Warning: chmod(): Operation not permitted in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8
[0] in function chmod in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8
[1] in function include_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-settings.php on line 560
[2] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-config.php on line 85
[3] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-load.php on line 50
[4] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-blog-header.php on line 13
[5] in function require in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/index.php on line 17

WEBVTT
Kind: captions
Language: en

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.500
x
As<00:00:01.040><c> you</c><00:00:01.280><c> may</c><00:00:01.560><c> already</c><00:00:01.899><c> know,</c><00:00:03.000><c> we're</c><00:00:03.339><c> going</c><00:00:03.439><c> to</c><00:00:03.560><c> be</c><00:00:03.819><c> considering</c><00:00:05.019><c> Christian</c>

00:00:07.500 --> 00:00:16.379
x
ethics<00:00:08.000><c> and</c><00:00:09.060><c> the</c><00:00:10.179><c> moral</c><00:00:10.480><c> teachings</c><00:00:10.880><c> of</c><00:00:11.099><c> Christ,</c><00:00:11.400><c> we</c><00:00:11.539><c> might</c><00:00:11.759><c> say,</c><00:00:16.199><c> as</c>

00:00:16.379 --> 00:00:20.519
x
represented<00:00:16.940><c> and</c><00:00:17.579><c> as</c><00:00:17.980><c> presented</c><00:00:18.600><c> by</c><00:00:19.559><c> Matthew's</c><00:00:20.160><c> Gospel.</c>

00:00:20.519 --> 00:00:35.939
x
Now,<00:00:22.219><c> the</c><00:00:22.579><c> reason</c><00:00:23.100><c> we're</c><00:00:25.059><c> leading</c><00:00:25.559><c> with</c><00:00:27.219><c> Matthew</c><00:00:27.739><c> rather</c><00:00:28.500><c> than</c><00:00:29.260><c> a</c><00:00:30.379><c> collation</c><00:00:31.019><c> of</c><00:00:31.859><c> the</c><00:00:32.060><c> four</c><00:00:32.280><c> Gospels,</c><00:00:34.960><c> well,</c><00:00:35.320><c> that's</c><00:00:35.640><c> for</c><00:00:35.840><c> a</c>

00:00:35.939 --> 00:00:41.420
x
number<00:00:36.140><c> of</c><00:00:36.359><c> reasons,</c><00:00:37.320><c> but</c><00:00:38.479><c> I</c><00:00:39.560><c> think</c><00:00:39.840><c> that</c><00:00:40.560><c> Matthew's</c><00:00:41.140><c> Gospel</c>

00:00:41.420 --> 00:00:47.960
x
is<00:00:41.659><c> maybe</c><00:00:41.899><c> most</c><00:00:42.340><c> interested</c><00:00:43.340><c> of</c><00:00:44.140><c> the</c><00:00:44.399><c> four</c><00:00:44.859><c> in</c><00:00:46.539><c> what</c><00:00:47.159><c> Jesus</c><00:00:47.600><c> is</c>

00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:50.500
x
doing<00:00:48.280><c> as</c><00:00:48.880><c> a</c><00:00:49.159><c> moral</c><00:00:49.479><c> teacher.</c>

00:00:51.399 --> 00:00:54.840
x
And<00:00:51.960><c> that</c><00:00:52.179><c> isn't</c><00:00:52.399><c> to</c><00:00:52.640><c> say</c><00:00:52.759><c> that</c><00:00:52.960><c> there</c><00:00:53.119><c> aren't</c><00:00:53.359><c> important</c><00:00:54.179><c> elements</c><00:00:54.619><c> of</c>

00:00:54.840 --> 00:00:56.600
x
Christ's<00:00:55.280><c> moral</c><00:00:55.399><c> teaching</c><00:00:55.679><c> that</c><00:00:55.899><c> come</c><00:00:56.039><c> up</c><00:00:56.200><c> in</c><00:00:56.340><c> the</c><00:00:56.439><c> other</c>

00:00:56.600 --> 00:00:58.100
x
four<00:00:56.880><c> Gospels.</c>

00:00:58.299 --> 00:01:03.280
x
They<00:00:58.859><c> obviously</c><00:00:59.280><c> do,</c><00:01:00.100><c> and</c><00:01:00.820><c> they</c><00:01:00.979><c> are</c><00:01:01.219><c> important,</c><00:01:01.780><c> but</c><00:01:02.520><c> I</c><00:01:02.920><c> think</c><00:01:03.100><c> that</c>

00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:07.079
x
some<00:01:03.460><c> of</c><00:01:03.600><c> the</c><00:01:03.780><c> specific</c><00:01:04.739><c> details</c><00:01:05.519><c> that</c><00:01:05.760><c> we</c><00:01:05.980><c> have</c><00:01:06.219><c> that</c><00:01:06.379><c> are</c><00:01:06.579><c> unique</c><00:01:06.840><c> to</c>

00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:12.540
x
Matthew<00:01:07.420><c> or</c><00:01:08.040><c> are</c><00:01:08.200><c> being</c><00:01:08.480><c> focused</c><00:01:08.920><c> on</c><00:01:09.200><c> more</c><00:01:09.859><c> by</c><00:01:10.920><c> Matthew's</c><00:01:11.540><c> Gospel</c><00:01:11.840><c> are</c>

00:01:12.540 --> 00:01:18.840
x
really<00:01:13.280><c> important</c><00:01:13.680><c> for</c><00:01:13.859><c> us</c><00:01:14.159><c> to</c><00:01:16.019><c> notice,</c><00:01:16.739><c> appreciate</c><00:01:17.180><c> and</c><00:01:17.319><c> take</c><00:01:17.579><c> advantage</c><00:01:17.900><c> of.</c>

00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:25.700
x
Not<00:01:20.280><c> least</c><00:01:20.579><c> because</c><00:01:20.980><c> they</c><00:01:21.659><c> serve</c><00:01:22.060><c> to</c><00:01:22.379><c> stand</c><00:01:22.579><c> against</c><00:01:23.459><c> some</c><00:01:25.519><c> of</c>

00:01:25.700 --> 00:01:31.200
x
the,<00:01:27.280><c> I</c><00:01:27.519><c> suppose</c><00:01:27.939><c> we</c><00:01:28.379><c> might</c><00:01:28.680><c> call</c><00:01:29.159><c> them</c><00:01:29.400><c> popular</c><00:01:30.019><c> misreadings</c>

00:01:31.200 --> 00:01:38.560
x
of<00:01:32.920><c> Christ's</c><00:01:33.540><c> teaching,</c><00:01:35.019><c> ways</c><00:01:35.200><c> in</c><00:01:35.420><c> which</c><00:01:36.019><c> Christ's</c><00:01:37.180><c> moral</c><00:01:37.379><c> teaching</c><00:01:37.939><c> tends</c><00:01:38.299><c> to</c>

00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:46.219
x
be<00:01:39.180><c> either</c><00:01:40.519><c> misunderstood</c><00:01:41.340><c> or</c><00:01:42.579><c> misconstrued,</c><00:01:44.879><c> either</c><00:01:45.379><c> by</c><00:01:45.659><c> accident</c><00:01:46.000><c> or</c>

00:01:46.219 --> 00:01:46.879
x
on<00:01:46.480><c> purpose.</c>

00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:49.120
x
It<00:01:46.939><c> doesn't</c><00:01:47.459><c> really</c><00:01:47.799><c> matter.</c>

00:01:54.819 --> 00:01:59.840
x
the<00:01:55.159><c> verse</c><00:01:55.599><c> that</c><00:01:56.200><c> I've</c><00:01:56.540><c> given</c><00:01:56.719><c> as</c><00:01:56.959><c> a</c><00:01:57.060><c> heading</c><00:01:57.379><c> is</c><00:01:59.040><c> Matthew</c><00:01:59.340><c> 5</c>

00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:00.959
x
verse<00:02:00.299><c> 20.</c>

00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:03.920
x
Now,<00:02:01.939><c> I'm</c><00:02:02.079><c> not</c><00:02:02.299><c> going</c><00:02:02.420><c> to</c><00:02:02.519><c> have</c><00:02:02.599><c> us</c><00:02:02.840><c> read</c><00:02:02.980><c> through</c><00:02:03.140><c> the</c><00:02:03.319><c> entirety</c><00:02:03.599><c> of</c><00:02:03.760><c> the</c>

00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:24.120
x
Sermon<00:02:04.099><c> on</c><00:02:04.260><c> the</c><00:02:04.379><c> Mount</c><00:02:05.019><c> as,</c><00:02:07.319><c> well,</c><00:02:08.080><c> it's</c><00:02:08.520><c> several</c><00:02:08.759><c> chapters</c><00:02:09.439><c> long</c><00:02:10.759><c> and</c><00:02:11.219><c> we're</c><00:02:11.439><c> likely</c><00:02:11.719><c> already</c><00:02:12.180><c> fairly</c><00:02:12.479><c> familiar</c><00:02:12.879><c> with</c><00:02:13.080><c> it,</c><00:02:13.580><c> but</c><00:02:14.020><c> there</c><00:02:14.419><c> are</c><00:02:14.639><c> some</c><00:02:16.340><c> strong</c><00:02:18.039><c> words</c><00:02:18.659><c> in</c><00:02:21.060><c> the</c><00:02:21.259><c> section</c><00:02:21.520><c> of</c><00:02:23.479><c> Matthew</c><00:02:23.759><c> 5</c>

00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:29.650
x
verses<00:02:24.520><c> 13</c><00:02:26.979><c> to</c><00:02:27.159><c> 20</c><00:02:27.639><c> that</c><00:02:28.360><c> really</c><00:02:28.840><c> do</c>

00:02:31.250 --> 00:02:40.949
x
merit<00:02:32.009><c> some</c><00:02:32.289><c> consideration</c><00:02:32.969><c> and</c><00:02:33.889><c> perhaps</c><00:02:34.469><c> when</c><00:02:35.409><c> we</c><00:02:35.669><c> read</c><00:02:35.990><c> over</c><00:02:36.789><c> these</c><00:02:37.030><c> familiar</c><00:02:37.349><c> chapters,</c><00:02:38.849><c> we're</c><00:02:39.789><c> perhaps</c><00:02:40.650><c> too</c>

00:02:40.949 --> 00:02:45.330
x
used<00:02:41.250><c> to</c><00:02:41.449><c> it,</c><00:02:42.189><c> too</c><00:02:42.449><c> used</c><00:02:42.689><c> to</c><00:02:42.830><c> the</c><00:02:42.990><c> wording</c><00:02:43.189><c> to</c><00:02:43.710><c> really</c><00:02:44.289><c> think</c>

00:02:45.330 --> 00:02:47.150
x
about<00:02:45.629><c> what</c><00:02:45.969><c> exactly</c><00:02:46.409><c> this</c><00:02:46.629><c> implies.</c>

00:02:47.449 --> 00:02:55.129
x
So<00:02:47.629><c> I'm</c><00:02:47.710><c> just</c><00:02:47.949><c> going</c><00:02:48.090><c> to</c><00:02:48.349><c> read</c><00:02:49.409><c> Matthew</c><00:02:51.370><c> 5</c><00:02:52.310><c> up</c><00:02:52.849><c> to</c><00:02:53.349><c> verse</c><00:02:53.729><c> 20.</c>

00:02:55.330 --> 00:02:57.969
x
When<00:02:55.770><c> Jesus</c><00:02:56.090><c> saw</c><00:02:56.349><c> the</c><00:02:56.590><c> crowds,</c><00:02:56.889><c> he</c><00:02:57.030><c> sat</c><00:02:57.210><c> up</c><00:02:57.330><c> on</c><00:02:57.469><c> the</c><00:02:57.629><c> mountain</c>

00:02:57.969 --> 00:03:00.870
x
and<00:02:58.530><c> after</c><00:02:58.810><c> he</c><00:02:59.009><c> sat</c><00:02:59.150><c> down,</c><00:02:59.469><c> his</c><00:02:59.669><c> disciples</c><00:03:00.009><c> came</c><00:03:00.250><c> to</c><00:03:00.469><c> him.</c>

00:03:01.229 --> 00:03:03.590
x
He<00:03:01.389><c> opened</c><00:03:01.569><c> his</c><00:03:01.810><c> mouth</c><00:03:01.990><c> and</c><00:03:02.169><c> began</c><00:03:02.389><c> to</c><00:03:02.629><c> teach</c><00:03:02.789><c> them,</c><00:03:03.590><c> saying,</c>

00:03:03.930 --> 00:03:07.169
x
Blessed<00:03:04.150><c> are</c><00:03:04.270><c> the</c><00:03:04.430><c> poor</c><00:03:04.590><c> in</c><00:03:04.810><c> spirit,</c><00:03:05.270><c> for</c><00:03:05.330><c> theirs</c><00:03:05.610><c> is</c><00:03:05.830><c> the</c><00:03:05.930><c> kingdom</c><00:03:06.110><c> of</c><00:03:06.330><c> heaven.</c>

00:03:07.430 --> 00:03:10.110
x
Blessed<00:03:07.569><c> are</c><00:03:07.710><c> those</c><00:03:07.889><c> who</c><00:03:08.090><c> mourn,</c><00:03:08.629><c> for</c><00:03:08.750><c> they</c><00:03:08.909><c> shall</c><00:03:09.030><c> be</c><00:03:09.250><c> comforted.</c>

00:03:10.430 --> 00:03:12.729
x
Blessed<00:03:10.610><c> are</c><00:03:10.750><c> the</c><00:03:10.909><c> gentle,</c><00:03:11.430><c> for</c><00:03:11.569><c> they</c><00:03:11.789><c> shall</c><00:03:11.909><c> inherit</c><00:03:12.210><c> the</c><00:03:12.430><c> earth.</c>

00:03:13.090 --> 00:03:16.389
x
Blessed<00:03:13.349><c> are</c><00:03:13.490><c> those</c><00:03:13.729><c> who</c><00:03:13.930><c> hunger</c><00:03:14.229><c> and</c><00:03:14.729><c> thirst</c><00:03:15.009><c> for</c><00:03:15.250><c> righteousness,</c><00:03:15.930><c> for</c><00:03:16.150><c> they</c>

00:03:16.389 --> 00:03:17.849
x
shall<00:03:16.530><c> be</c><00:03:16.770><c> satisfied.</c>

00:03:18.150 --> 00:03:20.770
x
Blessed<00:03:18.330><c> are</c><00:03:18.469><c> the</c><00:03:18.650><c> merciful,</c><00:03:19.449><c> for</c><00:03:19.569><c> they</c><00:03:19.770><c> shall</c><00:03:19.889><c> receive</c><00:03:20.289><c> mercy.</c>

00:03:21.250 --> 00:03:24.129
x
Blessed<00:03:21.449><c> are</c><00:03:21.610><c> the</c><00:03:21.789><c> pure</c><00:03:21.949><c> in</c><00:03:22.110><c> heart,</c><00:03:22.569><c> for</c><00:03:22.669><c> they</c><00:03:22.889><c> shall</c><00:03:23.030><c> see</c><00:03:23.270><c> God.</c>

00:03:24.469 --> 00:03:26.830
x
Blessed<00:03:24.949><c> are</c><00:03:25.110><c> the</c><00:03:25.169><c> peacemakers,</c><00:03:26.090><c> for</c><00:03:26.189><c> they</c><00:03:26.349><c> shall</c><00:03:26.469><c> be</c><00:03:26.590><c> called</c>

00:03:26.830 --> 00:03:28.270
x
sons<00:03:27.150><c> of</c><00:03:27.289><c> God.</c>

00:03:28.449 --> 00:03:30.889
x
Blessed<00:03:28.629><c> are</c><00:03:28.770><c> those</c><00:03:29.069><c> who</c><00:03:29.189><c> have</c><00:03:29.389><c> been</c><00:03:29.629><c> persecuted</c><00:03:30.090><c> for</c><00:03:30.289><c> the</c><00:03:30.490><c> sake</c><00:03:30.650><c> of</c>

00:03:30.889 --> 00:03:33.870
x
righteousness,<00:03:31.750><c> for</c><00:03:31.949><c> theirs</c><00:03:32.229><c> is</c><00:03:32.550><c> the</c><00:03:32.610><c> kingdom</c><00:03:32.870><c> of</c><00:03:33.030><c> heaven.</c>

00:03:34.469 --> 00:03:37.150
x
Blessed<00:03:34.710><c> are</c><00:03:34.849><c> you</c><00:03:35.050><c> when</c><00:03:35.210><c> people</c><00:03:35.509><c> insult</c><00:03:35.909><c> you</c><00:03:36.349><c> and</c><00:03:36.550><c> persecute</c>

00:03:37.150 --> 00:03:40.710
x
you<00:03:37.490><c> and</c><00:03:37.770><c> falsely</c><00:03:38.250><c> say</c><00:03:38.430><c> all</c><00:03:38.689><c> kinds</c><00:03:39.009><c> of</c><00:03:39.150><c> evil</c><00:03:39.310><c> against</c><00:03:39.610><c> you</c><00:03:39.849><c> because</c><00:03:40.169><c> of</c><00:03:40.349><c> me.</c>

00:03:41.150 --> 00:03:44.830
x
Rejoice<00:03:41.569><c> and</c><00:03:41.650><c> be</c><00:03:41.870><c> glad,</c><00:03:42.610><c> for</c><00:03:42.689><c> your</c><00:03:42.930><c> reward</c><00:03:43.289><c> in</c><00:03:43.469><c> heaven</c><00:03:43.629><c> is</c><00:03:43.849><c> great,</c><00:03:44.689><c> for</c>

00:03:44.830 --> 00:03:47.069
x
in<00:03:45.030><c> the</c><00:03:45.129><c> same</c><00:03:45.330><c> way</c><00:03:45.490><c> they</c><00:03:45.729><c> persecuted</c><00:03:46.169><c> the</c><00:03:46.469><c> prophets</c><00:03:46.710><c> who</c><00:03:46.889><c> were</c>

00:03:47.069 --> 00:03:47.789
x
before<00:03:47.370><c> you.</c>

00:03:47.789 --> 00:03:52.569
x
You<00:03:48.590><c> are</c><00:03:48.729><c> the</c><00:03:48.909><c> salt</c><00:03:49.069><c> of</c><00:03:49.229><c> the</c><00:03:49.349><c> earth,</c><00:03:50.150><c> but</c><00:03:50.229><c> if</c><00:03:50.370><c> the</c><00:03:50.629><c> salt</c><00:03:50.770><c> has</c><00:03:51.009><c> become</c><00:03:51.289><c> tasteless,</c><00:03:52.129><c> how</c><00:03:52.310><c> can</c><00:03:52.449><c> it</c>

00:03:52.569 --> 00:03:54.129
x
be<00:03:52.689><c> made</c><00:03:52.930><c> salty</c><00:03:53.189><c> again?</c>

00:03:54.169 --> 00:03:56.310
x
It<00:03:54.330><c> is</c><00:03:54.389><c> no</c><00:03:54.590><c> longer</c><00:03:54.830><c> good</c><00:03:55.009><c> for</c><00:03:55.189><c> anything</c><00:03:55.469><c> except</c><00:03:55.770><c> to</c><00:03:56.009><c> be</c><00:03:56.150><c> thrown</c>

00:03:56.310 --> 00:03:58.909
x
out<00:03:56.729><c> and</c><00:03:56.990><c> trampled</c><00:03:57.330><c> underfoot</c><00:03:57.810><c> by</c><00:03:58.050><c> men.</c>

00:03:59.509 --> 00:04:02.629
x
You<00:03:59.569><c> are</c><00:03:59.729><c> the</c><00:03:59.870><c> light</c><00:03:59.969><c> of</c><00:04:00.129><c> the</c><00:04:00.270><c> world.</c><00:04:01.110><c> A</c><00:04:01.289><c> city</c><00:04:01.590><c> set</c><00:04:01.969><c> on</c><00:04:02.169><c> a</c><00:04:02.250><c> hill</c>

00:04:02.629 --> 00:04:04.270
x
cannot<00:04:03.030><c> be</c><00:04:03.250><c> hidden.</c>

00:04:04.310 --> 00:04:08.789
x
Nor<00:04:04.469><c> does</c><00:04:04.710><c> anyone</c><00:04:05.129><c> light</c><00:04:05.430><c> a</c><00:04:05.650><c> lamp</c><00:04:05.889><c> and</c><00:04:06.110><c> put</c><00:04:06.250><c> it</c><00:04:06.430><c> under</c><00:04:07.449><c> a</c><00:04:07.590><c> basket,</c><00:04:08.530><c> but</c>

00:04:08.789 --> 00:04:12.530
x
on<00:04:08.990><c> the</c><00:04:09.150><c> lampstand,</c><00:04:10.650><c> and</c><00:04:10.930><c> it</c><00:04:11.210><c> gives</c><00:04:11.490><c> light</c><00:04:11.770><c> to</c><00:04:11.990><c> all</c><00:04:12.270><c> who</c><00:04:12.449><c> are</c>

00:04:12.530 --> 00:04:13.169
x
in<00:04:12.629><c> the</c><00:04:12.750><c> house.</c>

00:04:13.169 --> 00:04:20.629
x
Let<00:04:14.069><c> your</c><00:04:14.330><c> light</c><00:04:14.569><c> shine</c><00:04:14.930><c> before</c><00:04:15.370><c> men</c><00:04:15.710><c> in</c><00:04:16.189><c> such</c><00:04:16.370><c> a</c><00:04:16.550><c> way</c><00:04:16.649><c> that</c><00:04:16.790><c> they</c><00:04:17.129><c> may</c><00:04:17.410><c> see</c><00:04:17.750><c> your</c><00:04:18.009><c> good</c><00:04:18.250><c> works,</c><00:04:19.069><c> and</c><00:04:19.209><c> glorify</c><00:04:19.730><c> your</c><00:04:19.930><c> Father</c><00:04:20.269><c> who</c><00:04:20.470><c> is</c>

00:04:20.629 --> 00:04:21.649
x
in<00:04:20.769><c> heaven.</c>

00:04:23.089 --> 00:04:27.430
x
Do<00:04:23.490><c> not</c><00:04:23.769><c> think</c><00:04:24.029><c> that</c><00:04:24.209><c> I</c><00:04:24.389><c> came</c><00:04:24.649><c> to</c><00:04:24.889><c> abolish</c><00:04:25.410><c> the</c><00:04:25.610><c> law</c><00:04:25.930><c> or</c><00:04:26.170><c> the</c><00:04:26.389><c> prophets.</c><00:04:27.310><c> I</c>

00:04:27.430 --> 00:04:30.370
x
did<00:04:27.610><c> not</c><00:04:27.769><c> come</c><00:04:27.970><c> to</c><00:04:28.129><c> abolish,</c><00:04:29.029><c> but</c><00:04:29.170><c> to</c><00:04:29.370><c> fulfill.</c>

