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 Well, good morning, everyone.

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 Yeah, well, today is Father's Day.

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 Like many of you, my father growing up was a very hard worker, long hours at his job, long

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 hours fixing up the house, keeping up with the chores, and of course, raising us kids.

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 And I'm very thankful for the father that I have, and I hope to be the father that he was

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 to us, to my kids, the way he showed me how to be.

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 And I don't know what anyone's relationship is with their father here this morning, but

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 I am thankful we have a great father, that I have a great father, and that I have a great

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 father-in-law.

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 But that's not the case for all of us.

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 And while we are thankful for good dads today, we are here this morning to talk about the gifts

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 of our heavenly father.

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 It should not be lost on us that he is called our heavenly father.

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 It was Jesus, when teaching us how to pray, who first said this, saying, our father, who

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 are in heaven.

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 So we have permission to call God our father, and I believe we should be thankful that we

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 can.

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 Because God the father is the greatest father of them all.

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 He will never leave us.

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 He will always do what is best for us.

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 He will love us unconditionally forever.

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 Fatherly love, that is what we see from God the father.

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 But we also see that from his son, Jesus.

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 We see the same compassion from God the father coming from Jesus.

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 And that's what we're going to learn about today in Matthew chapter 9.

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 It's the compassion of Jesus for us.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly father, I just thank you for this opportunity to come to read your scripture.

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 Lord, that we are in a country where we can openly read your scripture.

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 Lord, that we not take that for granted.

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 Lord, we do thank you so much for good fathers today, but we thank you so much more for our

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 great father in heaven.

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 Lord, I pray that he will be honored by the words that we have this morning.

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 Pray these things in your name.

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 Amen.

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 All right.

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 This morning, we'll be reading from Matthew chapter 9, and we're going to be reading verses

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 1 through 13.

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 I'm going to be reading from the NIV this morning, so it might look a little bit different

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 from your scripture that you're reading, but it's the same.

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 So let's open the word this morning and read from chapter 9, verses 1 through 13.

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 It says this,

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 Jesus stepped onto a boat, crossed over, and came to his town.

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 Some men brought to him a paralyzed man laying on a mat.

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 And Jesus saw their faith, and he said to the man,

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 Take heart, son.

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 Your sins are forgiven.

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 At this, some of the teachers of the law said to themselves,

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 This fellow is blaspheming.

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 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said,

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 Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your heart?

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 Which is easier to say?

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 Your sins are forgiven?

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 Or say, get up and walk?

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 But I want you to know that the son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins.

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 So he said to the paralyzed man,

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 Get up, take your mat, and go home.

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 Then the man got up and went home.

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 When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe,

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 and they praised God, who had given such authority to man.

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 And Jesus went on from there.

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 He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's booth.

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 Follow me, he told him.

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 And Matthew got up and followed him.

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 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's house,

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 many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples.

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 And when the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples,

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 Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?

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 On hearing this, Jesus said,

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

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 But go and learn what it means.

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 I desire mercy, not sacrifice.

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

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 So we're going to break this down into two sections.

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 And as we look at verse 1 through 7,

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 we see Jesus healing a man because of his faith.

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 This story many of us have heard before.

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 A paralyzed man brought to Jesus.

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 And as we look closer to the story,

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 I want to make sure that we don't miss something that is here.

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 And it's scripture tells us that Jesus heals the man

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 because he saw their faith.

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 Now the man who was paralyzed may very well have had faith.

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 There's no reason to believe that he didn't.

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 But we know that he was not alone.

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 Because what Jesus says is he saw their faith.

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 Their.

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 That's plural.

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 It could be that the paralyzed man had faith,

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 but we know he was not alone.

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 These men who were with him also shared that faith.

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 It is helpful often that we have four gospels.

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 So we can see this story from different points of view.

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 We see the same story in Mark chapter 2 verses 1 through 4.

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 And some additional information is given.

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 It says this.

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 Starting in verse 2.

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 They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left,

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 not even outside the door.

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 And he preached the word to them.

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 Some men came bringing to him a paralyzed man carried by four of them.

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 Since they could not get to him or get him to Jesus because of the crowd,

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 they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and lowering the mat the man was lying on.

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 So here's some additional information.

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 We know there were crowds.

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 There were four men.

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 And that they lowered this man through the roof.

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 And I think this creates a very interesting picture.

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 One that shows their faith.

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 And that's our first point this morning.

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 It's that Jesus delights when we have faith in him.

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 Now I have a good imagination.

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 And it's a helpful tool when I'm thinking about these different scriptures

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 and how they might actually play out.

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 All that I'm about to say is not in scripture.

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 But I imagine it would have been an encounter that could have gone something like this.

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 We know that there had been crowds following Jesus.

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 And we know many of them turned to follow Christ.

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 But we also know that many of them followed him because he was healing people.

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 And many people wanted to be healed.

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 Now we have these crowds.

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 And they have surrounded the house.

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 And these men, before they got there, had made a plan.

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 We just want to get our friend as close to Jesus as possible.

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 Because we know that if we do that, Jesus will heal him.

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 I'm sure they thought, easy peasy.

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 But when they got to Jesus, the crowd was so great that they could not get in.

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 So they had to come up with a new plan to get their friend before Christ.

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 And it's hard to know exactly how it went.

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 But something probably happened before their final solution of going through the roof.

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 I think they probably would have started by asking the crowd, excuse me, we have a friend who just needs to be before Jesus.

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 But to no avail.

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 So maybe they thought, well, what we'll do is we'll hoist him up on our head and we'll push through.

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 But the crowd might have been too dense.

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 So maybe the smallest of the four guys said, all right, you three create a wedge.

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 I'm going to throw this guy on our shoulder.

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 We're going to power through this.

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 They may have had tons of ideas before they came up with the final solution.

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 This solution where they would come through the roof.

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 I wondered on this.

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 While I can totally see myself coming up with a plan like this,

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 I thought, is this something that commonly happened in that time,

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 lowering people through the roof or using the roof in that way?

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 And a little research tells us that ancient Middle Eastern architecture,

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 this is the way that the homes were.

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 They were flat roofed.

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 And there were ladders that went up the side.

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 Often people would get up there and they would talk to one another

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 or they would lay their fruit or vegetables out to dry or they would take a nap up there.

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 But coming through a roof would have damaged the whole house and damaged the roof completely.

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 So these men, again, who had faith, so sure in the result, dug through somebody else's roof

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 to get their friend closer to Jesus.

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 Because they had one idea, that if we can get him closer to Jesus, he will be healed.

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 One author that I read called this a roof ripping faith.

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 And I like that.

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 Now I said earlier that we don't know if the paralyzed man had faith,

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 but I believe that he probably did.

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 He and all his friends.

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 Because the final plan that they came up with would have required me to have a lot of faith.

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 Okay, buddy, here's what we're going to do.

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 I'm going to throw you on my shoulder.

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 I'm going to climb up a ladder.

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 Then once we're up there, we're going to dig through the roof.

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 And once we dig through the roof, we're going to lower you down to see Jesus.

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 I can't imagine that they would have had that plan ahead of time,

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 where they would have bring pulleys and ropes and things like that.

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 So getting him down probably would have been pretty scary.

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 And that's where I feel like faith comes in.

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 They had faith, all these men did,

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 that all they would need to do is get their friend close to Jesus

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 and that Jesus would have compassion on him and that he would be healed.

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 It was their faith that pushed them to tear open the roof,

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 to carry that man up there, to create some makeshift way to lower the man down

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 because they knew there was no doubt in their minds

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 that Jesus' response to this would be healing.

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 And then Jesus follows that up by accrediting their faith as to why he was healed.

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 This faith was powerful.

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 This faith we see again later in Matthew 9, verses 20 through 22,

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 as a woman suffering from bleeding

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 knew that if she could just touch the garment of Jesus,

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 that she would be healed.

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 And when she did, verse 22 says,

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 Jesus said, take heart, daughter.

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 Your faith has made you well.

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 And then we move on in Matthew 9 to 27 through 30,

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 as two blind men cried out to Jesus,

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 asking for healing.

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 And Jesus did heal them.

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 And he said again, according to your faith, let it be done.

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 So a paralyzed man, a woman inflicted, two blind men,

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 all healed as Jesus responds to their faith.

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 So how does this apply today to our faith?

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 Well, faith isn't something like a magical formula or a tool that we can use to force God's hand.

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 That's for sure.

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 We don't get to say, I have faith, Jesus, heal my physical ailments.

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 Instead, faith is trusting in God and that he is sovereign.

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 That he loves you.

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 That he is using both afflictions and triumphs to perform his will on our lives.

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 So that we will have a deeper understanding of who he is.

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 Before we move on, we need to see that it was Jesus at the beginning

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 who stated, I need to heal something beyond the physical.

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 All the way back at the beginning of the story,

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 Jesus goes to the root of the pain of this world, sin.

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 Jesus again in 9.2 said,

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 Take heart, my son.

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 Your sins are forgiven.

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 You see, Jesus started with,

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 because the issue was sin,

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 it was not physical pain.

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 Jesus knew the real problem with our world.

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 After all, isn't that why Jesus came?

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 He came and he died on the cross for sin,

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 not to heal the physical pain of the world.

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 And when we accept Jesus,

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 there's no assurance that our physical pain will go away.

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 And while I'm spending this time

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 and I'm highlighting the different ways that Jesus had power then

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 and he has that same power now to heal us physically,

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 he didn't come to heal us physically on this side of heaven.

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 He came to heal our sins.

