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So you're going to Matthew 
Chapter 5 next week. 

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When I change it up on you, 
we're going to say Matthew 

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Chapter 6, Matthew Chapter 5. 
I told you when we started this 

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series that this next year or 
however long it takes us to get 

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through, it's going to be 
powerful. 

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It's going to be impactful. 
It's going to be transformative.

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A lot of times it's, it's 
exciting as a pastor when you're

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studying the scriptures and 
you're saying I'm I'm fired up 

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for this, I'm fired up for that.
And and then sometimes, you 

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know, you can kind of let people
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She's like this next series is 
going to be the best one you've 

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ever heard or this next series 
is going to be the best one 

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you've ever heard. 
But I am, I am serious. 

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And I'm confident that as we 
continue to go through the word 

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of God, it is going to be life 
changing. 

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It's going to be transformative 
going through the scriptures. 

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You know, we do different kinds 
of sermons. 

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We do a lot of verse by verse 
teaching. 

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It's called expository 
preaching, is the the technical 

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name for it. 
There's also topical preaching. 

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There's different ways to 
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We've done both. 
So we did the Apostles Creed 

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series that was taking something
that's not a verse by verse 

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analysis of Scripture, but we 
still use something to guide us.

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We did that through the 
ecstatically married series as 

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well. 
We're still going to the 

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scriptures, but we're taking a 
topic and then zooming in on it.

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But with this, we're going verse
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Bible. 
This is good for multiple 

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reasons. 
This is good because it doesn't 

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allow a minister to skip over 
anything that maybe is difficult

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or that maybe is challenging. 
It doesn't allow a church to 

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bypass something. 
I don't know what that means. 

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We're moving on. 
Well, we still, there still may 

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be some mystery around some 
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We still may have some questions
when we're finished, but we're 

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going to have more clarity. 
Also, it forces us to face 

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doctrinal things that may not be
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our perspective. 
We may say, hey, well, the other

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camp uses that or the other 
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kind of their verse. 
So we always kind of avoid this.

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We don't have to be afraid of 
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We love all of God's word. 
There's nothing in it to 

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apologize for. 
There's nothing in it to avoid. 

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They're the only things in it to
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There are rich treasures. 
So we come to the scriptures 

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hungry and thirsty. 
And of course, as we go through 

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the Gospel of Matthew we've 
continued to see who Matthew 

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was. 
And and now as he's walking us 

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through the life of Christ, 
Matthew is a great historian, 

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did a great job for us tracking 
all that. 

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But the book of Matthew we've 
already seen is wildly 

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practical. 
There's been much that we've 

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seen even in the genealogy of 
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We saw how, man, what does this 
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How's this practical for us? 
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happen today. 
Jesus still speaking, still 

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going to continue to bring you 
clarity, bring you some very 

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specific things you're going to 
be able to apply today. 

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Some things are going to make a 
difference this afternoon. 

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Some things are going to change 
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So yes, I'm excited for this 
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I'm excited for all of the 
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But I want you to have your 
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I want you to have your 
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The temptation, I think whenever
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is sometimes people go, OK, like
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not a new exciting pitch, you 
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everybody, here's the title. 
I don't have an incredible title

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for you, but we do have an 
incredible word of God. 

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So you can get your hopes up 
there and have great 

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expectation. 
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We're going to read from verse 
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through the end of the chapter. 
Jesus is still going here in the

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Sermon on the Mount. 
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those of old you shall not swear
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to the Lord what you have sworn.
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said. 
You've heard that said, he said.

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But I say to you, do not take an
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for it's the throne of God, or 
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footstool, or by Jerusalem, for 
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Do not take an oath by your 
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from evil. 
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have heard that it was said, an 
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a tooth. 
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the one who is evil, but if 
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cheek, turn to him the other 
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And if anyone would sue you and 
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your cloak as well. 
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one mile, go with him 2 miles. 
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you, and do not refuse the one 
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You have heard that it was said,
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hate your enemy. 
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enemies, and pray for those who 
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be sons of your Father who is in
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For he makes his Son to rise on 
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He sends the rain on the just 
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For if you love those who love 
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Do not even the tax collectors 
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She's kind of funny. 
Matthew's got to listen to this.

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That's the former tax collector 
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Barb in there for Matthew. 
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do the same? 
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brothers, what more are you 
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Do not even the Gentiles do the 
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Therefore you must be perfect, 
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perfect God. 
This is your word. 

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We receive it with gratitude and
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I ask that you would bring 
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wisdom, and that you would bring
powerful application so that we 

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would walk more in obedience to 
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That we would not be crushed by 
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that we would be put on top of 
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with understanding, and with 
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So that we would see exactly who
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That we would see that these are
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prepared for us in Christ. 
We thank you for it in Jesus 

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name. 
Amen. 

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So I'll say it again. 
It's important to understand the

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context of the sermon on the 
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You do not read the sermon on 
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these things to become a 
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But you read the sermon on the 
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is coming to you to preach and 
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a Christian lives. 
This is what the way the Kingdom

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is like. 
You won't know what the Kingdom 

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of heaven is like. 
You won't know what the the rule

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of the king is. 
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This is what it looks like. 
By the way, I'm just bringing 

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the fuller revelation of what 
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I'm not saying you've heard the 
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stuff. 
I'm giving you something 

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different. 
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He's saying you've heard the Old
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You've heard it misapplied. 
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revelation of what was always 
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I'm going to bring you the 
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That's what's happening here. 
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that the Pharisees and that the 
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leaders of Israel for hundreds 
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of paint on top of the beautiful
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It was beautiful. 
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he intended to. 
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coat of paint on that, let's put
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And it's their interpretations, 
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Sometimes they go farther, 
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far enough. 
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going to take all the paint off,
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and I'm going to show you this 
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Lord's will again for his 
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So he's been laying out, you've 
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Sometimes he will quote one of 
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teaching. 
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directly. 
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gives, the higher he gives the 
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This passage that we're looking 
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misinterpreted. 
It's one of the most widely 

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misunderstood passages of 
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Sermon on the Mount, for sure. 
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Scripture there's been there's 
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Some of this is simply answered 
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using the tool, the literary 
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Is that the right way of putting
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It's exaggeration. 
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I'm going to an extreme to make 
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moments earlier which probably 
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laughter from the audience. 
He's saying, hey, if your right 

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hand causes you to sin, cut it 
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OK, but you get the point, 
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The listener isn't going. 
Does he want us to cut off our 

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hands? 
They're going OK I see go go to 

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extreme measures to deal with 
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If your right eye causes you to 
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Oh, OK Well, I don't think he's 
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our eyes and cut off our hands. 
We know that he's not. 

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So in the same way, we have some
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So we're going to unpack all of 
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to start with oaths and then 
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connect this passage on really 
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enemies together as well, 
because we've got three separate

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sections here. 
But again, that's just a modern,

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a modern doing. 
We put our own divisions in 

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here. 
Jesus was preaching it all at 

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once. 
This whole sermon was preached 

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in less than 20 minutes. 
He had the whole thing 

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delivered. 
So the whole spirit of the thing

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came out with, whoa, this is 
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I encourage you, if you haven't 
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week. 
Each week, read the passage that

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we're coming into. 
But in particular, go through 

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the Sermon on the Mount. 
Take your time. 

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Read it out loud to yourself and
imagine the Lord preaching this 

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thing. 
You say that that's how it would

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hit you. 
That's how it would feel. 

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You know, you read it slow. 
It's not even going to take you 

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20 minutes. 
You read it fast. 

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You know it's going to take you 
just a little over 10. 

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But we're looking at oaths. 
What's going on here with oaths?

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Oaths were used frequently at 
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And the problem beyond that is 
oaths were used casually, and 

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this is still done frequently 
today, right? 

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We say things like I swear I 
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God strike me dead if I'm lying 
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You know, all kinds of things 
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The oath is supposed to 
guarantee that I'm telling you 

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the truth. 
That's what the oath is supposed

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to do. 
Everything else I say is pretty 

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much like you never know if I'm 
lying to you or not, or if I'm 

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actually going to make good on 
my word. 

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But but now I'm going to add 
this extra superlative on top of

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it. 
I'm going to put some weight on 

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it. 
That's the intention. 

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That's what I'm trying to do 
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So at the time it was thought 
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something like I swear to the 
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answer to God for their sin if 
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that. 
So what the Jews have begun to 

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do is they say, let me lessen 
the consequences for me. 