00:04:30.949 --> 00:04:34.029
x
For<00:04:31.129><c> truly</c><00:04:31.370><c> I</c><00:04:31.550><c> say</c><00:04:31.769><c> to</c><00:04:31.970><c> you,</c><00:04:32.589><c> until</c><00:04:32.850><c> heaven</c><00:04:33.230><c> and</c><00:04:33.410><c> earth</c><00:04:33.670><c> pass</c>

00:04:34.029 --> 00:04:39.829
x
away,<00:04:34.790><c> not</c><00:04:34.930><c> the</c><00:04:35.209><c> smallest</c><00:04:35.490><c> letter</c><00:04:35.790><c> or</c><00:04:36.149><c> stroke</c><00:04:36.449><c> shall</c><00:04:36.829><c> pass</c><00:04:37.170><c> from</c><00:04:37.350><c> the</c><00:04:37.569><c> law</c><00:04:37.810><c> until</c><00:04:38.250><c> all</c><00:04:38.629><c> is</c><00:04:38.870><c> accomplished.</c>

00:04:40.129 --> 00:04:44.629
x
Whoever<00:04:40.649><c> then</c><00:04:41.129><c> annuls</c><00:04:41.589><c> one</c><00:04:41.870><c> of</c><00:04:41.970><c> the</c><00:04:42.149><c> least</c><00:04:42.389><c> of</c><00:04:42.509><c> these</c><00:04:42.790><c> commandments,</c><00:04:43.689><c> and</c><00:04:43.769><c> teaches</c><00:04:44.089><c> others</c><00:04:44.449><c> to</c>

00:04:44.629 --> 00:04:47.189
x
do<00:04:44.730><c> the</c><00:04:44.990><c> same,</c><00:04:45.529><c> shall</c><00:04:45.589><c> be</c><00:04:45.750><c> called</c><00:04:45.949><c> least</c><00:04:46.269><c> in</c><00:04:46.410><c> the</c><00:04:46.509><c> kingdom</c><00:04:46.769><c> of</c><00:04:46.930><c> heaven.</c>

00:04:47.670 --> 00:04:50.769
x
But<00:04:47.769><c> whoever</c><00:04:48.089><c> keeps</c><00:04:48.490><c> them</c><00:04:49.149><c> and</c><00:04:49.389><c> teaches</c><00:04:49.790><c> them,</c><00:04:50.310><c> he</c><00:04:50.470><c> shall</c><00:04:50.589><c> be</c>

00:04:50.769 --> 00:04:52.529
x
called<00:04:50.930><c> great</c><00:04:51.410><c> in</c><00:04:51.670><c> the</c><00:04:51.750><c> kingdom</c><00:04:52.009><c> of</c><00:04:52.189><c> heaven.</c>

00:04:52.970 --> 00:04:56.129
x
For<00:04:53.110><c> I</c><00:04:53.350><c> say</c><00:04:53.509><c> to</c><00:04:53.670><c> you</c><00:04:53.870><c> that</c><00:04:54.050><c> unless</c><00:04:54.350><c> your</c><00:04:54.689><c> righteousness</c><00:04:55.149><c> surpasses</c><00:04:55.850><c> that</c>

00:04:56.129 --> 00:04:59.589
x
of<00:04:56.250><c> the</c><00:04:56.509><c> scribes</c><00:04:56.870><c> and</c><00:04:56.970><c> of</c><00:04:57.290><c> the</c><00:04:57.290><c> Pharisees,</c><00:04:58.129><c> you</c><00:04:58.310><c> will</c><00:04:58.610><c> not</c><00:04:58.870><c> enter</c><00:04:59.370><c> the</c>

00:04:59.589 --> 00:05:00.889
x
kingdom<00:04:59.870><c> of</c><00:05:00.069><c> heaven.</c>

00:05:03.389 --> 00:05:09.629
x
Now<00:05:03.870><c> this</c><00:05:04.129><c> last</c><00:05:04.629><c> verse,</c><00:05:05.250><c> I</c><00:05:06.629><c> say</c><00:05:06.829><c> to</c><00:05:07.050><c> you</c><00:05:07.170><c> that</c><00:05:07.470><c> unless</c><00:05:07.769><c> your</c><00:05:08.050><c> righteousness</c><00:05:08.449><c> surpasses</c><00:05:09.310><c> that</c><00:05:09.509><c> of</c>

00:05:09.629 --> 00:05:11.970
x
the<00:05:09.829><c> scribes</c><00:05:10.069><c> and</c><00:05:10.250><c> Pharisees,</c><00:05:10.649><c> you</c><00:05:10.790><c> will</c><00:05:10.990><c> not</c><00:05:11.149><c> enter</c><00:05:11.370><c> the</c><00:05:11.550><c> kingdom</c><00:05:11.730><c> of</c>

00:05:11.970 --> 00:05:20.170
x
heaven,<00:05:13.110><c> is</c><00:05:13.470><c> in</c><00:05:14.709><c> many</c><00:05:14.949><c> ways,</c><00:05:16.470><c> should</c><00:05:18.730><c> be</c><00:05:18.930><c> a</c><00:05:19.050><c> bit</c><00:05:19.129><c> of</c><00:05:19.329><c> a</c><00:05:19.509><c> reality</c><00:05:19.829><c> check.</c>

00:05:20.170 --> 00:05:27.670
x
Now,<00:05:22.410><c> there's</c><00:05:22.930><c> a</c><00:05:23.069><c> whole</c><00:05:23.750><c> host</c><00:05:24.029><c> of</c><00:05:24.250><c> things</c><00:05:24.470><c> that</c><00:05:24.709><c> we</c><00:05:26.889><c> like</c><00:05:27.350><c> to</c>

00:05:27.670 --> 00:05:34.490
x
imagine<00:05:28.209><c> the</c><00:05:28.610><c> Pharisees</c><00:05:29.009><c> to</c><00:05:29.189><c> be</c><00:05:29.389><c> like,</c><00:05:30.170><c> and</c><00:05:32.709><c> that</c><00:05:33.009><c> we</c><00:05:34.290><c> might</c>

00:05:34.490 --> 00:05:37.050
x
perceive<00:05:35.149><c> the</c><00:05:35.529><c> Pharisees</c><00:05:35.850><c> to</c><00:05:36.069><c> be.</c>

00:05:37.509 --> 00:05:51.189
x
And<00:05:38.250><c> if</c><00:05:38.949><c> we</c><00:05:39.449><c> have</c><00:05:39.670><c> a</c><00:05:40.129><c> perception</c><00:05:40.550><c> of</c><00:05:40.730><c> the</c><00:05:40.930><c> Pharisees</c><00:05:41.350><c> that's</c><00:05:42.930><c> particularly</c><00:05:43.470><c> low,</c><00:05:45.589><c> it</c><00:05:47.509><c> might</c><00:05:47.709><c> not</c><00:05:47.990><c> sound</c><00:05:48.310><c> like</c><00:05:49.149><c> that's</c><00:05:49.889><c> saying</c><00:05:50.050><c> much,</c><00:05:50.750><c> to</c><00:05:50.910><c> have</c><00:05:51.069><c> a</c>

00:05:51.189 --> 00:05:54.310
x
greater<00:05:51.490><c> righteousness</c><00:05:51.930><c> than</c><00:05:52.769><c> the</c><00:05:53.009><c> scribes</c><00:05:53.230><c> and</c><00:05:53.329><c> the</c><00:05:53.550><c> Pharisees.</c>

00:05:54.310 --> 00:05:59.550
x
But<00:05:54.870><c> we</c><00:05:56.430><c> must</c><00:05:56.810><c> of</c><00:05:57.050><c> course</c><00:05:57.290><c> remember</c><00:05:57.829><c> that</c><00:05:58.170><c> these</c><00:05:58.490><c> people</c><00:05:58.930><c> are</c>

00:05:59.550 --> 00:06:05.350
x
considered<00:06:00.290><c> religious</c><00:06:02.410><c> leaders</c><00:06:03.069><c> and</c><00:06:04.389><c> authority</c><00:06:04.889><c> figures.</c>

00:06:05.730 --> 00:06:12.769
x
And<00:06:05.990><c> Matthew's</c><00:06:06.490><c> gospel</c><00:06:06.829><c> is</c><00:06:07.930><c> perhaps</c><00:06:08.209><c> more</c><00:06:08.509><c> interested</c><00:06:09.009><c> in</c><00:06:09.250><c> construing</c><00:06:10.069><c> these</c><00:06:10.730><c> groups</c><00:06:11.310><c> as</c>

00:06:12.769 --> 00:06:16.550
x
authority<00:06:13.230><c> figures</c><00:06:13.689><c> than</c><00:06:14.490><c> any</c><00:06:15.589><c> of</c><00:06:15.709><c> the</c><00:06:15.829><c> other</c><00:06:16.050><c> gospels.</c>

00:06:16.550 --> 00:06:22.089
x
Matthew<00:06:17.250><c> makes</c><00:06:17.689><c> a</c><00:06:17.930><c> particular</c><00:06:18.889><c> effort</c><00:06:20.470><c> to</c><00:06:21.069><c> identify</c><00:06:21.649><c> all</c><00:06:21.970><c> of</c>

00:06:22.089 --> 00:06:27.810
x
these<00:06:22.230><c> leaders</c><00:06:22.550><c> together</c><00:06:23.310><c> and</c><00:06:24.850><c> amplify</c><00:06:25.629><c> Jesus's</c><00:06:26.689><c> sort</c><00:06:26.769><c> of</c>

00:06:27.810 --> 00:06:29.950
x
confrontations<00:06:28.410><c> with</c><00:06:28.889><c> authority</c><00:06:29.350><c> figures.</c>

00:06:29.949 --> 00:06:37.449
x
Matthew<00:06:31.610><c> isn't</c><00:06:31.990><c> presenting</c><00:06:32.889><c> Jesus's</c><00:06:34.889><c> conflicts</c><00:06:35.509><c> as</c><00:06:36.370><c> being</c>

00:06:37.449 --> 00:06:41.990
x
like<00:06:38.550><c> with</c><00:06:39.029><c> people</c><00:06:39.310><c> on</c><00:06:39.509><c> the</c><00:06:39.709><c> ground</c><00:06:39.970><c> level,</c><00:06:40.889><c> rather</c><00:06:41.470><c> this</c><00:06:41.750><c> is</c>

00:06:41.990 --> 00:06:48.069
x
about<00:06:42.189><c> Jesus's</c><00:06:44.329><c> ability</c><00:06:44.930><c> to</c><00:06:45.589><c> lead</c><00:06:46.250><c> versus</c><00:06:47.129><c> the</c><00:06:47.629><c> leaders</c><00:06:47.829><c> of</c>

00:06:48.069 --> 00:06:51.089
x
the<00:06:48.250><c> day,</c><00:06:49.350><c> their</c><00:06:49.490><c> lack</c><00:06:49.790><c> of</c><00:06:50.050><c> ability</c><00:06:50.310><c> to</c><00:06:50.529><c> do</c><00:06:50.670><c> so.</c>

00:06:51.089 --> 00:06:57.209
x
Matthew<00:06:51.750><c> is</c><00:06:52.089><c> interested</c><00:06:52.449><c> in</c><00:06:52.709><c> a</c><00:06:52.910><c> Jesus</c><00:06:53.350><c> who</c><00:06:54.370><c> is</c><00:06:55.829><c> better</c><00:06:56.509><c> than</c>

00:06:57.209 --> 00:06:59.370
x
these<00:06:58.670><c> leaders.</c>

00:06:59.769 --> 00:07:06.550
x
Jesus<00:07:00.370><c> has</c><00:07:00.949><c> compassion</c><00:07:01.689><c> on</c><00:07:03.370><c> the</c><00:07:03.790><c> people</c><00:07:04.029><c> because</c><00:07:04.310><c> they</c><00:07:04.509><c> are</c><00:07:04.670><c> like</c><00:07:04.949><c> sheep</c><00:07:05.170><c> without</c><00:07:05.550><c> a</c><00:07:05.769><c> shepherd.</c>

00:07:08.149 --> 00:07:11.430
x
These<00:07:08.870><c> would</c><00:07:09.230><c>-be</c><00:07:09.470><c> shepherds</c><00:07:09.850><c> of</c><00:07:10.050><c> the</c><00:07:10.250><c> time</c><00:07:10.509><c> are</c><00:07:10.750><c> not</c><00:07:11.050><c> doing</c>

00:07:11.430 --> 00:07:12.850
x
their<00:07:11.910><c> job</c><00:07:12.209><c> very</c><00:07:12.610><c> well.</c>

00:07:12.850 --> 00:07:16.129
x
And<00:07:13.110><c> now,</c><00:07:13.410><c> of</c><00:07:13.529><c> course,</c><00:07:13.790><c> that</c><00:07:13.990><c> sheep</c><00:07:14.149><c> without</c><00:07:14.410><c> a</c><00:07:14.610><c> shepherd</c><00:07:14.790><c> language</c><00:07:15.230><c> connects</c><00:07:15.569><c> back</c><00:07:15.949><c> to</c>

00:07:16.129 --> 00:07:24.410
x
a<00:07:16.230><c> number</c><00:07:16.529><c> of</c><00:07:17.709><c> passages,</c><00:07:18.810><c> not</c><00:07:19.110><c> least</c><00:07:19.529><c> in</c><00:07:21.209><c> Ezekiel</c><00:07:22.069><c> and</c><00:07:23.589><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:07:24.269><c> but</c>

00:07:24.410 --> 00:07:28.769
x
that's<00:07:25.449><c> not</c><00:07:25.629><c> the</c><00:07:25.829><c> point</c><00:07:26.129><c> that</c><00:07:26.449><c> we're</c><00:07:26.589><c> getting</c><00:07:26.790><c> into</c><00:07:27.189><c> right</c><00:07:27.529><c> now.</c>

00:07:28.970 --> 00:07:33.930
x
But<00:07:29.610><c> in</c><00:07:29.889><c> understanding</c><00:07:30.550><c> what</c><00:07:31.230><c> Jesus</c><00:07:31.610><c> sort</c><00:07:31.790><c> of</c><00:07:31.930><c> has</c><00:07:32.129><c> to</c><00:07:32.410><c> say</c><00:07:32.709><c> and</c><00:07:33.050><c> the</c><00:07:33.290><c> conflicts</c><00:07:33.730><c> he</c>

00:07:33.930 --> 00:07:38.350
x
has<00:07:34.269><c> with</c><00:07:34.550><c> these</c><00:07:34.990><c> scribes</c><00:07:35.370><c> and</c><00:07:35.550><c> Pharisees,</c><00:07:37.569><c> we're</c><00:07:38.069><c> going</c><00:07:38.189><c> to</c>

00:07:38.350 --> 00:07:42.250
x
take<00:07:38.529><c> a</c><00:07:38.649><c> look</c><00:07:38.889><c> at</c><00:07:39.649><c> how</c><00:07:40.449><c> Christ</c><00:07:40.829><c> comes</c><00:07:41.050><c> into</c><00:07:41.290><c> contact</c><00:07:41.610><c> with</c><00:07:41.810><c> them,</c><00:07:41.930><c> what</c><00:07:42.089><c> he</c>

00:07:42.250 --> 00:07:46.129
x
has<00:07:42.449><c> to</c><00:07:42.610><c> say</c><00:07:42.750><c> about</c><00:07:43.170><c> them</c><00:07:43.949><c> throughout</c><00:07:44.550><c> Matthew's</c><00:07:45.189><c> gospel.</c>

00:07:47.889 --> 00:07:52.449
x
And<00:07:48.189><c> I'm</c><00:07:48.269><c> going</c><00:07:48.370><c> to</c><00:07:48.689><c> start</c><00:07:49.069><c> by</c><00:07:49.470><c> taking</c><00:07:49.709><c> us</c><00:07:50.050><c> to</c><00:07:51.069><c> Chapter</c><00:07:51.509><c> 16</c><00:07:52.170><c> and</c>

00:07:52.449 --> 00:07:54.430
x
the<00:07:52.629><c> first</c><00:07:52.910><c> 12</c><00:07:53.290><c> verses.</c>

00:07:54.830 --> 00:08:02.089
x
The<00:07:55.350><c> Pharisees</c><00:07:55.870><c> also</c><00:07:56.170><c> with</c><00:07:56.350><c> the</c><00:07:56.589><c> Sadducees</c><00:07:57.029><c> came</c><00:07:57.430><c> and</c><00:07:57.709><c> tempting</c><00:07:57.970><c> him,</c><00:07:59.629><c> desired</c><00:07:59.850><c> him</c><00:08:00.430><c> that</c><00:08:00.930><c> he</c><00:08:01.129><c> would</c><00:08:01.430><c> show</c><00:08:01.670><c> them</c><00:08:01.930><c> a</c>

00:08:02.089 --> 00:08:02.889
x
sign<00:08:02.290><c> from</c><00:08:02.529><c> heaven.</c>

00:08:03.170 --> 00:08:06.110
x
He<00:08:03.189><c> answered</c><00:08:03.490><c> and</c><00:08:03.709><c> said</c><00:08:03.829><c> unto</c><00:08:04.089><c> them,</c><00:08:05.050><c> When</c><00:08:05.170><c> it</c><00:08:05.310><c> is</c><00:08:05.550><c> evening,</c>

00:08:06.470 --> 00:08:09.810
x
ye<00:08:06.709><c> say</c><00:08:07.009><c> it</c><00:08:07.269><c> will</c><00:08:07.509><c> be</c><00:08:07.750><c> fair</c><00:08:07.949><c> weather,</c><00:08:08.529><c> for</c><00:08:08.689><c> the</c><00:08:08.990><c> sky</c><00:08:09.250><c> is</c><00:08:09.569><c> red,</c>

00:08:09.829 --> 00:08:12.990
x
and<00:08:09.990><c> in</c><00:08:10.129><c> the</c><00:08:10.329><c> morning</c><00:08:10.649><c> it</c><00:08:10.870><c> will</c><00:08:11.170><c> be</c><00:08:11.410><c> foul</c><00:08:11.689><c> weather</c><00:08:12.009><c> today,</c><00:08:12.889><c> for</c>

00:08:12.990 --> 00:08:14.649
x
the<00:08:13.269><c> sky</c><00:08:13.509><c> is</c><00:08:13.769><c> red</c><00:08:13.990><c> and</c><00:08:14.269><c> lowering.</c>

00:08:14.649 --> 00:08:19.149
x
O<00:08:15.430><c> ye</c><00:08:15.649><c> hypocrites,</c><00:08:16.910><c> ye</c><00:08:17.089><c> can</c><00:08:17.310><c> discern</c><00:08:17.790><c> the</c><00:08:17.990><c> face</c><00:08:18.269><c> of</c><00:08:18.490><c> the</c><00:08:18.750><c> sky,</c>

00:08:19.310 --> 00:08:22.430
x
but<00:08:19.430><c> can</c><00:08:19.670><c> ye</c><00:08:19.850><c> not</c><00:08:20.129><c> discern</c><00:08:20.449><c> the</c><00:08:20.769><c> signs</c><00:08:21.129><c> of</c><00:08:21.370><c> the</c><00:08:21.569><c> times?</c>

00:08:22.629 --> 00:08:27.629
x
A<00:08:22.870><c> wicked</c><00:08:23.189><c> and</c><00:08:23.449><c> adulterous</c><00:08:23.990><c> generation</c><00:08:24.769><c> seeketh</c><00:08:25.250><c> after</c><00:08:25.629><c> a</c><00:08:25.910><c> sign,</c><00:08:26.689><c> and</c><00:08:26.870><c> there</c><00:08:27.050><c> shall</c><00:08:27.250><c> no</c>

00:08:27.629 --> 00:08:31.509
x
sign<00:08:27.930><c> be</c><00:08:28.189><c> given</c><00:08:28.410><c> unto</c><00:08:28.730><c> it</c><00:08:29.149><c> but</c><00:08:29.430><c> the</c><00:08:29.689><c> sign</c><00:08:29.870><c> of</c><00:08:30.050><c> the</c><00:08:30.250><c> prophet</c><00:08:30.569><c> Jonah.</c>

00:08:31.610 --> 00:08:33.669
x
And<00:08:31.850><c> he</c><00:08:32.070><c> left</c><00:08:32.330><c> them</c><00:08:32.610><c> and</c><00:08:32.769><c> departed.</c>

00:08:33.909 --> 00:08:36.590
x
And<00:08:34.049><c> when</c><00:08:34.230><c> his</c><00:08:34.529><c> disciples</c><00:08:34.970><c> were</c><00:08:35.269><c> come</c><00:08:35.470><c> to</c><00:08:35.690><c> the</c><00:08:35.870><c> other</c><00:08:36.169><c> side,</c>

00:08:36.710 --> 00:08:39.070
x
they<00:08:36.950><c> had</c><00:08:37.250><c> forgotten</c><00:08:37.629><c> to</c><00:08:38.009><c> take</c><00:08:38.210><c> bread.</c>

00:08:39.370 --> 00:08:43.450
x
Then<00:08:39.690><c> Jesus</c><00:08:40.110><c> said</c><00:08:40.370><c> unto</c><00:08:40.669><c> them,</c><00:08:41.470><c> Take</c><00:08:41.570><c> heed</c><00:08:41.830><c> and</c><00:08:42.029><c> beware</c><00:08:42.450><c> of</c><00:08:42.690><c> the</c><00:08:42.889><c> leaven</c><00:08:43.129><c> of</c>

00:08:43.450 --> 00:08:45.929
x
the<00:08:43.690><c> Pharisees</c><00:08:44.370><c> and</c><00:08:44.470><c> of</c><00:08:44.629><c> the</c><00:08:44.809><c> Sadducees.</c>

00:08:46.070 --> 00:08:50.009
x
For<00:08:46.250><c> they</c><00:08:46.509><c> reasoned</c><00:08:46.990><c> among</c><00:08:47.230><c> themselves,</c><00:08:47.769><c> saying,</c><00:08:48.830><c> It</c><00:08:49.049><c> is</c><00:08:49.309><c> because</c><00:08:49.750><c> we</c>

00:08:50.009 --> 00:08:51.830
x
have<00:08:50.309><c> taken</c><00:08:50.629><c> no</c><00:08:50.990><c> bread.</c>

00:08:52.190 --> 00:08:57.250
x
Which<00:08:52.570><c> when</c><00:08:52.889><c> Jesus</c><00:08:53.350><c> perceived,</c><00:08:54.529><c> he</c><00:08:54.649><c> said</c><00:08:54.850><c> unto</c><00:08:55.149><c> them,</c><00:08:56.850><c> O</c><00:08:57.029><c> ye</c>

00:08:57.250 --> 00:09:00.950
x
of<00:08:57.409><c> little</c><00:08:57.730><c> faith,</c><00:08:58.590><c> why</c><00:08:58.970><c> reason</c><00:08:59.370><c> ye</c><00:08:59.590><c> among</c><00:08:59.870><c> yourselves,</c><00:09:00.409><c> because</c><00:09:00.690><c> ye</c>

00:09:00.950 --> 00:09:02.789
x
have<00:09:01.629><c> brought</c><00:09:02.029><c> no</c><00:09:02.309><c> bread?</c>