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 As I look around the room this morning,

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 I love that this is our whole body.

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 And when I knew that today was going to be one where we all got to share,

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 I was pretty excited.

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 We have little kids in here with us this morning.

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 We have the youth.

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 We have young adults.

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 We have older adults.

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 We have slightly older adults.

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 But we're all here together.

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 And this is our body.

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 This is our family.

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 This is the Willow Ridge Church family.

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 And it's easy to know that this is our body

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 because it looks a lot like the family that I have at home.

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 We are loud.

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 That's exciting.

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 We spill stuff.

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 And that's okay.

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 In the middle of a conversation,

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 we're going to get up and use the bathroom

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 or more.

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 We're going to get some water.

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 But I wouldn't have it any other way.

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 Here's something else that I can see as I look around this room

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 is that our bodies are going to respond differently to pain.

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 What do I mean by that?

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 There's a 10-year-old in here, I'm sure,

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 that running full speed could hit that back wall,

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 bounce off that back wall,

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 hit the floor,

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 jump up and keep running.

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 Now, I know that if I graze that same wall,

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 I'm going to have a bruise on my shoulder for a week.

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 Tomorrow, when I wake up for some reason,

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 my hip's also going to be hurt.

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 And when I go to the doctor,

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 of course, my cholesterol has raised.

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 Not sure why, but I can tell you this.

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 My body reacts differently than a 10-year-old's body.

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 I'm going to wake up feeling broken.

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 They're going to wake up feeling fantastic.

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 Kids, if you're in here,

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 just understand that you're stronger than us.

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 But if we are both believers in Jesus,

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 both that 10-year-old and I,

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 and we're both saved,

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 and we both love God,

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 then we are both free from the pain of sin.

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 But there's no assurance

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 that I will be healed physically

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 this side of heaven.

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 But I can absolutely know

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 that my sins are forgiven

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 because I have faith

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 in what Jesus did on the cross.

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 That faith is what heals my soul from sin.

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 And if you are a believer here with us today,

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 your faith in the cross

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 heals you from that sin.

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 This is what Isaiah the prophet said

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 in Isaiah chapter 53, verse 5.

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 It says,

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 But he was pierced for our transgression.

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 He was crushed for our iniquities.

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 Upon him the chastisement

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 that brought us peace,

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 and with his wounds we are healed.

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 This is what Jesus came to do for us,

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 to heal us from the pain of sin.

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 Now, if you're in here this morning

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 and you have not accepted Jesus,

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 then you are currently living in the pain of sin.

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 And Jesus wants you to be healed.

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 You only have to accept him into your heart

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 in order for that healing to begin.

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 And later we're going to have a time of response,

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 and we're going to bring the prayer encouragers up here,

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 and they're going to be ready and willing

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 to walk you through the plan of salvation

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 that Christ has for you.

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 That you too can be healed from that sin.

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 As John 3.16 tells us,

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 For God so loved the world

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 that he gave his only son

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 that whoever believes in him

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 should not perish,

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 but have everlasting life.

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 And although that's a very familiar passage to us,

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 but we've got to know what it means.

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 His desire is that the pain of sin

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 does not inflict us anymore in this life.

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 And it can go away by accepting Christ.

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 The next point what we're going to explore

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 is that Jesus demonstrates compassion to sinners.

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 So as I was processing this sermon,

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 I asked myself,

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 and I'm asking us today,

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 how do we treat those

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 who we perceive as sinners?

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 Those we might seem as messy,

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 difficult, hard to deal with

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 because of their sinful actions.

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 Because I think that how we treat sinners

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 is important,

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 and how we see sinners is important.

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 I think it shows a great deal

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 about who we are.

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 So what is a sinner?

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 This word in the context of Matthew

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 is used five other times in scriptures.

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 The Greek word is hamartalos,

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 and it stems from the word hamarte,

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 and it literally means this,

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 missing the mark.

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 These people,

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 these sinners,

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 they're missing the mark.

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 They're choosing to continually live in sin.

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 They are choosing sin.

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 And this sinful world that we just discussed,

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 that Jesus came to save,

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 he came to heal them.

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 This is why how we think,

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 and even how we talk to,

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 and interact with,

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 sinners may reveal a lot about

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 how we perceive ourselves,

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 and how we perceive Jesus,

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 and what he's done.

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 We read earlier,

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 and we'll read again,

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 Matthew 9, 10 through 13.

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 It says this,

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 While Jesus was having dinner

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 at Matthew's house,

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 many tax collectors and sinners came,

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 and ate with him and his disciples.

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 When the Pharisees saw this,

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 they asked his disciples,

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 Why does your teacher

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 eat with tax collectors and sinners?

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 On hearing this,

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 Jesus said,

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 It is not the healthy

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 who need a doctor,

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 but the sick.

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 But go and learn what this means.

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 I desire mercy,

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 not sacrifice,

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 for I have not come

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 to call the righteous,

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 but the sinners.

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 So first,

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 we must know this about Jesus,

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 that this was not a one-time thing

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 that Jesus offered compassion

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 towards sinners.

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 It's all through Scripture.

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 He has compassion for the woman

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 who's unfaithful in her marriage

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 in John chapter 7.

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 He has compassion on the woman

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 who is anointing his feet

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 in Luke chapter 7.

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 And he tells a famous parable

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 about a prodigal son

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 in Luke 15,

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 pointing to how the father

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 forgave the sin,

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 and he welcomed him

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 back into the household.

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 And there's many more

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 throughout the New Testament.

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 Jesus shows us,

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 he tells us,

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 he demonstrates to us,

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 he encourages us,

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 and then he commands us

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 to love the sinner.

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 Now we just talked about

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 seeing Jesus heal blindness,

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 paralyzed limbs,

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 physical sickness,

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 and for some reason

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 that's easy for us now,

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 and it's easy for the people

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 of the New Testament

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 to swallow.

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 Good.

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 Jesus is healing

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 a physical problem.

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 But when Jesus wants

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 to heal the heart

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 to forgive the sin,

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 people make that

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 more complicated.

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 As if we have the ability

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 or the right

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 to determine

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 whether or not it's okay

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 for Jesus

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 to heal sinners.

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 even where he would go

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 to heal them.

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 And so where does Jesus

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 go to heal the heart?

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 He goes to the house

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 of the wicked.

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 He goes to the place

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 where healing

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 is needed most.

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 Now I'm sure

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 that everybody has heard

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 about tax collectors

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 during the Roman Empire,

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 but I want to take a second

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 just to make sure

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 that we're all

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 on the same page

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 as to why

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 Jewish people

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 disliked tax collectors

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 so much during that time.

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 I think today

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 taxes in general

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 are a sore subject

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 for a lot of us.

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 We know we have

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 to pay them.

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 We don't love it.

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 But we feel like

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 we can pay the IRS

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 one time a year

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 and then we can forget

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 that they exist.

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 That wasn't the same

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 as the case

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 for the people

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 who were in the Jewish

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 communities

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 under Roman occupation.

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 They had to see

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 that frustration

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 every day.

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 Though it would be

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 the instruction

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 from Rome

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 to collect the taxes

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 from the Jewish people,

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 it would be somebody

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 in their community

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 that would be doing it.

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 It would be a neighbor.

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 And here's where

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 it got tricky.

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 See,

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 Rome was collecting

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 for the empire,

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 but the ruling body,

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 or the ruling body,

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 but the Jewish people

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 believed

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 that their only ruler

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 was God.

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 So why should they

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 have to pay taxes

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 to somebody

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 who wasn't God,

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 somebody who wasn't

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 their leader?

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 So anytime a Jewish person

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 was a tax collector,

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 they would be seen

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 as a traitor

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 to the faith,

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 a traitor

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 to the Jewish people.

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 Why would anyone

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 want to be friends

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 with the one

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 who works for the enemy?

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 But that's not

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 the only reason

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 that the Jewish people

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 had contempt

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 for the tax collectors.

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 There was another reason.

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 There were lots of opportunities

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 for extortion.

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 They clearly took it

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 as we read

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 through Scripture.

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 You owe Rome

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 120 pieces of silver,

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 or 100 pieces of silver,

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 excuse me,

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 I'm going to take 120

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 and I'm going to pocket

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 that 20 for myself.

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 I think anybody

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 would be frustrated

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 knowing that

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 that was happening.

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 The Jewish people

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 saw tax collectors

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 as evil.

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 Scripture even

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 categorizes them

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 as sinners

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 in Matthew, Mark,

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 and Luke.

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 So when Jesus

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 ate with the known

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 tax collectors

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 and other sinners,

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 the Jewish people

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 were surprised.

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 While not all Jewish people

00:21:48.380 --> 00:21:48.960
 were following

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:50.060
 the teachings of Jesus,

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 he was a rabbi

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 and they expected him

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 to keep better company.

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 They were angry with him

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 that he did this.

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 And then this is where

00:21:58.520 --> 00:21:59.040
 we get to see

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 Jesus' incredible response

00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:01.080
 to that

00:22:01.080 --> 00:22:02.560
 in 9-2

00:22:02.560 --> 00:22:03.980
 where he says this,

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 excuse me, 9-12

00:22:04.800 --> 00:22:05.560
 where he says this,

00:22:05.840 --> 00:22:06.640
 on hearing this,

00:22:06.760 --> 00:22:07.380
 Jesus said,

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 it is not the healthy

00:22:09.020 --> 00:22:10.040
 who need a doctor

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 but the sick.

