54:04.079 --> 00:54:04.699
 reaping left

00:54:04.699 --> 00:54:05.299
 hanging with

00:54:05.299 --> 00:54:05.840
 no money,

00:54:05.940 --> 00:54:06.420
 no food.

00:54:06.699 --> 00:54:07.219
 That's where

00:54:07.219 --> 00:54:07.519
 we would

00:54:07.519 --> 00:54:07.779
 be.

00:54:07.780 --> 00:54:10.480
 God,

00:54:10.640 --> 00:54:11.120
 He said,

00:54:11.340 --> 00:54:11.860
 deals with

00:54:11.860 --> 00:54:12.580
 us according

00:54:12.580 --> 00:54:13.040
 to His

00:54:13.040 --> 00:54:14.100
 grace and

00:54:14.100 --> 00:54:14.600
 according to

00:54:14.600 --> 00:54:14.800
 His

00:54:14.800 --> 00:54:15.540
 generosity.

00:54:17.040 --> 00:54:17.560
 Jesus,

00:54:17.920 --> 00:54:18.540
 who is in

00:54:18.540 --> 00:54:19.220
 the form

00:54:19.220 --> 00:54:20.040
 of God,

00:54:20.440 --> 00:54:20.920
 the Son

00:54:20.920 --> 00:54:21.640
 of God,

00:54:21.920 --> 00:54:22.280
 who is the

00:54:22.280 --> 00:54:23.040
 very God

00:54:23.040 --> 00:54:23.560
 of very

00:54:23.560 --> 00:54:24.080
 God,

00:54:24.280 --> 00:54:24.740
 emptying

00:54:24.740 --> 00:54:25.360
 Himself by

00:54:25.360 --> 00:54:25.960
 taking the

00:54:25.960 --> 00:54:26.840
 form of a

00:54:26.840 --> 00:54:27.180
 servant,

00:54:28.380 --> 00:54:29.160
 being born in

00:54:29.160 --> 00:54:29.820
 the likeness of

00:54:29.820 --> 00:54:30.140
 man,

00:54:30.500 --> 00:54:31.240
 and being found

00:54:31.240 --> 00:54:31.820
 in human form,

00:54:31.900 --> 00:54:32.480
 He humbled

00:54:32.480 --> 00:54:33.400
 Himself and

00:54:33.400 --> 00:54:34.380
 became obedient,

00:54:34.700 --> 00:54:35.100
 by becoming

00:54:35.100 --> 00:54:35.820
 obedient to the

00:54:35.820 --> 00:54:36.360
 point of death

00:54:36.360 --> 00:54:36.920
 and death on

00:54:36.920 --> 00:54:37.420
 the cross.

00:54:38.180 --> 00:54:39.120
 The first

00:54:39.120 --> 00:54:40.160
 became the

00:54:40.160 --> 00:54:40.640
 last.

00:54:43.880 --> 00:54:44.400
 Jesus,

00:54:44.579 --> 00:54:44.940
 who according

00:54:44.940 --> 00:54:45.559
 to Colossians

00:54:45.559 --> 00:54:46.720
 1, 15, 16,

00:54:46.800 --> 00:54:47.380
 is the image

00:54:47.380 --> 00:54:48.000
 of the invisible

00:54:48.000 --> 00:54:49.280
 God, the

00:54:49.280 --> 00:54:50.160
 firstborn of

00:54:50.160 --> 00:54:50.980
 all creation,

00:54:51.340 --> 00:54:51.940
 the Word of

00:54:51.940 --> 00:54:52.800
 God by whom

00:54:52.800 --> 00:54:53.820
 all things

00:54:53.820 --> 00:54:55.340
 in heaven and

00:54:55.340 --> 00:54:55.720
 on earth,

00:54:55.860 --> 00:54:56.340
 visible and

00:54:56.340 --> 00:54:56.680
 invisible,

00:54:56.840 --> 00:54:57.440
 were created.

00:54:59.500 --> 00:55:00.420
 The Word of

00:55:00.420 --> 00:55:01.079
 God who gave

00:55:01.079 --> 00:55:02.039
 life to all

00:55:02.039 --> 00:55:02.660
 of creation

00:55:02.660 --> 00:55:04.000
 died on the

00:55:04.000 --> 00:55:04.500
 cross for

00:55:04.500 --> 00:55:05.000
 our sins.

00:55:05.000 --> 00:55:06.860
 the first

00:55:06.860 --> 00:55:08.300
 became the

00:55:08.300 --> 00:55:08.760
 last.

00:55:10.280 --> 00:55:11.460
 The master,

00:55:12.179 --> 00:55:12.900
 the king,

00:55:13.559 --> 00:55:14.460
 the king who

00:55:14.460 --> 00:55:15.280
 deserves to be

00:55:15.280 --> 00:55:16.139
 served by

00:55:16.139 --> 00:55:16.699
 everybody,

00:55:18.059 --> 00:55:19.559
 the king who

00:55:19.559 --> 00:55:20.460
 deserves to be

00:55:20.460 --> 00:55:21.360
 honored by

00:55:21.360 --> 00:55:21.920
 everybody,

00:55:22.340 --> 00:55:23.539
 came not to

00:55:23.539 --> 00:55:24.340
 be served,

00:55:24.420 --> 00:55:25.380
 but to serve

00:55:25.380 --> 00:55:25.880
 and to give

00:55:25.880 --> 00:55:26.920
 his life as

00:55:26.920 --> 00:55:27.360
 a ransom

00:55:27.360 --> 00:55:27.880
 for men.