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I swear on Jerusalem, I swear 
on, you know, I swear on heaven,

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I swear on this, these lesser 
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And again, they're still missing
the point in practice what it 

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eventually happened they would 
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And they're they're swearing by 
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That's why, he says don't swear 
by your head. 

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So I swear on my own head, like 
just making stuff up at this. 

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I swear by the chair. 
You know, who knows how far it 

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would have gone, But they're 
allowing themselves in their own

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mind to have lesser consequences
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So there's varying degrees of 
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perspective. 
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That's not how truth works. 
So Jesus is revealing. 

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God expects his commandments to 
be taken much more seriously and

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not to be used as tools for 
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hypocrisy. 
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a place for sacred vows, like at
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like that. 
But Jesus is teaching. 

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He's teaching us, his disciples,
that our integrity should should

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be the thing that guarantees 
we're telling the truth, not the

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extra words that we use or the 
things that we say. 

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Hey, I'll swear to you now. 
Hey, I've been lying to you up 

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until now. 
But now I swear it to you. 

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Our integrity is the guarantee 
that we're telling the truth. 

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What's our integrity built on? 
It's built on the past. 

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I've been telling you the truth 
in the past. 

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Can I put weight on it? 
Sure. 

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I guess I could grab you by the 
cheeks and look in your eyes and

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say, hey, I mean it. 
I always mean it, and I really 

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mean it. 
Maybe the stakes are high in 

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this particular moment and you 
need to know that. 

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You know that. 
You know, the person who has 

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integrity in their word doesn't 
need to enhance what they're 

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saying in any way. 
I don't have to add anything to 

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it if I really am a man of 
integrity. 

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If you really are a woman of 
integrity, you don't have to add

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anything else. 
She said it like I didn't need 

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her to, you know, and you might 
tell somebody else, Have you 

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ever done that you're confident 
in a person that you have a 

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relationship with and then 
you're speaking to someone else 

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about it? 
You said, well, they said this 

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and but now the third party's 
going, whoa, how do you know for

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sure? 
Like they told me this. 

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It's good like this, This third 
party, they don't have the 

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confidence that you do because 
you've got history with this 

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person. 
You've got to tell you, like, if

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he said it, it's it's done. 
If she told me that that's how 

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it's going to be, Well, they 
told me they'd give it to me for

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this price. 
But, you know, well, you might 

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show up there tomorrow and they 
change it. 

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Like they're not going to do 
that. 

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How do you know? 
Well, because I know him. 

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Like that's all there is to it. 
Did they promise you? 

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I didn't. 
Oh, that makes all the 

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difference in sales, right? 
They promised or they, they 

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guaranteed it. 
Well, just saying it is 

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sufficient. 
So what are we supposed to take 

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away from this? 
Be known for your word. 

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You shouldn't have different 
levels of truth, and you 

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shouldn't have different levels 
of trust. 

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There's just truth. 
There's just trust. 

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Don't use sacred or strong 
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So you keep your word to your 
spouse, you keep your word to 

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your customers, you keep your 
word to your kids. 

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Ultimately, this is about 
keeping your word, even to 

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yourself. 
Keeping my word to myself. 

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It's in the simple things. 
It's in the little things where 

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I say I go to the gym Monday, 
Wednesday and Friday. 

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It really doesn't impact anybody
else too directly if I if I 

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don't go, but you know, you know
who it chips away at a little 

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bit within his, within himself, 
within his own integrity, Well, 

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you don't have to go to the gym.
No, I don't have to. 

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But the fact is, I said I would.
The fact is, and so I'm not, I'm

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not in bondage to the gym. 
That's not the lesson here. 

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The lesson is I am secured into 
my own word to myself. 

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So if there's exceptions and 
things come up, that's no big 

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deal. 
We move on. 

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But if it's I don't know if I'm 
going to go, like that's that's 

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where you're getting in danger. 
And it and then it begins the 

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death by 1000 cuts like, well, I
I don't even trust me anymore. 

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You know, my alarm clock goes 
off, but that really doesn't 

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mean anything. 
I'm going to snooze it 15 times 

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or you know, I said I'm going to
be there on at on time, but I'm 

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not. 
So I I I lose even my own 

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confidence in myself over time. 
So my yes is my yes, my no is my

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no. 
And if I'm undecided, that's 

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fair enough too. 
If you're undecided, you can say

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you're undecided. 
You don't owe everybody and 

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answer it every moment. 
You can simply tell people I 

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have to get back with you on 
that. 

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So this is fine, practical 
language, but it's important 

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that we keep our word. 
There's a lot of a temptation 

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people have to please other 
people, but it's wild how we 

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will even be tempted to tell 
people something that they just 

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want to hear, knowing good and 
well, we're not going to do it. 

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This is a common thing among 
people where I know you're going

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to be disappointed if I tell you
no, and I don't want to deal 

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with that relational discomfort.
So I'm actually going to tell 

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you yes. 
And then at the last minute, I'm

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going to do some weird text 
message to get out of it and 

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say, Oh, my goodness, I can't 
believe it, I'm so sorry, All 

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because of my cowardice early on
to not deal with the conflict, 

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to not deal with the, hey, man, 
I'm not going to be there. 

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You know what? 
I'm. 

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I'm just not. 
And I and say I love you. 

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This doesn't change anything 
about us. 

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But I'm not going to be there. 
So Dylan wants you at the chili 

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cook off, right? 
Don't tell him you're going to 

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be there if you're not going to 
be there. 

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And if he's like, are you going 
to be there? 

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If you know the answer, you can 
just say, hey, man, I'm not 

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going to make it, but you'll 
have a good time. 

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And he's going to say, all 
right, man, I love you. 

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Have a good. 
Have a good day anyway. 

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Or or he's going to hold a 
grudge for the rest of your 

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life. 
I don't know. 

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That's Dylan. 
We can sort that out. 

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We'll put Dylan under church 
discipline later. 

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Since he's not in the room at 
the moment. 

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You leave the room, you're going
to get breached about. 

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Maybe that's the that's the 
lesson here. 

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So keep your word. 
Jesus says anything more than 

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this comes from evil. 
Some translations say anything 

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more than this comes from the 
Evil 1, the evil one, Satan. 

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He's also called what? 
The Father of lies. 

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So Jesus saying yes is yes, no 
is no, and anything more than 

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that, you're getting into 
variations of truth, which is 

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not something that our Heavenly 
Father really considers. 

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Again, can we mark the moment? 
That's why our wedding is so 

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sacred. 
But we're not like, doubling 

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down. 
We're not saying, do you do this

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and this and this. 
What do they answer with? 

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I do. 
Right. 

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I do. 
We don't make them say. 

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Swear on your Mama. 
Swear on your daddy. 

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Swear on your head. 
Swear on heaven. 

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Do you or don't you? 
I do. 

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Do we wait the moment? 
We do. 

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Why? 
How? 

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With witnesses. 
We we honor it before the Lord. 

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So there's other ways that we 
bring significance and value to 

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it. 
But my yes is to be yes. 

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My no is to be no. 
Anything more than that is 

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getting into Satan's 
jurisdiction. 

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If this is from the Evil 1. 
So there is a time and a place 

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for sacred vows like the 
marriage altar that making sense

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to you about oaths, bringing you
some help around oaths. 

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So we're not swearing. 
We're just telling the truth. 

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And someone's like, do you 
swear? 

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And you can just simply go. 
I'm telling you the truth. 

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I'm, I'm, I'm giving you the the
honest perspective on it. 

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I I don't need to swear. 
There's no, there's no way for 

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me to add truth to the statement
I just made to you. 

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And you can begin to change that
in your own life and in your own

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own heart if that's a habit that
you have. 

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Verse 38 Now continuing. 
You have heard that it was said 

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an eye for an eye and a tooth 
for a tooth. 

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But I say to you, do not resist 
the one who is evil, but if 

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anyone slaps you on the right 
cheek, turn to him the other 

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also. 
And if anyone would sue you and 

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take your tunic, leave him, let 
him have your cloak as well. 

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And if anyone forces you to go 
one mile, go with him 2 miles 

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Give to the one who begs from 
you. 

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Do not refuse the one who would 
borrow from you. 

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All of these verses that we've 
just read have their fulfillment

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and in full development in the 
following verses, verses 43 to 

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48. 
What's the point? 

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What's the purpose? 
What's the what's the lesson 

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that Jesus making about the 
Kingdom? 

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The Kingdom is about loving God 
and loving others. 

