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Matthew 9:1-13 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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  Our text is Matthew chapter 9 verses 1 through 13.
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  ! A couple stories, miracles, one miracle, one call of a disciple.
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  ! And with the direction of Christ's family church, where we're going with community groups,
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  and being on a schedule and wanting to serve and reach out to our community, and where my family is headed to a city, an urban setting,
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  in Memphis, where we have to live a specific way, not like the city, but intentional and serving and loving people that we're not connected with.
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  I thought, plus based on what God was teaching me, that this would be very practical for all of us this morning, this set of verses, this text.
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  So let me read it, and then I'll pray and we'll get started.
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  Starting in verse 1 of Matthew chapter 9.
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  And getting into a boat, he crossed over and came to his own city.
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  And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed.
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  And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,
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  Take heart, my son, your sins are forgiven.
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  And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves,
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  This man is blaspheming.
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  But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said,
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  Why do you think evil in your hearts?
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  For which is easier to say,
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  Your sins are forgiven, or to say, Rise and walk?
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  But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.
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  He then said to the paralytic,
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  Rise, pick up your bed, and go home.
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  And he rose and went home.
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  When the crowd saw it, they were afraid,
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  And they glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
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  As Jesus passed on from there,
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  He saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth,
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  And he said to him,
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  Follow me.
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  And he rose and followed him.
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  And as Jesus reclined at table in the house,
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  Behold, many tax collectors and sinners came
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  And were reclining with Jesus and his disciples.
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  And when the Pharisees saw this,
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  They said to his disciples,
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  Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?
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  But when he heard it, he said,
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  Those who are well have no need of a physician,
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  But those who are sick.
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  Go and learn what this means.
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  I desire mercy and not sacrifice.
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  For I came not to call the righteous,
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  But sinners.
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  Let's pray together.
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  Father, I ask that your will would be done this morning.
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  That you would teach us through your word.
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  And that you would use me.
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  That you would,
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  I ask,
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  That your word would come alive to us this morning.
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  That we would see this miracle and this calling in a different light.
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  Because you have shown it to us.
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  Not because of a different perspective.
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  God, we ask that you would be gracious to us this morning.
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  That you would speak to us and we would be,
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  We would hear and be moved to action.
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  That you would bless the hearing of your word.
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  That we would leave this place and walk out of these doors.
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  Looking for people to,
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  To share life with.
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  Looking for people that we can invite into our lives.
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  And looking for God sized opportunities for you to work.
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  We ask this all in your son,
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  Jesus' name.
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  Amen.
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  So,
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  This story,
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  These two stories are also found in Mark chapter 2 and Luke chapter 5.
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  If you know anything about the gospels,
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  Luke is very detailed.
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  So he gives you a lot more details.
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  Mark is almost just like Matthew on the telling of this story.
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  So what I want to do this morning is just kind of walk through some observations that I see in this text.
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  These 13 verses.
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  Kind of walk through it.
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  And hopefully allow God to speak to all of us this morning.
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  And speak through me.
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  So,
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  As we walk through,
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  The first thing I want to point out is that Jesus saw their faith.
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  Verse 2.
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  I'll just start reading verse 1.
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  Let's go ahead.
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  And getting into a boat,
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  He crossed over and came to His own city,
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  Which is Capernaum.
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  And behold,
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  Some people brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed.
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  And when Jesus saw their faith,
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  He said to the paralytic,
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  Take heart,
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  My son,
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  Your sins are forgiven.
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  Now,
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  Jesus is not talking here.
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  Matthew is not describing Jesus seeing the paralytic's faith.
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  It's the guys who are carrying His bed.
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  It's His buddies.
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  It's His friends who have gone out of their way
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  To carry this man.
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  Now,
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  In Luke,
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  We have more details.
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  And if you know the story,
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  You know that they raised this man,
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  Tied to a bed,
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  Up onto the roof.
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  They broke the roof apart,
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  And they lowered him in to the building or the house where Jesus was.
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  A lot of work.
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  And Jesus sees their faith,
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  Sees their willingness to carry their body.
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  And Matthew makes note that He sees their faith.
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  Now,
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  The fact that they had strong faith,
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  The fact that they had this bold faith,
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  That they were willing to go crazy,
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  And open up a roof and lower a guy in,
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  Didn't save,
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  Didn't heal this man.
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  What healed this man was Jesus saying,
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  Your sins are forgiven.
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  Get up and walk.
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  But Jesus saw their faith,
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  And their faith was in Him,
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  Was in Jesus.
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  They believed,
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  That if we did this,
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  If we got this man close to Jesus,
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  That He would heal them.
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  And so,
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  They had this strong faith,
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  This focused faith,
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  This faith was,
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  Lasered in on Jesus.
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  It wasn't on,
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  If we can do this,
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  Then maybe,
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  Possibly this might happen.
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  No,
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  They were saying,
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  If we can do this,
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  Jesus will heal this man.
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  So,
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  I want to point that out to you.
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  I also want to point out,
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  That this man was,
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  Paralyzed,
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  And he could not help himself.
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  This man,
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  Could not help,
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  Himself one bit.
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  He couldn't get out of bed.
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  He needed somebody else,
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  To help him.
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  He needed guys,
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  To carry him to Jesus.
