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 Good morning, my name is Melissa Orsoniega, and I'm part of the El Cerrito Kensington Community Group and Oikos Group, and I'm a deacon.

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 Today's scripture reading is from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 10, verses 1 to 20, as printed in your liturgy.

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 A reading from the Gospel according to Luke.

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 After this, the Lord appointed 72 others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.

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 He told them,

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 The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

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 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.

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 Go, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

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 Do not take a purse or bag or sandals, and do not greet anyone on the road.

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 When you enter a house, first say,

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 Peace to this house.

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 If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them.

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 If not, it will return to you.

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 Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages.

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 Do not move around from house to house.

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 When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you.

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 Heal the sick who are there, and tell them,

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 The kingdom of God has come near to you.

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 But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say,

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 Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you.

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 Yet be sure of this.

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 The kingdom of God has come near.

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 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.

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 Woe to you, Chorazin.

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 Woe to you, Bethsaida.

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 For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon,

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 they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

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 But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.

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 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens?

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 No, you will go down to Hades.

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 Whoever listens to you listens to me.

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 Whoever rejects you rejects me.

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 But whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.

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 The 72 returned with joy and said,

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 Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.

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 He replied,

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 I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

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 I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions

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 and to overcome all the power of the enemy.

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 Nothing will harm you.

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 However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you,

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 but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.

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 This is the gospel of the Lord.

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 Praise to you, Lord Christ.

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 Well, let's go to the Lord in prayer as we open up his word.

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 Father, we want to hear from you.

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 We want to receive your gracious invitation to follow the ways of Jesus.

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 And we also want to heed your challenge to us,

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 to deny ourselves and take up our crosses

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 and follow him wherever he leads,

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 knowing that he's our good shepherd

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 and he only leads us to green pastures,

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 even though we might walk through the valley of the shadow of death.

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 Help us to trust you.

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 For your son has shown us that he is trustworthy.

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 So would we behold him this morning in the preaching of your word.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 Amen.

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 You know, a few years ago, I'm not exactly sure when,

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 but my wife and I, we were actually at Kylie and Jensen's house,

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 the Aang's household,

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 and I'm not sure why.

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 I think we were picking up Lindsay or Aaron, maybe both of them,

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 to go to some church thing.

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 I don't remember the details at all,

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 so why am I telling you the story, right?

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 But I don't remember those details,

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 but what I do remember distinctly is as Lindsay,

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 or maybe both of them, were hopping into our van,

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 as they were leaving the house,

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 I distinctly remember Jensen raising his hands toward his daughters

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 and saying,

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 the Lord be with you.

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 Just like we say here,

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 every single week before communion,

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 he said,

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 the Lord be with you,

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 like he was sending his daughters out of his home

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 with a blessing,

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 and to be a blessing.

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 And that made such an impression on me

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 that I try to do the same thing now

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 with my girls in our home

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 when we're getting them out of the house,

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 every morning off to school or to whoever they need to go,

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 I say,

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 I love you,

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 and then I say,

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 go in the name of Jesus to love and serve this world, right?

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 And I've trained them to say,

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 thanks be to God, right?

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 Just like we do here,

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 every Sunday,

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 you hear me and Jonathan say this,

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 every Sunday,

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 go in the name of Jesus to love and serve this world.

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 We call this what?

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 We call this the benediction, right?

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 The benediction,

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 this idea that yes,

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 we gather to worship

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 and to commune with one another

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 and to commune with God,

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 but we don't just gather to gather,

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 we gather to be nourished for when we scatter.

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 The benediction,

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 this closing exhortation

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 to go in the name of Jesus

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 to love and serve the world

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 is a reminder

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 that we gather in order to scatter.

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 Every Sunday,

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 we speak God's words of blessing

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 and benediction over you

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 to remind you that you are ambassadors

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 and representatives

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 of the kingdom of Jesus Christ.

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 We're wanting to be intentional.

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 We're wanting to say,

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 that's what our worship is for.

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 It's not an end in itself.

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 It's for us to go out

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 and love and serve this world.

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 So thank you, Jensen,

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 one of our deacons,

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 for sharing this practice with my family

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 because, you know,

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 I so want my girls

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 to be going out of our home

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 and into the world,

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 not just to do what they gotta do, right?

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 Not just to jump right back in

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 to the rat race

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 to fulfill their academic

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 and extracurricular obligations.

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 No, I want to be a family on mission,

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 a family on God's divine mission,

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 a family that goes out of our home

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 with clarity in our minds

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 and clarity in our hearts

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 that we've been sent by God

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 to fulfill His purposes

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 for us and for His world.

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 And, you know, I share all this

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 because I think for so many of us,

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 we live more by society's

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 distracted default

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 than by God's deliberate design.

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 I think the temptation

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 for so many of us,

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 me and my family included,

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 is just to get out of the house

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 for either self-preserving survival

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 or, if we're a little bit more privileged,

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 for self-defined success.

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 I really think that that's the default

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 most of us live by,

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 self-preserving survival

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 and or self-defined success.

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 For so many of us,

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 our first thought in the morning

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 as we get out of bed,

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 hop into our cars,

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 it isn't,

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 what is God sending me out

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 into the world to do?

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 How can I be God's workmanship,

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 His masterpiece today?

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 What are the good works

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 He's prepared in advance

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 for me to do

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 to bless the world today?

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 No, for far too many of us,

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 our first thoughts

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 are probably more like,

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 how can I keep my head

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 above the water today?

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 Right?

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 Or maybe,

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 for the more privileged of us,

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 again, it's like,

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 all right,

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 what's the next step

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 I'm gonna take

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 in my empire building endeavors,

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 right?

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 For so many of us,

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 we send ourselves out,

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 we send ourselves out

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 into the world

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 pursuing self-preserving survival

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 or self-defined success.

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 But what God's word

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 has to say to us this morning

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 is that Jesus calls His followers

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 to something better,

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 something higher,

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 higher than self-preserving survival,

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 higher than self-defined success.

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 If you are a follower of Jesus,

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 you are called

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 to self-giving,

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 spirit-filled service.

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 If you are a Christian,

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 if you confess

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 that Jesus is your Messiah,

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 your Maker,

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 your Lord,

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 and your Savior,

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 King,

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 God's word to you today

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 is that we aren't just called up

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 and in to a relationship

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 with God and His kingdom,

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 but we are called out

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 to go in the name of Jesus

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 to love and serve this world.

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 So today we're in chapter 10

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 of Luke's Gospel,

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 and you know,

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 for the first eight chapters

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 of Luke's Gospel,

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 the question that he's trying

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 to answer is,

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 who is Jesus

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 and what can He do?

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 Who is Jesus

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 and what can He do?

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 But starting in chapter 9,

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 which we looked at last week,

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 we find Luke shifting the focus

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 from who is Jesus

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 and what can He do

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 to how then shall we live?

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 If Jesus really is the Messiah

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 who heals the sick

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 and casts out demons

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 as the Son of God,

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 as the true King

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 of the entire world,

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 how then shall we live?

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 So last week,

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 Jonathan,

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 he opened up chapter 9 for us

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 and we heard Jesus

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 challenge His followers

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 saying,

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 whoever wants to be

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 my disciple

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 must deny themselves

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 and take up their cross

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 and follow me.

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 Basically,

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 if Jesus is the Messiah,

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 King and God's Son,

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 then we should be His disciples,

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 His followers,

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 His diehard entourage,

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 following Him

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 in every aspect

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 of our lives,

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 even taking up our crosses

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 and denying ourselves

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 for His sake

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 and for His agenda,

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 just like He did for us.

