1 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,040 Matthew chapter 15. Kaden, can you shut that door, 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:06,080 buddy? Thank you. 3 00:00:13,340 --> 00:00:16,219 This is some time after, but we don't know how much time after. 4 00:00:16,219 --> 00:00:18,980 It could be the very next day. So remember, we just heard about 5 00:00:18,980 --> 00:00:20,740 John the Baptist. It's been weeks for you and I, 6 00:00:20,740 --> 00:00:23,780 but this is all just been, you know, 48 hours or so for Jesus. 7 00:00:23,780 --> 00:00:26,220 Just hears about John the Baptist, gets a way to pray. 8 00:00:26,220 --> 00:00:27,660 Everybody says, hey, we're here too. 9 00:00:27,900 --> 00:00:31,960 He ministers to and cares for everybody, sends his disciples 10 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:36,040 away, joins them, walks on the water and now gets over into 11 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:39,760 gassinaret, crosses over to the other side, heals the sick and 12 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:44,080 gassinaret ministers to those people And now here we come. 13 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:46,120 Is it the next day? Is it the next week? 14 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:50,880 We're not sure, but it's sometime after now in chapter 15 15 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:55,480 verse one, Then the Pharisees and the scribes came to Jesus 16 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:59,440 from Jerusalem and said why do your disciples break the 17 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,760 tradition of the elders for they do not wash their hands when 18 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:06,040 they eat. He answered them and why do? 19 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:09,000 You break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition. 20 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:14,200 For God commanded honor your father and mother, and whoever 21 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,600 reviles father and mother must surely die. 22 00:01:17,320 --> 00:01:21,520 But you say if anyone others honors, if anyone tells his 23 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,440 father and mother, oh what you, what you would have gained from 24 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,080 me has been given to God, then he need not honor his father. 25 00:01:27,960 --> 00:01:31,240 So for the sake of your tradition, you have made void 26 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:36,040 the word of God. You hypocrites, well did Isaiah 27 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:40,000 prophecy of you when he said this People honors me with their 28 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,880 lips, but their heart is far from me. 29 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:47,600 In vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the 30 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:51,920 commandments of men. God, we thank you that you are 31 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:54,520 going to open our hearts this morning and that Your word is 32 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:57,280 going to go and do exactly what you sent it to do. 33 00:01:57,760 --> 00:01:59,560 We know Your word will accomplish everything you 34 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,240 intended for it to accomplish. We know Your word will cut to 35 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:04,280 the heart and we receive it right now. 36 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,400 God, we receive the surgery of the Spirit. 37 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:08,720 We, we, we're thankful for the sword of the Spirit. 38 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,680 That's why your flock has gathered, because they are 39 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:15,120 hungry to receive from You. Knowing that the Good Shepherd 40 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,040 will care for his people, knowing that he will see to 41 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,680 their knees, knowing that he will give them all that they 42 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:22,800 need. God protect us from the 43 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,200 extremes, protect us from the errors of the scribes, protect 44 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:28,760 us from the errors of the Pharisees, protect us from the 45 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:33,360 errors of our own flesh. The only thing the the things we 46 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:37,600 would do in our own minds to create clever, clever answers 47 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:41,040 for our disobedience and help us to walk more closely with you in 48 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,920 Jesus name, Amen. You're going to see again what 49 00:02:44,920 --> 00:02:47,920 you've seen many times before. I continue to point it out to 50 00:02:47,920 --> 00:02:50,880 you the fact that Jesus doesn't back down from conflict. 51 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,520 Why do you do that Pastor Jay? Are you trying to overemphasize 52 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,680 and take us to the other ditch? Not at all. 53 00:02:55,920 --> 00:02:58,360 It's just that I understand the the moment, the culture and the 54 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:01,080 time that we live in similar to the fact that we talk about we 55 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:02,440 have to fight where the fight is. 56 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:04,920 We have to clarify things that are often neglected. 57 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:06,600 So a point that's often neglected. 58 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,520 You'll find me often emphasizing when we see it, when we see it 59 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:12,800 pointed out in the text, I'll say, hey, notice again the 60 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,840 perspective that we that many of us had of Jesus is all he did 61 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,040 was like pick up baby birds and fix their broken wing and carry 62 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:21,800 them around for days and, and pat children on the head and 63 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,760 just sweet, sweet, sweet Jesus. And that's the only picture we 64 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:27,240 have of him. Well, does he do that? 65 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,240 Well, not the bird part. He cares about everything, but 66 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:31,600 more importantly, he cares about people. 67 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:34,720 So we see him tender when he needs to be tender and we we 68 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,200 emphasize it appropriately. But when we see him being not 69 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,360 tender, or what I've often said is him going nuclear, then we 70 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,560 point that out as well. And we say, let's just say the 71 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,440 obvious thing here. Let's just say what's obviously 72 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,400 being said. This is unacceptable social 73 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,040 behavior, what you're seeing from Jesus right now. 74 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:53,920 So Jesus isn't backing down from conflict. 75 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:57,520 And keep in mind the scribes and the Pharisees, they've come from 76 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:01,840 Jerusalem Ticket Center at they've traveled about 90 miles. 77 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,960 So there's a lot going on here. The holier you are, the closer 78 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,800 you live to Jerusalem. And if you live in Jerusalem, 79 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:11,840 then of course, you're the holiest of all. 80 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:14,920 So the scribes and the Pharisees, they're in Jerusalem 81 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,680 their daily, their lives, their livelihood, their profession is 82 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,600 the Scriptures. So they're always known, they're 83 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:23,760 always seen in and around Jerusalem. 84 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:25,520 They've got all their presentation that we've talked 85 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:26,920 about. We've talked about their 86 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:30,040 falseness or we've talked about them taking what the Lord said. 87 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,960 And he always intended things to get down to people's hearts so 88 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,600 that they would be lived out with obvious and natural 89 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,880 application. But the Pharisees focus on 90 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,200 exclusively the external presentation. 91 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,000 Should your faith have an external presentation? 92 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:47,680 Yes, a million times yes. But the false person, the 93 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:51,600 prideful person, focuses on the external application. 94 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,160 Without the presence of the heart motivation, there's no 95 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:56,120 fuel in the. Tank. 96 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,240 But they just put an awesome paint job on the car and they go 97 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:01,880 look at that thing. There's no engine in there, 98 00:05:02,280 --> 00:05:04,120 There's nothing in it. That's a Lamborghini, but it 99 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:07,240 can't go anywhere. But look how awesome it looks. 100 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:10,160 So this is the problem. We are supposed to make 101 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:13,200 application with our faith. We are supposed to look like 102 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,280 something. Loving God with all your heart, 103 00:05:15,280 --> 00:05:17,040 soul, mind and strength. We'll find. 104 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:21,160 Many, many, many applications. It will impact the way you sit 105 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,400 down and eat your breakfast. It will sit down. 106 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:25,440 It will impact the way you lie down in your bed. 107 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:27,080 What's that supposed to mean? Is there some rule I'm 108 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:28,440 following? No, Dear St. 109 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:31,520 My point is, when you really love God, you'll really love His 110 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:35,000 Word, and you'll find a life and a heart filled of gratitude and 111 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,640 it finds all kinds of expression To love and to worship will 112 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,240 always be tied to the scriptures. 113 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:42,680 Always come back to the word of God. 114 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,040 So the Pharisees are these big famous ministers. 115 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,240 These are the guest ministers. They've come from Jerusalem. 116 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:52,520 Maybe it was a caravan, maybe they walked, probably horseback, 117 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:54,960 maybe Chariots. The scribes and the Pharisees 118 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,520 have come to little Olga center at on the Sea. 119 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:02,240 What a privilege, what an incredible honor. 120 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,520 The scribes, the Pharisees, the Rabbis are here. 121 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,720 We're going to go see them. This is exciting. 122 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:11,440 The people consider it would have been honored and excited 123 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,160 for this visit. We've already had the powerful 124 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,000 prophet come who's healed everybody. 125 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:17,680 So there's revival going on right now. 126 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:20,200 Already Jesus is teaching, Jesus is preaching. 127 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:24,000 Jesus healed everybody. But now the scribes and the 128 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,840 Pharisees too, Man, it's Christmas. 129 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:28,520 We got all of our favorite people here together. 130 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:31,000 Well, why did the? Scribes and the Pharisees come. 131 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,520 Well, scribes and Pharisees, they would travel because they 132 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:35,560 would want to make converts. They would travel to make 133 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,440 proselytes, which we're going to see in in chapter 23. 134 00:06:39,840 --> 00:06:42,400 Like you think Jesus has gone nuclear before. 135 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:43,680 You think he's going nuclear here? 136 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:45,400 You wait till we get to chapter 23. 