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 Thank you and good morning, church.

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 It's good to see you and thank you for this opportunity

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 to open God's word and let God speak to us.

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 So let's just pray now.

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 Heavenly Father, Lord, your word is a lamp to our feet

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 and a light to our path.

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 Lord, speak into our hearts now, Lord, and transform them.

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 Change our hearts of stone to hearts of flesh

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 that see the world the way you see it

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 and reach out then in love.

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 I pray this in your son's name. Amen.

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 Well, this is going to be a bit of a heavy one.

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 If you just saw the reading then, it's pretty full on.

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 And so I'm trying to...

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 I can't lighten it up, but I'm just letting you know

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 that it's going to be pretty full on.

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 I heard a story once about a preacher in a small town

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 who preached up a storm.

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 He started with this amazing illustration.

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 He led into opening God's word.

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 And then really by the end of it,

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 everyone was convicted of their sin,

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 their need to repent,

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 and their need to live for Jesus each day.

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 And so word got around town.

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 It was a small town.

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 And so everyone turned up the following week.

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 The church was packed.

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 Everyone from the town turned up.

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 And he started off with the same illustration.

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 And I went, oh, I heard it last week,

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 but that's a good illustration.

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 I like hearing it again.

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 And then launched into the same sermon, word for word.

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 And they all came out.

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 And because other people hadn't heard it that week before,

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 they went, good sermon.

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 Thanks very much.

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 And they went on their way.

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 And the following week,

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 they all turned up again.

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 And he preached exactly the same sermon, word for word.

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 And the following week,

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 they all turned up.

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 And he preached the same sermon, word for word.

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 They're starting to get a bit worried.

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 Is this, you know, what's it called?

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 An age moment?

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 I don't know.

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 Like, is he getting premature dementia?

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 I don't know.

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 Like, what was it?

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 And who's going to speak to him?

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 You know, has he just sort of turned up

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 and got the same folder?

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 And anyway, someone was brave enough.

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 And they went up to him.

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 And they said,

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 you seem to be preaching the same sermon every week.

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 We kind of like your style.

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 But, you know, we like your variety as well.

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 Can't you just, what's the reason?

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 You've got a reason.

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 He said, it's one thing to know it.

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 It's another thing to put it into practice.

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 Then he goes on to say,

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 I'll start preaching something new

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 when we all start doing it.

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 And not really a joke,

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 but just a case of put it into action.

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 This new year,

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 we have been working through the Sermon on a Mount.

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 One of the most famous pieces of teaching

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 in the history of the human race.

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 It's been heard of by a lot of people.

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 But at the same time,

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 it's a misunderstood piece of teaching.

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 Even though it's actually not difficult to understand.

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 Rather, it seems that those who know of

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 the Sermon on the Mount

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 actually haven't read it for themselves.

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 Oh yeah, I know of the Sermon on the Mount.

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 Jesus was a good guy.

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 You know, he had some moral teachings, didn't he?

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 Something about loving people,

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 I guess, in there somewhere.

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 Some moral reflections or suggestions

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 on how to live.

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 Take it or leave it.

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 The Sermon on the Mount

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 is not like that at all.

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 It actually calls us

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 to make an extremely important choice.

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 Choose life.

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 Jesus came to give us life to the full.

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 This is life

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 and what it means to live life

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 according to being part of God's kingdom

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 and it's on God's terms.

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 Having been chosen by God,

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 we now have a daily choice

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 to live as followers of Jesus.

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 Jesus lays it out in the Sermon on the Mount.

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 What it means to live a life in him

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 and God has very high standards.

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 Jesus is not talking about

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 a better moral code

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 or burdensome new laws

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 that we have to achieve

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 to get a tick in God's good books.

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 Jesus is showing

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 what life can be like

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 if we follow him

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 and if we trust him.

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 Like the minister

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 who kept preaching the same sermon

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 until everyone decided to do it,

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 we can't walk away

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 from Jesus' words unaffected.

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 We need to hear them again

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 and again

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 and be reminded

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 there is a call to action.

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 Make a choice.

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 Live for God's upside down kingdom

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 each and every day.

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 As we come to Matthew 7,

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 we will see the important choices

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 we must make in relationships

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 and how we can call on God

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 to help.

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 Jesus shifts from

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 warning his followers

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 about their own personal temptations

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 concerning wealth and worry

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 to temptations that can surface

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 in their relationships

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 with each other.

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 Jesus has something to say

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 about our relationships

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 because following Jesus

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 should make a difference

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 to how we relate

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 to one another,

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 to our brothers

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 and to our sisters.

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 Matthew 7, verse 1.

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 Do not judge

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 or you too will be judged.

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 For in the same way

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 you judge others,

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 you will be judged

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 and with the measure you use,

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 it will be measured

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 to you.

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 Our culture,

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 more than ever,

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 seems super judgmental,

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 hypercritical,

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 touchy,

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 easily offended.

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 Social media algorithms,

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 I think,

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 play into this a little bit.

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 People want to post images,

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 get likes,

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 get followers.

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 There's a guy,

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 Mr Beast,

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 who's got millions of followers

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 and do perfect.

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 There's all these people

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 and they make a living

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 out of getting followers.

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 Instagram posts,

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 getting likes,

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 whether it's on home renos

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 or decorations

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 or I actually personally

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 follow a thing

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 called van life.

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 Van life's these people

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 who do up the interior vans

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 and they,

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 anyway,

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 they're nice.

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 So there's sort of,

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 sometimes it's a little bit positive

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 but it can also be a negative.

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 If you don't fly

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 a particular flag

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 or have a political allegiance

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 and it lies outside

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 popular culture,

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 expect to be vilified,

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 a media pylon,

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 face the wrath

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 of the cancel culture

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 who are judge,

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 jury and executioner.

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 But we judge all the time,

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 superficial judgments,

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 self-righteous judgments,

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 hypocritical judgments,

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 unfair and ill-informed judgments,

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 harsh, unforgiving judgments.

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 When we meet people,

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 before we've even opened our mouths,

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 before we go into a conversation with them,

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 we do a top to toe.

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 I like their eyes,

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 nice smile,

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 look at the shirt they're wearing,

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 oh they've had a haircut,

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 nice haircut,

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 all the way down to,

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 oh I wouldn't wear those shoes,

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 or all the accessories

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 that they're wearing

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 that they have.

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 This is before we even say,

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 oh hi,

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 my name is,

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 what do you do?