00:09:02.789 --> 00:09:07.549
x
Do<00:09:03.649><c> ye</c><00:09:03.950><c> not</c><00:09:04.289><c> yet</c><00:09:04.649><c> understand</c><00:09:05.549><c> neither</c><00:09:05.830><c> remember</c><00:09:06.269><c> the</c><00:09:06.549><c> five</c><00:09:06.990><c> loaves</c><00:09:07.389><c> of</c>

00:09:07.549 --> 00:09:11.210
x
the<00:09:07.850><c> five</c><00:09:08.110><c> thousand</c><00:09:08.649><c> and</c><00:09:09.049><c> how</c><00:09:09.330><c> many</c><00:09:09.629><c> baskets</c><00:09:10.190><c> ye</c><00:09:10.429><c> took</c><00:09:10.649><c> up?</c>

00:09:11.570 --> 00:09:15.250
x
Neither<00:09:11.830><c> the</c><00:09:12.190><c> seven</c><00:09:12.649><c> loaves</c><00:09:13.309><c> of</c><00:09:13.789><c> the</c><00:09:14.070><c> four</c><00:09:14.309><c> thousand</c><00:09:14.850><c> and</c><00:09:15.090><c> how</c>

00:09:15.250 --> 00:09:17.350
x
many<00:09:15.509><c> baskets</c><00:09:16.049><c> ye</c><00:09:16.289><c> took</c><00:09:16.509><c> up?</c>

00:09:17.610 --> 00:09:21.250
x
How<00:09:18.029><c> is</c><00:09:18.370><c> it</c><00:09:18.610><c> that</c><00:09:18.789><c> ye</c><00:09:19.029><c> do</c><00:09:19.250><c> not</c><00:09:19.490><c> understand</c><00:09:20.210><c> that</c><00:09:20.409><c> I</c><00:09:20.789><c> spake</c><00:09:21.029><c> it</c>

00:09:21.250 --> 00:09:24.070
x
not<00:09:21.409><c> to</c><00:09:21.610><c> you</c><00:09:21.830><c> concerning</c><00:09:22.370><c> bread,</c><00:09:22.889><c> that</c><00:09:23.049><c> ye</c><00:09:23.269><c> should</c><00:09:23.429><c> beware</c><00:09:23.830><c> of</c>

00:09:24.070 --> 00:09:27.309
x
the<00:09:24.190><c> leaven</c><00:09:24.730><c> of</c><00:09:24.929><c> the</c><00:09:25.149><c> Pharisees</c><00:09:25.669><c> and</c><00:09:25.750><c> of</c><00:09:25.909><c> the</c><00:09:26.110><c> Sadducees?</c>

00:09:27.669 --> 00:09:31.509
x
Then<00:09:28.009><c> understood</c><00:09:28.669><c> they</c><00:09:28.970><c> how</c><00:09:29.470><c> that</c><00:09:29.929><c> he</c><00:09:30.190><c> bade</c><00:09:30.509><c> them</c><00:09:30.789><c> not</c><00:09:31.090><c> beware</c>

00:09:31.509 --> 00:09:36.049
x
of<00:09:31.750><c> the</c><00:09:31.929><c> leaven</c><00:09:32.110><c> of</c><00:09:32.490><c> bread,</c><00:09:33.389><c> but</c><00:09:33.529><c> of</c><00:09:33.710><c> the</c><00:09:34.029><c> doctrine</c><00:09:34.470><c> of</c><00:09:34.750><c> the</c><00:09:34.950><c> Pharisees</c><00:09:35.710><c> and</c><00:09:35.870><c> of</c>

00:09:36.049 --> 00:09:37.429
x
the<00:09:36.230><c> Sadducees.</c>

00:09:39.970 --> 00:09:41.889
x
Thank<00:09:40.649><c> you</c><00:09:40.730><c> very</c><00:09:40.950><c> much.</c>

00:09:42.549 --> 00:09:46.870
x
Now,<00:09:42.750><c> this</c><00:09:43.190><c> little</c><00:09:43.750><c> stretch</c><00:09:44.169><c> has</c><00:09:44.549><c> a</c><00:09:44.710><c> number</c><00:09:44.929><c> of</c><00:09:45.190><c> interesting</c><00:09:45.570><c> details.</c>

00:09:48.349 --> 00:09:54.909
x
And<00:09:49.309><c> the</c><00:09:50.129><c> first</c><00:09:50.350><c> section</c><00:09:50.649><c> of</c><00:09:50.830><c> it</c><00:09:51.710><c> is</c><00:09:52.809><c> really</c><00:09:53.190><c> concerned</c><00:09:53.750><c> with</c>

00:09:54.909 --> 00:10:06.009
x
the<00:09:56.490><c> type</c><00:09:56.730><c> of</c><00:09:59.789><c> wisdom</c><00:10:00.549><c> that</c><00:10:01.029><c> the</c><00:10:01.289><c> Pharisees</c><00:10:02.070><c> and</c><00:10:02.570><c> the</c><00:10:02.889><c> Sadducees</c><00:10:05.009><c> would</c>

00:10:06.009 --> 00:10:08.909
x
like<00:10:06.429><c> people</c><00:10:06.750><c> to</c><00:10:06.990><c> perceive</c><00:10:07.309><c> them</c><00:10:07.509><c> to</c><00:10:07.750><c> have.</c>

00:10:09.090 --> 00:10:13.769
x
The<00:10:09.269><c> Pharisees</c><00:10:09.750><c> and</c><00:10:09.870><c> Sadducees</c><00:10:11.190><c> would</c><00:10:12.929><c> believe</c><00:10:13.269><c> themselves</c>

00:10:13.769 --> 00:10:14.690
x
to<00:10:13.990><c> be</c><00:10:14.210><c> discerning.</c>

00:10:14.690 --> 00:10:18.990
x
They<00:10:15.649><c> consider</c><00:10:16.070><c> themselves</c><00:10:16.509><c> to</c><00:10:16.669><c> be</c><00:10:16.889><c> knowers</c><00:10:17.350><c> and</c><00:10:17.889><c> readers</c><00:10:18.429><c> of</c>

00:10:18.990 --> 00:10:19.850
x
signs<00:10:19.230><c> in</c><00:10:19.409><c> the</c><00:10:19.610><c> sky.</c>

00:10:20.090 --> 00:10:23.070
x
But<00:10:20.169><c> Christ</c><00:10:20.470><c> says</c><00:10:20.870><c> that</c><00:10:21.129><c> the</c><00:10:21.289><c> signs</c><00:10:21.490><c> of</c><00:10:21.690><c> the</c><00:10:21.889><c> times</c><00:10:22.169><c> are</c><00:10:22.789><c> every</c>

00:10:23.070 --> 00:10:27.049
x
bit<00:10:23.269><c> as</c><00:10:23.570><c> simple</c><00:10:24.029><c> and</c><00:10:24.490><c> yet</c><00:10:24.750><c> they</c><00:10:25.169><c> don't</c><00:10:25.429><c> know</c><00:10:25.690><c> them.</c>

00:10:29.409 --> 00:10:34.190
x
And<00:10:29.669><c> this</c><00:10:29.850><c> idea</c><00:10:30.289><c> of</c><00:10:30.870><c> leaven</c><00:10:31.429><c> is</c><00:10:33.409><c> very</c><00:10:33.730><c> interesting.</c>

00:10:34.289 --> 00:10:39.389
x
The<00:10:34.429><c> idea</c><00:10:34.629><c> that</c><00:10:34.850><c> their</c><00:10:35.129><c> teaching</c><00:10:35.509><c> might</c><00:10:35.830><c> be</c><00:10:36.509><c> like</c><00:10:36.929><c> leaven</c><00:10:37.710><c> speaks</c><00:10:39.049><c> to</c>

00:10:39.389 --> 00:10:40.909
x
a<00:10:39.690><c> manner</c><00:10:39.950><c> of</c><00:10:40.289><c> inflation.</c>

00:10:40.909 --> 00:10:45.169
x
That<00:10:41.990><c> what</c><00:10:42.649><c> the</c><00:10:42.950><c> scribes</c><00:10:43.269><c> and</c><00:10:43.409><c> the</c><00:10:43.590><c> Pharisees</c><00:10:43.950><c> have</c><00:10:44.250><c> done</c><00:10:44.750><c> is</c>

00:10:45.169 --> 00:10:49.929
x
they<00:10:45.429><c> are</c><00:10:45.809><c> in</c><00:10:45.909><c> their</c><00:10:46.210><c> teaching</c><00:10:46.690><c> are</c><00:10:47.370><c> adding</c><00:10:47.870><c> to</c><00:10:49.129><c> what</c><00:10:49.610><c> has</c>

00:10:49.929 --> 00:10:52.149
x
already<00:10:50.230><c> been</c><00:10:51.190><c> said.</c>

00:10:52.929 --> 00:10:57.490
x
They<00:10:53.009><c> are</c><00:10:53.690><c> adding</c><00:10:54.070><c> to</c><00:10:55.129><c> the</c><00:10:56.110><c> law</c><00:10:56.490><c> in</c><00:10:56.970><c> some</c><00:10:57.169><c> sense.</c>

00:10:57.669 --> 00:11:01.750
x
They<00:10:57.929><c> are</c><00:10:58.289><c> adding</c><00:10:58.549><c> to</c><00:10:59.389><c> the</c><00:10:59.990><c> things</c><00:11:00.190><c> that</c><00:11:00.389><c> God</c><00:11:00.570><c> has</c><00:11:00.870><c> said.</c>

00:11:06.770 --> 00:11:11.649
x
And<00:11:07.550><c> we</c><00:11:08.330><c> see</c><00:11:08.629><c> this</c><00:11:09.129><c> kind</c><00:11:09.389><c> of</c><00:11:09.649><c> problem</c><00:11:10.169><c> rear</c><00:11:10.529><c> its</c><00:11:10.809><c> head</c><00:11:11.129><c> just</c><00:11:11.470><c> in</c>

00:11:11.649 --> 00:11:14.029
x
the<00:11:11.789><c> previous</c><00:11:12.190><c> chapter,</c><00:11:12.590><c> actually.</c>

00:11:16.690 --> 00:11:22.830
x
In<00:11:17.470><c> chapter</c><00:11:18.250><c> 15,</c><00:11:19.409><c> with</c><00:11:19.830><c> the</c><00:11:20.409><c> controversy</c><00:11:20.870><c> about</c><00:11:21.490><c> the</c><00:11:22.629><c> washing</c>

00:11:22.830 --> 00:11:24.470
x
of<00:11:23.070><c> the</c><00:11:23.250><c> hands,</c>

00:11:27.750 --> 00:11:32.210
x
they<00:11:28.269><c> come</c><00:11:28.789><c> to</c><00:11:28.970><c> Jesus</c><00:11:29.470><c> from</c><00:11:30.210><c> Jerusalem</c><00:11:30.750><c> and</c><00:11:31.009><c> they</c><00:11:31.350><c> say,</c>

00:11:32.309 --> 00:11:35.509
x
Why<00:11:32.309><c> do</c><00:11:32.429><c> your</c><00:11:32.610><c> disciples</c><00:11:33.090><c> break</c><00:11:33.570><c> the</c><00:11:33.830><c> tradition</c><00:11:34.149><c> of</c><00:11:34.350><c> the</c><00:11:34.529><c> elders</c><00:11:34.929><c> when</c>

00:11:35.509 --> 00:11:37.990
x
they<00:11:35.710><c> do</c><00:11:35.929><c> not</c><00:11:36.110><c> wash</c><00:11:36.370><c> their</c><00:11:36.690><c> hands</c><00:11:36.970><c> when</c><00:11:37.149><c> they</c><00:11:37.389><c> eat</c><00:11:37.610><c> bread?</c>

00:11:38.389 --> 00:11:42.450
x
But<00:11:38.669><c> Jesus</c><00:11:39.009><c> answers</c><00:11:39.289><c> and</c><00:11:39.610><c> says,</c><00:11:40.090><c> Why</c><00:11:40.230><c> do</c><00:11:40.409><c> you</c><00:11:40.610><c> yourself</c><00:11:41.029><c> transgress</c><00:11:42.230><c> the</c>

00:11:42.450 --> 00:11:45.029
x
commandment<00:11:42.850><c> of</c><00:11:43.009><c> God</c><00:11:43.289><c> for</c><00:11:43.450><c> the</c><00:11:43.629><c> sake</c><00:11:43.750><c> of</c><00:11:43.909><c> your</c><00:11:44.049><c> tradition?</c>

00:11:45.090 --> 00:11:47.809
x
For<00:11:45.210><c> God</c><00:11:45.470><c> has</c><00:11:45.750><c> said,</c><00:11:46.370><c> Honor</c><00:11:46.389><c> your</c><00:11:46.629><c> father</c><00:11:46.929><c> and</c><00:11:47.149><c> mother,</c><00:11:47.710><c> and</c>

00:11:47.809 --> 00:11:50.309
x
he<00:11:48.049><c> who</c><00:11:48.250><c> speaks</c><00:11:48.549><c> evil</c><00:11:48.970><c> of</c><00:11:49.129><c> father</c><00:11:49.389><c> or</c><00:11:49.610><c> mother</c><00:11:49.789><c> is</c><00:11:49.970><c> to</c><00:11:50.149><c> be</c><00:11:50.190><c> put</c>

00:11:50.309 --> 00:11:50.809
x
to<00:11:50.490><c> death.</c>

00:11:50.809 --> 00:11:54.950
x
But<00:11:51.330><c> you</c><00:11:51.590><c> say,</c><00:11:52.370><c> Whoever</c><00:11:52.370><c> says</c><00:11:52.710><c> to</c><00:11:52.809><c> his</c><00:11:53.009><c> father</c><00:11:53.250><c> or</c><00:11:53.409><c> mother,</c><00:11:54.309><c> whatever</c><00:11:54.590><c> I</c>

00:11:54.950 --> 00:11:58.330
x
have<00:11:55.409><c> that</c><00:11:56.009><c> would</c><00:11:56.269><c> help</c><00:11:56.549><c> you</c><00:11:56.789><c> has</c><00:11:56.909><c> been</c><00:11:57.110><c> given</c><00:11:57.289><c> to</c><00:11:57.470><c> God.</c>

00:11:58.409 --> 00:12:01.769
x
He<00:11:58.570><c> is</c><00:11:58.809><c> not</c><00:11:59.289><c> to</c><00:11:59.809><c> honor</c><00:12:00.049><c> his</c><00:12:00.250><c> father</c><00:12:00.509><c> or</c><00:12:00.690><c> his</c><00:12:00.909><c> mother.</c>

00:12:01.909 --> 00:12:04.409
x
And<00:12:02.009><c> by</c><00:12:02.190><c> this</c><00:12:02.370><c> you've</c><00:12:02.629><c> invalidated</c><00:12:03.169><c> the</c><00:12:03.370><c> word</c><00:12:03.490><c> of</c><00:12:03.629><c> God</c><00:12:03.830><c> for</c><00:12:04.009><c> the</c><00:12:04.149><c> sake</c><00:12:04.269><c> of</c>

00:12:04.409 --> 00:12:05.009
x
your<00:12:04.570><c> tradition.</c>

00:12:05.470 --> 00:12:08.049
x
You<00:12:05.610><c> hypocrites,</c><00:12:06.230><c> rightly</c><00:12:06.389><c> did</c><00:12:06.590><c> Isaiah</c><00:12:06.990><c> prophesy</c><00:12:07.549><c> of</c><00:12:07.730><c> you,</c>

00:12:08.230 --> 00:12:11.789
x
The<00:12:08.309><c> people</c><00:12:08.750><c> honor</c><00:12:09.070><c> me</c><00:12:09.970><c> with</c><00:12:10.169><c> their</c><00:12:10.409><c> lips,</c><00:12:11.129><c> but</c><00:12:11.289><c> their</c><00:12:11.549><c> heart</c>

00:12:11.789 --> 00:12:12.870
x
is<00:12:11.990><c> far</c><00:12:12.210><c> away</c><00:12:12.450><c> from</c><00:12:12.610><c> me.</c>

00:12:13.110 --> 00:12:17.269
x
But<00:12:13.350><c> in</c><00:12:13.590><c> vain</c><00:12:13.750><c> they</c><00:12:13.990><c> worship</c><00:12:14.269><c> me,</c><00:12:14.590><c> teaching</c><00:12:14.789><c> as</c><00:12:15.049><c> doctrines</c><00:12:15.549><c> the</c><00:12:15.870><c> precepts</c><00:12:16.330><c> of</c><00:12:16.409><c> men.</c>

00:12:17.929 --> 00:12:20.669
x
After<00:12:18.409><c> this,</c><00:12:18.929><c> Jesus</c><00:12:19.049><c> calls</c><00:12:19.350><c> the</c><00:12:19.549><c> crowd</c><00:12:19.710><c> to</c><00:12:19.889><c> him</c><00:12:20.129><c> and</c><00:12:20.409><c> he</c><00:12:20.570><c> said</c>

00:12:20.669 --> 00:12:20.990
x
to<00:12:20.769><c> them,</c>

00:12:21.190 --> 00:12:24.370
x
Hear<00:12:21.250><c> and</c><00:12:21.529><c> understand</c><00:12:22.070><c> is</c><00:12:22.610><c> not</c><00:12:22.929><c> what</c><00:12:23.129><c> enters</c><00:12:23.590><c> into</c><00:12:23.970><c> the</c><00:12:24.129><c> mouth</c>

00:12:24.370 --> 00:12:26.029
x
of<00:12:24.610><c> a</c><00:12:24.750><c> man</c><00:12:24.929><c> that</c><00:12:25.169><c> defiles</c><00:12:25.570><c> him,</c>

00:12:26.210 --> 00:12:29.950
x
but<00:12:26.429><c> what</c><00:12:26.669><c> proceeds</c><00:12:26.970><c> out</c><00:12:27.269><c> of</c><00:12:27.350><c> the</c><00:12:27.529><c> mouth,</c><00:12:28.230><c> this</c><00:12:28.529><c> defiles</c><00:12:28.909><c> the</c><00:12:29.149><c> man.</c>

00:12:31.970 --> 00:12:38.629
x
Now,<00:12:33.149><c> here</c><00:12:33.429><c> we</c><00:12:33.610><c> have</c><00:12:33.750><c> a</c><00:12:33.889><c> very</c><00:12:34.129><c> explicit</c><00:12:35.210><c> example</c><00:12:36.570><c> of</c><00:12:37.990><c> one</c><00:12:38.309><c> such</c>

00:12:38.629 --> 00:12:45.889
x
tradition<00:12:39.289><c> that</c><00:12:39.990><c> the</c><00:12:41.409><c> Pharisees</c><00:12:42.269><c> and</c><00:12:42.649><c> the</c><00:12:42.889><c> scribes</c><00:12:43.330><c> have</c><00:12:43.870><c> added</c><00:12:44.309><c> to</c>

00:12:45.889 --> 00:12:47.110
x
the<00:12:46.289><c> law.</c>

00:12:47.190 --> 00:12:51.789
x
Now,<00:12:48.009><c> it's</c><00:12:48.769><c> very</c><00:12:49.049><c> important</c><00:12:49.309><c> to</c><00:12:49.509><c> note</c><00:12:49.850><c> that</c><00:12:50.570><c> they</c><00:12:51.230><c> are</c><00:12:51.389><c> by</c><00:12:51.629><c> no</c>

00:12:51.789 --> 00:12:54.230
x
means<00:12:52.070><c> the</c><00:12:52.269><c> only</c><00:12:52.649><c> group</c><00:12:53.009><c> doing</c><00:12:53.350><c> this.</c>

00:12:55.409 --> 00:13:00.929
x
And<00:12:56.049><c> we</c><00:12:56.389><c> now</c><00:12:56.649><c> have</c><00:12:56.850><c> a</c><00:12:56.929><c> lot</c><00:12:57.110><c> of</c><00:12:57.710><c> quite</c><00:12:58.490><c> interesting</c><00:12:58.990><c> information</c><00:12:59.570><c> about</c><00:13:00.190><c> the</c>

00:13:00.929 --> 00:13:04.830
x
various<00:13:01.289><c> different</c><00:13:02.090><c> Jewish</c><00:13:02.389><c> groups</c><00:13:02.769><c> going</c><00:13:03.350><c> around</c><00:13:04.409><c> at</c><00:13:04.610><c> this</c>

00:13:04.830 --> 00:13:07.629
x
time,<00:13:05.250><c> slightly</c><00:13:05.470><c> before</c><00:13:05.909><c> and</c><00:13:06.129><c> slightly</c><00:13:06.450><c> after.</c>

00:13:10.409 --> 00:13:15.389
x
And<00:13:11.049><c> what</c><00:13:11.230><c> we</c><00:13:11.450><c> can</c><00:13:11.669><c> say</c><00:13:12.289><c> as</c><00:13:13.970><c> a</c><00:13:14.090><c> sort</c><00:13:14.230><c> of</c><00:13:14.429><c> general</c><00:13:14.750><c> observation</c>

00:13:15.389 --> 00:13:16.950
x
about<00:13:15.710><c> the</c><00:13:15.970><c> pattern</c><00:13:16.169><c> of</c><00:13:16.370><c> their</c><00:13:16.590><c> thinking</c>

00:13:16.950 --> 00:13:20.590
x
is<00:13:17.370><c> that</c><00:13:17.549><c> a</c><00:13:17.629><c> lot</c><00:13:17.750><c> of</c><00:13:17.909><c> these</c><00:13:18.090><c> groups</c><00:13:18.269><c> are</c><00:13:18.450><c> very</c><00:13:18.769><c> concerned</c><00:13:19.309><c> with</c>

00:13:20.590 --> 00:13:25.470
x
the<00:13:22.009><c> problem</c><00:13:22.610><c> that</c><00:13:23.029><c> they</c><00:13:23.450><c> had</c><00:13:23.750><c> been</c><00:13:24.190><c> exiled.</c>

00:13:25.990 --> 00:13:29.429
x
They're<00:13:26.549><c> all</c><00:13:26.809><c> sort</c><00:13:26.970><c> of</c><00:13:27.190><c> thinking,</c><00:13:27.830><c> well,</c><00:13:28.509><c> we</c><00:13:28.830><c> didn't</c><00:13:29.090><c> manage</c>

00:13:29.429 --> 00:13:35.149
x
to<00:13:29.629><c> keep</c><00:13:29.789><c> the</c><00:13:29.990><c> law</c><00:13:30.169><c> properly</c><00:13:31.450><c> last</c><00:13:31.970><c> time</c><00:13:32.409><c> and</c><00:13:33.009><c> it</c><00:13:33.429><c> got</c><00:13:33.590><c> us</c><00:13:33.769><c> taken</c><00:13:34.009><c> to</c><00:13:34.289><c> Babylon.</c>

00:13:35.309 --> 00:13:37.769
x
So<00:13:35.669><c> we</c><00:13:35.769><c> need</c><00:13:35.889><c> to</c><00:13:35.990><c> be</c><00:13:36.210><c> really</c><00:13:36.590><c> careful</c><00:13:36.950><c> that</c><00:13:37.070><c> we're</c><00:13:37.289><c> doing</c><00:13:37.450><c> it</c>

