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Luke chapter 19 · Scripture Unscripted

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  Luke chapter 19. Let us pray, oh heavenly Father.
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  Thank you Lord for another day. We thank you for waking us up.
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  We thank you that your mercies are new every day.
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  Lord, we thank you for life and life abundant.
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  Thank you God, You are worthy to be praised.
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  You're the banner over our lives.
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  You are the Most high God, You are the great physician.
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  You are our provision for today. God.
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  Thank you for the daily bread of today.
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  Thank you for your Holy Scriptures today.
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  Thank you for our health. Thank you God for our resources.
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  Thank you, God, for our families.
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  Thank you, Lord, for all the many things that you've already
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  done for us and what you are going to do.
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  God, help us to get out of our own way.
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  Lord, help us to take up our cross today.
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  God, I pray in the name of Jesus, you help us to lock eyes
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  with you and to love you more. Lord, I pray that you'll
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  continue to invite us into heavenly places, God, and give
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  us dominion over this land. Father, I pray in the name of
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  Jesus that we will not be cowards and we will not shrink
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  back. God, in fear and anxiety, I pray
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  against any of the gripping spirits, God, who try to choke
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  out all of the fruitfulness in our lives.
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  Lord, I pray in the name of Jesus that you will make us more
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  than conquerors for today. Make us the peacemakers for our
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  neighborhoods and for our communities and for our
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  families, God and workplaces. God, I pray that everywhere that
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  we go today will be holy ground. Father, because you go with us,
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  You are a rear guard and our front guard and our side guard.
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  And so God, we lock eyes with you.
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  Lord, we take up the whole counsel of Your word from
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  Genesis to Revelation. God, we thank You that you have
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  given us the full authority, the complete Word, God, and we know
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  that it is profitable. We know that it is our lifeline.
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  So God, help us, help us to teach your word, help us, Lord,
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  to spread the gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ everywhere
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  that we go. God, I pray that you'll receive
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  our prayers like incense and as we go.
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  God, I pray that you will perfume the air with your
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  goodness and grace. Your mercies are new.
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  And so God, we get out of our own way.
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  We love you. Lord Jesus, I decrease as you
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  increase. Holy Spirit, give us discernment
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  today. Holy Spirit, give us our
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  marching orders and help us to know what to do and when to do
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  it and how to do it. Today, nudge us, I pray that we
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  will not see our consciences today I pray that we will hear
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  that still small voice and we will obey that still small
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  voice. And God, it's all about you,
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  Lord, it's not about us, it's about you, King Jesus, Holy
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  Spirit, fill us, and it's in Jesus Christ, holy and precious
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  name that I pray. Amen.
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  Well, let's start in verse one. And Jesus entered and passed
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  through Jericho. Jericho's not too far from
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  Jerusalem, and he's just about at the brink of the gates to
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  Jerusalem, the city of peace. And he's about to enter in on
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  this Palm Sunday that's coming up, this triumphant entry.
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  And all the people were to receive him as a political
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  savior, not as the savior of the world.
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  Friends, all of the people there in Jerusalem were hoping that he
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  was going to overthrow the Roman government.
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  Let's see what verse 2 has to say.
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  And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the
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  chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
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  So the Bible doesn't leave out very much details.
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  They tell us that Zacchaeus, which his name means the pure
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  one, They tell us that Zacchaeus was a chief tax collector, so he
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  would have been over some of the other ones.
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  And they made their wealth by exacting more usury than what
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  was expected by the Romans. So if you were to owe $10, they
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  tell you that you owed 11 and they'd keep the buck.
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  So here you can see how these chief tax collectors were hated
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  by their own people. They were traitors, friends.
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  And these people would have hated this little man Zacchaeus.
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  Let's see what the Bible has to say about him other than he was
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  rich and the chief among the publicans. 3 And he sought to
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  see Jesus, who he was and could not for the press because he was
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  little of stature. So here we know that he's not
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  only a chief tax collector. We know that he was not only
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  rich, but we know that he was trying to see Jesus.
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  And we know that there was a lot of people pressing along trying
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  to see Jesus. And we know that Zacchaeus was
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  short in stature, for and he ran before and climbed up into a
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  Sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way.
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  So these crowds, almost like a parade, they see Jesus coming,
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  and they throng him about. And here little Zacchaeus, this
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  rich man who was short, climbed a Sycamore tree like a little
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  child to see Jesus. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, he
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  looked up and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste,
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  come down for today I must abide at your house.
