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 This is Matthew chapter 28, Matthew chapter 28.

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 So Matthew's Gospel chapter 28.

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 And we're going to read the last few verses.

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 Matthew 28 starting at verse 16.

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 Let's hear God's word together.

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 Starting at verse 16.

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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,

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 All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

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 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,

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 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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 Well, let's pray.

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 Our Father, as we have just read your word,

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 it is so familiar to us.

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 We can say the verses perhaps by heart,

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 or at least we know the main points of what we've just read.

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 They're etched in our memory.

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 And yet they are so crucial to us today

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 that it can just wash over us

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 and it can soon be forgotten.

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 And so we pray that what is known to us,

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 what we hear and what we know to be true,

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 that by your Spirit you would drive this home to our hearts.

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 and you would work in us,

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 not just individually,

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 but corporately as your family here today.

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 And do a great work

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 that would lead to people coming to faith in this town

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 and will lead to people coming to faith

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 in other parts of the world.

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 So we ask,

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 pour out your Spirit upon us today.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Well, over the month of April,

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 we've been looking at the Easter account.

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 We jumped from chapter 13 to the end of Matthew

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 and we'll be going back again next week

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 to pick up where we left off.

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 And in particular,

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 we've been looking at the trial,

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 death and resurrection of Jesus.

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 But the Easter account is not over

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 when the resurrection happens.

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 There's one more vital piece of the story.

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 You remember last week

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 that we looked at the women

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 being the first eyewitnesses

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 of the risen Jesus.

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 We pick it up in verse 9,

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 chapter 28.

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 The angels had told them to go

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 and they met Jesus

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 and Jesus said,

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 Greetings.

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 And they came to him,

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 clasped his feet

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 and worshipped him.

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 Then Jesus said to the women,

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 Do not be afraid.

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 Go and tell my brothers,

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 that's the disciples,

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 to go to Galilee,

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 which was about a three-day walk

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 north of Jerusalem

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 and there they will see me.

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 So, back down to verse 16,

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 the eleven disciples

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 went to Galilee,

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 to the mountain

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 where Jesus had told them to go.

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 And what follows in these verses

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 are the words of the risen Jesus

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 and they have huge significance

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 for each one of us today.

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 Three things Jesus tells us.

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 Submit to my authority,

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 obey my command

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 and trust my promise.

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 Submit, obey and trust.

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 So first,

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 submit to the authority

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 of the risen Jesus.

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 Look at verse 18.

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 Jesus came to them

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 and said,

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 All authority

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 in heaven and on earth

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 has been given to me.

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 Now that's an extraordinary statement

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 for someone to say.

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 Jesus claims

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 to have a universal authority

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 over all things

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 and all people.

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 In heaven

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 and on earth.

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 nothing and no one

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 he says

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 is outside my rule

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 or my control.

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 Now you go and say that

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 to somebody tomorrow

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 and see what kind of response

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 you get.

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 You see,

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 it's one thing

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 to claim supreme authority

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 but how on earth

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 do you prove it?

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 Well,

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 three things I think

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 will help us see

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 the authority

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 of Jesus.

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 First,

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 it's received

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 from the Father.

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 Did you see what he says

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 in verse 18?

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 This authority

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 has been given

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 to me.

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 Jesus receives

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 his authority

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 from God the Father.

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 And for us to understand

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 what this means

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 we need to go

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 to Acts 2

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 where this is explained.

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 So just jump forward

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 to Acts 2.

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 Matthew,

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 Mark,

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 Luke,

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 John

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 and then Acts.

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 So in Acts 2

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 this is about

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 six weeks

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 after the events

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 that Matthew

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 records.

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 So it's about

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 six weeks later.

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 And Peter,

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 one of the disciples

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 who's listened

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 to Jesus

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 on the mountain

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 is preaching

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 about the death

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 and resurrection

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 of Jesus.

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 And this is what

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 he says.

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 We pick it up

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 in verse 32.

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 God has raised

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 this Jesus

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 to life

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 and we are all

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 witnesses

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 to it.

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 Exalted

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 to the right hand

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 of God.

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 So to be exalted

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 to the right hand

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 of God

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 is to be given

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 the position

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 of authority

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 and power.

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 Verse 36.

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 Therefore,

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 let all Israel,

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 this is his audience

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 at the time,

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 let all Israel

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 be assured of this.

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 God has made

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 this Jesus

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 whom you crucified

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 both Lord

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 and Christ.

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 God declares

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 that the crucified

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 Jesus

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 is now

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 the risen

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 Lord

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 and Messiah.

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 This is not

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 an opinion poll.

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 It's not a case

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 of hands up here

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 who thinks

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 Jesus has authority.

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 No,

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 Jesus has been

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 given authority.

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 He is declared

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 to be the God

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 King

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 who rules

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 over all things

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 and all people.

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 So he receives

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 it from the Father

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 and it is

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 proved

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 by the resurrection.

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 So again,

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 look at verse 32.

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 God

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 has raised

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 this Jesus

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 to life

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 and we are

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 witnesses of it.

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 Jesus

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 had submitted

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 himself to death

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 on the cross

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 trusting

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 that the Father

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 would raise him

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 from the dead

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 and that's what

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 God the Father

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 did.

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 He raised

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 Jesus

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 and people

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 like the disciples

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 saw him,

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 heard him,

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 ate with him,

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 touched him.

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 This was the

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 physical,

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 bodily

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 resurrection

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 of Jesus.

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 He was dead

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 and he is now

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 raised

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 never to die

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 again.

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 So the resurrection

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 proves

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 the authority

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 that he has

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 received.

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 So if you were

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 to ask Jesus,

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 Jesus,

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 how do you

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 have all authority?

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 Well,

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 because I was

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 raised by the

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 Father

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 to rule

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 over all people

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 and all

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 powers.

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 Without the

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 resurrection,

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 Jesus is just

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 another crackpot.

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 But he was

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 seen to be

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 raised

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 and he now

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 has

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 all

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 authority.

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 So it was

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 received from

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 the Father,

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 proved by the

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 resurrection

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 and then third,

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 declared

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 on the mountain.

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 Let's go back

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 to Matthew

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 chapter 28.

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 Back at

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 verse 16.

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 The disciples,

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 Jesus says,

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 I want you,

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 I'm going to

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 meet you

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 up the

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 mountain.

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 Why go up

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 a mountain?

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 Now we've

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 already learned

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 this from

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 Matthew,

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 remember back

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 in chapter 5,

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 that mountains

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 have huge

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 significance

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 in the

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 Bible.