00:55:29.239 --> 00:55:30.159
 The first

00:55:30.159 --> 00:55:30.699
 became the

00:55:30.699 --> 00:55:31.059
 last.

00:55:31.840 --> 00:55:32.500
 The master

00:55:32.500 --> 00:55:33.559
 became the

00:55:33.559 --> 00:55:34.000
 slave,

00:55:34.000 --> 00:55:34.920
 so that the

00:55:34.920 --> 00:55:35.699
 slaves like

00:55:35.699 --> 00:55:36.260
 you and I

00:55:36.260 --> 00:55:36.559
 may go

00:55:36.559 --> 00:55:36.860
 free.

00:55:38.980 --> 00:55:39.800
 The Lord

00:55:39.800 --> 00:55:40.699
 of life died

00:55:40.699 --> 00:55:41.099
 and rose

00:55:41.099 --> 00:55:41.679
 again so

00:55:41.679 --> 00:55:42.039
 that we

00:55:42.039 --> 00:55:42.400
 who were

00:55:42.400 --> 00:55:42.820
 dead in

00:55:42.820 --> 00:55:43.599
 our trespasses

00:55:43.599 --> 00:55:44.099
 and sins

00:55:44.099 --> 00:55:44.559
 might be

00:55:44.559 --> 00:55:45.219
 made alive

00:55:45.219 --> 00:55:45.619
 in Jesus

00:55:45.619 --> 00:55:46.059
 Christ.

00:55:46.460 --> 00:55:47.039
 The first

00:55:47.039 --> 00:55:47.940
 became the

00:55:47.940 --> 00:55:48.519
 last so

00:55:48.519 --> 00:55:48.920
 that the

00:55:48.920 --> 00:55:49.480
 last and

00:55:49.480 --> 00:55:50.019
 the least

00:55:50.019 --> 00:55:50.719
 like you

00:55:50.719 --> 00:55:51.380
 and I

00:55:51.380 --> 00:55:52.019
 might become

00:55:52.019 --> 00:55:52.800
 the first.

00:55:53.579 --> 00:55:54.239
 That's the

00:55:54.239 --> 00:55:54.760
 beauty of the

00:55:54.760 --> 00:55:55.199
 gospel of

00:55:55.199 --> 00:55:55.820
 Jesus Christ.

00:55:55.820 --> 00:55:55.820


00:55:58.340 --> 00:55:59.120
 And that's

00:55:59.120 --> 00:55:59.620
 the point of

00:55:59.620 --> 00:56:00.180
 this parable.

00:56:01.360 --> 00:56:02.039
 As soon as

00:56:02.039 --> 00:56:02.580
 you start to

00:56:02.580 --> 00:56:03.440
 think that

00:56:03.440 --> 00:56:04.120
 you deserve

00:56:04.120 --> 00:56:05.200
 more than

00:56:05.200 --> 00:56:06.039
 these other

00:56:06.039 --> 00:56:07.200
 Christians,

00:56:08.660 --> 00:56:09.740
 as soon as

00:56:09.740 --> 00:56:10.260
 you start to

00:56:10.260 --> 00:56:11.740
 begrudge God's

00:56:11.740 --> 00:56:12.280
 grace and

00:56:12.280 --> 00:56:12.760
 forgiveness

00:56:12.760 --> 00:56:13.600
 toward fellow

00:56:13.600 --> 00:56:14.080
 sinners,

00:56:14.920 --> 00:56:15.380
 Jesus is

00:56:15.380 --> 00:56:15.840
 warning us,

00:56:15.980 --> 00:56:16.400
 you need to

00:56:16.400 --> 00:56:16.900
 check your

00:56:16.900 --> 00:56:17.280
 heart.

00:56:18.380 --> 00:56:19.019
 Many who are

00:56:19.019 --> 00:56:19.700
 first will be

00:56:19.700 --> 00:56:20.440
 last and the

00:56:20.440 --> 00:56:21.260
 last first.

00:56:21.260 --> 00:56:24.400
 I had an

00:56:24.400 --> 00:56:24.840
 illuminating

00:56:24.840 --> 00:56:25.420
 conversation

00:56:25.420 --> 00:56:25.840
 this week

00:56:25.840 --> 00:56:26.780
 with one of

00:56:26.780 --> 00:56:27.260
 my neighbors

00:56:27.260 --> 00:56:28.120
 and I think

00:56:28.120 --> 00:56:28.580
 God let me

00:56:28.580 --> 00:56:28.980
 have the

00:56:28.980 --> 00:56:29.480
 conversation

00:56:29.480 --> 00:56:30.100
 in preparation

00:56:30.100 --> 00:56:30.580
 for the

00:56:30.580 --> 00:56:30.840
 sermon.

