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 Thanks, Jordan and Anna.

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 Join me in your Bibles in Luke.

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 Gospel of Luke, chapter 9.

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 So as Jake stated earlier,

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!

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 Put a lot of thought into New Year's.

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 Maybe I should.

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 But for a lot of people in our culture

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 and those around us,

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 it's like the time to kick off new things.

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 It's to make big resolutions,

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 small ones, big ones,

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 all the best intention

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 to bring about change in somebody's life.

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 And out of curiosity,

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 I looked up the top 2024 New Year's resolutions.

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 None of them will shock you,

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 but a survey says

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 improving finances, shocker, 38%.

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 Losing weight, 33%.

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 Improving one's diet, 31%.

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 And a lot of well-meaning, I guess,

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 but fewer people focus on goals

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 like learning a new skill, 8%.

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 Hobbies, 7%.

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 And traveling more, 5%.

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 The problem occurs somehow

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 when we fail to keep these new resolutions of change.

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 I heard recently that March is the month

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 when most people quit.

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 Everything they're doing.

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 They start strong in January,

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 they struggle in February,

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 and then they quit in March.

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 And they start to say,

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 this is harder than I thought it was going to be,

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 so I'm just going to stop.

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 After all, I made this promise to myself

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 and not other people,

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 so I can quit on myself.

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 But some people make resolutions with somebody else,

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 like your spouse or your friend,

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 and that can end too.

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 All you've got to do is tap into that same temptation

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 and weakness that they're having

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 and quit together.

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 So unless one of you is stronger

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 and can kind of push through a little more

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 and say, no, no, we're not quitting.

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 Keep going.

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 So anyway, our sinful condition

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 tends to drift us towards laziness,

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 indulgence, and comfort.

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 And so we don't like disciplining ourselves.

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 But for the believer,

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 discipline is a critical part of our everyday life.

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 It's not like we just try it once a year.

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 It should be infused to our everyday living.

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 In fact, like a lot of the meaning of the word disciple

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 comes from this idea of discipline.

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 And so this week, today, next Sunday,

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 we're going to talk about more specific resolutions

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 maybe next week and unpack that.

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 But I kind of wanted to give us one broad one for the day.

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 And that is resolve to follow Jesus Christ.

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 Resolve to follow Jesus.

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 And it may sound kind of shallow for Christians, right?

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 Of course we're supposed to follow Jesus.

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 But there are only two types of people in this room.

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 Those who have given their lives to Christ,

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 who have repented of their sins

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 and thrown their self on the grace of God

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 and come to saving faith in Jesus Christ

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 and are reconciled to God

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 and now are disciples and followers of Jesus

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 and those who aren't.

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 And so let's look at, I mean, just, I think,

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 just a very simple definition of a resolution

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 is to reach a clear and firm decision on something.

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 Right?

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 And so Jonathan Edwards, we think of him

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 when we think about resolutions,

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 those who know some of their church history

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 and read some of the old guys.

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 Jonathan Edwards wrote,

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 Resolved by God's grace to love my Lord Jesus Christ

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 by daily denying myself,

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 taking up my cross,

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 and following him wherever he leads,

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 no matter the cost.

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 Those of you who are familiar with Jonathan Edwards,

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 he did not write that.

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 I wrote that.

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 But I thought you would listen to it more

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 if I said that he wrote it.

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 So this is actually one of the points, okay?

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 And I want you to, I'll read this slower

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 so you can follow.

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 But this is the main point we will be unpacking today.

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 It's not a lighthearted subject

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 to talk about the cost of discipleship.

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 But our main point, we would say,

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 is this resolution to resolve by God's grace

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 to love my Lord Jesus Christ

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 by daily denying myself,

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 taking up my cross,

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 and following him wherever he leads,

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 no matter the cost.

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 And so, just a quick reminder

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 that we never graduate or move on from the gospel.

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 It's the greatest news possible

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 that God won for us over sin,

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 over death,

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 over hell by sending his son

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 to graciously save sinners.

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 That's what we read in John 3, right?

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 That God so loved the world,

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 he gave his only son,

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 that whoever believes in him

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 would have eternal life, right?

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 They would not perish.

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 For God did not send his son into the world

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 to condemn the world, right?

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 But in the world that might be saved through him.

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 So, let's not confuse some things.

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 Salvation is a free gift of God's grace.

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 You cannot earn it.

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 You cannot pay it back.

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 It only comes as a result of God's grace,

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 love, and mercy

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 towards sinners in Jesus Christ.

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 Alright?

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 So, that's the good news.

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 That's what we're resting on.

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 And so, like I mentioned earlier,

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 there's only two types of people in the room.

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 Those who are probably most of us here,

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 the church,

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 those who have a relationship with Christ

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 and have trusted for him

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 and for salvation

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 and have devoted their lives

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 to following him

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 and obeying him

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 and loving him.

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 So, for you,

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 for most of us,

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 let's renew our desire

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 to follow Jesus.

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 Renew our desire

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 to take up our cross.

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 And then there's those

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 who don't have a relationship with Christ

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 and are still at odds with God.

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 In fact,

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 called enemies of God

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 and under his judgment.

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 A very chilling verse in John 3,

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 right after the famous John 3.16.

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 John 3.36,

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 whoever believes in the Son

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 has eternal life.

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 Whoever does not obey the Son

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 will not see life,

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 but the wrath of God remains on him.

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 And so,

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 point number one,

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 so I gave you the resolution

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 about following Christ,

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 but point number one,

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 there's just two points today,

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 and we'll spend,

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 I've done my best to keep you in Luke.

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 So,

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 besides looking at one other place.

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 But,

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 point one,

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 is that Christ demands

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 that you weigh the cost

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 of following him.

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 Christ demands

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 that you weigh the cost

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 of following him.

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 And,

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 we're going to start in Luke 9,

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 go to verse 57.

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 Alright,

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 and in the context here,

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 Jesus,

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 it says earlier,

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 has set his face

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 towards Jerusalem.

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 He's making

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 a final journey

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 towards Jerusalem

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 where he knows

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 he will be arrested,

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 beaten,

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 and crucified

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 to save men

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 from their sins.

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 And so,

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 along the way,

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 Jesus encounters

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 three different men

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 who all claim

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 and have interest

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 in wanting to be

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 his disciple.

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 Right?

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 And they're,

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 what they say

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 doesn't seem unreasonable

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 on its face,

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 but then Jesus responds

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 to them

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 kind of surprisingly.

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 Let's look at

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 verse 57.

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 As they were going

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 along the road,

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 someone said to him,

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 to Jesus,

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 I will follow you

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 wherever you go.

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 foxes have holes,

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 the birds of the air

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 have nests,

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 but the Son of Man

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 has nowhere

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 to lay his head.

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 To another he said,

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 follow me.

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 But he said,

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 Lord,

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 let me first go

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 and bury my father.

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 leave the dead

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 to bury their own dead,

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 but as for you,

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 go and proclaim

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 the kingdom of God.

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 Yet another said,

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 I will follow you,

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 Lord,

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 but first,

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 let me say farewell

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 to those who are at home.

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 no one

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 who puts his hand

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 to the plow

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 and looks back

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 is fit

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 for the kingdom

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 of God.

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 So,

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 why does Jesus

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 actually call them

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 to weigh the cost here?

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 Right?

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 Why does he

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 tend to drive them away?

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 As far as we know,

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 these men turned away.

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 We never hear about them again,

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 never heard from them

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 after this.

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 And,

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 what I want to

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 throw forward to you

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 is like in your

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 evangelism

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 and your sharing

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 of the good news

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 with unbelievers,

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 I tend to get to a point

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 where I've met

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 with people several times

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 and I've gone over

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 the foundational

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 gospel message

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 with them.

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 and when they get

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 to that point

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 and they say,

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 yeah,

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 like I'm in,

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 I'm there,

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 I believe it.

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 I then kind of cringe

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 and go,

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 okay,

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 let's look at Luke 9,

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 let's look at Luke 14,

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 let's look at Matthew 10

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 and I hope you know

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 what I'm saying

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 when I say this,

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 but I try to talk them

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 out of following Jesus

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 after that.

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 And,

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 not what you do

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 if you want to grow

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 a successful ministry

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 and have a lot of people

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 come around.

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 But in fact,

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 this is exactly

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 what Jesus did

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 when he got too popular

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 and he would turn around

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 and say,

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 hey,

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 listen guys,

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 listen,

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 this is serious.

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 I'm not playing games.

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 I'm not here for your fun

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 and entertainment

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 and to give you prosperity.

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 So,

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 at first glance,

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 Christ seems to be

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 a little unreasonable,

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 but a closer study

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 of the passage

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 might help us

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 unpack what's going on.

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 and he looks straight

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 through their words

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 and goes after

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 the idols of their heart.

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 He chooses to sift

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 at those things.

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 And all of them

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 refused to obey Jesus

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 immediately

00:10:59.099 --> 00:10:59.859
 when he said,

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 you know,

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 follow me.

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 This proved,

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 really,

00:11:02.979 --> 00:11:04.000
 that they did not

00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:04.659
 really believe

00:11:04.659 --> 00:11:05.699
 who Jesus was.

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 Okay?

00:11:06.759 --> 00:11:07.159
 So,

00:11:07.219 --> 00:11:07.839
 it's not like

00:11:07.839 --> 00:11:08.759
 they had this genuine

00:11:08.759 --> 00:11:09.739
 faith in Christ

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 and he's saying,

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 no,

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 not you,

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 go away.

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 He's basically revealing

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 they don't really

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 believe who he is.

00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:17.539
 That's like

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 what's happening

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 right here.

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 He's exposing that.

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 And so,

00:11:21.419 --> 00:11:22.200
 the first man,

00:11:23.500 --> 00:11:23.860
 Matthew,

00:11:24.220 --> 00:11:24.980
 in Matthew 8,

00:11:25.019 --> 00:11:25.379
 19,

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 also tells this story

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 and he says

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 that he was a scribe.

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 Alright?

00:11:29.500 --> 00:11:29.960
 And so,

00:11:30.820 --> 00:11:31.779
 this scribe

00:11:31.779 --> 00:11:35.379
 made a very bold claim.

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 I will follow you

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 wherever you go.

