{"id":1284,"date":"2025-03-23T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/340-jonny-stokes-exhortation-responsibility-standing-up-straight\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T02:45:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T02:45:28","slug":"340-jonny-stokes-exhortation-responsibility-standing-up-straight","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/340-jonny-stokes-exhortation-responsibility-standing-up-straight\/","title":{"rendered":"340: Jonny Stokes – Exhortation: Responsibility & Standing Up Straight"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to an exhortation by Bro. Jonny Stokes given at Wamuran Ecclesia in Queensland Australia on November 24, 2024 titled “Responsibility & Standing Up Straight” . <\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Chris Selfian
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\nI’m Levi.
\nI’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now let’s talk more about
\nthis week’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to the good Chris
\nAdelphian Talks podcast. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is brother Brian.
\nThis week’s talk is an <\/p>\n

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\nexhortation that was given
\nrecently by brother Johnny <\/p>\n

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\nStokes of the Wamaran Ecclesia.
\nIf I’m pronouncing that <\/p>\n

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\ncorrectly, Brother Johnny’s
\nexhortation was called <\/p>\n

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\nresponsibility and standing up
\nstraight. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he uses the reading from
\nLuke chapter 13 to expound on <\/p>\n

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\nthe story of the Tower of
\nSiloam, the overly leafy and <\/p>\n

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\nbarren fig tree, and the woman
\nwith the bent back. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he weaves in the comparison
\nbetween things that are prone to<\/p>\n

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\nfalling over or being cast down
\nin life with the analogy of our <\/p>\n

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\nstanding before God, that we by
\nnature are bent over like the <\/p>\n

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\nwoman with the disabling spirit,
\nand we need to be straightened <\/p>\n

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\nout.
\nAnd how we can assist in this <\/p>\n

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\neffort is by taking
\nresponsibility and standing up <\/p>\n

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\nstraight to be able to be it, to
\ntake all of the shots and to <\/p>\n

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\nbear the heavy burdens that come
\nfrom being a disciple in Christ.<\/p>\n

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\nI enjoyed the talk for tackling
\na chapter that I’ve personally <\/p>\n

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\nnot heard connected like that
\nbefore. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Brother Johnny had a lot of
\nlittle encouraging gems all <\/p>\n

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\nthroughout to aid our upliftment
\nthis week. <\/p>\n

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\nSo as always, we hope that this
\nstrengthens your faith and <\/p>\n

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\nbrightens your day.
\nBrother Johnny Stokes <\/p>\n

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\nresponsibility and standing up
\nstraight. <\/p>\n

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\nGood morning, brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s great to be here with you
\nagain to share fellowship and <\/p>\n

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\nreflection around the table of
\nour Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when when we’re together,
\nour strength and our faith <\/p>\n

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\nmultiplies.
\nAnd this is the perfect <\/p>\n

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\nopportunity to come and remember
\nwho we are, who we’ve been <\/p>\n

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\ncalled, why we’ve been called,
\nand, and what we’re doing about <\/p>\n

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\nit.
\nAnd this really is on a Sunday <\/p>\n

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\nmorning, the very least we could
\ndo, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nThe least Meaning there’s a
\nwhole heap more that God expects<\/p>\n

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\nof us if we are able.
\nAnd we are able. <\/p>\n

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\nLook at what we achieved last
\nnight at our prize night. <\/p>\n

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\nSuch a huge effort.
\nWe’re such capable of easier. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd there’s so much time and
\nresources that goes into making <\/p>\n

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\na night like that successful.
\nSo we are capable and we should <\/p>\n

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\nask ourselves, what does God
\nrequire of us? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if this is all we give, is
\nthat enough? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when we meet Jesus one day
\nand he says, thanks so much for <\/p>\n

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\nfor coming on a Sunday morning
\nand and remembering me with <\/p>\n

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\nbread and wine, I don’t think
\nthat we’re going to say that’s <\/p>\n

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\nall right.
\nIt’s just it’s the least I can <\/p>\n

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\ndo.
\nWe would never say that because <\/p>\n

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\nwe know that we should always be
\ngiving so much more. <\/p>\n

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\nI heard a brother say in a in a
\nyouth group talk just recently. <\/p>\n

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\nBut there’s a huge need in this
\nlast and desperate age to up the<\/p>\n

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\nRPM in our cliches.
\nAnd he wasn’t talking about Revs<\/p>\n

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\nper minute and he wasn’t talking
\nabout being busy just for the <\/p>\n

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\nsake of being busy.
\nRPM stood for something he said <\/p>\n

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\nthat R stands for readings.
\nWe need to make it a family <\/p>\n

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\nhabit and one that we feel bad
\nfor missing because it’s how God<\/p>\n

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\nspeaks to us.
\nP stands for prayer. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what are we living for,
\nbrothers and sisters, if not <\/p>\n

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\nfirst and foremost for a
\nrelationship with our God? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s how we speak to Him.
\nAnd MI thought he was going to <\/p>\n

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\nsay M stood for meditation, but
\nI didn’t. <\/p>\n

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\nHe said M stands for meeting not
\njust Sundays, but all of our <\/p>\n

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\nmeetings and as many as we can.
\nUpping the RPM is not about a <\/p>\n

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\nperformance thing.
\nIt’s about a reaction to an <\/p>\n

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\nincrease of saying, yes, I
\nreally do want to be your son <\/p>\n

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\nand daughter, God, and I’m
\nprepared to accept more <\/p>\n

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\nresponsibility in my life.
\nAnd so we might ask ourselves <\/p>\n

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\nthe question, well, how much
\nresponsibilities does God expect<\/p>\n

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\nme to have?
\nBecause we differ in capability <\/p>\n

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\nand disability as well as our
\nresources, they’re all <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent.
\nAnd so as a result of that, our <\/p>\n

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\noutputs differ dramatic
\ndramatically. <\/p>\n

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\nBut what I know for sure is that
\nGod expects 100% effort from us,<\/p>\n

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\nnot 100% accuracy.
\nThe accuracy part is that comes <\/p>\n

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\nthrough forgiveness and faith.
\nBut 100% effort means taking all<\/p>\n

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\nof the shots.
\nAnd only we can answer that for <\/p>\n

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\nourself.
\nDo we do that? <\/p>\n

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\nOur recent men’s outing was a a
\nperfect example of this. <\/p>\n

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\nSuch an awesome afternoon and
\nevening. <\/p>\n

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\nWe had bows and arrows and
\nknives and axes and we hurled <\/p>\n

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\nthem and slung them at various
\ntargets. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ll say it’s such a good night.
\nThe vast majority of those <\/p>\n

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\nmissiles missed the target, but
\nthe joy was in picking up the <\/p>\n

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\nweapon, taking aim and giving it
\na go. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s what responsibility
\nlooks like in our lives, <\/p>\n

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\nbrothers and sisters.
\nIt’s easy to watch from afar. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s also safer in the short
\nterm just to sit and watch. <\/p>\n

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\nBut taking aim and having a go
\nand expending energy gives you a<\/p>\n

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\ngauge of capability.
\nAnd it feels good to fire all <\/p>\n

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\nthose arrows.
\nMy summary of that is taking up <\/p>\n

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\nresponsibility in a
\npsychological sense is just like<\/p>\n

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\nstanding up straight with your
\nshoulders back as opposed to <\/p>\n

