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 Good morning everyone, great to see you this morning and let me just say thank you for

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 those who are currently in the process of doing translation work for me and throughout

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 this service but also the enormous amount of work that happens in the background for

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 translation work so that we are prepared Sunday by Sunday.

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 I'm reticent to say it but it was astounding to sing that Mandarin song.

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 It in fact brought tears to my eyes for something that was a great song, theologically really

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 strong and expressing a real heart worship of God and yet it didn't originate from an

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 Anglo person.

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 I think that is fantastic for us as a church, for those of us who are kind of used to dominating

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 from the Anglo culture side of things to hear from brothers and sisters from other parts

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 of the world who are different from us.

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 It was referred to as a day that changed the world forever.

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 Tuesday 11th September 2001, there was a series of four coordinated suicide attacks by Al-Qaeda

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 upon the United States.

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 We know the outcome of it, 3,000 victims, 19 hijackers died on the attacks and it is infamously

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 remembered today as the worst terrorist atrocity in human history.

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 The overwhelming majority of the casualties were civilians including nationals from 70 different

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 countries.

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 And most of us can remember where we were in that moment when we heard that awful news

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 when it reached us for the first time.

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 I remember the moment vividly.

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 I was rousing from sleep and my alarm clock had gone off and it was the news and all I caught

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 in my half awake was the Twin Towers have collapsed.

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 And I remember thinking, that's not right.

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 I must have misheard that.

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 That's not possible.

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 And it was.

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 Many things changed in the world on that day.

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 One thing that particularly changed was it saw the rise in the West of the new atheism movement.

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 A rejection of God.

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 And many things changed on the day that Jesus arrived over 2,000 years ago.

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 It's the very first sentence of Mark as we looked at last week.

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 That the God who started history broke into history and everything changed.

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 Mark begins with the beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God.

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 His style communicates, as I said last week, a sense of crisis.

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 The status quo has now been ruptured.

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 Mark wants us to see that this Jesus, as he did then, does now still calls for decisive action in our lives.

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 And that decisive action is in the very first words that he speaks.

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 Jesus speaks in Mark's gospel.

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 Repent and believe the good news.

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 That's what he calls from us.

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 And the good news is another way of saying gospel, which literally means news that brings joy.

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 And at the time of Mark, that word was used.

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 It meant history-making, life-altering, shaping news.

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 And that's what Christianity is.

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 It's life-altering news.

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 History-altering news.

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 And the history-altering news of Christianity is that Jesus has come to bring us back to our maker, our creator, our God.

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 He calls us to stop living lives as if we are the king of our lives.

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 And to come to him and to have our lives orbit around him.

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 Now, what we notice in the text today is that as soon as Jesus speaks about the kingdom of God,

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 he calls and he calls people to repent and believe.

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 He immediately starts choosing people to follow him.

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 Initially, there's this core group of 12 and a bunch of other followers.

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 And Mark records the first of these encounters from verse 16.

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 So come with me in the text.

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 As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake.

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 For they were fishermen.

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 Come, follow me, Jesus said.

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 And I will send you out to fish for people.

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 Now, what Jesus is doing here is somewhat unique in Jewish tradition.

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 In Jewish tradition, pupils used to choose their rabbis, not rabbis, their pupils.

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 And Mark is showing us that Jesus has a very different type of authority than your regular rabbi.

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 You can't have a relationship with Jesus unless he calls you to himself.

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 And there are two encounters here that are slightly different encounters.

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 When he calls Simon and Andrew to follow him in verse 17,

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 they leave their fishing nets and they follow him.

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 That is, they leave their vocation and they follow him.

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 Their livelihood and they follow him.

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 When he calls James and John, they leave their father behind in the boat.

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 That's the emphasis in that verse.

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 They leave their father behind in the boat.

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 These men, all of them who were called by Jesus in this moment,

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 they did fish again and they did relate to their parents again.

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 You can see that in the rest of Mark.

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 But what Jesus is saying here in this first calling of these disciples is drastic.

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 People with a heritage in traditional culture,

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 like generally from Eastern societies,

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 they get their identity from their family.

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 And so when Jesus says,

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 I want priority over your family,

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 leave your father behind,

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 he's saying something pretty drastic in that moment

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 for those in those traditions.

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 On the other hand,

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 in an individualistic culture like the West,

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 saying goodbye to your parents is not as big a deal.

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 But for Jesus to say,

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 I want priority over your career,

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 your vocation,

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 that's drastic.

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 And Jesus is saying here that knowing him,

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 loving him,

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 resembling him,

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 serving him,

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 must become the supreme passion of your life.

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 Everything else comes second.

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 Everything else comes second.

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 Now one of the things that changed in the Western world

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 as a result of September 11,

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 and apart from the rise of new atheism,

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 was the fear of fanaticism,

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 especially any kind of religious fanaticism.

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 There was a fear of Islamic fanaticism

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 prior to September 11,

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 but it expanded to even Christian fanaticism

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 in a growing secular culture.

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 And there's good reason for that fear.

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 Considerable violence is being carried out in this world

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 by highly religious people.

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 And even when you set aside that kind of religious fanaticism,

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 we aren't short of examples

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 of people who are very religious,

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 and yet at the same time,

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 they are condemning,

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 they are self-righteous,

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 and they are abusive.

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 All the sort of things that we seek to work hard against

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 here at St. Paul's.