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 And Jesus

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 is taking

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 us back

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 once again

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 to a

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 significant

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 event

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 back at

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 Mount Sinai

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 in Exodus

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 in the Old

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 Testament

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 where God

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 had rescued

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 his people

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 from slavery

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 and God

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 called Moses

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 up the

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 mountain

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 to speak

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 to him.

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 And this

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 is what

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 God said.

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 Here it is

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 on the screen.

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 Out of all

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 the nations

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 you will be

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 my treasured

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 possession.

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 Although the

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 whole earth

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 is mine

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 you will be

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 for me

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 a kingdom

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 of priests

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 and a

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 holy nation.

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 Because I've

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 saved you,

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 God says,

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 you will be

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 my treasured

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 possession.

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 You will be

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 a kingdom

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 of priests.

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 You are to

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 represent God

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 to the people.

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 You are a

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 holy nation.

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 You are to

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 reflect God

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 to the people.

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 But now

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 what do we

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 see at the

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 end of

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 Matthew

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 chapter 28?

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 Jesus once

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 again

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 gathers

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 his disciples,

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 his treasured

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 possession

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 on the

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 mountain.

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 He speaks

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 with a

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 divine

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 authority.

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 Be my

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 people.

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 Represent

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 me.

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 Reflect

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 me in

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 the world

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 into which

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 I am going

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 to send

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 you.

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 Jesus

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 comes

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 as the

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 risen

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 king

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 who has

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 saved us

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 from sin

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 and death

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 and has

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 given us

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 new life.

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 You see,

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 this is not

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 a democracy

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 where we go

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 to the ballot

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 box and we

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 vote whether

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 Jesus has

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 authority or

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 not.

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 This is about

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 sovereignty.

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 It means

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 he does

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 rule whether

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 we accept

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 it or

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 reject it.

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 he rules

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 over my

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 life and

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 he rules

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 over your

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 life.

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 He rules

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 over your

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 work,

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 over your

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 free time,

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 over your

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 money,

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 every second

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 of every

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 day.

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 He rules

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 it.

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 Your life

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 belongs to

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 him.

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 So what

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 is our

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 response

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 to the

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 one with

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 absolute

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 power and

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 supreme

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 authority?

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 What's our

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 response?

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 well the

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 only right

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 response is

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 to submit

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 to him,

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 to bow in

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 joyful submission

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 to the

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 God King

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 who submitted

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 himself to

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 death for

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 you and

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 for me.

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 In

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 thankfulness

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 I surrender

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 my life to

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 the one who

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 gave me

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 life.

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 So first

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 we submit

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 to the

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 authority of

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 the risen

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 Jesus.

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 Second,

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 we obey

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 the command

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 of the

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 risen

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 Jesus.

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 You see,

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 if Jesus

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 has all

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 authority,

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 then he

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 has the

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 right to

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 command

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 things.

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 I don't

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 have any

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 right to

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 command

00:13:41.059 --> 00:13:41.939
 anybody.

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 But what

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 do we see

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 verse 19?

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 Jesus says,

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 therefore,

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 because I

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 have this

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 authority,

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 therefore go

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 and make

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 disciples of

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 all nations,

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 baptizing them

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 in the name

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 of the

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 Father and

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 of the

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 Son and

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 of the

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 Holy Spirit

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 and teaching

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 them to

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 obey everything

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 I have

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 commanded you.

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 The command

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 is not

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 difficult,

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 is it?

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 It's crystal

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 clear and as

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 I went

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 through this,

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 my main

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 thing I kept

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 telling myself

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 was,

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 don't make it

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 complicated.

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 Don't mess

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 up what is

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 already simple

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 and clear.

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 So let's

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 look at what

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 these commands

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 are.

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 There's three

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 main ones.

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 First,

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 make disciples.

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 This is the

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 primary and

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 central command

00:14:30.260 --> 00:14:31.760
 of this text,

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 making

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 disciples.

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 That's our

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 purpose.

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 If you're

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 wondering what

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 your purpose

00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:39.180
 is, that's

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 what disciples

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 do.

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 We make

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 more

00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:43.020
 disciples.

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 A disciple

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 is someone

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 who simply

00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:46.980
 follows Jesus

00:14:46.980 --> 00:14:48.159
 and therefore

00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:49.139
 calls others

00:14:49.139 --> 00:14:49.740
 to follow

00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:50.340
 Jesus.

00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:52.139
 Remember what

00:14:52.139 --> 00:14:52.960
 Jesus said

00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:53.560
 to his

00:14:53.560 --> 00:14:54.259
 disciples when

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 he first

00:14:54.659 --> 00:14:55.240
 called them,

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 come follow

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 me and I

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 will what?

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 I will make

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 you fishers

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 of people.

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 That's the

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 king's desire

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 and that's

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 what the

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 king's people

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 should desire.

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 Make

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 disciples.

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 But how

00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:12.860
 do we make

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 a disciple?

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 How does

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 that happen?

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 Well,

00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:18.640
 first we

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 announce

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 the gospel.

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 Look at

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 verse 19

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 because you're

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 saying,

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 well, where

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 does it say

00:15:24.980 --> 00:15:25.380
 that?

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 Well, we're

00:15:26.860 --> 00:15:27.280
 told to

00:15:27.280 --> 00:15:27.920
 baptise

00:15:27.920 --> 00:15:28.400
 people.

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 And what's

00:15:29.800 --> 00:15:30.280
 baptism?

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 Baptism is a

00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:32.140
 response

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 to the

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 gospel.

00:15:34.800 --> 00:15:35.600
 Verse 20,

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 we're to

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 teach

00:15:36.700 --> 00:15:37.680
 people.

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 Who are we

00:15:39.800 --> 00:15:40.220
 teaching?

00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:41.360
 Those who

00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:42.520
 have believed

00:15:42.520 --> 00:15:43.240
 the gospel.

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 Therefore,

00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:44.840
 the implication

00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:45.500
 is we

00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:46.200
 first need

00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:47.500
 to announce

00:15:47.500 --> 00:15:48.180
 the gospel.

00:15:49.140 --> 00:15:49.780
 Disciples

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 are ambassadors.

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 We started

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 with that

00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:53.320
 in 2 Corinthians

00:15:53.320 --> 00:15:53.780
 5.

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 We're ambassadors

00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:56.240
 bringing an

00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:56.860
 announcement

00:15:56.860 --> 00:15:58.140
 from the

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 king.

00:16:00.180 --> 00:16:01.100
 What are

00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:01.700
 you if you're

00:16:01.700 --> 00:16:02.180
 a Christian?

00:16:03.460 --> 00:16:04.259
 You're an

00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:04.900
 ambassador.