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\nslouching around hunched and
\ndowncast. <\/p>\n

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\nWe need to stand up, look up,
\naim at something, and take the <\/p>\n

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\nshot.
\nAnd most importantly, take all <\/p>\n

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\nof the shots that you have at
\nyour disposal. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause we might actually, if we
\ndo that, we might actually find <\/p>\n

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\nthat we achieved something.
\nAnd not only that, but the <\/p>\n

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\nthings you would otherwise be
\nwasting time on become <\/p>\n

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\ninsignificant.
\nSo all of those impulsive, low <\/p>\n

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\nlevel pleasure activities that
\nwe waste time on, they’re, <\/p>\n

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\nthey’re transformed into
\nsomething that is responsible <\/p>\n

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\nand impactful and it has actual
\nresults. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I definitely think he’s got a
\npoint here. <\/p>\n

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\nHowever, like I said before, as
\nfollowers of of God, if we’re <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to learn anything decent
\nfrom any resource like that, we <\/p>\n

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\nhave to start with the why.
\nLike, why should we be <\/p>\n

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\ninterested and motivated to take
\nthat point on board? <\/p>\n

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\nDo we want to take that point on
\nbecause of our own ambition and <\/p>\n

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\npride?
\nOr do we want to learn something<\/p>\n

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\nfrom it to please God and help
\nothers? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so I think with the right
\nbiblical overlay, this rule can <\/p>\n

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\npaint a very powerful picture of
\nthe natural human condition that<\/p>\n

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\nwe all have, and also God’s
\ncalling to stand up straight in <\/p>\n

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\nthe truth and take
\nresponsibility forward. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the human condition that we
\nall bear in it’s raw form is, is<\/p>\n

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\ndestructive, it’s unfruitful and
\nit’s crippling. <\/p>\n

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\nBut God offers a solution to
\nthat pitiful problem that we all<\/p>\n

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\nhave.
\nInstead of destruction, God <\/p>\n

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\nshows us a construction.
\nHe replaces barrenness with <\/p>\n

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\nfruitfulness.
\nAnd our bent and broken bodies <\/p>\n

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\nthat we walk around with are
\nstraightened by his call to <\/p>\n

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\nresponsibility.
\nAnd there’s a really cool cameo <\/p>\n

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\nof of those ideas in Luke
\nchapter 13. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause in Luke 13, there is a
\ndamaged and leaning tower that <\/p>\n

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\nfalls over and crushes 18
\npeople. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s a barren fig tree that’s
\nhewn down to the ground. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd there is a pitiful woman
\nwho’s been hunched over for 18 <\/p>\n

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\nyears, seized up and can only
\nlook downwards, closer and <\/p>\n

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\ncloser to the ground.
\nAnd this morning, I’m not going <\/p>\n

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\nto pretend to know the full
\ncontext of this chapter or <\/p>\n

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\neverything about it in its
\nentirety. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s really just a surface look
\nbecause that’s all I can manage <\/p>\n

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\njust about.
\nBut I’m sure this message goes <\/p>\n

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\ndeeper and is right throughout
\nthe Bible. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m, I’m really sure it is.
\nSo I hope that you enjoy this, <\/p>\n

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\nthis story and this lesson of,
\nof Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I hope that going forward in
\nour lives, we can strive to stay<\/p>\n

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\nupright and be responsible in
\nwhat is a very irresponsible and<\/p>\n

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\na down a downward trending
\nworld. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the contact the the context
\nto Luke chapter 13. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s actually probably a
\nwhole heap of context in the <\/p>\n

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\nwhole last chapter, but just in
\nthe in the last few verses of <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 12, verses 54 to 59,
\nJesus words are directed to the <\/p>\n

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\ncrowd of people that were around
\nhim. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he warns them of a judgement
\nto come instead that, you know, <\/p>\n

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\nyou watch the clouds and the
\nwind and the the rain and the <\/p>\n

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\nface of the sky and you can work
\nall of that out, but you can’t <\/p>\n

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\ndiscern this time or this
\nseason. <\/p>\n

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\nHow is it that you do not
\ndiscern this season? <\/p>\n

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\nSee the Jews were experts at
\nnavigating the natural world. <\/p>\n

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\nIn fact they were very
\nsuccessful and and rich a lot of<\/p>\n

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\nthem.
\nBut Jesus says you have no idea <\/p>\n

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\nwhat’s going on in the spiritual
\nworld and what’s coming what’s <\/p>\n

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\ncoming ahead of you.
\nHe also says in verses 57 to 59.<\/p>\n

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\nHe warns them that if you if you
\nwant to tackle issues with your <\/p>\n

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\nbrothers and sisters in by by by
\npushing your case and what you <\/p>\n

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\nthink by law, then then just be
\ncareful because he says there in<\/p>\n

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\nverse 58, when you go with your
\nadversary to the magistrate as <\/p>\n

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\nyou’re in the way, give
\ndiligence because you might be <\/p>\n

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\ndelivered from him.
\nOh, sorry, give diligence that <\/p>\n

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\nyou might be delivered from him
\nunless he hailed thee to the <\/p>\n

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\njudge and the judge delivered
\nthee to the officer and the <\/p>\n

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\nofficer cast you into prison
\nbecause I tell you, you’re not <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to get out of there until
\nyou’ve paid the very last mite. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s a big warning because if
\nwe think like that, if we think <\/p>\n

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\nin a law based way and if we’re
\ncast into prison and we think we<\/p>\n

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\ncan pay our way out, nobody’s
\npaid their way out without <\/p>\n

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\npaying the price of death.
\nThat’s a pretty, pretty <\/p>\n

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\nimportant lesson.
\nThat’s just a bit of context to <\/p>\n

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\nwhat those people will were
\nthinking in their heads. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then in verse in in chapter
\n13. <\/p>\n

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\nNow he actually is talking to
\nthe same people because it says <\/p>\n

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\nthere they were present at that
\nseason and that’s the same word <\/p>\n

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\nas time at the end of verse 56
\nof chapter 12. <\/p>\n

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\nSo these are the same people who
\nwas trying to tell that lesson. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd unfortunately they didn’t
\nthink that he was talking about <\/p>\n

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\nthem as usual.
\nThey thought that he, he must <\/p>\n

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\nhave been talking about someone
\nelse, probably these Galileans <\/p>\n

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\nor some, someone not as good as
\nthem. <\/p>\n

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\nSo they applied the lesson of
\njudgement to others and not <\/p>\n

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\nthemselves.
\nAnd here in chapter 13, we’re <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to look at 3 examples of
\nthe natural human condition that<\/p>\n

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\nhighlight the common problem.
\nWe’re going to look at the <\/p>\n

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\nexample of the tower, the tree,
\nand the cripple. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we’re going to see that all
\nof them are looking down and <\/p>\n

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\nfalling down.
\nAnd so these Jews, the same ones<\/p>\n

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\nin the in the previous chapter,
\nthey come to Jesus and they tell<\/p>\n

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\nhim about these Galileans whose
\nblood pilot had mingled with <\/p>\n

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\ntheir sacrifices.
\nI’ve no idea really what that <\/p>\n

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\nstory is about.
\nMaybe some of you have have an <\/p>\n

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\nidea.
\nBut from having a bit of look on<\/p>\n

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\nonline and doing a bit of
\nresearch, it seems like people <\/p>\n