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The Pharisees, religious leaders
and Jews in general had said I I

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need to love God. 
I need to love my neighbor 

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because the law commanded that 
you loved your neighbor but they

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stopped there. 
So Jesus said the the point of 

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love your neighbor was not 
literally just your next door 

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neighbor and your Jewish 
brother. 

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The point of love, your neighbor
was love everybody. 

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So now we're seeing this is 
what's being taught. 

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This is what's being walked out 
really. 

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All theologians agree that this 
passage, verse 38 on when he's 

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talking about the the, the slap 
on the face, the suing for your 

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tunic, and all these other 
examples, this is a reference 

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actually to retaliation, the 
context. 

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It is widely believed throughout
church history that the context 

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here is not anything having to 
do with self-defense, but this 

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has everything to do with 
retaliation and personal ego and

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disrespect and vendettas. 
So that's the context that the 

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body of Christ at large agrees 
on that Jesus is talking about 

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here. 
So now let's get into the law of

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what he's saying. 
You've heard it said an eye for 

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an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 
So that is literally Old 

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Testament scripture. 
However, if you don't actually 

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read all of Leviticus, which 
many people haven't done, if you

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don't actually read all of 
Deuteronomy, if you don't 

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actually read all of Genesis, 
and actually if you don't read 

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everything and see the full 
context there, and you just go 

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eye for an eye, tooth for a 
tooth, that's in the Bible. 

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Well, it is, but it doesn't mean
what it sounds like at face 

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value, because that's not the 
application that even the Old 

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Testament makes for an eye for 
an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 

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So he says eye for an eye, tooth
for a tooth. 

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And then he says, for example, 
if you strike your servant and 

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they lose their vision, you were
to release your servant. 

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It doesn't say now we're going 
to punch you in the eye until 

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you lose your vision. 
If you strike your servant and 

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they lose a tooth, you were to 
release your servant. 

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It doesn't say. 
Now we're going to grab one of 

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your molars and and yank on the 
thing. 

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Well, why I thought aye. 
For an eye tooth for a tooth. 

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Well, the Lord gave the full 
application. 

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And throughout the Old Testament
law it's it's it's shown over 

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and over that his his point is 
with with an eye. 

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For an eye tooth for a tooth. 
The point was the punishment 

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should fit the crime. 
The payment should match what 

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what had taken place. 
So this was, this is not if your

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neighbor cuts down a tree and it
falls on your fence. 

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Now we're going to cut down a 
tree in your yard and make sure 

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it falls on their fence. 
Is that what you would want in 

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that circumstance? 
No. 

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You would just want your 
neighbor to pay for your fence. 

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Right. 
Hey, Hey. 

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Oh, man, that's a bummer. 
Oh, man, I'm so sorry. 

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I'm going to pay for it. 
Yeah, you'll pay for it. 

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And that's the appropriate thing
that should happen. 

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They don't need to go to prison.
They just. 

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Now, if someone was hurt now the
stakes become much higher, but 

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we don't kill your our neighbor.
And so if the tree falls on me 

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and I die, I'm not going to sue 
them because I'm dead. 

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But like the family then doesn't
go after them and say you have 

450
00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:15,320
to go to prison for the rest of 
your life or or we're not going 

451
00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:17,920
to kill you. 
But in the case of murder we do 

452
00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:19,960
kill. 
But again the we is very 

453
00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:23,200
important. 
Jesus is is not teaching about 

454
00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,120
the law of the land. 
He's talking about personal 

455
00:21:26,120 --> 00:21:29,680
interactions with others. 
So he is not removing the sword 

456
00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:32,280
from the state. 
The state has been given the 

457
00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:35,720
sword by the Lord for the 
punishment of evil doers. 

458
00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:41,120
So an evildoer it is right and 
just if if the courts decide and

459
00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,920
if they weigh and measure. 
You don't always have to kill 

460
00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:47,960
somebody, but you certainly have
the right in the legal system. 

461
00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,680
But the Jews had made all of the
the, the laws that were given to

462
00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:53,480
them as a nation. 
They had taken them and made 

463
00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,440
them personal. 
I can fulfill this vendetta as 

464
00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:59,680
opposed to the higher courts as 
opposed to an objective third 

465
00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:02,440
party. 
So now I can fulfill my personal

466
00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:04,880
vendetta against you. 
An eye for an eye and a tooth 

467
00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:06,480
for a tooth. 
You did this to me. 

468
00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:08,080
I can do this for you. 
Hang on a second. 

469
00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:09,880
Multiple contexts to consider 
here. 

470
00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,680
First of all, it wasn't as 
literal as you're implying it to

471
00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:14,400
be. 
Second of all, this was the law 

472
00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,400
of the land for rulers and 
judges to make decisions on. 

473
00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:21,440
This was not the personal friend
to friend, neighbor to neighbor,

474
00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:24,680
or even friend to enemy. 
Interaction of I will satisfy 

475
00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:26,920
justice on my own. 
We've brought that up multiple 

476
00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:28,040
times here in the past few 
weeks. 

477
00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:33,080
Vengeance is who's it's the 
Lord's Vengeance is a thing, but

478
00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:36,520
it's not ours. 
So Jesus is addressing vengeance

479
00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:38,840
here. 
He's addressing retaliation. 

480
00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,800
So he goes on to say do not 
resist the one who is evil, but 

481
00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:46,120
if anyone slaps you on the right
cheek, turn to him the other. 

482
00:22:46,120 --> 00:22:51,280
Also, a slap on the face is an 
extreme, extremely disrespectful

483
00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:53,120
thing. 
Is it a life threatening thing? 

484
00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:56,920
No, no, it's not. 
Jesus is not referencing. 

485
00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:00,160
Two men are duking it out. 
You're walking home with your 

486
00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,720
wife from date night and 
somebody pulls a gun in the 

487
00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,520
alley and he shoots your wife 
and you should say shoot me as 

488
00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,320
well. 
This is not what's being taught 

489
00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,120
here. 
Jesus is not teaching an 

490
00:23:09,120 --> 00:23:11,600
ultimate pacifism, right? 
I think. 

491
00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:13,880
I think most of us already 
believe this, but I want you to 

492
00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,160
understand why you should have 
confidence in it. 

493
00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:18,360
So it's one thing to just kind 
of know that this is a 

494
00:23:18,360 --> 00:23:22,440
self-evident truth, which is 
good, that's the the natural law

495
00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:24,480
of the Lord in our hearts. 
But it's also important to 

496
00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:26,440
understand what's going on here 
because some Christians have 

497
00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:29,480
used this passage to say the 
Lord forbids self-defense. 

498
00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:31,800
And there are Christians who 
would even go to extreme 

499
00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:35,640
measures and even famous 
preacher guys who go to extreme 

500
00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:39,120
measures and say under no 
circumstances is self-defense 

501
00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:41,880
ever OK. 
This guy is literally on the 

502
00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:44,760
record of saying if someone 
broke into my house and began to

503
00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:49,760
do terrible things, it's kind of
funny and ironic because he says

504
00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:54,160
he would call the police, which 
begs the question, what do you 

505
00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,760
think the police will do when 
they arrive? 

506
00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:01,480
So you know, again it's but the 
point is it's not vengeance in 

507
00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:03,240
that moment. 
It is love. 

508
00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,960
It is because of my great love 
for my wife or my children that 

509
00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:10,520
I'm willing to take action. 
Not it's not even a hatred for a

510
00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:13,920
particular person but it's it is
a willingness to do violence. 

511
00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:17,000
Doesn't mean you always have to.
And so when we're going back to 

512
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,320
this point that Jesus making a 
slap on the face is a sign of 

513
00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:24,280
disrespect, more evidence that 
he's talking about a very 

514
00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:28,080
unlikely scenario. 
Also very likely hyperbole also 

515
00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:30,760
very likely would have even 
caused his disciples to laugh. 

516
00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,760
So if somebody slaps you on the 
face, give him the other cheek 

517
00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:36,200
to slap also. 
What's the point being made? 

518
00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:37,760
Cut off your hand, Gouge out 
your eye. 

519
00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:39,640
Let somebody slap you back and 
forth in the face. 

520
00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:41,800
The point is, OK, I see the 
point. 

521
00:24:42,120 --> 00:24:44,760
Y'all are so far over here. 
Like you've slighted me. 

522
00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:47,200
You've dishonored me. 
I challenge you to a duel. 

523
00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,280
We must, we must shoot one 
another fight to the death. 

524
00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,200
Now. 
Like, hey, how about you get 

525
00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,440
your ego in check? 
How about you? 

