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Mark 7:1-13 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Amen. Please take out your copy of God's Word. Turn to the Gospel according to Mark chapter 7.
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Amen. It's good to be here with you today, and I'm glad that you're here with us. If you are a guest with us today, we have been preaching, working together through, verse by verse, through the Gospel according to Mark, looking at the life of Christ together.
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And we've come now to chapter 7, and I'm going to read to us the first 13 verses.
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Now when the Pharisees gathered to him with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
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For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders.
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And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash.
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And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.
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And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him,
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Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?
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And he said to them,
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Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,
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This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
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In vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.
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You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.
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And he said to them,
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You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition.
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For Moses said,
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Honor your father and mother, and whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.
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But you say,
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If a man tells his father or his mother,
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Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban, that is, given to God,
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then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother,
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thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down.
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And many such things you do.
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This is God's word to us, written for his glory and our good.
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We will all do well to listen to it and obey it.
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Join me in prayer.
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Father, we do praise you this morning for the person and work of Jesus Christ.
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We thank you that you are drawing us together even now to hear from your word,
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and we praise you for it.
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I pray, Father, that it will be powerful this morning in our lives,
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in my preaching of it and in the hearing of it and in the application of it throughout this next week.
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This is a gift from you.
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We cannot accomplish this on our own.
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No perfectly put together speech.
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No convincing nature of my argument.
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Not the best note-taker, best listener in this room can possibly understand and apply your word
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unless you work in us to accomplish that by your spirit.
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And so we pray that that would be the case this morning,
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that none of us would leave here unchanged.
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And we pray this in Christ's name.
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Amen.
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So we have another one of these confrontations on the religious of Jerusalem with Jesus.
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Now he's coming to a close of his Galilean ministry.
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It's beginning to wind down.
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He's just fed the 5,000.
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It's the last of the largest groups.
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We'll see him feed later 4,000 as the reverb is being worked out of the system right now.
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But this is winding down.
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When he's going to move from the region of Galilee,
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he's going to go to Tyre and Sidon, some other places.
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He's primarily going to be focused, through the rest of the Gospel account of Mark,
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on teaching the disciples.
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And he'll encounter the world, the lost along the way.
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And he'll be teaching the disciples things as that happens.
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And we kind of see this heightened level of confrontation
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as the religious of the day are getting more and more nervous about the things that Jesus is teaching.
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And they confront him here.
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As he is allowing his disciples to eat with unwashed hands.
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And we'll explain that in a bit more degree in just a moment here.
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But I want you to focus your attention in on the very beginning of verse 7.
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This is the axiom statement.
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This is the thing we really need to draw our attention to and really notice.
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Everything else in this text builds around this.
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This little phrase,
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In vain do they worship me.
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In vain do they worship me.
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It is possible to worship the right God wrongly.
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And this is a frightful reality.
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That you could worship the God of Moses,
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the God of Abraham,
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the God of Jesus,
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and do it wrongly,
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and find yourself outside the faith,
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is a frightful reality.
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You see,
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they thought that they were worshiping God rightly.
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In fact,
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their lives were devoted to this.
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These Pharisees and the scribes.
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The scribes would have been the academic elite.
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They would have come down from Jerusalem.
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You see,
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they were probably called as some elites down.
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Help us come and confront this Jesus
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because he is confounding our accusations at every turn
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and we need your expertise
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to come down from Jerusalem,
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the center of religious learning.
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These people devoted themselves
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to what they thought was the right worship of God
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in their legalism.
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And we see that
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Mark's parenthetical statement
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that it was not just the Pharisees and the scribes,
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but that it was all of Israel
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at the beginning of verse 3.
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The Pharisees and the scribes
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and all of Israel
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worshipped in this way.
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This small group of Judaism,
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the Pharisees numbered about 700 in these days,
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had so convinced the nation
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that they must follow the traditions of the elders
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rather than submit themselves
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to the Word of God.
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Today we see this happening
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with either legalism or liberalism,
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right?
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With good intention,
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but that there's a strain
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from the teaching of the Word
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and a living that is supposed
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will bring us into righteousness
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by the outworking,
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the showing of what we do
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rather than the change that happens
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in our hearts.
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Matthew 23,
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verse 13-15,
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Jesus rebukes the scribes and Pharisees.
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He says,
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But woe to you,
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scribes and Pharisees,
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hypocrites,
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for you shut the kingdom of heaven
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in people's faces,
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for you neither enter yourselves
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nor allow those who would enter
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to go in.
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Woe to you,
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scribes and Pharisees,
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hypocrites,
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for you travel across sea and land
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to make a single proselytite.
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And when he becomes a proselytite,
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you make him twice as much
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a child of hell
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as yourselves.
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You see the good intention here.
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They would do all this traveling
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to just bring one convert
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into Judaism.
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All of this work
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to see this accomplished.
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And yet,
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what they're accomplishing
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is the opposite
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of what they hoped to do.
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Well-intentioned,
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but wrong.
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To quote the great Wes Shelnut,
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the song he once wrote,
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which he thinks he picked this up
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from someplace else,
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they were providing
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air conditioning
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on a train ride to hell.
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Air conditioning
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on a train ride to hell.
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And the issue at hand here,
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really,
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concerning the worship of God,
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is an issue of heart.
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God desires heart worship.
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Deuteronomy 6, 4 and 5.
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God says,
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Hear, O Israel,
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the Lord our God,
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the Lord is one.
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You shall love the Lord your God
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with all your heart
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and with all your soul
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and with all your might.
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And we're speaking here
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of the heart
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as the center of who we are,
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our very being.
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Don't misunderstand this
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as the beating vessel
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that pumps blood to our organs.
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This is the center
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of who we are.
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Religion kills.
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Outward trappings,
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outward appearance
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of righteousness
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kills.
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Its end is destruction
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and death.
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But heart worship
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gives life.
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This is how we find
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these Pharisees
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and these scribes
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coming and bringing
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this accusation.
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Mark chapter 12,
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verse 28 to 34.
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You'd do well to turn there
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if you'd like to join me.
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Mark chapter 12.
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Here we see
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an exception to the dorm.
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A scribe who seems
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to understand
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what Jesus was teaching.
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Beginning in verse 28,
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and one of the scribes
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came up
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and heard them
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disputing with one another
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and seeing that he
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answered them well,
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asked,
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which commandment
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is the most important
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of all?
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Jesus here answers
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quotes from Deuteronomy 6,
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4 and 5.
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The important is,
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Hear, O Israel,
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the Lord our God,
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the Lord is one.