00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:07.100
 We announce

00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:08.020
 the good news

00:16:08.020 --> 00:16:08.680
 that Jesus

00:16:08.680 --> 00:16:09.560
 is king

00:16:09.560 --> 00:16:10.680
 and that he's

00:16:10.680 --> 00:16:11.379
 going to be

00:16:11.379 --> 00:16:12.660
 king forever.

00:16:12.659 --> 00:16:14.000
 God's king

00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:15.000
 who has

00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:15.439
 come to

00:16:15.439 --> 00:16:15.959
 redeem

00:16:15.959 --> 00:16:16.959
 broken lives

00:16:16.959 --> 00:16:17.799
 and restore

00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:18.699
 this disordered

00:16:18.699 --> 00:16:19.139
 world.

00:16:19.139 --> 00:16:20.620
 We declare

00:16:20.620 --> 00:16:21.799
 that God

00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:22.879
 through Jesus

00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:24.299
 has crushed

00:16:24.299 --> 00:16:25.000
 evil,

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 defeated

00:16:26.199 --> 00:16:26.819
 death,

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 so that we

00:16:27.819 --> 00:16:28.360
 could enter

00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:28.899
 into his

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 eternal kingdom.

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 And one day

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 this risen

00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:33.620
 king is going

00:16:33.620 --> 00:16:34.559
 to come back

00:16:34.559 --> 00:16:35.339
 in power

00:16:35.339 --> 00:16:36.419
 and glory

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 and he's

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 going to put

00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:38.439
 everything

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 right.

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 this is what

00:16:41.220 --> 00:16:42.299
 God has

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 achieved

00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:43.799
 and will

00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:44.399
 achieve

00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:45.379
 through his

00:16:45.379 --> 00:16:45.720
 son.

00:16:47.019 --> 00:16:47.360
 You see

00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:48.039
 Christianity

00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:49.659
 is never

00:16:49.659 --> 00:16:50.399
 anything

00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:51.799
 we do

00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:52.579
 for God.

00:16:53.179 --> 00:16:53.620
 Christianity

00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:55.039
 is always

00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:55.699
 about what

00:16:55.699 --> 00:16:56.500
 God has

00:16:56.500 --> 00:16:56.860
 done

00:16:56.860 --> 00:16:57.980
 for us.

00:16:58.799 --> 00:16:59.279
 So we

00:16:59.279 --> 00:16:59.799
 simply

00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:01.159
 announce

00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:02.419
 this good

00:17:02.419 --> 00:17:03.000
 news

00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:04.240
 about Jesus.

00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:06.700
 We

00:17:06.700 --> 00:17:07.119
 announce

00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:07.779
 the gospel

00:17:07.779 --> 00:17:09.700
 and we

00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:10.619
 baptise

00:17:10.619 --> 00:17:11.759
 verse 19.

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 We baptise

00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:13.160
 them in the

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 name of the

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 Father and

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 the Son and

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 the Spirit

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 because baptism

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 is a public

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 declaration

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 of an

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 internal

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 reality.

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 It's saying

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 that I've

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 now turned

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 from living

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 my own

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 way and

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 living under

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 my own

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 authority and

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 submitting to

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 my life

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 but now I've

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 turned and I

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 trust in

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 Jesus the

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 King and I

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 submit to

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 his authority

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 and I

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 obey

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 his

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 commands.

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 So as I

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 go under

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 the water

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 in baptism

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 I am

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 declaring that

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 Jesus died

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 for me

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 and as I

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 come out of

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 the water

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 I am

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 declaring

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 Jesus was

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 raised for

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 me.

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 It's an

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 outward

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 expression

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 of my

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 trust

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 in Jesus.

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 So let

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 me ask

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 you

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 how will

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 people know

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 if you're

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 a follower

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 of Jesus

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 and that

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 you're a

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 disciple

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 through our

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 baptism?

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 If you're a

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 Christian

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 how will

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 people know

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 you're a

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 Christian?

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 Through

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 baptism

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 because baptism

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 marks out

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 those who

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 are his

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 disciples.

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 It identifies

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 who follows

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 Jesus.

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 So if you're a

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 Christian here

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 today and

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 you say

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 yes I'm a

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 disciple

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 I follow

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 Jesus.

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 well have

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 you been

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 baptized?

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 And what

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 possible answer

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 are you going

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 to give

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 to that

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 question?

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 We're

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 baptized in

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 response

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 to what

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 Jesus has

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 done for

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 us.

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 To declare

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 to identify

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 to hold

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 our cards

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 up high

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 to say

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 yes I'm

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 a follower

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 of Jesus.

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 So why

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 don't you

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 talk to me

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 afterwards?

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 If you

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 say you're

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 a disciple

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 and you're

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 not yet

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 baptized

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 come talk

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 to me.

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 I'd love

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 to talk

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 to you

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 about that.

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 Third

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 we teach

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 we baptize

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 we teach

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 and let's

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 get this

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 clear we

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 don't teach

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 people to

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 obey who

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 are not

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 disciples.

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 We're not

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 going out

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 there and

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 saying listen

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 you're to

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 do this

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 and you're

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 to do

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 that.

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 No we

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 announce to

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 unbelievers

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 what Jesus

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 has done

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 and when

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 people have

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 received when

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 people believe

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 in Jesus

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 then we

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 live a life

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 of obedience

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 and we

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 want to

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 learn more

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 about Jesus

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 and that's

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 what we're

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 doing right

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 now.

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 We're a

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 gathering of

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 disciples who

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 are learning

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 what it means

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 to obey and

00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:06.240
 follow Jesus.

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 what are

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 his commands?

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 We read

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 them in

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 his word.

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 How am I

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 going to

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 follow them

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 and put

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 them into

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 practice?

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 We learn

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 together and

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 that's what we

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 do in our

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 home groups.

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 We're

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 together

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 studying

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 God's

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 word to

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 learn about

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 all the

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 things that

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 he commands

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 us to do

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 as his

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 people and

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 how we

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 should live

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 as a

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 Christian in

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 the world.

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 That's why

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 we make it

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 a priority

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 to gather

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 together as

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 his people.

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 So we

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 announce the

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 good news,

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 we baptise

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 people as a

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 sign of their

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 faith and

00:20:45.099 --> 00:20:45.980
 we teach them

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 the word of

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 God of what

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 it means to

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 follow Jesus.

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 It's really

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 not complicated

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 is it?

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 It's really

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 simple.

00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.359
 But that's

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 not all.

00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:58.240
 We make

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 disciples of

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 who?

00:21:00.140 --> 00:21:02.640
 of all

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 nations.

