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0:00 God bless you all. So we're going be looking at Luke 10 25. You can turn there. But in the meantime, I just wanted to thank Pastor Tim for the opportunity to share the Word of God. How many thank God0:12 for Pastor Tim and his wife, Cheryl? Amen. Praise the Lord. And how many have enjoyed this message series about the Jesus encounters? Hasn't it been good?0:24 Jesus encounters, you know, throughout the Bible, see so many people that had encounters with the Lord. So many different circumstances, different people,0:36 but they encountered Jesus. And I'll never forget the day that I received Christ. It was December 20 third, 19 84, the day after my birthday. I don't even remember the message. I0:48 didn't know anything about the Bible. And I saw myself, I was running to the front of the altar. I ran to the altar and I called on God. And I asked God to forgive me of my sins, to give me a new1:00 life. And it was a powerful encounter. And I got up from the altar and there was people behind me crying and praying. And I turned around like, what are you crying about? I'm like, praise God, hallelujah.1:12 So that was my encounter with the Lord, but God wants to encounter you. He wants an encounter with you. It's so important. It's more, you know, it's 1 thing to know about God,1:24 it's a completely other thing to know of God, to know Him personally. Jesus said that if any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink, and out of his innermost being shall flow rivers of1:36 living water. He is the bread of life. Religion is boring without Jesus. Can you say amen? Amen. I want to speak to 3 groups of people today. The first group, those of you that have never given1:48 your life to Christ, today could be your day. And I also want to speak to those that maybe you come to church once in a while on occasion, but you're kind of on the outskirts. I want2:00 to speak to you today. And those of you that are Christians, I'm praying that you receive a fresh revelation of God's love in your life, that you sense His presence in your life2:12 today. We're in Jesus' encounter part 8, and the title of my message is Rediscovering the Parable of the Good Samaritan. The parable of the Good Samaritan.2:24 Now I'm going to be honest with you. I really felt like God was leading me to this passage of scripture, but I didn't want to preach it. And I'll tell you why, because I used to feel guilty about this passage of2:35 scripture and others in the Bible, but I'm gonna show you something. I had a powerful encounter with the Lord as I was studying this scripture. The other reason was that many people know about this2:46 story, about the Good Samaritan. We know hospitals have been named after the Good Samaritan. We actually give to an organization, Samaritan Purse. These are all great organizations.2:58 And many of us know about this. Samaritan laws have been written based on this parable. But on the surface, it seems like a very simple message, like love your neighbor. Okay? I3:10 think that's pretty basic in the Christian faith. Right? Love your neighbor. Love those that are not like you. Love those that even hate you. Right? I think that's a pretty common theme.3:22 So I don't think that that's the main subject of this passage of scripture. And that's why I'm saying, let's rediscover this passage of scripture. And so would you all stand with me?3:35 We're gonna read starting I'm just gonna read the first few verses, verses 25 through 28. This actually goes to verses 37. But reading verse 25, and behold,3:47 the lawyer stood up to put him to the test saying, teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said to him, what is written in the law? How do you read it? And he answered,3:59 you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself. And Jesus said to him, You4:10 have said correctly, do this and you will live. Let's pray. Father God, I just thank you, Lord God, for the opportunity to preach Your Word, to share Your Word, God. We thank you, God, that Your Word4:22 says where 2 or 3 are gathered, that You're in the midst of us. We invite Your presence. We love You, Lord, and we pray as we always do, reveal Jesus to us. We pray this in Jesus' name,4:34 and everybody said, Amen. Praise God. You may be seated. This is such an amazing parable. And if you understand this parable, you'll understand other parts of4:46 the Bible that it may have may have been a struggle for you. I had a powerful encounter. I was on the train the other day on the way into Boston. That's why work in Boston. And I'm trying to share the message with my4:57 wife, and I could barely get the words out. I became emotional, and I just couldn't get it out. It was felt like I got kicked in my gut. And I want to we're going to learn we're going to discover 4 important5:09 things about this passage to help us understand the true meaning of this text. So the first point is that verse 25, we discover a great question.5:21 We discover a great question. Your life depends on it. It says in verse 25, And behold, a lawyer stood up. It's important to understand the