{"id":392,"date":"2019-02-19T03:53:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T03:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/020-richard-morgan-exhortation-motivation-behind-our-behaviors\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T02:39:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T02:39:58","slug":"020-richard-morgan-exhortation-motivation-behind-our-behaviors","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/020-richard-morgan-exhortation-motivation-behind-our-behaviors\/","title":{"rendered":"020: Richard Morgan – Exhortation: Motivation Behind Our Behaviors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we are listening to an exhortation by Bro. Richard Morgan from the Simi Hills Ecclesia in California that was given at the Verdugo Hills Ecclesia in 2018 on the theme of Motivation Behind Our Behaviors.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\npodcast this week.
\nWe are again drawing from the <\/p>\n

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\nVerdugo Hills, Ecclesia.
\nSorry, it’s the Ecclesia. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m from based on a suggestion
\nfrom a listener. <\/p>\n

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\nActually, not me for an
\nexcitation that was given their <\/p>\n

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\nlast year in 2018 by our
\nbrother. <\/p>\n

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\nRichard Morgan from the Simi
\nHills. <\/p>\n

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\nEcclesia in California in his
\nexcitation brother, Richard <\/p>\n

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\nexamines, why we do the things,
\nwe do every Sunday and <\/p>\n

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\nthroughout the week and what are
\nour motivations behind those <\/p>\n

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\nthings.
\nHe really forces us to take a <\/p>\n

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\nhard look at why we do the
\nthings we do. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the traditional sometimes
\nalmost ritualistic way that we <\/p>\n

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\napproach our worship, Brother,
\nRichard is trying to drive us to<\/p>\n

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\nnot be like the Pharisees not to
\nbe checking off the boxes, every<\/p>\n

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\nSunday and on midweek, Bible
\nclass and every day when we say <\/p>\n

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\nprayers and do readings.
\nBut instead looking at the <\/p>\n

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\nmotivation behind what we’re
\ndoing and the faith that should <\/p>\n

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\nbe driving those actions rather
\nthan Than just doing it because <\/p>\n

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\nwe’re supposed to or out of
\nhabit. <\/p>\n

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\nI found the talk was really
\npowerful and similar to last <\/p>\n

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\nweek’s talk gave me a lot to
\nreflect on, after listening to <\/p>\n

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\nit without giving away.
\nAll the little nuggets that <\/p>\n

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\nBrother, Richard brings out in
\nhis talk in the middle. <\/p>\n

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\nI really like the point that he
\nmade, where he said, we know the<\/p>\n

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\nthings that were supposed to do,
\ngo to bible class, say prayers <\/p>\n

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\nbefore meals, do daily readings,
\ngo to Sunday school, go to <\/p>\n

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\nmeeting all those things, but if
\nthose behaviors aren’t driven, <\/p>\n

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\nReinforced by underlying faith
\nand a love of God. <\/p>\n

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\nThen, as our brother put it,
\nthey are Hollow actions with no <\/p>\n

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\nsubstance and not what God
\ndesires from us at all near the <\/p>\n

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\nlast third of the excitation
\nBrother. <\/p>\n

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\nRichard really gets going, you
\ncan feel the passion and the <\/p>\n

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\nenthusiasm that he has as he’s
\ndriving through the end of the <\/p>\n

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\nexcitation.
\nI won’t spoil any more about it,<\/p>\n

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\nbut make sure that you’re paying
\nattention, you’re the end <\/p>\n

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\nbecause he he really gets going,
\nhe makes some awesome points. <\/p>\n

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\nI hope you’re as excited now to
\nhear this talk, as we are to <\/p>\n

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\nshare it with you.
\nYou. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I will now turn it over to
\nher brother. <\/p>\n

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\nRichard Morgan for his
\nexcitation on the theme of the <\/p>\n

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\nmotivations behind our
\nbehaviors. <\/p>\n

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\nVery good morning.
\nTo you all my beloved brothers <\/p>\n

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\nand sisters.
\nVery happy to be with you here. <\/p>\n

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\nThis morning to share this time
\ntogether and we bring with us <\/p>\n

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\nthe love of your brothers and
\nsisters in see me, and it’s good<\/p>\n

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\nfor us to be here this morning.
\nIsn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nBrother and sisters.
\nIt’s good for us to remember our<\/p>\n

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\nlaw.
\nTo break bread together to sing,<\/p>\n

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\nhymns, to read the word of God.
\nMeet in Fellowship. <\/p>\n

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\nBrothers sisters, there’s
\nsomething far more important <\/p>\n

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\nthat we need to understand that
\nsimply doing that which is on <\/p>\n

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\nthe surface something which is
\ngood and right. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s Paul’s concern in
\nEphesians and at the end of <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 4 of Ephesians and the
\nbeginning of chapter 5, Paul <\/p>\n

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\nlays out a series of moral
\nimperatives for us things which <\/p>\n

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\nare good for us to do.
\nBut he underlines that behavior,<\/p>\n

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\nwith what should be far more
\nimportant than the behavior <\/p>\n

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\nitself?
\nWhat is it? <\/p>\n

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\nThat drives our Behavior because
\nin one sense it’s very easy for <\/p>\n

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\nus to do at least outwardly that
\nwhich is right. <\/p>\n

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\nBut this morning brothers and
\nsisters as we meet to remember <\/p>\n

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\nour Lord and as he has commanded
\nus to do to examine ourselves, I<\/p>\n

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\nwant us to be honest with
\nourselves as Paul counters us to<\/p>\n

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\ndo in Ephesians.
\nHe he counsels us to be people <\/p>\n

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\nof Integrity, people of honesty.
\nPeople of Truth, people of <\/p>\n

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\nfaithfulness.
\nSo let’s look deep into our <\/p>\n

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\nhearts and examine.
\nWhat is the motive behind the <\/p>\n

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\nthings that we do?
\nEach day of Our Lives, not just <\/p>\n

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\nhere on a Sunday morning, but
\nwhat is the underlying <\/p>\n

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\nmotivation behind our Behavior?
\nThat’s, that’s really what Paul <\/p>\n

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\nis concerned with here as he
\nlists a series of ways in which <\/p>\n

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\nwe put off the old man by
\nputting on the new man. <\/p>\n

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\nAs I said, he underlines that
\nbehavior with a sort of attitude<\/p>\n

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\nof mind the motivation.
\nWhat is it? <\/p>\n

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\nThat drives us to do that, which
\nis right in the sight of God. <\/p>\n

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\nSo if we look at these very
\nwell-known words, Words in <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 4 and verse 22.
\nHe says put off your old man, <\/p>\n

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\nwhich belongs to your former
\nmanner of life and is corrupt <\/p>\n

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\nthrough deceitful desires.
\nSo so how do we do that brothers<\/p>\n

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\nand sisters?
\nWe know that mere suppression of<\/p>\n

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\nsin does not work.
\nIf we try to overcome sin just <\/p>\n

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\nby the law, Thou shalt not kill,
\nThou shalt not covet, we know <\/p>\n