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 But now today,

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 we're in Luke chapter 10,

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 and what we'll see today

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 is that being a disciple

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 isn't just about following Jesus

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 as a student follows a rabbi,

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 but it's also about being sent out

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 by Jesus as an ambassador,

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 as a representative of the King.

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 We're not to gather

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 into this little insular enclave

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 of religious disciples

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 who just stick to ourselves

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 and hope people will come in

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 to join us and join our tribe.

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 No, Jesus sends us all out

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 as His disciples.

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 And the key word is all,

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 not just some of us.

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 He sends us all out.

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 Look with me at verse 1.

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 After this,

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 the Lord Jesus

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 appointed 72 others

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 and sent them two by two

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 ahead of Him

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 to every town and place

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 where He was about to go.

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 Now, in case you're wondering

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 what this after this refers to,

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 it refers to chapter 9

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 where Jesus first sent out

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 the 12, right?

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 The famous 12.

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 Jesus says to them

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 in chapter 9, verse 1,

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 He gave them power

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 and authority

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 to drive out all demons

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 and to cure diseases,

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 and He sent them out

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 to proclaim the kingdom of God

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 and heal the sick.

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 But in case some of us

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 might be tempted to think,

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 well, of course,

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 they're the 12 apostles.

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 Of course they were sent

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 because that's the clergy's job

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 to be sent out by Jesus

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 as His ambassadors

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 to preach and to heal

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 and to cast out demons

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 in case we're thinking

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 that Jesus only sends

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 some of His disciples out.

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 Our passage this morning

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 tells us otherwise.

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 Jesus sends out another 72.

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 And this number 72

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 indicates fullness.

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 It's the same number

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 of all the nations

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 that were established

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 after the flood

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 through the sons of Noah,

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 Ham, Shem, and Japheth.

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 It's also the same number

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 of elders that God appointed

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 to help Moses lead

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 the people of Israel

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 in the wilderness.

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 The same number of elders

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 that God anointed

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 with His Spirit

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 to empower them

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 to go do all the work

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 that needed to be done

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 in addition to all

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 that Moses was able to do.

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 Jesus is leading

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 a new and better exodus here

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 as He's sending out

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 these 72.

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 And yes, He's the central figure.

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 He's the Messiah.

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 But He's also a king

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 who delegates His authority

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 and involves His people

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 in the marvelous work

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 of His Holy Spirit.

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 So this is what Jesus

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 is doing here.

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 He's sending out

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 not just the 12

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 but an extra 72.

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 We don't even know

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 their names

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 but they go out

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 just like the 12

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 preparing every town

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 and place for the coming

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 of the Messiah

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 and announcing to each town

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 that the kingdom is near.

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 Now we're gonna go through

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 this passage from verse 2

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 all the way to verse 20.

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 And while Jesus' words here

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 are specifically

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 to this group of 72

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 and not explicitly to us

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 living here in 2025.

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 There are many things

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 to glean and to notice

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 and to apply

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 as Jesus' disciples

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 living today

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 in the 21st century.

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 And I hope to pause

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 and bring these things out

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 as we go.

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 So let's start with verse 2.

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 Look at Jesus' first words

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 to these 72 disciples

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 in verse 2.

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 It's not,

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 it's not, listen,

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 it's not,

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 hey,

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 go and be super eloquent.

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 Go and work hard

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 and do your best

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 and remember everything

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 I taught you

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 because this is a really

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 important job

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 and hey,

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 good luck out there.

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 No.

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 He says the harvest

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 is plentiful

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 but the workers are few.

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 Ask the Lord of the harvest

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 therefore to send out workers

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 into his harvest.

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 And this is the first thing

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 about being sent.

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 It's not a maybe mission,

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 all right?

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 It's a guaranteed one.

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 Jesus is sending them

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 into a field

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 where they're already guaranteed

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 to be successful.

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 The harvest is plentiful,

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 he says.

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 And this is a word for us

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 to those of us

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 who are hesitant

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 to go out

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 and to boldly engage

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 the world

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 in the name of Jesus.

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 To those of us

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 who are hesitant

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 to share with our coworkers

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 and our peers

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 and our colleagues

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 how Jesus inspires us

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 towards excellence

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 and non-anxiousness

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 and graciousness

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 in the workplace

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 and in the classroom.

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 To those of us

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 who still haven't

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 mustered the courage

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 to invite our friends

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 to Alpha

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 or to tell them

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 why we love following

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 Jesus as our Lord

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 so much

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 and why we highly recommend it.

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 To those of us

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 who think that

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 no one could possibly

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 believe this Christianity thing.

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 To those of us

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 who believe that

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 everyone's just going

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 to be hostile to us,

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 everyone's going

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 to be uninterested

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 and think we're crazy,

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 Jesus reminds us

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 the harvest

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 is plentiful.

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 That there are people

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 outside these walls

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 starving

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 for some good news

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 and eager

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 to be harvested

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 and brought into

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 the family of God.

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 Do we realize

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 that there are

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 outside these walls

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 prodigals

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 all the way out there

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 tired

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 of their muddy

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 pigsties?

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 Jesus says

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 that the soil

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 has already been prepared.

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 We just need to go

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 and discover it.

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 Also notice here

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 in verse 2

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 Jesus' word

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 to them

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 is not to be diligent

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 but to be dependent.

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 The first thing

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 he tells them to do

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 is what?

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 To pray.

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 To ask the Lord

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 to produce more workers

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 for the plentiful

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 harvest field.

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 He's already putting

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 multiplication

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 into their minds.

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 He's sending these 72

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 out to go

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 and roll

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 and grow a snowball

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 of more and more

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 disciples

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 into his kingdom.

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 Now this

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 plentiful harvest

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 it doesn't mean

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 that their road

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 is going to be smooth

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 and safe

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 and easy

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 and that they're

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 going to be met

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 with acceptance

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 completely at every turn.

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 Jesus continues

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 in verse 3

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 and he says

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 go

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 I am sending you out

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 like lambs

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 among wolves.

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 Jesus is fully

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 acknowledging

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 that there is

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 a vulnerability

00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:37.759
 that we will experience

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 when we go

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 as his sent

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 ambassadors.

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 And not everyone

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 is going to be

00:14:42.419 --> 00:14:43.279
 sympathetic to the

00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:44.379
 kingdom of Jesus Christ

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 particularly those

00:14:45.579 --> 00:14:46.740
 whose empires

00:14:46.740 --> 00:14:47.980
 are doing just fine

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 dominating the rest

00:14:49.439 --> 00:14:49.960
 of the world.

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 But Jesus calls us

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 lambs

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 but when he calls us

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 lambs

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 it's also meant to

00:14:55.899 --> 00:14:56.759
 highlight our dependence

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 on him

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 as our good shepherd.

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 He's the one

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 who's going to

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 protect us.

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 He's the one

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 that we can follow

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 even in the midst

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 of wolves

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 who might push back

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 and who might

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 even bite.

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 And for us

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 living on this side

00:15:08.319 --> 00:15:08.939
 of the cross

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 and the resurrection

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 we know

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 Jesus has already

00:15:11.779 --> 00:15:12.399
 proven this

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 to be true.

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 At the end of the story

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 the lamb

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 triumphs over the wolves

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 even if it involves

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 the suffering

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 and the slaying

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 of the lamb.

