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 Well, good morning. It's good to see you all.

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 We are continuing in our series in the book of Mark.

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 Last week, we saw Jesus in his ministry on earth,

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 experiencing rejection from his hometown as he sought to live out God's calling on him.

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 And we reflected on how God's calling to the church, to us as God's people,

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 to make known the good news of the kingdom of God coming through Jesus

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 might also include, for us, opposition and rejection.

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 What I want to talk about this morning is what ought we to expect

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 as we live out this mission of the church.

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 In order to get to where my real concern is this morning,

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 let me tell you a little bit of my own story.

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 I was a new Christian back in the 1980s,

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 and I was brought into a movement that would be called Evangelical Christianity back then.

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 It doesn't necessarily mean the same thing today,

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 but let me tell you what it meant for me back then

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 and what I think it still means for lots of people

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 with lots of caveats about politics and culture war.

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 Here's what it meant to me.

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 It meant that the Bible was God's word.

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 It meant that the centrality of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection,

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 and particularly his death on the cross for our salvation,

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 was the centerpiece of the Christian message.

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 And that people had to respond personally and individually to that message

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 with faith in order for them to gain salvation.

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 And that because of Jesus' love, we are called to love the world

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 and to engage in it by sharing this message

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 and by caring for the world as we may.

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 And that's what it meant to me.

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 The church that I was brought into had held those values.

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 And this was in contrast to some other movements.

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 If you study in 20th century Protestant history,

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 you'll see that there was in the early 20th century

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 a movement called modernism

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 that thought that the Bible and the cross were antiquated

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 and a rational religion that needed to be reinterpreted,

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 that rationalism had brought us out of an adherence to these things,

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 and that Jesus' mission was to do good to others

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 as well as we knew as human beings.

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 In response to the modernist movement,

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 there was a movement, again, within Protestant Christianity

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 called fundamentalism.

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 We know this word much more broadly today

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 as it's used for religious movements.

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 But in the early 20th century,

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 it was those who believed in the fundamentals of historic Christianity.

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 And they responded to modernism by retreating into their own church,

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 defending truths of things like the Bible is the word of God

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 and the cross is central.

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 They said things like the virgin birth and the deity of Christ

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 and the resurrection are really important,

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 and we need to hold to those things as Christians.

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 But they also separated from the world

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 in a desire to escape from the confusion of modernism.

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 They wanted to protect church doctrine and purity

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 while critiquing the culture without much meaningful engagement.

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 And from the context of this fundamentalist, modernist divide,

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 evangelicalism, technically it's neo-evangelicalism.

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 If you're a historian, evangelicalism is an older movement.

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 But neo-evangelicalism and American Protestantism

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 emerged after the World War II

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 as a movement of people who believed the things that I was brought into

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 and held to the things that I was brought into.

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 And here's the thing, right?

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 As this project has gone on, how do we hold to these truths

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 and yet engage in the world in loving, compassionate way?

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 I have a concern that has been growing in my heart

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 for the last, well, 20 years probably.

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 But today we're going to talk about it.

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 And here's the concern.

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 Let me try to say this as clearly as possible

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 because this is what's going to shape what we look at this morning.

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 In our desire to love our neighbor and our world

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 in order to share Christ with them

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 and to engage the world with compassion and care,

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 we have bought into an implicit promise

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 that if we love well enough,

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 if we explain the gospel clearly enough and winsomely enough,

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 if we care with enough compassion,

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 then the world we live in will accept us and embrace us

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 and value us as a good part of community

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 and the world that we live in.

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 That's the promise that I think has crept into

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 this movement of Christianity that we belong to.

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 And is this promise true?

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 I believe that our passage in Mark 6 will illuminate this.

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 I believe that Mark is going to help us think through this a little bit.

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 So if you want to turn to Mark 6, we're starting in verse 14.

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 It's on page 790 in your pew Bibles.

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 And as we turn there, we're going to look at...

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 Oh, a very interesting passage.

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 So let me go ahead and read it for us,

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 and then we'll pray,

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 and then we will jump in.

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 Mark 6, verse 14.

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 King Herod heard of it,

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 and it means the growing popularity and effect of Jesus

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 and his disciples in their ministry in Galilee.

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 King Herod heard of it,

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 for Jesus' name had become known,

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 and some said,

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 John the Baptist has been raised from the dead.

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 That is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.

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 But others said,

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 He is Elijah.

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 And others said,

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 He is a prophet,

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 like one of the prophets of old.

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 But when Herod heard of it,

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 he said,

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 John, whom I beheaded,

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 has been raised.

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 For it was Herod

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 who had sent and seized John

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 and bound him in prison

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 for the sake of Herodias,

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 his brother's Philip's wife,

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 because he had married her.

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 For John had been saying to Herod,

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 it is not lawful for you

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 to have your brother's wife.

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 And Herodias had a grudge against him

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 and wanted to put him to death,

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 but she could not.

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 For Herod feared John,

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 knowing that he was a righteous and holy man,

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 and he kept him safe.

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 When he heard him,

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 he was greatly perplexed,

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 and yet he heard him gladly.

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 But an opportunity came

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 when Herod, on his birthday,

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 gave a banquet for his nobles

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 and military commanders

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 and the leading men of Galilee.

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 For when Herodias' daughter

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 came in and danced,

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 she pleased Herod and his guests.

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 And the king said to the girl,

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 Ask me for whatever you wish,

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 and I will give it to you.

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 And he vowed to her,

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 Whatever you ask me,

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 I will give you,

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 up to half my kingdom.

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 And she went out and said to her mother,

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 For what should I ask?

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 And she said,

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 The head of John the Baptist.

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 And she came in immediately

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 with haste to the king

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 and asked, saying,

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 I want you to give me at once

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 the head of John the Baptist

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 on a platter.

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 And the king was exceedingly sorry,

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 but because of his oaths

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 and his guests,

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 he did not want to break his word to her.

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 And immediately the king

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 sent an executioner

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 with orders to bring John's head.

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 He went and beheaded him

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 in the prison

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 and brought his head

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 on the platter

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 and gave it to the girl,

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 and the girl gave it to her mother.

