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 So I'm talking about a man is self-sacrificial, right?

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 So let's jump right in.

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 I'm going to look at three different reasons of why a man is self-sacrificial.

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 Number one, because of the ultimate example of self-sacrificial masculinity, which is

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 Hey, you guys are on tonight, okay?

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 Jesus, right?

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 Jesus is the ultimate example of self-sacrificial masculinity.

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 So we'll start in Genesis once again, as we have a lot of these weeks.

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 And what is called the Proto-Evangelium, or Gelium, which is basically in Genesis 3.15,

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 there's the promise of a Messianic sacrifice, okay?

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 Genesis 3.15, after they sinned, God said, I'll put enmity between you and the woman and

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 between your offspring and hers.

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 He will crush your head and he will strike his heel.

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 He was speaking of the sacrifice that would come.

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 He was speaking of Jesus coming, the Messiah coming.

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 And eventually executing one of the greatest sacrifices ever, all right?

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 And this sacrifice, it says that Jesus was the highly exalted man with the name above

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 all names because of his sacrifice.

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 This is in Philippians 2, okay?

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 Philippians 2, 3-9 says,

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 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant

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 than yourself.

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 Let each one of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

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 And this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus.

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 Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God with him to be grasped,

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 but emptied himself by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.

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 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death,

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 even death on a cross.

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 And it says,

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 Therefore, God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name.

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 Okay, so Jesus' ultimate act of selflessness and sacrifice gave him the name that is above every name

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 and caused him to be highly exalted, right?

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 It was quintessential masculinity, quintessential expression of what man was supposed to be.

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 Jesus embodied that.

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 Jesus embodied the perfect man.

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 And so to look at what a man should be, we need to look at the perfect man.

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 We need to look at the ultimate example of man.

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 And that is Jesus.

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 And Jesus emptied himself, taking the form of a servant.

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 Another NID says he considered himself nothing, taking the form of a servant.

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 So anytime you think you're something, you have ceased being a servant of Christ.

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 All right?

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 Ultimate sacrifice and servanthood is to consider yourself nothing.

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 It's not to exalt yourself, but to empty yourself.

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 Okay?

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 John 10, 11 to 15, Jesus said,

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 I'm the good shepherd.

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 The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

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 He was a hired hand, not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees.

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 The wolf snatches them and scatters them.

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 He flees because he's a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

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 I'm the good shepherd.

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 I know my own and my own know me.

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 Just as the father knows me and I know the father and I lay down my life for the sheep.

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 Okay?

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 So again, Jesus, the example of laying down his life.

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 Laying down his life for the sheep.

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 He's not like a hired hand who cares nothing for the sheep.

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 Ultimate caring is laying your life down for the other.

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 And we are to follow and imitate this example.

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 Ephesians 5, 25 says,

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 Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.

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 So when it comes to husband drink, what is the example?

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 How are we supposed to do it?

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 As Christ loved the church.

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 And how did he do it?

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 He gave himself up for her.

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 Sacrifice.

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 Ephesians 5, 1-2 says,

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 Be imitators of God as beloved children and walk in love.

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 How?

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 As Christ loved us and gave himself up for us.

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 A fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

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 So how do we do this?

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 We do it like Jesus did.

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 We become sacrificial.

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 1 Peter 2, 21.

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 Christ also suffered for you,

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 leaving you an example so that you might follow in his steps.

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 Okay?

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 His example was suffering and sacrifice.

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 And 1 John 3, 16 says,

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 By this we know, love, that he laid down his life for us,

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 and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

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 Okay?

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 It's our job to lay down our life for our brothers,

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 because that's what Jesus did for us.

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 He laid down his life for us,

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 and so he says,

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 Lay down your life for the brothers.

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 This flies in the face of just thinking that Christianity is about just attending a church.

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 I mean, that's a joke when you look at a verse like this.

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 Like, oh, Christianity means I'm just supposed to go to a church and listen to a guy preach?

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 That's Christianity?

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 He says,

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 By this we know, love, that he laid down his life for us,

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 and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

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 If our expression of church doesn't include some expression of us laying our lives down for specific people we call brothers,

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 it's not church as Christ has meant it to be.

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 And we know it's the way that Christ meant it to be,

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 number one, because it says it here,

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 but number two, because he embodied it.

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 He didn't say,

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 Hey, I'm going to lay down my life for brothers so that you can just attend church meetings and listen to someone else preach.

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 He said,

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 I'm going to lay down my life for brothers so that you can follow my example and lay down your life for the brothers.

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 And why is that important?

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 So that church isn't just a show or an attendance, but it's actually a brotherhood.

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 It's actually a group of people that are committed to one another.

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 It's actually a group of people that love one another, care for one another,

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 and experience life together in such a way that you could actually call it family.

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 Brotherhood is familial language.

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 Okay.

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 Do you have a relationship with your church in such a way that you could say,

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 I have a brotherhood.

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 I can do what Jesus said to do.

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 I can lay down my life for the brothers.

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 And the lack of laying down of life for brothers is what causes church to be lame.

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 Okay.

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 We have to have a group of people that we can lay down our life for.

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 If you don't have friends, brothers who laid on their life for you,

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 you're missing out on what church was always meant to be.

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 It was always meant to be self-sacrificial.

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 That's what men do.

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 That's what a man is.

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 So again, let's look at Jesus a little bit more.

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 What did Jesus sacrifice?

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 He sacrificed heaven.

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 He left heaven and came to earth.

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 Talk about a sacrifice.

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 Talk about a downgrade, right?

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 He literally left heaven and came to the earth that was tarnished and broken with sin.

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 Okay.

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 He suffered and sacrificed by taking on human form.

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 He took on flesh.

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 Again, that's a major sacrifice.

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 Literally, the creator became one of his creation.

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 He created man and then he became the same flesh that he created.

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 That's an incredible thought to think of the degree of sacrifice that Jesus did just in becoming a man.

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 Okay.

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 He sacrificed independence because he didn't just become a man.

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 He became first a baby.

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 Right?

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 And a baby cannot feed himself.

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 A baby cannot even survive on his own.

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 God himself became a baby dependent on a mother for milk, for sustenance, for life.

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 I mean, that is the most quintessential, most perfect picture of emptying yourself.

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 God emptying himself and not just becoming a man, but becoming a baby.

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 Okay.

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 He sacrificed safety.

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 Obviously, he came to a very dangerous, hostile environment for him.

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 Right?

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 That ultimately murdered him.

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 All right?

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 He sacrificed his reputation.

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 He was called a drunkard.

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 He was called a glutton.

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 He was crucified as a criminal, even though he was innocent.

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 All right?

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 He sacrificed his reputation.

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 He lost friends and family to death.

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 Right?

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 His cousin John had his life taken from him.

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 Okay?

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 He came into this world, lost friends, lost family to death.

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 He sacrificed money and possessions.

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 The Bible says he had no place to lay his head.

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 He sacrificed wife and kids.

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 He stayed single.

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 He didn't get married.

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 He lost his family.

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 He lost his disciples.

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 And he ultimately sacrificed his life.

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 Jesus lived a sacrificial life from day one all the way through.

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 His life was marked by sacrifice.

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 And true masculinity is marked by sacrifice.

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 At the end of the day, Jesus didn't blame.

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 He bled.

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 Okay?

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 That was marked by that.

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 What do we do?

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 We like to blame.

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 We like to be like Adam.

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 Right?

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 And blame all these other things.

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 Jesus didn't blame.

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 He bled.

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 He took responsibility for things that weren't his fault.

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 And said, I will take them upon myself.

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 I will sacrifice for the sake of a lost people.

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 I will sacrifice to restore a planet that came underneath sin.

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 Okay?

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 Number two.

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 Man is self-sacrificial because it's the greatest love.

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 John 15, 13 says,

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 Greater love is no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

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 Okay?

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 If we're talking about a masculinity that is most loving,

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 it has to be one that sacrifices its very life and lays down his life for his friends.

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 If it's not a loving version of masculinity, it's not true masculinity.

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 God didn't create men to be unloving.

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 Of course he created them to be loving.

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 Well, what is the ultimate act of love for another?

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 It's that he lays down his life for his friends.

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 If you think about all the different attributes of masculinity,

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 self-sacrifice is required to be everything a man is.

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 Self-sacrifice is required to be confident, to be responsible,

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 to be strong, to be the glory of God,

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 to be a fighter, to be a worker, to be a leader,

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 to be any of these things, you must also be self-sacrificial.

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 Every real-life responsibility requires some level of self-sacrifice to cultivate it.

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 Here's a great story that embodies this.

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 Marcus Brotherton tells an amazing story

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 of self-sacrifice involving prisoners of the Imperial Japanese Army

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 in the jungles of Thailand during World War II.

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 Okay?

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 It goes like this.

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 The supreme example of a different way of living

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 came to a climax one horrific evening

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 after a long day of hard labor.

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 That night when the tools were counted,

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 a Japanese guard announced that one shovel was missing.

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 One of the prisoners had stolen the shovel

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 to sell in the black market, it was assumed.

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 The crime was heinous.

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 The guard railed.

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 The perpetrator had maligned the Emperor himself

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 and acted punishable by death.

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 The guard lined up the men in the work party

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 and demanded that whoever took the shovel confess.

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 No one did.

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 The guard ranted and screamed,

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 denouncing the men for their wickedness.

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 His rage reached a new level.

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 All die! All die!

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 The guard shrieked.

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 He pointed his rifle at the crowd

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 and set his finger on the trigger.

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 Prisoners knew he was serious.

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 Calmly, quietly,

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 from the back of the work party,

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 one solitary man stepped forward.

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 I did it, the man said.

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 The guard unleashed his fury on the man.

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 In front of the rest of the prisoners,

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 a contingent of armed guards standing by,

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 he beat the man bloody with the butt of his rifle,

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 crushing the man's skull.

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 When the tools were counted again,

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 it was found that all the shovels were there.

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 The guard had miscounted.

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 One man died in the dust and dirt

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 of the death camp by the River Kwai.

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 One man died so that others might live.

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 What a story, huh?

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 It's a picture of ultimate sacrifice.

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 It's a picture of someone taking responsibility,

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 even for things that weren't his fault.

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 He didn't steal the shovel.

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 But he sacrificed his life so that others could live.

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 And this is what men do.

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 You hear a story like that and you don't think,

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 man, what an effeminate slacker.

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 You know?

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 You think, wow, what a man.

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 Do you not?

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 You not think, man, that's the man I want to be.

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 That's the kind of man that I look up to.

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 That's the kind of man I respect.

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 Right?

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 And there's something inherently in us

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 that knows that that's true masculinity.

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 That knows intrinsically that self-sacrifice

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 equates to masculinity.

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 We respect this kind of behavior.

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 Which leads me to number three.

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 Man is self-sacrificial because of what we observe

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 in life and art.

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 Okay?

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 You know, because who we are as a man

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 is built into our nature,

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 and who a woman is is built into her nature,

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 even an unbeliever can observe things

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 that are true about men and women

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 without ever reading the Bible

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 just by observing through history

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 how men and women behave in certain circumstances.

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 Because, and this points to God,

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 because our masculinity is hardwired into our nature.

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 It's not something that is pressed down upon us

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 by our culture,

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 as the world would tell us.

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 It's just not true.

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 You know this is true just because

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 if you have little kids,

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 you know that you can press on

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 all kinds of things onto your boy,

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 and you can ban all guns from him,

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 and he will take his pink butter and jelly sandwich,

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 and he will bite it with his mouth

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 and make it into a gun.