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  Now this is important.
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  Number one,
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  Because,
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  As Christians,
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  And as sinners,
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  Before Christ,
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  And after Christ,
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  We could not help ourselves.
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  Right?
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  There's nothing,
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  There was nothing in us,
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  That could save us.
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  There was nothing in us,
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  That could be,
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  Good enough,
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  To earn,
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  God's love.
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  God,
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  Reached down,
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  God blessed,
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  God forgave,
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  God saved us,
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  On his own,
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  Work,
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  And out of his own grace,
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  Not anything,
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  In us.
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  So,
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  Like,
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  The paralyzed man,
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  We too,
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  Are paralyzed.
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  We cannot help,
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  Ourselves.
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  But also,
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  It's important,
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  The fact that he couldn't help himself,
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  Was the fact that his buddies,
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  Had to carry him,
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  Like,
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  The burden that we sometimes,
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  Are half,
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  Or,
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  Commended to,
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  There's no sometimes about it,
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  We are commanded,
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  To carry the gospel.
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  We are commanded,
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  To share the gospel.
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  We are commanded,
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  To reach out to those,
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  Who don't know Jesus,
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  And share the truth,
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  Of the gospel.
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  These men,
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  Carried,
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  This paralyzed,
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  Buddy of theirs,
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  To Jesus,
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  So that he can be healed,
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  So that he can be,
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  His sins,
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  Can be forgiven.
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  Now,
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  Of course,
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  The men didn't know,
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  That was going to happen.
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  Nobody knew,
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  That was going to happen.
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  So,
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  It's important,
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  That we understand,
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  That the paralyzed man,
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  Could not,
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  Help himself.
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  And as,
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  As these men,
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  Carried,
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  The paralyzed man,
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  I wish I could just,
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  Name him,
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  Let's just name him,
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  Sam.
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  As he carries Sam,
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  Instead of saying paralyzed man,
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  Or paralytic,
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  They carried him,
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  As we share the gospel,
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  And we will carry the gospel,
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  To those around us,
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  What happens?
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  Sins,
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  Are forgiven.
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  And this man's sins,
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  Were forgiven.
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  So,
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  The paralytic man,
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  Oh Sam,
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  Was,
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  At the mercy,
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  Of who would carry him.
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  At the mercy,
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  Of who would love him.
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  At the mercy,
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  Of who would,
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  Heal him.
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  Now,
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  Here we come,
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  To verse 4,
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  5,
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  And we get the Pharisees,
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  And the scribes,
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  Being Pharisees,
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  And scribes,
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  Just being,
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  Snot nose,
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  Snobs,
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  They say,
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  They say,
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  This man,
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  Is blaspheming,
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  How could he say,
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  That he has forgiven sins,
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  He is just a man,
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  Talking about Jesus,
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  And of course,
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  They have,
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  All the religious badges,
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  And all the,
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  Patches,
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  And everything,
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  They have their book,
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  The Bible,
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  Their holy scribes,
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  All marked up,
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  And,
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  I mean,
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  They are super religious,
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  And they,
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  They can make this stance,
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  And they can say,
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  How,
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  This man is blaspheming,
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  And they think,
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  They have something to stand on,
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  And Jesus,
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  Knowing their thoughts,
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  He says,
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  Why do you think evil,
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  In your hearts?
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  For which is easier to say,
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  Your sins are forgiven,
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  Or to say,
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  Rise and walk?
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  But that you may know,
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  That the Son of Man,
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  Has authority on earth,
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  To forgive sins,
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  And then what does he do?
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  He heals the man,
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  And tells him to rise,
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  And walk.
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  Now,
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  Which is easier to say,
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  Jesus says,
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  Which is easier to say?
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  And if we get caught up,
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  On this question,
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  In this verse,
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  We'll lose the point.
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  Jesus isn't making,
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  A bold statement here,
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  He isn't making something,
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  Saying something,
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  That is hidden up underneath,
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  And we just kind of dig for it,
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  He's saying,
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  Which is easier?
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  Well,
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  They're both easy to say.
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  What I'm saying,
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  Isn't,
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  Important to you right now,
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  What I've done,
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  Is important.
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  And,
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  He's making a point,
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  Saying,
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  I have healed this man,
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  Or I'm going to heal this man,
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  And I have forgiven his sins,
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  And he's showing the world,
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  And he's showing the scribes,
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  And he's showing the Pharisees,
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  Who he is.
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  That he is,
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  God.
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  Now,
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  This week,
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  I will not name any names,
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  But my son,
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  So that's down to two,
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  Has,
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  Lied,
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  To,
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  His mom.
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  And I made him,
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  Of course he has punishment,
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  And you want to ask him about punishment,
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  You can ask him,
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  He's not happy about it,
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  So that's a good punishment.
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  But I made him go,
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  And apologize to,
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  Jamie.
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  Because he lied against Jamie,
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  He sinned,
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  Against,
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  Jamie.
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  We can't forgive,
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  Unless it's,
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  It's something done to us,
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  Right?
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  Like,
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  I can't forgive Jed,
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  Oh,
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  I named him.
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  I can't forgive Jed,
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  For lying to Jamie.
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  I can say,
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  Man,
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  That was horrible.