context5:33 because Jesus's 70 disciples had just finished preaching the gospel and healing the sick and casting out demons. And they were rejoicing in this5:44 and Jesus was rejoicing with them and He was sharing with them how their names were written in heaven. That's what Jesus was sharing that with them. He said, you know, don't be glad that you're casting5:56 out demons, but be glad that your name is written in the book of life. So they're rejoicing. And then we all of a sudden, we have this scripture where it says, And behold, a lawyer stands6:08 up. You got 70 disciples and you got this lawyer that stands up in the midst of them. And this lawyer don't think of this lawyer like a typical lawyer.6:20 This lawyer was he was an expert in the Mosaic law. He was the elite. Okay? When we look through these passages of scripture, it's important to see the various contrast because there's6:31 huge contrast in these scriptures. But he was the elite. He was he probably could recite the first 5 books of the Bible. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers,6:43 Deuteronomy. He could recite everything. Does anybody here recite that? Can anybody? Not me. But this guy was as religious as they came. Right? So the lawyer6:55 stands up and he puts Jesus to the test. And the word test there is the same word that's used in Luke chapter 4 when Satan came to Jesus and tried to test him. And Jesus said to him, You shall not put the Lord your7:07 God to the test. So we know that the lawyer had evil intentions. He didn't have good intentions. And you can tell a lot about a person by the questions they7:18 ask. Amen? We have a similar passage in John chapter 3, Nicodemus, when he approached Jesus, he said, We know you are a teacher come from7:30 God, for no 1 could do the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him. Now he came at night to him, but he had a sincere question. Right? So why do you think7:42 that the Pharisees and others were always trying to trap Jesus? It's important to know that the book of Luke is written to Gentiles. Right? Jesus was7:54 ministering to those that were poor, the sinners, to the tax collectors, the Roman centurions, and prostitutes. And this upset the Pharisees, these8:05 religious sect. And Jesus regularly exposed the hypocrisy of the Pharisees. But I want you to know that8:17 even though he had evil intentions, he didn't have good intentions, he asked a very important question. He asked, what must I do to inherit eternal life? That's a pretty8:29 important question, wouldn't you say? This is the same question that the rich young ruler asked in Luke chapter 18. It's asked the same question was asked like 19 or 20 times throughout the gospels.8:41 And it's an important question for us. What must I do to inherit eternal life? Everybody wants to think that they have eternal life. Right? Everybody wants to go to heaven.8:53 Hebrews tells us that it's appointed to man to to die once and then face the judgment. It's a pretty important question. It's more important than who you're gonna marry, what career you're going to have. It's more9:04 important than your job. It's more important than all of that. We can't escape death. And some of you listening to me, you may be alive physically, but spiritually dead. And if you are9:16 honest with yourself, you know you don't have a relationship with God. You don't know God. And you know this. The lawyer believed like most of us believe that our way9:28 to heaven or a right relationship with God is either to be religious or to follow certain rituals or to have some self approval of yourself. There's a big thing today that people say, Well, I'll send you good9:40 vibes. Good vibes aren't going to send you to heaven. Okay? They don't send you to heaven. So Nicodemus approached Jesus and9:51 Nicodemus, like I said, he was a religious Jew. And Jesus said to this religious Jew, He said to him, Truly, I say to you, unless 1 is born again, you cannot see the kingdom10:03 of God. You can't see it. And in Romans tells us that we are dead in our trespasses and our sins. So this passage of scripture shows us that even though you're religious,10:16 even though you're religious doesn't necessarily mean that you know God. It doesn't mean that you have a relationship with God. It appears that this lawyer doesn't have the answers10:28 and he has no assurance of salvation in his life. But listen to 1 John 5 13, it says, These things are written to those who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you10:40 may know that you have eternal life. You can know that you have eternal life today. You don't have to wonder whether you're saved, whether you have a right relationship with God.10:52 We're not guaranteed tomorrow. Do you doubt that you're going to heaven? Do you doubt that your sins are forgiven? Is there any doubt in your heart11:03 today? I wonder. You can receive Jesus Christ. But the important thing is that this man asked a very important question. How can I inherit eternal life?11:15 Point number 2, from this text, we learn, we discover a great command. God's commands reflect His character.11:27 Jesus