137 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:47,560 You want to see Jesus go off? You're going to see Jesus go 138 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:50,800 off. And he does it in Jerusalem and 139 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:52,440 he does it in front of everybody. 140 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,400 Like it's hard to, it's hard to give you the full social 141 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:57,360 implications of like what this would have meant. 142 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,240 We're just like, oh, he seemed kind of irritated that day. 143 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:03,240 Like he's, he's not just level 10, he's level 11. 144 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:04,960 He's breaking all the rules. Why? 145 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,640 Because he is God. Because he's he's breaking 146 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,240 man's. Rules who are in disobedience to 147 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:12,400 Him. So why have they? 148 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,080 Why have they travelled? Well, maybe to make converts 149 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:16,880 more likely. They've travelled specifically 150 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:20,200 because they heard where Jesus was, and now the more his 151 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,080 ministry grows, the more the ridicule increases. 152 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,120 That's a typical thing for anything that grows. 153 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:29,320 But these jokers are intent on discrediting him. 154 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:33,440 That's their focus, that's their motive, that's their motivation. 155 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:37,880 So the scribes, the Pharisees, they come to Jesus from 156 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:42,240 Jerusalem, and now they have their question in verse 2. 157 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:47,560 Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? 158 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:51,960 For they do not wash their hands when they eat. 159 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:55,160 So who in the world are the scribes and the Pharisees? 160 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:57,880 Whenever we read our Old Testament, we don't see, we 161 00:07:57,880 --> 00:07:59,640 don't see a lot about them. We don't see anything about 162 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:01,440 Pharisees. We don't when we see very little 163 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:04,760 about scribes. But then we've got this 400 year 164 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,480 period where the the rat, the last of the Old Testament was 165 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:12,360 written and in the beginning of the New Testament begins to be 166 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:14,240 written down. So what was happening in there? 167 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:16,920 Well, in that time the scribes and the Pharisees really built a 168 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:19,480 lot of momentum. And these were different groups 169 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:23,920 who had different originally, maybe potentially pure purposes 170 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:27,240 and what they were doing. The scribes were responsible for 171 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,440 writing down the scriptures, inscribing things. 172 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:32,919 They were writing the scriptures, copying the 173 00:08:32,919 --> 00:08:36,240 scriptures. But eventually the scribes began 174 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:39,799 to be commentators and nitpickers of the scriptures. 175 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,799 So first of all, their job was to just, we're just to copy the 176 00:08:42,799 --> 00:08:45,920 Scripture perfectly and that's our specialty. 177 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:48,280 But eventually they start to go, well, we're going to, we're 178 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:49,800 going to start to add to it. We're going to write a 179 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:52,680 commentary alongside of it. You got a good study Bible, 180 00:08:52,680 --> 00:08:54,800 you've got the scripture and then underneath you've got the 181 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,480 study notes. Well, nothing wrong with that. 182 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:58,920 I think you should have good study Bibles. 183 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,840 They're very helpful resources. I want you to have commentaries 184 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,680 study all those things. Absolutely dig in. 185 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,600 But you know good and well, those study notes in your Bible 186 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:11,760 are not the Bible, right? That's a guy who's doing his 187 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:14,880 best, hopefully to love the Lord and to try and teach you and go, 188 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:16,800 hey, keep this in mind. And hey, keep that in mind. 189 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,720 Similar to your. Pastor, I speak. 190 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:22,920 For the Lord to his flock, Am I fallible? 191 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:28,400 Everybody say yes, yes. I've had to come into the pulpit 192 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:31,400 and apologize to you before. Maybe that'll happen again, I 193 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:33,680 don't know. But I make mistakes. 194 00:09:33,680 --> 00:09:35,840 Men make mistakes. God's word is perfect. 195 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:38,360 God's word is flawless. There is no error. 196 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,560 It is perfectly inspired. It is perfectly infallible. 197 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:44,000 So the scribes though apparently, I don't know, maybe 198 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,760 they got bored with their job and said we're we're going to 199 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:48,720 start to add to it. The problem is the weight to 200 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:51,560 their study notes started to become equal to that of the word 201 00:09:51,560 --> 00:09:54,720 of God. And they say, yeah, well, we, we 202 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:56,760 say this and these things, they all go together. 203 00:09:56,760 --> 00:10:00,120 And over time it became more and more and more their their their 204 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:03,080 volumes become longer than the scriptures themselves. 205 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,640 The Pharisees, who are they? Well, Pharisee means separated 206 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:09,200 or separate ones. So that was their original 207 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,000 intention. The Pharisees were saying, we 208 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,600 want to be separate and holy. We've seen Israel mess this 209 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:15,800 thing up over and over and over. Dag on it. 210 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,200 We're going to get it right now. We're going to be a holy people 211 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,640 for the Lord. That's a good motive, right? 212 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,520 That's what you and I want. We want to be holy people. 213 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:25,960 We want to be set apart under the Lord and for his work. 214 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:29,920 But the Pharisees, they start off good, but their separation 215 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:34,000 eventually becomes a ridiculous and an absurd outward show. 216 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:37,600 What started off maybe with a few originally saying, let's be 217 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:40,600 holy, let's be humble before the Lord, Let's put some things in 218 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:44,000 place so that we really walk out a faithful, disciplined life for 219 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,160 Him. It eventually morphed into 220 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:48,520 something where all we're focused on is the external 221 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:51,960 presentation of holiness absent the internal part. 222 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:54,320 So these are the scribes and these are the Pharisees. 223 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:56,920 They pat each other on the back. They go around Jerusalem. 224 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,000 They say, aren't we great? And all the normal folks like 225 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,440 you and I go, they're so great, they're so awesome. 226 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:04,400 I could never love God like they do. 227 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:08,400 And Jesus hated that. He absolutely hated that. 228 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:11,560 And then we've got another group. 229 00:11:11,560 --> 00:11:14,280 This is just just for your notes to keep in mind. 230 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,160 The Sadducees, they're not mentioned in this passage, but 231 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:20,360 these are more liberal. So the you could call the 232 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:22,160 Pharisees and the scribes more conservative. 233 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:24,960 The Sadducees much more liberal, not very religious. 234 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:27,080 They're much more concerned with social status. 235 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:28,440 They don't even believe in the resurrection. 236 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:29,680 They don't believe in the supernatural. 237 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,000 So lots more problems with them for other reasons. 238 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:35,800 But now what is our point back in verse 2? 239 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:38,840 Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? 240 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,240 What is their question they're asking about hey? 241 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,160 When the scribes and the Pharisees, we've written volumes 242 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:47,360 and volumes and volumes for hundreds of years, Jesus, and 243 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:50,800 there's lots of things in that. Those are the traditions of the 244 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:52,200 elders that they're asking about. 245 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:54,960 Why do your disciples not? They're not asking why do your 246 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:56,520 disciples disobey the scriptures? 247 00:11:56,920 --> 00:12:00,320 That's not their priority. They're asking why don't they do 248 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:04,360 what the study notes said To do that you absolutely have to do. 249 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:07,720 That's the question. Which is a it's a ridiculous 250 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:09,400 question. And of course it happens with 251 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:11,360 Jesus separately as well. Jesus doesn't wash his hands 252 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:13,960 before one of the meals, which again, he knew what he was 253 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:17,240 doing. Jesus is not worried about 254 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:20,360 breaking up the social construct of what everybody's used to. 255 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:23,320 He doesn't just go with the flow, nor is he dropping 256 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:28,120 grenades only to antagonize. His motive is to bring holiness. 257 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:30,640 His motive is to bring people closer to the Lord. 258 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,680 But there was this elaborate hand washing ceremony that was 259 00:12:33,680 --> 00:12:35,040 written out. It was spelled out. 260 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:37,920 So you've probably even seen it. They even do this whenever you 261 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:42,600 see, if you watch an old, a movie that's showing biblical 262 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,520 stuff going on, you might see someone in a meal time that take 263 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:47,840 their hands like this and you bend your hands at the wrist and 264 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:50,360 the water is poured down from the fingers down to the wrists. 265 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:55,360 And then there's a specific way that they have to move their 266 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:56,320 hands. I don't know how to do it. 267 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:59,160 This looks something like this. There's a specific way that a 268 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:02,080 holy person would really wash their hands like this. 269 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:05,440 What is it? I'm breaking the tradition of 270 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:06,640 the elders because I don't know what I'm doing. 