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we are in Matthew chapter

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21. Jesus has entered Jerusalem.

1:35

People are yelling Hosanna or save

1:37

me. They're yelling it out. Kids

1:39

are yelling it out guys. The babies.

1:41

The babies. First words out of the

1:44

babies. It's first words out of the

1:46

babies. It's a great first word. It's

1:48

a great first word. That's a

1:50

great first word. That should be

1:52

every every Christian should try to

1:55

get their little baby. You want

1:57

mama data. These babies. They're crying

1:59

out. I mean there's quite the scene.

2:01

I mean Jesus got a whip driving

2:03

money changes out of the temple babies

2:05

crying out Hosanna they don't like it

2:08

and They're gonna have a question about

2:10

it They're gonna say

2:12

hey, this is a lot of

2:14

stuff you're doing and we got a

2:16

question about the authority that you

2:18

That someone would have to think they have

2:20

to be acting in such a way

2:22

Yeah, essentially what they're going to ask

2:24

is who do you think you are?

2:26

This is correct. This is our

2:29

house So verse 23 and

2:31

when he entered the temple the chief priests and

2:33

the elders of the people came up to him

2:35

as he was Teaching and said by what authority

2:37

are you doing these things and who gave you

2:39

this authority? Jesus answered them.

2:41

I also will ask you one question

2:43

And if you tell me the answer then

2:45

I also will tell you by what

2:47

authority I do these things This is good

2:49

rabbinical behavior by the way responding to

2:52

a question with a question And

2:54

so he says the baptism of John

2:56

from where did it come from heaven

2:58

or from man? And they

3:00

discussed it among themselves saying If we say from

3:02

heaven he will say to us why then

3:04

did you not believe him? But if we say

3:06

from man, we are afraid of the crowd

3:08

for they all hold that John was a prophet

3:11

So they answered Jesus we do

3:13

not know and he said to them

3:16

Neither will I tell you by what authority I

3:18

do these things That's by the

3:20

way Jesus saying yeah, you do That's

3:23

what that is the the answer

3:25

to this question is by the same

3:27

authority, right? So I answer this

3:29

question and you'll have the answer to

3:31

the question you ask So that the

3:33

answer to by what's authority do I

3:35

do these things the answer is the

3:37

same answer By what authority did John

3:40

do those things same authority came

3:42

from the same place? and this

3:44

is brilliant because He

3:46

puts the Pharisees and the chief

3:48

priests in a real a real

3:50

pickle here because they can't They

3:52

can't answer this question either way,

3:54

right? Yeah, you're you're gonna get

3:57

exposed with whatever answer you give so it's like

4:00

We're still undetermined, we don't

4:02

know, haven't decided. He deals

4:04

with them like their children, you know,

4:06

that come up and ask you, you

4:09

ever done, I've got grandkids, so of

4:11

course, like, my favorite thing is, hey,

4:13

Papi, I have a question, and you

4:15

go, okay, and it's a question you've

4:17

answered 150 times, and you say, I

4:20

have a question back for you. The

4:22

last time. You asked me that question,

4:24

what was the answer? He's just doing

4:26

that with him because he knows he's

4:28

gonna get him. Just like the kids,

4:31

when they ask a question, they've got

4:33

some agenda in mind and these guys

4:35

got some agenda in mind and answering

4:37

their question with the question, a

4:39

question exposes their agenda. Yeah. And

4:42

lest anybody would be tempted to think

4:44

that this last part of the last

4:46

verse we just read somehow is a

4:48

minimization of the identity of Jesus as

4:51

divine. Again, just go back to what

4:53

Dan just said, that is not at

4:55

all what's happening here. I know that

4:57

there are some groups out there that

4:59

would love to sort of proof text

5:02

with this verse and be like, see,

5:04

Jesus had the opportunity to tell you

5:06

flat out that he's God and he

5:08

didn't do it. No, nonsense. You just

5:10

have to read the context here to

5:12

know that that's not at all what's

5:14

going on. That really is pulling verses

5:16

out like one of the time and

5:19

going, I like just this one. Really,

5:21

ever. Always want to read scripture

5:23

in context. I know we harp

5:25

on that all the time. So, with that

5:27

in mind, verse 28, what do you think?