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\nthat does not work.
\nIt simply highlights in and <\/p>\n

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\nmakes in even more tempting, so
\nsuppression in itself, does not <\/p>\n

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\nwork.
\nWork. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the way in which Paul tells
\nus to put off the old man is <\/p>\n

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\nthrough distracting ourselves
\nwith that, which is positive. <\/p>\n

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\nBy replacing the old man with
\nthe new. <\/p>\n

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\nSo he says in verse 23, there be
\nrenewed in the spirit of your <\/p>\n

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\nmind and put on the new Man
\ncreated after the likeness of <\/p>\n

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\nGod in true righteousness and
\nHoliness. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we put off the old by putting
\non the new, we don’t just sit in<\/p>\n

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\nthe corner and say, I will not
\nsin. <\/p>\n

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\nWe have to replace that
\nsinfulness with that, which is <\/p>\n

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\npositive.
\nAnd then, in the next few verses<\/p>\n

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\nstarting in verse 25, through to
\nthe the beginning of chapter 5, <\/p>\n

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\nPaul gives a series of examples
\nthat we can follow in which he <\/p>\n

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\nillustrates this principle, put
\noff the old man by putting on <\/p>\n

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\nthe new But each time what I
\nwant us to notice this morning <\/p>\n

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\nbrothers and sisters, is this
\nunderlying motivation behind the<\/p>\n

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\nbehavior that is expected of us?
\nSo for instance, in verse 25, he<\/p>\n

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\nsays, therefore Having put away
\nfalsehood. <\/p>\n

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\nHow do we put away falsehood by
\neach of one of you speaking <\/p>\n

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\ntruth with his neighbor, if
\nwe’re so busy. <\/p>\n

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\nSpeaking, the truth that pushes
\nlies away, doesn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nWe can’t speak falsehood at the
\nsame time of speaking truth. <\/p>\n

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\nTruth replaces falsehood.
\nSo we overcome the old by <\/p>\n

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\nputting on the new.
\nIt is a very simple exhortation.<\/p>\n

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\nBut he says, at the end of verse
\n25, what is it? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat is the reason behind us?
\nSpeaking the truth? <\/p>\n

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\nBecause ultimately speaking, the
\ntruth, doesn’t necessarily <\/p>\n

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\nExpress what we’re truly like we
\ncan kid ourselves. <\/p>\n

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\nWe can fool ourselves into
\nthinking we’re doing the right <\/p>\n

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\nthing, but if our underlying
\nmotive is all wrong, it’s <\/p>\n

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\nmeaningless.
\nAnd so Paul says, the reason why<\/p>\n

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\nwe speak the truth, at the end
\nof verse 25 is for, we are <\/p>\n

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\nmembers one of another That’s
\nthe sort of attitude that should<\/p>\n

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\ndrive us to want to speak the
\ntruth. <\/p>\n

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\nNot just to say the truth for
\nthe truth sake. <\/p>\n

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\nBut because when members of each
\nother because we’re in a <\/p>\n

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\ncommunity were in a family and
\nwe’re looking out for each other<\/p>\n

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\nand we want to be people of
\nintegrity and faithfulness to <\/p>\n

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\neach other because we love each
\nother. and so, because when <\/p>\n

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\nmembers of each of one another
\nin one family that drives us to <\/p>\n

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\nwant to speak the truth, Let’s
\nlook at the example in verse 28,<\/p>\n

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\nhe says that the thief no longer
\nsteal and we stopped stealing <\/p>\n

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\nwell.
\nWe replace what our hands were <\/p>\n

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\npreviously doing by laboring
\ndoing honest. <\/p>\n

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\nWork with our own hands.
\nBut again why is it that we do <\/p>\n

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\nthis kind of behavior is it for
\nthe behavior sake so that we <\/p>\n

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\nmight give an appearance at
\nleast of righteousness but then <\/p>\n

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\nhe says at the end of verse 20,
\nE8. <\/p>\n

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\nThe again, the underlying
\nmotivation so that he may have <\/p>\n

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\nsomething to share with anyone
\nin need. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what drives us to do.
\nWhat? <\/p>\n

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\nPaul counsels us to do in that
\nverse because we want to share, <\/p>\n

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\nwe are compassionate.
\nWe see somebody in need and that<\/p>\n

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\ndrives us then into this
\npositive behavior. <\/p>\n

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\nHave a look at verse 29 For your
\nnext work. <\/p>\n

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\nVerse it says let no corrupting
\ntalk come out of your mouth. <\/p>\n

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\nHow do we stop this – Behavior
\nby doing the positive, but only <\/p>\n

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\nsuch as is good for building up
\nas fits the occasion. <\/p>\n

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\nBut why, why do we do that?
\nWhy do we speak in a good <\/p>\n

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\nmanner?
\nAnd again, he gives the the <\/p>\n

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\nreason behind their behavior,
\nthe end of verse 29, that it may<\/p>\n

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\ngive Grace to those who hear
\nthat’s the motivation brother <\/p>\n

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\nand sisters.
\nWe want to build each other up. <\/p>\n

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\nWe want to give Grace to each
\nother. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what drives us to do
\nthese things. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so we could summarize the
\nthe motivation that Paul <\/p>\n

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\noutlines in those that first set
\nof moral imperatives by saying <\/p>\n

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\nthat it’s love for our neighbor,
\nwhich is the underlying attitude<\/p>\n

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\nof mind that drives us.
\nWe know that’s the second <\/p>\n

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\ngreatest commandment under the
\nlaw. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you’ll guess what the other
\nmoral imperative is, it’s the <\/p>\n

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\ngreatest commandment under the
\nlaw. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat is it?
\nThat drives behavior in the next<\/p>\n

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\nfew verses.
\nIt’s our relationship with God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the fact that God loves us
\nand we love God and that should <\/p>\n

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\nbe the motivation behind our
\nBehavior. <\/p>\n

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\nSo he says, for instance, in
\nverse 32, Be kind to one another<\/p>\n

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\ntender-hearted forgiving one
\nanother as God in Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nForgave you So, being kind to
\none another is a good outward <\/p>\n

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\nbehavior, isn’t it?
\nBut the motivation behind it, is<\/p>\n

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\nbecause we’ve developed this
\nrelationship with God, we’ve <\/p>\n

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\nexperienced the love of God,
\nwe’ve experienced his Mercy, his<\/p>\n

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\nforgiveness, and that is what
\ndrives us to do the right thing.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd again, in chapter 5 and
\nverse 1, therefore be imitators <\/p>\n

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\nof God.
\nAnd the motivation behind that <\/p>\n

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\nis as beloved children.
\nIt’s all very well being an <\/p>\n

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\nimitator of God, but if it’s not
\nbased on our relationship with <\/p>\n

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\nGod, that were a child of God
\nand we love our Father in <\/p>\n

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\nheaven, and we want to do his
\nwill out of love for him. <\/p>\n

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\nThen that imitation of God
\nshould could be just a charade. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then verse 2 and walk in
\nlove as Christ loved us and gave<\/p>\n