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  Like,
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  I can punish him,
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  I can,
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  I can let him have it,
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  I can talk to him about it,
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  But I,
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  I can't forgive him,
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  Because it wasn't towards,
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  And against me.
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  Jesus,
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  Can forgive sins,
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  Because he is God,
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  And because,
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  It is sin,
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  Against God.
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  Psalm 51,
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  It's a psalm that David writes,
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  Right after,
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  Nathan talks to him about David,
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  About him and Bathsheba.
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  And what does he say?
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  Against you,
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  Oh Lord,
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  Have I sinned.
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  Only,
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  Against you.
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  Big deal.
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  And so,
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  Jesus,
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  Forgiving sins,
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  The Pharisees,
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  And the scribes,
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  Have something to stand on.
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  Like,
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  This guy is just a man.
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  No,
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  Jesus is God.
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  And this is important for us to understand as Christians,
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  That Jesus is God.
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  He can forgive sins.
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  He can heal the paralyzed man.
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  He can make the blind see.
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  He can make the dead alive.
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  This is Jesus.
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  So the truth that,
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  Here in this story,
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  That Jesus forgives sin,
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  And that Jesus heals the paralyzed man,
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  Both prove,
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  To me,
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  And to all of us in here,
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  That he is God.
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  And we all shake our heads,
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  Yes,
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  Yes,
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  Jesus is God.
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  Jesus forgives sin.
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  Jesus
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  Is
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  God.
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  Psalm 103,
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  12 tells us,
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  And reminds us that,
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  As far as the east is,
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  As far as the east is to the west,
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  So our transgressions are removed.
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  God removes our transgressions,
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  Not us.
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  God forgives us of our sins.
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  And so Jesus is God.
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  Jesus is the Messiah.
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  And that's the point of Matthew.
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  That's why Matthew writes this gospel,
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  And the way that he writes it,
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  He wants to show his audience,
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  The Jewish people,
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  That Jesus is the promised Messiah.
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  So when they read this story,
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  And they see these miracles,
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  And they see,
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  Jesus forgiving sin,
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  They say,
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  They should,
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  One plus one equals two,
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  They should end up with the,
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  Well Jesus is God,
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  And he is the Messiah.
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  He is the promised Savior.
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  That's the point,
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  That Matthew tries to make,
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  In writing this book.
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  Verse 8,
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  He heals the man,
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  The man gets up and goes home,
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  And in verse 7 and 8,
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  He says,
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  And he rose and went home.
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  When the crowd saw it,
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  They were afraid,
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  And they glorified God,
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  Who had given such authority,
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  To men.
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  And here's what I want to point out here.
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  We as Christians,
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  And I am guilty of this,
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  I will pray a prayer,
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  God help us to glorify you.
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  God, I want to glorify you,
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  With my life.
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  God is most satisfied in us,
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  When God is most glorified in us,
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  When we are most satisfied in Him.
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  John Piper,
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  The Westminster's Confession,
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  Chief end of man,
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  To glorify God,
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  And enjoy Him forever.
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  Well we repeat this,
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  My kids repeat this,
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  I repeat this.
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  We have to have a right understanding,
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  A proper view of who God is,
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  If we're going to glorify Him,
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  If we're going to magnify Him,
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  If we're going to worship Him.
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  And so here,
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  Verse 8,
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  Says,
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  The crowd,
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  They were afraid,
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  And they glorified God.
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  Now this is not a magical equation,
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  I just think this is just a reminder.
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  This is just,
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  We have to understand who God is,
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  That He is Creator,
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  That He heals the blind,
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  That He heals the paralyzed man,
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  That He forgives sin,
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  That He makes the dead alive.
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  This being,
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  This God,
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  This is who He is.
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  And when we think of these things,
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  And when we grasp it,
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  And we have a right perspective,
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  Then we are automatically moved to fear.
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  And not the Scooby-Doo shaking in our booth sphere,
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  But just awe,
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  And amazement,
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  And right order,
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  That we are created under the Creator,
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  Created by the Creator.
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  And so when we have that right perspective,
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  We then are moved to worship,
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  We are moved to glorifying Him,
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  And getting it,
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  And living it.
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  So we have to understand,
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  And have a proper perspective,
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  Of who God is.
• 15:50
  So we fear the Lord,
• 15:51
  We acknowledge His greatness,
• 15:53
  And then we glorify Him.
• 15:56
  So that's the first,
• 15:58
  And we'll come back to that,
• 15:59
  In just a few minutes.
• 16:00
  But now we have,
• 16:01
  Where Jesus calls Matthew,
• 16:03
  And moves right into it.
• 16:05
  So starting in verse 9,
• 16:06
  As Jesus passed on from there,
• 16:08
  He saw a man called Matthew,
• 16:10
  Sitting at a tax booth,
• 16:11
  And he said to him,
• 16:12
  Follow me.
• 16:13
  And he rose and followed him.
• 16:14
  And as Jesus reclined at table in the house,
• 16:17
  Behold,
• 16:17
  Many tax collectors and sinners came,
• 16:19
  And were reclining with Jesus and His disciples.
• 16:22
  And when the Pharisees saw this,
• 16:24
  They said to His disciples,
• 16:25
  Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?
• 16:29
  But when he heard it,
• 16:29
  He said,
• 16:30
  Those who are well have no need of a physician,
• 16:33
  But those who are sick,
• 16:34
  Go and learn what this means.