5:29

A man had two sons, and he went

5:32

to the first and said, son, go and

5:34

work in the vineyard today. And he

5:36

answered, I will not. But afterward, he

5:38

changed his mind and went. And

5:40

he went to the other son and

5:42

said the same. And he answered, I

5:44

go, sir, but did not go. Which of the

5:47

two did the will of his father? Jesus

5:49

said to them truly I say to you

5:51

the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into

5:53

the kingdom of God before you For John

5:55

came to you in the way of righteousness and

5:58

you did not believe him, but the tax

6:00

tax collectors and the prostitutes

6:02

believed him. And even when you

6:04

saw it, you did not afterward

6:06

change your minds and believe

6:08

him. And they repented and realized

6:11

how wrong they were. They felt

6:13

terrible for their mistake. Don't I

6:15

love about this is that, I love

6:17

that Jesus is, I mean, obviously he's

6:20

making like a point here. Basically. They

6:22

weren't going to answer the question, so

6:24

he's going to let everyone know that's

6:26

listening, like, just remember these guys, like,

6:28

if you want to know, these guys

6:31

do reject John, if you were wondering,

6:33

like, they do. But I like, and that

6:35

there's like this, that Jesus is sort

6:37

of like offended for John, like, a

6:39

little bit, that, um, More so

6:41

than himself, right? Like he's

6:43

just like, man, how could

6:45

how could you reject this

6:47

man that came doing these

6:49

things? And I think we

6:51

get so used to hearing

6:53

Jesus own the Pharisees and

6:55

and they're like these mustache

6:58

twirling villains and it's just and

7:00

of course that's that's how

7:02

we hear it because we've heard

7:04

it for so long. But you

7:06

have to understand like what

7:08

kind of slap in the face. It

7:10

is to tell these guys that

7:12

like all right listen. It's like

7:15

this. There's like a guy has

7:17

two sons and One of these

7:19

sons is like not very good

7:21

and he's like go do this thing

7:23

and he tells him no But then

7:26

later on He repents right and he

7:28

goes and he does it and and

7:30

just to put a side note to

7:32

that for a son to say no

7:34

to a father in that day and

7:36

age Not good. No not really bad

7:38

Yeah, not good. So like, you see, you

7:41

got a son that's rejecting his father, but

7:43

then repents and then does what the father

7:45

asked. You got another son who, like, with

7:47

his mouth, is like, oh, yeah, father, you

7:49

know me. I'm on it, sir. I'm the

7:52

way. Couldn't be more on the way. I

7:54

was actually just thinking about doing that anyway,

7:56

because I'm always aligned with your thoughts. I

7:58

just can't. Nothing would please. more than to do

8:00

whatever it is that you're thinking I should do. And

8:03

then just doesn't go do it.

8:05

And he says, that's what you

8:07

guys are like. And that's why

8:09

the fairest, that's why the task

8:12

collectors and the prostitutes are going

8:14

to enter the kingdom of God

8:16

ahead of you. Now, again, that's

8:18

like, ooh, burned. But you know,

8:20

like, for Jesus to say that

8:22

to like professional religious people, like,

8:24

you might as well like spit

8:27

directly in their face. Yeah, again,

8:29

this is why I say this

8:31

whole passage of the Holy of

8:33

Holy Week is just Jesus over

8:35

and over again, picking a fight.

8:37

I feel like there could be

8:39

some people listening that are still

8:41

missing it. The

8:45

reality is that the people

8:47

that live as prostitutes and

8:49

I guess tax collectors are,

8:51

they're not living a life

8:53

that's in accordance with the law.

8:55

And so at the end

8:57

of the day, you know,

8:59

God gave first comes to

9:01

them through the Decalogue gives

9:03

them the law. And they

9:05

say, no, I'm not going

9:07

to do that. But John specifically

9:10

shows up and says, repent.

9:12

And they repent, right? And

9:14

that's, and then obviously the,

9:17

the people that say, yes, I'm,

9:19

they see the law and

9:21

they say, I'm going to do

9:23

every single one of these.

9:25

And then historically have not done

9:27

any of it. That's right.

9:29

And then John comes along to

9:31

them too and says, repent.

9:33

And the only ones he really

9:35

gets back are the people

9:37

on the outside, right? More than

9:39

just prostitutes and tax collectors,

9:41

but not the religious establishment. In

9:43

fact, the religious establishment is

9:45

so far from them from John

9:47

that they make no moves

9:49

to protect him from being arrested

9:51

and eventually killed by Herod.