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 Verse 19.

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 Therefore go

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 and make

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 disciples of

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 all nations.

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 Nations

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 here is not

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 the political

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 divisions and

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:15.720
 the geographical

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 borders and

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.460
 lines that we

00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:18.020
 see in our

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 maps today.

00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:20.640
 It's the

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 different people

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 groups of the

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 world of

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 which there's

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 well there's

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 more than

00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:27.960
 15,000

00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:29.420
 different people

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 groups.

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 In other

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 words there's

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 no tribe or

00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:35.320
 language or

00:21:35.320 --> 00:21:36.600
 people that

00:21:36.600 --> 00:21:37.660
 are excluded

00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:39.440
 from hearing

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 about the

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.600
 good news of

00:21:40.600 --> 00:21:41.000
 Christ.

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 In particular

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 the people

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 groups that

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 don't have

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 any or

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 very few

00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:47.280
 disciples in

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 them.

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 So we

00:21:49.080 --> 00:21:49.680
 heard if you

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 were listening

00:21:50.120 --> 00:21:51.180
 to Leticia

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 the Berber

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 is that right?

00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:55.500
 The Berber

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 people and

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 the people

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 from

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 Kabul.

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:00.380
 Yeah?

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 So these

00:22:01.820 --> 00:22:02.220
 are all

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:03.279
 people groups.

00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:04.320
 Or we

00:22:04.320 --> 00:22:04.920
 think of

00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.740
 the people

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.340
 group in

00:22:06.340 --> 00:22:07.039
 Azad

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:07.759
 Kashmir

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.920
 where we

00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.420
 pray for

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:09.759
 Mickey.

00:22:10.100 --> 00:22:11.060
 That land

00:22:11.060 --> 00:22:12.000
 sandwiched

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.880
 between India

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:13.560
 and Pakistan.

00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:14.700
 There's about

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.779
 five million

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.640
 people living

00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:18.900
 there and

00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:19.860
 four hundred

00:22:19.860 --> 00:22:21.019
 disciples.

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 people of

00:22:31.619 --> 00:22:32.660
 every tribe

00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:33.420
 and every

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:35.139
 language and

00:22:35.139 --> 00:22:35.839
 every people

00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:37.339
 group gathering

00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:38.579
 together to

00:22:38.579 --> 00:22:39.099
 be his

00:22:39.099 --> 00:22:40.500
 disciples to

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.339
 be with him

00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:42.319
 in his

00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:43.059
 eternal

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.579
 kingdom.

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 A people

00:22:44.859 --> 00:22:45.619
 from all

00:22:45.619 --> 00:22:46.059
 over the

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:47.700
 world from

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:48.660
 Karigaline

00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:49.880
 and beyond

00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:51.120
 who will

00:22:51.120 --> 00:22:51.860
 follow him

00:22:51.860 --> 00:22:52.960
 and worship

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.299
 him.

00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:54.519
 That's

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.600
 God's

00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:56.059
 desire.

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.259
 That's his

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:57.740
 plan.

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.660
 And how

00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:00.200
 do we do

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.440
 it?

00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:01.700
 How do we

00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:02.500
 make disciples

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:04.180
 of all

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:04.640
 nations?

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:07.080
 As

00:23:07.080 --> 00:23:08.220
 we go.

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 That's the

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:09.900
 meaning of

00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:10.779
 verse 19.

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.120
 It's better

00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:13.460
 to think of

00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:14.039
 it like this.

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.160
 As you

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:15.680
 go,

00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:16.700
 make

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.259
 disciples

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.779
 of all

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:18.200
 nations.

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.420
 In other

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:19.680
 words,

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.360
 it's not an

00:23:20.360 --> 00:23:21.220
 activity to

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.900
 add to the

00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:22.380
 list when

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:22.700
 we have

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.279
 time.

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.720
 It's what

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.519
 we do

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.660
 as we go

00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:27.180
 about our

00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:27.519
 lives.

00:23:27.860 --> 00:23:28.019
 Our

00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.740
 priority

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.920
 as a

00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:30.440
 disciple

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:31.960
 is to

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.400
 make

00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:33.299
 more

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:33.900
 disciples.

00:23:35.100 --> 00:23:35.759
 Now that

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.360
 should change

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:36.860
 everything.

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.060
 Our

00:23:38.060 --> 00:23:38.960
 priority in

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.720
 life is not

00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.299
 to get a

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:41.340
 job and

00:23:41.340 --> 00:23:41.700
 earn a

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.519
 good salary,

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:44.000
 as important

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.860
 as that is,

00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:45.979
 but as

00:23:45.979 --> 00:23:46.779
 we work

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:48.000
 and as

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.500
 we earn

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.219
 our salaries

00:23:49.219 --> 00:23:50.659
 to make

00:23:50.659 --> 00:23:51.240
 disciples.

00:23:52.419 --> 00:23:52.979
 That's

00:23:52.979 --> 00:23:53.319
 what we

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:53.559
 do.

00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:54.799
 Our

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.439
 purpose is

00:23:55.439 --> 00:23:55.899
 not to

00:23:55.899 --> 00:23:56.359
 give our

00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:57.339
 children the

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:58.019
 very best

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.659
 possible

00:23:58.659 --> 00:23:59.419
 education

00:23:59.419 --> 00:24:00.240
 that we

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.859
 can give

00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:01.139
 them,

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.419
 but as

00:24:02.419 --> 00:24:03.439
 we raise

00:24:03.439 --> 00:24:03.859
 our

00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:04.339
 children

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:06.219
 to make

00:24:06.219 --> 00:24:06.479
 them

00:24:06.479 --> 00:24:07.159
 disciples.

00:24:08.399 --> 00:24:08.759
 Our

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.299
 goal in

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:09.779
 life is

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.199
 not to

00:24:10.199 --> 00:24:10.759
 get married

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.179
 and live

00:24:11.179 --> 00:24:11.659
 a comfortable

00:24:11.659 --> 00:24:12.139
 life,

00:24:12.479 --> 00:24:13.059
 but wherever

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:13.779
 we live

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:14.539
 and whatever

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.339
 our status

00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:15.919
 in life

00:24:15.919 --> 00:24:16.639
 may be,

00:24:17.639 --> 00:24:18.720
 to make

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.299
 disciples.

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.299
 Our

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:21.960
 aim each

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.460
 week is

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:22.879
 not to

00:24:22.879 --> 00:24:23.700
 get healthier

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.659
 and fitter,

00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:26.240
 but as we

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.819
 eat our

00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:27.779
 salads and

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.179
 as we

00:24:28.179 --> 00:24:28.639
 go to

00:24:28.639 --> 00:24:29.159
 the gym,

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.159
 make

00:24:31.159 --> 00:24:31.759
 disciples.