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  Jesus already knew. Jesus already knew all of these
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  scriptures that we read, He was living them out.
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  But he didn't even have to try. They just came about because
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  they had already been written before Jesus even showed up on
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  the scene. Jesus knew the scriptures and he
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  lived his life and they were fulfilled as He went about.
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  He did not have to try to manifest any kind of
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  destination. Jesus is the Word of God and the
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  word of God pointed us to him and they it points to Him today.
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  And Jesus as he went about he knew that these words were
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  pinned and he knew that he must be a guest in his house.
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  How amazing is this word of God that we hold in our hands.
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  It's alive and active and sharper than any 2 edged sword
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  friends and it is discerning you as you are reading it.
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  Wow, I must abide at thy house. 6 And he made haste, and came
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  down and received him joyfully. That is our appropriate response
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  when the Lord cries out to us and says, I want to be in your
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  house. I want to be preeminent, I want
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  to be in the rafters. I want to be the waves of praise
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  that wave through your house. I want to be the center of it
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  all. I want to be at the center of
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  every decision that you're going to make of where your kids are
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  going to go to school, what kind of curriculum you're going to
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  teach. I want to be at the center of it
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  all whenever you are deciding on what kind of mortgage you're
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  going to carry. I want to be at the center of it
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  all about if you're going to buy the new car or keep fixing the
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  old one up. I want to be at the center of it
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  all whenever you're looking for a new job.
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  I want to be at the center of it all whenever you're deciding
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  which banks or vacations you want to partake in.
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  I want to be at the center of it all whenever you're deciding
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  what meals you're going to make. And you might think to yourself
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  that Jesus doesn't care about those things.
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  But by and large, by and by 100,000%, He cares about the
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  details. He cares about the nuances, He
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  cares about it all. Friends.
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  There's no prayer that is too small for him.
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  He wants and desires to be part of your entire life. 24/7, 365
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  Nothing held back, nothing compartmentalized.
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  There's not one single thing that he does not care about.
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  And our appropriate response when he cries out to us is to
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  come down and invite him in. Come down from that high place
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  that you set yourself on. Come down from that lofty,
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  prideful place, and allow King Jesus in. 7 And when they saw
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  it, they all murmured, saying that he was gone to be a guest
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  with a man that is a Sinner. Not only is he a Sinner, but he
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  is a chief Sinner. They hated this man because he
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  was a traitor to the Jewish nation.
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  And here we can see that Jesus is a friend of sinners. 8
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  Zacchaeus stood and said unto the Lord.
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  Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor, and if
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  I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I
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  restore him fourfold. So we know that Zacchaeus here,
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  he feels deeply the remorse of a sin.
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  And you can't be in the same room with Jesus and not feel the
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  conviction. Friends, it's not condemnation.
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  Condemnation does not come from God, but the Holy Spirit is good
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  at convicting us of the things that are holding us back from
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  the right relationship with Jesus Christ that He desires.
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  He He loves you so much that he does not leave you in that sin,
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  friends. And that is what is happening in
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  this moment. Whenever Zacchaeus is in the
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  presence of Jesus Christ, his conscience is getting the best
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  of them. And here he's going out of his
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  way. Before Jesus even says a word to
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  correct him, he already knows what he has done.
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  And isn't that true for us? And that is the reason that we
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  don't read the Bible. That is the reason that we don't
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  attend church, That is the reason that we don't have a
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  vibrant prayer life, Friends, is because we know that when we're
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  in the vicinity of Jesus Christ, He's going to convict us of the
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  things that are holding us back from experiencing the fullness
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  that He has for us, friends. And we would do so well to allow
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  the Holy Spirit to have His will and to have His way in our lives
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  and to put His finger on the things that are holding us back
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  from the fullness of experiencing Jesus Christ in the
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  vibrant, abundant life that He promised us, friends.
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  And He loves us so much that He tells us to go and sin no more
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  unless something worse comes upon you.
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  And so many of us, we forsake the ministry of prayer.
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  We forsake the reading of the Word of God.
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  We forsake the assembling. Why?
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  Because we do not want the conviction that comes along with
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  that. Friends, we don't want to have
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  to listen to that conscience bearing witness against us,
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  telling us that there are things in our lives that don't add up.
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  There are things in our lives that are going to destroy us.
