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 Gospel of Mark. You'll remember that the Gospels tell the story of Jesus and his life and his death

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 and his resurrection. And we'll be continuing this week in Mark chapter 8 starting at verse

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 31. You'll remember from last week we hit this hinge in the book, this high point where Peter

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 finally confesses Christ, understands his identity not just as Jesus a man but also as God himself.

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 But we'll find out here as we continue that Peter knows very little of what he's saying.

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 And so as we continue I'm going to invite you to turn now with me. You can turn with me in your

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 Bible. You can turn with me in your worship guide. You can turn with me in your phone. No matter where

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 you turn remember that this is God's word and God tells us that his word is a lamp to our feet

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 and a light to our path which means that God has not left us to stumble alone in the dark

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 but instead he's given us his word to show us the way to go. And so that's why we read now together

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 Mark chapter 8 starting at verse 31.

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 And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders

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 and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed and after three days rise again. And he said this plainly

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 and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and seeing his disciples he rebuked Peter and said

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 get behind me Satan for you are not setting your mind on the things of God but on the things of man.

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 Verse 34. And calling the crowd to him with his disciples he said to them if anyone would come after

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 me let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it

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 but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospels will save it. For what does it profit a man's

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 again the whole world and forfeit his soul? For what can a man give in return for his soul?

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 For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation

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 of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

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 I invite you to pray with me as we come to this portion of God's word.

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 Our Father in heaven we come to you as we often do easily distracted with our minds on many different

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 things. We ask that you would help us to focus now on one thing. That is you speak to us in your word

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 like a good father to his children. That you would help us to be attentive. That you would

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 open our ears and our eyes. That you'd clear our minds. That you'd soften our hearts. That we would be able to

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 hear and see and understand and believe everything that you've written in your word. We ask these things in the

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 mighty name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

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 I know that many of you are familiar with the 1987 cult classic, The Princess Bride,

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 which tells the story of a woman named Buttercup who

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 has true love with a farmhand named Wesley, but of course she

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 encounters a variety of obstacles. One of which is that she's kidnapped

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 by three men.

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 And one of those three is a Sicilian

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 named Vizzini who has this favorite word that he likes to say

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 over and over again,

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 which is

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 inconceivable.

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 The problem is that he uses this word in situations that are extremely conceivable.

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 He sees something happening right in front of him and then he says,

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 well of course this can't be happening. And so it reaches this tension point.

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 There's another kidnapper named Inigo Montoya who finally says to him

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 these famous words.

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 You keep using that word.

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 I don't think it means what you think it means.

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 Mark chapter 8 verses 31 through 38 is Jesus' Inigo Montoya moment with Peter.

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 Peter has just confessed Christ.

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 He has said that Jesus is the anointed one.

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 He is not just a prophet or a priest or a king.

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 He is the prophet, the priest, and the king.

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 And Peter, like Vizzini, has no idea what that word actually means.

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 He is using the right word for Jesus and he has the wrong meaning.

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 And so that's why in this story Jesus jumps in explaining things, verse 32,

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 to them plainly.

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 He is no longer doing what he did in Mark chapter 4

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 where he would explain things in parables that needed to be understood with additional explanation.

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 Instead, he tells them clearly that being the Messiah, being the Son of Man,

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 means something different than what Peter and the Jews of that time expected.

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 It meant that he would suffer, be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes,

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 and be killed.

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 And this is the opposite of what they expect.

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 If Jesus is the Christ, does that not mean that he is the king?

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 And what is it that kings do?

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 Kings do not die.

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 Kings don't get killed.

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 Kings do the killing.

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 Jesus has flipped something upside down.

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 This is complete nonsense that he is talking.

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 And so Peter here so helpfully steps in once again

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 to get Jesus back on the right track.

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 Verse 32, Peter takes him aside and begins to rebuke him.

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 This is similar to what we saw in chapter 6

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 when Jesus was feeding the 5,000.

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 Remember, the disciples pulled him aside to remind him

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 that these people who'd been listening to him for so long

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 obviously needed to leave and get something to eat.

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 It is hard to keep Jesus on track.

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 In fact, it may seem at times to the disciples

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 that Jesus is so heavenly-minded that he is of no earthly good.

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 And so Peter here just needs to help Jesus understand

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 what it is that it means to be the Christ or the Messiah.

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 No, Jesus, you're not going to be killed.

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 You're going to kill.

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 You're not going to be trampled.

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 You're going to come and crush the Romans for us.

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 You're either going to be the one who finally brings

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 the dreams and hopes of the Jewish nation to a culmination.