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 And so most people,

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 particularly in the Western world,

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 would see religion as a spectrum of belief.

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 On one end,

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 are people who say they are religious,

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 but they don't really believe

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 or live out the fundamentals

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 of whatever it is,

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 the religion that they say they believe.

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 On the other end of the spectrum,

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 are the fanatics.

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 These are the people who are

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 too religious.

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 The people who kind of over-believe everything

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 and over-live their faith.

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 So you've got hypocrites at one end,

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 and you've got fanatics at the other end.

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 And many people think that the solution

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 to the hypocrites and the fanatics

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 is to meet in the middle.

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 Moderation in all things.

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 Moderation in everything.

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 We can sit comfortably with moderation.

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 Sort of.

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 And clearly,

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 Jesus hasn't heard about that option.

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 In Luke 14,

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 he says to a large crowd gathered,

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 in verses 26 and 27, Luke 14,

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 if anyone comes to me

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 and does not hate his father and mother,

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 wife and children,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 yes, even his own life,

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 such a person cannot be my disciple.

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 And whoever does not carry their cross

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 and follow me

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 cannot be my disciple.

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 Now that

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 doesn't sound moderate

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 at all.

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 Jesus says,

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 if anyone

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 comes to me,

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 he doesn't say,

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 all right,

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 all right,

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 look,

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 consensus here,

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 some of you can be moderate.

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 Some of you can be moderate

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 as my disciples,

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 but I really do need

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 a few good men

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 and a few good women

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 who are prepared to go all the way

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 with this discipleship thing.

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 I need the

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 rah-rah of the Marines

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 or so.

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 I need a few of those.

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 The rest of you can be moderate.

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 He says,

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 anyone,

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 anyone,

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 no double standards here,

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 no double standards at all.

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 If anyone wants to have anything

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 to do with Jesus,

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 you have to hate your father

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 and your mother,

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 your wife and your child,

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 your brother and sister,

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 even your own life.

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 He says,

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 otherwise you cannot be my disciple.

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 That's what it means

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 to follow Jesus.

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 Now,

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 that does seem a little bit

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 contradictory to Jesus

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 because

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 a little bit later on,

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 he says,

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 you can't even hate your enemy.

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 So what's he doing here?

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 Telling you you hate your family,

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 but don't hate your enemy.

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 What's his problem with family?

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 Until you realize that Jesus

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 isn't actually calling us

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 to hate actively,

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 but he's actually calling us

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 to hate comparatively.

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 He's calling his disciples

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 to follow him so fully,

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 so intensely,

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 so comprehensively,

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 so enduringly,

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 that every other

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 entachment in life

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 looks like hate

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 in comparison.

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 You see,

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 when we say to Jesus,

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 I'll obey you, Jesus,

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 if and when my career thrives,

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 or I'll obey you, Jesus,

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 if and when my health

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 is sorted out,

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 or if and when,

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 you know,

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 I raise the kids,

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 or I've paid off the house,

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 then the thing

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 that's on the other side

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 of that if and when,

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 that's your real master.

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 That's your real God.

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 That's your real Lord.

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 It is your functional king.

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 It is the goal of your life.

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 Anything that puts Jesus

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 to one side,

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 and when I achieve this,

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 Jesus,

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 then I'll do that,

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 then I'll follow you.

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 That is your real master.

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 That is your real Lord.

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 And Jesus says,

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 I will not be a means

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 to an end.

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 I will not be used.

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 When he calls us to follow him,

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 he alone must be the goal.

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 Now that sounds like fanaticism.

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 And it is,

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 if you don't understand

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 the difference between religion

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 and the Christian gospel.

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 Religion,

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 as I said last week,

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 is advice

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 on how you must live life

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 to earn your way to God.

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 And the job

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 of the adherent

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 to religion

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 is to follow the advice

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 to the best

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 of their ability.

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 And if you do,

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 you do follow it

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 faithfully

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 and completely,

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 you'll believe

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 that you will have

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 a connection

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 with that God.

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 You'll feel a connection

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 with that God

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 because of how you lived

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 and how you believed.

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 And this inevitably

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 leads to a feeling

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 of superiority

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 over

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 other people

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 who have

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 different living standards

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 and different belief.

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 And once you have

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 that position of pride,

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 it is a slippery slope.

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 When we feel

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 superior to people,

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 we tend to

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 distance ourselves

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 from people

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 and when we distance

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 ourselves from people,

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 we start to exclude them,

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 we start to hate them

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 and we start to

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 ultimately oppress them.

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 And there are

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 some Christians

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 and there are

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 some Christian groups

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 who are just like that.

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 But it's not

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 because they've

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 gone too far

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 with Jesus.

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 It's not because

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 they're too committed

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 to Jesus.

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 It's because they haven't

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 gone far enough

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 with Jesus.

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 It's because they haven't

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 gone all the way

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 with Jesus.

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 They aren't

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 as fanatically

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 humble

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 and sensitive

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 or as fanatically

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 understanding

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 and generous

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 as Jesus is.

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 They are treating

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 Christianity

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 as if it was

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 advice

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 instead of news.

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 You see,

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 the good news,

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 the Christian gospel

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 is not advice.

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 It is good news

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 that you don't

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 need to earn

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 your way to God

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 because Jesus

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 has done it

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 for you.

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 It's a gift

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 that we receive

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 because of the sheer,

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 may I say,

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 astounding grace

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 of God.

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 That's what it is.

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 It's the astounding

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 grace of God

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 as we just sang.

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 And when we grab

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 hold of that gift

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 and continue

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 to do so,

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 then the call

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 of Jesus

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 in our lives,

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 it won't lead

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 to fanaticism,

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 it won't lead

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 to moderation

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 and it won't lead

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 to hypocrisy.

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 The gospel

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 leads us

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 to passionately

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 make Jesus

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 our goal

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 and our priority.

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 It leads us

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 to the point

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 of humility

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 and service

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 of him

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 and humility

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 and service

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 towards every other person.

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 Our lives

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 revolve around Jesus.

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 Jesus doesn't

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 revolve around

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 our life.

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 The gospel

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 impact

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 on our lives

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 means that

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 when we meet

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 somebody

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 with a different

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 set of priorities,

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 a different faith,

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 we won't assume

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 that they are

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 inferior

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 and deserving

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 of our

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 persecution,

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 oppression

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 and condemnation.

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 Instead of

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 oppressing them,

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 we serve them.

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 That's the difference

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 the good news

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 makes.

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 Christianity

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 is about being

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 called to follow

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 the king.

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 It's not about

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 choosing to follow

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 advice.

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 It's not about

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 someone with

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 the power

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 and authority

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 to tell you

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 what needs

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 to be done.

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 It's about

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 someone with

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 the power

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 and authority

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 doing what

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 needs to be done

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 and then

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 offering it

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 to us

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 as good

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 news.

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 And Jesus

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 has that

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 authority.

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 As we saw

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 last week

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 at Jesus'

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 baptism,

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 there was a

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 display of

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 supernatural signs

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 which announced

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 his divine

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 authority.

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 And Jesus

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 calls on the

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 lives of

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 Simon,

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 Andrew,

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 James and

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 John.

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 When he calls

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 their life,

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 he has authority

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 to call

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 them.

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 They

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 followed him

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 without delay.

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 We see

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 that Jesus

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 has authority

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 over all

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 of life.

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 Mark uses

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 the word

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 authority

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 for the first

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 time in

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 verses 22

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 to 23.

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 They went

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 to Capernaum

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 and when

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 the Sabbath

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 came,

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 Jesus went

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 into the

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 synagogue

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 and began

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 to teach.

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 The people

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 were amazed

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 at his

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 teaching

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 because he

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 taught them

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 as one

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 who had

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 authority,

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 not as

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 the teachers

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 of the law.

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 Now the

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 word authority

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 means out

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 of the

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 original

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 stuff.

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 The word

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 stuff is

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 my, you

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 know,

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 version in

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 there.

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 Out of the

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 original

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 stuff.

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 It has

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 the same

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 origin as

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 the word

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 author,

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 the author

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 of life,

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 the maker

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 of life,

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 the one

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 who made

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 all stuff.

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 And Mark

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 means that

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 Jesus taught

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 about life

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 with original

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 authority.

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 Jesus didn't

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 simply clarify

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 something that

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 someone else

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 had already

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 said or

00:18:47.080 --> 00:18:47.740
 knew about.

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 He didn't

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 simply interpret

00:18:50.380 --> 00:18:51.320
 the Bible

00:18:51.320 --> 00:18:51.840
 in a way

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 that the

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 Jewish

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 authorities

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 hadn't

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 interpreted

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 the Bible.

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 It's like

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 he was the

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 original

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 source.

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 It's like

00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:02.420
 they sensed

00:19:02.420 --> 00:19:03.039
 with Jesus

00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:04.059
 that he

00:19:04.059 --> 00:19:05.100
 was explaining

00:19:05.100 --> 00:19:06.140
 the story

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 of their

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 lives as

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 if he

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 was the

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 one who

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 wrote the

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 story.

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 And

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 they

00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:14.340
 were

00:19:14.340 --> 00:19:14.940
 amazed

00:19:14.940 --> 00:19:15.640
 by it.

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 Because he

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 is the

00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:20.759
 author of

00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:21.180
 life.

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 He's the

00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:22.820
 king of

00:19:22.820 --> 00:19:23.279
 life.

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 You read

00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:25.420
 on and we

00:19:25.420 --> 00:19:25.799
 see that

00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:26.100
 Jesus'

00:19:26.320 --> 00:19:26.700
 authority

00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:27.820
 extends

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 even further.

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 Verse 23

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 to 27.

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 It just

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 takes his

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 authority to

00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:33.519
 the next

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 level.

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 We have

00:19:34.900 --> 00:19:35.340
 the voice

00:19:35.340 --> 00:19:35.640
 of the

00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:35.960
 Father

00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:36.860
 confirming the

00:19:36.860 --> 00:19:37.519
 identity of

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:38.000
 Jesus at

00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:38.139
 his

00:19:38.139 --> 00:19:38.599
 baptism.

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 He is

00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:42.700
 his much

00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:43.299
 loved

00:19:43.299 --> 00:19:43.900
 son.

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 And now

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:45.559
 we have a

00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:45.839
 different

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 voice.

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 And

00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:47.940
 anybody who

00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:48.660
 hates Jesus

00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:49.119
 in verse

00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:49.900
 26

00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:51.539
 likewise

00:19:51.539 --> 00:19:52.440
 confirms the

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:53.099
 identity of

00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:53.440
 Jesus.

00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:54.920
 What do you

00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:55.519
 want with us

00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:56.400
 Jesus of

00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:57.019
 Nazareth?

00:19:57.819 --> 00:19:58.099
 Have you

00:19:58.099 --> 00:19:58.420
 come to

00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:59.339
 destroy us?

00:19:59.819 --> 00:20:00.660
 I know who

00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:01.059
 you are,

00:20:01.079 --> 00:20:01.440
 the Holy

00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:01.759
 One of

00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.099
 God.

00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:04.299
 evil

00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:05.199
 spirits who

00:20:05.199 --> 00:20:05.679
 love

00:20:05.679 --> 00:20:06.219
 darkness

00:20:06.219 --> 00:20:07.299
 recoil from

00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:07.779
 light.

00:20:08.959 --> 00:20:09.459
 And it's

00:20:09.459 --> 00:20:10.099
 very possible

00:20:10.099 --> 00:20:10.839
 to recognize

00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.459
 Jesus for

00:20:11.459 --> 00:20:12.199
 who he is

00:20:12.199 --> 00:20:13.719
 and yet

00:20:13.719 --> 00:20:14.319
 hate him

00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:14.879
 even the

00:20:14.879 --> 00:20:15.219
 more,

00:20:16.099 --> 00:20:16.500
 which is

00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:16.799
 what we

00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.339
 see here.

00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:20.199
 This man

00:20:20.199 --> 00:20:20.919
 wanted nothing

00:20:20.919 --> 00:20:21.539
 to do with

00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:21.839
 Jesus.

00:20:22.179 --> 00:20:22.599
 The demon

00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:24.119
 shriek was

00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:25.019
 full of

00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:25.659
 malevolent

00:20:25.659 --> 00:20:26.659
 aggression.

00:20:27.659 --> 00:20:28.299
 His opening

00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:28.759
 burst,

00:20:29.199 --> 00:20:29.740
 what do you

00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.579
 want with us

00:20:30.579 --> 00:20:31.119
 Jesus of

00:20:31.119 --> 00:20:31.679
 Nazareth?

00:20:32.099 --> 00:20:33.299
 was a

00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:33.959
 common Old

00:20:33.959 --> 00:20:34.339
 Testament

00:20:34.339 --> 00:20:35.240
 formula which

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:36.279
 is roughly

00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:37.459
 equivalent to

00:20:37.459 --> 00:20:39.179
 you have no

00:20:39.179 --> 00:20:39.859
 business with

00:20:39.859 --> 00:20:40.359
 us yet.

00:20:43.959 --> 00:20:45.179
 Evil spirits

00:20:45.179 --> 00:20:46.219
 wanted to

00:20:46.219 --> 00:20:46.480
 say to

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:46.699
 Jesus,

00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:47.319
 go away,

00:20:47.399 --> 00:20:47.859
 the time

00:20:47.859 --> 00:20:48.179
 has not

00:20:48.179 --> 00:20:48.759
 yet come,

00:20:48.859 --> 00:20:49.419
 go away.

00:20:51.399 --> 00:20:51.759
 And the

00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.419
 next phrase

00:20:52.419 --> 00:20:52.859
 which is

00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:53.419
 stated as a

00:20:53.419 --> 00:20:53.839
 question,

00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:54.240
 have you

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.639
 come to

00:20:54.639 --> 00:20:55.419
 destroy us,

00:20:55.719 --> 00:20:56.539
 is actually,

00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:57.359
 in actual

00:20:57.359 --> 00:20:57.639
 fact,

00:20:57.899 --> 00:20:58.639
 a defiant

00:20:58.639 --> 00:20:59.480
 assertion.

00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:00.599
 You have

00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:01.139
 come to

00:21:01.139 --> 00:21:02.079
 destroy us.

00:21:02.099 --> 00:21:05.599
 You see,

00:21:05.659 --> 00:21:06.079
 this demon

00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:07.059
 realized the

00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:08.500
 menace of

00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:10.179
 Christ and

00:21:10.179 --> 00:21:10.859
 cried out

00:21:10.859 --> 00:21:12.359
 with an

00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:13.859
 instinctive

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.939
 expression of

00:21:14.939 --> 00:21:15.519
 dread.

00:21:17.139 --> 00:21:17.539
 He wanted

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:18.079
 Jesus to

00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:18.899
 disappear for

00:21:18.899 --> 00:21:19.879
 he knew that

00:21:19.879 --> 00:21:20.819
 Jesus would

00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:21.399
 in fact

00:21:21.399 --> 00:21:22.839
 destroy him.

00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:24.439
 But note

00:21:24.439 --> 00:21:25.079
 what he does

00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:26.139
 in verse 24,

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:26.859
 it's his final

00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:27.599
 cry out.

00:21:28.059 --> 00:21:28.419
 This is

00:21:28.419 --> 00:21:28.859
 dramatic.

00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:30.479
 I know

00:21:30.479 --> 00:21:30.879
 who you

00:21:30.879 --> 00:21:31.419
 are,

00:21:31.419 --> 00:21:32.399
 the Holy

00:21:32.399 --> 00:21:32.759
 One of

00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.139
 God.

00:21:35.419 --> 00:21:36.299
 Now on

00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:36.939
 one level,

00:21:37.179 --> 00:21:38.019
 that appears

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.679
 to be a

00:21:38.679 --> 00:21:39.500
 submissive

00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:40.159
 acknowledgement

00:21:40.159 --> 00:21:40.599
 of who

00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:41.599
 Jesus is,

00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:43.699
 but it's

00:21:43.699 --> 00:21:44.339
 in fact

00:21:44.339 --> 00:21:45.519
 a frantic

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.859
 attempt to

00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:47.179
 bring the

00:21:47.179 --> 00:21:47.659
 Lord Jesus

00:21:47.659 --> 00:21:48.319
 under his

00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:48.719
 power.

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:48.839
 power.

00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:50.759
 We know

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.360
 that because

00:21:51.360 --> 00:21:52.019
 the idea

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.740
 was widespread

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.299
 at the

00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:54.700
 time that

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.579
 the exact

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:58.200
 knowledge of

00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:58.980
 the other's

00:21:58.980 --> 00:22:00.519
 name brought

00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:01.539
 mastery and

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:02.680
 control over

00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:02.980
 them.

00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:05.420
 And that is

00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:06.059
 what this evil

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.500
 spirit is

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:07.039
 attempting to

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:07.299
 do.

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.779
 It's an

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.779
 ill-informed

00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:10.480
 attempt to

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.420
 control Jesus

00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:12.500
 just as

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:13.319
 Satan had

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:13.900
 attempted to

00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:14.299
 do in the

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:14.880
 wilderness just

00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:15.640
 before this.

00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:17.100
 And Jesus,

00:22:18.300 --> 00:22:18.880
 rather than

00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:19.860
 submits to

00:22:19.860 --> 00:22:20.340
 the evil

00:22:20.340 --> 00:22:20.880
 spirit,

00:22:21.020 --> 00:22:21.980
 demands that

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.880
 the man be

00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:23.300
 quiet,

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:23.980
 literally be

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.640
 muzzled,

00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:25.280
 and the

00:22:25.280 --> 00:22:25.740
 unclean

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.320
 spirit come

00:22:26.320 --> 00:22:26.720
 out of

00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:26.960
 him.

00:22:29.120 --> 00:22:29.540
 The evil

00:22:29.540 --> 00:22:30.220
 spirit was

00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:30.940
 powerful enough

00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:31.400
 to control

00:22:31.400 --> 00:22:31.860
 this man,

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.259
 but not

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:32.620
 Jesus.

00:22:33.340 --> 00:22:33.720
 And he

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.240
 did just

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:34.660
 what Jesus

00:22:34.660 --> 00:22:35.200
 told him to

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.660
 do in

00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:36.240
 that instant.

00:22:36.580 --> 00:22:37.259
 Jesus spoke

00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:38.180
 and this

00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:38.860
 evil spirit

00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:39.480
 obeyed.

00:22:40.320 --> 00:22:40.500
 See,

00:22:40.540 --> 00:22:41.060
 Jesus is

00:22:41.060 --> 00:22:41.640
 king over

00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:42.280
 the spiritual

00:22:42.280 --> 00:22:42.700
 realm.

00:22:42.800 --> 00:22:43.140
 He has an

00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:43.680
 unmatched

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.320
 authority.

00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:46.200
 People were

00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:46.720
 starting to

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.320
 notice it.

00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:49.360
 Wherever Jesus

00:22:49.360 --> 00:22:49.759
 went,

00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:50.120
 people were

00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:50.960
 amazed at

00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.560
 his teaching

00:22:51.560 --> 00:22:51.900
 and his

00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:52.620
 actions.

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:54.820
 Even the

00:22:54.820 --> 00:22:55.740
 evil spirits

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.520
 obey him.

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.220
 Wherever he

00:22:59.220 --> 00:22:59.520
 went,

00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.420
 crowds were

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:00.880
 forming.

00:23:01.600 --> 00:23:02.100
 Fuss was

00:23:02.100 --> 00:23:02.780
 being made

00:23:02.780 --> 00:23:03.759
 about Jesus.

00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:05.500
 And so

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.080
 why did

00:23:06.080 --> 00:23:06.920
 Jesus tell

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.540
 this evil

00:23:07.540 --> 00:23:08.140
 spirit,

00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:09.280
 be quiet?

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:12.120
 And down

00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:12.480
 in verse

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.060
 34,

00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.420
 it says,

00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:14.980
 he also

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.560
 drove out

00:23:15.560 --> 00:23:16.340
 many demons,

00:23:17.340 --> 00:23:17.759
 but he

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.200
 would not

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:18.640
 let the

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.060
 demons

00:23:19.060 --> 00:23:20.160
 speak because

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.800
 they knew

00:23:20.800 --> 00:23:21.240
 who he

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.860
 was.

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.759
 Why do

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.080
 that?

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:28.060
 Why tell

00:23:28.060 --> 00:23:28.440
 them to be

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:28.840
 quiet?

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.840
 Is it just

00:23:31.840 --> 00:23:32.259
 an effort

00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:32.700
 to,

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:33.700
 you know,

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:34.580
 divine

00:23:34.580 --> 00:23:35.380
 crowd control?

00:23:37.340 --> 00:23:37.800
 Why doesn't

00:23:37.800 --> 00:23:38.140
 he take

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:39.180
 advantage of

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:40.400
 his incredible

00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:41.060
 popularity?

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:42.480
 Why not

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:44.220
 generate more

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:45.039
 appeal to

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.519
 who he is

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:45.879
 and his

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.359
 message?

00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:47.240
 That's what

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.500
 I would

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:47.859
 have done.

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:49.700
 You know,

00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:50.379
 challenge me

00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:51.039
 evil spirit,

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:51.839
 get out,

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:52.559
 evil spirit

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:52.899
 goes,

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.139
 you know,

00:23:53.159 --> 00:23:53.480
 who's your

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:53.779
 daddy?

00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:55.240
 I'd be

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:56.059
 high-fiving and

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:56.879
 chest-pumping

00:23:56.879 --> 00:23:57.200
 with the

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:57.700
 disciples.

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.059
 Till

00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.799
 everyone

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.759
 thieves in

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.059
 town.

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.240
 That's what

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.720
 I'd do.

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:05.559
 Not

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:06.079
 Jesus.

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:08.659
 And the

00:24:08.659 --> 00:24:10.819
 key is

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:11.099
 in verse

00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:11.679
 26.

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.500
 The

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.799
 impure

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.539
 spirit

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:17.659
 shook the

00:24:17.659 --> 00:24:17.980
 man

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.819
 violently

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:20.119
 and came

00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:20.659
 out of

00:24:20.659 --> 00:24:21.519
 him with

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.559
 a shriek.

00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:26.279
 There's

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:27.099
 one other

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:27.699
 place in

00:24:27.699 --> 00:24:28.059
 Mark's

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.419
 gospel

00:24:28.419 --> 00:24:30.099
 where that

00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:31.059
 sentence is

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:32.220
 almost exactly

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:33.099
 reproduced.

00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:34.919
 it's in

00:24:34.919 --> 00:24:35.679
 Mark 15

00:24:35.679 --> 00:24:36.559
 verse 37

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:38.119
 and it

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:38.759
 describes the

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.119
 death of

00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:39.419
 Jesus

00:24:39.419 --> 00:24:41.179
 with a

00:24:41.179 --> 00:24:41.799
 loud cry.

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:42.919
 Jesus

00:24:42.919 --> 00:24:43.959
 breathed

00:24:43.959 --> 00:24:44.819
 his last.

00:24:46.899 --> 00:24:47.319
 Literally,

00:24:48.719 --> 00:24:49.759
 his spirit

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.579
 was

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.480
 expelled.

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:55.019
 What

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.859
 Jesus knew

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.699
 was that

00:24:56.699 --> 00:24:57.299
 the only

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:58.379
 way that

00:24:58.379 --> 00:24:58.719
 he would

00:24:58.719 --> 00:24:59.919
 ever silence

00:24:59.919 --> 00:25:00.579
 the demons

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.980
 was to

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.599
 allow himself

00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:02.980
 to be

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.439
 silenced.

00:25:05.439 --> 00:25:06.179
 The way

00:25:06.179 --> 00:25:06.939
 to

00:25:06.939 --> 00:25:07.939
 wield

00:25:07.939 --> 00:25:08.699
 his

00:25:08.699 --> 00:25:09.519
 true

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.359
 authority

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:11.679
 was not

00:25:11.679 --> 00:25:12.339
 to parade

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.980
 it around

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.879
 and brandish

00:25:13.879 --> 00:25:14.199
 it

00:25:14.199 --> 00:25:16.980
 but simply

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.279
 to give

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:17.639
 it up.

00:25:18.959 --> 00:25:19.899
 To give

00:25:19.899 --> 00:25:20.199
 it up.

00:25:21.439 --> 00:25:21.899
 No

00:25:21.899 --> 00:25:23.039
 convulsing,

00:25:23.399 --> 00:25:23.919
 no

00:25:23.919 --> 00:25:24.799
 struggling,

00:25:25.439 --> 00:25:25.799
 no

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.879
 thrashing

00:25:26.879 --> 00:25:28.679
 but simply

00:25:28.679 --> 00:25:29.299
 to give

00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:29.619
 it up.

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.779
 To steal

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.519
 the spirits

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.359
 he would

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:32.819
 have to

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.359
 give up

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:33.639
 his

00:25:33.639 --> 00:25:34.059
 own.

00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.220
 His

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:36.819
 wasn't

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.980
 involuntarily

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.799
 driven out,

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.160
 it was

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.700
 voluntarily

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.599
 given up

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:41.480
 and everything

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.059
 in this

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.660
 passage that

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:43.200
 we see

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:44.339
 is but

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:46.019
 a skirmish

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:47.400
 to prepare

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:48.160
 for the

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.839
 last and

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.599
 great battle

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.440
 that Jesus

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:51.200
 was to win,

00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:52.180
 to utterly

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:53.279
 destroy the

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.980
 power of

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:55.000
 sin and

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.700
 death by

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.480
 taking the

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.039
 death and

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.660
 the sin

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:59.500
 that is

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.279
 ours and

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.940
 upon

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.519
 himself.

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.420
 Jesus

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:06.180
 himself does

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:06.900
 everything that

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.300
 he calls

00:26:07.300 --> 00:26:07.880
 us to do

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:08.360
 and so

00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:08.840
 when he

00:26:08.840 --> 00:26:09.360
 calls

00:26:09.360 --> 00:26:10.660
 James and

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.240
 John to

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.840
 leave their

00:26:11.840 --> 00:26:12.500
 father in

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:13.019
 the boat,

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:15.300
 he's already

00:26:15.300 --> 00:26:15.880
 left his

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.759
 father's side

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:18.080
 and his

00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:18.540
 father will

00:26:18.540 --> 00:26:18.900
 turn his

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.360
 back on

00:26:19.360 --> 00:26:20.019
 him later.

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.360
 Charles

00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:24.259
 Wesley captured

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.820
 that thought

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.439
 well in

00:26:25.439 --> 00:26:25.779
 the him

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.179
 and can

00:26:26.179 --> 00:26:26.539
 it be,

00:26:27.159 --> 00:26:27.759
 he left

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.500
 his father's

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.220
 throne above

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:30.319
 so free,

00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.819
 so infinite

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.740
 his grace.

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.339
 Later in

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:37.919
 this gospel

00:26:37.919 --> 00:26:38.419
 he's going

00:26:38.419 --> 00:26:39.159
 to be ripped

00:26:39.159 --> 00:26:39.619
 from his

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.119
 father's

00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:40.980
 presence on

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.500
 the cross.

00:26:44.159 --> 00:26:45.079
 You see,

00:26:46.879 --> 00:26:47.839
 his kingship

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:49.339
 is a

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:50.079
 kingship over

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.599
 sickness,

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.119
 sin,

00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:51.720
 death,

00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:52.399
 oppression.

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.519
 His

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.259
 kingship is

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.859
 not a

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.440
 fanatic.

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.700
 He doesn't

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.359
 wield his

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:58.119
 authority as

00:26:58.119 --> 00:26:58.740
 a fanatic

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.319
 who seeks

00:26:59.319 --> 00:26:59.960
 to condemn

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.559
 and oppress.

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.920
 He doesn't

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.379
 wield his

00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:03.180
 authority in

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:04.000
 a totalitarian

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.700
 way.

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:06.440
 Jesus Christ's

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:07.379
 kingship is

00:27:07.379 --> 00:27:08.220
 not designed

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.960
 to crush.

00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:11.980
 It is the

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.379
 ultimate

00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:14.160
 authority and

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:14.900
 it's not

00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.900
 designed to

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.879
 crush or

00:27:16.879 --> 00:27:17.480
 oppress.

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.640
 His

00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:20.539
 authority is

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.160
 wielded to

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.980
 serve and

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.680
 to restore.

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:24.320
 take a

00:27:24.320 --> 00:27:24.779
 look at

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.440
 verses 30

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:25.940
 and 31

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:26.460
 with me.

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.440
 Simon's

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:30.060
 mother-in-law

00:27:30.060 --> 00:27:30.500
 was in

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.140
 bed with a

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:32.519
 fever and

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.340
 they immediately

00:27:33.340 --> 00:27:34.259
 told Jesus

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:35.100
 about her.

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:36.840
 And so he

00:27:36.840 --> 00:27:37.380
 went to her,

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:37.840
 took her

00:27:37.840 --> 00:27:38.220
 hand,

00:27:38.840 --> 00:27:39.340
 he helped

00:27:39.340 --> 00:27:40.600
 her up and

00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:41.100
 the fever

00:27:41.100 --> 00:27:42.380
 left her and

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:43.220
 she began to

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:44.120
 wait on them.

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:47.200
 She was sick

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:47.740
 with a fever

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:51.019
 and Jesus

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.859
 came to her

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.740
 still and

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.380
 touched her

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:55.480
 still and

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:55.839
 then it

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:56.500
 says he

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.299
 helped her

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:57.980
 up.

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.039
 He

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.680
 literally

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:01.259
 raised her

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:02.700
 and

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.759
 everywhere in

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.180
 Mark's

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:05.460
 gospel when

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.339
 someone is

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:06.920
 healed,

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.440
 the exact

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:09.380
 same word

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:10.359
 is used

00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:11.059
 everywhere,

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:11.559
 right through

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:11.660
 it,

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.039
 every

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.559
 encounter,

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.420
 raised.

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:15.820
 And it's

00:28:15.820 --> 00:28:16.360
 the exact

00:28:16.360 --> 00:28:17.320
 same word

00:28:17.320 --> 00:28:18.140
 which is

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:18.680
 used to

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.420
 describe the

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:19.860
 resurrection

00:28:19.860 --> 00:28:20.519
 of Jesus.

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:23.039
 In other

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.460
 words,

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.519
 when Jesus

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.500
 demonstrates his

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.100
 authority,

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:26.980
 healing the

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.240
 sick,

00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:28.880
 freeing the

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:29.259
 captives,

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:30.039
 casting out

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.519
 demons,

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:31.740
 it

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.920
 resurrects,

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:34.620
 it restores,

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:36.039
 it brings

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.840
 to life.

00:28:38.340 --> 00:28:38.600
 His

00:28:38.600 --> 00:28:39.039
 authority

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.440
 isn't

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:39.920
 oppressive,

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:41.080
 it doesn't

00:28:41.080 --> 00:28:41.900
 subjugate,

00:28:42.060 --> 00:28:42.519
 it doesn't

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.060
 crush,

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:44.500
 it literally

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.879
 breathes

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:48.700
 new life,

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.399
 a new

00:28:49.399 --> 00:28:50.220
 spirit

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:51.379
 into.

00:28:54.179 --> 00:28:54.879
 His is

00:28:54.879 --> 00:28:55.940
 expelled and

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.819
 he breathes

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.399
 new life

00:28:57.399 --> 00:28:58.079
 into,

00:28:58.399 --> 00:28:59.000
 to heal,

00:28:59.099 --> 00:28:59.799
 to restore,

00:28:59.919 --> 00:29:00.240
 to set

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.720
 free.

