WEBVTT 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:07.980 And if you would open up your Bibles to the Gospel of Mark in your pew Bibles on page 00:00:07.980 --> 00:00:17.839 1003, and we're going to be looking at 1003 and 1004, what we're about to read is a watershed 00:00:17.839 --> 00:00:20.000 moment in the Gospel of Mark. 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:25.060 Hear the Word of God. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:34.119 This is Mark chapter 8, verses 27 through 38. 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:42.980 And Jesus went on with His disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and on the 00:00:42.980 --> 00:00:45.600 way He asked His disciples, who do people say that I am? 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:50.460 And they told Him, John the Baptist, and others say, Elijah, and others, one of the prophets. 00:00:50.879 --> 00:00:54.159 And He asked them, but who do you say that I am? 00:00:54.719 --> 00:00:56.900 Peter answered Him, you are the Christ. 00:00:56.900 --> 00:00:57.060 You are the Christ. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:03.420 And He strictly charged them to tell no one about Him. 00:01:05.420 --> 00:01:09.500 And began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by 00:01:09.500 --> 00:01:12.260 the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed. 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:14.200 And after three days rise again. 00:01:14.319 --> 00:01:18.920 And He said this plainly, and Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. 00:01:19.700 --> 00:01:24.240 But turning and seeing His disciples, Jesus rebuked Peter and said, get behind me, Satan, 00:01:24.560 --> 00:01:27.900 for you're not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man. 00:01:27.900 --> 00:01:33.960 And calling the crowd to Him with His disciples, He said to them, if anyone would come after 00:01:33.960 --> 00:01:39.000 me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 00:01:39.320 --> 00:01:42.520 For whoever would save his life will lose it. 00:01:42.960 --> 00:01:47.320 But whoever loses his life for my sake in the Gospels will save it. 00:01:47.439 --> 00:01:51.180 For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? 00:01:51.180 --> 00:01:55.160 For what can a man give in return for his soul? 00:01:56.160 --> 00:02:01.080 For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of 00:02:01.080 --> 00:02:08.240 him or her, will the Son of Man also be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:08.980 the holy angels? 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:10.580 May God bless the reading of His Word. 00:02:12.760 --> 00:02:15.200 This is a watershed moment in the Gospel of Mark. 00:02:15.199 --> 00:02:20.239 Jesus, for the first time, is explicitly saying that He must suffer. 00:02:21.939 --> 00:02:26.979 And the suffering Messiah is at the heart of the Christian Gospel. 00:02:28.859 --> 00:02:37.099 But this Messiah, after tells His disciples that He must suffer, goes on to be very clear 00:02:37.099 --> 00:02:40.839 about the cost of following Him. 00:02:40.840 --> 00:02:47.000 And so this morning, we're going to look at the Christ and His call. 00:02:48.200 --> 00:02:49.480 It's a watershed moment. 00:02:51.460 --> 00:02:54.240 And this morning may be a watershed moment in your life. 00:02:56.840 --> 00:03:03.400 We must all respond to Jesus on His terms, not our terms. 00:03:03.400 --> 00:03:12.740 And my concern for the evangelical church at large and our church in particular, is that 00:03:12.740 --> 00:03:18.219 we ourselves follow Jesus and leave out vital information. 00:03:18.819 --> 00:03:24.700 Or we call people to follow Jesus without vital information. 00:03:24.920 --> 00:03:26.960 We kind of edit the call of Jesus. 00:03:27.939 --> 00:03:33.379 Thomas Jefferson, one of our founding fathers, brilliant man, is known for literally 00:03:33.379 --> 00:03:36.299 cutting out passages of the Greek New Testament. 00:03:37.299 --> 00:03:39.979 Passages that he didn't agree with. 00:03:40.979 --> 00:03:46.199 Any passage dealing with a miracle or the supernatural, he cut out because he found them 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:49.979 disagreeable or distasteful. 00:03:50.439 --> 00:03:54.120 He read the Bible on his terms. 00:03:56.039 --> 00:03:57.159 Incredibly prideful. 00:03:59.159 --> 00:04:00.680 But we do something similar. 00:04:00.680 --> 00:04:16.220 When we talk about Jesus to ourselves or to others, we edit out hard things. 00:04:17.220 --> 00:04:23.040 The things that Jesus says in verse 34, if anyone would come after me, let him deny himself 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:25.960 and take up his cross. 00:04:25.959 --> 00:04:33.519 We tend to leave those things out because we want to make it easy for people to follow Jesus. 00:04:35.239 --> 00:04:43.579 We don't think that if people are presented with the suffering Christ and they hear His terms 00:04:43.579 --> 00:04:46.679 for following Him, they'd be like, no way would I ever do that. 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:53.800 We tell our children that they need to ask Jesus into their hearts. 00:04:55.660 --> 00:04:58.000 How does that square with verse 34? 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:11.680 We think our children, our neighbors, non-Christians in our lives, and even ourselves, we just can't 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:18.199 bear to respond to these actual words of Jesus, so we water them down. 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:23.199 Have you responded to these words of Jesus? 00:05:26.099 --> 00:05:27.779 Are you denying yourself? 00:05:29.420 --> 00:05:31.240 Are you taking up your cross? 00:05:32.620 --> 00:05:34.159 Are you following Jesus? 00:05:35.919 --> 00:05:40.199 Have you totally surrendered all to Him? 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:45.719 His call is a costly call. 00:05:47.339 --> 00:05:52.579 And the question you need to ask, is He worth it? 00:05:56.419 --> 00:05:58.579 So we're going to look at two things in this passage. 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:06.339 The Christ who must suffer and His call we must obey. 00:06:06.339 --> 00:06:10.519 So let's look at this Christ who must suffer. 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:12.500 This is verses 27 through 33. 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:15.359 There's more Q&A with Jesus. 00:06:15.560 --> 00:06:17.459 Jesus is on the road with His disciples. 00:06:17.679 --> 00:06:21.959 You can imagine them walking together about 25 miles north of the Sea of Galilee. 00:06:22.179 --> 00:06:24.659 And Jesus strikes up a conversation with them. 00:06:24.719 --> 00:06:26.099 He asks them two questions. 00:06:26.339 --> 00:06:30.299 And there is a reason why He's asking them these questions. 00:06:31.239 --> 00:06:32.679 He asks them two questions. 00:06:33.079 --> 00:06:34.219 Who do people say that I am? 00:06:34.220 --> 00:06:36.680 And then who do you say that I am? 00:06:36.700 --> 00:06:41.640 You can see He's moving from kind of a general question that's safe to answer 00:06:41.640 --> 00:06:46.440 to now more a very specific question for each one of them to have to answer. 00:06:46.900 --> 00:06:47.980 It gets personal. 00:06:49.320 --> 00:06:50.640 Who do people say that I am? 00:06:50.680 --> 00:06:51.960 And they answer verse 28. 00:06:52.820 --> 00:06:56.040 Some people say that you're John the Baptist who is beheaded in chapter 6. 00:06:57.320 --> 00:07:01.940 Herod thought that Jesus was John the Baptist brought back to life. 00:07:01.939 --> 00:07:08.120 Some people say that you are Elijah who was the prophet that was taken up in a whirlwind 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:14.139 in the chariots of fire and was believed to have come back when just before the great 00:07:14.139 --> 00:07:15.300 and terrible day of the Lord. 00:07:15.420 --> 00:07:18.899 And then they believe that you're maybe one of the prophets. 00:07:18.899 --> 00:07:25.819 This might be a reference to the prophet Moses referenced in Deuteronomy 19. 00:07:26.079 --> 00:07:28.179 All of these answers are dealing with the same thing. 00:07:28.259 --> 00:07:29.879 Someone who is speaking the words of God. 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:37.379 So popular opinion of the day is that Jesus is seen as a prophet and He's held in high esteem. 00:07:37.379 --> 00:07:44.040 Today, if you were to ask people, who do you say that Jesus is, you're going to get a variety 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:44.699 of different answers. 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:52.040 Some people would say, well, we think I, I don't know, religious myth. 00:07:53.519 --> 00:07:55.579 Some people will say it's more sentimental. 00:07:55.759 --> 00:07:57.600 Yeah, my grandma talked about Jesus a lot. 00:07:57.600 --> 00:08:03.720 Some people think that He's just a historical figure, that He's a good teacher. 00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:05.840 Some people think we don't need Him. 00:08:06.100 --> 00:08:07.740 That's just a psychological crutch. 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:14.360 I mean, we have science today and technology today and helpful psychological help today. 00:08:14.439 --> 00:08:15.480 We don't need a Jesus. 00:08:15.480 --> 00:08:25.240 Most people, some people actually think that He's the Son of God, but it makes no difference 00:08:25.240 --> 00:08:25.840 in their life. 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:33.779 It turns out most people don't think they need Jesus. 00:08:36.100 --> 00:08:38.940 Jesus asked His disciples, well, who do you say that I am? 00:08:40.019 --> 00:08:42.320 Peter's like, you are the Christ! 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:42.480 Christ! 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:48.940 I think He's talking on behalf of the other disciples. 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:55.399 And when He's talking about the Christ, He has a specific kind of Christ in mind. 00:08:57.139 --> 00:09:01.200 A Christ who would come back in political power. 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:06.379 Establish a rule on earth. 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:08.120 Kick out the Romans. 