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 What are your hobbies?

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 Where do you live?

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 What are your thoughts on this issue?

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 That's how we relate to one another,

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 by judging each other,

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 compartmentalizing,

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 putting each other in a box,

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 assessing whether they live up

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 to a certain standard

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 or the right postcode,

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 if we have anything in common,

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 where they fit in the social standing

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 or pecking order of things.

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 And so we point the finger,

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 I've done this in schools,

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 and say,

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 every time you point the finger,

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 there's three pointing

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 right back at you,

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 to which you remember

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 a student saying,

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 I'm just going to point

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 like this now.

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 So obviously,

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 there's no wrong in them.

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 Do not judge.

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 No, no, I'll do it this way.

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 Do not judge.

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 In these words,

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 Jesus is saying,

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 don't set ourselves up

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 as judge.

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 That's God's job.

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 Don't be self-righteous.

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 Set ourselves up to judge

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 and to criticize.

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 If you find yourself doing this,

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 Jesus is saying,

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 there's no place for that

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 amongst Christian people.

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 Christians aren't to judge.

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 God is judge,

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 and he will judge one day,

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 and we'll answer to God.

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 We'll answer to God's standards,

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 not our own.

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 When it comes to Jesus,

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 Jesus uses the very graphic image

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 of a speck in someone's eye

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 and a plank in our own.

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 This is real,

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 but we don't like to think of it as us.

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 It's not me.

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 Preferably it's that person over there.

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 Surely not me.

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 But here's an opportunity right now

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 even to think,

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 where am I at with this?

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 Am I judging

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 and being judgmental?

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 Do you find yourself being a bit judgy?

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 What at stake here

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 is our attitude.

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 What does critical,

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 judgmental character look like?

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 It's self-righteous

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 and it's hypocritical.

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 We may tell ourselves,

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 I can afford to look down my nose

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 at my less disciplined peers

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 or my colleagues

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 because of their recurring sin,

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 some small deficiency

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 or inconsistency in their lives.

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 We may conclude

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 that their spiritual stature,

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 personal integrity

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 and useful service of others

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 are all vastly inferior to our own.

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 But it's condescending

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 and actually fails to recognize

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 our own sinfulness.

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 I can't help but think

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 of Jesus' response here

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 when there's a crowd of people

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 with stones in their hand

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 ready to stone the adulterous.

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 And notice if they're being consistent,

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 the man should have been there as well.

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 And Jesus stands up

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 and he says,

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 those who have not sinned

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 cast the first stone.

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 And he goes back to doodling in the sand,

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 whatever he's drawing or writing.

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 And they all one by one

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 drop their stones and walk away.

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 And then he gets up

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 and actually it's,

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 those who have not sinned cast,

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 Jesus can cast the first stone now

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 because he has not sinned.

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 And he goes on to say,

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 neither do I condemn you,

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 but go and leave your life of sin.

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 So don't keep doing it.

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 Leave your life of sin.

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 So if we're going to cast stones,

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 listen to Jesus' words,

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 that those who are without sin

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 cast a stone.

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 Do you find that the very thing

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 that you struggle with

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 is the thing that you actually notice

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 in someone?

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 So I think it's because

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 we're attuned to that sin

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 or we're so practiced at it.

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 Like if you're someone

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 who's used to concealing something,

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 you'll notice someone else

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 who's, oh,

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 they're looking the other way

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 when they're talking.

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 They must be lying or something.

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 And you notice

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 you can be attuned to this.

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 At which point we have a choice.

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 You can pounce and highlight it

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 and go, ah,

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 you're actually not telling

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 the truth right now.

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 Or you can first take the plank

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 out of your own eye

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 before you go to take

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 the speck out of theirs.

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 It's hypocritical and double standards

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 to expect something from others

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 that we can't accomplish ourselves.

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 I can assure you,

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 anyone who gets up in the pulpit

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 and shares a message

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 from the scriptures,

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 they're convicted.

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 I'm not standing up here

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 and saying,

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 I don't struggle with anything

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 that I'm sharing with you,

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 the way you struggle.

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 We're all convicted.

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 There's nothing self-righteous.

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 You pour over the scriptures

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 and you go,

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 wow, I'm preaching on this.

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 I'm going to say,

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 this is what God says.

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 But at the end of the day,

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 I really struggle with this myself.

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 So I want to be clear about that.

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 But in the same way we judge,

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 we'll be judged,

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 and do we really want God

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 to use that measure against us?

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 Because I think humans

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 can be really merciless

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 and yet God shows grace and mercy.

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 We don't want him to judge us

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 the way we judge each other,

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 I think, personally.

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 Jesus is saying,

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 we shouldn't give up

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 any capacity to discern

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 right from wrong

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 and I'm going to get to that

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 in a moment.

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 It's not that we should

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 never help one another

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 or completely refrain

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 from pointing out

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 some wrongdoing.

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 But first,

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 be prepared to take

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 that plank out of your eye

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 and once that's dealt with,

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 then remove the specks.

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 This is about how we relate

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 to one another.

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 As Christians,

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 there needs to be a difference.

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 And if we go back

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 to Matthew 5, verse 7,

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 remember the blessed.

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 Blessed are the merciful,

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 for they will be shown mercy.

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 What Jesus is saying here,

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 as we come into a relationship

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 with God,

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 kingdom living involves humility.

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 It involves self-reflection

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 and it involves repentance.

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 In God's upside-down kingdom,

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 our lives have to change.

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 We won't feel the need

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 to assert our rightness

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 all the time

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 because when we're

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 in God's kingdom,

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 we're secure enough

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 to recognise

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 that we've got faults

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 and everyone,

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 every one of us

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 are fully reliant

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 on God's grace.

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 We can acknowledge

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 our own faults

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 and at the same time,

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 if need be,

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 are able to encourage others

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 to turn back to Christ.

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 And I think here

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 in Galatians,

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 Galatians chapter 6,

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 we read,

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 if someone is caught in sin,

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 you who live by the Spirit

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 should restore that person gently,

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 but watch yourselves

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 or you also may be tempted.

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 Carry each other's burdens

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 and in this way

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 you will fulfil the law of Christ.

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 Restore gently,

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 but first,

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 take the plank

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 out of our own eyes

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 and then work

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 on the speck in theirs.

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 But be careful also

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 that whatever

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 they're struggling with,

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 you then don't get tempted

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 and drawn into yourself.