526
00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:55,280
Calm down. 
You're not the sovereign. 

527
00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:58,440
You're not the sovereign God. 
You've been disrespected. 

528
00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,720
It hurts. 
It stings, but also you're to be

529
00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,240
like your father. 
You're to be perfect as your 

530
00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:06,880
father is perfect. 
Is this making sense for 

531
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:08,560
contacts? 
Are you being persuaded? 

532
00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:10,560
Shake your head No. 
If you're like, I'm not buying 

533
00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:16,960
it, I'll go deeper. 
So the law did technically say 

534
00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:18,640
eye for an eye, tooth for a 
tooth. 

535
00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,040
But even in the application of 
Old Testament law, it wasn't 

536
00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,480
applied that way. 
The point of that phrase is to 

537
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:25,200
make the punishment fit the 
crime. 

538
00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:30,440
So this is very, very much now 
taken out of context and used to

539
00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,640
justify my own hard heartedness 
against others. 

540
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,200
God's people, Israel, were 
always supposed to be the beacon

541
00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,840
of light in the world, but they 
look just like the world in 

542
00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:41,880
their hard hearts and their 
personal vendettas. 

543
00:25:42,120 --> 00:25:45,080
And Jesus is removing this paint
job that's been put on top of 

544
00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,320
God's law. 
So Leviticus 8/19/18 for 

545
00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:52,240
example, says do not seek 
revenge or bear a grudge against

546
00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:56,040
anyone among your people, but 
love your neighbor as yourself. 

547
00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:59,160
I am the Lord. 
So you see, even in the Old 

548
00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:00,640
Testament again, go read 
Leviticus. 

549
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,760
You'll see plenty of places 
where the Lord addresses heart 

550
00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:04,640
things. 
Not just externals. 

551
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,760
But he says, hey, like we said 
before, don't covet. 

552
00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:09,880
This is a command. 
One of the 10 commandments. 

553
00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:11,600
Don't. 
That's a heart issue that only 

554
00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:13,800
the Lord can, that only the Lord
can see. 

555
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:15,960
But Jesus is making it even more
plain. 

556
00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,520
I am after your heart. 
Love your neighbor as yourself. 

557
00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:21,040
Yes, that is my law. 
But guys, I wasn't limiting it 

558
00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:22,960
to your neighbor. 
Well, who's my neighbor? 

559
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:24,840
That's the question that Jesus 
gets right. 

560
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:29,560
Love your neighbor as yourself. 
And then he's asked, well, who 

561
00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,520
is my neighbor? 
They want to seeking to justify 

562
00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:34,440
themselves. 
How many people do I have to 

563
00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,560
treat this way? 
How many people have to be on 

564
00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:40,120
this list that I have to show 
this kind of love and devotion 

565
00:26:40,120 --> 00:26:42,520
to love your neighbor like you 
love yourself. 

566
00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:44,880
That sounds pretty extreme. 
I love myself a lot. 

567
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:46,400
All right. 
I got to do pretty good to these

568
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:48,040
folks. 
Tell me who my neighbor is. 

569
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,200
And Jesus says, I'm glad you 
asked. 

570
00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:53,240
Let me let me tell you who your 
neighbor is. 

571
00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,280
And then he begins to tell the 
story about the Jewish man 

572
00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:58,680
walking down the road. 
And he sees a man bruised and 

573
00:26:58,680 --> 00:26:59,960
bloodied on the side of the 
road. 

574
00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,520
But he crosses. 
He crosses the road and keeps on

575
00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:04,600
walking. 
And then like, oh, that's tough.

576
00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:07,800
And then he says, and then 
another Jewish man comes. 

577
00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,160
He does the same thing and 
they're like, oh, that's tough. 

578
00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:12,560
And he says, and then a 
Samaritan comes and they're 

579
00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:15,640
like, oh, the Jews are just 
like, I can't believe they're 

580
00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:17,600
super racist. 
They hate Samaritans. 

581
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,920
And they're like, oh, I bet this
guy's probably going to come 

582
00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:21,800
kill the poor guy on the side of
the road. 

583
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:26,200
And he says, and the Samaritan 
goes and cares for him, picks 

584
00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:29,200
him up, cleans up his womb. 
And the Jews, as their listeners

585
00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,600
like, no, this is the worst 
storytelling I've ever heard. 

586
00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:35,480
They hate this movie right now 
as they're watching it. 

587
00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,000
They're like, this isn't the 
guy. 

588
00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:41,440
And he cares for him, loves him,
shows him generosity, puts him 

589
00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:44,960
up in a in a essentially a hotel
and pays for him to be cared 

590
00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:47,600
for. 
And Jesus finally asks them, 

591
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,200
puts the question back on them. 
He says, who do you think was a 

592
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:51,640
neighbor to? 
The man on the road. 

593
00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,640
Like, I hate when you do this 
Jesus. 

594
00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,880
I guess the guy who showed him 
great love. 

595
00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:02,720
He says, go and do likewise. 
Now you know who your neighbor 

596
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,480
is. 
Oh, neighbors. 

597
00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:08,680
Like anybody. 
Yeah, anybody who's in need, 

598
00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:12,080
anybody who you have the 
opportunity to serve and bless 

599
00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,600
and help. 
Anybody who the Lord puts you 

600
00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:18,200
there and you're going there. 
It's me. 

601
00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:20,800
I'm the one here. 
This is my moment. 

602
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:24,920
And the and the Christian always
makes that assumption. 

603
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:28,800
That's our default posture. 
We that's our default setting. 

604
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,600
I'm the one he's already sent 
me. 

605
00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,040
He said, I Lord, it is you. 
It's you. 

606
00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:36,240
You're the one he's called. 
You're the one he's sent. 

607
00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:39,120
Well, I wonder if somebody else 
assumed that they are not. 

608
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,160
You're the light of the world, 
remember? 

609
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,520
You're the salt of the earth. 
If you don't do it, nobody's 

610
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:47,080
going to. 
So you're the one who sent into 

611
00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:49,360
that circumstance. 
You see that car broken down in 

612
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:53,640
the parking lot and you're like,
this is me time, you know, You 

613
00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:56,400
see that other need that needs 
to be met, whatever it may be, 

614
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:59,840
you go, clearly, this is me. 
Clearly I've got the means. 

615
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:03,200
I've got the opportunity. 
Or maybe, maybe you don't have 

616
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,360
much mechanical skills, so you 
can't help the car in the 

617
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:06,760
parking lot. 
So you just hold the flashlight.

618
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:09,120
That's me. 
That's my jurisdiction. 

619
00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:12,280
But you can do something. 
Or you say, man, I maybe I maybe

620
00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,320
I don't have a flashlight on me.
But I can say, man, this is 

621
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:17,360
clearly a difficult situation. 
I can see these folks are having

622
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,800
a difficult day. 
Now you got that extra cash in 

623
00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:20,680
your wallet. 
You're going. 

624
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:24,840
The Lord has blessed me and I 
can bless them with it some way.

625
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,640
Somehow we can bring the Kingdom
of God near. 

626
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,560
Everybody is your neighbor. 
And this is what Jesus is 

627
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,960
getting back to. 
This is what he's bringing their

628
00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:36,960
point to. 
So if you're disrespected, you 

629
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:41,560
know what you can survive. 
You can make it through this 

630
00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,320
slap for example. 
This is not a a life and death 

631
00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:46,360
thing. 
This is likely a verbal insult 

632
00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:52,040
like you're such a this and 
instead of defending or instead 

633
00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:56,200
of even worse retaliating, I can
say what would that look like to

634
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:57,800
take the slap and then all for 
the other cheek. 

635
00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,520
You're such a this you go. 
I'm far worse than you think. 

636
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:05,080
But for the grace of God through
the blood of Jesus. 

637
00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:07,800
He has made me his child. 
And I've got a lot of growing to

638
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:09,800
do. 
That's that's what it looks 

639
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:11,240
like. 
What have you just done to your 

640
00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:13,200
enemy? 
You have absorbed. 

641
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:15,960
You have just swallowed up death
with love. 

642
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:18,000
You've swallowed up death with 
life. 

643
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,000
You've swallowed up hatred with 
love. 

644
00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:22,160
Instead of. 
I'm going to defend, I'm going 

645
00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:24,680
to get back. 
Turn the other cheek and you can

646
00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:27,680
say, hey, I'm really sorry about
this sick circumstance. 

647
00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:32,040
A soft answer turns away wrath. 
Well, they dishonored me. 

