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\nteacher a certain money lender.
\nHad two debtors 100, 500, <\/p>\n
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\nGenera, and the other 50.
\nAnd when they were unable to <\/p>\n
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\nrepay, he graciously, forgave
\nthem both. <\/p>\n
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\nWhich of them therefore will
\nlove him more. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Simon answered and said, I
\nsuppose the one whom he forgave <\/p>\n
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\nmore and he said to him, you
\nhave judged correctly. we spent <\/p>\n
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\nsome time in the last two days,
\ndestroying our illusions of <\/p>\n
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\nrighteousness, and if we’ve
\nallowed the words of Jesus to <\/p>\n
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\nimpact us deeply, All our sense
\nof what we can accomplish and <\/p>\n
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\nwhat we can hope for is being
\ncrushed. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd what what’s one of the side
\neffects of that? <\/p>\n
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\nWell the degree to which you can
\nlove and appreciate Christ is <\/p>\n
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\nupon the degree to which you are
\nprepared to be crushed. <\/p>\n
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\nIt depends on the awareness that
\nyou have of your sin. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re all deeply and
\noverwhelmingly sinful, but we <\/p>\n
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\nhave different self-awareness.
\nSo we spend these exercises <\/p>\n
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\ntrying to understand our sin and
\none of the purposes is in order <\/p>\n
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\nto increase our love and our
\nappreciation for what Jesus has <\/p>\n
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\ndone for us.
\nAnd as we look at Matthew <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 6, we’re going to keep
\ndigging. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re not done yet.
\nNow, we skipped over some verses<\/p>\n
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\nat the end of chapter 5.
\nAnd we carry this, you work <\/p>\n
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\ntechnical issues.
\nDo oh no. <\/p>\n
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\nAgain, I have to get Uncle Co-op
\nhere. <\/p>\n
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\nOkay, that the big Revelation,
\nnot really a revelation, but <\/p>\n
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\nthey significant conclusion of
\nchapter 5 of the second half of <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 5 is that you can keep
\nthe law and not be righteous. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we cannot contain
\nrighteousness to this notion of <\/p>\n
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\nkeeping the law.
\nBut Jesus, we said that, you <\/p>\n
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\nhave to be perfect.
\nMatthew chapter 5 verse 46. <\/p>\n
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\nJesus, introduces, another
\nconcept. <\/p>\n
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\nKept in here.
\nIf you love those who love you, <\/p>\n
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\nwhat reward have you and there’s
\ntwo big words in this verse love<\/p>\n
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\nand reward.
\nAnd at the beginning you <\/p>\n
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\nremember I said, okay, if you
\ntalk to a Jewish audience in the<\/p>\n
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\nfirst century and said, give me
\nyour summation of Ethics what <\/p>\n
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\ndefines righteousness?
\nHow would we summarize it? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the thing most people would
\nthink of is The Ten <\/p>\n
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\nCommandments?
\nIf you went out on the street <\/p>\n
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\ntoday and gathered a bunch of
\nstrangers and you said, how <\/p>\n
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\nwould you summarize the best way
\nto live? <\/p>\n
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\nYou know, what is the top I deal
\nin society and they’re going to <\/p>\n
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\nsay, Lob, right?
\nWe should all just love each <\/p>\n
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\nother if we can just love.
\nIt’s all going to be okay. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd There’s an element of Truth
\nto that. <\/p>\n
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\nOkay.
\nThe things are going to look at <\/p>\n
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\nthrough this chapter are not
\nthat black and white. <\/p>\n
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\nBut what Jesus is saying here is
\nthere’s a reward associated with<\/p>\n
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\nlove, in some cases.
\nSo I love my wife and I <\/p>\n
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\ngraciously surrender, most of my
\npaycheck about twice a month <\/p>\n
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\nthat it at her disposal and I
\nonly occasionally complain about<\/p>\n
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\nIt and there’s all manner of
\nthings that I might do for my <\/p>\n
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\nwife because I love her.
\nThis is Eva Braun, buddy. <\/p>\n
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\nKnow who Eva Braun is.
\nCheater, you heard this before, <\/p>\n
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\nit’s Hitler’s wife’s.
\nHitler loved his wife. <\/p>\n
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\nHe would have said, so yeah, did
\nHitler loved children? <\/p>\n
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\nAbsolutely, the Nazis love
\nchildren. <\/p>\n
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\nDo we have videos of the Nazis
\nhaving tremendously beautiful <\/p>\n
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\nholidays in the else with their
\nchildren? <\/p>\n
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\nThey love their dogs Stalin.
\nHe loved his daughter. <\/p>\n
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\nBob all kinds of people love.
\nNow. <\/p>\n
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\nIt should, those people not
\nlove, should Hitler, not of <\/p>\n
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\nloved his wife.
\nNo, no, that’s fine. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s okay for Hitler.
\nLoved his wife. <\/p>\n
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\nRight?
\nWe don’t want you to come away <\/p>\n
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\nfrom this section thinking.
\nOh, I shouldn’t love. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s not the issue.
\nThe question is, is love <\/p>\n
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\nrighteousness before God, And
\nthe answer is. <\/p>\n
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\nNot necessarily right now.
\nOkay. <\/p>\n
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\nTechnically it’s not that love
\nis not equal the right system. <\/p>\n
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\nLove is not necessarily
\nrighteousness. <\/p>\n
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\nYou can’t just say, I’m feeling
\nlove right now. <\/p>\n
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\nTherefore I am righteous right.
\nThat that person is loving and <\/p>\n
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\ntherefore they are righteous.
\nOkay? <\/p>\n
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\nThis is undermining one of the
\npillars of secular ethics. <\/p>\n
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\nThe question is the killer
\nquestion. <\/p>\n
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\nMatthew 5 verse 27.
\nWhat are you doing? <\/p>\n
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\nOkay. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, which others?
\nSo for every concept that we put<\/p>\n
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\nYou have to compare yourself to <\/p>\n
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\nan atheist, okay?
\nThere are lots of atheists in <\/p>\n
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\nCanada, who the atheist love
\ntheir wives as they do. <\/p>\n
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\nDo they love their children?
\nYes, they do. <\/p>\n
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\nDo they work hard at their jobs?
\nCan they be honest? <\/p>\n
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\nCan they be hard-working?
\nCan they be self-sacrificing <\/p>\n
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\nsolutely?
\nBut every one of those Noble <\/p>\n
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\ntraits that they present cannot
\nbe righteous, it cannot be <\/p>\n
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\nrighteousness.
\nThey must be doing it for other <\/p>\n
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\nreasons, and if you are doing
\nthe great and Noble thing that <\/p>\n
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\nthe atheists do, that’s great.
