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 Today's scripture is from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 28, verses 16 through 20.

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 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.

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 When they saw him, they worshipped him, but some doubted.

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 Then Jesus came to them and said, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

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 Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

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 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.

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 And surely I am with you always to the very end of the age.

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 This is the Gospel of the Lord.

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 Praise to you, O Christ.

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 Wow, that was awesome, Joan.

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 I gotta get you to read my books on Audible.

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 We love you.

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 Good morning, everyone.

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 My name's Andrew.

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 I'm one of the pastors here.

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 It's a little bit longer of a sermon today.

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 I'm sorry I didn't have time to cut it down as much as I normally do.

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 It's been a rough week for me.

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 Our kitchen faucet sink broke.

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 I was involved in a hit and run.

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 I didn't hit them.

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 I got hit.

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 They ran.

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 And then the Warriors lost last night, so I'm not feeling it.

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 But I'm glad to bring God's Word to you.

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 We're closing out our series in the Gospel of Matthew.

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 But before we do that, let's go ahead and come to the Lord in prayer.

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 Father, we want to hear from you.

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 We want to be filled with this resurrection life.

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 And we so want to be the church that you've called us to be, filled with this resurrection spirit.

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 Would you make that happen, God?

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 The preaching of your Word and the fellowship that's here, the prayers and the singing.

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 When we meet you at the table, would you nourish us, fill us, and make us what you want us to be?

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 For our sake and for your glory, we pray.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So, you know, as a pastor, I often get asked for, like, life advice and counsel.

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 It's kind of crazy, but that's what happens.

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 It comes with the territory.

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 And, I mean, just this week I was walking with someone and they asked me, you know,

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 I just started dating, but how do I know when we're ready to take the next step?

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 You know, I ask these kinds of questions all the time.

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 And I'm super honored that people come to me with these kinds of questions and I try

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 to respond like a calm and collected, confident, you know, unflappable, super wise sage.

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 But if I'm honest, when some of you ask me, you know, should I take this job or that one?

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 Should I move here or there?

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 Should I date or marry this person or that?

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 What is God's will for my life?

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 And how do I know for sure?

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 Like, honestly, I pretty much never really know.

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 All right?

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 Like, how each and every one of you ought to live your lives in the specific details

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 and decisions that confront you.

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 Most of the time, I don't know any more than you do.

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 I can't tell you to pursue, you know, academia with your PhD versus a job in the industry.

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 I can't tell you whether or not you should buy that house there or when you should buy it.

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 But what I can tell you and what I will always try to tell you is what God's revealed will

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 is for all of us and what God's commanded us.

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 So, for example, I was just walking with, like, a newly engaged bachelor just a couple months ago.

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 He's trying to consider, discern a new career path.

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 And I couldn't definitively, like, tell him, though, to leave his job in education

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 and to pursue tech or healthcare or something like that.

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 But while I couldn't tell him to pursue this or that career, thus saith the Lord,

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 what I could remind him of is what the Lord has said, right?

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 The greatest commandment.

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 What does Jesus say?

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 The greatest commandment.

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 To love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength.

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 And to love our neighbors as ourselves.

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 And so, while I couldn't say, you know, be a teacher, not a tech bro, thus saith the Lord, no.

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 My counsel to this bachelor was, on which path do you think you could better love God

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 and better love your neighbors?

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 See, I try to remind people of the clear commands of God that should orient all of our life decisions.

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 And we're going to look at one of those big commandments that ought to orient our entire life today.

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 This Sunday after Easter, we're closing out, again, our sermon series in the Gospel account of Matthew.

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 We're looking at this huge command from the risen Christ, what many call the Great Commission.

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 The Great Commission here at the end of Matthew's Gospel account.

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 It's what the risen Christ tells to the New Covenant church.

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 His last words to them before He ascends to the Father.

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 Verse 18,

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 Go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit

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 and teaching them to obey all that I've commanded you.

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 Again, the Great Commission is this mission, this specific task that Jesus commanded and set His church to fulfill.

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 To go and make disciples of all the nations.

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 That's what the church is here to do.

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 That's what the church is here to do.

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 The church is here to make disciples.

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 And you know, we can go and serve the poor, but we can also serve the poor without making disciples.

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 The thing is, we cannot make disciples without going to serve the poor.

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 Do you understand that distinction?

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 The church is here to make disciples of nations.

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 That is our primary task.

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 And the simple question for all of us here who claim to be Christians,

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 who claim to be followers of Jesus Christ is,

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 how are we going to do this?

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 Both individually and collectively,

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 how are we going to fulfill Jesus' Great Commission commandment?

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 And how are we going to make disciples of all the nations?

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 And what is each and every one of our roles in this massive undertaking?

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 That's the question for the Christians in the room.

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 But you know, even before we ask that question,

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 maybe you're here today and you haven't decided to follow Jesus.

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 Maybe you're here and you're skeptical of His claim in verse 18

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 that all authority in heaven and on earth have been given unto Him.

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 And I have a question for you too.

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 Because like, sure, you don't have to be a disciple of Jesus if you don't want to.

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 And you certainly don't have to make disciples of Jesus among the nations

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 as He commanded His church to do.

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 But my question for you is then,

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 who or what are you following?

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 And if not making disciples of Jesus,

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 what have you given your life to making?

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 You see, if we're all honest with ourselves,

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 we're actually all disciples of someone or something.

