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 Well, good morning. It's great to have all of you here in person and on the live stream.

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 And we're glad to worship this Sunday after Easter. We have been preaching through the

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 Gospel of John, and we will be continuing to preach through the Gospel of John in through

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 the summer. So we will be continuing the series for those of you who are wondering what comes

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 next. And today we'll be looking at John 12. John 12 is a unique chapter in the book of

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 John. It is the hinge chapter. It is the end of the first 12 chapters that talk about the

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 ministry of Jesus and His life. It covers approximately three years, and then the Gospel then transitions.

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 And the second half of the Gospel, 13 through 21, cover seven days. And the last seven days

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 of Jesus' life and His death and His resurrection. And so it is a critical hinge point in the book.

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 And I want to begin this morning by reminding ourselves of what we have seen in these past

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 few months as we've looked at John 1 through 11. We have seen Jesus turn water into wine so that the

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 celebration of a wedding would continue. We've seen a moral and ethnic outcast, a Samaritan woman,

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 brought to faith in Jesus. We've seen an invalid healed after 38 years of suffering. We've seen

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 thousands fed. We've seen a sinful woman forgiven. We've seen a blind man's sight restored. We've seen a

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 friend raised from the dead. And along the way, as Jesus has done these great signs pointing to who He is,

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 He's also explained Himself, this is who I am. He said, whoever believes in Me shall have eternal life.

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 He said, I can give you water so that your soul will never be thirsty again. He said, I am the bread of

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 life. If you eat of this bread, you will not die, but you will live. He said, whoever believes in Me will

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 have fountains of living water springing up in them. He said, before Abraham was, I am.

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 He said, I am the light of the world. I am the good shepherd who lays down His life for the sheep.

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 I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes though He dies, yet shall He live.

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 This is the glory of Jesus that we have seen. And imagine those who were with Jesus in John chapter 12.

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 They've seen all of this. And some, in response to this, believed in Him and rejoiced that He has come

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 to see how He loves. He has come to love, to bring life, to welcome all to the kingdom of God. But others

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 in spiritual pride were threatened by Him, rejected Him. He breaks the rules, they said. He says outlandish

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 things, He usurps God. He takes power unto Himself. Many follow Him. But all of them saw His power. All of

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 them saw His life-giving power. All of them saw the steadfastness as one who taught with authority.

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 glory. This is the glory of Jesus' ministry, is it not? Is this not the Jesus we have seen?

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 And what more do we need to see of Jesus this morning? What more do we need to see of Jesus and

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 His glory? And yet, as we will read in our passage in just a minute, for Jesus, the hour had not yet come

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 for us to see the fullness of who He is and what He has done. Even in all these miracles, this was not

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 the end. Throughout the first part of the book of John, way back in Cana at the wedding in chapter 2,

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 verse 4, Jesus tells Mary, my hour has not yet come. After the healing of the man in Bethesda, He says,

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 the hour is coming but is not yet here. After the controversy in the festival of booths in chapter 7,

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 they could not arrest Him because His hour had not yet come. And then we come to our text this morning,

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 which answers the question, where and what is the greatest display of Jesus' glory?

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 So let's read that passage together to answer that question and to look at it. We're in John chapter 12.

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 We're not going to cover the whole chapter, good heavens, no. There's far too much in it. But

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 we're going to focus on verses 20 through 28. So we're going to read this passage together,

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 then we're going to pray, and then we'll dive in and try to answer that question.

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 John 12, starting in verse 20.

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 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip,

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 who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, Sir, we wish to see Jesus.

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 Philip went and told Andrew, and Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus, and Jesus answered them,

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 the hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat

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 falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loses his life,

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 whoever loves his life loses it. And whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

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 If anyone serves me, he must follow me. And where I am, there will my servant be also.

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 If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him. Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say?

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 Father, save me from this hour. But for this purpose, I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name.

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 And then a voice came from heaven. I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.

