WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.339 Let us now call upon the name of God in prayer. 00:00:03.339 --> 00:00:04.339 Amen. 00:00:05.500 --> 00:00:08.199 Gracious and ever-blessed God, 00:00:08.839 --> 00:00:14.040 we seek grace today to approach a throne of grace together 00:00:14.040 --> 00:00:15.480 as a worshipping people, 00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:20.740 mindful that we draw near to one who is infinitely high above us, 00:00:21.620 --> 00:00:25.500 one who is the King, eternal, immortal, invisible, 00:00:25.980 --> 00:00:27.320 the only wise God, 00:00:27.980 --> 00:00:32.539 the one who is worthy of all glory, all honour and all praise, 00:00:32.539 --> 00:00:39.920 and we seek, therefore, to come with reverence and with godly fear 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:41.359 before one who is holy, 00:00:41.939 --> 00:00:44.019 one who is high and lifted up, 00:00:44.340 --> 00:00:46.560 the lofty one who inhabits eternity, 00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:49.159 whose very name is holy, 00:00:49.859 --> 00:00:52.799 and we seek to come with humility, 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:54.359 knowing what we are, 00:00:54.980 --> 00:00:56.739 not only creatures of the dust, 00:00:56.939 --> 00:01:01.159 but those who have sinned and come short of the glory of God. 00:01:01.159 --> 00:01:04.679 we seek grace to confess our sins together, 00:01:05.340 --> 00:01:07.420 to confess what we are, 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:09.399 to say with the psalmist, 00:01:09.539 --> 00:01:11.399 my sins and faults of youth, 00:01:11.539 --> 00:01:12.819 do thou, O Lord, forget, 00:01:13.399 --> 00:01:15.479 after thy mercy think on me, 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:17.539 and for thy goodness great. 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:21.379 And we come confessing our sins with that great promise, 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:22.780 that if we do so, 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:25.900 that our God is faithful and just 00:01:25.900 --> 00:01:27.420 to forgive us our sins, 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:30.520 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:32.980 And so, Lord, we pray thee today 00:01:32.980 --> 00:01:35.900 to meet with us here as we worship. 00:01:36.440 --> 00:01:37.880 That is our great desire, 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:40.560 not in the first place to receive, 00:01:41.020 --> 00:01:43.719 although we know that thou art a God who is bountiful, 00:01:44.080 --> 00:01:45.320 and one who gives freely. 00:01:45.900 --> 00:01:48.140 But our first desire is to give, 00:01:48.140 --> 00:01:51.420 to offer the sacrifices of praise, 00:01:51.820 --> 00:01:53.079 the calves of our lips, 00:01:53.460 --> 00:01:55.280 and to give to God the glory 00:01:55.280 --> 00:01:57.120 that is due to his name. 00:01:57.780 --> 00:01:59.280 We come giving thanks 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:01.219 that there is a new and living way 00:02:01.219 --> 00:02:02.319 for us to approach, 00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:04.980 and through the blood of Jesus Christ, 00:02:05.500 --> 00:02:07.439 through his Persian and finished work, 00:02:07.960 --> 00:02:09.580 that we are able to draw near 00:02:09.580 --> 00:02:11.920 to a throne of grace with boldness, 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:14.300 that we might obtain mercy 00:02:14.300 --> 00:02:16.100 and find grace to help us 00:02:16.100 --> 00:02:17.520 in time of need. 00:02:18.100 --> 00:02:20.580 And so, as we seek reverence 00:02:20.580 --> 00:02:21.520 in our own hearts, 00:02:21.719 --> 00:02:23.219 grant that we would know something 00:02:23.219 --> 00:02:25.260 of the boldness of sons 00:02:25.260 --> 00:02:26.980 approaching a father as well, 00:02:27.719 --> 00:02:29.840 knowing that the Lord of hosts 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:31.160 upon our side 00:02:31.160 --> 00:02:32.860 doth constantly remain, 00:02:33.560 --> 00:02:34.840 the God of Jacob, 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:35.780 our refuge, 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:37.720 as safely to maintain. 00:02:38.420 --> 00:02:40.700 And so, Lord, bless us together today. 00:02:41.300 --> 00:02:42.060 Bless the children 00:02:42.060 --> 00:02:43.580 as they go to their classes, 00:02:43.580 --> 00:02:45.040 and their teachers. 00:02:45.780 --> 00:02:46.820 Bless their parents, 00:02:47.020 --> 00:02:48.100 be mindful of them, 00:02:48.500 --> 00:02:50.300 raising children in these days, 00:02:50.640 --> 00:02:52.240 and give them grace, 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:53.560 and give them strength, 00:02:53.860 --> 00:02:55.180 and give them determination 00:02:55.180 --> 00:02:56.880 to raise them in the Lord 00:02:56.880 --> 00:02:58.600 for the glory of Christ, 00:02:59.200 --> 00:03:00.400 and for the eternal good 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:01.900 of their own undying souls. 00:03:02.660 --> 00:03:04.120 And so bless us now, Lord, 00:03:04.160 --> 00:03:05.939 as we continue in thy presence. 00:03:06.100 --> 00:03:07.360 Grant that all would be done 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:09.140 not to the glory of man, 00:03:09.580 --> 00:03:11.600 but to the glory of the triune God, 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:13.939 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 00:03:14.460 --> 00:03:15.780 And we ask these things 00:03:15.780 --> 00:03:16.759 in Christ's name, 00:03:16.819 --> 00:03:17.780 and for his sake. 00:03:18.180 --> 00:03:18.599 Amen. 00:03:21.659 --> 00:03:22.759 Well, boys and girls, 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:23.699 I've been asked to say 00:03:23.699 --> 00:03:25.859 a few words to you now. 00:03:26.199 --> 00:03:27.560 I wonder if any of you know 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:29.079 what a martyr is. 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:31.299 Well, a martyr 00:03:31.299 --> 00:03:32.579 is somebody 00:03:32.579 --> 00:03:35.199 who was put to death 00:03:35.199 --> 00:03:37.079 because they were a Christian. 00:03:37.900 --> 00:03:39.360 Now, I'm sure you think 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:40.400 of being a Christian, 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:41.360 you think of yourselves 00:03:41.360 --> 00:03:42.320 as Christians, 00:03:42.820 --> 00:03:44.060 but you don't ever think 00:03:44.060 --> 00:03:45.580 of being put to death 00:03:45.580 --> 00:03:46.920 for being Christians. 00:03:47.460 --> 00:03:48.220 But you know, 00:03:48.860 --> 00:03:50.560 if we look at history, 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:52.020 if we look at history 00:03:52.020 --> 00:03:53.100 throughout the nations 00:03:53.100 --> 00:03:53.780 of the world, 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:54.840 there were actually 00:03:54.840 --> 00:03:55.900 many people 00:03:55.900 --> 00:03:58.020 who loved Jesus so much 00:03:58.020 --> 00:03:59.040 that they were willing 00:03:59.040 --> 00:04:00.140 to be put to death 00:04:00.140 --> 00:04:01.760 to die for Jesus. 00:04:02.020 --> 00:04:02.580 And I don't know 00:04:02.580 --> 00:04:03.280 if you know this, 00:04:03.500 --> 00:04:04.220 but you might hear 00:04:04.220 --> 00:04:05.020 about it sometimes, 00:04:05.020 --> 00:04:06.719 but in many countries 00:04:06.719 --> 00:04:07.320 in our world, 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:08.040 even today, 00:04:08.640 --> 00:04:10.480 across Africa and Asia, 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:12.219 different parts of the world, 00:04:12.580 --> 00:04:13.439 there are Christians 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:14.700 being put to death 00:04:14.700 --> 00:04:16.139 because they refuse 00:04:16.139 --> 00:04:17.460 to deny Jesus. 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:19.800 And you think to yourself, 00:04:19.960 --> 00:04:20.900 and rightly so, 00:04:20.980 --> 00:04:22.340 well, that would never happen 00:04:22.340 --> 00:04:23.319 in Scotland. 00:04:24.019 --> 00:04:25.259 And we hope that it never 00:04:25.259 --> 00:04:26.160 will happen again. 00:04:26.340 --> 00:04:27.100 But you know what? 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:29.340 Many times in our history, 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:31.000 even in Scotland, 00:04:31.639 --> 00:04:33.519 people were put to death 00:04:33.519 --> 00:04:34.979 because they were Christians. 00:04:35.159 --> 00:04:35.879 And I want to tell you 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:36.680 a wee story 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:38.259 about a girl 00:04:38.259 --> 00:04:40.000 called Margaret Wilson. 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:42.779 And in these days, 00:04:42.899 --> 00:04:44.000 there were different types 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:44.560 of churches. 00:04:45.039 --> 00:04:46.240 And there were some churches 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:47.459 which preached Christ 00:04:47.459 --> 00:04:49.479 and which held to the truth. 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:50.959 And there were other churches 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:51.819 which didn't. 00:04:52.299 --> 00:04:53.219 But in these days, 00:04:53.319 --> 00:04:54.699 the king wanted people 00:04:54.699 --> 00:04:56.259 to go to his own churches 00:04:56.259 --> 00:04:57.799 and not to the churches 00:04:57.799 --> 00:04:58.859 that preached Christ. 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:00.359 And there was this girl, 00:05:00.479 --> 00:05:01.139 Margaret Wilson. 00:05:01.139 --> 00:05:02.039 She was 18. 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:04.079 And her sister was 13. 00:05:04.519 --> 00:05:05.620 And they wanted to hear 00:05:05.620 --> 00:05:06.039 the truth. 00:05:06.139 --> 00:05:06.800 They wanted to hear 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:07.819 the Bible preached. 00:05:08.219 --> 00:05:09.219 And they wanted to hear 00:05:09.219 --> 00:05:10.319 about Jesus Christ. 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:11.839 So instead of going 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:13.000 to the main churches, 00:05:13.259 --> 00:05:13.959 to the buildings, 00:05:14.120 --> 00:05:15.419 they went out to the fields 00:05:15.419 --> 00:05:16.419 and to the moors. 00:05:16.699 --> 00:05:17.459 And there were ministers 00:05:17.459 --> 00:05:18.639 who would preach out there. 00:05:18.699 --> 00:05:19.839 And it was actually illegal 00:05:19.839 --> 00:05:20.899 for them to do so. 00:05:21.379 --> 00:05:22.459 But it was so important 00:05:22.459 --> 00:05:23.680 for them to preach Christ 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:24.680 that that's what they did. 00:05:25.039 --> 00:05:26.519 And that's where Margaret Wilson 00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:27.939 and her sister went. 00:05:28.459 --> 00:05:29.899 But something terrible happened. 00:05:29.899 --> 00:05:32.060 And the police caught them. 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:35.299 And they were sentenced to death. 00:05:35.739 --> 00:05:36.779 Margaret, who was 18, 00:05:37.239 --> 00:05:38.699 and her sister, who was 13. 00:05:39.139 --> 00:05:40.979 Now, her father went to the police 00:05:40.979 --> 00:05:41.459 and he said, 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:43.319 Now, they're only young girls. 00:05:43.459 --> 00:05:44.459 Please let them go. 00:05:44.699 --> 00:05:46.359 And the police let one of them go, 00:05:46.659 --> 00:05:47.560 Margaret's wee sister, 00:05:47.659 --> 00:05:48.299 who was 13. 00:05:48.779 --> 00:05:49.979 But they didn't let 00:05:49.979 --> 00:05:51.079 Margaret Wilson go. 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:53.120 And Margaret Wilson 00:05:53.120 --> 00:05:54.519 was sentenced to death 00:05:54.519 --> 00:05:58.299 on the 11th of May, 1685. 00:05:58.299 --> 00:06:00.859 That was about 340 years ago. 00:06:01.419 --> 00:06:02.639 And she was sentenced to death 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:03.859 in a very awful way. 00:06:04.379 --> 00:06:06.139 Herself and another Margaret, 00:06:06.699 --> 00:06:07.979 called Margaret McLoughlin. 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:09.120 You've maybe heard the story, 00:06:09.219 --> 00:06:10.079 The Two Margarets. 00:06:10.159 --> 00:06:11.259 This is where it comes from. 00:06:11.859 --> 00:06:14.099 They were tied to bits of wood 00:06:14.099 --> 00:06:15.319 on a beach. 00:06:15.919 --> 00:06:16.180 Okay? 00:06:16.180 --> 00:06:18.959 And they waited for the sea 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:19.639 to come in. 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:21.800 And bit by bit, 00:06:21.900 --> 00:06:23.180 the sea was getting higher 00:06:23.180 --> 00:06:23.819 and higher. 00:06:24.500 --> 00:06:26.400 And they put Margaret Wilson, 00:06:26.519 --> 00:06:27.379 the younger girl, 00:06:27.660 --> 00:06:29.000 they put her nearer the shore. 00:06:29.960 --> 00:06:32.120 And what happened was 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:34.139 she could see Margaret McLoughlin, 00:06:34.220 --> 00:06:35.019 the older woman. 00:06:35.280 --> 00:06:36.460 She could see the waters 00:06:36.460 --> 00:06:37.500 going over her head. 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:40.259 And Margaret McLoughlin died. 00:06:40.840 --> 00:06:42.399 And Margaret Wilson saw that. 00:06:42.819 --> 00:06:44.000 And when she saw that, 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:45.139 the soldiers came to her, 00:06:45.179 --> 00:06:46.319 the policemen came to her 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:46.699 and said, 00:06:47.039 --> 00:06:48.099 Now what will you do? 00:06:48.579 --> 00:06:49.839 Will you deny Christ? 00:06:50.359 --> 00:06:51.560 Will you give the oath 00:06:51.560 --> 00:06:52.199 to the king? 00:06:52.779 --> 00:06:53.560 And she said, 00:06:53.699 --> 00:06:54.399 No way. 00:06:54.560 --> 00:06:56.239 I love the Lord Jesus Christ 00:06:56.239 --> 00:06:57.899 and I'm not going to do that. 00:06:58.000 --> 00:06:58.779 And bit by bit, 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:00.060 the waters came higher 00:07:00.060 --> 00:07:00.919 and higher 00:07:00.919 --> 00:07:02.659 until Margaret Wilson 00:07:02.659 --> 00:07:04.079 drowned as well. 00:07:04.419 --> 00:07:05.259 Imagine that. 00:07:05.259 --> 00:07:07.079 She was only 18, 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:08.060 a few years older 00:07:08.060 --> 00:07:08.819 than some of you, 00:07:09.099 --> 00:07:10.079 maybe the same age 00:07:10.079 --> 00:07:10.779 as some of you. 00:07:11.299 --> 00:07:12.319 And that's how much 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:13.699 she loved the Lord Jesus, 00:07:13.979 --> 00:07:15.419 that she wasn't willing 00:07:15.419 --> 00:07:16.759 to deny him. 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:18.619 Now I hope that you'll never 00:07:18.619 --> 00:07:19.639 be asked to die 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:20.939 for the Lord Jesus. 00:07:21.259 --> 00:07:22.279 But you will be asked 00:07:22.279 --> 00:07:23.259 to deny yourself, 00:07:23.359 --> 00:07:25.179 to make some difficult decisions 00:07:25.179 --> 00:07:27.199 and to do some hard things. 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:28.899 And I hope when you're asked 00:07:28.899 --> 00:07:30.179 to do these hard things 00:07:30.179 --> 00:07:30.839 for Jesus, 00:07:31.459 --> 00:07:32.699 to stand up for him, 00:07:33.059 --> 00:07:34.059 to speak for him, 00:07:34.059 --> 00:07:36.159 to refuse to yield for him, 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:37.799 I hope that when you do so, 00:07:37.899 --> 00:07:38.659 you'll think to yourself, 00:07:38.779 --> 00:07:40.379 Well, this is but a very small thing. 00:07:40.779 --> 00:07:42.019 Compared to what that girl, 00:07:42.139 --> 00:07:43.239 Margaret Wilson, did. 00:07:43.619 --> 00:07:44.699 And it's a really, 00:07:44.859 --> 00:07:45.799 really small thing 00:07:45.799 --> 00:07:47.839 compared to what Jesus did 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:49.899 in dying for her sins. 00:07:50.299 --> 00:07:51.239 That the Lord would bless 00:07:51.239 --> 00:07:52.739 these thoughts to you. 00:07:52.839 --> 00:07:54.000 Well, I've been asked now 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:54.679 to lead you 00:07:54.679 --> 00:07:56.500 in the Lord's Prayer. 00:07:57.939 --> 00:07:58.919 Our Father, 00:07:59.079 --> 00:08:00.059 which art in heaven, 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:02.259 hallowed be thy name. 00:08:02.259 --> 00:08:04.199 Thy kingdom come. 00:08:04.799 --> 00:08:06.519 Thy will be done on earth 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:07.899 as it is in heaven. 