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 All right, well this morning we are continuing our way through the Gospel of Luke, which tells

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! the story of Jesus. And we're in Luke chapter 6. And we've started to see how conflict is ensuing

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! between Jesus and the Pharisees. First it was over the issue of eating with sinners and religious fasting.

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 Then we heard about how Jesus had a run-in with the Pharisees on the Sabbath day in the grain fields.

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 And now Luke is going to tell us about another incident which took place between

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 Jesus and the Pharisees on the Sabbath day. We are in Luke chapter 6, verse 6.

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 On another Sabbath, Jesus went into the synagogue and was teaching. And a man was there whose right

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 hand was shriveled. As we've talked about in the past few messages, the Sabbath was the seventh day of

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 the week, Saturday. And it was a normal, respected, and common practice for Jews to gather at the local

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 synagogue on this day. Scripture was read aloud and there was prayer. And what's interesting is that

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 there was no specific command given in the Old Testament for them to have synagogues or to meet at the synagogue

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 like this. It was kind of a later development during the years of the exile. And then it continued on after

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 that. So attendance was common, but not everyone went every week. Participation was more regular among men

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 than women. And it wasn't structured as a whole family gathering like church in modern times has been.

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 The elderly and the very young would often stay home. And regular attendance was more common among those

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 who lived in towns or cities. For those Jews living in rural areas, travel on the Sabbath was limited by

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 tradition to about 2,000 cubits or roughly a kilometer. And so if the nearest synagogue was beyond that

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 distance, it was kind of understood that you would just stay home and observe the Sabbath at home.

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 And so sometimes we imagine going to the synagogue was kind of like the Old Testament version of going

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 to church on Sundays. But in reality, there were significant differences. We see in the gospel accounts,

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 though, that Jesus deliberately used this tradition, this cultural thing, as part of how he proclaimed the

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 word of God. He went from town to town, and he read scripture, and he taught, and he proclaimed the

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 word of God in the synagogues on the Sabbath days. And so you can almost imagine what this might have been

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 like in those days. Word begins to spread around town that Jesus is on his way to your town. And you've

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 heard that he typically speaks in the synagogue on the Sabbath day. Maybe you never went to see Jesus

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 preach out at the lake like some people did, but this is now your chance to see him and to hear him in

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 person. Maybe you weren't even planning on going to the synagogue this week, where it had been a while.

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 But this Sabbath day, you'll be there, because there's a special and famous guest speaker coming to town.

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 Well, this is probably one of the reasons why the Pharisees and the teachers of the law envied Jesus so much.

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 Because when he comes to town and speaks, attendance at the synagogue suddenly goes through the roof.

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 So this is some of the cultural background to all of this, and Luke sets the scene.

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 We notice Luke's description of this man's condition. His right hand was shriveled.

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 That's probably significant that it was his right hand. I had to look this up, but roughly 90% of people

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 on earth are right-handed. So it's the dominant hand. It's the good hand of most. And this should

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 make us think of what life has probably been like for this man. We don't know how long he's had this

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 condition or how it happened, but it's probably affected his ability to work and to do a lot of

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 different things. He has probably, for many things, become dependent on others, unable to do those things

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 for himself. And then there are the social stigmas that often people carry towards others who have

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 visible disabilities. People are often uncomfortable or awkward around them. What are they thinking?

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 They're thinking, look at his hand. I wonder how that happened. If we look closer at the word

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 shriveled, there's a little more there. The word has also been translated as withered. And the original

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 word used there is often used in reference to dry land or dried out dead trees or branches.

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 And so when it's used metaphorically like this to refer to a part of the body, it often indicated that

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 the part of the body was no good anymore, unable to be used, possibly shrunken, deformed,

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 damaged, and likely immobile or paralyzed. Now there's all kinds of reasons why a person might come to

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 have a withered or shriveled hand like this. It could be that way because of nerve damage or because of a

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 stroke. It could happen because of poor blood flow or from damage related to an injury or an infection.

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 Probably most of us have seen someone with a shriveled hand and it kind of has an unnatural look to it.

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 And the reason is owing to how all of those different causes I just mentioned affect the muscles

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 muscles and tendons and ligaments in the hand. When it comes to muscles, they come in pairs. There are the

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 flexors which open the hand and then there are the extensors which help with closing the hand. And so if

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 the extensors become weak or waste away first and the flexors overpower them, they kind of pull the fingers

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 back into a bent position and they can get stuck like that. And if it's stuck like that in that curl

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 position for weeks or months, the tendons and ligaments actually physically shorten. And it's called

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 contracture. It makes the hand stiff and not just weak. And so people who have this are likely to have it

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 for life because of the underlying causes, whether nerve damage or loss of control, contracture of

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 ligaments and tendons. Sometimes it's possible to get some of that movement back through exercise and

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 physio, but oftentimes not. And so we can only imagine how frustrating and how difficult life must have been

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 for this man. As he goes about his life, almost everyone around him has two good hands and seems

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 that they take it for granted. Meanwhile, he's struggling to get by with only one. And so Jesus is

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 there and he's teaching. And this man with the shriveled hand is there. And the Pharisees and the teachers of

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 the law are also there. And we notice that they are there for a very specific purpose. Verse 7,

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 the Pharisees and the teachers of the law looking for a reason to accuse Jesus. So they watched him

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 closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath. So this is very deliberate. They are looking for a reason

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 to accuse Jesus. And that word accuse here is key. In the original language this was written in, it's

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 actually derived from a technical legal term. They were looking for legal grounds to haul Jesus into a

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 religious court kind of scenario for breaking the law. Luke says they watched him closely.

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 This is very intentional. They are after Jesus. They're lurking like hunters on a mission. Luke tells us

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 they already had in mind what the grounds of their accusation would be. They're hoping to charge Jesus

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 with working on the Sabbath, breaking the Sabbath law. That's what this is about.

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 I mentioned it a few sermons ago, but the Jewish rabbis over the centuries had piled up a massive

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 amount of man-made religious rules that they added on to help people keep the Sabbath commandment.

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 At least they thought it was helping. They turned Sabbath keeping into this sort of hyper-legalistic

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 religion of its own. And if you missed that message and want to hear more about that, you can find it on

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 the church website. It was May 18th and it's titled Lord of the Sabbath. But one of the rules that they

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 had added was that when it comes to doing the work of a doctor or nurse on the Sabbath day, you were only

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 permitted to do as much as needed to save a person's life or to keep them from dying. Anything beyond that

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 that was aimed at just helping them generally improve, you had to wait till Sunday to do that work for them.

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 And so this kind of helps us understand the mindset that they would have had toward this man

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 with the withered hand. It's visible and obvious to everyone that this man has a debilitating condition,

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 but that's not life-threatening. At least that's what they're thinking. And so if Jesus heals this man

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 today, we're going to get him on charges of working on the Sabbath.

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 But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said to the man with the shriveled hand,

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 get up and stand in front of everyone. So he got up and stood there.

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 Jesus knew what they were thinking. This is something that we see about Jesus in all of the

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 gospel accounts. And it's not just that he has a very sharp intuition or keen powers of deduction.

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 Jesus possesses knowledge of precisely what people are thinking. He demonstrates it time and time again.

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 He knows what's in the hearts of people, their very thoughts. And he often responds to what they are

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 thinking. And amazingly, he's always right. He has this knowledge because of who he is. This is divine

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 knowledge. So he knew what they were thinking. And he said to the man with the shriveled hand,

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 get up and stand in front of everyone. And so he got up and stood there.

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 Jesus knows they're going to try to charge him with working on the Sabbath if he heals the man.

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 And so what does Jesus do? He's going to heal the man.

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 He's not afraid of the Pharisees or the teachers of the law one bit.

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 Neither is he worried about being guilty of breaking the Sabbath.

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 Just a few verses back, what did Jesus say to them?

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 He said,

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 In other words, I'm in charge of the Sabbath.

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 I know what's right and what's wrong when it comes to the Sabbath. It's my commandment.

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 He's not intimidated one bit by the Pharisees.

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 He calls the man to get up and stand in front of everyone

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 so that everyone can see

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 what he's about to do.

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 Now at this point, we do well to take a peek

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 at Matthew's account. We're looking at Luke's account,

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 but let's just flip over to Matthew's account.

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 Chapter 12, verse 10.

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 It would seem that in this moment

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 as this man stands in front of everyone

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 before Jesus says or does anything,

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 the Pharisees

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 open their mouth and

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 challenge Jesus.

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 They asked him,

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 Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?

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 And this is not a wondering.

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 This is a rhetorical question.

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 It's a trap.

