Series A – Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost – Sunday, October 18, 2020 | Pr. Chris Rosebrough
| Welcome to the Teaching Ministry of Kongsvinger Lutheran Church. Kongsvinger is a beacon for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and is located on the plains of Northwestern Minnesota. We proclaim Christ and Him crucified for our sins and salvation by grace through faith alone, and now, here’s a message from Pastor Chris Rosebrough: |
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| 0:28 | the holy gospel according to saint |
| 0:30 | matthew the 22nd |
| 0:32 | chapter |
| 0:33 | [Music] |
| 0:36 | [Applause] |
| 0:40 | then the pharisees went and plotted how |
| 0:42 | to entangle Jesus in his talk |
| 0:45 | and they sent their disciples to him |
| 0:47 | along with the herodians saying |
| 0:48 | teacher we know that you are true and |
| 0:51 | teach the way of god truthfully |
| 0:53 | and you do not care about anyone’s |
| 0:55 | opinion for you are not swayed by |
| 0:57 | appearances tell us then what do you |
| 0:59 | think |
| 1:00 | is it lawful to pay taxes to caesar or |
| 1:02 | not |
| 1:03 | but Jesus aware of their malice said why |
| 1:06 | put me to the test you hypocrites |
| 1:08 | show me the coin for the tax and they |
| 1:10 | brought him a denarius |
| 1:11 | and Jesus said to them whose likeness |
| 1:13 | and inscription is this |
| 1:15 | they said caesar’s then he said to them |
| 1:17 | therefore render to caesar the things |
| 1:18 | that are caesar’s into god the things |
| 1:20 | that are god’s |
| 1:21 | and when they heard it they marveled and |
| 1:24 | they left him |
| 1:24 | and went away this is the gospel of the |
| 1:27 | lord |
| 1:28 | well you know things are really |
| 1:31 | interesting and that’s a good way to put |
| 1:32 | it |
| 1:33 | interesting when people who are normally |
| 1:35 | enemies and at odds with each other |
| 1:37 | have united together to join forces |
| 1:40 | could you imagine what a weird thing it |
| 1:42 | would be in the united states here |
| 1:44 | if the democrats and the republicans the |
| 1:46 | sjws and the alt-right |
| 1:48 | all conspired together to do a |
| 1:51 | particular thing |
| 1:52 | we would say something is a foot right |
| 1:55 | so in order to understand our gospel |
| 1:57 | text today |
| 1:57 | you have to understand this the |
| 2:00 | pharisees |
| 2:01 | and the herodians were not on talking |
| 2:03 | terms |
| 2:04 | all right the herodians let’s talk about |
| 2:07 | these guys yeah they’re israelites |
| 2:08 | they’re genetically jewish |
| 2:10 | and well here’s the thing they have |
| 2:12 | completely |
| 2:13 | bought into and are in full support |
| 2:16 | of the roman empire and they’re big |
| 2:20 | guys who have herod’s sign on their yard |
| 2:24 | there’s no election they just do that |
| 2:25 | because they love him so much |
| 2:27 | they are totally buying into this in |
| 2:28 | fact these are jews |
| 2:30 | back in the day who are wearing roman |
| 2:32 | togas have no problem using roman money |
| 2:35 | while the pharisees everybody knows |
| 2:37 | about the pharisees |
| 2:38 | these guys have established their own |
| 2:40 | righteousness created their own rules |
| 2:42 | added to the scriptures and they had |
| 2:45 | well |
| 2:46 | they had ought with caesar on a lot of |
| 2:49 | grounds because number one |
| 2:50 | caesar worshiped idols caesar also |
| 2:54 | claimed to be a god on earth and they |
| 2:56 | were not buying into that |
| 2:58 | and then the coins that they were |
| 2:59 | required to give to caesar in their |
| 3:02 | taxes |
| 3:03 | had the image of caesar on it and the |
| 3:05 | pharisees |
| 3:06 | well their big argument was to even have |
| 3:09 | one of these in your pocket |
| 3:11 | is idolatry it’s idolatry there’s a guy |
| 3:15 | who claims to be god on earth and you |
| 3:17 | have one of these things |
| 3:18 | and so they have kept themselves holy in |