00:09:08.720 --> 00:09:10.220 Push out the unrighteous. 00:09:11.060 --> 00:09:14.039 Set up a kingdom of righteousness. 00:09:14.039 --> 00:09:16.419 righteousness like back in the old days. 00:09:18.839 --> 00:09:21.759 2 Samuel 7, Psalm 2, Jeremiah 23. 00:09:23.259 --> 00:09:32.679 What would fuel this anticipation of a Messiah King who would come and rescue us from our political 00:09:32.679 --> 00:09:33.299 oppression. 00:09:35.959 --> 00:09:36.779 How about you? 00:09:36.779 --> 00:09:42.159 If Jesus asked you, who do you say that I am? 00:09:44.459 --> 00:09:46.399 How would you answer that? 00:09:49.199 --> 00:09:50.419 Maybe you say, well, I'm not sure. 00:09:50.620 --> 00:09:51.379 The jury's still out. 00:09:51.439 --> 00:09:52.659 I don't have enough information yet. 00:09:53.839 --> 00:09:54.759 That's fine. 00:09:55.039 --> 00:09:57.059 Just take Jesus on His own terms. 00:09:57.059 --> 00:10:05.839 Maybe you think, to be honest with you, I think He's irrelevant. 00:10:08.359 --> 00:10:11.779 Maybe you're in this building against your will. 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:13.819 Maybe your parents dragged you here. 00:10:14.419 --> 00:10:17.159 I knew a guy who said, I grew up with a drug problem. 00:10:17.539 --> 00:10:18.779 My parents drug me to church. 00:10:18.779 --> 00:10:27.120 Maybe you just think, He's largely irrelevant. 00:10:27.279 --> 00:10:31.019 I'm here just to, you know, keep a certain degree of peace in my family. 00:10:33.740 --> 00:10:37.459 Maybe you're thinking, hey, sign me up. 00:10:38.059 --> 00:10:39.139 I think He's the Christ. 00:10:39.319 --> 00:10:41.120 I think He's the long-awaited Messiah. 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:42.820 And I would just ask you this. 00:10:43.259 --> 00:10:44.419 Well, what kind of Messiah? 00:10:46.779 --> 00:10:49.000 What kind of Messiah do you think Jesus is? 00:10:53.940 --> 00:10:59.279 In verse 30, Jesus' response to Peter is a bit surprising. 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:03.919 Because one would think, if you're reading this for the first time, Peter says, you are 00:11:03.919 --> 00:11:04.419 the Christ. 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:07.399 And Jesus would be like, you got it, baby. 00:11:08.600 --> 00:11:09.279 Nailed it. 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:11.980 But Jesus responds in a very interesting way. 00:11:12.059 --> 00:11:16.799 He says, okay, guys, please, please don't let that information out. 00:11:20.579 --> 00:11:23.039 He strictly charged them to tell no one about Him. 00:11:24.259 --> 00:11:28.079 Now, this is kind of counter-evangelical in our minds. 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:28.459 Wait, wait. 00:11:28.819 --> 00:11:33.980 I thought I was to be talking to other people about Jesus as the Christ. 00:11:33.980 --> 00:11:38.379 Why would Jesus say, don't tell people about me, the Christ? 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:44.139 Well, this kind of bubbles up something that we've been bumping into throughout the gospel 00:11:44.139 --> 00:11:44.759 of Mark. 00:11:45.220 --> 00:11:48.519 Jesus has been regularly saying something like this to people. 00:11:48.939 --> 00:11:55.720 I mean, in chapter 1, on two different occasions, He actually tells demons, will you shut your 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:56.039 mouth? 00:11:57.279 --> 00:11:58.120 They know who He is. 00:11:58.159 --> 00:11:59.059 And He says, be quiet. 00:11:59.779 --> 00:12:02.059 He does something similar in chapter 3, 11 and 12. 00:12:02.059 --> 00:12:03.779 And then with people He heals. 00:12:04.899 --> 00:12:11.000 There's a leper in chapter 1 where He tells, don't tell people about this. 00:12:12.199 --> 00:12:18.759 Chapter 5, He raises Jairus' daughter from the dead and He looks at her parents and Peter, 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:21.279 James, and John and He says, don't tell anybody about this. 00:12:21.279 --> 00:12:26.639 There's a deaf man in chapter 7, tell no one. 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:29.179 And that deaf guy kept on telling more people. 00:12:30.199 --> 00:12:34.360 Here in 830, He tells His disciples, strictly charges them to tell no one. 00:12:34.679 --> 00:12:37.439 And the next chapter, chapter 9, is the transfiguration. 00:12:37.620 --> 00:12:39.100 He is shown in His glory. 00:12:39.500 --> 00:12:43.439 And when they're coming down the mountain, He says to Peter, James, and John, hey, don't 00:12:43.439 --> 00:12:44.360 tell anybody about this. 00:12:47.379 --> 00:12:50.199 Man, I think I would want to tell everybody about that. 00:12:50.200 --> 00:12:53.620 What is going on? 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:57.320 Why is He silencing people about who He is? 00:12:57.379 --> 00:12:57.980 Here's why. 00:12:59.100 --> 00:13:01.520 They didn't have all the information about the Christ. 00:13:02.900 --> 00:13:06.960 He knows something about Himself that no one else seems to know. 00:13:07.980 --> 00:13:13.720 And He is going to control the message about Himself until He has the moment where He can 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:15.020 start announcing it. 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:16.879 This is the moment. 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:20.299 He's been waiting. 00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:22.100 This is why He asked them the questions. 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:23.340 Who do people say that I am? 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:24.220 Who do you say that I am? 00:13:24.439 --> 00:13:33.559 He's setting up a moment to be able to tell them who He truly is, the kind of Christ He is. 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:38.679 He knew the kind of Christ. 00:13:38.679 --> 00:13:41.479 He knew the kind of Christ that His disciples were looking for. 00:13:41.599 --> 00:13:44.879 He knew the kind of Christ that the people were looking for. 00:13:44.939 --> 00:13:48.319 If you just look at John 6, 15, they were looking to make someone a king. 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:54.800 And this is the moment. 00:13:56.840 --> 00:14:03.620 This is the moment where He is going to disclose some very important information. 00:14:04.740 --> 00:14:07.980 The Christ must suffer. 00:14:07.980 --> 00:14:16.159 In verse 30, He... 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:18.980 In your Bible, is there a little gap between verse 30 and 31? 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:20.480 A little space? 00:14:20.980 --> 00:14:21.639 It's unfortunate. 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:28.019 Because it can seem like there's a passage of time when the reality is Jesus tells them 00:14:28.019 --> 00:14:28.480 to be... 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:29.940 Strictly charges them to be quiet. 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:31.740 And then He begins teaching them. 00:14:32.659 --> 00:14:33.159 Same breath. 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:39.980 He begins telling them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by 00:14:39.980 --> 00:14:41.899 the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed. 00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:44.259 And after three days, rise again. 00:14:44.419 --> 00:14:47.419 Now, when you hear Son of Man, what I've been trying to help you think is... 00:14:47.419 --> 00:14:50.019 Think back to Daniel chapter 7, verses 13 and 14. 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:55.019 This one like the Son of Man whom God, the ancient of days, will entrust an eternal kingdom, 00:14:55.019 --> 00:14:58.659 an indestructible kingdom made up of people from all nations. 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:00.899 This is the Son of Man. 00:15:00.899 --> 00:15:08.639 Did you notice that Jesus is referencing Himself as the Son of Man in connection to Peter's 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:11.179 confession as Him as the Christ, the Messiah? 00:15:12.259 --> 00:15:14.220 Jesus is making a connection right there. 00:15:14.959 --> 00:15:17.959 The Christ, the Messiah, is the Son of Man. 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:19.600 They're one and the same. 00:15:21.899 --> 00:15:24.699 And what He's saying, which would have been inconceivable, 00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:28.960 Vizzini from the Princess Bride, inconceivable, 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:35.240 is that the Son of Man, the Christ, must suffer. 00:15:36.860 --> 00:15:43.259 Be rejected by the Sanhedrin, the Jewish leadership council, 00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:47.379 made up of elders and chief priests and scribes, 00:15:47.980 --> 00:15:49.420 that He would be killed. 00:15:49.500 --> 00:15:50.700 He must be killed. 00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:52.500 He must be rejected. 00:15:52.900 --> 00:15:57.120 He must rise three days after the fact. 00:15:57.120 --> 00:16:01.200 Let's talk about that word must. 00:16:04.299 --> 00:16:06.080 That's a very important word. 00:16:07.860 --> 00:16:10.539 This is a divine must. 00:16:11.539 --> 00:16:12.879 This is a God must. 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:21.620 This is God's will that His Christ, the Son of Man, must suffer. 00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:24.600 It's a prophetic must. 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:28.879 If you flip back in your Bibles to Isaiah 53, 00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:31.560 it's on page 729 of your pew Bible. 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:33.980 In verses 4 through 6, we read this. 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:37.500 Surely He has borne our griefs, the suffering servant. 00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:40.379 Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. 00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:44.299 Yet we have seen Him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted. 00:16:44.299 --> 00:16:48.639 But He, the suffering servant, was pierced for our transgressions. 00:16:48.939 --> 00:16:51.459 He, the suffering servant, was crushed for our iniquities. 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:55.439 Upon Him, the suffering servant, was the chastisement that brought us peace. 