\nI’m not trying to discourage <\/p>\n
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\nyou, but don’t trick yourself
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\nyou righteous.
\nThis is not the definition of <\/p>\n
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\nrighteousness.
\nWhat part of my job at a Pious? <\/p>\n
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\nDo that to you?
\nGet a paycheck and that’s great.<\/p>\n
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\nThey pay you to be there and do
\nthat work, but that’s not <\/p>\n
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\nrighteousness.
\nThat’s just an exchange. 6:1. <\/p>\n
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\npracticing your righteousness
\nbefore men. <\/p>\n
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\nIf you’re righteous behavior is
\nintended to impress other people<\/p>\n
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\nYou may be very successful at <\/p>\n
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\nthat and you get your reward
\nright? <\/p>\n
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\nYou did the good deed and you
\nwere rewarded for the good deed <\/p>\n
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\nand now we’re even There is no
\ndebt God is not even involved in<\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a social transaction within<\/p>\n
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\na community.
\nTherefore when you give alms do <\/p>\n
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\nnot sound a trumpet, before you
\nas the Hypocrites, do in the <\/p>\n
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\nsynagogues and in the streets
\nthat they may be honored by men,<\/p>\n
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\ntruly I say to you, they have
\ntheir reward in full It was an <\/p>\n
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\nassumption in our culture, the
\ncharity by definition is a good <\/p>\n
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\ndeed, but have you ever gone to
\nlike maybe a big Community <\/p>\n
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\nCenter somewhere and they have a
\nwall or a hospital and they have<\/p>\n
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\na donors wall, right?
\nAnd you pay you pay to get your <\/p>\n
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\nname and they might be 10,000 a
\nlike if you hundred that some <\/p>\n
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\npeople pay a million, the whole
\nPavilion might be named in honor<\/p>\n
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\nof them, okay?
\nThat’s not charity. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s an advertising agreement,
\nright? <\/p>\n
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\nI pay this money and you put my
\nname out there and and we’re <\/p>\n
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\neven right?
\nDon’t go to God and say well I <\/p>\n
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\nbet I donated a million dollars
\nto build this emergency room in <\/p>\n
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\nthe hospital.
\nIt’s writing your name was <\/p>\n
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\nBoston.
\nAll the world good for you? <\/p>\n
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\nNo, it’s not nothing to do with
\nme. <\/p>\n
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\nIf I bestow all my goods to feed
\nthe poor, it profits me nothing.<\/p>\n
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\nNow I’m eliminating some context
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\nobserve someone surrendering all
\ntheir goods and you can be <\/p>\n
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\nserved that.
\nThat’s righteousness. <\/p>\n
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\nJesus found this right?
\nWhen he, when he fed the people <\/p>\n
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\nY’all came to hear the teaching
\nand then he fed them, then they <\/p>\n
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\ncame the next day.
\nAnd Jesus is like, you know, I’m<\/p>\n
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\ntruly truly, I say to you.
\nYou’re seeking me. <\/p>\n
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\nNot because you saw signs, but
\nbecause you ate your fill of <\/p>\n
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\nlows, okay?
\nThis is one of the challenges we<\/p>\n
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\nhave is a religious community to
\nget involved in Charities. <\/p>\n
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\nAre we attracting people for the
\nright reasons? <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s a documentary that I
\nwould recommend that you watch <\/p>\n
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\ncalled poverty ink and it
\ndescribes the international Aid <\/p>\n
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\nSystem.
\nSo, for instance, was an <\/p>\n
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\nearthquake in Haiti and they
\nsend in food Aid, this is an 80,<\/p>\n
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\nbut let’s pretend for a second,
\nright? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd, and by the way, I’m very
\nmuch in favor. <\/p>\n
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\nLike if you want to donate to
\nsend food, to Haiti, when <\/p>\n
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\nthere’s an earthquake, by all
\nmeans do. <\/p>\n
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\nSo, those people are in need
\nEat. <\/p>\n
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\nOkay, there’s a catastrophe but
\nif you go to Haiti six months <\/p>\n
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\nlater and nine months later,
\nthere are warehouses full of <\/p>\n
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\nfood.
\nAnd guess how much that food <\/p>\n
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\ncost for the average person
\nshowing up. <\/p>\n
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\nOn Parade million dollars.
\nGame lower $10 lower. <\/p>\n
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\nTen cents lower one cents lower
\nzero. <\/p>\n
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\nRight?
\nSo there’s a great whereas this <\/p>\n
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\nfull of rice for instancing you
\ncan show up there and 40 <\/p>\n
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\ndollars.
\nYou can have your fill of. <\/p>\n
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\nI sell some of you are in
\nfarming now I think you said you<\/p>\n
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\nwere in farming but what do you
\nform? <\/p>\n
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\nA great bunch of grains.
\nSo suppose there’s warehouses in<\/p>\n
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\nNorth Battleford full of a bunch
\nof grains that are selling 40 <\/p>\n
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\ndollars.
\nHow’s your farm going to do the <\/p>\n
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\nlonger?
\nYour God. <\/p>\n
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\nGo under.
\nAnd so when these guys come in <\/p>\n
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\nand they bring all this food in
\nover the next year, they destroy<\/p>\n
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\nthe entire agricultural economy
\nof the place that they’re coming<\/p>\n
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\nto help.
\nOkay. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then in two years when they
\nget bored and the World Turns to<\/p>\n
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\nsome other crisis now, it’s
\nfloods in Indonesia. <\/p>\n
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\nOh, everything goes to Indonesia
\nHaiti’s, forgotten. and now <\/p>\n
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\npeople need rice and and what
\nhappened to all the rice Farms, <\/p>\n
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\nwhat happened to all the rice
\nFarmers, but if they go And now <\/p>\n
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\nyou have a chronic unending
\ndependency on International Food<\/p>\n
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\nruining them sometimes right?
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\nAnd we like the Feeling of
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\nis that you’re going to be
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\nOkay?
\nHowever There is one remaining <\/p>\n
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\ntalk to her our co-worker and
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\nmust be a good church, right?