| 3:20 | fact if you remember |
| 3:21 | there are money changers in the temple |
| 3:23 | the whole reason why there’s money |
| 3:24 | changes in the temple |
| 3:26 | is because you can’t buy a sacrifice for |
| 3:29 | god |
| 3:30 | using that filthy idolatrous |
| 3:33 | roman money so you had to exchange it |
| 3:36 | for the holy |
| 3:37 | temple shekel and so there was always a |
| 3:40 | little exchange rate and they were |
| 3:41 | making a little money on the side but |
| 3:42 | you get the idea here |
| 3:43 | so here’s the thing these guys are |
| 3:45 | constantly at odds with each other |
| 3:47 | they’re butting heads |
| 3:48 | they’re having debates and of course |
| 3:50 | everybody in israel |
| 3:52 | has either chosen one side or the other |
| 3:55 | and they have concocted the perfect |
| 3:57 | scheme they are going to |
| 3:59 | trap Jesus in his words |
| 4:02 | that’s the idea here we’re going to draw |
| 4:04 | him onto our |
| 4:06 | turf we’re not going to let him teach us |
| 4:08 | god’s word on his terms |
| 4:09 | we’re going to make him pick a side |
| 4:11 | which is it |
| 4:12 | is the pharisees or is it the herodians |
| 4:15 | and if he answers yes to either |
| 4:17 | they’re gonna string them up this is the |
| 4:19 | perfect that you almost see these guys |
| 4:21 | sitting there |
| 4:21 | you know in a smoke-filled room kind of |
| 4:24 | concocting this thing |
| 4:25 | and then afterwards going this is it |
| 4:27 | this we’re finally going to get him and |
| 4:28 | then going |
| 4:31 | there’s no way out for Jesus now this is |
| 4:33 | what they’re thinking right |
| 4:35 | and but here’s the funny part the text |
| 4:37 | says so when |
| 4:38 | they plotted how to entangle Jesus in |
| 4:40 | his talk and then they sent their |
| 4:42 | disciples the pharisees themselves |
| 4:44 | wouldn’t even go |
| 4:46 | so they said to their disciples listen |
| 4:48 | we can’t be seen in public with the |
| 4:49 | herodians so we’re sending you guys and |
| 4:51 | you can see them going |
| 4:52 | really we have to go and be in public |
| 4:54 | with herodians yes |
| 4:56 | and so the disciples of the pharisees |
| 4:58 | and the herodians then come to Jesus |
| 5:01 | oh and listen to these words man so |
| 5:03 | they’re gonna butter Jesus up |
| 5:05 | you’re gonna make Jesus’s ego just swell |
| 5:09 | teacher we know that you are true |
| 5:12 | and you teach the way of god truthfully |
| 5:15 | and you don’t care about anyone’s |
| 5:16 | opinion |
| 5:17 | for you are not swayed by appearances |
| 5:23 | so i mean what are they expecting Jesus |
| 5:25 | to go wow |
| 5:26 | it’s about time that you kind of find |
| 5:28 | figured out how important i am and |
| 5:30 | all this kind of and that i teach the |
| 5:32 | word of god truthfully yeah it’s good to |
| 5:34 | see that you guys have finally come to |
| 5:35 | your senses |
| 5:37 | no the text says he saw right through |
| 5:39 | that |
| 5:40 | and detected their malice malice is one |
| 5:42 | of these things it’s |
| 5:44 | hatred on steroids it’s hatred to the |
| 5:47 | point of |
| 5:48 | murder one way or another so you can see |
| 5:51 | the setup here |
| 5:52 | in our day we talk about what do we say |
| 5:54 | gotcha politics |
| 5:56 | have you noticed that trump and the |
| 5:58 | media don’t really get along |
| 5:59 | and it always seems like whenever |
| 6:01 | there’s one of those press conferences |
| 6:03 | that the questions asked by the media |
| 6:05 | are like those high inside fastballs |
| 6:08 | designed to bean trump in the head or it |
| 6:11 | you kind of get so we call it gotcha |
| 6:12 | politics this is the perfect gotcha |
| 6:15 | moment |
| 6:15 | this is not just gotcha politics this |
| 6:17 | has got your politics and gotcha |
| 6:19 | theology |
| 6:20 | all mixed up in one and this is going to |
| 6:22 | lead to the demise of Jesus and the |
| 6:24 | whole goal here |