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 And this is all

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 the more reason

00:15:21.479 --> 00:15:22.399
 for us to go out

00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:23.219
 and to make Jesus

00:15:23.219 --> 00:15:24.079
 known there is no

00:15:24.079 --> 00:15:24.919
 better story

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 there's no better king

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 there's no better

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 kingdom

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 the king

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 who is both

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 a lion and a lamb

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 you can't make

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 this stuff up

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 it's the greatest

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 story of all time.

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 He offers us

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 a kingdom

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 where you don't

00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:35.379
 have to be a wolf

00:15:35.379 --> 00:15:35.899
 to win.

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 We have incredible

00:15:37.740 --> 00:15:39.139
 news to share

00:15:39.139 --> 00:15:40.019
 with the world.

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 The next thing

00:15:41.820 --> 00:15:42.419
 Jesus says

00:15:42.419 --> 00:15:43.279
 to the 72

00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:43.980
 in verse 4

00:15:43.980 --> 00:15:45.379
 is do not

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 take a purse

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 or bag

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 or sandals

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 and do not

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 greet anyone

00:15:48.779 --> 00:15:49.480
 on the road.

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 What he's telling

00:15:50.740 --> 00:15:51.779
 them is to be

00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:52.759
 completely single minded

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 and to have

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 absolute clarity

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 about their mission

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 and the mission

00:15:55.939 --> 00:15:56.840
 is this

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 it's to speak

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 and offer

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 God's peace

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 it's to speak

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 and offer

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 God's shalom

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 to anyone

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 who is willing

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 to accept it.

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 Look what he says

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 in verses 5

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 to 7

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 when you enter

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 a house

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 first say

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 peace to this

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 house

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 if someone

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 who promotes

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 peace is there

00:16:11.299 --> 00:16:11.840
 your peace

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 will rest on them

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 if not

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 it will return

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 to you

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 stay there

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 eating and drinking

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 whatever they give you

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 for the worker

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 deserves his wages

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 do not move around

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 from house to house

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 you know I think

00:16:22.319 --> 00:16:24.059
 so many of us

00:16:24.059 --> 00:16:25.259
 we get anxious

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 about engaging others

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 even our friends

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 even our families

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 even these colleagues

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 that we see every day

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 even our neighbors

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 we get so anxious

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 when we talk about

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 engaging them

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 and talking to them

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 about Jesus

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 because we think

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 of these

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 missionary encounters

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 as battles

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 and arguments

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 to be won

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 and we think

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 of these people

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 as opponents

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 to be persuaded

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 but look

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 Jesus doesn't tell us

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 to go and win arguments

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 or to go and make converts

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 Jesus is simply telling us

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 to speak his shalom

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 his peace

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 this is the person

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 of peace principle

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 he doesn't say

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 go and convert

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 go and proselytize

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 he says go and speak peace

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 so the question really is

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 why wouldn't we want that

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 why wouldn't we want

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 the shalom of God

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 for every person

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 we encounter

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 do we not believe

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 that we have

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 the best thing

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 the best person

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 in the world

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 to offer

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 everyone

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 we come across

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 in Jesus Christ

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 it's not up to us

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 to change people's hearts

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 God does that

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 but like loving

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 like a loving father

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 wanting to involve

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 his children

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 into his work

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 to know his joy

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 and to be a part

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 of the process

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 he invites us

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 to invite others

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 to experience

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 his peace

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 his shalom

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 the wholeness

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 that every broken

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 person desires

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 healing for the hurting

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 the wounded

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 and the afflicted

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 honor and glory

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 for those who are

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 filled with shame

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 justification

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 and forgiveness

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 for those who are

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 filled with guilt

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 satisfaction

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 and security

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 for those who are

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 hungry

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 everything we love

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 about Jesus

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 and what he's done

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 in our lives

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 and what he promises

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 to us

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 this imperishable

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 imperishable inheritance

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 hope that cannot be stolen

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 grace upon grace

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 fresh new mercies

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 every morning

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 a peaceful

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 purposeful

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 way to follow

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 abundant

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 eternal

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 resurrection

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 life

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 communion

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 with the living God

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 the maker of our souls

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 Christians

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 we've got the goods

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 we've got the goods

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 and how dare we not

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 share them

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 with the world

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 as Christ's

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 representatives

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 there are tons

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 of people out there

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 tons of people out there

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 and Jesus is saying

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 these people

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 are eager

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 to receive this peace

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 that we have in Christ

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 so eager for it

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 that they will feed us

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 and care for us

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 and support us

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 as we share it with them

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 and others

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 we're simply called

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 to go

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 to take our sentness

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 seriously

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 and really just

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 just be human

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 and love

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 others

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 I love

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 how the first thing

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 Jesus tells them to do

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 when they're welcomed

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 into a town

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 in verse 8

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 is to

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 just eat

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 eat what is offered to you

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 it's so basic

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 it's so human

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 it's so organic

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 just go

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 and see who will accept you

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 and your message

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 and then stay with them

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 and eat with them

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 and love them

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 and be human toward them

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 verse 9

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 heal the sick

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 who are there

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 and tell them

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 the kingdom of God

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 has come near to you

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 bind up their wounds

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 care for their bodies

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 as much as for their souls

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 just love them

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 and make it clear to them

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 that whatever peace

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 and healing

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 that they experience

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 because of Christ

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 in you amongst them

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 that that is a sign

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 of the kingdom of God

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 breaking into their lives

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 breaking into history

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 coming near to people

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 who for far too long

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 have been afflicted

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 by alternative kingdoms

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 of darkness

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 and you know

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 there's a ton

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 I would love to say here

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 about healing

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 and how we go

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 and do that

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 I think for some of us

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 we hear this

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 and we're like

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 alright

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 well I'm gonna pursue

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 the gift of healing

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 and you know

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 we can over spiritualize it

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 and turn healing

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 into some kind of

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 religious formula

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 where if you get

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 the rightly worded prayer

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 and just the right amount

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 of faith

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 you get healing

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 that's the equation

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 right

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 whether spiritual

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 mental

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 emotional

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 social

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 economic

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 or physical

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 that's what it takes

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 to get healing

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 right

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 that religious formula

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 and then for others of us

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 we can kind of

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 under spiritualize this

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 and seek people's healing

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 just through pragmatic formulas

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 take your medicine

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 get your exercise

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 eat right

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 see a therapist

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 see a doctor

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 and then you'll be healed

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 hopefully

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 right

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 but what I want to say

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 is that we should always

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 be seeking people's healing

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 of every sort

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 and we should seek it

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 by every God

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 ordained means

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 possible

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 so how this works

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 in my own family

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 in our house

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 is like when my girls

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 are sick

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 they have a headache

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 a cold

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 Leah had a canker sore

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 this week

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 what I do is

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 I remind them

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 that God doesn't

00:20:41.879 --> 00:20:43.039
 ultimately want them

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 to be sick

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 and hurting

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 I remind them

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 that God can heal them

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 instantly if he wants to

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 and that Jesus promises

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 to heal them eventually

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 even if not

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 immediately

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 because he's coming

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 to make all things

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 new

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 that they can take

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 to the bank

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 and then what I do

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 is I pray for them

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 and I ask God

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 to show them his love

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 and his power

00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:03.259
 by removing their sickness

00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:04.659
 and removing their pain

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 and we thank God

00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:06.200
 for his assurance

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:07.879
 that even if not now

00:21:07.879 --> 00:21:08.419
 their sickness

00:21:08.419 --> 00:21:09.440
 will be removed

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:10.740
 by the power of Jesus

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 and I make them

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 take their medicine

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:14.720
 and drink their water