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\nthink that the Galileans had,
\nand they were quite sort of open<\/p>\n

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\nand, and free sort of people,
\nmaybe a bit abrupt had possibly <\/p>\n

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\ncome into the temple to protest
\nor something like that. <\/p>\n

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\nRight at the time when a
\nsacrifice was happening and an <\/p>\n

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\nanimal had been killed on the
\naltar. <\/p>\n

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\nBlood was dripping off and onto
\nthe ground. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd these Galileans rushed in
\nfor whatever reason and ended up<\/p>\n

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\nbeing killed by, by Pilot or his
\nRoman soldiers and their blood <\/p>\n

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\nspilled on the ground at the
\nsame time as the sacrifices. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the Jews, you know, they,
\nthey might have taken a bit of <\/p>\n

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\nbit of joy in that really to see
\nthose hated Galileans slain in <\/p>\n

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\nthe temple.
\nAnd so they bring that question <\/p>\n

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\nto Jesus.
\nThey, they tell him about what <\/p>\n

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\nhad happened.
\nAnd Jesus answers in verse 2. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he says to them, do you
\nthink that these Galileans were <\/p>\n

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\nsinners above all of the other
\nGalileans because they suffered <\/p>\n

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\nin such a way?
\nAnd so here is I think Jesus is <\/p>\n

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\nsort of highlighting their
\nsubtle dig at the Galileans and <\/p>\n

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\nprobably a subtle dig at himself
\nas well coming out of Galilee. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Jesus says then do do you
\nbelieve in something like exact <\/p>\n

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\nretribution, like one sin is
\nbigger than another? <\/p>\n

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\nHe says in verse three, I tell
\nyou, no, but except you repent, <\/p>\n

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\nyou shall all likewise perish.
\nSo that actually happened, <\/p>\n

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\ndidn’t it?
\n8070 wasn’t too far away at all.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd when the Romans came in,
\nthey slew thousands and <\/p>\n

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\nthousands of Jews and their
\nblood ran through the streets. <\/p>\n

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\nThis was actually going to
\nhappen. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a little prophecy that
\nJesus told them and he said, <\/p>\n

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\nbeware of that sort of thinking
\nto thinking that you’re higher <\/p>\n

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\nthan anybody else, because if
\nyou don’t repent and take on <\/p>\n

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\nthat attitude of repentance and
\nresponsibility, then that’s <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to happen to you.
\nAnd then he he puts forward a <\/p>\n

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\nanother current event that had
\nhappened in in verse 4, Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nsays, what do you think about
\nthose 18 people that the tower <\/p>\n

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\nof Siloam fell upon and killed?
\nDo you think that they were <\/p>\n

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\nsinners above all men that dwelt
\nin Jerusalem? <\/p>\n

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\nSo Jesus sort of shifts the, the
\nfocus from Galileans back onto <\/p>\n

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\nJews just to just to show them
\nthat everybody, everybody’s <\/p>\n

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\nactually the same.
\nThis is a story that the Jews <\/p>\n

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\ndidn’t bring up.
\nThey brought up the one about <\/p>\n

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\nthe Galileans being killed.
\nThat was OK. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Jesus brought up this one.
\nHe said this is a current event <\/p>\n

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\nas well.
\nSome of your own people who you <\/p>\n

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\nthink are better than the rest,
\nWell, they, they were killed by <\/p>\n

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\nan unfortunate event as well.
\nSo does that make them, those 18<\/p>\n

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\npeople, any more of a Sinner
\nthan the rest of the people <\/p>\n

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\ndwelling in Jerusalem?
\nSo whether it’s a man made <\/p>\n

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\ntragedy like pilots, soldiers
\nkilling the Galileans or a <\/p>\n

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\nnatural cause tragedy like the
\nthe tower unfortunately falling <\/p>\n

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\nover, it’s wrong to assume that
\nthe victims are somehow worse <\/p>\n

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\nsinners than everybody else and
\ndeserves to die. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I forgot to mention
\nsomething about the tower. <\/p>\n

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\nIf if you’re wondering what the
\ntower of Siloam was, Google told<\/p>\n

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\nme, and I think they get it from
\nprobably Josephus, that the pool<\/p>\n

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\nof Siloam that was there wanted
\nto be used as a an aqueduct to <\/p>\n

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\nfeed other parts of the city.
\nAnd so Pilot had actually built <\/p>\n

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\na tower to somehow get water up
\nthe top of the tower. <\/p>\n

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\nI don’t know how they do it with
\nbuckets or something like that <\/p>\n

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\nand then feed the water off to
\ndifferent parts of the city. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s the tower that that
\nfell over. <\/p>\n

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\nSo it’s got some relation to
\nPilot as well, that tower of <\/p>\n

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\nSiloam.
\nAnyway, verse 5, Jesus says, <\/p>\n

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\nexcept ye repent, ye shall all
\nlikewise perish. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd again, it’s a reference to
\n8070 and what was coming on this<\/p>\n

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\npeople, lots of towers in
\nJerusalem were about to be <\/p>\n

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\ndestroyed, lots of people
\ncrushed. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if this generation did not
\nrepent and prepare themselves, <\/p>\n

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\nthen that would happen to them
\nas well. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we can contemplate this as
\nwell 2000 years later, because <\/p>\n

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\nthis is the way for for all of
\nus and for all of mankind <\/p>\n

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\nbecause we’re all falling.
\nWe’re all falling downwards <\/p>\n

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\nterribly just like that tower.
\nAnd there’s no man made way to <\/p>\n

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\nstop it.
\nThe only escape is repentance <\/p>\n

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\nand and getting up and out of
\nthat system. <\/p>\n

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\nSo let’s have a look now at this
\nfig tree in verse 6. <\/p>\n

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\nIt says there he spake also this
\nparable. <\/p>\n

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\nSo he adds this parable to these
\ntwo current events. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says a certain man had a fig
\ntree that was planted in his <\/p>\n

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\nvineyard.
\nA fig tree symbolised all of <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael.
\nSo this wasn’t just like a Jew <\/p>\n

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\nor Galilean thing.
\nJesus brings up something now <\/p>\n

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\nthat sort of relates to all of
\nIsrael representing this this <\/p>\n

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\nfig tree.
\nAnd it’s been an idea right from<\/p>\n

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\nthe beginning of the Bible, the
\nfig tree. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s probably lots of ideas
\nabout the fig tree, but one <\/p>\n

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\ncertain 1 is that its leaves
\nwere not an adequate covering <\/p>\n

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\nfor sin and it was unable to
\nsave. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you can sort of relate that
\nto when, you know, when these <\/p>\n

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\nJews, these big leafy fig trees
\nof people that had no fruit, <\/p>\n

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\nwere standing in their city
\nthinking they were going to be <\/p>\n

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\nfine.
\nThe Romans came along, <\/p>\n

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\nsurrounded the city and these
\nnaked Jews just thought that <\/p>\n

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\nthey, they were going to be fine
\nby covering themselves with all <\/p>\n

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\ntheir different fig leaves like
\ntheir, their laws and traditions<\/p>\n

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\nand customs and all that sort of
\nstuff. <\/p>\n

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\nBut really they were naked and
\nunable to save themselves. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd all of that work in, in
\ngrowing that fig tree. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then the nice bushy leaves
\nwas wasted in the end. <\/p>\n