| 6:25 | is the murder of Christ the pharisees |
| 6:29 | and the herodians |
| 6:30 | normally enemies have come to the |
| 6:31 | agreement Jesus has got to go |
| 6:35 | he’s got to go so Jesus is aware of |
| 6:38 | their malice said |
| 6:39 | why do you put me to the test you |
| 6:41 | hypocrites |
| 6:42 | yeah he called him hypocrites because |
| 6:45 | they are |
| 6:47 | and so he says show me the coin for the |
| 6:48 | tax and you can kind of see the the |
| 6:50 | disciples of the pharisees going |
| 6:52 | we don’t have one of those we’re not |
| 6:54 | allowed to have one of those so they |
| 6:55 | look over to the herodians and one of |
| 6:56 | the herodians reaches into his pocket in |
| 6:58 | his toga and pulls out a shiny |
| 7:00 | new daenerys and goes ting here you go |
| 7:03 | Jesus |
| 7:04 | right so Jesus takes the coin |
| 7:07 | he says whose likeness and inscription |
| 7:11 | is this |
| 7:15 | caesar’s they said to them therefore |
| 7:18 | render the |
| 7:19 | the caesar to the things that are |
| 7:20 | caesar’s |
| 7:23 | it’s caesar’s money that’s his likeness |
| 7:27 | give to caesar the thing if caesar wants |
| 7:29 | it back give it back to him it’s just |
| 7:31 | it’s his and you sit there and you can |
| 7:34 | just see their |
| 7:35 | their heads at this point exploding how |
| 7:37 | did he get out of this |
| 7:39 | but that’s kind of the point now with |
| 7:43 | that i’m going to save the last part for |
| 7:44 | just a second here |
| 7:46 | with that we recognize then that when it |
| 7:49 | comes to earthly governments |
| 7:51 | the scripture is clear god is the one |
| 7:53 | who establishes kings |
| 7:55 | even the pagan ones even the idolatrous |
| 7:57 | ones even the ones who don’t believe in |
| 7:59 | god |
| 8:00 | even the ones who are atheistic |
| 8:02 | communistic |
| 8:04 | and things like that god can use them |
| 8:05 | too and you sit there and go but |
| 8:07 | but but but they’re evil |
| 8:10 | yeah uh-huh and what’s your point |
| 8:15 | you see our prophecy our old testament |
| 8:18 | text |
| 8:19 | did you pay attention to who was |
| 8:21 | mentioned in that old testament text |
| 8:23 | fellow by the name of cyrus you guys |
| 8:25 | remember cyrus |
| 8:26 | all right see isaiah prophesied about |
| 8:28 | cyrus |
| 8:29 | long long long long long before cyrus’s |
| 8:33 | great great grandmother was born and |
| 8:36 | prophesied |
| 8:37 | named him by name and chose him he was |
| 8:39 | the king of persia |
| 8:40 | who was responsible for releasing the |
| 8:43 | jews |
| 8:44 | from their babylonian captivity and god |
| 8:47 | called this persian king |
| 8:51 | his messiah that’s what anointed means |
| 8:55 | that’s how you say it in hebrew meshiach |
| 8:58 | thus says yahweh to his messiah |
| 9:01 | to cyrus whose right hand i have grasped |
| 9:05 | to subdue nations before him and to |
| 9:07 | loose the belt of kings |
| 9:09 | to open doors before him the gates |
| 9:12 | may not be closed and so you’ll note |
| 9:15 | then here god raised up |
| 9:16 | cyrus for the purpose of you and |
| 9:20 | i for our salvation because he played an |
| 9:23 | instrumental part |
| 9:25 | by sending the jews back to to israel |
| 9:29 | after the babylonian captivity well the |
| 9:32 | remnant that remained |
| 9:33 | among them were those who were part of |
| 9:36 | the lineage |
| 9:37 | of Jesus Christ Jesus’s ancestors were |
| 9:41 | among that |
| 9:42 | that group and by sending them back god |
| 9:45 | was using |
| 9:46 | cyrus this pagan persian |
| 9:50 | king to help make sure that you and i |
| 9:53 | were bled for |
| 9:54 | and died for that we were forgiven of |
| 9:56 | our sins and that the messiah would come |
| 9:58 | to bear so you’ll note then god |
| 10:01 | establishes |
| 10:03 | kingdoms so then do we pay our taxes |
| 10:06 | well as the old television show used to |
| 10:09 | say you bet you’re bippy |
| 10:11 | we pay our taxes in fact romans 13 says |