00:08:07.899 --> 00:08:09.919 Give us this day 00:08:09.919 --> 00:08:11.019 our daily bread, 00:08:11.459 --> 00:08:13.159 and forgive us our debts 00:08:13.159 --> 00:08:15.259 as we forgive our debtors. 00:08:15.679 --> 00:08:17.799 And lead us not into temptation, 00:08:18.379 --> 00:08:20.039 but deliver us from evil. 00:08:20.459 --> 00:08:22.039 For thine is the kingdom, 00:08:22.419 --> 00:08:23.919 the power and the glory, 00:08:24.339 --> 00:08:24.699 forever. 00:08:25.299 --> 00:08:25.679 Amen. 00:08:26.679 --> 00:08:27.139 Amen. 00:08:27.839 --> 00:08:29.419 Well, as the children 00:08:29.419 --> 00:08:30.939 make their way out, 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:33.139 we're now going to sing again, 00:08:33.139 --> 00:08:36.819 this time from Psalm 49. 00:08:37.460 --> 00:08:38.399 Psalm 49 00:08:38.399 --> 00:08:39.960 in the Sing-Sams version 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:40.699 of the Psalm. 00:08:44.399 --> 00:08:45.980 And the tune is Sussex. 00:08:49.539 --> 00:08:50.699 From verse 7, 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:52.100 that's page 65, 00:08:52.259 --> 00:08:52.899 verse 7. 00:08:53.580 --> 00:08:54.379 There is no one 00:08:54.379 --> 00:08:55.659 who is able to redeem 00:08:55.659 --> 00:08:57.000 a soul from death. 00:08:58.779 --> 00:09:00.340 None can pay to God 00:09:00.340 --> 00:09:00.960 the ransom 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:03.379 to prolong another's breath. 00:09:04.100 --> 00:09:04.960 To redeem a life 00:09:04.960 --> 00:09:05.680 as costly 00:09:05.680 --> 00:09:07.340 none sufficient price 00:09:07.340 --> 00:09:07.980 can pay. 00:09:08.360 --> 00:09:09.139 So that one 00:09:09.139 --> 00:09:10.019 should live immortal, 00:09:10.340 --> 00:09:11.100 free forever 00:09:11.100 --> 00:09:12.460 from decay. 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:13.139 That's saying, 00:09:13.220 --> 00:09:14.100 no matter how much money 00:09:14.100 --> 00:09:14.600 you have, 00:09:14.800 --> 00:09:15.720 you're going to die. 00:09:16.019 --> 00:09:16.800 You can't pay 00:09:16.800 --> 00:09:17.800 your way out of that. 00:09:18.540 --> 00:09:19.220 For we all 00:09:19.220 --> 00:09:20.400 can see life ending, 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:21.580 wise and foolish, 00:09:21.820 --> 00:09:22.759 all will die. 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:24.040 They must leave 00:09:24.040 --> 00:09:25.160 their wealth to others, 00:09:25.300 --> 00:09:27.240 none can death's demand defy. 00:09:27.800 --> 00:09:29.360 So for endless generations 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:30.420 in their tombs, 00:09:30.419 --> 00:09:31.179 they will remain, 00:09:31.719 --> 00:09:32.479 though they owned 00:09:32.479 --> 00:09:33.240 while they were living 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:34.259 lands to which 00:09:34.259 --> 00:09:35.120 they gave their name. 00:09:35.719 --> 00:09:37.500 Man, despite his wealth, 00:09:37.639 --> 00:09:38.360 is mortal. 00:09:38.779 --> 00:09:39.639 Like the beasts, 00:09:39.740 --> 00:09:40.620 he fades away. 00:09:41.319 --> 00:09:43.579 Thus the self-assured 00:09:43.579 --> 00:09:44.299 will perish, 00:09:45.039 --> 00:09:45.599 though renowned 00:09:45.599 --> 00:09:47.579 for what they say. 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:48.819 I'm going to sing 00:09:48.819 --> 00:09:49.559 then these verses, 00:09:49.719 --> 00:09:51.099 Psalm 7 to 13 00:09:51.099 --> 00:09:52.120 of Psalm 49, 00:09:52.819 --> 00:09:53.639 to God's praise. 00:09:53.759 --> 00:09:54.480 There is no one 00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:55.039 who is able 00:09:55.039 --> 00:09:56.740 to redeem a soul 00:09:56.740 --> 00:09:57.659 from death. 00:09:57.659 --> 00:09:58.659 Amen. 00:10:02.659 --> 00:10:06.599 There is no one 00:10:06.599 --> 00:10:09.519 who is able 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:11.620 to redeem 00:10:11.620 --> 00:10:13.659 a soul 00:10:13.659 --> 00:10:15.719 from death. 00:10:15.720 --> 00:10:18.340 none can pay 00:10:18.340 --> 00:10:19.940 to God 00:10:19.940 --> 00:10:21.840 the ransom 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:24.340 to prolong 00:10:24.340 --> 00:10:28.879 another's breath. 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:31.500 To redeem 00:10:31.500 --> 00:10:35.700 a life is costly, 00:10:35.700 --> 00:10:37.960 none sufficient 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:42.100 price can pay, 00:10:42.100 --> 00:10:46.700 so that one should live 00:10:46.700 --> 00:10:48.179 immortal, 00:10:49.019 --> 00:10:51.460 free forever 00:10:51.460 --> 00:10:54.080 from decay. 00:10:56.259 --> 00:10:59.060 For we all 00:10:59.060 --> 00:11:00.080 can see 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:02.379 life ending, 00:11:02.900 --> 00:11:05.740 wise and foolish 00:11:05.740 --> 00:11:08.740 all will die. 00:11:09.220 --> 00:11:11.620 They must leave 00:11:11.620 --> 00:11:13.280 their wealth 00:11:13.280 --> 00:11:15.320 to others, 00:11:15.800 --> 00:11:17.940 none can death 00:11:17.940 --> 00:11:19.760 demand, 00:11:19.900 --> 00:11:22.220 defy. 00:11:23.100 --> 00:11:26.320 So for endless 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:29.160 generations 00:11:29.160 --> 00:11:32.260 in their tomb 00:11:32.260 --> 00:11:35.640 they will remain, 00:11:36.060 --> 00:11:38.320 though they own 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:42.160 while they were living 00:11:42.160 --> 00:11:44.880 lands to which 00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:46.799 they gave 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:49.279 their name. 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:52.259 Man, despite 00:11:52.259 --> 00:11:54.720 his wealth 00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:56.360 is mortal, 00:11:57.000 --> 00:11:59.679 like the beast 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:03.179 he fades away. 00:12:03.580 --> 00:12:07.259 Thus the self-assured 00:12:07.259 --> 00:12:09.259 will perish, 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:12.259 though renowned 00:12:12.259 --> 00:12:14.639 for what 00:12:14.639 --> 00:12:16.179 they say. 00:12:21.879 --> 00:12:23.019 Well, let us now 00:12:23.019 --> 00:12:23.939 read God's Word 00:12:23.939 --> 00:12:24.779 as we find it 00:12:24.779 --> 00:12:25.659 in the Gospel 00:12:25.659 --> 00:12:26.759 according to Mark 00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:28.220 and chapter 8, 00:12:29.100 --> 00:12:29.939 picking up our reading 00:12:29.939 --> 00:12:32.179 from verse 22. 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:34.860 Mark 28 00:12:34.860 --> 00:12:36.220 from verse 22, 00:12:36.539 --> 00:12:37.200 and we're reading 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:38.340 together 00:12:38.340 --> 00:12:40.179 down to the end 00:12:40.179 --> 00:12:40.740 of the chapter. 00:12:42.259 --> 00:12:50.799 And they came 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:51.639 to Bethsaida, 00:12:52.139 --> 00:12:53.220 and some people 00:12:53.220 --> 00:12:53.879 brought to him 00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:54.720 a blind man 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:56.220 and begged him 00:12:56.220 --> 00:12:57.100 to touch him. 00:12:57.879 --> 00:12:58.620 And he took 00:12:58.620 --> 00:12:59.360 the blind man 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:00.080 by the hand 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:00.700 and led him 00:13:00.700 --> 00:13:01.539 out of the village. 00:13:02.100 --> 00:13:02.720 And when he had 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:03.860 spat on his eyes 00:13:03.860 --> 00:13:04.779 and laid his hands 00:13:04.779 --> 00:13:05.139 on him, 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:06.179 he asked him, 00:13:06.819 --> 00:13:07.639 do you see anything? 00:13:08.299 --> 00:13:09.340 And he looked up 00:13:09.340 --> 00:13:09.860 and said, 00:13:10.340 --> 00:13:11.159 I see men, 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:11.799 but they looked 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:12.699 like trees 00:13:12.699 --> 00:13:13.240 walking. 00:13:14.039 --> 00:13:14.759 Then Jesus 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:15.860 laid his hands 00:13:15.860 --> 00:13:16.740 on his eyes again 00:13:16.740 --> 00:13:17.799 and he reopened 00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:18.319 his eyes. 00:13:18.899 --> 00:13:19.659 His sight was 00:13:19.659 --> 00:13:20.319 restored 00:13:20.319 --> 00:13:21.679 and he saw 00:13:21.679 --> 00:13:22.579 everything clearly. 00:13:23.419 --> 00:13:24.339 And he sent him 00:13:24.339 --> 00:13:24.919 to his home 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:25.379 saying, 00:13:26.199 --> 00:13:26.779 do not even 00:13:26.779 --> 00:13:27.639 enter the village. 00:13:28.500 --> 00:13:29.100 And Jesus 00:13:29.100 --> 00:13:29.740 went on 00:13:29.740 --> 00:13:30.559 with his disciples 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:31.419 to the villages 00:13:31.419 --> 00:13:32.860 of Caesarea Philippi. 00:13:32.860 --> 00:13:34.120 and on the way 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:35.259 he asked his disciples, 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:37.159 who do people 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:38.100 say that I am? 00:13:38.779 --> 00:13:39.740 And they told him, 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:41.039 John the Baptist, 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:42.659 and others say Elijah, 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:44.259 and others one 00:13:44.259 --> 00:13:44.820 of the prophets. 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:47.019 And he asked them, 00:13:47.720 --> 00:13:48.539 but who do you 00:13:48.539 --> 00:13:49.600 say that I am? 00:13:50.539 --> 00:13:51.519 Peter answered him, 00:13:52.300 --> 00:13:53.180 you are the Christ. 00:13:53.820 --> 00:13:54.820 And he strictly 00:13:54.820 --> 00:13:55.600 charged them 00:13:55.600 --> 00:13:56.980 to tell no one 00:13:56.980 --> 00:13:57.500 about him. 00:13:58.200 --> 00:13:58.960 And he began 00:13:58.960 --> 00:13:59.700 to teach them 00:13:59.700 --> 00:14:00.720 that the Son of Man 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:01.659 must suffer 00:14:01.659 --> 00:14:02.639 many things 00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:03.440 and be rejected 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:04.220 by the elders 00:14:04.220 --> 00:14:05.240 and the chief priests 00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:06.220 and the scribes 00:14:06.220 --> 00:14:07.240 and be killed 00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:09.259 and after three days 00:14:09.259 --> 00:14:10.379 rise again. 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:12.419 And he said this 00:14:12.419 --> 00:14:13.220 plainly. 00:14:14.100 --> 00:14:14.960 And Peter took him 00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:15.840 aside and began 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:16.720 to rebuke him. 00:14:17.519 --> 00:14:18.100 But turning 00:14:18.100 --> 00:14:19.340 and seeing his disciples, 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:21.100 he rebuked Peter 00:14:21.100 --> 00:14:21.899 and said, 00:14:22.500 --> 00:14:23.700 get behind me, 00:14:23.899 --> 00:14:24.159 Satan, 00:14:24.860 --> 00:14:25.600 for you are not 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:26.460 setting your mind 00:14:26.460 --> 00:14:26.980 on the things 00:14:26.980 --> 00:14:27.519 of God 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:28.200 but on the things 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:28.680 of man. 00:14:29.560 --> 00:14:30.420 And he called 00:14:30.420 --> 00:14:31.340 to him the crowd 00:14:31.340 --> 00:14:32.300 with his disciples 00:14:32.300 --> 00:14:33.300 and said to them, 00:14:33.659 --> 00:14:34.779 if anyone would 00:14:34.779 --> 00:14:35.720 come after me, 00:14:36.220 --> 00:14:37.500 let him deny himself 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:39.420 and take up his cross 00:14:39.420 --> 00:14:40.899 and follow me. 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:42.560 For whoever would 00:14:42.560 --> 00:14:43.480 save his life 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:44.259 will lose it, 00:14:44.820 --> 00:14:45.960 but whoever loses 00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:47.240 his life for my sake 00:14:47.240 --> 00:14:48.200 and the gospels 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:49.460 will save it. 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:51.680 For what does it 00:14:51.680 --> 00:14:52.480 profit a man 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:54.039 to gain the whole world 00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:56.159 and forfeit his life? 00:14:56.980 --> 00:14:58.340 For what can a man 00:14:58.340 --> 00:14:59.080 give in return 00:14:59.080 --> 00:14:59.860 for his life? 00:15:00.860 --> 00:15:02.019 For whoever is ashamed 00:15:02.019 --> 00:15:04.000 of me and of my words 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:05.060 in this adulterous 00:15:05.060 --> 00:15:06.420 and sinful generation, 00:15:07.100 --> 00:15:08.019 of whom will the 00:15:08.019 --> 00:15:08.580 Son of Man 00:15:08.580 --> 00:15:09.580 also be ashamed 00:15:09.580 --> 00:15:10.879 when he comes 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:11.519 in the glory 00:15:11.519 --> 00:15:12.279 of his Father 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:14.539 with the holy angels. 00:15:15.500 --> 00:15:15.940 Amen. 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:17.279 And we pray that the Lord 00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:18.480 would bless his own word 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:18.960 to us. 00:15:19.460 --> 00:15:20.200 And to his name 00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:21.660 be all the praise 00:15:21.660 --> 00:15:23.040 and all the glory. 00:15:26.940 --> 00:15:27.879 Well, let us again 00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:28.720 call upon the name 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:29.680 of the Lord in prayer. 00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:30.400 Let us pray. 00:15:35.400 --> 00:15:37.440 Gracious and ever-blessed God, 00:15:37.520 --> 00:15:38.600 as we have read 00:15:38.600 --> 00:15:40.660 the living and breathing 00:15:40.660 --> 00:15:41.840 word together, 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:44.140 we pray that we would 00:15:44.140 --> 00:15:45.680 have grace to receive it 00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:46.919 and wisdom 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:48.279 to take it to heart. 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:50.099 Help us to be 00:15:50.099 --> 00:15:51.059 not hearers 00:15:51.059 --> 00:15:51.959 of the word only, 00:15:52.699 --> 00:15:53.479 but to be doers 00:15:53.479 --> 00:15:54.519 of it also. 00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:55.819 Help us, 00:15:55.939 --> 00:15:56.659 when we hear it, 00:15:57.099 --> 00:15:57.899 not to harden 00:15:57.899 --> 00:15:58.699 our hearts, 00:15:59.399 --> 00:16:00.279 but to yield 00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:00.859 our hearts 00:16:00.859 --> 00:16:01.339 and indeed 00:16:01.339 --> 00:16:01.819 to yield 00:16:01.819 --> 00:16:02.939 our whole lives 00:16:02.939 --> 00:16:03.539 to it, 00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:05.219 knowing that the word 00:16:05.219 --> 00:16:06.159 is good 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:07.439 and that it is 00:16:07.439 --> 00:16:08.319 for our good, 00:16:09.019 --> 00:16:09.699 that it is for 00:16:09.699 --> 00:16:10.500 our instruction 00:16:10.500 --> 00:16:11.600 in righteousness. 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:13.399 And so, Lord, 00:16:13.460 --> 00:16:14.980 we pray for humility 00:16:14.980 --> 00:16:17.019 and not to stand 00:16:17.019 --> 00:16:17.899 over the word 00:16:17.899 --> 00:16:18.480 and judgment, 00:16:19.340 --> 00:16:20.720 but to sit under it 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:22.200 as humble disciples, 00:16:23.019 --> 00:16:24.679 even as Mary of Bethany 00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:25.580 sat at the feet 00:16:25.580 --> 00:16:26.139 of Jesus 00:16:26.139 --> 00:16:28.679 and chose 00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:29.759 that good part 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.960 which could not 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:32.080 be taken from her. 