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 We have, as a church, been spending this month on mission,

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 and we will end this month with that great missionary text,

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 Matthew 28, 16 to 20.

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 This passage of the Bible has moved generations of men,

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 women, and children to sacrifice their all,

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 their homes, their careers, their lives,

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 to take the gospel to the edge of the world and beyond.

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 And I pray that this passage will do that for us today.

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 I want to make three simple points from the passage.

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 The first point is the reason for global mission.

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 And I want to draw your attention to verse 18.

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 The reason for global mission.

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 Jesus came to them, that is the 11,

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 and said, all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

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 It has been said that mission is beggars telling other beggars where to find food.

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 That is true.

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 The world is full of needy people, blind people,

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 destroying themselves.

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 They are like sheep without a shepherd.

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 And we ought to have compassion on them.

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 But the reason for mission given in this passage here

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 is not simply the needs of the world.

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 Nor is it simply a command of Jesus.

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 Since William Carey,

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 Christians have treated Matthew 28 as the 11th commandment.

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 Yes, it is true that Jesus gave a commandment to his 11.

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 But again, the reason for global mission given here by Jesus is very different.

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 Please have a look again at verse 28.

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 Jesus says,

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

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 The reason for the disciples of Jesus going into the world to proclaim the gospel

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 is that Jesus is Lord.

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 The Old Testament has promised that God will one day send his special king to establish his kingdom.

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 He is the son of David.

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 In Daniel 7, we see a picture painted of this coming king.

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 When he comes, all authority on heaven and on earth will be given to him.

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 And at the resurrection of Jesus, this has now happened.

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 The greatest missionary passage in the Bible is ultimately not about mission.

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 Or church.

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 Or money.

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 Ultimately, the greatest missionary passage in the Bible is about Jesus.

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 Jesus is the reason for global mission.

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 For he is worthy of all our glory and honour and power.

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 If global mission were about the needs of our neighbours,

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 we can always find a greater need than theirs.

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 The church in Cheswood is shrinking.

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 But the church in Africa is growing.

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 Logically, why would we give to Africa when we can give here?

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 When the need seems to be greater.

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 But, if our focus is on the honour of Jesus,

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 then we will not find one worthier of our glory, honour, or our money, or our lives.

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 I have told a story of Helen Roosevelt before,

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 but her testimony is so great and worthy that we should hear it again.

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 Roosevelt was a doctor working in the Congo in the 1950s.

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 She worked with orphans.

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 She started a camp for orphans with leprosy.

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 A godly, gracious, compassionate woman

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 with a quiet, gentle spirit.

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 A woman of God.

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 In the 1960s, there was political unrest.

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 A revolution.

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 Most Western missionaries left.

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 But Helen Roosevelt stayed, along with a few others.

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 She couldn't leave the people behind,

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 and trusting herself to God.

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 In that period, at least 27 missionaries were killed.

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 Helen Roosevelt herself was captured by the rebels.

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 She was beaten, kicked, and brutally raped.

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 Finally, she was rescued by mercenary soldiers

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 and returned to Britain for recovery.

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 She was asked a tough question by a TV interviewer.

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 And that was the question,

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 Was it worth it?

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 The suffering and all that you went through,

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 was it worth it?

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 And she replied,

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 The question is not whether it is worth it.

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 The question is,

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 Is God worthy?

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 And the answer is yes.

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 He is worthy.

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 A hundred percent worthy.

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 He is worthy of all that we can offer up and more.

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 After 14 months of treatment in England,

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 she returned to the Congo to help rebuild the nation.

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 What is worthy to give up your life for?

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 To sacrifice everything for?

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 The reason for mission.

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 Secondly, the content of global mission.

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 Verses 19 to 20.

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 Therefore,

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 go and make disciples of all nations,

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 baptizing them in the name of the Father

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 and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

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 and teaching them to obey everything

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 I have commanded you.

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 The content of mission.

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 Because Jesus is Lord,

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 what are his disciples to do?

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 They are,

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 verses 19 to 20,

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 they are to make disciples of the nations.

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 Global mission is discipleship.

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 Well, how do we make disciples?

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 Two things are highlighted.

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 Firstly,

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 baptism,

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 which is what we'll be doing later on.

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 But strictly speaking,

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 the baptism here is not the baptism

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 that we will be doing with water later on today.

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 What we will do later with the water

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 is a symbol of what Jesus is talking about here.

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 Here,

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 to baptize,

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 I believe,

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 means to bring into relationship

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 with someone

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 under the authority of.

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 And what,

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 this is why,

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 sorry,

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 this is why the nations are to be baptized into.