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 Right?

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 That's what he does.

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 Why?

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 Because it's built,

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 there are certain things built into his nature

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 that no outside forces can undo.

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 God made men and women,

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 and he made them not as some outward thing,

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 it's from inside.

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 Okay?

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 And so we can observe some of these things

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 through life and art,

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 and we can see certain things that are masculine.

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 Okay?

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 And at the end of the day,

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 we hate the coward and respect self-sacrifice.

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 All right?

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 You know this when you see it in real life,

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 you know this when you see it in a movie.

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 Right?

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 We hate the coward.

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 We don't, we,

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 where it's like,

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 no one tells you to hate the coward,

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 but you do.

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 No one tells you to love the guy

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 who's self-sacrificial,

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 but you do.

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 Right?

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 The definition of heroic

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 is this,

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 supremely noble or self-sacrificing.

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 All right?

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 When we think of someone who's a hero,

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 you can't think of a hero

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 without self-sacrifice.

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 The very definition of heroic

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 is someone supremely noble

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 or self-sacrificing.

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 Self-sacrifice is heroic.

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 Okay?

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 Think of,

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 think of all the best movies you've seen.

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 How many of them have self-sacrificing?

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 I mean, how many?

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 All.

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 Most of them, right?

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 Maybe all.

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 Well, I don't know.

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 That's just,

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 whenever that's there,

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 there's just something different, right?

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 There's something that grips you as a man.

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 You're like,

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 what is that?

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 Well, it's because it's hardwired

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 and you buy God himself.

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 Some of you may have seen

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 Band of Brothers.

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 There's a scene in Band of Brothers

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 where a guy by the name of Spears

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 and a guy by the name of Blythe.

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 Most people who watch Band of Brothers

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 love Spears and they hate Blythe.

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 Why?

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 Well, here's a scene in one of the movies.

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 You have this scene where

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 they're,

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 it's nighttime,

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 they're kind of

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 crouched behind some

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 protection

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 because the enemy lines

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 on the other side

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 and they're going to

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 probably attack him the next day.

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 There's bombs going off

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 and Blythe is scared

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 in a foxhole

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 just sitting there.

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 And Spears goes and checks on him

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 and he says to Blythe,

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 he says,

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 you know why you hid in that ditch, Blythe?

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 Blythe says,

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 I was scared.

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 Spears says,

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 we're all scared.

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 You hid in that ditch

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 because you think there's still hope.

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 Blythe,

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 the only hope you have

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 is to accept the fact

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 that you're already dead.

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 And the sooner you accept that,

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 the sooner you'll be able to function

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 as a soldier's supposed to function.

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 Okay?

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 And if you've ever,

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 if you've ever seen Band of Brothers,

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 Spears embodied that

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 and it's based on a true story.

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 I mean,

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 he just had no regard

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 for his own life

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 and because of that

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 he was one of the most heroic guys

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 in that band of men.

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 He sacrificed all the time

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 and all the men

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 respected him towards.

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 The opposite of self-sacrifice

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 is selfishness.

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 It's self-preservation.

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 It's self-seeking.

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 It's self-absorption.

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 It's being stingy and cheap.

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 Blythe was a coward

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 because he was trying to save his life.

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 Spears was a hero

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 because he saw himself as already dead.

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 How do you see yourself?

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 Are you self-preserving?

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 Are you already dead?

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 It's much easier to lose

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 what you've already lost.

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 Mark 8.35 says,

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 Whoever would save his life

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 will lose it.

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 Whoever loses his life

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 for my sake and the Gospels

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 will save it.

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 Luke 17.33,

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 Whoever seeks to preserve his life

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 will lose it.

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 Whoever loses his life

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 will keep it.

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 Whoever loves his life,

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 John 12.25 says,

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 Whoever loves his life

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 loses it.

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 Whoever hates his life

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 in this world

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 will keep it for eternal life.

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 Galatians 5.24 says,

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 Those who belong to Christ Jesus

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 have crucified the flesh

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 with its passions and desires.

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 This is why Paul says

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 in 1 Corinthians 2.2,

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 I decided to know nothing

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 except Jesus Christ

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 and him crucified.

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 The masculine life,

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 especially for a Christian,

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 is one where you've lost your life.

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 You're not trying to find it.

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 I moved to Colorado.

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 What for?

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 I was trying to find myself.

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 Okay?

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 Well, find yourself.

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 You can't find yourself

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 by looking for yourself.

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 You find yourself

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 by losing yourself.

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 You find yourself

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 by losing your life.

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 You have to sacrifice your life.

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 You can't be trying to save it,

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 preserve it, find it.

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 Okay?

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 A lot of men,

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 they don't know who they are.

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 Right?

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 You know?

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 They're still answering the question

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 that God asked in the garden.

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 Adam, where are you?

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 Still not self-aware.

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 They still don't know

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 where they are.

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 God didn't ask that question

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 because he was really wondering

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 where Adam was.

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 God knew where Adam was.

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 That question was for Adam

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 and the same question is for you.

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 Where are you?

00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:22.420
 Trying to find yourself?

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 Trying to find identity

00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:25.000
 in all these other things?

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 Or have you lost yourself?

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 Have you said,

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 I got a plan to lose it all?

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 Right?

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 I am going to sacrifice

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 everything I have

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 because I'm living

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 for something bigger than myself.

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 I'm living for eternity.

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 I'm living for Christ.

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 I have the ultimate example.

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 I've found the secret

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 and it's through loss.

00:18:43.540 --> 00:18:44.380
 Through losing my life,

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 I find my life.

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 Courage is brave action

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 in the face of danger.

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 It's brave action

00:18:51.820 --> 00:18:52.860
 in the face of adversity,

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 sacrifice, or risk.

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 The more danger,

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 adversity, risk,

00:18:57.360 --> 00:18:58.280
 or sacrifice

00:18:58.280 --> 00:18:59.960
 involved in the action,

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 the more courageous it is.

00:19:02.580 --> 00:19:02.780
 Okay?

00:19:03.340 --> 00:19:04.640
 This is why ultimately

00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:06.500
 in these movies

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 a lot of times

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 we look at it and think,

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 oh, that's really admirable

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 or that's really noble

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 or that's something

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 I want to be or do

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 because the movie

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 stood to dramatize

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 the degree of adversity

00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:22.559
 and sacrifice and risk

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 and it just amplifies

00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:25.659
 how much we think

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 that's cool,

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 that's admirable,

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 that's noble.

00:19:28.939 --> 00:19:29.019
 Okay?

00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:29.859
 The more danger,

00:19:29.980 --> 00:19:30.740
 adversity, risk,

00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:31.759
 or sacrifice involved

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 in the action,

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 the more courageous it is.

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 The more sacrifice

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 in an action,

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 the more we respect it.

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 The more selfishness,

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 the more we despise it.

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 Martin Luther King said,

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 if a man hasn't discovered

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 something he will die for,

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 he isn't fit to live.

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 That's pretty strong words.

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 But again,

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 if you think of a man

00:19:53.199 --> 00:19:54.199
 as self-sacrificial,

00:19:54.819 --> 00:19:55.799
 if someone hasn't

00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:57.000
 discovered something

00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:57.759
 he will die for,

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 then he isn't fit to live

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 because he isn't a man.

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 He isn't a man.

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 Let me ask you the question,

00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:05.019
 question.

00:20:05.919 --> 00:20:06.859
 How much sacrifice

00:20:06.859 --> 00:20:08.339
 does the life

00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:09.319
 you currently live

00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:09.740
 require?

00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.899
 How much sacrifice

00:20:11.899 --> 00:20:12.399
 does the life

00:20:12.399 --> 00:20:13.259
 you are currently living,

00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:14.259
 how much does it require?

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 The life you've chosen

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:15.799
 to live,

00:20:15.879 --> 00:20:17.000
 the life that you are

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:18.019
 choosing to live,

00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:19.000
 the responsibilities

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:20.479
 you've chosen to take on,

00:20:20.959 --> 00:20:22.359
 the job you have,

00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:24.599
 the relationships you have,

00:20:24.919 --> 00:20:25.979
 the church you have,

00:20:25.979 --> 00:20:27.699
 how much sacrifice

00:20:27.699 --> 00:20:28.699
 does your life require?

00:20:29.360 --> 00:20:30.500
 And have you curated

00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:32.380
 your life to avoid sacrifice?

00:20:33.940 --> 00:20:35.279
 Have you set up your life

00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:36.019
 to sow

00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:37.559
 to your selfish,

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:39.019
 fleshly comforts,

00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:39.980
 wondering why you

00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:41.539
 continually reap destruction?

00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.980
 What about your church?

00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:47.799
 Have you avoided churches

00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:49.019
 that ask a lot of you

00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:50.160
 that require sacrifice?

00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:53.200
 What is,

00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:54.420
 how is your life

00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:55.140
 currently set up?

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 If sacrifice

00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:58.680
 is quintessential masculine,

00:20:58.920 --> 00:20:59.980
 if sacrifice is

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:01.740
 the embodiment of masculinity

00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:03.100
 on so many levels,

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 how are we setting up

00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.080
 our lives?

00:21:05.120 --> 00:21:06.000
 Are we setting our lives

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.640
 to be men?

00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:07.940
 Are we setting up

00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:08.380
 our lives

00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:09.720
 to avoid masculinity,

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 to avoid that

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.580
 which is manly

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 by avoiding sacrifice?

00:21:14.080 --> 00:21:14.960
 Avoiding sacrifice

00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:16.140
 is avoiding your manhood.

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 Avoiding sacrifice

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 is avoiding

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 what it truly means

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 to be a man.

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 This is boyhood behavior.

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 Little boys avoid sacrifice.

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 They run from it.

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 They make excuses from it.

00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:26.860
 Again,

00:21:27.380 --> 00:21:28.740
 Jesus didn't make excuses.

00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:30.180
 Jesus bled.

00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:31.759
 He sacrificed.

00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:33.839
 Josiah Strong

00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:34.539
 says,

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 There's not enough

00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:36.720
 of effort,

00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:37.319
 of struggle

00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:38.660
 in the typical church life

00:21:38.660 --> 00:21:39.620
 of today

00:21:39.620 --> 00:21:40.500
 to win young men

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:41.240
 to the church.

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:43.579
 A flowery bed of ease

00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:44.819
 does not appeal

00:21:44.819 --> 00:21:45.440
 to a fellow

00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:46.839
 who has any manhood

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.200
 in him.

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 The prevailing religion

00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.700
 is too comfortable

00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:51.460
 to attract young men

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:52.500
 who love the heroic.

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 We cannot,

00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:56.119
 we must not be

00:21:56.119 --> 00:21:57.079
 a church like this.

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 We must be a church

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 that expects sacrifice

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 for men.

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 Women as well.

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 But of course the men.

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 To be a part of a church

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 that does not expect

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:08.400
 sacrifice for men.

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.960
 To complain about a church

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 that asks you too much.

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 This is far below

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:14.960
 your manhood.

00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:16.339
 This is far below

00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:18.079
 the God who

00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:19.240
 called you,

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.559
 who created you.

00:22:21.679 --> 00:22:22.679
 The prevailing religion

00:22:22.679 --> 00:22:23.379
 is too comfortable

00:22:23.379 --> 00:22:24.359
 to attract young men

00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:25.220
 who love the heroic.

00:22:25.699 --> 00:22:26.819
 We must create churches

00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:27.740
 that draw men

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 because men need

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:29.879
 to be saved.