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\nit’s a disaster, right? <\/p>\n
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\nYeah. <\/p>\n
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\nfalling down, but you got to put
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\nlikewise perish. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s very dramatic and
\nnewsworthy to die when a tower <\/p>\n
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\ncollapses and maybe not so much
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\nAnd Jesus is saying, how <\/p>\n
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\nactually not a factor. <\/p>\n
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\nThe real key factor is, did you
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\nPeople that no other <\/p>\n
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\norganization can offer is a path<\/p>\n
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\nSo charity is not necessarily <\/p>\n
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\ncharitable, Maybe they’re not
\nrighteous. <\/p>\n
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\nto stand and pray in the <\/p>\n
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\nsynagogues and on the street
\ncorners. <\/p>\n
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\nIn order to be seen by men,
\ntruly, I say to you, they have <\/p>\n
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\nBecause the transaction, again, <\/p>\n
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\nThis is what makes public <\/p>\n
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\nOne of the most difficult <\/p>\n
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\nbecause you have to, kind of way<\/p>\n
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\nsincere but not showing off in <\/p>\n
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\nIf your prayers are meant to <\/p>\n
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\nSorry. <\/p>\n
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\nI try to remember this. <\/p>\n
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\nYou were on Earth therefore let <\/p>\n
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\nAnd this next section, and we <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s an emphasis on how <\/p>\n
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\nWhy is that? <\/p>\n
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\nor I don’t do this or I don’t <\/p>\n
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\nThe moment you start sharing the<\/p>\n
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\nanother’s, right? <\/p>\n
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\nbragging, right? <\/p>\n
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\noh yeah. <\/p>\n
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\nokay? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd this one deals with the <\/p>\n
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\nThese are matters, which do have<\/p>\n
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\ntreatment of the body but are of<\/p>\n
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\n00:23:37,600 –> 00:23:40,300
\nI’ve known value against fleshly
\nIndulgence. <\/p>\n
340
\n00:23:42,500 –> 00:23:46,400
\nVery risky.
\nAnd again, not saying, don’t <\/p>\n
341
\n00:23:46,400 –> 00:23:50,600
\nself-sacrifice.
\nAll I’m saying, is that if <\/p>\n
342
\n00:23:50,600 –> 00:23:56,400
\nyou’re sacrificing things, it’s
\nnot necessarily because you’re <\/p>\n
343
\n00:23:56,400 –> 00:24:04,700
\nrighteous.
\nNow I use this brick wall slide <\/p>\n
344
\n00:24:04,700 –> 00:24:08,800
\nin the, in the, in the last
\nsession and what I’m proposing <\/p>\n
345
\n00:24:08,800 –> 00:24:13,000
\nto you, we have love, we have
\ncharity, we have prayer, we have<\/p>\n
346
\n00:24:13,000 –> 00:24:17,400
\nself-sacrifice.
\nIs that it are those, the only <\/p>\n
347
\n00:24:17,400 –> 00:24:24,900
\ntopics where this happens?
\nNo, it’s essentially everything <\/p>\n
348
\n00:24:24,900 –> 00:24:29,500
\nthat could be construed by
\nsomeone as being righteous, <\/p>\n
349
\n00:24:30,700 –> 00:24:34,900
\nwhatever the Activity or the
\nadornment or the whatever it is.<\/p>\n
350
\n00:24:34,900 –> 00:24:39,400
\nWeird Choice, anything about
\nyour life that may be perceived <\/p>\n
351
\n00:24:39,400 –> 00:24:44,500
\nby others, as righteousness may
\nnot be righteousness. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:24:45,900 –> 00:24:49,400
\nThink of Charity, we think of
\nprayer, we think of fasting, we <\/p>\n
353
\n00:24:49,400 –> 00:24:52,800
\nthink of dress codes.
\nWe think of Bible versions, and <\/p>\n
354
\n00:24:52,800 –> 00:24:55,700
\nprophetic, interpretations, and
\nvarious prohibitions. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:24:55,900 –> 00:25:01,800
\nThere’s all manner of things.
\nThat, if you choose to involve <\/p>\n
356
\n00:25:02,100 –> 00:25:05,800
\nyourself in them and surrender,
\nthem, and advertise them. <\/p>\n
357
\n00:25:07,100 –> 00:25:15,500
\nThey may not be righteous.
\nYou are. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:25:18,600 –> 00:25:22,400
\nDo not let your left hand know
\nwhat your right hand is doing <\/p>\n
359
\n00:25:22,700 –> 00:25:28,200
\nright with mentions, this with
\nprayer, like the only guarantee <\/p>\n
360
\n00:25:28,200 –> 00:25:29,800
\nyou have.
\nThe only way you can protect <\/p>\n
361
\n00:25:29,800 –> 00:25:36,400
\nyourself from this risk is to
\nhave your actions entirely <\/p>\n
362
\n00:25:36,400 –> 00:25:41,100
\nanonymous.
\nAnd I like, you know, if you <\/p>\n
363
\n00:25:41,100 –> 00:25:43,400
\nstopped by the side of the road
\nand help an old lady, change <\/p>\n
364
\n00:25:43,400 –> 00:25:47,500
\nyour tire, it’s hard to keep
\nthat entirely Anonymous like, <\/p>\n
365
\n00:25:47,500 –> 00:25:48,900
\nright?
\nIt’s a good story. <\/p>\n
366
\n00:25:48,900 –> 00:25:51,200
\nYou want to share that story
\nlike the moment. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:25:51,200 –> 00:25:57,100
\nYou break the anonymity, you put
\nyourself at risk. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:25:58,200 –> 00:26:01,000
\nAgain, I am not telling you to
\ndrive by the old lady and not <\/p>\n
369
\n00:26:01,000 –> 00:26:03,000
\nhelp her with each in the tire,
\nright? <\/p>\n
370
\n00:26:03,000 –> 00:26:04,700
\nYou helped her with the tire, no
\nmatter what. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:26:04,700 –> 00:26:08,400
\nNone of this is advocating less
\nof the behaviors. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:26:10,000 –> 00:26:13,100
\nNow, there’s a bit of a parent
\ncontradiction here because in <\/p>\n
373
\n00:26:13,100 –> 00:26:16,000
\nMatthew 5, we said let your
\nlight shine before men in such a<\/p>\n
374
\n00:26:16,008 –> 00:26:18,800
\nway that they may see, your good
\nworks. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:26:19,300 –> 00:26:23,200
\nI hold on.
\nIsn’t that advertising and <\/p>\n
376
\n00:26:23,200 –> 00:26:26,500
\nglorify your father who is in
\nheaven. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:26:27,700 –> 00:26:32,100
\nSo if you can engage in some
\nsort of public righteous <\/p>\n
378
\n00:26:32,100 –> 00:26:37,500
\nbehavior that when people see
\nit, they say God is great. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:26:38,100 –> 00:26:40,800
\nThat’s fantastic.
\nTastic, do it, right? <\/p>\n
380
\n00:26:41,100 –> 00:26:44,000
\nAnd if they see it and they say,
\nyou are great. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:26:45,300 –> 00:26:53,500
\nMan, you have your reward. so,
\nturns out that motives matter, <\/p>\n
382
\n00:26:54,800 –> 00:26:59,400
\nAnd this is the problem for her
\nlegalists because motives are <\/p>\n
383
\n00:26:59,400 –> 00:27:03,600
\ninvisible and I’m miserable.