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\nSo that’s the, that’s the little
\nthat’s a little lesson of, of <\/p>\n

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\nthe fig tree.
\nAnd there’s two characters in <\/p>\n

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\nthis parable, the certain man
\nand the vine dresser in verse 7.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd the certain man represents
\nGod. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:50,240 –> 00:19:55,640
\nAnd there’s an obvious, obvious
\necho back to Genesis where God <\/p>\n

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\nplanted a garden Eastwood in
\nEden and he put Adam in there to<\/p>\n

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\nto dress it and to keep it.
\nAnd so this parable definitely <\/p>\n

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\nechoes back to to what what God
\ndid 4000 years ago. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this time around, the vine
\ndresser wasn’t Adam, it was <\/p>\n

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\nJesus, and he was looking after
\nthe vineyard. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so we have this carefully
\ntended vineyard we could say <\/p>\n

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\ncarefully looked after for 4000
\nyears. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s how old this this
\nvineyard was at this point. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd there was also a big old fig
\ntree growing right in the middle<\/p>\n

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\nof it, nice and tall, nice and
\nshady and well and truly overdue<\/p>\n

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\nfor fruit.
\nAnd that represents Israel. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Jesus had been with these
\nJews for three years, and still <\/p>\n

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\nthey had not produced any fruit.
\nAnd so in verse 7, God says to <\/p>\n

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\nto Jesus, behold, these three
\nyears I came seeking fruit on <\/p>\n

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\nthis fig tree and found none.
\nCut it down. <\/p>\n

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\nWhy does it come by the ground?
\nWhy let it suck up the moisture <\/p>\n

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\nand energy that could otherwise
\nbe going into the vine and <\/p>\n

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\nsupporting it when it doesn’t
\neven grow any fruit on it? <\/p>\n

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\nThis fig tree.
\nAnd so this is a real heavy <\/p>\n

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\nlesson for the Jews.
\nJesus is saying that people <\/p>\n

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\naround here might seem tall and
\nthey might throw out a big old <\/p>\n

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\nshady shadiness underneath them,
\nbut if they’re unfruitful, then <\/p>\n

327
\n00:21:38,240 –> 00:21:40,880
\njudgement is going to be harsh
\nbecause they knew better and <\/p>\n

328
\n00:21:40,880 –> 00:21:44,040
\nthey were lazy.
\nAnd not only that, if that <\/p>\n

329
\n00:21:44,040 –> 00:21:47,000
\nwasn’t bad enough that they
\ndidn’t bring forth fruit to God,<\/p>\n

330
\n00:21:47,800 –> 00:21:51,800
\nhe also adds that they were
\nbeing detrimental to everybody <\/p>\n

331
\n00:21:51,800 –> 00:21:55,400
\nelse, sucking the moisture out
\nof the place just to make more <\/p>\n

332
\n00:21:55,400 –> 00:21:59,600
\nuseless leaves, robbing the
\nfertility of the ground that the<\/p>\n

333
\n00:21:59,600 –> 00:22:04,400
\nvine was growing in, with their
\ncumbersome roots hindering the <\/p>\n

334
\n00:22:04,400 –> 00:22:08,000
\ngrowth of the vine.
\nAnd that’s a perfect picture of <\/p>\n

335
\n00:22:08,000 –> 00:22:09,640
\nthe scribes and Pharisees,
\nwasn’t it? <\/p>\n

336
\n00:22:10,800 –> 00:22:13,880
\nIt’s a pretty, pretty scathing
\nlook and example of what was <\/p>\n

337
\n00:22:13,880 –> 00:22:16,960
\nhappening that the Jews were
\nactually sucking the life out of<\/p>\n

338
\n00:22:16,960 –> 00:22:21,440
\nthe vine.
\nAnd I definitely would have hit <\/p>\n

339
\n00:22:21,440 –> 00:22:23,160
\nhome for for those people
\nlistening. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:22:23,160 –> 00:22:26,960
\nBut it should also hit home for
\nus brothers and sisters because <\/p>\n

341
\n00:22:26,960 –> 00:22:33,240
\nJesus parable applies to us too.
\nAnd perhaps in years gone by we <\/p>\n

342
\n00:22:34,160 –> 00:22:36,080
\nproduced a lot of fruit at one
\nstage. <\/p>\n

343
\n00:22:37,280 –> 00:22:40,040
\nBut God doesn’t want us to
\nretire in the truth. <\/p>\n

344
\n00:22:40,680 –> 00:22:46,560
\nAs someone once told me, you
\ncan’t retire in the truth and <\/p>\n

345
\n00:22:46,560 –> 00:22:51,280
\njust sit around being an
\nirresponsible nuisance and just <\/p>\n

346
\n00:22:51,440 –> 00:22:55,680
\nmake bigger and bigger leaves.
\nHe wants constant growth and <\/p>\n

347
\n00:22:55,680 –> 00:23:00,000
\nconstant fruiting and he wants
\nto see a tree that is symbiotic <\/p>\n

348
\n00:23:00,040 –> 00:23:03,440
\nwith the vine and supportive of
\neverything else around it. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:23:06,360 –> 00:23:08,360
\nSo that’s Jesus.
\nHarsh, harsh message. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:23:08,520 –> 00:23:16,120
\nHarsh message to the people and
\nwhat’s what’s actually amazing <\/p>\n

351
\n00:23:16,360 –> 00:23:20,920
\nis that in verse 8, the vine
\ndresser says to God, let it <\/p>\n

352
\n00:23:20,920 –> 00:23:25,600
\nalone this year also until I dig
\nabout it and dung it and if it <\/p>\n

353
\n00:23:25,600 –> 00:23:29,680
\nbear fruit well and if not after
\nthat you can cut it down. <\/p>\n

354
\n00:23:30,760 –> 00:23:32,840
\nThat’s pretty amazing, isn’t it?
\nThe vine dresser had been <\/p>\n

355
\n00:23:32,840 –> 00:23:35,320
\nlooking after this tree for
\nthree years trying to get it to <\/p>\n

356
\n00:23:35,320 –> 00:23:37,520
\ngrow fruit.
\nIt had done nothing. <\/p>\n

357
\n00:23:37,520 –> 00:23:40,880
\nGod said, cut it down and Jesus
\nsaid please, just just one more <\/p>\n

358
\n00:23:40,880 –> 00:23:43,440
\nyear and we’ll see if it bears
\nsome fruit. <\/p>\n

359
\n00:23:45,560 –> 00:23:48,720
\nSo despite Jesus perfectly
\nfertilizing it for a couple of <\/p>\n

360
\n00:23:48,720 –> 00:23:54,600
\nyears, for three years, he asks
\nfor one more year. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:23:54,960 –> 00:23:58,400
\nAnd in fact, God’s
\nlong-suffering waited 37 more <\/p>\n

362
\n00:23:58,400 –> 00:24:01,960
\nyears, brothers and sisters,
\nuntil 8070 came. <\/p>\n

363
\n00:24:03,480 –> 00:24:08,080
\nSo Jesus in his parable here
\nsays one more year, but the <\/p>\n

364
\n00:24:08,080 –> 00:24:12,880
\npeople actually had about 37
\nmore years before the Romans <\/p>\n

365
\n00:24:12,880 –> 00:24:15,600
\ncame and destroyed Jerusalem.
\nThat’s pretty amazing. <\/p>\n