00:13:37.769 --> 00:13:40.850
x
right<00:13:38.490><c> so</c><00:13:39.049><c> that</c><00:13:39.269><c> the</c><00:13:39.409><c> same</c><00:13:39.570><c> thing</c><00:13:39.730><c> doesn't</c><00:13:39.929><c> happen</c><00:13:40.169><c> to</c><00:13:40.370><c> us.</c>

00:13:40.850 --> 00:13:46.190
x
And<00:13:41.570><c> this</c><00:13:42.009><c> sort</c><00:13:42.309><c> of</c><00:13:42.529><c> question</c><00:13:42.870><c> of</c><00:13:43.549><c> how</c><00:13:43.870><c> do</c><00:13:44.049><c> we</c><00:13:44.190><c> do</c><00:13:44.429><c> the</c><00:13:44.669><c> law</c><00:13:44.909><c> right</c><00:13:45.450><c> is</c>

00:13:46.190 --> 00:13:52.470
x
what<00:13:46.389><c> leads</c><00:13:46.809><c> to</c><00:13:47.070><c> a</c><00:13:47.129><c> lot</c><00:13:47.250><c> of</c><00:13:47.470><c> these</c><00:13:49.389><c> new</c><00:13:50.309><c> traditions</c><00:13:51.210><c> becoming</c>

00:13:52.470 --> 00:13:54.070
x
put<00:13:53.049><c> forward.</c>

00:13:54.210 --> 00:13:57.190
x
So<00:13:54.590><c> how</c><00:13:55.110><c> do</c><00:13:55.409><c> I</c><00:13:55.669><c> go</c><00:13:55.970><c> about</c><00:13:56.269><c> doing</c><00:13:56.549><c> these</c><00:13:56.909><c> things?</c>

00:13:57.269 --> 00:14:01.909
x
And<00:13:57.389><c> that's</c><00:13:59.009><c> why</c><00:13:59.230><c> we</c><00:13:59.429><c> get</c><00:13:59.529><c> all</c><00:13:59.769><c> these</c><00:14:00.070><c> examples</c><00:14:00.490><c> of</c><00:14:01.389><c> decisions</c>

00:14:01.909 --> 00:14:04.049
x
being<00:14:02.190><c> made</c><00:14:02.429><c> and</c><00:14:02.690><c> proclamations</c><00:14:03.149><c> being</c><00:14:03.429><c> made</c><00:14:03.710><c> about,</c>

00:14:04.330 --> 00:14:07.990
x
well,<00:14:04.610><c> how</c><00:14:04.929><c> much</c><00:14:05.230><c> can</c><00:14:05.450><c> I</c><00:14:05.769><c> walk</c><00:14:06.149><c> before</c><00:14:06.710><c> it</c><00:14:06.950><c> becomes</c><00:14:07.169><c> work</c><00:14:07.710><c> on</c>

00:14:07.990 --> 00:14:08.990
x
the<00:14:08.190><c> Sabbath?</c>

00:14:09.710 --> 00:14:16.909
x
What<00:14:10.470><c> do</c><00:14:10.730><c> I</c><00:14:10.970><c> do</c><00:14:12.210><c> about</c><00:14:12.769><c> all</c><00:14:13.070><c> of</c><00:14:13.190><c> these</c><00:14:13.610><c> various</c><00:14:14.090><c> different</c><00:14:15.529><c> minutiae</c><00:14:16.649><c> and</c>

00:14:16.909 --> 00:14:20.450
x
specifics,<00:14:17.669><c> these</c><00:14:18.090><c> controversies</c><00:14:18.769><c> between</c><00:14:19.389><c> different</c><00:14:19.990><c> passages?</c>

00:14:20.610 --> 00:14:22.909
x
And<00:14:20.789><c> the</c><00:14:20.990><c> scribes</c><00:14:21.289><c> and</c><00:14:21.389><c> the</c><00:14:21.610><c> Pharisees</c><00:14:22.029><c> and</c><00:14:22.149><c> the</c><00:14:22.370><c> Sadducees</c>

00:14:22.909 --> 00:14:25.789
x
and<00:14:23.330><c> various</c><00:14:23.710><c> other</c><00:14:23.950><c> groups</c><00:14:24.350><c> would</c><00:14:24.710><c> like</c><00:14:24.870><c> to</c><00:14:25.049><c> tell</c><00:14:25.149><c> you</c><00:14:25.330><c> exactly</c><00:14:25.649><c> what</c>

00:14:25.789 --> 00:14:27.529
x
you<00:14:25.990><c> can</c><00:14:26.309><c> do.</c>

00:14:28.389 --> 00:14:32.830
x
But<00:14:28.970><c> Jesus</c><00:14:29.429><c> seems</c><00:14:29.690><c> to</c><00:14:29.809><c> have</c><00:14:29.970><c> a</c><00:14:30.149><c> problem</c><00:14:30.710><c> with</c><00:14:31.649><c> the</c><00:14:32.049><c> idea</c><00:14:32.450><c> that</c>

00:14:32.830 --> 00:14:35.289
x
there<00:14:33.370><c> is</c><00:14:33.889><c> a</c><00:14:34.269><c> adding</c><00:14:34.610><c> to.</c>

00:14:35.289 --> 00:14:39.629
x
Because,<00:14:36.389><c> of</c><00:14:36.549><c> course,</c><00:14:37.850><c> the</c><00:14:37.950><c> law</c><00:14:38.289><c> and</c><00:14:38.470><c> the</c><00:14:38.710><c> prophets</c><00:14:39.009><c> are</c><00:14:39.490><c> the</c>

00:14:39.629 --> 00:14:40.450
x
word<00:14:39.789><c> of</c><00:14:40.029><c> God.</c>

00:14:40.929 --> 00:14:44.649
x
And<00:14:41.090><c> these</c><00:14:42.350><c> interpretations</c><00:14:43.129><c> and</c><00:14:43.549><c> traditions</c><00:14:44.029><c> on</c><00:14:44.330><c> the</c><00:14:44.490><c> parts</c>

00:14:44.649 --> 00:14:48.629
x
of<00:14:44.870><c> these</c><00:14:45.090><c> various</c><00:14:45.529><c> Jewish</c><00:14:45.789><c> groups</c><00:14:46.370><c> are</c><00:14:47.169><c> squarely</c><00:14:47.710><c> not.</c>

00:14:50.830 --> 00:14:55.950
x
Now,<00:14:51.370><c> that</c><00:14:51.590><c> being</c><00:14:52.210><c> said,</c><00:14:52.850><c> there's</c><00:14:53.049><c> some</c><00:14:53.289><c> very,</c><00:14:54.070><c> very</c><00:14:54.769><c> interesting</c><00:14:55.429><c> things</c>

00:14:55.950 --> 00:14:58.289
x
that<00:14:56.090><c> we</c><00:14:56.210><c> can</c><00:14:56.370><c> observe</c><00:14:56.710><c> from</c><00:14:56.929><c> these</c><00:14:57.309><c> different</c><00:14:57.629><c> Jewish</c><00:14:57.909><c> groups.</c>

00:14:58.289 --> 00:15:06.309
x
And<00:14:58.809><c> one</c><00:14:59.269><c> of</c><00:14:59.450><c> them</c><00:14:59.730><c> is</c><00:15:00.070><c> that</c><00:15:00.330><c> the</c><00:15:00.570><c> Pharisees</c><00:15:01.330><c> are</c><00:15:01.649><c> not</c><00:15:02.029><c> actually</c><00:15:02.769><c> the</c><00:15:04.850><c> most</c><00:15:05.330><c> sort</c><00:15:05.610><c> of</c>

00:15:06.309 --> 00:15:10.110
x
egregious<00:15:06.809><c> literalist</c><00:15:08.750><c> ones</c><00:15:09.389><c> out</c><00:15:09.730><c> there.</c>

00:15:10.250 --> 00:15:13.230
x
Actually,<00:15:10.669><c> a</c><00:15:10.830><c> lot</c><00:15:10.950><c> of</c><00:15:11.129><c> these</c><00:15:11.309><c> groups</c><00:15:11.509><c> are</c><00:15:11.769><c> very,</c><00:15:12.070><c> very,</c><00:15:12.929><c> very,</c>

00:15:13.230 --> 00:15:17.190
x
very<00:15:13.649><c> firm</c><00:15:13.970><c> about</c><00:15:14.549><c> how</c><00:15:14.750><c> you</c><00:15:14.970><c> go</c><00:15:15.110><c> about</c><00:15:15.330><c> keeping</c><00:15:15.929><c> the</c><00:15:16.870><c> law,</c>

00:15:17.490 --> 00:15:22.669
x
such<00:15:17.649><c> that</c><00:15:17.970><c> if</c><00:15:18.509><c> you've</c><00:15:18.809><c> heard</c><00:15:18.950><c> of</c><00:15:19.230><c> the</c><00:15:20.250><c> Essenes,</c><00:15:22.070><c> the</c><00:15:22.309><c> group</c>

00:15:22.669 --> 00:15:26.049
x
at<00:15:23.049><c> Qumran</c><00:15:23.389><c> who</c><00:15:23.570><c> are</c><00:15:23.870><c> responsible</c><00:15:24.370><c> for</c><00:15:24.570><c> the</c><00:15:24.750><c> Dead</c><00:15:24.929><c> Sea</c><00:15:25.190><c> Scrolls,</c>

00:15:26.049 --> 00:15:31.210
x
they<00:15:26.610><c> actually</c><00:15:27.149><c> fled</c><00:15:27.590><c> or</c><00:15:29.049><c> went</c><00:15:29.289><c> out</c><00:15:29.529><c> into</c><00:15:29.730><c> the</c><00:15:29.850><c> wilderness</c><00:15:30.129><c> for</c><00:15:30.909><c> 40</c>

00:15:31.210 --> 00:15:35.230
x
years<00:15:31.669><c> to</c><00:15:31.990><c> go</c><00:15:32.190><c> out</c><00:15:32.370><c> where</c><00:15:32.490><c> they</c><00:15:32.610><c> could</c><00:15:32.789><c> keep</c><00:15:33.029><c> the</c><00:15:33.230><c> law</c><00:15:33.370><c> properly,</c><00:15:34.450><c> so</c><00:15:34.830><c> to</c><00:15:35.029><c> speak.</c>

00:15:35.250 --> 00:15:38.070
x
And<00:15:35.389><c> they</c><00:15:35.629><c> believed</c><00:15:35.950><c> that</c><00:15:36.529><c> eventually</c><00:15:37.289><c> God</c><00:15:37.509><c> would</c><00:15:37.690><c> get</c><00:15:37.870><c> rid</c>

00:15:38.070 --> 00:15:41.490
x
of<00:15:38.169><c> all</c><00:15:38.330><c> of</c><00:15:38.409><c> the</c><00:15:38.590><c> people</c><00:15:39.210><c> in</c><00:15:39.889><c> the</c><00:15:40.090><c> temple</c><00:15:40.289><c> because</c><00:15:40.570><c> they</c><00:15:41.350><c> were</c>

00:15:41.490 --> 00:15:43.269
x
doing<00:15:41.649><c> the</c><00:15:41.809><c> temple</c><00:15:42.049><c> service</c><00:15:42.370><c> wrong.</c>

00:15:43.950 --> 00:15:48.929
x
And<00:15:44.210><c> now</c><00:15:44.590><c> they</c><00:15:44.909><c> actually</c><00:15:45.309><c> had</c><00:15:45.649><c> a</c><00:15:45.690><c> little</c><00:15:46.049><c> pun</c><00:15:46.529><c> about</c><00:15:47.450><c> the</c><00:15:47.730><c> Pharisees.</c>

00:15:49.710 --> 00:15:54.710
x
The<00:15:50.470><c> word</c><00:15:50.870><c> Pharisee</c><00:15:51.409><c> is</c><00:15:51.629><c> similar</c><00:15:52.190><c> to</c><00:15:53.549><c> the</c><00:15:53.830><c> phrase</c><00:15:54.129><c> seeker</c>

00:15:54.710 --> 00:15:56.830
x
after<00:15:55.129><c> smooth</c><00:15:55.590><c> things.</c>

00:15:57.289 --> 00:16:01.809
x
And<00:15:57.850><c> that</c><00:15:58.230><c> was</c><00:15:58.330><c> what</c><00:15:58.470><c> the</c><00:15:58.629><c> people</c><00:15:58.769><c> at</c><00:15:58.929><c> Qumran</c><00:15:59.269><c> referred</c><00:15:59.649><c> to</c><00:15:59.809><c> the</c><00:15:59.950><c> Pharisees</c><00:16:00.350><c> as,</c><00:16:00.870><c> because</c><00:16:01.389><c> to</c>

00:16:01.809 --> 00:16:05.110
x
them,<00:16:02.470><c> the</c><00:16:02.669><c> Pharisees</c><00:16:03.009><c> were</c><00:16:03.149><c> making</c><00:16:03.389><c> it</c><00:16:03.610><c> too</c><00:16:04.009><c> easy,</c>

00:16:05.450 --> 00:16:09.769
x
which<00:16:06.210><c> sounds</c><00:16:06.830><c> very</c><00:16:07.350><c> different</c><00:16:07.629><c> to</c><00:16:07.789><c> what</c><00:16:08.870><c> we</c><00:16:09.149><c> might</c><00:16:09.309><c> imagine</c>

00:16:09.769 --> 00:16:10.529
x
of<00:16:10.269><c> them.</c>

00:16:10.529 --> 00:16:15.929
x
We<00:16:11.389><c> perhaps</c><00:16:11.809><c> imagine</c><00:16:12.169><c> the</c><00:16:12.429><c> Pharisees</c><00:16:12.830><c> to</c><00:16:13.049><c> be</c><00:16:13.289><c> the</c><00:16:13.649><c> sort</c><00:16:13.830><c> of</c>

00:16:15.929 --> 00:16:19.909
x
hyper<00:16:16.350><c> literalist,</c><00:16:18.029><c> extremely</c><00:16:18.490><c> committed,</c>

00:16:20.669 --> 00:16:25.990
x
you<00:16:21.250><c> know,</c><00:16:21.450><c> the</c><00:16:21.629><c> tithing</c><00:16:21.909><c> of</c><00:16:22.090><c> mint</c><00:16:22.269><c> and</c><00:16:22.529><c> dill</c><00:16:22.789><c> sounds</c><00:16:23.190><c> like</c><00:16:25.169><c> so</c>

00:16:25.990 --> 00:16:31.649
x
much<00:16:26.269><c> focus</c><00:16:26.529><c> on</c><00:16:27.269><c> the</c><00:16:28.990><c> literalistic</c><00:16:30.110><c> aspects</c><00:16:30.710><c> of</c><00:16:31.250><c> the</c><00:16:31.429><c> law.</c>

00:16:31.649 --> 00:16:37.690
x
But<00:16:32.230><c> ultimately,</c><00:16:36.409><c> we're</c><00:16:36.629><c> going</c><00:16:36.750><c> to</c><00:16:36.929><c> see</c><00:16:37.070><c> that</c><00:16:37.210><c> when</c><00:16:37.429><c> Christ</c>

00:16:37.690 --> 00:16:45.570
x
talks<00:16:38.090><c> about</c><00:16:38.350><c> those</c><00:16:38.789><c> sort</c><00:16:39.009><c> of</c><00:16:40.690><c> literal</c><00:16:41.309><c> details</c><00:16:44.769><c> that</c><00:16:45.070><c> they</c>

00:16:45.570 --> 00:16:48.590
x
are<00:16:45.870><c> so</c><00:16:47.029><c> finicky</c><00:16:47.409><c> about,</c>

00:16:48.850 --> 00:16:51.710
x
Jesus<00:16:49.129><c> actually</c><00:16:49.450><c> doesn't</c><00:16:49.669><c> tell</c><00:16:49.850><c> them</c><00:16:49.990><c> to</c><00:16:50.230><c> not</c><00:16:50.509><c> do</c><00:16:50.769><c> those.</c>

00:16:51.990 --> 00:16:58.090
x
Jesus<00:16:52.350><c> tells</c><00:16:52.649><c> them</c><00:16:52.889><c> to</c><00:16:53.289><c> keep</c><00:16:53.549><c> doing</c><00:16:53.830><c> those</c><00:16:54.289><c> and</c><00:16:54.669><c> then</c><00:16:55.029><c> add</c><00:16:55.409><c> other</c><00:16:55.710><c> stuff</c><00:16:56.250><c> to</c><00:16:56.850><c> it.</c>

00:16:58.410 --> 00:17:03.350
x
And<00:16:59.090><c> so</c><00:16:59.549><c> what</c><00:17:00.490><c> we</c><00:17:01.029><c> might</c><00:17:01.289><c> actually</c><00:17:01.730><c> come</c><00:17:01.950><c> to</c><00:17:02.210><c> see</c><00:17:02.590><c> is</c><00:17:02.970><c> that</c><00:17:03.210><c> on</c>

00:17:03.350 --> 00:17:08.750
x
the<00:17:03.529><c> whole,</c><00:17:04.509><c> Jesus</c><00:17:04.690><c> doesn't</c><00:17:05.130><c> think</c><00:17:05.470><c> that</c><00:17:06.549><c> the</c><00:17:06.750><c> Pharisees</c><00:17:07.329><c> are</c>

00:17:08.750 --> 00:17:10.869
x
making<00:17:09.950><c> things</c><00:17:10.289><c> too</c><00:17:10.630><c> hard,</c>

00:17:10.990 --> 00:17:16.109
x
though<00:17:11.089><c> there</c><00:17:11.230><c> are</c><00:17:12.569><c> a</c><00:17:12.690><c> few</c><00:17:12.809><c> verses</c><00:17:13.190><c> about</c><00:17:13.529><c> them</c><00:17:13.950><c> putting</c><00:17:14.269><c> burdens</c><00:17:14.609><c> on</c><00:17:14.849><c> people.</c>

00:17:17.690 --> 00:17:20.750
x
It<00:17:18.029><c> might</c><00:17:18.349><c> seem</c><00:17:18.690><c> actually</c><00:17:19.210><c> that</c><00:17:19.450><c> what</c><00:17:19.609><c> Jesus</c><00:17:19.990><c> has</c><00:17:20.309><c> a</c><00:17:20.490><c> problem</c>

00:17:20.750 --> 00:17:24.869
x
with<00:17:20.990><c> is</c><00:17:21.210><c> the</c><00:17:21.410><c> fact</c><00:17:21.549><c> that</c><00:17:21.690><c> they're</c><00:17:21.950><c> so</c><00:17:22.450><c> concerned</c><00:17:22.990><c> with</c><00:17:24.009><c> this</c><00:17:24.509><c> doing</c>

00:17:24.869 --> 00:17:28.829
x
that<00:17:25.210><c> they're</c><00:17:25.670><c> simplifying</c><00:17:26.230><c> the</c><00:17:26.490><c> law</c><00:17:26.849><c> to</c><00:17:27.210><c> make</c><00:17:27.390><c> it</c><00:17:27.750><c> doable,</c>

00:17:28.910 --> 00:17:33.269
x
which<00:17:30.230><c> is</c><00:17:30.710><c> in</c><00:17:31.029><c> stark</c><00:17:31.230><c> contrast</c><00:17:31.829><c> to</c><00:17:32.089><c> the</c><00:17:32.309><c> type</c><00:17:32.470><c> of</c><00:17:32.750><c> moral</c><00:17:32.930><c> teaching</c>

00:17:33.269 --> 00:17:36.490
x
that<00:17:33.509><c> Christ</c><00:17:34.349><c> puts</c><00:17:35.130><c> forward</c><00:17:35.509><c> on</c><00:17:35.690><c> the</c><00:17:35.829><c> Sermon</c><00:17:36.009><c> on</c><00:17:36.170><c> the</c><00:17:36.289><c> Mount,</c>

00:17:36.630 --> 00:17:39.190
x
which<00:17:36.710><c> we're</c><00:17:37.390><c> very</c><00:17:37.789><c> familiar</c><00:17:38.230><c> with.</c>

00:17:40.670 --> 00:17:44.529
x
It<00:17:41.309><c> has</c><00:17:41.690><c> been</c><00:17:42.029><c> said,</c><00:17:42.369><c> do</c><00:17:42.690><c> not</c><00:17:42.930><c> murder,</c><00:17:43.609><c> but</c><00:17:43.869><c> if</c><00:17:44.009><c> you</c><00:17:44.170><c> have</c><00:17:44.309><c> even</c>

00:17:44.529 --> 00:17:46.930
x
been<00:17:44.789><c> angry,</c><00:17:45.329><c> you're</c><00:17:45.650><c> already</c><00:17:45.950><c> guilty.</c>

00:17:47.829 --> 00:17:56.150
x
That's<00:17:48.549><c> the</c><00:17:48.730><c> level</c><00:17:49.150><c> of</c><00:17:50.529><c> law</c><00:17:50.829><c> keeping</c><00:17:51.170><c> that's</c><00:17:52.509><c> the</c><00:17:52.869><c> floor</c><00:17:53.230><c> for</c><00:17:55.109><c> Jesus.</c>

00:17:56.829 --> 00:18:01.229
x
And<00:17:57.009><c> now</c><00:17:57.369><c> that's</c><00:17:58.190><c> not</c><00:17:58.430><c> less</c><00:17:59.069><c> extreme</c><00:17:59.690><c> than</c><00:18:00.109><c> the</c><00:18:00.369><c> Pharisees.</c>

00:18:01.589 --> 00:18:05.789
x
That's<00:18:02.049><c> more</c><00:18:02.410><c> extreme</c><00:18:03.109><c> than</c><00:18:03.450><c> the</c><00:18:03.730><c> Pharisees,</c><00:18:04.549><c> which</c><00:18:04.730><c> of</c><00:18:04.930><c> course</c><00:18:05.069><c> it</c><00:18:05.230><c> is.</c>

00:18:06.089 --> 00:18:07.970
x
And<00:18:06.410><c> that</c><00:18:06.809><c> shouldn't</c><00:18:07.150><c> surprise</c><00:18:07.569><c> us.</c>

00:18:08.069 --> 00:18:11.410
x
And<00:18:08.430><c> I</c><00:18:09.029><c> hope</c><00:18:09.170><c> it</c><00:18:09.390><c> doesn't</c><00:18:09.630><c> surprise</c><00:18:10.049><c> us.</c>

00:18:13.789 --> 00:18:19.049
x
Now,<00:18:15.230><c> one</c><00:18:15.410><c> of</c><00:18:15.529><c> the</c><00:18:15.630><c> most</c><00:18:15.910><c> famous</c><00:18:16.470><c> stretches</c><00:18:16.930><c> of</c><00:18:17.609><c> Christ's</c><00:18:18.049><c> words</c><00:18:18.269><c> on</c>

00:18:19.049 --> 00:18:21.410
x
the<00:18:19.289><c> Pharisees</c><00:18:19.670><c> is,</c><00:18:19.869><c> of</c><00:18:19.950><c> course,</c><00:18:20.309><c> Matthew</c><00:18:20.630><c> 23,</c>

