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Gracious God, thank you so much 
that we can come to your word, 

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we can hear it preached and that
your word is living and act of 

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God. 
And we thank you for Andy in the

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way he has been serving you. 
And I pray that as he shares 

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about his ministry and as he 
shears from your word that it 

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would be glorifying to you and 
would be edifying to us and 

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would we have ears that are 
ready and eager to listen and be

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changed. 
We pray for these things and we 

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we thank you for these things in
Jesus name, Amen. 

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Hey, good morning everybody. 
As I was sitting in the seat 

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this morning, I was thinking, 
ohh, crumbs, this is a lot of 

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people. 
And I was thinking maybe 30. 

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So there's a couple more than 
30, but that's OK. 

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So hopefully you've got some 
grace and we'll walk through it 

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together. 
But I was thinking, what's the 

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time I've been in front of a 
crowd this big? 

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And I was like, whoa, whoa. 
I did. 

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I decided to do physical 
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And part of that course was you 
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people say it was good, but we 
had to do a dance, contemporary 

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dance paper. 
And I'm a very conservative S 

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island boy and I did not want to
dance, I don't know, to do the 

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class. 
And we had to perform in front 

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of usually old P/E students and 
they would want to, you know, 

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laugh at you and whatever. 
And it was on the biggest 

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lecture theatre they had in 
Otago, which is about 500 

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people. 
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than that here this morning. 
So I don't feel quite as bad and

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I'm probably not going to dance.
So all quite safe. 

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So this morning I'm going to 
speak on carry on speaking on 

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Luke. 
I believe you've already started

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in there. 
I've been working through Luke 

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736. 
So if you open your Bibles up to

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Luke 7, we're going to be 
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We're talking about his words 
versus obedience. 

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So I actions versus what we say 
and we're looking it's a simple 

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question. 
So who he is and more 

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specifically, how do we respond 
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I'll draw another passages as 
well, but that's what we gonna 

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be looking at today. 
So if you turn to Luke 7 verse 

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36, then one of the Pharisees 
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he went to the Pharisees house 
and sat down to eat. 

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And behold, a woman in this city
who was a Sinner, when she knew 

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that Jesus sat at the table in 
the Pharisees house, brought an 

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alabaster flask of fragrant oil,
and stood at his feet behind 

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him, weeping. 
And she began to wash his feet 

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with her tears, and wiped them 
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And she kissed his fate and 
anointed them with the fragrant 

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oil that when the Pharisee who 
invited him saw this, he spoke 

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to himself saying This man, if 
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and what manner of woman this is
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Sinner. 
So we'll just stop there for 

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now. 
We're going to go right through 

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to chapter 8 verse, verse three 
that we'll just look at the 1st 

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4 verses. 
So 36 to 39. 

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God is not impressed by our 
religious activity or obedience.

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So he's not interested or 
without obedience, He's not 

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interested in what we do. 
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thinking, ohh, they're wonderful
people. 

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They've gone to India or Africa 
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He wants our obedience. 
So this is what we're looking at

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this morning. 
So it's not an external 

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performance without surrender. 
So it's a it's our mindset 

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towards God and how we respond 
to Him. 

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O this is what Jesus is exposing
in this passage, because we have

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that Pharisee who who's a 
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all the right things, but as 
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Ow we see Simon, he invites 
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him at a distance. 
There's no kiss, there's no 

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water, no oil. 
He's outwardly right, but he's 

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inwardly cold. 
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was everything. 
So it's very common to have a 

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servant wash their feet when 
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look after them really well. 
And you notice this and where we

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are in in Kerala in India, often
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through rear both which is the 
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it. 
And then you always take your 

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shoes off when you go inside. 
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this and the Bible, they talk 
about washing their feet because

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it sort of brings a little bit 
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New Zealand, you tend to just go
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But because your feet get so 
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trying to keep nice and clean, 
we tend to take them off idea. 

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So it really this Pharisee 
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that the servant to wash the 
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O we compare that with the woman
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boundaries. 
She's publicly humbling herself 

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a little bit like that message 
with David where he's dancing 

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before God and he's he's just 
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But he's worried about what his 
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people were thinking. 
So it's, it's that kind of 

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display and it's, it's the 
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given. 
So they're in the same room, but

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there's 2 completely different 
responses off you. 