00:24:33.639 --> 00:24:34.200
 You see,

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:35.980
 unless we're

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.480
 making

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.279
 disciples,

00:24:38.179 --> 00:24:39.819
 we're not

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:41.220
 a disciple.

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:42.980
 Or let

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.419
 me put it

00:24:43.419 --> 00:24:44.000
 another way,

00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:45.439
 we cannot

00:24:45.439 --> 00:24:46.679
 be disciples

00:24:46.679 --> 00:24:48.839
 and not

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.179
 make

00:24:49.179 --> 00:24:49.779
 disciples.

00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:51.839
 Yes,

00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:53.220
 we can

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:53.980
 pray for

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.559
 people to

00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:54.819
 go,

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:56.919
 yes,

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.339
 we can

00:24:57.339 --> 00:24:57.859
 support

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.299
 people

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:59.079
 financially,

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.460
 those things

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.159
 are vital

00:25:01.159 --> 00:25:01.859
 and crucial,

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:03.399
 we can

00:25:03.399 --> 00:25:03.919
 open up

00:25:03.919 --> 00:25:04.460
 our homes

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.119
 to people,

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:06.500
 we can

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.579
 agree and

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:07.839
 say,

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.279
 yes,

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:08.559
 yes,

00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:08.839
 yes,

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.619
 the nations,

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.500
 the unreached

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.220
 people groups

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.679
 of the world,

00:25:11.919 --> 00:25:12.639
 they must

00:25:12.639 --> 00:25:13.480
 be reached.

00:25:15.639 --> 00:25:16.699
 But unless

00:25:16.699 --> 00:25:17.500
 we are

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.179
 personally

00:25:18.179 --> 00:25:19.179
 involved,

00:25:19.899 --> 00:25:20.559
 unless we

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.619
 are intentionally,

00:25:21.899 --> 00:25:22.659
 each one of

00:25:22.659 --> 00:25:22.899
 us,

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:23.959
 introducing

00:25:23.959 --> 00:25:25.439
 people to

00:25:25.439 --> 00:25:27.019
 Jesus and

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.839
 helping others

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.559
 to follow

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:29.220
 Jesus,

00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:32.839
 we're not

00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.480
 a disciple

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:35.819
 because that's

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.139
 what a

00:25:36.139 --> 00:25:37.039
 disciple is.

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:39.039
 making

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:40.039
 disciples is

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.460
 not for

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:40.920
 the gifted

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.519
 few,

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:43.139
 but for

00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:43.960
 the privilege

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.980
 of every

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.799
 single one

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.319
 of us.

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:49.119
 So what's

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:49.859
 our response

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.440
 to the one

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:51.339
 with all

00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:52.000
 authority,

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:53.799
 the risen

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.579
 Jesus who

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.579
 commands us

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:57.299
 to go and

00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:58.059
 make disciples?

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.119
 What are you

00:25:59.119 --> 00:25:59.599
 going to say

00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:00.460
 to that command

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:01.200
 today?

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:04.580
 yes,

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:04.940
 I will

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.340
 obey.

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.080
 We will

00:26:07.080 --> 00:26:07.900
 gladly and

00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:08.319
 willingly

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:10.279
 prioritise

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:11.480
 my life

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.880
 around this

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:14.120
 one command.

00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:17.879
 where you

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:18.039
 say,

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:18.519
 how do I

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.079
 do that?

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:20.500
 How could I

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.219
 be involved

00:26:21.219 --> 00:26:21.799
 in making

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.339
 disciples?

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.119
 Well,

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:25.419
 have you

00:26:25.419 --> 00:26:25.719
 heard of

00:26:25.719 --> 00:26:26.219
 the rock?

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.500
 Have you

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:28.899
 heard of

00:26:28.899 --> 00:26:29.199
 rooted?

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.519
 Have you

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:31.899
 heard of

00:26:31.899 --> 00:26:32.359
 polo?

00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:35.500
 They're all

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.019
 things that

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:37.839
 happen and

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.699
 they would

00:26:38.699 --> 00:26:39.639
 all love to

00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:40.079
 have other

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.799
 people help

00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:41.139
 out.

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:43.340
 that's

00:26:43.340 --> 00:26:43.860
 one way.

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.300
 It might

00:26:44.300 --> 00:26:44.940
 work for

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.160
 you,

00:26:45.300 --> 00:26:45.960
 but that

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.420
 is one

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:46.940
 way to

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:47.560
 think about.

00:26:49.540 --> 00:26:50.300
 That each

00:26:50.300 --> 00:26:51.140
 one of us

00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:51.980
 can be

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.900
 involved in

00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:53.759
 picking up

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.400
 our Bibles

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:56.160
 with another

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.860
 person in

00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.360
 the life of

00:26:57.360 --> 00:26:57.900
 the church,

00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:59.520
 meeting with

00:26:59.520 --> 00:27:00.540
 them to

00:27:00.540 --> 00:27:01.620
 read it and

00:27:01.620 --> 00:27:02.060
 to pray

00:27:02.060 --> 00:27:03.720
 together as

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.680
 we encourage

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:06.380
 each other to

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:07.500
 obey everything

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:09.520
 and to teach

00:27:09.520 --> 00:27:10.180
 each other

00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:10.940
 God's word.

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:12.080
 that's

00:27:12.080 --> 00:27:13.100
 making a

00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:13.600
 disciple,

00:27:14.800 --> 00:27:15.300
 gathering

00:27:15.300 --> 00:27:15.980
 around his

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:17.460
 word and

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.020
 encouraging

00:27:18.020 --> 00:27:19.259
 others in

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.860
 that word.

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:21.840
 What

00:27:21.840 --> 00:27:23.540
 better or

00:27:23.540 --> 00:27:24.740
 greater offering

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.880
 of thanks

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:27.040
 can we give

00:27:27.040 --> 00:27:27.759
 to God

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:29.540
 than to

00:27:29.540 --> 00:27:29.920
 make

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:31.720
 another

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:33.080
 person a

00:27:33.080 --> 00:27:33.560
 disciple?

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.800
 That would

00:27:35.800 --> 00:27:36.120
 be the

00:27:36.120 --> 00:27:36.400
 greatest

00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:37.860
 offering that

00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:38.200
 we could

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.820
 ever give.

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:38.919
 love.

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.619
 It's what

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:41.099
 God is

00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:42.700
 doing and

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.019
 it's what

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.599
 he's calling

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.319
 us to do.