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 Of course, if Jesus says,

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 Yes, it's lawful to heal on the Sabbath,

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 then he'll be contradicting

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 the authority and laws

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 of countless Jewish rabbis,

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 both past and present,

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 as well as the current

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 law of the land,

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 and he will be liable to judgment.

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 As I said earlier,

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 for the Pharisees,

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 this is already an established law.

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 Only in cases of life and death

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 can medical work be done

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 on the Sabbath.

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 They're ready to put Jesus

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 on trial here

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 and haul him before the court,

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 before the judge.

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 And so if he answers,

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 Yes, it is lawful

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 to heal on the Sabbath.

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 There could be consequences.

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 On the other hand,

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 if he answers,

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 No,

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 it's not lawful.

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 You're right.

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 This can wait until tomorrow.

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 Well, then he's basically

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 affirming that the Pharisees

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 are right.

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 Their interpretation,

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 their application

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 of all these rules

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 and regulations

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 is right.

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 This would really undermine

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 Jesus' credibility

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 when you think about it,

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 because can we trust his teaching

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 if he almost accidentally

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 broke the Sabbath law?

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 He should have known

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 if he really is the Messiah.

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 So how does Jesus respond

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 to this trap?

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 We'll stick with Matthew's account

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 for just a moment longer.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 If any of you has a sheep

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 and it falls into a pit

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 on the Sabbath,

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 will you not take hold of it

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 and lift it out?

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 How much more valuable

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 is a person

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 than a sheep?

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 Therefore, it is lawful

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 to do good

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 on the Sabbath.

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 So Jesus argues

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 from the lesser

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 to the greater,

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 from the less important

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 to the more important.

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 Nobody there,

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 if one of their animals

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 had broken loose

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 from the pen

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 and fallen into a pit,

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 none of them

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 would have said,

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 Oh man,

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 well,

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 I guess we'll just have to

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 leave it there

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 until tomorrow

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 because today's

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 the Sabbath day.

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 If God really wants us

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 to have him,

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 then that'll still be there

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 alive tomorrow.

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 We have to honor him first,

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 right?

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 We'll come back

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 at sundown.

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 None of them

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 would have done that.

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 Just leaving that

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 poor animal

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 to suffer

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 bleeding away

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 helplessly

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 till the next day.

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 Everybody knew

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 that the right thing

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 to do

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 was to help

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 the poor animal

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 out of the pit

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 even if it was

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 the Sabbath day.

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 Well,

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 that's different.

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 They might have been thinking.

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 That's not the same.

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 Of course,

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 we would grab it

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 and lift it out

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 because that would be cruel

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 if we didn't.

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 It is lawful

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 to do acts of mercy

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 on the Sabbath.

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 And Jesus

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 basically says,

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 so you would help

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 an animal

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 on the Sabbath day

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 if it's afflicted,

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 but you wouldn't help

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 a human being

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 on the Sabbath day

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 who's afflicted.

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 you don't think

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 I should heal

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 this man

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 right now?

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 Do you really think

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 I should wait

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 till tomorrow?

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 How much more

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 valuable

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 is a person,

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 a human being,

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 than a sheep?

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 It's an amazing

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 response of Jesus

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 with just a few

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 words.

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 He exposes

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 the heartless

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 hypocrisy

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 and lack

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 of compassion

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 that the Pharisees

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 and the teachers

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 of the law

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 have.

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 He says,

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 you care more

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 about animals

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 than you do

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 about people.

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 You care more

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 about law keeping

00:17:45.660 --> 00:17:46.300
 and rules

00:17:46.300 --> 00:17:47.160
 and regulations

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 and religious

00:17:47.940 --> 00:17:48.820
 observances

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 than people.

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 All right,

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 back to Luke.

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 chapter 6,

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 verse 9.

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 Then Jesus

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 said to them,

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 I ask you,

00:18:01.600 --> 00:18:02.800
 which is lawful

00:18:02.800 --> 00:18:04.040
 on the Sabbath?

00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:06.040
 To do good

00:18:06.040 --> 00:18:08.200
 or to do evil?

00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:10.680
 To save life

00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:13.180
 or to destroy it?

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 Jesus piles on

00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:17.100
 this challenge

00:18:17.100 --> 00:18:18.279
 question of his own

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 and it's a doozy.

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 Is it lawful

00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:22.740
 to do good

00:18:22.740 --> 00:18:23.500
 on the Sabbath?

00:18:25.120 --> 00:18:25.779
 Because that's

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 what I'm about

00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:26.600
 to do.

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 in healing

00:18:27.040 --> 00:18:27.620
 this man.

00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:30.900
 Or is it lawful

00:18:30.900 --> 00:18:31.680
 to do evil

00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:32.880
 on the Sabbath?

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 Now,

00:18:35.340 --> 00:18:35.680
 there's two

00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:36.380
 possible ways

00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:37.080
 to understand

00:18:37.080 --> 00:18:37.940
 the second part

00:18:37.940 --> 00:18:38.840
 of Jesus' question.

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 Everybody agrees

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 that doing good,

00:18:42.460 --> 00:18:43.240
 saving life,

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 that that relates

00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:45.519
 to Jesus healing

00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:46.019
 the man.

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 Right here

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 and right now.

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 But what's not clear

00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:51.500
 is exactly what

00:18:51.500 --> 00:18:52.900
 Jesus is contrasting

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 that with.

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 one possibility

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 and this is

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 what I grew up

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 thinking

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 was that Jesus

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 is saying

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 to not heal

00:19:01.859 --> 00:19:02.460
 this man

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 right here

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 and now

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 when it's in

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 my power to do

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 it would be evil.

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 just like it would be

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 heartless

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 and cruel

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 to leave the sheep

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 in the pit

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 until tomorrow.

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 To leave this man

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 in his affliction

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 a day longer

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 for no good reason

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 would be cruel

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 and heartless.

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 Now,

00:19:24.320 --> 00:19:24.700
 there's a couple

00:19:24.700 --> 00:19:25.259
 difficulties

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:26.320
 with this way

00:19:26.320 --> 00:19:27.100
 of looking at it.

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 one of them

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 is that when we

00:19:28.959 --> 00:19:29.379
 get to that

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 second question

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 to save life

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 or to destroy it

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 it almost

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 doesn't make sense

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 because it's not

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 a matter of life

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 and death.

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 One explanation

00:19:41.579 --> 00:19:42.399
 given by some

00:19:42.399 --> 00:19:43.000
 is that Jesus

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 is purposely

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 exaggerating

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 going to the extreme

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 save life

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 or destroy it

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 in order to make

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 the point

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 that it's

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 that if it's

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 lawful to save life

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 then it's lawful

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 to do any lesser

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 act of the same

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 character.

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 whether healing

00:19:58.320 --> 00:19:59.640
 or helping someone

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 who's hurt

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 or afflicted

00:20:01.060 --> 00:20:02.400
 and in the same

00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:02.840
 way

00:20:02.840 --> 00:20:03.700
 if it's not

00:20:03.700 --> 00:20:04.480
 lawful to do

00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:05.420
 evil on the Sabbath

00:20:05.420 --> 00:20:06.140
 neither is it

00:20:06.140 --> 00:20:06.740
 lawful to do

00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.560
 any lesser

00:20:07.560 --> 00:20:09.060
 sort of evil

00:20:09.060 --> 00:20:09.700
 on the Sabbath.

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 Like even something

00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:11.380
 as simple as

00:20:11.380 --> 00:20:12.400
 just passing by

00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:13.320
 a person who's

00:20:13.320 --> 00:20:13.700
 in need

00:20:13.700 --> 00:20:15.220
 when it's in our

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 power to help

00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:16.420
 and there's no

00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:17.000
 good reason

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:18.640
 to pass them by.

00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:21.700
 Another difficulty

00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:22.920
 with this interpretation

00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:23.460
 though is

00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:24.400
 how do we apply

00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:24.800
 this?

00:20:26.380 --> 00:20:27.060
 Is Jesus

00:20:27.060 --> 00:20:27.800
 really saying

00:20:27.800 --> 00:20:28.280
 that whenever

00:20:28.280 --> 00:20:29.200
 we see a need

00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:31.180
 we do evil

00:20:31.180 --> 00:20:32.380
 when we don't

00:20:32.380 --> 00:20:33.200
 stop to meet it?

00:20:35.540 --> 00:20:36.460
 I got thinking

00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:37.020
 about this

00:20:37.020 --> 00:20:37.480
 how many

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.120
 pleas

00:20:38.120 --> 00:20:40.320
 for help

00:20:40.320 --> 00:20:43.460
 from charities

00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:46.280
 have I ignored

00:20:46.280 --> 00:20:47.080
 in emails

00:20:47.080 --> 00:20:49.140
 or in the mail?

