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Couldn't get the printer to work
this morning, so I got a big old

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laptop I got to. 
Figure out how I'm going to do 

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all this. 
So of course we saw last week 

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the calling of Matthew on Easter
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actually. 
Can I go ahead and pass this off

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to the counter team? 
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There we go. 
The calling of Matthew walks 

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away from it all. 
Everything. 

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And he doesn't feel sorry for 
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He doesn't go, man. 
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like I'm the one who walked away
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He's the man with the treasure 
in the field and says Jesus is 

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worth it all. 
And then the Pharisees come that

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night, Matthew hosts the party. 
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His only friends are a bunch of 
other sinners just like him. 

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He says, come, come, I'm going 
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Come, I'm going to have this 
rabbi over. 

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And of course, criticisms of 
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Why are you? 
Eating. 

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Why are you spending time with 
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It's not a good look, you know. 
People could get the wrong idea,

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Jesus said. 
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need the doctor, but it's the 
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And I haven't come to call the 
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So I've come to call sinners. 
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realize is that included them. 
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righteous, but Jesus lets you 
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Blind in your pride. 
That's the interesting thing. 

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With pride. 
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gives grace to the humble. 
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and see where it says the Lord 
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you could think that doesn't 
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And yet you'll often see that 
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in their own heart. 
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heart, Pharaoh hardened his 
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heart. 
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what, you can have it. 
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doomed. 
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You weren't destined from birth 
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And yet, in your pride, you 
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Because you hardened your heart 
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ugly thing. 
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continue to have and they 
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So Jesus speaks in parables. 
Jesus speaks in statements that 

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people find outlandish, but if 
you're wise and humble, you'll 

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go. 
I don't quite know what that 

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means, but I'm here for it. 
I'm sticking around because 

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Jesus is king. 
Like Peter said, you have the 

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words of life. 
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And the Pharisees and others 
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This is a hard saying. 
I'm out of here. 

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They they judge the judge 
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of glory because they think that
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And rather than asking a wise 
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master, they judge and condemn 
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This foolishness continues and 
now we come to verse 14, we'll 

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continue. 
Then the disciples of John came 

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to Jesus, came to him saying, 
why do we and the Pharisees 

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fast, but your disciples do not 
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And Jesus said to them, can the 
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the bridegroom is with them? 
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bridegroom is taken away from 
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No one puts a piece of unshrunk.
Cloth on an old garment for the 

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patch tears away from the 
garment and a worse tear is 

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made. 
Neither is new wine put into old

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wineskins. 
If it is, the skins burst and 

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the wine is spilled and the 
skins are destroyed. 

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But wine is put into fresh 
wineskins, and so both are 

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preserved. 
Let's pray God thank you so much

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for this passage, for this, this
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Jesus is sharing with with 
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Pharisees, with the Sadducees, 
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listening. 
God, we pray you will bring 

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light and revelation. 
This is a passage. 

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It's often been just a mystery 
to the Saints. 

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But we pray that you will bring 
light and life to it and to all 

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of our eyes and to all of our 
hearts today. 

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So we will be healed. 
So we will be helped so that we 

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would grow, so we would be 
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In Jesus name. 
Amen. 

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So John's disciples, remember, 
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at this point. 
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Why is John in prison? 
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righteousness. 
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people didn't like it. 
So they put him in prison. 

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Eventually, later, he's going to
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He's going to be killed because 
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to preach against sin. 
John, though, is not a Pharisee.

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And yet John's disciples are 
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It's very likely that John, even
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Some people interpret that 
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We'll get to it when we get to 
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But remember, John recognizes 
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John baptizes Jesus. 
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God. 
Come to take away the sins of 

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the. 
World, he says. 

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I'm not worthy to untie his 
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I'm not worthy to carry. 
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increase and I must decrease and
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John also at one point says he 
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Are you the one? 
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He he he has a question. 
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He says go tell John this and he
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yes. 
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prophecy. 
Go tell him what you see done, 

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this and this and this, or what 
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Do. 
That's what I'm doing. 

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John, it's me, John, it's it's 
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But John's disciples are without
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Jesus. 
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John has said that's the 
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John's in prison, and now John's
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they have not latched onto the 
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That tells us something. 
That tells us that they've got 

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some doubt. 
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something holding them. 
Back from loving and faithfully 

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following King Jesus and 
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worthy of all their. 
Devotion and that. 

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Hey, hey bro. 
Just so you know, you're living 

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in the most exciting moment of 
human history ever. 

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You get to walk with the master.
You should beg him to. 

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Not ever. 
Leave your sight. 

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You should do everything you 
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the next 3 1/2 years. 
You should beg to be crucified 

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with him if you would be so 
counted so worthy. 

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And yet people treat Jesus as 
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He's just another rabbi. 
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influenced by the Pharisees. 
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by the Sadducees. 
They've likely started to put on

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some prideful presentation, some
self righteousness to say look 

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at us. 
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I don't know if you know, but I 
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love the Lord and you're like, 
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And then what are you supposed 
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You're supposed to feel bad 
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such a holy man. 
He's so amazing. 

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He loves God so much, and he had
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he was behaving this way and why
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So it goes from the the 
accusations go from why are you 

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eating with those people? 
Why were you eating with the 

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sinners to now? 
Why are you eating at all? 

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And the. 
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the Pharisees in particular have
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fasting and John's disciples 
might have adopted this 

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practice. 
By the way, other gospel 

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accounts tell us that others 
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So Matthew specifically said 
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Others also tell us that it was 
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Others also tells others which 
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It was all of them. 
It's all true. 

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The whole Bible is true without 
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It is the perfect inspired word 
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So why are you eating with those
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Why are you eating at all? 
But the Pharisees would impose 

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this, this thing that was not 
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had made their own standards 
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So at least twice a week the 
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would do this often times on 
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most often more busy in the 
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and be sad in front of 
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This was their presentation. 
This was the way to show that 

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they love God. 
And this had to, this had to, 

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this was part of their 
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we're sad because the Messiah 
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So we're mourning and we're 
grieving and and we're very sad 

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about this today. 
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standards. 
And that's what we're going to 

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talk about because there's a lot
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people accuse someone of being a
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Have you ever heard that 
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You're being a Pharisee. 
You know, that's being a bit 

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like a Pharisee. 
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don't have, we don't have laws, 
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So anytime you set up a rule or 
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you're, you're told you're being
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Well, it's possible to be a 
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the difference. 
Between God's law and man's law.

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And by the way, that is the 
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You're a Pharisee. 
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law, you're just a Christian. 
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law, God's law is good. 
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church is supposed to bring 
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That is the responsibility of 
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earth. 
Jesus is king. 

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Remember, over all spheres of 
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church. 
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The church tells the world the 
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It's not the government's job to
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We inform the government and the
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then the government can make 
rules and then the government 

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can punish the evil doer. 
That's not the church's 

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jurisdiction. 
We can't execute people. 

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Somebody sins against us 
violently. 

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We can forgive him and say God 
bless you and the and still the 

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civil magistrate can say. 
But our service to King Jesus is

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to determine what would be right
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And that's on the judge, that's 
on the jury, that's on that 

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system. 
That's the police. 

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All that that's the government's
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peace, to make sure evil doers 
are dealt with and to make sure 

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the righteous are rewarded. 
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household again. 
All three spheres under King 

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Jesus. 
It's not two spheres under the 

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under the under the rule of the 
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All three spheres are to be in 
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How did you get me there, 
Saints? 

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I don't. 
Know where we where we were 

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going with. 
This Pharisees making rules. 

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Thank you. 
So Pharisees will make rules for

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men. 
But of course, God has a 

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standard that he does make real 
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But there's a difference between
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having your own conviction. 
And this is what the Pharisees 

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were putting on everybody. 
The Pharisees were going Why 

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don't you do what we do? 
And they did this over and over.

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Why don't your disciples wash 
their hands like we do? 

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Why don't your disciples do this
like we do? 

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Even things that they had, they.
Thought they had. 

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Scripture on Jesus surprised 
them and they said, your your 

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disciples are eating on the 
Sabbath and Jesus goes, look, 

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man was not made for the 
Sabbath, The Sabbath was made 

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for man. 
So they continue to emphasize 

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things. 
But their point, their purpose 

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was not ever out of love and 
devotion for the Lord that 

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that's the big problem. 
It's not that Jesus wanted to 

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get caught up in the details of 
semantics with them, but this 

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was the whole problem with the 
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There's no problem with the 
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That's the only problem with the
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There's nothing wrong with God's
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weakened by our flesh. 
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always want to go. 
I want to have. 