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 He's explaining

00:22:13.820 --> 00:22:14.500
 to the people

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 that a

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:18.860
 spiritual need

00:22:18.860 --> 00:22:19.900
 needs a spiritual

00:22:19.900 --> 00:22:20.800
 doctor,

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 that he has come

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.400
 to heal them

00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:24.260
 spiritually.

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 And then Jesus speaks

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:27.080
 in verse 13,

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 but go and learn

00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:28.660
 what this means.

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 I desire mercy,

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 not sacrifice,

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.860
 for I have not come

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 to call the righteous

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 but sinners.

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 The Jewish leader

00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:37.840
 would have taken note

00:22:37.840 --> 00:22:38.600
 of this statement

00:22:38.600 --> 00:22:39.820
 because it's something

00:22:39.820 --> 00:22:40.500
 that they had heard

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.000
 before.

00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:43.580
 Now to understand

00:22:43.580 --> 00:22:44.380
 what's going on here,

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 we have to understand

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:46.040
 the word mercy.

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 Mercy in the Greek word

00:22:48.780 --> 00:22:49.700
 is eleos

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 and it's translated

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:51.940
 often mercy

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 but it's got other

00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:53.700
 translations as well.

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 It's translated

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:56.160
 tender mercy.

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 It's translated

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.640
 compassion

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 and in several instances

00:23:00.260 --> 00:23:01.140
 it's translated

00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:02.080
 love.

00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:03.400
 So when we hear

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:04.160
 the word mercy,

00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:05.260
 we know that it is

00:23:05.260 --> 00:23:06.740
 an act of withholding

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:08.080
 punishment from somebody.

00:23:09.080 --> 00:23:10.240
 Mercy is withholding

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:11.380
 punishment that is

00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:11.800
 deserved.

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.540
 So when we read this,

00:23:13.600 --> 00:23:14.000
 we may think

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:15.180
 Jesus is saying

00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:16.520
 I am withholding

00:23:16.520 --> 00:23:17.120
 the punishment

00:23:17.120 --> 00:23:17.760
 you deserve

00:23:17.760 --> 00:23:19.260
 but Jesus is saying

00:23:19.260 --> 00:23:20.100
 much more than that.

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:22.060
 He is saying

00:23:22.060 --> 00:23:23.380
 I desire compassion

00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:24.400
 and I'm going

00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:25.520
 to show compassion

00:23:25.520 --> 00:23:27.720
 but to who

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.240
 is he showing

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.920
 this compassion?

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:31.120
 Well, Jesus desires

00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:31.920
 to show compassion

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:32.940
 to others.

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:34.300
 He desires us

00:23:34.300 --> 00:23:35.100
 to show compassion

00:23:35.100 --> 00:23:36.060
 to others

00:23:36.060 --> 00:23:37.100
 and we have already

00:23:37.100 --> 00:23:38.260
 established in this chapter

00:23:38.260 --> 00:23:39.300
 who those others are.

00:23:39.820 --> 00:23:40.300
 They're sinners.

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:44.280
 Jesus desires

00:23:44.280 --> 00:23:45.920
 we have compassion

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:47.960
 towards sinners.

00:23:48.860 --> 00:23:50.160
 Known sinners.

00:23:52.340 --> 00:23:53.180
 So I ask myself

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:53.720
 are we sure

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:55.180
 that this is what he means?

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:56.700
 That we have this compassion

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.640
 towards known sinners?

00:23:57.860 --> 00:23:58.740
 And the answer is yes

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.880
 because he says it

00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:01.700
 but he also does it.

00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:03.720
 He says mercy,

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:04.580
 love,

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:05.400
 compassion

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:06.120
 towards sinners.

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:07.400
 then he eats

00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:08.100
 with sinners,

00:24:08.780 --> 00:24:09.540
 with traitors,

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:11.000
 with thieves,

00:24:11.520 --> 00:24:12.240
 with liars.

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.860
 In other scripture

00:24:13.860 --> 00:24:15.180
 he shows compassion

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:16.220
 to those caught

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:17.000
 in all sorts

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.860
 of sinful acts.

00:24:19.340 --> 00:24:19.640
 You see,

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.700
 Jesus is forever

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.320
 the teacher,

00:24:22.120 --> 00:24:22.540
 he's forever

00:24:22.540 --> 00:24:23.020
 the leader,

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.140
 he's forever

00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:24.760
 the pastor

00:24:24.760 --> 00:24:25.740
 and he's forever

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.880
 the example setter

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:27.760
 of what he wants

00:24:27.760 --> 00:24:28.620
 us to do,

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.740
 how he wants

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.660
 us to live.

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:34.660
 His desire

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:36.140
 is that we show

00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:36.920
 compassion

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:38.000
 towards sinners

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:39.380
 so much so

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:40.140
 that he did it

00:24:40.140 --> 00:24:40.980
 as the example

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:42.100
 for us.

00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:45.460
 So as I took

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.480
 stock in myself

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.660
 and I'm going to ask

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:48.440
 you to do the same,

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.540
 how do you view

00:24:50.540 --> 00:24:50.940
 others?

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.880
 How do we view

00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:53.300
 others?

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.760
 How do I view

00:24:54.760 --> 00:24:55.140
 others?

00:24:55.780 --> 00:24:56.380
 More importantly,

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.000
 how do I view

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:57.400
 sinners?

00:24:58.880 --> 00:24:59.700
 Now we all know

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.820
 that sin is sin

00:25:00.820 --> 00:25:02.540
 but do we

00:25:02.540 --> 00:25:03.820
 divide

00:25:03.820 --> 00:25:05.240
 different sins

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:06.180
 and different

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.520
 sinners?

00:25:07.040 --> 00:25:08.060
 Do we categorize

00:25:08.060 --> 00:25:08.480
 the sinner?

00:25:09.100 --> 00:25:09.700
 Well this sinner

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.460
 is speeding

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.260
 in a car,

00:25:11.520 --> 00:25:12.240
 that's a little sin

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:13.160
 so that's okay,

00:25:13.280 --> 00:25:13.780
 I'll still hang out

00:25:13.780 --> 00:25:14.060
 with them.

00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:16.240
 They steal

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.760
 or they lie,

00:25:16.840 --> 00:25:17.220
 well that's a little

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.960
 bit of a bigger sin

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.260
 maybe,

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.960
 so we're not going

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.560
 to hang out

00:25:20.560 --> 00:25:21.180
 with them as much

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.900
 but we'll still

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.240
 like them.

00:25:23.320 --> 00:25:23.900
 But what about

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.360
 a traitor?

00:25:26.040 --> 00:25:26.820
 This is the word

00:25:26.820 --> 00:25:27.300
 that the Jewish

00:25:27.300 --> 00:25:28.280
 people use

00:25:28.280 --> 00:25:29.140
 to describe

00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:30.060
 tax collector.

00:25:30.620 --> 00:25:31.460
 Well I would argue

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:32.520
 this is a big sin.

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.040
 How do we view

00:25:34.040 --> 00:25:34.500
 them now?

00:25:35.780 --> 00:25:36.620
 Do we view

00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:37.120
 a traitor

00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:38.360
 with all the

00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:39.160
 anger that wells

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.820
 up within our

00:25:39.820 --> 00:25:40.360
 souls?

00:25:40.820 --> 00:25:41.820
 You betrayed me,

00:25:42.280 --> 00:25:42.620
 you betrayed

00:25:42.620 --> 00:25:43.200
 our country,

00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:43.960
 you betrayed

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.640
 our God

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:46.420
 but then how

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:46.920
 does Jesus

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.400
 view them?

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.200
 The great thing

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.460
 is we don't

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:49.860
 have to wonder,

00:25:50.760 --> 00:25:51.360
 we just have to

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:51.840
 open scripture

00:25:51.840 --> 00:25:52.540
 and we find out.

00:25:54.020 --> 00:25:54.400
 He showed

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:54.760
 mercy,

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:56.500
 he showed

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:56.840
 mercy.

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:57.800
 So is this

00:25:57.800 --> 00:25:58.140
 us?

00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:00.500
 How are we

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.060
 approaching

00:26:01.060 --> 00:26:02.620
 sinners in our

00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:03.240
 own lives?

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.440
 Do we seek

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:06.000
 out to share

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.460
 the gospel

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:06.900
 with them?

00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:08.960
 Is there

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.520
 anyone in

00:26:09.520 --> 00:26:09.900
 our life

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:10.240
 that we're

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.840
 refusing

00:26:10.840 --> 00:26:11.960
 to show

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.440
 that mercy

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:12.920
 towards?

00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:15.020
 We don't

00:26:15.020 --> 00:26:15.460
 want to,

00:26:15.520 --> 00:26:15.820
 maybe it's

00:26:15.820 --> 00:26:16.300
 a parent,

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.440
 maybe it's

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:18.080
 a child,

00:26:18.580 --> 00:26:18.900
 maybe it's

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.220
 a close

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.600
 friend.

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:21.680
 We are

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.320
 not called

00:26:22.320 --> 00:26:22.820
 of course

00:26:22.820 --> 00:26:23.400
 to accept

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:24.080
 their sin

00:26:24.080 --> 00:26:25.440
 but we

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:26.220
 are called

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:26.640
 to show

00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:27.320
 Christ's

00:26:27.320 --> 00:26:27.840
 love to

00:26:27.840 --> 00:26:28.120
 them

00:26:28.120 --> 00:26:29.120
 because that's

00:26:29.120 --> 00:26:29.460
 what he

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.020
 would want.