answers the lawyer's question by pointing him to the law. He said to him, what is written in the law? How do you read it? And it was kind of sarcastic in a way. It's almost like going to11:39 a Bible scholar and you say to the guy, what's in the Bible? You know, it kind of seems sarcastic. But Jesus pointed the rich young ruler to the law of God as well.11:52 And the lawyer answered, he said, You shall love the Lord your God with all of your heart, with all of your soul, with all of your strength, and with all of your mind, and your neighbor as yourself. You got to12:04 realize that this lawyer, he was full of head knowledge. He knew he could write, recite the Bible to you. In fact, they had something called the phylactery that they would attach to their12:16 head. And they wrote these little scriptures in there. And 1 of them would be Deuteronomy six:five. It's called the Shema. They would quote these scriptures like twice a day and they had them on their wrist.12:28 So remember, look at the contrast, look at the tremendous contrast in the Bible. This guy was as religious as they come. The scripture's on his head. I mean, think about this.12:42 So in Matthew 22, Jesus also responded the same way to another lawyer on a later occasion. In Matthew twenty-two 34, the lawyer asked him,12:54 Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? And Jesus said the same scripture, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind. And then He says on top of that, on these 213:05 commands depend all of the law and all of the prophets. Right? So upon these 2 laws to love God with all your heart, love people. I want you to think about what we're saying13:17 here. This is God saying, love God with all of your heart, with the core of your being, perfect love to God and perfect love to man.13:29 The essence of the law was to love God and others perfectly. Amen. The other thing that we learned from this scripture, we see the priority of love, but we also see13:41 that our greatest need is love. Right? We were created in the image of God. We were created to love and to be loved. And aren't we at our13:53 best when we feel loved? We're at our best when we feel loved. We feel the most human when we're loved. But when you don't experience love, you14:05 feel like a number or a robot or worse yet, and this part gets me the most, you can feel like an animal. Think about it. People suffer14:17 through many different things. They don't they don't have love in their lives, and they feel like an animal. To not be loved is painful. Facing rejection is deeply painful. I love what Tim14:28 Keller says about our need for deep love, for a need for love. It's the loss of love that makes us not want to live. It's the hope or the certainty of love14:40 that makes you want to live. And we know that this lawyer had evil intentions. She wanted to trap him, but deep down inside, he's no different. He's no different than us.14:53 He's wanting to know what are the requirements that he'll be accepted. Amen. That he'll find favor, that God will love him deep down inside. Everything15:05 we do in life is dominated by love. That's why when there's a deficit of love, we do kind of crazy things. We start, we reach out to other things, whether it's drugs or alcohol or sexual15:17 deviancy. Why? Because there's a craving of love inside of us. Are you desperate for love today? Do you15:28 feel a sense of loss in your life? I'm here to tell you, God loves you. Point number 3, we see in this text in verses15:40 28 through 29, we discover a great chasm, a great chasm or a great separation. God's commands reflect our condition. Not15:52 only do they reflect God's character, but they reflect our condition. Romans 3 23 says, There is none righteous, no, not 1.16:04 We all come short of the kingdom of God. And remember the question, how do I inherit the kingdom of God? And Jesus answered him and said, do this and you will live.16:18 Now, why does Jesus keep pointing the rich young ruler and this lawyer in this instance, he continues to point them to the law. It can be kind of confusing. I thought we were saved by grace16:29 in faith in him, right? Well, first, I want you to realize that Jesus is answering that question. They asked, He asked them, What must I do to inherit eternal life? And it's kind16:41 of an oxymoron. You don't usually do anything to inherit anything. It's based on a relationship. Amen? And secondly, he's trying to get the lawyer to face16:53 himself is really what he's trying to do. So we are incapable of loving God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength. There's nothing wrong with17:05 the law of God. In fact, God's law is absolutely beautiful. And that's 1 of the things that really got me. I'll never look at the law of God the same again. God's law is a17:17 reflection of His character. It's a reflection of Him, His beauty. Listen to what the Psalmist said in Psalm 1nineteen ten5. He says, It's a lamp to17:29 our feet and a light to our path. Psalm 1nineteen 97, Oh, how I love the how I love your law. Why? It reflects God's character17:41 and His beauty. There's something wrong with