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 Let's pray. Lord, we thank you for this morning and the chance to gather to worship you. We thank you

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 for your word that speaks to us clearly about who you are. And Lord, I pray this morning that by your

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 spirit, we would behold your glory. Lord, and that you would lay bare in our hearts the ways in which

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 we have wandered, the ways that we have misunderstood you, the ways that we have misperceived who you are

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 and what you've come to do. Lord, I pray that you would give me your strength this morning to speak

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 clearly. And Lord, that we would together sit under your word, and that you would do your transforming

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 word in our lives, that we might worship you in spirit and in truth. Lord, we pray these things in

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 Jesus' name. Amen.

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 The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. What do we see the glory of Jesus in?

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 We see it in his loving, self-giving death. The sermon's going to be pretty simple this morning.

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 We're going to talk a little bit about misunderstanding and how we misunderstand glory and Jesus' glory,

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 and then we're going to talk a little bit about clarifying how Jesus clarifies what his glory is

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 about. So that's what we're going to do this morning as we look through it. So first, let's talk

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 about how we misunderstand Jesus' glory. It's fascinating as you read through chapter 12,

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 those around him misunderstood Jesus profoundly. In verse 4, you see Judas, the one who had betrayed

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 Jesus, commenting and complaining about the way Jesus is receiving worship from Mary and the breaking

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 of an ointment. You guys probably are familiar with that story. But he thought that Jesus was going to

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 bring a social revolution to care for the poor. And so he was offended when Jesus received such lavish

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 worship. Verse 16, a little bit further on, in the triumphal entry that we talked about two weeks

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 ago on Palm Sunday, even as Jesus rode in on a donkey, fulfilling the Old Testament Scriptures,

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 it says the disciples did not understand this. They did not understand the significance. They did not

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 understand what Jesus was doing coming in on a donkey until after the resurrection of Christ.

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 Verse 19, the religious leadership of the day, the Pharisees, saw Jesus as a threat to their political

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 and social power and their religious power. They saw him as one who was stealing away their following

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 and their position in society, and they were threatened by it. And therefore, they responded

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 violently towards him. And if we look on even in verse 34, as Jesus is teaching about himself,

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 the people are asking him, who is the Son of Man to be lifted up? Who are you talking about? The crowds,

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 nobody understood what Jesus was about to say in terms of why he had come.

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 Misunderstanding Jesus is easy, I believe. It's easy to misunderstand what Jesus has come to do.

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 Thinking about our world today, I can think of a couple of examples, and I'm sure there are many

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 more of ways in which we misunderstand Jesus and why he's come today. If we went to Houston,

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 we could go to Joel Osteen's church, and he could teach us about your best life now. How

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 Jesus has come to bring us glory by providing prosperity in our physical, earthly life.

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 That he has come to bring success in our careers. That he has become, he has come to bless us

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 by increasing our bank accounts. We ought not to suffer setback or trial or loss. Those would be

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 signs of faithless living or of distance from God. This is the message of the prosperity gospel,

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 and it's out there. It's out there in lots of churches in America and around the world.

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 And it's a misunderstanding. I believe there's also a misunderstanding that was laid bare on January 6th,

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 when people in the name of Christ, some, sought to, by force, impose an outcome on an election

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 in an attempt to promote the kingdom of God, and one that they saw as God's anointed leader

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 for our country. Now, friends, this is a complicated thing, and I want to be clear.

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 We did a great Sunday school on politics and how we ought to be properly engaged, and I'm not saying

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 that we ought not to do this. But if we think that Jesus has come to bring America into moral alignment,

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 or if we think that Jesus has come so that we, by political and social activism,

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 might usher in the kingdom of God, if we place Jesus, if we believe that Jesus has ordained particular

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 political leaders to save our society and to save our church and protect it,

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 we have misunderstood what Jesus has come to do.

