Eat the bread,
you will have life.
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Eat my flesh,
you will have life.
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Drink My blood,
you will have life.
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The evidence is
our willingness to hear
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and to abide
the Word of the God,
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especially since we
realize this is God speaking.
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This is not an ordinary
book we are talking about
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this morning this
is the word of life.
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This is the Word of God
we have in His presence.
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The Holy Spirit's
ability to inspire.
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As you thank this
morning look up the crowd here,
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praise God that
people in Washington like
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to get up early in the morning.
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Doesn't happen all
over the country trust me.
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But it seems to
be okay in Washington
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and I'm grateful for that.
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We are moving on today
to the Holy Spirit's ability
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to "Inspire With Love."
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Appreciate all
the amen's for that.
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Amen. Wow, great beginning.
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Open your Bibles with
me to Ephesians Chapter 3
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as we read a
passage of scripture.
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Ephesians 3:16,
"That he would grant you,
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according to the
riches of his glory,
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to be strengthened with power
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through his
Spirit in the inner man"
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that's where we were yesterday,
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remember putting
on the mind of Jesus.
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Having Christ
coming into your inner man.
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"So that Christ may dwell
in your hearts through faith"
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and when Jesus dwells
in your heart through faith
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what happens?
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You become
rooted and grounded in?
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Love. Love.
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Isn't that beautiful?
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Yeah.
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"You become rooted
and grounded in love,
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and you may be
able to comprehend
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with all the
saints what is the breath
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and length and height
and dept of the love of God
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and to know the love of Christ
which surpasses knowledge,
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that you may be filled up with"
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Love.
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Can you believe He
actually said that?
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How much of God
is He offering to us?
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Wholeness.
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The fullness of
Himself is being made available
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through Jesus Christ in us
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and its all
summarized by the height
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and length and
breath and dept of His love.
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I think sometimes
I got a little handle
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on the love of God
and God opens my eyes
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and shows me that it's an
onion I peel off that layer
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and there is another
layer of His incredible love
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reveals itself
and I'm overwhelmed.
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"Further Him he was able
to do abundantly beyond all"
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I can't read it here
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"that we ask or think
according to the power
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that lies within us to Him be"
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"Glory."
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We are getting
into glorification now
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and notice who
is being glorified.
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The sanctuary message is about
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people claiming
justification every morning
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moving into the
sanctification experience
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in order to glory
God in their lives.
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That's the whole purpose
of the redemptive process.
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Not for me to get to heaven
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but to bring
about the glorification
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and the
vindication of God Himself.
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Isn't that powerful?
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This is a
remarkable chapter here
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and God is to be
glorified in, what does it say?
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Church. The church.
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You love that? Amen.
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God is to be
glorified in the church.
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The purpose of
having a church on earth
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in your location is not to prove
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that our doctrines are superior
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or that our
lifestyle will help you to live
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a few more years
as great as that is.
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A purpose of having a
church in your community
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is to glorify God.
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And you do that by
becoming the most loving
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and lovable Christians.
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That's how we glorify God.
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I probably should
sit down at this point
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because that's
says it all, doesn't it?
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That's the most convicting
thing we can ever hear.
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God is to be
glorified in His church.
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Wow.
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Jesus has
profound teachings on this,
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I'm still intrigued by the depth
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of the teachings of Jesus.
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I spent all
these years using Paul
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and God has
finally opened my eyes
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to see the magnificence
of the teachings of Jesus
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and how deep they are.
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Slip over with me to the
Sermon on the Mount this morning
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because it's all about love
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and Jesus teachings on
love they just blow me away.
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Matthew Chapter 5, Matthew 5,
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and Jesus told about love
in the most unlikely setting.
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He starts talking
about the Ten Commandments
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and which one does He choose
in order to teach about love?
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It's the last
commandment that I would choose.
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It was also one
of the commandments
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that I had fooled
myself into thinking for years,
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well, at least I have
never broken that one.
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Oh, how we deceive ourselves?
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Which commandment did He choose?
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"Thou shalt not kill."
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If you are
gonna teach about love
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would you start talking
about thou shalt not kill?
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Would that be the
most effective vehicle
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to share the understanding
of the love of God?
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Thou shalt not kill. Wow.
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You never heard
this before prepare,
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to have your eyes open
here because this is profound.
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Jesus opens up the subject,
thou shalt not kill, wow.
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Look at verse 17
the verse we know well.
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"Don't think that I
came to abolish the law
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or the prophets.
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I did not come to
abolish, but to fulfill."
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And the Greek word
fulfill is understood
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by reversing the
two halves of the word.
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If you want to
understand the word fulfill
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just turn it around
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and have it say a
fill full of meaning,
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that's what it means.