648
00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:34,640
They disrespected me. 
I know, I know. 

649
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,160
It's it's rough. 
No one has ever suffered like 

650
00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:40,960
you're suffering right now. 
No one ever. 

651
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:43,040
I mean, it's like, they may as 
well just put you on the cross, 

652
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:44,480
right? 
And hung you up there naked. 

653
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:46,240
That's how badly they've treated
you, isn't it? 

654
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:48,360
No. 
But when we remember this, we 

655
00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:53,160
go, OK, if the Lord of Glory can
humble himself, I think I can 

656
00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:57,680
withstand a little bit more. 
Matthew Henry's commentary on 

657
00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:02,400
this verse is helpful. 
He says suffer any injury that 

658
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,880
can be born or that can be 
endured. 

659
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,640
So he's saying, if you can 
endure it, you endure it. 

660
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:09,600
What if you can't? 
Then you don't. 

661
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:12,600
So again, like, this is not bad 
guy breaking in in the middle of

662
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:13,720
the night. 
That's a real short 

663
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,640
conversation, that there's not 
much that's going to happen 

664
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:17,760
there. 
There's not much dialogue. 

665
00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:21,440
Hey, what are you interested in?
Not much has to happen there. 

666
00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:24,320
I think we already know that. 
But this is again with with 

667
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:26,400
personal relational things going
on. 

668
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,720
Suffer any injury that can be 
born for the sake of peace, 

669
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:33,880
committing your concerns to the 
Lord's keeping. 

670
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:38,360
And the sum of all is that 
Christians must avoid disputing 

671
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:42,640
and striving. 
If any say flesh and blood 

672
00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:46,360
cannot pass by such an affront, 
let them remember that flesh and

673
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:48,600
blood shall not inherit the 
Kingdom of God. 

674
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:53,200
And those who act upon right 
principles will have most peace 

675
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,160
and comfort. 
So you're saying, man, this is 

676
00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:57,560
difficult on the flesh? 
Exactly. 

677
00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:00,160
Jesus told us you're going to 
crucify your flesh. 

678
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,920
And if we're not willing to pick
up our cross and follow him, 

679
00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:05,600
then we're not, we're not worthy
to be his disciple. 

680
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:08,480
So this isn't He's. 
He's never does a bait and 

681
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,560
switch on us. 
He was always point blank, 

682
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,800
honest the whole time. 
This is super difficult. 

683
00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:16,400
Welcome to Christianity. 
It's almost like you have to be 

684
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:20,920
a new person. 
Welcome to the point. 

685
00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:26,000
So this is simply a command to 
forego retaliation for personal 

686
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,280
offenses. 
The Christian does not need to 

687
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:32,160
avenge his own honor any longer.
You ever been gossiped about? 

688
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:35,840
Oh, they said that about me. 
Well, I bet you that I bet 

689
00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:37,320
nobody knows. 
Stop. 

690
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:39,640
Stop. 
Don't say it. 

691
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:41,720
Well, it's true. 
But don't say it. 

692
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:44,000
Don't say it. 
Turn the other cheek and go. 

693
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:45,560
Are they really saying that 
about me? 

694
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:46,240
Yeah. 
OK. 

695
00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:48,160
Well, Jesus also told me what to
do. 

696
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:51,440
I need to reach out to them, and
I need to seek peace with them. 

697
00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:53,160
Well, I didn't. 
I didn't do anything wrong. 

698
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:55,240
Why should I have to do that? 
Jesus didn't say that you did 

699
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:56,920
anything wrong. 
He said if they have anything 

700
00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:00,600
against you, you should seek to 
live at peace with everyone to 

701
00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:03,480
the degree that you're able. 
Well, I tried and they wouldn't.

702
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:04,680
Well, then you did what you 
could. 

703
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:06,080
Did you do it with the right 
heart? 

704
00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:07,120
With the right spirit? 
No. 

705
00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:08,200
Then you should do it with the 
right heart. 

706
00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,280
The right spirit. 
And then you know you've 

707
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,400
actually done what you could. 
The Lord is measuring. 

708
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,760
The Lord weighs the heart. 
Nobody else does. 

709
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:19,160
All I can judge is the outside. 
Now the outside typically, is 

710
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:21,360
going to tell me quite a bit. 
You know it don't. 

711
00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:23,680
It don't mean nothing. 
I get some, I get some 

712
00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:25,520
information from looking at the 
outside. 

713
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,080
But the Lord sees all the hidden
things in my heart. 

714
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:32,040
So I might satisfy you with my 
actions, but I really want to 

715
00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:33,960
satisfy the Lord because I love 
Him. 

716
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,200
And that's the heart of love 
that Jesus keeps coming back to.

717
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:39,960
It's loving God. 
It's loving our enemies. 

718
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:42,080
We're not cowards. 
We're not fearful. 

719
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,400
This has to be done from a place
of strength. 

720
00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:49,120
Jesus would apply this teaching 
about the slap in the face. 

721
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:51,680
He would literally apply this to
his trial. 

722
00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:55,800
He gets slapped in the face and 
he turns the other cheek. 

723
00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:59,680
He has his beard ripped out. 
He's being punched in the middle

724
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:01,680
of his trial. 
He's being mocked. 

725
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:05,040
I mean, it's a complete sham. 
It's all false, none of it's 

726
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:07,800
real. 
But Jesus, for his very purpose,

727
00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:11,120
he has a very distinct purpose. 
To actually come and receive the

728
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:14,120
full wrath of the Father and to 
receive the full insult of 

729
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:18,560
humanity, the King of Glory. 
If the King of Glory can take in

730
00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:22,440
a literal slap in the face and 
remain silent before his 

731
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:26,480
accusers, and even then, he 
doesn't just say I deserved it, 

732
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:31,159
right, He says, I've done many 
good things for which do you 

733
00:34:31,159 --> 00:34:35,480
strike me? 
So even still, he's prompting 

734
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:38,120
their own heart. 
Even still, he's saying, what 

735
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:40,880
have I done to deserve the 
strike? 

736
00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:43,760
He didn't retaliate. 
He didn't say, how dare you? 

737
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,920
He didn't say. 
You don't know who I am and what

738
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:50,159
I'm capable of, he said. 
Oh, how do you even justify what

739
00:34:50,159 --> 00:34:52,920
you've just done? 
That soft answer turning away 

740
00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:55,239
wrath. 
It perplexes a person's own 

741
00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:58,360
heart. 
This is a it's a way to even 

742
00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:02,920
flank your enemy instead of 
going at a direct approach or an

743
00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:09,200
argumentative approach. 
We know self-defense has a good 

744
00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:12,200
and appropriate place. 
This is even evidence, and we'll

745
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:16,640
get to this later in in Matthew.
But Jesus tells his disciple to 

746
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:21,320
disciples to buy a sword, or in 
specifically Luke 2236. 

747
00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:24,280
And just so you know, swords 
were not used to slice bread and

748
00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:26,320
to spread butter. 
Swords were used for a 

749
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:29,400
particular purpose and then 
self-defense was the actual 

750
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:31,560
context there because they said,
Lord, we have two swords and he 

751
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:33,520
says, OK, that's enough, we're 
fine. 

752
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:38,120
But offenses, A bruised ego, 
disrespect and dishonor is what 

753
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:41,240
Jesus is directly pointing out. 
And by the way, that's where 

754
00:35:41,240 --> 00:35:42,920
most physical altercations come 
from. 

755
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:46,600
Most physical issues are not the
2:00 AM break in. 

756
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,520
It's not the bad guy seeking to 
do all the evil things. 

757
00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:52,400
Those people exist and they have
to be dealt with in 

758
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:55,040
self-defense. 
It's very important to 

759
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:57,720
understand that. 
But this is not where most 

760
00:35:57,720 --> 00:36:01,360
physical altercations come from.
Most physical altercations come 

761
00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:04,680
from a bruised ego that then 
leads to the physical 

762
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:06,840
interaction. 
I am so deeply offended. 

763
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:09,320
I can't believe you said that. 
Oh, I said it. 

764
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:11,480
Oh, you did, huh? 
Oh yeah, I did. 

765
00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:14,000
And now the distance closes. 
Now we're face to face. 

766
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:17,160
Now we do the practice, shove 
back and forth and we see who's 

767
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:20,040
going to swing first. 
Well, I had to defend myself and

768
00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:21,200
kill him. 
No you didn't. 