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 But it is Peter, like Venzini, who is completely wrong.

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 It is Peter who does not know what the word Christ means.

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 And so that's why Jesus here, verse 33,

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 turns and rebukes him.

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 There's a parallel here.

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 Verse 32, Peter rebukes Jesus.

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 Verse 33, the same word, Jesus rebukes Peter

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 in these strong words.

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 Get behind me, Satan, for you are not setting your mind

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 on the things of God, but on the things of man.

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 Now, Peter here has not somehow mysteriously

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 transformed into Satan.

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 He's not been possessed in some way.

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 What Jesus is saying is that the work of Satan

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 is the work that takes Jesus away from the cross.

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 And so the words that Peter is speaking

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 are words that are opposed to Jesus and his mission.

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 It's at this moment with this background

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 that Jesus then calls in this larger group.

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 He wants to talk to more than just the 12

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 about the true meaning of this word.

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 That's why verse 34, we see him call the crowd

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 together with him, together with his disciples

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 before he gives them this important teaching.

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 In his rebuke to Peter, he helps us understand

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 that there are two ways and only two ways

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 to live in this world.

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 Look with me at verse 33.

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 You are not setting your mind on the things of God,

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 but the things of man.

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 The things of God versus the things of man.

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 And Jesus is going to explain that here.

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 Verses 35 through 37, we begin to understand

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 what the things of man look like.

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 Verse 35, for whoever would save his life will lose it,

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 but whoever loses his life for my sake

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 and the gospels will save it.

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 Verse 36, he goes on to explain what it means

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 to try to save your life.

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 For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world

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 and forfeit his soul?

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 For what can a man give in return for his soul?

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 In other words, living by the things of man

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 means that we want power, wealth, honor,

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 influence, and success now.

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 The person who wants the things of this world,

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 there's an economic undertone.

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 Verse 37, what can a man give in return for his soul?

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 In other words, how much money would it take

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 to buy your soul?

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 Never enough.

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 You can never experience so much success in this life

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 that the economic trade-off is worth it.

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 How would you do that though?

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 How would you gain the entire world?

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 How is it that you would experience that honor and success,

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 that glory, everything that you want right now?

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 Jesus makes it clear to us.

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 Verse 38,

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 for whoever is ashamed of me and of my words

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 in this adulterous and sinful generation.

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 In other words,

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 there are many nice and wonderful and kind people

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 who are living according to the way of the world.

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 There are many nice and wonderful and kind people

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 whose beliefs and views and commitments change

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 based on what is best for me right now.

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 They are gaining temporary things

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 that this world has to offer at the expense of Jesus.

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 You can save your life,

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 and when Jesus says save your life,

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 he means save it now.

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 You can save your life and gain the whole world,

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 but you'll be ashamed of me and my words.

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 You cannot have Jesus

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 and everything that this world has to offer right now.

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 You cannot have Jesus

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 and everything this world has to offer right now.

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 Peter is looking for a conquering king here and now.

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 He is looking for Jesus to do something in that time

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 and that place that will look extremely powerful

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 in the eyes of the world.

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 And Jesus is saying that his power and his kingdom

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 in all its fullness and glory

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 is something that is saved for the future.

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 Because right now,

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 it is suffering and sacrifice.

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 Here's what the things of God really look like.

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 Verse 34.

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 Deny yourself,

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 take up your cross,

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 and follow me.

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 Now, it's important for us to remember

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 that the idea of the cross,

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 the image of the cross,

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 was not something sentimental at this time.

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 It would not have been something

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 that people would have worn as necklaces

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 or as jewelry.

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 Instead, the cross was this symbol

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 of incredible shame and dishonor and suffering.

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 The cross was only for people

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 who were outcasts of society.

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 It would have been typical

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 if someone was crucified

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 for the vertical piece of the cross

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 to already be waiting for them.

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 And so Jesus is giving them a real image

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 that they would have understand.

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 Someone who carried their cross

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 would have taken that horizontal bar

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 and they would have put it on their shoulder

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 as they took the trip to their crucifixion.

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 To carry your cross then

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 meant at least two things.

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 First, it meant you were on your journey to death.

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 If you saw someone carrying that horizontal bar,

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 you knew that within a matter of hours,

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 they would no longer be alive.

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 In addition, it meant that you were an object

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 of incredible shame.

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 If someone saw you carrying your cross,

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 they would know that you were the worst of the worst.

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 They would know that you were not just a regular criminal,

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 you were a terrible criminal.