• 16:36
  I desire mercy and not sacrifice,
• 16:38
  For I came not to call the righteous,
• 16:41
  But sinners.
• 16:42
  So observations through this story.
• 16:49
  First of all,
• 16:51
  Jesus doesn't give Matthew any details,
• 16:54
  Does He?
• 16:55
  He doesn't say,
• 16:56
  I need you to pack this,
• 16:59
  And I need you to pack up this,
• 17:00
  And roll your sleeping bag up,
• 17:01
  Because you're going to need it,
• 17:02
  And get some deodorant,
• 17:04
  Because we're going to be on the road for quite a while,
• 17:06
  And doesn't say anything,
• 17:07
  He just says,
• 17:08
  Follow me.
• 17:09
  Doesn't tell them where they're going,
• 17:10
  Doesn't tell them any details,
• 17:11
  Just says,
• 17:12
  Follow me.
• 17:12
  And Matthew gets up and follows him.
• 17:18
  What if we had that same obedience as Matthew?
• 17:23
  What if instead of saying,
• 17:24
  God, I need some details.
• 17:28
  God, I,
• 17:30
  How am I going to get there?
• 17:32
  God, it's going to cost $3,000.
• 17:34
  How?
• 17:38
  Instead of,
• 17:39
  Instead of,
• 17:39
  Talking ourselves out of things,
• 17:41
  What if we just obeyed?
• 17:43
  What if God said to you,
• 17:45
  Go to India.
• 17:49
  What if we did that?
• 17:51
  Okay, that's,
• 17:52
  That's,
• 17:52
  That's happening in this,
• 17:53
  In this room in three weeks,
• 17:55
  Or four weeks.
• 17:55
  What if God said,
• 18:00
  I want you to go speak to that guy about,
• 18:02
  About,
• 18:02
  About me.
• 18:04
  Ask him,
• 18:05
  About Jesus.
• 18:06
  Ask him,
• 18:07
  And share the gospel with him.
• 18:08
  No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, God.
• 18:10
  No.
• 18:10
  And this sounds very elementary,
• 18:12
  And this sounds very just,
• 18:14
  Surface level Christian,
• 18:15
  But why do we all struggle with it then?
• 18:17
  What if we had that same obedience as Matthew,
• 18:23
  And Jesus says,
• 18:24
  Go,
• 18:25
  And we say,
• 18:26
  Okay.
• 18:28
  What if we had the,
• 18:30
  What if we said to God,
• 18:32
  Let's flip it.
• 18:32
  What if we said to God,
• 18:33
  I'm available,
• 18:34
  I will go anywhere.
• 18:36
  I will follow.
• 18:37
  It doesn't matter.
• 18:41
  To follow Jesus,
• 18:43
  Requires,
• 18:45
  Sacrifice.
• 18:45
  It requires,
• 18:47
  It requires,
• 18:47
  Dying to our plans,
• 18:49
  And dying to our,
• 18:51
  Air quote,
• 18:51
  Dreams.
• 18:54
  It's a total sacrifice.
• 18:56
  And,
• 18:56
  Matthew,
• 18:57
  Not knowing anything,
• 18:59
  Not knowing what his life would be like,
• 19:01
  Follows him.
• 19:04
  Now,
• 19:05
  It's important to point out who Matthew is.
• 19:08
  Yes,
• 19:09
  We got the book of Matthew opened up right in front of us.
• 19:12
  And he's the author of this book.
• 19:15
  Yes,
• 19:16
  We have,
• 19:17
  Matthew the disciple.
• 19:20
  One of the twelve.
• 19:23
  One of the eleven,
• 19:24
  Who obeyed and followed.
• 19:28
  But,
• 19:29
  Matthew is also a tax collector.
• 19:31
  Matthew is put in the category here,
• 19:34
  As the Pharisees said,
• 19:36
  Eating with tax collectors and sinners.
• 19:39
  Matthew is a thief.
• 19:43
  Matthew is an enemy to his people.
• 19:47
  His people do not like him.
• 19:49
  This is Matthew.
• 19:50
  And so,
• 19:51
  On one hand,
• 19:52
  At the beginning of Matthew's story,
• 19:55
  Matthew is a thief,
• 19:56
  A tax collector,
• 19:58
  An enemy,
• 19:59
  A hated man.
• 20:01
  And he follows Jesus.
• 20:03
  And what is he now?
• 20:04
  A disciple,
• 20:05
  A follower of Jesus.
• 20:06
  A lover of God things.
• 20:11
  Not a lover of man things.
• 20:16
  It's important to see that God,
• 20:22
  Jesus calls a sinner.
• 20:25
  Jesus calls a tax collector and an enemy.
• 20:27
  So,
• 20:29
  When we're moved,
• 20:31
  To talk with somebody.
• 20:33
  When we're moved,
• 20:34
  To go somewhere,
• 20:35
  And we say,
• 20:37
  I can't do that.
• 20:38
  That's,
• 20:39
  Impossible.
• 20:41
  There's no way,
• 20:42
  He's going to be used.
• 20:43
  I know there's people in this room,
• 20:45
  Who thought,
• 20:45
  There's no way,
• 20:47
  God would ever save me.