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Now turn to the next few verses.
Luke 40. 

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Ohh, sorry. 
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answered and said to him, Simon,
I have something to say to you. 

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So he said, Teacher say it, 
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had two debtors, 1 owed him 100 
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when they had nothing with which
to repay, he freely forgave them

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both. 
Tell me, therefore, which of 

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them will love him more? 
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suppose the one who forgave more
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rightly judged O this is a key 
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Jesus gives this lens to help us
understand 01 of the people was 

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forgiven a little. 
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So it wasn't that big a deal. 
He gets forgiven a bit and so he

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obviously likes the the man they
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that was forgiven much he tends 
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So this is that situation with 
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So it's not theoretical, but 
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Jesus is pushing this a little 
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side. 
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are we actually responding to 
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So I'd like to take another 
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which you'll probably all know 
of the two sums, but what do you

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think? 
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to the 1st and said, Sun go work
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He answered and said, I will 
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But afterward he regretted it 
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Then he came to the second son 
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And he answered and said, I go, 
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But he did not go. 
Which of the two did the will of

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his father? 
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said to them, assuredly I say to
you, that text collectors and 

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harlots enter the Kingdom of God
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For John came to you in the way 
of righteousness, and you did 

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not believe Him, but tax 
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Him. 
And when you saw it, you did not

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afterward relent and believe 
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So this first son, he's saying I
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But later he changes his mind, 
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words, but has actions later on 
revealed his true heart, whereas

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the other son is a bit of a yes 
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And he says, I will go, Sir, but
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So correct words, but no 
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So the one who did the will of 
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obeyed. 
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measure. 
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O we put this back inside the 
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at today. 
I've Luke 70. 

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Simon is like that second son. 
He's got the words, but he has 

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no obedience. 
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He's religiously respectable. 
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everyone looked at him as the 
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thing, that he didn't wash the 
feet, his feet. 

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He didn't offer him a kiss when 
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And there's no oil to welcome 
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No anointing, no. 
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Yes, and principle, but his life
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You know what, what he should be
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He is son #2 He's yes Lord, but 
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expressed. 
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first son. 
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She just had a what looks like a
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know, she's come from a sinful 
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obedience. 
So she's moved from that broken 

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start to obedience. 
Oi heard life initially said no 

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to God but then she turns. 
So who responses tears or a pint

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to repentance here is like 
humility wiping his feet with 

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her here and the perfume is 
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She does not just feel sorry but
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repentance. 
OC is the first one, initially 

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wrong direction but ends U in 
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So this parable reveals the 
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challenges us. 
Do our actions align with God's 

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will? 
So the two sons, two types of 

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people, those who initially 
reject God but repent, and those

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who appear obedient that fail to
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So the Father's request, 
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Father's request of working in 
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When I was looking into this, it
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Kingdom. 
So it was quite a nice picture 

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of the Father or God asking the 
two sons to work in His Kingdom 

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or the vineyard being His 
Kingdom. 

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So the obedience requires 
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Repentance is also needed. 
Self righteousness is not 

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needed. 
So how does my faith show in my 

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actions and obedience? 
If we turn now to one Samuel 

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15220, this is one of the 
classic passages of a talking 

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about obedience versus 
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There's quite a few in the 
Psalms as well, but this is one 

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that I always remember. 
I'll start it first 13 and go to

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2023 because that sort of gives 
a better summary. 01 Samuel 15 

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starting at verse 13. 
Then Samuel went to Saul, and 

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Saul said to him, Blessed are 
you of the Lord, I have 

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performed the commandment of the
Lord. 

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But Samuel said, What then is 
this blighting of the sheep in 

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my ears, and the lowering of the
oxen which I hear? 

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And so said they have brought 
them from the Malachites, for 

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the people spared the best of 
the sheep and the oxen to 

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sacrifice to the Lord your God, 
and the rest we have utterly 

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destroyed. 
Then say you'll see the soul, be

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quiet, and I will tell you what 
the Lord said to me last night, 

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and you speak to him. 
Speak on, O Samuel said. 