| 10:14 | it this way |
| 10:16 | let every person be subject to the |
| 10:18 | governing authorities there is no |
| 10:19 | authority except for from god |
| 10:21 | those that exist have been instituted by |
| 10:23 | god |
| 10:24 | therefore whoever resists the authority |
| 10:26 | resists what god has appointed |
| 10:28 | and those who resist will incur judgment |
| 10:32 | so you know render disease are the |
| 10:34 | things that are caesar what does that |
| 10:35 | also include well it does include taxes |
| 10:37 | you’ll see that |
| 10:38 | but it also includes recognizing that |
| 10:42 | whoever is in charge has been instituted |
| 10:45 | by god |
| 10:46 | now here in the united states we know |
| 10:47 | that the first week of november |
| 10:49 | armageddon is going to break out |
| 10:51 | but at the end of that whoever wins the |
| 10:54 | election |
| 10:55 | will be prayed for in this church |
| 10:59 | whoever wins the election will be prayed |
| 11:01 | for |
| 11:02 | prayed for and you’ll note then we will |
| 11:05 | pray that god will |
| 11:06 | work through that fellow for good |
| 11:09 | therefore whoever resists the authority |
| 11:11 | resists what god has appointed those who |
| 11:13 | resist will incur |
| 11:14 | judgment rulers are not a terror to good |
| 11:16 | conduct but to bad |
| 11:18 | would you have no fear of the one who is |
| 11:19 | in authority then do what is good you |
| 11:21 | will receive his approval |
| 11:23 | four he is god’s servant for your good |
| 11:27 | but but but but but that guy |
| 11:30 | doesn’t even believe correctly he has |
| 11:33 | false ideas he’s a |
| 11:35 | yeah i know what’s your point the left |
| 11:38 | hand kingdom is established by god |
| 11:40 | for the purpose of punishing the |
| 11:42 | evildoer |
| 11:44 | that’s what it exists to do and you’ll |
| 11:46 | notice |
| 11:47 | if you pay close attention to what the |
| 11:49 | government’s all about right |
| 11:50 | what does the government do well |
| 11:52 | congress and the senate meet together |
| 11:53 | and what do they do they make laws |
| 11:56 | right they make laws so once they make a |
| 11:58 | law then this is considered legal |
| 12:00 | and this is considered illegal and those |
| 12:02 | who break those laws what do they do to |
| 12:04 | them |
| 12:05 | oh they arrest them and they punish them |
| 12:07 | or they find them |
| 12:09 | right and so you’ll note then you have |
| 12:11 | your judicial system set up for the |
| 12:12 | purpose of establishing |
| 12:14 | correctly whether or not somebody has |
| 12:15 | committed a crime or not and then they |
| 12:18 | end up going to prison or they are set |
| 12:19 | free you’ll note that |
| 12:21 | the government spends an inordinate |
| 12:23 | amount of time |
| 12:24 | dealing with all the evil in this world |
| 12:28 | and the reality is this you can be an |
| 12:31 | atheist |
| 12:32 | you could be a buddhist you’d be a |
| 12:34 | Christian |
| 12:35 | you could be whatever and still do a |
| 12:38 | pretty decent job |
| 12:40 | of punishing the evildoer that’s what |
| 12:42 | they’re established |
| 12:43 | to do so render diseases are the things |
| 12:45 | that are caesar’s |
| 12:46 | so if you do wrong be afraid |
| 12:50 | he does not bear the sword in vain he’s |
| 12:52 | a servant of god |
| 12:53 | an avenger who carries out god’s wrath |
| 12:55 | on the wrong doer |
| 12:56 | therefore one must be in subjection not |
| 12:59 | only to avoid god’s wrath |
| 13:00 | but also for the sake of conscience and |
| 13:03 | who was the head of state |
| 13:05 | while the apostle paul was writing this |
| 13:08 | caesar |
| 13:09 | caesar was the head of state the roman |
| 13:11 | emperor |
| 13:14 | now because of this then you also pay |
| 13:17 | your taxes |
| 13:18 | the authorities are ministers of god |
| 13:20 | attending to this very |
| 13:22 | thing yep we pay our taxes guess what |