271 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,480 And then after you've done that, now you bend your hands the 272 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,760 other way and the water drips down from the wrist, down the 273 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:13,640 fingers, and now you grab your towel. 274 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:15,120 There's a certain way you drive. Wow, holy. 275 00:13:17,560 --> 00:13:20,400 If you really want to be holy, you would even do it between the 276 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:23,280 courses of your meals. So now we've had the first 277 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:28,680 course, and now wow, doesn't get much holier than that. 278 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:31,680 Or does it? Or is that just an outward show? 279 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:34,680 Man, I'm like, yeah, I'm sure. I mean, I make my boys wash 280 00:13:34,680 --> 00:13:39,560 their hands before they eat, but is it that big of a deal? 281 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:42,640 The tradition of the elders. This is the oral tradition that 282 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:44,480 was created by the scribes and the Pharisees. 283 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:48,560 This is not scripture. Their commentaries were lengthy 284 00:13:48,560 --> 00:13:52,240 and eventually they come to be held as equal to or greater than 285 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,360 the Scripture. So this is a real problem, 286 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:57,600 right? They made what what's called the 287 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:00,040 fences, the fences of the Pharisees. 288 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:03,600 So if in the middle of the table here we have the law of God, God 289 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,240 says this thing right here. That's it. 290 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,880 God says do it this way, don't do it that way. 291 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:10,800 That's what I say about it. I'm God. 292 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:15,200 The Pharisees say, well, if God says that we're going to be 293 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,320 extra holy, we're going to say you can't even do this. 294 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:21,280 We're going to put up a bigger perimeter around the thing to 295 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:22,800 keep you from ever getting close to it. 296 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:26,080 Hey, my Pharisee friend, I appreciate you wanting the Lord 297 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:29,040 to be obeyed, but we should just stick with what the Lord says. 298 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:33,280 You shouldn't put anything extra on people that the Lord didn't 299 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:36,880 put on them. And but the bigger problem was 300 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:40,040 that it was all done for pomp and circumstance. 301 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:42,920 It was done with prideful representation. 302 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,760 So they made fences to keep you from breaking the law. 303 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:50,360 But here's the big problem. You could still keep the letter 304 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,480 of the law and still be breaking the heart of the law. 305 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:57,360 The very thing that the law was trying to accomplish, which all 306 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:00,520 of the law was pointing to. And Jesus said, I can all be 307 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:04,160 summed up like this. Love your neighbor or love, love 308 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:06,120 the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength 309 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:07,720 and love your neighbor as yourself. 310 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:12,040 So when you love your neighbor as yourself, you put a railing 311 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:15,360 around your rooftop because you don't want any other little kids 312 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,240 to get up because a lot of times they go on rooftop. 313 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:20,160 But it was a law of God. You had to have the the a 314 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:22,240 railing around your roof. Wow, God. 315 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:23,600 So you have to put a railing on your roof. 316 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:25,480 So you like the government putting building codes on 317 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:27,360 everything that are excessive and ridiculous? 318 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:29,200 No, our government often overreaches. 319 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:31,560 But the Lord's motive was a love your neighbor law. 320 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:34,200 And it was saying you don't want your neighbors to fall off when 321 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:35,960 you're having a dinner party. You don't want some little kid 322 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,480 to fall off and die. It's a good law. 323 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:39,480 That's all. All should be. 324 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:42,000 That's all our government should be doing, by the way, is things 325 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,280 that are making sure that people are being loved well and cared 326 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:47,240 for well. That's what legislation is, the 327 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:49,800 purpose. We literally legislate morality. 328 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:53,160 Throw that out there for you. It's often said you can't 329 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:55,120 legislate morality. That is incorrect. 330 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:57,600 Morality is literally the only thing we legislate. 331 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:01,040 That is the whole purpose of the law is to legislate morality. 332 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,800 We are making objective decisions and we're saying that 333 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:05,400 is immoral. It's immoral. 334 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:07,720 For your plant. To pump all this toxic sludge 335 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:10,680 into the river, that's immoral. We've made that decision and now 336 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:13,120 we're going to legislate that morality, right? 337 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:16,640 It's immoral for you to drive 300 miles an hour down the 338 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:19,280 freeway. So we're going to make a law 339 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:21,480 that says you have to love your neighbor, and we're going to 340 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,720 legislate that morality. But the Pharisees, their fences 341 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:26,520 keep getting bigger and bigger and bigger. 342 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:30,400 And the problem was they weren't trying to keep the heart of the 343 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:32,520 law. They were only keeping the 344 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:35,000 letter. And they had clever ways around 345 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:36,120 it. This is what lawyers are all 346 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:38,280 about, right? It's the technicality. 347 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:45,000 It's the loophole, right? Good lawyer movies are fun 348 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:46,680 because they find like, the one little thing. 349 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:48,160 And I like that's how they won the whole case. 350 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:50,280 Why? Because the law only cares about 351 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:51,920 the law. That's it. 352 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:55,760 If it's the law, then that's it. The law only cares about the 353 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:57,720 law. And if you got a good lawyer, 354 00:16:57,720 --> 00:16:59,640 you spend enough money and you get the right lawyer who goes, 355 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,080 well, I can make this do that and I can say. 356 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:03,880 Tada. And you kind of cobble this 357 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:06,599 thing together like, well, technically he got you. 358 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:11,599 So you lose when anyone with half a brain and one eye can 359 00:17:11,599 --> 00:17:14,920 still see that this that that ruling was immoral. 360 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:17,440 All normal. People can look at that and go, 361 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:19,680 that's immoral, that whole case turned out wrong. 362 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:22,839 That's not right. Everybody knows it, everybody 363 00:17:22,839 --> 00:17:26,960 can see it, the judge knows it. But the law, the law was 364 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:30,040 technically fulfilled and therefore we ended up with the 365 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,360 immoral ruling that we got. We missed the heart of the thing 366 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:36,160 because we got so good and clever with the law itself. 367 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:39,880 This is what the Pharisees and the scribes are, real good, real 368 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:42,560 sharp, real quick. That's what lawyers are all 369 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:45,880 about, technicalities, limitations and loopholes. 370 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:49,400 So the Pharisees and the scribes did two things with their 371 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:50,960 tradition. Listen to both of these. 372 00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:54,360 The Pharisees, the scribes did to at least two things. 373 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:00,960 They would add commands to gods that would burden the people 374 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:03,640 more than God's Word did. That would be, that would be 375 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:05,160 where they do. That's too much. 376 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:07,440 You put too much on it. You added commands that the Lord 377 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:09,160 didn't give and you're burdening people. 378 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:11,840 That's too much. Or sometimes they would create 379 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:15,040 elaborate loopholes to avoid obedience to God's Word. 380 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,800 That's not enough. It's too much or it's not 381 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:21,120 enough. Those are the two common errors. 382 00:18:21,360 --> 00:18:23,720 You and I do the exact same things. 383 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:26,480 It's easy to look at these guys and go, how could you? 384 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:29,480 But you and I have all kinds of clever little things that we do 385 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:31,520 as well. We're some pretty good lawyers, 386 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:33,000 right? Every parent knows that. 387 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:34,760 You got some good little lawyers in your house. 388 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:38,720 Like, did you do this? Well, let me explain. 389 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:42,480 I told you to clean your room. Well, actually you said, have 390 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:46,600 you cleaned your room? And then right, we get there 391 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:49,280 real good, real clever, real technical, all these children. 392 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:52,040 It's called flesh. I've got it. 393 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:54,880 You've got it. Well, the word of God says that. 394 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:57,600 Well, here's why. My it's actually different for 395 00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:59,200 me. And, well, here's the way I 396 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,800 think about it. Careful, you're probably getting 397 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:03,040 ready to say something really stupid. 398 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:05,560 You're probably getting ready to do some justification. 399 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:06,800 Well, here's the way I look at it. 400 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:08,320 Are you saying we're not supposed to interpret? 401 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:09,280 We are. We have to. 402 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:11,400 It's what does it say and how do you read it? 403 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:13,960 So yes, we're going to talk about making application to the 404 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:17,720 scriptures and yet be careful and make sure that this thing is 405 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,200 right. This is the thing that we've got 406 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:22,080 to protect and make sure that this thing is right. 