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 That's a huge claim

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 for anybody to make,

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 right?

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 Very bold.

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 But we know

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 based on how Jesus

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 responds to the man

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 that he's looking

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 for something else.

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 And often,

00:11:49.659 --> 00:11:50.240
 in this time,

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 just like today,

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 you would find

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 an influential person,

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 an influential teacher

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 and attach yourself

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 to that person

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 in order that

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 as they continue

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 to prosper,

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 you would kind of

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 rise up with them.

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 That's how you do it,

00:12:02.980 --> 00:12:03.159
 right?

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 Especially in the business world.

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 And so,

00:12:05.439 --> 00:12:06.419
 this guy really

00:12:06.419 --> 00:12:07.659
 saw Jesus

00:12:07.659 --> 00:12:08.319
 as a way

00:12:08.319 --> 00:12:09.639
 of personal advancement

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 in society

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 and probably

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 a means

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 of comfort

00:12:14.259 --> 00:12:15.720
 and security,

00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:16.399
 right?

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 And Jesus basically said,

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 look,

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 if that's what you're

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 looking for,

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 I'm not it.

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 Go away.

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 I'm not here

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 to make you comfortable.

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 Even foxes

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 have places to go.

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 I do not.

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 And so,

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 we know

00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:30.939
 just based on

00:12:30.939 --> 00:12:32.080
 Jesus' response

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 what this guy

00:12:32.919 --> 00:12:34.220
 was actually looking for.

00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:35.759
 But rather,

00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:36.559
 the Christian life

00:12:36.559 --> 00:12:37.399
 is not one of comfort,

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 but as we're talking about,

00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:40.439
 suffering,

00:12:40.679 --> 00:12:41.240
 going against

00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:43.340
 the ways of this world,

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 persecution even.

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 And so,

00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:46.819
 this man considered

00:12:46.819 --> 00:12:47.879
 his earthly comfort

00:12:47.879 --> 00:12:48.500
 and status

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 more important

00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:50.299
 than actually being

00:12:50.299 --> 00:12:50.960
 redeemed,

00:12:51.539 --> 00:12:52.039
 right?

00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:53.419
 Have you ever seen

00:12:53.419 --> 00:12:53.960
 people

00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:55.799
 confess to be followers

00:12:55.799 --> 00:12:56.259
 of Jesus,

00:12:56.379 --> 00:12:57.100
 but yet in time

00:12:57.100 --> 00:12:58.120
 it just revealed

00:12:58.120 --> 00:12:59.179
 over time

00:12:59.179 --> 00:12:59.819
 that they actually

00:12:59.819 --> 00:13:01.600
 were trusting in Jesus

00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:02.600
 for some other reason?

00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:03.759
 Like to get them

00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:04.539
 somewhere else,

00:13:04.579 --> 00:13:05.220
 to give them

00:13:05.220 --> 00:13:06.939
 something that they wanted,

00:13:06.940 --> 00:13:09.760
 claiming to be believers.

00:13:10.860 --> 00:13:11.120
 So,

00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:13.060
 the second man,

00:13:13.680 --> 00:13:14.840
 very tricky here,

00:13:14.900 --> 00:13:15.080
 right?

00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:15.900
 The second man,

00:13:16.300 --> 00:13:16.600
 he said,

00:13:16.660 --> 00:13:17.780
 let me go and bury my father.

00:13:17.880 --> 00:13:18.460
 I'll follow you,

00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:19.280
 but let me first go

00:13:19.280 --> 00:13:20.840
 and bury my father.

00:13:20.900 --> 00:13:21.020
 So,

00:13:21.060 --> 00:13:21.520
 it seems like

00:13:21.520 --> 00:13:22.860
 an honorable request.

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 And Jesus isn't

00:13:25.900 --> 00:13:27.100
 attacking that idea

00:13:27.100 --> 00:13:28.160
 of honoring

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 your father

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 and your mother

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 because we know

00:13:29.560 --> 00:13:31.240
 elsewhere in the Gospels

00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:32.920
 Christ defends

00:13:32.920 --> 00:13:33.660
 the commandment

00:13:33.660 --> 00:13:34.560
 to honor your father

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 and your mother

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 against those

00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:36.860
 who really

00:13:36.860 --> 00:13:37.799
 weren't doing that.

00:13:38.899 --> 00:13:39.299
 But,

00:13:40.319 --> 00:13:41.179
 with this statement,

00:13:41.419 --> 00:13:42.759
 let me go and bury my father,

00:13:42.860 --> 00:13:43.580
 it did not even

00:13:43.580 --> 00:13:44.879
 necessarily mean

00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:45.519
 that his father

00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:46.259
 was dead yet,

00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:47.720
 for one.

00:13:48.500 --> 00:13:48.960
 So,

00:13:49.100 --> 00:13:49.799
 meaning that he was

00:13:49.799 --> 00:13:50.720
 waiting for him

00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:51.720
 to pass away.

00:13:52.539 --> 00:13:53.580
 And the phrase,

00:13:53.720 --> 00:13:54.939
 I must bury my father,

00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:56.740
 was a common figure

00:13:56.740 --> 00:13:57.240
 of speech,

00:13:57.340 --> 00:13:58.879
 which could also mean,

00:13:59.319 --> 00:14:00.340
 let me wait

00:14:00.340 --> 00:14:01.220
 for my inheritance.

00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:01.759
 Like,

00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:02.939
 let my father

00:14:02.939 --> 00:14:03.620
 pass away

00:14:03.620 --> 00:14:04.200
 and then let me

00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:04.939
 get my inheritance

00:14:04.940 --> 00:14:05.760
 and then I'll

00:14:05.760 --> 00:14:06.380
 follow you.

00:14:06.920 --> 00:14:07.820
 That's just what

00:14:07.820 --> 00:14:08.400
 this really

00:14:08.400 --> 00:14:09.260
 could mean.

00:14:10.020 --> 00:14:10.460
 And again,

00:14:11.340 --> 00:14:12.180
 Jesus isn't

00:14:12.180 --> 00:14:13.220
 going against

00:14:13.220 --> 00:14:13.860
 the commandment.

00:14:14.300 --> 00:14:15.060
 He just basically

00:14:15.060 --> 00:14:15.320
 said,

00:14:15.420 --> 00:14:15.580
 look,

00:14:15.620 --> 00:14:16.260
 this is more

00:14:16.260 --> 00:14:16.980
 important.

00:14:17.140 --> 00:14:17.740
 What I'm asking

00:14:17.740 --> 00:14:18.360
 you to do

00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:19.700
 is more important

00:14:19.700 --> 00:14:21.420
 than waiting

00:14:21.420 --> 00:14:22.340
 for your

00:14:22.340 --> 00:14:22.880
 inheritance.

00:14:24.020 --> 00:14:24.200
 Right?

00:14:24.300 --> 00:14:25.420
 It could reveal

00:14:25.420 --> 00:14:26.020
 that the man

00:14:26.020 --> 00:14:26.760
 really desired

00:14:26.760 --> 00:14:27.620
 money and title

00:14:27.620 --> 00:14:28.780
 that he would

00:14:28.780 --> 00:14:29.420
 receive

00:14:29.420 --> 00:14:31.120
 over the call

00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:31.620
 to follow

00:14:31.620 --> 00:14:32.300
 the Messiah.

00:14:32.780 --> 00:14:33.080
 Right?

00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:34.300
 So,

00:14:34.420 --> 00:14:34.639
 again,

00:14:34.720 --> 00:14:35.080
 we know

00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:35.520
 these things

00:14:35.520 --> 00:14:36.020
 just based

00:14:36.020 --> 00:14:36.360
 on how

00:14:36.360 --> 00:14:37.360
 Jesus responds

00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:37.820
 to them.

00:14:38.879 --> 00:14:39.220
 We know

00:14:39.220 --> 00:14:39.480
 he's not

00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:40.000
 attacking the

00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:40.379
 commandment

00:14:40.379 --> 00:14:40.740
 to honor

00:14:40.740 --> 00:14:41.320
 your parents.

00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:41.639
 So,

00:14:41.940 --> 00:14:42.840
 very clearly,

00:14:42.940 --> 00:14:43.180
 this guy

00:14:43.180 --> 00:14:43.700
 had a different

00:14:43.700 --> 00:14:44.060
 motive.

00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:45.139
 So,

00:14:45.300 --> 00:14:45.800
 thirdly,

00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:46.759
 the third man,

00:14:47.620 --> 00:14:48.280
 he basically

00:14:48.280 --> 00:14:48.680
 says,

00:14:48.800 --> 00:14:49.180
 let me say

00:14:49.180 --> 00:14:49.840
 farewell to those

00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:50.120
 at home.

00:14:50.180 --> 00:14:50.480
 Let me go

00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:50.860
 home,

00:14:51.700 --> 00:14:52.220
 kiss everybody

00:14:52.220 --> 00:14:52.660
 goodbye,

00:14:52.860 --> 00:14:53.300
 wrap up my

00:14:53.300 --> 00:14:53.660
 business,

00:14:53.780 --> 00:14:54.280
 and then I'll

00:14:54.280 --> 00:14:54.800
 follow you.

00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:55.759
 Of all the

00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:56.220
 requests,

00:14:56.220 --> 00:14:56.820
 this seems

00:14:56.820 --> 00:14:57.259
 the most

00:14:57.259 --> 00:14:57.740
 reasonable,

00:14:57.900 --> 00:14:58.140
 right?

00:14:58.259 --> 00:14:58.399
 Like,

00:14:58.439 --> 00:14:58.740
 it seems

00:14:58.740 --> 00:14:59.039
 like,

00:14:59.340 --> 00:14:59.539
 sure,

00:14:59.699 --> 00:15:00.699
 Jesus would

00:15:00.699 --> 00:15:01.319
 surely allow

00:15:01.319 --> 00:15:02.500
 them to go

00:15:02.500 --> 00:15:03.159
 and do that.

00:15:04.059 --> 00:15:04.299
 So,

00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:04.639
 what's the

00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:04.980
 problem?

00:15:05.699 --> 00:15:06.120
 Why does

00:15:06.120 --> 00:15:07.039
 Jesus respond

00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:07.519
 this way?