00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:30.800
 He would

00:26:30.800 --> 00:26:31.280
 want them

00:26:31.280 --> 00:26:31.720
 to see

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.120
 the sin

00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:32.340
 in their

00:26:32.340 --> 00:26:32.700
 life but

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:33.220
 more importantly

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.640
 he'd want

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:33.940
 them to

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:34.280
 come to

00:26:34.280 --> 00:26:34.680
 him.

00:26:36.760 --> 00:26:37.600
 Then he

00:26:37.600 --> 00:26:38.160
 will help

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:39.000
 show them

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.560
 that sin

00:26:39.560 --> 00:26:40.100
 and walk

00:26:40.100 --> 00:26:40.480
 them through

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:40.780
 that.

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:41.840
 So do we

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:42.280
 have that?

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.640
 Think about

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.040
 the sinners

00:26:45.040 --> 00:26:45.720
 in your life.

00:26:46.760 --> 00:26:47.100
 Do you

00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:47.600
 avoid them?

00:26:48.760 --> 00:26:49.220
 Do you

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.520
 yell at

00:26:49.520 --> 00:26:49.680
 them?

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.020
 Do you

00:26:51.020 --> 00:26:51.420
 write them

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:51.740
 off?

00:26:52.580 --> 00:26:53.160
 Or do

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:53.400
 we show

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:53.900
 compassion?

00:26:54.800 --> 00:26:55.120
 Do we

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:55.580
 show love?

00:26:58.780 --> 00:26:59.440
 The truth

00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.100
 is preparing

00:27:00.100 --> 00:27:00.680
 to preach

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.020
 a sermon

00:27:01.020 --> 00:27:01.440
 is a lot

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:01.820
 of fun.

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.280
 Delivering

00:27:03.280 --> 00:27:03.920
 is a little

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.180
 bit more

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.480
 difficult.

00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:06.420
 But reading

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:07.340
 how this

00:27:07.340 --> 00:27:08.080
 story plays

00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:08.900
 out is

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.340
 amazing.

00:27:10.020 --> 00:27:10.360
 And when

00:27:10.360 --> 00:27:10.820
 we see

00:27:10.820 --> 00:27:11.380
 what Jesus

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:12.600
 said and

00:27:12.600 --> 00:27:13.000
 why the

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.480
 Pharisees

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:13.720
 would have

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.460
 taken note

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:15.200
 is because

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:16.040
 he's quoting

00:27:16.040 --> 00:27:17.120
 Hosea the

00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:17.660
 Old Testament

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.360
 prophet as

00:27:18.360 --> 00:27:18.800
 he says

00:27:18.800 --> 00:27:19.660
 I desire

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:20.520
 mercy and

00:27:20.520 --> 00:27:21.420
 not sacrifice.

00:27:22.040 --> 00:27:22.500
 That's in

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.120
 Hosea 6.

00:27:23.760 --> 00:27:24.940
 And understanding

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.720
 the context

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.100
 of what's

00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:26.420
 going on

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:26.960
 in Hosea

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.520
 and what's

00:27:27.520 --> 00:27:27.920
 going on

00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.520
 in Matthew

00:27:28.520 --> 00:27:29.180
 they share

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.600
 a common

00:27:29.600 --> 00:27:30.040
 thread.

00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:32.020
 In Hosea

00:27:32.020 --> 00:27:33.600
 they didn't

00:27:33.600 --> 00:27:34.560
 want sinners

00:27:34.560 --> 00:27:35.440
 to be around

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.000
 people.

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.140
 And the

00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:37.720
 Jewish leaders

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.380
 at that time

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:39.420
 were showing

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:39.900
 like they

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.460
 were great

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.680
 people but

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.040
 they weren't

00:27:42.040 --> 00:27:43.160
 following God.

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.460
 And then the

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:45.040
 same thing is

00:27:45.040 --> 00:27:45.740
 happening again

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.320
 in Matthew.

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.680
 In Matthew

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.840
 these Pharisees

00:27:48.840 --> 00:27:49.960
 these Sadducees

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.640
 they were not

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:51.840
 following God.

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:52.680
 they were

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.240
 instead putting

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.480
 on a

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:53.740
 religious

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.280
 front.

00:27:55.300 --> 00:27:55.780
 And in

00:27:55.780 --> 00:27:56.780
 that they

00:27:56.780 --> 00:27:57.560
 were questioning

00:27:57.560 --> 00:27:58.540
 what Jesus

00:27:58.540 --> 00:27:59.220
 was doing.

00:28:00.060 --> 00:28:00.560
 That's why

00:28:00.560 --> 00:28:01.520
 Hosea said

00:28:01.520 --> 00:28:02.300
 this prayer.

00:28:02.800 --> 00:28:03.320
 He said

00:28:03.320 --> 00:28:03.800
 that he

00:28:03.800 --> 00:28:04.900
 trusts the

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.240
 love of

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:06.080
 God and

00:28:06.080 --> 00:28:06.860
 he sees

00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:08.060
 loving hand

00:28:08.060 --> 00:28:08.580
 of God

00:28:08.580 --> 00:28:09.460
 in correcting

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.000
 people.

00:28:10.540 --> 00:28:11.320
 Though they

00:28:11.320 --> 00:28:11.980
 are in sin

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.440
 he wants

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:12.800
 to bring

00:28:12.800 --> 00:28:13.200
 them out

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.640
 of this.

00:28:14.080 --> 00:28:14.480
 While God

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.500
 does desire

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.920
 a loyal

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.400
 loving

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:18.080
 relationship

00:28:18.080 --> 00:28:18.720
 with us

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.880
 it

00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:20.280
 doesn't

00:28:20.280 --> 00:28:20.760
 come

00:28:20.760 --> 00:28:21.200
 from

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.980
 spiritual

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.880
 rituals.

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.260
 That was

00:28:24.260 --> 00:28:24.720
 in Hosea

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:24.900
 and now

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.200
 we jump

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.500
 back to

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:25.820
 Matthew

00:28:25.820 --> 00:28:26.380
 and the

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:26.640
 same

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:26.840
 thing

00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:26.980
 is

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.320
 happening.

00:28:27.760 --> 00:28:28.060
 Jesus

00:28:28.060 --> 00:28:28.420
 is

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:29.660
 addressing

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:29.940
 the

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.200
 Jewish

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.520
 leaders

00:28:30.520 --> 00:28:30.800
 of the

00:28:30.800 --> 00:28:31.120
 time

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:32.120
 and

00:28:32.120 --> 00:28:32.360
 they're

00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:32.880
 questioning

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.460
 him

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:34.240
 why

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.820
 on earth

00:28:34.820 --> 00:28:35.080
 would

00:28:35.080 --> 00:28:35.200
 you

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.360
 do

00:28:35.360 --> 00:28:35.600
 this

00:28:35.600 --> 00:28:35.940
 thing?

00:28:36.800 --> 00:28:37.220
 Why

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.460
 would

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:37.580
 you

00:28:37.580 --> 00:28:37.900
 sit

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.240
 with

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.780
 sinners?

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:39.320
 Why

00:28:39.320 --> 00:28:39.540
 would

00:28:39.540 --> 00:28:39.700
 you

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.020
 eat

00:28:40.020 --> 00:28:40.260
 with

00:28:40.260 --> 00:28:40.740
 known

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.280
 tax

00:28:41.280 --> 00:28:41.660
 collectors?

00:28:42.100 --> 00:28:44.840
 See

00:28:44.840 --> 00:28:45.000
 these

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.220
 leaders

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.440
 of the

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:45.640
 Old

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:46.080
 Testament

00:28:46.080 --> 00:28:46.400
 and

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:46.580
 these

00:28:46.580 --> 00:28:46.780
 leaders

00:28:46.780 --> 00:28:46.920
 of

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.060
 the

00:28:47.060 --> 00:28:47.240
 New

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.600
 Testament

00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:47.780
 they

00:28:47.780 --> 00:28:47.920
 had

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.060
 the

00:28:48.060 --> 00:28:48.280
 same

00:28:48.280 --> 00:28:48.620
 issue

00:28:48.620 --> 00:28:48.780
 they

00:28:48.780 --> 00:28:48.880
 had

00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:49.020
 the

00:28:49.020 --> 00:28:49.320
 same

00:28:49.320 --> 00:28:50.340
 mindset.

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:51.880
 Sinners

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:52.780
 should

00:28:52.780 --> 00:28:53.100
 be

00:28:53.100 --> 00:28:53.880
 avoided.

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.020
 Sinners

00:28:55.020 --> 00:28:55.220
 should

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:55.360
 be

00:28:55.360 --> 00:28:55.640
 cast

00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:56.020
 out.

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.220
 We

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:57.380
 need

00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:57.520
 to

00:28:57.520 --> 00:28:57.700
 stay

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:57.940
 away

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.140
 from

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.380
 them

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:58.980
 and

00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.640
 specifically

00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:00.560
 the

00:29:00.560 --> 00:29:00.860
 Jewish

00:29:00.860 --> 00:29:01.280
 leaders

00:29:01.280 --> 00:29:01.480
 would

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:01.580
 have

00:29:01.580 --> 00:29:01.760
 said

00:29:01.760 --> 00:29:01.920
 we'll

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.060
 have

00:29:02.060 --> 00:29:02.280
 nothing

00:29:02.280 --> 00:29:02.480
 to

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:02.600
 do

00:29:02.600 --> 00:29:02.760
 with

00:29:02.760 --> 00:29:02.960
 them.