9:53

Yeah. Well, I think too, it's

9:55

got like the, the tax

9:57

collector and prostitute is, You

10:00

know, this is like a special type of

10:02

center. So like you'll see this kind of

10:04

thing happening in the Gospels a

10:06

lot, where it'll be like tax

10:08

collectors and sinners were coming to him,

10:10

where tax collectors, prostitutes, and sinners. So

10:13

like, so you have these categories going

10:15

on. So in these people's mind, this

10:17

is why Jesus uses these categories. Yeah,

10:20

the tax collectors left. Yeah, they're

10:22

working against the people. Yeah, so it's

10:24

not just that like only tax collectors and

10:26

prostitutes were coming very believed in Jesus, of

10:28

course not. But what he's saying is like,

10:31

so you have like regular sinners and

10:33

then you have like this special category

10:35

of like horrible horrible centers that people

10:37

that you hate the most. Yeah, and

10:39

it's like prostitutes and tax collectors that

10:42

ain't like any old sinners. That's like

10:44

a whole different. category and

10:46

so you have to think of whatever

10:48

the worst thing that you can think

10:50

of and then Jesus saying to you

10:52

yeah that person is entering the kingdom

10:54

of God ahead of you. Yeah the only

10:57

reason I sort of said tax clutches

10:59

because I mean none of us

11:01

like the IRS but we're not

11:03

going to call the individual IRS

11:05

agents the worst people on the

11:08

planet right the body none of

11:10

us like that. But in their

11:12

day, they're in occupied land, and

11:14

this is much like the people

11:16

in sort of like occupied Poland

11:18

or occupied France or whatever during

11:20

World War II that were hated

11:23

the most were the people that

11:25

Started working with the Nazis

11:27

in those places. They're called

11:30

collaborators, right? And so the

11:32

tax collectors are collaborators with

11:34

the Romans. They've left the

11:37

people to go work for...

11:39

You know the people that are

11:41

oppressing and prostitutes. That's a

11:43

pretty easy one because

11:45

it's a it's a it's an

11:48

open a very very open sin.

11:50

It's like it's in everybody sins,

11:52

but they put their sin literally

11:54

out there. Yep. They're their

11:56

little their literal like a job

11:58

is sin. Yeah. What's your job,

12:01

sin? I think that's what I

12:03

do. And again, this does point

12:05

out the offense and scandal of

12:07

the gospel. To hear that these

12:09

people who they associate with being

12:11

the worst in their world are

12:13

going to the kingdom of God.

12:15

And these people who have the

12:17

right garbon and who at least

12:19

seem to be obedient to the

12:21

law outwardly are not. And the

12:23

only difference between the two... is

12:26

one repents and believes and the

12:28

other does not. Well, one knows

12:30

where John God's authority and one

12:32

doesn't. That's exactly right. I think

12:34

you could also add just if

12:36

you're sort of, for preachers out

12:38

there, just know that the biggest

12:40

sinners in your congregation are the

12:42

ones that are probably most receptive

12:44

to the law too, as is

12:46

the case here. I mean, as

12:48

John the Baptist is basically, I'm

12:50

not saying there's no gospel in

12:52

John the Baptist, but. I mean,

12:55

he's basically saying repent for the

12:57

kingdom of God is near. This

12:59

is this is a law message.

13:01

And the people that are open

13:03

to that are the people that,

13:05

you know, that are pretty much

13:07

already convinced their sinners. And it's

13:09

the religious, you know, the most

13:11

pious among us that has a

13:13

hardest time understanding that we too

13:15

are need to repent and are

13:17

in need of redemption. Yeah. Do

13:19

you think too, like at this

13:22

point, you know, because before Jesus

13:24

went into Jerusalem, he was like...

13:26

Hey guys, I'm going to go

13:28

and be delivered to the chief

13:30

priest and I'm going to be

13:32

flogged and mocked and murdered and

13:34

all this stuff. And the reception

13:36

they got at first was it

13:38

seemed like, I don't know, Jesus

13:40

seems like it's going pretty well.

13:42

Like everyone's really happy to see

13:44

you and stuff. And it's just

13:46

the moment where the disciples like,

13:48

now I don't think we're leaving

13:51

here live. Yeah. Yeah. It's not

13:53

going to stop. Verse 31, 33.