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External things. 
Give me a checklist. 

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It's why you and I still feel 
that temptation. 

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What am I supposed? 
To do well, the only thing 

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you're supposed to do is love 
and follow king. 

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Jesus. 
That's what you're supposed to 

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do. 
And then, yeah, there are things

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that we will do out of the 
overflow of that. 

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There's plenty of New Testament 
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There's a lot of New Testament 
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obedience to, but we don't do 
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righteous. 
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that that the Pharisees didn't 
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They wanted to do things and 
then be seen as righteous for 

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doing them. 
So I fast. 

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I pray for this long. 
I do this. 

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I read my Bible for this long. 
I've had visions, I prophecy, I 

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speak in tongues. 
All kinds of things that we 

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could still do and become 
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second. 
Plenty of good things you just. 

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Listed there friend and yet just
love and follow King Jesus. 

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If you want to prioritize 
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of the Spirit. 
By all means seek the gifts of 

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the spirit as well. 
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way that would be showy. 
Don't ever do it in a way that 

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would promote you. 
Make sure it would always 

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promote Jesus. 
If you have a story, if you have

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a testimony when people are 
finished hearing it, they should

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think more about Jesus than they
think about you when somebody 

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finishes something. 
And they This happened. 

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And that happened. 
And this happened and that 

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happened. 
They shouldn't go. 

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Wow. 
Josh is amazing. 

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He's the greatest Christian 
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They should so they should say 
Jesus. 

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Josh's Jesus is amazing. 
That's what they should say. 

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They shouldn't say wow. 
Angelina is just like a St. and 

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she is Angelina is literally a 
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But that but that shouldn't be 
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Their big take away should go. 
Wow, Jesus is so good. 

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Jesus is so faithful. 
But the Pharisee would always 

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want you to go. 
Wow, did you see Rabbi so and so

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this week? 
That guy, He's just so amazing. 

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Or man, Pastor John Michael, 
Man, I just get around him. 

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I just feel so bad about myself 
as a Christian friends, if that.

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If that's how another believer 
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About your walk. 
Then you can know that you've 

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been in the presence of someone 
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If you've been around somebody 
who you just feel I can never 

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ascend to the throne, then 
that's then that's a Pharisee, 

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or at least in that exchange. 
So maybe I could even be guilty 

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of that in one exchange with you
and you go, I feel terrible, not

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because of your own sin, that's 
different, but because of 

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myself. 
Righteousness. 

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If you walked away thinking I 
could never grow to John 

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Michael's level, then you can be
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walking in pride and self 
righteousness. 

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So in Christ. 
We are free to have our own 

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convictions on many things, but 
we're not free to demand that 

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others obey our convictions. 
Again, that's the Pharisees 

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like. 
Brother, you're free to fast. 

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You can fast on Tuesdays. 
You can fast on Thursdays. 

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But remember what Jesus said 
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when you fast. 
He didn't say don't. 

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Fast fasting is a very biblical,
normative thing for believers, 

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Old Testament and New. 
But he said when you fast, wash 

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your face, present yourself and 
don't let anyone know. 

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Whereas the Pharisees would do 
and go. 

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I'm fasting. 
I don't know if you could tell 

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I'm really sad today. 
Oh, why are you sad, Rabbi? 

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Son said. 
Well, my love for the Lord and 

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the Messiah hasn't come yet. 
They're like, Oh yes, like 

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you're just trying to have like 
a normal day. 

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You're just trying to have like,
you know, a nice afternoon. 

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And then this guy comes through 
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never be that spiritual. 
I guess I don't love God enough.

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But Rabbi so and so keeps 
reminding me, so you're. 

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Free to have. 
Convictions on many things, but 

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you're just not free to demand 
that others obey your 

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convictions when there's a clear
scriptural standard to uphold 

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and you urge others to follow 
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That is not being a Pharisee. 
When there is a clear scriptural

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standard to uphold and you 
encourage others to do it, 

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that's not being a Pharisee. 
Lukewarm Christians will accuse 

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you of being a Pharisee. 
When you do that, you'll you'll 

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say, hey, you know, well, here's
the thing that that the Lord 

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says, and here's what the Lord 
wants, and here's why this is 

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best for your life. 
And like you're being a 

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Pharisee. 
I don't need all these rules. 

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I have my own walk with the 
Lord. 

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And then you being a reasonable 
person, goes, am I being a 

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Pharisee? 
Am I being well? 

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Did you invent your own 
conviction and then put it on 

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them? 
Did you say, hey, it's my 

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conviction, like you've got to 
do this and this and this and 

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this many times? 
And did you tell them that they 

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need to pray? 
Or did you tell them that they 

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need to pray for six hours a 
day? 

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Because one of those is a 
scriptural command from the Lord

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and the other is your personal 
conviction that you are now 

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putting on to someone else and 
you're giving them be like I 

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have this conviction. 
Well, by all means, obey it, 

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follow it. 
We don't condemn you for that, 

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but don't put it on them well. 
I find it wise. 

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You may find it wise. 
I could see that. 

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Being very wise. 
And yet that's not a command of 

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the Lord. 
So, man, this almost feels like 

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you need to be led by the 
Spirit. 

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Who knew? 
Like we actually need the Lord 

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to lead us and walk with us so 
that we can grow in these 

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things. 
By the way, we've all been 

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guilty of this. 
I certainly have. 

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I've certainly been guilty of 
it. 

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And I Joe Michael gets very 
passionate about whatever he 

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believes in. 
So I have to be careful that 

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whenever I'm excited, I've I've 
got, I've got strong convictions

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on certain things. 
Say homeschooling, for example. 

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Strong convictions on 
homeschooling. 

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And yet I can, I could argue 
some biblical points there. 

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I can argue that parents need to
raise their children. 

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I could argue are you really 
raising your children if they're

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never. 
I can. 

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I can do all kinds of things and
I can share wisdom with you, but

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I I don't need to do it in a 
condemning way. 

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And no matter what, I don't need
to do it in a way that makes you

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think that. 
I think I'm superior. 

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So I can say, hey, I see wisdom 
here, I see a blessing here, I 

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have things to share with you 
here if you're open to it. 

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But I don't condemn you. 
I don't condemn you because of 

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what you're doing. 
And that's a that's a that's an 

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important heart distinction. 
So if there's a clear scriptural

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command and you urge others to 
follow it, you're not being a 

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Pharisee. 
That's just being the church, 

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the pillar of truth and the 
earth. 

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When there's not a clear 
scriptural command to uphold and

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you urge others to follow it, 
watch out. 

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You might be. 
Acting self righteously. 

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And if you're going to stand in 
judgment over someone, you 

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better make sure it's with God's
standard and not with a man made

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tradition. 
So the church does this all the 

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time. 
We're famous for it. 

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The body of Christ has done 
this. 

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And again, like we're growing, 
we're learning. 

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What would a biblical scriptural
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It's sinful to sleep with 
someone. 

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Unless you're married. 
That's Bible. 

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You're not being a Pharisee. 
It's sinful to love money. 

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That's Bible. 
You're not being a Pharisee. 

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It's sinful to be intoxicated 
with wine or any other 

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substance. 
That's that's Bible. 

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That's not being a Pharisee. 
Pastors should preach from the 

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Bible. 
That's that's good. 

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That's Bible. 
That's not being a Pharisee. 

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But now let's take those a bit 
farther like the Pharisees 

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always did. 
It's sinful you're. 

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Not going to like this one. 
It's sinful to never be alone 

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with the opposite sex. 
I thought I've always heard 

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that. 
I thought, I've always heard 

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like, hey, you know, it's really
wise to Wise is different from 

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sinful. 
It's a personal standard that I 

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follow. 
It's a personal standard that if

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there's other pastors in the 
church, I would require them to 

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follow but it but I don't have a
biblical command to say you and 

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Becky could never possibly be 
alone in a room together for any

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moment. 
But there are ministries, there 

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are people who believe that, who
have that strong conviction. 

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And to them, I say no problem, 
but you cannot thrust it on 

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others. 
You go, pastor, Wouldn't that be

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a wise thing? 
I personally believe it is a 

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wise thing. 
I personally believe it's it's 

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very applicable for a lot of 
reasons, not just the obvious 

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one. 
Does that equal temptation? 

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It frees you from accusation? 
There's all kinds of reasons 

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that that might be wise. 
And yet I cannot thrust that on 

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somebody and say this is the 
command of God. 