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 They would know that you hadn't just made a small mistake,

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 but that you had denied the world.

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 And so Jesus is telling Peter here,

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 you are looking to honor and success and victory now.

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 But instead, if you follow me,

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 you are going to lose pleasure and comfort and ease.

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 You are going to lose social status.

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 You are going to lose this world

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 to be connected with me and my words.

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 In other words, there is an inevitable conflict

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 and collision with this world

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 if and when and as we follow after Jesus.

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 We cannot escape it.

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 There will always be a loss.

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 Christianity is not an extracurricular

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 to add on to an otherwise beautiful life.

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 It is instead the way of life.

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 It is a completely different orientation

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 with different loves and goals and objectives.

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 It's like we've talked about before

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 that Christianity is a keystone commitment,

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 not an accessory commitment.

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 It will limit how much we experience

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 of the goodness of this world

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 as we look forward to the goodness in the future.

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 When we were going through 1 and 2 Peter,

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 I told you some stories from the book

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 Candles Behind the Wall,

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 which tells the story of the church under communism.

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 One of the stories it tells is of the pressures

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 that teenagers experienced during this time

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 is they were strongly encouraged

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 to take part in communist youth organizations.

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 Even more than strongly encouraged,

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 it was known that if you did not take part

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 in these organizations,

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 you would be limited in two ways.

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 You'd be limited in the type of school

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 you would be able to attend

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 or whether you'd be able to attend school at all,

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 and you would be limited in the type of job

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 that you would be able to have.

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 In other words, Christians made a lot less money

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 if they chose to remain faithful.

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 Doors were closed.

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 Opportunities were closed to them.

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 And so she tells the story of two sisters,

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 Marsha and Vera Borisov,

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 who were on their way to becoming incredible surgeons.

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 They had studied hard in school

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 and they were extremely successful.

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 The only problem is they had to meet each of them

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 with a commission who would examine them

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 as to whether they would be allowed

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 to continue in their education.

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 They were told they met

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 and they're asked this question,

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 why was she not a member

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 of this communist youth organization?

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 Maybe it's because you're a Christian believer.

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 One of the examining professors ventured probingly.

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 Both girls had read the Bible since their childhood

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 and they knew well the passage where Jesus said,

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 I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others,

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 the Son of Man also will acknowledge

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 before the angels of God.

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 But whoever denies me before others

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 will be denied before the angels of God.

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 And that's from Luke chapter 12.

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 As Marsha stood before the committee of 30,

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 all of whom were waiting for her answer,

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 she remembered this verse.

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 She imagined the company of heaven

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 looking on at that moment

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 to see how she would answer the question.

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 She knew what answer she had to give

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 regardless of what the commission thought.

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 Yes, she said, I am a Christian.

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 Interrogated separately,

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 her sister Vera gave the same answer.

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 The result of the committee's examinations

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 of both girls was predictable.

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 They were rejected.

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 Because they knew the word of God,

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 they stood firm and confessed Christ.

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 Those girls knew the truth of what Jesus says here.

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 Whoever would save his life will lose it,

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 but whoever loses his life for my sake

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 and the gospel's will save it.

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 Everyone wants to be a gangster

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 until it's time to do gangster things.

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 Everyone wants to be a disciple of Jesus

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 until it's time to do disciple things.

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 Following Jesus means loss in this world.

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 In our economic lives,

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 it is difficult,

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 if not impossible,

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 to live a life of constant consumption

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 and peak experiences

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 if we are following Jesus' call

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 to a life of radical generosity

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 and hospitality and service.

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 in our community lives,

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 it is difficult,

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 if not impossible,

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 to only hang out with those

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 who look like us

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 and think like us

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 if we are following Jesus' call

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 to base our communities around the gospel

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 rather than our preferences and hobbies.

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 It is difficult,

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 if not impossible,

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 in our vocational lives

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 to make it all the way up

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 the corporate ladder

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 in the world of the West

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 unless you're willing to celebrate lies

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 and sexual perversion.

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 It is difficult,

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 if not impossible,

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 to teach the next generation

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 to love and follow Jesus

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 without sacrifices and trade-offs.

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 Following Jesus in this world

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 comes at a cost.

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 There is a price

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 for valuing him

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 above everything else.

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 So I've made a pretty bad sales pitch here.

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 And the question is this,

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 why would you choose that?

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 Why would you want to lose out

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 on all those good

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 and wonderful and beautiful things?

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 Why would you say no

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 for gathering

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 with an awkward group of people

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 like us on Sunday morning?