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 And men aren't

00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.639
 going to be saved.

00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:32.599
 And men aren't

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:33.339
 going to be saved

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 if they don't see

00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.839
 the true Jesus.

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 They're not going to see

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.399
 the true Jesus

00:22:36.399 --> 00:22:37.699
 until they see men

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 who act like Jesus

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 and look like Jesus

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 and have the substance

00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.619
 of Jesus.

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 And the substance

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 of Jesus is sacrifice.

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 Teddy Roosevelt said,

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 I wish to preach

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 not the doctrine

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 of ignoble ease,

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 but the doctrine

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 of the strenuous life,

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 the life of toil

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 and effort,

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 of labor and strife,

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 to preach that highest

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 form of success

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.619
 which comes

00:23:01.619 --> 00:23:02.559
 not to the man

00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.339
 who desires mere

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:04.180
 easy peace,

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.139
 but to the man

00:23:05.139 --> 00:23:05.940
 who does not shrink

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.539
 from danger,

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.240
 from hardship,

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.379
 or from bitter toil,

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.899
 who out of these

00:23:09.899 --> 00:23:11.259
 wins the splendid

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:12.839
 ultimate triumph.

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:15.440
 I wish to preach

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:16.119
 not the doctrine

00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:17.359
 of ignoble ease.

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.480
 A life of ease

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.200
 is ignoble.

00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:20.259
 A life of ease

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:21.500
 constantly looking

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:22.419
 for the easier route,

00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:23.339
 constantly avoiding

00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:23.960
 sacrifice.

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.379
 Again,

00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:26.299
 this is not

00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:26.919
 who you are.

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.539
 This is not

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:28.500
 who God has called

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.019
 you to be.

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 Are you avoiding

00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:32.139
 difficulty

00:23:32.139 --> 00:23:33.339
 and sacrifice?

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 And are you settling

00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:35.119
 for a life

00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:35.940
 of ignoble ease?

00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:37.119
 This is not

00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:37.940
 what God has for you.

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.419
 This is not

00:23:38.419 --> 00:23:39.019
 what God has called

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.359
 you to.

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:39.859
 Men,

00:23:39.899 --> 00:23:40.839
 it's time to rise up.

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:42.379
 It's time to repent

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:43.900
 of avoiding

00:23:43.900 --> 00:23:45.080
 that which God

00:23:45.080 --> 00:23:45.880
 has called us to

00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:46.980
 because it's hard.

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.740
 You bet it's hard.

00:23:49.300 --> 00:23:49.480
 Okay?

00:23:49.820 --> 00:23:50.600
 But those broad

00:23:50.600 --> 00:23:51.420
 shoulders he gave you,

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.580
 he gave you for a reason.

00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:53.940
 There's a reason

00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:54.760
 you have those shoulders.

00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:55.540
 God created you

00:23:55.540 --> 00:23:56.420
 to do hard things.

00:23:56.820 --> 00:23:57.420
 God created you

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:58.420
 to carry heavy burdens.

00:23:58.840 --> 00:23:59.520
 God created you

00:23:59.520 --> 00:24:00.040
 to sacrifice.

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 And ignoble ease

00:24:02.320 --> 00:24:03.400
 is below you.

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 So how do we be

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:08.259
 a self-sacrificial man?

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.680
 Let's look at

00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.360
 the definitions.

00:24:10.620 --> 00:24:11.040
 The definition

00:24:11.040 --> 00:24:11.680
 of sacrifice

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 is to forfeit

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.860
 something for

00:24:13.860 --> 00:24:14.740
 something else

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:16.060
 considered to have

00:24:16.060 --> 00:24:16.740
 a greater value.

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:18.940
 To forfeit something

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:20.519
 for something else

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.240
 considered to have

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:21.880
 a greater value.

00:24:22.560 --> 00:24:23.240
 You will never

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:24.800
 sacrifice what you have

00:24:24.800 --> 00:24:26.180
 for something you

00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:26.860
 believe to be

00:24:26.860 --> 00:24:27.800
 of lesser value

00:24:27.800 --> 00:24:28.440
 than what you are

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:28.860
 sacrificing.

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.860
 This is super

00:24:30.860 --> 00:24:31.259
 important.

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:32.200
 This is key.

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 And it's a fact.

00:24:34.819 --> 00:24:36.860
 This is how

00:24:36.860 --> 00:24:37.960
 the world goes around.

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:38.660
 Alright?

00:24:39.100 --> 00:24:40.100
 You will never

00:24:40.100 --> 00:24:41.539
 sacrifice what you have

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:42.680
 for something you

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.400
 believe to be

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:44.460
 of lesser value

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.620
 than what you are

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:46.259
 sacrificing.

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.720
 If you think that

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.400
 what you are being

00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:49.259
 called to sacrifice

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:50.240
 is of higher value,

00:24:50.600 --> 00:24:51.140
 you will not

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:51.860
 sacrifice it.

00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:52.539
 You think it's

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.080
 more pleasurable?

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:54.340
 You won't sacrifice it.

00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:55.299
 You must have

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:56.000
 a higher pleasure.

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:57.840
 Paul said in

00:24:57.840 --> 00:24:59.240
 St. Corinthians 12, 15,

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:01.299
 I will most gladly

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:02.859
 spend and be spent

00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:03.579
 for your souls.

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:05.039
 He didn't just

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.680
 say, I'll spend.

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:07.319
 He wasn't some

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:11.319
 ascetic leader.

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.039
 No, he said,

00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:13.039
 I will gladly

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:14.119
 spend and be spent.

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.619
 He didn't say,

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.299
 I'll just spend

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:16.839
 and be spent

00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:17.180
 because that's

00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:17.619
 what I'm supposed

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.259
 to do and I'm a

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.659
 Christian and I

00:25:19.659 --> 00:25:20.099
 don't really want

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.559
 to do it,

00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:21.200
 but I just have

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.740
 to do this.

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.059
 He said,

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:23.279
 I will most gladly

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:25.339
 spend and be spent.

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:27.519
 And the greatest

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.159
 sacrifice,

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.779
 the only real

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.779
 sustaining sacrifice

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.419
 is one that

00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:31.059
 comes from joy.

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:33.039
 It's one that

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.559
 comes from a

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.519
 place of gladness.

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.419
 Why?

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.059
 Where do we get

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.439
 this from?

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:36.980
 Acts 20,

00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:37.519
 this is also

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:37.879
 Paul,

00:25:38.399 --> 00:25:39.799
 20, 22 to 25.

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.319
 Paul says,

00:25:41.399 --> 00:25:41.939
 and I'll hold

00:25:41.939 --> 00:25:42.379
 and go into

00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:42.899
 Jerusalem,

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:43.720
 constrained by

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.159
 the Spirit,

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.720
 not knowing

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.199
 what will happen

00:25:45.199 --> 00:25:45.679
 to me there,

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.500
 except that the

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:47.959
 Holy Spirit

00:25:47.959 --> 00:25:48.839
 testifies to me

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.619
 in every city

00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:51.019
 that imprisonment

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.720
 and afflictions

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.220
 await me.

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.920
 Okay?

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:53.640
 So,

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.039
 hardships,

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:55.920
 things he will

00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:56.900
 have to sacrifice.

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:57.720
 Again,

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:58.259
 no one's making

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.779
 him do this.

00:25:59.180 --> 00:25:59.779
 He is choosing

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.579
 to go into

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.319
 places that the

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.720
 Holy Spirit

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.319
 is telling him

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:03.319
 where he knows

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:04.200
 what is awaiting

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:05.339
 in there is

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:06.000
 imprisonment

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.559
 and affliction.

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.640
 That's what he

00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:07.960
 says.

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.900
 He's choosing

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.180
 that.

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:10.360
 How does he

00:26:10.360 --> 00:26:10.759
 do that?

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:11.799
 How does he

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.440
 choose to do

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:12.640
 that?

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.279
 Verse 24,

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.400
 but I do

00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:15.160
 not account my

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.740
 life of any

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.500
 value nor as

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.240
 precious to

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.720
 myself.

00:26:18.600 --> 00:26:19.160
 If only I may

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:20.200
 finish my course

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:21.339
 in the ministry

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.960
 that I received

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.319
 from the Lord

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:23.720
 Jesus to testify

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.400
 to the gospel

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:24.900
 of the grace

00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:25.380
 of God.

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:26.940
 Behold,

00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:28.360
 I know that

00:26:28.360 --> 00:26:28.819
 none of you

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.480
 among whom I

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:30.079
 have gone about

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.620
 proclaiming the

00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:31.039
 kingdom will

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.720
 see my face

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.079
 again.

00:26:32.600 --> 00:26:32.819
 Okay?

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:33.700
 The key was

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.120
 that he didn't

00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:34.920
 count his life

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.660
 of any value

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:36.220
 nor as precious

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:36.840
 to himself

00:26:36.840 --> 00:26:37.539
 because he

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.000
 had a greater

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.440
 reward.

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.440
 He had something

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:39.740
 bigger,

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.400
 more pleasurable.

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.340
 He was able

00:26:41.340 --> 00:26:41.920
 to withstand

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.799
 and endure

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.860
 great hardship,

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.600
 almost unparalleled

00:26:45.600 --> 00:26:46.140
 you could say,

00:26:46.600 --> 00:26:46.860
 right?

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:48.039
 Because he had

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.819
 a greater reward.

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.640
 And so it

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:50.240
 became something

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.980
 he did gladly.

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.860
 Why would you

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.480
 give up when he

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:52.839
 gave up?

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:53.480
 He gave up so

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:53.900
 much.

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.240
 And how could he

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:55.839
 do it gladly?

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.700
 Only if he had

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.279
 something better.

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:58.940
 Doug Wilson

00:26:58.940 --> 00:26:59.240
 says,

00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:00.019
 masculinity is

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.640
 the glad

00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:02.019
 assumption of

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.640
 sacrificial

00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:03.500
 responsibility.

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.660
 You see this

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.720
 in Matthew 13,

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.700
 the ultimate

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.920
 picture of this

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.380
 principle.

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.620
 Matthew 13,

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.259
 I'm sure you're

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.839
 familiar with it.

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:13.059
 The treasure

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:13.400
 hidden in the

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:13.680
 field,

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.339
 pearl of great

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:14.720
 price,

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.000
 right?

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:15.740
 It says,

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.019
 the kingdom

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.319
 of heaven

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.599
 is like

00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:16.980
 treasure

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.339
 hidden in

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:17.660
 a field

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.000
 which a

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.559
 man found

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:18.960
 and covered

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.259
 up.

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.440
 Then in

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.160
 his joy,

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:22.240
 he goes and

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.980
 sells all that

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.539
 he has and

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:24.000
 buys that

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.339
 field.

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:25.839
 You notice

00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:26.039
 that?

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.359
 It says,

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.220
 in his joy.

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:29.740
 What's so

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.539
 joyful about

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:30.660
 him?

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:31.640
 Well,

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:31.880
 you know

00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:32.359
 what's joyful

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:32.880
 about it.

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.279
 You know

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.720
 what's joyful

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.039
 about it

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.279
 because he

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.759
 sold all

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.200
 he had to

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.559
 get it.

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:37.940
 Why is it

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.200
 joyful?

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:39.000
 Because what

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.620
 he was getting

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:40.019
 was worth

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.339
 more than

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:40.900
 what he sold.