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.259
 So we

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:47.720
 obey the

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:49.200
 command of

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.599
 Jesus.

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.980
 Third,

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:55.939
 we trust the

00:27:55.939 --> 00:27:56.720
 promise of the

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.379
 risen Jesus.

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:58.879
 Thankfully,

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.939
 this command to

00:27:59.939 --> 00:28:01.700
 go is not

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.399
 something we're

00:28:02.399 --> 00:28:03.139
 to do alone.

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:04.100
 look at the

00:28:04.100 --> 00:28:04.580
 end of verse

00:28:04.580 --> 00:28:05.040
 20.

00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:06.320
 And surely

00:28:06.320 --> 00:28:07.220
 I am with

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:08.120
 you always

00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:09.580
 to the very

00:28:09.580 --> 00:28:10.259
 end of the

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.780
 age.

00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:12.460
 Now,

00:28:12.540 --> 00:28:13.000
 there's two

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.980
 promises here

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.820
 given for

00:28:14.820 --> 00:28:15.800
 our encouragement.

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.540
 Here's the

00:28:17.540 --> 00:28:18.300
 first promise.

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:21.839
 I am with

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:23.180
 you always.

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.720
 Remember who

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.339
 Jesus is

00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:27.000
 talking to,

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:27.819
 first of all,

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.639
 in verse 17.

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:30.879
 Do you see

00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:31.240
 who he's

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.839
 talking to?

00:28:32.639 --> 00:28:33.419
 When they

00:28:33.419 --> 00:28:34.099
 saw him,

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:36.359
 they worshipped

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:36.759
 him,

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.500
 but some

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.099
 doubted.

00:28:40.159 --> 00:28:40.440
 Now,

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:40.839
 isn't that

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.460
 interesting?

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.279
 The disciples

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:43.859
 that he's

00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:45.220
 calling to

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.859
 go into

00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:47.240
 world mission

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:48.400
 some

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:49.000
 worshipped,

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.579
 some

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.160
 doubted.

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.160
 Or again,

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:52.039
 the translation

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.880
 is more,

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.359
 they believe,

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:55.779
 but they

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.599
 don't believe.

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.220
 There's a

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.859
 mixture of

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.839
 trusting and

00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:00.680
 doubting.

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:01.799
 Yes,

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.380
 yes,

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:03.079
 we can do

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.519
 this.

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.220
 No,

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:05.900
 I can't do

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.359
 this.

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.240
 Yes,

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:07.779
 I want to

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.160
 follow.

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:09.759
 I'm not

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.400
 sure I can

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:10.759
 follow.

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:12.920
 Sound a bit

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.559
 like me.

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:15.259
 Sounds a bit

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.859
 like you.

00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:17.160
 Isn't that

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:17.600
 us?

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.180
 Worshippers

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.900
 and doubters,

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.779
 yes,

00:29:22.300 --> 00:29:22.880
 no.

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:25.519
 We struggle,

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:26.140
 don't we?

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.360
 That's why

00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:28.120
 these words

00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:28.880
 are so

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:29.500
 comforting.

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:30.660
 He says,

00:29:30.820 --> 00:29:31.440
 I will be

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:32.060
 with you

00:29:32.060 --> 00:29:33.100
 always.

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:34.320
 The promise

00:29:34.320 --> 00:29:35.160
 that he

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:35.500
 will be

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.060
 with us

00:29:36.060 --> 00:29:36.600
 in the

00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:37.259
 task of

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.580
 making

00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:38.140
 disciples.

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.040
 That doesn't

00:29:39.040 --> 00:29:39.580
 mean he's

00:29:39.580 --> 00:29:40.019
 physically

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:40.560
 with us,

00:29:40.620 --> 00:29:41.100
 holding us

00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.500
 by the

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:41.840
 hand,

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:42.700
 but he's

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.560
 present in

00:29:43.560 --> 00:29:44.220
 every one

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.519
 of us

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.019
 by the

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.500
 power of

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:45.940
 his Holy

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:46.360
 Spirit.

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:47.379
 That means

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:47.819
 the one

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.779
 with all

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.500
 authority

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:52.459
 goes with

00:29:52.459 --> 00:29:52.899
 us

00:29:52.899 --> 00:29:54.179
 with his

00:29:54.179 --> 00:29:54.779
 authority.

00:29:56.159 --> 00:29:57.199
 The God

00:29:57.199 --> 00:29:57.899
 King who

00:29:57.899 --> 00:29:58.959
 rules over

00:29:58.959 --> 00:29:59.679
 all things

00:29:59.679 --> 00:30:00.219
 in heaven

00:30:00.219 --> 00:30:00.979
 and on

00:30:00.979 --> 00:30:01.279
 earth

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:02.399
 is present

00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:03.299
 with me.

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.759
 There is no

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.819
 situation or

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.399
 circumstance

00:30:06.399 --> 00:30:07.559
 of which he

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.299
 doesn't have

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:09.059
 control of.

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:09.959
 There is no

00:30:09.959 --> 00:30:10.919
 power or

00:30:10.919 --> 00:30:12.079
 person over

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:12.659
 which he

00:30:12.659 --> 00:30:13.500
 does not

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.079
 reign.

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:15.079
 there is no

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:16.159
 barrier or

00:30:16.159 --> 00:30:17.399
 obstacle which

00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:18.079
 he cannot

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.899
 overcome.

00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:20.899
 He crushed

00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:22.079
 evil and

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:23.019
 he defeated

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.539
 death.

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.679
 Who else

00:30:24.679 --> 00:30:25.740
 do you want

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.399
 to go with

00:30:26.399 --> 00:30:26.639
 you?

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:29.240
 And he is

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:29.740
 with you.

00:30:30.439 --> 00:30:30.919
 He is

00:30:30.919 --> 00:30:31.399
 present.

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:33.259
 This God

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:34.579
 is with you

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.720
 always.

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:37.039
 Who made

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:38.019
 the universe

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:40.680
 is with you.

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.579
 You see he

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:43.039
 not only

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.819
 commands me

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:44.279
 to go,

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.980
 he enables

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.420
 me and

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:47.319
 equips me

00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:48.400
 as I go.

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.160
 He will

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.940
 help me

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.720
 in my

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.319
 fears

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:52.200
 and boy

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.700
 do I

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.119
 fear.

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.099
 And he

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:55.539
 will help

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:55.920
 me what

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.460
 to say

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:57.860
 because I

00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:58.380
 never know

00:30:58.380 --> 00:30:58.840
 what to

00:30:58.840 --> 00:30:59.140
 say.

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:01.500
 Trust his

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:03.460
 promise and

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:04.579
 he will be

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:05.759
 with you.