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 Thankfully, Jesus does not just provide

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 a call to obedience here.

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 He also helps us understand

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 what gives us the motivation

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 and the power and the love

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 to keep going.

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 And it is this,

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 that Christians live

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 for something greater and higher.

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 Christians have a more expansive view

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 of the world

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 and view of the future.

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 Remember from that story,

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 what was it that she imagined

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 all around her,

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 but the angels looking on

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 to hear her answer

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 to the question

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 from that commission.

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 Why would you deny yourself

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 unless there is something greater

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 and more precious

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 and more valuable?

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 How do we put aside

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 the temptations of this world?

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 Well, the answer is here

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 right for us in this text.

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 Verse 34 provides a sandwich

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 at the beginning

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 and at the end

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 of this suffering

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 that he talks about.

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 If anyone would come after me,

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 suffering, suffering, suffering, suffering,

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 follow me.

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 Jesus is at the beginning

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 and the end.

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 He is the sandwich

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 of this statement.

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 This begins and ends

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 with us keeping Jesus clear

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 in our sights

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 as he is the vision

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 that we have in front of us.

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 We are trading honor now

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 for honor later.

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 Verse 38 tells us

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 what it is

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 that we're headed for.

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 If whoever is ashamed of me

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 and my words

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 in this adulterous

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 and sinful generation,

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 of him will the Son of Man

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 also be ashamed

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 when he comes

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 in the glory of his Father

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 with the holy angels.

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 If that's true

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 for those who are ashamed,

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 what is true

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 for those who remain faithful?

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 Well, it's the opposite.

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 Whoever is associated

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 with Jesus

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 and his words

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 no matter what

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 in this adulterous

00:21:28.920 --> 00:21:30.019
 and sinful generation,

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 of him

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 will the Son of Man

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 come back

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 and say,

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 well done,

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 good and faithful servant.

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 of him

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 will the Son of Man

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 come back

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 and welcome

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 into his kingdom.

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 Of him

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 will the Son of Man

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 give a large embrace.

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 Christians are able

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 to put aside

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 the things of this world

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 that might pull us away

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 because we have

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 such a greater

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 and brighter future

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 to look forward to.

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 We are not carrying

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 our cross, period.

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 we are carrying

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 our cross

00:22:04.640 --> 00:22:06.900
 following Jesus.

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 Jesus is the reason

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 that this

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 is worth it.

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 He tells us

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 in verse 38

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 that he is

00:22:16.800 --> 00:22:17.980
 coming back

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 and so Christians

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 look forward

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 to that day.

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:28.040
 In the spring

00:22:28.040 --> 00:22:29.120
 of 2009,

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 I went on

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 a traveling

00:22:30.959 --> 00:22:32.859
 study abroad program

00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:33.299
 that I have

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 mentioned a few

00:22:34.239 --> 00:22:34.959
 other times

00:22:34.959 --> 00:22:35.939
 over the years

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 and one of the places

00:22:37.399 --> 00:22:38.319
 that we went to

00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:38.939
 was Italy

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 and we spent

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 about two weeks

00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:41.179
 in the city of Rome.

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 While we were in Rome,

00:22:43.679 --> 00:22:44.459
 there was a point

00:22:44.459 --> 00:22:44.939
 at which we were

00:22:44.939 --> 00:22:45.519
 supposed to go out

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.839
 to this fancy dinner

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 with some alumni

00:22:48.419 --> 00:22:49.339
 of our college

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:49.819
 who were going to

00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.579
 teach us some things

00:22:50.579 --> 00:22:51.199
 about wine.

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 It was sort of

00:22:52.399 --> 00:22:53.739
 decided by many people

00:22:53.739 --> 00:22:54.299
 in this group

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 that we were going

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.599
 to dress up

00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.239
 for this event.

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 Now,

00:22:57.879 --> 00:22:58.759
 one of my friends

00:22:58.759 --> 00:23:00.079
 was on this trip

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 and right before

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.799
 she left,

00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:03.140
 she had started

00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:04.059
 dating a man

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:05.059
 that she was

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.660
 madly in love

00:23:05.660 --> 00:23:06.039
 with him

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.480
 and he was

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:07.299
 madly in love

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:07.839
 with her.

00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:09.539
 She had already

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:10.119
 committed to

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:10.839
 the study abroad

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.140
 trip.

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 So they started

00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:13.299
 dating maybe

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:14.079
 two months

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:14.980
 before she left

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.519
 the country

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 for four or five

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.039
 months.