00:18:21.849 --> 00:18:27.609
x
which<00:18:22.049><c> is</c><00:18:22.250><c> a</c><00:18:22.369><c> whole</c><00:18:22.589><c> chapter</c><00:18:23.329><c> specifically</c><00:18:26.509><c> targeted.</c>

00:18:28.490 --> 00:18:31.470
x
And<00:18:29.049><c> Jesus</c><00:18:29.269><c> says</c><00:18:29.430><c> a</c><00:18:29.529><c> whole</c><00:18:29.750><c> lot</c><00:18:29.950><c> of</c><00:18:30.130><c> things</c><00:18:30.509><c> about</c><00:18:30.950><c> them</c><00:18:31.150><c> here,</c>

00:18:31.549 --> 00:18:36.629
x
some<00:18:31.829><c> of</c><00:18:32.029><c> which</c><00:18:32.289><c> are</c><00:18:33.089><c> really</c><00:18:33.529><c> quite</c><00:18:35.849><c> aggressive.</c>

00:18:38.589 --> 00:18:42.470
x
He<00:18:39.069><c> says</c><00:18:39.549><c> in</c><00:18:39.750><c> verses</c><00:18:40.150><c> two</c><00:18:40.549><c> and</c><00:18:40.769><c> three,</c><00:18:41.569><c> the</c><00:18:41.750><c> scribes</c><00:18:42.170><c> and</c><00:18:42.289><c> the</c>

00:18:42.470 --> 00:18:45.730
x
Pharisees<00:18:42.829><c> have</c><00:18:43.089><c> seated</c><00:18:43.289><c> themselves</c><00:18:43.869><c> in</c><00:18:44.130><c> the</c><00:18:44.369><c> chair</c><00:18:44.589><c> of</c><00:18:44.809><c> Moses.</c>

00:18:45.769 --> 00:18:49.369
x
Therefore,<00:18:46.190><c> all</c><00:18:46.470><c> that</c><00:18:46.589><c> they</c><00:18:46.849><c> tell</c><00:18:47.089><c> you,</c><00:18:47.730><c> do</c><00:18:47.869><c> and</c><00:18:48.109><c> observe,</c><00:18:49.049><c> but</c><00:18:49.170><c> do</c>

00:18:49.369 --> 00:18:51.890
x
not<00:18:49.549><c> do</c><00:18:49.730><c> according</c><00:18:49.990><c> to</c><00:18:50.190><c> their</c><00:18:50.430><c> deeds,</c><00:18:51.049><c> for</c><00:18:51.150><c> they</c><00:18:51.430><c> say</c><00:18:51.630><c> things</c>

00:18:51.890 --> 00:18:53.490
x
and<00:18:52.069><c> do</c><00:18:52.250><c> not</c><00:18:52.410><c> do</c><00:18:52.650><c> them.</c>

00:18:56.650 --> 00:19:06.769
x
So<00:18:57.170><c> here,</c><00:18:58.730><c> Jesus</c><00:18:58.750><c> seems</c><00:18:59.289><c> to</c><00:19:03.710><c> condone</c><00:19:05.430><c> certain</c><00:19:05.950><c> elements</c><00:19:06.470><c> of</c>

00:19:06.769 --> 00:19:09.250
x
their<00:19:06.970><c> instruction</c><00:19:07.730><c> that</c><00:19:08.109><c> you</c><00:19:08.289><c> should</c><00:19:08.450><c> go</c><00:19:08.670><c> out</c><00:19:08.829><c> and</c><00:19:09.049><c> do.</c>

00:19:09.349 --> 00:19:13.150
x
Now,<00:19:09.509><c> we</c><00:19:09.650><c> might</c><00:19:09.910><c> ask</c><00:19:10.529><c> whether</c><00:19:10.910><c> or</c><00:19:11.089><c> not</c><00:19:11.190><c> this</c><00:19:11.529><c> is</c><00:19:12.029><c> like</c><00:19:12.549><c> what</c><00:19:12.950><c> he</c>

00:19:13.150 --> 00:19:16.430
x
says<00:19:13.349><c> about</c><00:19:13.609><c> the</c><00:19:13.809><c> temple</c><00:19:14.089><c> tax,</c><00:19:14.890><c> which</c><00:19:15.069><c> is,</c><00:19:15.549><c> you</c><00:19:15.690><c> know,</c><00:19:16.089><c> we'll</c>

00:19:16.430 --> 00:19:18.029
x
pay<00:19:16.670><c> it</c><00:19:16.869><c> so</c><00:19:16.990><c> that</c><00:19:17.150><c> we</c><00:19:17.250><c> don't</c><00:19:17.430><c> offend</c><00:19:17.769><c> them.</c>

00:19:18.029 --> 00:19:20.990
x
It<00:19:18.730><c> might</c><00:19:19.009><c> be</c><00:19:19.289><c> that</c><00:19:19.670><c> what</c><00:19:19.869><c> Christ</c><00:19:20.109><c> is</c><00:19:20.390><c> saying</c><00:19:20.509><c> is</c><00:19:20.769><c> something</c>

00:19:20.990 --> 00:19:24.650
x
like<00:19:21.430><c> that,</c><00:19:22.309><c> although</c><00:19:22.769><c> that</c><00:19:23.150><c> isn't</c><00:19:23.529><c> explicit.</c>

00:19:24.890 --> 00:19:30.029
x
So<00:19:25.009><c> we</c><00:19:25.710><c> might</c><00:19:25.950><c> want</c><00:19:26.210><c> to</c><00:19:27.450><c> be</c><00:19:27.930><c> cautious</c><00:19:28.430><c> on</c><00:19:28.869><c> that</c><00:19:29.069><c> question.</c>

00:19:30.829 --> 00:19:35.589
x
But<00:19:31.469><c> the</c><00:19:32.109><c> thing</c><00:19:32.230><c> that's</c><00:19:32.549><c> wrong</c><00:19:32.809><c> here</c><00:19:33.230><c> is</c><00:19:33.549><c> that</c><00:19:34.390><c> you</c><00:19:34.970><c> can't</c><00:19:35.430><c> do</c>

00:19:35.589 --> 00:19:38.130
x
according<00:19:35.910><c> to</c><00:19:36.089><c> the</c><00:19:36.349><c> actions</c><00:19:36.769><c> of</c><00:19:36.990><c> the</c><00:19:37.109><c> Pharisees</c><00:19:37.450><c> because</c><00:19:37.549><c> they</c><00:19:37.769><c> don't</c><00:19:37.990><c> do</c>

00:19:38.130 --> 00:19:39.730
x
what<00:19:38.250><c> they</c><00:19:38.549><c> teach.</c>

00:19:40.069 --> 00:19:43.089
x
And<00:19:40.069><c> that's</c><00:19:41.529><c> the</c><00:19:41.750><c> real</c><00:19:42.069><c> problem.</c>

00:19:44.129 --> 00:19:52.609
x
It's<00:19:44.769><c> not</c><00:19:44.950><c> that</c><00:19:45.109><c> they're</c><00:19:45.410><c> teaching</c><00:19:45.930><c> on</c><00:19:46.970><c> some</c><00:19:47.470><c> or</c><00:19:47.950><c> some</c><00:19:48.289><c> elements</c><00:19:48.630><c> of</c><00:19:48.869><c> their,</c><00:19:51.109><c> yes,</c><00:19:51.230><c> what</c><00:19:51.390><c> they</c><00:19:51.750><c> tell</c><00:19:51.970><c> you,</c><00:19:52.430><c> you</c>

00:19:52.609 --> 00:19:55.170
x
should<00:19:52.789><c> go</c><00:19:52.970><c> out</c><00:19:53.150><c> and</c><00:19:53.329><c> do</c><00:19:53.450><c> it.</c>

00:19:55.990 --> 00:20:02.230
x
But<00:19:56.630><c> their</c><00:19:57.269><c> deeds</c><00:19:57.869><c> are</c><00:19:59.809><c> not</c><00:20:00.750><c> to</c><00:20:00.970><c> be</c><00:20:01.190><c> emulated.</c>

00:20:02.250 --> 00:20:05.309
x
In<00:20:02.430><c> verse</c><00:20:02.690><c> four,</c><00:20:03.549><c> they</c><00:20:03.549><c> tie</c><00:20:03.869><c> up</c><00:20:04.130><c> heavy</c><00:20:04.390><c> burdens</c><00:20:04.750><c> and</c><00:20:04.990><c> lay</c><00:20:05.170><c> them</c>

00:20:05.309 --> 00:20:08.890
x
on<00:20:05.490><c> men's</c><00:20:05.950><c> shoulders,</c><00:20:06.750><c> but</c><00:20:06.750><c> they</c><00:20:07.890><c> themselves</c><00:20:08.390><c> are</c><00:20:08.650><c> unwilling</c>

00:20:08.890 --> 00:20:11.069
x
to<00:20:09.190><c> move</c><00:20:09.410><c> them</c><00:20:09.750><c> with</c><00:20:10.089><c> so</c><00:20:10.269><c> much</c><00:20:10.369><c> as</c><00:20:10.569><c> a</c><00:20:10.710><c> finger.</c>

00:20:11.069 --> 00:20:14.630
x
So<00:20:11.809><c> they're</c><00:20:12.009><c> very</c><00:20:12.410><c> willing</c><00:20:12.789><c> to</c><00:20:13.430><c> make</c><00:20:13.630><c> all</c><00:20:13.869><c> of</c><00:20:13.970><c> these</c><00:20:14.130><c> onerous</c>

00:20:14.630 --> 00:20:18.529
x
claims<00:20:15.069><c> and</c><00:20:15.630><c> get</c><00:20:15.869><c> other</c><00:20:16.150><c> people</c><00:20:16.670><c> to</c><00:20:16.970><c> try</c><00:20:17.190><c> and</c><00:20:17.970><c> try</c><00:20:18.109><c> and</c><00:20:18.390><c> pick</c>

00:20:18.529 --> 00:20:21.529
x
up,<00:20:19.029><c> pick</c><00:20:19.130><c> up</c><00:20:19.349><c> the</c><00:20:19.549><c> weight</c><00:20:19.869><c> of</c><00:20:20.549><c> their</c><00:20:20.910><c> interpretations.</c>

00:20:21.529 --> 00:20:26.589
x
But<00:20:21.910><c> as</c><00:20:22.569><c> as</c><00:20:22.970><c> came</c><00:20:23.170><c> up</c><00:20:23.309><c> in</c><00:20:23.450><c> the</c><00:20:23.650><c> last</c><00:20:23.950><c> verse,</c><00:20:24.309><c> they're</c><00:20:24.750><c> not</c><00:20:24.990><c> doing</c><00:20:25.170><c> it</c><00:20:25.390><c> themselves.</c>

00:20:28.210 --> 00:20:34.130
x
And<00:20:28.890><c> now,</c><00:20:30.029><c> verses</c><00:20:30.130><c> five</c><00:20:30.589><c> to</c><00:20:30.769><c> twelve</c><00:20:31.589><c> of</c><00:20:32.029><c> Chapter</c><00:20:32.309><c> 23,</c><00:20:33.690><c> all</c><00:20:33.970><c> of</c>

00:20:34.130 --> 00:20:39.329
x
that<00:20:34.430><c> is</c><00:20:34.670><c> to</c><00:20:34.809><c> the</c><00:20:35.029><c> general</c><00:20:35.369><c> pattern</c><00:20:36.029><c> of</c><00:20:36.769><c> saying</c><00:20:37.109><c> what</c><00:20:37.849><c> the</c><00:20:38.349><c> Pharisees</c><00:20:38.849><c> do,</c>

00:20:39.549 --> 00:20:43.329
x
they're<00:20:39.809><c> only</c><00:20:40.150><c> doing</c><00:20:40.470><c> it</c><00:20:40.730><c> so</c><00:20:40.950><c> that</c><00:20:41.029><c> they'll</c><00:20:41.269><c> be</c><00:20:41.430><c> noticed</c><00:20:41.869><c> or</c><00:20:42.250><c> praised.</c>

00:20:43.569 --> 00:20:47.710
x
And<00:20:44.009><c> Jesus</c><00:20:44.289><c> also</c><00:20:45.029><c> encourages</c><00:20:45.710><c> us</c><00:20:46.009><c> not</c><00:20:46.369><c> to</c><00:20:46.710><c> desire</c><00:20:47.089><c> that</c><00:20:47.470><c> kind</c>

00:20:47.710 --> 00:20:51.130
x
of<00:20:47.950><c> recognition</c><00:20:48.430><c> or</c><00:20:48.890><c> praise</c><00:20:49.230><c> and</c><00:20:49.630><c> also</c><00:20:49.910><c> not</c><00:20:50.150><c> to</c><00:20:50.349><c> give</c><00:20:50.450><c> it</c><00:20:50.690><c> out.</c>

00:20:51.130 --> 00:20:54.829
x
And<00:20:52.049><c> now</c><00:20:52.210><c> that's</c><00:20:52.430><c> an</c><00:20:52.630><c> extremely</c><00:20:53.049><c> hard</c><00:20:53.269><c> thing</c><00:20:53.430><c> to</c><00:20:53.630><c> do.</c>

00:20:56.750 --> 00:21:01.529
x
But<00:20:57.509><c> yeah,</c><00:20:58.269><c> both</c><00:20:58.769><c> in</c><00:20:59.069><c> terms</c><00:20:59.390><c> of</c><00:20:59.650><c> our</c><00:21:00.170><c> own</c><00:21:00.529><c> humility</c><00:21:00.990><c> and</c><00:21:01.230><c> not</c>

00:21:01.529 --> 00:21:03.630
x
desiring<00:21:02.089><c> recognition</c><00:21:02.690><c> from</c><00:21:02.930><c> others.</c>

00:21:04.150 --> 00:21:15.269
x
But<00:21:04.150><c> giving</c><00:21:04.569><c> out</c><00:21:04.849><c> that</c><00:21:05.109><c> kind</c><00:21:05.309><c> of</c><00:21:05.509><c> recognition</c><00:21:05.910><c> is</c><00:21:06.190><c> also</c><00:21:06.650><c> a</c><00:21:08.490><c> very,</c><00:21:08.730><c> very</c><00:21:08.930><c> natural</c><00:21:10.009><c> human</c><00:21:11.750><c> behavior</c><00:21:12.190><c> that</c><00:21:12.369><c> we're</c><00:21:12.609><c> really,</c><00:21:13.190><c> really</c><00:21:13.430><c> being</c><00:21:13.809><c> encouraged</c><00:21:14.250><c> quite</c><00:21:14.549><c> firmly</c><00:21:14.869><c> to</c>

00:21:15.269 --> 00:21:17.210
x
keep<00:21:15.670><c> reined</c><00:21:16.089><c> in.</c>

00:21:17.690 --> 00:21:20.690
x
And<00:21:18.170><c> then</c><00:21:18.650><c> we</c><00:21:18.890><c> hit</c><00:21:19.029><c> the</c><00:21:19.269><c> section</c><00:21:19.549><c> that</c><00:21:19.710><c> is</c><00:21:19.930><c> often</c><00:21:20.190><c> known</c><00:21:20.490><c> as</c>

00:21:20.690 --> 00:21:23.809
x
the<00:21:20.890><c> eight</c><00:21:21.210><c> woes.</c>

00:21:24.210 --> 00:21:29.509
x
Verse<00:21:24.369><c> 13,</c><00:21:26.190><c> woe</c><00:21:26.569><c> to</c><00:21:26.710><c> you,</c><00:21:27.250><c> scribes</c><00:21:27.430><c> and</c><00:21:27.609><c> Pharisees,</c><00:21:28.410><c> hypocrites,</c><00:21:29.309><c> because</c>

00:21:29.509 --> 00:21:32.730
x
you<00:21:29.750><c> shut</c><00:21:29.970><c> off</c><00:21:30.250><c> the</c><00:21:30.450><c> kingdom</c><00:21:30.670><c> of</c><00:21:30.869><c> heaven</c><00:21:31.069><c> from</c><00:21:31.309><c> people</c><00:21:31.890><c> and</c><00:21:32.349><c> you</c><00:21:32.509><c> do</c>

00:21:32.730 --> 00:21:35.670
x
not<00:21:32.950><c> enter</c><00:21:33.230><c> in</c><00:21:33.450><c> yourselves,</c><00:21:34.569><c> nor</c><00:21:34.750><c> do</c><00:21:34.930><c> you</c><00:21:35.029><c> allow</c><00:21:35.230><c> those</c><00:21:35.509><c> who</c>

00:21:35.670 --> 00:21:37.789
x
are<00:21:35.869><c> entering</c><00:21:36.109><c> to</c><00:21:36.410><c> go</c><00:21:36.650><c> in.</c>

00:21:38.829 --> 00:21:42.109
x
They<00:21:39.569><c> prevent</c><00:21:40.049><c> entry</c><00:21:40.490><c> to</c><00:21:40.690><c> the</c><00:21:40.809><c> kingdom</c><00:21:41.069><c> of</c><00:21:41.230><c> the</c><00:21:41.369><c> heavens</c><00:21:41.690><c> and</c>

00:21:42.109 --> 00:21:44.730
x
they<00:21:42.309><c> aren't</c><00:21:42.509><c> going</c><00:21:42.750><c> in</c><00:21:42.950><c> themselves</c><00:21:43.450><c> and</c><00:21:43.730><c> they're</c><00:21:44.089><c> barring</c>

00:21:44.730 --> 00:21:47.150
x
those<00:21:45.130><c> who</c><00:21:45.490><c> are.</c>

00:21:47.430 --> 00:21:52.470
x
Verse<00:21:47.490><c> 14,</c><00:21:47.970><c> they</c><00:21:48.170><c> devour</c><00:21:48.769><c> widows</c><00:21:49.150><c> houses</c><00:21:49.650><c> and</c><00:21:50.509><c> they</c><00:21:50.730><c> give</c><00:21:50.950><c> prayers</c><00:21:51.549><c> deserving</c><00:21:52.170><c> to</c>

00:21:52.470 --> 00:21:53.210
x
be<00:21:52.690><c> noticed.</c>

00:21:53.690 --> 00:21:58.329
x
Now,<00:21:54.049><c> what</c><00:21:54.289><c> I</c><00:21:54.589><c> think</c><00:21:54.829><c> devouring</c><00:21:55.329><c> widows</c><00:21:55.950><c> houses</c><00:21:56.369><c> probably</c><00:21:57.089><c> refers</c><00:21:57.609><c> to</c>

00:21:58.329 --> 00:22:04.849
x
is<00:21:59.009><c> perhaps</c><00:22:00.829><c> that's</c><00:22:01.970><c> demanding</c><00:22:02.549><c> or</c><00:22:03.250><c> requesting</c><00:22:03.730><c> heavy</c><00:22:04.069><c> donation</c><00:22:04.630><c> from</c>

00:22:04.849 --> 00:22:06.190
x
people<00:22:05.109><c> who</c><00:22:05.289><c> can't</c><00:22:05.569><c> afford</c><00:22:05.809><c> it.</c>

00:22:06.190 --> 00:22:11.609
x
That's<00:22:07.049><c> maybe</c><00:22:07.329><c> an</c><00:22:07.509><c> option</c><00:22:07.710><c> of</c><00:22:08.009><c> what</c><00:22:08.170><c> that</c><00:22:08.509><c> actually</c><00:22:09.329><c> is.</c>

00:22:11.849 --> 00:22:18.589
x
But<00:22:11.849><c> again,</c><00:22:14.009><c> that's</c><00:22:16.109><c> just</c><00:22:16.750><c> a</c><00:22:16.930><c> possible</c><00:22:17.369><c> interpretation.</c>

00:22:19.410 --> 00:22:25.250
x
Verse<00:22:19.589><c> 15,</c><00:22:20.390><c> they</c><00:22:20.609><c> expend</c><00:22:21.029><c> all</c><00:22:21.650><c> kinds</c><00:22:21.930><c> of</c><00:22:22.230><c> great</c><00:22:22.390><c> effort</c><00:22:22.910><c> to</c><00:22:23.710><c> gain</c><00:22:24.210><c> proselytes,</c><00:22:24.990><c> to</c>

00:22:25.250 --> 00:22:26.710
x
convert<00:22:25.529><c> people.</c>

00:22:27.089 --> 00:22:30.390
x
But<00:22:27.430><c> they</c><00:22:27.670><c> make</c><00:22:27.849><c> those</c><00:22:28.130><c> people</c><00:22:28.410><c> even</c><00:22:28.730><c> worse</c><00:22:29.009><c> than</c><00:22:29.190><c> themselves.</c>

00:22:30.930 --> 00:22:34.329
x
And<00:22:31.410><c> then</c><00:22:31.670><c> verse</c><00:22:31.890><c> 16,</c><00:22:32.750><c> they're</c><00:22:33.029><c> blind</c><00:22:33.410><c> guides</c><00:22:33.809><c> and</c><00:22:33.910><c> they</c><00:22:34.069><c> make</c>

00:22:34.329 --> 00:22:37.890
x
false<00:22:34.890><c> proclamations</c><00:22:35.589><c> and</c><00:22:35.789><c> Jesus</c><00:22:36.109><c> rebukes</c><00:22:36.750><c> some</c><00:22:37.009><c> of</c><00:22:37.170><c> their</c>

00:22:37.890 --> 00:22:41.410
x
less<00:22:39.710><c> sensible</c><00:22:40.369><c> teaching.</c>

00:22:42.230 --> 00:22:44.930
x
They<00:22:42.569><c> say</c><00:22:42.950><c> apparently</c><00:22:43.430><c> that</c><00:22:43.670><c> the</c><00:22:43.890><c> gold</c><00:22:44.089><c> is</c><00:22:44.269><c> better</c><00:22:44.529><c> than</c><00:22:44.690><c> the</c>

00:22:44.930 --> 00:22:47.009
x
temple,<00:22:45.609><c> that</c><00:22:45.750><c> you</c><00:22:45.930><c> should</c><00:22:46.089><c> swear</c><00:22:46.309><c> on</c><00:22:46.470><c> the</c><00:22:46.670><c> gold</c><00:22:46.849><c> because</c>

00:22:47.009 --> 00:22:47.869
x
it's<00:22:47.210><c> more</c><00:22:47.430><c> important.</c>

00:22:48.190 --> 00:22:49.690
x
And<00:22:48.470><c> Jesus</c><00:22:48.670><c> says,</c><00:22:49.029><c> that's</c><00:22:49.170><c> ridiculous.</c>

00:22:50.069 --> 00:22:52.190
x
They<00:22:50.329><c> say</c><00:22:50.410><c> you</c><00:22:50.549><c> should</c><00:22:50.809><c> swear</c><00:22:51.069><c> on</c><00:22:51.230><c> the</c><00:22:51.450><c> offering</c><00:22:51.710><c> and</c><00:22:51.890><c> not</c><00:22:52.009><c> on</c>