407 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:25,160 There's lots of freedom and application, lots of freedom and 408 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:27,440 application, but it's got to look like something. 409 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,320 It can't look like nothing. I love God. 410 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:31,480 What's that look like in your life? 411 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:36,360 I love him in my heart. And what fruit would there be? 412 00:19:36,360 --> 00:19:39,360 Oh, my heart is the fruit. No, you're full of it. 413 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:42,160 You're absolutely full of it. And by it I mean sin. 414 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,440 You're full of it and that's super dangerous. 415 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:48,760 I love my wife so much, man. What's that look like? 416 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,840 I just, I just love her so much in my heart. 417 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:54,960 That's it. That's all there is to it. 418 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:56,560 Like it doesn't have to look like anything. 419 00:19:57,080 --> 00:20:00,400 Don't be legalistic. I know it needs to look like 420 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:02,320 something. So what are the scribes and 421 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:05,920 Pharisees do those two things? They either go too much or they 422 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:09,040 go not enough. Hey, God says this and we add on 423 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:13,560 top of it all this or they create the elaborate loopholes. 424 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:15,880 They don't go far enough and they in the heart of The thing 425 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:18,160 is not obeyed at all. So the technicals not obeyed. 426 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:22,080 Nor the heart is obeyed. And now they come peacocking and 427 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:25,760 presenting. You're welcome, You're blessed 428 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:30,720 today because we've come. We have such high standards. 429 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:32,800 That's the accusation that they're making. 430 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:36,480 Against the Lord of glory, we have higher standards than you 431 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:38,760 do. Oh, you're so stupid. 432 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:41,720 When are they going to learn? Maybe these guys haven't been 433 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,480 blown up by him yet. He's blown up some Pharisees. 434 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:46,320 Apparently they didn't tell their friends. 435 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,160 So this is what we got to work with for now. 436 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:54,480 So they're getting blown up, they're getting told they're 437 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:56,280 getting shown, but they come in Peacock. 438 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:59,080 And we've got these high standards, your disciples, 439 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:04,120 though, our disciples. Know how to eat holiness. 440 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:07,200 We even do it between courses because we because we're so 441 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,520 holy. But your disciples, they don't 442 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:15,640 wash their hands when they eat and Jesus calls them out. 443 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:17,640 He brings Razor. Sharp. 444 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:20,120 Accusation. He calls them hypocrites. 445 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,920 A hypocrite, you and I, we, we think of it, we, we have a 446 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:26,360 correct understanding of it. But at the time when he said 447 00:21:26,360 --> 00:21:30,080 this, a hypocrite was an actor in a play, a person in a play. 448 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,240 At that time, they wouldn't have taken on characters the same way 449 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:34,560 that you and I do where you pretend they would put on a 450 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:37,640 mask. So you put on a happy mask or a 451 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,720 sad mask, and then you would deliver your lines in that play. 452 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,280 So an act, an actor, a hypocrite is someone who's false. 453 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,680 But it's, it's to clarify to the audience like, oh, that's the 454 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:49,480 sad person, that's the good guy, that's the bad guy. 455 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:51,640 There wasn't a lot of drama to go around it. 456 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:53,200 The mask accomplished a lot of it. 457 00:21:53,640 --> 00:22:00,040 Jesus is calling them you actors, you fake people, you 458 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:04,880 fake Christians, you fake preachers, you fake whatever. 459 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,040 You got a mask on. You're putting on the proper 460 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,040 mask. Look at my religious mask. 461 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:12,280 Look at my Christian mask. Look at my loving mask. 462 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:15,880 But it's not. You're a hypocrite. 463 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,360 They wore the mask. They play the part Jesus saying 464 00:22:19,360 --> 00:22:21,960 that the scribes and the Pharisees are just actors and 465 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:25,280 that their devotion to God is false and it is a mask for 466 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:27,560 something rotten inside. He's told them this before, 467 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:32,040 right? You whitewashed tombs, a 468 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:35,880 whitewashed tomb. So kids, they didn't always bury 469 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:37,840 everybody in the ground. Sometimes you could build like 470 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:41,360 this beautiful tomb and you could make it really ornate and 471 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:44,800 really decorative. And you could put, you could put 472 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:47,880 sculptures around it and you could put carvings into it. 473 00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:50,400 And it really could be a beautiful piece of architecture. 474 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:51,560 And you go, wow, that's beautiful. 475 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,680 You know what's inside a dead body? 476 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:56,560 Something not so beautiful, right? 477 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,400 And Jesus calls them. And then they would whitewash 478 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:00,320 it. There was a way, there was a 479 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,520 certain chemical process they would use to make it even more 480 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,400 beautiful. They wash it white and it was 481 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:05,360 awesome. People go, wow, that was a 482 00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:06,840 beautiful whitewashed tomb, Jesus goes. 483 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:10,720 You're a whitewashed tomb, beautiful on the outside and 484 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:14,240 full of dead men's bones. It looks awesome. 485 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,280 Yeah, and there's a dead body in there it. 486 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:18,480 Stinks. You want to go inside? 487 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,800 No, I don't want to go inside. Well, neither do I want to go in 488 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,880 your heart. But your outward presentation 489 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:28,640 looks so great, he continues to call this out over and over. 490 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:34,560 Jesus hates spiritual deception. He knows they're gonna center it 491 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:37,080 that day, and everywhere he goes, he knows that the local 492 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:41,840 blacksmith is there watching the Pharisee wash his hands. 493 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,160 Or do. Any of his other number of oral 494 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,280 traditions that don't come from God, and he knows that that 495 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:50,720 guy's condemning himself. A guy who maybe really loves 496 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:54,560 God, maybe actually loves the Old Testament, maybe is lovingly 497 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,360 looking forward to the Messiah to come, and he loves his wife 498 00:23:57,360 --> 00:24:01,000 and his kids, and he's trying to follow God and he sees the 499 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,120 Pharisees in the. Scribes. 500 00:24:02,120 --> 00:24:04,800 And he thinks I could never be a holy man. 501 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,800 And Jesus hates that. He hates it. 502 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:12,480 And he says no, no, no, hey everybody, they're hypocrites. 503 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:15,480 They're false. Don't listen to them. 504 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:19,600 Everybody puckered up. Everybody got real 505 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:21,320 uncomfortable. The air got sucked out of the 506 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,320 room if they were indoors and if they were outdoors, everybody 507 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:26,800 goes, Oh my goodness, what is happening right now? 508 00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:28,280 He's not supposed to talk this way. 509 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,000 Nobody talks this way to the Pharisees. 510 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:32,520 They are the authority. It's them. 511 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,040 There's nobody above them. It's them. 512 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:37,640 There are religious leaders that we submit to. 513 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,320 They teach us how to be holy. And Jesus saying they're not 514 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:41,880 holy. Why? 515 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:45,160 Because. Jesus loves people, and because 516 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,840 Jesus. Loves his own word. 517 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:52,960 In his command, and he expects it to be obeyed with sincerity. 518 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:57,040 God is not prideful, so he has zero tolerance for pride in me. 519 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,760 God opposes the proud. He gives grace to the humble. 520 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:04,200 I don't want Jesus to put me on blast. 521 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,520 Then just be humble with Jesus and you'll receive the 522 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,480 tenderness that you that that we've always heard about. 523 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:14,920 But if there's pride, if there's hypocrisy, your blood's on your 524 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:18,480 own hands. You've done this. 525 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:23,440 I could never be that holy. Mr. Sweet and mild Jesus calls 526 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,200 out their sin publicly. Why? 527 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,120 Because their hypocrisy and their pride is public. 528 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:31,800 You go call Jesus out publicly. He'll answer publicly, but look 529 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,440 at his wisdom. Just bragging on him again. 530 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:38,440 Of course he uses this tactic where they say. 531 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:40,600 Why do they not do this? And he doesn't go. 532 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,640 Well, let me explain. I've told you this many times, 533 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:47,200 you need to be honest with yourself and recognize a dog and 534 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:51,000 a pig, a wolf and a snake. Jesus warned US against all of 535 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:52,800 those. Every non Christian's favorite 536 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:58,520 verse in the Bible. Remember it Judge not 97 one 537 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:00,720 judge not the whole rest of the chapter. 538 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:03,960 Literally teaches you how to judge accurately and how to 539 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,480 judge appropriately without hypocrisy. 540 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:09,400 Get the log out of my eye and now I can help my brother. 541 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:11,680 Now I can help my sister, but I am in. 542 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:13,400 I am supposed to help. You are supposed to help me. 543 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:16,360 By the way, if you see the splinter in there, you don't 544 00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:17,720 want to log in yours. You're not just going. 