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 Jesus has been talking

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 about how Christians

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 need to relate

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 to one another.

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 Don't copy the hypocrisy

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 of the Pharisees.

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 And he's now addressing

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 how we relate

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 to non-Christians.

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 He goes from saying,

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 do not judge,

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 this is really tricky now,

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 I think,

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 and we're going,

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 what?

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 To requiring us

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 to actually make

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 a judgment call.

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 Jesus goes on

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 to talk about

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 dogs and pigs.

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 And they're his labels,

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 they're not mine,

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 they're his,

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 and so it's Jesus' words

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 and they're full on.

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 He's not talking about

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 non-Christians in general.

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 He's talking about

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 those who just,

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 like Pharaoh's heart

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 that hardened,

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 don't want anything

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 to do with this at all.

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 The sacred pearl here

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 that Jesus is talking

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 about here

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 is the gospel.

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 And if I could put it

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 this way,

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 in one hand,

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 we've got God's love

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 and God's compassion

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 and in the other hand,

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 we've got God's judgment.

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 That is the gospel.

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 God's judgment

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 is poured out

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 on his son

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 because he shows

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 compassion

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 and love to us.

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 You want to know

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 about God's love?

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 You've got to have

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 the full gospel.

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 What I'm hearing today

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 from society

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 is this.

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 I want to know

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 about God's love

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 and compassion

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 but I don't want

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 to hear about judgment.

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 I don't want to hear

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 that judgment's coming.

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 I don't want to hear

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 that I'm going to be judged.

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 But you don't get

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 the full gospel

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 if you don't bring

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 in judgment.

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 And when I say,

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 how do you know

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 God loves me?

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 Because

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 he took the judgment

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 for me

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 on the cross.

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 But people

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 don't want to hear

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 that today.

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 They don't want

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 to hear it.

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 So don't cast

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 your pearls

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 before dogs

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 and pigs.

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 In other words,

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 don't bother

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 sharing the gospel

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 with people

00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.340
 who have decisively

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 rejected it.

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 We need to

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 recognize them

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 for who they are

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 and this is

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 a judgment call.

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 When Jesus says

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 don't judge,

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 he's not saying

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 remove all our

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 critical faculties

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 or under no circumstances

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 can we hold

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 no opinions

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 about right and wrong.

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 Jesus turned tables

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 you remember.

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 He turned tables

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 at injustice.

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 Diedrich Bonhoeffer

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 stood up

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 against Hitler.

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 It actually

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 saw him imprisoned

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 and later executed

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 because he stood up

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 and spoke against evil.

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 Evil prospers

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 when good people

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 do and say nothing.

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 Christians must have

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 a voice in society.

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 What Jesus is saying

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 is that we must

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 recognize those

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 in the world

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 who have so rejected

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 Christ

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 that there comes

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 a point

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 when we're not

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 to waste our time

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 any longer

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 casting the pearls

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 of the gospel

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 before them.

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 We have to discern

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 when we're speaking

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 pearls to those

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 who have ears to hear

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 and when the pearl

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 of the gospel

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 is being trampled

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 underfoot.

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 But how can we know?

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 I think it's hard

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 to know.

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 You don't know

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 people's hearts

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 or you can't

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 read their thoughts.

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 But there probably

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 are occasions

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 when we're

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 proverbially

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 shown the door.

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 I don't want

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 to hear this anymore.

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 So there's no point

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 carrying on with this

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 and it always

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 blows me away.

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 It's an amazing

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 message of forgiveness,

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 hope,

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 and love.

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 And people don't

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 want to hear it.

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 The intent

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 of the Sermon

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 on the Mount

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 is to listen

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 to Jesus' words

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 and to act

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 upon them.

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 Our relationship

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 with our brothers

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 and sisters

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 in Christ

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 should be different.

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 Jesus has presented

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 us with two

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 difficult tasks.

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 One,

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 a standard

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 in the way

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 we relate

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 to one another

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 and if we're

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 honest,

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 we know

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 how difficult

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 this can be.

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 Do not judge.

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 And two,

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 he's actually

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 set out

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 that we need

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 to discern

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 and recognise

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 those who are

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 the dogs

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 and pigs

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 which can be

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 too tricky

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 and it might

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 be too quick

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 to actually

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 write people

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 off

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 because you

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 hear of

00:19:00.660 --> 00:19:01.180
 amazing

00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:02.220
 conversion stories

00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:02.920
 of total

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 Christopher Hitchens,

00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:06.240
 brother Peter Hitchens,

00:19:06.940 --> 00:19:07.340
 Christopher Hitchens,

00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:08.100
 total atheist,

00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:08.620
 Peter Hitchens

00:19:08.620 --> 00:19:09.200
 was as well,

00:19:09.340 --> 00:19:09.660
 Peter Hitchens

00:19:09.660 --> 00:19:10.380
 now just loves

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 Jesus and

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 shares the message

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 of the resurrection.

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 So how can we

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 know?

00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:17.980
 Come to our

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 heavenly father

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 and ask.

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 Let's take out

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 all the verses,

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 Jesus didn't have

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 verses.

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 What follows

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 on from this

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 is Matthew

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 7,

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 verses 7

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 to 11.

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 Ask

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 and it will

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 be given

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 to you.

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 Seek

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 and you

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 will find.

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 Knock

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 and the

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 door

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 will be

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 opened

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 to you.

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 For

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 everyone

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 who asks

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 receives.

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 Those

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 who seek

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 find

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 and to

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 those

00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:44.099
 who knock

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 the door

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 will be

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 opened.

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 Which

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 of you

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 their son

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 or daughter

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 asks for

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 bread

00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:50.259
 will give

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 them a

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 stone?

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 or if

00:19:52.120 --> 00:19:52.620
 they ask

00:19:52.620 --> 00:19:52.980
 for a

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 fish

00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:53.560
 will give

00:19:53.560 --> 00:19:53.860
 them a

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 snake?

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 If

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 you

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 then

00:19:58.560 --> 00:19:59.460
 though you

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 are evil

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 know how to

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 give good

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 gifts to

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 your children

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 how much

00:20:05.019 --> 00:20:05.340
 more will

00:20:05.340 --> 00:20:05.780
 your father

00:20:05.780 --> 00:20:06.160
 in heaven

00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:06.700
 give good

00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.540
 gifts to

00:20:07.540 --> 00:20:08.580
 those who

00:20:08.580 --> 00:20:09.259
 ask him?