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 So the proposition is into.

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 To bring into a relationship.

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 Into what relationship?

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 Into who?

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 To have relationship.

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 The nations are to be brought into a relationship

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 with God who is Father,

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 Son,

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 and Spirit.

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 It is a reminder to us that

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 the God of the Bible

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 is not the force,

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 but personal.

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 He is Father.

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 God is also Son.

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 God is a reminder to us

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 that we cannot save ourselves from our sins.

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 We need someone else

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 to save us from our sins.

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 It's also a reminder

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 that God is Spirit.

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 That you cannot be in a relationship with this God

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 by trying harder

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 to be a better person.

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 You need to be born again.

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 Our friends today

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 will be baptized by water later.

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 The ceremony symbolizes

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 that they have entered

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 into a relationship

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 or under the authority

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 of this God.

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 Secondly,

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 discipleship involves

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 teaching

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 and by implication,

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 learning.

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 It is, first of all,

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 an intellectual exercise.

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 Discipleship involves

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 the changing of the mind.

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 In Matthew,

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 if you read through the Gospel,

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 you will see that Jesus

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 has spoken a great deal

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 about discipleship.

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 So, Sermon on the Mount.

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 Christian disciples

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 have a righteousness

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 greater than the hypocrites.

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 Christian disciples

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 do not do religion

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 for show.

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 We are faithful

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 in our marriage.

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 We are people

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 of our word.

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 We love

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 even our enemies.

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 Like Helen Roosevelt.

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 We are not preoccupied

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 by the worries

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 and anxieties

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 of this life.

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 Our greatest ambition

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 is Jesus

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 and his kingdom.

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 If you go to Matthew 16,

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 24 to 26,

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 this is what Jesus says.

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 If I can tap that,

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 16.

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 Jesus said to his disciples,

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 discipleship,

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 if anyone would come

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 after me,

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 he must deny himself

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 and take up his cross

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 and follow me.

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 For whoever wants

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 to save his life

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 will lose it.

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 But whoever loses

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 his life for me

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 will find it.

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 What good will it be

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 for a man

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 if he gains

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 the whole world

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 yet forfeits his soul?

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 Or what can a man

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 give in exchange

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 for his soul?

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 Discipleship

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 involves

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 Jesus.

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 This is a disciple

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 of Jesus.

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 Jesus is everything

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 to this disciple.

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 Global mission

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 is discipleship.

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 You cannot disciple

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 the nations

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 unless, of course,

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 you yourself

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 are a disciple

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 of Jesus.

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 You cannot call

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 other people

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 to give up

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 everything for Jesus

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 if you yourself

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 are not doing it.

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 The reason for mission,

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 the content of mission,

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 and lastly,

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 the promise of mission.

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 Verse 20.

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 Jesus says,

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 go into the world

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 to make disciples

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 and surely

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 I am with you

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 always

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 to the very end

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 of the age.

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 The promise

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 is the presence

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 of Jesus.

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 We need to remember

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 that global mission

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 is Jesus' mission.

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 It has always been

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 and it will always be.

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 Jesus continues

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 to be at work

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 in the world today,

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 saving it.

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 The reason for mission,

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 the content for mission,

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 and the promise

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 of mission.

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 When I started,

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 I invited you

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 to consider,

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 to think about

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 what would be

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 the content

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 of your final letter

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 or your final tweet.

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 I wonder

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 what you wrote

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 or if you didn't write

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 what you had in mind.

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 I think that

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 what you write

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 tells a lot

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 about what's

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 important to you,

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 who you are

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 as a person,

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 and what you want

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 the people

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 after you

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 to remember you by.

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 I want to tell you

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 about Karen Watson.

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 She was an

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 international board

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 missionary.

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 On 15th of March,

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 2004,

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 she was killed

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 in Iraq.

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 Karen was 38.

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 She had been

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 a Christian

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 for only

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 eight years.

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 She loved

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 the word of God

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 and the work of God

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 with a great passion.

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 This is what

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 she wrote

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 as her last letter.

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 Dear Pastor,

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 you should only

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 be opening

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 this letter

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 in the event

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 of my death.

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 When God calls,

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 there are no regrets.

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 I try to share

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 my heart with you

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 as much as possible.

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 My heart

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 for donations.

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 I wasn't

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 called to a place.

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 I was called

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 to Him.

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 To obey

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 was my objective.

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 To suffer

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 was expected.

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 His glory

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 my reward.