00:16:55.539 --> 00:16:57.819 And with His wounds we are healed. 00:16:58.279 --> 00:16:59.779 All we like sheep have gone astray. 00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:01.579 We have turned everyone to His own way. 00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:04.639 And the Lord laid on Him the iniquity of us all. 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:11.200 Verse 10, yet it was the will of the Lord to crush Him. 00:17:11.780 --> 00:17:13.240 He has put Him to grief. 00:17:14.620 --> 00:17:17.300 When His soul makes an offering for guilt, He shall see His offspring. 00:17:17.740 --> 00:17:18.880 He shall prolong His days. 00:17:19.080 --> 00:17:20.860 It's a hint of resurrection. 00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:23.860 The will of the Lord shall prosper in His hands. 00:17:24.520 --> 00:17:28.080 This must, the Son of Man must suffer. 00:17:28.280 --> 00:17:30.640 Jesus is saying, I'm the suffering servant. 00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:37.640 Listen, the Christ, the Son of Man, who is going to establish a forever indestructible kingdom, 00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:39.200 will suffer. 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:45.940 And that's not just the only prophetic element to this. 00:17:46.380 --> 00:17:49.880 Jesus is making a prophecy right here. 00:17:51.020 --> 00:17:52.400 This is what's going to happen. 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:54.060 And it does. 00:17:56.320 --> 00:17:58.900 But there's another aspect to this must. 00:17:58.900 --> 00:18:00.560 It's just not prophetic. 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:03.540 It's salvific. 00:18:06.100 --> 00:18:14.360 Through His suffering, the Christ, the suffering servant, will accomplish our salvation. 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:18.020 By His wounds we are healed. 00:18:20.460 --> 00:18:22.840 It's His chastisement that brought us peace. 00:18:25.120 --> 00:18:25.720 Did you notice? 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:28.880 Did you notice the gospel in this? 00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:35.960 The Son of Man must suffer, be rejected, killed, and raised. 00:18:37.520 --> 00:18:41.760 This is good news of a suffering Messiah. 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:45.580 It's salvific. 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:49.960 This must is a prophetic must because it's a salvific must. 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:56.460 This represents God's plan for the fullness of time to save as many sinners around the world as possible. 00:18:57.600 --> 00:18:58.960 This is great news. 00:19:00.180 --> 00:19:02.620 And His suffering is non-negotiable. 00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:05.500 It's the fulfillment of God's plan. 00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:15.039 So Jesus is putting a gag order on His disciples because they don't realize that He must suffer. 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:23.000 And He doesn't want them proclaiming a Christ who won't suffer, but somehow think you need to anoint Him as King. 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:28.000 Now, this must have sounded like an oxymoron. 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:30.160 Do you know what an oxymoron is? 00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:32.759 It's deafening silence. 00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:33.380 What? 00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:34.680 How do those two go together? 00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:36.940 Organized chaos. 00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:40.940 If you look at my desk, it's organized chaos. 00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:43.799 Sweet sorrow. 00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:46.440 A winning loser. 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:49.600 Suffering Christ. 00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:55.940 To His disciples, that would have been like, what did He just say? 00:19:58.340 --> 00:20:00.519 And Peter reacts strongly. 00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:01.559 Look at verse 32. 00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:08.059 Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. 00:20:11.900 --> 00:20:12.299 Inconceivable. 00:20:16.059 --> 00:20:17.400 Jesus, can I talk to you for a second? 00:20:22.900 --> 00:20:24.220 I don't know what you're talking about. 00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:26.620 Being a suffering Christ? 00:20:28.080 --> 00:20:30.900 I don't know what you mean by being rejected. 00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:34.559 I mean, they'll see who you are. 00:20:34.860 --> 00:20:35.559 They'll make you King. 00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:39.420 Jesus, I don't understand why you would be killed. 00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:44.340 I don't get any of this raised on the third day business. 00:20:45.320 --> 00:20:49.380 But, hey, if you're the Christ, you're not supposed to be the one who suffers. 00:20:49.580 --> 00:20:53.700 You're the one who's going to inflict suffering on our enemies. 00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:56.660 Jesus, what do you think about me? 00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:59.279 Jesus, I saw you. 00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:03.420 I saw you. 00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:05.680 Calm the seas. 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.720 I know what you can do. 00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:09.519 I saw you, Jesus. 00:21:10.639 --> 00:21:14.799 I saw you cast out the legion and the demoniac. 00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.899 Jesus, I was with you. 00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:22.299 I was probably the one, Peter, who was like, Lord Jesus, what do you mean someone touched you? 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:24.160 Everybody is touching you right now. 00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:28.480 Now, I was there when she was healed. 00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:35.019 I was in the, Jesus, I was in the room with you when you raised Jairus' daughter. 00:21:36.579 --> 00:21:37.620 And I haven't said anything. 00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:43.400 So he's thinking, what do you mean suffer? 00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:46.400 You've got all this authority, Jesus. 00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.480 You're the Christ. 00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:48.940 Bring it to bear. 00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:50.160 Set our people free. 00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:50.259 Okay. 00:21:50.259 --> 00:22:00.240 Peter can't conceive that the Christ must suffer. 00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:03.180 It's what the Apostle Paul talks about in 1 Corinthians 118. 00:22:03.180 --> 00:22:12.019 It's the message of the cross is folly to those who are perishing. 00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:16.960 But to those who are being saved, it's the power of God. 00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:25.160 Jesus responds to Peter with an even stronger rebuke in verse 33. 00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:29.299 He says, get behind me, Satan. 00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.480 That's strong. 00:22:32.120 --> 00:22:35.500 And then he says, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man. 00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:37.960 Why would Jesus say that to Peter? 00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:39.120 Why Satan? 00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:42.619 Well, Satan, we know he's God's enemy. 00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:44.579 He is not God's equal. 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:48.139 It's not like if they got in a wrestling match, it would be close. 00:22:49.879 --> 00:22:55.019 Jesus responds by telling Peter, get behind me, Satan. 00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:56.679 He's like, hey, get out of the way. 00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:58.259 I've got places to go. 00:22:59.019 --> 00:23:04.379 Satan is constantly trying to obstruct God's plan of salvation. 00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:07.980 And so when Peter says, what do you mean, suffering servant? 00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:16.960 The devil will want to deny people, blind people to the suffering Messiah. 00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:21.460 To obstruct faith in a suffering Messiah. 00:23:21.840 --> 00:23:26.840 And so what Peter is doing, unbeknownst to him, he's lining himself up with Satan. 00:23:28.080 --> 00:23:32.680 Denying people a salvation that comes through a suffering Messiah. 00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:36.860 So he says, get behind me, Satan. 00:23:37.100 --> 00:23:40.440 You don't have the things of God on your mind. 00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:42.100 You're not thinking God's thoughts. 00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:45.160 You've got the things of man. 00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:53.660 You're thinking kingdom building kind of like in a worldly, manly way. 00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:56.759 Not God's way of building a kingdom. 00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:01.980 Jesus asked these questions. 00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:04.539 And then answers this way. 00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:09.160 Because the Christ must suffer. 00:24:10.120 --> 00:24:12.940 And for many of you in this room, you don't have to be like, that's ridiculous. 