00:15:07.580 --> 00:15:07.939
 It seems

00:15:07.939 --> 00:15:08.399
 like kind

00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:08.819
 of harsh.

00:15:09.620 --> 00:15:09.980
 So,

00:15:10.220 --> 00:15:10.799
 please hold

00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:11.319
 your hand

00:15:11.319 --> 00:15:11.600
 or your

00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:12.019
 bookmark

00:15:12.019 --> 00:15:12.460
 in Luke,

00:15:12.539 --> 00:15:12.919
 but look

00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:13.519
 really quickly.

00:15:13.620 --> 00:15:13.840
 This is the

00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:14.120
 only other

00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:14.759
 place I want

00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:15.159
 you to turn,

00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:16.340
 but look at

00:15:16.340 --> 00:15:17.100
 1 Kings

00:15:17.100 --> 00:15:17.919
 really quickly.

00:15:19.139 --> 00:15:20.019
 1 Kings

00:15:20.019 --> 00:15:20.840
 chapter 19,

00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:23.200
 and you'll

00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:23.840
 see some

00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:24.439
 very scary

00:15:24.439 --> 00:15:25.039
 parallels

00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:27.079
 in this

00:15:27.079 --> 00:15:27.459
 text,

00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:27.860
 but this

00:15:27.860 --> 00:15:28.379
 is when

00:15:28.379 --> 00:15:29.839
 Elisha

00:15:29.839 --> 00:15:30.500
 was about

00:15:30.500 --> 00:15:31.819
 to be

00:15:31.819 --> 00:15:32.219
 taken up

00:15:32.219 --> 00:15:32.679
 into heaven

00:15:32.679 --> 00:15:32.939
 and he

00:15:32.939 --> 00:15:33.480
 was passing

00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:35.139
 on his

00:15:35.139 --> 00:15:35.759
 mantle as

00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:36.659
 prophet to

00:15:36.659 --> 00:15:38.179
 Elisha.

00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:39.419
 Alright?

00:15:40.860 --> 00:15:41.480
 And look

00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:42.980
 at 1 Kings

00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:43.819
 19,

00:15:44.279 --> 00:15:45.439
 verse 19,

00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:45.699
 now,

00:15:45.839 --> 00:15:46.219
 just think

00:15:46.219 --> 00:15:47.480
 about how

00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:48.259
 Jesus responded

00:15:48.259 --> 00:15:48.819
 to that third

00:15:48.819 --> 00:15:49.339
 man and then

00:15:49.339 --> 00:15:49.699
 think about

00:15:49.699 --> 00:15:50.379
 this passage.

00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:51.539
 Alright?

00:15:52.620 --> 00:15:53.079
 So,

00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:53.679
 he departed

00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:54.219
 from there

00:15:54.219 --> 00:15:54.719
 and found

00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:55.440
 Elisha,

00:15:55.600 --> 00:15:56.019
 the son

00:15:56.019 --> 00:15:56.720
 of Japhat,

00:15:57.340 --> 00:15:58.100
 who was

00:15:58.100 --> 00:15:58.899
 plowing with

00:15:58.899 --> 00:15:59.740
 twelve yoke

00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:00.480
 of oxen

00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:01.060
 in front of

00:16:01.060 --> 00:16:01.259
 him,

00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:02.620
 and he

00:16:02.620 --> 00:16:03.040
 was with

00:16:03.040 --> 00:16:03.560
 the twelve.

00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:04.860
 Elijah

00:16:04.860 --> 00:16:05.600
 passed by

00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:06.080
 him and

00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:06.660
 cast his

00:16:06.660 --> 00:16:07.720
 cloak upon

00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:08.100
 him.

00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:09.519
 Symbolic.

00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:10.660
 And he

00:16:10.660 --> 00:16:11.160
 left the

00:16:11.160 --> 00:16:11.700
 oxen and

00:16:11.700 --> 00:16:12.320
 ran after

00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:12.980
 Elijah and

00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:13.180
 said,

00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:13.540
 now listen

00:16:13.540 --> 00:16:13.860
 to this,

00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:14.779
 let me

00:16:14.779 --> 00:16:15.480
 kiss my

00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:16.180
 father and

00:16:16.180 --> 00:16:16.820
 mother and

00:16:16.820 --> 00:16:18.040
 then I

00:16:18.040 --> 00:16:18.560
 will follow

00:16:18.560 --> 00:16:18.920
 you.

00:16:19.060 --> 00:16:19.360
 See the

00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:19.740
 connection?

00:16:20.540 --> 00:16:21.100
 And he

00:16:21.100 --> 00:16:21.460
 said to

00:16:21.460 --> 00:16:21.639
 him,

00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:22.100
 go back

00:16:22.100 --> 00:16:22.759
 again for

00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:23.100
 what have

00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:23.460
 I done

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 to you?

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 And he

00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:26.259
 returned from

00:16:26.259 --> 00:16:27.040
 following him,

00:16:27.560 --> 00:16:27.960
 took the

00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:28.320
 yoke of

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 oxen and

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 sacrificed them

00:16:30.139 --> 00:16:30.720
 and boiled

00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:31.540
 their flesh

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 with the

00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:33.080
 yokes of

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 oxen and

00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:34.220
 gave it to

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 the people

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 and they

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 ate.

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 Then he

00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:37.899
 arose and

00:16:37.899 --> 00:16:38.519
 went after

00:16:38.519 --> 00:16:39.600
 Elijah and

00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:40.300
 assisted him.

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 So,

00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:43.060
 we'll stop

00:16:43.060 --> 00:16:43.360
 there.

00:16:44.160 --> 00:16:44.320
 So,

00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:45.200
 what's amazing

00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:45.840
 is Elijah

00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:46.600
 grants that

00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:47.139
 request.

00:16:47.779 --> 00:16:48.120
 Sure,

00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:48.840
 go home,

00:16:49.800 --> 00:16:50.120
 kiss your

00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:50.379
 mother and

00:16:50.379 --> 00:16:50.700
 your father

00:16:50.700 --> 00:16:51.000
 goodbye.

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 But,

00:16:52.700 --> 00:16:53.559
 why did

00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:54.279
 Jesus refuse

00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:54.759
 to do it?

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 What's the

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 difference?

00:16:57.259 --> 00:16:57.620
 Well,

00:16:58.220 --> 00:16:59.059
 the difference

00:16:59.059 --> 00:16:59.679
 can be seen

00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:00.039
 in what

00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:00.799
 Elisha

00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:01.860
 actually does

00:17:01.860 --> 00:17:02.100
 when he

00:17:02.100 --> 00:17:02.620
 goes home.

00:17:03.100 --> 00:17:04.019
 He immediately

00:17:04.019 --> 00:17:04.880
 returns home,

00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:06.079
 says for a while

00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:06.740
 to his parents,

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 then he takes

00:17:08.099 --> 00:17:08.960
 all the oxen,

00:17:09.019 --> 00:17:09.579
 and oxen are

00:17:09.579 --> 00:17:09.880
 huge.

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 I saw one at

00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:11.039
 a fair a few

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 weeks ago.

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 They're like

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 a truck.

00:17:13.619 --> 00:17:13.960
 They're like,

00:17:14.339 --> 00:17:14.859
 you know,

00:17:15.500 --> 00:17:16.039
 Oregon Trail

00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:16.460
 doesn't do

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 them justice.

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 So,

00:17:18.140 --> 00:17:18.400
 like,

00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:19.559
 a bunch

00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:20.160
 of oxen.

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 So,

00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:21.900
 he sacrifices

00:17:21.900 --> 00:17:22.559
 them and

00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:23.039
 gives it

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 to the

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 Lord.

00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:24.819
 Right?

00:17:24.940 --> 00:17:25.220
 Here you

00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:25.400
 go,

00:17:25.500 --> 00:17:25.720
 Lord.

00:17:25.799 --> 00:17:25.799


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 symbolic

00:17:26.059 --> 00:17:27.420
 acts of

00:17:27.420 --> 00:17:27.960
 severing

00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:28.519
 your old

00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:29.119
 lifestyle

00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:29.819
 to start

00:17:29.819 --> 00:17:30.259
 a new

00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:30.440
 one.

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 You see

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 that?

00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:31.720
 He had

00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:32.079
 nothing to

00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:32.440
 go back

00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:32.640
 to.

00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:33.279
 He destroyed

00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:33.740
 everything.

00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:34.539
 He had

00:17:34.539 --> 00:17:34.920
 nothing to

00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:35.500
 return to.

00:17:36.180 --> 00:17:36.539
 So,

00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:37.519
 this proved,

00:17:37.579 --> 00:17:37.799
 right,

00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:39.259
 that Elisha

00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:39.920
 abandoning his

00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:40.539
 home and his

00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:41.460
 livelihood proved

00:17:41.460 --> 00:17:42.039
 that his true

00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:42.799
 passion and

00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:43.619
 devotion was to

00:17:43.619 --> 00:17:44.779
 follow the

00:17:44.779 --> 00:17:45.519
 Lord's call

00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:45.940
 on his

00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:46.259
 life.

00:17:46.380 --> 00:17:46.599
 So,

00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:47.619
 Elijah didn't

00:17:47.619 --> 00:17:48.240
 mind if he

00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:48.799
 temporarily

00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:49.680
 returned home

00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:50.079
 to do

00:17:50.079 --> 00:17:50.740
 something like

00:17:50.740 --> 00:17:51.079
 that.

00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:51.960
 However,

00:17:52.059 --> 00:17:52.880
 we see clearly

00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:53.460
 that Jesus

00:17:53.460 --> 00:17:54.380
 perceived something

00:17:54.380 --> 00:17:55.099
 very different

00:17:55.099 --> 00:17:56.240
 about this

00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:56.839
 third guy.

00:17:57.920 --> 00:17:58.779
 And this is a

00:17:58.779 --> 00:17:59.220
 hard one.

00:17:59.319 --> 00:17:59.839
 He basically

00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:00.279
 said,

00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:03.740
 you may come

00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:04.380
 after me for

00:18:04.380 --> 00:18:04.980
 a little while

00:18:04.980 --> 00:18:05.440
 and you may

00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:06.200
 follow me for

00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:06.799
 a little while,

00:18:07.220 --> 00:18:07.900
 but you're

00:18:07.900 --> 00:18:08.759
 always going

00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:09.240
 to be looking

00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:09.700
 over your

00:18:09.700 --> 00:18:10.000
 shoulder.