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 Ask

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 seek

00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:15.320
 knock.

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 these

00:20:17.139 --> 00:20:17.439
 words

00:20:17.439 --> 00:20:17.720
 are often

00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:17.919
 used

00:20:17.919 --> 00:20:18.119
 in

00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:18.419
 sermons

00:20:18.419 --> 00:20:18.659
 to

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 give

00:20:18.919 --> 00:20:19.119
 the

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 impression

00:20:19.439 --> 00:20:19.619
 that

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 God

00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:19.919
 is

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 our

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 personal

00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:20.579
 vending

00:20:20.579 --> 00:20:21.039
 machine.

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 I

00:20:21.879 --> 00:20:22.119
 actually

00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:22.379
 know

00:20:22.379 --> 00:20:22.839
 someone

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 from a

00:20:23.819 --> 00:20:24.240
 different

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:25.059
 denomination

00:20:25.059 --> 00:20:25.980
 and I

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 don't want to

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 make a

00:20:26.339 --> 00:20:26.859
 judgment call

00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:27.339
 here but

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 I think

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 they're

00:20:27.879 --> 00:20:28.159
 wrong in

00:20:28.159 --> 00:20:28.559
 this.

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:29.819
 I'm not

00:20:29.819 --> 00:20:30.779
 judgment about

00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:30.939
 the

00:20:30.939 --> 00:20:31.379
 denomination

00:20:31.379 --> 00:20:32.119
 but what

00:20:32.119 --> 00:20:32.659
 they believe

00:20:32.659 --> 00:20:32.939
 is that

00:20:32.939 --> 00:20:33.159
 you can

00:20:33.159 --> 00:20:33.519
 demand

00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:33.980
 things from

00:20:33.980 --> 00:20:34.379
 God.

00:20:35.059 --> 00:20:35.819
 I demand

00:20:35.819 --> 00:20:36.179
 a new

00:20:36.179 --> 00:20:36.819
 surfboard

00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:37.139
 or I

00:20:37.139 --> 00:20:37.519
 demand

00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:37.839
 a new

00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:38.319
 car.

00:20:38.839 --> 00:20:39.019
 I

00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:39.299
 don't

00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:40.000
 read that

00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.359
 here.

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:41.879
 But if

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 you want

00:20:42.180 --> 00:20:43.519
 stuff

00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:43.799
 just

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:44.340
 ask.

00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:44.980
 I

00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:45.160
 want

00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:45.380
 more

00:20:45.380 --> 00:20:45.720
 money

00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:46.640
 or I

00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:46.740
 want

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.140
 success

00:20:47.140 --> 00:20:47.400
 in my

00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:47.920
 relationships

00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:48.539
 or business

00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:49.259
 just ask

00:20:49.259 --> 00:20:49.759
 and God

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.560
 will dispense

00:20:50.560 --> 00:20:51.400
 our every

00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:51.799
 wish.

00:20:52.560 --> 00:20:52.779
 Now I

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:53.120
 actually do

00:20:53.120 --> 00:20:53.940
 believe it

00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.259
 doesn't hurt

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 to ask.

00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.420
 Ask

00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:58.160
 sure.

00:20:59.080 --> 00:20:59.420
 But God

00:20:59.420 --> 00:20:59.799
 isn't the

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 cosmic

00:21:00.120 --> 00:21:01.039
 Santa Claus

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.920
 and we

00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:02.240
 need only

00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:02.640
 bring our

00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:02.980
 Christmas

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.740
 wish list

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:04.980
 and God

00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.259
 will tick

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:05.519
 it off

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.000
 for us

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.620
 or give

00:21:06.620 --> 00:21:06.820
 us a

00:21:06.820 --> 00:21:06.920
 hunk

00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:07.039
 of

00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:07.320
 coal.

00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:08.820
 What I

00:21:08.820 --> 00:21:09.220
 actually

00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:09.779
 believe

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:11.539
 there's

00:21:11.539 --> 00:21:11.879
 no harm

00:21:11.879 --> 00:21:12.399
 in asking

00:21:12.399 --> 00:21:13.420
 and God

00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:13.879
 knows the

00:21:13.879 --> 00:21:14.220
 difference

00:21:14.220 --> 00:21:14.879
 between our

00:21:14.879 --> 00:21:15.519
 needs and

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:16.240
 our wants

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:17.720
 we need

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:18.039
 to look at

00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:18.639
 the context

00:21:18.639 --> 00:21:19.240
 of ask

00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:19.720
 seek

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.440
 knock.

00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:22.200
 Followers

00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:22.619
 of Jesus

00:21:22.619 --> 00:21:23.680
 will find

00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:24.200
 it difficult

00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:24.759
 to not

00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.279
 judge

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:25.799
 on the

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.480
 one hand

00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:27.200
 and on

00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:27.839
 the other

00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:28.440
 hand be

00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:28.940
 wisely

00:21:28.940 --> 00:21:29.759
 discerning

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:31.259
 able to

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:31.539
 assess

00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:31.920
 someone's

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.240
 willingness

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:32.799
 and openness

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.180
 to the

00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:33.539
 gospel.

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:34.920
 It's a

00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:35.259
 difficult

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:35.859
 ask

00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:37.440
 so ask

00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:37.960
 God.

00:21:39.200 --> 00:21:40.119
 To ask

00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:40.639
 naturally

00:21:40.639 --> 00:21:41.200
 indicates

00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:41.620
 prayer

00:21:41.620 --> 00:21:42.640
 but seek

00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:43.140
 and knock

00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:43.740
 are also

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.420
 metaphors

00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:45.039
 of prayer.

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.600
 Ask

00:21:46.600 --> 00:21:47.140
 seek

00:21:47.140 --> 00:21:47.660
 knock

00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:48.559
 seems to

00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:48.980
 suggest

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.220
 an

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:50.160
 escalation

00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:51.200
 a rising

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.740
 scale

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.480
 of intensity

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:53.059
 in our

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:53.620
 prayers

00:21:53.620 --> 00:21:54.680
 and points

00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:55.019
 to the

00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:55.400
 persistent

00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:55.900
 manner in

00:21:55.900 --> 00:21:56.539
 our lives

00:21:56.539 --> 00:21:57.840
 of asking

00:21:57.840 --> 00:21:58.240
 our heavenly

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:58.720
 father.