00:56:31.900 --> 00:56:32.480
 I started

00:56:32.480 --> 00:56:33.020
 talking to

00:56:33.020 --> 00:56:33.340
 him about

00:56:33.340 --> 00:56:33.960
 the amazing

00:56:33.960 --> 00:56:34.600
 grace of

00:56:34.600 --> 00:56:35.140
 God toward

00:56:35.140 --> 00:56:36.560
 sinners and

00:56:36.560 --> 00:56:36.900
 then my

00:56:36.900 --> 00:56:37.200
 neighbor,

00:56:37.600 --> 00:56:38.080
 who grew up

00:56:38.080 --> 00:56:38.440
 Catholic,

00:56:38.600 --> 00:56:39.120
 stopped me in

00:56:39.120 --> 00:56:39.760
 my tracks and

00:56:39.760 --> 00:56:40.280
 said this,

00:56:41.160 --> 00:56:41.560
 you see,

00:56:42.100 --> 00:56:43.400
 that's what I

00:56:43.400 --> 00:56:44.120
 have a problem

00:56:44.120 --> 00:56:44.400
 with.

00:56:45.480 --> 00:56:46.100
 You see,

00:56:46.160 --> 00:56:46.840
 these criminals

00:56:46.840 --> 00:56:47.600
 on death

00:56:47.600 --> 00:56:48.000
 row,

00:56:49.240 --> 00:56:49.740
 they lived

00:56:49.740 --> 00:56:50.060
 their whole

00:56:50.060 --> 00:56:50.540
 life either

00:56:50.540 --> 00:56:50.960
 on death

00:56:50.960 --> 00:56:51.220
 row,

00:56:51.260 --> 00:56:51.580
 and then

00:56:51.580 --> 00:56:52.140
 all of a

00:56:52.140 --> 00:56:52.320
 sudden,

00:56:52.420 --> 00:56:52.780
 they find

00:56:52.780 --> 00:56:53.280
 religion.

00:56:55.280 --> 00:56:55.880
 And you

00:56:55.880 --> 00:56:56.240
 tell me

00:56:56.240 --> 00:56:56.800
 that God

00:56:56.800 --> 00:56:57.260
 forgives

00:56:57.260 --> 00:56:57.520
 them?

00:57:03.000 --> 00:57:03.780
 I told

00:57:03.780 --> 00:57:03.960
 them,

00:57:04.440 --> 00:57:05.900
 yeah,

00:57:07.220 --> 00:57:08.660
 that is

00:57:08.660 --> 00:57:09.160
 literally

00:57:09.160 --> 00:57:10.720
 what Jesus

00:57:10.720 --> 00:57:12.040
 tells the

00:57:12.040 --> 00:57:12.540
 thief on

00:57:12.540 --> 00:57:13.000
 the cross.

00:57:15.420 --> 00:57:16.040
 Here's the

00:57:16.040 --> 00:57:17.040
 thief on

00:57:17.040 --> 00:57:17.740
 death row,

00:57:18.000 --> 00:57:18.260
 he's not

00:57:18.260 --> 00:57:18.740
 on death

00:57:18.740 --> 00:57:18.860
 row,

00:57:18.900 --> 00:57:19.440
 he's literally

00:57:19.440 --> 00:57:20.720
 being executed

00:57:20.719 --> 00:57:23.819
 for some

00:57:23.819 --> 00:57:24.279
 capital

00:57:24.279 --> 00:57:24.719
 crime,

00:57:24.799 --> 00:57:25.179
 he has

00:57:25.179 --> 00:57:25.779
 committed

00:57:25.779 --> 00:57:29.039
 no life

00:57:29.039 --> 00:57:29.559
 or history

00:57:29.559 --> 00:57:29.939
 of good

00:57:29.939 --> 00:57:30.500
 works to

00:57:30.500 --> 00:57:30.980
 show for

00:57:30.980 --> 00:57:31.379
 himself,

00:57:31.579 --> 00:57:32.299
 nothing he

00:57:32.299 --> 00:57:32.799
 can claim

00:57:32.799 --> 00:57:33.500
 to justify

00:57:33.500 --> 00:57:34.019
 himself,

00:57:34.419 --> 00:57:36.159
 no catechesis,

00:57:36.299 --> 00:57:37.879
 no discipleship,

00:57:38.079 --> 00:57:39.179
 no doctrine in

00:57:39.179 --> 00:57:39.679
 his head that

00:57:39.679 --> 00:57:40.379
 he can pop up

00:57:40.379 --> 00:57:40.639
 and say,

00:57:40.699 --> 00:57:40.899
 here,

00:57:41.000 --> 00:57:41.799
 I know this,

00:57:41.919 --> 00:57:42.639
 I know this

00:57:42.639 --> 00:57:43.019
 truth,

00:57:43.459 --> 00:57:44.339
 all he knows

00:57:44.339 --> 00:57:45.000
 that Jesus

00:57:45.000 --> 00:57:46.159
 is who he

00:57:46.159 --> 00:57:46.539
 says he

00:57:46.539 --> 00:57:46.900
 is,

00:57:47.380 --> 00:57:49.139
 the Messiah,

00:57:50.059 --> 00:57:50.639
 the Savior,

00:57:52.320 --> 00:57:52.840
 he tells

00:57:52.840 --> 00:57:53.000
 him,

00:57:53.079 --> 00:57:53.480
 he asks

00:57:53.480 --> 00:57:53.699
 him,

00:57:54.300 --> 00:57:54.579
 Jesus,

00:57:54.739 --> 00:57:55.579
 remember me

00:57:55.579 --> 00:57:55.980
 when you

00:57:55.980 --> 00:57:56.559
 come into

00:57:56.559 --> 00:57:57.179
 your kingdom

00:57:57.179 --> 00:57:58.460
 because I

00:57:58.460 --> 00:57:59.019
 think you're

00:57:59.019 --> 00:57:59.519
 the king.