00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:10.519
 You're always

00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:10.819
 going to be

00:18:10.819 --> 00:18:11.119
 going,

00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:13.460
 looking back

00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:14.339
 at home,

00:18:14.619 --> 00:18:15.140
 looking back

00:18:15.140 --> 00:18:15.579
 at your

00:18:15.579 --> 00:18:15.980
 family.

00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:16.900
 And at

00:18:16.900 --> 00:18:17.420
 some point,

00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:17.720
 you're going

00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:18.079
 to miss

00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:18.500
 them so

00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:18.900
 much that

00:18:18.900 --> 00:18:19.279
 you will

00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:19.779
 leave me

00:18:19.779 --> 00:18:20.599
 and you

00:18:20.599 --> 00:18:20.920
 will go

00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:21.240
 home.

00:18:22.339 --> 00:18:23.460
 And most

00:18:23.460 --> 00:18:23.880
 people don't

00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:24.420
 plow around

00:18:24.420 --> 00:18:24.720
 here.

00:18:24.860 --> 00:18:25.160
 I've done

00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:26.279
 some hay

00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:26.880
 cutting and

00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:27.420
 hay raking,

00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:27.960
 not the best

00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:28.380
 thing to do

00:18:28.380 --> 00:18:28.660
 if you have

00:18:28.660 --> 00:18:28.960
 a respiratory

00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:29.420
 problem.

00:18:29.420 --> 00:18:29.539
 people.

00:18:30.340 --> 00:18:31.000
 But like

00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:31.539
 just keeping

00:18:31.539 --> 00:18:32.060
 your rows

00:18:32.060 --> 00:18:32.480
 straight.

00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:33.539
 But if

00:18:33.539 --> 00:18:33.660
 you're

00:18:33.660 --> 00:18:34.600
 plowing a

00:18:34.600 --> 00:18:35.140
 straight line

00:18:35.140 --> 00:18:35.340
 and you're

00:18:35.340 --> 00:18:35.800
 always going

00:18:35.800 --> 00:18:36.240
 like this,

00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:36.779
 you tend

00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.060
 to do

00:18:37.060 --> 00:18:37.400
 this,

00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:37.700
 and so

00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:38.000
 you don't

00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:38.380
 really

00:18:38.380 --> 00:18:39.440
 accomplish

00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:40.000
 the goal.

00:18:40.120 --> 00:18:40.300
 And so

00:18:40.300 --> 00:18:41.120
 Jesus clearly

00:18:41.120 --> 00:18:42.539
 perceived that

00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:43.340
 this man would

00:18:43.340 --> 00:18:44.019
 leave him and

00:18:44.019 --> 00:18:44.800
 return back to

00:18:44.800 --> 00:18:45.240
 his family.

00:18:45.320 --> 00:18:45.680
 So he goes,

00:18:46.259 --> 00:18:46.539
 no.

00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:48.680
 Right?

00:18:49.600 --> 00:18:50.039
 So,

00:18:50.800 --> 00:18:51.800
 in case that's

00:18:51.800 --> 00:18:52.500
 not enough,

00:18:52.600 --> 00:18:52.840
 you can go

00:18:52.840 --> 00:18:53.460
 back to Luke

00:18:53.460 --> 00:18:53.800
 now.

00:18:54.800 --> 00:18:55.380
 Go back to

00:18:55.380 --> 00:18:55.680
 Luke.

00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:55.759
 Luke.

00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:57.720
 In case

00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:58.440
 that's not

00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:58.920
 enough,

00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:01.240
 Jesus goes

00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:01.960
 on to

00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:03.440
 expound more

00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:04.380
 a little

00:19:04.380 --> 00:19:04.759
 later.

00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:05.039
 Like,

00:19:05.100 --> 00:19:05.560
 look at

00:19:05.560 --> 00:19:06.680
 Luke 14.

00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:08.160
 Let's go to

00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:08.920
 Luke 14 a

00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:09.380
 few chapters

00:19:09.380 --> 00:19:09.740
 later,

00:19:09.779 --> 00:19:09.940
 and he

00:19:09.940 --> 00:19:10.480
 returns to

00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:11.140
 this idea

00:19:11.140 --> 00:19:12.680
 of discipleship.

00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:14.120
 So if that's

00:19:14.120 --> 00:19:14.720
 not enough,

00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:15.080
 again,

00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:15.640
 like Jesus

00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:16.480
 basically says,

00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:16.980
 you have to

00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:17.759
 renounce all

00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:19.080
 you have in

00:19:19.080 --> 00:19:19.799
 order to be

00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:20.620
 my disciple.

00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:22.080
 So this is

00:19:22.080 --> 00:19:22.580
 his final

00:19:22.580 --> 00:19:23.100
 journey to

00:19:23.100 --> 00:19:23.560
 Jerusalem.

00:19:24.120 --> 00:19:24.580
 Think about

00:19:24.580 --> 00:19:24.840
 this.

00:19:24.840 --> 00:19:25.500
 He's not like

00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:25.859
 the most

00:19:25.859 --> 00:19:26.200
 upbeat.

00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:26.859
 He's like

00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:27.859
 feeling lonely.

00:19:28.460 --> 00:19:28.980
 He's feeling

00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:29.779
 the weight of

00:19:29.779 --> 00:19:30.140
 what's going

00:19:30.140 --> 00:19:30.779
 to go on.

00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:32.619
 And he's

00:19:32.619 --> 00:19:33.240
 being followed

00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:33.660
 by these

00:19:33.660 --> 00:19:34.700
 crowds of

00:19:34.700 --> 00:19:35.859
 people that

00:19:35.859 --> 00:19:36.500
 basically just

00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:36.920
 want him to

00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:37.339
 do cool

00:19:37.339 --> 00:19:37.720
 tricks.

00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:38.779
 Right?

00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:39.539
 A lot of

00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:39.700
 them.

00:19:40.660 --> 00:19:41.339
 And he

00:19:41.339 --> 00:19:41.599
 just,

00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:42.380
 it's one of

00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:42.740
 those moments

00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:42.980
 where he

00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:43.420
 has it.

00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:43.700
 You know,

00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.160
 he's had it

00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:44.319
 and he goes,

00:19:44.380 --> 00:19:44.500
 hey,

00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:45.099
 listen to me.

00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:46.700
 Listen very

00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:47.119
 carefully.

00:19:48.579 --> 00:19:49.220
 He boldly

00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:49.920
 turns around

00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:50.680
 and confronts

00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.319
 this crowd,

00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.180
 this sort of

00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:52.880
 flirting with

00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:53.140
 him,

00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:53.420
 if you want to

00:19:53.420 --> 00:19:53.859
 put it that

00:19:53.859 --> 00:19:54.140
 way,

00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:55.680
 and warns

00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:56.280
 them of the

00:19:56.280 --> 00:19:56.960
 heavy weight

00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:58.160
 and cost it

00:19:58.160 --> 00:19:58.759
 means to be

00:19:58.759 --> 00:19:59.440
 his disciple.

00:19:59.620 --> 00:20:00.120
 Don't be

00:20:00.120 --> 00:20:01.520
 quick to

00:20:01.520 --> 00:20:02.100
 become my

00:20:02.100 --> 00:20:02.480
 follower.

00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:03.940
 And he

00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:04.500
 uses two

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:05.400
 examples of

00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:05.800
 building,

00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:06.540
 one building,

00:20:06.600 --> 00:20:06.980
 and one going

00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.520
 to war to

00:20:07.520 --> 00:20:08.300
 illustrate this.

00:20:08.299 --> 00:20:09.680
 Luke 14,

00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:10.559
 verse 25.

00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:12.019
 Great crowds

00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:12.819
 accompanied him

00:20:12.819 --> 00:20:13.119
 and he

00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:13.839
 turned and

00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:14.139
 said to

00:20:14.139 --> 00:20:14.259
 them,

00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:14.559
 here it

00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:14.819
 is,

00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:15.919
 if anyone

00:20:15.919 --> 00:20:16.700
 comes to

00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.159
 me and

00:20:17.159 --> 00:20:17.599
 does not

00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:18.159
 hate his

00:20:18.159 --> 00:20:18.940
 own father,

00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:19.940
 mother,

00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:20.639
 wife,

00:20:20.859 --> 00:20:21.259
 children,

00:20:22.059 --> 00:20:22.339
 brothers,

00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:22.879
 sisters,

00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:23.259
 yes,

00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:23.799
 even his

00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:24.419
 own life,

00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:25.000
 he cannot

00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:25.720
 be my

00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:26.159
 disciple.

00:20:27.639 --> 00:20:28.159
 Whoever

00:20:28.159 --> 00:20:28.720
 does not

00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:29.259
 bear his

00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:30.000
 own cross

00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:30.359
 and come

00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:30.919
 after me

00:20:30.919 --> 00:20:31.399
 cannot be

00:20:31.399 --> 00:20:31.619
 my

00:20:31.619 --> 00:20:32.019
 disciple.

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:33.559
 For which

00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:34.019
 of you

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:34.759
 desiring to

00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:35.059
 build a

00:20:35.059 --> 00:20:35.619
 tower does

00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:36.159
 not first

00:20:36.159 --> 00:20:36.680
 sit down

00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:37.019
 and count

00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:37.619
 the cost

00:20:37.619 --> 00:20:38.599
 whether he

00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:39.079
 has enough

00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:39.639
 to complete

00:20:39.639 --> 00:20:39.879
 it?

00:20:40.379 --> 00:20:40.759
 Otherwise,

00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:41.359
 when he's

00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:41.639
 laid a

00:20:41.639 --> 00:20:42.119
 foundation

00:20:42.119 --> 00:20:42.379
 and he's

00:20:42.379 --> 00:20:42.779
 not able

00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.319
 to finish,

00:20:43.459 --> 00:20:44.500
 all see

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:44.879
 it and

00:20:44.879 --> 00:20:45.319
 begin to

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:45.839
 mock him,

00:20:45.939 --> 00:20:46.179
 saying,

00:20:46.299 --> 00:20:46.819
 this man

00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:47.339
 began to

00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:48.279
 build and

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 was not

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 able to

00:20:48.979 --> 00:20:49.359
 finish.