\nYou know, you can see the <\/p>\n
384
\n00:27:03,600 –> 00:27:07,200
\nbehavior.
\nThe why did they do it right <\/p>\n
385
\n00:27:08,400 –> 00:27:10,700
\nnow?
\nGetting ahead of tomorrow’s <\/p>\n
386
\n00:27:10,700 –> 00:27:13,300
\nclass.
\nThere’s a silver lining here is <\/p>\n
387
\n00:27:13,300 –> 00:27:17,700
\nthat if you want to sit in your
\ncommunity and observe the <\/p>\n
388
\n00:27:17,700 –> 00:27:21,000
\nrighteous behavior of others and
\ntell yourself. <\/p>\n
389
\n00:27:21,400 –> 00:27:25,900
\nYeah but they might not really
\nbe righteous because they may be<\/p>\n
390
\n00:27:25,900 –> 00:27:31,000
\ndoing it for the wrong motives.
\nAbsolutely, you can do that, <\/p>\n
391
\n00:27:31,000 –> 00:27:33,400
\nright?
\nYou get a get-out-of-jail-free <\/p>\n
392
\n00:27:33,400 –> 00:27:35,100
\ncard.
\nWhen you can knock anybody’s <\/p>\n
393
\n00:27:35,100 –> 00:27:37,500
\nrighteousness down by just
\ntelling yourself, they’re <\/p>\n
394
\n00:27:37,500 –> 00:27:40,400
\nprobably doing it for the wrong
\nmotives, right? <\/p>\n
395
\n00:27:40,800 –> 00:27:43,900
\nWhich is why Jesus is going to
\nstart the next chapter saying <\/p>\n
396
\n00:27:43,900 –> 00:27:47,100
\njudge, not right?
\nBut we’ll get there. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:27:49,500 –> 00:27:54,200
\nIf you’re helping someone and
\nexpecting something in return, <\/p>\n
398
\n00:27:54,900 –> 00:27:58,300
\nyou’re doing business not
\nkindness. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:27:59,100 –> 00:28:02,300
\nWe see this in other examples.
\nJesus gives right you invite <\/p>\n
400
\n00:28:02,300 –> 00:28:05,500
\nsomebody over to your house.
\nVery nice and they invite you to<\/p>\n
401
\n00:28:05,500 –> 00:28:07,000
\ntheir house.
\nVery nice. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:28:07,000 –> 00:28:10,600
\nNow you’re even don’t expect a
\nreward from God. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:28:13,800 –> 00:28:17,000
\nAnd there’s an interesting
\nconcept of accidental <\/p>\n
404
\n00:28:17,000 –> 00:28:20,300
\nrighteousness.
\nWhat if you did something and it<\/p>\n
405
\n00:28:20,300 –> 00:28:23,600
\naccidentally in, incidentally
\nhappened to turn out to have a <\/p>\n
406
\n00:28:23,608 –> 00:28:25,600
\ngood outcome.
\nAnd this is where our atheist <\/p>\n
407
\n00:28:25,600 –> 00:28:28,700
\nfriends come in, right?
\nThe Atheist might stop at the <\/p>\n
408
\n00:28:28,700 –> 00:28:33,100
\nside of the road and, and help,
\nyou know, a Lady Janes your <\/p>\n
409
\n00:28:33,100 –> 00:28:37,900
\ntime, but it doesn’t exist for
\nan atheist. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:28:38,100 –> 00:28:40,400
\nThere cannot be accidental
\nrighteousness. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:28:40,600 –> 00:28:44,100
\nIt’s not righteousness in the
\ndivine Go sense. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:28:44,300 –> 00:28:47,500
\nSocietally that’s great and we
\nshould all encourage each other <\/p>\n
413
\n00:28:47,700 –> 00:28:50,900
\nbut there’s no such thing as
\naccidental righteousness. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:28:50,900 –> 00:28:56,700
\nThe motive is key and I this is
\na terrible story but it’s a it’s<\/p>\n
415
\n00:28:56,700 –> 00:29:05,200
\na Dark humor, funny story.
\nThis lady was in a drunken rage <\/p>\n
416
\n00:29:05,600 –> 00:29:10,100
\nin her house and she pulled a
\nknife and she stabbed her <\/p>\n
417
\n00:29:10,100 –> 00:29:14,900
\npartner.
\nAnd they ambulance came, they <\/p>\n
418
\n00:29:14,900 –> 00:29:17,600
\nrushed him off, the doctors went
\nto so mop. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:29:17,600 –> 00:29:20,100
\nAnd when they went to sew him
\nup, they looked inside in this <\/p>\n
420
\n00:29:20,100 –> 00:29:22,100
\nthing.
\nCancer of the liver. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:29:23,800 –> 00:29:28,800
\nHe saved his life.
\nIf his wife hadn’t standing in a<\/p>\n
422
\n00:29:28,800 –> 00:29:32,500
\ndrunken rage, he would have died
\nof cancer, right? <\/p>\n
423
\n00:29:33,200 –> 00:29:38,700
\nThat awesome.
\nShe’s a lifesaver, right? <\/p>\n
424
\n00:29:38,700 –> 00:29:41,500
\nLike, you know, if you’re trying
\nto stab and kill someone and <\/p>\n
425
\n00:29:41,500 –> 00:29:43,400
\naccidentally, you save their
\nlife. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:29:43,500 –> 00:29:45,500
\nThat’s not righteous Behavior,
\nright? <\/p>\n
427
\n00:29:45,700 –> 00:29:48,000
\nIt doesn’t, you know, your
\nmotives matter, you were trying <\/p>\n
428
\n00:29:48,000 –> 00:29:50,700
\nto kill them.
\nThat’s it, no righteousness, but<\/p>\n
429
\n00:29:50,700 –> 00:29:55,000
\nwhatever outcomes may happen.
\nIt’s still not righteousness if <\/p>\n
430
\n00:29:55,000 –> 00:29:58,100
\nyou started from a negative
\nstarting point. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:30:00,600 –> 00:30:03,000
\nSo, I’m going to paraphrase,
\nthis isn’t always an over <\/p>\n
432
\n00:30:03,000 –> 00:30:07,300
\nsimplification when you, when
\nyou re quote principles, but you<\/p>\n
433
\n00:30:07,300 –> 00:30:10,800
\nwant to think of it, as when
\nyou’re doing something that God <\/p>\n
434
\n00:30:10,800 –> 00:30:15,300
\nwants you to do.