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:04.500
 So

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.880
 Jesus

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:05.260
 comes

00:29:05.260 --> 00:29:05.600
 in

00:29:05.600 --> 00:29:05.920
 with

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:06.040
 a

00:29:06.040 --> 00:29:06.340
 desire

00:29:06.340 --> 00:29:06.520
 to

00:29:06.520 --> 00:29:06.960
 change

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.220
 that

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:07.560
 view.

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:09.440
 So

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:09.540
 it

00:29:09.540 --> 00:29:09.620
 got

00:29:09.620 --> 00:29:09.740
 me

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.120
 thinking

00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:11.160
 how

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:11.360
 would

00:29:11.360 --> 00:29:11.660
 we

00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:12.020
 view

00:29:12.020 --> 00:29:12.700
 Jesus

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.320
 today

00:29:13.320 --> 00:29:13.880
 in

00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:14.060
 that

00:29:14.060 --> 00:29:14.380
 same

00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:14.880
 scenario?

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:16.760
 How

00:29:16.760 --> 00:29:16.900
 would

00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:17.040
 we

00:29:17.040 --> 00:29:17.200
 look

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:17.340
 at

00:29:17.340 --> 00:29:17.660
 Jesus

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.280
 today

00:29:18.280 --> 00:29:18.820
 if

00:29:18.820 --> 00:29:18.960
 he

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.180
 was

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.460
 sitting

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:19.800
 with

00:29:19.800 --> 00:29:20.200
 a

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.540
 known

00:29:20.540 --> 00:29:20.940
 sinner?

00:29:22.840 --> 00:29:23.360
 So

00:29:23.360 --> 00:29:23.540
 I ask

00:29:23.540 --> 00:29:23.720
 you to

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:23.920
 think

00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:24.160
 in your

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:24.560
 mind

00:29:24.560 --> 00:29:25.200
 of a

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:25.500
 sin

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:25.860
 that

00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:26.140
 really

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:26.580
 bothers

00:29:26.580 --> 00:29:27.080
 you.

00:29:27.760 --> 00:29:28.120
 Something

00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:28.500
 when you

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:28.760
 hear

00:29:28.760 --> 00:29:29.020
 about

00:29:29.020 --> 00:29:29.240
 it

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:30.020
 gets

00:29:30.020 --> 00:29:30.220
 to

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.480
 the

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.880
 middle

00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:31.080
 of

00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:31.240
 the

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.520
 core

00:29:31.520 --> 00:29:31.660
 of

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:31.780
 your

00:29:31.780 --> 00:29:32.120
 body

00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:32.300
 and

00:29:32.300 --> 00:29:32.420
 you

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:32.800
 just

00:29:32.800 --> 00:29:33.280
 makes

00:29:33.280 --> 00:29:33.420
 you

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:33.700
 so

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.040
 angry.

00:29:35.560 --> 00:29:36.080
 Now

00:29:36.080 --> 00:29:36.280
 let's

00:29:36.280 --> 00:29:36.400
 say

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:36.540
 that

00:29:36.540 --> 00:29:36.800
 sinner

00:29:36.800 --> 00:29:36.960
 is

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.040
 your

00:29:37.040 --> 00:29:37.260
 next

00:29:37.260 --> 00:29:37.440
 door

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:37.720
 neighbor

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.740
 and

00:29:40.120 --> 00:29:46.480
 the

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.000
 love

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:48.400
 compassion

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:49.320
 and

00:29:49.320 --> 00:29:49.940
 forgiveness.

00:29:51.280 --> 00:29:51.880
 He

00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:52.480
 wants

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:52.920
 to

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.520
 and

00:29:53.520 --> 00:29:53.640
 he

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:53.880
 has

00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:54.100
 the

00:29:54.100 --> 00:29:54.520
 power

00:29:54.520 --> 00:29:55.040
 to

00:29:55.040 --> 00:29:55.740
 forgive

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.140
 them.

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.820
 If

00:29:57.820 --> 00:29:58.020
 you

00:29:58.020 --> 00:29:58.320
 saw

00:29:58.320 --> 00:29:58.540
 that

00:29:58.540 --> 00:29:58.860
 today

00:29:58.860 --> 00:29:59.040
 if

00:29:59.040 --> 00:29:59.320
 I

00:29:59.320 --> 00:29:59.620
 saw

00:29:59.620 --> 00:29:59.860
 that

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.240
 today

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.640
 would

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:00.820
 that

00:30:00.820 --> 00:30:01.000
 make

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.180
 us

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.540
 angry

00:30:01.540 --> 00:30:01.820
 at

00:30:01.820 --> 00:30:02.260
 Jesus

00:30:02.260 --> 00:30:02.540
 for

00:30:02.540 --> 00:30:02.740
 what

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.080
 he's

00:30:03.080 --> 00:30:03.460
 doing?

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.460
 We

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:04.560
 would

00:30:04.560 --> 00:30:04.660
 think

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:04.880
 how

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:05.300
 dare

00:30:05.300 --> 00:30:05.520
 you

00:30:05.520 --> 00:30:05.720
 do

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:05.900
 this?

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.140
 Don't

00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:06.260
 you

00:30:06.260 --> 00:30:06.560
 know

00:30:06.560 --> 00:30:06.740
 what

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:06.900
 that

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:07.220
 person

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:07.480
 has

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:07.920
 done

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:09.120
 many

00:30:09.120 --> 00:30:09.640
 times

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:09.780
 or

00:30:09.780 --> 00:30:10.020
 just

00:30:10.020 --> 00:30:10.520
 once?

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.300
 That

00:30:12.300 --> 00:30:12.620
 person

00:30:12.620 --> 00:30:12.820
 in

00:30:12.820 --> 00:30:13.160
 our

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:13.660
 life

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.340
 that

00:30:14.340 --> 00:30:14.720
 sinner

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:14.960
 in

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.240
 our

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.620
 life

00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:15.980
 who

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.200
 has

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.500
 done

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:16.800
 that

00:30:16.800 --> 00:30:17.300
 thing?

00:30:19.260 --> 00:30:19.820
 We

00:30:19.820 --> 00:30:19.960
 may

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.100
 even

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:20.260
 try

00:30:20.260 --> 00:30:20.400
 to

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:21.080
 rationalize

00:30:21.080 --> 00:30:21.240
 it.

00:30:21.340 --> 00:30:21.420
 Well

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:21.640
 Jesus

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:21.920
 may

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:22.180
 not

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.480
 know

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.620
 what

00:30:23.620 --> 00:30:23.780
 that

00:30:23.780 --> 00:30:24.080
 person

00:30:24.080 --> 00:30:24.320
 has

00:30:24.320 --> 00:30:24.660
 done

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.140
 because

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:25.640
 obviously

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:25.840
 if

00:30:25.840 --> 00:30:26.000
 he

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.320
 knew

00:30:26.320 --> 00:30:26.840
 he

00:30:26.840 --> 00:30:27.060
 wouldn't

00:30:27.060 --> 00:30:27.220
 go

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.380
 in

00:30:27.380 --> 00:30:27.560
 there.

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.060
 He

00:30:29.060 --> 00:30:29.340
 wouldn't

00:30:29.340 --> 00:30:29.520
 sit

00:30:29.520 --> 00:30:29.660
 with

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:29.860
 them.

00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:31.940
 And

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.100
 this

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:32.320
 was

00:30:32.320 --> 00:30:32.860
 deeply

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:33.260
 convicting

00:30:33.260 --> 00:30:33.280
es

00:30:33.280 --> 00:30:33.480
 to

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:33.760
 me

00:30:33.760 --> 00:30:34.380
 as

00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:34.480
 I

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.800
 prepared

00:30:34.800 --> 00:30:35.040
 this

00:30:35.040 --> 00:30:35.040
 this

00:30:35.040 --> 00:30:35.460
 week.

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.180
 When

00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:37.280
 I

00:30:37.280 --> 00:30:37.440
 look

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:37.680
 around

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:37.880
 the

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.260
 world

00:30:38.260 --> 00:30:39.820
 I

00:30:39.820 --> 00:30:40.060
 see

00:30:40.060 --> 00:30:40.300
 sin

00:30:40.300 --> 00:30:40.760
 everywhere.

00:30:41.520 --> 00:30:42.000
 I

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.200
 see

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.560
 sinners

00:30:42.560 --> 00:30:43.000
 everywhere

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.840
 in

00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.460
 workplaces

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:45.260
 in

00:30:45.260 --> 00:30:45.840
 schools

00:30:45.840 --> 00:30:46.440
 in

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:47.040
 towns

00:30:47.040 --> 00:30:47.880
 in

00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:48.060
 our

00:30:48.060 --> 00:30:48.460
 city

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.300
 in

00:30:49.300 --> 00:30:49.460
 our

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:49.940
 country

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:51.060
 in

00:30:51.060 --> 00:30:51.180
 the

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:51.600
 world.

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:52.300
 And

00:30:52.300 --> 00:30:52.480
 a lot

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:52.560
 of

00:30:52.560 --> 00:30:52.760
 times

00:30:52.760 --> 00:30:52.880
 I

00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:53.000
 just

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.140
 get

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:53.520
 angry.