us. And I want to illustrate this for you. In James chapter 1, verse 23, it says, Anyone who listens to the word, but17:53 does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and forgets what he looks like. So the word of God is a mirror to us. It reflects18:05 the beauty of God, but it also shows our own condition. Because of our need for love, we take the mirror and we try to brush our hair with it. We try to brush our teeth with it18:16 to make ourselves look better. And that's not the intention of the law of God. Amen? The word of God reveals to us what we are and who we can be in18:28 God. It exposes our own fallenness. It's a mirror that reflects our image. And the law is meant to be a schoolmaster to lead us to Jesus18:40 Christ. Can somebody say amen? Think about this scripture, Matthew 5 48. I always struggled with this 1.18:54 How are you doing with that 1? You say, I can't be perfect. And then that's exactly the point. You can't be perfect. What is Jesus saying?19:06 He's saying that we need help. Romans 3 tells us that no 1 will be declared righteous by keeping the law. And it's kind of funny when I ask people, if you were to die today, do you know for sure that you'll go19:18 to heaven? And oftentimes people will say, well, I'm a pretty good person. And I'm like, well, by whose standard? Or they'll say, here's a high standard. They'll say, well, I haven't killed anybody. And I said, oh, this19:29 is great. Did you hear the scripture that said, you shall not murder and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment. But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or a sister will be19:41 subject to judgment. I think maybe some of us may have murdered somebody in our hearts on the way to church this morning driving. That's a possibility. Not19:53 me, of course. Or how about this 1? You've heard it said, thou shalt not commit adultery, but I say to you, thou, if you look at a woman with lust in your heart, you've already committed the very act20:05 in your heart. You've already committed the act of adultery. And the lawyer is not finished. He continues to press on like a typical lawyer. I'm not picking on lawyers today, but20:16 he says, But he desiring to justify himself said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor? Trying to find some technicality. Why20:28 do you think he wants to justify himself? Probably the same reason why you and I want to justify ourselves. He wanted to make himself right with God. Tell20:40 me what I need to do. Isn't that what we're all about? Tell me what I need to do. What does it mean to be justified? It means to become right with someone.20:52 I want to illustrate. So if you owed a debt to someone or to a company and you can't have any other future transactions because of that debt,21:04 That means I'm not in right standing with that person. I need to be made right, and that's what it means to be justified. The problem is we are not right.21:17 Point number 4 is that we discover the great Samaritan. We could discover the great Samaritan. God's commandments require a great savior. Verses 3021:29 to 37. This conversation with the lawyer leads Jesus into using this unbelievable parable to reveal to the lawyer, really to reveal himself.21:42 Now remember, this doesn't necessarily the scripture doesn't necessarily say it. This is a parable. It could have been a true story. And there was actually there's actually Josephus, the ancient21:54 historian, talks about this road and what have you. And there were a lot of robbers on this road and what have you. But typically a parable is an earthly22:05 story to reveal a heavenly truth. And usually it has 1 central point. So what is Jesus saying here? What is He trying to get across to this lawyer? Verse 30, Jesus replied, a man22:17 was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and he fell among robbers who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. Leaving him22:29 half dead. Now Jerusalem to Jericho was about 17 miles and Jerusalem was about 3000 feet above sea level, and Jericho was about 1000 feet below sea level.22:42 So think about this, Jerusalem is the place of peace and it's going down to Jericho. The road that went from Jerusalem to Jericho was very22:54 dangerous. It was known as the pass of Edummim. It was the way of blood. It was a very windy and rocky road and very dangerous. There was robbers and those23:05 that would seek to take advantage of people in that area. Very dangerous. So the scripture tells us that he's that they stripped him, stripped him of his clothing, they beat him, and the verb there means that23:17 they continuously beat this guy. He was totally unconscious. He was in critical condition. They kept beating him and left him half dead.23:29 They left him in critical condition. They took every every 1 of his possessions. Again, remember the contrast. The extreme of this23:41 guy's beating and the extreme of who the lawyer is. Jesus continues in verse 31. Now by chance, now the lawyer's ears are perking up. He is a priest.23:53 By chance, a priest was going down that road. When he saw him, he passed on the other