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:33.580 And so, Lord, 00:16:33.620 --> 00:16:34.580 we pray today 00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:36.080 as we gather 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:36.659 in worship 00:16:36.659 --> 00:16:37.899 that our hearts 00:16:37.899 --> 00:16:38.940 would be lifted up 00:16:38.940 --> 00:16:40.140 in praise 00:16:40.140 --> 00:16:40.940 to the God 00:16:40.940 --> 00:16:43.660 who is good 00:16:43.660 --> 00:16:44.900 and who does good, 00:16:45.420 --> 00:16:46.120 the God 00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:46.880 who is love, 00:16:47.620 --> 00:16:48.320 and that we would 00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:48.840 remember 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:49.980 as thy people 00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:52.740 that herein is love, 00:16:52.920 --> 00:16:54.200 not that we loved God, 00:16:54.760 --> 00:16:56.960 but that he loved us 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:59.380 and sent his Son 00:16:59.380 --> 00:17:00.600 to be the propitiation 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:02.120 for our sins. 00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:03.420 And so, 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:04.299 we pray, Lord, 00:17:04.460 --> 00:17:05.840 now as we continue 00:17:05.840 --> 00:17:08.920 that all would be 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:10.160 done to the glory 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:11.800 of the great name 00:17:11.800 --> 00:17:12.860 of Jesus Christ, 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:15.500 that the people of God 00:17:15.500 --> 00:17:16.420 might be strengthened 00:17:16.420 --> 00:17:17.700 in their faith 00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:18.920 and enabled to go on 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:20.160 in the truth, 00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:21.519 and that those 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:22.340 who are yet 00:17:22.340 --> 00:17:23.539 outside of Christ, 00:17:24.259 --> 00:17:25.080 some perhaps 00:17:25.080 --> 00:17:26.560 sitting on the fence, 00:17:26.779 --> 00:17:28.600 others entirely unconvinced, 00:17:29.060 --> 00:17:30.140 that the Holy Spirit 00:17:30.140 --> 00:17:31.440 might challenge them, 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:32.700 that the sword 00:17:32.700 --> 00:17:33.440 of the Spirit 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:34.440 might pierce 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:35.779 their very hearts 00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:36.680 and minds, 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:38.740 and that they 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:39.740 might be convinced 00:17:39.740 --> 00:17:41.279 that there is 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:42.200 a God in heaven, 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:43.720 a God to whom 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:44.779 we are all accountable, 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:46.619 a God before whom 00:17:46.619 --> 00:17:47.559 we will all stand, 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:49.279 and that as the 00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:50.019 prophet of old 00:17:50.019 --> 00:17:50.920 has told us, 00:17:51.299 --> 00:17:53.559 our great responsibility 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:54.319 and duty 00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:55.139 in this life 00:17:55.139 --> 00:17:56.399 is to prepare 00:17:56.399 --> 00:17:57.599 to meet our God, 00:17:58.079 --> 00:17:59.099 and so prepare us, 00:17:59.160 --> 00:17:59.619 we ask. 00:17:59.779 --> 00:18:00.899 Bless this congregation, 00:18:00.900 --> 00:18:03.259 we pray for them, 00:18:03.860 --> 00:18:05.840 asking thy blessing 00:18:05.840 --> 00:18:06.720 to be upon them, 00:18:06.860 --> 00:18:08.019 help them to be faithful 00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:09.160 in their worship 00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:10.500 and in their witness, 00:18:11.220 --> 00:18:12.220 grant that the truth 00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:12.980 that is proclaimed 00:18:12.980 --> 00:18:14.019 from this pulpit 00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:15.560 week by week, 00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:17.300 that it might yield fruit, 00:18:17.900 --> 00:18:18.759 and that it might 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:20.660 do so for eternity, 00:18:21.420 --> 00:18:22.480 we pray for the 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:23.280 inter-moderator, 00:18:23.860 --> 00:18:24.600 we pray for 00:18:24.600 --> 00:18:25.940 Mr. Smith as well, 00:18:26.040 --> 00:18:26.960 the assistant minister, 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:28.460 asking thy blessing 00:18:28.460 --> 00:18:29.740 to be upon both of them, 00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:31.579 and the office bearers here, 00:18:31.980 --> 00:18:33.220 and all of the congregation, 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:34.759 we give thanks 00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:36.160 that we have seen 00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:37.279 so many young ones 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:38.900 worshipping the Lord, 00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:40.160 and we pray that 00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:41.120 they might grow up 00:18:41.120 --> 00:18:42.980 as trees planted 00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:44.140 in the house of the Lord, 00:18:44.660 --> 00:18:45.279 that they might 00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:46.339 in the future, 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:47.640 and even in these days, 00:18:48.099 --> 00:18:48.900 bear fruit. 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:50.120 We pray for 00:18:50.120 --> 00:18:51.000 a new generation, 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:52.220 a generation 00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:53.500 which will be faithful, 00:18:54.120 --> 00:18:54.380 indeed, 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:55.480 which will be more faithful 00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:56.920 than our own generation 00:18:56.920 --> 00:18:57.420 has been, 00:18:58.059 --> 00:18:58.799 and so we pray 00:18:58.799 --> 00:18:59.720 for the Church of Christ, 00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.900 throughout our island, 00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:02.200 and throughout our nation, 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:04.160 regardless of denomination, 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:05.880 where Christ is preached, 00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:07.559 and where holiness 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:08.420 is exhorted. 00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:09.940 Oh, we pray that 00:19:09.940 --> 00:19:11.740 the Church might increase, 00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.720 that the Word 00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:15.440 might go forth with power, 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:17.000 that the Holy Spirit 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:18.000 might be poured out 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.960 upon us today, 00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:20.839 and upon other congregations 00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:21.980 throughout our land, 00:19:22.420 --> 00:19:23.319 for we are mindful 00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:25.019 that it is the Spirit 00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:25.900 that quickens 00:19:25.900 --> 00:19:26.779 and gives life, 00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:27.920 and the flesh 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:28.799 profits nothing, 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:30.480 that without Him 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:31.460 we can do nothing, 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:32.599 and so, Lord, 00:19:32.660 --> 00:19:33.480 meet with us 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:34.759 and bless us 00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:36.099 and draw near to us, 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:37.220 that Christ 00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:38.299 might be in our midst, 00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:39.619 that we might hear 00:19:39.619 --> 00:19:40.160 His voice, 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:41.039 that we might feel 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:41.799 His presence, 00:19:42.299 --> 00:19:43.259 and that we might know 00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:44.339 Him dwelling richly 00:19:44.339 --> 00:19:45.099 in our hearts. 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:46.759 Remember our nation 00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.960 and those who rule 00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:48.940 over us particularly, 00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:49.940 our King 00:19:49.940 --> 00:19:50.779 and Royal Family, 00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:52.079 our Prime Minister, 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:53.079 our First Minister, 00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:54.819 our Members of Parliament 00:19:54.819 --> 00:19:56.199 in Westminster 00:19:56.199 --> 00:19:57.139 and Holyrood, 00:19:57.659 --> 00:19:58.460 and our Councillors, 00:19:59.279 --> 00:20:00.319 we ask Thee 00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:01.379 to be mindful of them, 00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:02.319 to give them wisdom, 00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:04.199 because the truth 00:20:04.199 --> 00:20:05.139 tells us that 00:20:05.139 --> 00:20:06.119 righteousness 00:20:06.119 --> 00:20:07.779 exalts a nation, 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:09.059 and that sin 00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:09.859 is our approach 00:20:09.859 --> 00:20:10.699 to any people, 00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:12.179 and so we pray 00:20:12.179 --> 00:20:13.279 that iniquity 00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:14.619 might be restrained, 00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:16.159 and that righteousness 00:20:16.159 --> 00:20:17.720 might flow forth, 00:20:18.159 --> 00:20:19.039 and we know, Lord, 00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:19.659 that the Church 00:20:19.659 --> 00:20:20.839 will be central to that, 00:20:20.919 --> 00:20:21.939 indeed that the pulpit 00:20:21.940 --> 00:20:23.779 will be central to that. 00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:24.840 And so, Lord, 00:20:24.920 --> 00:20:26.100 protect our pulpits, 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:28.160 raise up faithful men 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:28.799 of God, 00:20:29.059 --> 00:20:29.759 who will preach 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.880 the unsearchable riches 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:31.480 of Christ, 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.799 and who will seek 00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:33.860 to obey God 00:20:33.860 --> 00:20:35.299 more than men. 00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.940 And so bless us now 00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:37.880 and go before us 00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:39.000 and forgive us graciously 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:40.019 for all of our sin, 00:20:40.360 --> 00:20:41.340 for Christ's sake. 00:20:41.380 --> 00:20:41.620 Amen. 00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:46.360 Well, we can sing again 00:20:46.360 --> 00:20:47.259 to God's praise, 00:20:47.360 --> 00:20:49.039 this time in Psalm 37, 00:20:50.180 --> 00:20:51.420 and the tune is Moravia, 00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:53.320 we're singing from 00:20:53.320 --> 00:20:54.299 verse 25, 00:20:56.620 --> 00:20:56.980 sorry, 00:20:57.320 --> 00:20:58.279 verse 35, 00:21:00.380 --> 00:21:01.320 Psalm 37, 00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:02.820 verse 35, 00:21:03.360 --> 00:21:05.340 page 255, 00:21:05.340 --> 00:21:07.620 I saw the wicked, 00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:08.820 great in power, 00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:10.620 spread like a green bay tree, 00:21:11.340 --> 00:21:12.180 he passed, 00:21:12.340 --> 00:21:13.180 yea, was not, 00:21:13.660 --> 00:21:14.500 whom I sought, 00:21:14.620 --> 00:21:16.360 but found he could not be. 00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.700 Speaking of those 00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:20.120 who reject the Lord Jesus Christ, 00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:21.179 and they look so strong 00:21:21.179 --> 00:21:21.979 and so powerful, 00:21:22.459 --> 00:21:23.579 but in a short time 00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:24.799 they are gone. 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.979 Mark thou the perfect, 00:21:27.219 --> 00:21:28.139 and behold the man 00:21:28.139 --> 00:21:29.039 of uprightness, 00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:30.579 because that surely 00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:31.619 of this man 00:21:31.619 --> 00:21:33.819 the latter end is peace. 00:21:33.959 --> 00:21:36.019 There is the great distinction 00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:37.819 between the two types of men, 00:21:37.899 --> 00:21:39.299 the two types of women. 00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:41.000 But those men 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:42.200 that transgressors are 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:43.480 shall be destroyed together, 00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:45.579 the latter end of wicked men 00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:47.079 shall be cut off forever, 00:21:47.659 --> 00:21:49.359 but the salvation of the just 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:50.680 is from the Lord above. 00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:52.899 He in the time of their distress, 00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:54.220 their stay and strength 00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:54.899 doth prove. 00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:56.639 The Lord shall help 00:21:56.639 --> 00:21:57.440 and them deliver, 00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:59.259 he shall them free and save 00:21:59.259 --> 00:22:00.720 from wicked men, 00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:01.559 because in whom 00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:02.559 their confidence 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:03.680 they have. 00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:05.399 Psalm 37, 00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:07.119 verses 35 to 40, 00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:08.019 to God's praise, 00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:09.480 I saw the wicked 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.519 great in power 00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:12.680 spread like a green bay tree. 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:22.539 I saw the wicked 00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:26.299 great in power 00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:33.019 spread like a green bay tree. 00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:35.940 He passed, 00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:41.820 yea, was not him I sought, 00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:48.820 but found he could not be. 00:22:48.820 --> 00:22:54.519 Mark thou the perfect 00:22:54.519 --> 00:23:04.519 and behold the man of a rightness, 00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:14.000 because that surely of this man 00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:21.400 the latter end is peace. 