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 When his disciples heard it,

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 they came and took his body

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 and laid it in a tomb.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, help us this morning

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 to know,

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 Lord,

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 the value of your word.

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 Lord, for we look at this passage,

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 and it is a strange one,

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 and we need your help

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 to understand what it is

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 that you are saying to us through it,

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 and Lord,

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 how it might,

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 Lord,

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 shape us,

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 Lord,

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 your people this morning.

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 And we pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So we're going to look at this

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 in two steps.

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 First,

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 we're going to look at

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 what this particular passage tells us,

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 and then we're going to

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 pan out a little bit

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 and look

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 and talk a little bit more broadly

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 about what the New Testament tells us

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 about how we live out our mission.

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 So let's look at this passage together.

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 First of all,

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 this passage tells us

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 about following Jesus,

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 and you might be thinking,

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 why does it tell us that?

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 Well,

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 because

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 Mark has given us

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 one of his sandwiches.

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 We've talked about this before.

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 Mark likes to make

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 narrative sandwiches

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 where he starts a story

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 and then he tells another story

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 in the middle

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 and then he brings it around

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 back to the story at the end.

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 And the story here

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 is the sending out of the apostles.

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 That's what happens

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 in verses 7 through 13.

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 Jesus sends out his apostles.

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 And then if you look

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 at the very end,

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 in verse 30,

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 the apostles come back to Jesus.

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 So this is the meat

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 of the sandwich

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 about the apostles

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 following Jesus

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 on his mission

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 to make good news,

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 make the good news

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 of the coming of the kingdom

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 to the world.

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 Right?

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 And the message

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 is sobering

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 when you look

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 at what this meat says.

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 Because

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 I think

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 the point of this story,

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 what Mark wants us to know,

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 is that

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 faithful participation

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 in Jesus' mission

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 means suffering

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 and even death

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 because we live

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 in a world

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 that is opposed

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 to Jesus

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 and his kingdom.

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 And it teaches us

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 that through

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 the example

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 of John the Baptist.

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 Right?

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 So this story

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 begins

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 in verse 14

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 with

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 Jesus becoming

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 known to Herod

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 and people speculating.

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 Now,

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 before we go on

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 about that speculation,

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 we have to make sure

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 we know who is Herod

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 because there are

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 three Herods

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 in the Bible.

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 Right?

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 There are actually

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 a lot more Herods

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 in the first century.

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 There are three Herods

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 in the Bible.

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 There's Herod the Great

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 or King Herod

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 who was the Herod

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 of Jesus'

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 birth period.

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 So in Matthew 1.

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 Right?

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 There is Herod Antipas

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 or Herod the Tetrarch

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 who is Herod

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 during Jesus' life

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 and death.

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 And this is the Herod

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 that we're dealing

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 with today.

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 There is then

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 Herod Agrippa

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 who shows up

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 in the book of Acts

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 starting in Acts 12

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 and going on from there.

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 So those are

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 the three Herods

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 in the Bible

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 and we just want to know

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 this is the middle one.

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 Okay?

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 And this

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 he was the king

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 over the

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 Jewish ruler

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 over the region

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 of Galilee

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 where Jesus

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 was doing ministry

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 and as Jesus' ministry

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 was gaining popularity

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 he heard of him

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 and people were speculating

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 what is this?

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 Maybe it's the return

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 of Elijah

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 who was taken up

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 into heaven.

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 Maybe it's another

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 one of the prophets

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 like Isaiah

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 or Jeremiah

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 or Ezekiel

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 or maybe it's

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 John the Baptist

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 come back from the dead

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 or maybe that doesn't

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 really mean that

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 they thought

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 he was resurrected

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 but just

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 it's the second coming

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 of John the Baptist

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 it's the next one

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 in a line of people

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 who are going to

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 cause me trouble

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 and this occasions

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 in Herod's mind

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 what happened

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 with John the Baptist

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 and this is the story

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 that is the centerpiece

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 of it today

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 right?

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 Because Herod

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 remembered

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 what happened

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 to John

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 right?

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 So starting

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 in verse 17

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 Herod had imprisoned

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 John the Baptist

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 why?

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 Because

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 John the Baptist

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 walked into

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 the best

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 Jerry Springer

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 movement

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 in the New Testament

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 okay?

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 This is a crazy story

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 we're going to put

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 a slide up here

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 I think

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 you might be able

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 to see it

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 Herod

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 Antipas

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 had stolen

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 his half

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 brother's wife

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 who happened

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 to also be

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 his niece

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 to be his wife

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 okay?