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Jesus is saying I came to
fill the law full of meaning.
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And here is the profound meaning
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of thou shalt not kill.
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I love this.
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It's so simple and
yet it's so profound.
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And now look at
verse 20, "I say to you,
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that except your
righteousness surpasses
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that of the
scribes and Pharisees,
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you shall not enter
the kingdom of heaven."
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The scribes and the
Pharisees they knew the law.
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They even had many
additional volumes of rules.
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They had 600 rules
for example associated
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with keep the Sabbath and
then they spent their lives
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trying to get around them.
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Six hundred rules
about Sabbath keeping allowed
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think of that.
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They made the law
into a great burden.
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Jesus has come to
teach us the true meaning
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to fill it full of meaning
and He does it by letting on to
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and He chooses two commandments.
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One is thou shalt not kill,
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the other is thou
shalt not commit adultery.
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They are both so
profound, they blow you away.
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And here is thou shalt not kill.
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Let's see what He
has to say about it.
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Verse 21, "You have heard
that the ancients were told,
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"You shall not commit
murder'" or thou shalt not kill
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"'Whoever commits murder
shall be liable to the court.'
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But I say to you"
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is Jesus trying to
tell us something there?
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This is the
lawgiver Himself, remember.
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I say to you, the
scribes and the Pharisees
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are horrified when Jesus say--
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Hey this is what the
law says but I say to you.
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Jesus is actually
identifying Himself
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in the Sermon on the Mount
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with the great I'm
of the Old Testament.
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He is the I'm,
He is the authority.
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He not only gave the law He
is the best qualified person
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to reveal the
depth of meaning in it.
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Why he had made
it into such a burden
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that I say, unto
you and notice now
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where He goes with this.
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Verse 22 becomes
a huge verse now.
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Verse 22 and that's
an interesting verse
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because you've
got three levels here.
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Three levels, first
of all if you are angry
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with your brother
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you will be in danger
of judgment or the court.
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Judgment.
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And by the way that is
the word for the civil court.
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Like if we have a
problem with a neighbour
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we can go to civil
court and we can sort it out.
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It's the common word
for court in Jewish society.
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That's the first level of anger.
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Interesting that
in these discussions
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of thou shalt not
kill, the one thing that
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Jesus never actually mentions
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is taking somebody's life.
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Isn't that interesting?
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Not one mention
of the physical act
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of killing
somebody, not even mentioned.
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That's why I had
deluded myself by it said well,
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that's once commandment
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I'm confident
I've never violated.
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That's because I wasn't
understanding it with clarity.
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But the level is pretty clear,
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if you are angry
with your brother
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you are in danger
of the court, judgment.
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Basic thing,
common in our society too.
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We are a very
litigious society, aren't we?
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People love a chance to
sue one another in court.
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Look at the second level now
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and verse 22,
whoever says to his brother,
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Raca shall be in danger of what?
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The council and the
other word in your version,
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the advance version
look up the word Sanhedrin.
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Council is already on
the board or Supreme Court
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that's the other
possibility, Supreme Court.
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This was the highest court
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in Jewish society the Sanhedrin.
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It's like, it's the
equivalent of our Supreme Court.
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The ultimate authority in
Judaism was the Sanhedrin.
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You had to be married
by the way to be a member
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of the Sanhedrin,
that's how we know
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the Apostle Paul was
actually a married man.
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We are not sure what happened
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but we know that he
had to have been married
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in to be in the
Sanhedrin, be in the council.
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Well, that is beside the point.
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Second level and does anyone
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to marginal
reference to the word Raca?
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If you say to your brother Raca
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and new version
says, vain fellow.
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I put it here in
parenthesis (vain fellow)
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anyone go to different word
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to that in your
marginal reference.
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That man with the good voice
back here is with us again,
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praise the Lord.
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Idiot. Idiot, okay, idiot.
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Idiot.
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Its not the most serious
thing we can say about somebody.
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Now there is one
other expression that
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maybe could emerge here.
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A rascal, yes, you can see that
it's not the most serious word
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because rascal itself is
not a terribly derogatory term.
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Okay, so we've
got this rather light.
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It's a little
advancement on just being angry.
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You are angry enough
now to use an epithet,
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to use a word.
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You know, you
are an idiot, buddy.
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You are dingbat. You are rascal.
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All right, don't
mind header me please,
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you run a hid, you run a hid.
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We have to look the
word bring this fourth now,
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its very important.
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Now you've got these
two things have come out
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but the third level
now, notice it very carefully
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and also be ready for
maybe because your margin
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should have an interesting word
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coming through
the third level that,
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"Whoever shall say 'You fool'
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shall be in danger of hellfire."
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Hell fire, and
immediately we start recognizing
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that there is a
line here, don't we?