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 The missionary

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 heart

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 cares more

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 than some

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 think is wise,

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 risks more

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 than some

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 think is safe,

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 dreams more

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 than some

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 think is practical,

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 expects more

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 than some

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 think is possible.

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 I was

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 called

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 not to comfort

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 or to success,

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 but to obedience.

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 There is no joy

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 outside of knowing

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 Jesus

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 and serving

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 Him.

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 I love you

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 and my church

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 family.

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 In His care,

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 salaam,

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 Karen.

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 What you wrote,

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 what you intend

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 to write

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 in your last letter

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 says a lot

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 about you.

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 What is important

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 to you?

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 What you would hold

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 of the greatest value?

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 I wonder

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 what you wrote.

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 C.T.

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 Stutt wrote,

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 Nail the colors

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 to the mask.

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 That is the right

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 thing to do

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 and therefore

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 that is what

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 we must do

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 and do it now.

00:16:04.579 --> 00:16:05.419
 The evangelization

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 of all

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 that are

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 un-evangelized.

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 Christ

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 wants not

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 nibblers

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 of the possible,

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 but grabbers

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 of the impossible.

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 Is there

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 a war

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 in our path?

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 By our

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 God

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 we will

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 leap over it.

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 Are there

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 lions

00:16:25.579 --> 00:16:26.679
 and scorpions

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 in our way?

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 We will

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 trample them

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 under our feet.

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 Does a mountain

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 bar our

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 progress?

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 saying,

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 Be thou

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 cast

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 into the sea.

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 We will

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 march on,

00:16:41.980 --> 00:16:42.340
 soldiers

00:16:42.340 --> 00:16:43.480
 of Jesus.

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 Never

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 surrender.

00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:47.620
 Nail the

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 colors

00:16:48.199 --> 00:16:49.480
 to the

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 mask.

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 We have

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 been talking

00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:56.860
 about

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 global

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 mission.

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 Sorry,

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 this isn't

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 translated.

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 It's easy

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 to talk.

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 If you

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 are a

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 follower

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 of Jesus,

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 then you

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 have been

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 called

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 to be

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 part of

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 this

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 mission.

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 And

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 rather than

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 just

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 talk,

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 I want

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 to invite

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 you,

00:17:29.660 --> 00:17:30.080
 if you

00:17:30.080 --> 00:17:30.620
 are a

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 follower

00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:31.740
 of Jesus,

00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:32.940
 to nail

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 your

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 color to

00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:34.140
 the

00:17:34.140 --> 00:17:34.539
 mask.

00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:37.240
 So again,

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 this is

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 very

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 confronting.

00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:40.819
 But if

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 you're not

00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:41.839
 prepared to

00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:42.279
 do it

00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:43.160
 here today,

00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:45.559
 then perhaps

00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:47.220
 you're not

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 prepared to

00:17:47.660 --> 00:17:48.039
 do it at

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 all.

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 I'm going

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 to invite

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 you to

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 nail

00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:55.299
 the

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 color

00:17:55.660 --> 00:17:56.200
 of,

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 sorry,

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 your

00:17:57.180 --> 00:17:57.500
 color

00:17:57.500 --> 00:17:57.879
 to the

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 mask,

00:17:58.420 --> 00:17:58.899
 not in

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 the

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 safety

00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:00.700
 of your

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 privacy,

00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:03.160
 but to

00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:03.619
 do it

00:18:03.619 --> 00:18:04.000
 in

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 public.

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 What I

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 want to

00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:08.700
 do is

00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:10.299
 Jesus

00:18:10.299 --> 00:18:11.099
 has issued

00:18:11.099 --> 00:18:11.700
 you a

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 call to

00:18:12.259 --> 00:18:13.019
 follow him,

00:18:13.339 --> 00:18:13.819
 to deny

00:18:13.819 --> 00:18:14.500
 yourself,

00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:16.059
 to give

00:18:16.059 --> 00:18:16.680
 your life.

00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:18.759
 To be

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 part of

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 this

00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:19.899
 global

00:18:19.899 --> 00:18:20.399
 mission.

00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:22.539
 If you

00:18:22.539 --> 00:18:23.299
 are prepared

00:18:23.299 --> 00:18:24.079
 to follow

00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:24.559
 him,

00:18:27.299 --> 00:18:28.440
 I want

00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:28.839
 to invite

00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:29.139
 you to

00:18:29.139 --> 00:18:29.359
 nail

00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:29.579
 your

00:18:29.579 --> 00:18:29.839
 color

00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:30.079
 to

00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:30.259
 the

00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:30.639
 mask.