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.680
 I

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:54.820
 get

00:30:54.820 --> 00:30:55.020
 angry

00:30:55.020 --> 00:30:55.240
 because

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:55.360
 I

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:55.520
 think

00:30:55.520 --> 00:30:55.700
 what

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:55.880
 these

00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:56.140
 men

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:56.380
 and

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:56.580
 women

00:30:56.580 --> 00:30:56.840
 have

00:30:56.840 --> 00:30:57.260
 done

00:30:57.260 --> 00:30:57.840
 these

00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:58.480
 hideous

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:59.300
 sins

00:30:59.300 --> 00:30:59.540
 that

00:30:59.540 --> 00:30:59.680
 they

00:30:59.680 --> 00:30:59.860
 have

00:30:59.860 --> 00:31:00.260
 done

00:31:00.260 --> 00:31:01.900
 makes

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.020
 me

00:31:02.020 --> 00:31:02.180
 so

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.360
 angry

00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:02.500
 that

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:02.580
 I

00:31:02.580 --> 00:31:02.700
 want

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:02.860
 to

00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:03.260
 turn

00:31:03.260 --> 00:31:03.440
 off

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:03.620
 the

00:31:03.620 --> 00:31:04.040
 news.

00:31:04.040 --> 00:31:05.080
 I

00:31:05.080 --> 00:31:05.240
 don't

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.360
 want

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:05.460
 to

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:05.660
 know

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:05.900
 about

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.140
 what's

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:06.340
 going

00:31:06.340 --> 00:31:06.580
 on

00:31:06.580 --> 00:31:06.720
 I

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:06.840
 don't

00:31:06.840 --> 00:31:06.960
 want

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.060
 to

00:31:07.060 --> 00:31:07.300
 see

00:31:07.300 --> 00:31:07.500
 it

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.100
 I

00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:08.260
 want

00:31:08.260 --> 00:31:08.380
 to

00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:08.840
 avoid

00:31:08.840 --> 00:31:09.080
 what

00:31:09.080 --> 00:31:09.220
 is

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.600
 happening

00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:09.760
 in

00:31:09.760 --> 00:31:09.860
 the

00:31:09.860 --> 00:31:10.060
 world

00:31:10.060 --> 00:31:10.360
 if I

00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:10.640
 can

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:10.800
 I'd

00:31:10.800 --> 00:31:10.900
 like

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:11.020
 to

00:31:11.020 --> 00:31:11.420
 ignore

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:11.680
 it

00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:12.020
 I'd

00:31:12.020 --> 00:31:12.120
 like

00:31:12.120 --> 00:31:12.240
 to

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.640
 pretend

00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:12.820
 that

00:31:12.820 --> 00:31:12.960
 it's

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.160
 not

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.580
 happening

00:31:13.580 --> 00:31:14.580
 I'd

00:31:14.580 --> 00:31:14.660
 like

00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:14.780
 to

00:31:14.780 --> 00:31:15.140
 build

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:15.360
 a

00:31:15.360 --> 00:31:15.800
 wall

00:31:15.800 --> 00:31:16.120
 around

00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:16.340
 my

00:31:16.340 --> 00:31:16.680
 kids

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:16.920
 around

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.100
 my

00:31:17.100 --> 00:31:17.440
 family

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:17.680
 around

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:17.980
 this

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.460
 church

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:19.160
 around

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:19.380
 my

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:19.660
 town

00:31:19.660 --> 00:31:19.780
 and

00:31:19.780 --> 00:31:19.900
 I'd

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:20.040
 like

00:31:20.040 --> 00:31:20.220
 to

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:20.880
 escape

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:21.780
 and

00:31:21.780 --> 00:31:21.980
 live

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:22.620
 safely

00:31:22.620 --> 00:31:23.740
 not

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.060
 having

00:31:24.060 --> 00:31:24.300
 to

00:31:24.300 --> 00:31:24.820
 face

00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:25.080
 or

00:31:25.080 --> 00:31:25.740
 engage

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.440
 in

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:26.580
 the

00:31:26.580 --> 00:31:26.820
 world

00:31:26.820 --> 00:31:27.140
 around

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.400
 me

00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:28.240
 not

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.420
 to

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:29.160
 engage

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:29.860
 with

00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:30.240
 sinners

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:32.080
 but

00:31:32.080 --> 00:31:32.280
 that's

00:31:32.280 --> 00:31:32.400
 not

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:32.540
 the

00:31:32.540 --> 00:31:32.880
 example

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:33.080
 that

00:31:33.080 --> 00:31:33.300
 Jesus

00:31:33.300 --> 00:31:33.680
 set

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:35.920
 as

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.440
 Christians

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.540
 Matthew

00:31:37.540 --> 00:31:38.020
 28

00:31:38.020 --> 00:31:38.380
 calls

00:31:38.380 --> 00:31:38.540
 us

00:31:38.540 --> 00:31:38.840
 to be

00:31:38.840 --> 00:31:39.740
 evangelists

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.540
 to

00:31:40.540 --> 00:31:40.700
 go

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:40.940
 out

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.520
 into

00:31:41.520 --> 00:31:41.740
 the

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.100
 world

00:31:42.100 --> 00:31:43.760
 we

00:31:43.760 --> 00:31:43.900
 must

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:44.060
 be

00:31:44.060 --> 00:31:44.420
 flexible

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:44.740
 in

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:44.820
 the

00:31:44.820 --> 00:31:44.920
 way

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.020
 that

00:31:45.020 --> 00:31:45.120
 we

00:31:45.120 --> 00:31:45.260
 do

00:31:45.260 --> 00:31:45.520
 that

00:31:45.520 --> 00:31:45.760
 as

00:31:45.760 --> 00:31:46.160
 Christians

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:47.180
 we

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:47.400
 must

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:47.820
 meet

00:31:47.820 --> 00:31:48.240
 people

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:48.660
 where

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:48.860
 they

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:49.320
 are

00:31:49.320 --> 00:31:50.640
 not

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:50.780
 where

00:31:50.780 --> 00:31:50.960
 we'd

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.140
 like

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:51.340
 them

00:31:51.340 --> 00:31:51.500
 to

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:51.800
 be

00:31:51.800 --> 00:31:53.100
 Jesus

00:31:53.100 --> 00:31:53.520
 didn't

00:31:53.520 --> 00:31:53.800
 wait

00:31:53.800 --> 00:31:53.980
 in

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.200
 the

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:54.580
 synagogue

00:31:54.580 --> 00:31:55.280
 for

00:31:55.280 --> 00:31:55.520
 people

00:31:55.520 --> 00:31:55.680
 to

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:55.880
 come

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.160
 in

00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:56.340
 so

00:31:56.340 --> 00:31:56.440
 that

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:56.500
 he

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:56.640
 could

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:56.880
 share

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:57.040
 the

00:31:57.040 --> 00:31:57.200
 good

00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:57.600
 news

00:31:57.600 --> 00:31:58.600
 we

00:31:58.600 --> 00:31:58.880
 can't

00:31:58.880 --> 00:31:59.060
 wait

00:31:59.060 --> 00:31:59.200
 in

00:31:59.200 --> 00:31:59.340
 the

00:31:59.340 --> 00:31:59.640
 church

00:31:59.640 --> 00:31:59.800
 for

00:31:59.800 --> 00:32:00.020
 people

00:32:00.020 --> 00:32:00.160
 to

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:00.340
 come

00:32:00.340 --> 00:32:00.620
 in

00:32:00.620 --> 00:32:01.000
 so

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.080
 that

00:32:01.080 --> 00:32:01.180
 we

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:01.300
 can

00:32:01.300 --> 00:32:01.520
 share

00:32:01.520 --> 00:32:01.680
 the

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:01.840
 good

00:32:01.840 --> 00:32:02.180
 news

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:02.380
 we

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:02.520
 must

00:32:02.520 --> 00:32:02.680
 go

00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:03.000
 out

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:04.320
 that's

00:32:04.320 --> 00:32:04.440
 what

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.700
 Jesus

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:05.020
 did

00:32:05.020 --> 00:32:06.360
 we

00:32:06.360 --> 00:32:06.520
 don't

00:32:06.520 --> 00:32:06.720
 need

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.220
 them

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.440
 to

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:07.780
 conform

00:32:07.780 --> 00:32:07.980
 to

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.140
 what

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:08.420
 we

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:08.980
 expect

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.520
 we

00:32:09.520 --> 00:32:09.660
 need

00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:09.780
 to

00:32:09.780 --> 00:32:09.960
 meet

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.300
 them

00:32:10.300 --> 00:32:10.780
 where

00:32:10.780 --> 00:32:11.100
 they're

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:11.420
 at

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:14.320
 I'm

00:32:14.320 --> 00:32:14.360
 going

00:32:14.360 --> 00:32:14.420
 to

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:14.580
 ask

00:32:14.580 --> 00:32:14.720
 the

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:14.900
 prayer

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:15.260
 team

00:32:15.260 --> 00:32:15.480
 and

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:15.560
 the

00:32:15.560 --> 00:32:15.760
 band

00:32:15.760 --> 00:32:15.920
 to

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.040
 come

00:32:16.040 --> 00:32:16.280
 up

00:32:16.280 --> 00:32:17.560
 and

00:32:17.560 --> 00:32:17.620
 I

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:17.720
 want

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:17.780
 to

00:32:17.780 --> 00:32:17.960
 spend

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.100
 a

00:32:18.100 --> 00:32:18.260
 moment

00:32:18.260 --> 00:32:18.580
 here

00:32:18.580 --> 00:32:18.900
 and

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:19.120
 just

00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:19.720
 recap

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.320
 what

00:32:20.320 --> 00:32:20.600
 chapter

00:32:20.600 --> 00:32:20.960
 nine

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.340
 teaches

00:32:21.340 --> 00:32:22.080
 us

00:32:22.080 --> 00:32:25.980
 Jesus

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.340
 has

00:32:26.340 --> 00:32:26.480
 a

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:26.980
 desire

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:28.160
 that

00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:28.280
 we

00:32:28.280 --> 00:32:28.480
 have

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:28.780
 faith

00:32:28.780 --> 00:32:28.920
 in

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:29.120
 him

00:32:29.120 --> 00:32:31.200
 his

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.540
 healing

00:32:31.540 --> 00:32:32.080
 power

00:32:32.080 --> 00:32:32.900
 in

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.120
 our

00:32:33.120 --> 00:32:33.540
 sinful

00:32:33.540 --> 00:32:34.060
 lives

00:32:34.060 --> 00:32:35.740
 that

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.060
 Jesus

00:32:36.060 --> 00:32:36.620