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\nhimself up for us.
\nA fragrant offering and <\/p>\n

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\nsacrifice to God.
\nSo that love that, God has for <\/p>\n

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\nus, that has been exhibited to
\nus through his son that we <\/p>\n

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\nremember.
\nNow in the table that should be <\/p>\n

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\nthe fourth.
\nThe power that drives Us Now to <\/p>\n

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\nrespond in a similar way.
\nIt’s all about no motivation <\/p>\n

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\nisn’t it?
\nBrother and sisters we need to <\/p>\n

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\nexamine ourselves.
\nWhat is it that causes me to <\/p>\n

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\nbehave in a certain kind of way.
\nThere’s something very much <\/p>\n

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\nhigher, much more important than
\nmerely coming to meeting. <\/p>\n

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\nMerely reading our Bibles
\nsaying, our prayers and even <\/p>\n

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\nbeing kind to one another and
\nbeing generous we can do all of <\/p>\n

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\nthose things brothers and
\nsisters, but unless the <\/p>\n

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\nmotivation behind it is, right?
\nIt matters. <\/p>\n

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\nNothing at all.
\nWhat God is looking for is <\/p>\n

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\ncharacter, what God is looking
\nfor is attitude? <\/p>\n

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\nOr God is looking for is the
\nright kind of motivation. <\/p>\n

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\nVision.
\nThat’s a illustrate this a <\/p>\n

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\nlittle bit more brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

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\nAs we examine ourselves this
\nmorning, come back with me to <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 4 verse 25 and as Paul
\noften does in Ephesians, he <\/p>\n

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\nquotes from the Old Testament,
\nseemingly, sometimes quite <\/p>\n

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\nrandom some of these quotations
\nare. <\/p>\n

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\nBut when we look at the context,
\nwe can see what was going <\/p>\n

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\nthrough.
\nThe Apostle. <\/p>\n

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\nPaul’s mind, when he quotes this
\ntime in 4:25 from the prophet of<\/p>\n

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\nZechariah, Shh.
\nSo it says, therefore having put<\/p>\n

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\naway falsehood.
\nLet each one of you speak the <\/p>\n

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\ntruth with his neighbor for.
\nWe are members one of another <\/p>\n

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\nnow that phrase there to speak
\nthe truth with your neighbor is <\/p>\n

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\na quotation from the prophet
\nZechariah and chapter 8, and we <\/p>\n

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\nneed to turn back to Zechariah
\nto figure out what is going <\/p>\n

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\nthrough the Apostle, Paul’s
\nmind. <\/p>\n

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\nSo if you come back to Zechariah
\n8, The context of Zechariah it’s<\/p>\n

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\na vision ultimately of the
\nkingdom of God is a vision of <\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem in the future, which
\nis described as a city of <\/p>\n

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\nrighteousness, Holiness and
\nfaithfulness. <\/p>\n

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\nCharacteristics, which should be
\nthe Hallmark of us. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, as we journey toward Zion,
\nAnd so, in that context, the <\/p>\n

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\nprophet says, if that’s what we
\nlook forward to, ultimately, the<\/p>\n

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\ncity of righteousness, Holiness
\nand faithfulness, what sort of <\/p>\n

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\npeople should we do, what should
\nwe be doing? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd yes, this question in
\nchapter 8 here in verse 16, the <\/p>\n

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\nword of the Lord of hosts came
\nto me saying sorry verse that <\/p>\n

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\nwas Verse 18, verse 16, these
\nare the things that you shall <\/p>\n

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\ndo.
\nYou ever ask yourself the <\/p>\n

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\nquestion?
\nAnd what is it that I should be <\/p>\n

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\ndoing?
\nWell. <\/p>\n

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\nWe should as it says there in
\nverse 16 speak the truth to one <\/p>\n

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\nanother.
\nThose are the words that Paul <\/p>\n

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\nquotes in Ephesians, very simple
\ncommandment for us to do, we <\/p>\n

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\nought to say things to each
\nother, which are true. <\/p>\n

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\nThe speak the truth to one
\nanother and then rendering your <\/p>\n

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\ngate.
\nJudgments of the true and make <\/p>\n

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\nfor peace.
\nSo it’s good advice, brother and<\/p>\n

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\nsisters but look what that he
\nsays. <\/p>\n

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\nIn verse 17, look at the
\njuxtaposition of these two <\/p>\n

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\nprinciples, speak the truth in
\nverse 16. <\/p>\n

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\nBut for some reason and the
\nprophet says in verse 17, the <\/p>\n

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\nvery next verse, do not devise
\nevil in your hearts against one <\/p>\n

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\nanother and love, no false oath
\nfor all these things, I hate <\/p>\n

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\ndeclares the Lord.
\nNow why do you suppose the <\/p>\n

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\nprophet puts those?
\nThose two things together and on<\/p>\n

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\none hand, he seen speak the
\ntruth with each other. <\/p>\n

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\nRender judgments that make for
\ntruth and peace. <\/p>\n

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\nBut then immediately reminds us
\nnot to devise evil in our heart <\/p>\n

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\nagainst one another and don’t
\nlove any false oath. <\/p>\n

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\nGod hates that I think the
\nreason why the prophet says this<\/p>\n

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\nis because it’s so easy for us
\nbecause of the deceitfulness of <\/p>\n

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\nour hearts to exhibit this
\noutward Behavior. <\/p>\n

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\nEven speaking the truth.
\nBut our hearts are far different<\/p>\n

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\nfrom what that behavior
\nrepresents. <\/p>\n

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\nWe can even in the midst of
\nspeaking. <\/p>\n

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\nThe truth at the same time being
\ndevising evil in our hearts <\/p>\n

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\nagainst one another.
\nAnd seeing Oaths, which are <\/p>\n

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\nactually false and God hates
\nthat. <\/p>\n

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\nGod hates that hypocrisy.
\nGod, hates that outward behavior<\/p>\n

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\nthat has this veneer of
\nrighteousness if our hearts <\/p>\n

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\naren’t true to what we are
\nseeing and what we are doing. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it was a problem with the
\nchildren of Israel in these <\/p>\n

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\ndays.
\nIf you turn back one chapter to <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 7, when the question
\nhere of good religious behavior <\/p>\n

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\nof a sort here comes out in
\nchapter 7 and if you turn to <\/p>\n

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\nverse 2, it says, the people of
\nBethel had centuries are and <\/p>\n

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\nreg.
\nAmelia can they meant to entreat<\/p>\n

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\nthe favor of the Lord saying, to
\nthe priest to the house of the <\/p>\n

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\nLord of hosts, and the prophets,
\nshould I weep and abstain in the<\/p>\n

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\nfifth month as I have done for
\nso many years? <\/p>\n

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\nSo the question is here, should
\nI carry on with this ritual of <\/p>\n

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\nfasting weeping abstaining, and
\nso forth? <\/p>\n

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\nthe answer comes back in verse
\n4, then the word of the Lord of <\/p>\n

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\nhosts came to me, say to all the
\npeople of the land and the <\/p>\n