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  Friends, There are things in our lives that if we keep going down
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  that pathway, then they are going to result in moral
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  failure. But we don't want to have to
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  listen to that, friends. We just want to go our own way
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  and we want to sprinkle Jesus in and we need just enough of Jesus
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  not to go to hell. And you can see it, friends, you
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  can see that this is the appropriate response, is that as
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  the Holy Spirit stirs those things inside of us, we
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  immediately immediate obedience, friends, because delayed
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  obedience is disobedience. And so therefore we immediately
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  restore back the things that we have done.
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  We immediately call that family member, call that neighbor, call
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  that person and apologize and ask for forgiveness.
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  Friends, we immediately stop stealing.
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  We immediately stop lying. We immediately stop watching all
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  of the filth that we see on our phones.
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  We immediately turn the secular music off.
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  We immediately respond by not taking people's wages from them.
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  We immediately respond in a way that is appropriate and you can
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  see here that half of Zacchaeus goods were good enough.
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  Whereas the rich young ruler, he said, give all of it away.
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  And Jesus deals with us specifically and individually,
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  and it's not a one-size-fits-all.
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  And he usually will start with the most obvious thing.
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  And then as we go on with Jesus, he starts working on the deeper
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  issues, on the nuances that no one is even aware of, that only
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  you harbor and you don't even talk about.
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  And Jesus will deal with those things as time goes on.
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  And that is the idea of sanctification, Friends. 9 And
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  Jesus said unto him, This day salvation has come to this
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  house. For as much as he also is a son
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  of Abraham. So I'm sure the Jews of that
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  time would have not wanted to claim Zacchaeus because of his
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  becoming a chief tax collector. But here not only did Jesus
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  Christ himself say that salvation had come to Zacchaeus,
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  but he also said that he was a son of Abraham.
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  He restored him. And that's what God does for us
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  when we come to him. He restores us back to our
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  sonship. He restores us back to our
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  rightful place as children of the Most High God. 10 For the
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  Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
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  He knows who belongs to Him. He's out, He's roving, His eyes
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  are roving to and fro, and he's looking for the ones who belong
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  to Him. And he's bringing them back to
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  repentance. He's bringing them back to their
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  rightful relationship with Him. 11 And as they heard these
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  things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was near
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  Jerusalem and because they thought that the Kingdom of God
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  should immediately appear. So here we can see that they
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  were expecting a political savior.
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  They were thinking that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem to
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  drive out the Romans and to make Israel and to make Jerusalem its
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  own sovereign place, like David did when he went in and drove
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  out all the kingdoms and established the city of David
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  here. They thought that this son of
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  David was coming to do the same, and they were sorely displeased
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  when they realized that he was going to be arrested and was
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  going to die at the hands of the Gentiles.
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  But he told them that it was going to be so, and they missed
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  it. 12 And he said, therefore a certain nobleman went into a far
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  country to receive for himself a Kingdom and to return.
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  So here he's giving them the parable of how we are to work
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  while he is away. Here Jesus came and he is giving
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  us our ministries, and he's telling us how we should work
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  while he's away. It's not just the rest that he's
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  after, but he's developing us, friends.
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  He's consecrating us to himself. He is sanctifying us as we go
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  along, and he uses all different kinds of methods, friends.
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  And here he's going to show us that he is the one who came, and
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  he is the one who left and entrusted this to US.
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  Thirteen. And he called his 10 servants
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  and delivered them 10 lbs and said unto them, Occupy until I
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  come. So He gave all of us our little
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  lifetime to steward well. And He gives us all the little
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  resources and the talents and the treasures that we have, and
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  He gives us the time that we have, and He wants us to steward
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  it well. 14 But his citizens hated him and sent a message
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  after him saying, we will not have this man to reign over us.
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  So the servants in this parable are the Christians, friends, and
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  then all of the citizens here in this parable.
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  This is the outside world who would not receive Jesus Christ,
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  and they hate him, and they say we will not have him reign over
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  us. They try to throw off the
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  shackles and psalms too. You'll see that the nation's
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  rage, and they want to throw off the authority of God, and they
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  hate God. 15 And it came to pass that when he was returned,
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  having received the Kingdom, then he commanded these servants
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  to be called to him to whom he had given the money, that he
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  might know how much every man had gained by his trading.