545 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:20,520 Splinter. I remember when I used to have 546 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:24,320 splinters. But instead you're going, hey, I 547 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,440 see a little something I could help, I'd love to help. 548 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:30,200 And I go, yes, please help. I received that. 549 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,720 I'm thankful for that. This is all good, but Jesus 550 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,560 doesn't take the bait. Answer us this question. 551 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:38,440 Why don't you follow our tradition? 552 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:41,240 He goes, no, no, I'm not going to play your game. 553 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:42,920 I'm not going to come into your framework. 554 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,200 I'm not going to come into your perspective because it's broken. 555 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,600 It's faulty. People do this to you all the 556 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,640 time, Saints, people do this to you all the time. 557 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,600 There is no divorce between the truth of God and the love of 558 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,760 God. But but your culture will 559 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:58,200 constantly tell you that there is. 560 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:01,760 Why do you hate homosexuals, Adam? 561 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:05,680 Why do you, you know, why do you hate Muslims, bro? 562 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:10,040 Why do you hate women, man? No, no. 563 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:10,600 Answer me. Is it? 564 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:11,720 No, No. Answer me. 565 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:15,000 No, No, I'm reasonable. I'm being completely reasonable. 566 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:16,880 No, I would. I'm being so reasonable. 567 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:18,080 I would just love for you to answer. 568 00:27:19,120 --> 00:27:21,240 And now what have I done? I've already given you a faulty. 569 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:25,560 Framework to start and Jesus goes no, no thank you, I'm not 570 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:25,960 playing. Why? 571 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,360 Because I know you're a dog and a pig is what? 572 00:27:29,360 --> 00:27:30,760 Jesus. I'm not giving you my pearls. 573 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:33,120 I'm not giving my pearls. I do have pearls. 574 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:35,720 I will share them when it's appropriate and you don't get 575 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:37,280 them. Because if you share your pearls 576 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,600 with the dog and the pig, they'll devour them and then 577 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,000 they'll turn and attack you. And that was my motive from the 578 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:43,760 beginning. When I'm laid in it, when I 579 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,320 began with an accusation, that was my whole motive. 580 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,400 I've already made judgments have been made. 581 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,920 I've already had your trial. It's all finished now. 582 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,440 I just need you to give me anything to work with so that I 583 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:55,520 can use it against you. Why? 584 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,720 Because I'm a snake, I'm a wolf, I'm a pig, I'm a dog, you name 585 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,480 it. And Jesus going, I'm not taking 586 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:03,240 the bait with any of that. And then, of course, when you 587 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,720 don't answer my question, I go, yeah, yeah, you won't answer it. 588 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:08,760 There's the evidence. I don't need anything. 589 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:10,640 I already have evidence in my own heart against you. 590 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:14,920 I've built up a false case. Anything you say, do or don't do 591 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:17,640 will all be seen as evidence for my case. 592 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:19,840 Why? Because I'm a fool and because 593 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:21,840 I'm an idiot. And you should not give my 594 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:25,120 accusations the time of day. It's different from someone who 595 00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:29,360 comes to you with humility and says, hey, brother, I got a 596 00:28:29,360 --> 00:28:31,400 concern, man. Share it with you so that we can 597 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:34,120 walk in holiness to towards the Lord together. 598 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:35,520 Got something to bring to your attention? 599 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:37,320 Can we discuss it together? And you go, Yeah, yeah, yeah. 600 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:41,120 It might wound you because the the wounds of a friend are 601 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,160 faithful. A friend won't stab you in the 602 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:44,480 back. A friend will stab you right in 603 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,720 the stomach and go, why'd you do that? 604 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:47,960 Go. It's surgery. 605 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:48,760 I'm here to help you. Go. 606 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:52,000 OK, let's do it. Lord help me. 607 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,000 It's hard on the flesh. Yes, it is. 608 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:58,240 Get up on the altar again. Living sacrifice again and again 609 00:28:58,240 --> 00:28:59,480 and again. That's what the altar is. 610 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:00,840 Church. It's a killing place. 611 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:05,280 This is what's required. I certainly need that over and 612 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:08,960 over and over again. He doesn't answer their 613 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:11,920 insincere question in the first category. 614 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:13,520 So notice I gave you those two categories. 615 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:16,760 Sometimes they go too far and other times they don't go far 616 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:18,600 enough. Notice the framework of their 617 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:20,600 first question. They come to him with a question 618 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:22,680 that goes too far. Why don't your disciples? 619 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:24,600 And it wasn't in the category of we want to skirt out of 620 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:26,080 something. It was the category of we do so 621 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:29,280 much extra. They come to him in the category 622 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:31,480 of look. Look at all the extra we do. 623 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:34,440 He answers them with an example of their second category that 624 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,840 they make a mistake in. You don't go far enough. 625 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:41,280 Hey, these guys, the hand washers over here, they go so 626 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:42,720 far, don't they? And the people are going, yeah. 627 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:45,320 And he goes. They don't go far enough is 628 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:47,880 their problem. And then he goes to a different 629 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:51,320 example where their oral tradition has negated the law of 630 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:52,800 God. They're pretending to make much 631 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:55,280 of the word of God because they're actually taking 632 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:57,000 scripture. In Leviticus, the priests had to 633 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,560 wash before they did a certain kind of sacrifice, but that was 634 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:00,600 it. It was just for the priest. 635 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:03,360 But they've said like, well, if the priest should do that, then 636 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:04,800 everyone should do this thing all the time. 637 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:07,720 And he's going, that's not, that's not, that's not what I 638 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:09,520 said. That's not what I said. 639 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:11,120 You're putting heavy burdens on everybody. 640 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,720 Like people can't even eat. And you're you're just building 641 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,680 burdens on people for your own prideful satisfaction. 642 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,360 If it was actually building holiness and people were doing 643 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:22,200 it with a heart of wisdom, then the Lord would have some 644 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:23,520 tolerance for it. You could put that in the 645 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:25,360 category of freedom you're free in. 646 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,280 Christ, Hey, I like to do it this way. 647 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:29,200 Hey, I like to pray 6 hours a day. 648 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:31,840 Praise the Lord, there's no law against that. 649 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:33,440 Love the Lord and pray 6 hours a day. 650 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:36,160 Everyone must pray 6 hours a day. 651 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:38,440 Hang on a second. That's different. 652 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:41,360 You, you just changed it. The first thing you were doing 653 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:43,680 out of your own loving devotion and the freedom you have in 654 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:47,320 Christ, which was good and beautiful, That was wonderful. 655 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:51,400 No condemnation for that. But then you said everybody must 656 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,880 do that thing, but that's not what God says. 657 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:58,280 So now you're putting a heavy burden on everybody, really just 658 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:01,560 for your own pride, because you're pretending that you are 659 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,040 the standard of holiness. No, my friend, No, my brother, 660 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:07,240 no, my sister, don't do that. Enjoy your six hours in prayer 661 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:11,360 and please pray for me. I hope you do, but but you can't 662 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:15,280 stick that on everybody. But holiness looks like 663 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,600 something. All of these things are true at 664 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:21,080 the same time. So he's not answering their 665 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:24,480 insincerity. He's taking us through 666 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,680 truthfully. But he answers them not 667 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,800 according to the question of their offenses that they make. 668 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,720 He goes after their second category of their godless 669 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:35,800 loopholes to reveal that their hearts are far from God. 670 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:40,000 Jesus sees all of the falseness and He knows it. 671 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:43,440 He knows it deceives people and he hates that. 672 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:51,880 So verse 3 and he answered them. And why do you? 673 00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:54,720 He just answers a question with a question. 674 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:57,520 Why don't you guys wash their hands? 675 00:31:57,560 --> 00:31:59,720 Why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your 676 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:01,680 tradition? Just asking. 677 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,040 Since we're all out, you're asking questions in front of 678 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:05,880 everybody. Today I have one for you. 679 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:07,960 The tradition mattered a lot to you. 680 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:11,120 I wonder why do you break God's law for your tradition? 