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And you shall love
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the Lord your God
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with all your heart,
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with all your soul,
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with all your mind,
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and with all your strength.
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The second is this,
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that you shall love
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your neighbor as yourself.
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There is no other
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commandment greater
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than these.
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And the scribe said to him,
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You are right, teacher.
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You have truly said
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that he is one
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and there is no other
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besides him.
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And to love him
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with all the heart
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and with all the understanding
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and with all the strength
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and to love one's neighbor
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as oneself
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is much more
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than all whole burnt offerings
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!
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And sacrifices.
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And when Jesus saw
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that he answered wisely,
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he said to him,
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You are not far
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from the kingdom
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of God.
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It's an issue of
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heart,
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right?
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We must
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be changed
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by God,
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that we will submit
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to his ways.
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The things that we do
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on the exterior
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are the evidences
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of a changed heart.
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But those evidences
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do not change
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who we are.
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This was not a new issue
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just in Jesus' time.
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In the past,
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this was a problem as well.
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It seems to be
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kind of knit into
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our sinful character
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that we would want
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to trade the commandments
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of God
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for the traditions of men.
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In the days of Isaiah,
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this was true.
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Turn to Isaiah 1,
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verse 11.
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Get ready to Bible drill
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this morning,
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or at least jot down
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these references.
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Isaiah 1,
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beginning in verse 11.
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What to me is the multitude
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of your sacrifices,
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your religion,
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says the Lord?
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I have had enough
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of burnt offerings,
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of rams,
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and the fat
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of well-fed beasts.
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I do not delight
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in the blood of bulls,
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or of lambs,
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or of goats.
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When you come to appear
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before me,
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who has required of you
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this trampling
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of my courts?
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Now get,
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these were prescribed things.
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God had asked them
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to do these things.
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But he says to them,
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who has required of you
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this trampling
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of my courts?
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Bring no more
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vain offerings.
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Verse 13.
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Incense is an abomination
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to me.
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New moon and Sabbath
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and the calling
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of convocations.
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I cannot endure
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iniquity and solemn assembly.
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The two can't walk
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hand in hand.
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Your new moons
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and your appointed feasts
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my soul hates.
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They have become
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a burden to me.
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I am weary
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of bearing them.
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When you spread out
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your hands,
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I will hide my eyes
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from you.
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Even though you make
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many prayers,
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I will not listen.
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Your hands are full
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of blood.
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Now here's the answer.
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Here's the right way
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to worship God.
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Wash yourselves.
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Make yourselves clean.
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We do this by the blood
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of Christ.
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Remove the evil
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of your deeds
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from before my eyes.
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Cease to do evil.
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Learn to do good.
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Seek justice.
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Correct oppression.
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Bring justice
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to the fatherless.
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Plead the widow's cause.
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These are the evidences
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of changed hearts.
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Come now.
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Let us reason together,
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says the Lord.
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Though your sins
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are like scarlet,
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they shall be
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as white as snow.
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Though they are red
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like crimson,
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they shall become
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like wool.
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If you are willing
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and obedient,
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you shall eat
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the good of the land.
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But if you refuse
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and rebel,
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you shall be eaten
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by the sword,
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for the mouth
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of the Lord
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has spoken.
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This was not a new issue
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in Jesus' time.
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This was a problem
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in the days of Isaiah
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as well.
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It's also a problem
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in the days of Malachi
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after Israel's return
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from exile.
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Malachi chapter 2.
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This is the prophet
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right before Matthew
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if you don't know
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where that's at.
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Just before Matthew,
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Malachi chapter 2.
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After God is commended
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by the prophet Malachi
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the service of Levi,
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the first in the
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priestly order,
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in verse 8 he says
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to the priests of that day,
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but you have turned aside
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from the way.
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You have caused many
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to stumble
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by your instruction.
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You have corrupted
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the covenant of Levi,
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says the Lord of hosts,
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and so I make you
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despised and abased
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before all the people
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inasmuch as you do not
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keep my ways,
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but show partiality
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in your instruction.
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So it's happening
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after the return
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from exile.
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After Israel had been
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taught a great lesson
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at the hands
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of their enemies,
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and they returned,
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they'd been restored
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by God,
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it was still an issue.
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It was an issue
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in the days of Peter
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and Paul,
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after Jesus' death
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and his resurrection.
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Turn to 1 Timothy
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chapter 6.
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1 Timothy 6.
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1 Timothy 6.
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1 Timothy 6.
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1 Timothy 6.
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Verses 3 through 5.
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If anyone teaches
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a different doctrine
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and does not agree
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with the sound words
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of our Lord Jesus Christ
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and the teaching
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that accords with godliness,
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he is puffed up
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with conceit
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and understands nothing.
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He has an unhealthy craving
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for controversy
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and for quarrels
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about words
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which produce envy,
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dissensions,
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slander,
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evil suspicions,
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and constant friction
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among people
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who are depraved in mind
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and deprived of the truth,
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imagining that godliness
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is a means of gain.
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So men in this day
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were already preaching
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what we would call
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the prosperity gospel.
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And the warning to Timothy
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is to shut them up.
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This is not truth.
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Quiet them.
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Peter experienced it too.
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2 Peter 2.
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Verses 1-3.
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But false prophets
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also arose among the people.
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Just as there will be
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false teachers among you
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who will secretly bring in
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destructive heresies,
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even denying the master
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who bought them,
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bringing upon themselves
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swift destruction.
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And many will follow.
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Many will follow
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their sensuality.
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And because of them
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the way of truth
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will be blasphemed.
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And in their greed
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they will exploit you
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with false words.
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Their condemnation
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from long ago
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is not idle.
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And their destruction
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is not asleep.
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It was happening there
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in this case as well.
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And was predicted
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that it would happen
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both by Peter
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in the text we just read
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as well as by Paul
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in 2 Timothy 4.
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Verses 3-4.
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Paul stated
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this would be the case.
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For the time is coming
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when people
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will not endure
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sound teaching
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but having itching ears
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they will accumulate
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for themselves
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teachers to suit
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their own passions
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and will turn away
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from listening to the truth
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and wander off
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into myths.
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This is a problem
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in our day.
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People who have
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wandered from
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the truth of God.
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People who have
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wandered away
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into myths.
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People who have
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built religion
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which kills
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which damns people
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rather than
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bringing them
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to Christ
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and having their hearts
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be changed.
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Now
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let's take a look
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at our text
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and let's see
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three ways
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that the Pharisees
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and all the Jews
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worshipped God
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in vain.
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But don't miss
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that this has
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application for our day.
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Don't put this
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off and distant
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for the Pharisees
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and all the Jews.