00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:31.720
 That is

00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:32.720
 to stand

00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:33.940
 with me,

00:18:35.099 --> 00:18:37.059
 to ask

00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:37.920
 God to

00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:38.720
 take you

00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:39.519
 and to

00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:40.279
 use you

00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:40.940
 to send

00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:41.500
 you wherever

00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:42.160
 he may.

00:18:45.420 --> 00:18:45.920
 Right?

00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:48.720
 If you

00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:49.380
 prepare to

00:18:49.380 --> 00:18:49.820
 do that,

00:18:50.060 --> 00:18:50.640
 I want

00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:51.039
 to invite

00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:51.360
 you to

00:18:51.360 --> 00:18:52.060
 stand now

00:18:52.060 --> 00:18:54.039
 and as

00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:54.640
 you stand,

00:18:54.860 --> 00:18:55.320
 I'm going

00:18:55.320 --> 00:18:55.960
 to invite

00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:56.420
 you to

00:18:56.420 --> 00:18:57.039
 pray with

00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:58.080
 me a

00:18:58.080 --> 00:18:58.440
 prayer.

00:18:59.860 --> 00:19:00.680
 So if

00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:01.240
 you are a

00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:01.680
 follower of

00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:02.700
 Jesus and

00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:03.180
 you're ready

00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:04.420
 to take

00:19:04.420 --> 00:19:04.779
 on the

00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:05.160
 world,

00:19:05.820 --> 00:19:06.700
 with me.

00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:14.759
 I'm going

00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:15.240
 to invite

00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:16.100
 you to

00:19:16.100 --> 00:19:17.140
 say this

00:19:17.140 --> 00:19:17.740
 prayer in

00:19:17.740 --> 00:19:18.360
 your heart.

00:19:19.140 --> 00:19:19.720
 If you

00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:20.340
 prepare to

00:19:20.340 --> 00:19:20.880
 do this,

00:19:22.140 --> 00:19:23.059
 the prayer

00:19:23.059 --> 00:19:23.440
 should be

00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:23.880
 projected.

00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:25.700
 Don't pray

00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:26.180
 it lightly

00:19:26.180 --> 00:19:27.920
 because God

00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:28.440
 might answer

00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:28.720
 you.

00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:30.640
 All right?

00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:32.460
 Let us

00:19:32.460 --> 00:19:32.779
 pray.

00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:34.960
 Dear Lord

00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:35.339
 Jesus,

00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:37.099
 I give

00:19:37.099 --> 00:19:38.079
 myself to

00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:38.480
 you,

00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:39.660
 whatever the

00:19:39.660 --> 00:19:40.339
 cost may

00:19:40.339 --> 00:19:40.639
 be.

00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:42.259
 Take every

00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.879
 aspect of

00:19:42.879 --> 00:19:43.480
 my life

00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:44.599
 and use

00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:45.079
 me for

00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:45.819
 your kingdom

00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:47.059
 to glorify

00:19:47.059 --> 00:19:47.839
 your name.

00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:49.500
 I desire

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.160
 to become

00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:50.859
 a person

00:19:50.859 --> 00:19:52.220
 who understands

00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:53.039
 and lives

00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:53.759
 and reverent

00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.720
 free all

00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:55.180
 of you.

00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:56.559
 I'll do

00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:57.619
 anything that

00:19:57.619 --> 00:19:58.139
 you want me

00:19:58.139 --> 00:19:58.579
 to do,

00:19:59.240 --> 00:20:00.319
 go anywhere

00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:01.079
 that you want

00:20:01.079 --> 00:20:01.660
 me to go,

00:20:01.660 --> 00:20:02.600
 and say

00:20:02.600 --> 00:20:03.759
 anything you

00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:04.320
 want me to

00:20:04.320 --> 00:20:04.600
 say.

00:20:05.360 --> 00:20:06.180
 I trust

00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:06.440
 you,

00:20:06.580 --> 00:20:06.720
 Lord,

00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:07.460
 to do that

00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:07.860
 which I

00:20:07.860 --> 00:20:08.519
 cannot do

00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:09.220
 for myself.

00:20:10.040 --> 00:20:10.779
 Teach me,

00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:11.840
 guide me,

00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:12.900
 and empower

00:20:12.900 --> 00:20:13.700
 me to

00:20:13.700 --> 00:20:14.180
 feed your

00:20:14.180 --> 00:20:14.500
 name.

00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:15.660
 For the

00:20:15.660 --> 00:20:16.340
 sake of

00:20:16.340 --> 00:20:16.940
 your name,

00:20:17.080 --> 00:20:17.680
 I pray.

00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:18.880
 Amen.