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.299
 Ask

00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:01.140
 indicates

00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:01.840
 how we

00:22:01.840 --> 00:22:02.160
 come to

00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:02.440
 God

00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:02.660
 with

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:03.220
 humility

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:04.440
 conscious

00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:04.759
 of a

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.259
 real deep

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:05.519
 felt

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:05.900
 need

00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:07.000
 like a

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:07.400
 child

00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:07.819
 asking

00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.240
 for something

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.600
 from their

00:22:08.600 --> 00:22:09.100
 parents.

00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:11.099
 seek

00:22:11.099 --> 00:22:12.039
 links

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.399
 prayer

00:22:12.399 --> 00:22:12.699
 with a

00:22:12.699 --> 00:22:13.299
 responsible

00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:14.059
 action

00:22:14.059 --> 00:22:14.899
 of

00:22:14.899 --> 00:22:15.399
 pursuing

00:22:15.399 --> 00:22:15.939
 God's

00:22:15.939 --> 00:22:16.299
 will

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:17.480
 a bit

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:17.819
 like

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:18.759
 praying

00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:19.159
 for a

00:22:19.159 --> 00:22:19.500
 job

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.619
 and also

00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:21.419
 actively

00:22:21.419 --> 00:22:21.939
 pursuing

00:22:21.939 --> 00:22:22.419
 work.

00:22:23.679 --> 00:22:23.980
 You don't

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.599
 just have

00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.039
 it fall

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.319
 in your

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:25.579
 lap

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.240
 necessarily.

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:27.539
 Knock

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:28.099
 includes

00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:28.799
 perseverance

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.799
 if one

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.359
 is asking

00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:30.919
 and seeking

00:22:30.919 --> 00:22:32.159
 like you

00:22:32.159 --> 00:22:32.859
 may spend

00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:33.459
 a lifetime

00:22:33.459 --> 00:22:34.219
 persistently

00:22:34.219 --> 00:22:34.879
 praying for

00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.259
 a family

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:35.539
 member

00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:35.919
 or a

00:22:35.919 --> 00:22:36.279
 friend.

00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:36.899
 I've

00:22:36.899 --> 00:22:37.160
 got a

00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:37.319
 friend

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:37.579
 that I've

00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:37.720
 been

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.019
 friends

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.200
 with

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:38.500
 since

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:38.720
 year

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.059
 seven

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:40.240
 and I

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:40.599
 pray for

00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:40.759
 him

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.139
 regularly.