681 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,000 That's called a mic drop moment. That's what the young folks will 682 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,960 call a sick burn. This is the razor's edge. 683 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:23,120 This is nuclear. Why do you guys? 684 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:26,960 I got a quick question too, Why do you guys put your tradition 685 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:30,280 above God's word? No, I'm all ears. 686 00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:32,920 I'd love to hear. And now he gives his example. 687 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:38,840 Verse 4 For God commanded honor your father and mother, and 688 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:42,480 whoever reviles father or mother must surely die. 689 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,320 But you say. If anyone tells his father or 690 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:49,120 his mother what you would have gained from me is given to God, 691 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:51,480 then that person doesn't have to honor his father. 692 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,800 So for the sake of your. Tradition you may void the word 693 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,880 of God. So here's here's the other thing 694 00:32:57,880 --> 00:32:59,360 that they did. So they made their hand washing 695 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:00,840 ceremony. We saw the priest had. 696 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:03,880 To do this thing one time and then we said everybody's got to 697 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,960 do this thing all the time. That's not what the some of the 698 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,480 Bible said. But now they've got this other 699 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:10,200 thing that they do. You're supposed to honor your 700 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:12,320 father and mother. Scripture doesn't give us a 701 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:13,880 million applications for that, does it? 702 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:16,040 It just says honor your father and mother. 703 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,480 Anyone who reviles father and mother should surely die. 704 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,120 Man, some a lot of strictness around this. 705 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:23,000 If you honor your father and mother, it's the first command 706 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:26,440 that comes with a promise is the 5th commandment that it'll go 707 00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:27,840 well with you. You'll live long on the earth. 708 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,680 Praise God. Wow, there's there must be a lot 709 00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:33,360 there. What does that look like? 710 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:34,680 Well, it looks like a lot of things. 711 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,640 There's a lot of things you and I can start making application 712 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:41,240 for a bare minimum. Would be that you care for your 713 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:42,800 father and mother in their old age. 714 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,600 What does that look? Like, well, again, welcome to 715 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:50,280 the category freedom, where the heart must always be submitted 716 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:54,160 to the Scripture. The heart of humans must always 717 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:57,880 be submitted to the word of God. But the Pharisees created this 718 00:33:57,880 --> 00:33:59,600 clever thing. It's called Corbin. 719 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:01,640 Some of your Bibles might use that word. 720 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:05,480 So it was this practice where you could devote your resources. 721 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:09,360 Everybody look at me quote, devote your resources to the 722 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:11,800 Lord. And if your resources are 723 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:15,400 devoted to the Lord, you're no longer obligated to give them to 724 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:19,840 anyone else. So because of my cleverness and 725 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,880 I can go, I want to be so holy. I want to devote everything I 726 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:24,960 have to the Lord. And since it's devoted to the 727 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:26,880 Lord, obviously I can't give it to you. 728 00:34:28,159 --> 00:34:30,280 You know, your family's hungry and needs food. 729 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,440 You give me a call. Hey, man, could can I borrow 730 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:33,520 some cash? I'm going to pay you back. 731 00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:36,760 Oh, I would love to. Here's the only problem. 732 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:39,560 I've devoted my money to the Lord. 733 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:41,480 Oh, here's the other clever thing. 734 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:43,960 With this money that I've devoted to the Lord, it can stay 735 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:48,440 in my bank account at all times. And at any point I can choose to 736 00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:52,280 use it. But it's devoted under the Lord, 737 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:54,600 and therefore you can't have access to it. 738 00:34:55,199 --> 00:34:57,520 This is what these guys did to their own mothers. 739 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:00,640 This. If that's not a snake, I don't 740 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:03,680 know what is. So your own father and mother 741 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:05,640 have a need. Hey, son, your mom could really 742 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:07,360 use this. Hey, son, your dad can really 743 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:08,320 use it. Oh my. 744 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:11,240 Oh, my resources are devoted unto God. 745 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:15,280 They're a Corbin. Wow, our son is so holy, except 746 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:19,280 that he disobeys the word of God and the heart of Scripture and 747 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:23,200 what the Lord was after. So what does Jesus do? 748 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:24,480 What does he bring to the argument? 749 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:27,000 They're bringing tradition to the argument. 750 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:30,760 Jesus brings the Scripture. He says this is what the word of 751 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:37,400 God says for God commanded honor your father and your mother, but 752 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:39,520 you twist it. You give yourself an out. 753 00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:42,560 You created a loophole that still who makes you look good 754 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:44,520 What who looks good at the end of this loophole? 755 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:48,040 The Pharisees again, supposedly. And all the common folk. 756 00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:50,440 What are they supposed to do with this man? 757 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:53,840 His mom was really struggling. I see she's begging in the 758 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:56,560 streets now. But man, they're so holy. 759 00:35:56,720 --> 00:35:59,080 Like now. Now the sheep are being misled 760 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,240 and they're being confused. They think that's holiness. 761 00:36:01,240 --> 00:36:03,160 No, no, no. That's wickedness. 762 00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:05,840 They will stand before him on that day and he will say, depart 763 00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:08,840 from me. I never knew you, you worker of 764 00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:10,800 iniquity. What's a worker of iniquity? 765 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:15,320 You lover of sin? What didn't I prophecy in your 766 00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:17,640 name? Didn't I drive out demons in 767 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:18,800 your name? Depart from me. 768 00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:22,680 I never knew you not I knew you and then I stopped knowing you. 769 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:27,680 I never knew you. That should put the fear of God 770 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:33,000 on us for what? For humility to make sure that 771 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:40,690 we don't have on a mask. You honor your father and 772 00:36:40,690 --> 00:36:42,770 mother. That's important. 773 00:36:42,890 --> 00:36:45,370 I want to why we have that command pointed out from Jesus 774 00:36:45,370 --> 00:36:46,370 here. I want to talk about that for a 775 00:36:46,370 --> 00:36:49,050 moment, and I also want to add on. 776 00:36:49,050 --> 00:36:50,970 So you should honor your father and mother. 777 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:52,840 What's it look like? Well, it looks like a million 778 00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:56,040 things and I'm not going to start to build you a list, but 779 00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:58,880 I'm going to tell you honor looks like honor every day of 780 00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:00,400 the week. That's what it looks like. 781 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,360 But I want to clarify something that could be misunderstood. 782 00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:06,280 Sometimes honor is not the same thing as obedience. 783 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,920 So you don't honor your father and mother as adults in the same 784 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:11,080 way that you did when you were children. 785 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:13,440 So when your children and your parents household, that means 786 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:18,280 obedience, right? Say yes, Sir, this guy in the 787 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:22,280 front row. So honor means obedience when 788 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:23,240 you're in your parents household. 789 00:37:23,240 --> 00:37:25,400 But when you're out of your parents household, honor doesn't 790 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:29,080 mean obedience in the same way. Oh, adult parents don't tell 791 00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:30,760 adult children. Here's what to do and here's how 792 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:31,840 to do it. If they're doing that, that's 793 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:35,400 overreach and it's overstepping. Now, ideally that relationship 794 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,520 is super healthy and that we still defer to that wisdom and 795 00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:40,720 we still make those phone calls and we still say, hey, mom, what 796 00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:42,480 about hey, dad, how do you see this? 797 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:45,280 Hey, what do you think? Praise God, that's the beauty as 798 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:49,440 as that as that's brother, sister in Christ relationship 799 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:52,480 strengthens overtime. Still always honored his father 800 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:54,600 all the way to the end. Still always honored his mother 801 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:56,680 all the way to the end. What if I had a terrible mother? 802 00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:59,560 What if I had a terrible father? Well, having access to your life 803 00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:01,480 is not the same thing as them still being honored. 804 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:03,120 What's it look like? Well, I think it's got to look 805 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:06,240 different and I think wise godly, biblical counsel in your 806 00:38:06,240 --> 00:38:08,920 life can help speak into that and say, hey, you know what, you 807 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:11,160 know, you know they did all these terrible things. 808 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:12,720 What does it look like? Well, first of all, always 809 00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:14,960 forgiveness, no doubt non negotiable. 810 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:18,120 But does it mean we have to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas 811 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:19,120 together? Absolutely. 812 00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:20,720 It doesn't mean that does not mean that. 813 00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:25,240 Does it mean that you can send this text message on Father's 814 00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:26,920 Day or Mother's Day or make this home again? 815 00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:29,000 Lots of freedom, lots of wisdom needed. 816 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:32,520 But honor looks like something. Honor don't look like nothing. 817 00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:36,560 Love looks like something. It don't look like nothing. 