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\npriests, when you fasted and
\nmourned in the fifth month, and <\/p>\n

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\nin the seventh for the 70 years,
\nwas it for me that you fasted <\/p>\n

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\nFor God is asking.
\nHe’s asking them to examine <\/p>\n

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\ntheir true motives behind their
\noutward Behavior. <\/p>\n

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\nYes.
\nIt was good that you wept and <\/p>\n

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\nabstained that you mourned that.
\nYou fasted. <\/p>\n

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\nBut was it for me?
\nThen he says in verse 6 and when<\/p>\n

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\nyou eat and when you drink, do
\nyou not eat for yourselves and <\/p>\n

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\ndrink for yourselves?
\nAnd what the the prophet here is<\/p>\n

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\ndoing really is he’s exposing
\ntheir hypocrisy. <\/p>\n

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\nThey had all the outward
\nBehavior, right? <\/p>\n

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\nBut they weren’t doing it for
\nGod, they were doing it for <\/p>\n

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\nthemselves.
\nThey were doing it for selfish <\/p>\n

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\nmotives.
\nI don’t have love for God. <\/p>\n

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\nNo, no love for their neighbor
\nthey maybe just wanted to look <\/p>\n

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\nrighteous and at the appearance
\nthat they were doing the right <\/p>\n

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\nthing.
\nYou see brothers sisters we can <\/p>\n

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\nget the behavior right?
\nAnd sometimes that’s the easy <\/p>\n

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\npart.
\nBut God is not concerned with <\/p>\n

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\nour Behavior so much as what is
\nthe motivation behind the things<\/p>\n

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\nthat we do.
\nNow, of course, when we come <\/p>\n

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\nback to the New Testament, if
\nyou come with me to Matthew, <\/p>\n

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\nthis was a common theme in Jesus
\ninteraction with the Pharisees. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when you look at the
\nPharisees they are, As a group <\/p>\n

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\nlike a caricature of this
\nproblem of people having the <\/p>\n

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\nright outward Behavior, but the
\nmotivations were all wrong. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Jesus as he interacts with
\nthese men over and over again, <\/p>\n

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\nexposes their hypocrisy opens up
\ntheir hearts for examination and<\/p>\n

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\nfinds that their behavior might
\nhave been right. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, had this veneer of
\nrighteousness? <\/p>\n

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\nBut their attitude of course is
\nall wrong. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s not for us just to
\nSimply point the finger at the <\/p>\n

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\nPharisee.
\nWe all have this problem. <\/p>\n

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\nDon’t we brother and sisters we
\nall tend to have our outward <\/p>\n

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\nbehavior that can be a veneer
\nfor the truth that lies within <\/p>\n

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\nour hearts.
\nSo let’s have a look at this <\/p>\n

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\nexample here.
\nIn Matthew chapter 9 And verse <\/p>\n

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\nThis is Jesus replied at table <\/p>\n

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\nin the house.
\nBehold, many tax collectors and <\/p>\n

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\nsinners came and were reclining
\nwith Jesus and his disciples. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when the Pharisees saw this,
\nthey said to his disciples, why <\/p>\n

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\ndoes your teacher eat with tax
\ncollectors and sinners? <\/p>\n

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\nBut when he heard it, he said
\nthose who are well have no need <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:08,000 –> 00:22:11,900
\nof a physician but those who are
\nsick and of course there’s some <\/p>\n

332
\n00:22:12,100 –> 00:22:16,100
\nunderlying irony in the word
\nShiva, Jesus uses that the <\/p>\n

333
\n00:22:16,100 –> 00:22:19,400
\nPharisees of course, didn’t
\nthink that they needed a <\/p>\n

334
\n00:22:19,400 –> 00:22:21,300
\nphysician.
\nThey were already righteous, <\/p>\n

335
\n00:22:21,300 –> 00:22:29,600
\nthey did all the right things.
\nBut then he says, in verse 13, <\/p>\n

336
\n00:22:29,600 –> 00:22:33,600
\ngo and learn what this means and
\nwhat he’s doing here. <\/p>\n

337
\n00:22:33,800 –> 00:22:36,300
\nBrothers sisters, he’s given the
\nPharisees a little bit of <\/p>\n

338
\n00:22:36,300 –> 00:22:39,200
\nhomework.
\nHe says go home. <\/p>\n

339
\n00:22:39,300 –> 00:22:44,700
\nOpen up your Scroll of Hozier.
\nAnd read what this and try to <\/p>\n

340
\n00:22:44,700 –> 00:22:46,600
\nfigure out what this verse
\nmeans. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:22:47,300 –> 00:22:52,500
\nGo and learn what this means in
\nverse 13, I desire mercy and not<\/p>\n

342
\n00:22:52,500 –> 00:22:58,400
\nsacrifice for a key not to call
\nthe righteous but sinners Oh, go<\/p>\n

343
\n00:22:58,400 –> 00:22:59,600
\nhome.
\nYou Pharisees. <\/p>\n

344
\n00:22:59,700 –> 00:23:03,500
\nOpen up Hozier.
\nFind where it says, I will have <\/p>\n

345
\n00:23:03,500 –> 00:23:07,300
\nmercy and not sacrifice and try
\nto figure out what that means. <\/p>\n

346
\n00:23:10,400 –> 00:23:11,900
\nWell, let’s do the homework for
\nthem. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:23:11,900 –> 00:23:17,300
\nLet’s go to Hosea and the
\nreading that we had Hosea <\/p>\n

348
\n00:23:17,300 –> 00:23:30,800
\nchapter 6, And if the Pharisees,
\nwho listen to Jesus really <\/p>\n

349
\n00:23:31,000 –> 00:23:34,800
\ncontemplated what Hozier is
\nsaying here, it should have been<\/p>\n

350
\n00:23:35,100 –> 00:23:37,300
\nabsolutely mind-blowing for
\nthem. <\/p>\n

351
\n00:23:38,400 –> 00:23:42,800
\nBecause their religion was all
\ncentered around that ritualistic<\/p>\n

352
\n00:23:42,800 –> 00:23:46,300
\nbehavior.
\nOf things like sacrifice and <\/p>\n

353
\n00:23:46,300 –> 00:23:50,200
\nburnt offerings and fasts and go
\nin a meeting on a Sunday morning<\/p>\n

354
\n00:23:50,200 –> 00:23:53,600
\nand reading the Bible and saying
\nyour prayers before meals and <\/p>\n

355
\n00:23:53,600 –> 00:23:55,400
\nbreaking bread and drinking
\nwine. <\/p>\n

356
\n00:23:55,500 –> 00:24:00,100
\nAll those things that we do
\nwhich are right and necessary. <\/p>\n

357
\n00:24:01,400 –> 00:24:10,400
\nBut look what Hosea says in
\nchapter 6 year I desire Mercy or<\/p>\n

358
\n00:24:10,400 –> 00:24:14,200
\nsteadfast love.
\nLoving kindness and not <\/p>\n

359
\n00:24:14,200 –> 00:24:19,900
\nsacrifice.
\nThe knowledge of God rather than<\/p>\n