366
\n00:24:15,600 –> 00:24:17,800
\nAnd we can sort of think about
\nthat for our time as well. <\/p>\n

367
\n00:24:17,800 –> 00:24:21,000
\nHow, how overdue are we to see
\nthe return of Christ? <\/p>\n

368
\n00:24:21,840 –> 00:24:28,360
\nIt’s 2024, perhaps we’re a
\ncouple of decades overdue, if <\/p>\n

369
\n00:24:28,360 –> 00:24:32,160
\nyou like.
\nThat’s pretty, pretty important <\/p>\n

370
\n00:24:32,160 –> 00:24:37,120
\nto think about.
\nSo we’ve seen the lesson of the <\/p>\n

371
\n00:24:37,120 –> 00:24:40,920
\ntower and the tree, both
\nwarnings to the Jews of what was<\/p>\n

372
\n00:24:40,920 –> 00:24:43,600
\ncoming and what God expected of
\nthem. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:24:43,640 –> 00:24:47,840
\nAnd the last one we want to look
\nat now is the cripple in verse <\/p>\n

374
\n00:24:47,840 –> 00:24:52,760
\n10 and 11.
\nAnd in fact, all the way down to<\/p>\n

375
\n00:24:54,040 –> 00:24:56,640
\nverse 17 or something, we’re
\nonly going to look to verse 13. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:24:57,440 –> 00:25:01,360
\nSo verse 10 says, and he was
\nteaching one of the synagogues <\/p>\n

377
\n00:25:01,360 –> 00:25:05,440
\non the Sabbath and behold, there
\nwas a woman which had a spirit <\/p>\n

378
\n00:25:05,440 –> 00:25:10,760
\nof infirmity 18 years and was
\nbowed together and could in no <\/p>\n

379
\n00:25:10,760 –> 00:25:16,600
\nwires lift up.
\nAnd so here’s the third example <\/p>\n

380
\n00:25:16,600 –> 00:25:19,240
\ntrending downwards, isn’t it?
\nThese are symbols of the human <\/p>\n

381
\n00:25:19,240 –> 00:25:22,160
\ncondition.
\nA once productive stone tower <\/p>\n

382
\n00:25:22,160 –> 00:25:25,800
\nthat was giving water out to the
\nrest of the city eventually and <\/p>\n

383
\n00:25:25,800 –> 00:25:28,400
\nsuddenly crashed over and killed
\n18 people. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:25:29,520 –> 00:25:34,680
\nA once fruitful tree, big and
\nshady, was now just big and <\/p>\n

385
\n00:25:34,680 –> 00:25:39,960
\nshady with no fruit and it was
\ncut down, hewn down to the <\/p>\n

386
\n00:25:39,960 –> 00:25:45,880
\nground and now once probably
\nupright and capable woman has <\/p>\n

387
\n00:25:45,880 –> 00:25:49,800
\nfor 18 years been bowed together
\nand defeated. <\/p>\n

388
\n00:25:50,640 –> 00:25:53,280
\nAnd this is the single
\noccurrence of the word bowed <\/p>\n

389
\n00:25:53,280 –> 00:25:56,560
\ntogether.
\nIf you have a King James, it’s <\/p>\n

390
\n00:25:56,560 –> 00:26:01,760
\nonly ever used in in this spot
\nand it means bent all together <\/p>\n

391
\n00:26:01,760 –> 00:26:07,280
\novercome.
\nAnd it says and she could in no <\/p>\n

392
\n00:26:07,280 –> 00:26:12,480
\nwires lift up and lift up
\nactually means to unbend. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:26:13,520 –> 00:26:17,160
\nSo it sounds like pretty strong
\nlanguage, at least in my Bible <\/p>\n

394
\n00:26:17,560 –> 00:26:20,520
\nthat they’re that it’s using.
\nSo this wasn’t just a lady with <\/p>\n

395
\n00:26:20,520 –> 00:26:24,160
\na few bulge discs in the back of
\nher, in her back and you know, <\/p>\n

396
\n00:26:24,480 –> 00:26:28,400
\nshe could sort of bend up and
\ngive it back a bit of a crack <\/p>\n

397
\n00:26:28,400 –> 00:26:31,360
\nlike I do every now and again.
\nIt wasn’t like that at all. <\/p>\n

398
\n00:26:31,400 –> 00:26:35,760
\nThis lady was so bent over, so
\nfolded together that she could <\/p>\n

399
\n00:26:35,760 –> 00:26:39,360
\nin no wise lift herself up.
\nIt’s pretty serious. <\/p>\n

400
\n00:26:41,200 –> 00:26:42,800
\nI’ve actually seen some of these
\npeople. <\/p>\n

401
\n00:26:42,800 –> 00:26:45,360
\nYou might have seen them too.
\nI’d do a bit of aged care work <\/p>\n

402
\n00:26:45,920 –> 00:26:49,440
\nand you go into some of these
\nhouses and these little old <\/p>\n

403
\n00:26:49,440 –> 00:26:51,960
\npeople, they’re so they’re so
\nbent over that their back is <\/p>\n

404
\n00:26:51,960 –> 00:26:55,720
\nhigher than their head, which
\nshould be absolutely terrible <\/p>\n

405
\n00:26:56,400 –> 00:26:58,160
\nto, to try and get around like
\nthat. <\/p>\n

406
\n00:26:58,160 –> 00:26:59,800
\nBut they, they seem to still get
\naround. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:27:01,560 –> 00:27:04,360
\nBut it’s a terrible condition.
\nAnd it’s not like I can just go <\/p>\n

408
\n00:27:04,360 –> 00:27:06,560
\nto the Cairo and get and get it
\ncracked out of you. <\/p>\n

409
\n00:27:07,560 –> 00:27:10,880
\nThat’s, that’s their spine just
\ntwisting and bending over. <\/p>\n

410
\n00:27:12,520 –> 00:27:15,600
\nSo that’s pretty serious.
\nThis lady had not a chance of, <\/p>\n

411
\n00:27:15,720 –> 00:27:19,520
\nof bending of unbending at all.
\nAnd it’s a familiar condition to<\/p>\n

412
\n00:27:19,800 –> 00:27:23,760
\nto all of us as well, because
\nit’s a symbol of our condition. <\/p>\n

413
\n00:27:24,200 –> 00:27:29,440
\nWe are bent in a certain way.
\nOur natural inclination is down <\/p>\n

414
\n00:27:30,720 –> 00:27:35,720
\nand we get around all that for
\n70 odd years before we <\/p>\n

415
\n00:27:35,720 –> 00:27:40,280
\neventually fold up and fall over
\nand return back to that fetal <\/p>\n

416
\n00:27:40,280 –> 00:27:48,960
\nposition that we were born in.
\nAnd so in verse 12 it says there<\/p>\n

417
\n00:27:48,960 –> 00:27:53,360
\nwhen Jesus saw her, he called
\nher to him and said unto her, <\/p>\n

418
\n00:27:54,040 –> 00:27:57,400
\nwoman, you are free from your
\ninfirmity. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:27:58,120 –> 00:28:00,760
\nAnd he laid his hands on her,
\nand immediately she was made <\/p>\n

420
\n00:28:00,760 –> 00:28:04,440
\nstraight and glorified God.
\nShe stood up straight. <\/p>\n