\nHas God wants you to do it and <\/p>\n
435
\n00:30:15,300 –> 00:30:18,400
\nyou wouldn’t have done it if you
\nwere annexed. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:30:19,900 –> 00:30:25,500
\nThis is something an atheist
\nwould never do. and if you start<\/p>\n
437
\n00:30:25,500 –> 00:30:31,300
\nto do some Accounting in your
\nlife, you might find the list is<\/p>\n
438
\n00:30:31,300 –> 00:30:34,600
\ngetting pretty small right
\nthere. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:30:34,600 –> 00:30:38,400
\nAny activity, which you cannot
\nfind an atheist doing. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:30:40,800 –> 00:30:44,400
\nThose are the ones that count
\nthe ones that nobody knows <\/p>\n
441
\n00:30:44,400 –> 00:30:51,700
\nabout.
\nNow, we’re at first 19 and <\/p>\n
442
\n00:30:51,700 –> 00:30:56,900
\nthere’s a technical note here.
\nDo not lay up for yourselves. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:30:57,300 –> 00:31:01,700
\nTreasures upon Earth.
\nThis feels like a big topic <\/p>\n
444
\n00:31:01,700 –> 00:31:05,300
\nshift within the chapter and it
\nmight be. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:31:05,300 –> 00:31:09,000
\nAnd I’ll invite your comments
\nand discussion afterwards <\/p>\n
446
\n00:31:10,800 –> 00:31:13,300
\nbecause we’ve been talking about
\nall kinds of things, which have <\/p>\n
447
\n00:31:13,300 –> 00:31:15,700
\nthe appearance of righteousness
\nand all the sudden, Oh, and <\/p>\n
448
\n00:31:15,700 –> 00:31:20,400
\nabout money, right?
\nThis may be one of those cases <\/p>\n
449
\n00:31:20,400 –> 00:31:26,200
\nof cultural context.
\nThat in that time in the Jewish <\/p>\n
450
\n00:31:26,200 –> 00:31:30,200
\nWorld in Jewish religion, if you
\nwere wealthy, that would be <\/p>\n
451
\n00:31:30,200 –> 00:31:32,200
\nconsidered a sign of registers,
\nright? <\/p>\n
452
\n00:31:32,200 –> 00:31:35,500
\nBecause surely God has blessed
\nyou. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:31:37,200 –> 00:31:39,400
\nSo there’s two ways you can look
\nat the second half of this <\/p>\n
454
\n00:31:39,400 –> 00:31:40,600
\nchapter.
\nYou can look at it as a <\/p>\n
455
\n00:31:40,608 –> 00:31:44,200
\ncontinuation of the theme.
\nOr you can see it as a shift to <\/p>\n
456
\n00:31:44,200 –> 00:31:50,600
\nanother General danger and and
\nI’m still weighing the too, you <\/p>\n
457
\n00:31:50,600 –> 00:31:53,400
\nknow.
\nVerse 20 says, lay up for <\/p>\n
458
\n00:31:53,400 –> 00:31:57,800
\nyourselves, Treasures in Heaven.
\nWhich to me suggests that it’s <\/p>\n
459
\n00:31:57,800 –> 00:32:00,300
\nactually following the same
\nTrend going. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:32:00,300 –> 00:32:04,000
\nIf you want to build up,
\nsomething to to manifest your <\/p>\n
461
\n00:32:04,000 –> 00:32:07,700
\nrighteousness, right?
\nDon’t build up a bank account <\/p>\n
462
\n00:32:07,700 –> 00:32:14,600
\nbuild up an account with God
\nbecause that is a much effective<\/p>\n
463
\n00:32:14,600 –> 00:32:19,500
\nand long-lasting and proper way
\nto invest, you know, your energy<\/p>\n
464
\n00:32:19,600 –> 00:32:23,400
\nrather than in wealth that.
\nAt can perish home. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:32:25,600 –> 00:32:29,400
\nAnd again, we’re going to not
\nspend death in this next <\/p>\n
466
\n00:32:29,400 –> 00:32:35,700
\nsection, but it’s there’s a lot
\nto it, but I want you to look at<\/p>\n
467
\n00:32:37,900 –> 00:32:44,000
\nBurrs.
\nIt’s my turn to lose my verse. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:32:53,300 –> 00:32:57,000
\nthe verse where he says, Oh no.
\nHere we go. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:32:57,000 –> 00:32:59,500
\nSorry, this is the first we
\nstarted with like I had myself, <\/p>\n
470
\n00:32:59,700 –> 00:33:02,400
\ndo not lay up for yourselves,
\nTreasures upon Earth, I want to <\/p>\n
471
\n00:33:02,400 –> 00:33:07,300
\njump back for a second to talk,
\nlike we discussed yesterday <\/p>\n
472
\n00:33:07,400 –> 00:33:13,600
\nabout these absolute statements
\nand whether you are really <\/p>\n
473
\n00:33:13,600 –> 00:33:17,500
\nfulfilling the Commandments of
\nChrist that had some discussions<\/p>\n
474
\n00:33:17,500 –> 00:33:23,000
\non the side of this, write the
\ncommand of Christ here is, do <\/p>\n
475
\n00:33:23,000 –> 00:33:28,700
\nnot lay up for yourselves.
\nSelf Treasures upon Earth, okay?<\/p>\n
476
\n00:33:28,700 –> 00:33:33,700
\nSo if you have a bank account
\nthat has more money than you <\/p>\n
477
\n00:33:33,708 –> 00:33:36,400
\nneed to feed you for the next
\nfew weeks into the next <\/p>\n
478
\n00:33:36,400 –> 00:33:38,300
\npaycheck.
\nIf you have any kind of <\/p>\n
479
\n00:33:38,300 –> 00:33:42,000
\nretirement savings or other kind
\nof investment account, if you <\/p>\n
480
\n00:33:42,000 –> 00:33:50,400
\nhave any assets that you can
\nturn into wealth, Technically, <\/p>\n
481
\n00:33:50,400 –> 00:33:53,500
\nspeaking, you’re in violation of
\nthis command of Christ. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:33:55,800 –> 00:33:57,600
\nAnd you go.
\nWell, that’s kind of extreme. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:33:57,600 –> 00:33:59,800
\nThat’s absolutely radical.
\nThat’s insane. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:33:59,800 –> 00:34:04,000
\nAnd yeah, it kind of is right?
\nAnd and, but we’ve seen this is <\/p>\n
485
\n00:34:04,000 –> 00:34:07,900
\na recurring theme, Jesus puts on
\nyou. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:34:08,699 –> 00:34:10,900
\nThis is exactly what he said to
\nthe rich young, man. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:34:10,900 –> 00:34:12,199
\nThis isn’t the only verse,
\nright? <\/p>\n
488
\n00:34:12,199 –> 00:34:14,199
\nThe rich young man says, I’ve
\ndone, I’ve reached a certain <\/p>\n
489
\n00:34:14,199 –> 00:34:16,699
\nlevel and Jesus says, okay level
\nup. <\/p>\n
490
\n00:34:16,800 –> 00:34:19,500
\nGet rid of all your possessions,
\nthen we’ll see. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:34:21,699 –> 00:34:25,300
\nAnd, and, and I believe that,
\nthat man struggled on that for <\/p>\n
492
\n00:34:25,300 –> 00:34:28,400
\nthe rest of his life.