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 Herod the Great

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 had 10 wives

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 lots of children

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 this shows

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 only some of them

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 Philip is one of them

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 Herod Antipas

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 is another one

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 Aristobulus

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 is a third one

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 Aristobulus

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 had a daughter

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 named Herodias

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 Herodias

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 is the centerpiece

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 of this

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 because John the Baptist

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 came and said

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 to Herod Antipas

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 you can't have her

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 because she's

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 your brother's wife

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 Leviticus 18

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 and Leviticus 20

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 says that is not lawful

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 and Herod Antipas

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 in fear of

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 John's righteous

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 claim against him

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 imprisoned

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 John the Baptist

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 and in fear

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 of his wife

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 too

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 it seemed

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 that he was

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 he felt stuck

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 and he's like

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 oh I want to do

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 something

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 but interestingly

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 when you notice it

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 right

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 Herod was conflicted

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 because he put him

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 in jail

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 but he didn't kill him

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 even though his wife

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 wanted him to kill him

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 he said there's something

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 about this guy

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 well one

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 he seems to be

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 a righteous and holy man

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 and it might be

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 bad business

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 to kill him

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 but also

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 there was something

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 about him

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 verse 20 says

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 he was greatly perplexed

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 and he gladly

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 listened to him

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 there was something

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 about John the Baptist's

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 life

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 that Herod

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 found intriguing

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 even as

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 he feared

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 and hated

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 the message

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 that he was hearing

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 and so

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 John the Baptist

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 is in prison

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 being protected

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 by the man

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 who put him

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 in prison

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 from the man's

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 wife

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 who wanted him

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 killed

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 okay

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 this is a great

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 this is a great

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 soap opera

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 right

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 and so then

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 the second scene

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 is

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 and then

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 the opportunity

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 came

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 right

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 it is almost

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 unbelievable

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 in its ugliness

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 at a state

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 birthday party

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 with all the people

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 gathered

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 Herodias' daughter

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 who we know

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 from other places

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 is named Salome

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 she dances

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 for the

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 assembled people

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 they please

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 or she pleases

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 the king so much

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 that the king

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 makes this rash

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 promise

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 I'll give you

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 anything you want

00:14:52.059 --> 00:14:53.259
 now look

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 it's not clear

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 what kind of dance

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 this woman danced

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 there's no need

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 for us to assume

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 that it was

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 particularly

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 erotic

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 or sexual

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 she might have

00:15:04.740 --> 00:15:05.579
 been a really

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 young girl

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 she might have

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 been just a

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 12 year old

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 so

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 we don't need

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 to over imagine

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 but whatever

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 the pleasing

00:15:13.599 --> 00:15:14.039
 was

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 it arouses

00:15:14.719 --> 00:15:15.459
 response

00:15:15.459 --> 00:15:16.659
 from the king

00:15:16.659 --> 00:15:16.959
 of

00:15:16.959 --> 00:15:17.719
 I'll give you

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 anything

00:15:18.099 --> 00:15:18.659
 and the girl

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 goes to her

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 mother

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 and says

00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:20.719
 what should I

00:15:20.719 --> 00:15:21.359
 ask for

00:15:21.359 --> 00:15:23.119
 and Herodias

00:15:23.119 --> 00:15:24.859
 the vengeful

00:15:24.859 --> 00:15:26.959
 self-justifying

00:15:26.959 --> 00:15:27.279
 woman

00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:28.179
 who wanted

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 so much

00:15:29.199 --> 00:15:30.039
 to clear her

00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:30.259
 name

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 and to get

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 rid of this

00:15:31.339 --> 00:15:32.279
 gadfly

00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:33.279
 who kept

00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:34.199
 messing with

00:15:34.199 --> 00:15:34.819
 her life

00:15:34.819 --> 00:15:35.679
 said

00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:36.259
 I want

00:15:36.259 --> 00:15:36.959
 his head

00:15:36.959 --> 00:15:37.819
 on a

00:15:37.819 --> 00:15:38.199
 platter

00:15:38.199 --> 00:15:42.439
 and Herod

00:15:42.439 --> 00:15:44.099
 shows his

00:15:44.099 --> 00:15:44.839
 moral fiber

00:15:44.839 --> 00:15:46.379
 by agreeing

00:15:46.379 --> 00:15:48.239
 he's like

00:15:48.239 --> 00:15:48.939
 I'm really

00:15:48.939 --> 00:15:49.339
 sorry

00:15:49.339 --> 00:15:50.159
 I kind of

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 didn't want

00:15:50.500 --> 00:15:50.759
 to do

00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:51.019
 this

00:15:51.019 --> 00:15:51.259
 but

00:15:51.259 --> 00:15:52.699
 I don't

00:15:52.699 --> 00:15:53.059
 want to

00:15:53.059 --> 00:15:53.759
 break my

00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:54.120
 promise

00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:54.399
 in front

00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:54.599
 of my

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 guests

00:15:54.959 --> 00:15:55.519
 and my

00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:55.719
 wife

00:15:55.719 --> 00:15:55.939
 really

00:15:55.939 --> 00:15:56.199
 wants

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 me

00:15:56.339 --> 00:15:56.579
 to do

00:15:56.579 --> 00:15:56.699
 this

00:15:56.699 --> 00:15:57.079
 okay

00:15:57.079 --> 00:15:57.359
 we'll

00:15:57.359 --> 00:15:57.519
 just

00:15:57.519 --> 00:15:57.679
 kill

00:15:57.679 --> 00:15:59.639
 herod

00:15:59.639 --> 00:16:00.000
 was not

00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:00.620
 a particularly

00:16:00.620 --> 00:16:01.219
 admirable

00:16:01.219 --> 00:16:01.599
 man

00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:02.960
 he listened

00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:03.300
 to the

00:16:03.300 --> 00:16:03.600
 voices

00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:04.040
 of those

00:16:04.040 --> 00:16:04.360
 around

00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:04.580
 him

00:16:04.580 --> 00:16:04.740
 and

00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:04.940
 sought

00:16:04.940 --> 00:16:05.139
 to

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 please

00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:05.759
 them

00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:06.899
 and

00:16:06.899 --> 00:16:07.399
 Herodias'

00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:08.100
 fear

00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:09.159
 Herodias'