00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:30.500 but those men that transgressors are 00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:36.940 shall be destroyed together, 00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:51.940 the latter end of wicked men shall be cut off forever. 00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.940 forever. 00:23:52.940 --> 00:24:09.940 But the salvation of the just is from the Lord above. 00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:19.940 He in the time of their distress, 00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:26.940 their stay and strength doth prove. 00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:36.940 The Lord shall help and deliver, 00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:49.320 He shall them free and save from wicked men, 00:24:49.319 --> 00:25:01.700 because in him their confidence they have. 00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:03.700 Amen. 00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.059 Well, 00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:09.279 now with a view to God's blessing, 00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:10.620 if you would turn back with me 00:25:10.620 --> 00:25:11.799 to the portion of Scripture, 00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:13.319 which we read together in the Gospel 00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:15.920 according to Mark and chapter 8. 00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:21.400 We want to consider together verses 34 to 38, 00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:24.120 but we can take our text from verse 36. 00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:29.719 For what does it profit a man 00:25:29.719 --> 00:25:31.639 to gain the whole world 00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:34.000 and forfeit his life? 00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:38.319 Well, at the center of Christianity 00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:40.679 is the theme of sacrifice. 00:25:41.659 --> 00:25:44.259 And when we think of Christianity and sacrifice, 00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:46.419 we naturally think about the cross 00:25:46.419 --> 00:25:47.919 of our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:49.980 and rightly so, 00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:53.120 of Jesus' sacrificing himself, 00:25:53.300 --> 00:25:54.560 of denying himself, 00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:56.880 and going through the agony 00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:59.920 and the awfulness 00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:01.600 and the horror of Calvary 00:26:01.600 --> 00:26:04.860 in order that atonement might be made, 00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:07.340 being wounded for our transgressions, 00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:09.420 bruised for our iniquities. 00:26:09.840 --> 00:26:11.580 So we think of his sacrifice 00:26:11.580 --> 00:26:13.680 and the life and the forgiveness 00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:17.019 and the glory that is ours 00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:18.839 if we are in Christ as a result. 00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:21.440 And that is given to us freely. 00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:23.000 We do not earn it. 00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.720 It is not of works, 00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:26.220 Paul tells the Ephesians, 00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:28.579 lest any man should boast, 00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.619 but it is of grace. 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:31.420 That is, it is a free 00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:33.559 and undeserved gift. 00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:36.200 And yet it's been said, 00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:37.079 and you've heard it said, 00:26:37.139 --> 00:26:37.559 I'm sure, 00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:40.319 that although the Gospel is free, 00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:43.240 it will cost you everything that you have. 00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:46.539 And you know there is truth in that as well. 00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:52.639 Sacrifice is central to Christianity. 00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:54.660 And that speaks of Christ, 00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:56.920 but it speaks of his people as well. 00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:59.740 Being a Christian is being somebody 00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:01.319 who has sacrificed 00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:04.680 and who does sacrifice. 00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:07.319 And today I want us to consider 00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:09.720 what that sacrifice looks like. 00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.460 And I want to consider 00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:15.920 why we ought to make that sacrifice. 00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.620 What the alternative 00:27:17.620 --> 00:27:20.400 to that sacrifice is. 00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:23.120 And the first thing that I want us to consider, 00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:24.799 to consider really three headings. 00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.980 And the first is 00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:27.860 the nature of discipleship. 00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:29.640 When I speak of discipleship, 00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:32.140 I just mean of the Christian life, 00:27:32.620 --> 00:27:34.200 of being a disciple. 00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:36.200 Christians in Jesus' day 00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:37.860 were called disciples. 00:27:37.859 --> 00:27:40.179 They were those who sat at his feet, 00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:41.119 who learned from him. 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.679 They were those who went with him 00:27:42.679 --> 00:27:43.599 wherever he went 00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:46.339 and who sought to obey his commands. 00:27:46.919 --> 00:27:49.099 So the nature of discipleship. 00:27:49.179 --> 00:27:50.419 What does it look like 00:27:50.419 --> 00:27:51.659 to be a Christian, 00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:53.240 to be a disciple of Jesus? 00:27:53.659 --> 00:27:55.299 Now, here in this section, 00:27:55.419 --> 00:27:56.159 we have arguably 00:27:56.159 --> 00:27:58.599 the clearest description 00:27:58.599 --> 00:28:00.000 from Jesus' own lips 00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:01.919 of what it means 00:28:01.919 --> 00:28:03.439 to be a disciple, 00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.879 what it means to be a Christian. 00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:06.800 And we read in verse 34 00:28:06.800 --> 00:28:09.040 that he calls to the crowd 00:28:09.040 --> 00:28:10.320 with his disciples. 00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:11.860 So he's not just talking to the twelve. 00:28:12.100 --> 00:28:13.460 He's talking to the crowd, 00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:15.580 those of them who are disciples 00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:16.260 and any of them 00:28:16.260 --> 00:28:18.080 who would become a disciple. 00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.420 And he says to them, 00:28:20.040 --> 00:28:21.580 if anyone would come after me, 00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:23.800 let him deny himself 00:28:23.800 --> 00:28:25.920 and take up his cross 00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:27.360 and follow me. 00:28:28.120 --> 00:28:28.780 Now, just briefly, 00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:30.320 I think that there are 00:28:30.320 --> 00:28:32.000 four things there 00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:33.300 that we should consider. 00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:34.700 Four things that are true 00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:36.980 of the nature of discipleship, 00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.960 of what it means 00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:41.339 to be a Christian. 00:28:41.899 --> 00:28:42.799 And the first thing 00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:44.539 is perhaps quite basic 00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:45.839 and we could skip over it. 00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:46.819 And it is this, 00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:48.700 there is willingness there. 00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.839 There is a willingness. 00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:52.059 If any man would, 00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:54.460 I think in the authorised version, 00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:55.700 it was if any man will. 00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.399 We speak of 00:28:57.399 --> 00:28:59.119 if any man is willing. 00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:01.459 And when we read 00:29:01.459 --> 00:29:02.659 would or willing, 00:29:02.879 --> 00:29:04.379 it is talking about the will. 00:29:04.899 --> 00:29:05.579 It is talking about 00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:06.439 the man or the woman 00:29:06.439 --> 00:29:07.639 volitionally. 00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.939 You see, Christianity 00:29:09.939 --> 00:29:11.199 doesn't just affect 00:29:11.199 --> 00:29:12.159 your intellect. 00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:12.979 It's not just about 00:29:12.979 --> 00:29:13.839 learning things 00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:15.379 and keeping things in there. 00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.539 It's not just about 00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:18.159 being convinced 00:29:18.159 --> 00:29:19.119 of certain truths, 00:29:19.219 --> 00:29:20.299 that certain things are true 00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:21.619 and certain things are false. 00:29:22.419 --> 00:29:23.519 Now, that is in it 00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.719 and that is important. 00:29:24.939 --> 00:29:26.139 But there is more than that 00:29:26.139 --> 00:29:27.299 to being a Christian. 00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:28.419 You can be convinced 00:29:28.419 --> 00:29:29.680 of the truths of Christianity 00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:30.799 and not be a Christian. 00:29:31.879 --> 00:29:34.079 So, there is the intellectual element. 00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.419 There is also 00:29:35.419 --> 00:29:37.960 the emotional element. 00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:40.559 Your affections are moved. 00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:42.099 Those who are Christians 00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:43.919 are those who love 00:29:43.919 --> 00:29:45.259 the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:29:45.919 --> 00:29:48.059 They are those who hate sin. 00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:50.740 The affections are moved. 00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.940 And as Christians, 00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.980 there ought to be times 00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:54.659 when we are moved. 00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:56.299 Moved by what the Lord 00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:57.119 has done for us. 00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:58.319 Moved in our affections. 00:29:58.659 --> 00:29:59.599 Moved in our feelings. 00:29:59.939 --> 00:30:01.259 Moved about our sins. 00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:04.839 And yet, you can be moved. 00:30:05.479 --> 00:30:06.739 We all know people 00:30:06.739 --> 00:30:07.979 who have sat under sermons 00:30:07.979 --> 00:30:09.179 and they have been convinced 00:30:09.179 --> 00:30:09.819 of the truth. 00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.899 And they have been moved by it. 00:30:12.179 --> 00:30:12.879 And like Felix, 00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:14.359 their knees have trembled 00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:15.579 or they have wept 00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:18.699 knowing that there is truth in this. 00:30:18.939 --> 00:30:19.899 That this is important. 00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.839 That this is urgent. 00:30:21.239 --> 00:30:22.379 That this is life and death. 00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:22.939 And yet, 00:30:23.459 --> 00:30:24.039 they have gone away 00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:25.319 and they have never become Christians. 00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:26.480 Why is that? 00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.879 Well, because although 00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:29.460 the intellect was persuaded 00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:31.159 and although the affections 00:30:31.159 --> 00:30:31.819 were moved, 00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:35.399 the will remained unmoved. 00:30:35.899 --> 00:30:37.919 But Christianity affects us 00:30:37.919 --> 00:30:40.200 volitionally as well. 00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:43.000 We become willing to follow. 00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:43.879 You see, 00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:45.819 Jesus doesn't drag anybody 00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.779 kicking and screaming 00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:50.439 into the kingdom of God. 00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:51.840 You don't become a Christian 00:30:51.840 --> 00:30:53.279 despite yourself. 00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:54.680 You don't become a Christian 00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:54.900 saying, 00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:56.320 well, I really don't want to do this 00:30:56.320 --> 00:30:57.700 but I'm just going to do it anyway. 00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:59.360 That's not the way it works. 00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:01.720 We read in Psalm 110 00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:03.920 that the Lord will make 00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.900 his people willing 00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:06.759 in a day of his power. 00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.840 That he doesn't drag us 00:31:08.840 --> 00:31:09.700 kicking and screaming 00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:11.200 but he calls us 00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:12.640 with an effectual call 00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:14.500 with irresistible grace 00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:16.580 so that before we know it, 00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.799 our own mind is changed, 00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:19.360 our own will is altered 00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:20.379 and the things that we 00:31:20.379 --> 00:31:21.219 didn't want to do. 00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:21.899 I mean, most of you 00:31:21.899 --> 00:31:22.779 can remember a time 00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.379 when you didn't want 00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:24.039 to be a Christian. 00:31:24.379 --> 00:31:25.000 Not all of you 00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.759 but most of you. 00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:27.299 And something changed 00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:29.000 and then you found yourself 00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:30.139 wanting to be a Christian 00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:32.379 and then you found yourself 00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:32.659 thinking, 00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:33.979 well, the most important thing 00:31:33.979 --> 00:31:35.319 in all of life for me 00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:36.799 is to become a Christian. 