360
\n00:24:19,900 –> 00:24:23,000
\nburnt offerings.
\nAnd what the prophet says here, <\/p>\n

361
\n00:24:23,200 –> 00:24:26,900
\non behalf of God is, I’m not
\ninterested in sacrifices. <\/p>\n

362
\n00:24:27,000 –> 00:24:29,800
\nI’m not interested in burnt
\nofferings. <\/p>\n

363
\n00:24:31,100 –> 00:24:35,900
\nWhat I want is character.
\nAnd what I want is knowledge in <\/p>\n

364
\n00:24:35,900 –> 00:24:38,300
\nthe kind of knowledge.
\nYour of course is that intimate <\/p>\n

365
\n00:24:38,300 –> 00:24:41,400
\nknowledge that we have that
\nwe’ve developed this <\/p>\n

366
\n00:24:41,400 –> 00:24:45,100
\nrelationship with God and we
\nknow truly who he is, that’s <\/p>\n

367
\n00:24:45,100 –> 00:24:49,700
\nwhat God wants.
\nAnd ultimately doesn’t care <\/p>\n

368
\n00:24:49,700 –> 00:24:52,200
\nabout the sacrifices of the
\nburnt offerings and all this. <\/p>\n

369
\n00:24:52,400 –> 00:24:56,300
\nThis outward stuff that we do,
\nwhich is completely meaningless <\/p>\n

370
\n00:24:56,700 –> 00:24:59,400
\nwithout the right motivation
\nbehind it. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:25:00,500 –> 00:25:04,800
\nAnd that’s of course what the
\nPharisees should have learned by<\/p>\n

372
\n00:25:05,200 –> 00:25:09,700
\ngoing to who Hosea.
\nInsert. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:25:10,100 –> 00:25:14,400
\nSorry character in verse 6 and
\nknowledge of God. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:25:14,600 –> 00:25:17,300
\nThis is a theme that runs all
\nthe way through the book of <\/p>\n

375
\n00:25:17,300 –> 00:25:20,100
\nHosea Hosea keeps hammering.
\nThis point home. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:25:20,500 –> 00:25:23,800
\nIt’s not about the sacrifices,
\nit’s not about the outward <\/p>\n

377
\n00:25:23,800 –> 00:25:29,800
\nBehavior.
\nIt has its place but as useless <\/p>\n

378
\n00:25:30,200 –> 00:25:36,300
\npointless without Mercy and
\nknowledge of God. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:25:38,500 –> 00:25:40,800
\nLet’s come back to chapter 4 of
\nHosea. <\/p>\n

380
\n00:25:44,200 –> 00:25:46,300
\nLook What God Says through the
\nprophet here. <\/p>\n

381
\n00:25:48,100 –> 00:25:56,100
\nAnd verse 19.
\nWhat the Hosea says in, leading <\/p>\n

382
\n00:25:56,100 –> 00:26:00,200
\nup to chapter 6 in chapters 4
\nand 5, he lists the sins of the <\/p>\n

383
\n00:26:00,200 –> 00:26:04,100
\npeople sins that they they try
\nto cover up. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:26:05,400 –> 00:26:08,800
\nThey have this kind of fig Leaf
\nreligion, as I like to call it, <\/p>\n

385
\n00:26:08,900 –> 00:26:10,800
\nthey were just like Adam and Eve
\nin the garden. <\/p>\n

386
\n00:26:10,800 –> 00:26:15,400
\nWho when their sin was exposed,
\ninstead of Simply admitting <\/p>\n

387
\n00:26:15,400 –> 00:26:17,800
\ntheir sin, they try to cover
\nover there. <\/p>\n

388
\n00:26:17,900 –> 00:26:20,900
\nShame of your nakedness with fig
\nleaves and that’s what we tend <\/p>\n

389
\n00:26:20,900 –> 00:26:22,400
\nto do, isn’t it?
\nBrother and sisters. <\/p>\n

390
\n00:26:22,400 –> 00:26:28,700
\nWe like to present ourselves as
\nrighteous and holy people hiding<\/p>\n

391
\n00:26:28,700 –> 00:26:30,500
\naway.
\nThe fact that when we go to our <\/p>\n

392
\n00:26:30,500 –> 00:26:34,900
\nhomes, that were not quite as
\nrighteous and holy as we appear.<\/p>\n

393
\n00:26:36,800 –> 00:26:40,700
\nSo he says, in verse 19,
\nultimately, at the end of the <\/p>\n

394
\n00:26:40,700 –> 00:26:46,500
\nverse, they shall be ashamed
\nbecause of their sacrifices. <\/p>\n

395
\n00:26:46,600 –> 00:26:50,100
\nThey tried to cover their Sheen
\nby this fig. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:26:50,100 –> 00:26:53,800
\nLeaf religion, by doing all the
\noutward, right things. <\/p>\n

397
\n00:26:54,500 –> 00:26:56,800
\nBut ultimately they shall be
\nashamed. <\/p>\n

398
\n00:26:57,000 –> 00:27:00,100
\nTheir nakedness shall be
\nexposed. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:27:02,800 –> 00:27:05,100
\nNo, what was the problem?
\nWell, let’s look at the first <\/p>\n

400
\n00:27:05,100 –> 00:27:08,900
\ncouple of verses of chapter 4,
\nhear the word of the Lord O <\/p>\n

401
\n00:27:08,900 –> 00:27:11,800
\nchildren of Israel for the Lord
\nhas a controversy with the <\/p>\n

402
\n00:27:11,800 –> 00:27:16,800
\ninhabitants of the Land.
\nThere is no faithfulness or <\/p>\n

403
\n00:27:16,800 –> 00:27:21,300
\nsteadfast love.
\nAnd no knowledge of God In the <\/p>\n

404
\n00:27:21,300 –> 00:27:24,500
\nLand.
\nThere is swearing lying, murder <\/p>\n

405
\n00:27:24,500 –> 00:27:26,100
\nstealing, and committing
\nadultery. <\/p>\n

406
\n00:27:26,400 –> 00:27:29,100
\nThey break all bounds and
\nbloodshed follows Bloodshed. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:27:29,200 –> 00:27:33,400
\nSo yes, they were doing the
\nrituals they I would perform in <\/p>\n

408
\n00:27:33,400 –> 00:27:36,000
\nthe sacrifices they were going
\nto the temple. <\/p>\n

409
\n00:27:36,500 –> 00:27:38,300
\nThat would go in a meeting on a
\nSunday morning. <\/p>\n

410
\n00:27:38,300 –> 00:27:41,400
\nThey were going to bible class.
\nThey were going to cyc, they <\/p>\n

411
\n00:27:41,400 –> 00:27:45,100
\nwere doing their readings.
\nThey were saying their prayers <\/p>\n

412
\n00:27:45,100 –> 00:27:49,900
\nbefore their meals.
\nThey were writing cards to those<\/p>\n

413
\n00:27:49,900 –> 00:27:54,800
\nwho are sick, they were doing
\nall the things that are good and<\/p>\n