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When you were little in your own
eyes, were you not head of the 

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tribes of Israel? 
And did not the Lord anoint you 

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king over Israel? 
Now the Lord sent you on a 

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mission, and said, Go and 
utterly destroy the sinners and 

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the Amalekites, and fight 
against them until they are 

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consumed. 
Why then did you not obey the 

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voice of the Lord? 
Why did you swoop down on the 

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spoil and do evil in the sight 
of the Lord? 

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And so say to Samuel, But I have
evade the voice of the Lord, and

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gone on a mission on which the 
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Agag, king of the king of 
Amalek. 

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I have utterly destroyed the 
Malachites, but the people took 

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of the plunder, sheep and oxen, 
the best of the things which 

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should have been utterly 
destroyed. 

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To sacrifice to the Lord your 
God, to Gilgal, so Samuel said, 

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Has the Lord has great delight 
and burnt offerings and 

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sacrifices, as in obeying the 
voice of the Lord. 

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Behold, to obey is better than 
sacrifice, and to heed than the 

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Fed of Rams. 4 billion is as the
sin of witchcraft and 

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stubbornness, as as iniquity and
idolatry. 

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Because you've rejected the word
of the Lord, He also has 

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rejected you from being king. 
So the simple thing he was just 

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asked to destroy the Malachites 
and he thought, oh, oh, she are 

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pretty good. 
And those those oxen are pretty 

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good. 
We'll just save them and I'll 

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offer a great sacrifice to God. 
But God wasn't interested in 

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that. 
He just wanted him to follow 

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what he's told him to do. 
So this is the one of the 

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classic verses showing man 
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been just asked to obey. 
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greater than sacrifice. 
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sacrifice. 
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He thought his idea was better 
than what God told him to do, he

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said. 
Some other animals God told him 

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to destroy, and he saved them to
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He disobeyed God thinking His 
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obedience. 
So God rejects religious 

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substitutes for obedience. 
So we put this all back 

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together. 
What God actually looks for 

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God's not impressed by 
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You could call that what we can 
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religious activity, external 
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about him, and spiritual 
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God is looking for a response of
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David having a heart after his 
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heart. 
Something that I often wonder 

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what is that? 
I want to know more about what 

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having a heart after God's heart
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It sounds pretty cool. 
And he wants us to be humble and

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to immediately be obedient. 
Faith that moves into action, 

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Love that becomes visible. 
Sacrifice. 

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This is contrasted in Luke 7:00.
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That religious man says nothing 
offensive but does nothing 

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loving. 
The woman is a broken Sinner. 

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She has nothing religious to 
offer, but she gives everything 

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in response. 
Jesus says she has the right 

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heart that Simon does not. 
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Which is is also interesting 
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do. 
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front of those Pharisees. 
Just one in them up a little bit

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more oo the last few verses are 
the start of Luke chapter 8 

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versus one to three. 
I'll read those now. 

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It came to pass afterward that 
he went through every city and 

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village preaching and bringing 
the glad tidings of the Kingdom 

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of God. 
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And certain women who had been 
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infirmities, Mary called 
Magdalene, out of whom had come 

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seven demons, and Joanna, the 
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and Susanna and many others who 
provided for him from their 

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substance. 
Jesus is going around 

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proclaiming the good news of the
Kingdom and these women are 

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helping by supporting. 
So even Mary Magdalene, who 

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sounds very similar to this lady
in this story, she was healed 

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and now she follows him and 
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So they true faith and belief 
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obedience. 
So they're following serving, 

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giving and obeying, not just 
belief. 

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There's a response there. 
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these two sons had two responses
once it's the right thing but 

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stays still. 
One starts wrong but ends UA 

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bang. 
So God isn't interested in what 

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we can offer that sacrifice. 
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You know, like the Old Old 
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sacrifices, but our sacrifice is
something that we can, that we 

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think we can offer God, but he's
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Things we do for him as a part 
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obedience is the thing. 
So God is interested in how we 

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respond to Him. 
Trust, love and obedience. 

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Yeah. 
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remember those two things. 
The Simon had religion without 

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response, so it was just his, 
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He thinks he's doing the right 
thing by being religious and 

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offering God something. 
Whereas it's that true heart at 

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heart of obedience that God is 
really looking for.