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This was a problem
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for them.
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The reason I just read
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to you all those texts
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was to show you
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that this is a sweeping
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problem.
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It existed
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way back then
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and it certainly
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exists now.
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So three ways
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that the Pharisees
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and all the Jews
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worshipped God
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in vain.
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In vain
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do they
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worship me.
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Number one
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by being
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hypocritical.
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The first part
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of verse 6
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and he said to them
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well did Isaiah
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prophesy of you
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hypocrites
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as it is written.
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He constantly
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was railing
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against them
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this accusation
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that they were
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hypocrites
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that they said
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one thing
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and they did
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quite the opposite
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that they set
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a standard up
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for the people
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of Israel
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to live to
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that they themselves
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could not keep
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and they did this
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by mounding laws
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that were called
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hedge laws
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on top of
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the law of God.
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In order to
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prevent people
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from breaking
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the law of God
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they added all
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these nuances
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all these extra
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things
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they stacked
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them up
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they piled it
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around
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so that no one
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could possibly
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keep all of them
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and they missed
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the very point
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of the law of God.
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The very point
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of it being
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that we are meant
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to live righteous
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before him
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and we can't
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so we need
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a savior.
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Every road
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in the scriptures
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leads to
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Golgotha.
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The law
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was meant
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to show us
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our need
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of Christ
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but they
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became legalists
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they began
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to add on
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extra things
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all around
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do we not
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know people
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like that
17:18
this day?
17:19
Matthew chapter 23
17:20
verse 25
17:22
through 28
17:22
Woe to you
17:23
scribes
17:24
and Pharisees
17:25
hypocrites
17:26
for you clean
17:28
the outside
17:28
of the cup
17:29
and the plate
17:29
but inside
17:30
they are full
17:31
of greed
17:31
and self-indulgence
17:33
you blind
17:35
Pharisee
17:35
first clean
17:36
the inside
17:37
of the cup
17:37
and the plate
17:37
that the outside
17:38
also may be
17:39
clean
17:40
clean your heart
17:41
so that your actions
17:42
will be clean
17:43
is what he's saying
17:43
to them
17:43
verse 27
17:44
Woe to you
17:45
scribes
17:46
and Pharisees
17:46
hypocrites
17:47
for you are like
17:48
whitewashed tombs
17:49
which outwardly
17:51
appear beautiful
17:51
but within
17:52
are full of
17:52
dead people's bones
17:54
and all uncleanliness
17:55
so you also
17:56
outwardly appear
17:57
righteous to others
17:58
but within
17:58
you are full
17:59
of hypocrisy
18:00
and lawlessness
18:02
their hearts
18:03
were not changed
18:05
they did a lot
18:05
of things
18:06
that seemed
18:07
righteous
18:07
on the outside
18:08
but they were not
18:10
because they were
18:10
done for their glory
18:11
and not for the glory
18:12
of the Lord and Savior
18:13
Jesus Christ
18:14
John 14
18:15
15
18:16
Jesus says
18:17
if you love me
18:18
you will keep
18:19
my commandments
18:20
so get it right
18:22
that if our hearts
18:23
are changed
18:24
if we have been
18:25
compelled by God
18:26
to believe in Christ
18:27
and our desires
18:28
are now being shaped
18:29
into his desires
18:29
and we love Jesus
18:31
for the reality
18:31
of the gospel
18:32
all these songs
18:33
we sing together
18:34
that are so gospel
18:35
centric
18:35
are also Christo
18:37
centric
18:37
that we might praise
18:38
the one who redeemed us
18:39
if we love him
18:41
we'll keep his commandments
18:42
we'll do the things
18:44
he told us to do
18:45
the commandment keeping
18:47
is a result
18:48
of the love
18:49
of the changed heart
18:50
not the other way
18:51
around
18:52
now at this point
18:55
Jesus' statement here
18:57
is so scathing
18:58
because none of us
18:59
can say
19:00
that we keep
19:00
Jesus' commandments
19:01
as perfectly
19:01
can we?
19:02
I certainly cannot
19:03
right?
19:04
is that not great evidence
19:06
that I don't love him
19:06
at all?
19:08
1 John chapter 1
19:10
gives us some
19:10
better understanding
19:11
I think
19:12
of this
19:13
bring some comfort
19:14
to your Christian souls
19:16
1 John chapter 1
19:17
beginning of verse 5
19:27
this is the message
19:28
we have heard from him
19:29
and proclaim to you
19:31
that God is light
19:32
and in him
19:33
is no darkness
19:34
at all
19:34
he is perfect
19:35
he is righteous
19:36
he is holy
19:37
if we say we have
19:38
fellowship with him
19:39
while we walk
19:40
in darkness
19:40
we lie
19:41
and do not practice
19:43
the truth
19:43
but if we walk
19:45
in the light
19:45
as he is in the light
19:46
we have fellowship
19:46
with one another
19:47
and the blood
19:48
of Jesus his son
19:49
cleanses us
19:49
from all sin
19:50
now get
19:50
he's talking about
19:51
habitual practice here
19:53
right?
19:54
John's talking about
19:54
a person who walks
19:55
in darkness
19:56
it is the characteristic
19:57
of their life
19:58
they walk in darkness
19:59
versus the 1 in verse 7
20:00
the characteristic
20:01
of their life
20:02
is that they walk
20:03
in the light
20:04
notice the summation
20:06
of verse 7
20:07
the blood of Jesus
20:07
his son
20:08
cleanses us
20:09
from all sin
20:10
verse 8
20:10
if we say we have
20:11
no sin
20:12
you find the Pharisees
20:13
would find themselves
20:14
this way
20:14
the legalists of our day
20:15
would find themselves
20:16
in this position
20:17
if we say we have
20:18
no sin
20:18
we deceive ourselves
20:19
and the truth
20:20
is not in us
20:20
we don't have
20:21
a clear picture
20:22
of who we are
20:23
we don't know
20:24
that we need
20:25
a savior
20:26
verse 9
20:27
if we confess our sins
20:28
praise God
20:30
he is faithful
20:30
and just
20:31
to forgive us
20:32
our sins
20:32
and to cleanse us
20:33
from all unrighteousness
20:35
if we say we have
20:36
not sinned
20:37
we make him a liar
20:38
and his word
20:38
is not in us
20:40
in some ways
20:42
we're all hypocrites
20:43
aren't we?