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Why? 
Because it's not. 

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Because it's just. 
It's just not. 

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We could also say, you know, we 
we said it's it's sinful to love

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money. 
That's true, but you could say 

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it's. 
Sinful to make millions of 

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dollars. 
Well, you got to be careful not 

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to love money, right? 
That's the command. 

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Making millions of dollars was 
not the command. 

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So I can have $0.00 in love 
money, or I can have a billion 

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dollars and not love money and 
vice versa. 

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So which is it? 
How much money is enough money? 

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Like how much? 
When do I have to stop? 

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You know, because they're saying
to you, like, look how big their

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house is. 
Look how big that, you know, 

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that person's house is. 
Like, I don't what square 

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footage do they become 
unrighteous? 

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Like like how how many, how much
acreage, how much are they 

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allowed to have in savings? 
They've made so much money over 

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the years, like they wrote good 
books and they sold well. 

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You know, like to. 
For which thing are we going to 

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penalize them for, You know? 
Well, I think there's a lot more

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to it. 
OK, Well King Jesus will sort it

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out. 
I assure you the King Jesus is 

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the judge over his church. 
And yeah, if they're not in in 

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wise fellowship to keep them in 
check and maybe it is obvious 

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that somebody has a love of 
money, fine, pray for them. 

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And yet we don't just get to put
up our standard, you say? 

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Well this is my personal 
boundary for things. 

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Hey friend, no problem. 
You have a personal standard and

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personal boundary and share that
with me and wisdom. 

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And I'll share mine with you and
wisdom. 

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I say hey manly. 
And I have found this is really 

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good practice for marriage. 
And we really encourage you to 

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adopt it. 
And you go, I'll think about it,

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OK. 
It's not a command of the Lord. 

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It's just a practice. 
Hey, here's a here's the thing 

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I've learned as a father, as a 
parent, hey, here's the thing 

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I've just learned and walk in 
with the Lord that has helped 

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me. 
You know, this is some 

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convictions that I have. 
And maybe I'm even stronger. 

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Maybe I'm really trying to 
impress upon you. 

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I'm really trying to persuade 
you. 

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I'm like Chris, brother, you got
to do this. 

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But it's. 
But I still have to communicate 

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with Chris. 
Like it's my conviction. 

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I feel so strongly about this, 
brother. 

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00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:10,120
But I'm not telling you you're 
sinning by not obeying it 

456
00:20:10,120 --> 00:20:12,000
because I. 
It's my conviction. 

457
00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,920
The Lord led me to do this years
ago, OK? 

458
00:20:14,120 --> 00:20:17,440
The Lord LED you, John Michael. 
He didn't lead Chris. 

459
00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:19,600
He might want to do it 
differently for Chris for some 

460
00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:21,800
reason. 
So let's keep going. 

461
00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:25,000
We said it's simple to be 
intoxicated. 

462
00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,920
That's true. 
We could go farther and say. 

463
00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:29,120
It's sinful to consume any 
alcohol. 

464
00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,240
Not true. 
Well, don't you think it could 

465
00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:34,000
be wise? 
The wisdom is a different 

466
00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,080
conversation. 
Totally different conversation. 

467
00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:37,920
Well, alcoholism runs in my 
family, blah blah. 

468
00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:39,760
Then, friend. 
There's probably a lot of 

469
00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:43,480
reasons for you to wisely 
abstain and yet don't thrust 

470
00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:45,720
that upon someone else because 
you don't have scripture. 

471
00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:48,200
For it, Jesus made wine at a 
wedding. 

472
00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:51,200
Jesus drank wine. 
He didn't drink grape juice. 

473
00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:53,720
I used to believe those things. 
They're kind of laughable now, 

474
00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:56,640
but I kept reading my Bible and 
kept finding out otherwise. 

475
00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:01,360
So again, like man, is that a 
license to No, the humble heart 

476
00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:02,880
isn't looking for a license for 
anything. 

477
00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,840
The humble St. is saying, Jesus,
I want to walk with you, but 

478
00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:08,600
this is where we have to protect
ourselves from pride. 

479
00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,520
Pastors should preach the Bible.
We said, well that's good, 

480
00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:13,520
that's fate. 
Like men of God should preach 

481
00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:15,760
the word of God. 
But we could take that farther 

482
00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:19,720
and say press pastors have to 
preach verse by verse, and they 

483
00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:23,040
cannot preach topical sermons. 
So right now I'm preaching to 

484
00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:24,480
you verse by verse. 
We're going through the book of 

485
00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:26,280
Matthew. 
It's called exegetical 

486
00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,360
preaching. 
If you care about the the type 

487
00:21:28,360 --> 00:21:31,040
of sermon it's called versus 
topical preaching verses like, 

488
00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:33,680
hey, next we're going to do a 
series on loving your neighbor 

489
00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:35,960
and then we're just going to 
kind of hop around scripture. 

490
00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:38,760
So there are some who would say 
you have to. 

491
00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:42,440
It is the only way to preach 
verse by verse. 

492
00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:47,360
Well, just like Jesus did when 
he's talking about there's the 

493
00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:52,040
birds, there's the flowers, 
don't worry about anything, you 

494
00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:55,440
know, just like the apostles 
did, like they didn't. 

495
00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,520
So it's just a silly thing. 
It's a conviction that many men 

496
00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,440
of God have, and I respect their
conviction and I would never 

497
00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:02,720
argue with them. 
And I do both. 

498
00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:04,240
That's why we've done both 
insult. 

499
00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,880
I'll do verse by verse, then 
we'll do a topical series and 

500
00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:08,480
maybe we'll do verse by verse 
again. 

501
00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,000
But again, there's there's 
freedom there. 

502
00:22:11,120 --> 00:22:13,120
Here's another one that's going 
to make you uncomfortable that 

503
00:22:13,120 --> 00:22:18,160
you're not going to like. 
It's sinful to gamble, Pastor. 

504
00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:19,720
That could be really unwise. 
I agree. 

505
00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:23,280
I think it could be really 
unwise, but at what point do you

506
00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:24,920
become the judge of that? 
Because the scripture doesn't 

507
00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:26,400
make it perfectly plain. 
Well, we've got biblical 

508
00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,080
principles and we should apply 
them all. 

509
00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:33,600
But you know, at which point? 
Well, I know a guy who who what,

510
00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:35,360
mortgaged his house and didn't 
tell his wife. 

511
00:22:35,360 --> 00:22:39,240
Yeah, well, that guy was sinful 
and an idiot and unwise. 

512
00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:41,320
Like, we could go on for days 
about that. 

513
00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:45,440
But your standard also prevents 
these other guys from bringing 

514
00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:48,920
$5 on Friday nights to each 
other's living room and playing 

515
00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:50,920
with quarters and playing again 
with poker together. 

516
00:22:51,360 --> 00:22:52,920
Well, is that OK? 
Well, I think it's OK. 

517
00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:54,960
Well, how much money would be 
wrong? 

518
00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:57,200
How much will be right? 
Pastor, I'm not comfortable with

519
00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:58,040
this. 
I feel like you're giving me 

520
00:22:58,040 --> 00:22:59,880
licenses. 
I'm not giving you anything the 

521
00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:01,560
New Testament hasn't already 
given you. 

522
00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:04,680
But I want to clarify standards.
I want to clarify. 

523
00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:07,520
We should be so devoted to the 
word of God, and we should be 

524
00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:11,280
sensitive to the Holy Spirit. 
This is so the humble heart. 

525
00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:14,760
I'm not worried about a sheep. 
A faithful sheep is going, Lord,

526
00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,360
keep me close to you, Holy 
Spirit, I want to be led by you,

527
00:23:17,360 --> 00:23:18,840
which is what we're going to get
to. 

528
00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:24,640
Yes, And yet the goats will go. 
Yeah, all I heard out of that 

529
00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:27,680
sermon was I can drink, I can 
gamble. 

530
00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:31,120
What else do we say we can do? 
I can get along with folks who 

531
00:23:31,120 --> 00:23:37,920
ain't my spouse like, it's your 
life and it's your eternity in 

532
00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:39,960
hell. 
And those things could easily 

533
00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,280
lead you away from the Lord. 
So if you want to be a fool, you

534
00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:44,600
can do that. 
But I'm going to. 

535
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,840
Preach the word of God to you. 
And that's what Jesus rebukes 

536
00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:50,240
the Pharisees over. 
They take the word of God. 

537
00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,320
And they said, well, the the 
command is this. 