\nAnd if I tell you, and it’s not <\/p>\n
493
\n00:34:28,400 –> 00:34:32,400
\nme, it’s Jesus Christ, Jesus
\nChrist is telling you do not lay<\/p>\n
494
\n00:34:32,400 –> 00:34:34,900
\nup, Treasures, on Earth, are you
\nobeying this? <\/p>\n
495
\n00:34:35,000 –> 00:34:38,300
\nAnd I’m not telling you this
\nbecause I want you to go <\/p>\n
496
\n00:34:38,300 –> 00:34:42,800
\nliquidate all your assets.
\nThe reason I’m telling you is <\/p>\n
497
\n00:34:42,800 –> 00:34:49,100
\nbecause we see other people
\nfailing chronically in other <\/p>\n
498
\n00:34:49,199 –> 00:34:51,900
\nvisible aspects.
\nI don’t know how How much you <\/p>\n
499
\n00:34:51,900 –> 00:34:54,800
\nhave in your bank account.
\nBut I can tell that that brother<\/p>\n
500
\n00:34:54,800 –> 00:35:01,100
\nover there has a problem with
\nXYZ and we go brother, you have <\/p>\n
501
\n00:35:01,100 –> 00:35:03,000
\nthis problem, this is the
\nCommandment. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:35:03,000 –> 00:35:06,000
\nYou need to live up to that
\ncommandment, right? <\/p>\n
503
\n00:35:06,600 –> 00:35:09,500
\nAnd and I am we talked to you
\nlast week and we talked to you <\/p>\n
504
\n00:35:09,500 –> 00:35:11,800
\nlast month and we talk to you
\nwhat we’ve been working with you<\/p>\n
505
\n00:35:11,800 –> 00:35:14,500
\nfor a year and you are
\nunrepentant. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:35:14,700 –> 00:35:17,800
\nYou are unless unchanging, you
\nhaven’t changed your behavior. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:35:19,900 –> 00:35:25,400
\nMay be true and I say to us,
\nJesus also said, don’t lay up <\/p>\n
508
\n00:35:25,400 –> 00:35:27,400
\nTreasures in Heaven and on
\nEarth. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:35:29,100 –> 00:35:31,700
\nAnd how are we doing with that?
\nAnd how are you going to be <\/p>\n
510
\n00:35:31,700 –> 00:35:34,300
\ndoing next week and next month,
\nright? <\/p>\n
511
\n00:35:34,300 –> 00:35:35,800
\nHe figured by the end of the
\nyear. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:35:35,800 –> 00:35:38,300
\nYou’ll be comfortable without
\nany retirement savings and <\/p>\n
513
\n00:35:38,300 –> 00:35:42,700
\nwithout any money in the bank.
\nAt the rate inflation is going, <\/p>\n
514
\n00:35:42,700 –> 00:35:46,400
\nwe might all be there.
\nAnyway, rather we might get some<\/p>\n
515
\n00:35:46,400 –> 00:35:52,700
\nhelp outside help on this, but
\nThere are we need to help each <\/p>\n
516
\n00:35:52,700 –> 00:35:54,900
\nother.
\nAbsolutely right. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:35:54,900 –> 00:35:59,500
\nBut there are some things that
\nyou are just going to struggle <\/p>\n
518
\n00:35:59,500 –> 00:36:04,300
\nwith all your life, all your
\nlife. <\/p>\n
519
\n00:36:06,100 –> 00:36:07,800
\nRight?
\nAnd you’re going to see other <\/p>\n
520
\n00:36:07,800 –> 00:36:11,100
\npeople struggling with some
\nthings all their life and be <\/p>\n
521
\n00:36:11,100 –> 00:36:15,500
\nvery cautious about putting some
\nthings in a little box of <\/p>\n
522
\n00:36:15,500 –> 00:36:17,600
\nscience.
\nHe that’s okay because we’re all<\/p>\n
523
\n00:36:17,600 –> 00:36:20,000
\nstruggling with that.
\nSo we kind of make a pact among <\/p>\n
524
\n00:36:20,000 –> 00:36:22,700
\nourselves because we all have
\nbank accounts, right? <\/p>\n
525
\n00:36:23,000 –> 00:36:25,600
\nBut this other thing is a
\nproblem that only some of us <\/p>\n
526
\n00:36:25,600 –> 00:36:27,300
\nhave.
\nSo now we’re going to make a big<\/p>\n
527
\n00:36:27,300 –> 00:36:30,500
\ndeal if we usually about that
\nproblem because that’s only 10% <\/p>\n
528
\n00:36:30,500 –> 00:36:34,400
\nof our profit at scares me to
\ndeath, okay? <\/p>\n
529
\n00:36:35,500 –> 00:36:39,200
\nAgain, I’m not advocating in
\naction, I’m not advocating <\/p>\n
530
\n00:36:39,300 –> 00:36:43,300
\nignoring sin or accepting Center
\nsaying that sentence, okay? <\/p>\n
531
\n00:36:43,700 –> 00:36:48,200
\nAll I’m saying, is my goodness,
\nwe’re all in trouble through <\/p>\n
532
\n00:36:48,200 –> 00:36:52,000
\nthese two chapters.
\nAnd if we’re going to approach <\/p>\n
533
\n00:36:52,000 –> 00:36:55,500
\nanybody in the state of
\ncontinual send and we have to <\/p>\n
534
\n00:36:55,500 –> 00:36:58,600
\nacknowledge that.
\nWe also are in a state of <\/p>\n
535
\n00:36:58,600 –> 00:37:09,800
\ncontinual shortcomings.
\nFor this reason, I say to you do<\/p>\n
536
\n00:37:09,800 –> 00:37:13,700
\nnot be anxious for your life.
\nThat’s another commandment of <\/p>\n
537
\n00:37:13,700 –> 00:37:17,200
\nChrist.
\nDo not be anxious for your life.<\/p>\n
538
\n00:37:18,300 –> 00:37:20,300
\nCan you just turn your anxiety
\noff? <\/p>\n
539
\n00:37:22,000 –> 00:37:28,700
\nReally anxiety is a problem that
\nis just skyrocketed in modern <\/p>\n
540
\n00:37:28,700 –> 00:37:32,500
\nsociety.
\nNot everybody’s entirely sure <\/p>\n
541
\n00:37:32,500 –> 00:37:34,900
\nwhy.