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 Coming closer to home, maybe for some of us,

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 the story of the evangelical church has shown

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 many leaders who have failed to understand how Jesus has come

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 because they have shown by their actions and by the way that they have led their ministries

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 and their personal lives, ultimately, that they believe that Jesus has come for their own personal

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 gain and glory, not his. So I think of people from Mark Driscoll to Ravi Zacharias, people for whom

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 many of us may have been blessed at one time by their ministries, and yet who have shown in the end

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 that their position in ministry and religious leadership has been used for selfish gain and promotion.

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 How they have questioned and silenced others who have brought concerns to them,

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 how they used their power to hide from accountability and to excuse their sin.

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 How easily, even those who start out on a good path,

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 believe that Jesus has come ultimately,

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 and the sacrifices they have done for ministry,

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 therefore, entitle them

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 in ways to establish their own

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 commitment

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 commitment to comfort,

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 to pleasure, or to power.

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 Friends, these are some of the ways

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 that Jesus has been misunderstood

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 in our culture today.

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 We may be able to see them

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 from afar, if we feel

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 like those are far off from us,

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 and denounce them as being misunderstandings.

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 Friends, we need to look

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 into our own hearts as well.

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 How easily do we

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 think that Jesus has come

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 for us,

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 for our pleasure,

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 for our comfort,

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 to lessen our suffering

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 and increase our joy?

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 Here's some diagnostic questions

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 that I want you to ask

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 as you think about this question.

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 What do you pray for?

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 How do you pray for God's work

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 in your life?

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 Here's another one.

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 What do you invest in?

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 For where your money is,

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 there will your heart be also.

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 What stirs your passion?

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 What energizes your efforts

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 and your energy?

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 As you lie in bed

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 before you fall off to sleep at night,

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 what consumes your heart

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 in worry and fear?

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 And what do these questions

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 reveal about what you think

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 Jesus has actually come

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 to do for you?

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 Because we love a glory

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 that is here and now,

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 that is visible and easy,

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 that will be seen by others

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 and praised.

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 But as we come to this text,

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 Jesus says,

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 the hour has come

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 for the Son of Man

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 to be glorified.

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 And he goes on,

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 truly, truly, I say to you,

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 unless a grain of wheat

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 falls into the earth and dies,

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 it remains alone.

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 But if it dies,

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 it bears much fruit.

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 Friends, this is even more

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 clearly explicated

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 in verses 32 and 33,

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 where it says,

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 where it refers to Jesus

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 being lifted up,

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 that when Jesus is lifted up,

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 he will draw him into himself.

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 We have seen that this refers

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 to his crucifixion

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 in the Gospel of On.

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 This refers to his death.

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 Jesus says,

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 the hour has now come

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 for me to be glorified,

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 and it is not in the resurrection,

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 though there is glory

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 and the resurrection too,

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 but it is in the crucifixion itself.

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 The gruesome,

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 bloody, tortured cross.

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 The humiliating,

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 shameful death of Jesus,

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 where those standing around him

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 reviled him and mocked him.

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 By the measure of any human standard,

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 at that moment,

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 Jesus had failed in his death.

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 His followers had abandoned.

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 He was betrayed by his inner circle.

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 He left no texts to pass on,

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 no schools,

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 no institutions.

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 He did a terrible job

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 of beginning a religion.

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 where is glory in that death?

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 But friends,

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 of course,

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 we've been living with this

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 for 2,000 years now,

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 that we know that there is glory

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 in it,

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 isn't there?

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 That there is glory

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 in the upside-down nature

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 of God's kingdom.

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 Glory not in power achieved,

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 but in power surrendered.

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 Glory not in self-promotion

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 or preservation,

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 but by self-denial

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 and sacrificial,

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 loving action towards others.

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 Glory not in victorious triumph,

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 but in selfless death.

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 This is the way of the cross.

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 This is the way that Jesus says,

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 I am going to glorify myself.

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 Because on the cross,

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 you will see the fullness

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 of grace and truth.

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 You will see where justice

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 and mercy meets.