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Because the first
two levels of anger
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only bring you
before the courts of men
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but the third level
of anger will bring you
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before the divine
court of God's judgment.
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You are in danger of hell fire.
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So Jesus is
making a huge leap now.
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He's had two
categories to put you
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in danger of man's judgment
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and if you've been to
court you've tasted that
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but there is a third level.
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If you call--
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Oh, man, I'm
taking a hand on this now.
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Is anyone-- does
anyone have a word
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in their margin there for fool?
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The word in Greek
is the word, moron.
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Moron, same as our
English word, moron.
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And if you are
looking at the word moron
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and you are actually
accused someone seriously
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of being a moron
you are actually making
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an accusation to
them about their mental
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and intellectual capacity
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and perhaps the limitations
even in terms of serving God.
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A moron would have
serious limitations.
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Jesus is so
particular in His words.
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Don't you love that?
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We missed in English of course
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well, these common
little words like fool and idiot
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but here is the word moron
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which has serious
implications build into it.
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And interestingly enough
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the root of our own
common word in English,
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if you call someone a moron
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you place yourself
in danger of hellfire.
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Is that sinking in?
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Men, is that hitting you?
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I hope its hitting you.
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Jesus is making
a clear distinction
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between the first two
categories and the third.
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And now Jesus
illustrates the truth.
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He tells a little story.
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Jesus is the master
storyteller you all know that
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and He tells a little
story who illustrate his point
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and it took me
quite a while to realize
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that the little
story is tied together
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with this third
category, not with the first two
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which have a high
degree of harm built in to them
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but this third category places
somebody in danger of hellfire.
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It has very
serious ramifications
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if you call somebody
else seriously a moron.
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So Jesus as He
tells the little story
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is actually
illustrating now the third
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and serious category
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and that we catch
this from verse 23.
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I'm always
fascinated by conjunctions.
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How does verse 23 begin?
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My version has a double infinity
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where it says, "If therefore"
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and it's the use
of therefore here
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which ties us back
to the third reference
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to calling somebody a moron.
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Keep that in mind.
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He's just made the
pronouncement about moron
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and the danger of
hellfire now if therefore.
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Jesus is about to give you
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an illustration of
this third statement.
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It only took me 25
years to hear this.
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As you guys, you
are all on such a vow,
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and yesterday
you probably hear it
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in minutes here this morning.
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If therefore
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and now that is
unexpected statement comes out,
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"If therefore you are presenting
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your offering at
the altar, and remember"
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not that you've got
something against your brother
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but you remember
"that your brother
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has something against you."
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That's not well.
Where is he going with this?
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He is illustrating
this third principle here
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and He tells this little story
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if you're bringing your offering
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to God like in
an active worship,
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and while you are doing
it you remember not that
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you've got something
you need to make right
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but you remember that
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your brother has
something against you.
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Very profound.
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What should you do?
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You should leave your
offering there by the altar,
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let me read it here.
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Verse 24 "Leave your
offering there before the altar
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and go your way.
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First be
reconciled to your brother
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and then come and
present your offering."
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Wow. Wow.
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For His, His illustration
of this third principle here
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and by the way,
this is all about,
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thou shalt not kill.
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And its about to
illustrate the great,
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you are correct,
00:20:27.39\00:20:28.72
it's about to illustrate
the great love principle.
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You are
bringing your gift to God
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and you are
convicted that your brother
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has something against
you, put your gift down.
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You don't go ahead with
it as an active worship.
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You go and seek your brother
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and how many times
of people said to be by?
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I didn't stop this thing.
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I had to remind
that has nothing to do
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who started this thing.
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Nothing to do with it.
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Jesus is trying to
teach a really deep lesson.
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He will say, your mind
should be actually saying
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to you at this moment.
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First of all what is
this have to do with,
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thou shalt not kill
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and secondly how
does it explain this?
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Now we got a link now.
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We have to like,
this is how Jesus teaching
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is so masterful.
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First of all He leads us to this
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and He brings in this.
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He goes from here to here
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and now if you remember
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your brother or your sister
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of course as
something against you.
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You may not have done anything
who precipitate this situation
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but you know that
your brother or sister
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for whatever reason
has something against you.
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Apparently you're biblical duty
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and responsibility is to go
to that person and seek what?
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What's the word
that's used there?
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Reconciliation.
Seek reconciliation.
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After reconciliation
has been affected come then
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and present your gift to God.
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But Jesus is linking
together. Look what He has done?
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Thou shalt not
kill is tied together
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with calling somebody a moron,
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putting oneself
in danger of hellfire
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and incredibly illustrate it
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remembering that someone
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has something against you.
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Wow.
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That only took me 25 years
00:23:25.83\00:23:27.50
to tie those
three thoughts together.