\nBut you know, where the <\/p>\n
542
\n00:37:34,900 –> 00:37:39,600
\nwealthiest and the healthiest,
\nand the most long-lived we’ve <\/p>\n
543
\n00:37:39,600 –> 00:37:43,300
\never been in the history of
\nhumanity and yet people are <\/p>\n
544
\n00:37:43,700 –> 00:37:47,600
\nsuffering, chronic and
\ndebilitating anxiety. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:37:48,600 –> 00:37:52,700
\nEpidemic levels.
\nYears time. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:37:52,700 –> 00:37:54,700
\nThis onto the to the wealth
\nquestion. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:37:54,700 –> 00:37:59,200
\nRight, there is a relationship.
\nSometimes the reason I keep <\/p>\n
548
\n00:37:59,200 –> 00:38:01,700
\nmoney in a savings account or
\nthe reason I say for my <\/p>\n
549
\n00:38:01,700 –> 00:38:04,700
\nretirement is because I don’t
\nwant to be anxious, I want to <\/p>\n
550
\n00:38:04,700 –> 00:38:12,100
\nreduce my anxiety.
\nOne of the reasons for anxiety <\/p>\n
551
\n00:38:13,100 –> 00:38:16,600
\nlive in the city, I know you all
\nlive in acreages and you think I<\/p>\n
552
\n00:38:16,600 –> 00:38:18,500
\nam.
\nWe don’t have right? <\/p>\n
553
\n00:38:19,000 –> 00:38:24,000
\nI want you to Envision this as
\nyour mind right, is your mind <\/p>\n
554
\n00:38:24,000 –> 00:38:30,100
\njust full of so much stuff.
\nIs there so much going on in <\/p>\n
555
\n00:38:30,100 –> 00:38:35,300
\nyour mind that it’s just burning
\nyou up. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:38:35,900 –> 00:38:39,000
\nIt’s making you anxious.
\nWhat kind of things are we <\/p>\n
557
\n00:38:39,000 –> 00:38:41,300
\nanxious about be?
\nWe’re anxious because we want to<\/p>\n
558
\n00:38:41,300 –> 00:38:44,400
\ncontrol things.
\nWe want to predict things. <\/p>\n
559
\n00:38:44,400 –> 00:38:52,500
\nWe want to be safe.
\nWe want to know things. and <\/p>\n
560
\n00:38:52,500 –> 00:38:57,700
\nmaybe we should simplify our
\nthinking, which is why Jesus <\/p>\n
561
\n00:38:57,700 –> 00:39:05,000
\nsays First, his kingdom and his
\nrighteousness, and all these <\/p>\n
562
\n00:39:05,000 –> 00:39:08,900
\nthings shall be added unto you.
\nOkay, rate from the money. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:39:08,900 –> 00:39:12,000
\nAll the way through anxiety
\nthere is you look through it <\/p>\n
564
\n00:39:12,000 –> 00:39:14,300
\nall.
\nIt’s all about too much going <\/p>\n
565
\n00:39:14,300 –> 00:39:16,500
\non.
\nRight? <\/p>\n
566
\n00:39:16,500 –> 00:39:19,500
\nWe have the account of Martha
\nwhere Jesus says, you know, <\/p>\n
567
\n00:39:19,800 –> 00:39:23,400
\nMartha, Martha.
\nYou are troubled about many <\/p>\n
568
\n00:39:23,400 –> 00:39:27,000
\nthings, but one thing is
\nnecessary. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:39:28,100 –> 00:39:31,700
\nSo, even an occasional, like, we
\ncan do this, we can pack our <\/p>\n
570
\n00:39:31,700 –> 00:39:34,700
\nlife with so much stuff.
\nLike what Martha wanted to do <\/p>\n
571
\n00:39:34,700 –> 00:39:37,400
\nwas was fine.
\nIt was a noble thing, right? <\/p>\n
572
\n00:39:37,800 –> 00:39:41,100
\nBut it was too much.
\nAnd it was in the wrong <\/p>\n
573
\n00:39:41,100 –> 00:39:44,700
\npriority, right?
\nMake sure that even in a kleiza <\/p>\n
574
\n00:39:44,700 –> 00:39:47,700
\nlight, in your spiritual life
\nand your family life that you’re<\/p>\n
575
\n00:39:47,700 –> 00:39:52,600
\nputting first things first.
\nAnd, and be willing to let go of<\/p>\n
576
\n00:39:52,600 –> 00:39:55,800
\nall the other things, because
\nthey’re going to follow, they’re<\/p>\n
577
\n00:39:55,800 –> 00:40:13,500
\ngoing to be taken care of.
\nSo we spent yesterday <\/p>\n
578
\n00:40:14,200 –> 00:40:19,800
\ndemolishing, our Illusions about
\nwhat we can achieve. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:40:21,000 –> 00:40:24,700
\nAnd today hopefully we demolish
\nsome of your Illusions about <\/p>\n
580
\n00:40:24,700 –> 00:40:27,100
\nwhat you thought you had
\nachieved, right? <\/p>\n
581
\n00:40:27,500 –> 00:40:29,600
\nSo all the ways in which you
\nthought you were right. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:40:29,600 –> 00:40:36,400
\nJust so maybe you’re not and as
\na consequence, we’re were <\/p>\n
583
\n00:40:36,400 –> 00:40:40,100
\ncrushed.
\nThis is what we promised at the <\/p>\n
584
\n00:40:40,100 –> 00:40:45,100
\nbeginning.
\nAnd so, you’re going to have <\/p>\n
585
\n00:40:45,100 –> 00:40:49,200
\nmoments.
\nPossibly frequently possibly <\/p>\n
586
\n00:40:49,200 –> 00:40:52,200
\ncontinually where you’re going
\nto say, I’m not good enough. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:40:54,000 –> 00:40:58,600
\nI’m not worthy.
\nI can’t. <\/p>\n
588
\n00:40:58,800 –> 00:41:03,700
\nIt’s just too much.
\nEven the things that I thought <\/p>\n
589
\n00:41:03,700 –> 00:41:11,500
\nof it are are worthless quite
\npossible and to the degree you <\/p>\n
590
\n00:41:11,500 –> 00:41:15,400
\ncan Embrace and accept that to
\nthat degree. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:41:15,400 –> 00:41:19,300
\nYou will love what God has done
\nfor you. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:41:21,600 –> 00:41:23,900
\nNow, let’s go to Romans chapter
\n8. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:41:30,800 –> 00:41:35,400
\nIf something happens to you and
\nyou say, oh no, I realize I’m a <\/p>\n
594
\n00:41:35,400 –> 00:41:38,900
\nterrible sinner.
\nIt’s not that you’re a terrible <\/p>\n
595
\n00:41:38,900 –> 00:41:41,700
\nsinner that has changed.