00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:39.179 You see, friends, 00:31:39.979 --> 00:31:41.779 those who follow Jesus, 00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.879 those who are disciples 00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:44.079 are those who are willing 00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:45.359 to do so. 00:31:45.639 --> 00:31:47.039 And if you turn that 00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.719 on its head, 00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:49.539 then this is true also. 00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:51.160 That if you're not 00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:52.500 a Christian here today, 00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:54.299 well, it might be 00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:56.100 that there are certain things 00:31:56.100 --> 00:31:56.819 that you're not fully 00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.620 persuaded of. 00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:59.160 And let's be honest, 00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:00.480 that was true of all of us. 00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:02.579 And you have to search 00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.160 the scriptures 00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:04.640 and you have to be in company 00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:05.480 with the Lord's people 00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:06.100 and you have to do it 00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:06.819 all prayerfully 00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.860 because you want 00:32:07.860 --> 00:32:08.500 to be persuaded. 00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:11.000 And that might be the case. 00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.680 It might be the case 00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.720 that you've never been moved 00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.539 under the gospel. 00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:15.220 But this is certainly the case 00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:16.360 that if you're not a Christian, 00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:17.339 it's because you don't 00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:18.259 want to be a Christian. 00:32:19.199 --> 00:32:19.919 It's because you don't 00:32:19.919 --> 00:32:20.719 want to be a Christian. 00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:22.479 Now, I don't mean to be harsh 00:32:22.479 --> 00:32:23.939 to anybody there 00:32:23.939 --> 00:32:26.579 because you might be there 00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:27.319 here today 00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:27.779 and you're thinking, 00:32:27.899 --> 00:32:29.079 well, I'm not a Christian 00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:30.019 but I really do want 00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.740 to be a Christian. 00:32:30.979 --> 00:32:31.699 I really do. 00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:33.299 Well, there are promises 00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:34.079 for you too. 00:32:34.699 --> 00:32:35.339 Jesus says, 00:32:35.419 --> 00:32:36.539 seek and you shall find. 00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:39.059 Ask and it shall be given to you. 00:32:39.179 --> 00:32:40.439 And if you really want 00:32:40.439 --> 00:32:41.659 more than anything else 00:32:41.659 --> 00:32:43.419 in life to be a Christian today, 00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.880 then the chances are 00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:45.480 that you've already 00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.720 taken the first steps 00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:48.039 to becoming a Christian, 00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:49.180 that the Lord is already 00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:50.580 working in your life 00:32:50.580 --> 00:32:51.360 and let that be 00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:52.460 an encouragement to you. 00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:54.539 But if you're not a Christian, 00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:56.420 the central thing 00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:57.700 won't be a lack 00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:59.420 of intellectual persuasion 00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:00.440 or not having 00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:01.279 your feelings moved. 00:33:01.380 --> 00:33:02.060 It will be this, 00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:03.600 that you just don't want to be. 00:33:04.080 --> 00:33:04.980 That there are other things 00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.860 that are more important 00:33:05.860 --> 00:33:07.440 to you in life 00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.700 than giving your life 00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:10.000 to Jesus Christ. 00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.160 Christ. 00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:13.980 And so those who are disciples 00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.940 are those who are willing 00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:15.440 to follow. 00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:16.599 The second thing, 00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.880 and let me try to move 00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.559 through them quickly, 00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:20.900 if anyone would come after me, 00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.740 if anyone is willing 00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.559 to come after me, 00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.900 let him deny himself. 00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:25.059 There is self-denial. 00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:25.980 And of course, 00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:26.799 we've touched on this. 00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:28.640 This is a great characteristic 00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:30.019 of our Lord. 00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:32.059 Though he was equal with God, 00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:33.880 yet he made himself 00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.880 of no reputation. 00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:37.039 He humbled himself. 00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:38.119 He emptied himself 00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:38.920 of his glory. 00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:40.259 He became obedient 00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:42.100 to suffering and to death, 00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:44.160 even the death of the cross. 00:33:44.340 --> 00:33:45.519 He tells us about it. 00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.420 That is a context. 00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:48.400 He said plainly to the people 00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:49.480 that the Son of Man 00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:51.620 must suffer many things 00:33:51.620 --> 00:33:52.620 and be rejected 00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:53.420 by the elders 00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:54.340 and the chief priests 00:33:54.340 --> 00:33:55.080 and the scribes 00:33:55.080 --> 00:33:55.680 and be killed. 00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:57.140 This is the Son of God. 00:33:57.300 --> 00:33:58.060 He didn't need to go 00:33:58.060 --> 00:33:59.220 through any of this. 00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.920 But he had entered 00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:03.360 into a covenant to do so. 00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:04.740 He had promised to do so. 00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.880 And part of that 00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:06.960 was self-denial. 00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:07.920 And when you look 00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.360 at the Lord, 00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:10.240 that is what jumps 00:34:10.240 --> 00:34:11.700 to you off the page, 00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.820 that he is one 00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:15.039 who denied himself. 00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:17.140 But here he's telling us 00:34:17.140 --> 00:34:18.240 to deny ourselves, 00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:20.260 to be Christ-like 00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:21.740 in this way as well. 00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:23.200 And you know, friends, 00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:23.800 by nature, 00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:24.880 we want to do 00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.559 the very opposite, 00:34:25.740 --> 00:34:26.140 don't we? 00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:27.539 We don't want 00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:28.500 to deny ourselves. 00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:29.260 We don't want 00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:30.780 to deny ours. 00:34:32.160 --> 00:34:32.840 We say, 00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:34.099 I will not have this man 00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:35.500 to reign over me. 00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:37.039 If it means doing things 00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.679 that aren't easy 00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:38.480 for me to do, 00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.719 doing things 00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:41.079 that I don't want to do, 00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:42.199 doing things 00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:43.280 that are going to cost me, 00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:44.340 that are going to 00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:46.199 entail sacrifice for me, 00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:47.280 then really, 00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:48.500 really, 00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.800 I would rather not. 00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:51.019 And yet, 00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.659 that's what Jesus 00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:52.739 calls you to, friend. 00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.079 He calls you 00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:55.639 to self-denial. 00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:56.960 To live 00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:58.619 no longer for yourself, 00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.280 but for him. 00:34:59.280 --> 00:34:59.980 You remember 00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:01.040 that that's what 00:35:01.040 --> 00:35:01.840 the apostle said 00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:03.220 in 2 Corinthians 5, 00:35:03.620 --> 00:35:05.220 that the love of Christ 00:35:05.220 --> 00:35:06.760 constrains us, 00:35:07.080 --> 00:35:07.860 constrains us 00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.680 or compels us 00:35:08.680 --> 00:35:09.340 to do what? 00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:10.640 To live no longer 00:35:10.640 --> 00:35:11.380 for ourselves, 00:35:12.200 --> 00:35:13.380 but for him 00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:14.420 who died for us 00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:16.460 and who rose again. 00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:18.720 And so being a Christian 00:35:18.720 --> 00:35:21.220 means denying yourself. 00:35:22.140 --> 00:35:22.980 It means 00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:26.060 putting the Lord first, 00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:28.140 denying your own desires, 00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:29.799 denying your own will, 00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:31.219 denying your own way, 00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.440 your own aspirations, 00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:34.159 and saying, 00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:34.940 Lord, 00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:36.559 lead me. 00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:37.420 Lord, 00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:38.099 guide me. 00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:39.539 Show me thy ways, 00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:39.960 O Lord, 00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.699 thy paths, 00:35:40.759 --> 00:35:41.799 O teach thou me. 00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:43.199 And do thou lead me 00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:43.920 in thy truth, 00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:46.279 therein my teacher be. 00:35:46.799 --> 00:35:48.199 So there is self-denial 00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:49.219 in the Christian life 00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:49.719 and there will be 00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:50.420 self-denial 00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:51.859 in your life 00:35:51.859 --> 00:35:52.920 if you're a Christian. 00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.940 The third thing 00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.440 is that 00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:56.759 if any man's 00:35:56.759 --> 00:35:57.859 going to come after Jesus, 00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:59.099 that he must deny himself 00:35:59.099 --> 00:36:00.780 and take up his cross. 00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:01.200 Now, 00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:03.380 you hear people saying 00:36:03.380 --> 00:36:04.079 that we've all got 00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:05.000 our cross to bear. 00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.360 And yet, 00:36:06.620 --> 00:36:07.599 we know what they mean, 00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:08.820 but this isn't speaking 00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:10.400 about general afflictions 00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:11.519 or trials. 00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:13.920 The cross was what 00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:15.160 a criminal carried 00:36:15.160 --> 00:36:16.559 to the place 00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.360 of his execution. 00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:19.160 Jesus had to bear 00:36:19.160 --> 00:36:20.720 his own cross. 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:22.599 And other men 00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.780 and men who were 00:36:23.780 --> 00:36:25.980 sentenced to death 00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:27.019 in these days, 00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:27.940 they would carry 00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.860 their own cross 00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:30.240 on the way 00:36:30.240 --> 00:36:31.460 to the place 00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.000 of execution. 