side. And so likewise, a Levite, when he came to the place, he also saw him and passed by24:05 on the other side. Now, both of these guys did the same exact thing. These are the elite, the religious, and they knew what they were supposed to do, but they went in the total opposite24:17 direction. Leviticus 19 34 says, To love your neighbor and love the stranger. And Micah six:eight says, He has told you, O man, what is good and what does24:28 the Lord require of you, to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God. But they both of them, they walk on the other side.24:41 And the next part of the parable is going to be a gut punch to the lawyer. Because right now, Jesus indicts the religious elite. They were like representative of the law, the24:52 religious establishment who couldn't help the guy that was beaten on the side of the road. And Jesus introduces the hated Samaritan. The25:04 Samaritans were hated by the Jews and the Jews hated the Samaritans. Verse 33 says, But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was. And when he saw him,25:15 he had compassion on him. The Samaritan had compassion on this Jewish man that was beaten on the side of the road. These 2 guys, there was no reason for this guy to stop. He25:27 could have been putting his life in jeopardy for taking care of this man that was on the side of the road half dead. But he stops and he looks to help him. And remember the Jews and the25:39 Samaritans hated each other. You talk about racism. They absolutely despised each other. In fact, there's 1 scripture where they called Jesus a demon possessed Samaritan. That was like the worst thing that25:51 they can call Jesus. And the reason for this is that, so the Samaritan, the Jews intermarried with the Assyrians because the Assyrians attacked Israel in 726:02 22 BC, the Northern Kingdom. And26:18 Yet this Samaritan who would have been despised by the Jews, he himself is an outcast, rejected, showed compassion. And we read how Jesus often showed26:30 compassion. He was moved with compassion. It says that in the scriptures, how He saw the people as harassed and helpless. And this Samaritan cares and shows care. Verse26:42 34, it says, He went to Him and bound up His wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. So26:54 think about this. This Samaritan bends down to help this Jew. He bandages up his wounds to stop the bleeding. He pours oil and wine on it. That was a a form of first aid during27:06 those days. And the word poured means lavishly poured out. Think about that. He lavishly poured out the oil and the wine. He puts the27:18 wounded man on his own animal. He takes his place, and he puts the man on his own donkey, and he walks beside him. He takes him to an inn. Now there's different Greek27:30 words for this inn. It could have been an animal barn, but it seems like he put him in a hotel, like a pretty reputable place. In verse 35, it says, The next day he took out 2 denarii and27:42 gave gave them to the innkeeper and saying, take care of him and whatever more you spend, I will repay. I will repay you when I come back. He gives the innkeeper to denarii, was27:53 like 2 days wages. He could have stayed at the inn probably for like 3 weeks to a month to provide for his care. He tells the innkeeper to spend whatever whatever it takes to take28:05 care of this guy, and he'll take care of it. He'll cover the expenses free of charge. His healing is totally free. And it says that the next day, so the Samaritan28:17 actually stayed with this guy. He actually stayed with him to make sure that he was okay. This is unbelievable love. And again, remember the contrast here. This28:29 is unbelievable. This is lavishly pouring out oil and wine. This is lavishly pouring out a love that nobody has. He shows this man compassion. This is love without28:40 boundaries. This is sacrificial love. This is love without limits. Can somebody say amen? And Jesus says, which of these 3 do you think28:52 prove to be a neighbor to the man who fell among robbers? And the lawyer could barely get it out of his mouth. He wouldn't definitely wouldn't say Samaritan. Right? So he says,29:04 the 1 who showed him mercy. And Jesus said to the lawyer, you go and do likewise. Notice how Jesus turned around the question because the lawyer asked, who is my neighbor?29:16 Yeah, tell me who my neighbor is. And Jesus turns around to him and he says, who is the 1 that was a neighbor to the 1 in need? Jesus was trying to draw attention to what it means29:28 to love. And you know, oddly enough, we typically identify ourselves with the Good Samaritan, don't we? That's why it always used to bother me. It was like, Jim, you got to pick yourself up by the29:39 bootstraps. You know, I got to take care of the people on the street, you know, bring them in my house. I don't know, create a hospital or something. That wouldn't be a good idea. But it always kind of bothered me. And29:51 we typically identify ourselves with the good Samaritan. We rarely identify with the Levite or the priest, right? Although some of us do fall in that category, but we are30:03 definitely the ones that are on