| 13:25 | i’ll be doing |
| 13:26 | on april 15th next year regardless of |
| 13:29 | who wins the election |
| 13:31 | sending in my taxes right now just so |
| 13:34 | you know |
| 13:35 | i wait until the very last minute |
| 13:37 | because i don’t want the government to |
| 13:38 | have my money |
| 13:39 | a moment sooner than they think they |
| 13:41 | have asked for it |
| 13:42 | but you get the idea but still the tax |
| 13:45 | check |
| 13:45 | gets written to the united states |
| 13:48 | treasury |
| 13:49 | and that’s what we as Christians do and |
| 13:51 | we recognize that by doing this this is |
| 13:52 | a good work god wills for us to do this |
| 13:55 | pay to all what is owed them paul then |
| 13:58 | goes on to say |
| 13:59 | render to caesar the things that are |
| 14:00 | caesar taxes to whom taxes are owed |
| 14:03 | revenue to whom revenue owed is owed oh |
| 14:06 | and listen to this one |
| 14:08 | respect to whom respect is owed you mean |
| 14:10 | i have to show respect to that guy i |
| 14:12 | didn’t even vote for him |
| 14:13 | he’s not my president well he actually |
| 14:15 | he is |
| 14:18 | so yes respect and honor for whom honor |
| 14:21 | is owed |
| 14:22 | so now that we got that sorted out |
| 14:25 | render to caesar the things that are |
| 14:26 | caesar’s |
| 14:27 | and god is the one who has established |
| 14:29 | that what do we make of what Jesus does |
| 14:32 | next because this is what i think is |
| 14:36 | a good way of putting it the ultimate |
| 14:37 | gotcha but i have to kind of |
| 14:40 | note here that i’m going to change the |
| 14:42 | meaning of the word just a little bit |
| 14:45 | um see Christ says render to caesar the |
| 14:48 | things that are caesar and to god the |
| 14:50 | things that are god’s |
| 14:53 | which begs the question |
| 14:58 | what is god’s |
| 15:02 | does that mean send in your tithe check |
| 15:05 | yeah sow a seed offering to rose bro |
| 15:08 | ministries |
| 15:08 | no that’s not what this is talking about |
| 15:11 | at all in fact |
| 15:12 | using this same imagery |
| 15:16 | you’ll note that Christ held up the coin |
| 15:18 | and said whose likeness and inscription |
| 15:20 | is this |
| 15:21 | well may i remind you of something quite |
| 15:24 | important |
| 15:25 | regarding our creation regarding our |
| 15:29 | creation in genesis chapter 1 |
| 15:31 | it says god said let us make man in our |
| 15:34 | image |
| 15:36 | after our likeness let them have |
| 15:39 | dominion over the fish of the sea over |
| 15:40 | the birds of the heavens of the |
| 15:42 | livestock and over all of the earth and |
| 15:43 | over every creeping thing that creeps on |
| 15:45 | the earth |
| 15:46 | so god created man in his own |
| 15:49 | image in the image of god he created him |
| 15:52 | male and female |
| 15:53 | he created them |
| 15:56 | to render to god the things that are god |
| 15:59 | is to recognize |
| 16:01 | that Christ doesn’t want your money |
| 16:04 | Christ wants you |
| 16:08 | we were all made in the image and the |
| 16:09 | likeness of god we belong to him |
| 16:12 | and granted sin has destroyed and marred |
| 16:16 | that image of god and that likeness but |
| 16:18 | you will note that |
| 16:20 | Christ came to destroy the works of the |
| 16:22 | devil |
| 16:23 | to redeem those who were lost |
| 16:26 | to save us to render to god the things |
| 16:29 | that are god is to recognize |
| 16:31 | that god wills for us to love the lord |
| 16:33 | our god with all of our heart |
| 16:34 | our soul our mind and strength and to |
| 16:37 | love our neighbor as ourself |
| 16:40 | this is what it means to render to god |
| 16:41 | the things that are god but the thing is |
| 16:43 | is that |
| 16:43 | we don’t we haven’t we’ve |
| 16:46 | woefully fallen short of this and so |
| 16:50 | we recognize then that the mission of |
| 16:52 | Christ |
| 16:53 | is to come and to get |
| 16:56 | us we are |