 desires

00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:36.840
 us

00:32:36.840 --> 00:32:36.940
 to

00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:37.080
 have

00:32:37.080 --> 00:32:37.720
 compassion

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.700
 towards

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.360
 sinners

00:32:39.360 --> 00:32:40.180
 meaning

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:40.640
 we

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:40.940
 must

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:41.220
 meet

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.540
 them

00:32:41.540 --> 00:32:41.900
 where

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:42.120
 they

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:42.480
 are

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:43.420
 in

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:43.680
 their

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:44.420
 brokenness

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:45.780
 with

00:32:45.780 --> 00:32:46.420
 compassion

00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:47.260
 and

00:32:47.260 --> 00:32:47.760
 Jesus

00:32:47.760 --> 00:32:48.440
 desires

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:48.740
 more

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:48.900
 than

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.100
 that

00:32:49.100 --> 00:32:49.280
 he

00:32:49.280 --> 00:32:49.660
 desires

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:49.840
 that

00:32:49.840 --> 00:32:49.980
 we

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.380
 share

00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:50.800
 his

00:32:50.800 --> 00:32:51.140
 love

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.520
 with

00:32:51.520 --> 00:32:51.700
 this

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.040
 entire

00:32:52.040 --> 00:32:52.540
 world

00:32:52.540 --> 00:32:54.340
 what

00:32:54.340 --> 00:32:54.480
 we

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:54.820
 can't

00:32:54.820 --> 00:32:55.140
 do

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:55.560
 is

00:32:55.560 --> 00:32:55.700
 we

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.080
 can't

00:32:56.080 --> 00:32:56.520
 say

00:32:56.520 --> 00:32:57.240
 Jesus

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:57.980
 saved

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.300
 me

00:32:58.300 --> 00:32:59.180
 but

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.360
 now

00:32:59.360 --> 00:32:59.480
 I

00:32:59.480 --> 00:32:59.600
 don't

00:32:59.600 --> 00:32:59.800
 have

00:32:59.800 --> 00:32:59.920
 to

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.160
 do

00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:00.500
 anything

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:00.720
 with

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.040
 that

00:33:01.040 --> 00:33:01.740
 we

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.000
 can't

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.120
 say

00:33:02.120 --> 00:33:02.280
 that

00:33:02.280 --> 00:33:02.520
 Jesus

00:33:02.520 --> 00:33:02.980
 saved

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.220
 me

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:03.540
 but

00:33:03.540 --> 00:33:03.660
 I

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.100
 really

00:33:04.100 --> 00:33:04.300
 did

00:33:04.300 --> 00:33:04.400
 it

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:04.540
 all

00:33:04.540 --> 00:33:04.660
 on

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:04.800
 my

00:33:04.800 --> 00:33:05.120
 own

00:33:05.120 --> 00:33:06.600
 we

00:33:06.600 --> 00:33:06.820
 cannot

00:33:06.820 --> 00:33:07.080
 say

00:33:07.080 --> 00:33:07.260
 that

00:33:07.260 --> 00:33:07.540
 God

00:33:07.540 --> 00:33:07.800
 has

00:33:07.800 --> 00:33:08.220
 saved

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.580
 me

00:33:08.580 --> 00:33:09.120
 but

00:33:09.120 --> 00:33:09.280
 I

00:33:09.280 --> 00:33:09.500
 don't

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:09.740
 need

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:09.900
 to

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:10.100
 help

00:33:10.100 --> 00:33:10.540
 others

00:33:10.540 --> 00:33:10.900
 find

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.100
 this

00:33:11.100 --> 00:33:11.560
 same

00:33:11.560 --> 00:33:12.060
 salvation

00:33:12.060 --> 00:33:13.100
 we

00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:13.320
 cannot

00:33:13.320 --> 00:33:13.560
 say

00:33:13.560 --> 00:33:13.800
 God

00:33:13.800 --> 00:33:14.020
 has

00:33:14.020 --> 00:33:14.320
 saved

00:33:14.320 --> 00:33:14.540
 me

00:33:14.540 --> 00:33:14.900
 so

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.160
 now

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:15.400
 I

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:15.600
 will

00:33:15.600 --> 00:33:15.900
 cut

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.240
 off

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:16.460
 the

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:16.820
 world

00:33:16.820 --> 00:33:17.100
 because

00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:17.380
 it's

00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:17.780
 sinful

00:33:17.780 --> 00:33:18.580
 and

00:33:18.580 --> 00:33:18.740
 I'll

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.100
 protect

00:33:19.100 --> 00:33:19.560
 myself

00:33:19.560 --> 00:33:19.780
 to

00:33:19.780 --> 00:33:19.920
 live

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:20.400
 safely

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:22.700
 scripture

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.180
 calls us

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:23.460
 to be

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:24.180
 transformed

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:25.520
 that

00:33:25.520 --> 00:33:25.780
 we are

00:33:25.780 --> 00:33:26.120
 a new

00:33:26.120 --> 00:33:26.680
 creation

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:27.180
 in

00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:27.580
 Christ

00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:28.600
 and

00:33:28.600 --> 00:33:28.720
 he

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.080
 calls

00:33:29.080 --> 00:33:29.260
 us

00:33:29.260 --> 00:33:29.420
 to

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:29.680
 follow

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.020
 his

00:33:30.020 --> 00:33:30.500
 example

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.560
 to

00:33:31.560 --> 00:33:31.820
 show

00:33:31.820 --> 00:33:32.540
 Christ's

00:33:32.540 --> 00:33:32.880
 love

00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:33.260
 to

00:33:33.260 --> 00:33:33.440
 this

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:33.840
 world

00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:35.260
 that

00:33:35.260 --> 00:33:35.500
 love

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:35.660
 that

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:35.880
 he

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.660
 demonstrates

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.660
 that

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:38.000
 same

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.240
 love

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.400
 that

00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:38.600
 his

00:33:38.600 --> 00:33:39.000
 father

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.720
 demonstrated

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:39.960
 to

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:40.380
 us

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:40.900
 by

00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:41.200
 sending

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.480
 his

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:41.780
 own

00:33:41.780 --> 00:33:42.160
 son

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:42.480
 into

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:42.760
 this

00:33:42.760 --> 00:33:43.060
 broken

00:33:43.060 --> 00:33:43.520
 world

00:33:43.520 --> 00:33:44.100
 to

00:33:44.100 --> 00:33:44.520
 save

00:33:44.520 --> 00:33:44.960
 sinners

00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:46.460
 so

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:46.680
 church

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:46.880
 this

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:46.980
 is

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.120
 our

00:33:47.120 --> 00:33:47.600
 challenge

00:33:47.600 --> 00:33:49.460
 do

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:49.720
 you

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.100
 have

00:33:50.100 --> 00:33:50.340
 the

00:33:50.340 --> 00:33:50.800
 faith

00:33:50.800 --> 00:33:51.260
 that

00:33:51.260 --> 00:33:51.640
 Jesus

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:52.200
 points

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.580
 out

00:33:52.580 --> 00:33:53.560
 that

00:33:53.560 --> 00:33:53.700
 no

00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:53.880
 matter

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:54.140
 what

00:33:54.140 --> 00:33:54.280
 is

00:33:54.280 --> 00:33:54.500
 going

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.840
 on

00:33:54.840 --> 00:33:55.000
 in

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.260
 our

00:33:55.260 --> 00:33:55.660
 lives

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:55.860
 in

00:33:55.860 --> 00:33:56.120
 our

00:33:56.120 --> 00:33:56.620
 world

00:33:56.620 --> 00:33:56.920
 that

00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:57.160
 our

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:57.560
 desire

00:33:57.560 --> 00:33:57.840
 is

00:33:57.840 --> 00:33:57.960
 to

00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:58.120
 be

00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:58.580
 close

00:33:58.580 --> 00:33:58.800
 to

00:33:58.800 --> 00:33:59.100
 him

00:33:59.100 --> 00:34:00.600
 like

00:34:00.600 --> 00:34:00.780
 the

00:34:00.780 --> 00:34:00.980
 men

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.140
 that

00:34:01.140 --> 00:34:01.240
 we

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:01.440
 read

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:01.620
 about

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:01.780
 the

00:34:01.780 --> 00:34:02.280
 story

00:34:02.280 --> 00:34:02.840
 who

00:34:02.840 --> 00:34:03.000
 were

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.240
 willing

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.480
 to

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:03.800
 carry

00:34:03.800 --> 00:34:03.980
 a

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.160
 man

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:04.380
 up

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:04.620
 onto

00:34:04.620 --> 00:34:04.840
 a

00:34:04.840 --> 00:34:05.020
 roof

00:34:05.020 --> 00:34:05.220
 and

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.500
 lower

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:05.740
 him

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.000
 down

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.620
 simply

00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:06.860
 so

00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:06.980
 that

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.120
 he

00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:07.260
 can

00:34:07.260 --> 00:34:07.400
 be

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:07.560
 in

00:34:07.560 --> 00:34:07.720
 the

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.200
 presence

00:34:08.200 --> 00:34:08.420
 of

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:08.580
 the

00:34:08.580 --> 00:34:08.940
 Lord

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:10.080
 is

00:34:10.080 --> 00:34:10.260
 that

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:10.440
 where

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:10.660
 we

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 are

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 do

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 we

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 desire

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 that

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 badly

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 to

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 be

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 in

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 the

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 presence

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 of

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 the

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 Lord

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 also

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 do

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:17.900
 we

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.040
 have

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 the

00:34:18.200 --> 00:34:18.560
 willingness

00:34:18.560 --> 00:34:19.060
 to

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 see

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 sinners

00:34:19.680 --> 00:34:19.900
 the

