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[577.32 --> 578.22] not for the healthy. |
[578.78 --> 581.26] Again, he's not just referring to people who are healthy, |
[581.52 --> 582.54] you know, physically speaking. |
[582.92 --> 585.36] He's here, and he offers salvation, |
[585.50 --> 589.28] and he invites us comfort for those who are lowly and humble. |
[590.14 --> 591.98] That's the heart of the issue here. |
[591.98 --> 596.24] So it's safe to say, again, those who are scholars here, |
[596.38 --> 598.54] those who think they're smart, it's okay, you're safe. |
[598.76 --> 599.90] This is a heart issue. |
[600.22 --> 601.90] He's not just referring to smart people. |
[603.12 --> 604.28] God opposes the proud. |
[604.84 --> 605.58] And so in other words, |
[605.90 --> 607.88] Jesus is speaking against to those |
[607.88 --> 609.82] who have the temptation to think, |
[609.96 --> 610.98] either on the one hand, |
[611.64 --> 613.18] that we can overcome anything |
[613.18 --> 614.98] by our own wisdom and strength, |
[615.36 --> 617.24] where we sit on God's throne and say, |
[617.64 --> 619.76] I can handle it, don't need God. |
[619.76 --> 624.20] Or he's also speaking to the heart of the matter, |
[624.20 --> 628.42] to those who think that just because they work closely |
[628.42 --> 629.56] to the word of God, |
[630.16 --> 634.28] that they especially have privileges |
[634.28 --> 636.10] and are closer to God, |
[636.24 --> 638.04] and that they are holier than other people. |
[638.04 --> 641.96] Like as if there are holy jobs and vocations |
[641.96 --> 645.52] compared to secular, quote-unquote, secular jobs. |
[646.96 --> 648.56] And what I just mentioned now, |
[648.74 --> 650.24] holy jobs versus secular jobs, |
[650.96 --> 653.04] that's sadly a reality in our church history, |
[653.22 --> 655.08] in our Christian history. |
[655.08 --> 658.24] Whether intentionally or not, |
[658.56 --> 661.76] Christians have so commonly set up hierarchies of jobs, |
[662.02 --> 664.46] thinking that only if you work for the church |
[664.46 --> 665.76] or a Christian organization, |
[666.18 --> 666.82] you are holier. |
[667.14 --> 668.30] I grew up with that. |
[669.40 --> 669.60] Right? |
[669.76 --> 670.84] You got to protect the pastors, |
[670.96 --> 671.74] they're holier or something. |
[673.94 --> 677.00] This is the pride that God is opposing, |
[677.10 --> 678.40] that Jesus is speaking into. |
[679.40 --> 680.98] Whatever job you have, |
[681.12 --> 683.10] all workplaces and our vocations, |
[683.28 --> 683.96] our calling, |
[684.36 --> 686.12] as we heard from even Leanne this morning, |
[686.74 --> 689.16] is we can reflect God's goodness |
[689.16 --> 691.24] and be a light for the world everywhere. |
[692.10 --> 694.56] The calling is to be His disciples |
[694.56 --> 695.94] with our whole lives, |
[696.78 --> 698.94] not to just look out for the holy jobs |
[698.94 --> 699.36] and say, |
[699.66 --> 700.44] okay, I'm set, |
[700.64 --> 701.50] I'm closer to God, |
[701.56 --> 702.60] I have special privileges |
[702.60 --> 704.22] because I work for the church. |
[704.22 --> 708.36] God calls us everywhere, |
[708.58 --> 709.36] in every corner, |
[709.50 --> 710.02] as Dave said, |
[710.82 --> 712.30] of our workplaces as well. |
[713.94 --> 715.62] And so just like the Sermon on the Mount, |
[716.40 --> 718.10] when Jesus rebukes the Pharisees |
[718.10 --> 719.28] and the religiously proud, |
[719.70 --> 720.32] same message. |
[720.64 --> 722.24] Jesus is speaking to the heart. |
[722.46 --> 724.26] He's speaking against the pride |
[724.26 --> 726.18] that we all have the temptation of |
[726.18 --> 727.04] within our hearts. |
[727.32 --> 728.50] Whether you show it or not, |
[728.86 --> 730.14] it is a challenge, |
[730.40 --> 731.92] a temptation that we can all have. |
[732.34 --> 734.14] And so this commentator that I was studying, |
[734.96 --> 736.86] captures the essence of the first two verses, |
[737.02 --> 738.16] what Jesus is saying here. |
[739.14 --> 741.48] Those who feel their spiritual brilliance |
[741.48 --> 745.78] and are sorry for those who fall so far beneath them, |
[745.96 --> 747.82] who bask in self-importance |
[747.82 --> 750.12] and feel God is lucky to have them, |
[750.98 --> 753.72] these find in Jesus' Father a back. |
[755.36 --> 758.18] But those who feel their sin |
[758.18 --> 759.52] are sorry for it |
[759.52 --> 761.02] and come asking for help, |
[761.02 --> 763.40] these find in Jesus' Father |
[763.40 --> 764.56] open arms. |
[766.84 --> 768.26] And these latter people, |
[769.56 --> 771.12] these people that are humble, |
[771.58 --> 773.00] these are the little children |
[773.00 --> 774.56] that Jesus is referring to. |
[775.76 --> 777.58] The humble, the lowly, |
[778.10 --> 779.08] the people that know |
[779.08 --> 780.60] and depend on their Savior. |
[780.60 --> 783.82] Again, this is what it means |
[783.82 --> 784.96] to be true disciples |
[784.96 --> 786.80] as compared to the crowd |
[786.80 --> 789.64] who are sitting far away from Jesus, |
[790.06 --> 790.70] listening and saying, |
[790.80 --> 792.18] okay, those are some wise thoughts, |
[792.94 --> 795.38] but I'll give it a thought. |
[796.10 --> 797.66] But I don't know if I want to commit to you. |
[797.88 --> 799.28] I don't know if I want to follow you |
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