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 Or what

00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:51.059
 king,

00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:51.899
 going out

00:20:51.899 --> 00:20:52.419
 to encounter

00:20:52.419 --> 00:20:52.859
 another

00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:53.239
 king in

00:20:53.239 --> 00:20:53.559
 war,

00:20:54.239 --> 00:20:54.619
 will not

00:20:54.619 --> 00:20:55.079
 sit down

00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:55.939
 first and

00:20:55.939 --> 00:20:57.059
 deliberate

00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:57.719
 whether he

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 is able

00:20:58.179 --> 00:20:59.059
 with 10,000

00:20:59.059 --> 00:20:59.619
 to meet

00:20:59.619 --> 00:21:00.000
 him who

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.599
 comes against

00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:00.959
 him with

00:21:00.959 --> 00:21:01.719
 20,000?

00:21:02.679 --> 00:21:03.000
 And if

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.379
 not,

00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:03.819
 while the

00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:04.259
 other is

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.619
 yet a

00:21:04.619 --> 00:21:05.059
 great way

00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:05.359
 off,

00:21:05.399 --> 00:21:05.799
 he sends

00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:06.479
 a delegation

00:21:06.479 --> 00:21:07.059
 and asks

00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:07.519
 for terms

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:08.059
 of peace,

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:10.039
 so therefore,

00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:11.920
 any one

00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:12.539
 of you,

00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:14.039
 so personal,

00:21:14.139 --> 00:21:14.539
 any one

00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:15.039
 of you

00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:16.139
 who does

00:21:16.139 --> 00:21:16.779
 not renounce

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.639
 all he has

00:21:17.639 --> 00:21:18.379
 cannot be

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 my disciple.

00:21:19.400 --> 00:21:19.720
 Gosh.

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 So this

00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:21.400
 isn't like

00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:22.079
 seeker friendly,

00:21:22.180 --> 00:21:22.579
 this isn't

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:23.139
 like he's

00:21:23.139 --> 00:21:24.119
 really wanting

00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:24.639
 to just build

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 a cool church

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 and have a lot

00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:26.160
 of people,

00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:26.619
 he's like,

00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:28.539
 no.

00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.759
 Like if you

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:31.359
 don't love me

00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:31.799
 more than

00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:32.619
 anything else,

00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:33.299
 even your own

00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:33.700
 life,

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.339
 you cannot

00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:35.379
 be my disciple.

00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:35.780
 That's a

00:21:35.780 --> 00:21:36.220
 condition.

00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:38.320
 Again,

00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:38.720
 it's not

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.820
 replacing our

00:21:39.820 --> 00:21:40.580
 gospel message

00:21:40.580 --> 00:21:41.400
 of grace

00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:42.760
 and our

00:21:42.760 --> 00:21:43.400
 gospel message

00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:43.940
 of faith

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.560
 alone in

00:21:44.560 --> 00:21:44.920
 Christ.

00:21:45.060 --> 00:21:45.540
 It basically

00:21:45.540 --> 00:21:45.900
 is just

00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.260
 saying,

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 you know

00:21:47.280 --> 00:21:47.560
 what,

00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:48.920
 if you

00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:49.560
 truly believe

00:21:49.560 --> 00:21:49.920
 who I

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.260
 am,

00:21:51.040 --> 00:21:51.360
 none of

00:21:51.360 --> 00:21:51.580
 this will

00:21:51.580 --> 00:21:51.840
 be a

00:21:51.840 --> 00:21:52.160
 problem.

00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:53.760
 But as

00:21:53.760 --> 00:21:54.540
 Westerners,

00:21:54.600 --> 00:21:55.240
 as Americans,

00:21:55.360 --> 00:21:55.900
 we read this

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 and it just

00:21:56.320 --> 00:21:57.600
 doesn't quite

00:21:57.600 --> 00:21:58.460
 ring true,

00:21:58.920 --> 00:22:00.600
 but in

00:22:00.600 --> 00:22:00.920
 Jesus'

00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:01.680
 world,

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:02.900
 the people

00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.480
 he's talking

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:03.740
 to,

00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:04.080
 for them

00:22:04.080 --> 00:22:04.680
 to become

00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.640
 his disciple

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.240
 could mean

00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:06.680
 death.

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:07.779
 It could

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.700
 mean separation

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.560
 from family.

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:11.160
 Many years

00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:11.600
 ago,

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:12.960
 there might

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.560
 be two people

00:22:13.560 --> 00:22:13.900
 here who

00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:14.500
 remember this,

00:22:14.580 --> 00:22:15.000
 Nathan being

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.519
 one of them.

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:16.740
 I had a

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.759
 friend from

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.400
 Kyrgyzstan

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:19.740
 come and

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.200
 visit and I

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:20.700
 got like a

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:22.720
 large crowd

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.539
 of college

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:23.779
 students,

00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:24.220
 probably like

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:24.840
 80 to 100

00:22:24.840 --> 00:22:25.320
 in here,

00:22:26.060 --> 00:22:26.620
 to hear him

00:22:26.620 --> 00:22:27.000
 talk.

00:22:27.860 --> 00:22:28.420
 It's a

00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:28.759
 buddy of

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:28.980
 mine,

00:22:29.120 --> 00:22:30.420
 his name's

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:30.920
 Ossal.

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.759
 And he

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.380
 basically said,

00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:33.600
 hey,

00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:34.200
 in America,

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:36.160
 when people

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.640
 want to become

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:37.060
 Christians,

00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:37.480
 they walk

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:37.980
 the aisle,

00:22:38.580 --> 00:22:39.039
 they shake

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:39.600
 the pastor's

00:22:39.600 --> 00:22:39.779
 hand,

00:22:39.840 --> 00:22:40.279
 they pray a

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:40.560
 prayer,

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.640
 they're baptized,

00:22:42.060 --> 00:22:42.380
 and then they

00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:43.420
 are expected

00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:43.840
 to kind of

00:22:43.840 --> 00:22:44.259
 show up on

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:44.759
 Sunday and

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.100
 be a pretty

00:22:45.100 --> 00:22:45.640
 good person

00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:46.799
 and give to

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.299
 the church,

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:49.180
 just outwardly,

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.400
 right?

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:49.820
 But he's like,

00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.320
 in Asia,

00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:51.460
 when you become

00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:51.940
 a Christian,

00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:53.640
 first your

00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:55.779
 family rejects

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.620
 you and

00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:57.080
 kicks you

00:22:57.080 --> 00:22:57.320
 out.

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:58.900
 Secondly,

00:22:59.120 --> 00:22:59.799
 your community

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.880
 will ostracize

00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:01.120
 you.

00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.299
 And then

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:02.759
 thirdly,

00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:03.400
 the government

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:03.860
 will either

00:23:03.860 --> 00:23:04.380
 not allow

00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:04.640
 you to

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:04.980
 work,

00:23:05.560 --> 00:23:06.060
 or they

00:23:06.060 --> 00:23:06.519
 will imprison

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.259
 you or

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:07.700
 kill you.

00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:08.960
 And then

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.380
 he said,

00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:10.940
 and if

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:11.759
 someone we've

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.160
 been sharing

00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:12.700
 Christ with

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.120
 does all

00:23:13.120 --> 00:23:13.420
 that,

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:14.620
 we know

00:23:14.620 --> 00:23:14.960
 they're a

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.500
 true Christian.

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.440
 So,

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:19.279
 even today,

00:23:19.580 --> 00:23:20.299
 this is true

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:21.440
 for many

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:22.019
 places in

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.400
 the world.

00:23:23.060 --> 00:23:23.560
 And I

00:23:23.560 --> 00:23:24.180
 don't think

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.700
 that Jesus

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.120
 would say to

00:23:25.120 --> 00:23:25.320
 us,

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:25.740
 hey,

00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:26.180
 Americans,

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:26.580
 that's not

00:23:26.580 --> 00:23:26.820
 you,

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:27.740
 so be

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.360
 thankful you

00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:28.960
 live in the

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.380
 land of the

00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:29.820
 free and the

00:23:29.820 --> 00:23:30.200
 home of the

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:30.519
 brave.

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:31.619
 I think

00:23:31.619 --> 00:23:31.759
 he would

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:31.879
 say,

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.139
 no,

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.980
 I demand

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.819
 that same

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.440
 loyalty

00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:35.879
 from you.

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.639
 And that's

00:23:37.639 --> 00:23:38.379
 chilling.

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:40.079
 But firstly,

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:41.059
 we see in

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:42.319
 Luke 14

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:42.940
 right here,

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.079
 a superior

00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:44.720
 love to

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.420
 family and

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:45.799
 self,

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.059
 right?

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:46.379
 He doesn't

00:23:46.379 --> 00:23:46.680
 say,

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:47.639
 the term

00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:48.299
 hating here

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:48.920
 doesn't mean

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:49.740
 malice,

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.440
 evil,

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:52.279
 towards your

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.779
 family or

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.460
 your friends.

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:54.920
 love to

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.900
 love to

00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.400
 love to

00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:57.000
 love to

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.960
 love to

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:57.960


00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.799
 love to

00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.799
 love to

00:23:59.799 --> 00:23:59.799


00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.299
 love to

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:00.900
 love to

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:02.100
 love to

00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:02.600
 love to

00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:04.600
 love to

00:24:04.600 --> 00:24:04.840
 me.

00:24:04.840 --> 00:24:05.180
 You should

00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:06.180
 cultivate such

00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:07.220
 a love and

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:07.920
 devotion to

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.460
 me that all

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:09.279
 other loves

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.600
 in comparison

00:24:10.600 --> 00:24:11.400
 look like

00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:12.220
 hate.

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:13.500
 Right?

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.779
 So,

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.740
 very similarly

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.460
 in Matthew's

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:16.740
 Gospel,

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.140
 you don't have

00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:17.500
 to turn

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:17.740
 here,

00:24:17.860 --> 00:24:18.660
 but very

00:24:18.660 --> 00:24:18.980
 similar

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:19.860
 passage about

00:24:19.860 --> 00:24:20.400
 the cost of

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:20.980
 following Jesus.