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.100
 same

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 way

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 that

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 God

00:34:20.740 --> 00:34:21.060
 sees

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 sinners

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 the

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 same

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 way

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 that

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 Jesus

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 interacted

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 with

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 sinners

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 as

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 someone

00:34:25.560 --> 00:34:25.800
 who

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 needs

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 God

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 not

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 a

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 sinner

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 that

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 should

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 be

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 cast

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 out

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 and

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 then

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 the

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 follow

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 up

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 question

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 of

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 that

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 is

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 are

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 you

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 willing

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 to

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 share

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 the

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 gospel

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 with

00:34:36.020 --> 00:34:36.260
 those

00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:36.560
 sinners

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 to

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 change

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 somebody's

00:34:38.040 --> 00:34:38.360
 life

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:39.960
 we

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.240
 can't

00:34:40.240 --> 00:34:40.540
 hide

00:34:40.540 --> 00:34:40.900
 behind

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.420
 fear

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:42.800
 we

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:42.940
 have

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.040
 to

00:34:43.040 --> 00:34:43.400
 live

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 in

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 the

00:34:43.640 --> 00:34:43.980
 freedom

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.680
 that

00:34:44.680 --> 00:34:44.920
 God

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.140
 has

00:34:45.140 --> 00:34:45.620
 provided

00:34:45.620 --> 00:34:47.740
 we

00:34:47.740 --> 00:34:47.880
 have

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.000
 to

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.300
 live

00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:48.460
 in

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:48.580
 the

00:34:48.580 --> 00:34:48.880
 place

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.080
 where

00:34:49.080 --> 00:34:49.340
 God

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:49.560
 has

00:34:49.560 --> 00:34:49.820
 showed

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:49.980
 the

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.460
 example

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:51.300
 be

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:51.620
 willing

00:34:51.620 --> 00:34:51.860
 to

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:52.040
 go

00:34:52.040 --> 00:34:52.420
 in

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:53.180
 where

00:34:53.180 --> 00:34:53.400
 it's

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:53.680
 going

00:34:53.680 --> 00:34:53.880
 to

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.020
 be

00:34:54.020 --> 00:34:54.480
 difficult

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:56.000
 let's

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.240
 pray

00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:59.360
 Heavenly

00:34:59.360 --> 00:34:59.620
 Father

00:34:59.620 --> 00:34:59.860
 I just

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.080
 thank you

00:35:00.080 --> 00:35:00.260
 for an

00:35:00.260 --> 00:35:00.560
 opportunity

00:35:00.560 --> 00:35:00.780
 to

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:00.960
 open

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.100
 your

00:35:01.100 --> 00:35:01.420
 word

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:02.620
 Lord

00:35:02.620 --> 00:35:02.720
 I

00:35:02.720 --> 00:35:02.940
 thank you

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.180
 for an

00:35:03.180 --> 00:35:03.560
 opportunity

00:35:03.560 --> 00:35:03.880
 to

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:04.360
 see

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:04.560
 what

00:35:04.560 --> 00:35:04.680
 you

00:35:04.680 --> 00:35:04.920
 have

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.120
 for

00:35:05.120 --> 00:35:05.340
 us

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:05.540
 Lord

00:35:05.540 --> 00:35:05.720
 let

00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:05.860
 the

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:06.220
 words

00:35:06.220 --> 00:35:06.400
 that

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:06.520
 are

00:35:06.520 --> 00:35:06.920
 true

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.620
 sink

00:35:07.620 --> 00:35:07.740
 in

00:35:07.740 --> 00:35:07.880
 our

00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:08.280
 hearts

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:09.740
 challenge

00:35:09.740 --> 00:35:09.940
 us

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.120
 this

00:35:10.120 --> 00:35:10.340
 week

00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:10.640
 Lord

00:35:10.640 --> 00:35:11.380
 to

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:11.640
 live

00:35:11.640 --> 00:35:11.760
 in

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:11.920
 the

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.360
 faith

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:14.000
 but

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.220
 also

00:35:14.220 --> 00:35:14.420
 to

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:14.560
 not

00:35:14.560 --> 00:35:14.720
 be

00:35:14.720 --> 00:35:15.160
 afraid

00:35:15.160 --> 00:35:15.380
 to

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:15.540
 go

00:35:15.540 --> 00:35:15.800
 out

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:15.980
 and

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.240
 share

00:35:16.240 --> 00:35:16.480
 that

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:16.880
 faith

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.920
 God

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.040
 you

00:35:18.040 --> 00:35:18.180
 have

00:35:18.180 --> 00:35:18.540
 called

00:35:18.540 --> 00:35:18.680
 it

00:35:18.680 --> 00:35:18.920
 on

00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:19.080
 our

00:35:19.080 --> 00:35:19.500
 hearts

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:20.340
 to

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:20.620
 share

00:35:20.620 --> 00:35:20.820
 the

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:21.140
 gospel

00:35:21.140 --> 00:35:21.400
 with

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:21.540
 the

00:35:21.540 --> 00:35:21.800
 broken

00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:22.240
 world

00:35:22.240 --> 00:35:23.280
 let

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:23.380
 us

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:23.580
 not

00:35:23.580 --> 00:35:23.720
 be

00:35:23.720 --> 00:35:24.000
 afraid

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.220
 to

00:35:24.220 --> 00:35:24.360
 do

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:24.640
 that

00:35:24.640 --> 00:35:25.700
 God

00:35:25.700 --> 00:35:25.800
 I

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:25.900
 pray

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:26.020
 that

00:35:26.020 --> 00:35:26.120
 you

00:35:26.120 --> 00:35:26.220
 be

00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:26.340
 with

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:26.480
 us

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:26.720
 today

00:35:26.720 --> 00:35:26.860
 as

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:26.980
 we

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.120
 go

00:35:27.120 --> 00:35:27.320
 from

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:27.600
 here

00:35:27.600 --> 00:35:28.240
 Lord

00:35:28.240 --> 00:35:28.400
 be

00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:28.560
 with

00:35:28.560 --> 00:35:28.720
 the

00:35:28.720 --> 00:35:29.040
 fathers

00:35:29.040 --> 00:35:29.420
 amongst

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:29.880
 us

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:30.760
 be

00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:30.880
 with

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:31.000
 the

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.360
 fathers

00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:32.400
 who

00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:32.540
 are

00:35:32.540 --> 00:35:33.100
 preparing

00:35:33.100 --> 00:35:33.400
 to

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:33.560
 be

00:35:33.560 --> 00:35:34.040
 fathers

00:35:34.040 --> 00:35:34.500
 Lord

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:34.600
 and

00:35:34.600 --> 00:35:34.700
 we

00:35:34.700 --> 00:35:34.820
 are

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:35.040
 so

00:35:35.040 --> 00:35:35.380
 thankful

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:35.640
 for

00:35:35.640 --> 00:35:35.780
 the

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:36.080
 fathers

00:35:36.080 --> 00:35:36.320
 that

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:37.000
 have

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.240
 come

00:35:37.240 --> 00:35:37.520
 before

00:35:37.520 --> 00:35:37.960
 us

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:39.380
 Lord

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:39.500
 but

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:39.600
 we

00:35:39.600 --> 00:35:39.700
 are

00:35:39.700 --> 00:35:39.980
 most

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.320
 thankful

00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:40.580
 for

00:35:40.580 --> 00:35:40.760
 you

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:41.140
 God

00:35:41.140 --> 00:35:41.920
 being

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.120
 the

00:35:42.120 --> 00:35:42.460
 ultimate

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:42.900
 father

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.400
 who

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:43.520
 will

00:35:43.520 --> 00:35:43.720
 never

00:35:43.720 --> 00:35:44.000
 leave

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.320
 us

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:44.840
 who

00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:45.040
 will

00:35:45.040 --> 00:35:45.400
 always

00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:45.640
 love

00:35:45.640 --> 00:35:45.980
 us

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.700
 Lord

00:35:46.700 --> 00:35:46.820
 we

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:46.940
 pray

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.080
 all

00:35:47.080 --> 00:35:47.260
 these

00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:47.460
 things

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:47.600
 in

00:35:47.600 --> 00:35:47.700
 your

00:35:47.700 --> 00:35:47.940
 name

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:48.600
 amen

00:35:48.600 --> 00:35:51.940
 that's

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.060
 it

00:35:52.060 --> 00:35:52.220
 for

00:35:52.220 --> 00:35:52.420
 this

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:52.780
 week's

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:53.180
 message

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 be

00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:53.980
 sure

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.120
 to

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 check

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 back

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 next

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 for

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