538
00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:55,320
Let's make sure we don't ever do
that. 

539
00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:57,000
I love you. 
I love where your heart's going,

540
00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,720
Mr. Pharisee. 
And they say, so we're going to 

541
00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:02,840
make a loot, a new law, and put 
a giant fence around this way 

542
00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,720
out here and tell people if they
go over this fence, then they've

543
00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:06,840
sinned. 
Yeah. 

544
00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:10,200
Hey Mr. Pharisee, that might be 
your personal desire for your 

545
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,080
life, to keep you away from the 
thing, but you can't put that on

546
00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:14,800
other people. 
And they're like no. 

547
00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:16,920
This is the thing. 
They were called the fences of 

548
00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,640
the Pharisees. 
So the law of God is this. 

549
00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:21,360
And the Pharisees put a fence 
around it. 

550
00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:23,360
They're like, hey everybody, 
we're looking out for you. 

551
00:24:23,360 --> 00:24:25,280
And, like, I appreciate that. 
But what they should have said 

552
00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:28,440
is, here's some wise practices 
we found to keep ourselves in 

553
00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,920
check. 
And instead they said this is 

554
00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:32,800
the law. 
And Jesus said, no, it's not. 

555
00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:35,880
You've heard it said this, but I
say that you've heard it said 

556
00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,120
this, but I say that. 
I'm I'm clarifying. 

557
00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:42,560
That the sheep actually hear the
voice of the Good Shepherd. 

558
00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:45,280
The sheep actually hear his 
voice. 

559
00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:47,920
What's the protection here? 
What do you do with that St. 

560
00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:52,880
Who's like, Well, the Lord told 
me, blah blah blah, blah, blah. 

561
00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:55,240
Well, friend, do we have the 
scripture on it? 

562
00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,320
Because if so, then we can come 
to them with love. 

563
00:24:58,320 --> 00:24:59,600
We can come to them with 
correction. 

564
00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:01,600
We say, hey, I want to want to 
point something out to you. 

565
00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:02,800
I want to help you with 
something here. 

566
00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:04,920
But if we don't have the 
scripture on it, then we just 

567
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:06,640
go, Hey, I still want to talk to
you. 

568
00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:08,680
I still want to share this 
conviction with you. 

569
00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,280
Hey, I've got a conviction. 
I've got something I want you to

570
00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:13,120
consider. 
I've got something I want you to

571
00:25:13,120 --> 00:25:14,800
look out for and then go. 
I hear that. 

572
00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:15,560
I don't see that. 
See that? 

573
00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:17,160
Thank you. 
But it's a different 

574
00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,040
conversation. 
So we don't have to remain 

575
00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:20,720
silent. 
It's just that we have to 

576
00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:24,200
understand the difference the 
Pharisees didn't and Jesus. 

577
00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:28,720
Didn't tolerate it. 
So you could argue for wisdom 

578
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,600
for these things, but you 
shouldn't argue that they are 

579
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,440
the commands of God. 
But the Pharisees love to 

580
00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:35,360
convince people that their 
traditions. 

581
00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:38,520
Were God's law. 
So Pharisees love outward 

582
00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:40,760
measurements rather than inward 
ones, right? 

583
00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:43,120
Because the Lord can see the 
heart. 

584
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:47,200
But Pharisees, they want to have
a a no, a yes or a no rule for 

585
00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:48,560
everything. 
Whereas sometimes the Lord 

586
00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:52,520
didn't put one. 
Hey, can you know, Can can I 

587
00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:56,160
gamble? 
No, because gambling runs in my 

588
00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:59,800
family and it's a sin. 
Well, and my dad destroyed our 

589
00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:02,720
family. 
OK, well, if you feel temptation

590
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:08,200
there to go into excess, to not 
have self-control, anything not 

591
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:12,000
done in faith is sin. 
So remember, all the fruits of 

592
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,200
the spirit still protect us in 
all of these areas. 

593
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:19,600
So if you, if you feel free in 
your conscience to participate 

594
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,440
in the fantasy Football League 
where everybody throws in 20 

595
00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:26,040
bucks for fun and you get to 
talk trash at each other for the

596
00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:28,160
coming months to say my team's 
beating your team and your 

597
00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:31,240
team's beating my team and at 
the end somebody gets $200 for 

598
00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:34,920
the thing, I don't condemn you. 
And there is and there is no 

599
00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,400
scripture to condemn you. 
And yet at the same time, we 

600
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,840
walk in wisdom. 
We walk with the Holy Spirit. 

601
00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:42,320
And this is uncomfortable. 
I wish there was a hard set of 

602
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:43,800
rules. 
Keep reading your Bible. 

603
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,360
Keep walking with the Lord. 
Your master will guide you. 

604
00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:51,160
The Lord will actually lead you,
and the Saints around you will 

605
00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:53,280
sharpen you. 
We will have friction. 

606
00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:55,680
We will have a rubbing off on 
one another. 

607
00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:57,920
And we will be able to share 
things and we will be able to 

608
00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:01,200
ask questions, you know, So, so 
you see me do something. 

609
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:02,240
You say, can I ask you about 
that? 

610
00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,160
And say absolutely. 
And you say, here's a concern, 

611
00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:06,600
here's a thought. 
I always thought this. 

612
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:09,280
I always thought that, hey, 
let's have that conversation. 

613
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,000
Let me talk with you about that.
Because the other thing that the

614
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,760
word of God teaches us as we 
consider our liberty in Christ, 

615
00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:18,440
is that the Kingdom of God is 
not about my rights and my 

616
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,000
liberties. 
The law of the New Testament is 

617
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:24,800
the law of love, and my love and
priority for you has to be 

618
00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,560
greater than my desire and my 
demands for my right. 

619
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:33,040
So This is why if you know that 
I abstain from alcohol. 

620
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,080
Because it is a temptation for 
me and it is a struggle for me 

621
00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:38,640
and it's something that I am 
actively having to resist. 

622
00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:41,520
This is why when I come to your 
home for dinner, you won't drink

623
00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,520
in front of me as you go. 
You know what? 

624
00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:44,680
I know that's a challenge for 
pastor. 

625
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,640
So we're just we're not going to
have a glass of wine with our 

626
00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:50,400
with our pasta tonight. 
Why, yes, I can. 

627
00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,400
The Bible doesn't say that I can
and but but you love me. 

628
00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,120
So you're going to actually do 
something loving towards me. 

629
00:27:56,120 --> 00:27:57,400
You're going to say I'm going 
to. 

630
00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:59,640
I think this could hurt his 
conscience or I think this could

631
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:01,960
this could bother him. 
And if you don't know again we 

632
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:03,640
don't get caught up. 
You don't worry. 

633
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:05,400
You don't worry. 
Well this is this bad? 

634
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:06,520
Is that right? 
We talk. 

635
00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:08,920
We love one another. 
We build relationship together 

636
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,080
and we say, hey, may I share 
something with you? 

637
00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,960
As we say yes and we say 
consider it done, Consider it 

638
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:14,320
done. 
Why? 

639
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:15,280
Because my love. 
For you is. 

640
00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:19,400
Greater than my freedoms because
the Kingdom of God is not about 

641
00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,920
eating and drinking what I want 
to The Kingdom of God is about 

642
00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:27,400
Lovejoy and love, Peace and joy.
And I'm misquoting this verse. 

643
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:28,360
Lovejoy. 
Peace. 

644
00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:30,160
Patience. 
No. 

645
00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,080
I've quoted it multiple times 
this week as I've been preaching

646
00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:38,760
the sermon to myself. 
The Kingdom of God is not about 

647
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:42,880
eating and drinking. 
Come on, Saints, I thought 

648
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:47,240
somebody would bail me out. 
Here, peace, joy, and love in 

649
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,000
the Holy Ghost and joy in the 
Holy Ghost. 

650
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:53,360
I'm misquoting. 
Sorry, Trust me, it's in the 

651
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:57,280
Bible. 
No, seriously. 

652
00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:00,840
Oh, it is. 
Yes, Somebody could Google that 

653
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:03,000
really quick. 
Lovejoy and Peace and the Holy 

654
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,280
Ghost and then blurt it out here
in a second. 

655
00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:11,720
So Pharisees love outward 
measurements rather than inward 

656
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,720
ones because they can look good 
by using outward measurements. 

657
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:16,560
That's why we like. 
Outward measurements, because I 

658
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:20,080
can present myself well to you 
and you can go, man, that guy is

659
00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:22,400
really set apart because look at
the external standards. 