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:21.980
 Jesus said,

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.720
 do not think

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.180
 that I have

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:23.519
 come to

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.200
 bring peace.

00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:25.339
 I have not

00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:25.759
 come to

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.440
 bring peace,

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.440
 but the

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:27.779
 sword.

00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:29.599
 The person's

00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.259
 enemies will

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.920
 be those of

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.259
 his own

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:31.799
 household.

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:32.799
 So,

00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.120
 meaning,

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.940
 that Christ's

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:36.180
 real presence

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:37.779
 in your life

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:38.720
 will cause

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.220
 division.

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.500
 It will cause

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:40.900
 people to

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.460
 not want to

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:41.880
 be around

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.140
 you.

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:44.000
 I lost a

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.500
 lot of my

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.319
 friends when

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:46.299
 I first

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:47.620
 became a

00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:47.920
 believer,

00:24:48.860 --> 00:24:49.319
 just because

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:49.599
 I didn't

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.160
 want to

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:51.579
 shoot guns,

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:51.900
 hunt,

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.400
 fish,

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:53.720
 and blow

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.319
 things up

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:54.940
 every day

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.299
 anymore.

00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:56.460
 That was

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:56.720
 like the

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.259
 context of

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.759
 our friendship,

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:58.920
 plus a few

00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.599
 other things.

00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:00.339
 But,

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:02.220
 some remained

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.599
 friends,

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.019
 but I basically

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.299
 just said,

00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:03.519
 look,

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:04.019
 I'm done

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:04.440
 with that.

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:04.620
 Look,

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:04.960
 I'm not

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.720
 living for

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.480
 this anymore.

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:08.099
 I just

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:08.680
 exposed that

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:09.000
 they weren't

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.440
 really my

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:09.799
 friends,

00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:10.120
 sort of,

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:10.400
 to begin

00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:10.740
 with.

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:11.920
 But,

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.140
 a superior

00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:13.920
 love to

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.539
 our family

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:14.920
 and our

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:15.339
 friends,

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:15.700
 like it

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.220
 could cost

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:16.660
 you that.

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.519
 Some of

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:17.839
 you have

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.400
 had family

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:19.200
 issues because

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.900
 you've been

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:21.319
 loyal to

00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:21.619
 Jesus.

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:21.919
 You've

00:25:21.919 --> 00:25:22.039
 said,

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:22.399
 I'm not

00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:22.659
 going to

00:25:22.659 --> 00:25:23.319
 compromise on

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:23.759
 what Christ

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.000
 said.

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.480
 I'm sorry.

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.779
 And they've

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:27.399
 responded harshly

00:25:27.399 --> 00:25:27.639
 to you.

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:27.919
 They don't

00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:28.779
 understand why

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.339
 you think the

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:30.019
 way you think.

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.039
 Right?

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.859
 But secondly,

00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:33.200
 he wraps that

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:34.179
 up by saying

00:25:34.179 --> 00:25:35.319
 that you have

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:35.839
 to love me

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.259
 more than

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.740
 even your

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.599
 own life.

00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:39.119
 and he

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.659
 calls them

00:25:39.659 --> 00:25:40.079
 to bear

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.879
 their cross.

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:42.480
 Earlier

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:44.079
 in Luke

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.339
 9,

00:25:44.379 --> 00:25:44.559
 if you want

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:44.899
 to go back

00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:45.179
 to Luke

00:25:45.179 --> 00:25:45.439
 9,

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:45.679
 and then

00:25:45.679 --> 00:25:45.899
 we'll,

00:25:46.419 --> 00:25:46.619
 you know,

00:25:46.659 --> 00:25:46.839
 you don't

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:47.039
 have to

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:47.679
 turn anywhere

00:25:47.679 --> 00:25:47.959
 else.

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.179
 We'll go

00:25:48.179 --> 00:25:48.500
 back to

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:48.959
 Luke 9

00:25:48.959 --> 00:25:49.539
 really quickly.

00:25:51.179 --> 00:25:51.819
 More of a

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.379
 selection of

00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:53.039
 scriptures today

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.519
 from Luke.

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:54.719
 But Luke

00:25:54.719 --> 00:25:55.099
 9,

00:25:55.199 --> 00:25:55.539
 if you go

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:55.799
 to verse

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.279
 23,

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:56.619
 a little

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.099
 earlier in

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:57.519
 the chapter,

00:25:58.639 --> 00:25:58.919
 okay,

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.839
 he says,

00:26:00.939 --> 00:26:01.199
 if any

00:26:01.199 --> 00:26:01.559
 one of

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.579
 you would

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.099
 come after

00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:03.459
 me,

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.839
 let him

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.339
 deny

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:06.000
 himself,

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:07.380
 take up

00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:08.039
 his cross

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:09.920
 daily

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:11.259
 and follow

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.559
 me.

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:13.039
 For whoever

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.599
 would save

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:14.119
 his life

00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:14.619
 would lose

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:14.720
 it,

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.019
 and whoever

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:16.480
 loses his

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.019
 life for

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.720
 my sake

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.220
 will save

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.440
 it.

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:19.779
 For what

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:20.059
 does it

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.579
 profit a

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:21.000
 man if

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.440
 he gains

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:21.940
 the whole

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.759
 world and

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.440
 loses or

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.119
 forfeits

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:25.859
 himself or

00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:26.460
 his soul

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:26.900
 in some

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.500
 translations?

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:28.779
 Alright,

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.539
 so take

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:29.880
 up your

00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:30.460
 cross and

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:31.240
 not wear a

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:31.859
 cross necklace.

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.960
 It is an

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.960
 invitation to

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.579
 come and

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.859
 suffer and

00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:36.159
 die.

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.119
 I have

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:37.519
 no problem

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:37.859
 with cross

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.299
 necklaces.

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.279
 Just saying,

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:40.039
 it is an

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.539
 invitation,

00:26:40.699 --> 00:26:40.979
 it is not

00:26:40.979 --> 00:26:41.539
 a pretty

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.259
 thing at

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.559
 all.

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:44.259
 One would

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.899
 literally be

00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:45.599
 saying farewell

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.199
 to this

00:26:46.199 --> 00:26:46.599
 life,

00:26:46.679 --> 00:26:46.939
 to their

00:26:46.939 --> 00:26:47.279
 family,

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.579
 to their

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.159
 plans,

00:26:48.919 --> 00:26:49.279
 and like

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.500
 saying,

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:49.719
 yep,

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.279
 I could

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.599
 die.

00:26:51.679 --> 00:26:52.979
 And in

00:26:52.979 --> 00:26:53.519
 the world

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:53.919
 we are

00:26:53.919 --> 00:26:54.759
 told to

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.459
 constantly,

00:26:56.139 --> 00:26:56.699
 we are

00:26:56.699 --> 00:26:57.319
 told to

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.819
 protect

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.479
 yourself,

00:26:59.199 --> 00:26:59.559
 promote

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.159
 yourself,

00:27:00.419 --> 00:27:00.919
 preserve

00:27:00.919 --> 00:27:01.819
 yourself,

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.319
 entertain

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:03.059
 yourself,

00:27:03.699 --> 00:27:04.359
 and comfort

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:05.000
 yourself,

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:06.519
 Christ says,

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.099
 slay

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.660
 yourself.

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.240
 Slay

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.740
 yourself.

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:11.180
 Not to

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:12.180
 just abstain

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:12.779
 from certain

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.180
 things,

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.519
 but to

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.059
 relinquish

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.900
 control of

00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.480
 your life.

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.660
 Right?

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.720
 A willingness

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.440
 to follow

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:19.119
 and serve

00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:19.400
 Him,

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:20.680
 and to

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.059
 keep His

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.559
 commandments,

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.140
 to suffer,

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.660
 and maybe

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.519
 even perhaps

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:23.980
 die for

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.200
 Him.

00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:25.539
 But think

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:25.819
 about it

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.140
 this way,

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:26.440
 I am not

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:26.960
 trying to

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:28.079
 put words

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:28.519
 in Jesus'

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.019
 mouth,

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.480
 so you

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.420
 can check

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:30.580
 me

00:27:30.580 --> 00:27:30.840
 here,

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:31.340
 but

00:27:31.340 --> 00:27:33.279
 paraphrasing,

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:33.600
 if He

00:27:33.600 --> 00:27:34.019
 said to

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.300
 you,

00:27:35.340 --> 00:27:36.140
 if you

00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:36.539
 knew

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.680
 that coming

00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.220
 after me

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.480
 and being

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:39.100
 my disciple

00:27:39.100 --> 00:27:39.800
 meant that

00:27:39.800 --> 00:27:40.180
 it could

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.580
 cost you

00:27:40.580 --> 00:27:41.120
 your life,

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.180
 would you

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.380
 do it

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:42.620
 anyway?

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.320
 Are you

00:27:44.320 --> 00:27:44.940
 that desperate

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:45.440
 for me?

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:46.820
 Am I

00:27:46.820 --> 00:27:47.680
 that glorious

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.140
 to you?

00:27:48.800 --> 00:27:49.080
 Would you

00:27:49.080 --> 00:27:49.539
 be willing

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.320
 to give

00:27:50.320 --> 00:27:50.759
 up your

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.500
 life here

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:52.759
 to have

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.080
 eternal

00:27:53.080 --> 00:27:53.740
 life later?

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.340
 Would you

00:27:55.340 --> 00:27:55.759
 be willing

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.039
 to?

00:27:56.840 --> 00:27:57.279
 You might

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:57.600
 not,

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.279
 but it

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.779
 could happen.

00:27:59.180 --> 00:27:59.460
 Would you

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.059
 still come?

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:00.319
 Were you

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:01.039
 that desperate?

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:02.319
 Would you

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:02.640
 give it

00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:02.880
 up?

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.460
 So it's

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:05.079
 not to

00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:05.420
 be a

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:05.740
 believer,

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:06.240
 not just

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.799
 a call

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.319
 to learn.

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:07.759
 I love

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.259
 theology,

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:08.840
 I love

00:28:08.840 --> 00:28:09.220
 doctrine,

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:09.620
 it's

00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.059
 awesome,

00:28:10.620 --> 00:28:10.880
 I'll

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.200
 nerd out

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.500
 with you

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:11.920
 all day,

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:13.180
 but becoming

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:14.079
 a follower

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.720
 of Jesus

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.299
 is not

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:15.759
 about just

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.440
 learning some

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:17.200
 cool things

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:17.880
 and dogma

00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:18.700
 to make

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.200
 our lives

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.440
 better,

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:19.779
 it's a

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.460
 call to

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:21.059
 a person.