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 You will see where God's hatred of sin

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 and His love for sinners

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 will be merged in a way

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 that you wouldn't even imagine

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 if it hadn't happened.

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 Jesus says,

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 the doctrine of a full atonement is made.

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 The ultimate ransom is paid.

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 Christ has redeemed us

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 from the curse of the law,

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 being made a curse for us.

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 For it is written,

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 cursed is everyone

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 who hangs on a tree.

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 In Christ,

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 upon the cross,

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 we see the just dying

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 for the unjust,

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 that He might bring us to God,

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 the innocent bearing

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 the crimes of the guilty,

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 that they might be forgiven

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 and accepted.

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 And friends,

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 it is in this shameful,

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 terrifyingly horrible death

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 that the greatness of Jesus

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 is seen.

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 The depth of His love

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 is seen that He would not

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 save His life,

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 but offer it up for us.

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 We see the breadth of His grace,

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 that He would do this,

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 that all would come

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 to Him in faith,

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 that any could come

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 to Him in faith

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 from every tribe

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 and tongue and nation,

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 that we would see

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 in this,

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 the source of His power,

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 that in His weakness,

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 God's power is made manifest.

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 And we would see

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 the irresistible beauty.

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 Have you thought,

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 friends,

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 of how often we wear

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 a cross around our neck

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 and how odd that is

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 and how much it speaks

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 to how much our culture

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 has embraced this gospel story

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 even in the background?

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 How many movies

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 have this great story

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 of a sacrificial one

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 who gives their lives

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 for others

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 that is honored

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 and glorified?

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 glorified.

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 From Dickens

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 and Sidney Carton

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 and dying

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 for Charles Darnay

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 to Tony Stark

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 for heaven's sakes

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 or Anna in Frozen,

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 depending on your movie choices.

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 Glory and sacrifice

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 is a theme

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 in our culture

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 because of what happened

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 at the cross.

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 And we do it

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 in real life too

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 when we see examples

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 of people

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 who lay down their lives

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 for others.

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 We think

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 of those who died

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 in Flight 93

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 to bring down a plane

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 so it wouldn't crash

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 into a building

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 and kill many people.

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 We think of Mother Teresa

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 living selflessly

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 for her whole life

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 in the slums of Calcutta

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 and so on

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 and so forth.

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 Friends,

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 the way of the cross

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 will still seem foolish

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 to some.

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 They will believe

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 that glory is found

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 in another path.

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 They will strive

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 for power,

00:20:37.659 --> 00:20:38.299
 for control

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 and domination

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 over their opponents.

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 They will seek

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 to promote themselves

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 at the expense

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 of others.

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 But Jesus says,

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 my glory

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 is in the cross.

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 This is where

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 you will see

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 who I am

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 and what I have come

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 to do.

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 So what about you?

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 What do you think

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 of Jesus?

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 Is this surprising

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 glory of Jesus foolish

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 or is it marvelous?

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 The upside down kingdom

00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:12.779
 is not merely

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 what Jesus has done

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 but it is then

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 as we see

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 in verses 25 and 26.

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 It is the pattern

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 for those

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 who follow him.

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 It produces a church

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 that knows

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 the fellowship

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 of suffering

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 with Jesus.

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 As the apostle

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 Peter writes later,

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 we read from

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 1 Peter 1,

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 1 Peter 4,

00:21:29.919 --> 00:21:30.759
 he writes

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 verse 12,

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 beloved,

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 do not be surprised

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 at the fiery trial

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 when it comes upon you

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 to test you

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 as though something strange

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 were happening to you

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 but rejoice

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 in so far

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 as you share

00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:42.799
 Christ's sufferings

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:44.279
 that you may also

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 rejoice and be glad

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 when his glory

00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:47.039
 is revealed.

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 If you are insulted

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 for the name of Christ

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 you are blessed

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 because the spirit

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 of glory and of God

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 rests upon you.