13:55

Here, another parable. There was a

13:57

master of a house who planted

13:59

a vineyard. and put a fence around

14:01

it and dug a wine press in it

14:03

and built a tower and leased it to

14:05

tenants and went into another country. When

14:07

the season for fruit drew near he

14:09

sent his servants to the tenants to

14:12

get his fruit and the tenants took

14:14

his servants and B1 killed another

14:16

and stoned another. Again he sent other

14:18

servants more than the first and they did

14:21

the same to them. Finally he sent

14:23

his son to them saying they will respect

14:25

my son but when the tenants saw

14:27

the son They said to themselves, this

14:29

is the air. Come, let us kill

14:31

him and have his inheritance. And they

14:33

took him and threw him out of the

14:36

vineyard and killed him. When therefore

14:38

the owner of the vineyard comes, what

14:40

will he do to those tenants? They said

14:42

to him, he will put those wretches to

14:44

a miserable death and let out the

14:47

vineyard to other tenants who will give

14:49

him the fruits in their seasons.

14:51

Jesus said to them, Have you never

14:54

read in the scriptures rejected

14:56

has become the cornerstone? This was

14:58

the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous

15:00

in our eyes. Therefore I tell you the

15:02

kingdom of God will be taken away

15:05

from you and given to a people

15:07

producing its fruits, and the one who

15:09

falls on this stone will be broken

15:11

to pieces, and when it falls on

15:13

anyone it will crush him, and here

15:16

comes one of my favorite lines of

15:18

all time. When the chief priests and

15:20

the Pharisees heard his parables,

15:22

they perceived that he was speaking

15:24

about them. Quite perceptive fellas. And

15:26

although they were seeking to arrest

15:29

him, they feared the crowds because

15:31

they held him to be a

15:33

prophet. Well, he does tell them,

15:35

I am talking about you. So that

15:37

was the moment I get me. Hey,

15:39

the kind of guy is going

15:41

to be taken away from you.

15:44

And they're like, I think he's

15:46

talking about us. Yeah. Yeah. What

15:48

gave it away? This is masterful because also

15:50

these guys are kind of thick. Because as

15:52

he rolls his parable out and he's like

15:54

what should he do to those people? It's

15:56

like come on guys like you're like you

15:59

don't see the trap here you don't

16:01

see the trap and then they answer

16:03

correctly which is like oh put those

16:05

miserable wretches to death that's what you

16:08

do and yeah dude you just stepped

16:10

right into that one and Jesus was

16:12

like all right I mean if you say

16:14

so well and it's very clear what

16:16

what the imagery being used

16:18

here is meant to symbolize

16:21

this is describing the whole

16:23

history of Israel whenever prophets

16:25

were sent to him the

16:27

tendency was to persecute those

16:29

profits stone those profits kill

16:31

those profits as he mentions

16:33

with the lord's servants or

16:35

with the owner's servants coming

16:37

to get the fruit and so

16:39

it's right on the nose i mean

16:41

this is not a subtle parable yes

16:43

i mean you're you're you're being a

16:46

little thick here guys and and also

16:48

uh... i mean i guess They don't understand

16:50

that in their own words,

16:52

what they're saying is like,

16:54

well, what it should do

16:56

is take the kingdom from

16:59

us and give it to

17:01

Gentiles. Yeah, that's the weird

17:03

part. Which is what they're

17:05

saying. Yeah, that's the weird

17:07

part. And also, I do

17:09

think that if you're just

17:11

reading this, you're going to

17:13

get to verse 41, and

17:15

you're going to be like,

17:17

that all makes sense. Jesus'

17:19

response is a little, like if you're

17:22

sort of just reading this naked without

17:24

having done it quite a bit, you

17:26

say Jesus said to them, have you

17:28

never read the scripture as a stone

17:30

that the builders rejected has become the

17:32

cornerstone, this is what the Lord is

17:34

doing, this is what the Lord is

17:37

doing, this is marvelous, and his eyes.

17:39

Well, that's about him, but it just

17:41

kind of seems like an interestingly placed

17:43

quote in there when they already got

17:45

it, right? Because they already got it.

17:47

So I do think if somebody's reading

17:49

that they could kind of shake their

17:52

head and go, okay, what's going on

17:54

there? And I think at the end

17:56

of the day, what's going on is probably

17:58

just a doubling down that they should

18:00

have seen this the whole time. Yes.