00:16:09.379 --> 00:16:09.700
 fear

00:16:09.700 --> 00:16:10.300
 of shame

00:16:10.300 --> 00:16:11.379
 and exposure

00:16:11.379 --> 00:16:12.720
 and her

00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:13.220
 rejection

00:16:13.220 --> 00:16:13.879
 of the

00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:14.159
 truth

00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:14.500
 that John

00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:14.840
 the Baptist

00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:15.440
 spoke

00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:17.139
 resulted

00:16:17.139 --> 00:16:18.100
 in his

00:16:18.100 --> 00:16:18.500
 death

00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:21.960
 why did

00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:22.600
 Mark put

00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:23.320
 this story

00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:23.820
 in here

00:16:23.820 --> 00:16:25.040
 it's a

00:16:25.040 --> 00:16:25.740
 reminiscence

00:16:25.740 --> 00:16:26.860
 there's no

00:16:26.860 --> 00:16:27.600
 historical

00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:28.279
 this isn't

00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:28.620
 even a

00:16:28.620 --> 00:16:28.980
 historical

00:16:28.980 --> 00:16:29.540
 narrative

00:16:29.540 --> 00:16:30.100
 this is

00:16:30.100 --> 00:16:31.019
 why did

00:16:31.019 --> 00:16:31.319
 he put

00:16:31.319 --> 00:16:31.639
 it in

00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:31.919
 here

00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:32.939
 he put

00:16:32.939 --> 00:16:33.240
 it in

00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:33.659
 here

00:16:33.659 --> 00:16:34.659
 so that

00:16:34.659 --> 00:16:35.299
 we as

00:16:35.299 --> 00:16:35.720
 readers

00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:36.199
 as we're

00:16:36.199 --> 00:16:36.899
 watching the

00:16:36.899 --> 00:16:37.360
 apostles

00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:38.179
 go out

00:16:38.179 --> 00:16:38.960
 as we're

00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:39.699
 thinking about

00:16:39.699 --> 00:16:40.259
 what it means

00:16:40.259 --> 00:16:40.840
 to follow

00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:41.340
 Jesus

00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:43.259
 can reflect

00:16:43.259 --> 00:16:43.899
 on the life

00:16:43.899 --> 00:16:44.299
 of John

00:16:44.299 --> 00:16:44.799
 the Baptist

00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:45.360
 and to

00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:45.860
 recognize

00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:46.759
 that faithful

00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:47.279
 witness

00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:48.480
 in serving

00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:48.860
 Jesus

00:16:48.860 --> 00:16:49.579
 may result

00:16:49.579 --> 00:16:50.220
 in suffering

00:16:50.220 --> 00:16:50.779
 and death

00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:52.480
 because the

00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:52.899
 world is

00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:53.500
 opposed

00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:54.500
 to Jesus

00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:54.939
 and his

00:16:54.939 --> 00:16:55.279
 kingdom

00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:58.120
 look

00:16:58.120 --> 00:16:58.579
 friends

00:16:58.580 --> 00:17:03.600
 we need

00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:04.000
 to recognize

00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:04.480
 that this

00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:04.819
 is true

00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:05.299
 today

00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:05.980
 as well

00:17:05.980 --> 00:17:07.519
 a follower

00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:08.000
 of Jesus

00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:08.660
 is often

00:17:08.660 --> 00:17:09.480
 perplexing

00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:10.500
 in our

00:17:10.500 --> 00:17:10.920
 world

00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:12.240
 I remember

00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:12.920
 when I was

00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:13.380
 coming to

00:17:13.380 --> 00:17:13.740
 faith

00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:14.640
 I had two

00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:14.960
 friends

00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:15.360
 I've told

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 you about

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 them before

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 I'm going

00:17:16.340 --> 00:17:16.600
 to keep

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 telling you

00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:17.279
 about them

00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:18.140
 because God

00:17:18.140 --> 00:17:18.519
 used them

00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:18.799
 in my

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 life

00:17:19.120 --> 00:17:19.519
 Bill and

00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:19.759
 Becky

00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:21.240
 and I

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 made fun

00:17:21.840 --> 00:17:22.299
 of them

00:17:22.299 --> 00:17:23.840
 right

00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:24.799
 because I

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 rejected

00:17:25.639 --> 00:17:26.299
 the message

00:17:26.299 --> 00:17:26.699
 that they

00:17:26.699 --> 00:17:27.220
 were talking

00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:27.619
 about

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 and I

00:17:29.579 --> 00:17:30.319
 felt judged

00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:30.819
 by their

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 lives

00:17:31.419 --> 00:17:32.980
 because they

00:17:32.980 --> 00:17:33.599
 were pursuing

00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:34.159
 righteousness

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 in a way

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 that I

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 didn't want

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 to

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 and yet

00:17:37.439 --> 00:17:37.839
 I was

00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:38.379
 drawn to

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 them

00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:40.079
 by their

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 love

00:17:40.659 --> 00:17:41.339
 by the

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 light

00:17:41.859 --> 00:17:42.299
 that was

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 in their

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 life

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 that I

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 saw

00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:45.039
 and that

00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:45.199
 I

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 wanted

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 so there's

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 this

00:17:50.159 --> 00:17:51.220
 dynamic

00:17:51.220 --> 00:17:51.659
 today

00:17:51.659 --> 00:17:52.019
 of this

00:17:52.019 --> 00:17:52.939
 perplexity

00:17:52.940 --> 00:17:53.820
 and yet

00:17:53.820 --> 00:17:54.180
 also

00:17:54.180 --> 00:17:54.559
 this

00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:55.360
 opposition

00:17:55.360 --> 00:17:57.259
 this

00:17:57.259 --> 00:17:57.700
 opposition

00:17:57.700 --> 00:17:58.019
 that

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 happens

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 in lots

00:17:58.820 --> 00:17:58.980
 of

00:17:58.980 --> 00:17:59.259
 different

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 times

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 when I

00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:01.220
 studied

00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:02.299
 Christian

00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:02.740
 history

00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:03.559
 or when

00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:03.900
 I studied

00:18:03.900 --> 00:18:04.259
 for my

00:18:04.259 --> 00:18:04.500
 senior

00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:04.860
 thesis

00:18:04.860 --> 00:18:05.420
 at Princeton

00:18:05.420 --> 00:18:05.820
 I did

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 I looked

00:18:06.900 --> 00:18:07.480
 at early

00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:08.299