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 And so they did

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:18.660
 their best

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.500
 to keep in touch

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:20.039
 and of course

00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:21.339
 he was looking

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:22.279
 forward to the day

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:22.879
 and she was

00:23:22.879 --> 00:23:23.299
 looking forward

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:23.740
 to the day

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.379
 when she would

00:23:24.379 --> 00:23:24.960
 come back

00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:26.019
 to the United States

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.759
 and they would

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.319
 be reunited.

00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:29.559
 As we went

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.259
 to this dinner

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:31.740
 she did not

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.679
 dress up

00:23:32.679 --> 00:23:34.619
 unlike all

00:23:34.619 --> 00:23:35.220
 the other girls

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:35.679
 on the trip.

00:23:37.099 --> 00:23:38.159
 As I talked

00:23:38.159 --> 00:23:38.879
 to her on the way

00:23:38.879 --> 00:23:39.779
 she explained

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.319
 to me

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 I only want

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:44.139
 to dress up

00:23:44.139 --> 00:23:44.839
 for him.

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 I don't care

00:23:48.439 --> 00:23:49.639
 what anyone

00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:51.159
 else thinks.

00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:54.740
 Brothers and sisters

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 as we go

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.819
 through this

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.240
 world

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.019
 we are

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.900
 looking forward

00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.839
 to the verse

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.759
 38 moment

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.700
 when we are

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.839
 reunited with

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:03.880
 Christ and the

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.480
 Son of Man

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.120
 is coming on

00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:05.680
 the clouds.

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:08.339
 We do not

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:09.160
 care what

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:10.259
 anyone else

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.920
 thinks.

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.839
 We do not

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:14.039
 dress up

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.920
 for anyone

00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.400
 else.

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:18.200
 We only

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:19.319
 want to look

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:20.640
 good for

00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:21.079
 him.

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:25.199
 Jesus

00:24:25.199 --> 00:24:26.079
 opinion

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:26.980
 is the

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.399
 only

00:24:27.399 --> 00:24:28.079
 opinion

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:28.879
 we

00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:29.679
 care

00:24:29.679 --> 00:24:30.339
 about.