00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.639 And when people 00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:33.280 saw them, 00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:34.019 well, 00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:34.800 they knew what was 00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:35.420 going on. 00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:36.119 They would say, 00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:36.260 well, 00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:37.139 that person's 00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:38.320 bearing his cross, 00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:38.880 he's on his way 00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:39.639 to be executed. 00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.599 He's on his way 00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.099 to die. 00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:42.099 The cross was 00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:43.039 a symbol of death. 00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:44.260 That's what it was. 00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.760 And what Jesus 00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:46.760 is saying is this, 00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:48.599 that if you're 00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:49.559 going to follow me, 00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:51.159 that you must be 00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:51.780 willing not only 00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:52.599 to deny yourself 00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:53.699 on the smaller things, 00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:54.759 but you must be 00:36:54.759 --> 00:36:55.500 willing to lose 00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:56.139 your life. 00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.619 To lose it 00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:58.359 metaphorically 00:36:58.359 --> 00:36:59.879 in giving it to me 00:36:59.879 --> 00:37:00.859 so that I can be 00:37:00.859 --> 00:37:01.619 the master of it 00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:02.339 and the king of it. 00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:03.179 But also, 00:37:03.379 --> 00:37:04.099 he goes further 00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.960 and this is a thing. 00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:06.719 He says, 00:37:06.759 --> 00:37:07.460 you must be willing 00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:08.539 to lose it physically 00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:09.679 as well. 00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:11.059 Physically. 00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:12.239 And this is the very 00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:13.899 fulfillment of self-denial. 00:37:14.259 --> 00:37:15.399 You cannot deny yourself 00:37:15.399 --> 00:37:16.579 further than this 00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:17.799 to give your life, 00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:19.439 to breathe your last breath 00:37:19.439 --> 00:37:21.000 like Margaret Wilson did, 00:37:21.319 --> 00:37:22.679 like Margaret McLaughlin did, 00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:24.059 like what people 00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:24.799 are doing all over 00:37:24.799 --> 00:37:25.940 the world today, 00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:27.599 dying for Christ 00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:29.940 rather than denying him. 00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:31.039 And you know, 00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:31.359 friends, 00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:32.179 Jesus was speaking 00:37:32.179 --> 00:37:33.199 to the disciples here 00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:34.919 and these very disciples 00:37:34.919 --> 00:37:36.279 who would be apostles, 00:37:36.839 --> 00:37:37.279 many of them 00:37:37.279 --> 00:37:38.299 experienced this. 00:37:39.279 --> 00:37:40.099 They paid 00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:41.519 the highest price. 00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:43.019 We know, 00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:43.699 well, 00:37:43.799 --> 00:37:44.859 we read in the scriptures 00:37:44.859 --> 00:37:46.759 that James, 00:37:47.359 --> 00:37:48.139 the brother of John, 00:37:48.299 --> 00:37:49.319 was beheaded. 00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:52.159 And that for Christ's sake, 00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:54.119 tradition tells us 00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:55.359 that Peter 00:37:55.359 --> 00:37:56.239 was crucified 00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:57.679 upside down, 00:37:58.739 --> 00:38:00.279 that Paul, 00:38:00.899 --> 00:38:01.899 the apostle Paul, 00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:04.179 himself was put to death. 00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:06.079 History is full 00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:06.859 of instances, 00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:07.319 friends, 00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:08.779 of people giving 00:38:08.779 --> 00:38:10.199 their lives. 00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:11.299 And you know, 00:38:11.339 --> 00:38:11.859 we're not living 00:38:11.859 --> 00:38:13.359 in that kind of country today 00:38:13.359 --> 00:38:14.359 and we're not living 00:38:14.359 --> 00:38:15.480 in that kind of time. 00:38:15.799 --> 00:38:17.019 But be under no illusions. 00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:17.239 Christians, 00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:20.019 there is a cross 00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:20.920 to bear as well 00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:21.719 today, 00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:23.159 in different ways, 00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:24.239 but there is a cross 00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:25.099 to bear. 00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:26.320 To be a Christian 00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:27.559 is to lose your life 00:38:27.559 --> 00:38:28.599 and that's becoming 00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:29.659 increasingly evident 00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:30.880 in a society 00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:32.059 which is not just 00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.759 post-Christian 00:38:32.759 --> 00:38:33.480 but is becoming 00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:34.079 increasingly 00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:35.539 anti-Christian. 00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:37.340 And the world today, 00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:38.380 the word of God 00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:39.059 today isn't just 00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:39.679 unpopular, 00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.960 but it seemed to be 00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:42.360 actually dangerous. 00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:43.759 And services of worship 00:38:43.759 --> 00:38:44.360 like this, 00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:45.219 where people take 00:38:45.219 --> 00:38:45.959 the word of God 00:38:45.959 --> 00:38:46.480 seriously, 00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:47.519 they're seen to be 00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:48.099 dangerous. 00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:50.119 Prayer is seen 00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:51.419 to be dangerous. 00:38:52.319 --> 00:38:52.839 And so if you're 00:38:52.839 --> 00:38:53.519 going to live out 00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:54.559 the Christian life, 00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.459 if you're going to 00:38:55.459 --> 00:38:55.859 live it out 00:38:55.859 --> 00:38:56.719 in your workplace, 00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:57.500 if you're going to 00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:57.899 live it out 00:38:57.899 --> 00:38:58.419 in the school 00:38:58.419 --> 00:38:59.119 or in the hospital 00:38:59.119 --> 00:39:00.019 or in the surgery 00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:01.139 or in the office 00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:02.719 or whatever it might be, 00:39:03.799 --> 00:39:05.159 then you will find 00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:05.899 yourself being 00:39:05.899 --> 00:39:07.319 increasingly marginalized. 00:39:08.279 --> 00:39:09.480 You will find that. 00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:10.719 And you know, 00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:12.079 that cross doesn't 00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:13.099 sit well on our shoulders. 00:39:14.279 --> 00:39:14.859 Because our 00:39:14.860 --> 00:39:15.460 inclination, 00:39:15.640 --> 00:39:16.380 our natural 00:39:16.380 --> 00:39:17.140 inclination, 00:39:17.660 --> 00:39:18.900 is to shun that, 00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:19.720 to run from it. 00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:21.320 We can even see 00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:21.980 that the natural 00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:22.599 inclination, 00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:23.900 human inclination, 00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:25.140 of Jesus 00:39:25.140 --> 00:39:26.620 was to shun it. 00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:29.260 If it be possible 00:39:29.260 --> 00:39:31.200 that this cup 00:39:31.200 --> 00:39:32.380 would be taken 00:39:32.380 --> 00:39:32.920 from me, 00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:33.660 Jesus said, 00:39:33.860 --> 00:39:34.880 but not as I will, 00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:36.360 but as thou wilt. 00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:38.099 Even Jesus felt 00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:39.340 that horror 00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:40.940 at what he saw 00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:41.480 in the cup, 00:39:41.760 --> 00:39:42.680 at what the cross 00:39:42.680 --> 00:39:43.400 would entail. 00:39:43.400 --> 00:39:44.619 And we do as well. 00:39:44.720 --> 00:39:45.840 And yet at the same time, 00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.720 as it was what 00:39:46.720 --> 00:39:47.840 Jesus was called to, 00:39:48.019 --> 00:39:49.059 it's what we're called to. 00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:51.180 To give our life. 00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:52.880 To give all of our life. 00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:53.400 To give it metaphorically. 00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:55.260 And whatever that 00:39:55.260 --> 00:39:55.760 might mean, 00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:56.440 might not mean 00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:57.180 losing your life, 00:39:57.220 --> 00:39:57.800 we hope not. 00:39:57.960 --> 00:39:58.940 It may very well mean 00:39:58.940 --> 00:39:59.980 losing your reputation. 00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:02.059 It may very well mean 00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:03.440 losing many other things. 00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:04.720 We'll come to that. 00:40:04.920 --> 00:40:05.480 But that's what 00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:06.139 you're called to. 00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:07.139 And fourthly, 00:40:07.220 --> 00:40:08.360 and finally here, 00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:10.120 the nature of discipleship 00:40:10.120 --> 00:40:11.940 is just a general term. 00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:13.160 He says that you're 00:40:13.160 --> 00:40:14.000 to deny yourself 00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:15.039 to take up your cross 00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:16.480 and follow me. 00:40:18.460 --> 00:40:19.800 To put it very simply, 00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:21.160 the Christian is somebody 00:40:21.160 --> 00:40:23.240 who follows Christ. 00:40:24.240 --> 00:40:25.280 Not the whims 00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:26.079 and the fashions 00:40:26.079 --> 00:40:27.579 of this world. 00:40:28.740 --> 00:40:29.760 Christ is king. 00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:32.519 The word is truth. 00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:34.579 That is law. 00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:36.519 And to follow Christ 00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:38.039 is to submit to him. 00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:39.739 To submit to his will. 00:40:40.460 --> 00:40:41.880 To submit to his word. 00:40:42.259 --> 00:40:43.019 And to do that 00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.900 at whatever cost. 00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:44.299 And you know, 00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:44.579 friends, 00:40:44.639 --> 00:40:45.679 the cost can be high. 00:40:45.900 --> 00:40:46.840 I've touched on it. 00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:48.099 But even in our day, 00:40:48.159 --> 00:40:48.799 you know that there are 00:40:48.799 --> 00:40:49.519 lines of work 00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:50.819 which really are closed 00:40:50.819 --> 00:40:52.219 to many Christians. 00:40:52.679 --> 00:40:53.460 Certainly Christians 00:40:53.460 --> 00:40:54.500 who are going to be faithful. 00:40:55.380 --> 00:40:56.159 Certainly Christians 00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:57.099 who aren't going to bend 00:40:57.099 --> 00:40:58.219 on things like 00:40:58.219 --> 00:40:59.239 the Lord's Day. 00:41:00.299 --> 00:41:01.880 There are lines of work 00:41:01.880 --> 00:41:03.299 that are closed to them. 00:41:03.300 --> 00:41:04.940 And being a Christian 00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:05.760 in different parts 00:41:05.760 --> 00:41:06.360 of our country 00:41:06.360 --> 00:41:07.500 can lead to joblessness. 00:41:08.220 --> 00:41:09.039 It can lead to being 00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:10.700 ostracized and mocked. 00:41:11.160 --> 00:41:12.600 We've all known a bit of that 00:41:12.600 --> 00:41:13.320 if we're Christians. 00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:14.760 It can lead to losing 00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:16.100 acquaintances and friends. 00:41:16.580 --> 00:41:17.720 It can even lead to 00:41:17.720 --> 00:41:19.200 breakages in the family. 00:41:19.380 --> 00:41:21.280 Jesus himself speaks 00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:23.920 about father being divided 00:41:23.920 --> 00:41:24.820 against son 00:41:24.820 --> 00:41:26.600 and mother against daughter 00:41:26.600 --> 00:41:27.580 and so on. 00:41:27.800 --> 00:41:29.320 It can lead to suffering. 00:41:30.140 --> 00:41:31.320 It can lead to isolation 00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:32.500 and loneliness. 00:41:33.120 --> 00:41:33.480 And yet, 00:41:33.640 --> 00:41:34.800 yet you know that 00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:36.080 and yet you continue 00:41:36.080 --> 00:41:37.340 to follow the Lord Jesus. 00:41:38.220 --> 00:41:39.860 Because Christ also 00:41:39.860 --> 00:41:40.720 suffered for us, 00:41:40.780 --> 00:41:41.500 as Peter says, 00:41:41.820 --> 00:41:43.500 leaving an example for us 00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:44.860 that we should follow 00:41:44.860 --> 00:41:46.100 in his steps. 00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:48.920 You know, friends, 00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:49.980 we read this 00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:51.780 and I hope we haven't 00:41:51.780 --> 00:41:52.640 in any way 00:41:52.640 --> 00:41:54.300 embellished it 00:41:54.300 --> 00:41:56.039 or misexplained it. 00:41:56.039 --> 00:41:58.039 But we read the very words 00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:58.519 of Jesus 00:41:58.519 --> 00:41:59.739 and we can say this. 00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:01.619 Jesus doesn't lead us 00:42:01.619 --> 00:42:02.719 down the garden path, 00:42:02.800 --> 00:42:03.139 does he? 00:42:03.679 --> 00:42:04.900 He tells us up front 00:42:04.900 --> 00:42:06.300 what Christianity is, 00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:07.420 what it's going to mean. 00:42:07.480 --> 00:42:07.960 He doesn't say 00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:09.000 that it's going to be easy. 00:42:09.219 --> 00:42:09.739 He doesn't say 00:42:09.739 --> 00:42:10.420 that there's going to be 00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:11.039 no cost. 00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:12.420 On the very contrary, 00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:13.820 he says the very opposite. 