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 And even in our you-do-you-I-won't-judge culture,

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 we are actually all far more engaged in making disciples than I think we realize.

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 And maybe you're like, what are you talking about?

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 I'm no disciple and I'm certainly not making disciples.

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 I'm just doing me.

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 I'm just living my life.

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 And I have no interest in telling other people how they ought to live.

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 No interest in imposing my way of life on others.

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 But don't you see?

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 Even that way of thinking, even that way of living,

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 actually demonstrates who you are a disciple of.

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 You're a disciple of the Western school of self-expressive individualism.

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 You're a product of the European Enlightenment,

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 a student of Western liberal thought.

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 You are a disciple.

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 No matter what you think, we're all disciples.

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 And I mean, even your supposedly unimposing, you know,

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 you-do-you approach to others,

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 don't you see that that too is a form of discipling others?

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 Think about it.

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 You-do-you, it's still a command.

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 It's a way of life that you're commending to others.

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 Come and follow me, you say, right?

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 Come follow me as I do me and you-do-you.

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 That's still discipleship.

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 That's still discipleship.

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 Because see, really, a disciple is simply a follower.

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 A follower, a learner, an adherent,

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 someone who follows a teacher or follows an influencer, if you like.

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 Someone who follows someone and their way of life.

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 I mean, just show me your Twitter feeds, right?

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 Show me your Instagram.

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 Show me your TikTok.

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 And tell me with a straight face that you are not a follower,

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 that you are not a disciple.

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 Following, you know, that fitness influencer,

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 that mommy influencer, that mental health influencer,

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 maybe your favorite journalist or podcaster.

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 And then maybe for those of you who are not millennials

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 and are not social media followers,

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 who do you follow in the New York Times

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 or in the Wall Street Journal?

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 Who's your favorite columnist?

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 Maybe you're a disciple of Nike or Anthropology or The Gap

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 or Lululemon or Ikea or Costco.

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 That's probably me, right?

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 And your lifestyle, your consumer habits

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 are way more determined for you than by you.

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 Honestly, none of us is as original as we like to think.

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 We all need to be real with that.

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 We all need to accept that.

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 And we all need to be more conscious

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 of who and what we're following and why.

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 Because you see, being a follower, being a disciple

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 isn't necessarily a bad thing.

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 We were made to be disciples, followers, learners, adherents.

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 That's how the Creator made His creatures.

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 God made us to be and to make disciples

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 in His image and not in our own image.

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 When He said, be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth,

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 He wanted us to multiply disciples.

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 He wanted us to multiply the image of God

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 across all the earth.

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 So another way we could put the question of

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 who is it that's discipling us is

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 whose image are we seeking to be formed

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 and conformed unto?

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 What image are we aspiring to live up to

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 and look like?

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 Is it the image of God?

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 Or is it the image of something else?

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 And if it's something else,

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 is it actually a better image?

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 A better image than the image

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 of the invisible God, Jesus Christ.

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 And maybe you're like,

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 heck yeah, it's better.

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 I don't want to be in the image of Jesus Christ,

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 the crucified Christ.

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 But what I would say to that is,

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 you know, you can avoid following a crucified Christ,

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 but you cannot avoid the eventual death,

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 judgment, and shame of His cross.

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 And no one you follow

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 can ultimately deliver you from that

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 but the crucified and risen Christ.

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 So you can avoid discipleship

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 under the crucified Christ,

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 but what other discipleship tracks

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 lead to resurrection life?

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 CrossFit and orange theory is discipleship.

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 And that discipleship might prolong your life,

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 but it cannot save your life.

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 Lifestyle, influencer, Instagram, discipleship

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 might beautify your life,

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 but it cannot save your life.

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 Positive psychology, therapeutic, mental health,

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 discipleship might comfort your life,

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 but it cannot save your life.

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 So again, none of us can escape it.

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 We are all disciples of something or someone.

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 We're all following some way of life.

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 And Jesus would remind us today

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 that He alone is the way.

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 He alone is the truth.

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 And He alone is the life,

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 the way to live and pattern our lifestyles

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 after the truth to trust,

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 the true image of God to conform our lives to.

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 And He's the very life Himself,

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 the conqueror of death,

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 and His tomb is empty.

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 So now with this second part of the sermon,

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 what I want to do is I want to pay closer attention

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 to our text here,

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 and here's the big idea.

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 Jonathan St. Clair style, right?

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 The risen Messiah leaves His faltering followers

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 with a commission and a comfort.

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 The risen Messiah leaves His faltering followers

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 with a commission and a comfort.

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 So let's start with the risen Messiah

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 and His faltering followers.

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 I should have chosen a better word.

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 So remember the context.

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 The context for this passage is that

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 the tomb is empty,

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 Christ is risen,

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 and He's told His disciples

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 to meet back up with Him in Galilee

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 where they had so many of their adventures, right?

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 All the memories in Galilee.

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 So verse 16 says,

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 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee,

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 to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.

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 And then look what it says in verse 17,

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 and I love how Joan Benton accented this part.

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 When they saw Him,

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 they worshipped Him,

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 but some doubted.

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 Right, Joan?

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 But some doubted.

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 And that's an interesting response, right?

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 It's a very interesting response.