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:41.519
 He's

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:41.839
 not a

00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.119
 Christian

00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:43.839
 and I

00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:44.139
 know

00:22:44.139 --> 00:22:44.619
 that

00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:47.259
 at one

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.539
 stage

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:47.660
 at

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:48.119
 university

00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:48.700
 he really

00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:49.139
 told me

00:22:49.139 --> 00:22:50.099
 in certain

00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:50.399
 words

00:22:50.399 --> 00:22:50.859
 don't ever

00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:51.139
 talk to

00:22:51.139 --> 00:22:51.379
 me about

00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:51.599
 Jesus

00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:52.000
 again

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.940
 but then

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.139
 his

00:22:53.139 --> 00:22:53.519
 father

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:53.759
 got

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.180
 cancer

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.660
 and he

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:54.779
 said

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.000
 is there

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.200
 any

00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:55.639
 Bible

00:22:55.639 --> 00:22:55.980
 verses

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.500
 that

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:56.700
 could

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.339
 help

00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:57.519
 him

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.460
 and so

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:58.940
 he's

00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.180
 not a

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 Christian

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 yet

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 but I

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 got him

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 a

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:00.980
 Bible

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.279
 and sent

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 it to

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 him

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 and I

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 got him

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 a

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 study

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 and he

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 actually

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 put

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 together

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 a

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 set

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 of

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 Bible

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 verses

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.220
 for

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 his

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 father

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 to

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 read

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 and so

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 he still

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 hasn't

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 committed

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 his life

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 to

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 Jesus

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 but I

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 still

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.000
 am

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 persistently

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 praying

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 and I

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 do think

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 even then

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 of my

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 daughter

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 when she

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 was three

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 the one

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 who did

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 that amazing

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 painting

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 anyway

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 I remember

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 I was working

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 in the study

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 and dad

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 dad

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 dad

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 and she

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 was just

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 knocking at

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 the door

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 I'm busy

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 I'm busy

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 I'm busy

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 but at

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 some point

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 you've got

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 to answer

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 that door

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 and I

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 answer

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 the door

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 and knock

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 pray

00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:40.960
 persistently

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 in the

00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:42.279
 sermon

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 on the

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 mount

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 Jesus

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:43.759
 makes it

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 clear

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 what it

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 means to

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 live as

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 life

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 as a

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 member

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 of God's

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 kingdom

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 if we

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 want to

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 live

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 God's

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 way

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 loving

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 your

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 enemies

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 persevering

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 when

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 persecuted

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 giving

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 to the

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 needy

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 being salt

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 and light

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 in the

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 world

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 not worrying

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 about

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 tomorrow

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 storing up

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 treasures

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 in heaven

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 forgiving

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 others

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 not

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 sitting in

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 the seat

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 of judgment

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 yet

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 discerning

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 decisively

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.819
 who have

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 rejected

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 Jesus

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 if we

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 want to

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.259
 live God's

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 way

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 in God's

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 world

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 then we

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 ask

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 we seek

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 and we

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 knock

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 like the

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 persistent

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 widow

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 in Luke

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 18

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 she kept

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 going to

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 that unjust

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:26.779
 judge

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 until she

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 got a

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 result

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 don't give

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 up

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:31.059
 bring it

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.620
 all before

00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:32.039
 God

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.819
 in prayer

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:34.240
 and trust

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:36.500
 if we

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 are going

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.059
 to be

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.720
 at all

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 serious

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:38.519
 about

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:38.799
 living

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.240
 the life

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.519
 Jesus

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:39.879
 offers

00:24:39.879 --> 00:24:40.180
 on the

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:40.539
 Sermon on

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:40.899
 the Mount

00:24:40.899 --> 00:24:41.579
 then we

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:41.940
 have to

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.639
 ask our

00:24:42.639 --> 00:24:42.899
 heavenly

00:24:42.899 --> 00:24:43.399
 father

00:24:43.399 --> 00:24:44.299
 to strengthen

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:44.799
 us by

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.019
 his

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.319
 Holy

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:45.799
 Spirit

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.819
 to enable

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.240
 us to

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:47.720
 live this

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.259
 life

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.259
 the life

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:49.539
 God

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:49.940
 intends

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.539
 for us

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.720
 and what

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.039
 Jesus

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.759
 says here

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:54.920
 if humans

00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:56.079
 who are

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.460
 naturally

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:56.920
 evil

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.299
 and you

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:57.879
 notice that

00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:58.500
 he calls

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.039
 us evil

00:24:59.039 --> 00:25:00.899
 in fact

00:25:00.899 --> 00:25:01.619
 remember the

00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:02.000
 rich young

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.399
 ruler who

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 tries to

00:25:02.879 --> 00:25:03.339
 tick off

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 the Ten

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 Commandments

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:05.500
 yes all

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:05.779
 I have

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.139
 things I've

00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:06.480
 done sell

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:06.759
 everything

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.079
 and follow

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.519
 me but

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:07.799
 when he

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.159
 comes to

00:25:08.159 --> 00:25:08.299
 Jesus

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:08.779
 as good

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.180
 teacher

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:09.619
 what must

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:09.940
 I do

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.319
 to inherit

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:10.619
 eternal

00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:11.119
 life

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:12.039
 and Jesus

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.420
 says why

00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:12.579
 do you

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:12.920
 call me

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.259
 good

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:14.599
 only God

00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:15.079
 is good

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:16.440
 so let's

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:16.940
 be clear

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.639
 you who

00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:18.139
 are evil

00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:20.319
 give good

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:20.740
 gifts to

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.339
 your kids

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:22.799
 and I hope

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.220
 we do

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:25.119
 how much

00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:25.460
 more will

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:25.940
 God give

00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:26.859
 good gifts

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.720
 to those

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.379
 who ask

00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:30.640
 Bono the

00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:31.100
 lead singer

00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:31.640
 from U2

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:32.100
 was once

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:32.820
 asked do

00:25:32.820 --> 00:25:33.260
 you pray

00:25:33.260 --> 00:25:34.500
 and he

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:34.740
 said yeah

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.060
 of course

00:25:35.060 --> 00:25:35.480
 I pray

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:35.800
 and he

00:25:35.800 --> 00:25:36.020
 said well

00:25:36.020 --> 00:25:36.360
 what sort

00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:36.760
 of things

00:25:36.760 --> 00:25:37.080
 do you

00:25:37.080 --> 00:25:37.420
 pray

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:38.340
 and he

00:25:38.340 --> 00:25:38.620
 said I