00:58:01.119 --> 00:58:01.559
 And then

00:58:01.559 --> 00:58:02.139
 Jesus tells

00:58:02.139 --> 00:58:02.360
 him,

00:58:02.719 --> 00:58:03.940
 today you

00:58:03.940 --> 00:58:04.559
 will be

00:58:04.559 --> 00:58:05.460
 with me

00:58:05.460 --> 00:58:06.420
 in paradise.

00:58:06.420 --> 00:58:10.800
 if you

00:58:10.800 --> 00:58:11.360
 begrudge

00:58:11.360 --> 00:58:11.780
 death,

00:58:12.840 --> 00:58:13.639
 if you

00:58:13.639 --> 00:58:14.059
 begrudge

00:58:14.059 --> 00:58:14.340
 death,

00:58:14.400 --> 00:58:14.559
 you're

00:58:14.559 --> 00:58:14.880
 becoming

00:58:14.880 --> 00:58:15.260
 like the

00:58:15.260 --> 00:58:15.519
 older

00:58:15.519 --> 00:58:15.940
 brother.

00:58:17.360 --> 00:58:17.700
 In the

00:58:17.700 --> 00:58:18.159
 parable of

00:58:18.159 --> 00:58:18.340
 the two

00:58:18.340 --> 00:58:18.760
 sons,

00:58:19.440 --> 00:58:19.579
 do you

00:58:19.579 --> 00:58:19.780
 remember

00:58:19.780 --> 00:58:20.340
 that story?

00:58:21.039 --> 00:58:21.240
 Their

00:58:21.240 --> 00:58:21.860
 two sons,

00:58:22.400 --> 00:58:22.780
 the younger

00:58:22.780 --> 00:58:23.820
 son demands

00:58:23.820 --> 00:58:24.820
 early his

00:58:24.820 --> 00:58:25.360
 inheritance

00:58:25.360 --> 00:58:25.840
 money,

00:58:26.500 --> 00:58:26.940
 give me

00:58:26.940 --> 00:58:27.619
 what's mine

00:58:27.619 --> 00:58:28.119
 because you're

00:58:28.119 --> 00:58:28.659
 not dying

00:58:28.659 --> 00:58:29.220
 soon enough,

00:58:29.519 --> 00:58:30.039
 takes all

00:58:30.039 --> 00:58:30.480
 the money

00:58:30.480 --> 00:58:31.740
 and then

00:58:31.740 --> 00:58:32.260
 squanders

00:58:32.260 --> 00:58:32.680
 it with

00:58:32.680 --> 00:58:33.440
 prostitutes,

00:58:34.159 --> 00:58:35.960
 has nothing

00:58:35.960 --> 00:58:36.400
 left for

00:58:36.400 --> 00:58:36.960
 himself and

00:58:36.960 --> 00:58:37.360
 he has to

00:58:37.360 --> 00:58:38.380
 be enslaved

00:58:38.380 --> 00:58:38.980
 by another

00:58:38.980 --> 00:58:39.980
 and he's

00:58:39.980 --> 00:58:40.480
 got nothing

00:58:40.480 --> 00:58:41.000
 to eat

00:58:41.000 --> 00:58:41.720
 and he's

00:58:41.720 --> 00:58:42.180
 eating the

00:58:42.180 --> 00:58:42.680
 pods of

00:58:42.680 --> 00:58:43.300
 the pigs

00:58:43.300 --> 00:58:44.039
 and as

00:58:44.039 --> 00:58:44.619
 eating the

00:58:44.619 --> 00:58:44.980
 pods of

00:58:44.980 --> 00:58:45.320
 the pigs

00:58:45.320 --> 00:58:45.680
 he comes

00:58:45.680 --> 00:58:45.920
 to his

00:58:45.920 --> 00:58:46.360
 senses and

00:58:46.360 --> 00:58:46.579
 thinks,

00:58:47.000 --> 00:58:47.220
 you know

00:58:47.220 --> 00:58:47.420
 what,

00:58:47.480 --> 00:58:47.780
 I could

00:58:47.780 --> 00:58:48.099
 just go

00:58:48.099 --> 00:58:48.440
 back to

00:58:48.440 --> 00:58:49.019
 my father,

00:58:51.160 --> 00:58:51.619
 ask him

00:58:51.619 --> 00:58:52.000
 to hire

00:58:52.000 --> 00:58:52.280
 me as

00:58:52.280 --> 00:58:52.680
 a servant.

00:58:55.260 --> 00:58:55.700
 Even

00:58:55.700 --> 00:58:56.340
 his servants

00:58:56.340 --> 00:58:56.760
 eat better

00:58:56.760 --> 00:58:57.220
 than me.