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 And the first thing I want to say about this

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 is that, you know,

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 just like the women being the first eyewitnesses

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 of the resurrection,

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 this is another example

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 from these historical gospel accounts

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 where if it didn't actually happen,

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 the writers would not have made this up.

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 Like, why would you record

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 how the very disciples Christ commanded

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 to found His very church,

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 why would you mention their doubt?

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 Why not just mention their worship?

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 The only reason would be

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 that this is simply what happened.

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 The scriptures, the scriptures, Christianity,

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 we keep it real, all right?

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 And you know,

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 the more conservative commentators

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 I read this week,

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 they tried to suggest

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 that the some who doubted

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 were actually not the eleven,

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 but maybe some people

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 in Jesus' wider entourage of disciples

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 perhaps still traumatized

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 from the emotional rollercoaster

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 of seeing, you know,

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 their Messiah arrested and beaten

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 and bruised and crucified and buried.

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 And you know, perhaps,

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 that is a plausible interpretation,

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 but I'm not quite sure

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 that I'm convinced of that interpretation,

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 if I'm honest with you.

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 See, to the conservative commentators,

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 they just think you cannot both worship and doubt.

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 They think that like,

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 worship and doubt,

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 or like faith and doubt,

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 are completely incompatible and at odds.

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 And I want to be careful here

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 because I think there's some truth to this.

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 Like, worship and unbelief,

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 or faith and unbelief,

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 are definitely incompatible.

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 And I think there's a kind of

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 progressive Christianity

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 that overly celebrates doubt

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 and skepticism to the detriment of the church.

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 But if you look at the Greek word here

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 for doubt,

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 it's not so much an active

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 or an aggressive rejection of Christ

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 or a staunch refusal to believe

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 against all evidence.

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 It could also be translated,

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 but some wavered,

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 but some hesitated.

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 I think that's what the scriptures talk about

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 when they talk about, you know,

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 the conviction of faith

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 versus the certainty of sight.

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 And so what I think is happening here

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 is that yes,

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 the disciples are worshiping,

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 but they're also wavering.

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 And that's real stuff, right?

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 And maybe this strikes you at first

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 as uninspiring or discouraging,

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 but can I just ask,

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 is this not also how most of us Christians

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 worship the risen Christ as well?

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 Are we not also wavering worshipers?

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 Some days believing the good news

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 more than other days,

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 often hesitant in the ways

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 that we follow and worship Christ.

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 And maybe this isn't ideal for worship,

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 but it surely is real, isn't it?

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 It is for me.

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 You know, by its very nature,

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 faith, even the conviction

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 and certainty of faith,

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 it isn't about arriving

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 at some kind of scientific,

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 empirical certainty

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 that would satisfy the likes of,

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 you know, Descartes

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 and modern Western philosophy.

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 No, our faith is not yet sight.

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 Our faith implies our hesitations

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 and our waverings

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 and the doubts that flood our minds.

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 This is part of the Christian experience,

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 having faith in the midst of our doubts,

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 trusting and hoping in what is unseen,

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 in what is yet to come.

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 You know, if you are a lifelong,

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 perpetual doubter,

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 God's word to you today

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 is that you're still invited.

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 You're still invited to come to Jesus,

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 just as his eleven were.

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 God's word to you is that

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 your doubt and your wavering

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 and your hesitation

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 need not be at odds with your worship,

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 nor do your doubts preclude you

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 from participating in God's good plans

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 for the world.

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 Again, the risen Messiah

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 leaves his faltering followers

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 with a commission and a comfort.

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 He commissions even those who doubt

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 to fulfill the most important mission

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 God's ever given to humanity.

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 And he says,

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 go and make disciples

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 even as your doubters.

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 And if that speaks to you this morning,

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 like, we are super glad that you're here.

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 And we believe that this is a church for you.

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 We'd love to get to know you more.

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 We hope you'll come to our

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 Ask Me Anything lunch

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 to bring your doubts.

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 We hope you'll bring your doubts

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 and find that you can still belong here

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 at Christ Church,

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 even with your doubts,

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 even with your hesitations.

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 So that's point number one.

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 Now, let's talk about the commission

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 to go and make disciples

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 of all the nations, right?

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 That's the commission,

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 to go and make disciples

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 of all the nations.

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 You know, basically,

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 this is Jesus' elaboration

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 on the creation mandate,

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 the cultural mandate.

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 Jesus' command here in verse 19

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 to go and make disciples

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 of the nations,

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 to go and make more followers

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 of him in all the world,

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 to spread his image

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 and likeness among the nations.

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 This is basically

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 a more specific

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 new covenant commandment

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 to be fruitful

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 and to multiply

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 and to fill the earth

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 in spite of the fallenness

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 and brokenness of creation.

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 He's saying,

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 go and represent me

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 to the world.

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 Bear witness about me

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 from Jerusalem

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 to Judea,

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 to Samaria,

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 to the ends of the earth

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 and multiply the message.

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 Multiply the witnesses.

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 The goal is still the same.

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 The glorious image of God

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 reflected across the face

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 of the earth.

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 Especially now,

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 through the incarnation

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 of Christ,

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 the image of God

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 has become clearer, right?

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 It is no longer

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 the image of the invisible God,

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 but the image

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 of the invisible God

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 made visible

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 in the crucified

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 and risen Christ,

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 like in the flesh.

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 This is Jesus' last command.

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 More disciples,

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 more image of God,

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 more image of me

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 in all the nations.