00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:50.880
 how many

00:20:50.880 --> 00:20:51.480
 broken down

00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:51.820
 cars

00:20:51.820 --> 00:20:52.300
 on the side

00:20:52.300 --> 00:20:52.780
 of the road

00:20:52.780 --> 00:20:53.200
 have we

00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:53.759
 driven by

00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.480
 without at least

00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:55.460
 stopping to ask

00:20:55.460 --> 00:20:56.080
 and see if they

00:20:56.080 --> 00:20:56.800
 need assistance?

00:20:57.600 --> 00:20:58.420
 Is Jesus

00:20:58.420 --> 00:20:59.140
 really saying

00:20:59.140 --> 00:20:59.920
 that every time

00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:00.580
 we fail to

00:21:00.580 --> 00:21:01.420
 stop and help

00:21:01.420 --> 00:21:03.220
 we do evil?

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:04.240
 We destroy

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:04.740
 life?

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:09.040
 On the other

00:21:09.040 --> 00:21:09.300
 hand

00:21:09.300 --> 00:21:09.960
 there is the

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:10.560
 parable of the

00:21:10.560 --> 00:21:11.259
 Good Samaritan.

00:21:12.780 --> 00:21:13.500
 In that

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:13.880
 parable

00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:14.560
 Jesus seems

00:21:14.560 --> 00:21:15.960
 to be exposing

00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:16.780
 and condemning

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.480
 the Levite

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.079
 and the

00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:18.460
 priest

00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:20.599
 for just

00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:21.279
 walking on

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:22.200
 by the

00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:22.819
 wounded man

00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:23.339
 who is in

00:21:23.339 --> 00:21:23.879
 need on the

00:21:23.879 --> 00:21:24.299
 side of the

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:24.559
 road.

00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:26.859
 He seems

00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:27.599
 to be suggesting

00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:28.000
 they were

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:29.079
 somehow obligated

00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:29.579
 by their

00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:30.599
 faith in God

00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:30.899
 and their

00:21:30.899 --> 00:21:31.559
 love for God

00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:32.299
 to stop

00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:33.059
 in that

00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:33.440
 moment

00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:34.700
 and help.

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:36.399
 So that's

00:21:36.399 --> 00:21:37.279
 one interpretation

00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:38.319
 that Jesus'

00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:39.299
 questions here

00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:40.259
 are about

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:40.779
 whether he

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.920
 should heal

00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:43.779
 or delay

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.200
 healing

00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:45.039
 until tomorrow.

00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:45.920
 Of course

00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:46.320
 if he would

00:21:46.320 --> 00:21:46.700
 heal him

00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:47.019
 then it

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:47.279
 would be

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:47.500
 that

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:47.779
 that would

00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.019
 be the

00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.279
 good

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:48.600
 that would

00:21:48.600 --> 00:21:49.080
 be saving

00:21:49.080 --> 00:21:49.420
 life

00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:50.100
 or if he

00:21:50.100 --> 00:21:50.860
 delays it

00:21:50.860 --> 00:21:51.400
 till tomorrow

00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:51.800
 that would

00:21:51.800 --> 00:21:52.320
 be to do

00:21:52.320 --> 00:21:53.240
 evil or to

00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:54.640
 destroy it.

00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.120
 But there's

00:21:56.120 --> 00:21:56.680
 another way to

00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:57.380
 understand what

00:21:57.380 --> 00:21:58.100
 Jesus might be

00:21:58.100 --> 00:21:58.539
 saying with

00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:59.240
 these questions.

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:00.660
 Could it be

00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:01.300
 that it's not

00:22:01.300 --> 00:22:02.360
 about healing

00:22:02.360 --> 00:22:02.980
 him now

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:04.060
 or waiting

00:22:04.060 --> 00:22:04.759
 till tomorrow?

00:22:05.360 --> 00:22:06.039
 Could it be

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.620
 that Jesus

00:22:06.620 --> 00:22:07.320
 is actually

00:22:07.320 --> 00:22:08.220
 contrasting

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:08.840
 what he's

00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:09.420
 doing right

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:09.759
 now

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:11.259
 with what

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:12.099
 the Pharisees

00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:13.119
 are doing

00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:14.660
 right now?

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:15.579
 Like

00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:16.779
 is it

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.279
 lawful

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:18.200
 on the

00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:18.440
 Sabbath

00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:19.519
 to do

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:19.879
 good?

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.839
 Because that's

00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:22.240
 what I'm

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:23.039
 here to do.

00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:23.940
 That's what

00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:24.319
 I'm about

00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:24.660
 to do

00:22:24.660 --> 00:22:25.059
 for this

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.400
 man.

00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:26.420
 Or I

00:22:26.420 --> 00:22:26.819
 could ask

00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:27.140
 you a

00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:27.440
 question.

00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:27.920
 Is it

00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.359
 lawful

00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:28.799
 on the

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.099
 Sabbath

00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:30.440
 to do

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:30.799
 evil?

00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:32.960
 Because

00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.259
 that's

00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:33.579
 what you

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.099
 Pharisees

00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:34.559
 and teachers

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:34.879
 of the

00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.119
 law

00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:36.259
 are doing

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.879
 right now.

00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:39.800
 it's

00:22:39.800 --> 00:22:40.060
 kind of

00:22:40.060 --> 00:22:40.220
 a

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:40.620
 painfully

00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:41.000
 obvious

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:43.380
 question

00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:43.940
 to ask

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.380
 isn't it?

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:44.700
 I mean

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.900
 why even

00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:46.360
 ask it?

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:46.780
 Is it

00:22:46.780 --> 00:22:47.360
 lawful

00:22:47.360 --> 00:22:48.760
 to do

00:22:48.760 --> 00:22:49.220
 evil

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:49.980
 on the

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.240
 Sabbath?

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.780
 Of course

00:22:52.780 --> 00:22:53.120
 not.

00:22:54.040 --> 00:22:54.700
 Who would

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.260
 answer yes

00:22:55.260 --> 00:22:55.700
 to that?

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.620
 Well then

00:22:57.620 --> 00:22:58.040
 why are you

00:22:58.040 --> 00:22:58.540
 Pharisees

00:22:58.540 --> 00:22:59.100
 looking for

00:22:59.100 --> 00:22:59.520
 a way

00:22:59.520 --> 00:23:00.800
 to bring

00:23:00.800 --> 00:23:01.200
 a charge

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:01.820
 against me?

00:23:02.320 --> 00:23:02.820
 What's

00:23:02.820 --> 00:23:03.300
 your motive

00:23:03.300 --> 00:23:04.020
 in that?

00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:06.500
 could it

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:06.839
 be that

00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:07.299
 the question

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:07.759
 of Jesus

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.319
 is simply

00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:08.720
 intended

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.519
 to expose

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:11.000
 what the

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.579
 Pharisees

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:12.240
 and the

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.599
 teachers

00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:12.960
 of the

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.180
 law

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.740
 are up

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:13.960
 to?

00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:16.319
 And this

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:16.579
 kind of

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:17.160
 makes sense

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:18.119
 of that

00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:18.480
 second

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:18.900
 question

00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:19.559
 to save

00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:19.879
 life

00:23:19.879 --> 00:23:20.480
 or to

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.299
 destroy

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:21.619
 it.

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:23.980
 What

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.240
 do the

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:24.700
 Pharisees

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.160
 and teachers

00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:25.460
 of the

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:25.599
 law

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:25.940
 hope

00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:26.279
 will come

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:26.720
 of this?

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.379
 What's

00:23:28.379 --> 00:23:28.879
 their goal?

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.819
 Well truly

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.440
 they're looking

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:31.960
 for a way

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.559
 to destroy

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.059
 Jesus.

00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:34.879
 That's

00:23:34.879 --> 00:23:35.339
 not an

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:36.160
 exaggeration.

00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:38.220
 When Mark

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:39.119
 wrote his

00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:39.779
 account of

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.960
 this he

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.440
 actually

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:42.500
 used a

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:42.879
 synonym.

00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:44.119
 Of course

00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:44.900
 Jesus probably

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.500
 said it in

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:45.960
 Hebrew or

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.680
 Aramaic but

00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.180
 then Mark

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.539
 wrote it

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:48.059
 down as

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:48.740
 to do

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.299
 good or

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:49.639
 to do

00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:49.940
 evil,

00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:50.639
 to save

00:23:50.639 --> 00:23:51.299
 life or

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:52.279
 to kill.

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:55.420
 To kill.

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:58.000
 And then

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.599
 Mark sums

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.039
 it up at

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.339
 the end

00:23:59.339 --> 00:24:00.099
 by saying

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:00.440
 this.