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.259
 And

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:23.079
 Bonhoeffer,

00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:23.660
 Dietrich

00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:24.240
 Bonhoeffer,

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:24.559
 a lot of

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:24.840
 us know

00:28:24.840 --> 00:28:25.319
 that name,

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.519
 he wrote

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:26.799
 a book,

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.720
 Cost of

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.440
 Discipleship,

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.920
 and after

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.120
 it was

00:28:30.120 --> 00:28:30.640
 published in

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:31.779
 the U.S.,

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.840
 he had a

00:28:32.840 --> 00:28:33.200
 choice,

00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:33.820
 they said,

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:34.700
 here in

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.059
 America,

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.340
 hey,

00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:35.559
 why don't

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:35.960
 you stay

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.320
 here?

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.940
 Stay here,

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.400
 you'll have a

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:38.860
 successful

00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:39.360
 ministry,

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:41.220
 a lot of

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.600
 people will

00:28:41.600 --> 00:28:42.220
 listen to you

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.820
 and trust you

00:28:42.820 --> 00:28:43.140
 and you can

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:43.580
 have a great

00:28:43.580 --> 00:28:44.220
 ministry here

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.660
 in life,

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.740
 don't go back

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.180
 to Germany,

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:46.720
 right?

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.920
 the Third

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.480
 Reich is

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.380
 firing things

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:49.680
 up,

00:28:50.100 --> 00:28:50.420
 and he

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:50.779
 basically

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.779
 just said,

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:53.519
 I'm paraphrasing,

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:53.920
 like,

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.500
 if I don't

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:54.839
 go back

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.339
 to Germany,

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:55.839
 everything I

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:56.100
 wrote in

00:28:56.100 --> 00:28:56.400
 this book

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:56.680
 is a

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:56.960
 lie.

00:28:58.100 --> 00:28:58.559
 And so

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:58.940
 he goes

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.319
 back,

00:28:59.519 --> 00:28:59.759
 you know,

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.100
 and we all

00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:00.380
 know the

00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:00.700
 story,

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.240
 he eventually

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:03.400
 is martyred

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:04.880
 by the

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:05.220
 Nazis.

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.339
 But he

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:06.660
 said,

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.279
 salvation

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:08.180
 is free.

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.279
 Thank

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:09.620
 goodness,

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:09.960
 right?

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:10.940
 But

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.740
 discipleship

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.420
 will cost

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:13.019
 you your

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.420
 life.

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:14.720
 And so

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.400
 salvation

00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:16.180
 costs nothing,

00:29:16.300 --> 00:29:17.080
 but discipleship

00:29:17.080 --> 00:29:17.580
 will cost

00:29:17.580 --> 00:29:18.320
 us everything.

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:20.240
 And it's

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.060
 a lifetime.

00:29:21.800 --> 00:29:22.440
 Delinquished

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:23.460
 control of

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:24.380
 all things.

00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.580
 If I had

00:29:25.580 --> 00:29:26.240
 to pull

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.840
 in a passage

00:29:26.840 --> 00:29:27.500
 that Paul

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:28.759
 wrote that

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.539
 goes alongside

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:30.200
 this,

00:29:31.860 --> 00:29:32.160
 right?

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.740
 Talking about

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.279
 the death

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.820
 of Jesus,

00:29:34.100 --> 00:29:34.580
 he says,

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:35.640
 he died

00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:36.320
 for all

00:29:36.320 --> 00:29:36.900
 so that

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:37.759
 all those

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.860
 who live

00:29:38.860 --> 00:29:39.220
 would no

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:40.259
 longer live

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:41.380
 for themselves,

00:29:42.320 --> 00:29:42.700
 but for

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.200
 him who

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:43.840
 died and

00:29:43.840 --> 00:29:44.460
 was raised

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:44.940
 for their

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.400
 sake.

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:46.740
 Second

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.160
 Corinthians

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:48.000
 5.15,

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.840
 that we

00:29:48.840 --> 00:29:49.180
 would no

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:50.200
 longer live

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:51.080
 for ourselves,

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.759
 but live

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.240
 for him

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.819
 who saved

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.200
 us.

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.580
 So if you

00:29:54.580 --> 00:29:54.960
 are a

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.220
 believer,

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:55.880
 have you

00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:57.100
 taken the

00:29:57.100 --> 00:29:57.860
 command of

00:29:57.860 --> 00:29:58.380
 Christ to

00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:59.180
 deny yourself

00:29:59.180 --> 00:29:59.700
 and take up

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.240
 your cross

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.759
 daily,

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.360
 seriously?

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.580
 Or is it

00:30:02.580 --> 00:30:04.200
 just floating

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.620
 around?

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.640
 I confess

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.240
 there's many

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.900
 days I'm

00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:08.299
 just sort

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:08.759
 of getting

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.460
 by and I'm

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:10.100
 not really

00:30:10.100 --> 00:30:10.900
 thinking about

00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:11.799
 what it

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.319
 means to

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.059
 follow Jesus

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:14.460
 daily in

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.079
 the context

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.480
 that I

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:15.779
 am,

00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:16.819
 denying

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.579
 myself,

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:17.960
 denying

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.319
 myself

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:18.799
 comfort,

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.399
 sleep,

00:30:20.179 --> 00:30:20.619
 food,

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.480
 whatever else,

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:21.940
 things that

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.539
 I want

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.059
 for the sake

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.399
 of other

00:30:23.399 --> 00:30:23.779
 people,

00:30:24.879 --> 00:30:25.720
 and to

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.259
 give those

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:27.039
 over fully

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:28.319
 to Christ.

00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:29.859
 Has your

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:31.000
 life reflected

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.819
 a love and

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:32.519
 devotion to

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:34.480
 Christ that

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:35.639
 appears funny

00:30:35.639 --> 00:30:36.259
 and different

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.859
 to the fallen

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.460
 world around

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:37.700
 you?

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.119
 Already you

00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:38.539
 just blend

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:38.960
 in and

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.519
 nothing looks

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:39.839
 different.

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.200
 It's something

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.840
 to think

00:30:41.840 --> 00:30:42.140
 about.

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.539
 So all

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:43.779
 of that

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.100
 was point

00:30:44.100 --> 00:30:44.600
 number one.

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:44.940
 Christ

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.559
 demands that

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:45.860
 you weigh

00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:46.420
 the cost.

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:46.920
 And then

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:48.180
 wrapping it

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:48.519
 up,

00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:50.039
 point number

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.360
 two,

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.220
 this is the

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:52.840
 beautiful part.

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.759
 Christ is

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.860
 worth losing

00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:55.819
 everything to

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.100
 gain.

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.120
 Right?

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.960
 Christ is

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.900
 worth losing

00:30:58.900 --> 00:31:00.640
 everything to

00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:00.980
 gain.

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.380
 Right?

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:04.039
 The reality

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.720
 is that

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.720
 Christ alone

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.360
 is worthy

00:31:06.360 --> 00:31:07.240
 of our lives.

00:31:07.340 --> 00:31:08.580
 It overrides

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:08.980
 everything

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.460
 else.

00:31:10.159 --> 00:31:10.819
 No human

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:11.500
 relationship,

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:13.319
 no employment,

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.119
 no hobby,

00:31:14.199 --> 00:31:14.519
 or anything

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:14.960
 else you

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.859
 have compares

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:17.039
 to the

00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:17.740
 greatness of

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:19.319
 knowing Jesus

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:20.119
 Christ our

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.480
 Lord.

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.839
 All things can

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:22.419
 be taken away

00:31:22.419 --> 00:31:22.819
 from you.

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.480
 And one of

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:25.359
 my questions

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:26.059
 I asked guys

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.319
 I'm sharing

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:26.980
 the gospel was

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.279
 like, hey

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:28.779
 man, what are

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.019
 you living

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.339
 for?

00:31:29.419 --> 00:31:29.599
 And they'll

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:31.159
 say, fill

00:31:31.159 --> 00:31:31.619
 in the blank,

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:31.939
 you know,

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.379
 money,

00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:34.000
 comfortable

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:35.559
 life, to

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:35.960
 be a good

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:37.679
 athlete, to

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:38.519
 get married

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:38.920
 and have a

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.360
 nice place

00:31:39.360 --> 00:31:39.820
 to live

00:31:39.820 --> 00:31:40.120
 and a good

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:41.779
 job, to

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.180
 have good

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.539
 health.

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.039
 That's a big

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.299
 one.

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.240
 Especially when

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.440
 you're talking

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:44.880
 to college

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:45.360
 students because

00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:45.580
 they think

00:31:45.580 --> 00:31:45.880
 that they're

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:46.299
 invincible.

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.620
 And then

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:48.200
 you just

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:49.900
 say, can

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:50.320
 you lose

00:31:50.320 --> 00:31:50.920
 all of that?

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.039
 Is all

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:52.620
 that permanent?

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:52.960
 And they'll

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.740
 say, probably

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.240
 not.

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:55.500
 I can lose

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.060
 all of that.

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.660
 And say, well,

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:58.220
 it's not worth

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.860
 giving your life

00:31:58.860 --> 00:31:59.259
 for then.

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.360
 Like, you

00:32:00.360 --> 00:32:00.759
 will lose

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.120
 it all.

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.400
 Like, Christ

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:03.039
 is the only

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.660
 thing that

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.279
 cannot be

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.779
 taken away

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.259
 from you.

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.259
 Period.

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:09.339
 And Jesus

00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:10.119
 says later

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:10.799
 on, and

00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:11.319
 Mark and

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:12.819
 I will

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.619
 paraphrase some

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:14.220
 of this, but

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:15.180
 the disciples

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:15.759
 come to him

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:15.960
 and they're

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.299
 kind of

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:17.059
 whining, you

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.799
 know, like

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.180
 they do

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.859
 sometimes, like

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.319
 we do

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:20.539
 sometimes.