00:58:59.320 --> 00:58:59.920
 And then

00:58:59.920 --> 00:59:00.420
 the father

00:59:00.420 --> 00:59:01.480
 receives him

00:59:01.480 --> 00:59:02.260
 back as a

00:59:02.260 --> 00:59:02.680
 son,

00:59:03.039 --> 00:59:03.460
 puts the

00:59:03.460 --> 00:59:04.000
 best robe

00:59:04.000 --> 00:59:04.480
 on him,

00:59:04.760 --> 00:59:05.180
 puts the

00:59:05.180 --> 00:59:05.820
 signet ring

00:59:05.820 --> 00:59:06.400
 on him,

00:59:07.200 --> 00:59:08.400
 slaughters the

00:59:08.400 --> 00:59:09.220
 fattened calf

00:59:09.220 --> 00:59:09.900
 for him,

00:59:10.460 --> 00:59:10.980
 throws a

00:59:10.980 --> 00:59:11.380
 party,

00:59:11.980 --> 00:59:12.460
 for what

00:59:12.460 --> 00:59:12.960
 was lost

00:59:12.960 --> 00:59:13.580
 was found,

00:59:13.680 --> 00:59:14.160
 my son

00:59:14.160 --> 00:59:14.700
 was lost,

00:59:14.760 --> 00:59:15.059
 has been

00:59:15.059 --> 00:59:15.600
 found,

00:59:15.860 --> 00:59:16.240
 and then

00:59:16.240 --> 00:59:16.700
 the older

00:59:16.700 --> 00:59:17.280
 brother who

00:59:17.280 --> 00:59:17.600
 should be

00:59:17.600 --> 00:59:18.519
 rejoicing at

00:59:18.519 --> 00:59:19.160
 the return of

00:59:19.160 --> 00:59:19.539
 his younger

00:59:19.539 --> 00:59:20.100
 brother is

00:59:20.100 --> 00:59:21.680
 not happy.

00:59:24.860 --> 00:59:25.380
 Father,

00:59:26.700 --> 00:59:28.600
 this son of

00:59:28.600 --> 00:59:29.000
 yours who

00:59:29.000 --> 00:59:29.880
 squandered his,

00:59:30.000 --> 00:59:30.660
 your wealth,

00:59:31.260 --> 00:59:31.980
 with prostitutes,

00:59:32.100 --> 00:59:32.620
 comes back and

00:59:32.620 --> 00:59:33.340
 you slaughter a

00:59:33.340 --> 00:59:34.160
 fattened calf for

00:59:34.159 --> 00:59:34.519
 him.

00:59:36.339 --> 00:59:36.920
 Where's my

00:59:36.920 --> 00:59:37.719
 fattened calf?

00:59:41.719 --> 00:59:42.319
 And the

00:59:42.319 --> 00:59:42.799
 father calls

00:59:42.799 --> 00:59:42.960
 him,

00:59:43.239 --> 00:59:43.579
 son,

00:59:45.920 --> 00:59:46.440
 literally

00:59:46.440 --> 00:59:47.239
 everything I

00:59:47.239 --> 00:59:47.579
 have is

00:59:47.579 --> 00:59:47.980
 yours.

00:59:49.739 --> 00:59:50.339
 What do you

00:59:50.339 --> 00:59:50.779
 mean where's

00:59:50.779 --> 00:59:51.339
 your fattened

00:59:51.339 --> 00:59:51.699
 calf?

00:59:54.440 --> 00:59:55.159
 You could have

00:59:55.159 --> 00:59:55.639
 slaughtered all

00:59:55.639 --> 00:59:56.219
 the calves.

00:59:58.219 --> 00:59:59.099
 It's not that he

00:59:59.099 --> 00:59:59.599
 doesn't have a

00:59:59.599 --> 01:00:00.420
 calf, that's

01:00:00.420 --> 01:00:01.019
 what he's

01:00:01.019 --> 01:00:01.579
 crying out

01:00:01.579 --> 01:00:01.880
 about.

01:00:02.340 --> 01:00:02.860
 No, he

01:00:02.860 --> 01:00:03.420
 doesn't like

01:00:03.420 --> 01:00:03.840
 that his

01:00:03.840 --> 01:00:04.799
 younger brother

01:00:04.799 --> 01:00:05.619
 who he

01:00:05.619 --> 01:00:06.279
 thinks doesn't

01:00:06.279 --> 01:00:07.119
 deserve the

01:00:07.119 --> 01:00:08.079
 calf is

01:00:08.079 --> 01:00:08.539
 getting the

01:00:08.539 --> 01:00:08.920
 calf.