414
\n00:27:54,800 –> 00:27:58,900
\nright?
\nAnd just, but without the <\/p>\n

415
\n00:27:58,900 –> 00:28:01,800
\ncharacter and knowledge of God,
\nthere was no faithfulness, no <\/p>\n

416
\n00:28:01,800 –> 00:28:04,500
\nsteadfast love, no knowledge of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

417
\n00:28:05,500 –> 00:28:10,000
\nAnd instead the list of sins in
\nverse 2, so that was the problem<\/p>\n

418
\n00:28:10,000 –> 00:28:12,800
\nwith the people, and that’s why
\nit leads up into chapter 6, that<\/p>\n

419
\n00:28:12,800 –> 00:28:18,300
\nwhere God says, I have no use
\nfor your sacrifices, no use if <\/p>\n

420
\n00:28:18,300 –> 00:28:21,800
\nyou go into the temple and
\nperforming a sacrifice, it’s <\/p>\n

421
\n00:28:22,000 –> 00:28:25,900
\nit’s meaningless to me because
\nyour hearts are not in the right<\/p>\n

422
\n00:28:25,900 –> 00:28:31,900
\nplace and then quite eerily in
\nthis verse that Jesus quotes, <\/p>\n

423
\n00:28:31,900 –> 00:28:35,900
\nback in chapter 6, verse 6,
\naccordingly, then goes on to <\/p>\n

424
\n00:28:35,900 –> 00:28:42,700
\nsay, In a prophecy of the, the
\nvery thing that Jesus was <\/p>\n

425
\n00:28:42,700 –> 00:28:48,000
\nexperiencing as he battled with
\nthese Hypocrites in verse 7. <\/p>\n

426
\n00:28:48,200 –> 00:28:52,400
\nBut like Adam, they transgressed
\nthe Covenant, there, they dealt <\/p>\n

427
\n00:28:52,400 –> 00:28:55,500
\nfaith.
\nFaith Leslie with me, Gilead has<\/p>\n

428
\n00:28:55,500 –> 00:28:58,700
\na city of evildoers tract with
\nblood as robbers. <\/p>\n

429
\n00:28:58,700 –> 00:29:03,900
\nLie in wait for a man.
\nSo the priests band together, <\/p>\n

430
\n00:29:04,200 –> 00:29:06,400
\nthey murder on the way to
\nshechem. <\/p>\n

431
\n00:29:06,400 –> 00:29:10,300
\nThey commit villainy.
\nThat’s exactly what Jesus was <\/p>\n

432
\n00:29:10,300 –> 00:29:15,400
\ngoing to experience as the
\npriests did band together and <\/p>\n

433
\n00:29:15,600 –> 00:29:19,600
\nmurdered him.
\nSo let’s come back. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:29:19,600 –> 00:29:24,200
\nIf you would to Matthew, Jesus
\nhas given the Pharisees this <\/p>\n

435
\n00:29:24,200 –> 00:29:29,100
\nthis homework to do. a little
\nwhile later, if you go over to <\/p>\n

436
\n00:29:29,100 –> 00:29:34,000
\nchapter 12, He meets up with
\nthem again. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:29:34,000 –> 00:29:42,900
\nThree chapters later, Matthew,
\nchapter 12, And this time, it’s <\/p>\n

438
\n00:29:42,900 –> 00:29:47,800
\non the Sabbath.
\nAnd at least according to the <\/p>\n

439
\n00:29:47,800 –> 00:29:52,500
\ninterpretation of the Pharisees,
\nthese men were disobeying the <\/p>\n

440
\n00:29:52,600 –> 00:29:56,600
\nrules of the Sabbath day as they
\nwere hungry. <\/p>\n

441
\n00:29:56,600 –> 00:30:00,400
\nAnd the disciples in verse 1,
\nbegan to pluck, heads of green <\/p>\n

442
\n00:30:00,500 –> 00:30:01,900
\nand to eat.
\nAnd we know the rest of the <\/p>\n

443
\n00:30:01,900 –> 00:30:06,000
\nstory that Jesus get into this
\nargument, where the Pharisee <\/p>\n

444
\n00:30:06,000 –> 00:30:08,300
\nsay, look, what your disciples
\nare doing their eat, they’re <\/p>\n

445
\n00:30:08,300 –> 00:30:11,500
\nworking on a Sabbath day.
\nThis is, this is ridiculous. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:30:13,800 –> 00:30:15,400
\nJesus gives the answer in verse
\n3. <\/p>\n

447
\n00:30:15,400 –> 00:30:18,400
\nHave you not read what David did
\nwhen he was hungry and those who<\/p>\n

448
\n00:30:18,400 –> 00:30:21,300
\nwere with him, how we enter the
\nhouse of God and ate the bread <\/p>\n

449
\n00:30:21,300 –> 00:30:25,300
\nof the presence which was not
\nlawful for him to eat and for <\/p>\n

450
\n00:30:25,300 –> 00:30:27,300
\nthose who are with him but only
\nfor the priests. <\/p>\n

451
\n00:30:27,300 –> 00:30:30,600
\nAnd and what Jesus is doing
\namong other things, here is tell<\/p>\n

452
\n00:30:30,600 –> 00:30:34,800
\nhim the Pharisees that you, you
\nfail to understand that <\/p>\n

453
\n00:30:34,800 –> 00:30:39,000
\nsometimes one principle is
\nhigher than another. <\/p>\n

454
\n00:30:41,600 –> 00:30:47,900
\nAnd the fact that David was on
\nthe run from the enemy here and <\/p>\n

455
\n00:30:47,900 –> 00:30:52,300
\nneeded some bread was more
\nimportant than the fact that <\/p>\n

456
\n00:30:52,300 –> 00:30:54,600
\nstrictly speaking.
\nHe should not have partaken of <\/p>\n

457
\n00:30:54,600 –> 00:30:57,600
\nthe showbread and likewise in
\nverse 5. <\/p>\n

458
\n00:30:57,600 –> 00:30:59,600
\nHave you not read in the law on
\nthe Sabbath? <\/p>\n

459
\n00:30:59,600 –> 00:31:02,100
\nThe priests in the temple
\nprofane the Sabbath and a <\/p>\n

460
\n00:31:02,108 –> 00:31:06,000
\nGuiltless that the priests
\nworked on the Sabbath. <\/p>\n

461
\n00:31:06,300 –> 00:31:09,700
\nBut that’s because one principle
\nhere is higher than another <\/p>\n

462
\n00:31:11,400 –> 00:31:14,200
\nThose who are mixed up in a
\nFarah sale gorillas, and just <\/p>\n

463
\n00:31:14,200 –> 00:31:16,800
\nsimply do not understand this
\npoint. <\/p>\n

464
\n00:31:17,800 –> 00:31:21,000
\nSo, he says, in verse 6, they
\ntell you something greater than <\/p>\n

465
\n00:31:21,000 –> 00:31:26,700
\nthe temple is here.
\nSomething greater from the <\/p>\n