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  So here you can see that Jesus expects for us to steward all
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  the blessings that we have. Well, friends, in this little
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  lifetime that we have, and whenever he comes back in his
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  second advent, he calls us to himself, and he says, let's see
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  how he did. 16 Then came the first thing, Lord, your pound
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  has gained 10 lbs. 17 And he said unto him, Well, you good
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  servant, because you have been faithful, and very little have
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  authority over 10 cities. We will rule and reign with
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  Jesus Christ in the Millennium, friends, and this is what he's
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  talking about here. 18 And the second came saying, Lord, your
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  pound has gained 5 lbs. And he said likewise to him, be
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  you over 5 cities. So here it's very simple stuff
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  here as he comes back to receive his Kingdom, this millennial
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  reign, this thousand year reign of Christ that is mentioned in
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  Revelation here, we would do well to know that how we live
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  our lives now is going to have a cause and effect over our
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  eternity. Right now counts forever, and we
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  would do well to make sure that we are stewarding this time the
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  best that we can, being completely sold out to the King
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  of Kings and the Lord of Lords, so that when he comes back, you
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  will hear well done, good and faithful servant.
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  You will not fall into this third category.
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  And Jesus is so kind as to show us beforehand what happens.
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  And we have to make the decision of what kind of stewards we're
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  going to be, what kind of servants are we going to be?
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  Because the reward for a job well done is more work, friends,
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  He gives us more to steward and he tells us if we're faithful
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  with little, then we'll be faithful with much.
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  Let's see how this third servant did 20 And another came saying,
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  Lord, behold, here's your pound, which I've kept, I've laid up in
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  a napkin. So here this servant thought he
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  was clever. Instead of going and taking his
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  master's money and squandering it, he just hid it away, so that
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  when the master came back he'd still have it.
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  And he thought he did something well. 21 For I feared you,
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  because you are an austere man, and you take up that you have
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  not laid down, and you reap that which you have not sown. 22 And
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  he said unto him, Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you
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  wicked servant, You knew that I was an austere man, taking up
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  which I have not laid down, and reaping which I have not sown.
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  23 Therefore, then, why did you not give the money to the bank?
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  And at my coming I might have required my own with interest.
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  So here you can see that Jesus expects for us to take this
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  little lifetime and all the resources that he gives to us,
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  the little that he gives to us, and he wants us to invest it,
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  friends. Invest in people.
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  Invest your time in loving your neighbor as yourself.
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  Invest it, friends. And yes, we should be good
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  stewards with the money that God has given us.
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  And yes, we need to make sure that we are living lives that
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  point people to the Lord. But by and large, the greatest
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  investment that God has given you are the years on this earth
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  that we have to serve Him. And whatever we do with this
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  little bit of time that we have is going to affect our eternity.
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  And are you willing to gamble with that, friends?
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  Are you willing to live however you want to live now and then
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  gamble with eternity? I pray not. 24 And he said unto
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  them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to
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  him that has 10 lbs. So here he's going to explain
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  something that we all need to understand. 25 And they said
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  unto him, Lord, he has 10 lbs. So they're saying, You're going
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  to give the little bit that this man has to the man that has the
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  most. 26 For I say unto you, that unto everyone who which has
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  shall be given, and from him that has, not, even that he has,
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  shall be taken away from him. So this is a biblical principle
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  that we all need to understand. For those who cultivate a
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  relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ and are completely sold
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  out to the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, and they're not
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  compartmentalized and every moment of every day is sold out
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  to him, then they will be compounded exponentially as
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  their life goes on. He reveals more and more and
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  more facets of himself and more and more of the tapestry of
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  himself. But for those who think that
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  they have it all figured out and they have just enough of God to
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  get out of hell, even the little bit of knowledge of the Lord
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  Jesus Christ is taken from them. And they live in perpetual
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  frustration because they're making it all about self and
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  vanity and money. They're making it all about
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  position and lording over people and they live within the own
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  confines of their mind with the critical spirit and they live in
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  a state of frustration because the Word of God is not
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  profitable are useful to them because it convicts them when
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  they try to read it. And that's what he mentions here
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  is a little bit that they have that little bit of security that
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  they know the Bible, they know God, they go to church.
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  Even the peace within, the moment, within them own selves
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  will be taken from them, and that is what is referenced in
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  this parable. 27 But those my enemies which would not, that I
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  should reign over them, bring here and slay them before me,
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  that is Armageddon, friends. This is right before the
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  thousand year reign of Christ. This is when he gathers and
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  amasses all the evil in the world to 1 literal geographical
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  place on planet Earth, Mon ghetto.
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  And this is where he will slay them with the breath of his
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  mouth, with the two edged sword, eyes like fire and hair like
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  wool. 28 And when he had thus spoken, he went before ascending
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  up to Jerusalem, He set his face like a Flint.