818 00:38:37,720 --> 00:38:41,000 But adult children no longer obey adult parents or submit to 819 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,360 their authority. The dynamics of that 820 00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:46,080 relationship are required to change because a man should 821 00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:48,360 leave his father and mother and join his wife. 822 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:50,200 This is obviously true for the wife as well. 823 00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:54,080 So we have separated and we have a new family, a new family that 824 00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:57,840 we make our own decisions with. Now, again, in a healthy 825 00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:00,480 circumstance, we're going to want to be with these people and 826 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:02,600 want to be with my parents and your parents and all those 827 00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:05,800 things, and we want to honor, but we will not be manipulated. 828 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,200 This is a common practice that takes place. 829 00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:10,640 I wanted to speak to it. Let's keep going. 830 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:15,400 What's interesting about obedience is that any time there 831 00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:19,240 is consistent obedience or application of the Word of God, 832 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:23,560 someone technically can always get you on the grounds of 833 00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:26,200 legalism. Somebody can always find a way 834 00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:31,760 to say legalism always, because the Scripture just said this. 835 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:36,000 It just said that and now you're saying, well, I'm going to apply 836 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,880 it this way. So, you know, to honor your 837 00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:40,960 father and mother, you might have a conviction. 838 00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:41,760 You said, man, I'm going to do it. 839 00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:43,600 I'm going to do it this way. And someone goes that's. 840 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:45,840 Legalistic. And I'm going, it's not 841 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:48,800 legalistic. It's an application of the word 842 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,480 of God. It's how I want to honor my 843 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:52,480 parents. Well, I just think you're being 844 00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:53,880 legal. What does it look like? 845 00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:58,680 It's got to look like something. It can't look like nothing. 846 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:02,880 And again, what's the real test? The heart, the heart, the heart. 847 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:07,000 That is the thing, if you find yourself in your heart going on, 848 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:08,680 I'm really just trying to squirm out of something. 849 00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:11,840 That's what the Pharisees did. That's thin ice. 850 00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:16,240 You don't want to be there. So anytime there's consistent 851 00:40:16,240 --> 00:40:20,120 obedience, someone can always cry legalism because application 852 00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:24,000 of God's Word convicts us and hits US between the eyes. 853 00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:27,960 It actually gets up in our business. 854 00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:30,040 We are clever with the commands of God. 855 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:33,560 We excuse ourselves from obedience with all kinds of 856 00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:35,720 mental gymnastics. I don't have to forgive them 857 00:40:35,720 --> 00:40:39,080 because here's my rationale. Well, I don't have to give 858 00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:41,120 generously because well, here's my rationale. 859 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:43,120 Well, I've got a unique situation. 860 00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:45,800 We become lawyers again. We become the six year old who 861 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:49,520 goes well, you didn't say and I heard mommy say, but daddy, you 862 00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:50,520 said and. Really. 863 00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:53,480 Here's the conclusion I've come. To with all the evidence, I'm 864 00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:57,000 just being very rational here. We can do the same thing with 865 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:59,280 the Scripture. Well, we say, well, I'm not 866 00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:04,880 going to be legalistic. We say things like, well, I'm 867 00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:08,200 fine with honor your father and mother until you make an 868 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:10,480 application that says I should care for my parents. 869 00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:11,280 In their old. Age. 870 00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:14,840 I'm fine with training up a child on the way. 871 00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:17,360 He should go until you make the application. 872 00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:20,000 Require me to be a present father who brings calm, 873 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:24,320 consistent consequences and I'm fine with Love your wife as 874 00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:27,600 Christ loves the church and be gentle with her until you make 875 00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:30,920 the application that says I need to crucify my temper or lead her 876 00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:34,320 in prayer. I'm fine with, submit to and 877 00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:37,800 respect your husband until you make the application that says I 878 00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:39,560 can't tell him what to do or mother him. 879 00:41:39,720 --> 00:41:41,320 Now you're just being legalistic. 880 00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:44,320 I don't like any of your applications. 881 00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:46,320 I don't want any of those applications. 882 00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:50,120 You're being legalistic now because you made it look like 883 00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:52,520 something. It's got to look like something. 884 00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:53,880 So what do you do in those situations? 885 00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:58,760 I ask the question, fine, how do you apply it? 886 00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:03,040 It will surface everything. And sometimes maybe there's 887 00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:05,240 legitimate answers there. And you say praise God, I 888 00:42:05,240 --> 00:42:07,360 disagree. I'll go apply it differently. 889 00:42:07,720 --> 00:42:11,920 But I, I think that you have some, some sincere applications 890 00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:14,000 there. Praise God for that. 891 00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:16,680 We can disagree. It's all right. 892 00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:19,800 I'm OK, you're OK. We're all going to be OK, and 893 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:22,600 King Jesus is going to sort it out, that's for sure. 894 00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:26,520 And that shouldn't make you go great. 895 00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:29,640 That should make you go. Let me double check myself. 896 00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:34,240 Maybe I should revisit again. It's got to look like something. 897 00:42:34,240 --> 00:42:36,280 I don't like the way you apply that. 898 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:38,000 How do you apply it? Well, I don't. 899 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:40,640 I like my way of applying it better than your way of not 900 00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:42,400 applying it. I think. 901 00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:46,320 I think I'll go with mine. I'm just not. 902 00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:47,560 Going to be some kind of Pharisee. 903 00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:51,160 People always say that whenever there's holiness, whenever 904 00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:53,200 there's holiness, whenever there's obedience to something, 905 00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:54,720 we will. Oh be careful not to be a 906 00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:57,280 Pharisee bro. Is that your risk? 907 00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:59,800 Are you risking Pharisee ISM in your life my friend? 908 00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:02,160 Or are you like actually just not? 909 00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:07,120 Obeying anything, the Pharisees always squirm out of obedience. 910 00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:09,560 We want to make sure that that's not what we're doing. 911 00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:16,120 Jesus let's him have it fully in verse 7, you hypocrites. 912 00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:19,920 Why? Because for the sake of your 913 00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:22,280 tradition, you've made void the word of God for the comforts of 914 00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:24,360 your flesh. You've disobeyed the scriptures 915 00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:26,240 and you've taught others to do likewise. 916 00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:29,400 In chapter 23, he's going to he's going to blast them and 917 00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:32,960 he's going to say you'll search, you'll you'll cross land and see 918 00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:36,160 to go make you a new convert. And when you finish with your 919 00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:38,720 convert, you make them twice the devil of hell that you ever 920 00:43:38,720 --> 00:43:41,480 were. He says it in Jerusalem in front 921 00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:45,600 of everybody. He didn't know how to be nice. 922 00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:55,440 He knew how to be good. You hypocrites, you mask 923 00:43:55,440 --> 00:44:00,520 wearers, you false people, or in our context, false Christian. 924 00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:02,560 Well, did Isaiah prophecy of you? 925 00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:04,520 Oh, Isaiah prophesied about us. Yeah. 926 00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:06,520 Let me tell you what passage applies to you. 927 00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:10,720 Isaiah prophesied This people honors me with their lips, but 928 00:44:10,720 --> 00:44:14,600 their heart is far from me. In vain do they worship me, 929 00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:21,320 teaching as doctrines, the commandments of men, burning 930 00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:24,560 accusations. Jesus goes to Scripture again. 931 00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:28,040 That's what we see Jesus do over and over and over and over and 932 00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:30,000 over and throughout Matthew. He's done that. 933 00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:32,840 Jesus is constantly quoting the scriptures, quoting the 934 00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:33,760 scriptures. What scriptures? 935 00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:35,760 The Old Testament, the scriptures that they had, they 936 00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:37,640 didn't have the New Testament yet, hadn't been written yet. 937 00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:40,480 But he's constantly quoting the Old Testament. 938 00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:43,760 It is written. It is written, it is said, oh, 939 00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:45,520 that's pretty strict, isn't it? You better believe it. 940 00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:48,160 And he's made and he makes the right application for it as 941 00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:50,480 well. And he always clarifies that it 942 00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:53,400 comes down to the heart. Remember what Jesus did earlier? 943 00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:56,560 You've heard it said. Then he quotes the scripture. 944 00:44:57,160 --> 00:45:01,520 He says, but I say, whoa, Lord, but there was a bit alarming. 945 00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:04,440 It seems as though there's some some contradiction, Lord, no 946 00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:06,800 contradiction. I'm further clarifying for you 947 00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:10,160 the point because you guys got stuck on the letter of the law 948 00:45:10,240 --> 00:45:11,760 and I'm giving you the spirit of the thing. 949 00:45:12,720 --> 00:45:14,800 You heard it said don't commit adultery. 950 00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:17,120 Let me clarify the point of this for everybody. 951 00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:21,440 Don't even lust in your heart because that is what led to the 952 00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:23,840 adultery. So the Pharisee would go. 953 00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:26,120 I won't commit adultery. I will walk up to all these 954 00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:28,840 places and stop short, but I won't do the thing. 