20:45
we say one thing
20:46
and practice another
20:47
it's very often
20:49
that we don't
20:49
practice what we preach
20:51
but the regenerate heart
20:53
the one that is
20:54
close to God
20:54
the person who is pursuing
20:55
God knows this
20:57
full well
20:58
and is humbled by it
20:59
throws themselves
21:01
on his grace
21:02
and mercy
21:03
knows that we have
21:05
a high standard
21:06
that we've been called to
21:06
that we cannot keep
21:08
apart from his work
21:10
in our life
21:10
it is true that God
21:12
uses crooked sticks
21:13
to draw straight lines
21:14
the religious elite
21:17
of this day
21:17
were self-proclaimed
21:19
straight sticks
21:20
drawing lines
21:21
that they supposed
21:22
were straight
21:23
but they were horribly
21:24
mistaken
21:24
they thought they were
21:26
doing this on their own
21:27
under their own
21:28
power
21:30
yes those of you
21:30
who like propaganda
21:31
that's where that came from
21:32
in vain do they worship me
21:36
by being hypocritical
21:38
in vain do they worship me
21:40
number two
21:40
by having their hearts
21:42
distant from God
21:43
the second part of verse six
21:44
this people
21:45
honors me with their lips
21:46
but their heart
21:47
is far
21:48
from me
21:50
turn to the book of Hosea
21:53
chapter six
21:54
I hope by the time
21:58
you young people
21:59
leave Christ family church
22:00
you love the Old Testament
22:01
and I hope that none of you
22:06
only carry a New Testament
22:07
with you
22:07
to church
22:08
that's only a part
22:10
of the scriptures
22:10
Hosea chapter six
22:13
verses one
22:14
through six
22:15
now there's just been
22:18
this accusation made
22:19
to the people of Israel
22:20
by the prophet Hosea
22:21
if you read there
22:23
at the end of chapter five
22:24
and this is the response
22:26
to it
22:26
okay now
22:27
I want you to
22:28
I want you to know
22:29
that it's going to sound
22:30
really good for the first
22:31
three verses
22:31
I'm going to tell you
22:32
why it's not
22:32
verse one
22:35
come let us return
22:35
to the Lord
22:36
for he has torn us
22:38
that he may heal us
22:38
he has struck us down
22:40
and he will bind us up
22:41
after two days
22:43
he will revive us
22:43
on the third day
22:44
he will raise us up
22:45
that we may live
22:45
before him
22:46
let us know
22:47
let us press on
22:48
to know the Lord
22:49
his going out
22:51
is sure as the dawn
22:52
he will come to us
22:52
as the showers
22:53
as the spring rains
22:55
that water
22:56
the earth
22:57
this is not
22:59
true repentance
23:00
and God's going to give us
23:02
a clue to that
23:02
here in a moment
23:03
through the
23:03
through the prophet Hosea
23:05
right
23:05
but what they are doing
23:07
is expecting something
23:08
of God
23:09
without first repenting
23:11
of their sin
23:12
right
23:12
they are just saying
23:13
yeah
23:14
time and time again
23:15
God has restored
23:16
his people
23:17
time and time again
23:18
we mess up
23:18
God came back
23:19
this is a
23:20
let's sin so that grace
23:22
may abound
23:23
type of attitude
23:23
which Paul said
23:24
of may it never be
23:27
emphatically
23:28
we cannot go on
23:29
living our lives
23:29
that way
23:30
if we are thankful
23:31
for what God
23:31
has done for us
23:32
we will live
23:33
righteously
23:34
as a response
23:35
to it
23:36
right
23:36
look at his response
23:37
here
23:37
verse 4
23:38
this is God
23:39
speaking to
23:40
the people of Israel
23:41
because of their response
23:42
Hosea chapter 6
23:43
verse 4
23:43
what should I do
23:44
with you
23:45
oh Ephraim
23:46
what should I do
23:46
with you
23:47
oh Judah
23:47
your love
23:48
is like a morning cloud
23:50
like the dew
23:51
that goes early away
23:52
therefore I have
23:53
hewn them
23:54
by the prophets
23:54
I have slain them
23:56
by the words
23:56
of my mouth
23:57
and my judgment
23:58
goes forth
23:59
as the light
24:00
for I desire
24:01
steadfast love
24:03
and not sacrifice
24:05
the knowledge
24:06
of God
24:07
rather than burnt
24:08
offerings
24:09
see that steadfast love
24:11
that he requires
24:11
our hearts
24:12
being close
24:13
to God
24:14
a desire to commune
24:16
with him
24:16
and meet with him
24:17
and live appropriately
24:19
in response
24:20
to that
24:21
Psalm of David
24:22
Psalm 28
24:23
verse 7
24:24
David writes
24:25
the Lord is my strength
24:26
and my shield
24:27
in him
24:27
my heart
24:28
trusts
24:29
and I am helped
24:31
my heart exults
24:32
and with my song
24:34
I give thanks
24:35
to him
24:36
if our hearts
24:37
are thankful
24:38
if our hearts
24:39
are near to God
24:40
our lives
24:41
will reflect that
24:42
our lives
24:43
will be the song
24:44
in which we give thanks
24:45
to our God
24:46
in Hebrews chapter 10
24:47
first part of verse 22
24:49
says
24:50
in light of the gospel truth
24:52
that the writer of Hebrews
24:53
has presented so far
24:54
he says
24:54
let us draw near
24:56
with a true heart
24:58
in full assurance
25:00
of faith
25:01
it's a matter of heart
25:04
and these people
25:05
these scribes
25:06
and these Pharisees
25:07
had hearts
25:08
that were distant
25:09
from God
25:11
thirdly
25:13
in vain do they worship
25:15
me
25:15
one by being hypocritical
25:16
two by having their hearts
25:17
distant from God
25:18
three by placing
25:20
the tradition of men
25:21
above
25:21
the commandment
25:23
of God
25:23
and you see that
25:25
in this quote
25:26
from Isaiah 29
25:26
13
25:27
the last half
25:28
of verse 7
25:29
teaching as doctrines
25:31
truths
25:32
doctrine not words
25:33
simply means truths
25:34
the commandments
25:35
of men
25:37
now they had done
25:38
all types of things
25:39
as I mentioned previously
25:40
and here we actually see
25:42
in the rest of our text
25:44
we see
25:45
Mark's commentary
25:46