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.259
 You would

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.740
 never sell

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.420
 all you have

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:43.880
 for something

00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:44.299
 of lesser

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:44.859
 value than

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:45.439
 all you have.

00:27:46.419 --> 00:27:46.599
 Right?

00:27:46.979 --> 00:27:47.439
 If Jesus

00:27:47.439 --> 00:27:47.899
 is saying,

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.139
 hey,

00:27:48.479 --> 00:27:49.259
 sell everything

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.839
 you have,

00:27:49.939 --> 00:27:50.240
 give up

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.719
 everything you

00:27:50.719 --> 00:27:51.079
 have for

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.959
 something way

00:27:51.959 --> 00:27:53.339
 worse and

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:53.740
 do it with

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:53.899
 joy.

00:27:54.699 --> 00:27:55.000
 You know?

00:27:55.219 --> 00:27:55.799
 He's not

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.479
 saying that.

00:27:56.979 --> 00:27:57.359
 He's not

00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:57.599
 saying,

00:27:57.699 --> 00:27:58.119
 give it all

00:27:58.119 --> 00:27:58.459
 up.

00:27:59.199 --> 00:28:00.159
 And if you

00:28:00.159 --> 00:28:00.439
 do,

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.179
 I promise

00:28:01.179 --> 00:28:01.579
 you much

00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:01.919
 worse.

00:28:03.639 --> 00:28:04.240
 He didn't

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.819
 do that.

00:28:05.959 --> 00:28:06.259
 But is

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.619
 not that

00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:06.879
 what we

00:28:06.879 --> 00:28:07.159
 think?

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.240
 I mean,

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.500
 you have to

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:08.759
 do a little

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.199
 gut check

00:28:09.199 --> 00:28:09.359
 here.

00:28:09.439 --> 00:28:09.779
 Is that

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.299
 not the

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.679
 way we

00:28:10.679 --> 00:28:11.000
 think?

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:11.819
 It has

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.179
 to be.

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.099
 Otherwise,

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.599
 you do it

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:13.919
 gladly.

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.779
 If you're

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.160
 not doing

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.279
 it,

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.580
 why aren't

00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:15.940
 you doing

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.180
 it?

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.279
 Is it that

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.800
 you don't

00:28:17.800 --> 00:28:19.740
 believe that

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.440
 what you get

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.039
 is better than

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.700
 what you give?

00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:22.279
 Is it that you

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:24.500
 don't believe that

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.740
 what you would

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.539
 receive in

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.100
 exchange for

00:28:27.100 --> 00:28:28.340
 selling all is

00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:29.180
 actually worth more

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.800
 than all you have

00:28:29.800 --> 00:28:30.259
 to sell?

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.360
 And so,

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:31.800
 therefore,

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.820
 your Christianity

00:28:32.820 --> 00:28:33.580
 is a burden to

00:28:33.580 --> 00:28:33.779
 you.

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.560
 Your masculinity

00:28:34.560 --> 00:28:35.400
 is a burden to

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:35.620
 you.

00:28:36.060 --> 00:28:36.640
 And at the end

00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:37.160
 of the day,

00:28:37.560 --> 00:28:38.500
 you still keep

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.140
 looking at porn

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.800
 because you love

00:28:39.800 --> 00:28:40.320
 your porn.

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:41.059
 And you love

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:41.460
 it more than

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:41.799
 Jesus.

00:28:42.919 --> 00:28:43.480
 And if you love

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.119
 your sin and

00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:44.740
 your lust more

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.240
 than Jesus,

00:28:45.419 --> 00:28:45.879
 guess what?

00:28:46.179 --> 00:28:46.619
 You're going to

00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:47.299
 keep doing it.

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:48.220
 You can try all

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:48.939
 your little tricks

00:28:48.939 --> 00:28:49.579
 and you can use

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.439
 your software and

00:28:50.439 --> 00:28:51.079
 you can have

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.619
 your accountability

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:52.119
 buddies,

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:52.659
 but at the end

00:28:52.659 --> 00:28:53.139
 of the day,

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.079
 none of it's

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:54.599
 going to work.

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.679
 Because you're

00:28:56.679 --> 00:28:57.259
 trying to do

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:58.000
 something against

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.539
 the way God

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.299
 created things.

00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:00.599
 You're trying to

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:02.240
 do something that

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.960
 the Bible says

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.659
 is not true.

00:29:04.159 --> 00:29:04.579
 But you added

00:29:04.579 --> 00:29:05.000
 on all these

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.559
 little Christian

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:06.220
 accessories,

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.240
 quote unquote,

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:08.279
 and have all

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:09.019
 these little groups

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.480
 and all the

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.099
 software and

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.579
 all these little

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.200
 tricks of the

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:11.539
 trade.

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.259
 And you're

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.920
 doing push-ups

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.180
 and you're

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.759
 taking cold

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.160
 showers.

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:14.799
 And at the

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.099
 end of the

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:15.379
 day,

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:15.960
 you're not

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.279
 doing the

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.599
 one thing

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:16.900
 that Jesus

00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:17.599
 said to do.

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.279
 And that is

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.839
 to see that

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.460
 he is greater

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.019
 than all these

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.379
 things.

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.240
 And that what

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:22.400
 you get with

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:24.019
 him is greater

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.299
 than all.

00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:24.720
 And so you

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:26.099
 sell your life

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:26.660
 of sin and

00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:27.319
 you repent of

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:27.579
 it and you

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:28.039
 turn from it

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.379
 and you give

00:29:28.379 --> 00:29:28.759
 it up.

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.180
 And in

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.700
 exchange,

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.299
 you get

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:30.639
 Jesus,

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:32.980
 your very great

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.400
 reward.

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.139
 And he's

00:29:34.139 --> 00:29:34.460
 better.

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:35.359
 But if you

00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:35.740
 don't believe

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.639
 he's better and

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.120
 you love your

00:29:37.120 --> 00:29:37.600
 sin more,

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.080
 then you will

00:29:38.080 --> 00:29:38.700
 continue to do

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.200
 your sin no

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.680
 matter all the

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.060
 other things

00:29:40.060 --> 00:29:40.420
 you will try

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:40.759
 to do.

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.120
 No matter all

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:42.560
 the things you

00:29:42.560 --> 00:29:42.980
 put on your

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.460
 phone and all

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:43.740
 these other

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.140
 things,

00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:45.860
 you must see

00:29:45.860 --> 00:29:46.480
 that Jesus is

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:46.940
 the treasure of

00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:47.320
 him on the

00:29:47.320 --> 00:29:47.560
 field.

00:29:48.820 --> 00:29:49.320
 Then in your

00:29:49.320 --> 00:29:49.560
 joy,

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.040
 you'll go and

00:29:50.040 --> 00:29:50.520
 sell all that

00:29:50.520 --> 00:29:50.900
 you have and

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:51.259
 buy it in the

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.440
 field.

00:29:51.860 --> 00:29:52.140
 Again,

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.720
 the kingdom of

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.100
 heaven is like

00:29:53.100 --> 00:29:53.680
 a merchant in

00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:54.060
 search of

00:29:54.060 --> 00:29:54.640
 fine pearls.

00:29:55.020 --> 00:29:55.560
 When finding

00:29:55.560 --> 00:29:56.280
 one pearl of

00:29:56.280 --> 00:29:57.180
 great value,

00:29:58.020 --> 00:29:58.700
 went and sold

00:29:58.700 --> 00:29:59.200
 all that he

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.720
 had and bought

00:29:59.720 --> 00:29:59.840
 it.

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:00.660
 Do you see

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:01.780
 that Jesus is

00:30:01.780 --> 00:30:02.560
 of great value?

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.300
 Or are you

00:30:03.300 --> 00:30:04.180
 still convinced

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:06.420
 that those

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:07.240
 pixels on the

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.580
 screen,

00:30:08.320 --> 00:30:09.140
 that woman on

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.820
 the screen is

00:30:09.820 --> 00:30:10.640
 of greater value

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.400
 than Christ and

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:12.480
 the riches of

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:13.100
 your inheritance

00:30:13.100 --> 00:30:13.660
 in him?

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:15.100
 Which is it?

00:30:16.060 --> 00:30:16.759
 Which is it?

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:18.100
 In that moment,

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:18.920
 you know darn well

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:19.560
 what you're thinking.

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.180
 You're thinking

00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:20.860
 this is better.

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:21.980
 And that's your

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.340
 problem.

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:24.180
 You don't believe

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:25.640
 that Jesus is

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:25.900
 better.

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:26.900
 And it's not that

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.460
 you have to make

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:28.380
 yourself believe it.

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.460
 It's true.

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.400
 He is better.

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:32.060
 He is better.

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.700
 And this is why

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.380
 all the people you've

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:34.180
 seen, who've

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.940
 forsaken all,

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:35.700
 all the people

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.200
 you've seen that

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:37.120
 you admire, who

00:30:37.120 --> 00:30:37.880
 sacrifice, you

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.480
 say, that's a

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:38.740
 man.

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.480
 The reason they

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.080
 do it is because

00:30:40.080 --> 00:30:40.500
 they found

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.180
 something better.

00:30:42.040 --> 00:30:42.580
 His name is

00:30:42.580 --> 00:30:42.900
 Jesus.

00:30:44.580 --> 00:30:45.220
 Hebrews 10

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:46.200
 34 speaks of

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.660
 this kind of

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:46.980
 person.

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:47.760
 It says, you

00:30:47.760 --> 00:30:48.960
 joyfully accepted

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.860
 the plundering of

00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:50.420
 your property,

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:52.080
 since you knew

00:30:52.080 --> 00:30:52.940
 that you yourselves

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:53.400
 had a better

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:54.500
 possession and

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.260
 an abiding one.

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.500
 What kind of

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.220
 manner of man is

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.640
 this?

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:59.320
 Joyfully accepting

00:30:59.320 --> 00:31:00.000
 the plundering of

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.500
 your property?

00:31:00.860 --> 00:31:01.060
 Have you ever

00:31:01.060 --> 00:31:01.600
 anything stolen

00:31:01.600 --> 00:31:02.000
 from you?

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:05.920
 Joyfully accepting

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.600
 the plundering of

00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:06.900
 your property.

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.220
 Why?

00:31:07.800 --> 00:31:08.860
 Since you knew

00:31:08.860 --> 00:31:10.000
 that you yourselves

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:11.040
 had a better

00:31:11.040 --> 00:31:12.440
 possession and

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:13.060
 an abiding one.

00:31:13.100 --> 00:31:13.400
 Do you have a

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:13.940
 better possession?

00:31:14.860 --> 00:31:15.360
 Do you possess

00:31:15.360 --> 00:31:16.220
 something better

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:17.080
 than your sin?

00:31:17.320 --> 00:31:17.640
 Do you possess

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:18.500
 something better

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.180
 than what you

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:19.540
 have?

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.080
 Do you possess

00:31:20.080 --> 00:31:20.740
 something better

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:21.420
 than your time,

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.160
 your talents,

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:22.760
 and your treasure?

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.140
 That's the only

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.420
 way you'll

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.860
 sacrifice.

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.360
 The only way

00:31:26.360 --> 00:31:26.940
 you'll sacrifice.

00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:28.000
 Supreme pleasure

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.619
 is the key.

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:29.839
 Okay?

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:31.180
 What do you

00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:31.859
 believe gives

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:32.380
 you the most

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:32.740
 pleasure?

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.440
 Some of the

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.279
 greatest sacrifices

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.980
 I've seen

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:37.000
 were for sin.