421
\n00:28:06,800 –> 00:28:08,760
\nWe’ve heard the same call as
\nthis woman. <\/p>\n

422
\n00:28:10,160 –> 00:28:15,200
\nWe’ve accepted, brothers and
\nsisters, that our fallen state <\/p>\n

423
\n00:28:15,640 –> 00:28:20,000
\nis one that we can’t overcome by
\nourselves, and we’ve allowed <\/p>\n

424
\n00:28:20,000 –> 00:28:23,600
\nGod’s hands to be the ones to
\nstraighten us out, to stand us <\/p>\n

425
\n00:28:23,600 –> 00:28:25,800
\nup and to point us in the right
\ndirection. <\/p>\n

426
\n00:28:27,720 –> 00:28:31,320
\nThis woman also was straightened
\nup and unbent. <\/p>\n

427
\n00:28:33,480 –> 00:28:35,520
\nAnd when I was reading this, I
\nsort of thought to myself, well,<\/p>\n

428
\n00:28:35,520 –> 00:28:37,800
\nwhere’s the woman’s show of
\nrepentance? <\/p>\n

429
\n00:28:37,800 –> 00:28:39,800
\nLike, why did why did Jesus just
\nheal her like that? <\/p>\n

430
\n00:28:39,800 –> 00:28:43,160
\nShe didn’t do anything.
\nAnd I think that’s probably the <\/p>\n

431
\n00:28:43,160 –> 00:28:47,120
\npoint.
\nThe point was that she was bared<\/p>\n

432
\n00:28:47,120 –> 00:28:51,520
\ntogether and she knew that there
\nwas not a chance that she could <\/p>\n

433
\n00:28:51,520 –> 00:28:54,360
\nlift herself up.
\nNothing she could do about it. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:28:54,840 –> 00:28:57,480
\nAnd I think that’s why that’s
\nwhy Jesus saved her. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:28:58,440 –> 00:29:03,120
\nThat’s why Jesus unbent her,
\nbecause she realized that there <\/p>\n

436
\n00:29:03,120 –> 00:29:04,680
\nwas nothing that she could do
\nabout it. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:29:11,160 –> 00:29:15,080
\nSo I think that’s a really
\ninteresting, interesting section<\/p>\n

438
\n00:29:15,080 –> 00:29:18,840
\nof scripture here in Luke 13.
\nAnd the story goes on, but <\/p>\n

439
\n00:29:19,600 –> 00:29:23,040
\nprobably out of time and we need
\nto sit down quietly and think <\/p>\n

440
\n00:29:23,040 –> 00:29:26,320
\nabout a couple of things before
\nwe take the emblems. <\/p>\n

441
\n00:29:27,000 –> 00:29:28,920
\nAnd I haven’t got you to turn up
\nany quotes this morning. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:29:28,920 –> 00:29:36,080
\nA bit lazy of me, but I did
\nthink of some quotes to, to look<\/p>\n

443
\n00:29:36,080 –> 00:29:40,440
\nup just before we finish.
\nAnd I think they, I think <\/p>\n

444
\n00:29:40,440 –> 00:29:44,200
\nthere’s many more passages we
\ncould look up, but these, I <\/p>\n

445
\n00:29:44,200 –> 00:29:48,120
\nthink these suit really well.
\nThere’s about 5 or so you can <\/p>\n

446
\n00:29:48,120 –> 00:29:50,800
\neither write them down and just
\nlisten to them or look them up <\/p>\n

447
\n00:29:50,800 –> 00:29:53,480
\nwith me.
\nBut they relate to exactly what <\/p>\n

448
\n00:29:53,480 –> 00:29:56,680
\nwe’ve covered this morning.
\nThat man is in a fallen state. <\/p>\n

449
\n00:29:57,840 –> 00:29:59,640
\nHe’s not able to straighten
\nhimself up. <\/p>\n

450
\n00:30:01,400 –> 00:30:07,120
\nBut God calls us to accept that
\nstate and repent and turn to <\/p>\n

451
\n00:30:07,120 –> 00:30:08,960
\nhim.
\nAnd then in faith and <\/p>\n

452
\n00:30:08,960 –> 00:30:14,920
\nforgiveness, we are straightened
\nout and as a result, we accept a<\/p>\n

453
\n00:30:14,920 –> 00:30:17,880
\nnew responsibility and
\nmotivation in our lives from <\/p>\n

454
\n00:30:17,880 –> 00:30:21,720
\nthat point on in appreciation
\nfor what’s been done for us, <\/p>\n

455
\n00:30:21,720 –> 00:30:26,760
\ndespite literally doing nothing.
\nAnd if our aim is right, <\/p>\n

456
\n00:30:26,760 –> 00:30:30,400
\nbrothers and sisters, then we we
\nwon’t just continue in our lives<\/p>\n

457
\n00:30:30,400 –> 00:30:37,320
\nto do the least.
\nWe will take on everything will <\/p>\n

458
\n00:30:37,320 –> 00:30:40,200
\ntake all of the shots available
\nto us, walking uprightly, <\/p>\n

459
\n00:30:40,240 –> 00:30:43,320
\nlooking up and increasing the
\nRPM in our lives. <\/p>\n

460
\n00:30:44,000 –> 00:30:46,320
\nSo have a look first at Romans
\nchapter 12. <\/p>\n

461
\n00:30:50,600 –> 00:30:55,040
\nRomans chapter 12 and verse one
\nand two says, I beseech you <\/p>\n

462
\n00:30:55,040 –> 00:30:59,120
\ntherefore, brethren, by the
\nmercies of God, that you present<\/p>\n

463
\n00:30:59,120 –> 00:31:04,200
\nyour bodies a living sacrifice,
\nholy, acceptable unto God, which<\/p>\n

464
\n00:31:04,200 –> 00:31:08,720
\nis your reasonable service.
\nAnd don’t be squeezed into the <\/p>\n

465
\n00:31:08,720 –> 00:31:15,800
\nmould of the world and bent up,
\nbut be transformed by the <\/p>\n

466
\n00:31:15,800 –> 00:31:19,160
\nrenewing of your mind, that you
\nmay prove what is that good and <\/p>\n

467
\n00:31:19,160 –> 00:31:21,840
\nacceptable and perfect will of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:31:23,720 –> 00:31:34,400
\nCome to Galatians chapter 5,
\nverse one. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:31:36,320 –> 00:31:40,640
\nStand fast, therefore stand
\nfast, therefore in the liberty <\/p>\n

470
\n00:31:40,640 –> 00:31:45,200
\nwherewith Christ has made us
\nfree, and don’t be entangled <\/p>\n

471
\n00:31:45,200 –> 00:31:49,360
\nagain with the yoke of bondage.
\nAnd that’s why the principle of <\/p>\n

472
\n00:31:49,360 –> 00:31:53,240
\nstanding up straight is so
\nimportant to remember because <\/p>\n

473
\n00:31:53,240 –> 00:31:57,120
\nwe’re so prone to entangling
\nourselves and bending back down <\/p>\n

474
\n00:31:57,120 –> 00:31:59,440
\nto earthly bondage after God
\nstraightened us up. <\/p>\n

475
\n00:32:02,320 –> 00:32:04,720
\nAnd we have to remember that
\nit’s, it’s not I that I’m <\/p>\n