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 and go to sleep

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 and listen to me

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 and mommy

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 because we always

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 know best

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 right

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 and when my daughters

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 are healed

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 and they always are

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 I make sure

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 to remind them

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 that whether it was

00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:28.059
 the medicine

00:21:28.059 --> 00:21:29.000
 or the prayer

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.660
 or both

00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:30.839
 we can't ultimately know

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 I make sure they know

00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:32.960
 it was God

00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:34.279
 who healed them

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 just the other day

00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:36.220
 my youngest

00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:36.940
 again Leah

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 she had a canker sore

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 and she was whining

00:21:39.120 --> 00:21:39.700
 about it

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 and I prayed over it

00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:42.039
 with her

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 and the next day

00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:44.440
 when it was gone

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 as I expected it to be

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 she didn't say

00:21:47.340 --> 00:21:48.680
 daddy it finally went away

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 because we all know

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:50.000
 canker sores

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.820
 don't last forever

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 no she said

00:21:52.840 --> 00:21:54.300
 daddy God healed

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 my mouth

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 and she wasn't lying

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 she wasn't lying

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 because even if she was

00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:01.960
 healed by the natural

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 process of her body

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 who made that natural

00:22:04.060 --> 00:22:04.680
 process

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 and is that natural

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 process not also

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:07.660
 supernatural

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 because it is held

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 together by the hand

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 who made and sustains

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 all things

00:22:12.540 --> 00:22:13.460
 I want my girls

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:14.360
 to have an enchanted

00:22:14.360 --> 00:22:15.860
 view of the world

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 an enchanted view

00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:18.040
 of reality

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 rather than a godless

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 purely materialistic

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.720
 view of the world

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 and I also want us

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 to be a church

00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:25.820
 that has an enchanted

00:22:25.820 --> 00:22:26.900
 view of the world

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 and that goes forth

00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:29.440
 in the name of Jesus

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 in faith

00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:30.980
 and in boldness

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.640
 for the healing

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 of all things

00:22:32.840 --> 00:22:34.340
 even the most broken

00:22:34.340 --> 00:22:35.220
 things that we have

00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:36.140
 a hard time believing

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:37.200
 can be healed

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 our neighbors

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 our communities

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:39.759
 our colleagues

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 our friends

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:41.240
 our systems

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.039
 and institutions

00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.759
 as well

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.960
 we are not fools

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.660
 to seek this

00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.340
 from the Lord

00:22:45.340 --> 00:22:47.100
 to beg him

00:22:47.100 --> 00:22:48.059
 for this

00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:49.000
 during the prayers

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.840
 of the people

00:22:49.840 --> 00:22:52.519
 and to lay hands

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 on people

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 and to believe

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 that God can do

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:57.140
 things right now

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 to call the elders

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 to anoint people

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 with oil

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:01.160
 to seek people's

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:02.100
 health and wellness

00:23:02.100 --> 00:23:03.180
 our God loves

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:03.779
 to write

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:05.480
 unbelievable testimonies

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.379
 of his power

00:23:06.379 --> 00:23:07.799
 he raised Christ

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.660
 from the dead

00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:11.700
 so even for those

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:13.240
 illnesses and afflictions

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:14.319
 and areas of brokenness

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:15.740
 that seem impossible

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.339
 to heal

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:18.180
 your cancer

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:20.139
 your debilitating

00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:21.119
 back pain

00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:22.839
 your marital challenges

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:24.740
 your mental health

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.240
 disorders

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:26.079
 your anxiety

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:27.619
 your crippling depression

00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:29.799
 systemic injustice

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.480
 homelessness

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.880
 poverty and addiction

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 there is nothing

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:34.420
 too hard

00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:36.019
 for the hand of God

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:38.180
 and Jesus himself

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 said very truly

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.620
 I tell you

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 whoever believes in me

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 will do the works

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 I have been doing

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 and they will do

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 even greater things

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 than these

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 because I am going

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 to the Father

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 and I will do

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 whatever you ask

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 in my name

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 so that the Father

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 may be glorified

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 in the Son

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 you may ask me

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 for anything

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 in my name

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:57.380
 and I will do it

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 this is God's word

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 and promise

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 to his ambassadors

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 we are invited

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 to bring him glory

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 and to pursue

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:06.040
 the wholeness

00:24:06.040 --> 00:24:06.680
 and the health

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.880
 of those around us

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 because God

00:24:08.560 --> 00:24:09.400
 wants this world

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:10.300
 to be healed

00:24:10.300 --> 00:24:11.400
 and he is at work

00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:12.340
 toward that end

00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:13.460
 even if we can't see it

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 we simply are invited

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:15.820
 to participate

00:24:15.820 --> 00:24:17.380
 and to point people

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 to this kingdom

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:20.800
 that Christ wants them

00:24:20.800 --> 00:24:21.320
 to experience

00:24:21.320 --> 00:24:22.220
 this kingdom of light

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:23.220
 and health

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 and wholeness

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 now for the sake of time

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 I am going to have to go

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.400
 more quickly

00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:28.640
 through verses 10-16

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:30.259
 and in these verses

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:31.319
 Jesus basically

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:32.240
 lets these 72

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:32.980
 know that hey

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:34.440
 not everyone

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:35.360
 is going to be

00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:36.100
 receptive though

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 and I want you to notice

00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:38.480
 how he doesn't tell us

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.880
 to push the issue

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 or to linger in argumentation

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:42.440
 or to condemn

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:43.440
 and curse these places

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:43.839
 and people

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:44.600
 who aren't receptive

00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:46.039
 no he makes it very clear

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:46.559
 that judgment

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:48.000
 is in the hands

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.460
 of the Lord

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:49.779
 and all are going to be

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.400
 held accountable

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:51.079
 before him

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:52.120
 those who have been

00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:53.019
 exposed to Christ

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.500
 and the power

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:53.980
 of his kingdom

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:55.279
 and yet do not welcome him

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:56.220
 and his messengers

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.799
 Jesus says

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.619
 they are on the path

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.319
 to death

00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:59.220
 rather than life

00:24:59.220 --> 00:25:01.039
 and it will be more bearable

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:02.420
 even for what the Jewish people

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:02.940
 consider to be

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:04.019
 the most sinful cities

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:05.339
 Sodom and Tyre

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:05.940
 and Sidon

00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:07.000
 because according to Jesus

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:08.299
 the worst thing you could do

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.799
 is not simply break God's laws

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:11.099
 but break God's heart

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:12.920
 by rejecting his one

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:14.460
 and only beloved son

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.879
 and by denying

00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:16.819
 his authority

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.720
 and power

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:19.180
 so Jesus says

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.859
 to Chorazin

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.639
 and Bethsaida

00:25:20.639 --> 00:25:21.279
 and Capernaum

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.879
 all these towns

00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:22.399
 where he performed

00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:23.259
 tons of miracles

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:24.519
 yet all these towns

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.559
 that did not fully

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:27.220
 receive and embrace him

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:28.059
 he says to them

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:29.259
 woe to you

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:30.720
 woe to you

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.700
 which is not a curse

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.019
 listen

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:33.039
 woe to you

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.960
 is not a curse

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:35.539
 woe doesn't mean curse you

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.319
 it's an expression

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:37.019
 of sadness

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:38.500
 and distress

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.960
 and grief

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.839
 and regret

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.819
 on behalf of others

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.559
 it's incredible

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.440
 empathy

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:44.980
 and broken hearted

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.779
 compassion

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:47.200
 that Jesus feels here

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:48.839
 this is what Jesus feels