00:22:52.190 --> 00:22:52.609
x
the<00:22:52.369><c> altar.</c>

00:22:52.809 --> 00:22:55.130
x
And<00:22:52.990><c> Jesus</c><00:22:53.230><c> says,</c><00:22:53.509><c> no,</c><00:22:53.670><c> that's</c><00:22:54.009><c> ridiculous.</c>

00:22:56.369 --> 00:22:58.309
x
So<00:22:56.849><c> it</c><00:22:56.970><c> wouldn't</c><00:22:57.210><c> seem</c><00:22:57.410><c> that</c><00:22:57.529><c> they</c><00:22:57.730><c> even</c><00:22:57.950><c> know</c><00:22:58.049><c> what</c><00:22:58.130><c> they're</c>

00:22:58.309 --> 00:23:02.029
x
talking<00:22:58.609><c> about,</c><00:22:59.829><c> at</c><00:23:00.170><c> the</c><00:23:00.230><c> very</c><00:23:00.349><c> least</c><00:23:00.509><c> on</c><00:23:00.710><c> some</c><00:23:00.930><c> issues.</c>

00:23:02.109 --> 00:23:07.210
x
And<00:23:02.349><c> now</c><00:23:02.589><c> verse</c><00:23:02.829><c> 23,</c><00:23:03.990><c> which</c><00:23:04.069><c> is</c><00:23:05.150><c> of</c><00:23:05.450><c> particular</c><00:23:05.970><c> importance,</c>

00:23:07.549 --> 00:23:09.970
x
which<00:23:08.190><c> I'll</c><00:23:08.509><c> read</c><00:23:09.009><c> verbatim.</c>

00:23:10.190 --> 00:23:18.750
x
Woe<00:23:10.329><c> to</c><00:23:10.390><c> you,</c><00:23:10.710><c> scribes</c><00:23:10.930><c> and</c><00:23:11.170><c> Pharisees,</c><00:23:11.710><c> hypocrites,</c><00:23:12.430><c> for</c><00:23:12.589><c> you</c><00:23:12.829><c> tie</c><00:23:13.109><c> the</c><00:23:13.309><c> mint</c><00:23:13.470><c> and</c><00:23:13.829><c> dill</c><00:23:14.089><c> and</c><00:23:14.390><c> cumin</c><00:23:14.650><c> and</c><00:23:15.990><c> have</c><00:23:16.230><c> neglected</c><00:23:16.890><c> the</c><00:23:17.430><c> weightier</c><00:23:18.049><c> provisions</c><00:23:18.549><c> of</c>

00:23:18.750 --> 00:23:21.009
x
the<00:23:18.890><c> law,</c><00:23:19.130><c> justice</c><00:23:19.529><c> and</c><00:23:19.829><c> mercy</c><00:23:20.109><c> and</c><00:23:20.390><c> faithfulness.</c>

00:23:21.009 --> 00:23:24.210
x
But<00:23:21.450><c> these</c><00:23:21.849><c> are</c><00:23:22.089><c> the</c><00:23:22.230><c> things</c><00:23:22.450><c> you</c><00:23:22.710><c> should</c><00:23:22.990><c> have</c><00:23:23.269><c> done</c><00:23:23.589><c> without</c>

00:23:24.210 --> 00:23:29.650
x
neglecting<00:23:24.869><c> the</c><00:23:25.130><c> others,</c><00:23:26.970><c> you</c><00:23:27.490><c> blind</c><00:23:27.910><c> guides</c><00:23:28.470><c> who</c><00:23:28.970><c> strain</c><00:23:29.190><c> out</c><00:23:29.509><c> a</c>

00:23:29.650 --> 00:23:31.609
x
gnat<00:23:29.829><c> and</c><00:23:30.130><c> swallow</c><00:23:30.450><c> a</c><00:23:30.670><c> camel.</c>

00:23:33.109 --> 00:23:36.789
x
They<00:23:33.450><c> are</c><00:23:33.750><c> overly</c><00:23:34.089><c> concerned</c><00:23:34.609><c> with</c><00:23:34.890><c> minutiae,</c><00:23:35.950><c> but</c><00:23:36.089><c> neglect</c>

00:23:36.789 --> 00:23:38.349
x
weightier<00:23:37.309><c> matters.</c>

00:23:38.490 --> 00:23:41.450
x
But<00:23:38.769><c> Jesus's</c><00:23:39.309><c> answer</c><00:23:39.710><c> is</c><00:23:39.990><c> not</c><00:23:40.289><c> stop</c><00:23:40.769><c> tithing.</c>

00:23:41.789 --> 00:23:45.809
x
Jesus's<00:23:42.430><c> answer</c><00:23:42.890><c> is</c><00:23:43.509><c> do</c><00:23:43.789><c> justice,</c><00:23:44.349><c> mercy</c><00:23:44.690><c> and</c><00:23:44.990><c> faithfulness</c>

00:23:45.809 --> 00:23:47.289
x
as<00:23:46.309><c> well.</c>

00:23:51.210 --> 00:23:59.390
x
Which<00:23:51.930><c> to</c><00:23:52.650><c> me,</c><00:23:53.910><c> to</c><00:23:54.269><c> me</c><00:23:54.470><c> at</c><00:23:54.589><c> the</c><00:23:54.730><c> very</c><00:23:54.970><c> least,</c><00:23:55.369><c> is</c><00:23:55.410><c> a</c><00:23:56.970><c> particularly</c><00:23:57.569><c> intimidating</c><00:23:58.230><c> wake</c><00:23:58.470><c> up</c><00:23:58.650><c> call</c><00:23:58.910><c> at</c>

00:23:59.390 --> 00:24:05.130
x
the<00:23:59.609><c> best</c><00:23:59.829><c> of</c><00:24:00.029><c> times</c><00:24:00.470><c> and</c><00:24:01.190><c> is</c><00:24:02.769><c> outright</c><00:24:03.309><c> terrifying</c><00:24:03.869><c> at</c><00:24:04.049><c> the</c><00:24:04.190><c> worst.</c>

00:24:07.910 --> 00:24:14.369
x
You<00:24:08.710><c> know,</c><00:24:08.950><c> that's</c><00:24:09.529><c> the</c><00:24:09.710><c> kind</c><00:24:09.930><c> of</c><00:24:10.210><c> three</c><00:24:10.410><c> dimensional</c><00:24:11.650><c> commitment</c><00:24:13.509><c> that</c>

00:24:14.369 --> 00:24:19.210
x
Christ<00:24:14.670><c> is</c><00:24:14.950><c> actually</c><00:24:15.289><c> putting</c><00:24:15.569><c> forward</c><00:24:16.130><c> as</c><00:24:16.829><c> being</c><00:24:17.490><c> right</c><00:24:17.890><c> and</c><00:24:18.309><c> best.</c>

00:24:19.509 --> 00:24:24.329
x
It's<00:24:20.309><c> a</c><00:24:20.670><c> wholesale</c><00:24:21.230><c> commitment,</c><00:24:22.849><c> doing</c><00:24:23.269><c> both</c><00:24:23.730><c> the</c><00:24:23.970><c> weightier</c>

00:24:24.329 --> 00:24:26.170
x
matters<00:24:24.789><c> and</c><00:24:25.490><c> the</c><00:24:25.730><c> little</c><00:24:25.869><c> things.</c>

00:24:26.309 --> 00:24:28.250
x
It's<00:24:26.589><c> all</c><00:24:26.849><c> of</c><00:24:27.009><c> it.</c>

00:24:28.850 --> 00:24:34.809
x
And<00:24:29.410><c> then</c><00:24:29.769><c> there's</c><00:24:30.170><c> this</c><00:24:30.930><c> few</c><00:24:32.529><c> verses</c><00:24:33.009><c> that</c><00:24:33.329><c> talk</c><00:24:33.529><c> about</c><00:24:33.809><c> this</c>

00:24:34.809 --> 00:24:37.230
x
tendency<00:24:35.170><c> to</c><00:24:35.450><c> clean</c><00:24:35.589><c> up</c><00:24:35.789><c> the</c><00:24:35.990><c> outside.</c>

00:24:38.589 --> 00:24:40.930
x
They<00:24:38.609><c> clean</c><00:24:38.849><c> the</c><00:24:39.049><c> outside</c><00:24:39.349><c> of</c><00:24:39.509><c> the</c><00:24:39.710><c> cup</c><00:24:39.869><c> and</c><00:24:40.049><c> the</c><00:24:40.250><c> dish,</c><00:24:40.789><c> but</c>

00:24:40.930 --> 00:24:44.609
x
the<00:24:41.250><c> insides</c><00:24:41.769><c> are</c><00:24:42.009><c> full</c><00:24:42.289><c> of</c><00:24:42.490><c> robbery</c><00:24:42.849><c> and</c><00:24:43.109><c> self</c><00:24:43.309><c>-indulgence.</c>

00:24:45.850 --> 00:24:49.609
x
And<00:24:46.410><c> you</c><00:24:46.569><c> should</c><00:24:46.769><c> clean</c><00:24:47.009><c> the</c><00:24:47.369><c> inside</c><00:24:47.690><c> first</c><00:24:48.210><c> so</c><00:24:48.589><c> that</c><00:24:48.730><c> the</c><00:24:48.970><c> outside</c><00:24:49.390><c> can</c>

00:24:49.609 --> 00:24:51.269
x
be<00:24:49.809><c> clean</c><00:24:49.930><c> as</c><00:24:50.190><c> well.</c>

00:24:52.930 --> 00:24:58.190
x
Jesus<00:24:53.530><c> rebukes</c><00:24:54.130><c> that</c><00:24:54.390><c> they</c><00:24:54.890><c> clean</c><00:24:55.089><c> up</c><00:24:55.309><c> their</c><00:24:56.829><c> outward</c><00:24:57.210><c> face,</c>

00:24:58.349 --> 00:25:02.170
x
as<00:24:58.349><c> is</c><00:24:59.809><c> kind</c><00:25:00.009><c> of</c><00:25:00.230><c> referred</c><00:25:00.390><c> to</c><00:25:00.549><c> in</c><00:25:00.670><c> a</c><00:25:00.710><c> lot</c><00:25:00.869><c> of</c><00:25:01.049><c> other</c><00:25:01.849><c> segments,</c>

00:25:02.329 --> 00:25:06.109
x
especially<00:25:02.670><c> that</c><00:25:02.970><c> five</c><00:25:03.230><c> to</c><00:25:03.410><c> twelve</c><00:25:04.289><c> stretch</c><00:25:04.769><c> on</c><00:25:05.369><c> desiring</c>

00:25:06.109 --> 00:25:08.349
x
recognition<00:25:06.990><c> and</c><00:25:07.470><c> praise.</c>

00:25:08.670 --> 00:25:12.430
x
It<00:25:09.089><c> only</c><00:25:09.369><c> makes</c><00:25:09.589><c> sense</c><00:25:09.869><c> that</c><00:25:10.049><c> they'd</c><00:25:10.390><c> be</c><00:25:11.650><c> cleaning</c><00:25:11.910><c> up</c><00:25:12.170><c> their</c>

00:25:12.430 --> 00:25:18.210
x
outward<00:25:12.670><c> appearance</c><00:25:13.089><c> so</c><00:25:13.349><c> that</c><00:25:13.529><c> they</c><00:25:13.569><c> don't</c><00:25:13.809><c> look</c><00:25:14.150><c> to</c><00:25:14.369><c> be</c><00:25:16.250><c> sinners</c><00:25:16.630><c> or</c><00:25:17.589><c> deceivers.</c>

00:25:18.210 --> 00:25:23.390
x
But<00:25:18.549><c> in</c><00:25:18.769><c> reality,</c><00:25:19.390><c> there</c><00:25:19.589><c> is</c><00:25:20.569><c> a</c><00:25:21.089><c> deep</c><00:25:21.430><c>-seated</c><00:25:21.789><c> rottenness.</c>

00:25:23.630 --> 00:25:27.250
x
But<00:25:23.910><c> rather,</c><00:25:24.349><c> they</c><00:25:24.490><c> should</c><00:25:24.750><c> clean</c><00:25:25.009><c> the</c><00:25:25.269><c> inside</c><00:25:25.690><c> of</c><00:25:25.849><c> themselves</c><00:25:26.269><c> first</c><00:25:26.890><c> so</c>

00:25:27.250 --> 00:25:29.750
x
that<00:25:27.390><c> the</c><00:25:27.589><c> outside</c><00:25:27.910><c> can</c><00:25:28.130><c> be</c><00:25:28.329><c> clean</c><00:25:28.509><c> as</c><00:25:28.789><c> well.</c>

00:25:30.150 --> 00:25:33.829
x
And<00:25:30.349><c> then</c><00:25:30.589><c> there</c><00:25:30.829><c> is</c><00:25:31.109><c> the</c><00:25:32.170><c> comparison</c><00:25:32.549><c> to</c><00:25:32.809><c> whitewashed</c><00:25:33.289><c> tombs,</c><00:25:33.829><c> which</c>

00:25:33.829 --> 00:25:36.190
x
is<00:25:33.970><c> very</c><00:25:34.150><c> much</c><00:25:34.309><c> making</c><00:25:34.569><c> the</c><00:25:34.849><c> same</c><00:25:35.589><c> point.</c>

00:25:36.529 --> 00:25:39.269
x
The<00:25:36.750><c> outside,</c><00:25:37.150><c> they</c><00:25:37.349><c> appear</c><00:25:37.569><c> beautiful,</c><00:25:38.109><c> but</c><00:25:38.289><c> inside</c><00:25:38.710><c> are</c><00:25:38.849><c> full</c><00:25:39.109><c> of</c>

00:25:39.269 --> 00:25:42.809
x
dead<00:25:39.490><c> men's</c><00:25:39.910><c> bodies</c><00:25:40.410><c> and</c><00:25:41.069><c> uncleanness.</c>

00:25:44.770 --> 00:25:51.809
x
And<00:25:45.390><c> then</c><00:25:46.009><c> 29</c><00:25:46.930><c> to</c><00:25:47.130><c> 36</c><00:25:47.690><c> is</c><00:25:47.970><c> a</c><00:25:48.309><c> particularly</c><00:25:49.390><c> fiery</c><00:25:50.750><c> rebuke.</c>

00:25:52.410 --> 00:25:56.109
x
They<00:25:52.509><c> adorn</c><00:25:53.029><c> and</c><00:25:53.349><c> build</c><00:25:53.730><c> tombs</c><00:25:54.390><c> and</c><00:25:54.710><c> monuments</c><00:25:55.089><c> to</c><00:25:55.329><c> the</c><00:25:55.509><c> prophets</c><00:25:55.849><c> and</c>

00:25:56.109 --> 00:25:58.829
x
the<00:25:56.309><c> righteous</c><00:25:56.769><c> whom</c><00:25:57.130><c> their</c><00:25:57.410><c> fathers</c><00:25:57.789><c> killed.</c>

00:25:59.130 --> 00:26:03.269
x
And<00:25:59.130><c> they</c><00:25:59.529><c> think</c><00:25:59.809><c> that</c><00:26:00.009><c> they</c><00:26:00.269><c> are</c><00:26:00.950><c> better</c><00:26:01.990><c> than</c><00:26:02.289><c> their</c><00:26:02.509><c> fathers,</c><00:26:03.029><c> that</c>

00:26:03.269 --> 00:26:05.789
x
they<00:26:03.890><c> are</c><00:26:04.109><c> wiser</c><00:26:04.470><c> and</c><00:26:04.630><c> wouldn't</c><00:26:04.829><c> do</c><00:26:05.049><c> the</c><00:26:05.210><c> same</c><00:26:05.450><c> thing.</c>

00:26:06.009 --> 00:26:08.379
x
But<00:26:06.230><c> Jesus</c><00:26:06.529><c> says</c><00:26:06.789><c> they</c><00:26:06.990><c> are</c><00:26:07.230><c> no</c><00:26:07.470><c> better</c><00:26:07.730><c> than</c><00:26:08.069><c> them.</c>

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:14.799
x
Christ<00:26:09.240><c> will</c><00:26:10.180><c> ultimately</c><00:26:10.740><c> send</c><00:26:11.140><c> prophets,</c><00:26:13.039><c> scribes,</c><00:26:14.480><c> and</c>

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:18.299
x
wise<00:26:15.039><c> men</c><00:26:15.480><c> whom</c><00:26:15.740><c> they</c><00:26:16.019><c> will</c><00:26:16.339><c> kill,</c><00:26:16.940><c> crucify,</c><00:26:17.539><c> and</c><00:26:17.740><c> scourge,</c>

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:21.019
x
and<00:26:18.500><c> that</c><00:26:18.740><c> all</c><00:26:19.079><c> innocent</c><00:26:19.460><c> blood</c><00:26:19.700><c> will</c><00:26:19.920><c> be</c><00:26:20.099><c> on</c><00:26:20.259><c> their</c><00:26:20.559><c> hands,</c>

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:23.880
x
and<00:26:21.720><c> that</c><00:26:22.059><c> they</c><00:26:22.319><c> murdered</c><00:26:22.640><c> Zechariah.</c>

00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:32.000
x
So<00:26:28.559><c> that's</c><00:26:29.240><c> not</c><00:26:29.519><c> at</c><00:26:29.779><c> all</c><00:26:30.119><c> good.</c>

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:40.119
x
So<00:26:36.660><c> there</c><00:26:37.180><c> is</c><00:26:37.859><c> a</c><00:26:38.099><c> deep</c><00:26:38.440><c>-seated</c><00:26:38.819><c> rottenness</c><00:26:39.380><c> that</c><00:26:39.539><c> has</c><00:26:39.740><c> been</c><00:26:39.920><c> a</c>

00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:44.000
x
problem<00:26:40.339><c> in</c><00:26:40.660><c> the</c><00:26:40.839><c> past</c><00:26:41.380><c> and</c><00:26:42.019><c> will</c><00:26:42.599><c> be</c><00:26:42.859><c> a</c><00:26:43.019><c> problem</c><00:26:43.279><c> in</c><00:26:43.500><c> the</c><00:26:43.640><c> future.</c>

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:51.000
x
They're<00:26:44.420><c> not</c><00:26:44.680><c> able</c><00:26:45.039><c> to</c><00:26:46.200><c> receive</c><00:26:46.440><c> the</c><00:26:46.819><c> criticism</c><00:26:47.339><c> from</c><00:26:47.660><c> God</c><00:26:48.160><c> that</c><00:26:49.319><c> was</c><00:26:49.859><c> brought</c><00:26:50.740><c> to</c>

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:52.740
x
them<00:26:51.259><c> in</c><00:26:51.539><c> the</c><00:26:51.740><c> prophets</c><00:26:51.960><c> in</c><00:26:52.160><c> the</c><00:26:52.319><c> past.</c>

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:55.980
x
And<00:26:53.299><c> they're</c><00:26:53.500><c> not</c><00:26:53.839><c> going</c><00:26:53.980><c> to</c><00:26:54.059><c> be</c><00:26:54.180><c> able</c><00:26:54.339><c> to</c><00:26:54.539><c> receive</c><00:26:54.799><c> the</c><00:26:55.039><c> criticism</c><00:26:55.519><c> that</c>

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.920
x
Christ<00:26:56.299><c> has</c><00:26:56.559><c> for</c><00:26:56.700><c> them.</c>

00:26:56.920 --> 00:27:00.180
x
And<00:26:57.019><c> they're</c><00:26:57.200><c> not</c><00:26:57.480><c> going</c><00:26:57.599><c> to</c><00:26:57.660><c> be</c><00:26:57.779><c> able</c><00:26:57.900><c> to</c><00:26:58.140><c> receive</c><00:26:58.359><c> the</c><00:26:58.579><c> criticism</c><00:26:59.160><c> that</c>

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:03.900
x
the<00:27:00.660><c> apostles</c><00:27:01.119><c> have</c><00:27:02.000><c> for</c><00:27:02.500><c> them</c><00:27:02.799><c> afterwards.</c>

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:07.539
x
And<00:27:04.619><c> so</c><00:27:05.119><c> that</c><00:27:05.700><c> begs</c><00:27:05.940><c> the</c><00:27:06.119><c> question,</c><00:27:06.680><c> if</c><00:27:06.920><c> our</c><00:27:07.180><c> righteousness</c>

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:12.539
x
is<00:27:07.900><c> going</c><00:27:08.140><c> to</c><00:27:08.940><c> need</c><00:27:09.380><c> to</c><00:27:09.799><c> far</c><00:27:10.160><c> exceed,</c><00:27:11.299><c> how</c><00:27:11.599><c> do</c><00:27:11.720><c> we</c><00:27:11.940><c> actually</c><00:27:12.319><c> go</c>

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.500
x
about<00:27:12.859><c> doing</c><00:27:13.160><c> that?</c>

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:16.880
x
How<00:27:14.039><c> can</c><00:27:14.319><c> we</c><00:27:14.480><c> do</c><00:27:14.660><c> better</c><00:27:14.859><c> and</c><00:27:15.000><c> what</c><00:27:15.240><c> should</c><00:27:15.420><c> we</c><00:27:15.640><c> do</c><00:27:15.819><c> instead?</c>

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:29.539
x
Now<00:27:21.200><c> this</c><00:27:21.460><c> kind</c><00:27:21.740><c> of</c><00:27:21.960><c> begs</c><00:27:22.240><c> the</c><00:27:22.500><c> question,</c><00:27:23.920><c> is</c><00:27:26.759><c> the</c><00:27:27.059><c> law</c><00:27:27.279><c> replaced</c><00:27:27.900><c> or</c><00:27:28.299><c> changed?</c><00:27:28.980><c> And</c>

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:31.160
x
if<00:27:29.859><c> so,</c><00:27:30.259><c> how?</c>

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:39.019
x
And<00:27:33.940><c> this</c><00:27:34.200><c> brings</c><00:27:34.380><c> us</c><00:27:34.579><c> all</c><00:27:34.759><c> the</c><00:27:34.880><c> way</c><00:27:35.019><c> back</c><00:27:35.779><c> to</c><00:27:37.640><c> Matthew</c><00:27:38.160><c> 5,</c><00:27:38.539><c> 17</c>

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.740
x
to<00:27:39.140><c> 19.</c>

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:56.859
x
Now<00:27:40.900><c> of</c><00:27:41.119><c> course,</c><00:27:42.319><c> some</c><00:27:42.559><c> of</c><00:27:42.720><c> Jesus's</c><00:27:43.799><c> rebukes</c><00:27:44.940><c> to</c><00:27:46.460><c> the</c><00:27:46.680><c> Pharisees,</c><00:27:54.180><c> they</c><00:27:54.180><c> focus</c><00:27:56.180><c> on</c>

00:27:56.859 --> 00:28:04.660
x
the<00:27:57.880><c> inability</c><00:27:58.319><c> to</c><00:27:58.720><c> do</c><00:27:59.160><c> these</c><00:27:59.720><c> sort</c><00:27:59.799><c> of</c><00:28:01.319><c> weighty</c><00:28:02.720><c> spiritual</c><00:28:03.220><c> principles.</c>