476
\n00:32:04,720 –> 00:32:07,240
\nstraight, but it’s Christ that’s
\nstraight within me. <\/p>\n

477
\n00:32:07,600 –> 00:32:09,400
\nAnd we identify with his body,
\ndon’t we? <\/p>\n

478
\n00:32:09,400 –> 00:32:11,960
\nThat’s why we identify with him
\non a Sunday morning, because we <\/p>\n

479
\n00:32:11,960 –> 00:32:17,520
\nwant to be straight like he is.
\nAnd we need to acknowledge that <\/p>\n

480
\n00:32:17,520 –> 00:32:21,200
\nwe can’t unbend ourselves with
\nour own strength. <\/p>\n

481
\n00:32:21,200 –> 00:32:25,360
\nOnly he can if we’re prepared to
\ntake up the responsibility for <\/p>\n

482
\n00:32:25,360 –> 00:32:28,040
\nGod.
\nHave a look over the page, <\/p>\n

483
\n00:32:28,040 –> 00:32:30,000
\ncouple of pages of Ephesians
\nchapter 2. <\/p>\n

484
\n00:32:32,120 –> 00:32:37,320
\nEphesians 2 and verse one to 10
\nsays, And you who were dead in <\/p>\n

485
\n00:32:37,320 –> 00:32:41,880
\ntrespasses and sins, wherein in
\ntime past ye walked hunchbacked,<\/p>\n

486
\n00:32:42,520 –> 00:32:45,800
\naccording to the course of this
\nworld, according to the Prince <\/p>\n

487
\n00:32:45,800 –> 00:32:48,960
\nof the power of the air, The
\nspirit that now worketh in the <\/p>\n

488
\n00:32:48,960 –> 00:32:52,360
\nchildren of disobedience.
\nAmong whom also we all had our <\/p>\n

489
\n00:32:52,360 –> 00:32:54,880
\nconversation in times past in
\nthe lust of the flesh, <\/p>\n

490
\n00:32:55,480 –> 00:32:58,600
\nfulfilling the desires of the
\nflesh and of the mind, and were <\/p>\n

491
\n00:32:58,600 –> 00:33:01,680
\nby nature the children of wrath
\neven as others. <\/p>\n

492
\n00:33:02,800 –> 00:33:06,800
\nBut God who is rich in mercy for
\nHis great love wherewith He <\/p>\n

493
\n00:33:06,800 –> 00:33:11,440
\nloved us even when we were dead
\nin our sins. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:33:12,680 –> 00:33:15,560
\nUnbendbackable.
\nThat’s a new word I’ve just <\/p>\n

495
\n00:33:15,560 –> 00:33:18,040
\nmade-up.
\nEven when we were <\/p>\n

496
\n00:33:18,040 –> 00:33:22,480
\nunbendbackable, He’s quickened
\nus together with Christ. <\/p>\n

497
\n00:33:23,920 –> 00:33:29,120
\nBy grace ye saved, and he’d
\nraised us up together to sit and<\/p>\n

498
\n00:33:29,120 –> 00:33:32,600
\nmade us to sit together in
\nheavenly places in Christ Jesus.<\/p>\n

499
\n00:33:32,920 –> 00:33:38,960
\nSo not only does he he reinstate
\nus to to somewhere resembling <\/p>\n

500
\n00:33:38,960 –> 00:33:42,640
\nupright, but he elevates us all
\nthe way up to a brand new <\/p>\n

501
\n00:33:42,640 –> 00:33:47,280
\npurpose that in the ages to come
\nHe might show the exceeding <\/p>\n

502
\n00:33:47,280 –> 00:33:50,280
\nriches of his grace and his
\nkindness towards us through <\/p>\n

503
\n00:33:50,280 –> 00:33:52,600
\nChrist Jesus.
\nBecause by grace he is saved <\/p>\n

504
\n00:33:52,920 –> 00:33:55,800
\nthrough faith, and not of your
\nown selves. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:33:56,680 –> 00:33:59,880
\nIt is the gift of God, not of
\nworks, lest any man should <\/p>\n

506
\n00:33:59,880 –> 00:34:04,200
\nboast, For we are his
\nworkmanship created in Christ <\/p>\n

507
\n00:34:04,200 –> 00:34:08,400
\nJesus unto good works, which God
\nhas before ordained, that we <\/p>\n

508
\n00:34:08,400 –> 00:34:13,520
\nshould walk in them.
\nPhilippians chapter 3. <\/p>\n

509
\n00:34:19,080 –> 00:34:23,080
\nHopefully you can see that these
\nideas are like this is an idea <\/p>\n

510
\n00:34:23,080 –> 00:34:28,360
\nthat runs through the Bible.
\nPhilippians chapter 3, verse 17 <\/p>\n

511
\n00:34:29,880 –> 00:34:32,960
\nBrethren be followers together
\nof me and mark them which walk <\/p>\n

512
\n00:34:32,960 –> 00:34:38,080
\nso as ye have for an example for
\nmany walk of whom I’ve told you <\/p>\n

513
\n00:34:38,080 –> 00:34:40,840
\noften and now tell you even
\nweeping that they are the <\/p>\n

514
\n00:34:40,840 –> 00:34:45,159
\nenemies of the cross of Christ,
\nwhose end is destruction, whose <\/p>\n

515
\n00:34:45,159 –> 00:34:49,080
\nGod is their belly, and who,
\nlike a big fat pig, glory is in <\/p>\n

516
\n00:34:49,080 –> 00:34:54,400
\ntheir shame, who mind earthly
\nthings just like that woman who <\/p>\n

517
\n00:34:54,400 –> 00:34:56,960
\nwas bent over and couldn’t look
\nat anything except the ground. <\/p>\n

518
\n00:34:58,080 –> 00:35:02,800
\nWhat’s our policy?
\nOur conversation is in heaven <\/p>\n

519
\n00:35:03,520 –> 00:35:08,600
\nfrom whence also we look for the
\nSaviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

520
\n00:35:08,600 –> 00:35:10,240
\nThat’s the direction we’re
\nlooking is up. <\/p>\n

521
\n00:35:11,120 –> 00:35:14,040
\nWho’s going to change our vile
\nbody, that it might be fashioned<\/p>\n

522
\n00:35:14,040 –> 00:35:17,440
\nlike unto His glorious body,
\naccording to the working, <\/p>\n

523
\n00:35:17,440 –> 00:35:21,120
\nwhereby He is able even to
\nsubdue all things unto himself? <\/p>\n

524
\n00:35:23,360 –> 00:35:32,160
\nColossians chapter 3 verse one
\nsays, If ye be risen with Christ<\/p>\n

525
\n00:35:32,240 –> 00:35:36,520
\nrisen, then seek those things
\nwhich are above where Christ <\/p>\n

526
\n00:35:36,520 –> 00:35:40,720
\nsits on the right hand of God.
\nSet your affection on things <\/p>\n

527
\n00:35:40,720 –> 00:35:44,520
\nabove, and not on things on the
\nearth, for you are dead, and <\/p>\n

528
\n00:35:44,520 –> 00:35:46,320
\nyour life is hid with Christ in
\nGod. <\/p>\n

529
\n00:35:46,960 –> 00:35:50,480
\nWhen Christ, who is our life
\nshall appear, then shall ye also<\/p>\n

530
\n00:35:50,480 –> 00:35:54,760
\nappear with Him in glory.
\nMortify there for your members <\/p>\n

