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I'm Tanya Wilmoth. Found any good dupes lately? You know, something

that looks or feels high-end but for a fraction of the price. Finding the best and

closest things to the original that isn't necessarily trying to be the original is becoming more than just a pastime.

On Tik-Tock, the hashtag makeup dupes has more than 700 million views.

Sneaker dupes, handbag dupes, curling iron dupes, has more than 700 million views.

Sneaker dobs, handbag doeps, curling iron doeps,

there's even a fly fishing vest dupe.

It's an industry built on wanting something

and not wanting to pay a high price for it.

We're wanting so many different things

you can't pay the full price for it. We're wanting so many different things you can't pay the full price for them.

It's not a new concept. We've been counterfeiting things throughout history. We have evidence of

counterfeit Greek coins from around 400 BC where the outer more expensive metal was used to the outside

to cover a less expensive coin on the inside. Now I'm not sure if Tik-Toc would agree that you can use counterfeit and dupe interchangeably like I did, but both illustrate a human desire to have

something without making the real sacrifice or investment it takes to obtain it, thereby

giving up your right to actually have and benefit from the real thing.

This is where we often find ourselves with religion without really even knowing it.

We make little shortcuts for ourselves and build counterfeit gods because we don't want to sacrifice or submit completely to the one true God

And this is the culture that Jesus was addressing in Matthew chapter 12 when he shakes things up with the Pharisees on the

Sabbath. There was an entire handbook devoted to appropriately observing

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