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.980
 for everyone

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:51.240
 who is far

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:52.059
 from him

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:53.480
 and this is also

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.059
 why we

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.559
 his followers

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.319
 must go out

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:56.259
 to those

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:57.960
 who he sends us to

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:59.720
 how can we not have

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.279
 this same

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:01.700
 broken heartedness

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.539
 for those who have yet

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.440
 to welcome Jesus

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:04.399
 into their lives

00:26:04.399 --> 00:26:05.980
 the stakes of not

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:07.039
 embracing Christ

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.740
 are high

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:09.700
 judgment is real

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:11.079
 and if people

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:12.079
 reject the one

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:13.059
 who is the resurrection

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:14.339
 and the life

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:15.539
 if they reject

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.440
 their maker

00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:18.059
 and their sustainer

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:19.759
 only rejection

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.500
 and death

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.319
 are left for them

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:22.339
 that's why Jesus

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:23.359
 says in verse 16

00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:24.480
 whoever listens to you

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:25.559
 listens to me

00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:27.180
 whoever rejects you

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:28.240
 rejects me

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:30.099
 but whoever rejects me

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:31.359
 rejects him

00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:32.660
 who sent me

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:34.400
 this is the word

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:34.920
 of the Lord

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:36.940
 alright so now

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.539
 you've just listened

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.099
 to me talk

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:38.960
 for almost

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:40.599
 25 minutes

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:42.259
 about what it means

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:43.240
 and what it looks like

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:44.140
 to be sent out

00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:45.000
 by Jesus

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:46.379
 it's not being anxious

00:26:46.379 --> 00:26:47.420
 it's not being awkward

00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:48.879
 it's not being argumentative

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:50.000
 it's being human

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:51.620
 it's visiting people

00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:52.620
 with compassion

00:26:52.620 --> 00:26:53.180
 and love

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.860
 and goodwill

00:26:53.860 --> 00:26:55.300
 in our hearts

00:26:55.300 --> 00:26:56.200
 it's eating with them

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:57.820
 and offering the shalom

00:26:57.820 --> 00:26:58.420
 of God

00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:59.320
 to them

00:26:59.320 --> 00:27:01.060
 and bringing them healing

00:27:01.060 --> 00:27:02.100
 and announcing

00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:03.000
 that all of this

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.640
 is a sign

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:04.240
 of God's

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:05.240
 way better kingdom

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:07.540
 and my question is

00:27:07.540 --> 00:27:09.400
 really what's the downside

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:09.800
 then

00:27:09.800 --> 00:27:10.780
 of going out

00:27:10.780 --> 00:27:11.460
 in the name of Jesus

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.100
 to love and serve

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.560
 this world

00:27:12.560 --> 00:27:14.120
 what's the worst

00:27:14.120 --> 00:27:15.460
 case scenario

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:17.300
 and even if you

00:27:17.300 --> 00:27:18.140
 can't imagine it

00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:19.080
 being pretty bad

00:27:19.080 --> 00:27:20.380
 how does that

00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:22.060
 downside compare

00:27:22.060 --> 00:27:23.000
 to the upside

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:25.020
 look at verse 17

00:27:25.020 --> 00:27:27.640
 just as Jesus predicted

00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:29.420
 the 72 returned

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:30.000
 with joy

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.400
 and said

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:30.780
 Lord

00:27:30.780 --> 00:27:32.100
 even the demons

00:27:32.100 --> 00:27:32.960
 submit to us

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.600
 in your name

00:27:33.600 --> 00:27:35.140
 so they've come back

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.600
 and the harvest

00:27:35.600 --> 00:27:36.840
 was indeed plentiful

00:27:36.840 --> 00:27:37.880
 just as Jesus said

00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:38.700
 and they're filled

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.060
 with joy

00:27:39.060 --> 00:27:39.720
 because they've gotten

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.440
 to go to work

00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:40.940
 with daddy

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:42.160
 and do the big boy

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:43.080
 big girl things

00:27:43.080 --> 00:27:44.380
 that make an eternal

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:45.920
 impact on the world

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:47.700
 and even the demonic

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:49.240
 spiritual forces

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:50.940
 that they once feared

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:52.460
 they've discovered

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:54.000
 that these powers

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:56.220
 have less authority

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.960
 than they thought

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:58.259
 that they in Christ

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:59.340
 have far more authority

00:27:59.340 --> 00:27:59.700
 than them

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.480
 and their faith

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.240
 and their joy

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:02.019
 and their excitement

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:03.180
 have only grown

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:04.039
 because they take

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.880
 their sentness

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.820
 from Jesus

00:28:05.820 --> 00:28:06.720
 seriously

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:08.279
 and Jesus celebrates

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:08.920
 with them

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:10.080
 and confirms their authority

00:28:10.080 --> 00:28:10.900
 and their success

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.519
 verse 18

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.440
 Jesus replied

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.740
 I saw Satan fall

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.580
 like lightning

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.059
 from heaven

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:15.500
 yes guys

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:15.980
 I'm aware

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.659
 of your wins

00:28:16.659 --> 00:28:17.720
 on the spiritual

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.319
 battlefield

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:19.460
 verse 19

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:20.460
 I have given you

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:20.879
 authority

00:28:20.879 --> 00:28:21.939
 to trample on snakes

00:28:21.939 --> 00:28:22.819
 and scorpions

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.379
 and to overcome

00:28:23.379 --> 00:28:24.259
 all the power

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.759
 of the enemy

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:26.559
 nothing will harm you

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:29.480
 but look at what

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.240
 Jesus tags on

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.899
 to all this

00:28:30.899 --> 00:28:31.339
 at the end

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:31.980
 in verse 20

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:33.399
 however

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:35.359
 do not rejoice

00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:36.059
 that the spirits

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.879
 submit to you

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.859
 but rejoice

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.679
 that your names

00:28:38.679 --> 00:28:39.240
 are written

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:40.220
 in heaven

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:41.679
 and do you know

00:28:41.679 --> 00:28:42.059
 what Jesus

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.799
 is saying here

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.839
 do you know

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.220
 what Jesus

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.899
 is doing

00:28:44.899 --> 00:28:45.339
 right here

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:45.740
 he's saying

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.339
 yes guys

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.779
 great

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:48.059
 I saw Satan

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:49.199
 fall like lightning

00:28:49.199 --> 00:28:49.799
 from heaven

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.679
 as you went out

00:28:50.679 --> 00:28:51.559
 in my authority

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:52.439
 to battle

00:28:52.439 --> 00:28:53.119
 the demons

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:53.599
 but guys

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.319
 I also

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:55.619
 saw Satan

00:28:55.619 --> 00:28:57.079
 the prideful

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:58.099
 arrogant

00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:59.379
 power hungry

00:28:59.379 --> 00:28:59.759
 one

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:01.019
 fall like lightning

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.559
 from heaven

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:03.480
 and you must beware

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.359
 of the same

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:05.599
 you see

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:06.179
 hopefully

00:29:06.179 --> 00:29:07.039
 we've come to the end

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.439
 of the sermon

00:29:07.439 --> 00:29:08.299
 and you've received

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:09.799
 at least a few more

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.879
 motivations

00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:12.320
 to go out

00:29:12.320 --> 00:29:12.620
 in the name

00:29:12.620 --> 00:29:13.020
 of Jesus

00:29:13.020 --> 00:29:13.780
 to love

00:29:13.780 --> 00:29:14.000
 and serve

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.280
 the world

00:29:14.280 --> 00:29:14.860
 to tell people

00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:15.220
 about him

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:15.820
 because the harvest