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.079
 That's

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:33.539
 why we

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:34.119
 come back

00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:34.679
 week after

00:24:34.679 --> 00:24:35.139
 week and

00:24:35.139 --> 00:24:35.439
 gather

00:24:35.439 --> 00:24:35.859
 together

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:36.220
 that we

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.379
 can

00:24:36.379 --> 00:24:37.079
 remind

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:37.720
 one

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.039
 another

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:38.319
 of

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:38.699
 what

00:24:38.699 --> 00:24:39.179
 is

00:24:39.179 --> 00:24:39.559
 true

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:39.879
 in the

00:24:39.879 --> 00:24:40.179
 present

00:24:40.179 --> 00:24:40.379
 and

00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:40.519
 what

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:40.659
 would

00:24:40.659 --> 00:24:40.819
 be

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:41.199
 true

00:24:41.199 --> 00:24:41.519
 in

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:41.720
 the

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.059
 future

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:42.319
 that

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:42.460
 we

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:42.699
 would

00:24:42.699 --> 00:24:43.079
 never

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:43.579
 lose

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:44.119
 sight

00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:44.699
 that

00:24:44.699 --> 00:24:44.879
 our

00:24:44.879 --> 00:24:45.559
 perspective

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:45.960
 would

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.259
 say

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.740
 true

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:46.960
 that

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.139
 the

00:24:47.139 --> 00:24:47.759
 horizon

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.079
 line

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:48.240
 that

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.379
 we

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:48.679
 look

00:24:48.679 --> 00:24:49.019
 toward

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:49.480
 would

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:49.619
 be

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:49.799
 the

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.299
 correct

00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:50.699
 one

00:24:50.699 --> 00:24:50.899
 it

00:24:50.899 --> 00:24:51.039
 would

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.139
 be

00:24:51.139 --> 00:24:51.299
 the

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.639
 one

00:24:51.639 --> 00:24:52.000
 that

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.139
 is

00:24:52.139 --> 00:24:52.539
 high

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.439
 enough

00:24:53.439 --> 00:24:59.000
 there's

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.299
 a woman

00:24:59.299 --> 00:24:59.719
 named

00:24:59.719 --> 00:25:00.399
 Zane

00:25:00.399 --> 00:25:00.859
 Asher

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.179
 who's

00:25:01.179 --> 00:25:01.619
 currently

00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:02.339
 a news

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:02.619
 anchor

00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:02.979
 for

00:25:02.979 --> 00:25:03.500
 CNN

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.059
 National

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:05.079
 and

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.419
 in

00:25:05.419 --> 00:25:05.699
 April

00:25:05.699 --> 00:25:05.859
 of

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.059
 this

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.259
 year

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.539
 she

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.079
 released

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.319
 her

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:08.119
 autobiography

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:08.559
 called

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.239
 Where

00:25:09.239 --> 00:25:09.439
 the

00:25:09.439 --> 00:25:09.719
 Children

00:25:09.719 --> 00:25:10.099
 Take

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.379
 Us

00:25:10.379 --> 00:25:10.719
 and

00:25:10.719 --> 00:25:10.859
 she

00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:11.099
 tells

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:11.339
 this

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:11.899
 unlikely

00:25:11.899 --> 00:25:12.559
 story

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.179
 of how

00:25:13.179 --> 00:25:13.339
 she

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:13.500
 was

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:13.759
 raised

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.119
 by a

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:14.379
 mom

00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:14.599
 who

00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:14.959
 was

00:25:14.959 --> 00:25:15.239
 both

00:25:15.239 --> 00:25:15.439
 a

00:25:15.439 --> 00:25:15.659
 widow

00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:16.159
 and

00:25:16.159 --> 00:25:16.319
 an

00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:16.619
 immigrant

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:16.979
 from

00:25:16.979 --> 00:25:17.500
 Nigeria

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.479
 in

00:25:18.479 --> 00:25:18.779
 South

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.159
 London

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:19.860
 and

00:25:19.860 --> 00:25:20.380
 despite

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.180
 her

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.620
 difficult

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.340
 circumstances

00:25:22.340 --> 00:25:22.720
 against

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.019
 all

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.240
 these

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.700
 odds

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.160
 Zane

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.380
 goes