\nThe thing that has changed is <\/p>\n
596
\n00:41:41,700 –> 00:41:44,100
\nyour realization that you were a
\nterrible sinner. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:41:44,700 –> 00:41:46,900
\nYou’re already a terrible
\nsinner. <\/p>\n
598
\n00:41:47,900 –> 00:41:52,000
\nYou’re already deeply in need of
\nSalvation. <\/p>\n
599
\n00:41:52,100 –> 00:41:55,900
\nYou may discover the extent at
\ndifferent points in life and be <\/p>\n
600
\n00:41:55,900 –> 00:41:59,500
\nshocked by it.
\nGod is not shocked, he knew all <\/p>\n
601
\n00:41:59,500 –> 00:42:02,300
\nalong.
\nWell before you fell into that <\/p>\n
602
\n00:42:02,300 –> 00:42:04,900
\npit, he knew you were in
\ntrouble. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:42:04,900 –> 00:42:08,300
\nHe might have said that pit up
\nfor you to give you that <\/p>\n
604
\n00:42:08,300 –> 00:42:09,800
\ninformation.
\nOkay? <\/p>\n
605
\n00:42:10,100 –> 00:42:17,800
\nAnd so we carry this way and
\nthen we read Romans 8:1, There <\/p>\n
606
\n00:42:17,800 –> 00:42:22,200
\nis therefore now, no
\ncondemnation. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:42:23,300 –> 00:42:29,500
\nFor those who are in Christ
\nJesus, this is the challenge for<\/p>\n
608
\n00:42:29,500 –> 00:42:34,800
\nus to carry forward.
\nCan you bear in mind that you <\/p>\n
609
\n00:42:34,800 –> 00:42:39,900
\nare crushed and also accept the
\nword of scripture, which tells <\/p>\n
610
\n00:42:39,900 –> 00:42:46,800
\nyou there is no condemnation for
\nthose who are in Christ Jesus <\/p>\n
611
\n00:42:47,100 –> 00:42:50,300
\nfor the law of the spirit of
\nlife in Christ. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:42:50,300 –> 00:42:56,600
\nJesus has set, you free from the
\nlaw of sin and death for what <\/p>\n
613
\n00:42:56,600 –> 00:43:00,600
\nthe law could not do weak as it
\nwas through the flesh, God did <\/p>\n
614
\n00:43:00,600 –> 00:43:04,200
\nsending his own Own son in the
\nlikeness of sinful flesh, as an <\/p>\n
615
\n00:43:04,200 –> 00:43:07,800
\noffering for sin, he condemned
\nsin in the flesh. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:43:08,400 –> 00:43:12,500
\nIn order that the requirement of
\nthe law might be fulfilled in <\/p>\n
617
\n00:43:12,500 –> 00:43:15,700
\nus, who do not walk according to
\nthe flesh. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:43:16,200 –> 00:43:21,500
\nBut, according to the spirit,
\nThis is a tremendous chapter. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:43:21,500 –> 00:43:24,400
\nWe could read the whole thing,
\nbut let’s skip ahead to verse 31<\/p>\n
620
\n00:43:24,400 –> 00:43:28,300
\nand read from 31 to the end.
\nWhat then shall we say to these <\/p>\n
621
\n00:43:28,300 –> 00:43:32,800
\nthings if God is for us, who is
\nagainst us? <\/p>\n
622
\n00:43:34,000 –> 00:43:38,300
\nHe who did not spare his own
\nson, but delivered him up for <\/p>\n
623
\n00:43:38,300 –> 00:43:41,700
\nus.
\nAll, how will he also? <\/p>\n
624
\n00:43:41,700 –> 00:43:43,900
\nHow will he not also with him
\nfreely? <\/p>\n
625
\n00:43:43,900 –> 00:43:46,900
\nGive us all things.
\nRomans chapter 5. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:43:46,900 –> 00:43:49,900
\nIt tells us Christ died for us
\nwhile we were yet. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:43:49,900 –> 00:43:54,900
\nSinners If we didn’t have to do
\nsomething in order to convince <\/p>\n
628
\n00:43:54,900 –> 00:43:58,900
\nJesus to die for us, he died for
\nus in advance. <\/p>\n
629
\n00:44:01,100 –> 00:44:03,400
\nWho will bring a charge against
\nGod’s elect? <\/p>\n
630
\n00:44:04,400 –> 00:44:07,200
\nWe don’t believe in a devil.
\nWe don’t believe that there’s <\/p>\n
631
\n00:44:07,200 –> 00:44:10,800
\nsomeone else out there saying.
\nOh, no, this person must burn. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:44:11,300 –> 00:44:13,200
\nWho’s going to bring the charge
\nagainst it? <\/p>\n
633
\n00:44:13,300 –> 00:44:18,500
\nYes, were crushed.
\nGod is the one who justifies. <\/p>\n
634
\n00:44:19,900 –> 00:44:22,600
\nWho is the one who condemns
\nChrist Jesus? <\/p>\n
635
\n00:44:22,600 –> 00:44:25,600
\nIs he who died?
\nYes, who rather was raised. <\/p>\n
636
\n00:44:25,600 –> 00:44:31,500
\nWho is at the right hand of God?
\nWho intercedes for us who shall <\/p>\n
637
\n00:44:31,500 –> 00:44:33,700
\nseparate us from the love of
\nChrist? <\/p>\n
638
\n00:44:33,700 –> 00:44:38,000
\nTribulation distress,
\npersecution, famine nakedness <\/p>\n
639
\n00:44:38,100 –> 00:44:42,100
\nPeril sword, as it is written.
\nFor thy sake. <\/p>\n
640
\n00:44:42,100 –> 00:44:44,100
\nWe are being put to death all
\nday long. <\/p>\n
641
\n00:44:44,100 –> 00:44:48,100
\nWe are considered as sheep to be
\nslaughtered, but in all these <\/p>\n
642
\n00:44:48,100 –> 00:44:53,200
\nthings, we overwhelmingly
\noverwhelmingly conquer through <\/p>\n
643
\n00:44:53,200 –> 00:44:58,700
\nhim, who loved us, Ryan
\nconvinced that neither death, <\/p>\n
644
\n00:44:58,900 –> 00:45:02,400
\nnor life nor angels, nor
\nprincipalities nor things, <\/p>\n
645
\n00:45:02,400 –> 00:45:06,400
\npresent, nor things to come nor
\npowers nor height nor depth, nor<\/p>\n
646
\n00:45:06,400 –> 00:45:11,500
\nany other created thing, shall
\nbe able to separate us from the <\/p>\n
647
\n00:45:11,500 –> 00:45:15,100
\nlove of God, which is in Christ
\nJesus, our lord,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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