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 Yet if anyone suffers

00:21:55.399 --> 00:21:56.099
 as a Christian

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 let him not be ashamed

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 but let him glorify God

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 in that name.

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 Friends,

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 there are many

00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:03.799
 who are living

00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:04.720
 today

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:06.079
 in this pattern.

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 It is the missionary

00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:08.000
 who chooses

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:09.680
 to stay in China

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:11.440
 when the pandemic hits

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:13.080
 in order to shepherd

00:22:13.080 --> 00:22:13.980
 their flock

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.920
 and to love

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 those brothers and sisters

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 that they have

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:19.059
 been ministering to

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 to stay

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 and to suffer with them.

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 It is in the Christian

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:23.519
 executive

00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:24.600
 who is fired

00:22:24.600 --> 00:22:26.759
 from his high-powered job

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:28.160
 high-profile job

00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:29.240
 because he has shared

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:31.120
 his faith in Jesus

00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:32.000
 with a colleague.

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 It is with Christians

00:22:33.580 --> 00:22:34.259
 who welcome

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:35.460
 foster children

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 into their homes

00:22:36.580 --> 00:22:37.880
 and love

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 these broken children

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 at great cost

00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.640
 to themselves.

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 It is seen

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 in those

00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:47.279
 even in our congregation

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:48.839
 facing degenerative

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:50.519
 and terminal illness

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:51.140
 who suffer

00:22:51.140 --> 00:22:52.299
 great trial

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:53.460
 and great loss

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.620
 and yet continue

00:22:54.620 --> 00:22:58.339
 continue to know

00:22:58.339 --> 00:22:59.420
 that Christ

00:22:59.420 --> 00:23:01.059
 has set a pattern

00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:02.460
 for them to follow

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:03.559
 and a path

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.720
 for them to walk.

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 one of humility

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 not pride

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 one of service

00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:10.259
 not triumph

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 one of self-denial

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 not self-promotion

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 and friends

00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:15.920
 look

00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:16.720
 we know

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:18.640
 Pastor Greg

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.640
 preached eloquently

00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:22.079
 about it last week

00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:23.259
 so go back

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 and listen

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 if you didn't listen

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:25.019
 to last week's sermon

00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:27.180
 that Jesus

00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:28.319
 did not just die

00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:29.339
 but he rose again

00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:30.240
 on the third day.

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.920
 There is a great hope

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:32.740
 that the glory

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.700
 of the cross

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.600
 is married

00:23:34.600 --> 00:23:35.340
 with the glory

00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:36.240
 of the resurrection

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:38.920
 and that we know

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.680
 that he is now

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.840
 ascended into heaven

00:23:40.840 --> 00:23:42.880
 promising to return again

00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:44.000
 and he will one day

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.900
 come to finish

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.920
 the work of redemption

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:47.019
 he will finish

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:48.640
 the work of redeeming souls

00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.340
 and he will come

00:23:49.340 --> 00:23:50.240
 and he will renew

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:50.840
 the world

00:23:50.840 --> 00:23:52.140
 and make it the way

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:53.340
 it is supposed to be

00:23:53.340 --> 00:23:55.120
 and he will come

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:56.480
 bearing the scars

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.779
 of that cross

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:59.500
 to say

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.860
 this is my glory

00:24:00.860 --> 00:24:01.940
 this is how

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:03.360
 I have achieved this

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:05.259
 and he will gather

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.259
 his people in

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:08.339
 and he will make

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:09.339
 all things new

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:12.740
 friends

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.519
 this glory

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.679
 that we long for

00:24:14.679 --> 00:24:15.500
 that our hearts

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:16.379
 were made for

00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:17.819
 that we strive

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.579
 and so often

00:24:18.579 --> 00:24:19.299
 misunderstand

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:20.099
 how we are going

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:20.479
 to get it

00:24:20.479 --> 00:24:21.679
 this glory

00:24:21.679 --> 00:24:22.819
 is ours

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:24.059
 for those who

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:25.099
 have faith in Christ