531
\n00:35:54,800 –> 00:35:58,280
\nwhich are upon the earth,
\nfornication, uncleanness, <\/p>\n

532
\n00:35:58,280 –> 00:36:01,400
\ninordinate affection, evil,
\nconcupiscence and covetousness, <\/p>\n

533
\n00:36:01,400 –> 00:36:06,040
\nwhich is idolatry, for which
\nthings sake the wrath of God <\/p>\n

534
\n00:36:06,040 –> 00:36:10,040
\ncomes on the children of
\ndisobedience in the which you <\/p>\n

535
\n00:36:10,040 –> 00:36:13,840
\nalso walked hunchbacked sometime
\nwhen you lived in them. <\/p>\n

536
\n00:36:14,880 –> 00:36:19,560
\nBut now you also put off all
\nthese anger, wrath, malice, <\/p>\n

537
\n00:36:19,560 –> 00:36:21,800
\nblasphemy, filthy communication
\nout of your mouth. <\/p>\n

538
\n00:36:23,240 –> 00:36:26,040
\nDon’t lie to one another, seeing
\nthat you’ve put off the old man <\/p>\n

539
\n00:36:26,040 –> 00:36:29,720
\nwith his deeds, the old
\nhunchback man that he was, and <\/p>\n

540
\n00:36:29,720 –> 00:36:34,960
\nhave put on the new man which
\nwas renewed in knowledge after <\/p>\n

541
\n00:36:34,960 –> 00:36:36,640
\nthe image of him that created
\nhim. <\/p>\n

542
\n00:36:36,760 –> 00:36:40,720
\nAnd what’s the image of God?
\nI think you know Isaiah <\/p>\n

543
\n00:36:40,720 –> 00:36:45,080
\nsomewhere it says Isaiah calls
\nGod the upright one. <\/p>\n

544
\n00:36:45,320 –> 00:36:47,800
\nThat’s how He made man.
\nThat’s how He wants us to be, <\/p>\n

545
\n00:36:47,800 –> 00:36:53,560
\nHis upright.
\nThe last one I want to look at <\/p>\n

546
\n00:36:53,560 –> 00:37:04,200
\nis Luke chapter 21 and just
\nthink about brothers and <\/p>\n

547
\n00:37:04,200 –> 00:37:06,560
\nsisters, the very critical time
\nthat we live in. <\/p>\n

548
\n00:37:07,640 –> 00:37:11,600
\nIt’s exactly the same time as
\nwhen Jesus was warning those <\/p>\n

549
\n00:37:11,600 –> 00:37:17,320
\npeople in Luke 13.
\nThe times are just as dire. <\/p>\n

550
\n00:37:17,360 –> 00:37:20,760
\nThe circumstances in the current
\nevents are just as hectic. <\/p>\n

551
\n00:37:22,480 –> 00:37:23,920
\nWhat are we doing?
\nAre we walking around <\/p>\n

552
\n00:37:23,920 –> 00:37:27,480
\nhunchbacked, got our eyes on
\nearthly things, dollars, <\/p>\n

553
\n00:37:27,480 –> 00:37:34,640
\npleasures, leisures, etcetera?
\nAre we a big tree with no fruit?<\/p>\n

554
\n00:37:36,120 –> 00:37:42,120
\nOr do we choose to leave all
\nthat behind, joke, and to accept<\/p>\n

555
\n00:37:42,120 –> 00:37:45,800
\nthe call and stand up straight
\nand alert and ready? <\/p>\n

556
\n00:37:47,480 –> 00:37:51,920
\nLuke 21, verse 20.
\nAnd when, when you shall see <\/p>\n

557
\n00:37:51,920 –> 00:37:56,280
\nJerusalem compassed with armies,
\nthen know that the desolation <\/p>\n

558
\n00:37:56,280 –> 00:38:00,200
\nthereof is nigh.
\nThen let them which are in Judea<\/p>\n

559
\n00:38:00,200 –> 00:38:03,160
\nflee to the mountains, and let
\nthem which are in the midst of <\/p>\n

560
\n00:38:03,160 –> 00:38:07,040
\nit depart out, and let not them
\nthat are in the countries enter <\/p>\n

561
\n00:38:07,040 –> 00:38:09,760
\nthere into.
\nFor these be the days of <\/p>\n

562
\n00:38:09,760 –> 00:38:13,600
\nvengeance, that all things which
\nare written may be fulfilled. <\/p>\n

563
\n00:38:14,480 –> 00:38:16,760
\nWoe to them that are with child,
\nand to them that give suck in <\/p>\n

564
\n00:38:16,760 –> 00:38:18,800
\nthose days.
\nFor there should be a great <\/p>\n

565
\n00:38:18,800 –> 00:38:22,400
\ndistress in the land, and wrath
\nupon this people, and they shall<\/p>\n

566
\n00:38:22,400 –> 00:38:25,000
\nfall by the edge of the sword,
\nand shall be LED away captive <\/p>\n

567
\n00:38:25,000 –> 00:38:28,320
\ninto all nations.
\nAnd Jerusalem shall be trodden <\/p>\n

568
\n00:38:28,320 –> 00:38:32,560
\ndown of the Gentiles, until the
\ntimes of the Gentiles be <\/p>\n

569
\n00:38:32,560 –> 00:38:37,280
\nfulfilled.
\nAnd this is a bit more related <\/p>\n

570
\n00:38:37,280 –> 00:38:41,440
\nto our time than 8070, but
\nthere’s going to be signs in the<\/p>\n

571
\n00:38:41,440 –> 00:38:44,720
\nsun and in the moon and in the
\nstars and upon the earth. <\/p>\n

572
\n00:38:45,360 –> 00:38:48,520
\nDistress of nations with
\nperplexity. <\/p>\n

573
\n00:38:48,680 –> 00:38:53,080
\nAnd the word means no way out.
\nThere’s no way that humans can <\/p>\n

574
\n00:38:53,080 –> 00:38:56,920
\nsave themselves.
\nThe sea and the waves roaring, <\/p>\n

575
\n00:38:57,960 –> 00:39:02,400
\nmen’s hearts failing them for
\nfear and for looking down after <\/p>\n

576
\n00:39:02,400 –> 00:39:04,040
\nthose things which are coming on
\nthe earth. <\/p>\n

577
\n00:39:04,640 –> 00:39:09,920
\nFor the powers of heaven shall
\nbe shaken, and then shall they <\/p>\n

578
\n00:39:09,920 –> 00:39:14,000
\nsee the Son of Man coming in a
\ncloud with power and great <\/p>\n

579
\n00:39:14,000 –> 00:39:16,800
\nglory.
\nAnd when these things begin to <\/p>\n

580
\n00:39:16,800 –> 00:39:22,920
\ncome to pass, then look up,
\nunbend yourself, lift up your <\/p>\n

581
\n00:39:22,920 –> 00:39:25,480
\nheads, for your redemption draws
\nnigh. <\/p>\n

582
\n00:39:26,080 –> 00:39:42,160
\nThank you.
\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

583
\n00:39:42,160 –> 00:39:43,760
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\n00:39:44,600 –> 00:39:47,040
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585
\n00:39:47,040 –> 00:39:49,400
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340: Jonny Stokes – Exhortation: Responsibility & Standing Up Straight<\/a><\/blockquote>