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 Jesus is making explicit

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 that his kingdom

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 is a cosmic kingdom.

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 It's a universal kingdom.

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 His authority is universal.

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 But also notice

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 that he doesn't say,

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 go and make soldiers.

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 Go and make armies

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 of all nations.

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 Go and make slaves

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 and servants.

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 No, Jesus isn't

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 that kind of a king.

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 He says,

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 go and make disciples

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 of all nations.

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 Like the kinds of people

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 he loved to spend time with

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 and teach

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 and eat with

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 and walk with every day.

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 The kinds of people

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 he called his own family.

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 Disciples whose filthy feet

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 he washed, right?

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 Disciples whom

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 he would forgive.

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 Disciples whom

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 he would die for.

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 That's what he's saying here.

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 You know,

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 I think a lot of people,

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 you know,

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 we get uncomfortable

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 around this idea

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 of the Great Commission

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 and evangelism

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 and missions

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 and proselytation, right?

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 Because of the history

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 of colonialism.

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 It's no good.

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 And I'll be the first

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 to say that

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 so much evil

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 has been done

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 in the name of Christ, right?

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 The Portuguese,

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 the British,

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 the French,

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 the Crusaders

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 wielding Christ's authority

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 with what?

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 Guns and swords.

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 But that was never

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 the way of Jesus.

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 That was never the way

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 Jesus or his apostles

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 made disciples.

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 Never through coercion,

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 never through force,

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 but always through love

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 and self-sacrifice

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 with joy

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 and compassion

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 and the spirit

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 of inclusion.

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 I mean,

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 notice how Jesus says

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 to make disciples

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 in verse 19.

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 And see,

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 I don't have time

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 to give a sermon

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 on baptism

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 or the Trinity today,

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 but what Jesus is saying

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 is that you go

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 and make disciples

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 not by forcing them

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 into the family,

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 but by winning them

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 into the family,

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 winning them back

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 into the eternal love,

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 joy,

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 and fellowship

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 of the triune God.

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 That's what making disciples

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 is about.

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 It's not about

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 racking up numbers

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 like a salesperson.

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 It's about inviting people

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 back into fellowship

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 and inclusion

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 with the maker

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 of their souls.

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 It's about inviting people

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 into the joy

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 that they're searching

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 for everywhere else,

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 but that they can only

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 experience

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 in the one true

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 triune God.

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 I love how

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 Pastor John Piper

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 puts it.

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 He says,

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 missions exist

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 because worship doesn't.

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 Missions exist

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 because worship doesn't.

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 You know,

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 last Sunday

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 at Easter Sunday,

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 didn't you enjoy

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 that worship?

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 Being in the presence

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 of God.

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 Didn't you enjoy that?

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 Don't you want that

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 for others?

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 Missions exist

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 because worship doesn't.

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 Some people don't get

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 to experience that

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 because they don't know

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 Jesus.

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 And see,

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 the impulse

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 of the Great Commission,

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 it isn't mere duty.

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 No,

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 it's passion

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 for the worship of God

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 and compassion

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 for those who are

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 worshiping other gods,

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 these other gods

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 that cannot save them,

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 that do not love them,

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 that will not die for them.

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 The impulse

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 of the Great Commission

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 is a desire

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 for the nations

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 to know the joy

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 of worshiping the Father,

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 the Son,

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 and the Spirit.

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 Just as the psalmists

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 cry out,

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 let the nations be glad,

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 that is the heartbeat

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 of missions.

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 Let the nations

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 be glad.

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 So he says

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 to go and make disciples,

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 right,

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 of all the nations

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 by baptizing them

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 into the fellowship

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 of the church

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 and into the fellowship

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 of the triune God,

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 right?

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 But what else

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 does he say?

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 He says,

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 You know,

00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:24.459
 as a pastor

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 and a preacher,

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.799
 when I first started,

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:27.159
 my simple goal

00:21:27.159 --> 00:21:27.799
 was for at least

00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.839
 one person to say,

00:21:29.179 --> 00:21:29.819
 hey, nice sermon,

00:21:30.119 --> 00:21:31.240
 or good job,

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 or hey,

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 I liked what you said today.

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 And I'd be like,

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 oh, sweet,

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 at least one person

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 listened and appreciated it.

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 Mission accomplished.

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 But you know,

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 like,

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 as I've continued

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 to develop

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 as a preacher,

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 as a pastor,

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 God's been doing

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 something in me

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 where honestly,

00:21:46.340 --> 00:21:47.240
 I'm starting to care less

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 whether or not

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 you like my preaching.

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 I'm realizing

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 that the measure

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 that I should use

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 as a preacher

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 shouldn't be

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 how many compliments

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 I get on a Sunday

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 or how many people

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 like listening to me.

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 Honestly,

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 you don't have to like me

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 as a preacher.

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 You don't have to like

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 what I say.

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 But the real question is,

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 are the people

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 that God's entrusted to me

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 am I just teaching them

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 or am I teaching them

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 to obey everything

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 that Jesus commanded?

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 Like,

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 it's dawned on me

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 that I could become

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 this famous preacher

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 to millions.