01:00:13.639 --> 01:00:14.360
 When you,

01:00:14.579 --> 01:00:14.960
 when we

01:00:14.960 --> 01:00:15.579
 find, see, I

01:00:15.579 --> 01:00:15.920
 think this

01:00:15.920 --> 01:00:17.139
 happens to

01:00:17.139 --> 01:00:18.639
 every Christian

01:00:18.639 --> 01:00:19.139
 that we go

01:00:19.139 --> 01:00:19.500
 through this

01:00:19.500 --> 01:00:20.000
 page, the

01:00:20.000 --> 01:00:20.380
 disciples,

01:00:21.119 --> 01:00:21.500
 you've been

01:00:21.500 --> 01:00:21.980
 walking with

01:00:21.980 --> 01:00:22.380
 the Lord for

01:00:22.380 --> 01:00:22.860
 some time,

01:00:22.940 --> 01:00:23.340
 maybe you've

01:00:23.340 --> 01:00:23.719
 read through

01:00:23.719 --> 01:00:24.380
 the Bible a

01:00:24.380 --> 01:00:24.719
 couple of

01:00:24.719 --> 01:00:25.039
 times,

01:00:25.199 --> 01:00:25.299
 you know,

01:00:25.400 --> 01:00:27.059
 you're becoming

01:00:27.059 --> 01:00:27.779
 more obedient,

01:00:28.239 --> 01:00:29.059
 you sin less

01:00:29.059 --> 01:00:29.639
 and less,

01:00:29.639 --> 01:00:30.079
 and you

01:00:30.079 --> 01:00:30.440
 think, oh

01:00:30.440 --> 01:00:30.799
 man, I'm

01:00:30.799 --> 01:00:31.379
 so much more

01:00:31.379 --> 01:00:32.259
 righteous than

01:00:32.259 --> 01:00:33.179
 so many of

01:00:33.179 --> 01:00:33.579
 these people

01:00:33.579 --> 01:00:34.179
 around me.

01:00:34.319 --> 01:00:34.400
 You know,

01:00:34.440 --> 01:00:34.799
 like, oh,

01:00:34.900 --> 01:00:35.879
 I go to

01:00:35.879 --> 01:00:36.239
 church, I've

01:00:36.239 --> 01:00:36.639
 been going to

01:00:36.639 --> 01:00:36.960
 church for

01:00:36.960 --> 01:00:37.819
 years now and

01:00:37.819 --> 01:00:38.779
 I know some

01:00:38.779 --> 01:00:39.420
 doctrine, I've

01:00:39.420 --> 01:00:40.299
 read some books,

01:00:40.440 --> 01:00:40.980
 I've read some

01:00:40.980 --> 01:00:41.920
 books on theology,

01:00:42.179 --> 01:00:42.900
 you know, maybe

01:00:42.900 --> 01:00:43.480
 I've gone on a

01:00:43.480 --> 01:00:44.039
 couple of mission

01:00:44.039 --> 01:00:44.779
 trips and now

01:00:44.779 --> 01:00:45.420
 you know, oh,

01:00:45.500 --> 01:00:46.099
 I'm really,

01:00:46.259 --> 01:00:46.940
 really on a

01:00:46.940 --> 01:00:47.619
 road here, I'm

01:00:47.619 --> 01:00:48.099
 doing really

01:00:48.099 --> 01:00:48.960
 well for myself

01:00:48.960 --> 01:00:49.699
 and then you

01:00:49.699 --> 01:00:50.379
 start to get

01:00:50.379 --> 01:00:51.179
 entitled and you

01:00:51.179 --> 01:00:51.779
 start to get

01:00:51.779 --> 01:00:52.639
 self-righteous and

01:00:52.639 --> 01:00:53.179
 you start to

01:00:53.179 --> 01:00:54.019
 think, oh,

01:00:54.119 --> 01:00:54.779
 you know, I

01:00:54.779 --> 01:00:56.139
 think I deserve

01:00:56.139 --> 01:00:59.559
 this status I

01:00:59.559 --> 01:01:00.340
 have with God.

01:01:05.000 --> 01:01:05.679
 And when you

01:01:05.679 --> 01:01:06.239
 start to think

01:01:06.239 --> 01:01:06.820
 that way, you

01:01:06.820 --> 01:01:07.940
 begrudge the

01:01:07.940 --> 01:01:08.759
 generosity of the

01:01:08.759 --> 01:01:09.599
 master to sinners

01:01:09.599 --> 01:01:10.400
 who don't deserve

01:01:10.400 --> 01:01:11.920
 it because we

01:01:11.920 --> 01:01:12.559
 have forgotten

01:01:12.559 --> 01:01:13.440
 that we are

01:01:13.440 --> 01:01:14.219
 that sinner

01:01:14.219 --> 01:01:14.739
 who don't

01:01:14.739 --> 01:01:15.480
 deserve it.

01:01:15.480 --> 01:01:24.659
 so that's the

01:01:24.659 --> 01:01:24.960
 point.

01:01:26.880 --> 01:01:27.659
 I don't think I

01:01:27.659 --> 01:01:29.659
 can press the

01:01:29.659 --> 01:01:30.360
 details of this

01:01:30.360 --> 01:01:31.219
 parable so far

01:01:31.219 --> 01:01:32.219
 as to argue that

01:01:32.219 --> 01:01:34.059
 you know, these

01:01:34.059 --> 01:01:35.619
 guys are not

01:01:35.619 --> 01:01:36.440
 saved at all.

01:01:37.539 --> 01:01:38.199
 We don't know

01:01:38.199 --> 01:01:38.800
 what happens to

01:01:38.800 --> 01:01:38.920
 them.

01:01:38.980 --> 01:01:39.320
 We don't know

01:01:39.320 --> 01:01:39.920
 if they hit the

01:01:39.920 --> 01:01:40.800
 denarius or not.

01:01:40.800 --> 01:01:44.100
 but I can tell

01:01:44.100 --> 01:01:45.539
 you that there

01:01:45.539 --> 01:01:46.200
 are people who

01:01:46.200 --> 01:01:47.039
 think they are

01:01:47.039 --> 01:01:47.600
 saved and who

01:01:47.600 --> 01:01:48.420
 have the status

01:01:48.420 --> 01:01:49.120
 of God but who

01:01:49.120 --> 01:01:49.800
 are not saved

01:01:49.800 --> 01:01:50.200
 in the end.