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:00.879
 Then the

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:01.379
 Pharisees

00:24:01.379 --> 00:24:01.779
 went out

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.200
 and began

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:02.720
 to plot

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.079
 with the

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:03.660
 Herodians

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.240
 how they

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.600
 might

00:24:04.600 --> 00:24:05.600
 kill

00:24:05.600 --> 00:24:07.080
 Jesus.

00:24:09.340 --> 00:24:09.620
 And so

00:24:09.620 --> 00:24:10.019
 that's the

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.240
 other

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:10.920
 interpretation

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.720
 that Jesus

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.420
 questions are

00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:13.000
 not about

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:14.019
 healing now

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.940
 versus delaying

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.480
 healing till

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.140
 tomorrow but

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:16.759
 rather about

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:18.060
 doing good,

00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:19.960
 saving life

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.820
 which is what

00:24:20.820 --> 00:24:21.660
 Jesus is here

00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:22.300
 to do on the

00:24:22.300 --> 00:24:23.580
 Sabbath versus

00:24:23.580 --> 00:24:24.759
 doing evil and

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.700
 plotting to

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.800
 kill, to

00:24:26.800 --> 00:24:27.740
 destroy life which

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.220
 is what the

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.920
 Pharisees and

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:29.540
 teachers of the

00:24:29.540 --> 00:24:30.560
 law are doing

00:24:30.560 --> 00:24:31.180
 on the Sabbath.

00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:33.660
 Well in this

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:34.279
 moment Jesus

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:35.500
 asks these two

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.960
 questions and

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.380
 what's the

00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:38.080
 response of the

00:24:38.080 --> 00:24:38.700
 Pharisees?

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.720
 It says in

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.660
 verse 9,

00:24:47.860 --> 00:24:49.980
 Jesus looked

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.560
 around at

00:24:50.560 --> 00:24:51.039
 them all.

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:56.079
 It's like he

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.420
 was giving

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:56.920
 them a chance

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.500
 to answer.

00:24:58.639 --> 00:24:59.180
 What's the

00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.519
 answer?

00:25:00.059 --> 00:25:00.500
 Which is

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:00.899
 lawful?

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.799
 To do

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.359
 good or to

00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:03.799
 do evil?

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:04.960
 Mark tells

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.440
 us that in

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:05.859
 this moment

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.639
 the Pharisees

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:08.200
 remained silent.

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.079
 They didn't

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.680
 say a word.

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:15.339
 And Mark is

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:15.899
 the only one

00:25:15.899 --> 00:25:16.500
 who tells us

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.000
 just a little

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.619
 of what Jesus

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.299
 was thinking

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:19.079
 and feeling

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:20.500
 in this

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:20.879
 moment.

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.779
 Jesus looked

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.339
 around at

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:23.319
 them in

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:25.960
 anger and

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:27.139
 deeply distressed

00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:27.559
 at their

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.519
 stubborn hearts.

00:25:29.919 --> 00:25:31.180
 Deeply distressed

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:31.579
 at their

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.419
 stubborn hearts.

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.960
 Jesus was

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:38.339
 angry with a

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:39.180
 righteous and

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:40.740
 holy anger in

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.240
 this moment.

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.079
 He was

00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:43.480
 deeply distressed

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:45.059
 at the

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:46.440
 stubbornness in

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.039
 their hearts.

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:48.839
 the answer

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.159
 to the

00:25:49.159 --> 00:25:49.700
 question is

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.220
 obvious.

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:51.920
 Is it

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:53.500
 lawful on

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.019
 the Sabbath

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.839
 to do good

00:25:54.839 --> 00:25:55.480
 or to do

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:55.879
 evil?

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:57.139
 Jesus tells

00:25:57.139 --> 00:25:57.700
 them straight

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.059
 up the

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.480
 answer.

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.619
 In Matthew's

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.279
 gospel we

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:01.240
 read that he

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:02.139
 said it is

00:26:02.139 --> 00:26:03.559
 lawful to

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:04.680
 do good on

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.180
 the Sabbath.

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:07.480
 And yet they

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.259
 remained silent.

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:09.899
 They didn't

00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:10.539
 say a word.

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.460
 Of course

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:14.799
 Jesus kind

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.240
 of had them

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.680
 in a bit of

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.139
 a trap.

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.779
 with the

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.279
 question that

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:18.700
 he asked

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.000
 them.

00:26:20.619 --> 00:26:21.240
 If they

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.779
 were to say

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.420
 yeah Jesus

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:23.039
 you're right

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:24.379
 that would be

00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:25.299
 pretty humiliating

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:25.799
 to them.

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.619
 It would show

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:27.079
 that Jesus

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.579
 was right

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.099
 about them.

00:26:29.399 --> 00:26:29.799
 It would

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.399
 show that

00:26:30.399 --> 00:26:31.599
 they really

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.240
 did lack

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:32.899
 compassion.

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:36.799
 It would

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.139
 show that

00:26:37.139 --> 00:26:37.539
 they had been

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.440
 wrong about

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:38.920
 the Sabbath

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:40.159
 and they

00:26:40.159 --> 00:26:40.700
 couldn't admit

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.099
 that.

00:26:42.639 --> 00:26:43.440
 They were the

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:43.960
 Pharisees.

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.680
 They were the

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.279
 teachers of the

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:45.440
 law.

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.000
 They were the

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.599
 experts.

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.259
 Or so they

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.619
 thought.

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.140
 And if the

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:50.740
 problem was that

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.339
 everybody was

00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:52.079
 going to Jesus

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.740
 instead of to

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.279
 them well

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:54.119
 admitting that

00:26:54.119 --> 00:26:54.720
 they were wrong

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.400
 and Jesus was

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:55.759
 right would

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.420
 probably just

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.059
 make it worse.

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.660
 More people

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:58.079
 would keep

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.480
 going to

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:59.720
 Jesus instead

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.259
 of to them.

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:02.039
 And they

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.339
 knew they

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:02.819
 couldn't win

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.400
 this argument

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:03.980
 with Jesus

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.740
 either and

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.380
 just double

00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:05.960
 down and

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.380
 say no

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:06.960
 you're wrong.

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.660
 That would

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.339
 only further

00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:10.059
 expose them

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.660
 as the

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:11.319
 heartless

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.559
 legalistic

00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:13.139
 hypocrites

00:27:13.139 --> 00:27:13.539
 that they

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:13.819
 were.

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.460
 Imagine this.

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:16.819
 What are they

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.279
 going to do?

00:27:17.379 --> 00:27:17.579
 Are they

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:17.859
 going to

00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.500
 escort the

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:18.919
 man with

00:27:18.919 --> 00:27:19.299
 the withered

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.919
 hand out

00:27:19.919 --> 00:27:20.339
 the door

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:20.819
 in front of

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.419
 everyone to

00:27:21.419 --> 00:27:22.019
 prevent him

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.579
 from being

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:23.019
 healed?

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.439
 Because it's

00:27:25.439 --> 00:27:25.879
 the Sabbath

00:27:25.879 --> 00:27:26.200
 day?

00:27:28.439 --> 00:27:29.059
 Well that

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:29.460
 wouldn't go

00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:30.019
 over well with

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.460
 the people.

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.700
 And again

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:33.220
 same thing.

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.240
 People are

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.659
 going to start

00:27:34.659 --> 00:27:35.460
 going to Jesus

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.159
 even more.

00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:37.659
 He's the one

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.040
 who has

00:27:38.040 --> 00:27:38.640
 compassion.

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.920
 He looked

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.340
 around at

00:27:42.340 --> 00:27:42.680
 them all

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:42.980
 and then

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.300
 said to

00:27:43.300 --> 00:27:43.700
 the man

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:45.220
 stretch out

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.779
 your hand.

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.140
 He did

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:49.040
 so and

00:27:49.040 --> 00:27:49.620
 his hand

00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:50.840
 was completely

00:27:50.840 --> 00:27:51.720
 restored.

00:27:54.080 --> 00:27:54.519
 In

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:54.980
 Matthew's

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.580
 gospel it

00:27:55.580 --> 00:27:56.200
 says he

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:56.759
 stretched it

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.140
 out and it

00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:57.940
 was completely

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:59.440
 restored just

00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:00.320
 as sound

00:28:00.320 --> 00:28:01.820
 as the

00:28:01.820 --> 00:28:02.060
 other.

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:04.340
 What a

00:28:04.340 --> 00:28:04.779
 sight that

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.180
 must have

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.400
 been.

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:06.640
 And

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:07.120
 everybody

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:08.559
 there saw

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:08.839
 it.

00:28:09.679 --> 00:28:10.479
 Including the

00:28:10.479 --> 00:28:11.939
 Pharisees and

00:28:11.939 --> 00:28:12.379
 the teachers

00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:12.899
 of the law.