| 17:00 | gods you are gods and you’ll note that |
| 17:02 | these fellows these pharisees their |
| 17:04 | disciples and the herodians |
| 17:07 | this isn’t even on their radar they |
| 17:10 | don’t even |
| 17:11 | have the things of god in mind the only |
| 17:14 | thing they care about |
| 17:15 | well is themselves their power their |
| 17:18 | false religion their whatever |
| 17:20 | they’ve lost sight of the fact that god |
| 17:23 | has called them |
| 17:24 | to be forgiven and to be merciful to |
| 17:27 | others |
| 17:28 | to render things that are to god the |
| 17:30 | things that are god |
| 17:32 | and that’s you so you’ll note then that |
| 17:34 | Jesus here |
| 17:36 | is about ready to go to the cross he |
| 17:38 | according to colossians |
| 17:41 | is the image of the invisible god |
| 17:44 | in human flesh and so Christ came to |
| 17:47 | restore |
| 17:48 | that image of god and to return us to |
| 17:51 | god himself |
| 17:52 | by bleeding and dying for all the ways |
| 17:55 | in which |
| 17:55 | we have failed to love god with all of |
| 17:58 | our heart |
| 17:58 | our soul our mind and strength |
| 18:02 | all the ways in which we have thought |
| 18:04 | that we belong to |
| 18:06 | and exist for ourselves |
| 18:09 | how many times have you heard somebody |
| 18:11 | said it’s my body i can do with my |
| 18:14 | body whatever i want to do with my body |
| 18:17 | well it ain’t it belongs to god |
| 18:22 | and Christ has bled and died for it and |
| 18:24 | paid for that |
| 18:25 | paid for you with his own precious |
| 18:28 | blood so you’ll note here that these |
| 18:31 | fellows |
| 18:32 | they actually backhandedly spoke the |
| 18:34 | truth about Jesus |
| 18:36 | teacher we know that you are true and |
| 18:38 | that you teach the way of god truthfully |
| 18:41 | and you don’t care about anyone’s |
| 18:43 | opinion if you’re not swayed by |
| 18:44 | appearances |
| 18:46 | this is true Jesus he is |
| 18:49 | the one who knows what is true and he |
| 18:51 | teaches |
| 18:53 | about god truthfully and he has made it |
| 18:56 | clear that he has come |
| 18:57 | to seek and to save the lost |
| 19:00 | and we note then that scripture is very |
| 19:02 | clear that for everyone who believes |
| 19:06 | that they are no longer under the |
| 19:07 | dominion of darkness under the power of |
| 19:09 | the devil |
| 19:10 | or even under the delusion of their own |
| 19:13 | self-importance |
| 19:15 | or their own self-determination |
| 19:18 | but instead having been set free and |
| 19:20 | redeemed from those |
| 19:22 | we are then adopted into the family of |
| 19:25 | god and |
| 19:25 | have the right then to call god |
| 19:28 | our father as adopted children |
| 19:32 | so you’ll note this text begins with |
| 19:34 | gotcha politics |
| 19:35 | it begins with gotcha theology |
| 19:38 | but it ends when you consider the |
| 19:40 | implications of it |
| 19:41 | with a different kind of gotcha here in |
| 19:44 | the united states |
| 19:45 | when a family adopts a child |
| 19:49 | you have to go to court a judge has to |
| 19:51 | make it official it has to be approved |
| 19:54 | and they have a term for that day the |
| 19:56 | day when the |
| 19:57 | judge finally puts the gavel down and |
| 19:59 | makes |
| 20:00 | the adoption final it’s called gotcha |
| 20:03 | day |
| 20:05 | and so a good way to think about it here |
| 20:06 | is that what they intended to do |
| 20:08 | in doing the gotcha with Jesus Jesus by |
| 20:11 | going to the cross |
| 20:12 | does the ultimate gotcha |
| 20:15 | so that they can be forgiven pardoned |
| 20:19 | redeemed and adopted so that |
| 20:22 | god can render to god the things that |
| 20:24 | are god’s |
| 20:25 | and that’s you and that’s me all done by |
| 20:29 | grace |
| 20:30 | through faith because of the great love |
| 20:33 | that god has for |
| 20:34 | each of us in the name of Jesus amen |
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