• 20:50
  That's not our place.
• 20:52
  It's not our place to say.
• 20:55
  It's not our place to make that decision.
• 20:57
  Our place is to obey.
• 20:59
  And Jesus calls.
• 21:01
  And when he calls,
• 21:02
  And when he leads,
• 21:03
  And when he commands,
• 21:04
  We go.
• 21:06
  So,
• 21:07
  Matthew,
• 21:08
  Is now a disciple,
• 21:09
  Instead of a thief,
• 21:10
  And a tax collector.
• 21:13
  So,
• 21:14
  Now we have,
• 21:15
  Verse 10,
• 21:17
  And Jesus reclined at table in the house.
• 21:20
  Behold,
• 21:21
  Many tax collectors and sinners came,
• 21:23
  And were reclining with Jesus,
• 21:24
  And his disciples.
• 21:25
  In Luke,
• 21:27
  Basically,
• 21:27
  We get the details of Matthew throws a party.
• 21:31
  And Matthew invites as many people as he can,
• 21:33
  Happens to be all sinners,
• 21:36
  And they come,
• 21:38
  And the Pharisees throw their hands up and say,
• 21:40
  What is this guy doing?
• 21:45
  What is he doing?
• 21:47
  He is eating with sinners.
• 21:49
  I would never do that.
• 21:51
  I can't do that.
• 21:53
  Because I live right.
• 21:58
  Jesus,
• 22:00
  As Matthew is trying to prove,
• 22:02
  The Messiah,
• 22:04
  Is eating,
• 22:05
  And dining,
• 22:06
  And partying,
• 22:07
  With sinners.
• 22:09
  How
• 22:09
  Could he do this?
• 22:12
  So the question for us,
• 22:14
  Is do you surround yourself with tax collectors and sinners?
• 22:18
  Do you surround yourself with tax collectors and sinners?
• 22:22
  Now students,
• 22:24
  Being in a classroom with people doesn't count.
• 22:28
  Adults,
• 22:28
  Being at a company or a job with other people doesn't count.
• 22:33
  Do you surround yourself,
• 22:34
  Are people close to you,
• 22:37
  Tax collectors and sinners?
• 22:38
  Sinners?
• 22:43
  It's a tough question.
• 22:45
  Do you throw parties?
• 22:47
  Now this one's going to get me in trouble,
• 22:49
  I know.
• 22:51
  We should throw the best parties.
• 22:55
  As Christians.
• 22:56
  We should throw the best parties.
• 22:58
  We have far more to celebrate.
• 23:00
  Celebrate.
• 23:02
  And we should invite,
• 23:04
  Tax collectors and sinners,
• 23:06
  Lost people into our lives,
• 23:09
  And party,
• 23:10
  And celebrate.
• 23:11
  Celebrate life.
• 23:14
  Celebrate just events of life.
• 23:17
  Celebrate what God is doing,
• 23:18
  And put them together.
• 23:20
  For example,
• 23:23
  You have a child that is born.
• 23:27
  You celebrate.
• 23:29
  You have a party for the new birth of your child.
• 23:31
  Wait a couple months,
• 23:32
  Or your wife will kill you.
• 23:34
  But,
• 23:35
  That's just a little commercial break for you.
• 23:39
  You have a party,
• 23:40
  And you celebrate the birth of a child.
• 23:42
  And you invite your neighbors,
• 23:43
  And you invite lost people.
• 23:45
  And they say,
• 23:45
  Man, you got a child.
• 23:46
  You got another child.
• 23:48
  What?
• 23:48
  And you say,
• 23:49
  Yeah,
• 23:50
  I don't know how I'm going to do it.
• 23:51
  God is going to have to work,
• 23:53
  And He's going to work through me.
• 23:54
  And He's going to make this possible,
• 23:56
  Because I don't know how I'm going to do it.
• 23:57
  You've merged.
• 23:58
  Life event,
• 23:59
  And you've merged.
• 24:00
  God working together at a party.
• 24:03
  We've got a lot to celebrate.
• 24:05
  And we should throw the best parties.
• 24:09
  Everybody in here has a brain.
• 24:12
  Everybody has a conscience.
• 24:13
  Let's put that conscience umbrella up,
• 24:15
  And let's not go crazy on that statement.
• 24:18
  You know what I'm talking about.
• 24:20
  If you have a home,
• 24:25
  If you have an apartment,
• 24:27
  If you're going to have a home,
• 24:29
  Are tax collectors,
• 24:31
  Are sinners,
• 24:32
  Are lost people,
• 24:33
  Welcome in your home?
• 24:36
  Are they?
• 24:37
  You say,
• 24:38
  Yeah,
• 24:38
  The Jehovah's Witness come once a year.
• 24:41
  Well,
• 24:41
  That doesn't work.
• 24:43
  That doesn't work.
• 24:44
  Are you inviting people?
• 24:46
  Are you being hospitable?
• 24:47
  One of the qualifications of an elder is hospitality.
• 24:50
  And that doesn't mean that we invite church people to come over and have lunch with us.
• 24:54
  That means we're surrounding ourselves with lost people.
• 24:57
  And we're inviting them into our home.
• 24:59
  And we're giving them a bed.
• 25:00
  And we're,
• 25:01
  Whatever the case.