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:38.799
 Sacrificing

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.220
 marriages,

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:39.759
 children,

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.279
 jobs,

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:40.740
 time,

00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:41.819
 friendships for

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.380
 the love of

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:42.660
 sin.

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:43.960
 And I've sat

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:45.180
 across from a

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:46.079
 man who was

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:46.859
 literally willing

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.579
 to give up his

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:48.299
 wife and his

00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:49.319
 children just

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:49.880
 because he

00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:50.839
 loved smoking

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.200
 weed.

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.539
 And he was

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:53.339
 tearing his

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:54.079
 marriage apart.

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.140
 He was

00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:56.759
 separated from

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.319
 his spouse.

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:58.339
 I'm appealing

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:59.359
 to him to

00:31:59.359 --> 00:31:59.939
 not throw

00:31:59.939 --> 00:32:00.359
 away his

00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:01.500
 marriage and

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.139
 his children

00:32:02.139 --> 00:32:03.480
 just because he

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.240
 wanted to smoke

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.700
 weed.

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.899
 As goofy as

00:32:06.899 --> 00:32:07.319
 that is,

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:08.059
 of all things.

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.679
 Beautiful wife,

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.480
 beautiful kids,

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:11.279
 and he was

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:12.099
 literally entertaining

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:12.720
 this and was

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.339
 having a hard

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:14.019
 time making the

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.460
 decision.

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:15.619
 And I'm

00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:15.919
 thinking,

00:32:16.159 --> 00:32:16.639
 oh my,

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.419
 what are you

00:32:18.419 --> 00:32:18.779
 thinking?

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:20.779
 I know exactly

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.159
 the same.

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:23.179
 He loved the

00:32:23.179 --> 00:32:23.980
 pleasure he got

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:25.339
 from that

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:26.899
 addiction more

00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:27.380
 than his own

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:27.680
 kid,

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.540
 more than his

00:32:29.540 --> 00:32:30.120
 own wife,

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:31.019
 more than his

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.300
 God.

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.860
 In that moment,

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.519
 he had to

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.080
 repent and

00:32:35.080 --> 00:32:35.580
 seek pleasure

00:32:35.580 --> 00:32:36.100
 in Christ.

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.519
 Thankfully,

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:38.040
 he did.

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.160
 His marriage

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.800
 is restored.

00:32:40.580 --> 00:32:40.980
 But boy,

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:42.860
 I didn't know

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.220
 which way it

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:43.519
 was going to

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:43.980
 go for a

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.140
 while.

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:46.560
 I've seen,

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:47.120
 you know,

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.040
 it's not that

00:32:48.040 --> 00:32:48.540
 men don't know

00:32:48.540 --> 00:32:49.200
 how to sacrifice,

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:49.880
 it's that men

00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:50.680
 sacrifice for the

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:51.400
 wrong things all

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:51.860
 the time.

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:53.820
 It's just like,

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.279
 I don't know

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:54.599
 how to do

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:55.179
 this sacrifice.

00:32:55.419 --> 00:32:55.740
 I'm like,

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.139
 no,

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.399
 no,

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:56.500
 no,

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:56.599
 no.

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.679
 You are

00:32:57.679 --> 00:32:58.500
 really good

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.279
 at sacrificing.

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.220
 You have

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.879
 given up so

00:33:00.879 --> 00:33:01.480
 much for your

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:01.779
 sin.

00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:02.679
 It's actually

00:33:02.679 --> 00:33:03.159
 amazing.

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.399
 I have talked

00:33:05.399 --> 00:33:05.799
 to men who

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.379
 have an

00:33:06.379 --> 00:33:07.039
 incredible

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.759
 ability to

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.639
 sacrifice so

00:33:08.639 --> 00:33:10.299
 much for

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:11.419
 their loss.

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.559
 Willing to

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:14.980
 sacrifice even

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.740
 their own job

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.419
 because they

00:33:16.419 --> 00:33:17.480
 have to look

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.079
 at these images

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.759
 so badly

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.119
 they're willing

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:19.519
 to do it

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.259
 even on a

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.980
 company computer

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.519
 or a company

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:21.919
 phone.

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.880
 I don't

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:23.259
 even care

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.580
 about my

00:33:23.580 --> 00:33:23.880
 job.

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.340
 I just

00:33:24.340 --> 00:33:24.840
 care about

00:33:24.840 --> 00:33:25.320
 this immediate

00:33:25.320 --> 00:33:26.160
 gratification.

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:30.080
 It's not

00:33:30.080 --> 00:33:30.360
 that we don't

00:33:30.360 --> 00:33:30.600
 know how to

00:33:30.600 --> 00:33:30.980
 sacrifice,

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:31.380
 that we

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:32.039
 sacrifice for

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.300
 the wrong

00:33:32.300 --> 00:33:32.759
 things.

00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:33.580
 The reason

00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:34.100
 we sacrifice

00:33:34.100 --> 00:33:34.600
 for them is

00:33:34.600 --> 00:33:35.220
 because we

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.840
 believe those

00:33:35.840 --> 00:33:36.560
 things and

00:33:36.560 --> 00:33:36.900
 things that

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.140
 give us

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.660
 most pleasure.

00:33:38.080 --> 00:33:38.380
 Do you

00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:38.759
 believe that

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.440
 Jesus is

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:39.960
 God?

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.720
 If he's

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.100
 God,

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:41.940
 he's supreme.

00:33:43.120 --> 00:33:43.519
 If he's

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:43.900
 God,

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.660
 he's better.

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:45.720
 If he's

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.039
 God,

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:46.600
 he's highly

00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:47.279
 lifted up and

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.940
 exalted over

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.320
 all their

00:33:48.320 --> 00:33:48.680
 pleasures.

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:49.660
 That's what

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:50.340
 it means to

00:33:50.340 --> 00:33:50.940
 believe Jesus

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:51.440
 is God.

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.720
 He's not

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:53.259
 one God

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:53.800
 among many.

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.519
 He is the

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:55.060
 only God,

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.440
 the true

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:55.840
 God,

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.820
 supremely

00:33:56.820 --> 00:33:57.380
 greater than

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:58.000
 all things.

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:58.720
 That is what

00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:59.279
 faith in

00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:00.180
 Christ requires,

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.720
 is to believe

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.060
 that he's

00:34:02.060 --> 00:34:02.400
 greater.

00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:03.600
 This is

00:34:03.600 --> 00:34:04.320
 saving faith.

00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:05.380
 This is the

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:06.160
 faith that

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:06.660
 saves you,

00:34:06.800 --> 00:34:07.200
 not just

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:07.640
 from hell,

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.119
 but from

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:08.619
 the power

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:08.920
 of your

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.320
 sin.

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:10.680
 Do you

00:34:10.680 --> 00:34:11.220
 understand?

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.599
 Your

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.260
 quote-unquote

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:13.920
 faith that

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.440
 you think

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.200
 that saves

00:34:15.200 --> 00:34:15.740
 you from

00:34:15.740 --> 00:34:16.380
 hell,

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:16.980
 if it

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.519
 doesn't have

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:18.039
 enough power

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.460
 to save

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:18.760
 you from

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.280
 your sin

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:19.519
 and the

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:19.860
 power of

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.260
 your sin,

00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:20.920
 do you

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.400
 really think

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:21.640
 it has

00:34:21.640 --> 00:34:22.080
 enough power

00:34:22.080 --> 00:34:22.420
 to save

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:22.680
 you from

00:34:22.680 --> 00:34:22.940
 hell?

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.520
 What kind

00:34:24.520 --> 00:34:25.040
 of delusion

00:34:25.040 --> 00:34:25.380
 are you

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:25.860
 living in

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.100
 if you

00:34:26.100 --> 00:34:26.420
 think that

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:26.680
 that's

00:34:26.680 --> 00:34:27.020
 true?

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.840
 The same

00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:29.560
 power that

00:34:29.560 --> 00:34:30.060
 saves you

00:34:30.060 --> 00:34:30.820
 from the

00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:31.440
 punishment of

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:31.900
 your sin

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:32.640
 is the

00:34:32.640 --> 00:34:33.200
 same power

00:34:33.200 --> 00:34:33.500
 that is

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.320
 accessible to

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:34.880
 the Christian

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.640
 to save

00:34:35.640 --> 00:34:35.900
 you from

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.380
 the power

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:36.680
 of your

00:34:36.680 --> 00:34:36.980
 sin.

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:37.680
 If you

00:34:37.680 --> 00:34:38.120
 profess

00:34:38.120 --> 00:34:38.740
 Christ but

00:34:38.740 --> 00:34:38.980
 you are

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.520
 not saved

00:34:39.520 --> 00:34:39.820
 from the

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:40.280
 power of

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:40.740
 your sin,

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:41.980
 why in the

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.600
 world do you

00:34:42.600 --> 00:34:42.980
 think that

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.260
 God has

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:43.580
 saved you

00:34:43.580 --> 00:34:43.880
 from the

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:44.380
 penalty of

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.820
 your sin?

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:45.559
 And why

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:45.760
 in the

00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:46.120
 world do you

00:34:46.120 --> 00:34:46.580
 have future

00:34:46.580 --> 00:34:46.980
 hope that

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.200
 he will

00:34:47.200 --> 00:34:47.539
 save you

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:47.820
 from the

00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:48.380
 presence of

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:48.600
 sin?

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.559
 It ain't

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:49.800
 going to

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.120
 happen.

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:50.980
 That's not

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.680
 saving faith.

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:53.059
 One of the

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:54.420
 indicators that

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:54.840
 you have

00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:55.559
 saving faith

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.280
 and believe

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:56.559
 that he

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:57.000
 saved you

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.440
 from the

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.519
 penalty of

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:58.940
 your sin

00:34:58.940 --> 00:34:59.720
 is that

00:34:59.720 --> 00:35:00.100
 you have

00:35:00.100 --> 00:35:00.920
 present power

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.980
 to resist

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.580
 sin in your

00:35:02.580 --> 00:35:02.840
 life.

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.460
 He is saving

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:03.820
 you from

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:04.300
 the power

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:04.580
 of your

00:35:04.580 --> 00:35:05.320
 sin as

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:05.440
 well.

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:05.720
 It doesn't

00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:05.980
 mean you're

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.280
 perfect.

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:06.680
 You have

00:35:06.680 --> 00:35:08.420
 a fleshly

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:09.240
 sinful body,

00:35:09.600 --> 00:35:09.960
 but sin

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.360
 no longer

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:11.140
 reigns over

00:35:11.140 --> 00:35:11.340
 you.

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:11.960
 Sin no longer

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.680
 rules over

00:35:12.680 --> 00:35:12.940
 you.

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.980
 This is

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.220
 what the

00:35:14.220 --> 00:35:14.480
 word of

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:14.639
 God

00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:15.019
 teaches.

00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:16.780
 That's the

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.079
 kind of

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.440
 faith we

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:17.679
 need.

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.400
 That Jesus

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:19.000
 is supreme,

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:19.900
 Jesus is

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:20.200
 better.

00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:20.800
 Hebrews 12

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.300
 2 says

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:21.960
 that Jesus

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:23.039
 who for

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.420
 the joy

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:23.760
 that was

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:24.260
 set before

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:24.679
 him endured

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.340
 the cross.

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.240
 Even

00:35:26.240 --> 00:35:26.980
 Jesus

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:28.280
 endured the

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:28.920
 cross because

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.500
 of what?

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.300
 Joy,

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:31.280
 pleasure.