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.419
 We talked

00:28:15.419 --> 00:28:15.939
 earlier about

00:28:15.939 --> 00:28:16.479
 what kinds of

00:28:16.479 --> 00:28:16.919
 things could

00:28:16.919 --> 00:28:17.579
 cause this

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.839
 condition and

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.379
 how whatever

00:28:19.379 --> 00:28:20.019
 the cause

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.619
 there was that

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:21.339
 effect of the

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:23.379
 muscles atrophying

00:28:23.379 --> 00:28:25.419
 and weakening

00:28:25.419 --> 00:28:25.799
 and the

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.539
 ligaments and

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:28.059
 tendons physically

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.859
 shortening and

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:29.699
 becoming stiff.

00:28:30.979 --> 00:28:31.879
 Jesus doesn't

00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:32.739
 seem to lay a

00:28:32.739 --> 00:28:33.899
 finger on the

00:28:33.899 --> 00:28:34.219
 man.

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.319
 He simply

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.059
 says stretch

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.439
 out your

00:28:36.439 --> 00:28:36.839
 hand.

00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:38.759
 And as he

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.619
 does God's

00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:40.659
 power flows

00:28:40.659 --> 00:28:41.399
 through Jesus

00:28:41.399 --> 00:28:43.339
 and a miracle

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:44.239
 takes place.

00:28:45.439 --> 00:28:46.179
 The muscles,

00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:47.099
 tendons,

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:48.039
 ligaments are

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.799
 completely

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.939
 instantly

00:28:49.939 --> 00:28:51.519
 restored and

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.219
 unstiffened.

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:54.159
 His hand is

00:28:54.159 --> 00:28:54.979
 strong enough

00:28:54.979 --> 00:28:55.459
 that he can

00:28:55.459 --> 00:28:56.279
 open and close

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:57.179
 it just the

00:28:57.179 --> 00:28:57.679
 same as he

00:28:57.679 --> 00:28:59.379
 can with the

00:28:59.379 --> 00:28:59.859
 other one.

00:29:00.699 --> 00:29:01.719
 No physio

00:29:01.719 --> 00:29:02.059
 needed.

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:04.079
 God's

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:05.000
 power of

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.319
 God.

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:05.480
 God's

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.039
 power of

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:07.960
 life at

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.299
 work.

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:10.019
 What a

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.639
 wonderful day

00:29:10.639 --> 00:29:11.039
 for that

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.980
 poor man

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:13.159
 with the

00:29:13.159 --> 00:29:13.779
 withered hand.

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:14.940
 No doubt a

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.559
 day of great

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:15.899
 joy,

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:17.519
 probably a

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:17.960
 day that he

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.379
 would never

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:18.799
 forget.

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:20.919
 It was a

00:29:20.919 --> 00:29:21.319
 day that he

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:22.039
 got his life

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:23.579
 back the way

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:24.200
 that it was

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.679
 before.

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.519
 It doesn't

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.240
 talk about him

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:28.319
 jumping up and

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.980
 praising God

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:30.860
 here, but

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.339
 he probably

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.819
 was.

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.400
 Now what

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:34.759
 should the

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.360
 response of

00:29:35.360 --> 00:29:35.980
 the Pharisees

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:37.339
 be that

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:37.779
 this healing

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.220
 has taken

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:38.680
 place?

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.759
 Well, now

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.220
 is the time

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.960
 to finally

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:44.660
 admit you

00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:45.059
 were right,

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:45.420
 Jesus.

00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:46.799
 We were

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.120
 wrong.

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.720
 Clearly, if

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.680
 God's power to

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.079
 heal is

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.700
 unleashed

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:52.140
 through your

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:52.799
 words, then

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.799
 what you say

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.279
 about the

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.839
 Sabbath is

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.140
 right.

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.860
 We're off.

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.519
 We're wrong.

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.759
 But no.

00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.460
 What's their

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:02.019
 response?

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.700
 Verse 11.

00:30:04.120 --> 00:30:04.380
 But the

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:05.000
 Pharisees and

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.440
 the teachers

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:05.880
 of the law

00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:06.920
 were furious

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:08.799
 and began

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.519
 to discuss

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:09.960
 with one

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:11.160
 another what

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:11.640
 they might

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:12.839
 do to

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:13.200
 Jesus.

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.700
 They were

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.500
 furious.

00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:20.380
 Luke's being

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:20.640
 a little

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:21.319
 discreet here.

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.220
 Both Matthew

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.640
 and Mark,

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.220
 as I mentioned

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:24.980
 earlier, spell

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.339
 it out

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:26.500
 clearly.

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.319
 The Pharisees

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:28.700
 went out

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:29.200
 and plotted

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.779
 how they

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.399
 might kill

00:30:30.399 --> 00:30:31.099
 Jesus.

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.679
 We want

00:30:34.679 --> 00:30:35.139
 him dead.

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.799
 This reveals

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.960
 the ugliness

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.679
 and the

00:30:40.679 --> 00:30:41.099
 phoniness

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:41.679
 of the

00:30:41.679 --> 00:30:42.119
 religion

00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:42.980
 of the

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.639
 Pharisees.

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:45.159
 Did they

00:30:45.159 --> 00:30:45.740
 really know

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.119
 God?

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:48.359
 Did they

00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:49.159
 really love

00:30:49.159 --> 00:30:49.559
 God?

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:50.899
 Did they

00:30:50.899 --> 00:30:52.279
 really desire

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.939
 to honor

00:30:52.939 --> 00:30:54.299
 God by

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.819
 obeying

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.559
 his commandments?

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.059
 Was this

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.639
 really about

00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:57.060
 what was

00:30:57.060 --> 00:30:57.800
 truly good

00:30:57.800 --> 00:30:58.400
 and right

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:59.200
 versus what

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.720
 was truly

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.900
 wrong and

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.360
 evil?

00:31:02.780 --> 00:31:03.320
 One

00:31:03.320 --> 00:31:03.960
 commentator

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.360
 that I

00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:04.759
 read this

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.220
 week said

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.560
 it this

00:31:05.560 --> 00:31:05.759
 way.

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:06.880
 It's kind

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.840
 of a

00:31:07.840 --> 00:31:08.540
 scholarly

00:31:08.540 --> 00:31:09.180
 academic

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:09.660
 quote,

00:31:09.820 --> 00:31:10.040
 but it

00:31:10.040 --> 00:31:10.880
 just stuck

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.220
 in my

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.580
 mind.

00:31:12.300 --> 00:31:12.680
 He said,

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.200
 the religious

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:14.040
 mind is a

00:31:14.040 --> 00:31:14.920
 curious thing.

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:17.520
 It is not

00:31:17.520 --> 00:31:18.340
 necessarily

00:31:18.340 --> 00:31:19.340
 interested in

00:31:19.340 --> 00:31:20.320
 common morality.

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.440
 It's not

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.180
 interested so

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.640
 much in

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:23.340
 just generally

00:31:23.340 --> 00:31:23.960
 what's right

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.360
 and what's

00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:24.740
 wrong.

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:27.259
 Still less

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:27.559
 is the

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:27.880
 religious

00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:28.400
 mind

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:29.160
 interested

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:29.940
 in relieving

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.940
 human misery

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.880
 and affliction.

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.440
 It's

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.240
 interested in

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.680
 keeping

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.819
 rules,

00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:38.799
 particularly

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:40.279
 the rules

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:41.059
 which spring

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:42.059
 from its

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.880
 own cherished

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:43.740
 interpretations

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.819
 of scripture

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:46.700
 or tradition.

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:49.039
 And to

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.380
 these

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:50.180
 interpretations

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:51.039
 it will

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.519
 attribute

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:53.099
 the inflexible

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:53.579
 authority

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.039
 of God

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.559
 himself.

00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:57.879
 Let

00:31:57.879 --> 00:31:58.420
 God

00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:59.379
 incarnate,

00:31:59.480 --> 00:31:59.960
 that word

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.480
 incarnate

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:00.740
 means

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.420
 in flesh,

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.180
 let God

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:02.680
 in human

00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:03.180
 flesh,

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.500
 that's

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:03.900
 Jesus,

00:32:04.139 --> 00:32:04.680
 come down,

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:05.759
 let God

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.379
 incarnate

00:32:06.379 --> 00:32:06.980
 contrary

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.680
 to its

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.559
 interpretations

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:10.139
 interpose

00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:10.579
 with a

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:11.779
 miracle of

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.339
 divine

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:13.059
 goodness to

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.940
 relieve human

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.379
 misery.

00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:16.079
 That's the

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.519
 healing of

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:17.019
 this man.