660
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:24,040
But you didn't get to see my 
heart. 

661
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:27,200
My heart is filthy. 
It is gross. 

662
00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:30,000
And I'm full of pride. 
And that's why I'm doing this. 

663
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,200
And all you saw was the hours. 
Like, he's fasting, he's doing 

664
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:36,040
this, he's doing that. 
Jim Michael would never do this.

665
00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,200
Jim Michael would never do that.
Jim Michael would never do this.

666
00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:42,400
But I'm My only motive in all of
that is to present something to 

667
00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:45,240
you, not out of love for you, 
not of devotion and holiness 

668
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,360
under the Lord, but because of 
my own pride. 

669
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:48,400
Man. 
It seems a bit tricky. 

670
00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:50,640
It's almost like you got to 
really walk with him. 

671
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:55,240
It's almost like the heart is 
deceitful above all things and 

672
00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,760
we have to constantly submit it 
before the Lord. 

673
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:03,040
We all become Pharisees when we 
take our personal, perhaps wise,

674
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:06,440
perhaps experience, perhaps even
spirit LED convictions and give 

675
00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:09,600
them to others as though they're
God's law and this is what they 

676
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:11,480
were doing here. 
Why do you eat with sinners? 

677
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:13,360
That's a sin. 
That's the implication. 

678
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,000
Why don't you fast like us? 
That's a sin. 

679
00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:18,880
That's the implication. 
The root of all this is pride. 

680
00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:22,560
They're not as holy as us 
because they don't adhere to our

681
00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:25,960
man made tradition. 
Sinners accusing the sinless one

682
00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:28,480
of sinning. 
So again, there's nothing wrong 

683
00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,400
with traditions or personal. 
Convictions. 

684
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,280
You should obey them, but it is 
wrong to impose them on others 

685
00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:36,440
like their God's laws. 
And remember Jesus said in his 

686
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:38,520
sermon on the Mount. 
Again, Pharisees had this habit 

687
00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:40,880
of fasting to be seen. 
So understand the context there.

688
00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:43,600
But again, we'll, we'll wrap 
this point up and we'll move on.

689
00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:45,680
Imagine you're in the grocery 
store, You're talking to a 

690
00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:47,800
friend or family member 
joyfully, and I come walking 

691
00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:50,000
down the aisle and it's a 
Tuesday. 

692
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:51,720
So it's my fasting day, 
supposedly. 

693
00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:56,920
And I'm just like, you're like, 
oh, oh, hey, hey, Pastor John 

694
00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:58,600
Michael, Mike. 
Hello, friends. 

695
00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:02,560
Like what? 
What's wrong, pastor? 

696
00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:05,600
Well, I'm just, you know, I'm 
just grieved, you know? 

697
00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:07,480
What do you grieve for? 
For the Lost. 

698
00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:09,760
You know, the people who don't 
know the Lord. 

699
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,000
And you're like, I was just 
trying to buy some cereal and I 

700
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,360
was just, I was just catching up
with my cousin here on aisle 7. 

701
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:17,680
And you're coming in, like with 
this cloud, I'm like, well, it's

702
00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:19,840
because I love the Lord, you 
know, And I love the lost. 

703
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:23,120
And I was just, you know, just 
been in prayer this morning and 

704
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:28,400
I'm just so just, it's just so 
heavy on me, like, huh, When I 

705
00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:31,800
walk away, did that make you 
feel like Jesus is wonderful or 

706
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,280
did that make you feel like, 
man, Jeff Michael is a holy man?

707
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:36,320
Hopefully it didn't make you 
think I was a holy man. 

708
00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:38,200
Hopefully make you think I'm 
full of it, because I am. 

709
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:42,680
But, but hopefully you hopefully
when when you start to feel that

710
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:45,000
way, that's an exaggeration. 
But whenever you start to do 

711
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:49,240
that, that's whenever you're 
presenting just a a facade for 

712
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:50,680
somebody else to see, and you 
can't be. 

713
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:54,360
Real with other believers. 
So fasting is a sign of 

714
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:55,480
mourning. 
We're in verse 15. 

715
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:58,440
Fasting is a sign of mourning, 
in part because they were 

716
00:31:58,440 --> 00:31:59,760
waiting on the Messiah to 
deliver them. 

717
00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:03,200
So Jesus is saying we're going 
to talk about this bridegroom 

718
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:04,240
part. 
What is he talking about? 

719
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:05,520
The bridegroom? 
The groom. 

720
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:09,160
He's. 
Explaining you guys are sad 

721
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:12,080
because you're waiting on the 
Messiah, but my disciples are 

722
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:15,160
joyful because they know that 
the Messiah is already here. 

723
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:19,720
That's the teaching. 
So verse 15, Jesus said to them,

724
00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:22,280
can the wedding guests mourn as 
long as the groom is with them? 

725
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:25,360
The days will come when the 
groom is taken away from them 

726
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:27,960
and then they will fast. 
So they're saying, why don't 

727
00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:29,840
your disciples fast? 
And it's so funny. 

728
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,280
Jesus always answering like 
these cryptic answers like, OK, 

729
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,360
so back to the thing I asked. 
He says no. 

730
00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:36,800
I answered it. 
You're fasting for mourning 

731
00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:38,120
because the Messiah hasn't come 
yet. 

732
00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:40,760
But you're wrong. 
He's right here. 

733
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:43,080
My disciples know it. 
How could you? 

734
00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:45,920
How could you fast? 
How could you mourn at a wedding

735
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:50,320
reception? 
So weddings at this time lasted 

736
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:54,400
about seven days. 
It was feasting all week long. 

737
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:56,880
They partied hard. 
They had a wonderful time. 

738
00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,080
The honeymoon happened at the 
same time. 

739
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:03,640
So the marriage was consummated 
at that same day and everybody 

740
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:04,840
knew it. 
It's very awkward. 

741
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:08,320
So like the bride and groom go 
in, everybody's like, yay, they 

742
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,480
go into the house, they come out
of that yay. 

743
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:13,760
And so now, now the marriage is 
consummated and everybody has 

744
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:14,640
the bride and groom. 
Like, huh? 

745
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,760
Yeah, Like, we know. 
We know what just happened. 

746
00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:20,840
Yes, yes, we know. 
And then so, so they feast, and 

747
00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:22,360
they. 
Celebrate all week long. 

748
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:26,440
It's a wonderful, joyous time. 
But the way that it would start 

749
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:29,200
with the the bride would be at 
her house and the groom would 

750
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:32,520
leave his home, his home that he
has prepared and he goes and he 

751
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:35,600
gets the bride. 
He pays a price for the bride. 

752
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:38,080
Any of this sound familiar? 
Can you think of a? 

753
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,920
Can you think of the husband who
left his home, who came and paid

754
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,440
a price for his bride? 
He comes. 

755
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:45,400
And pays the. 
Price for his bride, and he 

756
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:48,840
brings her back to his home. 
And the whole wedding party 

757
00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:51,360
follows. 
And they party and celebrate for

758
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:53,800
a week. 
Rejoice and rejoice and rejoice.

759
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:57,560
Jesus saying I'm the groom, I've
come, I've taken my bride. 

760
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:00,280
Of course she's what do you 
expect her to act like? 

761
00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:02,600
She's at a funeral when she's at
when she's married to me. 

762
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:06,040
Now I'm here, now a day is 
coming, he says. 

763
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:07,040
The groom. 
Will be taken. 

764
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:09,520
The groom will lay down his 
life, and then we'll be taking, 

765
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,920
said. 
Then my disciples will will fast

766
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:12,920
again. 
It is right and. 

767
00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:16,280
Appropriate for us to fast and 
we'll get to that. 

768
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:18,120
But this is what Jesus has. 
Explained. 

769
00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:20,239
He's like you're fasting, but 
you shouldn't be. 

770
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:23,040
You should be rejoicing. 
You know how many eyes 

771
00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:26,400
throughout the generations have 
have wished that they could have

772
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:30,360
seen what you get to see? 
You get to see me face to face. 

773
00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:32,960
You're blessed because of that. 
But blessed are those who 

774
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:34,960
haven't seen but are still going
to believe. 

775
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:38,280
So they should feast. 
They should rejoice, They should

776
00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:43,120
celebrate my disciples for them 
to to fast and more. 

777
00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:44,840
Right now it will be 
incompatible. 

778
00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:46,719
I am the groom. 
I am the husband. 

779
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:48,320
I have come for my bride, the 
Church. 

