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[1018.56 --> 1019.74] I gave their car away
[1019.74 --> 1021.10] and now it's destroyed.
[1021.54 --> 1022.30] So that night,
[1022.50 --> 1023.52] I gave them a call,
[1023.72 --> 1025.14] very difficult call to make,
[1025.26 --> 1025.42] right?
[1025.46 --> 1026.18] How do you break this?
[1026.24 --> 1026.38] You're like,
[1026.42 --> 1027.02] how's the weather?
[1027.88 --> 1029.36] How's things going?
[1029.84 --> 1030.36] And then I had to
[1030.36 --> 1031.06] break the news to them.
[1031.12 --> 1031.30] I'm like,
[1031.38 --> 1032.58] and I lent it your car
[1032.58 --> 1033.32] and it is now
[1033.32 --> 1034.60] completely totaled
[1034.60 --> 1035.42] and there's a lot of things
[1035.42 --> 1036.04] I got to sort out
[1036.04 --> 1036.64] with your insurance.
[1037.34 --> 1038.48] And the first thing
[1038.48 --> 1039.72] they said to me was,
[1039.88 --> 1041.12] it's just a car.
[1041.12 --> 1043.82] And my heart just was like,
[1043.92 --> 1045.00] oh, thank the Lord.
[1045.38 --> 1046.38] I'm so happy
[1046.38 --> 1047.34] you don't want to like
[1047.34 --> 1048.66] disown me as a son-in-law.
[1049.06 --> 1050.46] But that was a teaching moment
[1050.46 --> 1050.84] for me
[1050.84 --> 1051.62] because I'm not sure
[1051.62 --> 1052.52] I'd respond that way
[1052.52 --> 1053.72] if someone smashed up my car
[1053.72 --> 1054.80] that was lent out
[1054.80 --> 1055.72] in my absence
[1055.72 --> 1056.86] without my knowledge, right?
[1057.24 --> 1058.16] But it was this moment
[1058.16 --> 1058.56] where I'm like,
[1058.72 --> 1060.28] that's the flinch
[1060.28 --> 1061.36] of a Christian, right?
[1061.88 --> 1062.98] That's how we respond
[1062.98 --> 1063.62] because they knew
[1063.62 --> 1064.58] the intention was good,
[1064.82 --> 1065.50] they knew it was given
[1065.50 --> 1066.32] to someone who had need
[1066.32 --> 1067.38] and that's what they want
[1067.38 --> 1068.14] for their stuff.
[1068.94 --> 1069.90] They want to be generous
[1069.90 --> 1070.66] and open-handed.
[1071.32 --> 1072.16] And I almost want
[1072.16 --> 1072.78] to ask the question,
[1072.88 --> 1073.72] how open-handedly
[1073.72 --> 1074.38] do we live with,
[1074.44 --> 1075.36] not just with our money,
[1075.46 --> 1076.08] which is important,
[1076.32 --> 1077.56] but with our stuff?
[1079.50 --> 1080.16] And it's at this point
[1080.16 --> 1080.64] that I want to draw
[1080.64 --> 1081.02] our attention
[1081.02 --> 1082.00] to that middle section
[1082.00 --> 1082.90] of this passage.
[1083.92 --> 1085.30] Very weirdly positioned,
[1085.42 --> 1085.84] people are like,
[1085.92 --> 1086.66] why is it here, right?
[1087.18 --> 1088.04] Jesus talks about
[1088.04 --> 1088.56] our possessions
[1088.56 --> 1089.20] and our treasures,
[1089.32 --> 1089.76] then at the end
[1089.76 --> 1090.62] he talks about our money
[1090.62 --> 1091.64] and not having two masters,
[1091.78 --> 1092.44] and then in the middle
[1092.44 --> 1093.26] there's this whole section
[1093.26 --> 1094.24] on like light
[1094.24 --> 1094.88] and our eyes
[1094.88 --> 1095.42] and darkness,
[1095.52 --> 1096.24] and I'll read for you
[1096.24 --> 1097.52] just one part of it
[1097.52 --> 1098.40] and then explain
[1098.40 --> 1098.90] what I think
[1098.90 --> 1099.64] is why it's here.
[1100.60 --> 1101.20] Jesus says,
[1101.66 --> 1102.82] if your eyes are healthy,
[1103.00 --> 1103.68] your whole body
[1103.68 --> 1104.64] will be full of light,
[1104.82 --> 1105.46] and if your eyes
[1105.46 --> 1106.10] are unhealthy,
[1106.22 --> 1106.90] your whole body
[1106.90 --> 1107.78] will be full of darkness.
[1108.40 --> 1109.24] Now different takes
[1109.24 --> 1109.56] on this,
[1109.62 --> 1110.92] but here's an interesting fact.
[1111.38 --> 1112.28] The words healthy
[1112.28 --> 1113.28] and unhealthy here
[1113.28 --> 1113.70] in Greek
[1113.70 --> 1115.40] translate to this word
[1115.40 --> 1116.02] in English,
[1117.36 --> 1117.70] generous,
[1118.46 --> 1119.76] and I'll use the word stingy.
[1120.64 --> 1121.40] And it's almost
[1121.40 --> 1122.56] as though Jesus is saying,
[1122.66 --> 1122.82] you know,