 20th century

00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:08.740
 history

00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:09.559
 of Princeton

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 and there

00:18:10.360 --> 00:18:10.860
 used to be

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 a statue

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 on the

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 Princeton

00:18:12.019 --> 00:18:12.519
 campus

00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:13.000
 called

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 the

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 Christian

00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:13.980
 man

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 and it

00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:15.160
 was a

00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:15.420
 you know

00:18:15.420 --> 00:18:15.900
 strapping

00:18:15.900 --> 00:18:16.400
 young man

00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:16.720
 with a

00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:16.960
 Bible

00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:17.320
 in one

00:18:17.320 --> 00:18:17.620
 hand

00:18:17.620 --> 00:18:17.920
 and a

00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:18.180
 football

00:18:18.180 --> 00:18:18.539
 in the

00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:18.740
 other

00:18:18.740 --> 00:18:19.059
 and it

00:18:19.059 --> 00:18:19.460
 was the

00:18:19.460 --> 00:18:20.180
 vision

00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:20.559
 of the

00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:21.180
 complete

00:18:21.180 --> 00:18:21.820
 scholar

00:18:21.820 --> 00:18:22.539
 athlete

00:18:22.539 --> 00:18:23.659
 moral

00:18:23.659 --> 00:18:25.480
 man

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 but you

00:18:27.159 --> 00:18:27.379
 know what

00:18:27.379 --> 00:18:27.700
 happened

00:18:27.700 --> 00:18:28.480
 in the

00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:28.720
 early

00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:29.700
 1920s

00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:31.000
 a bunch

00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:31.399
 of drunken

00:18:31.399 --> 00:18:31.920
 students

00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:32.779
 on one

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 Friday night

00:18:33.859 --> 00:18:34.200
 they

00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:35.779
 dragged the

00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:36.159
 statue

00:18:36.159 --> 00:18:36.720
 off of

00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:37.500
 its pedestal

00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:38.920
 in rejection

00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:39.700
 of all

00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:40.019
 of the

00:18:40.019 --> 00:18:40.440
 ideals

00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:40.799
 that it

00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:41.079
 stood

00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:41.460
 for

00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:43.159
 so in

00:18:43.159 --> 00:18:43.500
 case you

00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:43.960
 think it's

00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:44.399
 bad on

00:18:44.399 --> 00:18:44.720
 campus

00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:45.119
 today

00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:45.480
 it's

00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:45.759
 always

00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:46.019
 been

00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:46.279
 bad

00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:46.480
 on

00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:46.920
 campuses

00:18:46.920 --> 00:18:48.980
 it's

00:18:48.980 --> 00:18:49.180
 been

00:18:49.180 --> 00:18:49.500
 true

00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:49.880
 throughout

00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:50.420
 history

00:18:50.420 --> 00:18:52.060
 I've

00:18:52.060 --> 00:18:52.440
 studied

00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:52.680
 the

00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:53.900
 history

00:18:53.900 --> 00:18:54.120
 of

00:18:54.120 --> 00:18:54.420
 Hudson

00:18:54.420 --> 00:18:54.960
 Taylor

00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:56.640
 in

00:18:56.640 --> 00:18:57.660
 1868

00:18:57.660 --> 00:18:58.000
 they

00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:58.180
 had

00:18:58.180 --> 00:18:58.519
 moved

00:18:58.519 --> 00:18:58.880
 into

00:18:58.880 --> 00:18:59.060
 the

00:18:59.060 --> 00:19:00.759
 inland

00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:01.880
 to do

00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:02.340
 missionary

00:19:02.340 --> 00:19:03.019
 work

00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:03.580
 among

00:19:03.580 --> 00:19:04.259
 the

00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:04.620
 Chinese

00:19:04.620 --> 00:19:05.120
 people

00:19:05.120 --> 00:19:07.380
 they

00:19:07.380 --> 00:19:07.820
 set up

00:19:07.820 --> 00:19:08.259
 a

00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:09.120
 hospital

00:19:09.120 --> 00:19:09.480
 to

00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:10.240
 welcome

00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:10.920
 abandoned

00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:11.460
 children

00:19:11.460 --> 00:19:11.900
 so they

00:19:11.900 --> 00:19:12.220
 could be

00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:12.519
 cared

00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:12.880
 for

00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:14.400
 and yet

00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:15.100
 the

00:19:15.100 --> 00:19:15.460
 people

00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:16.019
 rose up

00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:16.379
 against

00:19:16.379 --> 00:19:16.740
 them

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:18.000
 accusations

00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.940
 of

00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:19.539
 and this

00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:19.779
 is a

00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:20.000
 quote

00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:20.220
 they

00:19:20.220 --> 00:19:20.879
 scooped

00:19:20.879 --> 00:19:21.079
 out

00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:21.279
 the

00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:21.839
 eyes

00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.000
 of

00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:22.139
 the

00:19:22.139 --> 00:19:22.599
 dying

00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:22.879
 and

00:19:22.879 --> 00:19:23.299
 opened

00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:23.960
 foundling

00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:24.639
 hospitals

00:19:24.639 --> 00:19:25.559
 in order

00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:25.980
 that they

00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:26.220
 might

00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:26.559
 eat

00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:26.799
 the

00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:27.259
 children

00:19:27.259 --> 00:19:30.299
 a mob

00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:31.019
 was formed

00:19:31.019 --> 00:19:32.019
 the

00:19:32.019 --> 00:19:32.319
 mission

00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:32.839
 compound

00:19:32.839 --> 00:19:33.139
 was

00:19:33.139 --> 00:19:33.619
 burned

00:19:33.619 --> 00:19:34.720
 the

00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:35.240
 missionaries

00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:35.660
 barely

00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:36.200
 escaped

00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:36.700
 with their

00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:37.220
 lives

00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:39.779
 and it's

00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:40.240
 not just

00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:40.519
 something

00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:40.759
 that

00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:41.200
 happened

00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:41.900
 in

00:19:41.900 --> 00:19:42.420
 history

00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:44.119
 in

00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:44.720
 1999

00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:45.539
 you know

00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:46.240
 this story

00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:46.899
 probably