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:18.920
 Then

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.859
 instead of

00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:20.539
 revising

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:20.899
 its

00:32:20.899 --> 00:32:21.899
 interpretations,

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.359
 the

00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:24.700
 religious

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.259
 mind will

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.720
 plan to

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.399
 stop such

00:32:26.399 --> 00:32:27.000
 miracles

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:28.559
 happening

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:29.019
 again.

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.700
 In

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:31.920
 other

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.259
 words,

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.500
 we've

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.099
 become so

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:34.480
 committed

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.359
 to our

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:36.039
 rules and

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.740
 our cherished

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.559
 interpretations

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:39.619
 that God

00:32:39.619 --> 00:32:40.259
 himself doing

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:41.119
 a miracle of

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:41.940
 mercy right

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.480
 in front of

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:43.279
 our eyes to

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.980
 show us the

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.519
 error of our

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:45.319
 ways is not

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:46.480
 enough to

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:47.019
 change our

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.359
 minds.

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.359
 We are so

00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:48.980
 committed to

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.599
 our religion

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:50.639
 and rules

00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:51.019
 that we

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.679
 must make

00:32:51.679 --> 00:32:52.539
 sure miracles

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:53.079
 such as

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:53.639
 these do

00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:54.399
 not happen

00:32:54.399 --> 00:32:55.099
 again.

00:32:56.439 --> 00:32:57.379
 We need

00:32:57.379 --> 00:32:57.939
 to stop

00:32:57.939 --> 00:32:58.339
 Jesus.

00:32:59.199 --> 00:33:00.139
 We have

00:33:00.139 --> 00:33:00.599
 to take

00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:00.980
 him out.

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.579
 Wow.

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:07.019
 What are we

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.519
 to take from

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:07.980
 all this?

00:33:09.699 --> 00:33:10.500
 Well, if you

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.139
 missed my last

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:11.959
 two messages on

00:33:11.959 --> 00:33:12.379
 the Sabbath,

00:33:12.619 --> 00:33:13.179
 I'd encourage

00:33:13.179 --> 00:33:14.359
 you to go to

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:14.779
 our church

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.419
 website and

00:33:15.419 --> 00:33:15.859
 listen to

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:16.019
 them.

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.259
 They talk

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.639
 more in

00:33:17.639 --> 00:33:18.159
 depth about

00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:18.640
 what the

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.160
 Sabbath had

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.800
 become in

00:33:19.800 --> 00:33:20.519
 Jewish culture

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:22.940
 and in

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.380
 my last

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:23.900
 message I

00:33:23.900 --> 00:33:24.420
 specifically

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:25.200
 answered the

00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:25.740
 question of

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.140
 whether we

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:26.640
 as Christians

00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:27.140
 should keep

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:27.580
 the Sabbath

00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:28.259
 and if

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:28.860
 so, how.

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:29.700
 So I'm

00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:29.960
 not going to

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.480
 go back and

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:30.940
 preach that

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.660
 message again.

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.880
 But one

00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:33.400
 thing I think

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:33.840
 we see

00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:34.960
 clearly here

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:36.440
 is the

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:37.040
 compassionate

00:33:37.040 --> 00:33:37.920
 heart of

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:39.820
 Jesus for

00:33:39.820 --> 00:33:41.900
 us in

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:43.360
 contrast to

00:33:43.360 --> 00:33:43.920
 the dark,

00:33:44.580 --> 00:33:45.019
 ugly,

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:46.099
 cold,

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:47.099
 religious

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:48.279
 heart of

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.440
 the

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.059
 Pharisees.

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.500
 And I

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:51.819
 think we're

00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:52.359
 being called

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:53.019
 by God

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:54.500
 through these

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.000
 words,

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.519
 are we

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:56.839
 not?

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.559
 To

00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:59.000
 examine

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.599
 ourselves,

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:01.079
 to see if

00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:01.539
 there is any

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:01.940
 of that

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:02.819
 attitude that

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.420
 they had,

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:03.960
 that heart

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:04.359
 that they

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:05.879
 had in

00:34:05.879 --> 00:34:06.220
 us.

00:34:08.759 --> 00:34:09.420
 And I

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.679
 think we're

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:10.300
 being called

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:10.739
 to take

00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:11.320
 notice of

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:13.840
 this wonderful

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.760
 Savior,

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.140
 Jesus,

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:18.840
 who is

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.320
 showing us

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:19.860
 the kind of

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.700
 relationship that

00:34:20.700 --> 00:34:21.059
 God has

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.900
 always wanted

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.519
 with us.

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:24.200
 Not this

00:34:24.200 --> 00:34:25.180
 cold and

00:34:25.180 --> 00:34:25.580
 dead,

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.760
 rule-keeping

00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:28.000
 kind of

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.600
 relationship,

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.840
 but this

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.380
 living,

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.600
 compassionate,

00:34:32.120 --> 00:34:33.080
 heart-engaged

00:34:33.080 --> 00:34:34.059
 relationship where

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:35.080
 true love

00:34:35.080 --> 00:34:36.660
 reigns supreme.

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:40.759
 A number

00:34:40.759 --> 00:34:41.319
 of the

00:34:41.319 --> 00:34:42.619
 different

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:43.119
 people I

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:43.659
 read this

00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:44.239
 week pointed

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:44.719
 back to

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:45.119
 what God

00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:45.579
 said through

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:46.139
 Isaiah the

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:46.460
 prophet.

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.539
 And these

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:49.239
 are powerful

00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:49.980
 words coming

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.519
 from hundreds

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:51.099
 of years

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:52.500
 before Jesus

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:53.279
 came to the

00:34:53.279 --> 00:34:53.759
 people of

00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:54.019
 Israel.

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:54.799
 God speaks

00:34:54.799 --> 00:34:55.420
 through Isaiah

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:55.980
 back then,

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.420
 and this is

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:56.799
 what God

00:34:56.799 --> 00:34:57.359
 says to

00:34:57.359 --> 00:34:57.719
 Israel.

00:34:57.859 --> 00:34:58.159
 He says,

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:59.159
 the multitude

00:34:59.159 --> 00:34:59.679
 of your

00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:00.480
 sacrifices,

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.480
 what are

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:02.799
 they to

00:35:02.799 --> 00:35:03.099
 me?

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:04.619
 Says

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:05.039
 the Lord.

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:06.440
 I have

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:06.920
 more than

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.400
 enough of

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:07.659
 burnt

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:08.219
 offerings,

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:09.019
 of rams,

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:10.099
 and the

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:10.460
 fat of

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:10.860
 fattened

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:11.199
 animals.

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:11.579
 I have

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:12.239
 no pleasure

00:35:12.239 --> 00:35:12.619
 in the

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:13.019
 blood of

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.539
 bulls,

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.159
 and lambs,

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:14.699
 and goats.

00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:17.460
 When you

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:17.900
 come to

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.659
 appear before

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.019
 me,

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:19.840
 who has

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.400
 asked this

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:20.779
 of you,

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.960
 this trampling

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.840
 of my

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:24.300
 courts?

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.539
 Stop

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:27.360
 bringing

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:28.279
 meaningless

00:35:28.279 --> 00:35:28.920
 offerings.

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.159
 Your

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:32.440
 incense is

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:33.259
 detestable

00:35:33.259 --> 00:35:33.719
 to me.

00:35:33.719 --> 00:35:35.159
 new

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:35.719
 moons,

00:35:36.459 --> 00:35:37.279
 sabbaths,

00:35:37.699 --> 00:35:37.959
 and

00:35:37.959 --> 00:35:38.819
 convocations,

00:35:38.919 --> 00:35:39.559
 I cannot

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:41.019
 bear your

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:41.559
 worthless

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:42.480
 assemblies.

00:35:43.799 --> 00:35:44.459
 Your

00:35:44.459 --> 00:35:44.699
 new

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:44.899
 moon

00:35:44.899 --> 00:35:45.419
 feasts,

00:35:45.419 --> 00:35:45.659
 and your

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.019
 appointed

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.599
 festivals,

00:35:46.859 --> 00:35:48.019
 I hate

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:49.399
 with all

00:35:49.399 --> 00:35:50.019
 my being.

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:51.879
 They have

00:35:51.879 --> 00:35:52.319
 become a

00:35:52.319 --> 00:35:52.759
 burden to

00:35:52.759 --> 00:35:52.959
 me.

00:35:53.779 --> 00:35:54.480
 I am

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:55.480
 weary of

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:55.779
 bearing

00:35:55.779 --> 00:35:56.099
 them.

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:58.399
 When you

00:35:58.399 --> 00:35:58.819
 spread out

00:35:58.819 --> 00:35:59.259
 your hands

00:35:59.259 --> 00:35:59.719
 in prayer,

00:36:00.319 --> 00:36:01.239
 I hide

00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:02.019
 my eyes

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.459
 from you.