01:01:54.060 --> 01:01:54.680
 Isn't that what

01:01:54.680 --> 01:01:55.200
 Jesus said in

01:01:55.200 --> 01:01:56.980
 Matthew 7, 21

01:01:56.980 --> 01:01:57.460
 to 23?

01:01:57.580 --> 01:01:58.220
 Not everyone

01:01:58.220 --> 01:01:58.980
 will say to me,

01:01:59.200 --> 01:01:59.960
 Lord, Lord,

01:02:00.039 --> 01:02:00.680
 will enter the

01:02:00.680 --> 01:02:01.240
 kingdom of heaven

01:02:01.240 --> 01:02:01.820
 but the one who

01:02:01.820 --> 01:02:02.300
 does the will of

01:02:02.300 --> 01:02:02.960
 my Father who

01:02:02.960 --> 01:02:03.360
 is in heaven.

01:02:03.800 --> 01:02:04.420
 On that day

01:02:04.420 --> 01:02:05.080
 many will say to

01:02:05.080 --> 01:02:05.720
 me, Lord, Lord,

01:02:05.780 --> 01:02:06.180
 do we not

01:02:06.180 --> 01:02:07.080
 prophesy in your

01:02:07.080 --> 01:02:08.180
 name and cast out

01:02:08.180 --> 01:02:08.800
 demons in your

01:02:08.800 --> 01:02:09.780
 name and do many

01:02:09.780 --> 01:02:10.740
 mighty words in

01:02:10.740 --> 01:02:11.220
 your name?

01:02:13.040 --> 01:02:13.820
 To translate

01:02:13.820 --> 01:02:14.900
 that, we

01:02:14.900 --> 01:02:15.560
 deserve it.

01:02:16.920 --> 01:02:17.700
 We did all

01:02:17.700 --> 01:02:17.980
 this.

01:02:18.260 --> 01:02:19.040
 We deserve it.

01:02:20.540 --> 01:02:21.040
 And then

01:02:21.040 --> 01:02:22.040
 Jesus says, I

01:02:22.040 --> 01:02:22.460
 will declare

01:02:22.460 --> 01:02:22.840
 to him, I

01:02:22.840 --> 01:02:23.580
 never knew you.

01:02:23.680 --> 01:02:24.260
 Depart from me,

01:02:24.280 --> 01:02:24.920
 you workers of

01:02:24.920 --> 01:02:25.320
 lawlessness.

01:02:27.500 --> 01:02:28.320
 In the parallel

01:02:28.320 --> 01:02:29.080
 passage to our

01:02:29.080 --> 01:02:29.800
 passage this morning

01:02:29.800 --> 01:02:30.900
 in Luke 13, 26

01:02:30.900 --> 01:02:32.200
 to 30, Jesus

01:02:32.200 --> 01:02:32.680
 says, and you

01:02:32.680 --> 01:02:33.240
 will begin to

01:02:33.240 --> 01:02:34.519
 say, we ate

01:02:34.519 --> 01:02:35.280
 and drank in

01:02:35.280 --> 01:02:36.000
 your presence

01:02:36.000 --> 01:02:37.380
 and you taught

01:02:37.380 --> 01:02:38.360
 in our streets.

01:02:38.360 --> 01:02:40.000
 But he will

01:02:40.000 --> 01:02:40.680
 say, I tell

01:02:40.680 --> 01:02:41.240
 you, I do

01:02:41.240 --> 01:02:41.980
 not know where

01:02:41.980 --> 01:02:42.620
 you come from.

01:02:42.800 --> 01:02:43.860
 Depart from me,

01:02:43.980 --> 01:02:44.720
 all you workers

01:02:44.720 --> 01:02:45.160
 of evil.

01:02:48.460 --> 01:02:49.220
 And behold,

01:02:49.400 --> 01:02:50.800
 some are last

01:02:50.800 --> 01:02:51.180
 who will be

01:02:51.180 --> 01:02:52.059
 first and some

01:02:52.059 --> 01:02:52.840
 are first who

01:02:52.840 --> 01:02:53.380
 will be last.

01:02:54.079 --> 01:02:54.519
 It's a parallel

01:02:54.519 --> 01:02:55.140
 passage by

01:02:55.140 --> 01:02:55.460
 passage.

01:02:58.019 --> 01:02:58.700
 There will be

01:02:58.700 --> 01:02:59.340
 people who say,

01:02:59.500 --> 01:03:00.340
 I know you.

01:03:00.700 --> 01:03:01.440
 I ate and drank

01:03:01.440 --> 01:03:02.000
 in your presence

01:03:02.000 --> 01:03:02.760
 and you taught

01:03:02.760 --> 01:03:03.420
 in our streets.

01:03:04.019 --> 01:03:04.720
 I've been to

01:03:04.720 --> 01:03:05.120
 your church

01:03:05.120 --> 01:03:05.539
 services.

01:03:05.539 --> 01:03:05.840
 I've been to

01:03:05.840 --> 01:03:05.120
 your church

01:03:05.120 --> 01:03:05.720
 services.

01:03:08.360 --> 01:03:10.880
 So what

01:03:10.880 --> 01:03:11.480
 matters is

01:03:11.480 --> 01:03:12.480
 your posture

01:03:12.480 --> 01:03:12.820
 and your

01:03:12.820 --> 01:03:13.360
 heart before

01:03:13.360 --> 01:03:13.740
 God.