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.559
 Jesus was

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.159
 motivated by

00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:33.539
 pleasure?

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:34.440
 Yes!

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.500
 If Jesus

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.179
 needed pleasure

00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:36.760
 to be motivated,

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.400
 how much more

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:37.860
 do you need

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:38.079
 it?

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.760
 It was the

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:40.420
 joy set before

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:40.860
 him that he

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:41.320
 endured the

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:41.720
 cross.

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:42.420
 If you

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:42.860
 would endure

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.579
 the cross

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.700
 resisting sin

00:35:44.700 --> 00:35:46.400
 and resisting

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:47.099
 temptation,

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.180
 you must see

00:35:48.180 --> 00:35:48.820
 the joy set

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:49.360
 before you.

00:35:49.700 --> 00:35:50.380
 That obedience

00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:50.760
 to God

00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:51.119
 is better.

00:35:51.200 --> 00:35:51.639
 You can say

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.180
 like Joseph,

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:53.079
 how could I

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:54.220
 do such a

00:35:54.220 --> 00:35:54.920
 wicked thing

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.619
 and sin

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:56.280
 against God?

00:35:57.639 --> 00:35:58.240
 God is

00:35:58.240 --> 00:35:58.539
 better.

00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:00.059
 Philippians 3,

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:00.360
 7,

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:00.599
 11,

00:36:00.680 --> 00:36:01.039
 this is why

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.519
 Paul said,

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.159
 whatever gain

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.720
 I had,

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.500
 I counted

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:04.019
 as loss

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.340
 for the

00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:04.680
 sake of

00:36:04.680 --> 00:36:05.039
 Christ.

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:05.820
 Indeed,

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.260
 I count

00:36:06.260 --> 00:36:06.720
 everything

00:36:06.720 --> 00:36:07.240
 as loss

00:36:07.240 --> 00:36:07.659
 because of

00:36:07.659 --> 00:36:08.559
 the surpassing

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.340
 worth of

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:09.900
 knowing Christ

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:10.460
 Jesus my

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:10.820
 Lord.

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:11.840
 For his

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:12.220
 sake I

00:36:12.220 --> 00:36:12.619
 have suffered

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:13.079
 the loss

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:13.400
 of all

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:14.320
 things and

00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:14.740
 count them

00:36:14.740 --> 00:36:15.420
 as rubbish

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:17.320
 in order that

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:17.900
 I may gain

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:19.340
 Christ and

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:20.059
 be found in

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.400
 him, not

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:20.820
 having a

00:36:20.820 --> 00:36:21.260
 righteousness

00:36:21.260 --> 00:36:22.039
 of my own

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:22.760
 that comes

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:23.059
 from the

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.420
 law, but

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:23.740
 that which

00:36:23.740 --> 00:36:24.220
 comes through

00:36:24.220 --> 00:36:25.300
 faith in

00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:26.579
 Christ, the

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:27.119
 righteousness

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:28.220
 from God

00:36:28.220 --> 00:36:28.660
 that depends

00:36:28.660 --> 00:36:29.240
 on faith,

00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:30.000
 that I may

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.420
 know him

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:30.619
 and the

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:30.960
 power of

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.059
 his

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.579
 resurrection

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:32.320
 and may

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:32.720
 share his

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:33.099
 sufferings

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:33.760
 becoming like

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:33.960
 him in

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:34.380
 his death,

00:36:34.720 --> 00:36:35.260
 that by any

00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:35.900
 means possible

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.559
 I may attain

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:37.059
 the resurrection

00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:37.579
 from the

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:37.860
 dead.

00:36:38.799 --> 00:36:39.420
 To profess

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:40.039
 believing in

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.699
 a God who

00:36:40.699 --> 00:36:41.500
 resurrected from

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:42.360
 the dead and

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:42.980
 not believe that

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.559
 God can't

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:44.340
 resurrect us

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:44.940
 from our own

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.279
 sin,

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.579
 ludicrous.

00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:48.259
 It's laughable.

00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:49.619
 It's hypocritical.

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:51.659
 If we profess

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:52.599
 the risen Lord,

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.719
 he should have

00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:54.880
 the power to

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:55.599
 be evident in

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:56.239
 our life that

00:36:56.239 --> 00:36:56.840
 sin doesn't

00:36:56.840 --> 00:36:57.539
 reign over us

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:57.860
 anymore.

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.900
 This should be

00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:00.860
 the mark of

00:37:00.860 --> 00:37:01.340
 his people.

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.820
 Sacrifice without

00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:04.820
 joy is a false

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:05.279
 religion.

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:08.139
 The false

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:08.659
 religion.

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:10.119
 It sure is

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:10.440
 that being

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:11.059
 Christianity.

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:13.460
 Sacrifice without

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:14.239
 joy is a false

00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:14.679
 religion.

00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:15.799
 A Christianity

00:37:15.799 --> 00:37:17.159
 that's all

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:17.880
 burden and

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:18.500
 no joy.

00:37:19.699 --> 00:37:20.179
 And here,

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:20.960
 let me tell you

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.900
 this, it'll

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:22.500
 never last.

00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:24.719
 Mark my words,

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:26.119
 it will not

00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:26.799
 last.

00:37:27.219 --> 00:37:27.719
 If your

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:28.460
 Christianity is

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:29.059
 all burden and

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:30.000
 no joy,

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:32.920
 it might be

00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:33.340
 getting you

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:33.759
 through right

00:37:33.759 --> 00:37:34.639
 now, it is

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:35.279
 not one that

00:37:35.279 --> 00:37:35.880
 will last you

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:36.420
 through the end.

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:36.900
 It will not

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:37.340
 one that will

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:37.680
 last you

00:37:37.680 --> 00:37:38.380
 through persecution

00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:38.920
 and hardship.

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:39.599
 It will

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:40.039
 know that.

00:37:41.680 --> 00:37:42.280
 Some people

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:42.760
 have stronger

00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:43.160
 wills than

00:37:43.160 --> 00:37:43.700
 others, but

00:37:43.700 --> 00:37:44.300
 you don't

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:44.800
 have a strong

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:45.180
 will enough

00:37:45.180 --> 00:37:45.639
 to do that

00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:45.960
 in your whole

00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:46.180
 life.

00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:48.200
 Until your

00:37:48.200 --> 00:37:49.019
 perceived value

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.579
 and pleasure

00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:50.400
 in Christ,

00:37:50.660 --> 00:37:51.139
 the kingdom,

00:37:51.700 --> 00:37:52.260
 your wife,

00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:52.860
 your kids,

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:53.559
 other people

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:54.180
 in the church

00:37:54.180 --> 00:37:55.519
 exceeds your

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:56.380
 perceived value

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:57.019
 and pleasure

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:58.160
 of your life,

00:37:58.260 --> 00:37:58.740
 your comfort,

00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.380
 your sin,

00:37:59.460 --> 00:37:59.860
 and what you

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:00.740
 have, then

00:38:00.740 --> 00:38:01.220
 you'll never

00:38:01.220 --> 00:38:01.800
 live a truly

00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:02.400
 consistent,

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:03.480
 sacrificial life,

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:04.480
 and no one

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:04.860
 will really

00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:05.780
 respect you as a

00:38:05.780 --> 00:38:06.000
 man.

00:38:10.220 --> 00:38:10.780
 So by

00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:11.300
 Romans 8,

00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:11.960
 18 says,

00:38:12.040 --> 00:38:12.560
 I consider

00:38:12.560 --> 00:38:12.940
 that the

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:13.540
 sufferings of

00:38:13.540 --> 00:38:13.960
 this present

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.640
 time are

00:38:14.640 --> 00:38:15.400
 not worth

00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:17.019
 comparing with

00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:17.680
 the glory that

00:38:17.680 --> 00:38:18.040
 is to be

00:38:18.040 --> 00:38:18.440
 revealed.

00:38:19.220 --> 00:38:19.860
 Not worth

00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:20.320
 comparing.

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:21.760
 2 Corinthians 4,

00:38:21.820 --> 00:38:22.820
 16, 18 says,

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:23.260
 we don't lose

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:23.640
 heart.

00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:24.620
 Though our

00:38:24.620 --> 00:38:25.320
 outer self is

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:25.900
 wasting away,

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:26.560
 our inner self

00:38:26.560 --> 00:38:27.360
 is being renewed

00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:28.500
 day by day.

00:38:28.560 --> 00:38:28.860
 For this

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:29.740
 light momentary

00:38:29.740 --> 00:38:30.920
 affliction is

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:31.560
 preparing for

00:38:31.560 --> 00:38:32.260
 us an eternal

00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:33.040
 weight of glory

00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:34.480
 beyond all

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:35.059
 comparison.

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:37.380
 It's not just

00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:38.119
 that Jesus is

00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:38.440
 better.

00:38:38.800 --> 00:38:39.300
 It's that it's

00:38:39.300 --> 00:38:39.820
 beyond all

00:38:39.820 --> 00:38:40.279
 comparison.

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:40.800
 There's no

00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:41.920
 competition.

00:38:42.659 --> 00:38:43.159
 There's no

00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:45.059
 comparison.

00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:45.619
 There's no

00:38:45.619 --> 00:38:46.179
 debate.

00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:47.440
 He is the

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:48.519
 undisputed king

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:49.800
 of the earth.

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:51.199
 Uncontested

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:51.599
 ruler.

00:38:52.259 --> 00:38:52.619
 Nobody

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:53.079
 greater.

00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:54.719
 And if you're

00:38:54.719 --> 00:38:55.380
 still having a

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:56.119
 conversation with

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:56.759
 your flesh about

00:38:56.759 --> 00:38:57.579
 whether Jesus is

00:38:57.579 --> 00:38:58.779
 greatest, you

00:38:58.779 --> 00:38:59.239
 need to get

00:38:59.239 --> 00:38:59.719
 saved.

00:38:59.719 --> 00:39:01.859
 cry out to

00:39:01.859 --> 00:39:02.359
 him that he

00:39:02.359 --> 00:39:02.919
 might save

00:39:02.919 --> 00:39:03.899
 you from

00:39:03.899 --> 00:39:04.639
 your unbelief.

00:39:07.239 --> 00:39:07.839
 We look not

00:39:07.839 --> 00:39:08.459
 to the things

00:39:08.459 --> 00:39:09.459
 that are seen

00:39:09.459 --> 00:39:10.019
 but to the

00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:10.439
 things that are

00:39:10.439 --> 00:39:10.819
 unseen.

00:39:11.299 --> 00:39:11.859
 The things that

00:39:11.859 --> 00:39:12.299
 are seen are

00:39:12.299 --> 00:39:12.759
 transient.

00:39:13.259 --> 00:39:13.679
 The things that

00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:14.259
 are unseen are

00:39:14.259 --> 00:39:14.599
 eternal.

00:39:17.239 --> 00:39:18.199
 You have to

00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:19.539
 believe that

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:21.099
 saving is

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:22.199
 losing and

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:22.939
 losing is

00:39:22.939 --> 00:39:23.219
 saving.

00:39:24.259 --> 00:39:24.859
 Gain is

00:39:24.859 --> 00:39:25.659
 loss and

00:39:25.659 --> 00:39:26.179
 loss is

00:39:26.179 --> 00:39:26.439
 gain.

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:26.759
 It's an

00:39:26.759 --> 00:39:27.279
 upside down

00:39:27.279 --> 00:39:27.579
 kingdom.

00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:29.239
 Loss is

00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:29.699
 joyfully

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:30.959
 pursued when

00:39:30.959 --> 00:39:31.579
 loss is

00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:31.879
 gain.