00:19:46.899 --> 00:19:47.539
 the

00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:48.019
 Australian

00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:48.579
 missionary

00:19:48.579 --> 00:19:49.000
 Graham

00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.460
 Staines

00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:49.740
 and his

00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:49.980
 two

00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:50.319
 sons

00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:51.299
 were killed

00:19:51.299 --> 00:19:51.579
 by

00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:52.139
 a militant

00:19:52.139 --> 00:19:52.579
 Hindu

00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:54.440
 mob

00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:55.019
 who set

00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:55.799
 the van

00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:56.159
 that the

00:19:56.159 --> 00:19:56.700
 family was

00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:57.460
 sleeping in

00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:58.440
 on fire

00:19:58.440 --> 00:20:00.559
 I saw

00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:01.240
 this account

00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:03.700
 I found

00:20:03.700 --> 00:20:04.240
 this account

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:05.319
 online

00:20:05.319 --> 00:20:07.619
 the question

00:20:07.619 --> 00:20:08.059
 was asked

00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:08.519
 why would

00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:08.879
 anyone

00:20:08.879 --> 00:20:09.639
 want to

00:20:09.639 --> 00:20:09.920
 kill a

00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:10.200
 missionary

00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:10.980
 who dedicated

00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:11.579
 his life

00:20:11.579 --> 00:20:12.559
 to rehabilitating

00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:12.980
 lepers

00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:14.160
 and eradicating

00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:15.019
 such diseases

00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:16.319
 as polio

00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:18.180
 and tuberculosis

00:20:18.180 --> 00:20:19.200
 we are

00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:19.819
 mystified

00:20:19.819 --> 00:20:20.720
 said a

00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.400
 senior police

00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:21.960
 officer

00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:22.960
 Staines was

00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:23.779
 a much loved

00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.500
 and respected

00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:25.180
 person

00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:26.000
 his wife

00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:26.480
 Gladys

00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:27.039
 who is now

00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:27.500
 left with

00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:27.940
 no other

00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:28.380
 members of

00:20:28.380 --> 00:20:28.819
 her family

00:20:28.819 --> 00:20:29.360
 except her

00:20:29.360 --> 00:20:30.059
 13 year old

00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.319
 daughter

00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:30.759
 Esther

00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:31.900
 said Staines

00:20:31.900 --> 00:20:32.500
 did not have

00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.019
 one enemy

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:33.620
 in the world

00:20:33.620 --> 00:20:34.059
 and that's

00:20:34.059 --> 00:20:34.519
 what makes

00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:35.279
 this mind

00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:35.599
 numbing

00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:36.000
 deed

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.880
 all the

00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:37.120
 more

00:20:37.120 --> 00:20:37.860
 surprising

00:20:37.859 --> 00:20:42.719
 a local

00:20:42.719 --> 00:20:43.139
 Hindu

00:20:43.139 --> 00:20:43.959
 activist

00:20:43.959 --> 00:20:45.019
 is not

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.699
 surprised

00:20:45.699 --> 00:20:46.599
 he says

00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:47.179
 Staines was

00:20:47.179 --> 00:20:47.859
 murdered because

00:20:47.859 --> 00:20:48.599
 he was engaged

00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:49.279
 in converting

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:50.039
 the substantial

00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:50.939
 tribal people

00:20:50.939 --> 00:20:51.599
 in Orissa

00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:53.279
 people could

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:53.699
 have killed

00:20:53.699 --> 00:20:54.199
 him in a

00:20:54.199 --> 00:20:55.079
 fit of rage

00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:56.199
 he reckons

00:20:56.199 --> 00:21:02.199
 friends

00:21:02.199 --> 00:21:03.099
 this is what

00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:03.599
 Mark wants

00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:04.259
 us to hear

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:05.500
 the opposition

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.479
 of the world

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:08.140
 to Jesus

00:21:08.140 --> 00:21:08.640
 and his

00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:09.039
 kingdom

00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:10.299
 is real

00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:11.920
 and at

00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:12.460
 times it

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:13.120
 is bad

00:21:13.120 --> 00:21:14.460
 and look

00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:15.099
 we don't

00:21:15.099 --> 00:21:15.599
 need to

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:16.240
 live in a

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:16.720
 black and

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.339
 white world

00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:18.240
 where all

00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:18.660
 we do is

00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:19.480
 identify the

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.339
 enemies and

00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:20.960
 throw our

00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:21.620
 verbal grenades

00:21:21.620 --> 00:21:22.059
 at them

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:22.900
 but we need

00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:23.680
 to recognize

00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:24.440
 that as we

00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:25.559
 fulfill this

00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:26.039
 mission of

00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:26.660
 going out

00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.079
 into the

00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:27.559
 world to

00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:28.259
 love and

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.779
 share with

00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:29.140
 Jesus

00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:30.120
 there will

00:21:30.120 --> 00:21:31.220
 always be

00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:32.539
 this dynamic

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.400
 spiritually

00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:34.200
 and at

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:34.779
 times it

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.180
 will show

00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:35.799
 itself in

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:36.360
 violent

00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:37.219
 and irrational

00:21:37.219 --> 00:21:38.599
 and terrible

00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:39.339
 ways

00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:45.419
 and we

00:21:45.419 --> 00:21:45.779
 need to

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.379
 not believe

00:21:46.379 --> 00:21:47.019
 the lie

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:48.259
 that if we're

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:49.379
 just winsome

00:21:49.379 --> 00:21:50.339
 enough or

00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:51.439
 just caring

00:21:51.439 --> 00:21:52.279
 enough or

00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:53.439
 just compassionate