01:03:17.880 --> 01:03:18.500
 Is the

01:03:18.500 --> 01:03:19.200
 grace of God,

01:03:19.260 --> 01:03:19.780
 is the mercy

01:03:19.780 --> 01:03:20.420
 of God still

01:03:20.420 --> 01:03:21.280
 wondrous to you?

01:03:22.400 --> 01:03:22.940
 Do you know

01:03:22.940 --> 01:03:23.400
 that you are

01:03:23.400 --> 01:03:24.180
 a sinner saved

01:03:24.180 --> 01:03:25.180
 by God's grace

01:03:25.180 --> 01:03:26.079
 and grace alone?

01:03:27.220 --> 01:03:27.740
 Do you know

01:03:27.740 --> 01:03:28.300
 that you have

01:03:28.300 --> 01:03:29.140
 no wages

01:03:29.140 --> 01:03:30.220
 that you can

01:03:30.220 --> 01:03:31.000
 bring to save

01:03:31.000 --> 01:03:31.539
 and you can

01:03:31.539 --> 01:03:33.120
 demand of God

01:03:33.120 --> 01:03:33.579
 and say, I

01:03:33.579 --> 01:03:34.200
 deserve it.

01:03:34.420 --> 01:03:35.079
 I earned it.

01:03:35.280 --> 01:03:36.340
 I worked for it.

01:03:36.340 --> 01:03:40.380
 If you know

01:03:40.380 --> 01:03:40.920
 that you have

01:03:40.920 --> 01:03:41.740
 no such claim

01:03:41.740 --> 01:03:42.539
 and no such

01:03:42.539 --> 01:03:43.180
 right, then we

01:03:43.180 --> 01:03:43.840
 will not be

01:03:43.840 --> 01:03:44.620
 crushed the

01:03:44.620 --> 01:03:45.300
 generosity of

01:03:45.300 --> 01:03:45.700
 our master.

01:03:46.820 --> 01:03:47.300
 We will

01:03:47.300 --> 01:03:48.720
 rejoice in the

01:03:48.720 --> 01:03:49.360
 generosity of

01:03:49.360 --> 01:03:49.660
 our master.

01:03:53.980 --> 01:03:54.640
 Let's pray

01:03:54.640 --> 01:03:55.059
 that we'll be

01:03:55.059 --> 01:03:55.900
 people like that.

01:04:00.360 --> 01:04:00.800
 Heavenly

01:04:00.800 --> 01:04:01.160
 Father,

01:04:01.160 --> 01:04:01.280
 Father,

01:04:01.800 --> 01:04:05.140
 please help

01:04:05.139 --> 01:04:05.500
 us.

01:04:10.239 --> 01:04:11.159
 We can so

01:04:11.159 --> 01:04:11.900
 easily forget

01:04:11.900 --> 01:04:12.500
 your grace

01:04:12.500 --> 01:04:13.000
 and mercy.

01:04:16.679 --> 01:04:17.460
 Remind us

01:04:17.460 --> 01:04:19.079
 of how lost

01:04:19.079 --> 01:04:19.619
 we were,

01:04:20.480 --> 01:04:21.079
 what sinners

01:04:21.079 --> 01:04:21.659
 we were,

01:04:21.779 --> 01:04:22.299
 like those

01:04:22.299 --> 01:04:23.099
 day laborers

01:04:23.099 --> 01:04:23.819
 without hope,

01:04:25.920 --> 01:04:26.559
 left to the

01:04:26.559 --> 01:04:27.059
 very end.

01:04:31.099 --> 01:04:31.980
 Not so that

01:04:31.980 --> 01:04:32.579
 we can mope

01:04:32.579 --> 01:04:33.299
 in our guilt

01:04:33.299 --> 01:04:33.819
 and shame,

01:04:33.820 --> 01:04:36.500
 but so

01:04:36.500 --> 01:04:36.960
 that we

01:04:36.960 --> 01:04:37.720
 can relish

01:04:37.720 --> 01:04:39.480
 the grace

01:04:39.480 --> 01:04:40.180
 that abounds

01:04:40.180 --> 01:04:40.559
 all the

01:04:40.559 --> 01:04:40.820
 more

01:04:40.820 --> 01:04:43.400
 in you

01:04:43.400 --> 01:04:43.980
 forgiving us

01:04:43.980 --> 01:04:44.380
 and saving

01:04:44.380 --> 01:04:44.680
 us.

01:04:46.220 --> 01:04:46.980
 And make us

01:04:46.980 --> 01:04:47.519
 a people who

01:04:47.519 --> 01:04:48.660
 freely dispense

01:04:48.660 --> 01:04:49.280
 that grace

01:04:49.280 --> 01:04:49.860
 and share

01:04:49.860 --> 01:04:50.880
 that goodness

01:04:50.880 --> 01:04:51.340
 of Jesus

01:04:51.340 --> 01:04:51.860
 Christ with

01:04:51.860 --> 01:04:52.120
 others.

01:04:52.960 --> 01:04:53.580
 In Jesus' name

01:04:53.580 --> 01:04:53.980
 we pray.

01:04:54.360 --> 01:04:54.600
 Amen.

01:04:54.600 --> 01:04:54.680
 Amen.

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