00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:22.460
 Like, Lord,

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:24.480
 we've sacrificed

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.420
 and we've left

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:26.220
 so much to

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.859
 follow you.

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:27.879
 And he

00:32:27.879 --> 00:32:28.379
 basically is

00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:28.779
 like, really?

00:32:28.879 --> 00:32:29.220
 Have you?

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:29.920
 Have you

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:31.420
 sacrificed

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:32.480
 everything to

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:32.980
 follow me?

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.859
 Jesus responds

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.279
 to them.

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:37.759
 Jesus said,

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.359
 Truly I

00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:38.859
 say to you,

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.480
 there is no

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.980
 one who

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.359
 has left

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:42.200
 house or

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:43.879
 brothers or

00:32:43.879 --> 00:32:44.480
 sisters or

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:45.079
 mothers or

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:46.200
 sacrificed family

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:47.759
 lands for

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.819
 the sake of

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:50.119
 the gospel who

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:50.640
 will not

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.240
 receive a

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:52.160
 hundredfold now

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:53.039
 in this life

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:54.059
 houses,

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.539
 brothers,

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.099
 sisters,

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:55.579
 mothers,

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.220
 children,

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:56.980
 and lands

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:58.160
 with persecutions

00:32:58.160 --> 00:32:59.420
 and in the

00:32:59.420 --> 00:32:59.980
 age to come

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.779
 eternal life.

00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:01.900
 So what he

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:02.619
 basically says

00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:02.900
 is like,

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.460
 whatever you

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.160
 think you're

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:04.779
 sacrificing,

00:33:05.340 --> 00:33:06.300
 when you

00:33:06.300 --> 00:33:06.940
 compare it to

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.279
 what you're

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:07.860
 gaining in

00:33:07.860 --> 00:33:08.140
 me,

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.740
 it is no

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.279
 comparison.

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:10.920
 Like, you

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:12.560
 will not

00:33:12.560 --> 00:33:13.220
 even be able

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:14.400
 to speak of

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:15.019
 sacrificing

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:16.100
 anything if

00:33:16.100 --> 00:33:16.580
 you truly

00:33:16.580 --> 00:33:18.640
 believe what

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.100
 I'm giving

00:33:19.100 --> 00:33:19.400
 you.

00:33:19.540 --> 00:33:20.000
 It's like

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:21.019
 giving up

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.660
 garbage to

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:22.220
 get gold.

00:33:23.080 --> 00:33:23.320
 You know,

00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:23.660
 you're like,

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.940
 I sacrificed

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.860
 my garbage.

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.360
 You know,

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:28.100
 it's not like

00:33:28.100 --> 00:33:28.800
 that at all.

00:33:28.860 --> 00:33:29.440
 We gain

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:31.600
 everything in

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:32.099
 Christ.

00:33:33.179 --> 00:33:33.399
 You know,

00:33:33.439 --> 00:33:33.899
 and so I

00:33:33.899 --> 00:33:34.679
 just want to

00:33:34.679 --> 00:33:36.139
 pose this

00:33:36.139 --> 00:33:36.539
 thought to

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:36.759
 you.

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:39.699
 We've had

00:33:39.699 --> 00:33:40.119
 it easy.

00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:42.419
 We've had

00:33:42.419 --> 00:33:43.059
 it easy for

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.899
 a long

00:33:43.899 --> 00:33:44.500
 time.

00:33:45.419 --> 00:33:45.859
 Being a

00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:46.299
 big history

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.759
 guy, I

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.240
 can tell you

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.579
 that we've

00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:48.039
 lived in

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.759
 the most

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.500
 prosperous,

00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:51.019
 peaceful

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.740
 stretch of

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.399
 human history

00:33:52.399 --> 00:33:52.699
 ever.

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:56.199
 And it

00:33:56.199 --> 00:33:57.159
 may, if

00:33:57.159 --> 00:33:57.819
 God shows

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.199
 mercy,

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:58.899
 continue that

00:33:58.899 --> 00:33:59.459
 way for a

00:33:59.459 --> 00:33:59.919
 little longer.

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:02.640
 I'm not

00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:03.259
 at all a

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:04.320
 doomsdayist

00:34:04.320 --> 00:34:05.620
 or hey,

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.080
 the end

00:34:06.080 --> 00:34:06.640
 is nigh.

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:07.759
 But if

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.139
 you ask

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.420
 people,

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:08.940
 anybody in

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.340
 this room

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:09.740
 that's older

00:34:09.740 --> 00:34:10.300
 than 40,

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:13.559
 would some

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:14.039
 of the stuff

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.420
 that's going

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:15.420
 on today be

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.159
 happening here?

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:16.840
 People go,

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.579
 oh, no

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.059
 way.

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.880
 Like, men

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.579
 calling themselves

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.240
 women, women

00:34:21.240 --> 00:34:21.960
 calling themselves

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.599
 men, men

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.300
 getting pregnant,

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:24.220
 call people by

00:34:24.220 --> 00:34:24.840
 pronouns.

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.820
 If you try

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:28.000
 to tell your

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:29.380
 kid that there

00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:29.880
 are any other

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.599
 gender than

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.200
 what they

00:34:31.200 --> 00:34:31.740
 want to be,

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:32.000
 we're going

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.360
 to throw you

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:32.800
 in prison,

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:34.160
 that's actual

00:34:34.160 --> 00:34:34.619
 stuff going

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:34.960
 on in our

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.579
 country today.

00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:36.760
 And that

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.420
 blows our

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:37.720
 minds.

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:38.519
 And we may

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.079
 be sheltered

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.640
 from it a

00:34:39.640 --> 00:34:40.000
 little bit

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.380
 just because

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:40.640
 of the

00:34:40.640 --> 00:34:41.880
 culture we

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.420
 live in.

00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:44.480
 But the

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:45.119
 stuff that

00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:46.400
 we hear

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:46.920
 today, we're

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.039
 going to

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.440
 have to just

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:47.780
 kind of

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.780
 kindly say,

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:50.800
 no.

00:34:51.720 --> 00:34:52.160
 Because

00:34:52.160 --> 00:34:52.860
 thus says

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:53.260
 the Lord.

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:55.640
 Not a

00:34:55.640 --> 00:34:56.180
 conservative

00:34:56.180 --> 00:34:56.840
 American

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.660
 response,

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 but a

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 deeply

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 rooted,

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 gospel-centered

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 conviction about

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 what God

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 says.

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 That's what

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 we will

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 suffer for.

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 Most of

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 the time

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 when Scripture

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 talks about

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 suffering and

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 persecution,

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 it's not

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 just because you

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 get sick and

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 ill.

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 Of course,

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 that counts as

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 a trial.

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 But it's about

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 suffering for

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 Christ's sake.

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 Right?

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:21.159
 Saying no to

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 the world

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 around us.

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 And we

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 have to

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 prepare ourselves

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 for that.

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 Have some

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.699
 deeply rooted

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 theology and

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:30.079
 what it means

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 to follow

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 Jesus and

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 say, Lord,

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 help me.

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:33.960
 Right?

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 It's been

00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:35.699
 easy for us.

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.019
 Right?

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:37.039
 And there's

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.659
 tests that

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 could be

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 coming.

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 I don't

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 know for

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 sure, but

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 it seems to

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 go that

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 way.

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 And then

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 lastly, I

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 just want to

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 affirm just

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 two things

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 in closing.

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 Like, we

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 fail, okay?

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 We fail at

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 our devotion

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 to follow

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:52.920
 Christ, okay?

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 So this

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 isn't a call

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 to be

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 perfect.

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 It's not a

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 call to get

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 this all

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 figured out

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 in a week.

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 But with

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 God's help,

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 we can push

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 forward, we

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 can progress,

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 we can be

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 faithful disciples

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 carrying our

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 cross daily.

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 But when we

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 fail, remember

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 that our

00:36:10.759 --> 00:36:11.699
 identity and

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 our salvation

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 lie secure

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 in Christ so

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 that we

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 strive in

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 His love,

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 not to gain

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:18.239
 His love,

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 okay?

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.440
 It's really

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:19.839
 huge to

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 remember that.

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 But then

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 lastly, again,

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:24.059
 willpower alone

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 won't be able

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 to help you

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:27.599
 fulfill this

00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:28.440
 resolution to

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:29.039
 follow Jesus.

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 And we

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.880
 need God's

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:33.519
 grace, His

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:35.519
 strength to

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.079
 help us.

00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:37.119
 Christ is our

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:38.740
 sufficiency, and

00:36:38.740 --> 00:36:39.720
 He can sustain

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:40.599
 that life of

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.380
 holiness and

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:42.740
 devotion to

00:36:42.740 --> 00:36:43.780
 following Jesus.

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:45.019
 If you have

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:45.300
 on your

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:48.039
 bulletin a

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:48.579
 quote by

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:49.519
 Edwards on

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.639
 here, go

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:51.079
 back to

00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:51.579
 Edwards real

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:51.779
 quick,

00:36:51.859 --> 00:36:52.239
 start with

00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:52.579
 that and

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:53.299
 end with

00:36:53.299 --> 00:36:53.559
 that.

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:55.219
 But your

00:36:55.219 --> 00:36:55.739
 historic

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:56.599
 quotation by

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:57.219
 Edwards, he

00:36:57.219 --> 00:36:57.579
 says,

00:36:58.259 --> 00:36:59.059
 being sensible

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.719
 that I am

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:00.539
 unable to do

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:01.440
 anything without

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:02.420
 God's help,

00:37:02.879 --> 00:37:04.119
 I do humbly

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.960
 entreat him

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:06.480
 by His grace

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:07.960
 to enable me

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:08.679
 to keep these

00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:10.739
 resolutions so

00:37:10.739 --> 00:37:11.799
 far as they

00:37:11.799 --> 00:37:12.699
 agree with

00:37:12.699 --> 00:37:13.619
 His will for

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:14.659
 Christ's sake.

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:16.259
 That is a

00:37:16.259 --> 00:37:16.940
 great way to

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:17.579
 say this, like

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:18.980
 Lord, help

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.779
 us to do

00:37:19.779 --> 00:37:20.099
 that.

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:20.819
 Close

00:37:20.819 --> 00:37:21.179
 me in

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 prayer.

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 Let's

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 close

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 me in

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 prayer.

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