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 enough that we

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 will be

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 accepted

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 so how do we

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 go about this

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 mission what

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 are some of the

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 principles that we

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 need to have

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 as we live

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 this out

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 I asked Kate to

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 throw together a

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 slide last minute

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 it's going to be up

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 on the board

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 because we're going

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 to run through a

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 bunch of

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 scriptures

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 five things that

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 the Bible tells

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 us about how

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 we carry

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 ourselves as we

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 enter into this

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 mission in a

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 world that's going

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 to be at times

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 in opposition to

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 us so here we

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 go first of all

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 don't be surprised

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 the scripture tells

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 us over and

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 over and over

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 again that we

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 should expect

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 this kind of

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 opposition so

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 John 15 18

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 if the world

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 hates you this is

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 Jesus speaking to

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 his disciples if

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 the world hates

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 you know that it

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 has hated me

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 before it hated

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 you if you were

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 of the world the

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 world would love

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 you as its own

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 but because you

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 are not of the

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 world but I

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 chose you out of

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 the world therefore

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 the world hates

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 you remember the

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 word that I said

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 to you a

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 neighbor is not

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 a servant is not

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 greater than his

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 master if they

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 persecuted me they

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 will persecute you

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 also so Jesus

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 reminded us of

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 this the early

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 church knew this

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 Paul and Silas

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 were traveling

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 through the churches

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 strengthening the

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 souls of the

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 disciples in Acts

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 14 22 encouraging

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 them to continue in

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 the faith and saying

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 that through many

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 tribulations

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 we must enter the

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 kingdom of God

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 the apostle Paul in

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 Philippians 1 reminds

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 us that it has been

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 granted to us the

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 church that for the

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 sake of Christ you

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 should not only believe

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 in him but to suffer

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 for his sake and the

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 apostle Peter as he

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 suffered himself and

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 ministering to a

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 suffering church at

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 Rome said beloved do

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 not be surprised at the

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 fiery trial when it

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 comes upon you to test

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 you as though it were

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 something strange

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 happening to you but

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 rejoice in so far as

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 you share Christ's

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 sufferings that you

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 may also rejoice and be

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 glad when his glory is

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 revealed now look

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 friends let us not be

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 hated or resisted for

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 being stupid or for

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 being hateful or for

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 being disrespectful okay

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 the aroma of Christ does

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 not condemn others with

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 megaphones on street

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 corners and it does not

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 advocate for righteousness

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 with epithets rage and

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 violence but as we live

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 out our calling let us

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 not be surprised when we

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 live rightly for God and

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 are not accepted by our

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:42.759
 neighbors for this is the

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:44.759
 consistent so first do not

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 be surprised secondly as we

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 engage in this oppositional

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 context we are called to

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 love our enemies don't give in

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 to hatred don't make

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 relationships a power

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 dynamic don't allow vengeance

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 to eat your heart as we go

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 in not being surprised we

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 might respond by falling into

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 this desire to hate back and a

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 desire to punish those who

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 resist us but Jesus says

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 you've heard it that you've

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 heard that it was said you

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 shall love your neighbor and

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 hate your enemy but I say to

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 you love your enemies and

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 pray for those who persecute

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 you so that you may be sons of

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 your father who is in heaven for

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 he makes his son rise on the

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 evil and on the good and sends

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 rain on the just and on the

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 unjust for if you love those who

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 love you what reward do you

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 have do not even the tax

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 collectors do the same and if

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 you greet only your brothers

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 what more are you doing than

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 others do not even the Gentiles

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 do the same as we face the

00:26:06.159 --> 00:26:08.179
 rejection of the world Jesus

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 reminds us that to represent him

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 it must always smell and taste

00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:16.339
 like the kingdom of God it must

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:18.699
 always be seasoned with grace

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 with endurance and patient love

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 towards those who oppose us

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 thirdly we are to love our

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 neighbors this may be inherent in

00:26:34.840 --> 00:26:36.240
 what we've already said so much

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:38.120
 but I wanted to say it again we

00:26:38.120 --> 00:26:40.420
 are to engage in the world not

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:44.120
 retreat out of fear so Jesus says

00:26:44.120 --> 00:26:46.880
 in Matthew 22 teacher what is the

00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:48.360
 greatest commandment in the law and

00:26:48.360 --> 00:26:49.960
 Jesus says to them you should love

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 the Lord to God with all your heart

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 and soul and all your mind this is

00:26:54.360 --> 00:26:55.720
 the greatest in the first commandment

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 and the second is like it you shall

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 love your neighbor as yourself so we

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:07.940
 must continue to engage and not

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 retreat or to hide or protect

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 ourselves how might we do this so

00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:16.519
 many different ways we might do so

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:18.359
 through politics to help shape the

00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:20.219
 laws of our land so that they would

00:27:20.219 --> 00:27:22.659
 be a blessing to human flourishing we

00:27:22.659 --> 00:27:25.559
 might engage in social justice to end

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:27.679
 the work of sex trafficking in the world

00:27:27.679 --> 00:27:29.519
 we might engage in social service

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:32.759
 becoming a mentor or serving in a soup

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:34.539
 kitchen we might engage in the

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:37.519
 intellectual life making kingdom economic

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:40.099
 strategies and philosophies and thinking

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:42.579
 about how we use biotechnology for

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:45.119
 healing and for wholeness we might

00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:47.619
 engage in the creative life making art

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:49.759
 and loving nature and stewarding animal

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:52.539
 life and doing all sorts of creative and

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:55.459
 wonderful wings so that we might taste

00:27:55.459 --> 00:28:00.099
 the aroma of Christ and if you're not in

00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:03.159
 any of these fields in our everyday life

00:28:03.159 --> 00:28:07.379
 how do we serve those who we live next to

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:10.820
 in our apartment building in our dormitory

00:28:10.820 --> 00:28:14.220
 on the block that we live in our

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:16.460
 workplace the person in the cubicle next

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:18.980
 to us or the person that we never see in

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:20.380
 person anymore because we all work

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:22.260
 remotely but the person that we have to

00:28:22.260 --> 00:28:24.600
 interact with over zoom how do we love

00:28:24.600 --> 00:28:27.580
 them and serve them how do we raise our

00:28:27.580 --> 00:28:30.220
 families to love the world that we live in

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:33.500
 in the name of Jesus and as we're doing

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:36.420
 all of these good things to care let us

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:39.580
 remember that the the very first priority

00:28:39.580 --> 00:28:42.820
 of God's people is to bear witness to

00:28:42.820 --> 00:28:46.480
 Jesus to tell the world about what God

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:50.420
 has done for us an undeserving sinful

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:53.779
 fallen world in the work of Jesus Christ

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:56.580
 in his life and death and resurrection for

00:28:56.580 --> 00:29:00.460
 our salvation to tell the world about his

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:05.400
 love for sinners like us and for you

00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:09.559
 so we're not to be surprised by the

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:12.500
 opposition we're to love our enemies we're

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:15.840
 to love our neighbors fourth we are to live

00:29:15.840 --> 00:29:19.440
 our lives for God and not for the approval

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:24.180
 or acceptance of others friends you know

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:26.319
 Nick talked about this more last week but I

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:29.480
 wanted to reiterate it it's so easy isn't

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:32.759
 it when you know that your friend is going

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:35.099
 to reject you if you start saying I go to

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:39.139
 church or to talk about your faith it's so

00:29:39.139 --> 00:29:43.319
 easy to be silent isn't it and it's so easy to

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:47.819
 when you go out for you know go out for dinner