18:02

Right, that this has been told for

18:05

a long time. You guys are supposed

18:07

to be the ones that are the

18:09

scripture experts. And I had to come

18:11

here and give you the most obvious

18:14

parable of all time for you to

18:16

understand it when it's been here all

18:18

along. Yeah, the idea here is that

18:20

like if you guys were really the

18:23

students of the scriptures that you Project

18:25

yourselves to be One thing you would

18:27

have been careful about is like hey,

18:29

let's make sure that we're not the

18:32

people that reject the stone Okay, let's

18:34

make sure we're not that and he's

18:36

like but unfortunately that prophecy is being

18:38

fulfilled right this very long right you

18:41

guys You guys are being the fulfillment

18:43

of this thing that you've spent your

18:45

life studying and it took me coming

18:47

to you and literally laying it out

18:50

like super obviously for you to finally

18:52

go hey I think he's talking about

18:54

us you know and then that's sort

18:56

of the I think that's why that

18:59

that sort of that that's in there

19:01

it is it is a weird thing

19:03

too because I tell you what man

19:05

unbelief is fairly epic because at any

19:08

time like in the course of this

19:10

that you would think and obviously like

19:12

there were some Pharisees that believed but

19:15

once you get to this point It

19:17

is shocking, like how hard the human

19:19

heart is, that there wouldn't be somebody

19:21

that, I mean, this guy's doing miracles,

19:24

he's owning you in the teaching, he's

19:26

owning you with the scriptures, and there's

19:28

not, you know, a handful of these

19:30

guys, it's like, you know, what? Like,

19:33

I don't want to be in this

19:35

group anymore, I'm actually, I'm coming over,

19:37

I think this is the guy. And

19:39

it just shows you that that's not

19:42

unique to the Pharisees, like, like, this

19:44

is the human, It doesn't matter like

19:46

how well you know something or any

19:48

of this kind of stuff. Like God

19:51

is the one that has to do

19:53

something because you're you're just not going

19:55

to believe this stuff. I mean you

19:57

are just your heart is just just

20:00

so hardened to the message of the

20:02

gospel apart from the Holy Spirit

20:04

doing something that you just will

20:06

not believe it? Well, it seems

20:08

like the point is that a

20:10

lot of Christians are worried about

20:13

falling away through open unrighteousness. In

20:15

other words, they're worried that they're

20:17

going to become a tax collector

20:19

or a prostitute. They ought to

20:21

be worried about becoming a legalist.

20:23

And if you're going to worry,

20:25

you ought to be worried about...

20:28

the possibility of Phariseicalism,

20:30

you know, convincing

20:33

you that you have done something

20:35

that is worthy before God, and

20:37

that you are not one

20:39

of these like those that

20:41

need to repent and rely

20:44

on Christ alone, that you

20:46

have contributed something, even if

20:48

it's that you've contributed something

20:50

as a Christian to your

20:53

salvation, that seems like, and I'm

20:55

not telling people to worry. general,

20:57

but if you are sort of a

20:59

worry ward and this is going to

21:02

be your path, I personally would worry

21:04

less about falling into, you know,

21:06

the kind of open sin that we

21:08

all know about and more about falling

21:10

into the sort of legalism,

21:13

I'd say, haughtiness, sort of

21:15

confidence, self-confidence in your own

21:17

goodness. I had, Scott, I

21:20

had not encountered this situation

21:22

a lot. And recently I

21:24

did. where I actually had

21:27

someone tell me, there was

21:29

a Bible study, and they

21:31

were, afterwards they told

21:33

me that they were really

21:36

nervous, and just based on

21:38

some of the things I was

21:40

saying, and they said, my

21:42

big struggle, and I fight

21:45

against it all the time,

21:47

is that I actually, like,

21:49

I try really hard, and

21:51

I actually just do think I'm.

21:54

better than most people and

21:56

I don't know how to I

21:58

know that think that and I I was

22:00

like, man, I told him, I

22:02

was like, you know, I'll be

22:04

honest, I don't hear that one

22:06

a lot. Like, I don't hear

22:08

people actually say that a lot.

22:10

And so the fact that you're

22:13

saying it is probably like cause

22:15

for you not to be worried

22:17

too much about that. But if

22:19

you're asking, like, is that a

22:21

problem? Like, yeah, is that a

22:23

real thing? I mean, like, the

22:25

inclination for you to be like,

22:27

man. When I really think about

22:29

it, do I think there's more

22:31

people on earth better than me

22:34

or worse than me? Oh yeah,

22:36

I'm on the side that there's

22:38

most everybody's worse than me. Yeah,

22:40

and that's not a good thing,

22:42

right? Very normal thought. Even if

22:44

you, even if you, at the

22:46

same time, you can say I'm

22:48

imperfect and I'm a sinner, I'm

22:50

a wretch, most, the most natural

22:52

human instinct is to still go.