00:29:15.820 --> 00:29:16.400
 is plentiful

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:17.020
 and God wants

00:29:17.020 --> 00:29:18.180
 to use you

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:18.780
 to demonstrate

00:29:18.780 --> 00:29:19.380
 his power

00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:20.060
 and his power

00:29:20.060 --> 00:29:20.540
 is real

00:29:20.540 --> 00:29:21.260
 and it's ready

00:29:21.260 --> 00:29:21.940
 and it's in you

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.720
 to share God's

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:23.060
 shalom

00:29:23.060 --> 00:29:23.820
 with the world

00:29:23.820 --> 00:29:24.640
 this is incredible

00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:25.220
 stuff

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:26.680
 incredible motivation

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.720
 to go out

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.780
 on behalf

00:29:28.780 --> 00:29:29.300
 of Jesus

00:29:29.300 --> 00:29:30.300
 and his kingdom

00:29:30.300 --> 00:29:31.600
 but

00:29:31.600 --> 00:29:33.340
 if that

00:29:33.340 --> 00:29:34.180
 is our highest

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.620
 joy

00:29:34.620 --> 00:29:36.380
 if our highest

00:29:36.380 --> 00:29:36.720
 joy

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.680
 is our experience

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.759
 of God's power

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:40.039
 and that demons

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.880
 submit to us

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.759
 and that we can

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.259
 heal the sick

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:43.019
 and that we can

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.620
 bring peace

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:45.900
 to the afflicted

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.759
 if our highest

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.160
 joy

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:48.360
 is in what we do

00:29:48.360 --> 00:29:49.160
 and accomplish

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:50.120
 for God

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:50.920
 then we've missed

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.440
 his heart

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:52.720
 we've missed

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.259
 the gospel

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:54.420
 and we've missed

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:55.480
 the central feature

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:56.340
 of his kingdom

00:29:56.340 --> 00:29:57.240
 if our highest

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.560
 joy

00:29:57.560 --> 00:29:58.460
 is God's power

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:59.680
 coursing through us

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:01.460
 and us having

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:02.220
 the dominating

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.820
 authority

00:30:02.820 --> 00:30:03.779
 of God

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.779
 over every other

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.220
 power

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:06.640
 then we will

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.319
 become what

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:08.400
 everyone hates

00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:09.400
 about so many

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:09.860
 Christians

00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:11.000
 throughout history

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:12.259
 and rightly so

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:13.900
 we will become

00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:14.640
 domineering

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:16.019
 antagonistic

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.779
 hostile

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.579
 arrogant

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.779
 imperialistic

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.559
 proselytizers

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:20.440
 with a superiority

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:21.339
 complex

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:22.140
 and we will only

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.720
 ever go out

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.620
 imposing God's

00:30:23.620 --> 00:30:24.319
 power and

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:24.759
 authority

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:25.680
 over all

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.539
 of our select

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:27.259
 enemies

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:28.819
 but if our

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:29.380
 highest joy

00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:30.039
 is simply

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:31.380
 that our names

00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:31.799
 are written

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:32.440
 in heaven

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:34.100
 hey that changes

00:30:34.100 --> 00:30:35.039
 everything

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:36.519
 now in case

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:36.920
 you're unfamiliar

00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:37.799
 with this concept

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.539
 of a name

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:39.119
 being written

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:39.839
 in heaven

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.379
 you see among

00:30:40.379 --> 00:30:41.079
 the ancients

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:42.359
 particularly amongst

00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:43.440
 the Jewish people

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:45.159
 most of them

00:30:45.159 --> 00:30:45.720
 believed

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.879
 that when judgment

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:48.399
 day would come

00:30:48.399 --> 00:30:49.440
 the books would

00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:49.899
 be opened

00:30:49.899 --> 00:30:51.339
 and in them

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:51.960
 would be written

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.619
 all the things

00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:53.299
 you've ever done

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:54.440
 good and bad

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:55.460
 and if you had

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:56.319
 enough good deeds

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:56.799
 if you lived

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.480
 a righteous enough

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:57.819
 life

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.319
 then your name

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:58.779
 would be written

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.200
 in the book

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.659
 of life

00:30:59.659 --> 00:31:00.559
 rather than

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.240
 the book

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.859
 of death

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.279
 but here

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:03.220
 Jesus is offering

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:04.099
 us a far

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:05.359
 better narrative

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:06.439
 about the books

00:31:06.439 --> 00:31:07.159
 on judgment

00:31:07.159 --> 00:31:07.500
 day

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:09.039
 everyone thought

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.359
 that you had

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:09.599
 to wait

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:10.059
 till the end

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:10.500
 to know

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:12.259
 according to

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:12.639
 the logic

00:31:12.639 --> 00:31:13.219
 of the ancients

00:31:13.219 --> 00:31:14.599
 we could only

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:15.639
 rejoice at the

00:31:15.639 --> 00:31:15.939
 end

00:31:15.939 --> 00:31:16.759
 when we've done

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.599
 enough for God

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:18.579
 because that's

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:19.099
 what will bring

00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:19.980
 us security

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.500
 and peace

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:20.980
 and blessing

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.480
 but according

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:22.079
 to the logic

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:23.000
 of the gospel

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:24.039
 according to

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.419
 the logic

00:31:24.419 --> 00:31:25.339
 of Jesus'