769
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:25,880
About 7 minutes ago you could 
have actually had a soft answer 

770
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:27,680
that turned away wrath. 
Well then everyone would have 

771
00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:32,400
thought, aha, the truth is 
revealed the ego. 

772
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,520
Everyone would have thought 
instead of your Father in Heaven

773
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:39,320
thinking instead of being 
because what requires more 

774
00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:41,640
strength? 
What do you think Christ would 

775
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:45,960
require of a man of a woman? 
The easier thing or the more 

776
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:49,520
difficult thing He requires? 
The more difficult thing, and 

777
00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:52,680
the more difficult thing is to 
actually be humbled. 

778
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:54,440
I've been humbled in front of 
everyone. 

779
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,560
They had the perfect takedown. 
They slant verbally. 

780
00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:59,480
They nailed me. 
They won. 

781
00:36:59,720 --> 00:37:03,960
They won that exchange. 
Like they they totally owned me 

782
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:06,240
and they filmed it and it's 
going to be on YouTube now. 

783
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:10,960
What requires more restraint, 
What requires more strength to 

784
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:15,320
actually be quiet and move on or
to to begin to retaliate? 

785
00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:16,640
Man, I've got to get the upper 
hand now. 

786
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,080
I've got to say, I know you are,
but what am I? 

787
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,680
We're called to a higher thing 
that actually I actually have 

788
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,440
love for this person. 
I actually care about them. 

789
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:29,880
I actually have a compassion and
A and a desire for them to love 

790
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:32,000
the Lord, to know the Lord, and 
to walk with the Lord. 

791
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,200
So much so that if you're in 
prison for the cause of 

792
00:37:35,240 --> 00:37:39,680
following Christ, the the Lord 
might even open the doors of the

793
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:42,040
prison. 
And you'll love your jailer so 

794
00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:45,720
much that when he panics and 
he's getting ready to commit 

795
00:37:45,720 --> 00:37:48,080
suicide because he's going to be
killed anyway for losing 

796
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:49,800
prisoners, he's getting ready to
kill himself. 

797
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:51,960
You say stop, stop. 
We haven't left. 

798
00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:54,800
The Lord opened the cell doors, 
but but we haven't left. 

799
00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:58,520
That's what love does to its 
enemies instead of Lord. 

800
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:00,960
Kill our jailer. 
Make the keys fall down over 

801
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:03,480
here so we can get out of here 
instead. 

802
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:05,280
The Lord's, the Lord opens the 
doors. 

803
00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:09,080
It's quite a test, isn't it? 
The Lord opens the doors and 

804
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:10,920
they're going because they were 
praising the Lord. 

805
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:14,040
They were praying in the night. 
And then of course the jailer 

806
00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:17,040
and his whole household get 
saved and baptized that very 

807
00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:18,920
night. 
While we're thinking about 

808
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:21,280
something bigger, we think we're
thinking about something much, 

809
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:23,320
much bigger than ourselves. 
We're thinking about the Lord 

810
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:25,640
and His Kingdom. 
This is the message of the king.

811
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:27,840
He's showing us what his Kingdom
really looks like. 

812
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:33,280
So even our self-defense, I'll 
just come back to that point. 

813
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:36,640
Even our self-defense is not 
supposed to be retaliation. 

814
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:39,320
We're not excited about hurting 
someone. 

815
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,240
We're only willing and able if 
necessary. 

816
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:47,920
So as disciples of Jesus, what 
we can absorb in love, we should

817
00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:50,920
absorb in love. 
What we can absorb, we should 

818
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:53,240
absorb. 
This is not, this is not a free 

819
00:38:53,240 --> 00:38:54,360
for all. 
So even though I've given you 

820
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:56,720
the green light, and because I 
believe the Lord gives the green

821
00:38:56,720 --> 00:38:59,120
light on self-defense, this is 
not me. 

822
00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:01,520
We're quick. 
It's not eagerness. 

823
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:08,760
It's not I wish, but everything 
we do when we show restraint is 

824
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,520
always to be done from a place 
of strength, not from a place of

825
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:14,040
weakness, not from a place of 
fear. 

826
00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,040
So even when we show restraint, 
it's not because I'm scared. 

827
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,240
That's just a weak man doing 
weak man stuff, right? 

828
00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:22,720
And that's what we don't want to
be seen as. 

829
00:39:23,240 --> 00:39:24,720
That's our concerns. 
I think that. 

830
00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:26,360
But they're going to think I'm a
coward. 

831
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:29,320
And the Lord says, I want you to
be strong enough to not care 

832
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:32,920
what they think because you're 
actually being cowardly by 

833
00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:35,320
caring what they think. 
I know you're not a coward of 

834
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:38,880
the thing, but you are a coward 
in that you're worried about 

835
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:41,120
them and their perspective of 
you. 

836
00:39:42,240 --> 00:39:44,240
So what we do is from a place of
strength. 

837
00:39:44,240 --> 00:39:48,360
It is Christian strength. 
It is not weakness or people 

838
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:50,640
think this or people think that 
and they're wrong. 

839
00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:52,600
People think this about 
Christians, people think that 

840
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:54,800
about Christians, and we let 
them be wrong. 

841
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:59,400
What we do is from a place of 
strength and from honor and from

842
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:00,680
love. 
It is not from fear. 

843
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:04,880
This is shown perfectly in the 
in the example Jesus gives about

844
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:07,680
the extra mile. 
Just to throw out another point 

845
00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:10,560
here about hyperbole, Jesus 
saying if somebody sues you to 

846
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:13,240
take your cloak and your let him
have your tunic as well. 

847
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:16,000
If you did that at this time, 
you would literally be naked. 

848
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:18,840
So again, also very probably a 
comical thing he's saying. 

849
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:21,160
The point is, we're quick to 
make peace. 

850
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:23,800
We're quick to make amends. 
We're not egotistical. 

851
00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:25,720
We're not guarded about our own 
honor. 

852
00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:27,280
But he's not saying, hey, I want
you. 

853
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:29,600
All my disciples will walk 
around naked. 

854
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:32,400
If someone has to borrow 
something like, there's a limit 

855
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:33,840
to that, right? 
Yeah. 

856
00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:36,280
I would think even the person, 
if they wanted to take this 

857
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:38,120
literacy was not hyperbole. 
It's OK. 

858
00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:40,440
I was just asking, Hey, man, can
I borrow your phone? 

859
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:44,480
And for like, a month. 
Can I borrow your house? 

860
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:48,120
Can I borrow your car? 
I bet that guy gets off that 

861
00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:49,640
train at some point, don't you 
think? 

862
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:53,680
Like, no, no, no, I thought. 
But if it's literal, exact, and 

863
00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:55,760
you're not supposed to refuse 
anyone who asks to borrow 

864
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:59,120
something, then I I just get to 
keep asking. 

865
00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:01,360
You just keep saying yes, as 
long as it's not sinful. 

866
00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:05,200
I can't borrow your wife, but I 
borrow your house because Jesus 

867
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,520
said right? 
Well, Jesus did say. 

868
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:10,560
Just like eye for an eye says, 
tooth for a tooth says. 

869
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:13,120
But what does the word teach? 
What does the word reveal? 

870
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:17,000
So I don't want to confuse you 
because very often your pastor 

871
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:19,120
stands in front of you and says 
it's right here. 

872
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:24,040
It's in the book, it is written.
But I but always challenge me 

873
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:25,640
and always pay attention and 
always notice. 

874
00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:28,280
I always do that when it's 
explicitly plain. 

875
00:41:28,720 --> 00:41:30,880
So for example, in our 
ecstatically married series, 

876
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:33,280
when I was emphasizing headship 
and submission of the roles of 

877
00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:36,200
men and women, I was doing it, 
but I wasn't doing it in one 

878
00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:38,920
spot. 
I was saying, we've got 7 places

879
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:42,200
here in the New Covenant that 
all make this very explicitly 

880
00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:44,040
plain, right? 
I wasn't just going. 

881
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:46,000
Like I found one verse and I 
like it. 

882
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:47,680
So that settles it. 
It's going. 

883
00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:49,080
You know, what does the word 
teach? 

884
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:51,240
What does the word reveal? 
And we're doing the same thing 

885
00:41:51,240 --> 00:41:53,400
here. 
So wait, can I just read the 

886
00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:54,280
Bible? 
Isn't it safe? 

887
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:57,040
Isn't it good? 
Yes, the word of God is safe. 

888
00:41:57,200 --> 00:41:59,640
It is good for you to pick up, 
read, and apply. 