00:42:14.579 --> 00:42:16.059 He says it's a costly thing. 00:42:16.300 --> 00:42:17.860 It's a sacrificial thing. 00:42:18.059 --> 00:42:19.259 It's a difficult thing. 00:42:19.619 --> 00:42:20.940 Jesus tells us that. 00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:22.159 And you know, friends, 00:42:22.219 --> 00:42:23.340 we shouldn't as churches 00:42:23.340 --> 00:42:25.260 try to deceive people 00:42:25.260 --> 00:42:26.539 into the kingdom of God, 00:42:26.920 --> 00:42:28.340 deceive them into membership 00:42:28.340 --> 00:42:29.539 by not telling them 00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:31.100 really what's expected of them 00:42:31.100 --> 00:42:32.780 and what the Christian life means 00:42:32.780 --> 00:42:33.559 if it's lived, 00:42:34.120 --> 00:42:37.260 if it's lived as the word 00:42:37.260 --> 00:42:38.400 calls us to live it. 00:42:39.340 --> 00:42:40.920 That's what Jesus calls 00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:41.920 his people to be. 00:42:42.200 --> 00:42:43.039 And let's be honest. 00:42:44.120 --> 00:42:45.840 We want a strong church. 00:42:46.380 --> 00:42:47.300 We want a church 00:42:47.300 --> 00:42:48.800 which will leaven society 00:42:48.800 --> 00:42:50.039 and have an impact 00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:51.120 and have an influence 00:42:51.120 --> 00:42:52.140 in our own workplaces, 00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:53.160 in our own families, 00:42:53.340 --> 00:42:55.000 in society at large. 00:42:56.500 --> 00:42:57.500 And these are the kind 00:42:57.500 --> 00:42:58.559 of Christians that we need. 00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:00.620 These are the kind 00:43:00.620 --> 00:43:02.280 of leaders that we need. 00:43:03.360 --> 00:43:04.200 These are the kind 00:43:04.200 --> 00:43:05.320 of men, friends, 00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:06.160 that we need. 00:43:06.640 --> 00:43:07.900 Men who will be strong, 00:43:08.280 --> 00:43:09.000 who will be leaders, 00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:11.140 who will guide their families, 00:43:11.320 --> 00:43:12.260 who will guide churches, 00:43:12.579 --> 00:43:13.720 who will guide societies. 00:43:14.559 --> 00:43:15.300 These are the kind 00:43:15.300 --> 00:43:16.320 of men who we need, 00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:17.800 who will deny themselves 00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:19.820 and take up their cross 00:43:19.820 --> 00:43:20.740 and follow Jesus 00:43:20.740 --> 00:43:22.240 regardless of the cost. 00:43:22.239 --> 00:43:23.259 These are the kind 00:43:23.259 --> 00:43:24.439 of women that we need, 00:43:24.739 --> 00:43:25.639 the kind of mothers 00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:26.339 in Israel, 00:43:26.839 --> 00:43:27.779 the kind of women 00:43:27.779 --> 00:43:28.779 that we need in churches, 00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:30.359 that we need in workplaces, 00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:31.559 that we need in homes, 00:43:31.739 --> 00:43:33.359 that we need throughout society. 00:43:33.619 --> 00:43:34.559 That is what Christ 00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:35.519 calls us to be. 00:43:35.779 --> 00:43:36.179 And friends, 00:43:36.239 --> 00:43:37.479 if we were living this out, 00:43:38.359 --> 00:43:38.959 what a difference 00:43:38.959 --> 00:43:39.659 we would see. 00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:40.959 Devoted, 00:43:41.219 --> 00:43:41.799 selfless, 00:43:41.939 --> 00:43:42.799 faithful Christians, 00:43:43.179 --> 00:43:44.079 that's what Jesus 00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:44.919 calls us to. 00:43:45.299 --> 00:43:47.119 That's the first point. 00:43:47.319 --> 00:43:47.959 Let us see, 00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:48.899 secondly, 00:43:48.900 --> 00:43:50.519 we've seen the nature 00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:51.460 of discipleship, 00:43:51.980 --> 00:43:53.800 the alternative 00:43:53.800 --> 00:43:55.220 to discipleship. 00:43:56.220 --> 00:43:57.079 Verse 35, 00:43:57.820 --> 00:43:58.880 for whoever would save 00:43:58.880 --> 00:44:00.220 his life will lose it, 00:44:00.860 --> 00:44:01.780 but whoever loses 00:44:01.780 --> 00:44:02.980 his life for my sake 00:44:02.980 --> 00:44:03.820 and the gospels 00:44:03.820 --> 00:44:05.000 will save it. 00:44:06.079 --> 00:44:06.400 Now, 00:44:06.460 --> 00:44:07.139 we've seen that being 00:44:07.139 --> 00:44:08.340 a Christian is in many ways 00:44:08.340 --> 00:44:09.460 to lose your life 00:44:09.460 --> 00:44:10.400 or to lose it 00:44:10.400 --> 00:44:10.920 as you want, 00:44:11.139 --> 00:44:12.099 you would naturally, 00:44:12.860 --> 00:44:13.760 let me say sinfully, 00:44:14.220 --> 00:44:15.079 want to live it. 00:44:15.079 --> 00:44:16.779 And the alternative 00:44:16.779 --> 00:44:17.759 to that 00:44:17.759 --> 00:44:18.779 is just to 00:44:18.779 --> 00:44:20.539 take Jesus' words 00:44:20.539 --> 00:44:21.519 with a pinch of salt 00:44:21.519 --> 00:44:23.139 and to keep your life. 00:44:23.860 --> 00:44:25.000 And you can do that 00:44:25.000 --> 00:44:27.179 if you're not a Christian 00:44:27.179 --> 00:44:27.659 here today 00:44:27.659 --> 00:44:28.239 and not a member 00:44:28.239 --> 00:44:28.699 of the church. 00:44:28.759 --> 00:44:29.059 You could say, 00:44:29.139 --> 00:44:29.259 well, 00:44:29.579 --> 00:44:29.900 thanks, 00:44:29.980 --> 00:44:30.500 but no thanks, 00:44:30.539 --> 00:44:31.039 I'll leave it. 00:44:31.559 --> 00:44:32.699 But you can also do this 00:44:32.699 --> 00:44:33.539 if you are a member 00:44:33.539 --> 00:44:34.179 in the church. 00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:36.360 You can be a member, 00:44:36.460 --> 00:44:37.699 you can sit at the Lord's table 00:44:37.699 --> 00:44:38.840 and you can hear 00:44:38.840 --> 00:44:39.659 many of the commands 00:44:39.659 --> 00:44:40.179 of Jesus 00:44:40.179 --> 00:44:41.699 and you can feel him 00:44:41.699 --> 00:44:42.239 and know him 00:44:42.239 --> 00:44:43.259 speaking to your heart 00:44:43.259 --> 00:44:43.880 and to your mind 00:44:43.880 --> 00:44:44.340 and you can say, 00:44:44.440 --> 00:44:44.599 well, 00:44:44.880 --> 00:44:45.440 no thanks. 00:44:45.740 --> 00:44:47.160 Not that kind of Christianity. 00:44:48.539 --> 00:44:49.920 To not lose your life 00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:51.380 is to not surrender it 00:44:51.380 --> 00:44:52.800 to Jesus Christ. 00:44:53.300 --> 00:44:54.039 And what I want us 00:44:54.039 --> 00:44:55.200 to consider just for a moment 00:44:55.200 --> 00:44:55.900 is why. 00:44:56.780 --> 00:44:57.880 Why would we not 00:44:57.880 --> 00:44:59.119 surrender our lives 00:44:59.119 --> 00:45:00.000 to Jesus Christ? 00:45:00.119 --> 00:45:00.760 Why would we not 00:45:00.760 --> 00:45:01.700 be willing to go through 00:45:01.700 --> 00:45:02.840 all this pain and agony 00:45:02.840 --> 00:45:04.660 and all this suffering 00:45:04.660 --> 00:45:05.500 and self-denial? 00:45:05.720 --> 00:45:06.700 Should it lead to that 00:45:06.700 --> 00:45:07.559 or at least be willing? 00:45:09.519 --> 00:45:09.920 Well, 00:45:09.960 --> 00:45:10.940 the answer that Jesus 00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:11.660 gives us here 00:45:11.660 --> 00:45:12.180 is that 00:45:12.179 --> 00:45:13.679 that people 00:45:13.679 --> 00:45:14.699 will not make 00:45:14.699 --> 00:45:15.559 these sacrifices 00:45:15.559 --> 00:45:16.299 because they hope 00:45:16.299 --> 00:45:17.139 to gain the world. 00:45:18.079 --> 00:45:18.879 What shall it profit 00:45:18.879 --> 00:45:19.279 a man 00:45:19.279 --> 00:45:19.899 if he shall gain 00:45:19.899 --> 00:45:20.819 the whole world? 00:45:21.859 --> 00:45:23.259 So that is the context 00:45:23.259 --> 00:45:23.899 here. 00:45:24.599 --> 00:45:25.539 And that is often 00:45:25.539 --> 00:45:26.699 what stops people 00:45:26.699 --> 00:45:27.919 becoming Christians 00:45:27.919 --> 00:45:28.699 or being faithful 00:45:28.699 --> 00:45:29.480 in their Christianity. 00:45:29.960 --> 00:45:30.319 Again, 00:45:30.539 --> 00:45:31.359 not that they're not 00:45:31.359 --> 00:45:32.419 persuaded intellectually 00:45:32.419 --> 00:45:34.039 and not that they're not 00:45:34.039 --> 00:45:35.099 moved under the truth 00:45:35.099 --> 00:45:36.019 but that they're just 00:45:36.019 --> 00:45:37.179 not willing. 00:45:38.259 --> 00:45:38.539 And you know, 00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:39.460 nobody expects 00:45:39.460 --> 00:45:40.739 to gain the whole world 00:45:40.739 --> 00:45:41.879 and you don't expect 00:45:41.879 --> 00:45:42.739 to gain the whole world 00:45:42.739 --> 00:45:44.679 but we expect 00:45:44.679 --> 00:45:45.579 to gain parts of it, 00:45:45.739 --> 00:45:46.919 to annex parts of it 00:45:46.919 --> 00:45:47.759 to ourselves, 00:45:48.219 --> 00:45:49.459 to claim things, 00:45:49.579 --> 00:45:49.879 people, 00:45:50.039 --> 00:45:50.379 places, 00:45:50.739 --> 00:45:51.479 as our own. 00:45:52.579 --> 00:45:53.619 And for these things 00:45:53.619 --> 00:45:54.699 we live. 00:45:55.599 --> 00:45:56.939 We live for family, 00:45:57.839 --> 00:45:58.500 for friends. 00:45:58.639 --> 00:46:00.019 People live for comfort, 00:46:00.699 --> 00:46:01.639 for power, 00:46:02.319 --> 00:46:02.959 for wealth, 00:46:03.179 --> 00:46:03.959 for success. 00:46:04.599 --> 00:46:05.399 People in our day, 00:46:05.459 --> 00:46:05.739 friends, 00:46:05.819 --> 00:46:06.659 they live for the holidays 00:46:06.659 --> 00:46:07.399 that they go on. 00:46:07.400 --> 00:46:10.579 They just plow their way 00:46:10.579 --> 00:46:11.720 through the rest of the year 00:46:11.720 --> 00:46:12.340 and then they've got 00:46:12.340 --> 00:46:13.360 these times of holidays 00:46:13.360 --> 00:46:14.320 that they look forward to 00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:15.460 and they think of little else 00:46:15.460 --> 00:46:17.160 and then oftentimes 00:46:17.160 --> 00:46:18.380 before they've even 00:46:18.380 --> 00:46:20.340 come away from their holiday 00:46:20.340 --> 00:46:21.160 they're booking 00:46:21.160 --> 00:46:22.460 and planning their next one. 00:46:23.139 --> 00:46:24.460 People live for beauty, 00:46:25.300 --> 00:46:26.760 for reputation, 00:46:27.559 --> 00:46:28.160 for acclaim, 00:46:28.780 --> 00:46:29.559 for praise. 00:46:29.760 --> 00:46:31.000 All parts of the world 00:46:31.000 --> 00:46:32.200 that we seek to annex 00:46:32.200 --> 00:46:33.519 for ourselves. 00:46:34.660 --> 00:46:35.940 And that's where people today, 00:46:35.940 --> 00:46:37.119 and there are things 00:46:37.119 --> 00:46:37.659 I've missed out, 00:46:37.720 --> 00:46:38.000 I'm sure, 00:46:38.139 --> 00:46:39.519 but generally speaking 00:46:39.519 --> 00:46:40.300 that's where people 00:46:40.300 --> 00:46:42.260 are seeking their satisfaction. 00:46:43.200 --> 00:46:44.019 It's where they're seeking 00:46:44.019 --> 00:46:45.440 their fulfillment in life. 00:46:45.659 --> 00:46:46.420 That's where people 00:46:46.420 --> 00:46:47.599 are looking for happiness. 00:46:48.619 --> 00:46:49.860 And many people 00:46:49.860 --> 00:46:50.460 will tell you 00:46:50.460 --> 00:46:51.579 that this is what life 00:46:51.579 --> 00:46:52.240 is all about. 00:46:52.659 --> 00:46:53.480 These things. 00:46:54.840 --> 00:46:55.579 And of course 00:46:55.579 --> 00:46:56.920 they look for happiness 00:46:56.920 --> 00:46:57.760 in these things 00:46:57.760 --> 00:46:59.139 and they don't find it. 00:46:59.800 --> 00:47:00.420 I was reading 00:47:00.420 --> 00:47:01.220 not that long ago 00:47:01.220 --> 00:47:01.780 an article 00:47:01.780 --> 00:47:06.360 an article about 00:47:06.360 --> 00:47:07.280 why rich people 00:47:07.280 --> 00:47:07.940 aren't happy. 00:47:09.120 --> 00:47:10.360 And studies 00:47:10.360 --> 00:47:11.080 had been done 00:47:11.080 --> 00:47:12.180 and surveys 00:47:12.180 --> 00:47:12.980 had been taken 00:47:12.980 --> 00:47:14.500 and there was a man 00:47:14.500 --> 00:47:14.820 called, 00:47:14.960 --> 00:47:15.280 he was a, 00:47:15.380 --> 00:47:16.860 I think he was a Jew 00:47:16.860 --> 00:47:18.260 living in America 00:47:18.260 --> 00:47:19.460 but Russian by birth 00:47:19.460 --> 00:47:21.120 and he's a novelist 00:47:21.120 --> 00:47:22.860 but for one of his novels 00:47:22.860 --> 00:47:23.760 he did a great amount 00:47:23.760 --> 00:47:24.340 of research 00:47:24.340 --> 00:47:25.360 into rich people 00:47:25.360 --> 00:47:26.920 and whether they are happy 00:47:26.920 --> 00:47:28.160 or whether they're not happy. 00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:29.779 And he said 00:47:29.779 --> 00:47:30.339 at the end of it 00:47:30.339 --> 00:47:30.719 he said 00:47:30.719 --> 00:47:32.159 here were people 00:47:32.159 --> 00:47:33.339 who could purchase 00:47:33.339 --> 00:47:34.699 anything they wanted 00:47:34.699 --> 00:47:36.000 and whose wealth 00:47:36.000 --> 00:47:37.460 was widely envied 00:47:37.460 --> 00:47:38.239 by others 00:47:38.239 --> 00:47:39.859 and yet even 00:47:39.859 --> 00:47:41.519 they weren't content. 00:47:42.539 --> 00:47:43.440 They weren't content. 00:47:44.579 --> 00:47:45.299 And he went on 00:47:45.299 --> 00:47:45.879 to say that 00:47:45.879 --> 00:47:47.440 at the end of the day 00:47:47.440 --> 00:47:48.379 I was just happy 00:47:48.379 --> 00:47:50.039 to end this research 00:47:50.039 --> 00:47:51.259 because it was 00:47:51.259 --> 00:47:52.420 quite depressing. 00:47:53.199 --> 00:47:54.399 People who had it all 00:47:54.399 --> 00:47:57.420 who had all the things 00:47:57.420 --> 00:47:58.440 that perhaps we would like 00:47:58.440 --> 00:47:59.099 for ourselves 00:47:59.099 --> 00:48:00.220 who had the money 00:48:00.220 --> 00:48:00.960 to buy them 00:48:00.960 --> 00:48:02.099 who had the time 00:48:02.099 --> 00:48:02.960 to do them 00:48:02.960 --> 00:48:05.320 and yet who weren't happy. 00:48:06.000 --> 00:48:06.440 And there was 00:48:06.440 --> 00:48:08.440 another survey 00:48:08.440 --> 00:48:09.980 done around the same time 00:48:09.980 --> 00:48:11.680 with billionaires 00:48:11.680 --> 00:48:12.519 and with millionaires 00:48:12.519 --> 00:48:13.280 to see how happy 00:48:13.280 --> 00:48:13.639 they were 00:48:13.639 --> 00:48:14.159 and they were told 00:48:14.159 --> 00:48:14.820 to give an answer 00:48:14.820 --> 00:48:15.840 out of ten 00:48:15.840 --> 00:48:16.599 and most of them 00:48:16.599 --> 00:48:17.400 were around four 00:48:17.400 --> 00:48:18.539 some five. 00:48:18.920 --> 00:48:19.559 Very famously 00:48:19.559 --> 00:48:20.680 I can't remember his name 00:48:20.680 --> 00:48:21.440 but the man 00:48:21.440 --> 00:48:22.619 who founded 00:48:22.619 --> 00:48:23.519 Phones for You 00:48:23.519 --> 00:48:24.360 a billionaire 00:48:24.360 --> 00:48:25.760 he said that often 00:48:25.760 --> 00:48:26.900 he was at one or two. 00:48:27.420 --> 00:48:28.260 One or two 00:48:28.260 --> 00:48:29.340 out of ten. 00:48:31.180 --> 00:48:31.880 Many of us 00:48:31.880 --> 00:48:33.099 don't remember it 00:48:33.099 --> 00:48:35.180 if we're young enough 00:48:35.180 --> 00:48:36.900 but we've all heard 00:48:36.900 --> 00:48:37.579 the song 00:48:37.579 --> 00:48:38.500 by the Rolling Stones 00:48:38.500 --> 00:48:40.820 I Can't Get No Satisfaction. 