466
\n00:31:26,700 –> 00:31:32,000
\ntemple is here, there is
\nsomething more important than <\/p>\n

467
\n00:31:32,000 –> 00:31:37,200
\nsacrifices and burnt offerings.
\nAnd here was the one who was <\/p>\n

468
\n00:31:37,200 –> 00:31:40,600
\nfull of grace and truth standing
\nbefore them. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:31:43,000 –> 00:31:46,600
\nAnd the things that he
\ndemonstrated and exhibited in <\/p>\n

470
\n00:31:46,600 –> 00:31:50,700
\nhis way of life were more
\nimportant than the temple. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:31:52,100 –> 00:31:56,500
\nAnd so he says, in verse 7, if
\nyou had known what this means I <\/p>\n

472
\n00:31:56,500 –> 00:32:00,200
\ndesire mercy and not sacrifice.
\nHe would not have condemned the <\/p>\n

473
\n00:32:00,200 –> 00:32:03,400
\nGuiltless for the son of man is
\nLord of the Sabbath. <\/p>\n

474
\n00:32:03,700 –> 00:32:05,900
\nAnd what Jesus says to the
\nPharisees there, I told you <\/p>\n

475
\n00:32:05,900 –> 00:32:09,900
\nthree chapters ago, go home,
\nopen your Scroll of Hozier <\/p>\n

476
\n00:32:09,900 –> 00:32:13,400
\nReaver 6, look at the context,
\nfigure it out, they haven’t done<\/p>\n

477
\n00:32:13,400 –> 00:32:15,300
\nit.
\nYou can in one ear out the other<\/p>\n

478
\n00:32:15,500 –> 00:32:17,700
\nand they didn’t have a clue, did
\nthey brothers and sisters? <\/p>\n

479
\n00:32:18,300 –> 00:32:21,600
\nBecause they were so caught up
\nin this outward. <\/p>\n

480
\n00:32:23,200 –> 00:32:31,400
\nRighteous veneer of a religion.
\nand he says, in verse 8 the law,<\/p>\n

481
\n00:32:31,400 –> 00:32:37,500
\nthe son of man is Lord of the
\nSabbath and The principal lab <\/p>\n

482
\n00:32:37,500 –> 00:32:40,500
\nruns is this is not to let
\nrituals rule over us. <\/p>\n

483
\n00:32:40,500 –> 00:32:45,800
\nThey’re meant to be a tool, not
\na master And sometimes, as I <\/p>\n

484
\n00:32:45,808 –> 00:32:48,500
\nsaid one, sometimes one
\nprinciple is more important than<\/p>\n

485
\n00:32:48,500 –> 00:32:51,000
\nanother just in passing is
\ninterested in Jesus. <\/p>\n

486
\n00:32:51,400 –> 00:32:56,700
\nIllustrates this whole principle
\nby going to the law, the <\/p>\n

487
\n00:32:56,700 –> 00:33:00,200
\nwritings, and the prophets, the
\nthree areas of the Old Testament<\/p>\n

488
\n00:33:00,200 –> 00:33:02,800
\nthat were sacrosanct to the the
\nJews. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:33:03,200 –> 00:33:06,900
\nHe goes to the law by saying the
\npriests worked on the Sabbath. <\/p>\n

490
\n00:33:07,200 –> 00:33:10,700
\nHe goes to the writings in the
\nillustration with David, and <\/p>\n

491
\n00:33:10,700 –> 00:33:13,600
\nthen he goes to the prophets
\nwith a quotation again from <\/p>\n

492
\n00:33:13,600 –> 00:33:16,500
\nHosea.
\nSo the Old Testament taught this<\/p>\n

493
\n00:33:16,500 –> 00:33:20,300
\nprinciple.
\nSo brothers sisters, then what <\/p>\n

494
\n00:33:20,300 –> 00:33:24,600
\nis the lesson for us?
\nAs we now perform a ritual? <\/p>\n

495
\n00:33:25,900 –> 00:33:30,100
\nWe come here to partake of the
\nbread and the cup in this <\/p>\n

496
\n00:33:30,200 –> 00:33:35,400
\nritualistic way. and here we
\nare, all are doing as we do <\/p>\n

497
\n00:33:35,400 –> 00:33:40,500
\nevery Sunday, everything
\ndecently and in order, We’ve <\/p>\n

498
\n00:33:40,500 –> 00:33:44,900
\ncome dressed up, we’ve prepared
\neverything, everything’s going <\/p>\n

499
\n00:33:44,900 –> 00:33:49,900
\naccording to plan and here we
\nare as we do things in the right<\/p>\n

500
\n00:33:49,900 –> 00:33:54,900
\nway.
\nWell that’s two into two more <\/p>\n

501
\n00:33:54,900 –> 00:33:57,600
\npassages to just to hammer home
\nthe point for us brothers and <\/p>\n

502
\n00:33:57,600 –> 00:34:00,000
\nsisters.
\nIf you go over to chapter 23, <\/p>\n

503
\n00:34:00,700 –> 00:34:07,400
\nthis is the classic chapter in
\nwhich Jesus gives the series of <\/p>\n

504
\n00:34:07,400 –> 00:34:10,699
\nwoe to you scribes and Pharisees
\nhypocrites. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:34:12,100 –> 00:34:15,900
\nAnd he says in this chapter that
\nthere is a place for ritual. <\/p>\n

506
\n00:34:17,900 –> 00:34:20,199
\nIt’s not that we go from one
\nextreme to the other and say <\/p>\n

507
\n00:34:20,199 –> 00:34:23,600
\nWell since it’s all about
\ncharacter, an attitude then <\/p>\n

508
\n00:34:23,600 –> 00:34:26,900
\nlet’s just do away with baptism
\nand breaking of bread and saying<\/p>\n

509
\n00:34:26,900 –> 00:34:28,500
\nprayers before meals and all
\nthe. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:34:28,699 –> 00:34:31,600
\nThe ritualistic things we do
\nknow Jesus says, no there’s a <\/p>\n

511
\n00:34:31,600 –> 00:34:36,199
\nplace for it.
\nBut again, they’re useless these<\/p>\n

512
\n00:34:36,199 –> 00:34:40,100
\nthings without the underlying
\nmotivation behind them. <\/p>\n

513
\n00:34:40,400 –> 00:34:45,100
\nSo he says, in verse 23 of
\nchapter 23, woe to you, scribes <\/p>\n

514
\n00:34:45,100 –> 00:34:49,300
\nand Pharisees Hypocrites for you
\ntithe mint and Dill, and cumin <\/p>\n

515
\n00:34:49,800 –> 00:34:53,600
\nand have neglected, the
\nweightier matters of the law, <\/p>\n

516
\n00:34:54,000 –> 00:34:58,300
\nJustice, and mercy and
\nfaithfulness. <\/p>\n

517
\n00:34:58,700 –> 00:35:03,800
\nThese you ought to have done
\nwithout neglecting the others. <\/p>\n

518
\n00:35:04,800 –> 00:35:07,300
\nPlease note that we neglect the
\nbread and the cup. <\/p>\n