889
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:04,440
And yet there are times where 
you go if this seems wild and 

890
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:07,200
impossible to obey. 
Difficult is one thing, 

891
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:10,280
impossible to obey. 
Everyone who asks of me, I give 

892
00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:12,800
to them. 
So I'll run out of things to 

893
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:16,080
give within like 24 hours. 
If you, if you become that 

894
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:17,840
person, get known as that. 
Can I have your house? 

895
00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:18,960
Yeah. 
Can I have your clothes yet? 

896
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:21,720
Can I have your underwear? 
Yeah, there's no limit because, 

897
00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:24,600
I mean, I'm just, let's just 
read the Bible, right? 

898
00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:29,320
So clearly that is a what's the 
ad? 

899
00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:32,440
Reductio. 
Somebody got the Latin for me. 

900
00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:37,440
Hey, hey. 
Nobody got it. 

901
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:40,720
It's the it's where you take an 
argument and and you take it to 

902
00:42:40,720 --> 00:42:46,080
its you run it out you no you 
run you you run all the you run 

903
00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:47,720
all the possibilities Like I 
just did for you. 

904
00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:49,760
Can I borrow your phone. 
Can I borrow your house. 

905
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:51,920
Can I borrow your clothes. 
Can I borrow your underwear. 

906
00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:53,560
Can I borrow. 
Oh you still have to Can I 

907
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:54,640
borrow your watch. 
Can I borrow. 

908
00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:56,040
I'm just borrowing it But can I 
borrow it? 

909
00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:57,000
You have to tell me. 
Yes. 

910
00:42:57,240 --> 00:42:59,320
So we show the we see the 
absurdity of it there and it 

911
00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:00,760
reveals the hyperbole where 
Jesus going. 

912
00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:05,040
Hey, we're a generous people but
this this is made plain. 

913
00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:08,520
Even more so when he's this 
point about we do these things 

914
00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:10,480
from strength, not from a place 
of weakness. 

915
00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:14,320
When he's talking about going 
the extra mile, that's a figure 

916
00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:16,560
of speech that's that lives in 
our culture now, right. 

917
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:20,160
You know man I love they, they 
did a great job for us working 

918
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:21,680
on the yard or working on the 
House. 

919
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:24,760
They really went the extra mile.
That means that there was the 

920
00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:26,520
thing that was expected and 
required. 

921
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:30,320
The contract said that, which, 
by the way, legal contracts also

922
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:35,320
OK to use the legal the contract
required this, but they they 

923
00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:38,240
went beyond that. 
They went the extra mile. 

924
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:40,400
So at this time, again, 
remember, the Romans are ruling 

925
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:43,760
over the Jews, letting them have
their little Jew world. 

926
00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:45,960
The Romans, like, that's fine, 
we'll conquer everybody. 

927
00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:48,440
We'll still kind of let them 
have their religions and do 

928
00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:50,240
their things. 
But a Roman soldier could come 

929
00:43:50,240 --> 00:43:53,600
across you on the road and he 
said, hey, you have to carry my 

930
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:56,760
armor. 
You have to carry my stuff for a

931
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:58,440
mile. 
They didn't use a mile, but the 

932
00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:00,480
translator said it's roughly a 
mile. 

933
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:04,280
Was the distance that you had to
go 8 stadia, for those of you 

934
00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:06,920
who care is about the distance 
that you had to go legally with 

935
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:09,280
a Roman soldier or they could 
make you carry a message. 

936
00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:11,200
So you say, hey, you're going to
carry this message for me. 

937
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:13,080
You got to run this message for 
about a mile. 

938
00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:15,160
And then you have to find 
another runner and carry the 

939
00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:17,960
message and make sure it gets to
so and so at this office or 

940
00:44:17,960 --> 00:44:21,680
whoever, wherever you're legally
required to do that. 

941
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:24,640
So I'm legally required to go 
one mile with you. 

942
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:26,640
And the Jews hated this, by the 
way. 

943
00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:29,200
They hate the Romans. 
They hate their oppression. 

944
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:30,320
You're minding your own 
business. 

945
00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:32,840
You got your things to do, You 
got your life to live. 

946
00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:37,040
And a Roman soldier goes, hey, 
you're like, oh man, I wish this

947
00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:40,840
guy would just drop dead. 
Yeah, what's up? 

948
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:44,080
Come here, Jew. 
Come carry my stuff for me like 

949
00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:47,840
I have to. 
I am required to. 

950
00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:49,520
I've got to carry his stuff for 
him. 

951
00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:52,920
And now, like, I'm like, I know 
exactly how many steps I have to

952
00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:54,280
take. 
I'm take the last step and like,

953
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:57,000
drop his junk on the ground, you
know, and move on. 

954
00:44:57,160 --> 00:44:59,720
What has just happened? 
He has extracted something from 

955
00:44:59,720 --> 00:45:02,400
me, hasn't he? 
He's extracted, he required it 

956
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:04,360
of me and he extracted it from 
me. 

957
00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:07,160
But what happens if we get to 
the mile mark and the soldier 

958
00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:08,720
turns to me and and I keep on 
walking? 

959
00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:10,760
I got this. 
What's just happening? 

960
00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:12,720
I just turned the corner, didn't
I? 

961
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:15,120
He is gone from extracting 
something from me. 

962
00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:16,560
He can't take anything from me 
now. 

963
00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:18,600
Now he might say give me my 
gear. 

964
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:21,200
And I'd say yes, Sir, but I've 
already won. 

965
00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:24,480
I've already poured hot holes on
my enemy's head because he 

966
00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:25,920
thought he could force me to do 
something. 

967
00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:27,320
Like you didn't force me to do 
anything. 

968
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:30,200
Why? 
Because I'm a free man and I 

969
00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:32,480
proved it because I'm free in 
Christ. 

970
00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:35,760
I'm freely loved by my father. 
So you can put me in a prison 

971
00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:37,880
cell. 
You can make me carry your gear.

972
00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:41,680
I'll always be a free man 
because of Jesus, and there's 

973
00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:44,560
nothing you can do. 
You can insult me, you can mock 

974
00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:46,080
me. 
The whole room can laugh at me 

975
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:49,520
and I'm still a free man because
I'm secure in Christ, because 

976
00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:52,120
I'm loved by Christ. 
So you might have intended to 

977
00:45:52,120 --> 00:45:54,880
emasculate me in front of my 
wife and kids, making me carry 

978
00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:56,760
your stuff, or talking down to 
me like that. 

979
00:45:57,040 --> 00:46:00,320
I'm a free man because Christ 
loves me, because I know who I 

980
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:02,560
am in him, and the Kingdom of 
heaven is different. 

981
00:46:02,720 --> 00:46:04,680
And I can actually love you even
as my enemy. 

982
00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:08,040
I can have compassion for you. 
I can pity you, I can walk with 

983
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:10,440
you. 
And on that second mile, the 

984
00:46:10,440 --> 00:46:14,080
Roman soldier might start to go.
This has never happened before. 

985
00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:17,960
And maybe he mocks me even more.
Hey, guys, look at this stupid 

986
00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:20,200
Jew carrying my stuff an extra 
mile. 

987
00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:22,720
But more than likely he's going 
to go. 

988
00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:25,440
What are you doing? 
You know you don't have to do 

989
00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:26,520
that. 
Why are you going farther? 

990
00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:29,720
I'll say because I care about 
you. 

991
00:46:30,040 --> 00:46:31,840
And I want to bring you some 
relief today. 

992
00:46:31,840 --> 00:46:33,000
You got to carry this all the 
time. 

993
00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:36,800
I've only got to carry it for a 
little bit and now I've got the 

994
00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:40,160
opportunity to share more of the
love of God, which was always 

995
00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:43,240
the point of Israel. 
Israel was supposed to be the 

996
00:46:43,240 --> 00:46:46,120
light of the world. 
The whole world was supposed to 

997
00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:49,360
look at Israel and go, wow, sign
us up for that. 

998
00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:54,000
And now the church is the are 
the people Jesus, people on 

999
00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:56,360
Jesus mission who the world 
should be able to look in and 

1000
00:46:56,360 --> 00:46:58,480
go. 
Are you kidding me? 

1001
00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:00,600
The church should be able to 
look into our marriages and go, 

1002
00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:03,200
that's Christ in the church. 
Sign me up for that. 

1003
00:47:03,600 --> 00:47:05,440
They ought to be able to look 
into the body of Christ and go. 

1004
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:08,080
That's the Kingdom of God. 
Sign me up for that. 