22:54

but not as bad of a

22:57

wretch as those people. I'm in

22:59

the upper half, surely, right? I

23:01

mean, you know, probably upper three

23:03

percent personally, but, you know. Yeah,

23:05

and that's, and that's, and that's,

23:07

by the way, like, if you

23:09

think that you, that's something that

23:11

you should absolutely confess and be

23:13

forgiven of, like, that is kind

23:15

of saying, that's some dangerous stuff.

23:18

Yeah, well, that's something that has

23:20

to be repented of probably on

23:22

a daily basis. Yeah, it's just

23:24

something that comes, it's something so

23:26

natural to us. It's awesome. I

23:28

know this because the reality is

23:30

that the one thing I can

23:32

be convinced to repent of on

23:34

a daily basis is self-righteousness. 100%.

23:36

You know, should, I mean, should

23:38

I repent of lust daily, probably,

23:41

try to repent of dishonesty, daily,

23:43

maybe, you know, you could go

23:45

down that that route. and you

23:47

can maybe give me a say,

23:49

yeah, yeah, yeah. But if you

23:51

say, hey, should you repent of

23:53

yourself righteousness daily, I'm gonna be

23:55

like, daily? Daily seems a little

23:57

slim. I probably like it right

23:59

after every time I interact with

24:02

anybody that's not me I should

24:04

probably repent of myself righteousness. And

24:06

by the way as we've got

24:08

as you go through the scriptures

24:10

this could be what we're doing

24:12

through the gospel Matthew it could

24:14

be the Old Testament pick a

24:16

book one of the reasons also

24:18

you might want to like just yeah just

24:20

repent of that as often as as you

24:23

can is if you want to know something

24:25

that is pretty clear that God really hates

24:27

is that it's that yeah That's the

24:30

root of the Pharisees problem. Well,

24:32

that's the root of of sin. Yes,

24:34

I can just say that I

24:36

mean the root of sin is

24:39

believing that you do not need

24:41

God. Now you can get there

24:43

through like extreme horrendous open sin,

24:45

right? Because you could be so

24:47

convinced that God isn't there that

24:49

you just don't care and you

24:52

just do whatever licentious thing you

24:54

can think of. But how most

24:56

people get to I think I

24:58

don't need God is by. is

25:00

true self-righteousness. Yeah, even if they

25:03

don't call it by that title,

25:05

if they don't think of it

25:07

that way, that's what really it

25:09

is. That's the sin of

25:11

Adam and Eve in

25:14

the garden. Absolutely. Ultimately,

25:16

self-righteousness because they believe

25:18

they don't need God. Did God

25:21

really say? Yep. And then you

25:23

start thinking, well, even if

25:25

you did, he wasn't talking

25:28

about me. Yep. by horizontal

25:30

standards compared to other people

25:33

and maybe you are quote

25:35

better, you're more good. The

25:37

problem is that the second

25:39

you start thinking that you

25:41

have entered a category of sin,

25:44

like I said, God despises like

25:46

the haughtiness. pride, even if it

25:48

were true and you became proud

25:50

of it, now you're in real

25:53

trouble, right? If there's a list,

25:55

which by the way there is

25:57

a list, crazy, but you know.