519
\n00:35:08,700 –> 00:35:11,300
\nBut that we do it with the right
\nattitude of mind. <\/p>\n

520
\n00:35:12,700 –> 00:35:15,300
\nAnd so as we come here this
\nmorning brother and sisters, let<\/p>\n

521
\n00:35:15,300 –> 00:35:19,400
\nus examine ourselves.
\nWhy are we here? <\/p>\n

522
\n00:35:21,000 –> 00:35:25,000
\nDo we do it for ourselves?
\nOr are we doing it out of love? <\/p>\n

523
\n00:35:25,000 –> 00:35:28,600
\nFor our neighbor and love for
\nour God, one more passage <\/p>\n

524
\n00:35:28,600 –> 00:35:31,900
\nbrother and sisters come with me
\nto another famous passage in 1st<\/p>\n

525
\n00:35:31,900 –> 00:35:42,700
\nCorinthians chapter 13.
\nI desire mercy and not <\/p>\n

526
\n00:35:43,300 –> 00:35:47,400
\nsacrifice.
\nDo you ever look at your life in<\/p>\n

527
\n00:35:47,400 –> 00:35:51,800
\nthe truth brothers and sisters
\nas a sacrifice. <\/p>\n

528
\n00:35:53,600 –> 00:35:57,100
\nThey ever catch yourself saying,
\nhuh? <\/p>\n

529
\n00:35:57,100 –> 00:35:59,500
\nI’d rather stay in this morning.
\nSunday morning. <\/p>\n

530
\n00:35:59,500 –> 00:36:02,000
\nI have to get up.
\nIt’s my one chance in the week <\/p>\n

531
\n00:36:02,000 –> 00:36:04,800
\nto sleep in but no, I’ll go to
\nmeeting. <\/p>\n

532
\n00:36:04,800 –> 00:36:09,600
\nI got to make that sacrifice or
\nwell. <\/p>\n

533
\n00:36:09,600 –> 00:36:13,400
\nI’d rather watch my show, but I
\nought to do the readings with <\/p>\n

534
\n00:36:13,400 –> 00:36:16,000
\nthe family.
\nI think I’ll make that sacrifice<\/p>\n

535
\n00:36:16,900 –> 00:36:21,800
\nand everything is just a
\nsacrifice Now, if we get into <\/p>\n

536
\n00:36:21,800 –> 00:36:25,200
\nthis attitude of Mind, brothers
\nand sisters, everything is just <\/p>\n

537
\n00:36:25,200 –> 00:36:29,000
\na sacrifice.
\nThen I think we’re missing the <\/p>\n

538
\n00:36:29,000 –> 00:36:35,400
\npoint life in the truth.
\nShould not be a sacrifice life <\/p>\n

539
\n00:36:35,400 –> 00:36:37,300
\nin the truth.
\nShould be a joy. <\/p>\n

540
\n00:36:38,600 –> 00:36:41,200
\nBecause we love our brothers and
\nsisters were members of each <\/p>\n

541
\n00:36:41,200 –> 00:36:42,700
\nother.
\nWe want to come together because<\/p>\n

542
\n00:36:42,700 –> 00:36:46,700
\nwe love each other so much that
\nwe meet together out of love for<\/p>\n

543
\n00:36:46,700 –> 00:36:49,200
\neach other.
\nNot because it’s a sacrifice, <\/p>\n

544
\n00:36:49,200 –> 00:36:51,300
\nI’d rather be doing something
\nelse. <\/p>\n

545
\n00:36:51,400 –> 00:36:54,200
\nAnd if that’s the if that’s our
\nattitude of Mind, brothers and <\/p>\n

546
\n00:36:54,200 –> 00:36:58,700
\nsisters that has coming here,
\nthis morning is simply a veneer <\/p>\n

547
\n00:36:59,200 –> 00:37:00,800
\nhiding.
\nThe fact that our hearts are <\/p>\n

548
\n00:37:00,800 –> 00:37:07,900
\nsomewhere else And my walk
\ntowards the kingdom, in which I <\/p>\n

549
\n00:37:07,900 –> 00:37:12,600
\nput off the old man, should not
\nbe a sacrifice because I love <\/p>\n

550
\n00:37:12,600 –> 00:37:15,500
\nGod so much, and I want to be in
\nhis kingdom more than anything <\/p>\n

551
\n00:37:15,500 –> 00:37:17,900
\nelse.
\nAnd it’s a joy for me to say <\/p>\n

552
\n00:37:18,200 –> 00:37:24,500
\ngoodbye to that old way of life.
\nSo, let’s not think that life is<\/p>\n

553
\n00:37:24,500 –> 00:37:27,700
\na sacrifice brother and sisters.
\nLook what the Apostle Paul says <\/p>\n

554
\n00:37:27,700 –> 00:37:32,800
\nhere in 1st Corinthians 13:1.
\nHe says, if I speak in the <\/p>\n

555
\n00:37:32,800 –> 00:37:35,900
\ntongues of men and of angels,
\nbut have not love. <\/p>\n

556
\n00:37:36,400 –> 00:37:38,400
\nI am a noisy, gong or a
\ndangling. <\/p>\n

557
\n00:37:38,400 –> 00:37:42,200
\nSinger, clanging cymbal if I
\nhave prophetic powers and <\/p>\n

558
\n00:37:42,200 –> 00:37:45,100
\nunderstand all Mysteries and all
\nknowledge and I have all Faith. <\/p>\n

559
\n00:37:45,300 –> 00:37:47,700
\nSo as to remove mountains, but
\nnot have love. <\/p>\n

560
\n00:37:47,700 –> 00:37:52,600
\nI am nothing.
\nIf I give away all I have, if I <\/p>\n

561
\n00:37:52,600 –> 00:37:57,300
\ndeliver up my body to be burned,
\nwhat greater sacrifice but have <\/p>\n

562
\n00:37:57,300 –> 00:38:00,700
\nnot love.
\nI gain nothing. <\/p>\n

563
\n00:38:02,700 –> 00:38:04,800
\nSo, ultimately brothers and
\nsisters, it doesn’t matter how <\/p>\n

564
\n00:38:04,800 –> 00:38:09,800
\nmuch we sacrifice.
\nIn our lives. <\/p>\n

565
\n00:38:11,400 –> 00:38:15,200
\nIf it’s not motivated from love
\nof God and love for our <\/p>\n

566
\n00:38:15,200 –> 00:38:21,300
\nneighbor, it is nothing.
\nIs he brother and sisters? <\/p>\n

567
\n00:38:21,300 –> 00:38:28,700
\nGod doesn’t just want us to do
\nloving things, he wants us to be<\/p>\n

568
\n00:38:29,200 –> 00:38:41,800
\nloving people.
\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

569
\n00:38:41,800 –> 00:38:44,900
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573
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574
\n00:38:57,100 –> 00:39:00,000
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\n00:39:00,000 –> 00:39:02,000
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579
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580
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581
\n00:39:20,000 –> 00:39:23,200
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582
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583
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