955 00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:30,880 Or I'll or I'll create loopholes, Jesus said. 956 00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:32,720 Everything comes down to what's in here. 957 00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:36,200 Which brings us to the goodness of God in the New Testament 958 00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:40,240 message. Anyway, you need a new heart God 959 00:45:40,240 --> 00:45:42,080 who can help me with all? This I'm just burdened. 960 00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:45,400 The commands of God. They're heavy enough without 961 00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:46,840 without Pharisees adding to them. 962 00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:50,120 The commands of God are big enough without anybody else 963 00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:52,760 piling them on top of me. The commands of God show me that 964 00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:54,360 I can't do enough. I can't be enough. 965 00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:59,800 And I am crushed under the law. The law destroys me and says 966 00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:02,480 you're not enough. You put me against the law and 967 00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:04,600 the law wins. And I am found lacking. 968 00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:09,080 And Jesus says, I think you're finally ready for salvation. 969 00:46:09,080 --> 00:46:11,520 I think you're finally ready. You're finally humbled enough to 970 00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:13,640 know that you couldn't do it. The law is a. 971 00:46:13,640 --> 00:46:17,160 Harsh taskmaster, There was plenty there from God's 972 00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:19,240 commands. Forget the Pharisees, I'm 973 00:46:19,240 --> 00:46:21,760 already a loser just when you stack me up against God's 974 00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:23,840 commands. I need a savior. 975 00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:26,720 I need a deliverer. I cannot deliver myself. 976 00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:29,560 Scribes and the Pharisees taught self righteousness. 977 00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:32,720 Here's what you can do to make you holy. 978 00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:35,840 Jesus says nothing you can do can make you holy. 979 00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:37,640 I'm going to make everybody holy. 980 00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:42,240 Whoever calls upon my name, whoever comes to the cross in 981 00:46:42,240 --> 00:46:47,040 humility, whoever confesses their sin, whoever repents from 982 00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:50,800 their sin and follows me, you'll take care of the issue. 983 00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:54,480 It's the engine on the inside. It's the fuel that you lack. 984 00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:57,800 You actually don't love God. You don't know how much God 985 00:46:57,800 --> 00:46:59,640 loves you. And when you have that 986 00:46:59,640 --> 00:47:04,320 revelation, now all things can be applied with love and with 987 00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:07,960 gratitude for the Lord. We have much freedom in Christ 988 00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:11,800 and we're closing church. We have much freedom in Christ 989 00:47:12,160 --> 00:47:14,240 and we have much room for application. 990 00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:18,640 But when you and I are finished making our applications and you 991 00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:23,720 should make application, read your Bible and say, Lord, what 992 00:47:23,720 --> 00:47:27,360 might this look like for me? And ask other believers and ask 993 00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:30,120 your pastor. That's Christian fellowship. 994 00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:33,440 That's that's normal stuff. Hey, what this look like to 995 00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:36,040 apply, man, I don't know. Good question. 996 00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:38,080 Let's think on that together. Let's ask somebody else. 997 00:47:38,080 --> 00:47:39,760 Let's ask that otherwise, brother, let's ask that 998 00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:43,280 otherwise, sister, how, how might we make application here? 999 00:47:43,680 --> 00:47:46,240 We have much freedom to make application. 1000 00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:49,720 But whenever we finish making our applications, we should make 1001 00:47:49,720 --> 00:47:51,320 we should ask 2 important questions. 1002 00:47:51,600 --> 00:47:54,400 Number one, is God's word actually being obeyed? 1003 00:47:55,840 --> 00:47:57,960 That's the simple assessment. First of all, did we even hit 1004 00:47:57,960 --> 00:48:00,600 the mark we were attempting to when we started? 1005 00:48:01,160 --> 00:48:04,520 How do we obey God's word there? I think we do it like this. 1006 00:48:05,120 --> 00:48:08,520 Does that actually OK, check God's word is obeyed. 1007 00:48:08,680 --> 00:48:11,680 Second question we should ask, is there an unnecessary 1008 00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:14,240 additional burden being? Created here that God didn't 1009 00:48:14,240 --> 00:48:17,400 intend. So those are the things we're 1010 00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:20,360 asking #1 is God actually being obeyed with the application that 1011 00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:22,960 I'm making? No, he's not. 1012 00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:25,440 OK, Well, then bad application. Throw it out right away. 1013 00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:27,880 He's got actually being obeyed. Yeah, it seems as though I think 1014 00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:30,240 so. OK second of all, do these seem 1015 00:48:30,240 --> 00:48:32,840 to be crushing an extra overwhelming burdens? 1016 00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:35,680 Are they, are they speaking to the spirit of the thing, or are 1017 00:48:35,680 --> 00:48:38,400 they just trying to hit the technical legal matter of the 1018 00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:40,320 thing? These are some wise questions 1019 00:48:40,320 --> 00:48:41,720 that you and I can start to ask ourselves. 1020 00:48:41,720 --> 00:48:44,640 And go now that that's going to take us to some good and safe 1021 00:48:44,640 --> 00:48:48,160 and fruitful places, can you see that that will actually take me 1022 00:48:48,160 --> 00:48:49,880 to some wholesome places where I'm going. 1023 00:48:50,520 --> 00:48:52,440 Yeah. Am I getting it perfect. 1024 00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:54,680 Well, I've got the Holy Spirit. You've got the Holy Spirit and 1025 00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:58,160 we have the word of God. That combined with a humble 1026 00:48:58,160 --> 00:49:01,080 heart, the rest is history. You're going to be so safe. 1027 00:49:01,520 --> 00:49:05,320 The word of God, the book of God is safe for the common man, for 1028 00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:08,680 the common woman to pick it up, for the common child to pick it 1029 00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:12,720 up, to read it, believe it. And with a humble heart, see, 1030 00:49:12,720 --> 00:49:16,080 take, make application. You'll arrive in a healthy 1031 00:49:16,080 --> 00:49:19,000 place. Everybody will not always agree 1032 00:49:19,600 --> 00:49:22,160 with one another on every single application. 1033 00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:25,200 But humble hearts will keep us safe and they'll keep us in deep 1034 00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:27,600 fellowship with one another, and they will still produce good 1035 00:49:27,600 --> 00:49:29,400 fruit. And God will be glorified. 1036 00:49:30,280 --> 00:49:33,520 Have you been acting without word practice while lacking 1037 00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:35,440 inward love? That's the question for you 1038 00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:37,760 Saints. Have you been acting without 1039 00:49:37,760 --> 00:49:40,600 word practice while lacking inward love? 1040 00:49:42,320 --> 00:49:50,720 If so, you can repent right now. Do you have the temptation to 1041 00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:55,560 build extra laws on top of God's laws, on top of God's commands? 1042 00:49:55,560 --> 00:49:57,920 Not just a healthy application that's a straight line 1043 00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:03,640 application, but to build things around it, to puff yourself up 1044 00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:07,520 for presentation purposes. That was the purpose. 1045 00:50:07,520 --> 00:50:10,040 That was the root of the of the issue with the Pharisees. 1046 00:50:10,040 --> 00:50:11,920 It's not that they love the word so much and they were just 1047 00:50:11,920 --> 00:50:14,560 trying to make application. It's not apples and oranges. 1048 00:50:14,720 --> 00:50:16,760 It's not apples and apples for you and I and the Pharisees. 1049 00:50:17,440 --> 00:50:19,560 Unless you're doing things for prides purpose. 1050 00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:21,800 If you're just trying to make application in your own life, by 1051 00:50:21,800 --> 00:50:23,600 all means let her RIP. Go, go, go, go, go. 1052 00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:28,360 It's going to be good until it's for presentation purposes. 1053 00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:32,120 Here's how I do it so that I can be seen doing it. 1054 00:50:34,840 --> 00:50:37,280 But if we're embracing any tradition or any habit, any 1055 00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:40,920 belief that doesn't obey God's word or adds unintended burden 1056 00:50:41,120 --> 00:50:45,360 to His Word, we should take that to Him for Him to reveal it, so 1057 00:50:45,360 --> 00:50:47,720 that a heart can be purified, that our mind can be renewed. 1058 00:50:49,040 --> 00:50:52,280 Oh, and we can walk in freedom, the relief of walking in 1059 00:50:52,280 --> 00:50:56,520 holiness. Jesus's burden is light. 1060 00:50:56,520 --> 00:50:58,400 His yoke is easy. There is a burden. 1061 00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:01,280 There is a yoke. It fits perfectly. 1062 00:51:02,560 --> 00:51:04,320 The yoke of the Pharisees will cut into you. 1063 00:51:04,640 --> 00:51:07,400 It's not built for you. Jesus custom built it and said, 1064 00:51:08,120 --> 00:51:09,800 this is where you're at. This is how I expect you to 1065 00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:11,120 live. Here's how I expect you to grow. 1066 00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:13,200 Here's what your next step of obedience looks like. 1067 00:51:14,400 --> 00:51:16,800 Heavenly Father, you love your people so much. 1068 00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:20,320 You sent your Son to save us, to rescue us from our sin. 1069 00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:23,320 And God, pride is a particular hideous thing. 1070 00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:28,640 We repent again together from our pride, from our 1071 00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:31,000 presentation, from falseness and from hypocrisy. 1072 00:51:31,320 --> 00:51:33,400 God, don't let us be actors who wear the mask. 1073 00:51:34,960 --> 00:51:40,800 God drive us into deep humility. Confession of sin, revival is 1074 00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:45,320 what they used to call that revival when sins would be 1075 00:51:45,320 --> 00:51:48,360 confessed, when when egos were just thrown away. 1076 00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:56,160 I don't care what it looks like. The self-righteous man goes to 1077 00:51:56,160 --> 00:52:04,320 pray and he's in there praying and there's a Sinner in there as 1078 00:52:04,320 --> 00:52:07,560 well. Self-righteous man says, God, I 1079 00:52:07,560 --> 00:52:09,120 thank you that I'm not like this man. 1080 00:52:11,480 --> 00:52:16,960 And the sinful man, mourning and weeping, beats his own chest and 1081 00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:22,440 says, God, forgive me a Sinner. Jesus said. 1082 00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:24,880 One of those men walked away justified that day. 1083 00:52:26,040 --> 00:52:28,480 One of those men went before God to brag about his own 1084 00:52:28,480 --> 00:52:31,400 righteousness. The other man went before God to 1085 00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:33,280 humble himself and seek forgiveness. 1086 00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:37,920 He did it publicly. Had he received much grace? 1087 00:52:38,240 --> 00:52:42,680 Justified, just as if he had never sinned. 1088 00:52:44,320 --> 00:52:48,160 God, you are so gracious and so merciful and so patient and so 1089 00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:52,600 kind. Thank you for the love that 1090 00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:55,160 you've shown us. I plead the blood of Jesus over 1091 00:52:55,160 --> 00:52:57,440 your people. I ask that you would fill them 1092 00:52:57,440 --> 00:52:59,400 with a supernatural wisdom and insight. 1093 00:53:01,880 --> 00:53:04,440 I ask that you would give them such a hunger and a humility for 1094 00:53:04,440 --> 00:53:08,600 Your Word. God make us the humble heart 1095 00:53:09,680 --> 00:53:13,440 who's not looking to present anything other than good fruit. 1096 00:53:14,880 --> 00:53:16,760 Not just good presentation, but good fruit. 1097 00:53:18,680 --> 00:53:20,320 Not we're not. We're not spray painting the 1098 00:53:20,320 --> 00:53:23,840 leaves of our tree green. We really have good health and 1099 00:53:23,840 --> 00:53:27,480 good fruit. Grow us, mature us. 1100 00:53:28,040 --> 00:53:29,960 Help us to make the application where we should. 1101 00:53:32,120 --> 00:53:34,120 And now the Lord bless you and keep you. 1102 00:53:35,360 --> 00:53:38,600 The Lord make his face Shinedown upon you, and be gracious to 1103 00:53:38,600 --> 00:53:41,160 you. The Lord lift up his countenance 1104 00:53:41,160 --> 00:53:46,680 upon you and give you great peace in Jesus name, Amen.