25:59

God really is not a fan of

26:02

idolatry. And then like kind of right

26:04

beneath that is pride. Yep. Indeed. He

26:06

calls, as a matter of fact, he

26:08

equates idolatry with coveting as well, which

26:10

in case you are ever prone to

26:12

thinking that you're crushing it, you can

26:14

also just ask yourself if you've ever

26:17

coveted it and find out that you're

26:19

in fact not crushing it. Especially since

26:21

it's equated with idolatry. If you believe

26:23

that he gave us a deck log

26:25

in an order of importance kind of

26:27

thing, I'm not saying he ever makes

26:29

the argument that he did, but if

26:32

you kind of lean in that direction,

26:34

you got to understand that the ones

26:36

that he put first are how you

26:38

deal with him and how he deals

26:40

with you. The ones that he put,

26:42

you know, after that are how we

26:44

deal with each other, which means that

26:47

he thought maybe that the place where

26:49

you're going to send the most is

26:51

where you... you deal with him and

26:53

he deals with you. Like, and then

26:55

he starts with the big one, have

26:57

no other gods before me and he

26:59

should have put a comma in there

27:02

and said, comma, by the way, this

27:04

means you. Like, in other words, you

27:06

are going to make yourself into a

27:08

God and so do not put your

27:10

self-made God of yourself before me. Because

27:12

that's when we can't go out and

27:14

find little bales to worship. The thing

27:17

that we end up worshiping is right

27:19

here. It's us. Well, and even the

27:21

bales. Bales are just a reflection of

27:23

us. Right here, too. Yeah. Well, this

27:25

is his, this is God makes this

27:27

argument where through the mouths of the

27:29

prophets and where you might think like,

27:32

well, what is an idol? And the

27:34

idol is always the idol itself. And

27:36

even if it's like some Ashera poll

27:38

or whatever it is, God will make

27:40

the argument. Why does God care about

27:42

this carved image thing or whatever? Well,

27:44

that thing doesn't have any power, but

27:47

the problem here is that you have

27:49

idolized yourself so much that you actually

27:51

think that you can create gods. Who

27:53

made that? Like, so he's like, he's

27:55

like, the arrogance of you, you chop

27:57

down a tree, you use one end

27:59

for... yourself and the other end to

28:02

carve a God who do you think

28:04

you are like you have like you

28:06

think that you are so that you're

28:08

so much a God that you can

28:10

now create gods that's what you think

28:12

you gotta have some serious pride to

28:14

think that how if no other gods

28:16

before me do not take my name

28:19

in vain in other words do not

28:21

use my name to exert your earthly

28:23

authority which is all you do when

28:25

you take his name in vain you

28:27

take his name in vain you're you're

28:29

using his name to make yourself

28:31

God. And then remember the Sabbath

28:34

day to keep it holy. What are you

28:36

doing there? Well, this is the time of

28:38

the week when God brings you together

28:40

so that he can remind you that

28:42

you're not him. Well, this is one

28:44

of the big sins of the Pharisees and

28:46

the chief priests is the taking the name

28:48

of the Lord in vain. I mean, this

28:51

is like a big thing that they're doing.

28:53

Because what they do all the time is

28:55

sayeth the Lord when he hasn't. That is

28:57

taking the name of the Lord in

29:00

vain. Absolutely. You're saying that God said

29:02

stuff and he didn't say it, right?

29:04

And making people do things that God

29:06

is not said to do. And this

29:08

is a big deal. I'm saying all

29:10

the time. I'm a fan of cursing

29:13

in a sense, but not a fan

29:15

of cursing that takes the Lord's name

29:17

in vain even when it's done flippantly.

29:19

But the serious thing is what you

29:21

just said is when you use his

29:23

name to really bolster up something that

29:25

you said. Yeah. Well, and just, you know,

29:28

to wrap it up, because I know we're

29:30

around out of time here, if, you know,

29:32

you're going to find yourself struggling with self-righteousness

29:34

for the rest of your days here on

29:36

earth. That's just the reality. It's going to

29:39

be a daily fight. One of the things that

29:41

can be helpful, if you're, you know, you're

29:43

just really struggling with it, is remind

29:45

yourself of passages like the end of

29:48

Romans one that describe what the

29:50

unrighteous world looks like. and you're going

29:52

to find that there's no way of

29:54

escaping that list that you're guilty of

29:56

all of it and therefore it makes

29:58

the gospel so much sweet because you know

30:00

know got to be it's from to

30:02

be Christ from start to finish

30:04

into his gonna get you into the

30:07

tax what the tax collectors and

30:09

the prostitutes found out why Jesus why Jesus

30:11

says they're going and the Pharisees were

30:13

not the whole thing. Should the whole thing in

30:15

have got down in that water with with

30:17

And you would have been down in that dirty water

30:19

and come out clean clean. have done

30:21

it it. That's the opportunity there there. right well we

30:24

are out of time out think Jesus

30:26

has done just reckon these guys with done

30:28

just wrecking these take a break parables? No, sir. No,

30:30

a break he's right on it he's

30:32

I got another story maybe it's not

30:34

maybe it's really not coming through loud

30:36

and clear so let me give you

30:39

another one and they're gonna come back

30:41

of course they're like well if we

30:43

can't get around this we know ways

30:45

to get him we'll get him with

30:47

taxes through loud see how that goes So let

30:49

episode see you guys then all right

30:51

sounds good to come back.