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Hitting anyone here this
morning in seconds and minutes?
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Reconnections coming together,
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thou shalt not
kill or no man a fool
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and remember if your brother
has something against you.
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What makes it so imperative
that we act when we know that
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someone has
something against us?
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And I know how easy
it is to rationalize
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and justify yourself
00:24:06.11\00:24:08.84
and say well, I
didn't stop this.
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I've never responded to it
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or actually been in
that situation myself.
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And I've never responded to
it. I felt righteous, you know.
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I don't know whether
you've ever had an enemy
00:24:20.99\00:24:22.49
but I had an enemy for 25 years
00:24:22.52\00:24:24.59
at the highest levels of
our church in Washington D.C.
00:24:24.63\00:24:28.56
and I don't know
why this man felt
00:24:28.60\00:24:30.20
he had to spend his life
in ministry bad mouthing me.
00:24:30.23\00:24:34.10
I keep hearing these
things all over the world.
00:24:34.14\00:24:37.64
I went to him three times
and said, what is the problem?
00:24:37.67\00:24:42.14
We've never had
a misunderstanding,
00:24:42.18\00:24:43.61
we certainly had disagreements
sitting on committees
00:24:43.65\00:24:46.48
in the General Conference
00:24:46.51\00:24:47.85
but I've never had a
personal disagreement
00:24:47.88\00:24:50.55
with this individual and
yet he is bad mouthing me
00:24:50.59\00:24:54.16
all over the
world and God said to me
00:24:54.19\00:24:55.99
you are to never to
respond to this ever.
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But for 25 years I shut my mouth
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and it nearly killed me.
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I was so angry with this guy.
00:25:04.10\00:25:06.74
I wanted to kick
him in the backside.
00:25:06.77\00:25:09.54
I went to him three
times and said, I begged him
00:25:09.57\00:25:12.11
what is the problem?
00:25:12.14\00:25:13.94
If I've done
something I'm sorry,
00:25:13.98\00:25:15.51
let's get is sorted out.
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No, there is no
problem, Bill, nothing.
00:25:16.91\00:25:20.22
He lied to me and I
couldn't address it.
00:25:20.25\00:25:25.89
And you know what,
because I didn't respond
00:25:25.92\00:25:27.82
for 25 years I
felt a little bias.
00:25:27.86\00:25:34.00
I felt well, at least I have
never responded to this public.
00:25:34.03\00:25:38.57
I've certainly thought plenty
00:25:38.60\00:25:41.37
and I have never
yielded to the temptation
00:25:41.40\00:25:43.37
to say something bad
about this guy thank you, God.
00:25:43.41\00:25:47.61
And I deluded
myself into thinking
00:25:47.64\00:25:50.68
that I was actually in
harmony with the commandment,
00:25:50.71\00:25:57.32
thou shalt not kill,
00:25:57.35\00:26:01.02
until the meaning of it
came crystal clear to me.
00:26:01.06\00:26:07.00
Because the reason
we go to the person
00:26:07.03\00:26:10.80
who has something against
us is not to satisfy ourselves,
00:26:10.83\00:26:18.37
the Lord is pretty satisfying
00:26:18.41\00:26:21.94
but it's because there's
only one thing fulfills the law.
00:26:21.98\00:26:27.88
What is it?
00:26:27.92\00:26:29.55
Love is the
fulfilling of the law.
00:26:29.58\00:26:34.52
Isn't that profound? Amen.
00:26:34.56\00:26:37.33
This is the meaning
of love God's style.
00:26:37.36\00:26:43.80
Let's bow our heads
together as we pray.
00:26:43.83\00:26:48.74
Father in heaven, Your
teaching is so profound.
00:26:48.77\00:26:52.84
We think and delude
ourselves into thinking
00:26:52.87\00:26:54.98
we've never killed anybody
00:26:55.01\00:26:57.75
but we are
learning here this morning
00:26:57.78\00:26:59.41
that love is
proactive and we just pray
00:26:59.45\00:27:03.45
for the grace of God in
our hearts to love our brothers
00:27:03.49\00:27:06.82
and our sisters so much
00:27:06.86\00:27:10.23
that if they are
angry with us Father,
00:27:10.26\00:27:11.79
we will have the grace to seek
reconciliation enabling them
00:27:11.83\00:27:16.73
not to reach a point of anger
00:27:16.77\00:27:18.53
that will bring them into danger
00:27:18.57\00:27:20.14
of Your judgment and hellfire.
00:27:20.17\00:27:22.94
Thank You, for the clarity
00:27:22.97\00:27:24.31
of Jesus teaching
here this morning.
00:27:24.34\00:27:26.71
We praise You in
Jesus precious name, amen.
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