1005
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:11,080
Yes, please. 
There's nothing in that to go. 

1006
00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:13,560
No thanks. 
It's only things to go. 

1007
00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:15,160
Wow. 
Are you kidding? 

1008
00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:19,480
That's amazing. 
So I was required to go one mile

1009
00:47:19,480 --> 00:47:21,080
with you. 
It was extracted from me. 

1010
00:47:21,320 --> 00:47:24,520
But I'm actually going to give 
you out of my overflow because I

1011
00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:28,200
have much to spare. 
So that happens on the job site.

1012
00:47:28,720 --> 00:47:33,000
The contract requires you to do 
something, but now you can do 

1013
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:34,400
more. 
You go beyond the letter of the 

1014
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:36,920
legal documents. 
Why? 

1015
00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:38,960
Because the law of God is 
written on my heart, which is 

1016
00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:41,960
actually to love him and to love
to love others. 

1017
00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:45,360
And of course, you know, I 
didn't spend much time there, so

1018
00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:49,760
we'll we'll read it as we close.
But verses 38 through 42 are 

1019
00:47:49,760 --> 00:47:57,840
explained in verse 44, verse 44.
But I say to you, love your 

1020
00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:00,920
enemies and pray for those who 
persecute you. 

1021
00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:05,840
I'll read this whole passage. 
Verse 43 On you have heard that 

1022
00:48:05,840 --> 00:48:08,680
it was said you shall love your 
neighbor and hate your enemy. 

1023
00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:13,080
But I say to you, love your 
enemies, and pray for those who 

1024
00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:16,520
persecute you, so that you may 
be sons of your Father who is in

1025
00:48:16,520 --> 00:48:18,880
heaven. 
For he makes his sun to rise on 

1026
00:48:18,880 --> 00:48:21,560
the evil and on the good, and 
sends the rain on the just and 

1027
00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:24,080
the unjust. 
For if you love those who love 

1028
00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:27,920
you, what reward do you have? 
Do not even the tax collectors 

1029
00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:30,640
do the same? 
And if you only greet your 

1030
00:48:30,640 --> 00:48:32,880
brothers, what more are you 
doing than others? 

1031
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:37,440
Don't even Gentiles do the same.
Therefore you must be perfect as

1032
00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:39,840
your heavenly Father is perfect.
Another moment where the Sermon 

1033
00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:42,600
on the Mount crushes you. 
Oh, I just have to be perfect. 

1034
00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:44,240
Easy. 
Why didn't you say so? 

1035
00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:46,280
You know, you could have saved 
yourself the whole sermon. 

1036
00:48:46,600 --> 00:48:48,520
Who makes us perfect? 
Jesus does. 

1037
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:51,200
We get his perfect 
righteousness. 

1038
00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:53,800
But we do have a literal direct 
application here. 

1039
00:48:53,800 --> 00:48:55,360
As he's tying up this point. 
He's going. 

1040
00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:58,600
He's talking about greeting. 
So you would never greet your 

1041
00:48:58,600 --> 00:49:01,080
enemy in the street. 
You'd be like, you give them the

1042
00:49:01,080 --> 00:49:03,800
side eye, maybe, but you 
wouldn't say, hey, good morning.

1043
00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:05,280
How are you? 
Jesus saying? 

1044
00:49:05,560 --> 00:49:07,360
Well, everybody greets the 
people that they love. 

1045
00:49:07,760 --> 00:49:09,320
The Kingdom, people do it 
differently. 

1046
00:49:09,560 --> 00:49:12,880
We're actually cultivating the 
love of God in our hearts. 

1047
00:49:12,920 --> 00:49:15,040
It's been shed abroad already in
our hearts. 

1048
00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:16,920
So now I actually have something
to spare. 

1049
00:49:17,240 --> 00:49:19,160
Man, I don't like that person. 
It doesn't mean you have to want

1050
00:49:19,160 --> 00:49:21,960
to spend the weekend with them. 
It doesn't mean you invite them 

1051
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:25,320
onto your vacation, but it means
you actually want God's best for

1052
00:49:25,320 --> 00:49:28,600
them now. 
So even Christians, we have 

1053
00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:29,520
enemies. 
By the way. 

1054
00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:33,120
You will have enemies. 
You'll continue to have enemies.

1055
00:49:33,160 --> 00:49:34,880
There will never not be a time 
in your life where you don't 

1056
00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:37,000
have enemies, so don't 
misunderstand. 

1057
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:40,680
But you actually want God's best
for that person now because you 

1058
00:49:40,680 --> 00:49:43,160
love them. 
Well, I'm not there. 

1059
00:49:43,320 --> 00:49:44,760
That just means you have been 
praying for them. 

1060
00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:47,960
Because if you begin to pray for
a person, you cannot maintain 

1061
00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:51,040
hatred in your heart for them. 
It is a miracle and a gift of 

1062
00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:53,360
God that he makes sure is an 
impossibility. 

1063
00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:56,640
So whenever you got that in your
heart, begin to pray for them. 

1064
00:49:57,080 --> 00:49:59,320
And I don't mean just just the 
Lord. 

1065
00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:03,240
I just actually would judge them
and find them, you know, find 

1066
00:50:03,240 --> 00:50:07,720
them lacking in your scales in 
Jesus name, but actually pray 

1067
00:50:07,720 --> 00:50:11,040
for their good, pray for their 
salvation, pray for their 

1068
00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:13,360
growth. 
Because this is who you are. 

1069
00:50:13,360 --> 00:50:16,360
You are like your Father now 
because you've been made like 

1070
00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:17,280
the Son. 
Amen. 

1071
00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:21,440
God, thank you so much for 
changing us and making us 

1072
00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:23,240
different. 
From this perspective of 

1073
00:50:23,240 --> 00:50:27,840
bondage, where I'm always being 
extracted from outside of 

1074
00:50:27,840 --> 00:50:31,280
Christ, everything's a demand, 
everything is a burden. 

1075
00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:36,480
But in Christ, I put on his yoke
and I wear his burden and it's 

1076
00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:39,680
easy and it's light. 
I'm actually able to carry it. 

1077
00:50:39,800 --> 00:50:41,720
And he makes all of life lighter
as well. 

1078
00:50:42,200 --> 00:50:44,640
All the attacks that come, they 
can fall off now. 

1079
00:50:45,320 --> 00:50:48,240
Anything that would, anything 
that would try and attach it to 

1080
00:50:48,240 --> 00:50:52,280
to us, it just rolls off of us. 
Just like water off of a duck. 

1081
00:50:54,160 --> 00:50:56,280
We're in the world, but we're 
not of the world. 

1082
00:51:00,560 --> 00:51:05,320
And we're sent to minister to 
the world as salt that preserves

1083
00:51:05,320 --> 00:51:11,200
as light that reveals fill us 
with strength to carry out this 

1084
00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:14,800
high calling of being perfect, 
as our Father is perfect. 

1085
00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:20,640
I pray, Lord, that as your word 
was preached, that it would be 

1086
00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:26,080
lodged deep in our hearts and 
that you would make quick 

1087
00:51:26,080 --> 00:51:29,760
adjustments to us. 
Today I pray for your Saints 

1088
00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:35,200
right now and all those 
listening the temptation to 

1089
00:51:35,200 --> 00:51:38,040
dismiss and go, Yep, I learned 
more and I know more. 

1090
00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:42,000
But instead to say, well, what 
would you have me change? 

1091
00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:46,440
What would you have me adjust? 
Am I, am I quick with my oaths? 

1092
00:51:48,600 --> 00:51:52,120
Am I quick tempered with those 
who irritate or disrespect or 

1093
00:51:52,120 --> 00:51:54,960
offend me? 
Do I love my enemies? 

1094
00:51:57,000 --> 00:52:00,120
Show me the adjustments to make 
that glorify your name and that 

1095
00:52:00,120 --> 00:52:03,640
make the Kingdom actually come 
on earth as it is in heaven. 

1096
00:52:04,760 --> 00:52:06,560
Thank you for it all in Jesus 
name. 

1097
00:52:07,680 --> 00:52:09,640
And now the Lord bless you and 
keep you. 

1098
00:52:10,400 --> 00:52:13,560
The Lord make His face shine 
down upon you and be gracious to

1099
00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:15,880
you. 
The Lord lift up His countenance

1100
00:52:15,880 --> 00:52:19,840
upon you and give you great 
peace in Jesus name. 

1101
00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:20,960
Amen.