00:25:38.620 --> 00:25:39.140
 pray that

00:25:39.140 --> 00:25:39.620
 God's

00:25:39.620 --> 00:25:40.700
 will will

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.300
 be done

00:25:41.300 --> 00:25:42.680
 then it's

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.080
 more likely

00:25:43.080 --> 00:25:43.940
 to happen

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:47.000
 in Matthew

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:48.240
 7 verse 12

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.520
 Jesus sums

00:25:49.520 --> 00:25:50.980
 up all

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.300
 of it

00:25:51.300 --> 00:25:52.960
 he says

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:56.240
 so in

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.720
 everything

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:58.039
 do unto

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.500
 others

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.420
 as you

00:25:59.420 --> 00:25:59.740
 would have

00:25:59.740 --> 00:25:59.980
 them

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.299
 do

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:00.559
 unto

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:00.940
 you

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:02.079
 this

00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.380
 sums

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:02.680
 up

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.279
 the

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.539
 law

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:03.680
 and

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:03.799
 the

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.259
 prophets

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:06.539
 ask

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:06.819
 and you

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:06.920
 will

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:07.460
 receive

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.319
 seek

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:08.559
 and you

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:08.720
 will

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.220
 find

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:10.100
 knock

00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:10.460
 and the

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:10.680
 door

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:10.940
 will be

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.180
 opened

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.460
 unto

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:11.839
 you

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:13.019
 throughout

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.279
 the

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:13.500
 sermon

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:13.759
 on the

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:13.980
 mount

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.579
 Jesus

00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:15.539
 references

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.680
 the

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:16.880
 old

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.319
 testament

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:18.200
 the

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:18.380
 law

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:18.620
 and the

00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:19.059
 prophets

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:21.500
 and he

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:22.240
 says here

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.759
 it could

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.200
 pretty much

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.819
 be summed

00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.100
 up

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:24.839
 in this

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.579
 golden rule

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:27.579
 severus

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.679
 reputedly

00:26:28.679 --> 00:26:29.000
 had it

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.359
 written on

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:29.899
 his wall

00:26:29.899 --> 00:26:30.779
 in gold

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:32.419
 do unto

00:26:32.419 --> 00:26:32.899
 others

00:26:32.899 --> 00:26:33.459
 as you

00:26:33.459 --> 00:26:33.719
 would have

00:26:33.719 --> 00:26:34.000
 them

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.759
 do unto

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.159
 you

00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:37.480
 there's a

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.079
 misconception

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:39.299
 people said

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.619
 oh that's

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.059
 just common

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.419
 to all

00:26:40.419 --> 00:26:40.819
 religions

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.299
 or all

00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:41.839
 philosophies

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:42.240
 and faith

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.659
 traditions

00:26:42.659 --> 00:26:43.219
 this is

00:26:43.219 --> 00:26:43.579
 actually not

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:44.159
 the case

00:26:44.159 --> 00:26:45.419
 the parallels

00:26:45.419 --> 00:26:45.939
 to Jesus

00:26:45.939 --> 00:26:46.539
 teaching

00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:47.359
 appear in

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.879
 the negative

00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:49.339
 one example

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:50.439
 is Confucius

00:26:50.439 --> 00:26:51.500
 he wrote

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.279
 do not

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.259
 inflict on

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.660
 others

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:54.339
 what you

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.839
 yourself

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.579
 would not

00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:56.319
 wish done

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:56.960
 to you

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:59.019
 it's subtle

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.779
 but it's

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.240
 different

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:02.079
 to refrain

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:03.119
 from hurting

00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:03.660
 others

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:05.200
 so you

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.599
 don't get

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.160
 harmed

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:07.019
 it's not

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.379
 the same

00:27:07.379 --> 00:27:07.779
 as doing

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.299
 good to

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:08.740
 others

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.900
 even if

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 they don't

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 deserve it

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 the difference

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 between

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 for example

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 deciding not

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.779
 to punch

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 my enemy

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 in the

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:15.980
 nose

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 and deciding

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.000
 to build

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 my enemy

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 a hospital

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 they're

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 dramatically

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 different

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 two different

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 ways of

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 living

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 one

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 is

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.640
 negative

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 and one's

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 proactive

00:27:27.080 --> 00:27:27.840
 it's

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 positive

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 it's

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 affirmative

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.040
 action

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 and that's

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 how we're

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 to live

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 there's no

00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:34.380
 parallel to

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:35.019
 Jesus teaching

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:36.640
 Jesus call

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 to love

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 is premised

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:37.980
 on God's

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.279
 love

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 his call

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 to love

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 enemies

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 doesn't

00:27:40.580 --> 00:27:41.320
 make sense

00:27:41.320 --> 00:27:41.779
 without

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.120
 Jesus

00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:42.660
 repeated

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.120
 emphasis

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:44.120
 that God

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 is merciful

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 and gracious

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 to the

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 ungrateful

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 and the

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 wicked

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 and then

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:50.440
 proving it

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 as Jesus

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 dies on the

00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:53.500
 cross for

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:53.960
 his enemies

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:56.960
 words

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 accompanied

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 with actions

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 why love

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 enemies

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 why be

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 gracious

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 why not

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 judge

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 show mercy

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.780
 to the others

00:28:06.780 --> 00:28:07.240
 who don't

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.820
 deserve it

00:28:07.820 --> 00:28:09.860
 because God

00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:10.320
 loves his

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 enemies

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 and shows

00:28:12.540 --> 00:28:13.060
 grace and

00:28:13.060 --> 00:28:13.520
 mercy to

00:28:13.520 --> 00:28:13.840
 those who

00:28:13.840 --> 00:28:14.340
 don't deserve

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 it

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 God's

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.519
 judge

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 that's

00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:18.540
 his

00:28:18.540 --> 00:28:18.920
 job

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:21.200
 the logic

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.860
 is important

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.680
 and we

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.040
 get the

00:28:23.040 --> 00:28:23.400
 heartbeat

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:23.840
 of Jesus

00:28:23.840 --> 00:28:24.300
 teaching

00:28:24.300 --> 00:28:24.680
 here

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.580
 and I

00:28:25.580 --> 00:28:25.860
 want to

00:28:25.860 --> 00:28:26.500
 put this

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:26.820
 in a

00:28:26.820 --> 00:28:27.280
 sentence

00:28:27.280 --> 00:28:29.519
 what we

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:29.840
 think

00:28:29.840 --> 00:28:30.380
 lies at

00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:30.720
 the heart

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.300
 of reality

00:28:31.300 --> 00:28:32.320
 shapes

00:28:32.320 --> 00:28:32.680
 what we

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:33.060
 think

00:28:33.060 --> 00:28:33.820
 is an

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 authentic

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.900
 human

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:35.400
 life

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:37.580
 what we

00:28:37.580 --> 00:28:37.900
 think

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.340
 lies at

00:28:38.340 --> 00:28:38.660
 the heart

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.259
 of reality

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:40.160
 shapes

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:40.500
 what we

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:40.840
 think

00:28:40.840 --> 00:28:41.620
 is an

00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:41.980
 authentic

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.800
 human

00:28:42.800 --> 00:28:43.320
 life

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:45.539
 life

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:45.779
 with

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.119
 Jesus

00:28:46.119 --> 00:28:46.700
 now

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.500
 and

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:47.960
 forever

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:49.079
 is

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:49.679
 reality

00:28:49.679 --> 00:28:52.279
 Jesus

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.559
 offers

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.039
 life

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:54.159
 can we

00:28:54.159 --> 00:28:54.480
 imagine

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:54.919
 a world

00:28:54.919 --> 00:28:55.240
 where we're

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.639
 all living

00:28:55.639 --> 00:28:55.939
 like

00:28:55.939 --> 00:28:56.439
 Jesus

00:28:56.439 --> 00:28:57.899
 where we're

00:28:57.899 --> 00:28:58.279
 not thinking

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.559
 of our

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:58.779
 own

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.259
 needs

00:28:59.259 --> 00:29:00.099
 seeking

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.500
 the best

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:00.839
 for number

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.200
 one

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:02.519
 but actually

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.460
 looking out

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:03.819
 to help

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.240
 others

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:05.359
 sharing

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:05.899
 the hope

00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:07.179
 of Jesus

00:29:07.179 --> 00:29:09.200
 Jesus

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.939
 came into

00:29:09.939 --> 00:29:10.859
 this world

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:11.500
 to make

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:11.939
 that life

00:29:11.939 --> 00:29:12.379
 possible

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:14.140
 the sermon

00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:14.400
 on the

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:14.600
 mount

00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:14.880
 is a

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:15.120
 glimpse

00:29:15.120 --> 00:29:15.400
 at the

00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:15.920
 relationships

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.460
 of those

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:16.800
 who follow

00:29:16.800 --> 00:29:17.380
 Christ

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:18.700
 and what

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.480
 the relationship

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:19.980
 they'll find