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:25.819
 kingdom

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.519
 it's quite

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:27.079
 the opposite

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:28.019
 instead of

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.599
 rejoicing in

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.119
 what we've

00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:29.759
 done for God

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.339
 Jesus says

00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:30.819
 to rejoice

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:31.679
 in what God

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:32.400
 has done

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:33.259
 for us

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:34.299
 Jesus says

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.759
 to rejoice

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.220
 in the fact

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.759
 that our names

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.560
 are already

00:31:36.560 --> 00:31:37.519
 written

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.539
 in heaven

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.860
 before the

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.259
 ends of our

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.640
 stories

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:41.440
 are completed

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:42.640
 and they've

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:42.960
 been written

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.740
 not by us

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.560
 or as a result

00:31:44.560 --> 00:31:45.100
 of our

00:31:45.100 --> 00:31:45.860
 good works

00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:46.480
 our good deeds

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:46.980
 but by the

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.340
 loving

00:31:47.340 --> 00:31:48.320
 nail pierced

00:31:48.320 --> 00:31:48.779
 hand

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.519
 of God

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.100
 securing

00:31:50.100 --> 00:31:50.700
 our peace

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.240
 and our

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:51.620
 blessing

00:31:51.620 --> 00:31:52.160
 and our

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:52.600
 security

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:53.240
 forever

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:54.880
 you know

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.220
 earlier

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.660
 I said

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:56.160
 that Jesus

00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:56.900
 by sending

00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:57.600
 out the 72

00:31:57.600 --> 00:31:58.240
 he was showing

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.940
 himself to be

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.580
 the new

00:31:59.580 --> 00:32:00.080
 and better

00:32:00.080 --> 00:32:00.720
 Moses

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.180
 right

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:02.000
 well that

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.400
 wasn't the

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:02.839
 only way

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:03.319
 that he's

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:03.600
 the new

00:32:03.600 --> 00:32:03.920
 and better

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:04.180
 Moses

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.460
 you see

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:04.980
 in Exodus

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.700
 chapter 32

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:06.900
 when the people

00:32:06.900 --> 00:32:07.400
 of Israel

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:07.860
 who had just

00:32:07.860 --> 00:32:08.259
 been rescued

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:08.740
 from Egypt

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.200
 they're at

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.819
 Mount Sinai

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.640
 and God's

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.100
 about to make

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:11.420
 a covenant

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:11.860
 with them

00:32:11.860 --> 00:32:12.519
 call them

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.120
 his people

00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:13.920
 what do they

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.100
 do

00:32:14.100 --> 00:32:14.460
 they end up

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.839
 making that

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.440
 golden calf

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:15.700
 right

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:16.539
 and they bow

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:17.100
 down to it

00:32:17.100 --> 00:32:17.579
 and God's

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:17.880
 anger

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.900
 burns

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:20.059
 against these

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:20.400
 people

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:21.980
 and he even

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.720
 proposes to

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:23.279
 Moses that

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:23.940
 he should wipe

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.660
 out the

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:25.339
 whole nation

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:26.100
 of Israel

00:32:26.100 --> 00:32:26.680
 and just make

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.500
 a new nation

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.700
 out of Moses

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.519
 instead

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.779
 God

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.500
 but also

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.160
 what happens

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.839
 is Moses

00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:34.259
 he begs God

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:35.160
 to show mercy

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:36.299
 and he looks

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:36.859
 for a way

00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:37.559
 to atone

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:38.240
 for his

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.940
 people's

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.259
 sins

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:40.460
 and so what

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:41.099
 he suggests

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.700
 to God

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.240
 is that instead

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.639
 of God

00:32:42.639 --> 00:32:43.160
 wiping out

00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:43.819
 all of Israel

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:45.000
 Moses offers

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.599
 himself

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:47.359
 as an atonement

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:48.559
 even though he

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.539
 had no part

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.539
 in the golden

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:50.940
 calf

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.720
 and he says

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.259
 to God

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:53.319
 please forgive

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:53.859
 their sin

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.480
 but if not

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.500
 then blot me

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.440
 out of the book

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.000
 you have

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.420
 written

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:59.259
 did you hear

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.600
 that

00:32:59.600 --> 00:33:01.140
 he offers

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:01.759
 to be blotted

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.580
 out of God's

00:33:02.580 --> 00:33:02.799
 book

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.720
 instead of

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:04.299
 his people

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:06.200
 now ultimately

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.900
 God doesn't

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:07.500
 blot Moses

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:08.080
 out of his

00:33:08.080 --> 00:33:08.279
 book

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.759
 in the place

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.000
 of his

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.320
 people

00:33:09.320 --> 00:33:10.320
 and he

00:33:10.320 --> 00:33:10.779
 still shows

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.340
 mercy to

00:33:11.340 --> 00:33:11.700
 Israel

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.299
 and allows

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.820
 their nations

00:33:12.820 --> 00:33:13.480
 to survive

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.080
 because you

00:33:14.080 --> 00:33:14.580
 know Moses's

00:33:14.580 --> 00:33:14.880
 life

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:15.360
 Moses's

00:33:15.360 --> 00:33:15.759
 righteousness

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.299
 could never

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:16.700
 atone

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:17.420
 for all the

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:17.920
 wickedness

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:18.799
 of the people

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:19.279
 of Israel

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:21.220
 but someone

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:21.940
 else's life

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:23.480
 someone else's

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:23.920
 righteousness

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:25.000
 could

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:26.480
 the greater

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:26.960
 Moses

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:28.160
 of the greater

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.680
 exodus

00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:30.320
 Jesus Christ

00:33:30.320 --> 00:33:31.560
 who though

00:33:31.560 --> 00:33:32.700
 completely innocent

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.440
 and without

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:33.820
 sin

00:33:33.820 --> 00:33:34.640
 bore our

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:35.019
 sins

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.800
 bore our

00:33:35.800 --> 00:33:36.160
 shame

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.940
 bore our

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.640
 curse on the

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:37.960
 cross

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.680
 to secure

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.100
 for us

00:33:39.100 --> 00:33:39.500
 life

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:40.259
 and glory

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:41.080
 and blessing

00:33:41.080 --> 00:33:41.660
 by his

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:42.100
 resurrection

00:33:42.100 --> 00:33:43.140
 and this

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:43.840
 is how our

00:33:43.840 --> 00:33:44.360
 names are

00:33:44.360 --> 00:33:45.000
 secured in

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.240
 heaven

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:46.740
 not by our

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.400
 righteous deeds

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:48.120
 but by trusting

00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:48.620
 in him

00:33:48.620 --> 00:33:49.759
 and in his

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.200
 righteousness

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:51.060
 on our

00:33:51.060 --> 00:33:51.480
 behalf

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:52.380
 and this

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:54.000
 is the gospel

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:55.600
 the good news

00:33:55.600 --> 00:33:56.280
 that changes

00:33:56.280 --> 00:33:57.020
 everything

00:33:57.020 --> 00:33:57.900
 about how we

00:33:57.900 --> 00:33:58.360
 show up

00:33:58.360 --> 00:33:58.740
 and move

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.420
 toward the

00:33:59.420 --> 00:33:59.900
 world that

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:00.800
 God sends

00:34:00.800 --> 00:34:01.580
 us to

00:34:01.580 --> 00:34:02.820
 we dare

00:34:02.820 --> 00:34:03.600
 not dominate

00:34:03.600 --> 00:34:04.240
 our neighbors

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.760
 and morph

00:34:04.760 --> 00:34:05.260
 into wolves

00:34:05.260 --> 00:34:05.740
 because the

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.260
 way of our

00:34:06.260 --> 00:34:06.940
 Lord is the

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.800
 way of the

00:34:07.800 --> 00:34:08.160
 lamb

00:34:08.160 --> 00:34:09.340
 and yet we

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:09.860
 dare not

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 fear or

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:11.000
 shrink back

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.380
 from the

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 wolves

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.160
 because our

00:34:12.160 --> 00:34:12.640
 lamb is

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 also a

00:34:13.220 --> 00:34:13.940
 lion who

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 triumphs over

00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:15.280
 the wolves

00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:16.079
 at the end

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:17.039
 of the story

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:19.240
 Jesus reminds

00:34:19.240 --> 00:34:19.760
 us that while

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:20.400
 the empires

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:21.079
 of this world

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.840
 rejoice in

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.260
 power

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:23.180
 the power

00:34:23.180 --> 00:34:23.720
 to secure

00:34:23.720 --> 00:34:24.400
 for ourselves

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:25.380
 glory and

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:26.020
 honor and

00:34:26.020 --> 00:34:27.000
 blessing and

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.580
 peace and

00:34:27.580 --> 00:34:28.500
 joy while

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:29.080
 these empires

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 say rejoice

00:34:30.120 --> 00:34:30.940
 if you're a

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.300
 wolf

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:33.120
 in Jesus's

00:34:33.120 --> 00:34:34.480
 kingdom we

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:35.100
 don't rejoice

00:34:35.100 --> 00:34:35.760
 in power

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:37.040
 but in

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 humility and

00:34:38.700 --> 00:34:40.000
 grace and

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:41.240
 mercy and

00:34:41.240 --> 00:34:41.660
 love in

00:34:41.660 --> 00:34:42.420
 Jesus's kingdom

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:44.040
 we rejoice in

00:34:44.040 --> 00:34:44.500
 the lamb

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:46.300
 slain for the

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:47.280
 sins of the

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:47.980
 world and yet

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.600
 risen in

00:34:48.600 --> 00:34:49.480
 power a

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:50.500
 power unforeseen

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.460
 and beyond all

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.220
 worldly wisdom

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:53.419
 kingdom and

00:34:53.419 --> 00:34:53.699
 so my

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.599
 question is

00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:55.519
 is there any

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:56.219
 other kingdom

00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:57.939
 than Jesus's

00:34:57.939 --> 00:34:58.879
 that's worth

00:34:58.879 --> 00:34:59.579
 getting out of

00:34:59.579 --> 00:35:00.619
 bed for and

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.219
 running through

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:02.959
 walls for is

00:35:02.959 --> 00:35:03.699
 there any other

00:35:03.699 --> 00:35:04.480
 kingdom more

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:05.079
 worthy than

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:06.419
 Jesus's that

00:35:06.419 --> 00:35:07.119
 we'd rather be

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:07.839
 sent out into

00:35:07.839 --> 00:35:09.179
 the world to

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:11.000
 share we've

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.719
 got the goods

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:13.019
 we've got the

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:14.299
 gospel our

00:35:14.299 --> 00:35:14.759
 names are

00:35:14.759 --> 00:35:15.859
 written and

00:35:15.859 --> 00:35:16.279
 there are many

00:35:16.279 --> 00:35:17.019
 more names to

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:18.659
 discover so

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.239
 let's go in the

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:20.719
 name of Jesus to

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:21.439
 love and serve this