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 I probably couldn't,

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 but if I did

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 and receive like mailboxes

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 full of praise

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 for the way I preach

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 and invitations

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 to preach here

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 and there

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 all over the world,

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 if not a single

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 one of those listeners

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 actually became

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 a disciple

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 who actually obeyed

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 everything that Jesus

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 commanded them

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 with regard to their money,

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 with regard to their time

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 and their bodies

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 and their sex lives

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 and how they loved

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 their neighbors

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 and cared for the poor

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 and the parentless,

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 then I have failed

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 as a preacher.

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.200
 Then I have failed

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 as a pastor

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 and as a disciple maker.

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 See,

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 when it comes to this

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 last command of Jesus

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 before he ascended

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 into heaven,

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 this call to make disciples,

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 teaching isn't enough.

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 It's not enough

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 to get this stuff

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 into your heads

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 without getting it

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 into your hearts

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 and through your hands.

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 Teaching is one thing,

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 but teaching to obey

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 is another.

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 And this is what we're after

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 here at Christ Church.

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 And can you imagine

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 a world full of disciples

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:22.759
 of Jesus,

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 disciples who aren't just taught,

00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:24.720
 but who are taught

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.539
 to obey?

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 Can you imagine

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 if that happened?

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 If people living

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 into their identity

00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:33.220
 as disciples

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 and followers of Jesus,

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 living after the image

00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:36.639
 and pattern

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 filled this earth,

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 can you imagine?

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 I mean,

00:23:42.439 --> 00:23:43.699
 history has borne witness

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 to this movement

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 and this reality, right?

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.659
 For ever since

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 the resurrection,

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 whenever and wherever

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 disciples of Jesus

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 have lived

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 like their master

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 and conformed

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.779
 to his image,

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 abundant life

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 has flowed,

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 sins forgiven,

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 wrecked relationships,

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 reconciled,

00:24:01.199 --> 00:24:02.279
 unity and diversity

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 equally upheld,

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 healings and hospitals,

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:06.079
 the poor uplifted,

00:24:06.139 --> 00:24:07.599
 women seen as equals,

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 unwanted children

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 welcomed into families

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 and the marginalized

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 of society

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 have found belonging

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 when the people of God

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 pursue the image of God.

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 Don't you want to be

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 a part of that?

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 Don't you want to make

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 disciples of the nations

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 for the good

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.740
 of the nations?

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 If you're looking

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 for a place to start,

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:27.579
 you know,

00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:28.519
 we'd love to talk to you

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.019
 about that,

00:24:29.139 --> 00:24:29.940
 set you up with

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 someone to disciple you

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 or maybe set someone else

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 up to be discipled

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 by you.

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 And we're always looking

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:37.059
 for community group leaders

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.720
 here at Christ Church.

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.880
 They fill up so fast,

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.799
 let's talk.

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.559
 But maybe you're here today

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 and you think of your faith

00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:42.799
 as just something

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:43.660
 you do on Sundays

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:46.059
 or what you lean on

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:46.819
 in hard times

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.740
 and that's the extent

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.759
 of your discipleship

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:50.039
 under Jesus Christ.

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.519
 Maybe you feel

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.920
 like you don't have time

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:54.180
 to sit at Jesus' feet

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:55.480
 to listen to him

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:57.140
 and to live in communion

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:58.200
 with him daily

00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:59.079
 and you're especially

00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:00.720
 uninterested in like going

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:02.440
 and making disciples,

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:02.880
 right?

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.319
 But again,

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:05.120
 in those places

00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:05.920
 in your life

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.640
 where you feel like

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:08.039
 that's not under

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:09.120
 the discipleship of Jesus,

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:11.000
 please don't fool yourself.

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.900
 You are a disciple

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:13.720
 to something

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:16.039
 and you are making disciples,

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:17.059
 even if that just means

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:18.680
 passively making disciples

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:20.980
 of the Bay Area status quo.

00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:23.299
 Jesus' great commission

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:24.299
 has to animate

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.660
 every square inch

00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:26.480
 of our lives

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.559
 in our homes,

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 in our schools,

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:30.059
 in our workplaces,

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:31.039
 in our leisure,

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:32.180
 not just within

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:33.420
 the walls of the church.

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 Like if relationship building

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:38.339
 and investing in people,

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:38.859
 drawing people

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:40.180
 into deeper relationships

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:40.960
 with Christ,

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.779
 seeing them baptized

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.839
 into closer communion

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:44.379
 with the triune God,

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:45.539
 if living for the joy

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.079
 of others

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:46.700
 and the fellowship

00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:47.339
 of others

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:48.460
 and for the belonging

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.140
 and inclusion

00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:50.119
 and all the benefits

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:50.960
 of union with Christ

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.779
 for others

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:53.119
 is not what we're living for.

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:55.119
 If seeing people

00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:55.720
 live the way

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.700
 that Jesus commanded,

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.819
 if seeing a whole world

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.120
 of people,

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.799
 the nations,

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.720
 living the way

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.580
 Jesus did,

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.340
 if this isn't

00:26:01.340 --> 00:26:02.340
 what we're living for,

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:04.720
 if disciples

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.799
 are not what we're

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.620
 aiming to make,

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.259
 then what are we

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.819
 living for?

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:10.380
 What are we doing?

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:12.180
 And is it really better?

00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:14.380
 Is it the hope

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:14.860
 of the world?

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.799
 Now maybe for you

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.180
 this morning,

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:19.180
 you've heard this commission,

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:20.240
 you've heard this command

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:20.799
 from Jesus

00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:21.960
 to make disciples,

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.740
 but you're afraid

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.680
 of failure

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.400
 and I get that.