00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:16.299 For other of us in the room, it's like, glory to God. 00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:17.620 That's the only way. 00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:22.620 So Jesus is making crystal clear here. 00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:25.039 Who he is. 00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.799 Been waiting for this moment. 00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:31.680 He's going to repeat this two other times. 00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.819 In Mark chapter 8. 00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:35.460 Mark chapter 9. 00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.399 Mark chapter 10. 00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:38.480 The Christ must suffer. 00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:39.779 Be rejected. 00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:40.960 Be killed. 00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:42.299 And raised on the third day. 00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:47.059 So now, what Jesus moves from saying who he is. 00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.819 The Christ. 00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.799 And he must suffer. 00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:51.419 Now he moves to his call. 00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:55.340 Which we must obey. 00:24:56.060 --> 00:24:57.460 In verses 34 and 38. 00:24:59.060 --> 00:25:00.860 Let me just, before we get into this. 00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:03.420 I gotta, I gotta ask you something. 00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:07.100 Many of you are familiar with these words. 00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:13.459 Will you please listen to Jesus on his terms. 00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:17.319 Not what you want to hear. 00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:20.539 On his terms. 00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:26.359 So after he has now disclosed that he is the son of man. 00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:28.399 The Christ who must suffer. 00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:31.199 He makes this costly call. 00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:34.779 And he's calling everyone in the room to this. 00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:40.980 He says, if anyone would come after me. 00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:45.660 The invitation to follow him is for anyone. 00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:51.119 And the invitation is to come after me. 00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.460 To follow me. 00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:54.819 And of course the me. 00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:59.920 Is a crucified Messiah. 00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:06.440 This is Jesus calling for a decision. 00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:10.279 If anyone would come after me. 00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:14.640 If anyone is willing to follow me. 00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.720 To become my disciple. 00:26:15.860 --> 00:26:16.759 To become a Christian. 00:26:17.300 --> 00:26:19.180 Here is what he or she. 00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:21.019 How they must respond. 00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:26.200 This is not easy. 00:26:29.379 --> 00:26:32.220 So Jesus has already shown that he is the gospel. 00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.599 God's grace to us. 00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:36.200 And now he's calling for a response. 00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.740 We read. 00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:44.079 If anyone would come after me. 00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:44.700 First. 00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:46.480 Let him deny himself. 00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:49.680 It may be a little bit. 00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:52.640 More accurate to say. 00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:55.220 If anyone would come after me. 00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:58.500 He must deny himself. 00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.799 It's an imperative. 00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.779 It's a command. 00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:03.480 And it is. 00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:05.460 A present imperative. 00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:06.059 Which means. 00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:08.500 He must continually. 00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.720 Deny himself. 00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:11.039 She must continually. 00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.660 Deny himself. 00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.299 Herself. 00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.880 So what does that mean? 00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:15.620 What does that mean? 00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.440 Well for Americans. 00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:18.420 Here's what that means. 00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:20.720 It means giving up. 00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.740 Your right. 00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:23.180 Of self determination. 00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.779 That's what that means. 00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.940 To deny yourself. 00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:29.599 Denying. 00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:30.720 Your. 00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:31.900 Authority. 00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.339 To call. 00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:34.380 The shots. 00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:35.720 On your life. 00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:37.120 That's what he's getting at. 00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.579 That's the heart of it. 00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:43.819 Last week. 00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.620 I made an appeal. 00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.339 To Star Trek. 00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:48.180 James. 00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.200 James. 00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:48.799 Tiberius. 00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.180 Kirk. 00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:51.039 Not only. 00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:52.960 Does he have great fashion. 00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:55.120 He's quite a leader. 00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:59.220 Well there's this. 00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.799 Moment. 00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:00.240 Where. 00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:00.640 If you're. 00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:02.099 If you watch the old Star Trek. 00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:02.380 At all. 00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.640 There's. 00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.420 There's this moment. 00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:03.759 Where. 00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:04.839 You know. 00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.440 Captain Kirk. 00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.900 Needs to go talk to Scotty. 00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:08.579 In the engine room. 00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:09.440 Or he needs to get. 00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.500 Beamed down to a planet. 00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:12.079 And he'll look to Spock. 00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.940 First officer. 00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:13.799 And he'll say. 00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.359 Spock. 00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:15.059 You got the bridge. 00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.359 And then Spock. 00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:17.660 Will say. 00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.299 Got the bridge. 00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.099 And then Spock. 00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:20.200 Will sit where? 00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.799 The captain's chair. 00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:27.440 What Jesus is saying here is. 00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:30.519 You need to deny yourself. 00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.900 The captain's chair. 00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.420 If you're going to follow me. 00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:36.880 Someone else is going to sit in that seat. 00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:38.980 That's not you calling the shots in your life. 00:28:41.340 --> 00:28:42.260 This is. 00:28:44.060 --> 00:28:45.580 What he is calling us to. 00:28:48.540 --> 00:28:49.180 And then. 00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:51.880 He wraps it up by saying. 00:28:52.080 --> 00:28:52.560 Follow me. 00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.980 Deny yourself. 00:28:55.780 --> 00:28:56.600 And follow me. 00:28:57.340 --> 00:28:58.280 And what this is. 00:28:58.360 --> 00:28:59.560 Is Jesus is saying. 00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:00.680 Hey. 00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:03.900 Acknowledge me. 00:29:04.080 --> 00:29:05.980 As the authoritative king. 00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.940 Who gets to sit. 00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:08.120 In your captain's chair. 00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.680 Depend on me. 00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.700 Obey me. 00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:14.940 Let me direct your life. 00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:17.079 Deny yourself. 00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:18.240 Self determination. 00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:20.940 And trust me. 00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:22.180 To give direction. 00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.339 To your life. 00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.480 Let me ask you. 00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:24.880 If. 00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:26.539 If you had to choose. 00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.240 Between. 00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:28.940 Who would do a better job. 00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:30.039 Of giving direction. 00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:31.220 To your life. 00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:32.259 Who would you choose? 00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:33.500 You or Jesus. 00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.799 The king of the universe. 00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.200 Jesus. 00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.180 Jesus. 00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.119 Jesus. 00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.079 You've got the bridge. 00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:47.819 We depend on him. 00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:49.180 We trust him. 00:29:49.639 --> 00:29:49.859 Daily. 00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:51.119 We're saying things like. 00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:51.680 Lord. 00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.319 Is this your will? 00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:52.879 Is it. 00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.339 I like to mountain bike. 00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:54.639 Lord. 00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:56.339 Is it your will. 00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:58.680 That I like mountain biking this much. 00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.440 Should I be. 00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:02.220 Giving it so much time. 00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.639 And energy. 00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:07.220 When we deny ourself. 00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.620 And follow him. 00:30:08.820 --> 00:30:10.700 It's a way of talking about. 00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:12.240 What we see throughout the New Testament. 00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.840 Repent and believe. 00:30:15.360 --> 00:30:16.820 It's this idea of. 00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:18.620 The gospel goes out. 00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:19.259 We hear it. 00:30:19.320 --> 00:30:20.220 And the response is. 00:30:20.320 --> 00:30:20.840 To repent. 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:22.120 To turn from yourself. 00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:23.380 And then to believe. 00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:24.500 To turn to Christ. 00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:27.500 And not just once. 00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:29.240 Ongoingly. 00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:34.120 Before I move to. 00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:35.299 Verse 35. 00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.259 Man. 00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.579 Seems like. 00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.539 Hmm. 00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:40.880 Did I forget something? 00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:43.920 Did I forget something? 00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:44.799 In Jesus call. 00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.759 Let's see. 00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:48.160 Deny yourself. 00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:51.380 Take up your cross. 00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.980 And follow me. 00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:58.500 Earlier this week. 00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:58.920 I was. 00:30:59.279 --> 00:31:00.240 Asking the question. 00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:00.539 Why. 00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:03.039 Why does Jesus include that? 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.920 What difference does it make? 00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.539 He could have just said. 00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:07.160 Deny yourself. 00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.720 Follow me. 00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.200 We're good. 00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:08.799 What. 00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:08.940 What. 00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:09.500 What. 00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.160 What. 00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:11.440 What does that little line contribute? 00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:13.380 Take up your cross. 00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:16.460 In the first century. 00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.500 That word cross. 00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.400 Well. 00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.240 It wouldn't generate. 00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:20.000 In your mind. 00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:21.559 A picture of like. 00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.960 A golden jewelry. 00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.720 Neclerus. 00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:27.039 The cross. 00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:28.819 Was the most brutal. 00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.940 And humiliating. 00:31:30.120 --> 00:31:30.400 Way. 00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.140 To die. 00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:33.920 It was a means of capital punishment. 00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.539 And so. 00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:35.940 Anybody. 00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:37.640 Who would hear that word cross. 00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:39.100 Is thinking. 00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.220 Suffering. 00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.400 They're thinking. 00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.140 Shame. 00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:43.220 They're thinking. 00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:43.720 Death. 00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.420 And so. 00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:46.240 When Jesus says. 00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:47.440 Deny yourself. 00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:49.200 Take up your cross. 00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.500 What Jesus says. 00:31:50.840 --> 00:31:52.039 Here's what I mean by that. 00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:55.139 Come ready to suffer. 00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:58.819 Come ready to bear shame. 00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:01.440 Come ready to even die. 00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.899 And he's saying. 00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:07.440 Do this willingly. 00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:09.480 It's. 00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:11.539 It was Bonhoeffer who said. 00:32:11.899 --> 00:32:13.319 When God calls a man. 00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.639 He calls him. 00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.659 Come and. 00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:16.859 Die. 00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:16.940 Die. 00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:21.180 We can't water this down. 00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:23.320 We can't make it a metaphor. 00:32:23.320 --> 00:32:24.680 For something else. 00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.380 Jesus. 00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:27.299 Is being very straightforward. 00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.279 And he is. 00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:30.420 He's calling a costly call. 00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:31.460 On all of us. 00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.900 He's saying. 00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:34.220 Following me will cost you. 00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:38.460 Identifying with me. 00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:39.259 Is going to cost you. 00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:41.559 Coming into my kingdom. 00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.559 And living for me. 00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:44.120 It's not popular. 00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:45.639 It will cost you. 00:32:46.399 --> 00:32:48.139 If anyone would come after me. 00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:49.179 He's got to be willing. 00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:50.319 He's got to be willing. 00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.639 Deny himself. 00:32:51.739 --> 00:32:52.459 Take up his cross. 00:32:53.399 --> 00:32:53.959 And follow me. 00:32:54.179 --> 00:32:55.379 You know what the real question is? 00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:59.039 Is he worth it? 00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:02.219 That's the question. 00:33:03.979 --> 00:33:06.000 I think we're all clear on his terms. 00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:09.099 The question is. 00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.940 Is he worth it? 00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:10.880 And in verses. 00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:11.920 35. 00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.440 36. 00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:12.960 37. 00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.539 And 38. 00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:15.220 Each of those verses. 00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:16.640 Starts with the word. 00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.460 For. 00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.920 And each one is a reason. 00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:20.680 Why. 00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:22.279 We should. 00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:24.119 Deny ourselves. 00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.920 Take up our cross. 00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.660 And follow him. 00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:27.039 Why he's worth it. 00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:30.119 Let me just hit him real quick. 00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:32.279 Verse 35. 00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:33.119 He says this. 00:33:33.959 --> 00:33:35.179 For whoever would save his life. 00:33:35.219 --> 00:33:35.599 Will lose it. 00:33:35.679 --> 00:33:36.859 For whoever loses his life. 00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:37.399 For my sake. 00:33:37.439 --> 00:33:38.079 In the gospels. 00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.839 Will save it. 00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:42.099 What he's saying there. 00:33:42.179 --> 00:33:42.639 Is this. 00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:45.179 You can't save yourself. 00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:47.719 Living for yourself. 00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:49.000 Won't save you. 00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:53.539 He's exposing a lie. 00:33:57.479 --> 00:33:59.179 He's getting at this idea of. 00:33:59.399 --> 00:33:59.459 Hey. 00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.659 If I can just preserve. 00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.839 Self-determination. 00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:03.119 Then everything's going to be okay. 00:34:03.399 --> 00:34:04.039 Jesus is saying. 00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.599 Don't. 00:34:05.139 --> 00:34:05.839 Lie to yourself. 00:34:07.899 --> 00:34:09.299 You won't be saved that way. 00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:10.559 You can't save yourself. 00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.900 If you try. 00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:16.440 It won't end well. 00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.900 In fact. 00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:21.099 If we pull in what he says. 00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:21.840 To Peter. 00:34:23.259 --> 00:34:24.179 We can say. 00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.900 This is. 00:34:26.319 --> 00:34:27.279 Not thinking. 00:34:27.779 --> 00:34:28.400 In terms. 00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.539 Of the things of God. 00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:29.619 God. 00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.619 This is having the things. 00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.539 Of man. 00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.699 In your mind. 00:34:37.259 --> 00:34:38.679 So if you're prioritizing. 00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:39.719 Your self-determination. 00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.960 Above everything else. 00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:42.139 It will. 00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:43.340 Eternally cost you. 00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:47.119 Don't do that. 00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.840 Deny yourself. 00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.340 For me. 00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:54.400 The second reason. 00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:54.420 The second reason. 00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:55.460 Is in verse 36. 00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:58.260 For what does it profit a man. 00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:59.000 To gain the whole world. 00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.760 Or forfeit his soul. 00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:02.760 It's not self-determination. 00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:03.440 And. 00:35:03.660 --> 00:35:04.600 Whatever you can gain. 00:35:04.680 --> 00:35:05.160 For your world. 00:35:05.240 --> 00:35:05.680 From the world. 00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:07.180 That can't save you either. 00:35:09.100 --> 00:35:10.059 That not all. 00:35:10.220 --> 00:35:11.400 The material wealth. 00:35:11.620 --> 00:35:12.380 Not all. 00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:13.420 Of the accomplishments. 00:35:13.680 --> 00:35:14.840 And accolades of man. 00:35:15.140 --> 00:35:16.100 Not the prestige. 00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:16.720 Power. 00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.420 Comfort. 00:35:17.620 --> 00:35:17.980 Pleasure. 00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:19.159 None of that. 00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:20.059 In abundance. 00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:20.880 Altogether. 00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:23.099 Will be able to save you. 00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:26.539 There's. 00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.760 No salvation. 00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:28.539 In that. 00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:30.619 What Jesus is doing. 00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.820 Is helping us. 00:35:32.179 --> 00:35:32.639 See through. 00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:33.440 What the world. 00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.159 Offers. 00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:35.500 As temporary. 00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:36.500 And passing. 00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:39.519 It has no salvific power. 00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:41.480 Only the. 00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:42.659 Crucified. 00:35:42.740 --> 00:35:43.579 Messiah does. 00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:45.940 And so. 00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.259 If you're. 00:35:46.259 --> 00:35:47.299 Prioritizing. 00:35:47.299 --> 00:35:48.039 The world's. 00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.480 Goods. 00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:49.360 Above everything. 00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:50.000 Else. 00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:53.360 It's going to cost you. 00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:53.940 In the end. 00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:55.940 You can't live for that. 00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:57.860 You're making that a God. 00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:01.179 It's not worth. 00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:02.539 Sacrificing your life for. 00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.980 But Jesus is. 00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:05.759 Again. 00:36:05.819 --> 00:36:07.159 This would be another version of. 00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:10.059 You don't have the things of God. 00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:10.639 In your mind. 00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:11.719 You've got the things of man. 00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:15.159 Verse 36. 00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.459 Excuse me. 00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:17.039 37. 00:36:18.939 --> 00:36:19.980 For what can a man give. 00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:21.099 In return for his soul. 00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:24.739 There is nothing. 00:36:25.439 --> 00:36:26.919 That you can offer. 00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:29.219 To save yourself. 00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:32.059 No act of self-determination. 00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:34.539 No acquisition of things. 00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:35.739 Nothing. 00:36:36.359 --> 00:36:37.359 You have. 00:36:37.759 --> 00:36:38.699 Can offer. 00:36:39.259 --> 00:36:40.179 To buy. 00:36:40.179 --> 00:36:41.059 Your soul. 00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:43.819 Your sinful condition. 00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:45.059 Is so desperate. 00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:46.099 You are so. 00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:46.899 In debt. 00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.699 There's nothing. 00:36:47.879 --> 00:36:48.379 You can do. 00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:49.719 Absolutely nothing. 00:36:51.799 --> 00:36:53.079 To redeem your soul. 00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:56.199 What could you possibly. 00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:57.019 Give God. 00:36:58.719 --> 00:36:59.779 For the sins. 00:36:59.879 --> 00:37:00.259 You've committed. 00:37:00.259 --> 00:37:00.939 Against him. 00:37:02.699 --> 00:37:03.500 There's nothing. 00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:05.239 And so. 00:37:05.239 --> 00:37:06.059 Jesus is doing here. 00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:06.400 He's saying. 00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.280 Don't. 00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:08.159 Don't think there's anything. 00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:08.980 In yourself. 00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:11.059 That you can buy back. 00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:11.719 Your soul with. 00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:15.199 If you're prioritizing. 00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:15.880 Anything. 00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:17.079 Above. 00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:18.179 Above Jesus. 00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.920 It's going to cost you. 00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.920 The last four. 00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:23.820 Is in verse 38. 00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:27.660 He says this. 00:37:28.200 --> 00:37:29.920 For whoever is ashamed of me. 00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:30.620 And of my words. 00:37:30.720 --> 00:37:31.800 In this adulterous. 00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:32.660 And sinful generation. 00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:33.320 Of him. 00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:34.160 Or her. 00:37:34.300 --> 00:37:34.940 Will the son of man. 00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:35.600 Also be ashamed. 00:37:35.660 --> 00:37:36.600 When he comes in glory. 00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:38.260 Of his father. 00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:39.220 With the holy angels. 00:37:39.380 --> 00:37:40.340 The son of man. 00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:41.440 Must suffer. 00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:43.340 Be rejected. 00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:44.100 Killed. 00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:45.059 And raised. 00:37:45.760 --> 00:37:46.600 And now we're learning. 00:37:46.720 --> 00:37:47.680 That the son of man. 00:37:48.680 --> 00:37:49.900 Is coming back. 00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:53.220 He's going to return. 00:37:53.220 --> 00:37:53.840 In glory. 00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:55.180 He came. 00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:56.680 In utter humiliation. 00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:58.440 He's coming back. 00:37:58.740 --> 00:37:59.400 In glory. 00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.840 As a conquering. 00:38:01.760 --> 00:38:02.119 King. 00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:03.579 Who will judge. 00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:04.680 The world. 00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:05.360 And so. 00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:07.099 If you're judging him now. 00:38:07.240 --> 00:38:08.760 And you are ashamed of him. 00:38:10.180 --> 00:38:11.900 He will judge you then. 00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:13.980 And be ashamed of you. 00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:16.900 There's this now and then. 00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:18.500 Aspect to verse 38. 00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:22.119 What you decide about him now. 00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:23.519 Matters. 00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:26.320 It matters. 00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:27.079 Then. 00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:31.000 What a. 00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:31.960 What a messiah. 00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:35.139 Both a suffering messiah. 00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:38.500 And a returning king. 00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:41.920 There's this. 00:38:42.340 --> 00:38:43.760 Idea of a dot and a line. 00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:45.800 Think of your life. 00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:48.599 As a 70 to 80 year dot. 00:38:48.720 --> 00:38:49.820 On the line of eternity. 00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:52.820 And what Jesus is doing here. 00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:53.440 Is he saying. 00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:53.940 Hey. 00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:55.599 If you're just living for the dot. 00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:59.420 For yourself. 00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:01.700 It's going to cost you. 00:39:02.260 --> 00:39:03.619 It's going to cost you eternity. 00:39:04.160 --> 00:39:05.139 But if you are living. 00:39:05.300 --> 00:39:06.500 Your 70, 80 years. 00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:08.320 Or however many years you get. 00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:09.720 For the line. 00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:12.079 For. 00:39:12.420 --> 00:39:13.420 For the messiah. 00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:14.380 Who came and suffered. 00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.440 And who's coming back. 00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:15.519 Back. 00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:19.320 You'll live. 00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:26.400 Being ashamed of Jesus now. 00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:26.740 Will. 00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:28.099 Cost you. 00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:29.679 When he comes back in the end. 00:39:31.760 --> 00:39:33.220 The point of all this is. 00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:34.740 Is pretty straightforward. 00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:38.220 We've got to take Jesus at his own words. 00:39:38.219 --> 00:39:41.219 And what he is saying here. 00:39:41.279 --> 00:39:42.539 Is a watershed moment. 00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:45.939 Do you see him for who he is. 00:39:45.939 --> 00:39:47.879 And are you willing to respond. 00:39:48.019 --> 00:39:49.059 To his costly call. 00:39:49.259 --> 00:39:50.699 It costs you everything. 00:39:53.259 --> 00:39:54.739 It's a watershed moment. 00:39:55.199 --> 00:39:56.739 In the gospel of Mark. 00:39:57.439 --> 00:39:59.279 And it should be a watershed moment. 00:39:59.279 --> 00:39:59.839 For you. 00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:07.480 The argument that Jesus is making here. 00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:10.760 Is that the costly call. 00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:11.940 Of following him. 00:40:13.240 --> 00:40:14.400 Is worth it. 00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:17.760 So if you're not a Christian. 00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:19.120 In the room. 00:40:20.320 --> 00:40:21.340 All this Jesus stuff. 00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:22.720 Is all new to you. 00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:26.660 You need to take Jesus at his words. 00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:29.039 Is he in fact. 00:40:29.759 --> 00:40:30.860 The suffering Messiah. 00:40:31.059 --> 00:40:32.079 Who's going to come back. 00:40:32.139 --> 00:40:32.900 And judge the world. 00:40:33.219 --> 00:40:33.699 Judge you. 00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:35.039 And. 00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:37.599 Is his call on your life. 00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:39.420 His call on your life. 00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:42.940 The question that you need to ask yourself. 00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:44.119 If you're not a Christian is. 00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:46.500 Is this suffering Messiah worth it. 00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:50.139 Jesus himself said. 00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:51.059 Would say yes. 00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:54.460 And there's many people in this room. 00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:55.619 Who would say yes as well. 00:40:57.320 --> 00:40:58.860 Now if you think you're a Christian. 00:40:59.039 --> 00:41:02.659 Maybe you accepted Jesus into your heart. 00:41:02.719 --> 00:41:03.380 When you were three. 00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:06.739 Maybe it was at a camp. 00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:08.159 Where the emotions were high. 00:41:08.300 --> 00:41:11.420 And you asked Jesus into your heart. 00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:12.539 But in either case. 00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:14.480 It has made no difference in your life. 00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:19.820 Maybe you've come to church. 00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:20.679 All of your life. 00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:23.059 You've heard this call. 00:41:23.139 --> 00:41:23.920 Over and over again. 00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:25.840 But if you were to be honest with yourself. 00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:27.779 You've actually never responded. 00:41:29.039 --> 00:41:33.099 Do you believe. 00:41:33.239 --> 00:41:35.019 That Jesus is this suffering Messiah. 00:41:36.820 --> 00:41:38.719 Are you willing to deny yourself. 00:41:38.840 --> 00:41:39.559 Take up your cross. 00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:40.279 And follow him. 00:41:42.279 --> 00:41:43.480 Today is the day. 00:41:44.219 --> 00:41:45.840 That you become a follower of Jesus. 00:41:47.219 --> 00:41:47.940 A Christian. 00:41:47.940 --> 00:41:51.559 It's possible to hear this. 00:41:51.559 --> 00:41:53.720 For a long time. 00:41:54.280 --> 00:41:56.460 With never responding in faith. 00:41:59.639 --> 00:42:00.380 Tell him. 00:42:01.900 --> 00:42:02.679 Tell him. 00:42:03.500 --> 00:42:04.300 Lord Jesus. 00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:07.980 I've successfully ignored you. 00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:09.000 For the last 30 years. 00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:09.119 Jesus. 00:42:09.800 --> 00:42:11.019 I've been holding back. 00:42:11.880 --> 00:42:13.400 But I'm holding back no longer. 00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:15.780 I gladly deny myself. 00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:17.619 I gladly take up my cross. 00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:18.960 I gladly follow you. 00:42:19.280 --> 00:42:20.239 Let the chips fall. 00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:21.059 It's about you. 00:42:21.219 --> 00:42:21.679 Not me. 00:42:22.219 --> 00:42:22.840 Have the bridge. 00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:27.119 If you are a Christian. 00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:27.280 You're like. 00:42:27.280 --> 00:42:30.320 You're like. 00:42:30.560 --> 00:42:30.960 Yes. 00:42:31.180 --> 00:42:32.040 Jesus is. 00:42:32.180 --> 00:42:33.440 A crucified Messiah. 00:42:34.300 --> 00:42:35.580 He's risen from the dead. 00:42:36.160 --> 00:42:38.160 It's not an oxymoron to me. 00:42:38.280 --> 00:42:39.180 It's the greatest news. 00:42:39.280 --> 00:42:40.180 I've ever heard. 00:42:41.260 --> 00:42:42.760 Well the question for you is. 00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:44.700 Are you daily. 00:42:44.900 --> 00:42:46.200 Coming after him. 00:42:47.060 --> 00:42:48.160 Are you daily. 00:42:48.160 --> 00:42:49.160 Denying yourself. 00:42:49.700 --> 00:42:50.600 Are you daily. 00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:53.140 Taking up your cross. 00:42:53.740 --> 00:42:54.519 Are you daily. 00:42:54.519 --> 00:42:55.679 Trusting. 00:42:55.800 --> 00:42:56.920 Depending on him. 00:42:57.079 --> 00:42:57.820 Obeying him. 00:42:58.039 --> 00:42:58.699 Here's a question. 00:42:58.780 --> 00:43:00.019 To be asking yourself daily. 00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:01.440 Lord Jesus. 00:43:01.539 --> 00:43:02.380 Does this please you. 00:43:03.980 --> 00:43:04.420 Lord. 00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:05.340 Does this please you. 00:43:06.500 --> 00:43:07.420 Does this honor you. 00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:08.599 Is this what you want for me. 00:43:08.679 --> 00:43:09.300 Could you imagine. 00:43:09.659 --> 00:43:10.840 If 200 people. 00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:11.900 In Christ the King Church. 00:43:12.059 --> 00:43:13.019 If we were saying. 00:43:13.440 --> 00:43:14.480 Asking that question. 00:43:14.480 --> 00:43:15.340 Throughout the day. 00:43:16.539 --> 00:43:18.300 As we're scattered around the city. 00:43:18.739 --> 00:43:19.059 Lord Jesus. 00:43:19.159 --> 00:43:19.940 Would this please you. 00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:23.639 Finally. 00:43:23.639 --> 00:43:24.000 If. 00:43:26.400 --> 00:43:27.659 If you've come to realize. 00:43:27.659 --> 00:43:29.599 That you've been watering down. 00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:31.339 This gospel. 00:43:32.619 --> 00:43:33.460 If you've been. 00:43:33.879 --> 00:43:34.599 Hush hush. 00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:35.859 On a suffering. 00:43:36.139 --> 00:43:36.579 Messiah. 00:43:37.019 --> 00:43:38.900 If you've been editing out. 00:43:39.420 --> 00:43:40.900 The denying yourself. 00:43:41.279 --> 00:43:42.559 And taking up your cross. 00:43:42.799 --> 00:43:44.059 You just want to make it easy. 00:43:44.059 --> 00:43:44.839 For your kids. 00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:46.179 And for your grandkids. 00:43:46.440 --> 00:43:47.259 You just think. 00:43:47.379 --> 00:43:48.599 They just need to ask Jesus. 00:43:48.599 --> 00:43:49.420 Into their heart. 00:43:51.779 --> 00:43:52.799 It's time to change. 00:43:52.800 --> 00:43:53.400 What you're saying. 00:43:56.760 --> 00:43:57.200 Convey. 00:43:57.420 --> 00:43:58.440 To the people you love. 00:43:58.760 --> 00:43:59.200 Jesus. 00:43:59.400 --> 00:44:00.300 On his terms. 00:44:03.260 --> 00:44:03.740 Sweetheart. 00:44:03.860 --> 00:44:04.100 I. 00:44:05.140 --> 00:44:06.580 I know you want to become a Christian. 00:44:06.900 --> 00:44:07.720 I think that's good. 00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:09.580 Your daddy. 00:44:09.820 --> 00:44:10.320 Well I am. 00:44:10.700 --> 00:44:12.160 I will never regret. 00:44:12.240 --> 00:44:13.060 Becoming a Christian. 00:44:13.320 --> 00:44:13.600 But. 00:44:14.840 --> 00:44:15.420 You need to give it. 00:44:15.420 --> 00:44:16.080 A little more time. 00:44:17.360 --> 00:44:18.100 You need to understand. 00:44:18.200 --> 00:44:19.080 Who Jesus is more. 00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:20.119 And. 00:44:20.360 --> 00:44:21.099 And you need to. 00:44:21.699 --> 00:44:22.599 You need to fathom. 00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:23.199 A little bit more. 00:44:23.299 --> 00:44:24.059 I wouldn't use fathom. 00:44:24.119 --> 00:44:24.759 With an 11 year old. 00:44:25.019 --> 00:44:26.519 You would need to understand more. 00:44:28.400 --> 00:44:29.819 What it means to deny yourself. 00:44:29.920 --> 00:44:30.699 Take up your cross. 00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:31.579 And follow him. 00:44:32.219 --> 00:44:33.079 You'll know when you're ready. 00:44:36.420 --> 00:44:37.460 What are we telling people? 00:44:40.119 --> 00:44:41.219 Are we giving people. 00:44:41.219 --> 00:44:41.980 A cheap gospel. 00:44:41.980 --> 00:44:47.320 Let's give them. 00:44:47.500 --> 00:44:49.139 The gospel of Jesus himself. 00:44:50.719 --> 00:44:51.920 Call people to. 00:44:52.059 --> 00:44:53.119 What he calls people to. 00:44:54.860 --> 00:44:56.280 He is no fool. 00:44:56.760 --> 00:44:57.320 To give up. 00:44:57.440 --> 00:44:58.539 What he cannot gain. 00:44:59.519 --> 00:45:00.300 Cannot lose. 00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:00.940 To gain what he. 00:45:01.639 --> 00:45:02.300 Cannot lose. 00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:05.340 Do you have to repent. 00:45:05.340 --> 00:45:05.880 Of something. 00:45:05.880 --> 00:45:09.660 This morning. 00:45:09.800 --> 00:45:10.440 We've been confronted. 00:45:10.680 --> 00:45:11.680 With the watershed passage. 00:45:11.680 --> 00:45:12.800 Of the gospel of Mark. 00:45:13.099 --> 00:45:13.820 From here and out. 00:45:13.920 --> 00:45:14.820 Jesus is on his way. 00:45:14.860 --> 00:45:15.380 To Jerusalem. 00:45:16.460 --> 00:45:17.920 This is the costly call. 00:45:17.920 --> 00:45:18.579 Of the Christ. 00:45:19.420 --> 00:45:19.920 And in it. 00:45:20.000 --> 00:45:20.440 Is life. 00:45:22.140 --> 00:45:22.880 May this. 00:45:23.000 --> 00:45:23.920 Be a watershed moment. 00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:24.500 For you. 00:45:25.740 --> 00:45:27.079 To choose Jesus. 00:45:29.260 --> 00:45:30.200 To follow him. 00:45:30.300 --> 00:45:31.000 On his terms. 00:45:32.920 --> 00:45:34.420 Because he's totally worth it. 00:45:35.420 --> 00:45:36.180 Let's pray. 00:45:42.139 --> 00:45:42.980 Lord Jesus. 00:45:43.079 --> 00:45:43.940 Would you have your way. 00:45:44.019 --> 00:45:44.480 In our midst. 00:45:46.579 --> 00:45:47.820 We acknowledge you. 00:45:47.820 --> 00:45:48.380 As our. 00:45:49.079 --> 00:45:49.619 Suffering. 00:45:49.960 --> 00:45:50.880 And risen king. 00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:51.920 Who's at the right hand. 00:45:51.940 --> 00:45:52.539 Of the father. 00:45:53.420 --> 00:45:54.019 Reigning. 00:45:54.300 --> 00:45:55.119 On high. 00:45:55.599 --> 00:45:56.500 And waiting. 00:45:57.619 --> 00:45:58.139 Waiting. 00:45:58.139 --> 00:45:59.079 Waiting for that day. 00:45:59.200 --> 00:45:59.680 That the father. 00:45:59.860 --> 00:46:00.740 Has set to return. 00:46:02.340 --> 00:46:02.860 Lord. 00:46:02.940 --> 00:46:03.639 We ask that you. 00:46:03.740 --> 00:46:04.400 Would exalt yourself. 00:46:04.400 --> 00:46:05.079 In our midst. 00:46:05.220 --> 00:46:06.320 That we would be a people. 00:46:06.320 --> 00:46:07.639 Who are living according to. 00:46:07.960 --> 00:46:08.820 Your words. 00:46:08.920 --> 00:46:09.519 Not our own. 00:46:09.920 --> 00:46:11.300 That we would be faithful. 00:46:12.940 --> 00:46:14.039 And making you known. 00:46:14.680 --> 00:46:15.320 To ourselves. 00:46:15.420 --> 00:46:15.940 And to others. 00:46:17.200 --> 00:46:17.840 Lord Jesus. 00:46:17.940 --> 00:46:18.900 We just want to take a minute. 00:46:19.000 --> 00:46:19.880 And just say this. 00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:22.220 It is our joy. 00:46:23.519 --> 00:46:24.440 Our joy. 00:46:24.440 --> 00:46:25.559 To deny ourselves. 00:46:26.900 --> 00:46:27.480 It's our joy. 00:46:27.559 --> 00:46:28.559 To take up our crosses. 00:46:28.780 --> 00:46:29.440 It's our joy. 00:46:29.440 --> 00:46:30.280 To follow you. 00:46:31.240 --> 00:46:32.340 Because you are worth it. 00:46:33.320 --> 00:46:34.700 In your name we pray. 00:46:34.880 --> 00:46:35.140 Amen. 00:46:35.140 --> 00:46:35.340 Amen. 00:46:35.340 --> 00:46:35.420 Amen. 00:46:35.420 --> 00:46:35.840 Amen. 00:46:35.840 --> 00:46:39.940 Amen. 00:46:39.940 --> 00:46:40.559 Amen. 00:46:40.660 --> 00:46:42.220 Amen. 00:46:42.220 --> 00:46:43.220 Amen. 00:46:43.280 --> 00:46:44.140 Amen. 00:46:46.180 --> 00:46:48.360 Amen. 00:46:52.760 --> 00:46:53.900 Amen. 00:46:54.059 --> 00:46:54.700 Amen. 00:46:54.700 --> 00:46:54.780 Amen. 00:46:54.780 --> 00:46:54.800 Amen. 00:46:55.519 --> 00:46:56.539 Amen.