• 25:02
  Whatever the need.
• 25:05
  So,
• 25:06
  Young people,
• 25:06
  When you guys have a home,
• 25:08
  Be hospitable.
• 25:11
  Invite lost people into your home.
• 25:13
  Tax collectors and sinners.
• 25:15
  Like Matthew.
• 25:17
  Now,
• 25:17
  Who knows how long?
• 25:19
  These events were really quick.
• 25:21
  So,
• 25:21
  Matthew might have just been,
• 25:22
  Maybe a few hours of being a disciple of Jesus.
• 25:25
  Nonetheless,
• 25:28
  He invited sinners and tax collectors into His home to party.
• 25:33
  And Jesus came and showed up.
• 25:36
  And was there.
• 25:37
  And ate with,
• 25:38
  Ate with them.
• 25:41
  Excuse me.
• 25:44
  So then,
• 25:46
  We have Pharisees again.
• 25:49
  And as I said,
• 25:50
  You know,
• 25:50
  They threw up their hands and said,
• 25:51
  What is this guy doing?
• 25:52
  He's eating with sinners.
• 25:55
  How could he do this?
• 26:01
  Now,
• 26:01
  One of the reasons they were upset,
• 26:03
  The Pharisees were upset,
• 26:04
  Is they thought that they had earned His visit.
• 26:09
  They thought they had earned His attendance.
• 26:12
  They thought that they had been good enough,
• 26:14
  That this teacher,
• 26:16
  Who teaches truth,
• 26:18
  Who teaches scripture,
• 26:19
  Could come and share with them.
• 26:21
  And Jesus kind of throws that idea on its head.
• 26:27
  It says,
• 26:28
  Those who are well have no need of a physician,
• 26:30
  But those who are sick,
• 26:33
  I always got to add,
• 26:34
  Do.
• 26:35
  Helps me with the grammar.
• 26:39
  Those who are well have no need for a physician.
• 26:42
  That's a no brainer statement.
• 26:46
  Right?
• 26:47
  I mean,
• 26:48
  Unless you got a broken arm,
• 26:49
  You don't need to go to the ER.
• 26:52
  Unless you got a big cut,
• 26:53
  You don't need to go.
• 26:55
  Unless you're sick,
• 26:57
  Really sick,
• 26:58
  In my case,
• 26:59
  On my deathbed,
• 26:59
  I don't need to go to the doctor.
• 27:05
  Well people don't need the physician.
• 27:08
  Sick people do.
• 27:08
  And,
• 27:13
  They're saying how,
• 27:15
  You know,
• 27:16
  Jesus should have come to them,
• 27:18
  Or,
• 27:18
  How dare he be over there,
• 27:19
  When we're over here,
• 27:20
  And we're good people.
• 27:23
  Isn't that like us,
• 27:25
  Isn't that how we think,
• 27:26
  Sometimes?
• 27:28
  For example,
• 27:29
  I feel God's love,
• 27:31
  When I do good things.
• 27:33
  Right?
• 27:34
  I feel God's love,
• 27:35
  I feel him close,
• 27:36
  When I'm doing things,
• 27:37
  That are godly.
• 27:40
  Or,
• 27:41
  I feel God is close,
• 27:42
  When?
• 27:43
  Fill in the blank.
• 27:48
  Or,
• 27:49
  I don't know God,
• 27:51
  Or feel God,
• 27:52
  But I'm working on it.
• 27:53
  I'm working towards that.
• 27:54
  I'm trying to do,
• 27:55
  And achieve good things,
• 27:56
  So that God would,
• 27:59
  Attend,
• 28:01
  Visit with me.
• 28:02
  Being good.
• 28:07
  Doing religious things.
• 28:10
  It's one of our fears,
• 28:11
  At Christ Family Church,
• 28:12
  When we,
• 28:13
  When we do the Lord's Supper,
• 28:15
  Every Sunday.
• 28:16
  Is we don't want it,
• 28:18
  To be a religious activity.
• 28:20
  We don't want it to be,
• 28:21
  Dogmatic,
• 28:22
  And just a ritual,
• 28:23
  That we do,
• 28:24
  Because that's what we do,
• 28:25
  Here at Christ Family Church.
• 28:27
  We want everyone in this room,
• 28:29
  And all of us,
• 28:30
  To be moved to worship,
• 28:31
  When we reflect,
• 28:32
  And we look,
• 28:34
  And see,
• 28:36
  What Jesus has done.
• 28:38
  But it becomes,
• 28:39
  And it can become,
• 28:40
  Just this religious activity.
• 28:43
  And so,
• 28:44
  You know,
• 28:44
  If we're trying to be like a Pharisee,
• 28:47
  We mark it up,
• 28:47
  And say,
• 28:48
  I did the Lord's Supper on Sunday.
• 28:51
  I prayed.
• 28:52
  I listened very attentively,
• 28:55
  To the sermon.
• 28:57
  However good or bad it was.
• 29:00
  I did those things.
• 29:02
  And we think,
• 29:04
  That we know Jesus.
• 29:07
  We think that He should be with us,
• 29:09
  And in us.
• 29:09
  But that's not the case.
• 29:11
  What does the Bible say?
• 29:12
  Repent and believe.
• 29:14
  It takes Jesus,
• 29:17
  Working in us,
• 29:19
  For salvation.