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:51.619
 after after work together with your co-workers

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:55.779
 it's so easy to somehow leave your Christian values

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:59.079
 behind and just go with the flow and be with

00:29:59.079 --> 00:30:03.059
 your people it's easy to blend in with the crowd

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:07.799
 friends John the Baptist gives us an example here

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:11.879
 he cared more about God's favor than he did about

00:30:11.879 --> 00:30:17.059
 Herod's even though it led to his imprisonment and

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:23.960
 ultimately his death so the apostle Peter urges us

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:27.679
 first Peter to beloved I urge you as sojourners and

00:30:27.679 --> 00:30:31.480
 exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh which

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:35.419
 wage war against your soul keep your conduct among the

00:30:35.419 --> 00:30:38.220
 Gentiles that is people who know who don't know God

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:42.359
 honorable so that when they speak against you as evildoers

00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:46.539
 they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:51.279
 visitation do you hear that perplexity that we saw in

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:56.180
 John the Baptist this is what God calls us to we will

00:30:56.180 --> 00:31:00.759
 never be like those around us who don't know God if we are

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:06.619
 faithfully following Christ we are meant to be distinct not in

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:11.000
 self-righteousness not in holier than thou not in look at how

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:14.379
 great I am and golly your problems must be because you really

00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:19.120
 stink but in humility knowing that by God's grace he has saved

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:24.920
 us out of sin and that as we pursue him we live lives that have

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:30.860
 a kind of life from God that is distinctive and it has boundaries and

00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:35.600
 it has borders and it has commands for us to follow and we are called to

00:31:35.600 --> 00:31:43.080
 be distinct in how we live that out living for the approval of our Savior not

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:47.819
 those around us

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:56.619
 and friends you may feel like this is too much this is a high calling this is a

00:31:56.619 --> 00:32:03.039
 hard calling but the fifth thing that I want to tell you is where we go to

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:10.079
 find the ability to do this and you know what it's not rock science friends we look to

00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:19.619
 Jesus we look to Jesus who has gone before and walked this very path for us he

00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:28.339
 suffered while on earth he was despised and rejected by humanity he was like a

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:35.679
 sheep silent before its shearers before his executioners he was unjustly arrested

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:42.519
 imprisoned and executed dying in shame upon a cross and all that suffering and

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:53.220
 injustice all that evil and the crazy rejection and accusation God was working for us our redemption

00:32:53.220 --> 00:33:01.079
 our salvation when we look to Jesus when we see him

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:08.920
 he is our model he is our example and he is our salvation

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:13.460
 and so Peter writes in first Peter 2 20

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:19.980
 if when you do good and suffer for it you endure this is a gracious thing in the sight of God

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:24.059
 for to this you have been called because Christ also

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:25.880
 suffered for you

00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:29.840
 leaving you an example that you might follow in his steps

00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:33.559
 he committed no sin neither was deceit found in his mouth

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:36.700
 when he was reviled he did not revile in return

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:40.819
 when he suffered he did not threaten but continued entrusting himself

00:33:40.819 --> 00:33:48.339
 to him who judges justly he himself bore our sins in his body on the tree

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:52.339
 that we might die to sin and live to righteousness

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:56.379
 by his wounds you have been healed

00:33:56.379 --> 00:33:59.519
 for you were straying like sheep

00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:05.619
 but now have returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:10.179
 and friends what John the Baptist knew

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:13.839
 and what the early apostles and the early church knew

00:34:13.839 --> 00:34:17.539
 and what the saints throughout history through across the world

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:19.460
 have come to see

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:22.779
 is that as we walk in this path

00:34:22.779 --> 00:34:25.039
 as we pursue God's mission

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:27.420
 in the face of opposition

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:29.559
 even unto death

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:32.279
 in a world that rejects Jesus

00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:35.340
 not only by our words

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:36.740
 but by our suffering

00:34:36.740 --> 00:34:39.880
 we proclaim Jesus Christ

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:42.900
 and in our proclamation of him

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:45.320
 we have fellowship with him

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:48.760
 and this is the great hope

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:50.300
 that we have in our

00:34:50.300 --> 00:34:53.519
 that as we do this

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:56.019
 we know that not only will we have fellowship with him

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.660
 in his suffering

00:34:56.660 --> 00:34:59.000
 being made like him in his death

00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:00.719
 but as the apostle says

00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:03.320
 we will also then be raised with him

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:05.920
 to a new and indestructible

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:07.679
 and eternal life with him

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:10.039
 that outweighs all of it

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:15.579
 and this is what God has called us to do

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:19.539
 and so my prayer

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:24.400
 is that the best of what evangelicalism has meant to me

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:25.500
 and to us

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:27.539
 will continue to be

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:28.579
 the heartbeat

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:30.280
 of who we are

00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:31.480
 as Christians

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:33.760
 that we would hold to God's Bible

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:36.119
 that we would see the centrality of the cross

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 that we would love our neighbors

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 for the sake of Jesus

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 in word and deed

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 and engage in this world

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 until he takes us home

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 knowing that it will cause opposition

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 not believing that we will be accepted

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 but knowing that

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 it is good and right

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 to walk in Jesus' footsteps

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 in these ways

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 let's pray

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 Lord Jesus

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 we are sobered by this message

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 and yet also

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 Lord there's a part of us

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 that is thrilled by it

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 because Lord

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 you call us to something

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 that is beyond us

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 and yet it is good

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 and it is great

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 to walk in your footsteps

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 to follow you

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 to hear your call

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 and to respond

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 by living for you in this world

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 Lord knowing that it may cost us many things

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 but knowing that you are of greater worth

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 than any of those

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 oh Lord Jesus

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 I pray for my brothers and sisters

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 as I pray for myself

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 Lord that we would have courage

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 that we would have humility

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 that we would have grace

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 that we would have strength to endure

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 to press on in this calling

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 that you've called us to

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 for your glory in this world

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 we pray in Jesus' name

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 Amen

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 Amen

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.360
 Amen

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:38.660
 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen