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 Such a joy to be with you. See a lot of new faces today. My name is Ed, one of the pastors of Trinity Cambridge.

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! It's my greatest pleasure to preach God's word this morning.

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 Let's open up our Bibles as we continue on in our series in Matthew.

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 If you don't have a physical copy of a Bible and would like one, feel free to raise your hand and we'd be happy to gift you one.

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 You could take home and keep for yourself.

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 Today we are in Matthew chapter 20.

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 Starting verse 17 all the way to the end of chapter 20.

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 So, Matthew 20, 17 to 34.

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 Matthew 20, 17 to 34.

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 Please bow your heads as we come before the Lord in prayer.

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 Heavenly Father.

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 Heavenly Father.

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 We are weary, broken, and tired from this week.

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 We come before the Lord who invited us.

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 Come.

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 Find rest for your souls.

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 We want to hear from you.

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 We want to sit at your feet this morning.

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 We want you to address us and to speak to us what we need to hear so that we would be more and more like you.

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 That we would know your love and that we love others.

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 Lord, we pray that you would address us so that we would learn how to humbly serve one another just like Christ you served us.

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 Father, I pray that you would take the five loaves and two fish that I can offer and multiply it to feed the masses this morning.

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 Your people are hungry.

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 So, please feed them.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 If you guys would rise.

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 If you are able to honor the reading of God's word.

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 What we're about to hear is really the only perfect part of this sermon.

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 We're going to hear from God's infallible, inerrant word.

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 Starting from verse 17.

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 And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the 12 disciples aside.

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 And on the way, he said to them,

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 See, we are going up to Jerusalem.

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 And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes.

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 And they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified.

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 And he will be raised on the third day.

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 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons.

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 And kneeling before him, she asked him for something.

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 And he said to her,

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 What do you want?

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 She said to him,

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 Say that these two sons of mine are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.

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 Jesus answered,

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 You do not know what you are asking.

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 Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?

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 They said to him,

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 We are able.

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 He said to them,

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 You will drink my cup,

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 But to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant,

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 but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.

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 And when the ten heard it, they were indignant at the two brothers.

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 But Jesus called them,

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 called them to him and said,

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 You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them,

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 and their great ones exercise authority over them.

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 It shall not be so among you.

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 But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,

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 and whoever would be first among you must be your slave,

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 even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve,

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 and to give his life as a ransom for many.

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 And as they went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him.

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 And behold, there were two blind men sitting by the roadside.

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 And when they heard that Jesus was passing by,

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 they cried out,

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 Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David.

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 The crowd rebuked them,

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 telling them to be silent.

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 But they cried out all the more,

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 Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David.

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 And stopping,

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 Jesus called them and said,

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 What do you want me to do for you?

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 They said to him,

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 Lord, let our eyes be opened.

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 And Jesus, in pity,

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 touched their eyes,

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 and immediately they recovered their sight

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 and followed him.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 Please be seated.

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 In early 2010,

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 a catastrophic magnitude 7 earthquake

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 struck the country of Haiti,

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 leveling the already poorest country

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 in the Western Hemisphere,

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 killing more than 200,000 people,

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 and leaving 1.5 million people homeless.

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 That summer with my church,

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 I visited Haiti

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 and saw the aftermath for myself.

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 It was unimaginable

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 the kind of living conditions

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 people suffered there.

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 Sprawling tent cities

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 with thousands and thousands of people

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 living in an open field

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 under makeshift tarps

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 with no jobs,

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 no safety,

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 no money,

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 no privacy,

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 no running water,

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 no electricity.

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 So when the new president of Haiti,

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 Michel Martelly,

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 comes into power

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 the very next year,

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 you might expect him

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 to do everything that he can

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 to serve his people.

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 But instead,

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 even while knowing millions

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 and millions of people

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 live like this,

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 he gives himself a budget

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 of $20,000 a day

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 to spend overseas,

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 giving his wife

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 and each of his family members

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 $7,500 a day.

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 He raises $40 million in tax

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 with $25 million of that

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 going unaccounted for.

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 And this kind of corruption

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 really is not anything new

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 in the country's history.

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 Nearly every single president

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 has been like this.

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 I remember one conversation

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 that I had with a local

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 asking him what he thinks

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 this country needs

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 to change for the better.

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 And his answer was simple.

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 We need leaders who serve us.

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 Plainly put,

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 one bad leader,

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 just one bad leader,

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 has a disproportionate power

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 to inflict great harm.

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 The Church of Jesus Christ

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 has not been immune

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 to bad leadership.

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 Not all leaders

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 in the church are bad.

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 There are faithful pastors

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 out there.

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 But in recent years,

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 the church has suffered

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 reports of moral failure

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 by some of its most

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 prominent leaders.

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 And it's not just the pastors

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 who are in the national spotlight.

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 These reports can come from

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 big and small churches.

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 From rich and poor churches.

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 From denominational,

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 non-denominational churches.

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 Some groom others

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 to commit adultery.

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 Misappropriate funds.

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 Plagiarize.

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 Bully people.

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 What we need today,

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 both in and out

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 of the church,

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 is not a wholesale change

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 to remove leadership,

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 but to transform leadership.

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 And it's not just the change

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 needed for all current

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 and future leaders.

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 These leaders only represent

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 the sinful nature

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 that's in every single one of us.

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 If we were in their positions

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 of unchecked power,

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 how might we be corrupted?

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 For there is a bent

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 in every single one of us

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 to stand above others,

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 use others,

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 compete with others,

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 try to stuff others down.

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 Even in our lives today,

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 in our social circles,

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 we undermine colleagues,

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 gossip about friends,

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 keep score with our spouses,

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 use the silent treatment,

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 try to keep others down,

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 and judge others.

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 Is this not how we try

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 to lord it over

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 and exercise authority

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 over the people in our lives?

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 Is it not our most natural,

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 unlearned instinct

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 to try to look out

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 for number one

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 at the expense

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 of those around us?

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 And we know what

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 that kind of treatment begets.

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 Only more of the same

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 right back at us, right?

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 In an endless cycle

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 of competition,

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 envy, bitterness,

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 and strife,

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 for all our achievements

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 in society,

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 we still haven't found

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 to break out of this cycle.

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 Left to ourselves,

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 we never will.

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 We need something,

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 or rather someone,

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 to break the cycle.

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 That's exactly who

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 Jesus Christ is.

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 Though he be a great king,

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 Jesus came not to be served,

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 but to serve,

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 and to give his life

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 as a ransom for many.

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 Then and only then,

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 when we understand this,

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 when we have been served

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 by him,

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 then we learn how

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 to serve others.

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 Begin to see

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 that cycle broken.

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 That's the main point

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 of my sermon today,

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 is to serve.

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 Serve because Christ

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 first served us.

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 And in turn,

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 we'll observe

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 really everything

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 in this passage,

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 how Jesus does

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 everything to serve.

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 He serves with his words,

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 he serves with his very life,

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 and he serves

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 with his hands.

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 For the first time

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 in Matthew,

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 Jerusalem is not

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 a distant future,

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 but it's a near reality.

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 It's not a place

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 that he will go to,

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 or must go to,

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 but he is going to,

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 as he goes up

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 to Jerusalem.

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 Matthew accurately captures

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 the vertical movement

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 necessary when going

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 to Jerusalem

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 with that word up,

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 because it was more than

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 3,000 feet of elevation

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 over 17 miles.

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 And it's these little details

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 in the text

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 that suggest to me

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 that truly the gospel

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 was indeed written

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 by a first century Jew

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 who lived at the time

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 of Jesus.

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 And he just knew

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 these cultural details.

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 Not by religious zealots

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 or liars or fakers

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 who fabricated these texts

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 centuries later.

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 No, this was truly written

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 by Jesus' disciples.

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 The gospel writers

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 just knew these details

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 because they lived it.

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 Just like how we Bostonians,

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 we Canterbridgeans,

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 we just know that

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 driving through I-93,

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 the tunnels,

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 will make you lose your GPS

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 and probably make you

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 lose your exit.

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 Or that the red line's AC

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 is just down half the time

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 in the summer.

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 On the way,

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 Jesus pulls aside

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 his 12 disciples,

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 presumably from the large crowd

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 that is following him,

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 and he confides to them

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 his third and final

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 passion prediction.

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 In chapters 16 and 17,

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 Jesus has already predicted

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 that he must go to Jerusalem

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 for his death and resurrection.

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 But knowing that the time

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 is soon coming,

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 unlike before,

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 he prophesies

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 with the greatest detail

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 and specificity yet.

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 He predicts seven specific things

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 that will happen to him.

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 That number one,

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 he will be delivered over

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 to the Jewish chief priests

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 and scribes.

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 Number two,

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 be condemned to death.

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 Number three,

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 because the Romans

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 controlled capital punishment,

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 the Jews will deliver him

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 over to the Romans.

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 Four,

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 to be mocked.

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 Five,

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 flogged.

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 Six,

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 crucified.

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 And seven,

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 most importantly,

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 he will be raised

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 on the third day.

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 Jesus gives the play-by-play.

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 He knows every detail

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 down to excruciating details.

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 He would be hated

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 by Jew and Gentile alike,

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 a rare collaboration

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 from these polar opposite groups.

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 Like oil and water,

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 these two groups

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 have not historically mixed,

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 but their hatred,

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 their rejection of Jesus

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 emulsify them together.

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 Together,

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 they would mock the God

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 who made their mouths,

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 flog the God

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 who made their hands,

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 and kill the God

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 who gave them life.

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 Why does Jesus predict this

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 up to three times

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 with greater specificity?

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 Right?

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 The Bible adamantly refuses

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 to give any notion

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 that Jesus' life

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 was taken against his will.

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 His death was anything

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 but a miscalculation

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 or an accident.

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 To those on the outside,

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 it may look like the Jews

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 and the Romans

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 had the last say,

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 but these predictions

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 really show

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 the hidden truth

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 that they were mere pawns

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 in the master's hand.

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 Jesus wants to make it clear

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 that he absolutely

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 already knew

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 the unimaginable suffering

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 that awaited him.

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 And yet we see him

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 striving up that hill,

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 fighting against gravity

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 with every step,

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 determined to get to the cup

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 that he's determined,

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 already determined,

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 to drink.

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 But that's not just

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 to defend himself.

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 I think with these

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 three predictions,

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 the always serving Jesus

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 is looking to serve

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 his disciples

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 by drilling these words

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 into their heads,

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 by the power of repetition.

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 For repetition

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 is the hammer

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 that drives

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 the nails of truth

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 deeper

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 and deeper

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 and deeper

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 into our hardened hearts.

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 And especially

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 on those days,

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 those days filled

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 with grief

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 and suffering,

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 the muscle memory

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 of reciting,

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 hearing,

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 memorizing God's word,

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 it's lodged

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 into our hearts

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 by the sheer force

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 of repetition.

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 It fills our mouths

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 with truths

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 that we need most

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 when we can't possibly

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 drum it up ourselves.

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 And that's exactly

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 how Jesus intended

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 to serve his disciples

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 with this repetition.

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 He knew that the suffering,

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 it was coming for him,

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 but he also knew

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 that the sadness,

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 confusion,

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 the shame

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 that disciples

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 would experience

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 at the death

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 of their master,

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 that was coming too

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 for them.

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 So he repeats

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 this prediction

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 again

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 and again

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 and again.

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 Three times

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 so that when

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 the bottom fell out,

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 they would be anchored

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 by these very words.

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 And be reassured

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 that Jesus

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 truly was

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 the Messiah.

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 Jesus wanted them

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 to know

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 that he was

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 in control

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 over his suffering.

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 Not just in control,

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 but that he would have

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 ultimate victory

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 over it.

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 Raised again

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 on the third day

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 in triumphant victory.

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 Repetition

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 can have

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 that kind of power

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 in our darkest

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 of days.

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 As an example,

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 I think of

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 Todd Beamer.

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 On September 11th,

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 Todd was aboard

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 Flight 93

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 on a routine

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 work flight

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 when four

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 Al-Qaeda terrorists

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 hijacked

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 the flight.

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 Their plan

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 was to crash

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 the plane

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 into a building

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 in Washington,

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 D.C.

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 After realizing

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 that they were

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 not going to get

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 out of this alive,

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 Todd and the

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 other passengers

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 courageously

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 decided to storm

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 the cockpit

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 and jump

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 the hijackers.

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 But not before

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 he recited

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 the Lord's Prayer

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 in Psalm 23

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 out loud

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 with the other

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 passengers.

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 Here's Lisa Beamer,

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 his wife

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 and the mother

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 of his two children

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 that he left

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 behind,

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 recounting the story.

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 Although I'd never

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 heard of,

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 I'd never before

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 heard of Todd

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 reciting the Lord's Prayer

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 in pressure situations,

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 I wasn't surprised

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 to hear he had

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 quoted it.

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 Recently,

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 our pastor

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 had taught

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 a 12-week series

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 of lessons

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 on the Lord's Prayer.

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 Todd had known

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 the prayer

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 since childhood,

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 but each line

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 of it had become

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 more and more special

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 to him as he understood

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 how fraught

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 with meaning

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 it really was.

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 And she goes on

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 to say,

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 interestingly,

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 Psalm 23

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 wasn't a mantra

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 that Todd

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 recited often,

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 but it was

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 resident

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 in his spirit

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 because he had

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 learned it

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 as a child.

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 When the crisis

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 came,

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 Todd was able

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 to tap

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 into a deep

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 reservoir

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 of faith

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 that he had

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 been storing

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 up for years.

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 once he found

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 courage

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 in those words,

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 in God's words,

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 he took a deep

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 breath

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 and said

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 to his fellow

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 passengers,

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 are you ready?

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 Okay.

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 Let's roll.

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 And stormed

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 the cockpit

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 with a food trolley

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 and prevented

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 the terrorists

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 from hitting

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 their intended target.

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 That's the power

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 of repetition.

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 still so far,

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 it doesn't seem

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 like it has

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 its intended

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 effect on the

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 disciples.

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 Right?

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 The disciples

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 show again

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 and again

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 that they still

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 don't get

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 what Jesus

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 is saying.

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 After the first

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 prediction,

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 Peter makes

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 a fool

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 out of himself

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 telling Jesus

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 that this would

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 never happen

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 to you,

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 Lord.

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 After the second

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 prediction,

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 the disciples

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 debate who

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 will be the

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 greatest.

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 we'll see

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 how this

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 pattern

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 continues

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 then after

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 this third

00:18:50.740 --> 00:18:51.240
 prediction.

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 It starts

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 with meeting

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 an unfamiliar

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 character

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 with an

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 unusual

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 request.

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 The mother

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 of the sons

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 of Zebedee,

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 James,

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 who's not

00:19:01.439 --> 00:19:02.039
 to be confused

00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:02.599
 with James

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 the half-brother

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 of Jesus,

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 and John

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 the beloved

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 apostle who

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 wrote many

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 books of the

00:19:07.679 --> 00:19:07.879
 Bible,

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 their mother

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 enters scene

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 for the first

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 time.

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 She bows

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 her knee

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 before Jesus.

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 people back

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 then didn't

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 typically kneel

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 before an

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 ordinary rabbi

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 or a teacher.

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 This was a

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 posture of

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 someone standing

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 before a

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 king.

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 In Jesus,

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 by faith,

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 she rightly

00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:31.720
 sees that he

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 is going to be

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 the next king

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 of Israel.

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 So after being

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 prompted by

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 Jesus,

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 she makes

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 an extraordinary

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 bold request.

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 say that

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 these two

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 sons of

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 mine are

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 to sit,

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 one at

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 your right

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 hand,

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 one at

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 your left,

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 in your

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 kingdom.

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 Before

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 everyone else,

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 make my

00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:53.240
 two sons

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 the most

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 honored

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 persons in

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 your world

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 changing,

00:19:56.660 --> 00:19:57.099
 systems

00:19:57.099 --> 00:19:57.640
 breaking

00:19:57.640 --> 00:19:58.579
 kingdom.

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 It's

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 interesting to

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 note that

00:20:02.579 --> 00:20:03.279
 in Mark's

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 account,

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 the mother

00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:05.359
 is actually

00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:05.920
 absent,

00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.099
 and the

00:20:07.099 --> 00:20:08.379
 request comes

00:20:08.380 --> 00:20:09.460
 directly from

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 the sons

00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:10.460
 themselves.

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 I think

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:12.080
 this hints

00:20:12.080 --> 00:20:12.900
 that while

00:20:12.900 --> 00:20:13.820
 mom was

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 the one

00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:14.720
 to approach

00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.160
 Jesus,

00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:16.400
 as any

00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:16.900
 good mama

00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:17.380
 would do

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 to vouch

00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:18.320
 for her

00:20:18.320 --> 00:20:18.660
 sons,

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 the sons,

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 it seems

00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:20.860
 like,

00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:21.240
 were the

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:22.100
 masterminds.

00:20:23.320 --> 00:20:23.560
 Jesus

00:20:23.560 --> 00:20:24.260
 confirms this

00:20:24.260 --> 00:20:24.900
 by quickly

00:20:24.900 --> 00:20:25.940
 bypassing

00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:26.680
 the mother

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 and directly

00:20:27.860 --> 00:20:28.520
 addressing

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 James and

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 John.

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 And if you

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 know anything

00:20:31.260 --> 00:20:31.800
 about them,

00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:33.060
 it fits their

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 profile perfectly.

00:20:34.840 --> 00:20:35.320
 These are

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 the same

00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:36.920
 men who

00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:37.540
 asked Jesus

00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:38.539
 if they

00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:39.000
 should call

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 down fire

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 to obliterate

00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:42.059
 a Samaritan

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 village that

00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:43.839
 rejected them,

00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.180
 and whom

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:45.960
 Jesus nicknamed

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.819
 the sons of

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 thunder for

00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:48.720
 their boisterous,

00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:49.680
 blustering

00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:50.359
 personalities.

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 This is the

00:20:51.379 --> 00:20:51.920
 kind of people

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.240
 that they

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:52.460
 are.

00:20:54.299 --> 00:20:54.659
 Where do

00:20:54.659 --> 00:20:54.960
 they get

00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:55.339
 such a

00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:55.720
 request?

00:20:56.859 --> 00:20:57.259
 From

00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:58.639
 last week's

00:20:58.639 --> 00:20:59.059
 passage,

00:20:59.519 --> 00:20:59.899
 Jesus'

00:21:00.159 --> 00:21:01.099
 promise rings

00:21:01.099 --> 00:21:01.519
 in their

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:01.839
 ears.

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.159
 Truly I

00:21:03.159 --> 00:21:03.559
 say to

00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:03.700
 you,

00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.180
 in a new

00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:04.559
 world,

00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:05.359
 when the

00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:05.680
 son of

00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.000
 man will

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.420
 sit on

00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:06.579
 his

00:21:06.579 --> 00:21:07.039
 glorious

00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:07.460
 throne,

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.319
 you who

00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:08.500
 have

00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:08.779
 followed

00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.159
 me will

00:21:09.159 --> 00:21:09.460
 also

00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:09.859
 sit on

00:21:09.859 --> 00:21:10.180
 twelve

00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:10.539
 thrones,

00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:11.039
 judging

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.519
 the twelve

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:12.079
 tribes of

00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:12.399
 Israel.

00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:14.039
 Considering

00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:14.480
 what we

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:14.980
 read in

00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:15.599
 our passage

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:16.079
 today,

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:16.559
 I think

00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:17.159
 we catch

00:21:17.159 --> 00:21:18.159
 x-ray

00:21:18.159 --> 00:21:19.059
 vision into

00:21:19.059 --> 00:21:20.519
 the son's

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.639
 hearts when

00:21:21.639 --> 00:21:22.099
 they hear

00:21:22.099 --> 00:21:23.220
 this promise.

00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.200
 James and

00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.799
 John are

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:27.139
 no-name

00:21:27.139 --> 00:21:27.859
 Galilean

00:21:27.859 --> 00:21:28.240
 fishermen,

00:21:28.920 --> 00:21:29.420
 who are

00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:30.019
 sons of

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.700
 a no-name

00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:31.359
 Galilean

00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:31.740
 fisherman.

00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:33.779
 These men

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.159
 are the

00:21:34.159 --> 00:21:34.960
 obscure of

00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.460
 the obscure.

00:21:35.460 --> 00:21:36.840
 If Jesus

00:21:36.840 --> 00:21:37.640
 hadn't chosen

00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:38.340
 them as

00:21:38.340 --> 00:21:38.779
 disciples,

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.640
 their legacy,

00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:40.279
 their memory

00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:40.680
 would have

00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:41.660
 quickly been

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:42.200
 erased off

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:42.559
 the face

00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:42.799
 of the

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.039
 earth.

00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:45.340
 But instead

00:21:45.340 --> 00:21:45.700
 of being

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:47.180
 floored that

00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:47.920
 even they,

00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:48.480
 even they

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.220
 get to sit

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:50.180
 on thrones

00:21:50.180 --> 00:21:50.680
 in the new

00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:51.160
 creation,

00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:52.700
 we see that

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.600
 in the heart

00:21:53.600 --> 00:21:54.279
 of hearts.

00:21:54.340 --> 00:21:54.559
 In their

00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:54.940
 heart of

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.200
 hearts,

00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:56.779
 it was not

00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.279
 enough.

00:21:59.059 --> 00:21:59.279
 Jesus'

00:21:59.539 --> 00:22:00.400
 grand promise

00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:01.480
 doesn't satisfy

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:03.180
 their insatiable,

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:04.579
 greedy appetites.

00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:07.139
 consider,

00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:07.460
 too,

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:08.859
 that if

00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:09.659
 they sit

00:22:09.659 --> 00:22:10.099
 at the

00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:10.799
 right and

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.419
 left hand

00:22:11.419 --> 00:22:11.839
 of Jesus,

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:13.699
 then where

00:22:13.699 --> 00:22:14.159
 will Peter

00:22:14.159 --> 00:22:14.500
 sit?

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.980
 Maybe that's

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:18.480
 just their

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:18.779
 point.

00:22:20.439 --> 00:22:20.879
 Perhaps

00:22:20.879 --> 00:22:21.559
 they saw

00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:22.299
 Peter as

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:23.059
 vulnerable,

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:25.139
 the chosen

00:22:25.139 --> 00:22:25.439
 leader,

00:22:26.579 --> 00:22:26.960
 his head

00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.339
 will fall.

00:22:28.919 --> 00:22:29.460
 After all,

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.079
 he did just

00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:30.699
 get rebuked

00:22:30.699 --> 00:22:31.240
 and called

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:32.019
 Satan four

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.619
 chapters ago.

00:22:32.619 --> 00:22:34.979
 maybe they

00:22:34.979 --> 00:22:35.379
 think it's

00:22:35.379 --> 00:22:36.039
 their time

00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:36.519
 to take

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:36.879
 the top

00:22:36.879 --> 00:22:37.159
 spot.

00:22:39.139 --> 00:22:39.759
 To all

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:39.979
 this,

00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:40.759
 Jesus has

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:42.199
 one simple

00:22:42.199 --> 00:22:43.119
 response to

00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:43.699
 this political

00:22:43.699 --> 00:22:44.319
 power play.

00:22:45.379 --> 00:22:46.119
 You don't

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:46.719
 know what

00:22:46.719 --> 00:22:46.959
 you are

00:22:46.959 --> 00:22:47.599
 asking for.

00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:50.299
 Jesus knows

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:50.899
 that these

00:22:50.899 --> 00:22:52.039
 slow disciples

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.919
 still think

00:22:52.919 --> 00:22:53.500
 and hope

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:53.939
 that Jesus

00:22:53.939 --> 00:22:54.979
 is going

00:22:54.979 --> 00:22:55.779
 into Jerusalem

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.799
 guns blazing

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.839
 to inaugurate

00:22:57.839 --> 00:22:58.339
 the era

00:22:58.339 --> 00:22:59.479
 of military

00:22:59.479 --> 00:23:00.079
 and political

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:01.459
 peace for

00:23:01.459 --> 00:23:02.019
 the nation

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:02.440
 of Israel.

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:04.119
 But really,

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.839
 there's more

00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.619
 to their

00:23:05.619 --> 00:23:06.139
 misunderstanding.

00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:08.759
 In Jesus'

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.279
 mind,

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:10.440
 they completely

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.500
 misunderstand

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.319
 the nature

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:13.119
 of leadership.

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:14.579
 For to

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:14.920
 Jesus,

00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:15.579
 leadership

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:16.619
 is not

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:16.900
 to be

00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:17.900
 first in

00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:18.460
 line to

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:19.099
 be glorified,

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.579
 but it's

00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:21.359
 first in

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:21.960
 line to

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.460
 suffer.

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.579
 If you

00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:24.960
 wish to

00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.379
 be seated

00:23:25.379 --> 00:23:25.879
 in the

00:23:25.879 --> 00:23:26.119
 heavenly

00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:26.680
 places,

00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.019
 in the

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.339
 highest

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:27.779
 places,

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.920
 be ready

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.579
 to suffer.

00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:29.619
 God,

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.699
 he asks,

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.079
 do you

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.419
 know what

00:23:32.419 --> 00:23:32.579
 you're

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:33.439
 asking for?

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.599
 Do you

00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:35.960
 know that

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.839
 positions of

00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:37.639
 power and

00:23:37.639 --> 00:23:38.779
 authority come

00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:39.339
 with all the

00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:40.720
 burden of

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.439
 power and

00:23:41.439 --> 00:23:41.859
 authority?

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.679
 Do you

00:23:43.679 --> 00:23:44.099
 know that

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:44.539
 to be at

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:45.059
 the center

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.819
 of attention

00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:47.720
 means that

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.119
 you are at

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:48.599
 the center

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:49.240
 of attention

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.919
 and with

00:23:49.919 --> 00:23:50.419
 all the

00:23:50.419 --> 00:23:50.819
 scrutiny

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.500
 that entails?

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.699
 Do you

00:23:53.699 --> 00:23:54.099
 know that

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:54.779
 in earthly

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.339
 kingdoms,

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.619
 importance is

00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:57.199
 defined by

00:23:57.199 --> 00:23:57.759
 how many

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.480
 people serve

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:58.779
 you,

00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:00.000
 but in

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.779
 my kingdom

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.559
 importance is

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.059
 defined by

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.500
 how many

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.500
 people you

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:03.819
 serve?

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:06.720
 Do you

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.259
 know that

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:08.119
 glory only

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:08.700
 comes after

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.740
 great suffering?

00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:10.819
 Are you

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:12.400
 able to

00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:12.779
 drink the

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.180
 cup that

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.660
 I am to

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:13.940
 drink?

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.160
 Here,

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:16.759
 Jesus so

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.500
 clearly ties

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:18.319
 the ascension

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:19.720
 of glory to

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.619
 the drinking

00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:21.319
 of a cup.

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:23.059
 And what

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:23.460
 cup is

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:23.759
 this?

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:24.579
 We all

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.579
 know it's

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:26.140
 the cup that

00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:26.859
 Jesus refers

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:27.500
 to in the

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:27.779
 garden,

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.200
 the garden

00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:29.000
 of Gethsemane.

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.700
 He knows

00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.099
 that his

00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:32.019
 one mission

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.579
 is to

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:33.299
 drink down

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:33.680
 to the

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.720
 dregs the

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.740
 undiluted

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.440
 cup of

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.160
 wrath on

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:37.740
 behalf of

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.079
 God's

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.420
 people.

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.279
 And it's

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:41.019
 this cup

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.319
 that would

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:42.059
 cause Jesus

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:43.019
 incredible

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.859
 suffering.

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.019
 A cup that

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.500
 he asked to

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:45.940
 be removed

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.279
 from him,

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:47.119
 not once,

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:47.940
 but twice.

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:49.079
 A cup that

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.519
 even the

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.079
 thought of

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.900
 causes Jesus

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.579
 to sweat

00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:52.920
 great drops

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.519
 of blood.

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 Notably,

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:56.799
 the only

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.539
 other time

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.339
 this exact

00:24:58.339 --> 00:24:58.819
 phrase,

00:24:58.899 --> 00:24:59.179
 one on

00:24:59.179 --> 00:24:59.519
 the right

00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:00.339
 and one

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:00.519
 on the

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:00.799
 left,

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.659
 is used

00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:02.359
 in Matthew

00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:02.939
 is when

00:25:02.939 --> 00:25:03.519
 Jesus is

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.480
 hanging on

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.119
 the cross.

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.399
 When Jesus

00:25:07.399 --> 00:25:08.259
 is enthroned

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:09.059
 as king

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:10.500
 on the cross,

00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:11.299
 when his title,

00:25:11.439 --> 00:25:11.859
 King of the

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.159
 Jews,

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.500
 is plastered in

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.279
 multiple languages

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.879
 so that all

00:25:14.879 --> 00:25:15.399
 can see.

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.839
 When people

00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:17.539
 cry out,

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:17.899
 Hail,

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.460
 King of the

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:18.819
 Jews!

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:21.019
 Matthew 27,

00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:21.720
 38 says,

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.440
 then two

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:23.200
 were crucified

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.759
 with him,

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.180
 one on the

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:25.700
 right and

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.360
 one on the

00:25:26.360 --> 00:25:26.660
 left.

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:29.079
 But these

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:30.220
 are not

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.720
 James and

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.000
 John,

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:33.500
 or Peter

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.019
 or Andrew,

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.420
 or any of

00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:35.980
 the disciples

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.600
 as a matter

00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:37.019
 of fact.

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:39.039
 They confidently

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.460
 say,

00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:40.460
 we can drink

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:41.000
 this cup.

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.279
 But when push

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:44.160
 comes to shove,

00:25:45.100 --> 00:25:45.539
 and the cup

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.200
 gets passed

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.720
 to them,

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:47.620
 when the

00:25:47.620 --> 00:25:48.279
 prospect of

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:48.880
 death stares

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.279
 them right

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:50.619
 in the face,

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:53.279
 not one

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.599
 of them

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:54.399
 stands next

00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:54.879
 to Jesus.

00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:55.500
 They all

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.200
 run off,

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.059
 scatter off

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.480
 in the middle

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:57.859
 of the night

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.460
 to abandon

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:59.019
 their Lord,

00:25:59.480 --> 00:25:59.899
 to leave

00:25:59.899 --> 00:26:00.839
 robbers and

00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:01.639
 criminals the

00:26:01.639 --> 00:26:02.720
 honor of

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.460
 dying next

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:03.980
 to Jesus,

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:04.920
 one on the

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.180
 right,

00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:05.759
 one on the

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.019
 left.

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:08.539
 But just

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.259
 like Peter

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:10.019
 has his

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.619
 redemption

00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:11.319
 story,

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:13.039
 these other

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.559
 two will,

00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:14.119
 and it's

00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:14.779
 remarkable that

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.299
 we think

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:16.059
 that a

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.420
 redemption

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:17.019
 story is

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.639
 to die.

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:20.540
 Jesus knows

00:26:20.540 --> 00:26:20.960
 that they

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.820
 will eventually

00:26:21.820 --> 00:26:22.920
 partake of

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:23.480
 this cup,

00:26:24.040 --> 00:26:24.840
 not to

00:26:24.840 --> 00:26:25.400
 drink down

00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:26.400
 to the

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:26.960
 dregs the

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.420
 wrath of

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:27.820
 God on

00:26:27.820 --> 00:26:28.320
 behalf of

00:26:28.320 --> 00:26:28.960
 other sinners,

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:30.440
 but truly

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:31.060
 the cup

00:26:31.060 --> 00:26:31.759
 of suffering.

00:26:32.340 --> 00:26:32.800
 For James

00:26:32.800 --> 00:26:33.360
 will be

00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:34.259
 executed in

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:35.680
 Acts 12

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.080
 at the

00:26:36.080 --> 00:26:36.540
 hand of

00:26:36.540 --> 00:26:36.840
 Herod,

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:38.280
 and John

00:26:38.280 --> 00:26:38.740
 will be

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.360
 cast out

00:26:39.360 --> 00:26:39.780
 on the

00:26:39.780 --> 00:26:40.400
 island of

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:40.860
 Patmos

00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:42.020
 in exile.

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.420
 But even

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:44.720
 then,

00:26:44.800 --> 00:26:45.400
 it is not

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:45.820
 Jesus'

00:26:46.060 --> 00:26:47.100
 place to

00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:47.620
 grant them

00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:48.219
 to sit

00:26:48.219 --> 00:26:49.039
 at the

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.379
 left,

00:26:49.699 --> 00:26:50.119
 to sit

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.319
 at the

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:50.619
 right,

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.519
 but it's

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.599
 only the

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:52.939
 fathers.

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.619
 Jesus models

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.759
 this self-effacing

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.419
 humility.

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:57.599
 It's confirmed

00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.039
 by these

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.739
 famous verses

00:26:58.739 --> 00:26:59.739
 in Philippians

00:26:59.739 --> 00:27:00.000
 2.

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:02.099
 do nothing

00:27:02.099 --> 00:27:03.019
 from selfish

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.839
 ambition or

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.380
 conceit,

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.079
 but in

00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:05.579
 humility

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.339
 count others

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:07.180
 more significant

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.920
 than yourselves.

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.579
 Let each

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.160
 of you look

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:11.000
 not only to

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.359
 his own

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:11.700
 interests,

00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:12.460
 but also to

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.019
 the interests

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.720
 of others.

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.380
 Have this

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:15.880
 mind among

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.279
 yourselves,

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:16.740
 which is

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.400
 yours in

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:18.099
 Christ Jesus,

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:18.980
 who though

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.740
 he was in

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.319
 the form of

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:20.559
 God,

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.099
 did not

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:22.039
 count equality

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.539
 with God

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:22.980
 a thing to

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.559
 be grasped,

00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:24.539
 but emptied

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.220
 himself by

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.720
 taking the

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.220
 form of a

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.420
 servant,

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:27.200
 being born in

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.759
 the likeness

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.380
 of men.

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.319
 The sons

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:31.000
 of thunder

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:32.740
 grasped at

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.420
 something that

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:34.400
 wasn't theirs.

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:37.259
 Jesus refused

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:38.160
 to grasp at

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:38.740
 something that

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.580
 was rightfully

00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:39.980
 his.

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.539
 As the

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.340
 incarnate

00:27:42.340 --> 00:27:43.420
 son humbles

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:44.519
 himself in

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.500
 total submission

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.400
 to the father,

00:27:47.340 --> 00:27:48.039
 though they are

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.680
 equal,

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:50.279
 fully equal in

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:51.440
 intrinsic power

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:52.200
 and essence

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:53.000
 and authority,

00:27:53.100 --> 00:27:53.840
 he humbles

00:27:53.840 --> 00:27:54.400
 himself.

00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:56.539
 And because

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:56.900
 of that

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.259
 submission,

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:58.180
 Jesus says,

00:27:58.900 --> 00:27:59.600
 that's why he

00:27:59.600 --> 00:27:59.840
 says,

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.480
 to sit at

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.019
 my right and

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.660
 left is not

00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:02.180
 mine to

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.440
 grant,

00:28:02.560 --> 00:28:02.880
 but it is

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:03.360
 for those

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:04.100
 to whom it

00:28:04.100 --> 00:28:04.360
 has been

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:04.980
 prepared by

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.540
 my father.

00:28:06.820 --> 00:28:07.440
 At its

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:08.060
 very core,

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.500
 what these

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.519
 brothers get

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.680
 wrong is

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.400
 summed up by

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:11.920
 theologian

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.880
 Francis Schaeffer.

00:28:14.820 --> 00:28:15.420
 Christ says,

00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:15.900
 we are to

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.340
 take the

00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:17.220
 lowest spot,

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:18.980
 but we like

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.440
 to take the

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:19.720
 higher.

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.140
 But this

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:23.140
 is not

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:23.900
 the Lord's

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.160
 way.

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.240
 Leadership

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:27.079
 is not

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.640
 to be

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.000
 sought.

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:29.799
 Leadership

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.759
 is to

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.140
 be waited

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:31.500
 for.

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.700
 To the

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.400
 extent we

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:35.200
 want power

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.920
 among men,

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:36.920
 to that

00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:37.660
 extent we

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.140
 are in the

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.720
 flesh and

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.519
 not the

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.220
 Holy Spirit.

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.799
 The extent

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.460
 to which I

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.160
 demand

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:43.819
 leadership,

00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:46.059
 I am not

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.620
 ready to be

00:28:46.620 --> 00:28:46.880
 a leader.

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:46.920
 leader.

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:50.300
 It is a

00:28:50.300 --> 00:28:51.580
 noble aspiration

00:28:51.580 --> 00:28:52.560
 to pursue

00:28:52.560 --> 00:28:53.260
 leadership for

00:28:53.260 --> 00:28:53.920
 the sake of

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.920
 serving others,

00:28:55.580 --> 00:28:55.980
 as the

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:56.600
 Apostle Paul

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:57.420
 affirms in

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:58.460
 1 Timothy 3

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:59.100
 regarding

00:28:59.100 --> 00:28:59.820
 eldership in

00:28:59.820 --> 00:29:00.260
 the church.

00:29:01.320 --> 00:29:02.640
 But the

00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:03.700
 manner by

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.100
 which you

00:29:04.100 --> 00:29:05.080
 do so is

00:29:05.080 --> 00:29:05.940
 of utmost

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.600
 importance.

00:29:07.600 --> 00:29:08.080
 Are you

00:29:08.080 --> 00:29:09.460
 seeking the

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:10.260
 power and

00:29:10.260 --> 00:29:10.900
 the prestige

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.700
 of leadership,

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:11.819
 leadership,

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:13.799
 or are you

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.319
 seeking the

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:14.920
 cup of

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:16.220
 suffering that

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:17.480
 leadership entails?

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.759
 This

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.340
 fundamental

00:29:21.340 --> 00:29:22.180
 mistake isn't

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:23.000
 exclusive to

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.700
 James and

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.039
 John.

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:25.400
 When the

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:26.220
 ten hear

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.759
 this, they

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:28.180
 are fuming

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:28.620
 mad.

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.640
 They're indignant

00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:30.100
 at the

00:29:30.100 --> 00:29:30.400
 brothers.

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.620
 They're probably

00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:32.440
 bickering with

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:32.840
 one another.

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:34.000
 Probably they're

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.799
 already scheming

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.580
 on how to get

00:29:35.580 --> 00:29:36.200
 back at the

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.440
 brothers.

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:39.420
 So the

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:40.160
 ever-patient

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:41.720
 Jesus, their

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.500
 teacher, he

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.400
 calls them to

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:45.140
 him and says

00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:45.640
 these words,

00:29:45.840 --> 00:29:46.840
 you know that

00:29:46.840 --> 00:29:47.759
 the rulers of

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.320
 the Gentiles

00:29:48.320 --> 00:29:48.920
 lorded over

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.840
 them and

00:29:49.840 --> 00:29:50.299
 their great

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:51.140
 ones exercised

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:52.140
 authority over

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:52.420
 them.

00:29:53.840 --> 00:29:55.080
 The Jews know

00:29:55.080 --> 00:29:56.460
 precisely what

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:57.259
 Jesus is talking

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.580
 about.

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:59.120
 Under the

00:29:59.120 --> 00:30:00.340
 boot of Roman

00:30:00.340 --> 00:30:00.940
 rule and

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:02.160
 oppression, the

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:03.460
 Jews suffered

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:04.080
 greatly.

00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:06.279
 In the

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:06.980
 original Greek

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.859
 lorded over

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:09.619
 and exercised

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.539
 authority over,

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.699
 both are words

00:30:11.699 --> 00:30:12.460
 that start with

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:12.980
 the prefix

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:12.980


00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:13.839
 Kata, which

00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:14.819
 means down.

00:30:15.899 --> 00:30:16.619
 The picture is

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:17.000
 clear.

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.199
 Their leaders

00:30:18.199 --> 00:30:19.099
 stuff others

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.859
 down, keep

00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:20.779
 others down,

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:22.379
 so that they

00:30:22.379 --> 00:30:22.859
 can prop

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:23.539
 themselves up.

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.379
 They treat

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:27.220
 their people like

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:28.019
 mere stepping

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.559
 stones.

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.639
 But Jesus

00:30:31.639 --> 00:30:32.599
 says clearly,

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.759
 it shall not

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.700
 be so among

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.000
 you.

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:38.359
 Instead, if we

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:38.859
 want to be

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:40.460
 great, we

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.359
 ought to be

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:42.160
 one another's

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.799
 servant.

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:45.220
 Not just a

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:46.160
 servant, but a

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:46.980
 slave.

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.019
 And what do

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.599
 servants do?

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:50.859
 What do

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.619
 slaves do?

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.819
 They assume

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:53.900
 the lowliest

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.599
 of positions,

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.519
 willing to do

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.299
 the lowliest

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:57.480
 of tasks, and

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.640
 they serve.

00:30:58.640 --> 00:31:02.200
 If we want to

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.960
 be great in

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.420
 the kingdom

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:05.100
 of God, there

00:31:05.100 --> 00:31:06.240
 needs to be an

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:08.060
 eagerness, a

00:31:08.060 --> 00:31:08.920
 hunger, a

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.700
 yearning to

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:11.180
 serve in any

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.759
 which way that

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.220
 we can.

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:14.720
 At home, at

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.840
 church, at

00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:16.540
 work, wherever

00:31:16.540 --> 00:31:17.920
 we go, we

00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:18.820
 ought to have a

00:31:18.820 --> 00:31:20.020
 maximalist view

00:31:20.020 --> 00:31:21.540
 of how much we

00:31:21.540 --> 00:31:22.360
 can get to

00:31:22.360 --> 00:31:22.700
 serve.

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.740
 Not a

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.140
 minimalist

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:25.320
 view, just

00:31:25.320 --> 00:31:26.000
 trying to squeak

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.819
 by with the

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.480
 bare minimum.

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.319
 At every

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:30.299
 opportunity to

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:31.079
 serve one

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:32.079
 another, the

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.859
 question shouldn't

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.960
 be, why should

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.680
 I serve, but

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:36.160
 why shouldn't

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:36.559
 I?

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.539
 But some

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.980
 object, oh,

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:42.339
 but I don't

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:42.980
 have that gift.

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.880
 I can't serve

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:45.319
 in that way.

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:47.380
 Or others

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:48.140
 object, but

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:49.099
 other people

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:49.740
 don't serve as

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.299
 much as me.

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.880
 Others still,

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.819
 when I serve,

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.559
 it's never

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:55.220
 appreciated.

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:58.240
 this is not

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:59.359
 the acceptable

00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:00.380
 language of a

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:01.259
 servant slave.

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:04.500
 Luke 17

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.279
 shows us what

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.079
 the acceptable

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:06.920
 pattern of

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.680
 speech of a

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.220
 slave is.

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.759
 Jesus says,

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:11.039
 will any one

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:11.420
 of you who

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:12.039
 has a servant

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:13.160
 plowing or

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.920
 keeping sheep

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.640
 say to him

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.039
 when he has

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.660
 come in from

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.039
 the field,

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.319
 come at once

00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:18.299
 and recline

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:18.740
 at table.

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.559
 Will he not

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.380
 rather say to

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:21.960
 him, prepare

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.720
 supper for me,

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:24.460
 dress properly,

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.720
 serve me when

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.460
 I eat and

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:27.559
 drink, and

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:28.980
 afterward will

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.400
 eat and

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:29.620
 drink.

00:32:30.360 --> 00:32:30.819
 Does he

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.380
 thank the

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:31.920
 servant because

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.620
 he did what

00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:33.140
 was commanded?

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:35.180
 So you also,

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:35.900
 when you have

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.640
 done all that

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:36.960
 you were

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.920
 commanded, say,

00:32:38.600 --> 00:32:38.960
 we are

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.660
 unworthy

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.279
 servants.

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:41.660
 We have only

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:42.319
 done what was

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:42.819
 our duty.

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.380
 Last week,

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:46.180
 Sean introduced

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.700
 Jim Elliott,

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:47.900
 a martyred

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:47.880
!

00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:47.940
 a martyred

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.680
 missionary to

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:49.380
 a tribe in

00:32:49.380 --> 00:32:49.700
 Ecuador.

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:50.700
 I quote him

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.500
 again this week

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:52.519
 saying missionaries

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.519
 and really

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.420
 all Christians

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:55.799
 are very human

00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:57.059
 folk, just

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.619
 doing what

00:32:57.619 --> 00:32:57.960
 they were

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:58.440
 asked.

00:32:59.539 --> 00:33:00.539
 Simply a

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:00.960
 bunch of

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.500
 nobodies

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.039
 trying to

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.440
 exalt

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:03.160
 somebody.

00:33:05.099 --> 00:33:06.059
 But if we

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.660
 are serving

00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:07.299
 that much,

00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:08.740
 shouldn't we

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.500
 be concerned

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:10.440
 with burnout,

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.160
 burning out?

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:13.039
 Yes,

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.259
 absolutely.

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:16.000
 We shouldn't

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.700
 burn ourselves

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:17.019
 out.

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:18.099
 We absolutely

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:19.039
 need sleep.

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:19.839
 We need

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.639
 Sabbath rest.

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:21.880
 But we

00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:22.259
 don't

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.920
 primarily

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.420
 guard

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:23.920
 ourselves

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.360
 against

00:33:24.360 --> 00:33:24.860
 burnout

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:25.860
 by first

00:33:25.860 --> 00:33:26.200
 guarding

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.420
 our

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:27.020
 calendars.

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.780
 We guard

00:33:28.780 --> 00:33:29.080
 against

00:33:29.080 --> 00:33:29.500
 burnout

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:30.180
 by guarding

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.480
 our

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.040
 hearts.

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:32.840
 We don't

00:33:32.840 --> 00:33:33.300
 burn out

00:33:33.300 --> 00:33:33.980
 primarily

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.800
 because we

00:33:34.800 --> 00:33:35.720
 mismanage

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.420
 our calendars

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:36.700
 and we

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:37.240
 don't take

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.480
 enough

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:38.060
 Sabbaths.

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:38.980
 We burn

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.200
 out

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:39.800
 primarily

00:33:39.800 --> 00:33:40.600
 because we

00:33:40.600 --> 00:33:41.340
 mismanage

00:33:41.340 --> 00:33:42.100
 our hearts.

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:43.820
 And now

00:33:43.820 --> 00:33:44.900
 a mismanaged

00:33:44.900 --> 00:33:45.860
 heart often

00:33:45.860 --> 00:33:46.660
 results in

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:47.259
 a mismanaged

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.780
 calendar,

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.640
 but the

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:49.180
 source of

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:49.460
 the error

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:49.880
 is not

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:50.300
 in the

00:33:50.300 --> 00:33:50.800
 planning,

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.520
 but it's

00:33:51.520 --> 00:33:52.400
 in the

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:52.760
 heart,

00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:53.160
 in your

00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:53.600
 loves.

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.200
 For we

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:56.520
 serve really

00:33:56.520 --> 00:33:57.120
 out of so

00:33:57.120 --> 00:33:57.820
 many wrong

00:33:57.820 --> 00:33:58.360
 reasons.

00:33:59.360 --> 00:34:00.200
 We serve

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:00.900
 Jesus to

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:02.040
 be good

00:34:02.040 --> 00:34:02.480
 enough for

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:02.660
 him,

00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:03.840
 to get

00:34:03.840 --> 00:34:04.480
 something for

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:04.640
 him,

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.280
 to pay

00:34:05.280 --> 00:34:05.780
 him back,

00:34:05.840 --> 00:34:06.240
 or because

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:07.080
 we think

00:34:07.080 --> 00:34:07.660
 he needs

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.000
 us.

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.260
 We serve

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:10.700
 others to

00:34:10.700 --> 00:34:11.140
 impress

00:34:11.140 --> 00:34:11.539
 them or

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:12.420
 to feel

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:12.740
 like we

00:34:12.740 --> 00:34:13.220
 belong.

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:14.760
 And if

00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:15.700
 you're feeling

00:34:15.700 --> 00:34:16.619
 burnt out

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:17.200
 this morning,

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:18.599
 and I mean

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.019
 more than

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.699
 just feeling

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:20.119
 physically

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.599
 tired,

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:21.420
 but emotionally,

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.219
 mentally,

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:23.339
 spiritually tapped

00:34:23.339 --> 00:34:23.639
 out,

00:34:24.279 --> 00:34:25.500
 you might

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:26.059
 struggle with

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:27.079
 one or a few

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.679
 of these wrong

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:28.579
 motivations to

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.000
 serve.

00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:31.960
 So then,

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:32.940
 how do we

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.480
 serve

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:34.519
 sacrificially

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.599
 without feeling

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:35.960
 weary,

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:37.199
 discouraged,

00:34:37.319 --> 00:34:37.719
 or bitter?

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:40.059
 The key is in

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.699
 this critical

00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:41.079
 verse,

00:34:41.779 --> 00:34:42.579
 verse 28,

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.199
 that the

00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:43.980
 son of man,

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.900
 this son of man

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:47.219
 came not to be

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:47.500
 served,

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:48.619
 but to serve,

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.519
 and to give

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:50.279
 his life as a

00:34:50.279 --> 00:34:51.119
 ransom for

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:51.579
 many.

00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:54.139
 Serving is

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.659
 the very

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:56.459
 DNA of

00:34:56.459 --> 00:34:56.779
 Jesus'

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:58.059
 purpose and

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:58.639
 ministry.

00:34:59.859 --> 00:35:00.519
 We see it

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.079
 throughout the

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.859
 passage today,

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.879
 we see it so

00:35:02.879 --> 00:35:03.980
 beautifully displayed

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:05.119
 in John 13

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:05.699
 when he

00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:06.799
 washes the

00:35:06.799 --> 00:35:07.480
 feet of his

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:07.919
 disciples.

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:09.779
 Can you

00:35:09.779 --> 00:35:10.719
 imagine this?

00:35:11.779 --> 00:35:12.459
 The God

00:35:12.459 --> 00:35:13.419
 who laid

00:35:13.419 --> 00:35:14.219
 the foundations

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:14.879
 of the world,

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:16.179
 who tells

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:16.879
 each lightning

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.500
 bolt where

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:17.840
 it should

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.140
 go,

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:18.900
 who keeps

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.660
 the Leviathan

00:35:19.660 --> 00:35:20.260
 on a

00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:20.579
 leash,

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:22.380
 this same

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:24.340
 God has

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:24.840
 a towel

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.440
 around his

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:25.760
 waist.

00:35:28.160 --> 00:35:29.079
 This man

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:30.099
 about whom

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:30.760
 John the

00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:31.720
 Baptist rightly

00:35:31.720 --> 00:35:32.260
 declared,

00:35:32.720 --> 00:35:33.220
 I am not

00:35:33.220 --> 00:35:33.960
 worthy to

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.700
 untie even

00:35:34.700 --> 00:35:35.360
 the strap

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.800
 of his

00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:36.140
 sandal,

00:35:37.200 --> 00:35:37.840
 he kneels

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.760
 and washes

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:39.380
 my feet.

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.640
 Surely that's

00:35:42.640 --> 00:35:43.380
 as far as

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:44.000
 the Christ

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.640
 would go to

00:35:44.640 --> 00:35:45.380
 serve me,

00:35:45.720 --> 00:35:46.019
 right?

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:47.619
 someone who

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:47.980
 is as

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.480
 proud,

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.619
 self-serving,

00:35:49.759 --> 00:35:50.659
 rebellious as

00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:50.960
 me,

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:52.340
 surely a

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:52.960
 king like

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.539
 Jesus would

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:54.579
 do no more

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:55.059
 than to

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.940
 kneel and

00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:56.420
 wash my

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:56.780
 feet.

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.599
 Surely there

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:59.179
 must be a

00:35:59.179 --> 00:35:59.420
 limit.

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.420
 But there's

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:03.280
 no limit

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:04.619
 to how far

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:05.199
 Jesus would

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:05.599
 go to

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:06.099
 abase

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:07.480
 himself for

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:07.920
 the many

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.300
 he would

00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:08.679
 ransom.

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:10.659
 For he

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.259
 showed the

00:36:11.259 --> 00:36:11.920
 greatest

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:13.000
 display of

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.400
 love that

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:13.980
 we know

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:15.000
 by trekking

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.440
 up that

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:15.679
 hill,

00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:16.559
 being

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.139
 locked,

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:18.039
 flogged,

00:36:18.199 --> 00:36:18.679
 crucified.

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:20.380
 This God

00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:21.099
 endured

00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:21.760
 treatment that

00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:22.039
 we would

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:23.360
 find inexcusable

00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:23.800
 for our

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.219
 very own

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:24.940
 pet dogs.

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:26.940
 But he

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:27.500
 subjected

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:28.320
 himself because

00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:29.260
 he knew

00:36:29.260 --> 00:36:29.820
 that his

00:36:29.820 --> 00:36:30.679
 blood was

00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:31.659
 the only

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.579
 way for

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:33.280
 sinners like

00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:33.699
 you and me

00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:34.019
 to be

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:34.619
 ransomed,

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:35.019
 to be

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:36.019
 redeemed from

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:37.239
 our bondage

00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:38.099
 to sin and

00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:38.420
 death.

00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:39.880
 Nothing but

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.440
 the blood

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:41.099
 of Jesus.

00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:43.280
 Some in

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:43.800
 church history

00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:44.580
 have posited

00:36:44.580 --> 00:36:45.500
 that money

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:46.500
 could ransom

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:47.040
 a man.

00:36:48.160 --> 00:36:48.480
 Johann

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.960
 Tetzel,

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:49.880
 the early

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.920
 16th century

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:51.380
 Dominican

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:51.760
 friar,

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.260
 peddled

00:36:52.260 --> 00:36:53.620
 indulgences

00:36:53.620 --> 00:36:55.340
 that if one

00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:55.960
 gives money

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.580
 to the church,

00:36:56.660 --> 00:36:57.380
 he can free

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:57.940
 a soul

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:59.000
 from purgatory,

00:36:59.100 --> 00:36:59.860
 which doesn't

00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:00.500
 even exist.

00:37:01.680 --> 00:37:02.140
 But the

00:37:02.140 --> 00:37:02.900
 famous rhyme,

00:37:03.120 --> 00:37:03.920
 as soon as

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:04.400
 the coin

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:04.960
 hits the

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:05.360
 coffer,

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:06.019
 or as soon

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.780
 as the coin

00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:07.080
 in the

00:37:07.080 --> 00:37:07.420
 coffer

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:07.820
 rings,

00:37:08.600 --> 00:37:09.120
 the soul

00:37:09.120 --> 00:37:09.960
 from purgatory

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.519
 springs.

00:37:11.740 --> 00:37:12.220
 Reformer

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:13.119
 Martin Luther

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:14.139
 was absolutely

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:14.959
 right to

00:37:14.959 --> 00:37:15.899
 denounce this

00:37:15.899 --> 00:37:17.000
 as a greedy,

00:37:17.439 --> 00:37:17.959
 manipulative,

00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:18.919
 false teaching.

00:37:19.879 --> 00:37:20.439
 Even if you

00:37:20.439 --> 00:37:21.099
 were to amass

00:37:21.099 --> 00:37:22.219
 all the wealth

00:37:22.219 --> 00:37:22.739
 of the world,

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:23.659
 could you not

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:24.379
 even pay back

00:37:24.379 --> 00:37:25.799
 for one sin?

00:37:26.939 --> 00:37:27.379
 And as we

00:37:27.379 --> 00:37:27.919
 read from our

00:37:27.919 --> 00:37:28.459
 assurance of

00:37:28.459 --> 00:37:28.699
 pardon,

00:37:28.919 --> 00:37:29.639
 it was not

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:30.519
 with perishable

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:30.919
 things,

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:32.099
 such as silver

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.699
 or gold,

00:37:32.779 --> 00:37:33.539
 you were redeemed,

00:37:33.879 --> 00:37:34.659
 but with the

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:35.779
 precious blood

00:37:35.779 --> 00:37:36.579
 of Christ,

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:37.559
 the lamb

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.359
 without blemish

00:37:38.359 --> 00:37:39.099
 or object,

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:40.539
 nothing but

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:40.959
 the blood

00:37:40.959 --> 00:37:41.539
 of Jesus.

00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:43.839
 Others in

00:37:43.839 --> 00:37:44.379
 church history

00:37:44.379 --> 00:37:45.039
 have posited

00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:45.619
 that good

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:46.139
 works,

00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:47.159
 that human

00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:47.919
 effort could

00:37:47.919 --> 00:37:48.599
 functionally

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:49.299
 ransom a

00:37:49.299 --> 00:37:49.539
 man.

00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:51.339
 Pelagius in

00:37:51.339 --> 00:37:51.799
 the fourth

00:37:51.799 --> 00:37:52.559
 century argued

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:53.099
 that even

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:54.319
 without God's

00:37:54.319 --> 00:37:55.399
 transforming grace,

00:37:55.879 --> 00:37:56.639
 human beings

00:37:56.639 --> 00:37:57.659
 innately have

00:37:57.659 --> 00:37:58.219
 the ability

00:37:58.219 --> 00:37:58.899
 to do good.

00:37:58.980 --> 00:37:59.579
 We innately

00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:00.319
 have the ability

00:38:00.319 --> 00:38:01.179
 to earn our

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:02.239
 standing before

00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:02.599
 God.

00:38:03.759 --> 00:38:04.639
 Augustine was

00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:06.019
 absolutely right

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:06.759
 to denounce

00:38:06.759 --> 00:38:07.639
 this as a

00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:08.359
 presumptuous,

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:09.279
 man-centered,

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:10.079
 graceless,

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:11.199
 false teaching.

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:13.079
 You cannot

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:13.879
 obey God

00:38:13.879 --> 00:38:14.500
 without the

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:15.000
 grace of

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.259
 God,

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:16.219
 and even if

00:38:16.219 --> 00:38:17.019
 you were able

00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:18.679
 to spend

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:19.299
 every single

00:38:19.299 --> 00:38:19.819
 minute of the

00:38:19.819 --> 00:38:20.279
 rest of your

00:38:20.279 --> 00:38:20.839
 life doing

00:38:20.839 --> 00:38:21.460
 good deeds

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:22.139
 perfectly,

00:38:22.279 --> 00:38:22.960
 could you not

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.559
 pay back

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:24.960
 for one sin?

00:38:25.319 --> 00:38:26.119
 Nothing but

00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:26.899
 the blood of

00:38:26.899 --> 00:38:27.199
 Jesus.

00:38:28.759 --> 00:38:29.359
 So knowing

00:38:29.359 --> 00:38:29.899
 that this was

00:38:29.899 --> 00:38:30.779
 the only way

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:31.739
 to free us

00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:32.139
 from our

00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:32.819
 miserable

00:38:32.819 --> 00:38:33.559
 bondage,

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:34.460
 even knowing

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:34.960
 that we had

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.899
 nothing to

00:38:35.899 --> 00:38:36.639
 offer him,

00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:37.960
 Jesus came.

00:38:38.099 --> 00:38:38.960
 He came not

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:39.920
 to be served

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:41.099
 but to serve.

00:38:42.339 --> 00:38:43.159
 Do you see

00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:44.259
 that you will

00:38:44.259 --> 00:38:45.319
 never in your

00:38:45.319 --> 00:38:46.579
 life out

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:47.639
 serve Jesus?

00:38:48.119 --> 00:38:48.739
 You will never

00:38:48.739 --> 00:38:49.460
 out serve him.

00:38:50.259 --> 00:38:51.119
 That he gives

00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:52.519
 far more to us

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:53.019
 than we could

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:54.039
 ever give back

00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:54.639
 to him.

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.839
 Only when your

00:38:56.839 --> 00:38:58.119
 mind is blown

00:38:58.119 --> 00:38:59.199
 by that fact,

00:38:59.299 --> 00:38:59.799
 when your heart

00:38:59.799 --> 00:39:00.440
 is burning,

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:02.279
 do we then

00:39:02.279 --> 00:39:03.859
 only learn

00:39:03.859 --> 00:39:04.659
 how to serve.

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:06.139
 we serve our

00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:06.799
 fellow brothers

00:39:06.799 --> 00:39:07.319
 and sisters,

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:08.139
 washing their

00:39:08.139 --> 00:39:08.500
 feet,

00:39:09.359 --> 00:39:10.219
 humbling ourselves,

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:11.000
 taking the

00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:11.639
 lowliest of

00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:12.079
 positions.

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:14.659
 Only then do

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:15.539
 we serve like

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:16.460
 lowly servant

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:17.579
 slaves that the

00:39:17.579 --> 00:39:18.339
 world has never

00:39:18.339 --> 00:39:19.259
 seen before.

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:21.839
 And the world

00:39:21.839 --> 00:39:22.899
 has certainly

00:39:22.899 --> 00:39:23.519
 never seen

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:24.299
 anyone like

00:39:24.299 --> 00:39:24.859
 Jesus,

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:26.319
 who serves

00:39:26.319 --> 00:39:26.699
 with his

00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:27.099
 words,

00:39:27.859 --> 00:39:28.759
 his very life,

00:39:29.179 --> 00:39:29.839
 and finally

00:39:29.839 --> 00:39:31.019
 with his hands

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:31.960
 in this final

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:32.319
 section.

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:34.239
 Jesus and his

00:39:34.239 --> 00:39:35.119
 crew leave

00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:35.719
 Jericho,

00:39:36.719 --> 00:39:37.379
 which is the

00:39:37.379 --> 00:39:38.579
 final destination

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:39.359
 of a typical

00:39:39.359 --> 00:39:40.459
 Galilean pilgrimage

00:39:40.459 --> 00:39:41.379
 to Jerusalem.

00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:43.599
 The narrative's

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:44.500
 focus shifts

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:45.439
 now to two

00:39:45.439 --> 00:39:46.199
 blind men.

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:47.500
 They're sitting

00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:48.339
 by roadside,

00:39:48.959 --> 00:39:49.879
 presumably begging

00:39:49.879 --> 00:39:50.459
 for money.

00:39:51.759 --> 00:39:52.519
 It seems like

00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:53.199
 they're seasoned

00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:54.179
 in their craft,

00:39:54.959 --> 00:39:55.519
 for it seems

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:56.539
 like this was a

00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:57.699
 strategic time

00:39:57.699 --> 00:39:58.219
 and place.

00:39:58.879 --> 00:39:59.439
 This was during

00:39:59.439 --> 00:39:59.979
 the week of

00:39:59.979 --> 00:40:00.599
 Passover,

00:40:00.979 --> 00:40:01.819
 when many would

00:40:01.819 --> 00:40:02.719
 be traveling to

00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:03.059
 Jerusalem,

00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:03.179
 Jerusalem,

00:40:03.279 --> 00:40:04.039
 and they felt

00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:04.579
 a particular

00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:05.619
 need to be

00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:05.980
 generous.

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:08.360
 But once they

00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:09.019
 hear that Jesus

00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:10.039
 is coming,

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:11.380
 they drop

00:40:11.380 --> 00:40:12.099
 everything and

00:40:12.099 --> 00:40:12.659
 they begin to

00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:13.539
 cry out,

00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:14.699
 Lord,

00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:16.719
 have mercy on

00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:17.079
 us,

00:40:17.340 --> 00:40:18.019
 Son of David.

00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:21.099
 Although Lord

00:40:21.099 --> 00:40:22.400
 could be a mere

00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:23.139
 formality,

00:40:23.279 --> 00:40:24.099
 a nicety like

00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:25.179
 sir or ma'am,

00:40:25.820 --> 00:40:26.900
 they undeniably

00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:27.739
 portray their

00:40:27.739 --> 00:40:28.840
 faith in the

00:40:28.840 --> 00:40:29.639
 Messiah by

00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:30.219
 calling him

00:40:30.219 --> 00:40:31.099
 Son of David.

00:40:31.099 --> 00:40:31.139
 Lord.

00:40:31.779 --> 00:40:32.319
 We've already

00:40:32.319 --> 00:40:32.779
 seen this

00:40:32.779 --> 00:40:33.360
 Christological

00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:34.440
 title in

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:35.259
 Matthew already.

00:40:36.219 --> 00:40:36.719
 It's a loaded

00:40:36.719 --> 00:40:37.759
 label designated

00:40:37.759 --> 00:40:38.980
 that Jesus is

00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:40.019
 the long-awaited

00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:40.900
 Son to come

00:40:40.900 --> 00:40:41.460
 in the lineage

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:42.759
 of David to

00:40:42.759 --> 00:40:43.380
 be the

00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:44.259
 messianic

00:40:44.259 --> 00:40:44.599
 king.

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:46.480
 Although

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:47.480
 physically blind,

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:48.139
 they have the

00:40:48.139 --> 00:40:49.019
 spiritual eyes

00:40:49.019 --> 00:40:49.799
 to see that

00:40:49.799 --> 00:40:50.579
 Jesus really

00:40:50.579 --> 00:40:51.319
 is the king.

00:40:52.779 --> 00:40:53.679
 Maybe even

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:54.480
 more than a

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:54.719
 king.

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:56.099
 For in the

00:40:56.099 --> 00:40:56.900
 Old Testament,

00:40:57.519 --> 00:40:58.119
 there is no

00:40:58.119 --> 00:40:58.940
 record of any

00:40:58.940 --> 00:40:59.920
 prophet or

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:02.059
 servant restoring

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:03.059
 the sight of

00:41:03.059 --> 00:41:03.440
 the blind.

00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:05.159
 In the Old

00:41:05.159 --> 00:41:05.920
 Testament, only

00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:07.340
 God restores the

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:07.920
 sight of the

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:08.320
 blind.

00:41:09.659 --> 00:41:12.280
 What is one of

00:41:12.280 --> 00:41:13.059
 Jesus' most

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:14.380
 common miracles

00:41:14.380 --> 00:41:15.119
 in the

00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:15.519
 Gospels?

00:41:16.280 --> 00:41:17.320
 To give sight

00:41:17.320 --> 00:41:17.800
 to the blind.

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:19.860
 The beggars

00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:20.559
 have genuine

00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:21.760
 faith to believe

00:41:21.760 --> 00:41:22.880
 Jesus can restore

00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:23.440
 their sight.

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:25.440
 God restores the

00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:26.200
 world.

00:41:26.200 --> 00:41:26.659
 But this world

00:41:26.659 --> 00:41:28.519
 loves to snuff

00:41:28.519 --> 00:41:29.280
 out genuine

00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:31.019
 faith, loves to

00:41:31.019 --> 00:41:32.179
 prevent people from

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:33.340
 coming to Jesus at

00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:34.240
 every opportunity.

00:41:35.460 --> 00:41:36.119
 You see it in

00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:37.300
 chapter 19 when the

00:41:37.300 --> 00:41:38.679
 disciples rebuke the

00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:39.380
 families who bring

00:41:39.380 --> 00:41:39.860
 their children.

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:41.240
 You see it in this

00:41:41.240 --> 00:41:43.200
 great crowd that

00:41:43.200 --> 00:41:44.179
 tells these blind

00:41:44.179 --> 00:41:45.619
 men to be quiet,

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:47.659
 essentially to

00:41:47.659 --> 00:41:48.700
 shut up.

00:41:48.699 --> 00:41:53.259
 But notice how

00:41:53.259 --> 00:41:55.559
 resilient, how

00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:57.279
 gritty their

00:41:57.279 --> 00:41:57.980
 faith is.

00:41:58.980 --> 00:41:59.899
 I love this.

00:42:00.500 --> 00:42:01.579
 These two aren't

00:42:01.579 --> 00:42:02.579
 deterred by the

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:02.899
 crowd.

00:42:03.679 --> 00:42:04.460
 They don't go on

00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:05.480
 the defensive.

00:42:06.099 --> 00:42:06.879
 They don't sulk.

00:42:07.439 --> 00:42:08.059
 Woe is me.

00:42:08.779 --> 00:42:09.739
 My life is already

00:42:09.739 --> 00:42:11.359
 so hard and now

00:42:11.359 --> 00:42:12.119
 no one will let me

00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:12.779
 come to Jesus.

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:16.059
 No, they go on the

00:42:16.059 --> 00:42:16.639
 offensive.

00:42:16.639 --> 00:42:18.980
 They don't let

00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:19.920
 their circumstances

00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:21.139
 determine how they

00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:21.659
 respond.

00:42:22.619 --> 00:42:23.599
 They ignore the

00:42:23.599 --> 00:42:24.019
 crowd.

00:42:24.819 --> 00:42:25.799
 They cry out all

00:42:25.799 --> 00:42:27.319
 the more, Lord,

00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:28.779
 have mercy on us,

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:29.460
 son of David.

00:42:31.059 --> 00:42:32.339
 So we too, when

00:42:32.339 --> 00:42:33.239
 Satan tries to

00:42:33.239 --> 00:42:33.940
 attack us,

00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:35.440
 discourage us from

00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:36.359
 coming to Jesus,

00:42:36.779 --> 00:42:37.460
 points to our

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:38.679
 habitual sin, tells

00:42:38.679 --> 00:42:39.719
 us to be quiet,

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:40.719
 tells us to shut

00:42:40.719 --> 00:42:40.940
 up.

00:42:41.099 --> 00:42:41.879
 What do we do

00:42:41.879 --> 00:42:42.259
 instead?

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:44.599
 We yell, we cry

00:42:44.599 --> 00:42:45.480
 out, we are

00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:46.579
 desperate for Jesus

00:42:46.579 --> 00:42:47.579
 to come, all

00:42:47.579 --> 00:42:47.980
 the more.

00:42:49.900 --> 00:42:50.500
 And notice too,

00:42:50.579 --> 00:42:51.619
 their strategy

00:42:51.619 --> 00:42:52.980
 really isn't any

00:42:52.980 --> 00:42:53.480
 different.

00:42:53.799 --> 00:42:55.079
 There's no deceived

00:42:55.079 --> 00:42:55.920
 notion that they

00:42:55.920 --> 00:42:57.599
 can fancy up their

00:42:57.599 --> 00:42:59.500
 prayer, try to offer

00:42:59.500 --> 00:43:00.719
 anything Jesus needs.

00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:01.699
 They don't promise

00:43:01.699 --> 00:43:02.739
 any foolish vows.

00:43:03.139 --> 00:43:04.659
 It's just over and

00:43:04.659 --> 00:43:05.759
 over again, Lord,

00:43:05.840 --> 00:43:06.860
 have mercy on us.

00:43:07.119 --> 00:43:08.099
 Lord, have mercy on

00:43:08.099 --> 00:43:08.259
 us.

00:43:08.440 --> 00:43:10.159
 Lord, have mercy on

00:43:10.159 --> 00:43:10.559
 us.

00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:12.579
 D.O.

00:43:12.579 --> 00:43:13.259
 Moody once said,

00:43:13.260 --> 00:43:14.140
 some people think

00:43:14.140 --> 00:43:15.280
 that God doesn't

00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:16.100
 like to be troubled

00:43:16.100 --> 00:43:17.140
 with our constant

00:43:17.140 --> 00:43:18.040
 coming and asking.

00:43:19.120 --> 00:43:20.780
 The way to trouble

00:43:20.780 --> 00:43:22.760
 God is not to come

00:43:22.760 --> 00:43:23.060
 at all.

00:43:24.660 --> 00:43:26.260
 In my prayer life,

00:43:27.060 --> 00:43:27.700
 as we've been

00:43:27.700 --> 00:43:28.320
 preaching through

00:43:28.320 --> 00:43:28.920
 Matthew, especially

00:43:28.920 --> 00:43:30.020
 on childlike faith,

00:43:30.740 --> 00:43:31.580
 I find myself

00:43:31.580 --> 00:43:32.820
 praying the same

00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:34.720
 simple, desperate

00:43:34.720 --> 00:43:36.300
 line over and over

00:43:36.300 --> 00:43:37.020
 and over again.

00:43:37.760 --> 00:43:39.280
 Please save my dad.

00:43:39.720 --> 00:43:40.700
 Please save my dad.

00:43:40.699 --> 00:43:41.679
 Please save my dad.

00:43:42.879 --> 00:43:43.919
 Please show me what

00:43:43.919 --> 00:43:44.719
 to say in the sermon.

00:43:44.859 --> 00:43:45.439
 Please show me what

00:43:45.439 --> 00:43:45.819
 to say.

00:43:45.939 --> 00:43:46.819
 Show me what to say.

00:43:47.919 --> 00:43:48.819
 I'm under no

00:43:48.819 --> 00:43:49.960
 pretense that God

00:43:49.960 --> 00:43:50.759
 will hear me because

00:43:50.759 --> 00:43:51.679
 of my many words,

00:43:52.199 --> 00:43:54.639
 but I still need

00:43:54.639 --> 00:43:55.519
 so much help.

00:43:56.439 --> 00:43:57.960
 So I will repeat it

00:43:57.960 --> 00:43:59.679
 over and over

00:43:59.679 --> 00:44:00.759
 and over again,

00:44:00.879 --> 00:44:01.819
 and I will keep

00:44:01.819 --> 00:44:02.839
 repeating it over

00:44:02.839 --> 00:44:03.839
 and over and over

00:44:03.839 --> 00:44:05.239
 again until my God

00:44:05.239 --> 00:44:05.939
 answers me,

00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:06.599
 and he will.

00:44:08.239 --> 00:44:09.159
 And each one of

00:44:09.159 --> 00:44:11.299
 these is an irresistible

00:44:11.299 --> 00:44:13.319
 cry to the ever-serving

00:44:13.319 --> 00:44:13.659
 Jesus.

00:44:15.019 --> 00:44:16.980
 Jesus has a soft spot

00:44:16.980 --> 00:44:18.159
 for people like me,

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:21.179
 those who are weak,

00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:23.139
 unimpressive,

00:44:24.099 --> 00:44:24.440
 needy.

00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:27.339
 So despite needing

00:44:27.339 --> 00:44:28.259
 to go to Jerusalem,

00:44:28.440 --> 00:44:29.500
 having things to do,

00:44:30.599 --> 00:44:31.299
 he stops.

00:44:32.659 --> 00:44:33.719
 Again, showing that

00:44:33.719 --> 00:44:35.019
 the expectations of the

00:44:35.019 --> 00:44:36.500
 many have no say

00:44:36.500 --> 00:44:37.460
 over the compassion

00:44:37.460 --> 00:44:37.940
 of Jesus.

00:44:39.500 --> 00:44:40.679
 Jesus stops

00:44:40.679 --> 00:44:42.320
 to show that

00:44:42.320 --> 00:44:43.240
 the good of these

00:44:43.240 --> 00:44:44.000
 little ones

00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:45.280
 take precedent

00:44:45.280 --> 00:44:46.599
 over everything else

00:44:46.599 --> 00:44:46.900
 to him.

00:44:48.059 --> 00:44:49.260
 Do we stop?

00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:51.320
 Do we stop

00:44:51.320 --> 00:44:51.980
 our plans,

00:44:52.099 --> 00:44:52.699
 our agendas,

00:44:52.940 --> 00:44:54.199
 to help those in need?

00:44:56.099 --> 00:44:57.380
 Then unlike the

00:44:57.380 --> 00:44:58.240
 corrupt tyrants

00:44:58.240 --> 00:44:58.860
 of this world

00:44:58.860 --> 00:45:00.460
 who won't even

00:45:00.460 --> 00:45:01.320
 lift up a finger

00:45:01.320 --> 00:45:03.039
 to serve their people,

00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:05.099
 but as the servant

00:45:05.099 --> 00:45:05.639
 king,

00:45:05.639 --> 00:45:06.679
 he asks him,

00:45:07.179 --> 00:45:08.159
 what do you want

00:45:08.159 --> 00:45:08.879
 me to do for you?

00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:12.079
 This isn't the first

00:45:12.079 --> 00:45:12.839
 time he's asked

00:45:12.839 --> 00:45:13.440
 this question

00:45:13.440 --> 00:45:14.179
 in this passage.

00:45:15.219 --> 00:45:16.279
 Jesus asks both

00:45:16.279 --> 00:45:17.440
 the two sons

00:45:17.440 --> 00:45:19.339
 and the two beggars,

00:45:20.000 --> 00:45:20.759
 what do you want?

00:45:21.679 --> 00:45:22.539
 What do you want

00:45:22.539 --> 00:45:23.339
 me to do for you?

00:45:24.980 --> 00:45:25.839
 One pair

00:45:25.839 --> 00:45:27.679
 seeks glory,

00:45:27.679 --> 00:45:29.839
 the other

00:45:29.839 --> 00:45:30.519
 seeks mercy.

00:45:32.119 --> 00:45:33.000
 One pair

00:45:33.000 --> 00:45:33.699
 wants to be

00:45:33.699 --> 00:45:34.119
 exalted,

00:45:34.839 --> 00:45:36.079
 the other pair

00:45:36.079 --> 00:45:37.299
 wants to be

00:45:37.299 --> 00:45:37.699
 rescued.

00:45:40.039 --> 00:45:41.019
 One pair

00:45:41.019 --> 00:45:41.599
 comes with

00:45:41.599 --> 00:45:42.440
 an inflated

00:45:42.440 --> 00:45:43.419
 view of self,

00:45:44.139 --> 00:45:44.719
 the other

00:45:44.719 --> 00:45:45.460
 comes knowing

00:45:45.460 --> 00:45:46.659
 exactly who

00:45:46.659 --> 00:45:47.179
 they are.

00:45:48.759 --> 00:45:49.619
 So Jesus

00:45:49.619 --> 00:45:50.619
 filled with

00:45:50.619 --> 00:45:51.379
 pity,

00:45:53.059 --> 00:45:54.719
 such a kind

00:45:54.719 --> 00:45:55.000
 Lord,

00:45:55.139 --> 00:45:55.940
 filled with pity,

00:45:55.940 --> 00:45:57.480
 with great

00:45:57.480 --> 00:45:58.260
 compassion,

00:45:59.360 --> 00:45:59.740
 his heart

00:45:59.740 --> 00:46:00.480
 welling up

00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:02.079
 with love.

00:46:02.159 --> 00:46:02.740
 He touches

00:46:02.740 --> 00:46:03.300
 the blind

00:46:03.300 --> 00:46:03.500
 men,

00:46:03.980 --> 00:46:04.780
 restores their

00:46:04.780 --> 00:46:05.519
 physical sight

00:46:05.519 --> 00:46:06.440
 immediately,

00:46:06.940 --> 00:46:08.280
 and as a result,

00:46:08.420 --> 00:46:09.220
 they follow

00:46:09.220 --> 00:46:09.639
 Jesus.

00:46:11.980 --> 00:46:12.840
 In our

00:46:12.840 --> 00:46:13.900
 desperate

00:46:13.900 --> 00:46:14.679
 state of need,

00:46:16.220 --> 00:46:16.940
 to each one

00:46:16.940 --> 00:46:17.280
 of us,

00:46:17.420 --> 00:46:18.380
 Jesus stops

00:46:18.380 --> 00:46:19.900
 to ask us

00:46:19.900 --> 00:46:20.119
 to,

00:46:20.720 --> 00:46:21.480
 what do you

00:46:21.480 --> 00:46:22.079
 want me to do

00:46:22.079 --> 00:46:22.420
 for you?

00:46:22.420 --> 00:46:24.820
 what do you

00:46:24.820 --> 00:46:25.360
 want me to

00:46:25.360 --> 00:46:25.880
 do for you?

00:46:27.159 --> 00:46:27.960
 It's a question

00:46:27.960 --> 00:46:28.639
 that exposes

00:46:28.639 --> 00:46:29.280
 our hearts.

00:46:31.180 --> 00:46:32.320
 Which pair

00:46:32.320 --> 00:46:32.960
 will you be

00:46:32.960 --> 00:46:33.260
 like?

00:46:34.940 --> 00:46:35.860
 When the

00:46:35.860 --> 00:46:36.380
 rest of the

00:46:36.380 --> 00:46:37.260
 world demands

00:46:37.260 --> 00:46:37.980
 to be first,

00:46:38.680 --> 00:46:39.519
 what will you

00:46:39.519 --> 00:46:40.079
 ask for?

00:46:41.720 --> 00:46:42.460
 When our

00:46:42.460 --> 00:46:43.079
 colleagues get

00:46:43.079 --> 00:46:43.800
 promoted above

00:46:43.800 --> 00:46:44.180
 us,

00:46:44.659 --> 00:46:46.200
 what will you

00:46:46.200 --> 00:46:46.780
 ask for?

00:46:47.880 --> 00:46:48.639
 When your

00:46:48.639 --> 00:46:49.260
 friends gain

00:46:49.260 --> 00:46:50.059
 more recognition

00:46:50.059 --> 00:46:50.619
 than you,

00:46:50.619 --> 00:46:51.920
 what will you

00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:52.719
 ask for?

00:46:53.579 --> 00:46:54.199
 In your

00:46:54.199 --> 00:46:54.659
 heart of

00:46:54.659 --> 00:46:55.079
 hearts,

00:46:56.000 --> 00:46:56.639
 what do you

00:46:56.639 --> 00:46:57.139
 want Jesus

00:46:57.139 --> 00:46:58.139
 to do for

00:46:58.139 --> 00:46:59.059
 you most?

00:47:01.079 --> 00:47:01.719
 So we,

00:47:03.099 --> 00:47:03.920
 like the

00:47:03.920 --> 00:47:04.339
 beggars,

00:47:04.900 --> 00:47:05.619
 who know

00:47:05.619 --> 00:47:06.599
 our desperate

00:47:06.599 --> 00:47:07.460
 state of need,

00:47:07.900 --> 00:47:08.480
 who know

00:47:08.480 --> 00:47:09.139
 that our

00:47:09.139 --> 00:47:10.699
 sin is the

00:47:10.699 --> 00:47:11.819
 greatest problem

00:47:11.819 --> 00:47:13.279
 far more than

00:47:13.279 --> 00:47:13.900
 anything else

00:47:13.900 --> 00:47:14.500
 in this world,

00:47:15.960 --> 00:47:16.900
 knowing exactly

00:47:16.900 --> 00:47:17.619
 who we are,

00:47:17.759 --> 00:47:18.679
 knowing exactly

00:47:18.679 --> 00:47:19.319
 our helpless

00:47:19.319 --> 00:47:19.719
 state,

00:47:19.719 --> 00:47:20.839
 we cry out,

00:47:20.919 --> 00:47:21.199
 Lord,

00:47:21.419 --> 00:47:22.399
 have mercy

00:47:22.399 --> 00:47:23.099
 on us.

00:47:24.039 --> 00:47:24.739
 Ransom us

00:47:24.739 --> 00:47:25.119
 from our

00:47:25.119 --> 00:47:25.819
 bondage of

00:47:25.819 --> 00:47:26.500
 sin and

00:47:26.500 --> 00:47:26.779
 death.

00:47:27.199 --> 00:47:27.439
 Lord,

00:47:27.519 --> 00:47:28.039
 have mercy

00:47:28.039 --> 00:47:28.599
 on us.

00:47:31.299 --> 00:47:31.779
 Then,

00:47:32.699 --> 00:47:33.239
 and only

00:47:33.239 --> 00:47:33.539
 then,

00:47:33.599 --> 00:47:34.399
 having received

00:47:34.399 --> 00:47:35.619
 that undeserved

00:47:35.619 --> 00:47:36.279
 mercy,

00:47:36.639 --> 00:47:37.219
 can we go

00:47:37.219 --> 00:47:37.899
 through life

00:47:37.899 --> 00:47:39.279
 serving others,

00:47:39.659 --> 00:47:40.439
 asking them

00:47:40.439 --> 00:47:40.759
 to,

00:47:42.059 --> 00:47:42.819
 what do you

00:47:42.819 --> 00:47:43.159
 want me to

00:47:43.159 --> 00:47:43.599
 do for you?

00:47:45.599 --> 00:47:46.319
 Let's pray.

00:47:46.319 --> 00:47:46.399
 Amen.

00:47:46.399 --> 00:47:46.399


00:47:46.399 --> 00:47:46.399


00:47:46.399 --> 00:47:46.399


00:47:46.399 --> 00:47:46.399


00:47:46.399 --> 00:47:46.399


00:47:46.399 --> 00:47:46.399


00:47:49.719 --> 00:47:54.000
 Father,

00:47:54.099 --> 00:47:54.639
 we pray

00:47:54.639 --> 00:47:55.279
 that you

00:47:55.279 --> 00:47:55.839
 would transform

00:47:55.839 --> 00:47:56.599
 us to be

00:47:56.599 --> 00:47:57.139
 more and

00:47:57.139 --> 00:47:58.000
 more like

00:47:58.000 --> 00:47:58.419
 your son,

00:47:58.939 --> 00:47:59.239
 that we

00:47:59.239 --> 00:47:59.759
 would serve

00:47:59.759 --> 00:48:00.439
 with everything

00:48:00.439 --> 00:48:01.139
 we have.

00:48:01.559 --> 00:48:01.919
 We know

00:48:01.919 --> 00:48:02.319
 that it's

00:48:02.319 --> 00:48:02.939
 not much.

00:48:03.899 --> 00:48:04.099
 And I

00:48:04.099 --> 00:48:04.399
 pray for

00:48:04.399 --> 00:48:05.099
 those who

00:48:05.099 --> 00:48:05.819
 are struggling

00:48:05.819 --> 00:48:06.219
 now,

00:48:06.339 --> 00:48:06.639
 who feel

00:48:06.639 --> 00:48:06.839
 like,

00:48:08.779 --> 00:48:09.279
 who just

00:48:09.279 --> 00:48:09.699
 feel so

00:48:09.699 --> 00:48:10.239
 discouraged

00:48:10.239 --> 00:48:10.759
 by what

00:48:10.759 --> 00:48:11.039
 they can

00:48:11.039 --> 00:48:11.639
 offer so

00:48:11.639 --> 00:48:11.899
 little.

00:48:13.179 --> 00:48:13.739
 Help them

00:48:13.739 --> 00:48:14.059
 to know

00:48:14.059 --> 00:48:14.399
 that you

00:48:14.399 --> 00:48:15.139
 are pleased

00:48:15.139 --> 00:48:15.899
 with how

00:48:15.899 --> 00:48:16.719
 much they

00:48:16.719 --> 00:48:17.259
 can serve,

00:48:17.500 --> 00:48:17.879
 about what

00:48:17.880 --> 00:48:18.180
 they can

00:48:18.180 --> 00:48:18.539
 offer.

00:48:19.960 --> 00:48:20.519
 Empower

00:48:20.519 --> 00:48:21.440
 us to

00:48:21.440 --> 00:48:21.760
 serve,

00:48:21.860 --> 00:48:22.440
 not by

00:48:22.440 --> 00:48:22.800
 our own

00:48:22.800 --> 00:48:23.260
 strength,

00:48:23.660 --> 00:48:24.200
 not by

00:48:24.200 --> 00:48:25.000
 looking within

00:48:25.000 --> 00:48:25.500
 ourselves,

00:48:26.000 --> 00:48:26.380
 but to

00:48:26.380 --> 00:48:27.200
 see just

00:48:27.200 --> 00:48:27.740
 how far

00:48:27.740 --> 00:48:28.039
 Jesus

00:48:28.039 --> 00:48:28.760
 condescended

00:48:28.760 --> 00:48:29.380
 to serve

00:48:29.380 --> 00:48:30.079
 people like

00:48:30.079 --> 00:48:30.559
 us,

00:48:31.039 --> 00:48:31.619
 so that we

00:48:31.619 --> 00:48:32.119
 can then

00:48:32.119 --> 00:48:32.780
 go wash

00:48:32.780 --> 00:48:33.160
 the feet

00:48:33.160 --> 00:48:33.579
 of others,

00:48:33.980 --> 00:48:34.260
 forgive

00:48:34.260 --> 00:48:34.900
 others,

00:48:35.579 --> 00:48:36.000
 encourage

00:48:36.000 --> 00:48:36.360
 others,

00:48:36.539 --> 00:48:37.380
 be rejoicing

00:48:37.380 --> 00:48:38.420
 when other

00:48:38.420 --> 00:48:39.340
 people get

00:48:39.340 --> 00:48:40.480
 past us

00:48:40.480 --> 00:48:41.099
 and get

00:48:41.099 --> 00:48:41.480
 promoted

00:48:41.480 --> 00:48:42.559
 above us,

00:48:43.079 --> 00:48:43.599
 that we

00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:44.119
 would love

00:48:44.119 --> 00:48:44.519
 in that way,

00:48:44.559 --> 00:48:44.780
 we would

00:48:44.780 --> 00:48:45.579
 rejoice in

00:48:45.579 --> 00:48:45.980
 that way,

00:48:45.980 --> 00:48:47.679
 that you

00:48:47.679 --> 00:48:48.079
 would help

00:48:48.079 --> 00:48:48.579
 us to

00:48:48.579 --> 00:48:49.500
 stop the

00:48:49.500 --> 00:48:50.380
 endless cycle

00:48:50.380 --> 00:48:51.260
 of competition

00:48:51.260 --> 00:48:51.960
 and envy,

00:48:52.800 --> 00:48:53.480
 stop that

00:48:53.480 --> 00:48:53.800
 in our

00:48:53.800 --> 00:48:54.139
 own

00:48:54.139 --> 00:48:54.559
 church,

00:48:56.740 --> 00:49:00.099
 and we

00:49:00.099 --> 00:49:00.380
 would

00:49:00.380 --> 00:49:01.280
 serve,

00:49:01.639 --> 00:49:02.199
 serve like

00:49:02.199 --> 00:49:02.360
 you,

00:49:02.440 --> 00:49:02.539
 Lord.

00:49:02.780 --> 00:49:03.179
 In Jesus'

00:49:03.280 --> 00:49:03.500
 name we

00:49:03.500 --> 00:49:03.699
 pray,

00:49:04.360 --> 00:49:04.599
 amen.