• 29:20
  And then we,
• 29:22
  Repent.
• 29:23
  We acknowledge who God is.
• 29:24
  We believe,
• 29:26
  And we live it out.
• 29:28
  Just like the paralytic.
• 29:30
  Just like Matthew.
• 29:32
  Jesus called him,
• 29:34
  And he followed.
• 29:36
  Jesus healed him,
• 29:37
  And he was healed.
• 29:40
  So don't get caught up,
• 29:41
  On these religious activities,
• 29:43
  And things.
• 29:46
  Because they're good,
• 29:47
  But,
• 29:48
  If you're not a Christian,
• 29:49
  They're damning.
• 29:55
  Verse 12.
• 30:01
  I was just at verse 12.
• 30:02
  Verse 13.
• 30:07
  We'll do 12 too.
• 30:08
  Those who are well,
• 30:09
  Have no need of a physician,
• 30:10
  But those who are sick,
• 30:12
  Do.
• 30:12
  Go and learn what this means.
• 30:14
  I desire mercy,
• 30:15
  And not sacrifice,
• 30:16
  For I am not,
• 30:17
  I came not to call,
• 30:19
  The righteous,
• 30:19
  But sinners.
• 30:22
  Jesus' mission is,
• 30:24
  To heal the sick.
• 30:26
  That's what he came here,
• 30:27
  On earth to do.
• 30:29
  And I'm not talking,
• 30:30
  Physical sick,
• 30:32
  I'm talking spiritual sick.
• 30:34
  Dead.
• 30:35
  Ephesians 2.
• 30:36
  Dead.
• 30:37
  Colossians.
• 30:38
  Dead.
• 30:39
  This idea,
• 30:40
  That we cannot help ourselves.
• 30:41
  This idea,
• 30:43
  That the picture,
• 30:44
  Of the paralyzed man,
• 30:46
  Gives us.
• 30:46
  He could not help himself.
• 30:49
  Jesus came,
• 30:50
  To heal the sick.
• 30:52
  And he,
• 30:53
  Is the physician.
• 30:55
  And here's the great news.
• 30:57
  That he can diagnose,
• 30:59
  He can,
• 31:00
  He can treat,
• 31:01
  And he can heal,
• 31:02
  All at the same time,
• 31:04
  All by his word.
• 31:05
  So he says to Matthew,
• 31:08
  Follow me.
• 31:09
  Diagnosed,
• 31:10
  Treated,
• 31:11
  And healed.
• 31:18
  The sick,
• 31:19
  Are in need of a physician.
• 31:21
  We,
• 31:22
  Were in need of a physician.
• 31:23
  Or,
• 31:24
  In this room,
• 31:25
  Are in need of a physician,
• 31:27
  Right now.
• 31:28
  Spiritually.
• 31:30
  See,
• 31:30
  We have,
• 31:31
  Humans,
• 31:34
  Mankind,
• 31:34
  Us in this room,
• 31:36
  Have tried everything.
• 31:38
  We've tried,
• 31:39
  It all.
• 31:41
  Just look through our history.
• 31:44
  In this room,
• 31:45
  We've tried,
• 31:47
  Thinking positively.
• 31:49
  Being good.
• 31:51
  Just,
• 31:51
  Being good,
• 31:52
  And doing good things.
• 31:54
  We've tried,
• 31:56
  Being religious.
• 31:58
  We've tried,
• 31:59
  Even talking,
• 32:00
  Religious.
• 32:02
  The sanctifying work,
• 32:04
  Of Jesus.
• 32:04
  Is amazing.
• 32:05
  And,
• 32:05
  Glory be to God,
• 32:08
  For,
• 32:09
  We know a lot of doctrine.
• 32:14
  We know a lot of truths.
• 32:17
  In this room,
• 32:18
  We've,
• 32:18
  We've learned that stuff,
• 32:20
  But let's,
• 32:21
  I'm tall,
• 32:23
  I'm big,
• 32:23
  If I put my arms up like this,
• 32:25
  And if I wave like the wind is blowing me,
• 32:27
  Like a tree,
• 32:28
  Does that make me a tree?
• 32:30
  If I place some leaves on my arms,
• 32:32
  And stand up here,
• 32:33
  Am I still a tree?
• 32:35
  No.
• 32:36
  If I dress up in complete brown,
• 32:38
  And have a green head,
• 32:38
  With a big huge,
• 32:40
  Am I a tree?
• 32:42
  No.
• 32:43
  I'm not a tree.
• 32:44
  I can try,
• 32:45
  And I can work at it,
• 32:46
  And I can do everything I can,
• 32:47
  But I'm still not a tree.
• 32:48
  I'm a man.
• 32:51
  Likewise,
• 32:52
  We try,
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  To do religious things.
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  We try,
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  To fix and heal ourselves,
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  But we can't.
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  We can't do it.
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  We need a physician.
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  We need a healer.
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  We need Jesus.
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  And so,
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  If you're in this room,
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  And you don't know Jesus,
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  He wants to heal you.
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  He wants to save you.
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  He wants to tell you,
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  I love you.
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  Your sins are forgiven.
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  Follow me.
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  I can't help myself,
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  And you can't help yourself.