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:25.220
 And you're afraid

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:26.019
 maybe of what it might

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.720
 cost you,

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.900
 because it is costly.

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.259
 You're afraid of

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:30.140
 sharing the gospel

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:30.860
 with your family,

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.500
 your friend,

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.440
 your coworkers,

00:26:32.600 --> 00:26:32.960
 your neighbors,

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.680
 because you're afraid

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.460
 of the questions

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:36.080
 or of seeming foolish

00:26:36.080 --> 00:26:36.720
 or naive

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:38.080
 or judgmental.

00:26:38.840 --> 00:26:40.160
 Or maybe you're afraid

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:41.060
 to let go of this

00:26:41.060 --> 00:26:42.100
 or that truly good

00:26:42.100 --> 00:26:43.160
 commitment in your life

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:44.019
 in order to make

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:45.019
 more room to invest

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.900
 in making disciples

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.960
 of the nations.

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:49.100
 Well, could I just close

00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:49.800
 by reminding you

00:26:49.800 --> 00:26:50.820
 that this risen Messiah

00:26:50.820 --> 00:26:52.259
 left us not only

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:53.240
 with a commission,

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:54.920
 but also with a comfort?

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:56.940
 To those of us

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:57.660
 who are afraid

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:58.740
 to be disciple-making

00:26:58.740 --> 00:27:00.279
 disciples of Jesus,

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.299
 thinking like,

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.620
 what if we fail?

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:04.019
 And what authority

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:05.160
 do I have

00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:06.019
 to call people

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.740
 to follow me

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.960
 as I follow Christ?

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:10.299
 Could I just remind you

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.720
 today that Jesus says,

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:13.180
 all authority

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:14.019
 in heaven

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:15.079
 and on earth

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:16.059
 have been given

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:17.140
 to him.

00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:18.700
 It's been given

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.620
 to me, he says,

00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:21.180
 therefore go

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:22.200
 and make disciples

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.940
 of the nations.

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.960
 And this is the gospel.

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:24.660
 It's not about

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.360
 your authority.

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.140
 It's not about

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.700
 your power,

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.700
 but it's about his.

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.500
 It's all his.

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.420
 All the authority

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.200
 is his in heaven

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:32.140
 and on earth.

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:33.180
 Your job is simply

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:34.720
 to point to his authority,

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:36.319
 his gentle authority,

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:36.900
 the authority

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.779
 that he won,

00:27:37.840 --> 00:27:38.819
 not by bowing down

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.600
 to the tempter

00:27:39.600 --> 00:27:40.480
 in the wilderness,

00:27:41.340 --> 00:27:42.319
 but by bowing down

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:42.920
 to his Father

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:44.440
 and rising again

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:45.039
 by the Spirit.

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:47.539
 We need not go out

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.059
 into the world

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.819
 to make disciples

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.400
 of the nations

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:50.540
 in our own authority,

00:27:51.340 --> 00:27:52.519
 but we go

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:54.220
 with Christ's authority.

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:56.220
 And success is sure,

00:27:57.040 --> 00:27:57.860
 fully empowered

00:27:57.860 --> 00:27:58.540
 by his Spirit

00:27:58.540 --> 00:27:59.160
 to be fruitful

00:27:59.160 --> 00:28:00.140
 and to multiply

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:01.480
 and to fill the earth

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.160
 with his power,

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.200
 with his presence,

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.420
 ruling and reigning

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:04.740
 with him

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:06.300
 as royal priesthood

00:28:06.300 --> 00:28:06.940
 he calls us.

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.400
 And man,

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.420
 that's power.

00:28:09.560 --> 00:28:10.360
 That's real power.

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.060
 All right?

00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:12.100
 Authority over

00:28:12.100 --> 00:28:12.820
 every sickness,

00:28:13.340 --> 00:28:13.920
 every sadness,

00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:14.680
 every oppression,

00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:15.580
 authority to break

00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:16.940
 every chain of injustice.

00:28:17.100 --> 00:28:18.320
 It all belongs to him.

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:20.819
 And he's called us

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.700
 to go in his name

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.799
 just like his disciples.

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:24.500
 And not only does he

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.460
 comfort us with his authority,

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.740
 but also with his presence.

00:28:26.859 --> 00:28:27.240
 Verse 20,

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:28.220
 this is my favorite part

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.899
 of the Great Commission.

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.480
 And surely,

00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:33.579
 I am with you

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.879
 always.

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:37.779
 We need not go about

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.539
 making disciples

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:39.379
 on our own.

00:28:39.439 --> 00:28:40.159
 We can't.

00:28:41.159 --> 00:28:42.299
 But God with us can.

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:44.099
 And he invites us

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:44.779
 to participate

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.899
 in his work

00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:46.899
 in the world.

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:48.880
 It's like bring your children

00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:49.540
 to work day

00:28:49.540 --> 00:28:50.320
 only like it's

00:28:50.320 --> 00:28:51.140
 actually productive

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:52.160
 and life-giving

00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:53.100
 and affirming

00:28:53.100 --> 00:28:54.140
 for your vocation.

00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:55.840
 He wants us to come

00:28:55.840 --> 00:28:56.600
 alongside of him

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:57.640
 as his apprentices,

00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:58.700
 as his disciples.