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  We know that, friends, that there was nothing.
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  He was unstoppable. He knew what was awaiting him,
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  and it was counted as joy, and it pleased the Lord to crush
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  him. 29 And it came to pass when he was near Bethpage and
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  Bethany, at the mount called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of
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  his disciples. We know that when Jesus comes
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  back he's going to stand on this mount of Olives, he's going to
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  enter in through the Eastgate friends 30 saying Go you into
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  the village over against you, in the which you are entering, you
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  shall find a cult tide whereon no man has ever sat loose him
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  and bring him here. 31 And if any man asks you, why do you
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  loose him, you will say unto him, Because the Lord has need
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  of him. That's all we have to do is just
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  walk out into the dominion that he promised us, and the whole
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  world belongs to him. Every tree, every valley, every
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  wave, all the stars, all of creation is his friends.
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  It's easy for him. 32 And they, and they that were sent went
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  their way, and found even as he had said unto them, 33 And as
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  they were losing the colt, the owners of it said unto them, Why
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  do you lose the colt? 34 And they said, The Lord has
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  need of him. It's all they had to do.
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  They all they had to do is let them know Jesus of Nazareth.
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  The branch requires this beast, and they let him go. 35 And they
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  brought him to Jesus, and they cast their garments upon the
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  colt, and they set Jesus on it. Imagine that.
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  Imagine how their coats, which were costly, were thrown out by
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  the wayside and trampled upon by this young little donkey.
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  Look at the Lord Jesus riding upon it as a peaceful Prince, as
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  a peaceful king, as the Prince of peace.
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  Look at how he rides in friends, as the King of Kings and the
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  Lord of Lords. Look how he rides in, and he
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  brings salvation with him. 36 And as he went, they spread
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  their clothes in the way. 37 And when he was come near, even now,
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  at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of
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  the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice
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  for all the mighty works that they had seen.
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  They're crying out Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest glory be
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  to Jesus Christ who brought about our salvation and look at
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  how they're remembering all the things that they've seen him do
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  bringing Lazarus back from the dead walking on the water.
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  They're seeing all the dead rise.
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  They're seeing the demons that were driven out.
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  They're seeing all the sick of the palsy healed.
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  They're seeing the crippled walk.
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  They're seeing the blind see they're seeing the deaf receive
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  their hearing. They're seeing the mute speak.
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  They know the power that this man has.
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  They're crying out. They know that he has the
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  capability of overthrowing the Roman government.
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  They are recounting back to the time that he fed thousands upon
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  thousands upon thousands upon thousands with just meager
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  morsels. There's nothing but he cannot
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  do. And it's no different today,
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  friends. God can do anything.
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  He could cause 8 billion souls today to be completely sold out
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  to Him. Worldwide revival, friends, we
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  should pray from the King to the cattle that every man, woman and
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  child on planet earth comes to know Him.
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  They have looked back, and they have seen what the Lord has
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  done, 38 saying, Blessed be the king that comes in the name of
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  the Lord, peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. 39 And
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  some of the Pharisees from among the multitudes said unto him,
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  Master, rebuke your disciples. So here they still thought of
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  him as a rabbi. They still thought of him as
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  just the teacher. They had not yet seen him as the
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  Son of God, and they're telling him that he does not need this
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  kind of praise, that he is not worthy of the kind of praise
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  that they are showering upon him.
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  Blessed be the King that comes in the name of the Lord.
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  Peace in heaven, glory in the highest.
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  Glory in the highest for this rogue St. preacher, this
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  unlearned rabbi. And they're saying, quiet them
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  down, and what does Jesus say? And he answered and said unto
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  them, I tell you that if these should hold their peace, the
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  stones would immediately cry out.
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  All of Creation groans and awaits the day that he is going
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  to make all things new. Heaven and earth shall pass
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  away. But not one of these words, not
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  one jot, not one title. Friends, we know that the second
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  destruction is by fire, and we know that he's going to make all
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  things new, friends. And we know that Creation is
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  groaning for that moment. They were subjected to the curse
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  back in the garden, and they are awaiting the time Creation
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  awaits, the time whenever they will be restored back to their
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  original state in the garden. Friends. 41 And when he was come
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  near, and beheld the city and wept over it.
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  So here Jesus is weeping. This is the weeping God.