the side of the road. And this is a picture of all of humanity that's dead, beaten on the side of the road without hope, lost without God.30:16 So the point is this, we are definitely not the heroes. I'm going to say that again. We are definitely not the heroes. We are the broken ones. We are the ones that need healing.30:28 Who is the Samaritan in the story? Anybody Jesus. Jesus is the Samaritan in the story. He was just like the Samaritan. He was30:40 hated and rejected by the Jews. They yelled out, Crucify Him. The wine is a representation of the blood of Jesus that removes our sin, the infection of sin.30:52 And the oil, the oil is representative of the Holy Spirit that heals us and transforms us. This is not about behavior, changing our own31:03 behavior. The Holy Spirit is the 1 that changes us. Amen. And the man placed on the donkey is representative of Jesus taking our place on the cross.31:16 Jesus pays our debts free of charge. Jesus is the great Samaritan. And the Bible says that there is none good, no, not 1, the Bible says. That's31:28 why there is no good Samaritan. There is a great Samaritan, His name is Jesus Christ. This man is moved with compassion.31:40 Is the point of this story for us to go out and help everybody on the street? No, we should do that. And that's a common I'm pretty sure that, you know, in the Christian faith, that that's what we're supposed to do. But31:51 the point here is for us to see Jesus, to see Jesus. We are overwhelmed by His lavish love that moves us to compassion, but we must first see our32:03 helplessness and our need to look in a mirror and realize that we are in need of a savior. It breaks you. My encounter through this whole process, it32:15 was like a gut punch to my stomach. I don't know how to explain it, but it's his lavish love, and he loves you so much. And he would pour out his love for you, and he did pour out his love for you. We are the broken32:27 sinner on the side of the road. Jesus offers himself. It's by grace that we are saved. Those who repent and turn from their current direction and face the Lord,32:39 you can know Jesus today. You can know for sure that you're going to go to heaven, that you have a right relationship with God. We then show compassion towards others. We receive this lavish32:51 love. And yes, we become that neighbor to other people. And yes, we love all cultures. And yes, we love all people. Absolutely. Listen to John 333:02 sixteen-seventeen. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever would believe on Him would not perish33:24 Jesus is our justifier. The lawyer wanted to justify himself, but Jesus is his justifier. What does it mean to be justified? It means just as if I've never sinned.33:50 Listen to Psalm 30 two:two says, Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity. He declares us righteous, not because we are34:02 righteous, but because He paid the price. And I want you to listen to the words of Isaiah 53, our great Samaritan. Listen to these words. These are34:14 prophesied. I think it's like 607 hundred years before Christ even came on the scene. This is in the Old Testament. This is a prophetic text34:25 about Jesus. It says, He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And as 1 from whom men hid their faces,34:38 he was despised and we esteemed him not. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows, yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God34:50 and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. Upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace.35:02 And with His wounds, we are healed. Sermon in a sentence. We inherit eternal life, not by what we do, but what Christ has done35:14 for us. Jesus Christ offers you and me forgiveness, forgiveness, unmerited favor. He offers His grace and lavish love.35:26 To those who will repent and turn from their sin, we in turn are compelled to share the same with whomever and whoever our neighbor is.35:39 There's 2 reasons why most people don't come to the Lord. Either they love their sin or they feel like God could never love35:51 them. God can never forgive their sin. The other reason is some people will say, I'm glad you go to church. I'm glad you got God. I'm okay. I'm a36:03 pretty good person. There's too many hypocrites in the church. I'm spiritual. I want you to remember 1 thing. I want you to36:14 remember the nails that were driven in Jesus' hands. I want you to think about the punishment that He suffered for you. And He loves you so much. You may feel lost.36:27 You may not know Jesus, you can know Him today. Today, you can invite Jesus Christ into your heart. It'll be a new day for you. I did that in 19 84. I'm still36:38 serving God. What's really sad is that this lawyer was face to face with the Savior of the world, the son of God, God in the flesh. And he walked away, never36:50 encountering the 1 that could transform his life. The 1 that offers eternal life. He walked away from that 1 that was standing right in front of him. Don't miss your37:01 opportunity this morning to give your heart to the Lord.
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