780
00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,520
I am with her, and she should 
rejoice. 

781
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:56,239
So that is our position. 
The groom will be taken away and

782
00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:59,240
then they will mourn and fast 
and like I said, we'll come back

783
00:34:59,240 --> 00:34:59,960
to that. 
So let's keep going. 

784
00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:03,000
Verse 16 and 17. 
Now no one puts a piece of 

785
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,880
unshrunk cloth onto an old 
garment for the patch. 

786
00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:08,200
Tears away from the garment and 
a worst tear is made. 

787
00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:10,440
Neither is new wine put in old 
wineskins. 

788
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:12,920
If it is. 
The skins burst and the wine is 

789
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:16,120
spilled and the skins are 
destroyed, but new wine is put 

790
00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:19,280
into fresh wineskins. 
And so both are preserved. 

791
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:21,600
Have you ever wondered what in 
the world Jesus is talking 

792
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,480
about? 
I sure have, Lord. 

793
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:28,000
OK, so back to the thing, right?
You always ask Jesus a direct 

794
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:29,920
question, and he's like, here's 
a parabola man. 

795
00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:33,920
Just tell me. 
Well, again, stick around. 

796
00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:37,080
He'll keep explaining things. 
If you're his closest disciples,

797
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:40,360
you get new revelation. 
So what's going on here? 

798
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:42,840
First, I'll explain the very 
specific thing he said, and then

799
00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:44,040
we'll explain the meaning behind
it. 

800
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:48,480
The the garment, kids. 
Here's how wool works. 

801
00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:49,920
So if they're closer made. 
Out of wool. 

802
00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,760
If I get a hole in this shirt, 
now it has. 

803
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:55,120
It needs a patch on it, right? 
But this shirt has been washed 

804
00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,320
and dried and washed and dried. 
So what did it do in the washer 

805
00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:00,040
and dryer? 
It shrunk a little bit, but now 

806
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:01,440
we get this new piece of. 
Fabric. 

807
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:04,600
It's never been washed or dried 
and we put it on to patch my 

808
00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:07,520
shirt and now we put this shirt 
in the washer and dryer. 

809
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:09,560
What's going to happen to that 
patch? 

810
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,280
It has to shrink, right? 
Oh no, we have a problem. 

811
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:15,960
We just sewed it onto a shirt 
and now the patch is going to 

812
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:17,960
shrink. 
So when that patch shrinks, it 

813
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:19,520
actually. 
Destroys the shirt and makes the

814
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:21,360
hole even bigger than it was 
before, right? 

815
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:24,640
So we have to 1st. 
Shrink the patch and then you 

816
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:26,320
could put it on. 
That's how that would happen. 

817
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:29,880
And the same thing would happen 
with the wineskins. 

818
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,720
So wineskins, they would kill an
animal, a lot of times a goat 

819
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:36,040
and they would, you know, they 
would clean the hide and. 

820
00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:39,280
Everything else and and cure it 
just a little bit and then they 

821
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,160
would sew it up. 
Then they would leave the neck 

822
00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:43,760
open, or maybe sometimes with 
the legs, but they'd sew up this

823
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:45,840
hide. 
And then you would pour in grape

824
00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:50,960
juice, You would pour in new 
wine and then you would seal it 

825
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:53,960
up tight. 
And then the process begins to 

826
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:57,120
happen and expands, and over 
time it ferments and it becomes 

827
00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,440
wine. 
But as it does that wine skin, 

828
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:02,640
that animal skin stretches, and 
that animal skin is getting used

829
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:04,560
up Over time, it even becomes 
brittle. 

830
00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:08,280
But now you've got really, 
really nice wine in there, an 

831
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:11,360
aged wine. 
This is what Jesus's listeners 

832
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:13,840
would have understood. 
They they knew all about this 

833
00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:17,280
process. 
So what does it mean for for 

834
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,520
them? 
What is the application Jesus 

835
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:22,520
saying a few things here to 
John's disciples, to the 

836
00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:25,000
Pharisees and to us? 
The 1st is this. 

837
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:27,920
I'm not coming to patch up your 
old religious. 

838
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:31,480
System. 
I'm not putting new covenant 

839
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:35,480
patches onto your old covenant. 
I'm not joining up with your 

840
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,680
broken ways. 
This is their constant 

841
00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:39,120
expectation. 
Hey, Jesus. 

842
00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:41,520
Do it like this. 
Do it like that. 

843
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:42,960
Do it like this. 
Do it like that. 

844
00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:48,000
This is not Judaism. 2 point O 
God is establishing a new and a 

845
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,680
better covenant in his own 
blood. 

846
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:54,200
He's giving us a totally new 
garment and he's providing a 

847
00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:56,600
brand new wineskin and brand new
wine. 

848
00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:59,600
So from the religious point of 
view, he's saying this isn't 

849
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:03,640
like a new modification. 
This isn't every The Old 

850
00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:04,880
Covenant as you've understood 
it. 

851
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:08,440
And now with a new upgrade like 
our software, our cell phones, 

852
00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:11,280
right? 
Version 4.5 is going to update 

853
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:14,000
tonight and then in a few months
they'll go to. 

854
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,920
Version four point. 
Six, he says. 

855
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:19,120
No, this is not that. 
This old garment, the whole 

856
00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:20,480
thing is going to be done away 
with. 

857
00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:23,000
I'm doing a brand new thing. 
It's making sense to you. 

858
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:25,960
So this is the garment teaching.
This is the new wine and the new

859
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:30,560
wineskin teaching. 
It's not Judaism plus Jesus. 

860
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:33,840
It's not a modification. 
It's not the traditions of men. 

861
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:37,120
It's Jesus plus. 
Nothing equals everything. 

862
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:42,800
The old has been fulfilled, and 
now the new has come. 

863
00:38:44,240 --> 00:38:47,560
The second point he's making is 
that Jesus isn't coming to patch

864
00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:50,840
up people's torn lives. 
He's not coming to put patches 

865
00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:52,320
on you. 
He's coming to give you an 

866
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:54,680
entirely new life. 
A new garment and a new life. 

867
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:58,640
He didn't come to put new wine 
in a brittle wineskin. 

868
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:02,080
So we were these old wineskins. 
And if you pour new wine and do 

869
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:05,120
an old wineskin and you seal it 
up tight, that thing is already 

870
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:05,880
done. 
It's stretching. 

871
00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:08,880
It can't do it again. 
So now it will break and wine 

872
00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:10,440
will seep out and everything 
will be lost. 

873
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:12,680
The wineskin is destroyed. 
It's worthless for any kind of 

874
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:17,160
storage in the future, and the 
wine itself has been destroyed, 

875
00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:20,880
wasted and totally gone. 
Jesus wants to preserve both. 

876
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:23,560
But he's got to make us new to 
do that. 

877
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:25,440
So Jesus came to give you a new 
garment. 

878
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:27,560
Jesus came to give you a new 
life. 

879
00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:30,160
He didn't come to put new wine 
in a brutal wineskin. 

880
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:31,880
It wouldn't be able to hold it. 
Why? 

881
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:35,760
They're incompatible. 
Just like mourning at a wedding 

882
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,240
you go to, if you show up at 
somebody's wedding, you start 

883
00:39:38,240 --> 00:39:39,240
mourning grow. 
Oh, I'm so. 

884
00:39:39,240 --> 00:39:41,040
Sad. 
Like, OK, then leave like we're 

885
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:43,080
here to. 
Rejoice, this is a happy time. 

886
00:39:43,240 --> 00:39:45,200
Go be sad by yourself. 
Go sit in your closet. 

887
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:46,600
That's actually what Jesus told 
you to do. 

888
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:49,280
Go fast and and be be quiet 
about it. 

889
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:51,040
But we're here to rejoice. 
Today. 

890
00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:52,800
There's a time and a season for 
everything. 

891
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:55,800
I won't come to the You don't go
to the funeral and rejoice. 

892
00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:58,000
We do the right thing at the 
right time. 

893
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:03,200
So Jesus is not making small 
adjustments to your life. 

894
00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:06,280
He gives you a new identity. 
He's not giving out patches. 

895
00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:08,360
Right. 
We're tempted to give patches. 

896
00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:10,280
Hey, here's a stop cussing 
Patch. 

897
00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:15,000
Hey, here's a here's a Don't 
Lose Your temper patch. 

898
00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:17,840
Here's a Don't get drunk. 
Patch, just patch. 

899
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:20,800
Just try and patch yourself up. 
It's a mess. 