on that
25:47
in the parenthetical
25:48
from verse 3
25:49
and verse 4
25:50
right
25:51
they weren't talking
25:52
about them eating
25:53
with dirty hands
25:54
it wasn't that they had
25:55
soiled hands
25:56
and they just couldn't believe
25:57
that they would possibly
25:58
do that
25:58
because there was
25:59
Old Testament commandment
26:01
to clean your hands
26:03
right
26:03
for the sake of staying healthy
26:05
and we all know that
26:06
they knew it in this day
26:07
as well
26:07
right
26:08
you don't go do something
26:09
real nasty
26:09
and then go eat
26:10
with your hands
26:11
right
26:11
not a good idea
26:12
I hope you all know that
26:14
right
26:15
not a good idea
26:16
this is not what
26:16
they're talking about
26:17
the disciples weren't
26:18
sitting around with
26:19
with gross hands
26:21
in that way
26:22
but they were speaking
26:22
of this further tradition
26:25
that they had stacked on
26:26
just look at his
26:27
explanation
26:28
and I like to read it
26:29
with a bit of
26:30
sarcasm
26:31
for the Pharisees
26:33
and all the Jews
26:33
did not eat
26:34
unless they washed
26:34
their hands
26:35
holding the tradition
26:36
of the elders
26:36
and when they come
26:37
from the marketplace
26:38
they don't eat
26:38
unless they wash
26:39
and there are many
26:40
other traditions
26:40
that they observe
26:41
such as the washing
26:41
of cups and pots
26:42
and copper vessels
26:43
and dining couches
26:43
it's like he's marked
26:44
going and on and on
26:45
and on and on
26:46
and on
26:46
all these other things
26:48
that they do
26:48
that's his commentary
26:49
there
26:50
and then Jesus shows
26:52
them another example
26:53
another way in which
26:55
that they've done this
26:56
and remember that he
26:57
sums up at the end
26:58
of verse 13
26:59
and many such
27:01
things
27:01
you do
27:02
this is not the
27:03
only two cases
27:04
in which they did
27:05
this
27:05
they did this
27:05
in many
27:07
many ways
27:08
and his summation
27:11
is
27:11
you leave the command
27:12
of God
27:12
hold the traditions
27:13
of men
27:13
and he said to them
27:14
you have a fine way
27:16
of rejecting the command
27:16
of God
27:16
in order to establish
27:17
your tradition
27:18
for Moses said
27:19
honor your father
27:20
or mother
27:20
and whoever reviles
27:22
father or mother
27:23
must surely die
27:24
so Moses gave
27:25
by God
27:26
a commandment
27:26
to honor
27:27
your father
27:27
and mother
27:28
and that if you're
27:29
sinful and you don't
27:31
the end of that
27:32
is death
27:33
but you say
27:34
these religious elite
27:36
you say
27:36
if a man tells
27:38
his father or mother
27:38
whatever you have
27:39
gained from me
27:40
is Corban
27:41
that is
27:42
we get the
27:43
again Mark's
27:43
little commentary
27:44
that is
27:45
given to God
27:46
this was a
27:47
common practice
27:48
this term
27:50
was similar
27:51
to a term
27:51
that referred
27:52
to the
27:53
temple treasury
27:54
and so it
27:55
became a
27:55
kind of oath
27:56
you could take
27:56
monies that you
27:57
had
27:57
and you could
27:58
set it aside
27:59
for the expressed
28:00
intent of giving
28:01
it to the temple
28:02
service
28:03
whether in your
28:04
life or when you
28:05
died it would be
28:05
set aside
28:06
for that purpose
28:07
so what this
28:08
person would be
28:09
doing
28:09
saying to his
28:10
father or mother
28:11
rather than caring
28:12
for them
28:12
in their older age
28:13
when they were no
28:14
longer able to
28:15
produce for themselves
28:15
they didn't have
28:17
401ks or any
28:18
other types of
28:19
retirement investing
28:20
in this day
28:20
they relied on
28:21
the younger
28:22
people to take
28:23
care of them
28:24
so they said
28:24
to them
28:25
whatever you
28:26
would gain
28:26
from me
28:26
is Corban
28:27
I'm not going
28:28
to give it
28:28
to you
28:28
I'm going
28:28
to give it
28:28
to the temple
28:29
service
28:29
instead
28:30
then you
28:31
no longer
28:32
verse 12
28:32
permit him
28:33
do anything
28:33
for his
28:33
father or
28:34
mother
28:34
thus making
28:34
void the
28:35
word of
28:35
God
28:36
by a tradition
28:37
that you've
28:37
handed down
28:37
and many
28:38
such things
28:39
you do
28:39
so the
28:40
explanation
28:40
this is the
28:41
accusation
28:41
that Jesus
28:42
makes back
28:43
in response
28:44
that they
28:45
had taken
28:45
these teachings
28:46
of men
28:47
and placed
28:48
them above
28:48
the word
28:49
of God
28:49
beloved this
28:49
happens so
28:50
so much
28:51
in our
28:52
day
28:52
I have
28:55
as I
28:55
come to
28:56
preach the
28:56
word of
28:57
God
28:57
I don't
28:58
think I'm
28:58
the best
28:59
preacher of
28:59
the word
28:59
of God
29:00
there are
29:00
many men
29:00
more talented
29:02
than I am
29:03
more full
29:05
of the spirit
29:06
quite often
29:07
than I am
29:08
but I gotta tell
29:09
you I come to
29:09
this thing
29:10
fearfully
29:10
I do not
29:12
want to
29:13
say something
29:14
that would
29:15
cause you
29:16
to follow
29:16
me and
29:18
not follow
29:18
our risen
29:18
and reigning
29:19
Lord
29:19
the word
29:21
of God
29:21
points you
29:21
to him
29:22
you ever
29:23
wonder why
29:23
all my
29:24
sermons
29:24
are so
29:24
text heavy
29:25
it's because
29:25
I just
29:25
don't know
29:26
what to
29:26
say
29:26
I just
29:26
don't feel
29:27
like I
29:27
have anything
29:27
really good
29:28
to say
29:28
to you
29:28
at all
29:28
but the
29:29
word
29:29
of God
29:29
speaks
29:30
to our
29:31
hearts
29:31
and our
29:32
lives
29:32
this is
29:33
why
29:33
because I
29:34
see this
29:34
rampant
29:35
in our
29:35
culture
29:35
I see
29:36
pastor
29:37
worship
29:37
see guys
29:38
saying
29:38
look like
29:39
me
29:39
right
29:41
that's
29:41
that's
29:42
hypocrisy
29:43
that's
29:43
legalism