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:08.380
 But there is

00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:09.220
 another promise

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:11.299
 to the ends

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:12.100
 of the age.

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.400
 I am with

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:14.140
 you always to

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:14.840
 the very ends

00:31:14.840 --> 00:31:15.460
 of the age.

00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:16.100
 You are

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:17.180
 saying this is

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:17.559
 for the

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:18.079
 disciples.

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:18.799
 No it is

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:19.240
 not.

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.740
 It is for

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:21.900
 all disciples

00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:23.120
 to the very

00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:23.819
 ends of

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.759
 the age.

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:26.119
 You see

00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:26.680
 this is a

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.319
 promise that

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:27.940
 the task

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.599
 of disciple

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.099
 making

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:30.579
 will be

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:31.420
 fulfilled.

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.920
 Because a

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.339
 day is

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:33.900
 coming when

00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:34.339
 the Lord

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:35.519
 Jesus is

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.160
 going to

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:37.079
 return again

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.839
 and he

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.460
 will welcome

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:39.259
 all his

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:40.240
 disciples into

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.960
 his eternal

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.440
 kingdom.

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:43.279
 I am

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.960
 looking forward

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.519
 to that.

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:47.440
 But it

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:47.720
 hasn't

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.319
 happened just

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:48.740
 yet.

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:51.160
 Because the

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.839
 work is still

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.519
 going on.

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.559
 And his

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.640
 plan and

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:55.340
 his purpose

00:31:55.340 --> 00:31:56.320
 is not

00:31:56.320 --> 00:31:56.780
 going to

00:31:56.780 --> 00:31:57.100
 fail.

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.259
 In fact

00:31:59.259 --> 00:32:00.060
 his promise

00:32:00.060 --> 00:32:01.020
 is a

00:32:01.020 --> 00:32:01.920
 reminder that

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.460
 this is

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.060
 primarily

00:32:03.060 --> 00:32:03.860
 God's

00:32:03.860 --> 00:32:04.340
 work.

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.500
 It is

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.060
 not that

00:32:06.060 --> 00:32:06.560
 God

00:32:06.560 --> 00:32:07.800
 assists us

00:32:07.800 --> 00:32:08.840
 in making

00:32:08.840 --> 00:32:10.140
 disciples and

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.560
 it is not

00:32:10.560 --> 00:32:11.000
 that we

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.759
 somehow have

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.360
 to assist

00:32:12.360 --> 00:32:13.060
 God in

00:32:13.060 --> 00:32:13.360
 making

00:32:13.360 --> 00:32:13.880
 disciples.

00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:14.720
 It

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.300
 pleases

00:32:15.300 --> 00:32:17.160
 God to

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.840
 do his

00:32:17.840 --> 00:32:19.259
 work through

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.759
 us.

00:32:20.300 --> 00:32:20.960
 Through people

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.500
 like you

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:21.900
 and me.

00:32:23.040 --> 00:32:23.440
 You see

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:24.120
 if anyone

00:32:24.120 --> 00:32:24.539
 is to

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.039
 become a

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.539
 disciple.

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.799
 It is

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.140
 God

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:27.660
 working

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:28.480
 through

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:28.880
 them.

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.279
 The point

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:31.180
 is that

00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:31.660
 what he

00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:32.420
 has promised

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:34.500
 he will

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.480
 accomplish.

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.900
 Jesus has

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:38.559
 already told

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:39.220
 us this.

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.500
 Go back

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:40.940
 to chapter

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:41.759
 24

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:44.340
 and verse

00:32:44.340 --> 00:32:44.980
 14.

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:48.480
 chapter

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:49.140
 24

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.640
 and verse

00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:50.259
 14.

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:55.940
 Here

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.579
 Jesus has

00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:57.160
 been talking

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:57.640
 about

00:32:57.640 --> 00:32:59.799
 the end

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.380
 of time

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:01.319
 and he

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:01.759
 tells us

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.440
 all sorts

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:02.880
 of different

00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:03.539
 things that

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:04.000
 we can

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:05.720
 see happening

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:06.200
 and will

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.539
 happen.

00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:06.799
 There will

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.460
 be wars,

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:07.819
 there will

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.720
 be disasters,

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.420
 all kinds

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:10.779
 of things

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.019
 will be

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.460
 going on

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:11.799
 and that's

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.059
 what we

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:12.599
 see happening

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:13.240
 right now.

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:15.240
 But he

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.859
 also tells

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:16.299
 us this

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:16.779
 in chapter

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.399
 24

00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:18.319
 verse 14.

00:33:19.439 --> 00:33:20.039
 In the

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.599
 midst of

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:21.139
 all the

00:33:21.139 --> 00:33:21.679
 turmoil

00:33:21.679 --> 00:33:23.919
 he says

00:33:23.919 --> 00:33:24.500
 and this

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.779
 gospel of

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.339
 the kingdom

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:27.919
 will be

00:33:27.919 --> 00:33:28.500
 preached

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.679
 in the

00:33:29.679 --> 00:33:30.659
 whole world

00:33:30.659 --> 00:33:31.219
 as a

00:33:31.219 --> 00:33:32.079
 testimony to

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:33.039
 all nations

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:34.740
 and then

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.839
 the end

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:37.259
 will come.

00:33:38.459 --> 00:33:39.119
 That's the

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:39.559
 promise.

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:41.279
 this gospel

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:42.159
 of the

00:33:42.159 --> 00:33:42.559
 kingdom

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:44.220
 is going

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:44.659
 to be

00:33:44.659 --> 00:33:45.139
 proclaimed

00:33:45.139 --> 00:33:45.899
 to all

00:33:45.899 --> 00:33:46.419
 nations

00:33:46.419 --> 00:33:47.599
 and there

00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:48.119
 is no

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:48.779
 one and

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.259
 nothing

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:50.220
 that can

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:50.879
 ever stop

00:33:50.879 --> 00:33:51.200
 it.

00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:52.619
 Even over

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:53.240
 those people

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.720
 where there's

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:54.319
 a threat

00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:54.779
 over their

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.579
 life for

00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:56.099
 holding a

00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:56.599
 Bible in

00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:57.039
 their hand

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:58.519
 those people

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.980
 are being

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:00.480
 reached

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.519
 with the

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:01.899
 gospel.

00:34:04.139 --> 00:34:04.980
 God will

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.519
 work through

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.220
 his people

00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:07.619
 he will

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:07.980
 make

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.679
 disciples

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:10.480
 and when

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:11.319
 that job

00:34:11.319 --> 00:34:12.079
 is fulfilled

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:13.559
 then

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:15.239
 Jesus will

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:16.079
 return again.