00:29:01.159 --> 00:29:01.639
 And when

00:29:01.639 --> 00:29:02.819
 we understand

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:03.240
 the good

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.879
 news and

00:29:03.879 --> 00:29:04.480
 submit to

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.139
 the authority,

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.139
 that's what

00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:06.579
 it does.

00:29:06.659 --> 00:29:07.259
 His authority

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.799
 sets you

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.220
 free.

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:09.279
 It raises

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:09.799
 you.

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:13.180
 sets you

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.619
 free to

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:15.240
 serve as

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.599
 we have

00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:16.259
 been served

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.899
 by God.

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.619
 Fanatical

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.740
 serving of

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.740
 God and

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.399
 of others.

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.180
 Notice

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:28.399
 what Simon's

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:28.759
 mother-in-law

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.180
 does.

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:30.899
 The fever

00:29:30.899 --> 00:29:31.720
 left her

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.299
 and she

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:33.019
 began to

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.619
 wait on

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:33.899
 them.

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.139
 Now,

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:37.700
 the skeptical

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.220
 amongst us

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:38.639
 might say,

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:38.799
 well,

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.259
 Jesus did

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:39.539
 that because

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:39.720
 he was

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.200
 hungry and

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.399
 he needed

00:29:40.399 --> 00:29:40.740
 someone to

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.000
 cook the

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.220
 meal.

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.379
 Okay.

00:29:45.379 --> 00:29:46.059
 She began

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:46.539
 to serve

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:46.779
 them.

00:29:48.919 --> 00:29:49.700
 She wasn't

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:50.119
 healed.

00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:50.740
 Notice what

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.159
 doesn't say

00:29:51.159 --> 00:29:51.299
 that.

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:51.720
 She wasn't

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.019
 healed,

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:52.559
 she wasn't

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.099
 raised and

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.319
 then went

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.659
 about her

00:29:53.659 --> 00:29:54.139
 own business.

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.639
 She got

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.039
 up and

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.599
 she served.

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:58.039
 She gave

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.519
 herself to

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.960
 others.

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.440
 She didn't

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:05.460
 get raised

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:05.839
 and then

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.180
 go,

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:07.379
 ah,

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.220
 all those

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.620
 things that

00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:08.960
 I wanted

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.440
 to do

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:09.839
 while I

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.819
 was sick

00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:11.480
 and potentially

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.059
 dying.

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.380
 I didn't

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:12.819
 my bucket

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:13.100
 list,

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.360
 I better

00:30:13.360 --> 00:30:13.680
 get on

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:13.940
 and do

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:14.120
 it.

00:30:15.860 --> 00:30:16.620
 She gave

00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:17.120
 herself to

00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:17.319
 others.

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:17.500
 See,

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:17.860
 when we

00:30:17.860 --> 00:30:18.440
 grasp the

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:19.140
 good news

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:20.519
 and we

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:20.980
 submit to

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.420
 the authority

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:21.940
 of Jesus

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:23.059
 and have

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.640
 our lives

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:24.720
 orbit around

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.600
 Jesus,

00:30:26.860 --> 00:30:27.779
 it sets

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.720
 us free

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:30.079
 from all

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:31.079
 other selfish

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:32.100
 authorities that

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:32.860
 crush us

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:34.079
 and enslave

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.559
 us.

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:36.179
 you see,

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:36.559
 Jesus'

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.059
 authority

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:37.619
 gives us

00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:37.940
 a new

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.259
 set of

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:38.720
 priorities,

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.819
 a new

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.240
 life of

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.679
 service,

00:30:42.179 --> 00:30:42.980
 a life of

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.539
 hospitality,

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:44.359
 a life of

00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:44.879
 generosity,

00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:45.659
 a life of

00:30:45.659 --> 00:30:46.119
 community

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:46.579
 building,

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:48.579
 a life of

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.179
 meeting the

00:30:49.179 --> 00:30:49.819
 needs of

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:50.319
 others,

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:52.179
 a life of

00:30:52.179 --> 00:30:52.980
 fanatical

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:54.619
 humility and

00:30:54.619 --> 00:30:55.179
 grace.

00:30:57.659 --> 00:30:58.440
 That's what

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:58.980
 it does.

00:30:58.980 --> 00:31:01.860
 and every

00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:03.819
 act of

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:05.900
 uttered,

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.599
 done in

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.160
 the name

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.380
 of

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:07.980
 Christianity

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:09.319
 that is

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:10.360
 opposite to

00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:10.740
 that

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:13.819
 is not

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.360
 Christianity,

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:16.539
 has nothing

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.059
 to do with

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:17.880
 Jesus and

00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:18.400
 it's not

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:18.740
 done in

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.000
 the name

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.519
 of Jesus

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.519
 at all.

00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:25.120
 A life of

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:25.680
 fanatical

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:26.500
 humility and

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:26.980
 grace,

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.259
 everything that

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.940
 God created

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.700
 and intended

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.240
 for us to

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.819
 be and do,

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:31.859
 not because

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:32.160
 we've got

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:32.619
 something to

00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:33.819
 pay back or

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:34.299
 because the

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:35.079
 authority is

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.740
 enslaving,

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:37.480
 we do it

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:38.400
 simply because

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:40.460
 like Simon's

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:41.299
 mother-in-law,

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:43.059
 we have been

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:44.940
 raised and

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.579
 we now

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.379
 can.

00:31:48.379 --> 00:31:49.319
 We now

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:49.640
 can.