00:48:42.119 --> 00:48:42.860 What's interesting 00:48:42.860 --> 00:48:43.700 about that song 00:48:43.700 --> 00:48:44.320 is that here were 00:48:44.320 --> 00:48:44.720 a people 00:48:44.720 --> 00:48:45.619 on top of the world 00:48:45.619 --> 00:48:46.940 here were a people 00:48:46.940 --> 00:48:47.539 who were rich 00:48:47.539 --> 00:48:48.079 who were again 00:48:48.079 --> 00:48:49.559 envied by many other people 00:48:49.559 --> 00:48:50.639 who had everything 00:48:50.639 --> 00:48:51.960 that the world 00:48:51.960 --> 00:48:52.579 teaches us 00:48:52.579 --> 00:48:53.780 to think that we want 00:48:53.780 --> 00:48:54.820 and yet they were 00:48:54.820 --> 00:48:55.800 singing this song 00:48:55.800 --> 00:48:57.019 I can't get 00:48:57.019 --> 00:48:58.180 I'm not satisfied 00:48:58.180 --> 00:48:58.680 by it 00:48:58.680 --> 00:48:59.580 everything that I have 00:48:59.580 --> 00:49:01.420 it doesn't satisfy me 00:49:01.420 --> 00:49:02.519 and what was even 00:49:02.519 --> 00:49:03.360 more interesting 00:49:03.360 --> 00:49:04.860 is that everybody 00:49:04.860 --> 00:49:06.120 sang along to this 00:49:06.120 --> 00:49:07.100 they weren't thinking 00:49:07.100 --> 00:49:07.880 what on earth 00:49:07.880 --> 00:49:08.460 are these people 00:49:08.460 --> 00:49:09.120 talking about 00:49:09.120 --> 00:49:10.240 they've got everything 00:49:10.240 --> 00:49:11.360 that they're not satisfied 00:49:11.360 --> 00:49:12.620 no they sang along 00:49:12.620 --> 00:49:13.920 they knew what it meant 00:49:13.920 --> 00:49:15.260 they knew exactly 00:49:15.260 --> 00:49:16.519 what they were talking about 00:49:16.519 --> 00:49:18.060 and yet 00:49:18.060 --> 00:49:19.380 they 00:49:19.380 --> 00:49:20.120 and indeed 00:49:20.120 --> 00:49:20.940 we to an extent 00:49:20.940 --> 00:49:21.480 continue 00:49:21.480 --> 00:49:22.680 to chase after 00:49:22.679 --> 00:49:23.219 these things 00:49:23.219 --> 00:49:23.759 in the world 00:49:23.759 --> 00:49:25.059 to think 00:49:25.059 --> 00:49:25.639 that the world 00:49:25.639 --> 00:49:26.799 can fulfill us 00:49:26.799 --> 00:49:27.659 that if we just 00:49:27.659 --> 00:49:28.319 try harder 00:49:28.319 --> 00:49:28.980 and try things 00:49:28.980 --> 00:49:29.799 a little differently 00:49:29.799 --> 00:49:30.759 that we can get 00:49:30.759 --> 00:49:31.259 the world 00:49:31.259 --> 00:49:32.500 to work for us 00:49:32.500 --> 00:49:33.159 and you know 00:49:33.159 --> 00:49:33.579 that's why 00:49:33.579 --> 00:49:34.440 it's all consuming 00:49:34.440 --> 00:49:35.799 because it's always 00:49:35.799 --> 00:49:36.899 promising us more 00:49:36.899 --> 00:49:38.599 always promising us better 00:49:38.599 --> 00:49:39.859 and yet never delivering 00:49:39.859 --> 00:49:41.879 there was another 00:49:41.879 --> 00:49:44.599 another survey done 00:49:44.599 --> 00:49:45.539 by a guy called 00:49:45.539 --> 00:49:46.199 Michael Norton 00:49:46.199 --> 00:49:47.579 who's a professor 00:49:47.579 --> 00:49:48.139 in Harvard 00:49:48.139 --> 00:49:49.019 in America 00:49:49.019 --> 00:49:49.779 and he's done 00:49:49.779 --> 00:49:50.359 a lot of work 00:49:50.359 --> 00:49:51.119 on wealth 00:49:51.119 --> 00:49:51.679 and happiness 00:49:51.679 --> 00:49:53.339 and he asked people 00:49:53.339 --> 00:49:53.920 a question 00:49:53.920 --> 00:49:54.420 and again 00:49:54.420 --> 00:49:55.279 it was millionaires 00:49:55.279 --> 00:49:56.059 and billionaires 00:49:56.059 --> 00:49:58.000 how much more 00:49:58.000 --> 00:49:58.819 if you're not happy 00:49:58.819 --> 00:49:59.400 how much more 00:49:59.400 --> 00:49:59.960 would you need 00:49:59.960 --> 00:50:01.239 to be happy 00:50:01.239 --> 00:50:02.460 and he said 00:50:02.460 --> 00:50:03.980 basically everybody 00:50:03.980 --> 00:50:04.839 in that survey 00:50:04.839 --> 00:50:06.039 whether they had 00:50:06.039 --> 00:50:06.960 a million dollars 00:50:06.960 --> 00:50:07.539 to their name 00:50:07.539 --> 00:50:08.279 or whether they were 00:50:08.279 --> 00:50:08.839 billionaires 00:50:08.839 --> 00:50:10.579 basically every single 00:50:10.579 --> 00:50:11.179 one of them 00:50:11.179 --> 00:50:12.940 needed two to three 00:50:12.940 --> 00:50:13.619 times more 00:50:13.619 --> 00:50:14.619 than they already had 00:50:14.619 --> 00:50:15.679 in order 00:50:15.679 --> 00:50:16.900 to be happy 00:50:16.900 --> 00:50:18.559 and then they thought 00:50:18.559 --> 00:50:19.559 well I'll be happy 00:50:19.559 --> 00:50:20.239 I'll be fulfilled 00:50:20.239 --> 00:50:21.399 I'll be satisfied 00:50:21.399 --> 00:50:21.899 then 00:50:21.899 --> 00:50:23.059 and do you think 00:50:23.059 --> 00:50:23.539 they were 00:50:23.539 --> 00:50:24.679 do you think 00:50:24.679 --> 00:50:25.319 that this is what 00:50:25.319 --> 00:50:26.259 life is all about 00:50:26.259 --> 00:50:27.159 and I'm just not 00:50:27.159 --> 00:50:27.959 talking about money 00:50:27.959 --> 00:50:28.879 I'm sure there 00:50:28.879 --> 00:50:29.419 probably aren't 00:50:29.419 --> 00:50:30.139 many millionaires 00:50:30.139 --> 00:50:30.839 in here today 00:50:30.839 --> 00:50:32.519 and yet 00:50:32.519 --> 00:50:33.679 we have our own 00:50:33.679 --> 00:50:34.779 goals 00:50:34.779 --> 00:50:35.639 aspirations 00:50:35.639 --> 00:50:36.579 desires 00:50:36.579 --> 00:50:37.779 perhaps even 00:50:37.779 --> 00:50:38.299 idols 00:50:38.299 --> 00:50:40.919 do these things 00:50:40.919 --> 00:50:41.739 make us happy 00:50:41.739 --> 00:50:42.919 outside of Christ 00:50:42.919 --> 00:50:43.819 you know 00:50:43.819 --> 00:50:44.639 you sometimes 00:50:44.639 --> 00:50:46.139 you may be 00:50:46.139 --> 00:50:46.799 sitting in a sun 00:50:46.799 --> 00:50:47.059 lounge 00:50:47.059 --> 00:50:47.659 if you're on a 00:50:47.659 --> 00:50:48.000 holiday 00:50:48.000 --> 00:50:49.239 or you're 00:50:49.239 --> 00:50:50.219 maybe out for a 00:50:50.219 --> 00:50:50.699 walk in the 00:50:50.699 --> 00:50:51.360 castle grounds 00:50:51.360 --> 00:50:52.340 or you're sitting 00:50:52.340 --> 00:50:53.099 before the fire 00:50:53.099 --> 00:50:53.659 at night 00:50:53.659 --> 00:50:54.559 or you're out 00:50:54.559 --> 00:50:55.360 in the garage 00:50:55.360 --> 00:50:55.900 and you're doing 00:50:55.900 --> 00:50:56.400 what you want 00:50:56.400 --> 00:50:56.820 to do 00:50:56.820 --> 00:50:58.059 and you sit back 00:50:58.059 --> 00:50:58.440 and you say 00:50:58.440 --> 00:50:58.840 to yourself 00:50:58.840 --> 00:50:59.960 well this is 00:50:59.960 --> 00:51:00.440 the life 00:51:00.440 --> 00:51:01.920 this is the 00:51:01.920 --> 00:51:02.259 life 00:51:02.259 --> 00:51:04.059 but is it 00:51:04.059 --> 00:51:05.440 is that the 00:51:05.440 --> 00:51:05.759 life 00:51:05.759 --> 00:51:06.519 really 00:51:06.519 --> 00:51:07.719 sitting in a 00:51:07.719 --> 00:51:08.159 sun lounge 00:51:08.159 --> 00:51:09.500 working in a 00:51:09.500 --> 00:51:09.960 garage 00:51:09.960 --> 00:51:11.500 out for a 00:51:11.500 --> 00:51:11.699 walk 00:51:11.699 --> 00:51:12.259 now these things 00:51:12.259 --> 00:51:12.599 are good 00:51:12.599 --> 00:51:13.139 they're all very 00:51:13.139 --> 00:51:13.360 good 00:51:13.360 --> 00:51:13.880 but is that 00:51:13.880 --> 00:51:14.320 what life 00:51:14.320 --> 00:51:15.039 is all about 00:51:15.039 --> 00:51:16.079 do you really 00:51:16.079 --> 00:51:16.679 think that is 00:51:16.679 --> 00:51:17.599 what life 00:51:17.599 --> 00:51:18.199 is all about 00:51:18.199 --> 00:51:19.360 you remember 00:51:19.360 --> 00:51:20.259 what Jesus 00:51:20.259 --> 00:51:21.219 said in his 00:51:21.219 --> 00:51:21.759 high priestly 00:51:21.759 --> 00:51:22.279 prayer in 00:51:22.279 --> 00:51:22.880 John 17 00:51:22.880 --> 00:51:23.920 he said 00:51:23.920 --> 00:51:25.239 this is life 00:51:25.239 --> 00:51:25.759 eternal 00:51:25.759 --> 00:51:26.719 in other words 00:51:26.719 --> 00:51:27.320 this is what 00:51:27.320 --> 00:51:28.000 life is 00:51:28.000 --> 00:51:28.759 this is what 00:51:28.759 --> 00:51:29.380 life is all 00:51:29.380 --> 00:51:29.739 about 00:51:29.739 --> 00:51:30.400 that they 00:51:30.400 --> 00:51:31.000 might know 00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:31.840 thee the only 00:51:31.840 --> 00:51:32.579 true God 00:51:32.579 --> 00:51:33.199 and Jesus 00:51:33.199 --> 00:51:33.820 Christ 00:51:33.820 --> 00:51:34.440 whom you 00:51:34.440 --> 00:51:35.019 have sent 00:51:35.019 --> 00:51:36.179 that's what 00:51:36.179 --> 00:51:36.719 life is 00:51:36.719 --> 00:51:37.219 to know 00:51:37.219 --> 00:51:37.679 God 00:51:37.679 --> 00:51:38.460 to know 00:51:38.460 --> 00:51:38.900 Jesus 00:51:38.900 --> 00:51:40.039 that is what 00:51:40.039 --> 00:51:40.860 life is all 00:51:40.860 --> 00:51:41.279 about 00:51:41.279 --> 00:51:42.079 that is why 00:51:42.079 --> 00:51:42.579 we have been 00:51:42.579 --> 00:51:43.039 made 00:51:43.039 --> 00:51:43.719 that is a 00:51:43.719 --> 00:51:44.099 purpose 00:51:44.099 --> 00:51:44.599 for which 00:51:44.599 --> 00:51:45.019 we have been 00:51:45.019 --> 00:51:45.440 made 00:51:45.440 --> 00:51:46.619 to glorify 00:51:46.619 --> 00:51:47.219 God 00:51:47.219 --> 00:51:47.860 and to 00:51:47.860 --> 00:51:48.579 enjoy him 00:51:48.579 --> 00:51:49.279 forever 00:51:49.279 --> 00:51:50.199 and so to 00:51:50.199 --> 00:51:50.940 live for the 00:51:50.940 --> 00:51:51.400 world 00:51:51.400 --> 00:51:53.019 and bear in 00:51:53.019 --> 00:51:53.420 mind that 00:51:53.420 --> 00:51:54.000 living for the 00:51:54.000 --> 00:51:54.420 world and 00:51:54.420 --> 00:51:54.779 living for 00:51:54.779 --> 00:51:55.279 Christ are 00:51:55.279 --> 00:51:55.739 mutually 00:51:55.739 --> 00:51:56.699 exclusive 00:51:56.699 --> 00:51:58.019 to live for 00:51:58.019 --> 00:51:58.440 the world 00:51:58.440 --> 00:51:59.079 instead of 00:51:59.079 --> 00:51:59.599 living for 00:51:59.599 --> 00:52:00.000 Christ 00:52:00.000 --> 00:52:01.119 isn't 00:52:01.119 --> 00:52:02.159 the life 00:52:02.159 --> 00:52:03.139 it's to 00:52:03.139 --> 00:52:03.599 miss out 00:52:03.599 --> 00:52:04.159 on life 00:52:04.159 --> 00:52:05.259 it is to 00:52:05.259 --> 00:52:05.719 miss out 00:52:05.719 --> 00:52:06.159 on the 00:52:06.159 --> 00:52:06.639 point of 00:52:06.639 --> 00:52:07.000 life 00:52:07.000 --> 00:52:07.559 and it 00:52:07.559 --> 00:52:07.880 is to 00:52:07.880 --> 00:52:08.360 remain 00:52:08.360 --> 00:52:09.880 unsatisfied 00:52:09.880 --> 00:52:11.440 unfulfilled 00:52:11.440 --> 00:52:12.599 unhappy 00:52:12.599 --> 00:52:13.960 you know 00:52:13.960 --> 00:52:14.519 we have 00:52:14.519 --> 00:52:14.759 seen 00:52:14.759 --> 00:52:15.119 that the 00:52:15.119 --> 00:52:15.360 nature 00:52:15.360 --> 00:52:15.539 of 00:52:15.539 --> 00:52:16.259 discipleship 00:52:16.259 --> 00:52:16.719 takes 00:52:16.719 --> 00:52:16.880 in 00:52:16.880 --> 00:52:17.159 hard 00:52:17.159 --> 00:52:17.719 things 00:52:17.719 --> 00:52:18.799 but I 00:52:18.799 --> 00:52:19.360 don't mean 00:52:19.360 --> 00:52:19.699 to paint 00:52:19.699 --> 00:52:20.079 a dark 00:52:20.079 --> 00:52:20.460 picture 00:52:20.460 --> 00:52:21.639 there is 00:52:21.639 --> 00:52:22.159 joy in 00:52:22.159 --> 00:52:22.880 self-denial 00:52:22.880 --> 00:52:24.460 there is 00:52:24.460 --> 00:52:24.900 joy in 00:52:24.900 --> 00:52:25.420 taking up 00:52:25.420 --> 00:52:26.039 your cross 00:52:26.039 --> 00:52:27.039 there is 00:52:27.039 --> 00:52:27.799 great joy 00:52:27.799 --> 00:52:29.000 heavenly joy 00:52:29.000 --> 00:52:29.619 and peace 00:52:29.619 --> 00:52:30.559 in following 00:52:30.559 --> 00:52:30.980 Jesus 00:52:30.980 --> 00:52:31.480 even when 00:52:31.480 --> 00:52:32.159 that means 00:52:32.159 --> 00:52:32.679 that there 00:52:32.679 --> 00:52:33.079 are hard 00:52:33.079 --> 00:52:33.500 decisions 00:52:33.500 --> 00:52:34.339 to be 00:52:34.339 --> 00:52:34.759 made 00:52:34.759 --> 00:52:36.779 but let 00:52:36.779 --> 00:52:37.179 us notice 00:52:37.179 --> 00:52:37.739 this too 00:52:37.739 --> 00:52:40.879 at the 00:52:40.879 --> 00:52:41.399 flip side 00:52:41.399 --> 00:52:41.899 of living 00:52:41.899 --> 00:52:42.919 to gain 00:52:42.919 --> 00:52:43.519 this world 00:52:43.519 --> 00:52:45.019 is that 00:52:45.019 --> 00:52:45.359 you must 00:52:45.359 --> 00:52:45.659 lose 00:52:45.659 --> 00:52:46.239 your soul 00:52:46.239 --> 00:52:47.239 and that's 00:52:47.239 --> 00:52:47.459 what we 00:52:47.459 --> 00:52:47.679 read 00:52:47.679 --> 00:52:47.959 Jesus 00:52:47.959 --> 00:52:48.379 says 00:52:48.379 --> 00:52:49.219 for whoever 00:52:49.219 --> 00:52:49.939 would save 00:52:49.939 --> 00:52:50.559 his life 00:52:50.559 --> 00:52:51.559 will lose 00:52:51.559 --> 00:52:51.819 it 00:52:51.819 --> 00:52:52.759 and what 00:52:52.759 --> 00:52:53.039 does it 00:52:53.039 --> 00:52:53.500 profit a 00:52:53.500 --> 00:52:53.919 man to 00:52:53.919 --> 00:52:54.279 gain the 00:52:54.279 --> 00:52:54.839 whole world 00:52:54.839 --> 00:52:55.579 and forfeit 00:52:55.579 --> 00:52:56.059 his life 00:52:56.059 --> 00:52:57.159 or as 00:52:57.159 --> 00:52:57.459 it's put 00:52:57.459 --> 00:52:58.000 elsewhere 00:52:58.000 --> 00:52:59.179 to lose 00:52:59.179 --> 00:52:59.579 his own 00:52:59.579 --> 00:53:00.019 soul 00:53:00.019 --> 00:53:00.739 what will 00:53:00.739 --> 00:53:01.279 it profit 00:53:01.279 --> 00:53:01.679 you at 00:53:01.679 --> 00:53:01.959 the end 00:53:01.959 --> 00:53:02.179 of the 00:53:02.179 --> 00:53:02.459 day 00:53:02.459 --> 00:53:02.919 if you 00:53:02.919 --> 00:53:03.239 gain 00:53:03.239 --> 00:53:03.859 this 00:53:03.859 --> 00:53:04.099 whole 00:53:04.099 --> 00:53:04.579 world 00:53:04.579 --> 00:53:05.039 and yet 00:53:05.039 --> 00:53:05.539 lose 00:53:05.539 --> 00:53:06.459 your own 00:53:06.459 --> 00:53:07.299 soul 00:53:07.300 --> 00:53:08.780 but what 00:53:08.780 --> 00:53:09.100 does that 00:53:09.100 --> 00:53:09.280 mean 00:53:09.280 --> 00:53:09.840 I remember 00:53:09.840 --> 00:53:10.280 once 00:53:10.280 --> 00:53:11.860 speaking to 00:53:11.860 --> 00:53:12.560 somebody 00:53:12.560 --> 00:53:12.940 somebody 00:53:12.940 --> 00:53:13.140 who was 00:53:13.140 --> 00:53:13.380 working 00:53:13.380 --> 00:53:13.600 in the 00:53:13.600 --> 00:53:13.940 service 00:53:13.940 --> 00:53:14.360 industry 00:53:14.360 --> 00:53:15.200 and this 00:53:15.200 --> 00:53:15.500 woman 00:53:15.500 --> 00:53:16.260 was 00:53:16.260 --> 00:53:16.920 slightly 00:53:16.920 --> 00:53:17.380 annoyed 00:53:17.380 --> 00:53:18.220 living 00:53:18.220 --> 00:53:18.860 in this 00:53:18.860 --> 00:53:19.240 town 00:53:19.240 --> 00:53:20.200 and she 00:53:20.200 --> 00:53:20.600 was annoyed 00:53:20.600 --> 00:53:20.960 with the 00:53:20.960 --> 00:53:21.220 amount 00:53:21.220 --> 00:53:21.940 of Christians 00:53:21.940 --> 00:53:22.880 who would 00:53:22.880 --> 00:53:23.300 say to 00:53:23.300 --> 00:53:23.440 her 00:53:23.440 --> 00:53:23.960 how is 00:53:23.960 --> 00:53:24.500 your soul 00:53:24.500 --> 00:53:26.240 and she 00:53:26.240 --> 00:53:26.740 didn't like 00:53:26.740 --> 00:53:27.039 this she 00:53:27.039 --> 00:53:27.440 didn't like 00:53:27.440 --> 00:53:28.120 being challenged 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00:55:31.280 --> 00:55:31.860 response of 00:55:31.860 --> 00:55:32.480 your heart 00:55:32.480 --> 00:55:32.940 did you 00:55:32.940 --> 00:55:33.500 believe 00:55:33.500 --> 00:55:34.340 what was the 00:55:34.340 --> 00:55:34.920 response of 00:55:34.920 --> 00:55:35.519 your life 00:55:35.519 --> 00:55:36.099 did you 00:55:36.099 --> 00:55:36.460 live it 00:55:36.460 --> 00:55:36.820 out 00:55:36.820 --> 00:55:37.720 did you 00:55:37.720 --> 00:55:38.400 respond with 00:55:38.400 --> 00:55:38.960 faith 00:55:38.960 --> 00:55:39.740 or did you 00:55:39.740 --> 00:55:40.380 respond with 00:55:40.380 --> 00:55:41.039 unbelief 00:55:41.039 --> 00:55:43.640 that's what 00:55:43.640 --> 00:55:44.019 you will be 00:55:44.019 --> 00:55:44.660 judged on 00:55:44.660 --> 00:55:45.820 the deeds 00:55:45.820 --> 00:55:46.400 done in the 00:55:46.400 --> 00:55:46.780 body 00:55:46.780 --> 00:55:48.059 Paul says 00:55:48.059 --> 00:55:48.800 whether they 00:55:48.800 --> 00:55:49.400 be good 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00:56:07.720 --> 00:56:08.800 and it 00:56:08.800 --> 00:56:09.099 will be 00:56:09.099 --> 00:56:09.380 lost 00:56:09.380 --> 00:56:09.960 eternally 00:56:09.960 --> 00:56:10.519 we read 00:56:10.519 --> 00:56:10.740 in the 00:56:10.740 --> 00:56:11.120 rest of 00:56:11.120 --> 00:56:11.519 scripture 00:56:11.519 --> 00:56:13.180 when you 00:56:13.180 --> 00:56:13.660 lift up 00:56:13.660 --> 00:56:14.120 your eyes 00:56:14.120 --> 00:56:14.579 in hell 00:56:14.579 --> 00:56:15.539 as the 00:56:15.539 --> 00:56:16.120 rich man 00:56:16.120 --> 00:56:16.420 in the 00:56:16.420 --> 00:56:16.880 story of 00:56:16.880 --> 00:56:17.220 the rich 00:56:17.220 --> 00:56:17.460 man 00:56:17.460 --> 00:56:18.160 and Lazarus 00:56:18.160 --> 00:56:18.740 the rich 00:56:18.740 --> 00:56:19.079 man who 00:56:19.079 --> 00:56:19.380 had it 00:56:19.380 --> 00:56:19.700 all 00:56:19.700 --> 00:56:20.860 the rich 00:56:20.860 --> 00:56:21.460 man who 00:56:21.460 --> 00:56:22.180 lived in 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00:56:38.219 man was 00:56:38.219 --> 00:56:38.759 conscious 00:56:38.759 --> 00:56:39.619 in hell 00:56:39.619 --> 00:56:41.119 and yet 00:56:41.119 --> 00:56:42.079 it was to 00:56:42.079 --> 00:56:42.340 him a 00:56:42.340 --> 00:56:42.900 place of 00:56:42.900 --> 00:56:43.319 weeping 00:56:43.319 --> 00:56:44.219 and gnashing 00:56:44.219 --> 00:56:44.759 of teeth 00:56:44.759 --> 00:56:46.319 a place 00:56:46.319 --> 00:56:46.679 of 00:56:46.679 --> 00:56:47.960 outer 00:56:47.960 --> 00:56:48.639 and utter 00:56:48.639 --> 00:56:49.980 darkness 00:56:49.980 --> 00:56:51.440 that's 00:56:51.440 --> 00:56:51.779 what it 00:56:51.779 --> 00:56:52.119 means 00:56:52.119 --> 00:56:52.659 friends 00:56:52.659 --> 00:56:53.679 to lose 00:56:53.679 --> 00:56:54.339 your soul 00:56:54.339 --> 00:56:55.319 that's 00:56:55.319 --> 00:56:55.599 what it 00:56:55.599 --> 00:56:55.839 means 00:56:55.839 --> 00:56:56.139 and so 00:56:56.139 --> 00:56:56.480 I want 00:56:56.480 --> 00:56:56.739 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