00:39:32.839 --> 00:39:33.259
 You hear me

00:39:33.259 --> 00:39:33.579
 on that?

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:34.479
 You won't

00:39:34.479 --> 00:39:35.159
 pursue loss

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:35.579
 until you

00:39:35.579 --> 00:39:36.119
 believe that

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:36.559
 loss is

00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:36.799
 gain.

00:39:37.699 --> 00:39:38.039
 You won't

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:39.879
 pursue sacrifice

00:39:39.879 --> 00:39:40.359
 until you

00:39:40.359 --> 00:39:40.779
 believe that

00:39:40.779 --> 00:39:41.679
 sacrifice is

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:41.979
 gain.

00:39:42.799 --> 00:39:43.479
 Loss is

00:39:43.479 --> 00:39:44.259
 consistently

00:39:44.259 --> 00:39:45.159
 avoided when

00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:45.899
 loss is

00:39:45.899 --> 00:39:46.419
 loss.

00:39:48.399 --> 00:39:48.919
 You

00:39:48.919 --> 00:39:49.359
 understand what

00:39:49.359 --> 00:39:49.679
 I'm saying?

00:39:49.759 --> 00:39:50.219
 If you think

00:39:50.219 --> 00:39:50.919
 that loss is

00:39:50.919 --> 00:39:53.039
 just death

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:53.799
 unto death

00:39:53.799 --> 00:39:54.239
 instead of

00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:54.679
 death unto

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:55.279
 life, you

00:39:55.279 --> 00:39:55.819
 avoid it.

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:58.239
 Some of you

00:39:58.239 --> 00:39:58.879
 are avoiding

00:39:58.880 --> 00:39:59.079
 it.

00:39:59.160 --> 00:39:59.700
 I'm telling

00:39:59.700 --> 00:40:00.200
 you why

00:40:00.200 --> 00:40:00.720
 you're avoiding

00:40:00.720 --> 00:40:01.019
 it.

00:40:01.400 --> 00:40:01.660
 Do you

00:40:01.660 --> 00:40:02.039
 hear me?

00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:02.480
 I'm telling

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:02.920
 you why

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:03.420
 you're avoiding

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:04.019
 sacrifice.

00:40:04.740 --> 00:40:05.220
 It's because

00:40:05.220 --> 00:40:05.599
 you think

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:06.079
 it's loss.

00:40:06.160 --> 00:40:06.440
 It's because

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:06.740
 you don't

00:40:06.740 --> 00:40:07.099
 think it's

00:40:07.099 --> 00:40:07.420
 gain.

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.740
 You haven't

00:40:08.740 --> 00:40:09.220
 believed what

00:40:09.220 --> 00:40:09.780
 Jesus said.

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:10.460
 Jesus said

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:11.059
 that loss is

00:40:11.059 --> 00:40:11.400
 gain.

00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:12.700
 Sacrifice is

00:40:12.700 --> 00:40:12.920
 gain.

00:40:12.980 --> 00:40:13.200
 When you

00:40:13.200 --> 00:40:13.700
 believe that,

00:40:13.760 --> 00:40:14.160
 you pursue

00:40:14.160 --> 00:40:14.480
 it.

00:40:15.160 --> 00:40:15.619
 If you

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:16.079
 don't think

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:16.440
 it's gain,

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:16.820
 you'll never

00:40:16.820 --> 00:40:17.380
 pursue it.

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:19.200
 David Livingston,

00:40:19.380 --> 00:40:20.099
 a missionary to

00:40:20.099 --> 00:40:20.800
 Africa, said,

00:40:21.740 --> 00:40:22.099
 for my own

00:40:22.099 --> 00:40:22.940
 part, I've

00:40:22.940 --> 00:40:23.500
 never ceased to

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:25.420
 rejoice that God

00:40:25.420 --> 00:40:26.160
 has appointed me to

00:40:26.160 --> 00:40:26.920
 such an office.

00:40:26.920 --> 00:40:27.960
 People talk of the

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:28.780
 sacrifice I've

00:40:28.780 --> 00:40:29.840
 made when spending

00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:30.579
 so much of my

00:40:30.579 --> 00:40:31.340
 life in Africa.

00:40:32.340 --> 00:40:32.800
 Is that a

00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:33.639
 sacrifice which

00:40:33.639 --> 00:40:34.539
 brings its own

00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:35.700
 blessed reward and

00:40:35.700 --> 00:40:36.659
 helpful activity,

00:40:37.300 --> 00:40:38.320
 the consciousness of

00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:39.380
 doing good, peace of

00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:40.519
 mind, and a bright

00:40:40.519 --> 00:40:41.400
 hope of a glorious

00:40:41.400 --> 00:40:43.099
 destiny thereafter?

00:40:44.200 --> 00:40:45.099
 Away with the word

00:40:45.099 --> 00:40:46.340
 sacrifice, he says.

00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:48.180
 Say rather, it is a

00:40:48.180 --> 00:40:48.720
 privilege.

00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:50.519
 Anxiety, sickness,

00:40:50.799 --> 00:40:51.739
 suffering, or danger

00:40:51.739 --> 00:40:52.939
 now and then, with

00:40:52.939 --> 00:40:53.939
 the foregoing of the

00:40:53.939 --> 00:40:55.139
 common conveniences and

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:55.779
 charities of this

00:40:55.779 --> 00:40:57.159
 life, may make us

00:40:57.159 --> 00:40:58.819
 pause and cause the

00:40:58.819 --> 00:40:59.879
 spirit to waver and

00:40:59.879 --> 00:41:00.719
 the soul to sink.

00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:02.279
 We'll let this only be

00:41:02.279 --> 00:41:02.859
 for a moment.

00:41:03.399 --> 00:41:04.119
 All these are

00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:05.399
 nothing when

00:41:05.399 --> 00:41:06.139
 compared with the

00:41:06.139 --> 00:41:07.059
 glory which shall be

00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:08.379
 revealed in and for

00:41:08.379 --> 00:41:08.959
 us.

00:41:09.899 --> 00:41:10.639
 He then concludes

00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:11.279
 and says, I

00:41:11.279 --> 00:41:11.839
 never made a

00:41:11.839 --> 00:41:12.259
 sacrifice.

00:41:15.319 --> 00:41:16.339
 I never made a

00:41:16.339 --> 00:41:16.719
 sacrifice.

00:41:16.719 --> 00:41:19.039
 He also says,

00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:19.679
 David Livingston

00:41:19.679 --> 00:41:20.359
 says, if a

00:41:20.359 --> 00:41:21.439
 commission by an

00:41:21.439 --> 00:41:22.899
 earthly king is

00:41:22.899 --> 00:41:23.939
 considered an honor,

00:41:24.699 --> 00:41:25.299
 how can a

00:41:25.299 --> 00:41:26.179
 commission by a

00:41:26.179 --> 00:41:27.759
 heavenly king be

00:41:27.759 --> 00:41:28.439
 considered a

00:41:28.439 --> 00:41:28.899
 sacrifice?

00:41:32.099 --> 00:41:33.339
 C.S. Lewis in the

00:41:33.339 --> 00:41:34.000
 book, The Horse and

00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:35.419
 His Boy said, for

00:41:35.419 --> 00:41:35.919
 this is what it

00:41:35.919 --> 00:41:36.799
 means to be a king,

00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:38.619
 to be first in

00:41:38.619 --> 00:41:39.339
 every desperate

00:41:39.339 --> 00:41:41.179
 attack and last in

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:41.859
 every desperate

00:41:41.859 --> 00:41:42.379
 retreat.

00:41:43.099 --> 00:41:43.639
 And when there's

00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:44.539
 hunger in the land,

00:41:44.619 --> 00:41:45.719
 as must be now and

00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:46.639
 then in bad years,

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 to wear finer

00:41:47.879 --> 00:41:48.819
 clothes and laugh

00:41:48.819 --> 00:41:49.779
 louder over a

00:41:49.779 --> 00:41:51.139
 scantier meal than

00:41:51.139 --> 00:41:52.019
 any man in our

00:41:52.019 --> 00:41:52.379
 land.

00:41:54.459 --> 00:41:55.279
 It's a joyful

00:41:55.279 --> 00:41:56.639
 sacrifice and it's

00:41:56.639 --> 00:41:57.500
 leading a joyful

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:58.219
 sacrifice.

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 First one on the

00:42:00.259 --> 00:42:01.459
 attack, first one,

00:42:01.659 --> 00:42:02.299
 last one on the

00:42:02.299 --> 00:42:02.699
 retreat.

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 And when there's a

00:42:04.679 --> 00:42:05.639
 scant meal, you

00:42:05.639 --> 00:42:06.399
 laugh as you eat

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 it.

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 What do you need to

00:42:11.599 --> 00:42:12.619
 sacrifice to be a

00:42:12.619 --> 00:42:13.099
 better man?

00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:14.339
 What do we need to

00:42:14.339 --> 00:42:15.079
 sacrifice to be a

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:15.419
 better man?

00:42:15.420 --> 00:42:15.740
 We need to

00:42:15.740 --> 00:42:16.380
 sacrifice our

00:42:16.380 --> 00:42:17.079
 selfishness.

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:18.019
 We need to

00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:18.760
 sacrifice our

00:42:18.760 --> 00:42:19.680
 self-absorption.

00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:21.300
 If any of these

00:42:21.300 --> 00:42:22.079
 things are, there's

00:42:22.079 --> 00:42:22.700
 things coming to

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 mind with this.

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 Don't just listen.

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 Like, repentance is

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 required.

00:42:27.280 --> 00:42:27.619
 We need to

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 sacrifice our

00:42:28.240 --> 00:42:28.760
 selfishness.

00:42:28.860 --> 00:42:29.079
 We need to

00:42:29.079 --> 00:42:29.700
 sacrifice our

00:42:29.700 --> 00:42:30.579
 self-absorption.

00:42:31.099 --> 00:42:31.460
 We need to

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 sacrifice self-preservation,

00:42:33.260 --> 00:42:35.260
 self-seeking, being

00:42:35.260 --> 00:42:36.360
 stingy and cheap,

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:38.880
 laziness, passivity.

00:42:38.880 --> 00:42:41.280
 Mark Manson said,

00:42:41.380 --> 00:42:41.880
 most of your

00:42:41.880 --> 00:42:42.660
 problems are not

00:42:42.660 --> 00:42:43.860
 actually problems.

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 They are

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 discomforts.

00:42:46.420 --> 00:42:47.700
 Discomfort is not

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 the problem.

00:42:48.420 --> 00:42:49.900
 On the contrary, it's

00:42:49.900 --> 00:42:50.920
 usually the cost of

00:42:50.920 --> 00:42:51.500
 the solution.

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 Are we willing to

00:42:54.119 --> 00:42:55.860
 embrace discomfort to

00:42:55.860 --> 00:42:56.599
 get into the place

00:42:56.599 --> 00:42:57.220
 where God has called

00:42:57.220 --> 00:42:58.000
 us to be as men?

00:42:58.720 --> 00:42:59.640
 Being a man requires

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 us to embrace

00:43:00.260 --> 00:43:01.700
 discomfort, to

00:43:01.700 --> 00:43:02.700
 embrace sacrifice.

00:43:03.200 --> 00:43:04.119
 Gaining anything

00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:05.000
 worth having without

00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:05.980
 sacrifice is a

00:43:05.980 --> 00:43:06.420
 fantasy.