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  And just like,
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  The tax collectors,
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  And the sinners,
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  Jesus partied with,
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  They can't help themselves.
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  Just like,
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  The lost people,
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  Around us.
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  Those who are not Christians.
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  Those who don't know Jesus.
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  Just like those,
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  In this room,
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  Who don't know Jesus.
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  Can't help yourself.
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  You can't.
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  And it's dangerous,
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  Dangerous,
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  Dangerous,
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  To think,
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  That you can.
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  So how about,
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  Those people,
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  That you're inviting,
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  Into your life,
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  That you're inviting,
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  Into your home,
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  That you're inviting,
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  To your dorm room,
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  Your apartment,
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  And you're sharing life,
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  And you're sharing the gospel.
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  They can't help themselves,
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  Either.
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  And so we are commanded,
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  To share.
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  We are commanded,
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  To live,
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  In such a way,
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  Where we,
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  Invite them,
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  Into our lives,
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  To share the gospel.
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  To our community group,
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  To our community group,
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  To our community group,
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  are as important as our Sunday gathering.
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  Invite people into the community groups.
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  Join us and don't just invite Christians.
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  Invite lost people.
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  Invite people who need to hear the Gospel,
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  who cannot help themselves.
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  In verse 13, Jesus says,
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  Go and learn what this means.
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  Now Jesus is speaking to the scribes and the Pharisees.
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  The educated guys.
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  Those who should know what this means.
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  Those who know the Scriptures.
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  Go and learn what this means.
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  I desire mercy and not sacrifice.
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  And he's quoting from Hosea 6.
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  And the Hebrew word for mercy,
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  you can write a paper on it,
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  you can write a dissertation on it,
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  but the bottom line is mercy means steadfast love.
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  That's it.
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  God, steadfast love.
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  Mercy.
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  That's the definition.
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  So Jesus says, quoting from Hosea,
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  I desire mercy.
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  I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice.
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  He's saying this to the Pharisees,
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  saying that I don't want your religious activities.
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  I don't want your worship.
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  I don't want your baptisms.
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  I don't want those things.
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  I want your heart and I want your love
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  and your desire to follow me.
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  Jesus, God, is about the heart.
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  We read this in Isaiah.
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  We read this every time Jesus talks to the Pharisees.
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  Jesus is about the heart.
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  And so here, he wants steadfast love,
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  not sacrifice.
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  Don't bring your sacrifices to me
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  when your heart is not right.
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  When you don't even love me.
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  Finally, in verse 13,
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  I came not to call the righteous,
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  but sinners.
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  Now there must come a point in your life
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  and in my life where
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  we admit our sinfulness.
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  We have to.
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  That's part of the Gospel.
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  We admit our need for a physician,
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  our need for a Savior.
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  Now, Jesus kind of confuses us a little bit here
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  when he says,
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  I came not to call the righteous,
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  but sinners.
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  Now this righteous is different
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  than the righteous you're thinking of
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  that Jesus makes us before God.
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  This righteous is made right in man's power.
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  So we're striving to be good.
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  We're striving to be religious.
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  We're striving to earn God's love
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  and His favor.
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  And so, Jesus is saying,
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  I didn't come for those who think they're right.
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  I didn't come,
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  but I came for sinners.
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  Those that would admit they're sinners.
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  Those that would admit their need for a physician.
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  So we have to and must admit
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  our need for our Savior.
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  To be righteous in your own eyes
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  means that you think that nothing's wrong.
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  That there's nothing wrong with me.
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  I'm okay.
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  And that, as I said a second ago,
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  that is a dangerous line to walk.
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  So, in your ministry,
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  in your life,
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  do you have the type of faith?
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  Do you have the type of faith
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  that the buddies of the paralytic man
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  carried up on a roof,
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  up a ladder, a bed?
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  Now some sort of,
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  the guy's laying down,
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  he's paralyzed.
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  They carried him up onto the roof
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  and then they lowered him down into,
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  removed the roof
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  and then lowered him down in.
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  Do you have that kind of faith
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  believing that Jesus was going to heal that man?
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  Does your ministry have that kind of faith?
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  Does your community group believe
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  that God is going to do big things?
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  Do you believe God can use you?
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  Do you believe that you could be one of those guys?
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  Do you think God could use you?
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  Do you believe you could be Matthew?
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  Or are you paralyzed with fear of the unknown?
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  Fear of failure?
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  Fear of persecution?
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  Repent of that fear.
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  Repent and ask some buddies to carry you.
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  Ask some guys to help you.
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  Tell them.
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  Are you intentional with who you spend your time with?
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  Are you intentional with the group of people
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  you spend time with?
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  Are you inviting tax collectors and sinners
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  into your home?
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  These are some of these questions
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  we've already touched on.
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  Are you making disciples?
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  Lost people converted?
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  Are you willing
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  to repent of not sharing
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  and not inviting people into your life?
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  The end of verse 13 tells us,
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  For I came not to call the righteous,
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  but sinners.
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  Let's stand on that verse.
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  Let's treasure that verse.
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  Jesus came not to call the righteous,
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  but sinners.
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  If you're a Christian,
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  you're a sinner.
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  If you're not a Christian,
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  you're a sinner.
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  And Jesus came to call you this morning.
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  Let's pray together.
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  Thank you.