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:12.460
x
But<00:28:06.700><c> it's</c><00:28:06.940><c> not</c><00:28:07.599><c> like</c><00:28:08.619><c> Christ</c><00:28:10.259><c> is</c><00:28:10.700><c> telling</c><00:28:10.960><c> them</c><00:28:11.299><c> that</c><00:28:11.599><c> tithing</c>

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:17.000
x
is<00:28:13.460><c> stupid.</c><00:28:14.539><c> It's</c><00:28:15.319><c> not</c><00:28:15.500><c> like</c><00:28:15.799><c> that.</c>

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:26.759
x
It's<00:28:20.359><c> not</c><00:28:20.599><c> as</c><00:28:21.440><c> clear</c><00:28:21.720><c>-cut</c><00:28:22.019><c> as</c><00:28:22.519><c> we</c><00:28:24.039><c> might</c><00:28:24.200><c> like</c><00:28:24.460><c> it</c><00:28:24.700><c> to</c><00:28:24.819><c> be,</c><00:28:26.119><c> so</c>

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.859
x
as<00:28:26.960><c> to</c><00:28:27.059><c> make</c><00:28:27.180><c> this</c><00:28:27.359><c> easy.</c>

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:30.900
x
Christ<00:28:28.700><c> says</c><00:28:29.019><c> in</c><00:28:29.359><c> verse</c><00:28:29.579><c> 17</c><00:28:30.039><c> of</c><00:28:30.240><c> chapter</c><00:28:30.500><c> 5,</c>

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:34.220
x
Do<00:28:31.240><c> not</c><00:28:31.440><c> think</c><00:28:31.640><c> that</c><00:28:31.799><c> I</c><00:28:31.920><c> came</c><00:28:32.099><c> to</c><00:28:32.339><c> abolish</c><00:28:32.779><c> the</c><00:28:33.000><c> law</c><00:28:33.160><c> or</c><00:28:33.319><c> the</c><00:28:33.519><c> prophets,</c><00:28:34.019><c> I</c>

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:36.480
x
did<00:28:34.339><c> not</c><00:28:34.480><c> come</c><00:28:34.660><c> to</c><00:28:34.819><c> abolish</c><00:28:35.200><c> but</c><00:28:35.339><c> to</c><00:28:35.519><c> fulfill.</c>

00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:38.779
x
For<00:28:36.819><c> truly</c><00:28:37.059><c> I</c><00:28:37.299><c> say</c><00:28:37.480><c> to</c><00:28:37.619><c> you,</c><00:28:37.779><c> until</c><00:28:37.980><c> heaven</c><00:28:38.240><c> and</c><00:28:38.359><c> earth</c><00:28:38.480><c> pass</c>

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:43.420
x
away,<00:28:39.000><c> not</c><00:28:39.180><c> the</c><00:28:39.440><c> smallest</c><00:28:39.680><c> letter</c><00:28:39.960><c> or</c><00:28:40.240><c> stroke</c><00:28:40.579><c> shall</c><00:28:40.980><c> pass</c><00:28:41.299><c> from</c><00:28:41.460><c> the</c><00:28:41.579><c> law</c><00:28:41.720><c> until</c><00:28:41.960><c> all</c><00:28:42.180><c> is</c><00:28:42.420><c> accomplished.</c>

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:49.099
x
Now<00:28:46.359><c> Christ</c><00:28:47.099><c> comes</c><00:28:47.359><c> to</c><00:28:47.539><c> fulfill</c><00:28:47.900><c> the</c><00:28:48.180><c> law</c><00:28:48.279><c> and</c><00:28:48.460><c> the</c><00:28:48.720><c> prophets,</c>

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:59.740
x
what<00:28:50.660><c> exactly</c><00:28:51.640><c> does</c><00:28:52.140><c> that</c><00:28:52.460><c> mean</c><00:28:52.759><c> is</c><00:28:53.180><c> a</c><00:28:54.680><c> question</c><00:28:55.839><c> that</c><00:28:56.099><c> is</c><00:28:58.140><c> absolutely</c><00:28:58.819><c> confounding</c><00:28:59.440><c> to</c>

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.839
x
be<00:28:59.960><c> honest.</c>

00:29:02.100 --> 00:29:06.099
x
But<00:29:02.900><c> there's</c><00:29:03.700><c> a</c><00:29:03.799><c> number</c><00:29:03.980><c> of</c><00:29:04.180><c> options</c><00:29:04.460><c> there.</c><00:29:05.240><c> That's</c><00:29:05.680><c> either</c>

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:13.359
x
that<00:29:08.240><c> Christ</c><00:29:09.599><c> is</c><00:29:09.859><c> coming</c><00:29:10.099><c> to</c><00:29:10.400><c> fulfill</c><00:29:10.759><c> them</c><00:29:11.119><c> in</c><00:29:11.559><c> the</c><00:29:11.779><c> sense</c><00:29:12.160><c> that</c><00:29:13.039><c> he</c>

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:16.839
x
will<00:29:13.799><c> live</c><00:29:14.079><c> out</c><00:29:14.519><c> fully</c><00:29:14.900><c> the</c><00:29:15.380><c> principles</c><00:29:15.900><c> therein,</c>

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:25.400
x
so<00:29:18.460><c> that</c><00:29:19.180><c> Christ</c><00:29:19.420><c> would</c><00:29:19.599><c> be</c><00:29:19.839><c> like</c><00:29:20.079><c> the</c><00:29:20.519><c> exemplary</c><00:29:21.140><c> doer</c><00:29:21.700><c> of</c><00:29:22.279><c> the</c><00:29:22.539><c> law</c><00:29:22.819><c> and</c><00:29:23.000><c> the</c><00:29:23.220><c> prophets,</c><00:29:23.920><c> or</c>

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:33.980
x
that<00:29:25.759><c> Christ</c><00:29:25.940><c> is</c><00:29:26.119><c> going</c><00:29:26.240><c> to</c><00:29:26.500><c> fulfill</c><00:29:26.759><c> them</c><00:29:27.480><c> by</c><00:29:29.079><c> a</c><00:29:32.619><c> new</c><00:29:33.000><c> teaching.</c>

00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:42.460
x
I<00:29:35.720><c> don't</c><00:29:36.160><c> think</c><00:29:36.359><c> it's</c><00:29:36.640><c> the</c><00:29:36.859><c> second,</c><00:29:37.140><c> I</c><00:29:37.319><c> think</c><00:29:37.480><c> it's</c><00:29:37.799><c> the</c><00:29:38.000><c> first,</c><00:29:39.279><c> and</c>

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:45.660
x
because<00:29:44.119><c> of</c><00:29:44.380><c> that,</c>

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:55.779
x
Now<00:29:47.559><c> Christ</c><00:29:47.839><c> does</c><00:29:48.380><c> say</c><00:29:49.319><c> things</c><00:29:49.799><c> that</c><00:29:50.180><c> have</c><00:29:50.420><c> led</c><00:29:50.680><c> people</c><00:29:51.220><c> to</c><00:29:51.619><c> believe</c><00:29:52.019><c> that</c><00:29:52.359><c> Jesus</c><00:29:52.819><c> is</c>

00:29:55.779 --> 00:30:00.000
x
fulfilling<00:29:56.339><c> the</c><00:29:57.519><c> law,</c><00:29:58.059><c> like</c><00:29:58.500><c> completing</c><00:29:58.720><c> them</c><00:29:59.279><c> by</c><00:29:59.619><c> adding</c>

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:02.440
x
new<00:30:01.680><c> sayings,</c>

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:07.900
x
and<00:30:03.119><c> that</c><00:30:04.640><c> can</c><00:30:05.019><c> sound</c><00:30:05.440><c> kind</c><00:30:05.700><c> of</c><00:30:05.940><c> compelling</c><00:30:06.319><c> with</c><00:30:07.500><c> some</c><00:30:07.759><c> of</c>

00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:11.359
x
the<00:30:08.079><c> wording</c><00:30:08.420><c> that</c><00:30:10.059><c> comes</c><00:30:10.279><c> immediately</c><00:30:10.680><c> after</c><00:30:10.980><c> this.</c>

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:15.059
x
You<00:30:12.019><c> heard</c><00:30:12.319><c> the</c><00:30:12.579><c> ancients,</c><00:30:13.680><c> that</c><00:30:13.980><c> the</c><00:30:14.220><c> ancients</c><00:30:14.440><c> were</c><00:30:14.680><c> told,</c>

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:22.460
x
but<00:30:15.480><c> I</c><00:30:15.740><c> say</c><00:30:15.880><c> to</c><00:30:16.119><c> you,</c><00:30:18.279><c> is</c><00:30:18.500><c> the</c><00:30:18.839><c> point</c><00:30:19.140><c> that</c><00:30:19.460><c> Christ</c><00:30:19.660><c> is</c><00:30:19.960><c> replacing?</c><00:30:21.559><c> I</c><00:30:22.160><c> don't</c>

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.980
x
think<00:30:22.660><c> it</c><00:30:22.859><c> is.</c>

00:30:24.939 --> 00:30:27.980
x
There<00:30:25.339><c> are</c><00:30:25.539><c> some</c><00:30:25.680><c> very</c><00:30:25.940><c> smart</c><00:30:26.140><c> people</c><00:30:26.440><c> who</c><00:30:27.319><c> do</c><00:30:27.519><c> think</c><00:30:27.720><c> that</c><00:30:27.900><c> it</c>

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:30.900
x
is,<00:30:28.519><c> I</c><00:30:28.779><c> don't</c><00:30:28.960><c> think</c><00:30:29.180><c> that</c><00:30:29.299><c> that's</c><00:30:29.500><c> the</c><00:30:29.640><c> point.</c>

00:30:31.820 --> 00:30:42.119
x
I<00:30:32.660><c> think</c><00:30:32.859><c> rather</c><00:30:33.519><c> that</c><00:30:34.460><c> Jesus</c><00:30:34.779><c> is</c><00:30:35.240><c> exposing</c><00:30:35.779><c> the</c><00:30:38.519><c> onerous</c><00:30:39.400><c> spiritual</c><00:30:40.140><c> principle,</c><00:30:41.779><c> the</c>

00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:46.200
x
spirit<00:30:42.480><c> of</c><00:30:42.720><c> the</c><00:30:42.920><c> law,</c><00:30:43.220><c> so</c><00:30:43.480><c> to</c><00:30:43.720><c> speak,</c><00:30:44.599><c> that</c><00:30:45.039><c> is</c><00:30:45.240><c> behind</c><00:30:45.759><c> all</c><00:30:46.059><c> of</c>

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:52.259
x
these<00:30:46.359><c> commands</c><00:30:46.720><c> and</c><00:30:46.920><c> is</c><00:30:47.259><c> exposing</c><00:30:47.640><c> them</c><00:30:48.180><c> to</c><00:30:48.920><c> us,</c><00:30:49.799><c> rather</c><00:30:50.259><c> than</c><00:30:51.559><c> that</c><00:30:51.980><c> he</c>

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:55.660
x
is<00:30:52.680><c> replacing</c><00:30:53.319><c> these</c><00:30:53.700><c> commandments</c><00:30:54.079><c> with</c><00:30:54.640><c> new</c><00:30:55.079><c> principles.</c>

00:30:55.660 --> 00:31:05.559
x
No,<00:30:56.519><c> this</c><00:30:56.720><c> is</c><00:30:56.960><c> about</c><00:30:57.200><c> peeling</c><00:30:58.200><c> back</c><00:30:59.160><c> to</c><00:31:00.019><c> show</c><00:31:00.380><c> what</c><00:31:00.599><c> was</c><00:31:00.920><c> always</c><00:31:01.619><c> underneath.</c><00:31:04.599><c> This</c>

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:12.480
x
is<00:31:05.779><c> a</c><00:31:05.980><c> fulfillment,</c><00:31:08.200><c> this</c><00:31:08.599><c> is</c><00:31:08.880><c> about</c><00:31:09.660><c> Christ</c><00:31:10.119><c> as</c><00:31:10.420><c> an</c><00:31:10.720><c> exemplary</c><00:31:11.500><c> doer.</c>

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:19.019
x
Now,<00:31:16.319><c> regarding</c><00:31:16.700><c> the</c><00:31:16.960><c> fulfillment</c><00:31:17.279><c> of</c><00:31:17.519><c> the</c><00:31:17.759><c> law</c><00:31:18.039><c> and</c><00:31:18.279><c> the</c><00:31:18.539><c> prophets</c><00:31:18.799><c> as</c>

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:24.380
x
a<00:31:19.180><c> specific</c><00:31:19.559><c> category,</c><00:31:21.319><c> later</c><00:31:21.660><c> in</c><00:31:21.839><c> the</c><00:31:21.960><c> Sermon</c><00:31:22.160><c> on</c><00:31:22.359><c> the</c><00:31:22.359><c> Mount,</c><00:31:23.039><c> on</c><00:31:23.500><c> verse</c><00:31:24.019><c> 12</c>

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:25.639
x
of<00:31:24.579><c> chapter</c><00:31:24.859><c> 7,</c>

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:31.700
x
Christ<00:31:28.779><c> says,</c><00:31:29.839><c> in</c><00:31:29.920><c> everything</c><00:31:30.380><c> therefore</c><00:31:30.779><c> treat</c><00:31:31.099><c> people</c><00:31:31.440><c> the</c>

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:35.059
x
same<00:31:31.940><c> way</c><00:31:32.279><c> you</c><00:31:32.680><c> want</c><00:31:32.940><c> them</c><00:31:33.119><c> to</c><00:31:33.420><c> treat</c><00:31:33.559><c> you,</c><00:31:34.039><c> for</c><00:31:34.200><c> this</c><00:31:34.519><c> is</c><00:31:34.900><c> the</c>

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:36.220
x
law<00:31:35.339><c> and</c><00:31:35.599><c> the</c><00:31:35.819><c> prophets.</c>

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:51.519
x
So<00:31:37.400><c> Christ</c><00:31:38.420><c> does</c><00:31:39.119><c> in</c><00:31:39.680><c> some</c><00:31:39.920><c> way</c><00:31:40.599><c> condense</c><00:31:42.039><c> elements</c><00:31:42.940><c> of</c><00:31:43.160><c> the</c><00:31:43.359><c> law</c><00:31:43.779><c> into</c><00:31:44.859><c> smaller</c><00:31:45.680><c> sayings</c><00:31:46.460><c> or</c><00:31:47.240><c> into</c><00:31:50.980><c> a</c>

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:53.000
x
smaller<00:31:51.839><c> principle.</c>

00:31:55.620 --> 00:32:00.519
x
But<00:31:56.140><c> are</c><00:31:56.440><c> we</c><00:31:56.660><c> left</c><00:31:56.940><c> then</c><00:31:57.460><c> with</c><00:31:57.940><c> only</c><00:31:58.279><c> a</c><00:31:58.539><c> command</c><00:31:58.799><c> to</c><00:31:59.140><c> love</c><00:31:59.559><c> and</c>

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:03.099
x
the<00:32:00.880><c> spiritualization</c><00:32:01.779><c> of</c><00:32:02.180><c> the</c><00:32:02.359><c> Sermon</c><00:32:02.559><c> on</c><00:32:02.720><c> the</c><00:32:02.819><c> Mount?</c><00:32:03.059><c> Are</c>

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:05.720
x
we<00:32:03.359><c> only</c><00:32:03.660><c> left</c><00:32:03.980><c> with</c><00:32:04.220><c> this?</c>

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:09.099
x
And<00:32:07.180><c> what</c><00:32:07.339><c> I</c><00:32:07.500><c> mean</c><00:32:07.599><c> by</c><00:32:07.859><c> spiritualization</c><00:32:08.519><c> of</c><00:32:08.660><c> the</c><00:32:08.779><c> Sermon</c><00:32:08.980><c> on</c>

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:14.160
x
the<00:32:09.200><c> Mount,</c><00:32:09.480><c> I</c><00:32:09.480><c> mean</c><00:32:09.799><c> they</c><00:32:12.440><c> said,</c><00:32:13.059><c> do</c><00:32:13.059><c> not</c><00:32:13.259><c> murder,</c><00:32:13.559><c> I</c><00:32:13.819><c> say</c><00:32:14.000><c> to</c>

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:15.140
x
you,<00:32:14.279><c> don't</c><00:32:14.460><c> be</c><00:32:14.720><c> angry.</c>

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:19.900
x
They<00:32:15.619><c> said,</c><00:32:17.720><c> it</c><00:32:17.920><c> was</c><00:32:18.299><c> said,</c><00:32:18.579><c> do</c><00:32:18.720><c> not</c><00:32:18.900><c> commit</c><00:32:19.099><c> adultery,</c><00:32:19.539><c> I</c><00:32:19.720><c> say</c>

00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:23.500
x
to<00:32:20.079><c> you,</c><00:32:20.220><c> do</c><00:32:20.380><c> not</c><00:32:20.500><c> even</c><00:32:20.720><c> look</c><00:32:20.880><c> at</c><00:32:21.000><c> a</c><00:32:21.099><c> woman</c><00:32:21.440><c> in</c><00:32:22.819><c> such</c><00:32:23.059><c> a</c><00:32:23.220><c> way.</c>

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:28.359
x
That<00:32:25.400><c> kind</c><00:32:25.720><c> of,</c><00:32:26.019><c> you</c><00:32:26.099><c> know,</c><00:32:26.460><c> the</c><00:32:26.920><c> spiritualization</c><00:32:27.720><c> where</c><00:32:28.079><c> we</c>

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:39.660
x
move<00:32:28.559><c> from</c><00:32:29.000><c> an</c><00:32:30.059><c> explicit</c><00:32:30.759><c> command</c><00:32:31.720><c> towards</c><00:32:33.259><c> an</c><00:32:33.700><c> implicit</c><00:32:34.180><c> underlying</c><00:32:35.400><c> moral</c><00:32:39.099><c> or</c>

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:42.880
x
ethical<00:32:40.619><c> element.</c>

00:32:50.800 --> 00:32:55.720
x
No,<00:32:51.640><c> we</c><00:32:51.779><c> are</c><00:32:52.000><c> not</c><00:32:52.240><c> left</c><00:32:52.539><c> only</c><00:32:53.200><c> with</c><00:32:53.539><c> a</c><00:32:53.700><c> command</c><00:32:54.119><c> to</c><00:32:54.960><c> love.</c><00:32:55.640><c> It's</c>

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:59.799
x
not<00:32:56.819><c> quite</c><00:32:57.680><c> as</c><00:32:57.940><c> simple</c><00:32:58.220><c> as</c><00:32:58.460><c> that.</c>

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:04.880
x
There<00:33:02.079><c> are</c><00:33:02.299><c> things</c><00:33:02.539><c> that</c><00:33:02.819><c> cannot</c><00:33:03.140><c> be</c><00:33:03.579><c> spiritualized.</c><00:33:04.819><c> There</c>

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:07.660
x
are<00:33:05.079><c> things</c><00:33:05.299><c> that</c><00:33:05.539><c> it's</c><00:33:05.680><c> very</c><00:33:06.019><c> clear</c><00:33:06.140><c> that</c><00:33:06.420><c> Christ</c><00:33:06.819><c> and</c><00:33:07.480><c> the</c>

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:12.859
x
New<00:33:07.819><c> Testament</c><00:33:08.119><c> authors</c><00:33:08.460><c> with</c><00:33:08.740><c> him</c><00:33:09.220><c> truly</c><00:33:09.720><c> expect</c><00:33:10.240><c> us</c><00:33:10.720><c> to</c><00:33:11.019><c> actually</c><00:33:11.680><c> do.</c>

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:17.579
x
This<00:33:13.900><c> isn't</c><00:33:14.180><c> just</c><00:33:14.640><c> about</c><00:33:15.240><c> condensing</c><00:33:15.900><c> things</c><00:33:16.299><c> into</c><00:33:16.799><c> like</c><00:33:17.140><c> an</c>

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:22.559
x
abstract<00:33:18.380><c> ethic.</c><00:33:19.759><c> This</c><00:33:19.960><c> is</c><00:33:20.220><c> still</c><00:33:20.460><c> about</c><00:33:20.799><c> doing</c><00:33:21.259><c> things.</c>

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:27.500
x
Repent<00:33:23.779><c> and</c><00:33:23.980><c> be</c><00:33:24.180><c> baptized.</c><00:33:25.700><c> Good</c><00:33:26.059><c> luck</c><00:33:26.279><c> spiritualizing</c><00:33:27.119><c> that</c>

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:33.980
x
one.<00:33:28.579><c> Do</c><00:33:28.900><c> this</c><00:33:29.140><c> in</c><00:33:29.420><c> remembrance</c><00:33:29.779><c> of</c><00:33:30.079><c> me.</c><00:33:31.380><c> Good</c><00:33:31.680><c> luck</c><00:33:31.880><c> spiritualizing</c><00:33:32.720><c> that</c><00:33:33.119><c> one.</c>

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:44.839
x
There<00:33:35.180><c> isn't</c><00:33:37.799><c> a</c><00:33:37.960><c> repentance</c><00:33:38.539><c> without</c><00:33:41.579><c> baptism</c><00:33:42.039><c> and</c><00:33:42.319><c> there</c><00:33:42.579><c> isn't</c><00:33:43.480><c> a</c>

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:50.059
x
way<00:33:45.299><c> of</c><00:33:46.240><c> remembering</c><00:33:46.799><c> Christ</c><00:33:47.700><c> that's</c><00:33:49.180><c> purely</c><00:33:49.519><c> spiritual,</c>

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.960
x
that's<00:33:50.539><c> acceptable.</c>

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:56.000
x
We<00:33:51.559><c> are</c><00:33:52.299><c> given</c><00:33:52.819><c> certain</c><00:33:53.460><c> ways</c><00:33:53.779><c> of</c><00:33:54.000><c> doing</c><00:33:54.319><c> things</c><00:33:54.859><c> that's</c><00:33:55.460><c> important</c><00:33:55.799><c> that</c>

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:57.500
x
we<00:33:56.200><c> respect.</c>

00:33:59.039 --> 00:34:02.779
x
There<00:33:59.180><c> are</c><00:33:59.420><c> certain</c><00:33:59.680><c> commands</c><00:34:00.079><c> for</c><00:34:00.339><c> us</c><00:34:00.460><c> to</c><00:34:00.660><c> keep</c><00:34:00.900><c> in</c><00:34:01.140><c> a</c><00:34:01.319><c> physical</c><00:34:01.640><c> way</c><00:34:02.099><c> that</c><00:34:02.359><c> are</c><00:34:02.519><c> set</c><00:34:02.619><c> up</c>

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:05.240
x
across<00:34:03.119><c> the</c><00:34:03.240><c> New</c><00:34:03.400><c> Testament</c><00:34:03.759><c> and</c><00:34:04.059><c> in</c><00:34:04.240><c> the</c><00:34:04.319><c> scriptures</c><00:34:04.559><c> as</c><00:34:04.819><c> a</c><00:34:04.940><c> whole.</c>