00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:26.379
 but it will be ours

00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:27.439
 only when Jesus

00:24:27.439 --> 00:24:27.959
 returns

00:24:27.959 --> 00:24:29.000
 and when Jesus

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.500
 comes

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.479
 to bring

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.000
 the fullness

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.579
 of it

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.960
 when we are

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.400
 caught up

00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:33.920
 with him

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:35.420
 and so now

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:37.160
 we suffer

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:37.920
 with him

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.740
 so that

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.660
 in that day

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.360
 we will be

00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:41.279
 raised with him

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:42.640
 and we will have

00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:43.720
 his glory

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.700
 and be caught up

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.019
 in it

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:46.160
 and what a great

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:46.680
 thing

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.960
 that will be

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:51.220
 friends

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:52.059
 this is the glory

00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:52.640
 of Christ

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:53.700
 that he suffered

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.799
 and died

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.460
 for us

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:57.220
 at the cross

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:59.059
 let's pray

00:24:59.059 --> 00:25:06.360
 Lord we thank you

00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:06.940
 this morning

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:08.319
 for this message

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:10.140
 Lord thank you

00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:11.880
 that your ways

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.779
 are not our ways

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.480
 and your thoughts

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.620
 are not our ways

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:16.319
 our thoughts

00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:16.640
 Lord

00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:17.920
 thank you

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.539
 that you

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.080
 have come

00:25:19.080 --> 00:25:19.779
 to do the

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.559
 unthinkable

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.620
 of forgiving

00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:23.899
 sinful people

00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:24.679
 like us

00:25:24.679 --> 00:25:25.699
 pardoning

00:25:25.699 --> 00:25:26.459
 our sin

00:25:26.459 --> 00:25:29.000
 Lord you

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.639
 have come

00:25:29.639 --> 00:25:30.399
 to wash

00:25:30.399 --> 00:25:31.019
 away the

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.439
 evil

00:25:31.439 --> 00:25:31.899
 of our

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.399
 hearts

00:25:32.399 --> 00:25:33.679
 and ultimately

00:25:33.679 --> 00:25:34.239
 of this

00:25:34.239 --> 00:25:34.699
 world

00:25:34.699 --> 00:25:37.599
 to redeem

00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:37.919
 it

00:25:37.919 --> 00:25:39.879
 and Lord

00:25:39.879 --> 00:25:40.239
 you have

00:25:40.239 --> 00:25:40.839
 done so

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.939
 by entering

00:25:41.939 --> 00:25:42.559
 into it

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.039
 and taking

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.579
 it upon

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.079
 yourself

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:45.779
 oh Lord

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.859
 will you

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.359
 help us

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:47.799
 to see

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.419
 this pattern

00:25:48.419 --> 00:25:49.099
 of the cross

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:50.059
 that we

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:51.379
 might glorify

00:25:51.380 --> 00:25:52.100
 you

00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:52.840
 for the

00:25:52.840 --> 00:25:53.540
 greatness

00:25:53.540 --> 00:25:54.240
 of all

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:54.560
 that you

00:25:54.560 --> 00:25:54.960
 have done

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.540
 for us

00:25:55.540 --> 00:25:56.720
 and so

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.200
 that we

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:57.840
 might put

00:25:57.840 --> 00:25:58.500
 our hope

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.420
 in the

00:25:59.420 --> 00:25:59.820
 glory

00:25:59.820 --> 00:26:00.300
 that is

00:26:00.300 --> 00:26:00.720
 ours

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.640
 with you

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:02.660
 when by

00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.120
 faith

00:26:03.120 --> 00:26:03.640
 we will be

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.240
 raised with

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.580
 you in

00:26:04.580 --> 00:26:05.020
 that day

00:26:05.020 --> 00:26:07.720
 we pray

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.220
 these things

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.620
 in Jesus

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 name

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