00:28:59.780 --> 00:29:00.040
 He says,

00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:01.720
 surely I am with you

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.440
 always,

00:29:02.540 --> 00:29:03.140
 to the very end,

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:03.580
 or in the Greek,

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.440
 to the very fullness,

00:29:04.620 --> 00:29:05.460
 to the very completion,

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.759
 to the very perfection

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:08.440
 of this age.

00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:09.740
 Like all the way

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.500
 to the happy ending,

00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:11.040
 he says.

00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:11.920
 All the way

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.480
 to the happy ending.

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:13.720
 His presence is with us

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.339
 all the way

00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:14.940
 to the perfect,

00:29:15.100 --> 00:29:15.420
 beautiful,

00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:16.100
 glorious,

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.600
 satisfying ending

00:29:17.600 --> 00:29:18.240
 of the story

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:19.180
 that all of our hearts

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:20.059
 long for.

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.559
 So how could we fail

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.380
 if he's with us?

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.660
 And what shall we fear?

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:28.200
 Imagine how differently

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:29.140
 we might live

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:30.559
 if we all believed

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.620
 in the authority

00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:32.440
 of Jesus

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.900
 and in the presence

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.680
 of Jesus

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.539
 to go and make

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.539
 disciples of the nations.

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.579
 What liberation

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:39.579
 and hope

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.160
 and joy

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:41.000
 might be ours

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.920
 if we realized

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.660
 that the success

00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:43.380
 of the church

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:44.740
 in her mission

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:46.680
 and the consummation

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:48.140
 of God's very kingdom purposes

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:49.080
 have less to do

00:29:49.080 --> 00:29:50.420
 with his faltering followers

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:52.100
 and everything to do

00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:53.500
 with the authority

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.560
 and the presence

00:29:54.560 --> 00:29:55.640
 of Jesus Christ

00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:56.400
 with us

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:57.060
 all the way

00:29:57.060 --> 00:29:57.880
 to the happy ending.

00:29:59.580 --> 00:29:59.779
 See,

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.600
 this gospel account

00:30:00.600 --> 00:30:01.180
 of Matthew

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:02.740
 started with Emmanuel,

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.160
 right?

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:04.220
 God with us

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.880
 and in the same way

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:05.320
 it ends

00:30:05.320 --> 00:30:06.580
 with God with us

00:30:06.580 --> 00:30:07.420
 always.

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:09.180
 Perhaps the most

00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:09.900
 foundational,

00:30:10.100 --> 00:30:11.240
 profound truth

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.860
 of the gospel

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.500
 that God

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.839
 would be with us

00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:14.879
 forever.

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:16.019
 Like,

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:17.479
 no matter the cost,

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:19.519
 God with us.

00:30:20.159 --> 00:30:20.799
 It's incredible.

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.019
 You know,

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.459
 this week,

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.939
 one of our staff members,

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.619
 Maria Francis,

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.699
 she's our assistant director

00:30:26.699 --> 00:30:27.259
 of ministry,

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.639
 she was sharing about

00:30:28.639 --> 00:30:29.639
 how she was gonna have dinner

00:30:29.639 --> 00:30:30.359
 with an old friend.

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:32.059
 Her and Pastor Mike,

00:30:32.219 --> 00:30:32.619
 her husband,

00:30:32.699 --> 00:30:33.279
 are from Florida.

00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:34.479
 So this friend from Florida

00:30:34.479 --> 00:30:35.439
 was in the bay

00:30:35.439 --> 00:30:36.339
 and she was gonna have dinner

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:36.759
 with them,

00:30:36.899 --> 00:30:37.839
 but the thing was,

00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:40.139
 this friend

00:30:40.139 --> 00:30:42.240
 hadn't seen Mike

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:44.359
 since before his accident

00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:46.139
 and his traumatic brain injury

00:30:46.139 --> 00:30:46.659
 and his,

00:30:46.679 --> 00:30:46.899
 you know,

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:48.539
 devastating memory loss.

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:50.099
 And so Maria was

00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:51.000
 kind of fretting about,

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.259
 like,

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:51.439
 oh,

00:30:51.439 --> 00:30:52.579
 how's this dinner gonna go?

00:30:53.899 --> 00:30:54.819
 How's this friend

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.579
 gonna experience

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.039
 this guy

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:57.279
 who was her former pastor

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:58.359
 that she looked up to

00:30:58.359 --> 00:31:00.099
 but who was a new Mike,

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:01.199
 no longer the person

00:31:01.199 --> 00:31:02.679
 that he once was.

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.220
 So as a staff,

00:31:04.320 --> 00:31:05.340
 we prayed for Maria

00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:06.320
 about that dinner

00:31:06.320 --> 00:31:07.420
 and I wanna tell you

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:07.900
 what happened.

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:10.320
 So Maria said

00:31:10.320 --> 00:31:11.000
 they had a great time.

00:31:11.100 --> 00:31:11.680
 They had dumplings

00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:12.380
 and ice cream.

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:13.140
 Sounded wonderful.

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:16.680
 And then as they were leaving

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.980
 to say goodbye,

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.539
 good old Pastor Mike,

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:21.140
 who probably couldn't remember

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:22.420
 this girl's name,

00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:23.039
 right?

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:25.000
 He did remember something,

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.279
 though.