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:18.259
 When is

00:34:18.259 --> 00:34:18.679
 he coming?

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:20.879
 I don't

00:34:20.879 --> 00:34:21.179
 know.

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.319
 But while

00:34:23.319 --> 00:34:23.940
 we're waiting

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:25.639
 we're making

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.259
 disciples.

00:34:27.739 --> 00:34:28.759
 So as you

00:34:28.759 --> 00:34:29.099
 go

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:31.719
 as we

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:32.199
 go

00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:33.460
 as God's

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:33.859
 people

00:34:33.859 --> 00:34:35.559
 believe the

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.099
 promise

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:37.819
 I am with

00:34:37.819 --> 00:34:38.559
 you always.

00:34:38.679 --> 00:34:39.719
 to the

00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:40.419
 very end

00:34:40.419 --> 00:34:41.440
 of the

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:41.919
 age.

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.500
 I hope

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:45.960
 I haven't

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.440
 complicated

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.980
 it

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:49.199
 because it's

00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:49.940
 really clear

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.559
 isn't it?

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:52.139
 And it

00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:52.899
 all hinges

00:34:52.899 --> 00:34:54.239
 on the

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:54.859
 resurrection.

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:57.119
 Do you

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:58.179
 believe in

00:34:58.179 --> 00:34:58.739
 the resurrection

00:34:58.739 --> 00:34:59.500
 of Jesus

00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:00.159
 Christ from

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:00.599
 the dead?

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:01.759
 Do you

00:35:01.759 --> 00:35:02.299
 believe he's

00:35:02.299 --> 00:35:02.579
 risen?

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:04.440
 What difference

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:04.980
 is that going

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.519
 to make to

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:05.880
 us?

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:07.960
 I must

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.559
 submit to

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:08.860
 him.

00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:11.400
 Submit to

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:12.139
 his authority.

00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:14.079
 I must

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.880
 obey his

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.300
 command

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:17.619
 and I

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:18.159
 must trust

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:18.960
 his promise.

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.820
 We're

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:22.300
 disciple

00:35:22.300 --> 00:35:22.719
 makers.

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:25.380
 That's our

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:25.800
 job.

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.860
 Let's pray

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:28.380
 for his

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:28.740
 help.

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:41.599
 Father God,

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:44.920
 thank you

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:46.400
 for the

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:46.980
 disciples

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:48.180
 that you

00:35:48.180 --> 00:35:48.760
 have brought

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:49.720
 into our

00:35:49.720 --> 00:35:50.180
 life.

00:35:51.620 --> 00:35:52.760
 People who

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:53.519
 announced

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:55.119
 the gospel

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:56.099
 to us.

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:58.579
 Thank you

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:59.860
 for people

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.940
 who discipled

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:02.860
 us and

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:03.519
 taught us

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.139
 your word

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:07.239
 to give us

00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:07.960
 understanding

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.619
 of what it

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:09.239
 means to

00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:09.840
 follow you.

00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:11.900
 We thank

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.360
 you for

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:12.599
 them.

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:14.539
 Perhaps

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.039
 some of

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.440
 them have

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:15.920
 already

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:17.539
 passed and

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.039
 are now

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:18.880
 with the

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.199
 Lord.

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:21.460
 We

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:21.980
 remember

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.340
 them.

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:24.039
 And we

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:24.739
 thank you

00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:25.239
 for them,

00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:25.699
 whether it

00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:26.019
 was a

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:26.519
 parent,

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:28.000
 a friend,

00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:30.480
 somebody in

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:31.179
 our church.

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:33.679
 Thank you

00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:34.259
 for those

00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:35.139
 that bothered

00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:36.960
 to teach

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.440
 us and

00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:37.980
 make it

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.320
 their

00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:39.079
 priority.

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:41.980
 Father,

00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:42.519
 we are

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:43.400
 today living

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:44.159
 in our

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:44.860
 generation.

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:47.539
 Help us

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.280
 together to

00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:48.800
 be about

00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:49.719
 your work,

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:51.480
 your business

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:53.219
 of making

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:53.839
 disciples.

00:36:55.339 --> 00:36:56.119
 Help us

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.679
 to trust

00:36:56.679 --> 00:36:57.000
 you,

00:36:57.959 --> 00:36:58.739
 that you

00:36:58.739 --> 00:36:59.719
 are with

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:01.480
 us to

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:01.839
 the very

00:37:01.839 --> 00:37:02.500
 end of

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.739
 the age

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:05.339
 and the

00:37:05.339 --> 00:37:05.939
 very end

00:37:05.939 --> 00:37:06.519
 of our

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.039
 life.

00:37:07.439 --> 00:37:08.179
 Until we

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:08.579
 are with

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:08.919
 you,

00:37:09.319 --> 00:37:09.859
 we will

00:37:09.859 --> 00:37:10.439
 see you.

00:37:11.959 --> 00:37:12.799
 So go

00:37:12.799 --> 00:37:13.759
 before us.

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:15.799
 Help us

00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:17.519
 to be

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:17.900
 your

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:18.480
 disciple

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:18.980
 makers

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:21.039
 for your

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:21.519
 glory

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:23.340
 and for

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:23.640
 your

00:37:23.640 --> 00:37:24.160
 praise.

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:25.539
 In

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:25.840
 Jesus'

00:37:26.100 --> 00:37:26.340
 name.

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:27.780
 Amen.

00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:35.140
 Well, we

00:37:35.140 --> 00:37:35.320
 are going

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:35.760
 to sing

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:36.940
 in response.

00:37:39.600 --> 00:37:40.440
 And as

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:40.980
 we sing,

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:41.780
 let this

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:42.560
 song be

00:37:42.560 --> 00:37:43.100
 your

00:37:43.100 --> 00:37:43.560
 prayer.

00:37:44.680 --> 00:37:45.460
 Let this

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:46.160
 song be a

00:37:46.160 --> 00:37:46.660
 prayer for

00:37:46.660 --> 00:37:47.220
 all of us

00:37:47.220 --> 00:37:47.740
 together.

00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:49.880
 The task

00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:50.680
 is unfinished.

00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:51.880
 The Lord

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:52.560
 is not yet

00:37:52.560 --> 00:37:53.060
 returned.

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:57.639
 Let us

00:37:57.639 --> 00:37:59.659
 go into

00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:00.239
 this week

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:00.820
 and make

00:38:00.820 --> 00:38:01.980
 Christ

00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:02.860
 known.

00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:04.679
 Let's

00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:04.920
 stand

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.559
 together as

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:05.940
 we sing.