00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:24.680
 on

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.019
 to

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.759
 become

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:25.880
 a

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:26.019
 student

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.160
 at

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.300
 Oxford

00:25:26.300 --> 00:25:26.900
 she

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:27.080
 then

00:25:27.080 --> 00:25:27.259
 goes

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.460
 on

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:27.600
 to

00:25:27.600 --> 00:25:27.940
 work

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.200
 for

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:28.640
 CNN

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.460
 much

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:29.640
 of

00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:29.820
 it

00:25:29.820 --> 00:25:30.140
 because

00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:30.340
 of

00:25:30.340 --> 00:25:30.519
 her

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.100
 mom's

00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:31.820
 vision

00:25:31.820 --> 00:25:33.480
 when

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:33.840
 Zane

00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:34.200
 was

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:35.060
 13

00:25:35.060 --> 00:25:35.560
 years

00:25:35.560 --> 00:25:35.960
 old

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.380
 her

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:36.600
 mom

00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:36.880
 created

00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:37.120
 this

00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:37.540
 dream

00:25:37.540 --> 00:25:37.820
 for

00:25:37.820 --> 00:25:38.019
 her

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.220
 that

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:38.400
 she

00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:38.600
 was

00:25:38.600 --> 00:25:38.840
 going

00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.040
 to

00:25:39.040 --> 00:25:39.560
 attend

00:25:39.560 --> 00:25:40.320
 Oxford

00:25:40.320 --> 00:25:40.940
 University

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.800
 now

00:25:41.800 --> 00:25:41.960
 at

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.100
 the

00:25:42.100 --> 00:25:42.480
 same

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:42.980
 time

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.240
 that

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:43.440
 her

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:43.720
 mother

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.080
 had

00:25:44.080 --> 00:25:44.400
 given

00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:44.640
 her

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:44.900
 this

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.279
 vision

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.560
 this

00:25:45.560 --> 00:25:46.060
 dream

00:25:46.060 --> 00:25:46.400
 of her

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:46.840
 future

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:47.500
 Zane

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:47.980
 also

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.639
 discovered

00:25:48.639 --> 00:25:49.059
 how

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:49.519
 fun

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:49.679
 it

00:25:49.679 --> 00:25:50.019
 was

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.199
 to

00:25:50.199 --> 00:25:50.500
 party

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:52.179
 and

00:25:52.179 --> 00:25:52.319
 so

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.539
 about

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:52.679
 a

00:25:52.679 --> 00:25:52.879
 year

00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.220
 later

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.519
 she

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:53.720
 had

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.099
 found

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:54.359
 out

00:25:54.359 --> 00:25:54.519
 that

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:54.679
 she

00:25:54.679 --> 00:25:54.899
 could

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.199
 sneak

00:25:55.199 --> 00:25:55.459
 out

00:25:55.459 --> 00:25:55.599
 at

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:55.859
 night

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.259
 and

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:56.419
 if

00:25:56.419 --> 00:25:56.539
 she

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:56.740
 was

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.139
 careful

00:25:57.139 --> 00:25:57.699
 she'd

00:25:57.699 --> 00:25:57.980
 be able

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.220
 to

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.819
 experience

00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.359
 everything

00:25:59.359 --> 00:25:59.579
 that

00:25:59.579 --> 00:25:59.839
 London

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:00.119
 had

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.279
 to

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.619
 offer

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:00.799
 and

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:00.939
 then

00:26:00.939 --> 00:26:01.099
 she

00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:01.299
 could

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:01.559
 sneak

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:01.919
 back

00:26:01.919 --> 00:26:02.039
 and

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.179
 her

00:26:02.179 --> 00:26:02.419
 mom

00:26:02.419 --> 00:26:02.539
 would

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:02.679
 be

00:26:02.679 --> 00:26:02.899
 none

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.060
 the

00:26:03.060 --> 00:26:03.420
 wiser

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:05.360
 until

00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:05.820
 one

00:26:05.820 --> 00:26:06.120
 night

00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:06.400
 she

00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:06.820
 came

00:26:06.820 --> 00:26:07.160
 in

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:08.120
 around

00:26:08.120 --> 00:26:08.640
 3

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:09.160
 a.m.