00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:08.460
 Masculinity that

00:43:08.460 --> 00:43:09.380
 doesn't cost you is

00:43:09.380 --> 00:43:10.380
 no masculinity at

00:43:10.380 --> 00:43:10.680
 all.

00:43:12.039 --> 00:43:13.380
 Porn, social media,

00:43:13.599 --> 00:43:14.500
 video games, and

00:43:14.500 --> 00:43:15.760
 watching sports all

00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:16.500
 revolve around

00:43:16.500 --> 00:43:17.780
 yourself and don't

00:43:17.780 --> 00:43:18.860
 require sacrifice.

00:43:20.200 --> 00:43:20.360
 Okay?

00:43:21.099 --> 00:43:21.920
 And some of these

00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:22.500
 there's nothing wrong

00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:22.780
 with them.

00:43:23.019 --> 00:43:23.500
 Porn, obviously,

00:43:23.619 --> 00:43:23.940
 there is.

00:43:24.200 --> 00:43:25.180
 But there's nothing

00:43:25.180 --> 00:43:25.820
 wrong with them in

00:43:25.820 --> 00:43:26.400
 and of themselves.

00:43:26.519 --> 00:43:26.940
 But you've got to

00:43:26.940 --> 00:43:28.019
 ask yourself, the

00:43:28.019 --> 00:43:28.559
 things you're filling

00:43:28.559 --> 00:43:30.099
 your life with, do

00:43:30.099 --> 00:43:30.820
 they all revolve

00:43:30.820 --> 00:43:32.159
 around yourself and

00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:32.820
 do they require

00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:33.400
 sacrifice?

00:43:33.860 --> 00:43:34.619
 If the majority of

00:43:34.619 --> 00:43:35.300
 the activities in

00:43:35.300 --> 00:43:36.240
 your free time all

00:43:36.239 --> 00:43:36.779
 revolve around

00:43:36.779 --> 00:43:37.559
 yourself and don't

00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:38.379
 require sacrifice,

00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:39.479
 we've got a

00:43:39.479 --> 00:43:39.879
 problem.

00:43:40.879 --> 00:43:41.439
 We've got a big

00:43:41.439 --> 00:43:41.839
 problem.

00:43:42.319 --> 00:43:43.039
 It's a masculinity

00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:43.599
 problem.

00:43:44.039 --> 00:43:44.659
 It's a manhood

00:43:44.659 --> 00:43:45.059
 problem.

00:43:45.939 --> 00:43:46.500
 We should be

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:47.279
 filling our lives

00:43:47.279 --> 00:43:48.000
 with things that

00:43:48.000 --> 00:43:48.659
 revolve around

00:43:48.659 --> 00:43:50.039
 others and require

00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:50.619
 sacrifice.

00:43:51.319 --> 00:43:52.539
 That's what a man

00:43:52.539 --> 00:43:53.599
 does.

00:43:54.759 --> 00:43:55.399
 That's what a man

00:43:55.399 --> 00:43:55.819
 does.

00:43:56.579 --> 00:43:57.500
 Eric Mason says,

00:43:57.579 --> 00:43:58.279
 men in extended

00:43:58.279 --> 00:43:59.359
 childhood treat their

00:43:59.359 --> 00:44:01.059
 lives like one, like

00:44:01.059 --> 00:44:02.299
 one big fantasy world.

00:44:02.739 --> 00:44:03.639
 They engage others

00:44:03.639 --> 00:44:04.699
 through artificial means

00:44:04.699 --> 00:44:05.460
 like pornography,

00:44:06.119 --> 00:44:06.879
 social media, and

00:44:06.879 --> 00:44:07.719
 video games instead

00:44:07.719 --> 00:44:08.379
 of real life.

00:44:08.819 --> 00:44:09.879
 In their fantasy world,

00:44:09.980 --> 00:44:10.739
 everything revolves

00:44:10.739 --> 00:44:11.319
 around them.

00:44:11.719 --> 00:44:12.939
 So they're incapable of

00:44:12.939 --> 00:44:13.779
 contributing to a

00:44:13.779 --> 00:44:15.199
 family, church, or

00:44:15.199 --> 00:44:16.759
 community because all

00:44:16.759 --> 00:44:17.719
 of those things require

00:44:17.719 --> 00:44:18.460
 sacrifice.

00:44:20.299 --> 00:44:21.359
 Deriving most of your

00:44:21.359 --> 00:44:22.259
 pleasure from things

00:44:22.259 --> 00:44:23.099
 that don't cost you

00:44:23.099 --> 00:44:24.419
 anything is a

00:44:24.419 --> 00:44:25.759
 masturbatory lifestyle.

00:44:27.599 --> 00:44:28.659
 It's good to think of it

00:44:28.659 --> 00:44:29.019
 that way.

00:44:29.159 --> 00:44:29.879
 I know that's graphic,

00:44:29.880 --> 00:44:31.519
 it's extreme, but it's

00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:31.900
 true.

00:44:32.740 --> 00:44:33.740
 Is your life a

00:44:33.740 --> 00:44:35.519
 masturbatory lifestyle?

00:44:36.500 --> 00:44:37.340
 I'm not talking about

00:44:37.340 --> 00:44:38.420
 the actual sexual act,

00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:39.160
 I'm talking about the

00:44:39.160 --> 00:44:39.740
 way you live.

00:44:42.280 --> 00:44:43.300
 Toby Sumter says,

00:44:43.380 --> 00:44:43.940
 the New Testament

00:44:43.940 --> 00:44:45.160
 repeatedly points back

00:44:45.160 --> 00:44:46.340
 to this fact, that man

00:44:46.340 --> 00:44:47.160
 was made first.

00:44:47.880 --> 00:44:48.800
 And why was man made

00:44:48.800 --> 00:44:49.160
 first?

00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:50.200
 Man was made first in

00:44:50.200 --> 00:44:51.119
 order to be cut first,

00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:52.820
 in order to bleed first,

00:44:53.260 --> 00:44:53.960
 in order to lay down

00:44:53.960 --> 00:44:54.840
 his life first.

00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:56.840
 And so he did, and God

00:44:56.840 --> 00:44:57.680
 put him into a deep

00:44:57.680 --> 00:44:58.740
 sleep, cut him open,

00:44:58.739 --> 00:45:00.019
 broke out one of his

00:45:00.019 --> 00:45:01.099
 ribs, and closed the

00:45:01.099 --> 00:45:02.039
 womb back up.

00:45:02.559 --> 00:45:03.479
 And from that bloody

00:45:03.479 --> 00:45:04.759
 rib, God formed the

00:45:04.759 --> 00:45:06.179
 first woman and brought

00:45:06.179 --> 00:45:06.859
 her to the man.

00:45:07.779 --> 00:45:08.859
 Before sin entered the

00:45:08.859 --> 00:45:10.139
 world, before there was

00:45:10.139 --> 00:45:11.399
 any curse, any death,

00:45:11.979 --> 00:45:13.299
 God showed Adam that

00:45:13.299 --> 00:45:14.379
 the way to glory was

00:45:14.379 --> 00:45:15.239
 through obedience,

00:45:15.519 --> 00:45:16.299
 suffering, and

00:45:16.299 --> 00:45:16.779
 sacrifice.

00:45:17.579 --> 00:45:18.739
 There was no glory

00:45:18.739 --> 00:45:20.119
 bride apart from Adam's

00:45:20.119 --> 00:45:20.899
 pierced side.

00:45:21.819 --> 00:45:22.559
 And many centuries

00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:23.839
 later, when Jesus came

00:45:23.839 --> 00:45:25.119
 as the new Adam, he

00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:26.339
 was crucified for his

00:45:26.339 --> 00:45:27.379
 bride, and the

00:45:27.379 --> 00:45:28.219
 Christian church was

00:45:28.219 --> 00:45:29.059
 formed from his

00:45:29.059 --> 00:45:29.819
 bloody side.

00:45:30.819 --> 00:45:31.639
 For we are members of

00:45:31.639 --> 00:45:32.679
 his body, of his flesh,

00:45:32.719 --> 00:45:33.399
 and of his bones.

00:45:33.539 --> 00:45:34.519
 Ephesians 5.30.

00:45:35.099 --> 00:45:35.779
 So putting these

00:45:35.779 --> 00:45:36.599
 things together, we

00:45:36.599 --> 00:45:38.259
 insist that the glory

00:45:38.259 --> 00:45:39.319
 of man is his strength,

00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:41.339
 but it is particularly

00:45:41.339 --> 00:45:42.759
 the glory of using his

00:45:42.759 --> 00:45:44.480
 strength sacrificially.

00:45:45.679 --> 00:45:47.339
 In closing, I read

00:45:47.339 --> 00:45:49.299
 2 Samuel 24.24,

00:45:50.139 --> 00:45:52.679
 that says David, when he

00:45:52.679 --> 00:45:54.319
 was required to offer a

00:45:54.319 --> 00:45:55.539
 sacrifice because he had

00:45:55.539 --> 00:45:57.059
 made a choice that was

00:45:57.059 --> 00:45:58.360
 causing the angel of death

00:45:58.360 --> 00:45:59.920
 to kill a bunch of

00:45:59.920 --> 00:46:01.039
 people because he called

00:46:01.039 --> 00:46:01.799
 a sentence when he

00:46:01.799 --> 00:46:03.400
 wasn't supposed to, and

00:46:03.400 --> 00:46:04.480
 someone was offering to

00:46:04.480 --> 00:46:08.059
 give him the threshing

00:46:08.059 --> 00:46:09.559
 floor and the sacrifice

00:46:09.559 --> 00:46:10.799
 needed for the sacrifice,

00:46:11.199 --> 00:46:11.920
 and David says an

00:46:11.920 --> 00:46:12.639
 interesting thing to him.

00:46:12.699 --> 00:46:14.000
 He says, I will not

00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:15.579
 offer offerings to the

00:46:15.579 --> 00:46:16.860
 Lord my God that cost me

00:46:16.860 --> 00:46:17.179
 nothing.

00:46:17.940 --> 00:46:18.619
 Or in other words, I

00:46:18.619 --> 00:46:19.380
 will not offer a

00:46:19.380 --> 00:46:20.539
 sacrifice that cost me

00:46:20.539 --> 00:46:20.840
 nothing.

00:46:21.840 --> 00:46:23.440
 Don't offer to God that

00:46:23.440 --> 00:46:24.579
 which costs you nothing.

00:46:25.019 --> 00:46:25.940
 Don't have your life

00:46:25.940 --> 00:46:27.039
 marked by something that

00:46:27.039 --> 00:46:28.340
 doesn't cost you anything.

00:46:28.699 --> 00:46:29.460
 That is filled with

00:46:29.460 --> 00:46:29.920
 yourself.

00:46:30.420 --> 00:46:30.880
 You're filled with

00:46:30.880 --> 00:46:31.420
 things that don't

00:46:31.420 --> 00:46:32.279
 require sacrifice.

00:46:32.940 --> 00:46:34.000
 Don't offer it to God.

00:46:34.079 --> 00:46:34.799
 Don't offer it to other

00:46:34.799 --> 00:46:35.199
 people.

00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:36.539
 Be a man.

00:46:37.139 --> 00:46:38.219
 Be self-sacrificial.

00:46:38.940 --> 00:46:39.119
 Amen?

00:46:40.400 --> 00:46:40.759
 Amen.

00:46:40.759 --> 00:46:40.940
 Amen.

00:46:40.940 --> 00:46:41.000
 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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