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:27.100
 Something at the core

00:31:27.100 --> 00:31:28.120
 of who he is

00:31:28.120 --> 00:31:29.320
 and something he wanted

00:31:29.320 --> 00:31:30.779
 this girl to remember

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.900
 as they were saying goodbye.

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.660
 And what he said to her

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.100
 was this.

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:34.519
 He said,

00:31:35.100 --> 00:31:37.080
 remember who you belong to,

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:39.380
 the God who promised

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:40.940
 never to leave you

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:42.580
 nor forsake you.

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.980
 And these words

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:46.299
 from her former pastor,

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:47.519
 like,

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:48.320
 made this girl

00:31:48.320 --> 00:31:50.080
 burst into tears.

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.940
 And when I heard this,

00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:54.240
 I was like,

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.580
 man,

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:56.820
 thank you, God.

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:57.900
 And man,

00:31:58.360 --> 00:31:59.560
 Pastor Mike still got it.

00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:02.679
 Still making disciples,

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.759
 still fulfilling

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.779
 the great commission.

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:07.279
 And if Pastor Mike

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:08.500
 can't remember

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:09.579
 anything else

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:11.500
 but that surely

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.319
 the I am

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:13.099
 is with him

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:13.819
 always

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.639
 and with us

00:32:14.639 --> 00:32:15.179
 always,

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:16.440
 even to the end

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:17.279
 of the age.

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:19.119
 If the truth

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:20.399
 of God with us

00:32:20.399 --> 00:32:22.000
 can be so

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.879
 indelibly

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:23.659
 etched

00:32:23.659 --> 00:32:25.200
 into his heart

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:27.420
 and his very being

00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:30.819
 that even after

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.279
 he's lost

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:32.380
 so much else,

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.720
 he can still be

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.380
 leading people

00:32:34.380 --> 00:32:35.360
 into deeper

00:32:35.360 --> 00:32:36.180
 relationships

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:37.500
 with Christ.

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:39.539
 like,

00:32:39.619 --> 00:32:40.079
 what reason

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.920
 do we have

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:42.539
 not to join

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:43.380
 Pastor Mike

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:44.559
 in this

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:45.579
 great news

00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:46.299
 commission

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:48.380
 to make disciples

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:50.019
 of the nations

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:51.940
 as the commandment

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.339
 of God

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:53.500
 for his people?

00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:54.900
 That's the church

00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:55.640
 he wants us to be.

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:57.299
 Let's pray.

00:32:57.299 --> 00:33:08.000
 Surely you are

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.480
 with us

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:09.000
 always

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:10.859
 even to the end

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.419
 of the age.

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.519
 What good news

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:13.879
 is that,

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.159
 Lord?

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.759
 What amazing

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.440
 good news.

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.619
 We who have

00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:19.359
 no business

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:21.200
 being in your presence

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:22.720
 you've drawn

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.500
 near to us

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:25.000
 in Christ.

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.980
 You made your dwelling

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.879
 amongst us

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:28.760
 you died

00:33:28.760 --> 00:33:29.360
 for our sins

00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:30.180
 you buried them

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:31.960
 you've risen

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.580
 to new life

00:33:32.580 --> 00:33:33.280
 and you raise us

00:33:33.280 --> 00:33:34.140
 up with you

00:33:34.140 --> 00:33:35.260
 you seat us

00:33:35.260 --> 00:33:35.980
 on your lap

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.820
 in the heavenly

00:33:36.820 --> 00:33:37.320
 places

00:33:37.320 --> 00:33:39.620
 with the angels

00:33:39.620 --> 00:33:40.680
 and archangels

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:41.720
 next to the

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.640
 Father on high

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:45.820
 so how can we

00:33:45.820 --> 00:33:46.640
 not obey you?

00:33:47.820 --> 00:33:48.880
 How can we not

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:49.920
 want this

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.820
 for other people?

00:33:52.560 --> 00:33:52.820
 Oh Lord,

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:54.320
 would the heartbeat

00:33:54.320 --> 00:33:55.100
 of this church

00:33:55.100 --> 00:33:55.720
 of Christ Church

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.280
 East Bay

00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:57.259
 would it be

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:58.099
 let the nations

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:58.759
 be glad

00:33:58.759 --> 00:34:00.460
 let the nations

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:01.000
 be glad

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.960
 in you

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:03.480
 let the nations

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:03.879
 be glad

00:34:03.879 --> 00:34:04.539
 in their maker

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:05.440
 and in their

00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:05.799
 redeemer

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.399
 let the nations

00:34:06.399 --> 00:34:06.879
 be glad

00:34:06.879 --> 00:34:07.879
 in Christ

00:34:07.879 --> 00:34:09.079
 the only kind

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.480
 of God

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:10.559
 who loves us

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:11.079
 so much

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.480
 that he would

00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:12.440
 die for us

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:14.719
 so make this

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.099
 the heartbeat

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:15.779
 of our church

00:34:15.779 --> 00:34:16.300
 Lord God

00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:17.159
 and start with me

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:18.460
 let the nations

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.039
 be glad

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:20.360
 and would you

00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:20.920
 make disciples

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.739
 of the nations

00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:22.800
 through this

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.460
 body of faith

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:24.000
 we pray

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:25.039
 starting with

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:25.400
 this city

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:25.860
 and beyond

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.300
 in the name

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:26.820
 of Jesus

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:27.780
 Amen

00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:57.240
 the nossa