00:26:09.800 --> 00:26:10.000
 and

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.160
 her

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.420
 mom

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:10.840
 finally

00:26:10.840 --> 00:26:11.180
 caught

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.460
 her

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:13.820
 now

00:26:13.820 --> 00:26:14.019
 you

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:14.320
 have

00:26:14.320 --> 00:26:14.540
 this

00:26:14.540 --> 00:26:14.920
 strict

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.240
 mother

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.460
 with

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:15.780
 great

00:26:15.780 --> 00:26:16.320
 dreams

00:26:16.320 --> 00:26:16.560
 for

00:26:16.560 --> 00:26:16.740
 her

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.060
 daughter

00:26:17.060 --> 00:26:17.519
 what

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:17.600
 do

00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:17.640
 you

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:17.900
 expect

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.080
 to

00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:18.340
 happen

00:26:18.340 --> 00:26:18.500
 at

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:18.680
 this

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.000
 point

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:21.080
 you

00:26:21.080 --> 00:26:21.420
 expect

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:21.720
 maybe

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:21.980
 she

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.140
 would

00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:22.280
 be

00:26:22.280 --> 00:26:22.780
 grounded

00:26:22.780 --> 00:26:23.140
 maybe

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.380
 there

00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:23.519
 would

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:23.680
 be

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.320
 increased

00:26:24.320 --> 00:26:24.880
 discipline

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:25.560
 and

00:26:25.560 --> 00:26:26.040
 punishment

00:26:26.040 --> 00:26:27.320
 but

00:26:27.320 --> 00:26:27.460
 in

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:27.740
 fact

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:27.920
 her

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.140
 mother

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:28.500
 does

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:28.900
 something

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.280
 very

00:26:29.280 --> 00:26:29.720
 different

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.280
 she

00:26:30.280 --> 00:26:30.540
 tells

00:26:30.540 --> 00:26:30.700
 us

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.000
 this

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.820
 she

00:26:31.820 --> 00:26:32.019
 was

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.480
 angry

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.620
 but

00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:33.980
 rather

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.240
 than

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.660
 punishing

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:34.980
 me

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.120
 as

00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:35.299
 she

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:35.900
 ordinarily

00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:36.319
 might

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:36.680
 have

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.259
 she

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.620
 took

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:37.839
 me

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.220
 back

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:38.420
 to

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:38.900
 visit

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.759
 Oxford

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:41.120
 less

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.279
 than

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.559
 a year

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:41.799
 after

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.019
 our

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.380
 first

00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:42.740
 trip

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:42.960
 we

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.360
 made

00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:43.579
 the

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:44.000
 60

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.380
 mile

00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:44.920
 pilgrimage

00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:45.900
 once

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.319
 again

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:46.579
 to

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:46.980
 wander

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.440
 those

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:47.960
 hallowed

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.339
 streets

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:49.599
 this

00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:49.900
 time

00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:50.079
 we

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.400
 stayed

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:50.660
 a little

00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:51.099
 longer

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:52.160
 and

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:52.500
 again

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:52.819
 we

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.319
 returned

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:53.819
 happy

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:54.400
 and

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:54.900
 inspired

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:56.160
 in

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.519
 this

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:56.920
 way

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.200
 a

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.539
 mother

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:57.920
 daughter

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.480
 tradition

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:58.799
 was

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.240
 born

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.940
 that

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:00.380
 spanned

00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:00.579
 the

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.079
 entirety

00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:01.460
 of my

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:01.740
 teenage

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.259
 years

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:03.240
 whenever

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.700
 I

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.500
 misbehaved

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.059
 or stayed

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.299
 out

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.579
 later

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:05.960
 than I

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.279
 should

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:06.980
 I

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.140
 was

00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:07.339
 never

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:07.779
 grounded

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.460
 or spanked

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:08.940
 or forced

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.359
 to do

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:09.779
 chores

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:11.379
 instead

00:27:11.379 --> 00:27:12.539
 my mother

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.119
 would take

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:13.660
 me back

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.240
 to visit

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.759
 Oxford

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.859
 to show

00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:16.660
 me something

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.259
 better

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:18.379
 to aspire

00:27:18.379 --> 00:27:18.799
 to

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:20.940
 brothers and

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.299
 sisters

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:23.200
 when we

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:24.460
 are tempted

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:25.519
 to turn

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.220
 away

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:27.160
 from Christ

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:28.500
 when we

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.220
 believe that

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:29.799
 what this

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.319
 world

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:31.259
 has to

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.619
 offer

00:27:31.619 --> 00:27:32.460
 is better

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:33.179
 than what

00:27:33.179 --> 00:27:33.480
 Jesus

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:33.939
 gives

00:27:33.939 --> 00:27:34.220
 us

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.619
 the

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.200
 answer

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.980
 is not

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.619
 greater

00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:37.339
 discipline

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:38.099
 or self

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:38.679
 control

00:27:38.679 --> 00:27:39.679
 the answer

00:27:39.679 --> 00:27:40.240
 is that

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.980
 we fill

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.819
 our minds

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.200
 and our

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.599
 hearts

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.159
 again

00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:43.819
 with the

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.299
 vision

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:44.879
 of the

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.439
 future

00:27:45.439 --> 00:27:46.019
 that is

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.460
 true

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:48.259
 we

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:49.119
 remember

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:49.539
 that

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.019
 Jesus

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:51.159
 is coming

00:27:51.159 --> 00:27:52.019
 on the

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.559
 clouds

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:55.000
 and we

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:56.139
 will let

00:27:56.139 --> 00:27:57.099
 nothing

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:58.279
 get in

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.639
 the way

00:27:58.639 --> 00:28:01.240
 and a

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.659
 few years

00:28:01.659 --> 00:28:02.000
 later

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:03.319
 Zane

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:04.919
 became a

00:28:04.919 --> 00:28:05.220
 student

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:06.460
 at Oxford

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 verse 35

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 for whoever

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 would save

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 his life

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 will lose

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 it

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 but whoever

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 loses his

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 life for

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 my sake

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 and the

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 gospels

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 will save

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 it

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 for whoever

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 is ashamed

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 of me

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 and of my

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 words

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 in this

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 adulterous

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 and sinful

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 generation

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 of him

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 will the

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 son of

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 man

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 also be

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 ashamed

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 when he

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 comes

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 in the

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 glory

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 of his

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 father

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 with the

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 holy

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 angels

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 let's

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 pray

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 our

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 father

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 in heaven

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 we

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 thank you

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 this morning

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 that you

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 don't

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 simply

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 call us

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 to

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 obedience

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 but you

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 have adopted

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 us as

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 your sons

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 and your

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 daughters

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 and you've

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 given us

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 all the

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 privileges

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 that come

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 with that

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 that we

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 have an

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 inheritance

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 that is

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 protected

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 and safe

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 to look

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 forward

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 to

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 and even

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 more than

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 that

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 we have

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 you

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 with us

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 physically

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 separated

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 from sin

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 and death

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 and suffering

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 forever

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 we ask

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 that you

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 would create

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 a vision

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 in our hearts

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 and our minds

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 that would be

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 greater than

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 anything else

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 that this world

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 could offer

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 that you

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 would let

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 large things

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 eclipse

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 small things

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 that beautiful

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 things

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 would block

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 out ugly

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 things

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 we thank you

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 that you do

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 this by your

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 word and we

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 ask that you

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 continue

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 to grow us

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 to love

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 and follow

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 you

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 we ask

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 these things

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 in the mighty

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 name of

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 Jesus Christ

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 amen