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:04.039
 even when

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.420
 you offer

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:05.099
 many prayers,

00:36:05.240 --> 00:36:05.559
 I am

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:05.820
 not

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.240
 listening.

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.139
 Why?

00:36:10.240 --> 00:36:10.800
 Your

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.360
 hands are

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:11.720
 full of

00:36:11.720 --> 00:36:12.019
 blood.

00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:14.260
 Wash

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:14.900
 and make

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:15.460
 yourselves

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:16.079
 clean.

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:17.119
 Take your

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:17.860
 evil deeds

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.500
 out of my

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:18.980
 sight.

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:19.820
 Stop

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:20.679
 doing wrong.

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:21.960
 Learn to

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.659
 do right.

00:36:23.260 --> 00:36:23.599
 Seek

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:24.360
 justice.

00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:25.320
 Defend

00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:26.039
 the oppressed.

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:27.340
 Take up the

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:27.980
 cause of the

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.639
 fatherless.

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:30.559
 Plead the

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:31.239
 case of

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:31.719
 the widow.

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:36.279
 These are

00:36:36.279 --> 00:36:36.799
 the words of

00:36:36.799 --> 00:36:37.299
 God himself

00:36:37.299 --> 00:36:38.000
 to Israel

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.619
 long ago.

00:36:40.219 --> 00:36:40.779
 Wow.

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:43.639
 God does

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:44.440
 not want

00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:45.460
 empty-hearted,

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:47.099
 hypocritical,

00:36:47.279 --> 00:36:47.739
 religious

00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:48.420
 behavior

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:49.719
 from anyone.

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.759
 We have to

00:36:52.759 --> 00:36:53.400
 remember that

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:54.360
 God in the

00:36:54.360 --> 00:36:55.460
 Old Testament

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:56.059
 law,

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:56.840
 given through

00:36:56.840 --> 00:36:57.199
 Moses,

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:58.259
 commanded that

00:36:58.259 --> 00:36:59.079
 all of these

00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:00.019
 things be

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.320
 done.

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:02.159
 That the

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:02.699
 Sabbath be

00:37:02.699 --> 00:37:03.079
 kept,

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:05.039
 that sacrifices

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.679
 of these

00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:06.299
 kinds be

00:37:06.299 --> 00:37:06.619
 offered,

00:37:06.739 --> 00:37:07.000
 that the

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.779
 people assemble

00:37:07.779 --> 00:37:08.460
 for these

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:08.860
 regular

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:09.779
 festivals and

00:37:09.779 --> 00:37:10.139
 feasts,

00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:10.579
 that they

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:10.980
 pray.

00:37:11.840 --> 00:37:12.619
 God commanded

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.340
 those things,

00:37:13.759 --> 00:37:14.239
 and yet God

00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:15.239
 says, I hate

00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:16.460
 all of these

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:18.019
 things that

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.519
 you're doing.

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:20.059
 I'm weary

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.519
 of them.

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:22.119
 They burden

00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:22.440
 me.

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.860
 Stop doing

00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:24.139
 them.

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:25.259
 They are

00:37:25.259 --> 00:37:25.960
 meaningless to

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.159
 me.

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:26.599
 They are

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:27.340
 worthless to

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:27.559
 me.

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:28.920
 Why?

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:29.940
 Because

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.400
 meanwhile,

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:31.000
 you're killing

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.599
 each other,

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:33.240
 living wicked

00:37:33.240 --> 00:37:33.660
 lives,

00:37:33.740 --> 00:37:34.220
 doing all

00:37:34.220 --> 00:37:34.780
 kinds of

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:35.720
 evil deeds

00:37:35.720 --> 00:37:36.840
 and perverting

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.340
 justice.

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:37.639
 You're

00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:38.200
 oppressing

00:37:38.200 --> 00:37:38.880
 the weak.

00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:40.579
 You're taking

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:41.420
 advantage of

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:41.740
 others.

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:42.740
 You're doing

00:37:42.740 --> 00:37:43.460
 nothing to

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:43.960
 help the

00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:44.440
 needy,

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:46.700
 the orphan,

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:48.539
 the widow.

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:50.420
 That's how you

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:50.980
 live, and then

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.619
 you come to my

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:52.260
 temple and do

00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:52.840
 all these

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:53.639
 religious

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:55.000
 things.

00:37:55.200 --> 00:37:55.920
 You observe

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:56.840
 the Sabbaths

00:37:56.840 --> 00:37:57.159
 and you

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:57.900
 offer

00:37:57.900 --> 00:37:58.800
 sacrifices.

00:38:01.220 --> 00:38:02.059
 That kind

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:02.619
 of obedience,

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.180
 if you can

00:38:03.180 --> 00:38:03.820
 even call it

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:04.360
 that, doesn't

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:04.860
 do anything

00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:05.340
 for me.

00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:07.039
 Your

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:08.119
 religiosity is

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:08.740
 just a show.

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:09.980
 Stop pretending

00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:10.940
 to have a

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:11.840
 relationship with

00:38:11.840 --> 00:38:13.119
 me when you

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:13.480
 don't.

00:38:15.659 --> 00:38:16.440
 These are

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:16.920
 sobering

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.300
 words.

00:38:17.300 --> 00:38:19.980
 God doesn't

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.500
 want us to

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:21.140
 pray and

00:38:21.140 --> 00:38:21.760
 read our

00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:22.300
 Bibles and

00:38:22.300 --> 00:38:22.880
 go to church

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:23.480
 every week

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:23.980
 and give

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:25.100
 10% of

00:38:25.100 --> 00:38:26.260
 our income

00:38:26.260 --> 00:38:26.680
 to the

00:38:26.680 --> 00:38:27.180
 church as

00:38:27.180 --> 00:38:27.700
 a sort of

00:38:27.700 --> 00:38:28.900
 token of

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:29.539
 our religious

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:30.360
 affiliation

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:30.940
 with him.

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:31.980
 Meanwhile,

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:33.220
 our hearts

00:38:33.220 --> 00:38:34.519
 are far

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:35.080
 from him.

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:36.640
 This is

00:38:36.640 --> 00:38:37.000
 what the

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:37.480
 Pharisees

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:38.019
 were doing.

00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:40.600
 And Jesus

00:38:40.600 --> 00:38:41.380
 saw right

00:38:41.380 --> 00:38:41.940
 through it.

00:38:43.300 --> 00:38:44.060
 He knew

00:38:44.060 --> 00:38:44.380
 what they

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:44.900
 were thinking.

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:47.079
 and he

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:47.820
 knows what

00:38:47.820 --> 00:38:48.039
 we're

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.400
 thinking.

00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:50.720
 He knows

00:38:50.720 --> 00:38:51.280
 what's really

00:38:51.280 --> 00:38:52.240
 in our

00:38:52.240 --> 00:38:52.660
 hearts.

00:38:54.220 --> 00:38:54.980
 If we

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.300
 think we

00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:55.700
 can keep

00:38:55.700 --> 00:38:56.340
 God happy

00:38:56.340 --> 00:38:56.860
 by just

00:38:56.860 --> 00:38:57.960
 doing enough

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.340
 of his

00:38:58.340 --> 00:38:58.780
 stuff,

00:38:59.500 --> 00:39:00.780
 going to

00:39:00.780 --> 00:39:01.119
 church,

00:39:01.660 --> 00:39:02.160
 reading our

00:39:02.160 --> 00:39:02.599
 Bibles,

00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:03.300
 praying,

00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:04.139
 keeping the

00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:04.440
 Sabbath,

00:39:04.720 --> 00:39:05.720
 giving 10%,

00:39:05.720 --> 00:39:07.940
 we're wrong.

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:10.740
 We can't

00:39:10.740 --> 00:39:11.940
 fool God.

00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:14.579
 No.

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:16.019
 God wants

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:16.720
 a real,

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:17.840
 vibrant,

00:39:18.340 --> 00:39:18.800
 personal

00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:19.539
 relationship

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:21.019
 with you.

00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:23.940
 He wants

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:25.139
 our hearts.

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:29.039
 He is

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:29.619
 full of

00:39:29.619 --> 00:39:30.200
 compassion

00:39:30.200 --> 00:39:31.680
 and love

00:39:31.680 --> 00:39:32.220
 for us.

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:34.160
 He is

00:39:34.160 --> 00:39:34.700
 the Jesus

00:39:34.700 --> 00:39:35.340
 who stood

00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:35.860
 up to the

00:39:35.860 --> 00:39:36.400
 Pharisees

00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:37.000
 and healed

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:37.559
 the man

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:38.519
 with the

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:38.760
 withered

00:39:38.760 --> 00:39:39.180
 hand.