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  He cries, Friends, for all the times that we turn our backs on
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  Him and we don't walk in the identity that He has for us.
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  He cries whenever someone is lost in their sin.
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  He cries whenever we do not understand how good and gracious
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  He is and how powerful He is. Friends and he's crying over
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  this city who refused him. What did he say?
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  42 saying if you had known even you at least in your day, the
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  things which belong unto your peace, but now they are hid from
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  your eyes. So Jerusalem means the city of
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  peace. And he's going to prophecy AD 70
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  right here where the famine inside of the walls, because
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  they were being sieged by the Romans.
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  The famine that was inside of the walls was so great that they
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  could not even bury their dead. And they threw them over the
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  walls, friends, and heaped them up.
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  And it was such a tragedy. And here Jesus knows the
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  beginning from the end and the end from the beginning.
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  And he knows that they had a chance to receive him.
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  And isn't this such a paradox? Isn't this such an oxymoronic
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  thought that they could have received him and received the
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  peace that their whole city, what their city's name means,
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  but they refused him, and it must happen this way.
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  It's kind of like Judas. There could have been salvation
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  for him, but He refused it, and He said it would be better that
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  he was never born. So here you can see how the Lord
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  works. It's not always in the ways that
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  we want them to work. He could cause all of the
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  people, all the inhabitants of the earth right this very minute
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  to give their lives over to Him, but He doesn't.
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  And why? He could have caused the tree in
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  the garden not to be there, the tree of forbidden fruits, and
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  not be there. But why did He not?
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  He could have caused the garden to not have the serpent in it,
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  but why did he not? And we would do well to
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  understand that it is all for the glory of Him.
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  His ways are not our ways, friends.
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  The rocks will cry out if we do not.
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  And He's weeping over the city. 43 For the day shall come upon
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  you that your enemy shall cast a trench about you, encompass you
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  round, and keep you in on every side, 44 and shall lay you even
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  with the ground, and your children within you.
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  And they shall not leave you one stone upon another, because you
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  knew not the time of your visitation.
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  The Son of God is in their midst, and they refused him, and
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  they're going to murder their Messiah.
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  And he's saying, because they refused him, God's going to
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  break down their temple that they find so much security in
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  and disperse them worldwide. 45 And he went into the temple, and
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  began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought.
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  So here, this is when he went in and turned over the tables and
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  drove out the money changers. And you can see here that they
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  were extorting all of the people coming in and that God's plan
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  for that temple was the outer court would be for prayer of the
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  nations to come. And we'll see it in the
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  Millennium, the thousand year reign of Christ, that he's going
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  to have the temple that he desired, friends.
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  And here it was supposed to be a place of prayer, but they had
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  made it into a den of thieves, 46 saying unto them, It is
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  written, My house is the House of prayer, but you have made it
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  the den of thieves. 47 And he taught daily in the temple, but
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  the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the
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  people sought to destroy him. Look at Jesus, and we can see
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  from the other gospels, we can see a lot of the teachings that
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  are within the temple at this time.
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  But Jesus sitting there teaching the people after he's driven out
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  all of the money changers, all those that were selling the
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  sacrifices, and they were inflating the prices outside of
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  that place, it would not have cost very much, but inside of
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  that place they had raised the prices to an astronomical
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  amount. And Jesus was sore displeased at
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  their practices. And we would do well today to
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  make sure that our places of worship are for that.
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  They are for prayer and they are for worship and for the teaching
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  of God's Word. And they are not a marketplace,
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  friends. And far be it from us to bring
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  idols into the place of worship. 48 and could not find what they
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  might do for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
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  Of course they were. He was able to do the
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  miraculous. They were intrigued by this man,
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  but they were not lovers of him. They only wanted just enough of
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  Him to receive their healings, but they did not come back and
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  give Him the praise. Just know friends, that whether
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  the healing comes or not, we must give Him His praise.
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  He is due. He is worthy of all of our
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  praise, all of our attention, all of our affection, friends.
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  Give it to them today. Hope you've been blessed by this
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  chapter. I know I sure have.
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  I'm praying for every single one of you and I love you.
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  So does God. Let's stay prayed up today,
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  friends. Do not forsake the ministry of
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  prayer. Let's get in the word today and
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  be sold out to him. Sold out to the King of Kings
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  and the Lord of Lords. Sold out to him.
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  Everything laid bare before him. Give him access to everything.
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  Let's love our neighbors as ourselves.
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  We'll see you back here tomorrow.
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  God bless you.