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One of the cornerstones of Christian faith is that Christ died for our sins past, present and future, for those that believe on him.
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So one of the keys to Christ's purpose was forgiveness, and when we talk about Christ as the Lamb of God, essentially Christ is sacrificed to cover all of these sins that we ourselves can't get rid of, can't charge off or blame on somebody else or pay off.
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If you believe in sin, if you believe that there are evil things that people do, whether it's by their own agency, whether they can even control it, which I'm not sure they can that's another whole video.
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But the idea is that we need forgiveness and thankfully we don't have to rely on other people for forgiveness.
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If our eternal fate rested on whether someone else would forgive us, wow, we really have a problem there, because oftentimes we're not forgiven or it's not done fully, or we're on the other side of the equation.
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Are there people you've not forgiven?
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Put it in the comments.
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Who haven't you forgiven?
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Why haven't you forgiven them?
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I want to welcome you to Guilt-Free Faith.
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My name is Jimmy James Johnson.
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Guilt does not live here.
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You're at the wrong place.
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Most of us would agree that shoplifting isn't as bad as murder.
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Right, a parking violation isn't as bad as an armed robbery.
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We have some kind of basic social contract and understanding that some things are just more harmful than others.
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So we want to deter them, we want to punish more severely for them.
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And the problem with that, as a Christian, is that all sins are—this is what the Bible says, this is not what Jimmy's saying—all sins are equal in the eyes of the Lord.
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That's a real mind-blower.
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How could that even be?
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How could God look upon something as minor as littering or loitering and compare that to essay or some type of vicious attack or indeed a horrible white-collar crime, which those are often given a pass, which is why we're talking about it?
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So as Christians, we're faced with this thing of looking at okay, here's this healthcare insurance company CEO.
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If he is in fact, this is just all alleged.
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Okay, I don't know.
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I haven't seen the records, I've not deposed this guy, I haven't followed his career.
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I have no idea.
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I'm just going by what's alleged his career.
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I have no idea.
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I'm just going by what's alleged and what I've personally seen and experienced.
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Now in the world's eyes, one of the surprising things about this is the quote victim of this case.
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The victim isn't really garnering a lot of support or sympathy.
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Ever since this happened, there's been an outcry amongst virtually everybody.
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I know certainly all the social media forums, many YouTube videos, even mainstream news outlets have been reporting like wow, there's really a groundswell of tolerance, understanding, compassion for the so-called offender or shooter in this case.
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I saw something on the news the other day talking about where this Luigi gentleman is imprisoned and even the prisoners are supporting him.
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Even the prisoners are like hey, free Luigi, it's not right that he's in here.
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So even those people in the most marginalized edges of society are coming to the aid, in a sense, of the rights and the circumstances around how this gentleman is being charged.
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And, as I recall, he is being charged now with first-degree murder in addition to other charges.
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So that's as serious as you can get.
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Now, again, as a normal everyday person who has been screwed over by insurance companies, is it really a surprise?
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Tremendously saddened by the passing of this guy who ostensibly is chief of another one of these organizations that apparently, or allegedly, is responsible for a lot of denials of care, up to one in three, to put that in perspective, just think all these people that are going to the doctor.
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The doctor is recommending care, they're prescribing something, and the insurance company it's not like.
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They're occasionally like, oh no, that's experimental.
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Occasionally like, oh no, that's experimental, that's kind of off the books, that's pseudoscience.
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No, these are treatments and prescriptions prescribed by their own colleagues in the American Medical Association.
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Here are the doctors.
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They're part of the healthcare system and certainly there are plenty of physicians that consult for the insurance companies.
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Despite this linkage between medical doctors and the health insurance that's supposed to pay for them and the treatments they prescribe.
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We even have a lot of doctors saying, man, yeah, I can't always give my patients what they need.
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Yeah, I am not able to put the prescriptions in the hands of people that need it.
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I'm the one that's trained to practice medicine.
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I'm the one that decides what the proper treatment is.
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As long as the patient agrees with that, that person should be able to go and avail themselves of that treatment and their health insurance should cover whatever portion that is.
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Maybe there's also a co-pay, maybe there's.
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That's one of the problems.
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Right, there's a million loopholes and scenarios and it's nuts, right, which is what many people feel, including myself, like part of the plan.
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Right, you can't navigate it.
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Right, it's like you need a whole nother degree just to try to call all these people, sort through all these things, fax them, email them, all that stuff.
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For me, the only reason why I'm alive and I've gotten the treatment that I've received is not because I have a wonderful insurance company, it's not because I'm sitting at the top of the socioeconomic heap, no, it's not that.
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It's because I had loved ones, particularly my mom.
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Mom love you Particularly, mom mom, mom, mom, mom, love you, love you.
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Okay, my mom has spent countless hours and I'm not exaggerating Over the course of my lifetime.
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She's easily spent a thousand hours or more.
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That's probably even conservative.
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There's been times in my life where taking care of me in terms of being my advocate and representing me vis-a-vis these insurance companies that I'm paying to protect me and provide for me, without her advocacy, like I would just be a goner.
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See, like I would just be a goner.
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She's the one that really took the time to fight these fights and she's the one who has filled me in along the way on a lot of the details.
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And let me tell you, it is shady, it's slimy, it's shit Any adjective that you want to attach to the types of hoops, the types of underhanded garbage that my mom and I have run into trying to get the right medical care.
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It's just astonishing.
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Only if you've been through it would you fully appreciate how severe the situation is.
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Living by the world's rules, a lot of people feel like, hey, live by the sword, die by the sword.
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Right, you're an executive.
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You're making decisions that impact people's lives.
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You're causing suffering, perhaps even death.
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You're profiting from this.
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You're making millions and millions and millions.
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You're getting millions in bonuses.
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Right, you're literally being paid to kill people.
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That's how a lot of people look at this.
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I personally find it hard to disagree with that.
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Maybe I'm a little emotional.
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Maybe I'm traumatized from my past experiences.
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Maybe I'm a little emotional.
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Maybe I'm traumatized from my past experiences.
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All of that, I'm sure, is true.
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But just looking at it factually and reading about it, learning about other people's cases, talking to other advocates like my mom, I don't know what else to call this type of flagrant disregard for human life.
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I don't know what else to call it, and I have at least a decent vocabulary, but that's what it is.
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That's horrible.
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As somebody that's had health issues pretty much since when I was a kid, that's had health issues pretty much since when I was a kid.
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Okay, so I've been in this system.
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I know more about it than I would like to.
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Can you relate to me anyone?
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All right, tell me in the comments, so I feel like I'm not alone.
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So this guy he's mad, ostensibly because of insurance mistreatment, takes matters into his own hands and offs this executive.
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So, as a Christian, what's our reaction to the offing of this UnitedHealthcare CEO?
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We know how we may feel about it.
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We know what the facts may show about this person's tenure and their behavior.
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We know about their bank account.
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How are we supposed to feel about what's been done to them?
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Okay, and then also, how are we supposed to feel about the person that is accused of doing it?
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As a Christian, we're supposed to forgive everybody.
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Hey, have you been in a situation with a health insurance company that was so damaging, that was so emotional, that was so tragic, that you're having a hell of a time forgiving this guy for being part of that system?
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Are you pissed off?
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Are you in pain?
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Are you missing out on care you need?
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Hey, let people know in the comments, because not everybody knows If you've been blessed and you've been healthy and you haven't been put through the health insurance ringer, you may not know how serious of a problem this is.
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You may not realize that this is not exaggerated.
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It's not about trying to curb medical fraud.
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That, yeah, we deny all these people because they're trying to scam us.
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No, no, no.