29:44
look like
29:44
me
29:44
I'm
29:45
ahead
29:45
of you
29:45
watch me
29:47
watch what
29:47
I do
29:47
this is
29:48
the way
29:48
I treat
29:48
my wife
29:49
this is
29:49
the way
29:49
I eat
29:49
food
29:49
this is
29:50
what I
29:50
exercise
29:51
this is
29:51
all the
29:51
things
29:52
we get
29:52
all the
29:52
steps
29:53
and all
29:53
the
29:53
processes
29:54
for being
29:54
more like
29:55
the pastor
29:55
I don't
29:56
want you
29:56
to be
29:56
like me
29:56
I'm a
29:58
sinner
29:58
I screw
29:59
up all
29:59
the time
30:00
I want
30:01
you to
30:01
be like
30:01
Christ
30:02
I don't
30:02
want to
30:02
help
30:03
point
30:03
you
30:03
to
30:04
that
30:04
very
30:05
thing
30:05
this is
30:06
why
30:06
I mean
30:07
literally
30:08
I tremble
30:08
before I
30:09
preach
30:09
sometimes
30:11
I'm a
30:11
type 1
30:12
diabetic
30:12
I think
30:12
I'm low
30:13
many of
30:13
you have
30:14
caught me
30:14
drinking grape
30:15
juice
30:15
in the
30:15
back
30:15
the juice
30:17
we use
30:17
for the
30:18
Lord's
30:18
supper
30:18
because I
30:19
think
30:19
I'm low
30:20
and more
30:20
often than
30:21
not
30:21
I'm just
30:21
nervous
30:22
because it
30:23
has such
30:23
weight
30:24
there's so
30:24
much
30:25
value
30:25
for your
30:26
living
30:26
in it
30:26
I don't
30:26
want you
30:27
to hear
30:27
me
30:27
if it
30:28
were
30:29
possible
30:29
for me
30:29
to
30:29
disappear
30:30
from the
30:31
stage
30:31
and you
30:31
guys
30:31
just
30:32
hear
30:32
the
30:32
word
30:32
of
30:32
God
30:32
I
30:32
would
30:33
do
30:33
it
30:33
I
30:33
would
30:33
absolutely
30:34
do
30:35
it
30:35
what
30:37
the
30:37
Bible
30:42
is brutal
30:43
absolutely
30:44
brutal
30:45
the book
30:46
of Jude
30:47
verses 12
30:48
and 13
30:48
speaking of
30:49
false
30:49
teachers
30:50
says
30:50
these are
30:51
hidden
30:51
reefs
30:52
at your
30:53
love
30:53
feast
30:53
as they
30:54
feast
30:55
with you
30:55
without
30:55
fear
30:56
shepherds
30:57
feeding
30:57
themselves
30:57
waterless
30:59
clouds
30:59
swept
31:00
along
31:00
by
31:00
winds
31:01
fruitless
31:02
trees
31:02
in late
31:03
autumn
31:03
twice
31:04
dead
31:04
uprooted
31:05
wild
31:06
waves
31:07
of the
31:07
sea
31:07
casting
31:08
up the
31:08
foam
31:08
of their
31:09
own
31:09
shame
31:10
wandering
31:11
stars
31:12
it's like
31:13
he can't
31:13
get enough
31:14
adjective
31:15
to explain
31:16
these type
31:17
of men
31:17
for whom
31:18
the gloom
31:19
of utter
31:20
darkness
31:21
has been
31:21
reserved
31:22
forever
31:23
Charles
31:25
Spurgeon
31:26
said of
31:26
this text
31:27
if I
31:29
must be
31:29
lost
31:30
let it
31:31
be
31:31
anyhow
31:32
rather
31:33
than
31:33
as
31:34
an apostate
31:35
an apostate
31:35
is one
31:36
who falls
31:37
away
31:37
from the
31:37
truth
31:38
who's
31:38
walked
31:38
away
31:39
from the
31:39
truth
31:40
it's
31:41
one
31:41
who
31:41
teaches
31:41
the
31:42
traditions
31:42
of
31:42
men
31:42
over
31:43
the
31:43
commands
31:43
of
31:43
God
31:43
if
31:45
there
31:45
be
31:45
any
31:46
distinction
31:46
among
31:47
the
31:47
damned
31:47
those
31:48
have
31:48
it
31:49
who
31:49
are
31:49
wandering
31:49
stars
31:50
trees
31:50
plucked
31:51
up
31:51
by
31:51
the
31:51
roots
31:51
twice
31:52
dead
31:52
for whom
31:52
Jude
31:53
tells
31:53
us
31:53
is
31:54
reserved
31:54
the
31:55
blackness
31:55
of
31:56
darkness
31:56
forever
31:57
reserved
31:58
as if
31:59
nobody
32:00
else
32:00
were
32:01
qualified
32:01
to
32:01
occupy
32:02
that
32:02
place
32:03
but
32:03
themselves
32:03
they
32:04
are
32:04
to
32:05
inhabit
32:05
the
32:05
darkest
32:06
hottest
32:06
place
32:07
because
32:08
they
32:08
forsook
32:08
the
32:09
Lord
32:10
in
32:12
vain
32:13
do
32:14
they
32:14
worship
32:15
me
32:15
by
32:15
being
32:16
hypocritical
32:16
by
32:17
having
32:17
their
32:18
hearts
32:18
distant
32:18
from
32:19
God
32:19
by
32:20
placing
32:20
the
32:20
tradition
32:21
of
32:21
men
32:21
above
32:21
the
32:22
commandments
32:22
of
32:23
God
32:24
and so
32:24
what
32:24
does
32:24
this
32:24
mean
32:25
for
32:25
us
32:25
today
32:26
because
32:27
it
32:27
does
32:28
the
32:28
word
32:28
of
32:28
God
32:28
was
32:28
written
32:29
then
32:29
but
32:31
it
32:31
was
32:31
written
32:31
for
32:32
us
32:33
firstly
32:34
be
32:36
sure
32:36
that
32:36
you
32:36
were
32:36
not
32:37
apostate
32:38
be
32:40
sure
32:40
that
32:40
you're
32:40
not
32:40
found
32:41
outside
32:41
the
32:42
faith
32:42
we
32:44
live
32:44
in a
32:45
Christian
32:45
culture
32:46
to
32:47
be
32:47
sure
32:48
and
32:49
many
32:50
of
32:50
you
32:50
may
32:50
come
32:51
to
32:51
church
32:52
thinking
32:52
that
32:52
that's
32:53
what
32:53
gains
32:53
you
32:54
acceptance
32:54
to
32:54
heaven
32:55
thinking
32:56
that
32:56
if
32:56
you
32:56
can
32:56
just
32:57
stack
32:57
more
32:58
good
32:58
things
32:59
up
32:59
than
32:59
bad
33:00
things
33:00
up
33:01
that
33:01
God
33:01
will
33:01
put
33:01
that
33:02
on
33:02
a
33:02
scale
33:02
and
33:03
accept
33:03
you
33:04
into
33:04
heaven
33:04
you
33:06
must
33:06
know
33:07
that
33:07
apart
33:08
from
33:08
Christ
33:08
you
33:09
are
33:09
utterly
33:09
sinful
33:10
everything
33:11
you
33:11
do
33:11
even
33:11
the
33:12
things
33:12
you
33:12
may
33:12
see
33:12
as
33:12
good
33:13
attending
33:13
church
33:14
is
33:14
evil
33:15
apart
33:16
from
33:16
Christ
33:16
it
33:17
is
33:18
from
33:18
Christ
33:18
that
33:19
we
33:19
are
33:19
able
33:19
to
33:19
have
33:19
faith
33:20
and
33:20
anything
33:20
not
33:20
of
33:21
faith
33:21
is
33:22
sin
33:22
you
33:23
must
33:23
understand
33:24
this
33:24
you
33:24
must
33:25
stand
33:25
before
33:26
God
33:26
one
33:26
day
33:27
and
33:27
claim
33:27
only
33:28
the
33:29
excellencies
33:30
of
33:30
Christ
33:30
for
33:31
your
33:31
admission
33:31
!