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:10.179
x
And<00:34:05.819><c> if</c><00:34:05.980><c> a</c><00:34:06.319><c> principle</c><00:34:06.579><c> can't</c><00:34:06.940><c> be</c><00:34:07.180><c> removed</c><00:34:07.759><c> from</c><00:34:08.239><c> its</c><00:34:08.579><c> act,</c><00:34:09.500><c> from</c><00:34:09.860><c> the</c>

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:13.639
x
act,<00:34:10.820><c> then</c><00:34:11.019><c> the</c><00:34:11.239><c> act</c><00:34:11.400><c> is</c><00:34:11.619><c> undoubtedly</c><00:34:12.059><c> necessary.</c>

00:34:16.299 --> 00:34:21.480
x
So<00:34:17.139><c> in</c><00:34:17.320><c> that</c><00:34:17.559><c> sense,</c><00:34:17.699><c> it's</c><00:34:17.900><c> not</c><00:34:18.139><c> possible</c><00:34:18.780><c> to</c><00:34:19.199><c> reduce</c><00:34:19.619><c> the</c><00:34:20.000><c> entirety</c><00:34:20.480><c> of</c>

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:28.320
x
Christian<00:34:21.900><c> life</c><00:34:22.420><c> and</c><00:34:23.079><c> the</c><00:34:24.800><c> morality</c><00:34:25.280><c> of</c><00:34:25.679><c> a</c><00:34:25.860><c> Christian</c><00:34:26.159><c> life</c><00:34:26.420><c> lived</c><00:34:26.659><c> well</c><00:34:27.159><c> to</c><00:34:27.760><c> just</c><00:34:28.079><c> a</c>

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:31.460
x
notion<00:34:29.079><c> of</c><00:34:30.539><c> love.</c>

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:36.380
x
I<00:34:32.519><c> mean,</c><00:34:33.059><c> to</c><00:34:33.340><c> live</c><00:34:33.519><c> such</c><00:34:33.780><c> a</c><00:34:33.960><c> life</c><00:34:34.139><c> would</c><00:34:34.460><c> be</c><00:34:34.840><c> indeed</c><00:34:35.460><c> a</c><00:34:36.059><c> truly</c>

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:37.820
x
loving<00:34:36.679><c> life.</c>

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:40.760
x
But<00:34:38.519><c> the</c><00:34:38.739><c> reason</c><00:34:38.960><c> I</c><00:34:39.199><c> say</c><00:34:39.340><c> it</c><00:34:39.539><c> can't</c><00:34:39.760><c> be</c><00:34:39.960><c> reduced</c><00:34:40.300><c> is</c><00:34:40.500><c> because</c>

00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:44.119
x
we<00:34:40.960><c> don't</c><00:34:41.320><c> understand</c><00:34:41.719><c> love</c><00:34:42.039><c> well</c><00:34:42.340><c> enough</c><00:34:42.559><c> to</c><00:34:42.760><c> do</c><00:34:43.000><c> that.</c>

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:50.119
x
We're<00:34:45.239><c> not</c><00:34:45.440><c> going</c><00:34:45.599><c> to</c><00:34:45.739><c> be</c><00:34:45.880><c> able</c><00:34:46.000><c> to</c><00:34:46.260><c> reverse</c><00:34:46.699><c> engineer</c><00:34:47.320><c> the</c><00:34:48.539><c> adequate</c><00:34:49.039><c> Christian</c><00:34:49.480><c> life</c><00:34:49.800><c> on</c>

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:52.660
x
the<00:34:50.300><c> basis</c><00:34:50.579><c> of</c><00:34:50.780><c> our</c><00:34:51.139><c> understanding</c><00:34:51.559><c> of</c><00:34:51.860><c> love.</c>

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:59.880
x
Simply,<00:34:57.119><c> I</c><00:34:57.280><c> think</c><00:34:57.519><c> that</c><00:34:57.679><c> would</c><00:34:57.840><c> be</c><00:34:58.280><c> too</c><00:34:58.519><c> one</c><00:34:58.739><c> dimensional</c><00:34:59.260><c> and</c>

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:01.639
x
maybe<00:35:00.199><c> even</c><00:35:00.539><c> subjective.</c>

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:04.920
x
After<00:35:02.400><c> all,</c><00:35:03.099><c> Christ</c><00:35:03.380><c> says,</c><00:35:03.760><c> if</c><00:35:03.800><c> you</c><00:35:04.039><c> love</c><00:35:04.219><c> me,</c><00:35:04.519><c> you</c><00:35:04.639><c> will</c><00:35:04.739><c> keep</c>

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:06.260
x
my<00:35:05.179><c> commandments.</c>

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:12.480
x
And<00:35:07.440><c> so</c><00:35:07.599><c> the</c><00:35:07.719><c> way</c><00:35:07.860><c> we</c><00:35:08.099><c> actually</c><00:35:08.360><c> go</c><00:35:08.639><c> about</c><00:35:08.920><c> loving</c><00:35:09.440><c> is</c><00:35:10.460><c> by</c><00:35:10.760><c> doing</c><00:35:11.179><c> and</c>

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:14.840
x
by<00:35:12.760><c> doing</c><00:35:12.920><c> what</c><00:35:13.099><c> has</c><00:35:13.320><c> been</c><00:35:13.519><c> said.</c>

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:19.639
x
And<00:35:16.460><c> so</c><00:35:16.659><c> in</c><00:35:16.800><c> that</c><00:35:17.000><c> way,</c><00:35:17.179><c> the</c><00:35:17.360><c> scriptures</c><00:35:17.739><c> tell</c><00:35:18.539><c> us</c><00:35:18.739><c> how</c><00:35:18.920><c> to</c><00:35:19.099><c> love</c><00:35:19.320><c> God</c>

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:20.900
x
and<00:35:19.840><c> how</c><00:35:20.000><c> to</c><00:35:20.159><c> love</c><00:35:20.340><c> one</c><00:35:20.539><c> another.</c>

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:25.960
x
And<00:35:21.639><c> it's</c><00:35:21.920><c> not</c><00:35:22.159><c> then</c><00:35:22.960><c> love</c><00:35:23.500><c> that</c><00:35:23.699><c> is</c><00:35:23.900><c> teaching</c><00:35:24.099><c> us</c><00:35:24.320><c> how</c><00:35:24.500><c> to</c><00:35:24.659><c> read</c><00:35:24.820><c> the</c><00:35:25.000><c> scriptures.</c>

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:31.239
x
Our<00:35:27.420><c> own</c><00:35:27.780><c> picture</c><00:35:28.119><c> of</c><00:35:28.420><c> love</c><00:35:28.679><c> is</c><00:35:29.440><c> is</c><00:35:29.599><c> fallen</c><00:35:29.780><c> and</c><00:35:30.039><c> limited,</c><00:35:30.880><c> just</c><00:35:31.019><c> as</c>

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:34.500
x
we<00:35:31.460><c> are</c><00:35:31.719><c> imperfect</c><00:35:32.239><c> reflections</c><00:35:32.760><c> of</c><00:35:33.099><c> the</c><00:35:33.239><c> image</c><00:35:33.400><c> of</c><00:35:33.619><c> God.</c>

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:40.659
x
But<00:35:36.500><c> that</c><00:35:36.800><c> being</c><00:35:37.039><c> said,</c><00:35:37.380><c> Christ's</c><00:35:38.639><c> interpretation</c><00:35:39.320><c> and</c><00:35:39.679><c> teaching</c><00:35:40.079><c> on</c>

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:44.760
x
the<00:35:40.860><c> law</c><00:35:41.059><c> and</c><00:35:41.340><c> teaching</c><00:35:41.699><c> on</c><00:35:42.280><c> on</c><00:35:42.500><c> on</c><00:35:42.900><c> how</c><00:35:43.119><c> we</c><00:35:43.340><c> should</c><00:35:43.480><c> live,</c><00:35:43.840><c> it</c>

00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:48.599
x
serves<00:35:45.000><c> to</c><00:35:45.360><c> expose</c><00:35:45.780><c> how</c><00:35:46.480><c> radically</c><00:35:46.940><c> we</c><00:35:47.320><c> need</c><00:35:47.559><c> him.</c>

00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:53.000
x
Christ's<00:35:50.360><c> teaching</c><00:35:50.579><c> about</c><00:35:50.820><c> the</c><00:35:51.059><c> law</c><00:35:51.420><c> removes</c><00:35:52.000><c> any</c><00:35:52.519><c> possible</c>

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:57.059
x
sense<00:35:53.440><c> that</c><00:35:53.820><c> you</c><00:35:53.980><c> can</c><00:35:54.219><c> do</c><00:35:54.440><c> it</c><00:35:55.139><c> or</c><00:35:55.599><c> that</c><00:35:55.760><c> you</c><00:35:55.960><c> have</c><00:35:56.199><c> been</c><00:35:56.420><c> doing</c><00:35:56.659><c> it.</c>

00:35:57.139 --> 00:36:00.599
x
And<00:35:57.460><c> that's</c><00:35:58.199><c> that's</c><00:35:58.500><c> really</c><00:35:58.820><c> the</c><00:35:59.039><c> thing</c><00:35:59.340><c> that</c><00:35:59.760><c> separates</c><00:36:00.099><c> him</c>

00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:02.880
x
from<00:36:00.820><c> these</c><00:36:01.420><c> from</c><00:36:01.920><c> these</c><00:36:02.199><c> Jewish</c><00:36:02.400><c> groups.</c>

00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:05.860
x
They're<00:36:03.519><c> all</c><00:36:03.739><c> saying,</c><00:36:04.019><c> how</c><00:36:04.480><c> can</c><00:36:04.679><c> we</c><00:36:04.880><c> keep</c><00:36:05.079><c> the</c><00:36:05.280><c> law</c><00:36:05.400><c> properly</c>

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:08.480
x
this<00:36:06.219><c> time</c><00:36:06.519><c> so</c><00:36:06.800><c> we</c><00:36:06.960><c> don't</c><00:36:07.159><c> get</c><00:36:07.440><c> exiled?</c>

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:15.000
x
And<00:36:09.000><c> then</c><00:36:09.300><c> Christ</c><00:36:09.619><c> says,</c><00:36:10.920><c> Who</c><00:36:12.280><c> has</c><00:36:12.559><c> ever</c><00:36:12.800><c> kept</c><00:36:13.039><c> the</c><00:36:13.280><c> law</c><00:36:13.840><c> fully?</c>

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:17.400
x
None<00:36:16.019><c> of</c><00:36:16.179><c> you</c><00:36:16.360><c> yet.</c>

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:24.280
x
The<00:36:20.920><c> Pharisees</c><00:36:21.519><c> desire</c><00:36:21.880><c> to</c><00:36:22.139><c> be</c><00:36:22.880><c> completionists.</c>

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:27.320
x
They<00:36:25.159><c> wanted</c><00:36:25.380><c> to</c><00:36:25.860><c> complete</c><00:36:26.079><c> the</c><00:36:26.420><c> law.</c>

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:32.000
x
But<00:36:27.639><c> Christ's</c><00:36:28.380><c> exposition</c><00:36:28.880><c> of</c><00:36:29.119><c> it</c><00:36:29.500><c> reveals</c><00:36:30.099><c> our</c><00:36:30.760><c> lack</c><00:36:30.980><c> of</c><00:36:31.300><c> capacity</c><00:36:31.719><c> to</c>

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:37.039
x
do<00:36:32.219><c> so,</c><00:36:32.880><c> that</c><00:36:33.139><c> that</c><00:36:33.300><c> we</c><00:36:33.559><c> actually</c><00:36:33.940><c> really,</c><00:36:34.960><c> really</c><00:36:35.480><c> need</c><00:36:35.780><c> him.</c>

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:41.739
x
And<00:36:38.260><c> and</c><00:36:38.639><c> it's</c><00:36:39.019><c> that</c><00:36:39.280><c> balance</c><00:36:39.900><c> that</c><00:36:40.440><c> his</c><00:36:40.920><c> fulfillment</c><00:36:41.360><c> of</c><00:36:41.579><c> the</c>

00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:46.679
x
law<00:36:41.900><c> in</c><00:36:42.179><c> his</c><00:36:42.440><c> action</c><00:36:42.920><c> and</c><00:36:43.460><c> his</c><00:36:44.960><c> the</c><00:36:45.619><c> clarity</c><00:36:45.920><c> of</c><00:36:46.079><c> his</c><00:36:46.320><c> teaching</c>

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:50.760
x
about<00:36:47.119><c> how</c><00:36:47.420><c> difficult</c><00:36:47.860><c> it</c><00:36:48.139><c> actually</c><00:36:48.400><c> is</c><00:36:48.679><c> to</c><00:36:48.880><c> do</c><00:36:49.719><c> that</c><00:36:50.219><c> makes</c>

00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:55.699
x
especially<00:36:52.099><c> Paul's</c><00:36:53.679><c> writings</c><00:36:53.980><c> about</c><00:36:54.619><c> about</c><00:36:55.059><c> the</c><00:36:55.260><c> law</c><00:36:55.400><c> so</c>

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:57.039
x
much<00:36:55.960><c> more</c><00:36:56.380><c> understandable.</c>

00:36:57.039 --> 00:37:01.400
x
The<00:36:58.159><c> idea</c><00:36:58.579><c> that</c><00:36:58.800><c> the</c><00:36:59.039><c> law</c><00:36:59.340><c> was</c><00:36:59.860><c> serving</c><00:37:00.139><c> the</c><00:37:00.380><c> purpose</c><00:37:00.559><c> of</c><00:37:00.860><c> bringing</c><00:37:01.059><c> us</c>

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:06.079
x
to<00:37:01.760><c> Christ</c><00:37:02.420><c> makes</c><00:37:02.960><c> so</c><00:37:03.219><c> much</c><00:37:03.380><c> more</c><00:37:03.599><c> sense</c><00:37:04.000><c> in</c><00:37:04.340><c> that</c><00:37:04.599><c> kind</c><00:37:04.760><c> of</c><00:37:04.900><c> way.</c>

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:12.900
x
And<00:37:07.519><c> so</c><00:37:08.860><c> when</c><00:37:10.139><c> when</c><00:37:10.579><c> we</c><00:37:10.760><c> consider</c><00:37:11.219><c> the</c><00:37:11.500><c> Gospel</c><00:37:11.760><c> of</c><00:37:11.900><c> Matthew</c><00:37:12.400><c> as</c>

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:18.400
x
a<00:37:13.099><c> whole,</c><00:37:14.739><c> as</c><00:37:14.860><c> focusing</c><00:37:15.360><c> on</c><00:37:15.619><c> Christ's</c><00:37:16.119><c> teaching,</c><00:37:17.860><c> it</c><00:37:17.860><c> becomes</c>

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:27.199
x
clear<00:37:18.760><c> that</c><00:37:20.460><c> Jesus</c><00:37:22.460><c> is</c><00:37:22.719><c> not</c><00:37:23.260><c> Jesus</c><00:37:23.760><c> is</c><00:37:24.119><c> not</c><00:37:24.460><c> reducing</c><00:37:25.039><c> the</c><00:37:26.199><c> moral</c><00:37:26.960><c> the</c>

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:28.619
x
moral<00:37:27.599><c> burden.</c>

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:34.539
x
Jesus<00:37:29.139><c> is</c><00:37:29.420><c> not</c><00:37:29.659><c> reducing</c><00:37:30.440><c> the</c><00:37:31.420><c> law</c><00:37:31.800><c> to</c><00:37:32.059><c> something</c><00:37:32.579><c> simple</c><00:37:33.219><c> or</c><00:37:33.500><c> basic.</c>

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:40.980
x
Jesus<00:37:35.599><c> is</c><00:37:35.880><c> not</c><00:37:36.699><c> telling</c><00:37:37.400><c> us,</c><00:37:39.519><c> telling</c><00:37:40.019><c> us</c><00:37:40.239><c> or</c><00:37:40.400><c> giving</c><00:37:40.559><c> us</c><00:37:40.780><c> an</c>

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:42.179
x
easy<00:37:41.300><c> way</c><00:37:41.539><c> out.</c>

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:51.420
x
Jesus<00:37:42.940><c> is</c><00:37:43.199><c> not</c><00:37:43.900><c> giving</c><00:37:44.199><c> us</c><00:37:44.800><c> a</c><00:37:47.940><c> a</c><00:37:47.940><c> perfect</c><00:37:49.059><c> case</c><00:37:49.420><c> by</c><00:37:49.659><c> case</c><00:37:49.920><c> example</c><00:37:50.579><c> of</c><00:37:50.920><c> how</c><00:37:51.079><c> we</c>

00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:56.539
x
go<00:37:51.679><c> about</c><00:37:52.119><c> doing</c><00:37:52.440><c> all</c><00:37:53.019><c> of</c><00:37:53.159><c> these</c><00:37:53.340><c> perfect</c><00:37:54.480><c> maintaining</c><00:37:55.719><c> the</c>

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:59.239
x
perfect<00:37:56.860><c> path</c><00:37:57.219><c> in</c><00:37:57.440><c> all</c><00:37:57.639><c> sorts</c><00:37:57.860><c> of</c><00:37:58.099><c> complex</c><00:37:58.500><c> scenarios.</c>

00:37:59.239 --> 00:38:04.179
x
But<00:37:59.639><c> rather,</c><00:38:00.480><c> Christ</c><00:38:00.719><c> is</c><00:38:01.019><c> showing</c><00:38:01.239><c> us</c><00:38:02.019><c> that</c><00:38:02.920><c> keeping</c><00:38:03.360><c> the</c><00:38:03.699><c> law</c>

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:07.019
x
is<00:38:05.559><c> unbelievably</c><00:38:06.500><c> hard.</c>

00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:12.139
x
Jesus<00:38:07.679><c> is</c><00:38:08.079><c> showing</c><00:38:08.239><c> us</c><00:38:08.860><c> what</c><00:38:09.159><c> God</c><00:38:09.699><c> has</c><00:38:10.179><c> always</c><00:38:11.099><c> wanted.</c>

00:38:14.339 --> 00:38:26.139
x
And<00:38:15.239><c> in</c><00:38:15.480><c> that</c><00:38:15.780><c> sense,</c><00:38:16.519><c> the</c><00:38:16.860><c> moral</c><00:38:17.139><c> teaching</c><00:38:17.460><c> of</c><00:38:17.699><c> Christ</c><00:38:18.219><c> serves</c><00:38:18.880><c> the</c><00:38:19.139><c> purpose</c><00:38:19.579><c> of</c><00:38:20.179><c> exposing</c><00:38:20.679><c> the</c><00:38:21.239><c> moral</c><00:38:21.480><c> expectations</c><00:38:22.320><c> that</c><00:38:22.860><c> God</c><00:38:23.059><c> has</c><00:38:23.360><c> always</c><00:38:23.820><c> had</c><00:38:24.280><c> in</c><00:38:24.960><c> a</c>

00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:31.980
x
truer<00:38:27.139><c> way</c><00:38:27.719><c> and</c><00:38:27.980><c> in</c><00:38:28.619><c> some</c><00:38:28.860><c> ways</c><00:38:29.480><c> a</c><00:38:30.579><c> clearer</c><00:38:30.860><c> way</c><00:38:31.380><c> than</c><00:38:31.599><c> it</c><00:38:31.780><c> ever</c>

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:33.599
x
has<00:38:32.280><c> been.</c>

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:39.940
x
Not<00:38:34.860><c> least</c><00:38:35.260><c> for</c><00:38:35.639><c> the</c><00:38:35.820><c> fact</c><00:38:35.960><c> that</c><00:38:36.139><c> he</c><00:38:36.360><c> actually</c><00:38:36.880><c> did</c><00:38:37.099><c> it</c><00:38:38.179><c> and</c><00:38:39.079><c> how</c><00:38:39.380><c> glorious</c><00:38:39.760><c> a</c>

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:43.460
x
thing<00:38:40.039><c> that</c><00:38:40.219><c> it</c><00:38:40.400><c> is,</c><00:38:41.380><c> how</c><00:38:42.059><c> glorious</c><00:38:42.460><c> a</c><00:38:42.619><c> thing</c><00:38:42.699><c> it</c><00:38:42.880><c> is</c><00:38:43.019><c> that</c><00:38:43.199><c> he</c>

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:47.219
x
indeed<00:38:43.739><c> did</c><00:38:44.559><c> actually</c><00:38:45.199><c> do</c><00:38:45.440><c> it</c><00:38:46.000><c> and</c><00:38:46.159><c> how</c><00:38:46.480><c> glorious</c><00:38:46.800><c> a</c><00:38:46.980><c> thing</c><00:38:47.079><c> it</c>

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:48.599
x
is<00:38:47.400><c> that</c><00:38:47.559><c> we</c><00:38:47.719><c> get</c><00:38:47.880><c> to</c>

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:56.679
x
That<00:38:51.920><c> we</c><00:38:52.260><c> get</c><00:38:52.519><c> to</c><00:38:52.820><c> participate</c><00:38:53.460><c> in</c><00:38:54.559><c> that</c><00:38:55.159><c> that</c><00:38:56.000><c> we</c><00:38:56.239><c> have</c><00:38:56.400><c> been</c>

00:38:56.679 --> 00:39:00.840
x
afforded<00:38:57.119><c> an</c><00:38:57.260><c> opportunity</c><00:38:57.860><c> to</c><00:38:58.280><c> be</c><00:38:58.480><c> made</c><00:38:58.940><c> acceptable</c><00:38:59.639><c> by</c><00:39:00.619><c> what</c>

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:02.660
x
has<00:39:01.099><c> been</c><00:39:01.300><c> done</c><00:39:01.500><c> for</c><00:39:01.780><c> us.</c>

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:09.079
x
And<00:39:05.739><c> so</c><00:39:05.980><c> the</c><00:39:06.119><c> purpose,</c><00:39:07.000><c> the</c><00:39:07.500><c> purpose</c><00:39:07.900><c> of</c><00:39:08.199><c> all</c><00:39:08.440><c> these</c><00:39:08.679><c> things</c>

00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:15.500
x
is<00:39:09.739><c> that</c><00:39:11.780><c> Christ's</c><00:39:12.900><c> presentation,</c><00:39:14.539><c> Christ's</c><00:39:15.159><c> presentation</c>

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:22.360
x
of<00:39:15.699><c> the</c><00:39:15.880><c> law</c><00:39:16.239><c> shows</c><00:39:16.960><c> us</c><00:39:17.199><c> what</c><00:39:17.400><c> God</c><00:39:17.599><c> has</c><00:39:17.880><c> always</c><00:39:18.179><c> wanted</c><00:39:18.599><c> and</c><00:39:20.300><c> the</c><00:39:21.840><c> manner</c><00:39:22.159><c> in</c>

00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:26.239
x
which<00:39:22.579><c> Christ</c><00:39:22.960><c> lived</c><00:39:23.300><c> and</c><00:39:23.679><c> died</c><00:39:24.260><c> served</c><00:39:24.739><c> to</c><00:39:24.920><c> do</c><00:39:25.019><c> the</c><00:39:25.179><c> very</c><00:39:25.420><c> same.</c>