900
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:24,640
And you can't do any of it. 
Anyway, you end up hypocritical.

901
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:28,960
You end up destroyed your the 
wineskin is destroyed there. 

902
00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:30,760
There is no wine to be poured in
anyway. 

903
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:33,120
The Lord will not pour his wine 
into an old wineskin. 

904
00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:34,320
He says. 
But I'll give you a new 

905
00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:37,080
wineskin. 
I will make you new, and you 

906
00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:38,840
have a new desire. 
You'll have a new identity and 

907
00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:42,000
you will be pliable. 
Pliable. 

908
00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:45,000
This is what Saints are in the 
hands of Jesus. 

909
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:47,520
Lord, I'm pliable. 
Whatever you want. 

910
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:49,960
Whatever you say, whatever 
direction you would take me. 

911
00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:53,520
Help me grow me, mature me, and 
we can become fixed in our 

912
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:56,120
tradition. 
Even believers can be brittle, 

913
00:40:56,720 --> 00:40:59,200
and believers can even cease to 
become pliable. 

914
00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:02,560
Why, when I get into the 
traditions of men, whenever I 

915
00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:04,720
get into my rut, whenever I'm 
stop being. 

916
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:06,480
Whenever I've no longer been 
led. 

917
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:09,080
By the Holy. 
Spirit, I get fixed in my 

918
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:12,880
tradition, and even Christians 
need to become new wineskins. 

919
00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:15,040
Over and over and over. 
And really, we want to stay a 

920
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:16,320
new wineskin. 
How? 

921
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,240
What does that look like? 
We'll get to that in a moment. 

922
00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:22,680
But if you try and pour in the 
new wine of Jesus, it will be 

923
00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:24,360
too much for you. 
This is why you have to be a 

924
00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:25,400
soft. 
Container And this is. 

925
00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:28,600
This also might be why dear St. 
that you're not hearing from the

926
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:30,680
Lord. 
This also might be why it seems 

927
00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:32,960
like the Lord is distant and the
Lord is far off. 

928
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:35,480
You might be brittle and he's 
not going to pour in new wine. 

929
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:37,560
What's the new wine? 
New revelation? 

930
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:39,760
The gospel of the Kingdom? 
Whenever we were talking about 

931
00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:44,720
that first point as as to bring 
in the new covenant, it is the 

932
00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:47,480
old covenant is gone. 
It is totally replaced and we 

933
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:50,400
have a new covenant. 
So that's the gospel message. 

934
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:52,000
That's his new wine that he 
wants to bring to the earth. 

935
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,240
But what's the new wine in me? 
It's direction. 

936
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:56,920
It's the leadership of the Holy 
Spirit. 

937
00:41:57,120 --> 00:41:59,600
It's the anointing of God. 
It's the power of God. 

938
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:03,120
If you want any of those things,
you have to be a new wineskin. 

939
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:05,720
And a new wineskin is, again, a 
humble person. 

940
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:09,400
But if you're a hard shell, you 
might go, Well, I love the Lord,

941
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:10,880
and I know I'm going to heaven 
when I die. 

942
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:12,800
Well, good. 
That's a really good thing. 

943
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:14,880
And yet that doesn't make you 
pliable. 

944
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:17,600
That doesn't mean that you're 
compatible for the new wine of 

945
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:19,600
the spirit. 
The new wine of the spirit. 

946
00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:22,080
Will grow you today. 
The new wine of the Spirit will 

947
00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:25,800
grow you again tomorrow. 
You're like, yeah, I'm kind of 

948
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:28,360
the same Christian I've been. 
For the past decade, I'm kind of

949
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:31,280
like the same spot. 
Well, that just tells you that 

950
00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:33,840
that you're stuck. 
That tells you that maybe it's 

951
00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:36,840
your tradition, maybe it's 
pride, maybe it's a lot of 

952
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:40,840
things. 
But to be pliable allows my life

953
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:42,640
to be compatible. 
With the new wine that Jesus 

954
00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:45,800
has, he wants to preserve his 
pure gospel, and he wants to 

955
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:47,400
preserve the people he. 
Came to save. 

956
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:48,760
That's you. 
That's me. 

957
00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:51,040
That's the wineskins. 
You don't. 

958
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:52,360
Need to make. 
People think you're holy. 

959
00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:55,520
You need to actually be holy, 
and that happens when you're 

960
00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:57,840
pliable. 
In His hands again, the things 

961
00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:00,760
the Pharisees were not, the 
things John's disciples are not.

962
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:04,360
It actually becomes a cult years
later, called the disciples of 

963
00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:06,440
John, who actually said that 
John was the Messiah. 

964
00:43:07,040 --> 00:43:09,160
Maybe these are some of their 
forerunners, like 100 years 

965
00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:10,560
later, there's people who were 
still. 

966
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:11,960
Saying like John was the 
Messiah? 

967
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:14,880
Yikes. 
Pliable. 

968
00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:17,480
In his hands the Lord is. 
Doing a new thing and he wants 

969
00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:20,320
to do a new thing in your life. 
And so we'll close with this, 

970
00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:23,800
going back to fasting. 
Now, why did how is all this 

971
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:27,280
relevant to fasting? 
I get it, Jesus said. 

972
00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:29,840
He answered the question why 
they're not fasting, he says. 

973
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:31,280
I'm the groom, I'm here. 
It's time to celebrate. 

974
00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:34,240
Got it. 
But what does fasting have to do

975
00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:35,880
with the patches? 
I get the, I get what the 

976
00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:37,040
patches. 
Are he's not just trying to 

977
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:39,360
patch up my life, he gives me a 
new life I got. 

978
00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:42,160
That he wants me to be a pliable
wineskin. 

979
00:43:42,520 --> 00:43:44,280
Get that? 
Living a life of repentance and 

980
00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:45,800
humility. 
I get that. 

981
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,320
But why did he say it right 
after fasting? 

982
00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:53,000
Because fasting is a way to be 
sensitive and to remain 

983
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:56,280
sensitive to the Lord. 
Fasting is a powerful way to 

984
00:43:56,280 --> 00:43:58,120
keep yourself a pliable 
wineskin. 

985
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:01,480
What is fasting? 
Fasting is denying your flesh 

986
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:03,200
food. 
We talked about. 

987
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:05,440
Fasting this or fasting that. 
There's nothing. 

988
00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:07,040
Nothing is fasting unless it's 
food. 

989
00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:08,680
Or is it wrong to do those other
things? 

990
00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:11,320
No, not at all. 
You can set other side, set 

991
00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:13,360
other things aside and say I'm 
going to get off Facebook for 

992
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:15,160
the next year, I'm. 
Going to do this or I'm going to

993
00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:16,360
do that. 
Nothing wrong with any of that. 

994
00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:18,200
Wise decisions to be made 
friends. 

995
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:22,040
And yet fasting is fasting food.
Why is this powerful? 

996
00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:24,320
Why does this work? 
Something inside of us? 

997
00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:27,800
Fasting prepares you. 
Fasting makes you a pliable 

998
00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:28,680
wineskin. 
Why? 

999
00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:32,880
Because your flesh, literally 
your flesh, is kept alive by 

1000
00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:37,440
food. 
So when you fast the very thing 

1001
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:40,760
that actually keeps your body 
alive, It is. 

1002
00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:43,480
It is as if you get a new 
wineskin. 

1003
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:47,920
The Bible even says that the 
stomach can be a God, and we're 

1004
00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:52,400
so used to staying filled at all
times and serving that God. 

1005
00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:54,800
So fasting becomes this thing to
say. 

1006
00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:57,880
No flesh, just want to remind 
you that you're not in. 

1007
00:44:57,880 --> 00:45:00,560
Charge. 
I want to set aside this time 

1008
00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:03,720
that would have been for meal 
prep or meal enjoyment, a good 

1009
00:45:03,720 --> 00:45:07,280
gift that the Lord gives but I 
for the sake of my flesh, not 

1010
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:09,600
because of command or 
condemnation of others, but for 

1011
00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:12,320
the sake of my flesh, and for my
desire to seek the Lord in 

1012
00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:13,880
something. 
I want to make sure I'm 

1013
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:18,120
compatible with His new wine. 
Would you look at your life and?

1014
00:45:18,120 --> 00:45:19,560
Say I don't. 
I don't see that the Lord's been

1015
00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:21,800
pouring out new wine. 
Then I would say fast. 

1016
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:23,560
I would say fast. 
How long? 

1017
00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:27,000
I'm not giving you any rule. 
I can't give you a rule, friend.