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.420
 themselves

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:21.280
 engaged in

00:29:21.280 --> 00:29:22.200
 noticeably

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:22.700
 transformed

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.100
 by the

00:29:23.100 --> 00:29:23.440
 gospel

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.160
 and living

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:24.680
 for God's

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.260
 upside down

00:29:25.260 --> 00:29:25.580
 kingdom

00:29:25.580 --> 00:29:26.600
 the rest

00:29:26.600 --> 00:29:26.820
 of the

00:29:26.820 --> 00:29:27.060
 chapter

00:29:27.060 --> 00:29:27.500
 I'm finishing

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:28.020
 up here

00:29:28.020 --> 00:29:28.860
 is about

00:29:28.860 --> 00:29:29.580
 how gospel

00:29:29.580 --> 00:29:30.260
 can impact

00:29:30.260 --> 00:29:30.720
 our life

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.400
 with warnings

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:32.440
 to be

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:32.940
 wise

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.940
 and reminders

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.460
 judgment

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.020
 is coming

00:29:35.020 --> 00:29:36.820
 verse 13

00:29:36.820 --> 00:29:38.040
 enter through

00:29:38.040 --> 00:29:38.440
 the narrow

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:38.840
 gate

00:29:38.840 --> 00:29:40.060
 wide is the

00:29:40.060 --> 00:29:40.380
 road that

00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:40.740
 leads to

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.220
 destruction

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:42.920
 verse 15

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:44.180
 watch out

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:45.299
 for false

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:45.839
 prophets

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:47.140
 wolves in

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:47.519
 sheep's

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:47.860
 clothing

00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:49.100
 by their

00:29:49.100 --> 00:29:49.460
 fruit

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:50.079
 you will

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.579
 know them

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:51.920
 verse 21

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:53.059
 not everyone

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.819
 who says to

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.079
 me

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:55.220
 lord lord

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:56.140
 will enter

00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:56.500
 the kingdom

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:57.000
 of heaven

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:58.240
 but

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:59.620
 only the

00:29:59.620 --> 00:30:00.279
 ones who

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.740
 do the

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.420
 will of

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:02.019
 my father

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.559
 who is

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:02.960
 in heaven

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:05.279
 verse 24

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:06.380
 everyone

00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:07.100
 who hears

00:30:07.100 --> 00:30:07.700
 these words

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.220
 of mine

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.600
 and puts

00:30:08.600 --> 00:30:09.079
 them into

00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:09.600
 practice

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:10.779
 is like

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.359
 a wise

00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:11.939
 person

00:30:11.939 --> 00:30:12.839
 who built

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:13.500
 their house

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.659
 on the

00:30:14.659 --> 00:30:15.039
 rock

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:16.559
 you know

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.019
 what happened

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.519
 when he

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:17.839
 finished

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.319
 teaching

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:19.219
 they were

00:30:19.219 --> 00:30:19.740
 amazed

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.879
 there was

00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.279
 no one

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.679
 taught

00:30:21.679 --> 00:30:22.639
 with such

00:30:22.639 --> 00:30:23.099
 authority

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:25.759
 the preacher

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.259
 who gave

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.719
 the same

00:30:26.719 --> 00:30:27.099
 sermon

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.759
 every week

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.599
 week in

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.119
 and week

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:29.539
 out

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:30.859
 was waiting

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.259
 to see

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.659
 if those

00:30:31.659 --> 00:30:32.119
 who listened

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:32.980
 would respond

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.619
 and take

00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:34.019
 action

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:35.639
 we can't

00:30:35.639 --> 00:30:36.139
 walk away

00:30:36.139 --> 00:30:36.519
 from the

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:36.779
 sermon

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.059
 on the

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:37.319
 mount

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:38.220
 unaffected

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:39.119
 we must

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:39.700
 take action

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.039
 in our

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.519
 lives

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.920
 it's one

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:42.240
 thing to

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.639
 know it

00:30:42.639 --> 00:30:43.819
 it's another

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:44.160
 thing to

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.440
 put it

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:45.099
 into practice

00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:46.299
 and jc

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:46.879
 ryle's got an

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:47.759
 amazing quote

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.240
 here about

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.660
 this

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:49.859
 doctrine is

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:50.299
 useless

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:51.059
 so it's one

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:51.319
 thing to

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:51.700
 know it

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.740
 doctrine is

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.099
 useless

00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:53.740
 if it's not

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.359
 accompanied by

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:54.720
 a holy

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.220
 life

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:56.339
 it is worse

00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:57.019
 than useless

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.779
 it does

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.759
 positive harm

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.960
 something of

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.519
 the image of

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.400
 christ must

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:02.119
 be seen

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:02.660
 and observed

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:03.259
 by others

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.640
 in our

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:04.460
 private life

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.640
 and habits

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:06.960
 and character

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:08.779
 and doings

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:11.720
 so church

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:13.480
 ask

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.680
 and it will

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:15.000
 be given

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.619
 to you

00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:16.879
 seek

00:31:16.879 --> 00:31:17.879
 and you

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.579
 will find

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:19.839
 knock

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.740
 and the

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:21.039
 door will

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.379
 be opened

00:31:21.379 --> 00:31:21.900
 to you

00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:23.379
 for everyone

00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:23.980
 who asks

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.599
 receives

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:25.900
 those who

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.279
 seek

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:26.779
 find

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.779
 and to

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.180
 those who

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.519
 knock

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.879
 the door

00:31:29.879 --> 00:31:30.299
 will be

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:30.680
 opened

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:32.019
 let's pray

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:33.759
 heavenly

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.160
 father

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:34.680
 we thank

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:34.859
 you

00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:35.240
 that

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:36.000
 you

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.220
 knock

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.339
 at

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:36.539
 our

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:37.019
 hearts

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:38.279
 and you

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.500
 say

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:38.980
 let me

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.400
 in

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:40.400
 lord

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:40.940
 open our

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.240
 hearts

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.720
 to you

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.160
 to your

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:42.559
 message

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:42.980
 to your

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.460
 word

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:44.579
 heavenly

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:44.900
 father

00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:45.359
 we ask

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:45.700
 now that

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:45.940
 we can

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.299
 have the

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.660
 beautiful

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:47.279
 attitudes

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.879
 outlined

00:31:47.879 --> 00:31:49.240
 in the

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.460
 sermon

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:49.720
 on the

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 mount

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 we pray

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 that we

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 can love

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 our

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 enemies

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 lord

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 we pray

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 that we

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 can

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 hunger

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 and thirst

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 for

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 righteousness

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 lord

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 we pray

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 that we

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 can

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 seek

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 you

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 with

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 all

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 our

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 hearts

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 lord

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 we

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 pray

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 that

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 our

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 eyes

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 will

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 see

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 the

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 need

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 in

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 this

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 world

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 our

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.620
 hands

00:32:07.620 --> 00:32:07.799
 will

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 reach

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 out

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 with

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 your

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 hands

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 our

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.100
 feet

00:32:10.100 --> 00:32:10.299
 will

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 go

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 where

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 you

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 will

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 take

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 us

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 to

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 share

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 the

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 gospel

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 and

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 your

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 great

00:32:13.580 --> 00:32:14.000
 word

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 lord

00:32:14.840 --> 00:32:15.039
 we

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.420
 knock

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 and we

00:32:16.080 --> 00:32:16.299
 ask

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 that

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:16.500
 you

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:16.880
 answer

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.180
 these

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:17.640
 prayers

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:18.200
 your

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.519
 gospel

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:18.759
 will

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:18.980
 go

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.440
 forth

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:20.019
 your

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.240
 kingdom

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.440
 will

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:20.660
 grow

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:20.940
 in

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 each

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 of

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:21.720
 us

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 and

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:22.640
 your

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:27.060
 amen