33:32
into
33:32
his
33:32
kingdom
33:32
that's
33:33
all
33:33
we've
33:33
got
33:34
that
33:35
is
33:35
all
33:35
we've
33:36
got
33:36
be
33:36
sure
33:37
that
33:37
you
33:37
are
33:38
not
33:38
apostate
33:39
that
33:40
you
33:40
don't
33:40
simply
33:40
go
33:41
through
33:41
motions
33:41
thinking
33:42
that
33:42
it
33:42
gains
33:42
you
33:43
godliness
33:43
secondly
33:45
correct
33:47
the
33:47
one
33:48
who
33:48
is
33:48
apostate
33:50
correct
33:51
the
33:51
one
33:52
who
33:52
is
33:53
apostate
33:53
we
33:53
need
33:54
to
33:54
learn
33:54
something
33:54
from
33:55
our
33:55
Lord
33:55
here
33:55
and
33:55
the
33:55
way
33:56
in
33:56
which
33:56
he
33:56
deals
33:57
with
33:57
his
33:58
accusers
33:58
now
33:59
remember
33:59
that
33:59
this
34:00
is
34:00
compassionate
34:01
Jesus
34:01
right
34:02
this
34:03
is
34:03
the
34:03
Jesus
34:03
who
34:04
was
34:04
trying
34:04
to
34:04
get
34:04
away
34:05
from
34:05
the
34:05
crowds
34:05
because
34:06
he
34:06
had
34:06
just
34:06
learned
34:07
that
34:07
his
34:07
predecessor
34:08
and
34:08
cousin
34:09
John
34:10
the
34:10
Baptist
34:10
had been
34:10
beheaded
34:11
he was
34:11
trying to
34:11
get
34:12
away
34:12
to
34:12
a
34:12
quiet
34:13
place
34:13
and
34:14
this
34:14
large
34:14
crowd
34:15
followed
34:15
him
34:15
around
34:16
20 to
34:16
25
34:16
thousand
34:17
people
34:17
I
34:18
would
34:18
have
34:18
been
34:18
so
34:18
annoyed
34:19
by
34:19
them
34:19
but
34:19
he
34:20
had
34:20
compassion
34:20
on
34:20
them
34:21
he
34:21
saw
34:21
!
34:21
them
34:21
as
34:22
sheep
34:22
without
34:22
a
34:22
shepherd
34:23
right
34:23
he
34:23
sat
34:24
them
34:24
down
34:24
and
34:24
not
34:24
only
34:25
gave
34:25
them
34:25
the
34:25
things
34:25
they
34:26
needed
34:26
for
34:26
spiritual
34:26
life
34:27
but
34:27
also
34:27
gave
34:28
them
34:28
the
34:28
things
34:28
they
34:28
needed
34:28
for
34:29
physical
34:29
life
34:30
this
34:30
is
34:30
the
34:30
Jesus
34:31
that
34:31
healed
34:31
indiscriminately
34:33
people
34:33
came up
34:34
and touched
34:34
!
34:34
Him
34:34
and
34:35
were
34:35
healed
34:35
he
34:35
went
34:36
around
34:36
making
34:37
people's
34:37
lives
34:38
better
34:38
constantly
34:39
this
34:40
is
34:40
the
34:40
Jesus
34:40
who
34:40
spoke
34:41
words
34:41
of
34:41
life
34:42
to
34:42
people
34:42
right
34:43
this
34:44
is
34:44
that
34:44
Jesus
34:44
compassionate
34:45
in
34:45
every
34:46
way
34:46
but
34:46
when
34:53
to
34:53
you
34:54
scribes
34:54
and
34:55
Pharisees
34:55
you
34:55
hypocrites
34:56
brood of
34:57
vipers
34:58
because
34:58
what they
34:58
were doing
34:59
was evil
35:00
in the
35:01
greatest sense
35:01
because they
35:02
were leading
35:02
so many
35:03
astray
35:04
I don't know
35:06
what that looks
35:06
like for your
35:06
life
35:07
I would
35:08
not encourage
35:10
you to go
35:10
and confront
35:11
preachers
35:11
that you know
35:12
don't preach
35:12
the word of
35:13
God
35:13
well
35:13
probably
35:14
not your
35:15
place
35:15
I don't
35:17
know what
35:17
it means
35:17
exactly
35:18
for my
35:18
life
35:18
but
35:18
beloved
35:19
we have
35:19
to be
35:19
more
35:20
bold
35:20
in living
35:20
the truth
35:21
of the
35:21
gospel
35:21
speaking
35:22
the truth
35:22
of the
35:22
gospel
35:23
and
35:23
correcting
35:23
it
35:24
there
35:25
are
35:25
thousands
35:27
hundreds
35:27
of
35:28
thousands
35:28
possibly
35:28
millions
35:29
of
35:29
people
35:29
in
35:30
just
35:30
our
35:30
region
35:31
being led
35:31
astray
35:32
by false
35:33
teachers
35:33
so number
35:35
one be sure
35:35
that you're
35:36
not apostate
35:36
second correct
35:37
the one
35:37
who is
35:38
apostate
35:39
thirdly
35:40
do not
35:41
miss the
35:42
lesson
35:42
for our
35:43
lives
35:43
now if
35:44
you are
35:44
found
35:44
in
35:45
Christ
35:45
you are
35:46
sure
35:46
that you're
35:46
in the
35:47
faith
35:47
you can
35:47
say with
35:48
confidence
35:48
that you're
35:48
not
35:48
apostate
35:49
praise
35:49
God
35:50
for that
35:50
as a
35:50
work
35:51
of his
35:51
on your
35:51
behalf
35:52
praise
35:53
God
35:54
for it
35:54
but yet
35:54
we still
35:55
act like
35:56
the Pharisees
35:57
in many
35:57
ways
35:57
we can
35:59
still tend
35:59
towards this
36:00
because we
36:01
still have
36:01
our sinful
36:02
nature
36:02
we can
36:03
tend to want
36:04
to make
36:04
our list
36:05
and simply
36:05
check them
36:06
off
36:06
this is so
36:07
tempting
36:08
right
36:08
just give me a
36:09
list
36:09
it'd be so
36:10
much easier
36:10
right
36:11
just give me a
36:11
list
36:11
it wouldn't
36:12
require my
36:13
devotion