1018
00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:30,800
You just fast. 
You just seek the Lord could be 

1019
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:33,080
a mule. 
Some people have fast a mule. 

1020
00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:38,960
Some people fast 40 days. 
You be led by the spirit. 

1021
00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:41,440
But don't think that man, the 40
day person, wow. 

1022
00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:46,200
Super duper Christian, right? 
My pastor, he would never tell 

1023
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:48,800
you this. 
He's fasted for 40 days before. 

1024
00:45:49,120 --> 00:45:50,240
He would never tell anybody 
that. 

1025
00:45:50,240 --> 00:45:51,480
Why? 
Because he's the most humble man

1026
00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:53,520
that I know. 
He's got a doctorate and he and 

1027
00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:57,040
you wouldn't know it and and 
he's fasted for 40 days and you 

1028
00:45:57,040 --> 00:45:58,600
wouldn't know it. 
And he probably even wouldn't 

1029
00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:00,280
want me to tell you that. 
So don't tell him that. 

1030
00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:04,120
I told you. 
But the more time I spend it 

1031
00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:06,320
around Ken Kramer, the more I 
think about Jesus. 

1032
00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:10,120
And here I am, college. 
Dropout and my head, Pastor Kim,

1033
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:11,600
I got a question about the 
Bible. 

1034
00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:13,440
I don't know. 
Stuff, you know? 

1035
00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:15,240
And he's like, he knows 
everything. 

1036
00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:20,080
He knows everything, but he's 
just humble and wise and loving,

1037
00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:23,080
and he just makes much of Jesus.
The more I'm around him, the 

1038
00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:25,400
more I'm just like, I want to 
follow Jesus more closely. 

1039
00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:28,320
I don't think Ken is just the 
ultimate now. 

1040
00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:30,840
He is a man I'm following. 
Make no mistake, the scripture 

1041
00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:32,920
says so. 
You should mark and follow your 

1042
00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:35,880
pastors and the leaders in your 
church, and yet that can get 

1043
00:46:35,880 --> 00:46:38,560
carried away. 
But I do honor that man. 

1044
00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:40,320
I follow that man. 
I trust that man. 

1045
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:42,240
But why? 
Because he always makes much of 

1046
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:43,880
Jesus. 
The more time I spend around 

1047
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:45,400
him, I go. 
Jesus is awesome. 

1048
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:49,040
Jesus is king. 
Jesus is worthy, Jesus is good. 

1049
00:46:49,880 --> 00:46:52,440
So the stomach can be a God, but
we're saying no to you stomach 

1050
00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:55,360
because we're so tempted to do 
the opposite. 

1051
00:46:55,360 --> 00:46:57,960
Like when we say I'm hungry, 
don't we say it like it's a 

1052
00:46:57,960 --> 00:47:00,480
crime, like I'm hungry? 
Who did this to me? 

1053
00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:05,720
Like it's been 4 hours. 
Like what on earth is going on? 

1054
00:47:05,720 --> 00:47:07,680
We've we've normalized that. 
We normalize that. 

1055
00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:09,840
We normalize that. 
So again, we don't be condemned 

1056
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:13,760
by that, but also know they're 
like, hey, I can survive being 

1057
00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:16,760
hungry. 
I can make it, I can make it. 

1058
00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:19,320
And not only just to skip meals,
I'm just going to buckle down 

1059
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:21,520
and work. 
But could I devote that time to 

1060
00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:23,000
the Lord? 
Could I get closer with him in 

1061
00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:25,280
the word and say, Lord, I'm 
asking for new wine? 

1062
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:28,880
Lord, I set aside the sandwich 
today, or I set aside breakfast 

1063
00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:30,240
this morning, or I set aside 
dinner. 

1064
00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:32,680
But but Lord, I'm not going 
without food. 

1065
00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:37,480
I need the bread of life. 
Now give me this daily bread. 

1066
00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:40,400
Give me your word. 
Pour out your spirit upon me 

1067
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:45,320
more. 
We stay filled with junk, 

1068
00:47:45,640 --> 00:47:48,080
especially as Americans. 
Entertainment replaces 

1069
00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:51,800
edification. 
Food replaces faith, the lust of

1070
00:47:51,800 --> 00:47:54,040
the flesh, the lust of the eyes,
and the pride of life. 

1071
00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:57,200
Make us old wineskins. 
We become brittle. 

1072
00:47:57,920 --> 00:47:59,360
God's. 
God's in there. 

1073
00:47:59,360 --> 00:48:01,080
And yet there's nothing fresh 
flowing. 

1074
00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:03,720
There's not a fresh anointing. 
There's not a fresh revelation. 

1075
00:48:03,720 --> 00:48:05,640
There's not a fresh devotion, 
right? 

1076
00:48:05,880 --> 00:48:07,640
We, those of us who who are 
married. 

1077
00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:10,080
Haven't you seen times and 
moments and seasons in your 

1078
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:11,560
marriage? 
It's on fire. 

1079
00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:12,720
That's the romance. 
That's what we want. 

1080
00:48:12,720 --> 00:48:14,360
That's the flow that you want to
stay in. 

1081
00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:16,720
And if that, if that starts to 
dry up, we need to make 

1082
00:48:16,720 --> 00:48:18,520
adjustments. 
We need to make changes. 

1083
00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:21,320
We need to pursue that again. 
We need to revive and rekindle 

1084
00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:23,560
that flame. 
We want that to be our default 

1085
00:48:23,560 --> 00:48:27,040
setting. 
Yes, there's a deep bond of love

1086
00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:28,960
that forms. 
And yet we don't want to grow 

1087
00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:32,240
complacent. 
We want a fresh love and a fresh

1088
00:48:32,240 --> 00:48:34,040
fellowship. 
To always be there. 

1089
00:48:34,040 --> 00:48:36,200
And if it's not, that becomes a 
warning light. 

1090
00:48:37,160 --> 00:48:39,040
A light starts flashing for us 
and we just go. 

1091
00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:40,640
This is normal. 
This is fine. 

1092
00:48:41,080 --> 00:48:42,560
Same is true with the Christian 
walk. 

1093
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:46,040
If there's not a fresh flow of 
of fellowship between you and 

1094
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:48,160
the Lord, then you say that's a 
check engine light. 

1095
00:48:48,760 --> 00:48:50,520
Whoa, let me let me get that 
thing fixed. 

1096
00:48:50,720 --> 00:48:52,320
Let's get that adjusted right 
away. 

1097
00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:54,560
God keep. 
Me pliable, keep me soft. 

1098
00:48:54,800 --> 00:48:58,800
Staying full of junk is one way 
to guarantee that we won't have 

1099
00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:01,960
the Lord's new wine poured into 
us because we're incompatible 

1100
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:05,120
and we'll close with this and 
then we're going to receive 

1101
00:49:05,120 --> 00:49:08,680
communion together. 
We don't fast to get God's 

1102
00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:13,200
attention. 
We fast to make ourselves 

1103
00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:16,800
compatible with the new wine. 
The Lord is eager to pour. 

1104
00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:19,600
New wine into you? 
The Lord is eager to give you 

1105
00:49:19,600 --> 00:49:24,840
revelation, direction. 
Breakthrough Anointing He is. 

1106
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:28,200
Eager to pour out the new wine. 
But he loves you and he will not

1107
00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:32,080
destroy you. 
So it's not that I've earned it 

1108
00:49:32,080 --> 00:49:33,680
now. 
And he goes, Aha, well done. 

1109
00:49:33,680 --> 00:49:34,800
This is your reward. 
He's going. 

1110
00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:36,480
I've been eager to share this 
with you. 

1111
00:49:36,680 --> 00:49:39,160
I have something good and 
wonderful to share with you. 

1112
00:49:39,440 --> 00:49:40,800
And you've made yourself 
compatible. 

1113
00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:43,320
Now you have aligned yourself 
with where you need to be. 

1114
00:49:43,560 --> 00:49:47,480
That's the purpose of fasting. 
Not because look at me, I 

1115
00:49:47,480 --> 00:49:49,240
fasted. 
But instead to go. 

1116
00:49:49,240 --> 00:49:51,400
Lord, how much is crucify this 
flesh? 

1117
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:52,760
More? 
Because I want more of you. 

1118
00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:54,520
And I know this flesh is what's 
getting in the way. 

1119
00:49:54,840 --> 00:49:57,120
My will, my mind, my intellect, 
my traditions. 

1120
00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:01,200
So let me do it for your glory. 
And for your will, Amen.