00:39:39.179 --> 00:39:39.219
 God.

00:39:40.419 --> 00:39:41.219
 And that's

00:39:41.219 --> 00:39:41.539
 why he

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:42.019
 has come

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.899
 to do

00:39:42.899 --> 00:39:43.659
 good to

00:39:43.659 --> 00:39:44.940
 us and

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:45.359
 to save

00:39:45.359 --> 00:39:45.679
 us.

00:39:46.859 --> 00:39:47.719
 He calls

00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:48.019
 us to

00:39:48.019 --> 00:39:48.619
 repent and

00:39:48.619 --> 00:39:49.079
 believe in

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:49.299
 him.

00:39:49.399 --> 00:39:49.759
 He calls

00:39:49.759 --> 00:39:50.139
 us to

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:50.639
 surrender

00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:51.500
 our lives

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:52.460
 to him

00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:53.359
 and own

00:39:53.359 --> 00:39:53.759
 him as

00:39:53.759 --> 00:39:54.039
 Lord.

00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:54.440
 And he

00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:55.179
 will not

00:39:55.179 --> 00:39:55.759
 tolerate

00:39:55.759 --> 00:39:56.279
 religious

00:39:56.279 --> 00:39:57.000
 pretenders

00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:58.239
 for very

00:39:58.239 --> 00:39:58.579
 long.

00:39:58.579 --> 00:39:59.579
 God

00:39:59.579 --> 00:40:00.579
 will not

00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:00.579


00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:00.579


00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:00.559
 The way

00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:01.259
 the Pharisees

00:40:01.259 --> 00:40:01.539
 and the

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:01.860
 teachers

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.219
 of the

00:40:02.219 --> 00:40:02.519
 law

00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:03.699
 abused

00:40:03.699 --> 00:40:03.900
 the

00:40:03.900 --> 00:40:04.299
 people

00:40:04.299 --> 00:40:05.159
 under

00:40:05.159 --> 00:40:05.819
 the guise

00:40:05.819 --> 00:40:06.019
 of

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:06.500
 religious

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:07.340
 observance

00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:08.119
 made

00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:08.500
 Jesus

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:09.019
 very,

00:40:09.179 --> 00:40:09.900
 very angry

00:40:09.900 --> 00:40:11.440
 and upset.

00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:13.240
 just like

00:40:13.240 --> 00:40:13.579
 it did

00:40:13.579 --> 00:40:14.039
 long ago

00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:14.639
 in Israel's

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:14.960
 history

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:15.559
 when God

00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:16.539
 said,

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.280
 your new

00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:17.460
 moon

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:17.960
 feast

00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:18.280
 and your

00:40:18.280 --> 00:40:18.639
 appointed

00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:19.260
 festivals,

00:40:19.519 --> 00:40:19.659
 your

00:40:19.659 --> 00:40:20.300
 Sabbaths

00:40:20.300 --> 00:40:20.579
 and your

00:40:20.579 --> 00:40:21.480
 convocations

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:23.179
 I hate

00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:23.840
 with all

00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:24.380
 my being.

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:27.260
 But what

00:40:27.260 --> 00:40:27.760
 did God

00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:28.760
 say right

00:40:28.760 --> 00:40:29.720
 after that

00:40:29.720 --> 00:40:31.280
 long ago

00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:32.019
 through Isaiah?

00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:33.940
 He denounced

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.539
 their worthless

00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:35.460
 religiosity,

00:40:35.659 --> 00:40:36.119
 he told them

00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:36.780
 he hated it

00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:37.139
 and then he

00:40:37.139 --> 00:40:37.780
 said this,

00:40:38.400 --> 00:40:39.240
 come now,

00:40:40.460 --> 00:40:41.039
 let's settle

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:41.539
 the matter.

00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:43.820
 Though your

00:40:43.820 --> 00:40:44.279
 sins are

00:40:44.279 --> 00:40:45.079
 like scarlet,

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:46.360
 they shall

00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:46.759
 be white

00:40:46.759 --> 00:40:47.219
 as snow.

00:40:48.800 --> 00:40:49.579
 Though they

00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:50.139
 are as

00:40:50.139 --> 00:40:50.980
 red as

00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:51.559
 crimson,

00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:52.619
 they shall

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:54.300
 be like

00:40:54.300 --> 00:40:54.599
 wool.

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:57.380
 God is

00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:57.980
 eager to

00:40:57.980 --> 00:40:58.460
 wash us

00:40:58.460 --> 00:40:59.779
 clean of

00:40:59.779 --> 00:41:00.239
 our moral

00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:00.719
 filth,

00:41:01.099 --> 00:41:02.320
 our pride,

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:04.500
 our selfishness,

00:41:04.659 --> 00:41:06.219
 our self-righteousness.

00:41:07.279 --> 00:41:08.480
 He is eager

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:09.279
 to forgive.

00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:10.940
 That's

00:41:10.940 --> 00:41:11.240
 why he

00:41:11.240 --> 00:41:11.519
 sent

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:12.019
 Jesus.

00:41:13.300 --> 00:41:13.960
 He came

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:14.380
 to be

00:41:14.380 --> 00:41:15.180
 the sacrifice

00:41:15.180 --> 00:41:15.960
 needed to

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:17.580
 secure the

00:41:17.580 --> 00:41:18.300
 forgiveness of

00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:18.780
 our sins,

00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:19.560
 to save our

00:41:19.560 --> 00:41:19.980
 lives,

00:41:20.180 --> 00:41:22.040
 because we

00:41:22.040 --> 00:41:23.080
 were utterly

00:41:23.080 --> 00:41:24.880
 shriveled

00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:26.560
 and withered

00:41:26.560 --> 00:41:27.240
 by sin.

00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:28.560
 He came to

00:41:28.560 --> 00:41:29.440
 restore us

00:41:29.440 --> 00:41:31.100
 and give us

00:41:31.100 --> 00:41:31.460
 life.

00:41:33.040 --> 00:41:34.120
 So I want to

00:41:34.120 --> 00:41:34.780
 end with this

00:41:34.780 --> 00:41:35.220
 question.

00:41:35.219 --> 00:41:38.079
 have you

00:41:38.079 --> 00:41:38.559
 surrendered

00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:39.279
 your whole

00:41:39.279 --> 00:41:40.480
 heart and

00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:41.019
 life to

00:41:41.019 --> 00:41:41.559
 Jesus,

00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:43.239
 this

00:41:43.239 --> 00:41:43.919
 compassionate

00:41:43.919 --> 00:41:44.399
 Savior?

00:41:48.959 --> 00:41:49.679
 Or

00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:51.139
 do you

00:41:51.139 --> 00:41:51.939
 intend to

00:41:51.939 --> 00:41:52.339
 go on

00:41:52.339 --> 00:41:52.839
 pretending

00:41:52.839 --> 00:41:54.519
 like the

00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:55.119
 Pharisees

00:41:55.119 --> 00:41:56.639
 while pushing

00:41:56.639 --> 00:41:57.500
 Jesus away?

00:41:57.500 --> 00:42:06.599
 Father in

00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:06.840
 heaven,

00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:08.079
 please do

00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:08.539
 your good

00:42:08.539 --> 00:42:08.980
 work in

00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:09.500
 our hearts

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:10.480
 through

00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:11.000
 your word.

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:15.760
 I pray

00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:16.059
 that we

00:42:16.059 --> 00:42:16.420
 would not

00:42:16.420 --> 00:42:17.159
 go untouched

00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:17.639
 by these

00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:18.019
 words,

00:42:19.019 --> 00:42:19.559
 that we

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:19.920
 would be

00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:20.760
 stirred to

00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:21.860
 faith and

00:42:21.860 --> 00:42:22.179
 to love

00:42:22.179 --> 00:42:22.619
 for you,

00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:23.460
 true love,

00:42:23.739 --> 00:42:24.300
 true faith.

00:42:24.300 --> 00:42:27.360
 we thank

00:42:27.360 --> 00:42:27.620
 you that

00:42:27.620 --> 00:42:27.940
 you are

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.519
 compassionate

00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:29.160
 and merciful,

00:42:30.700 --> 00:42:31.660
 an amazing,

00:42:31.840 --> 00:42:32.200
 beautiful,

00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:33.180
 glorious God,

00:42:33.780 --> 00:42:35.620
 and we

00:42:35.620 --> 00:42:36.080
 love you.

00:42:37.080 --> 00:42:37.320
 I pray

00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:37.660
 this in

00:42:37.660 --> 00:42:37.920
 Jesus'

00:42:38.120 --> 00:42:38.300
 name.

00:42:39.100 --> 00:42:39.380
 Amen.