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:22.800
 world let's

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.079
 pray

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:30.260
 oh god fill us

00:35:30.260 --> 00:35:31.200
 with your spirit

00:35:31.200 --> 00:35:33.659
 and faith and

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:34.639
 conviction and

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:35.420
 boldness and

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:37.539
 humility and

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:39.059
 an adoration for

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.860
 the gospel of

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.960
 Jesus Christ the

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.559
 lamb who was

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:43.000
 slain for the

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.480
 sins of the

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:44.099
 world would you

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.900
 fill us with all

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:46.980
 of that that we

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.920
 might go in the

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:49.099
 name of Jesus to

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:49.559
 love and serve

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:51.179
 this world in

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:52.900
 power and in

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.699
 humility and in

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:55.639
 compassion and in

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:56.420
 a way that lifts

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:58.099
 up the beautiful

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:58.980
 story of Jesus

00:35:58.980 --> 00:36:00.659
 Christ and the

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:01.360
 gospel of his

00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:03.239
 kingdom in Jesus

00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:03.920
 name we pray

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:05.039
 amen

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:16.460
 you know I pray

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:18.059
 that as we come to

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:18.820
 this table every

00:36:18.820 --> 00:36:21.019
 single week that

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:22.019
 does not grow old

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:25.320
 for us that we

00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:26.960
 receive these this

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:28.279
 this grace at this

00:36:28.279 --> 00:36:29.320
 table that we

00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:30.460
 receive the mercy of

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:32.480
 God fresh and new

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:34.380
 every Sunday as we

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:35.780
 hear Christ's body

00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:38.099
 given broken for

00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:39.699
 you Christ's blood

00:36:39.699 --> 00:36:41.659
 shed poured out for

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:42.679
 your sins I pray that

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:44.360
 this never grows old

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:47.300
 for us so let's stand

00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:48.179
 together and confess

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:49.539
 this faith with

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:51.599
 conviction with fresh

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:53.240
 hearts before the

00:36:53.240 --> 00:36:54.599
 Lord Christ church

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:55.440
 what do we believe

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:57.760
 I believe in God the

00:36:57.760 --> 00:36:59.880
 father almighty maker of

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:01.219
 heaven and earth and

00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:02.439
 in Jesus Christ his

00:37:02.439 --> 00:37:04.519
 only son our Lord who

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:05.459
 was conceived by the

00:37:05.459 --> 00:37:07.279
 Holy Spirit born of

00:37:07.279 --> 00:37:09.000
 the Virgin Mary suffered

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:10.179
 under Pontius Pilate

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:12.139
 was crucified dead and

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:13.799
 buried he descended to

00:37:13.799 --> 00:37:15.379
 the dead on the third

00:37:15.379 --> 00:37:16.759
 day he rose again from

00:37:16.759 --> 00:37:18.339
 the dead he ascended

00:37:18.339 --> 00:37:19.679
 into heaven and is

00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:20.459
 seated at the right

00:37:20.459 --> 00:37:21.679
 hand of God the

00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:23.259
 father almighty from

00:37:23.259 --> 00:37:24.299
 there he will come to

00:37:24.299 --> 00:37:25.299
 judge the living and

00:37:25.299 --> 00:37:27.000
 the dead I believe in

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:28.480
 the Holy Spirit the

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:30.199
 Holy Catholic Church the

00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:31.859
 communion of saints the

00:37:31.859 --> 00:37:33.539
 forgiveness of sins the

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:34.500
 resurrection of the

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:35.819
 body and the life

00:37:35.819 --> 00:37:38.199
 everlasting amen the

00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:41.599
 Lord be with you lift up

00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:44.519
 your hearts let us give

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:45.719
 thanks to the Lord our

00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:47.439
 God it is right to give

00:37:47.439 --> 00:37:49.159
 him thanks and praise oh

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:50.319
 God it is right and a

00:37:50.319 --> 00:37:51.159
 good and joyful thing

00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:52.619
 always and everywhere to

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:54.419
 give thanks to you father

00:37:54.419 --> 00:37:55.939
 almighty creator of

00:37:55.939 --> 00:37:57.239
 heaven and earth therefore

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:59.199
 we praise you joining our

00:37:59.199 --> 00:38:00.579
 voices with angels and

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:01.899
 archangels and with all

00:38:01.899 --> 00:38:03.559
 the company of heaven who

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:05.559
 forever sing this hymn to

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:07.359
 proclaim the glory of your

00:38:07.359 --> 00:38:07.719
 name

00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:12.719
 holy holy holy holy holy

00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:18.419
 lord god of power and

00:38:18.419 --> 00:38:23.639
 might heaven and earth are

00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:26.459
 full of your glory

00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:28.059
 heard heard heard heard

00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:28.059


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 Hosanna in the highest.

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:41.199
 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:46.659
 Hosanna in the highest.

00:38:48.340 --> 00:38:53.019
 O God, would you strike us with the holiness of this moment

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:55.960
 as we commune with the living God

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:58.480
 who has sent forth his Son for us.

00:38:59.139 --> 00:39:01.679
 We give thanks to you, O God, for the goodness and love

00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:04.079
 which you have made known to us in creation,

00:39:04.720 --> 00:39:07.240
 in the calling of Israel to be your people,

00:39:07.240 --> 00:39:10.019
 even when they were rebellious and turned away

00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:11.760
 far more than they knew.

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:14.240
 In your word spoken through the prophets,

00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:15.400
 you have shown us your goodness,

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:18.820
 and above all in the word made flesh, Jesus your Son.

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:21.199
 For in these last days you sent him

00:39:21.199 --> 00:39:22.880
 to be incarnate from the Virgin Mary,

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:25.539
 to be the Savior and Redeemer of the world.

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:28.179
 In him you have delivered us from evil

00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:30.740
 and made us worthy to stand before you.

00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:33.960
 In him you have brought us out of error into truth,

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:35.820
 out of sin into righteousness,

00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:38.099
 out of death into life.

00:39:38.840 --> 00:39:40.480
 And we ask that here at this table

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:43.000
 you would so nourish and fill us and convict us

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:45.240
 that we would desire this

00:39:45.240 --> 00:39:49.059
 for those outside of this place as well.

00:39:49.740 --> 00:39:51.400
 That they would be brought out of their error,

00:39:51.740 --> 00:39:52.720
 brought out of their sin,

00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:54.779
 brought out of the way of death

00:39:54.779 --> 00:39:57.279
 and into your way of resurrection life.

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:59.339
 We ask all this in the strong name of Jesus.

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:00.299
 Amen.