36:13
it wouldn't
36:14
require my
36:15
relationship
36:16
with the
36:16
Lord
36:17
right
36:17
just give me
36:17
the list
36:18
I can do
36:18
the list
36:19
it's no
36:19
problem
36:20
God draws
36:22
us into
36:22
relationship
36:22
with him
36:23
because he
36:23
is the
36:23
best thing
36:24
he is the
36:24
great end
36:25
to everything
36:25
that we
36:26
do
36:26
that we
36:26
might know
36:27
him
36:27
experience
36:28
him
36:28
and make
36:28
him known
36:29
this is why
36:30
we have
36:30
life
36:31
this is why
36:31
we're not
36:32
already taken
36:32
up with
36:33
him
36:33
that's why
36:33
we're
36:33
experiencing
36:34
him in
36:35
greater
36:35
and more
36:35
unfolding
36:36
ways
36:37
if you
36:38
all don't
36:38
know about
36:39
the man
36:39
George
36:39
Mueller
36:39
I would
36:40
really
36:40
really
36:40
commend
36:41
any of
36:42
his
36:42
biographies
36:42
to you
36:43
particularly
36:44
George
36:44
Mueller
36:44
of Bristol
36:45
written by
36:45
a man
36:45
named
36:48
wonderful
36:49
read
36:49
listen to
36:51
this quote
36:52
from him
36:53
after he's
36:53
recorded
36:54
Mueller going
36:55
through an
36:55
experience in
36:56
his life
36:56
where he
36:57
became more
36:57
devoted to
36:58
the word
36:58
of God
36:58
as the
36:59
supreme
37:00
authority
37:00
in his
37:01
life
37:01
and I
37:02
just as
37:02
an aside
37:03
tell you
37:03
that he
37:04
was preaching
37:05
at a
37:05
meeting
37:05
and afterwards
37:06
three ladies
37:07
were having
37:08
a conversation
37:08
about believers
37:09
baptism
37:09
and they
37:10
asked him
37:10
what he
37:10
thought
37:11
and he
37:11
said
37:11
I see
37:12
no need
37:12
to be
37:12
baptized
37:13
as a
37:13
believer
37:13
because I
37:13
was
37:13
baptized
37:14
as an
37:14
infant
37:15
and one
37:15
lady said
37:16
have you
37:16
ever searched
37:16
the scriptures
37:17
on this
37:17
matter
37:17
and he
37:18
said
37:18
no I
37:19
haven't
37:19
and she
37:20
said
37:20
well then
37:20
I would
37:20
encourage
37:21
you
37:21
to never
37:21
speak
37:21
on it
37:21
again
37:22
until you
37:22
have
37:22
this is
37:24
the preacher
37:24
the guest
37:25
preacher
37:25
and he
37:27
was moved
37:28
to do so
37:28
he did
37:29
and he
37:29
read the
37:29
entire
37:29
new
37:30
testament
37:30
and praise
37:31
god
37:31
he was a
37:32
baptist
37:32
at the
37:32
end of
37:32
that
37:33
process
37:34
as was
37:36
A.T.
37:37
Pearson
37:37
listen to
37:39
what he
37:39
says
37:39
what radical
37:40
reforms
37:41
would be
37:41
made in
37:42
modern
37:42
worship
37:42
teaching
37:43
and practice
37:44
in the
37:44
whole
37:45
conduct
37:45
of
37:45
disciples
37:46
and the
37:46
administration
37:47
of the
37:47
church
37:47
of God
37:48
if the
37:49
one final
37:49
criterion
37:50
of all
37:51
judgment
37:51
were
37:51
what
37:52
do the
37:53
scriptures
37:53
teach
37:54
and what
37:56
revolutions
37:56
in our
37:56
own lives
37:57
as believers
37:57
might take
37:58
place
37:58
if we
37:59
should
37:59
first put
37:59
every
38:00
notion
38:00
of truth
38:01
and custom
38:02
of life
38:02
to this
38:03
one test
38:04
of scripture
38:05
authority
38:05
and then
38:06
with the
38:07
courage
38:07
of conviction
38:08
dare to do
38:09
according
38:09
to that word
38:10
counting
38:10
no cost
38:11
but studying
38:12
to show
38:13
ourselves
38:13
approved
38:13
of God
38:14
is it
38:15
possible
38:16
that there
38:17
are any
38:17
modern
38:18
disciples
38:18
who reject
38:20
the commandment
38:20
of God
38:20
that they
38:21
may keep
38:21
their own
38:22
tradition
38:23
and he's
38:23
asking that
38:24
rhetorically
38:24
is it
38:25
possible
38:25
yes
38:25
it is
38:27
that there
38:27
are modern
38:28
disciples
38:28
disciples in
38:29
our day
38:30
who reject
38:30
the commandment
38:31
of God
38:31
that they
38:32
may keep
38:32
their own
38:33
tradition
38:33
beloved we
38:34
must filter
38:34
everything we
38:35
do
38:35
through the
38:36
powerful
38:37
word
38:37
of God
38:38
and it
38:39
is there
38:39
God wrote
38:40
a book
38:41
for us
38:41
we should
38:42
submit
38:42
ourselves
38:43
to it
38:43
in every
38:44
way
38:45
so as we
38:46
look at the
38:47
lives of
38:47
these men
38:48
that Jesus
38:49
makes these
38:49
great accusations
38:50
to let us
38:51
also be sure
38:51
that we will
38:52
not be
38:53
accused one
38:53
day of
38:54
these same
38:54
things
38:55
be sure
38:55
you're not
38:55
apostate
38:56
correct the
38:56
one who
38:57
is and
38:57
do not
38:58
miss this
38:58
lesson for
38:59
those of
38:59
us who
39:00
are in
39:01
the faith
39:01
let's pray
39:02
together