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 Father, we ask that the Holy Spirit would fall with fresh power upon us this morning

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 as we now spend some time listening to what Jesus taught us.

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 And Father, everything in the world and everything in our flesh

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 and everything about the devil would say that what Jesus says is just wrong.

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 And Father, you know how hard it is for us to deny ourselves

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 and pick up our cross and follow you.

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 But we ask, Father, that your Holy Spirit would do a wonderful work

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 in each of our lives,

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 that not only would we see the beauty and the wisdom of his words,

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 but that we move forward in doing them.

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 That today and every day we will be more deeply convinced of the gospel

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 and more deeply trusting and loving of Jesus,

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 that we would be willing to deny ourselves and to take up our cross and to follow him.

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 And we ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So, if I was to say, I have some really good news.

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 You know, one of my nephews has been out of work for a while

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 and he just got a really, really great job.

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 And the commissions are through the roof

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 and his job is to sell Russian war bonds here in Ottawa.

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 Russian war bonds, if you didn't hear that.

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 So, if I said that, you'd all go,

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 George, have you been smoking some of those no longer controlled substances

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 that you can buy everywhere or doing some other type of thing?

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 That's just wrong.

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 It's just evil.

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 It's just wrong.

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 And, in fact, actually, now that you've said it on YouTube Live,

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 the police or CSIS will probably be checking up on this person

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 to see if we can throw them in jail.

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 Or maybe they'll let him sell the bonds for a while

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 so they can figure out who'd actually want to buy them

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 and throw everybody in jail.

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 But it would be something which is completely and utterly opposed

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 to what Canadians believe, what Canadians value.

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 It's almost definitely illegal.

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 And nobody would do it.

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 Now, we have the exact same problem today with the words of Jesus.

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 I don't know how many of you picked it up,

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 but if you get your Bibles and you turn to verses,

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 if you turn to verse 34,

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 those of you who don't have your Bibles will be on the screen,

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 but it's always good to follow along in your Bibles

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 and maybe potentially make notes or other types of things

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 that helps to bring the word more home to you.

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 But so remember the thing is about selling Russian war bonds,

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 completely wrong.

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 Nobody in Canada would like it.

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 And if they do like it, they're suspect.

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 They should probably be thrown in jail.

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 I mean, that's how most Canadians would say.

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 And just listen to what Jesus says in verse 34 again.

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 And by the way, if you're watching this online,

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 this is one of the problems that,

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 I mean, it's going to be very offensive,

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 what I'm about to read.

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 Sort of in an odd way,

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 not offensive when the Bible talks about some of the things

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 about money or sexuality,

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 but offensive at a...

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 See, here's the problem.

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 Often people just go,

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 oh yeah, yeah, it's religious stuff,

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 yada, yada, yada, yada, yada, yada,

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 and it doesn't really mean anything.

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 But no, no, no, no, no, no.

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 Jesus means this.

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 So Jesus means this.

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 And that's why it's in this ancient biography

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 recording the words of Jesus.

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 And listen to what it says in verse 34.

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 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples,

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 he said to them,

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 if anyone, if anyone would come after me,

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 let him deny himself

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 and take up his cross and follow me.

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 Let's say that again.

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 If anyone would come after me,

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 let him deny himself

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 and take up his cross and follow me.

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 For whoever would save his life will lose it,

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 but whoever loses his life for my sake

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 and the gospel's will save it.

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 Now, frankly,

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 to just about every Canadian,

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 this is just wrong.

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 In fact, actually,

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 I think if people had the courage

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 to say it to our eyes,

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 they'd say,

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 George, if you push this,

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 if you push this,

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 you need to deny yourself,

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 you need to die yourself,

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 you need to pick up your cross

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 and follow Jesus,

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 if you push this language

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 of denying yourself,

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 more trans people will commit suicide.

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 More wives and children will be abused.

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 The poor will be kept poor.

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 And the power will run roughshod

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 over those who do not have power.

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 Everything that Jesus just said is wrong.

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 Why is it wrong?

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 Well, because what do we know is wisdom?

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 You know what wisdom is?

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 You be you.

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 Not you deny you.

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 That's foolishness.

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 That will lead to trans people committing suicide.

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 What leads to wisdom is you be you.

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 Only you can and must be you and do you.

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 No one else can do you.

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 No one else can really speak into it.

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 Only you know who you really are

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 and you have to do you.

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 And on top of that,

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 mixed in with that is,

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 you know what,

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 when you're thinking of the holiday,

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 when you're thinking of some quiet time,

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 when you're thinking of your need to exercise,

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 when you're thinking of your need to buy that handbag

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 or that car or that boat,

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 you know what,

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 you deserve it.

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 You deserve it.

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 You've been working really, really hard

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 and you deserve,

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 you deserve that purse,

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 you deserve those shoes,

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 you deserve that car,

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 you deserve it.

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 You deserve that time off.

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 You deserve it.

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 In fact, the matter is, George,

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 that rather than telling people

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 that they have to deny themselves

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 and die to themselves,

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 that they have to pick up and cross

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 and follow me,

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 what you should really be saying

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 is not only you do you

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 and you deserve these good things in life,

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 you deserve those good things in life.

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 And since you deserve it,

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 you have to grab those good things in life

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 by your hands.

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 And if you're having problems doing that,

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 what you need to do

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 is you need to grow in self-esteem.

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 That's the way of wisdom.

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 More self-esteem.

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 More learning that you are worth it.

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 You're a good person.

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 You deserve these things.

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 You be you.

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 That's what people need to hear.

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 For not,

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 if anyone would come after me,

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 let him deny himself

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 and take up his cross and follow me.

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 For whoever would save his life will lose it.

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 Whoever loses his life for my sake

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 and the gospels will save it.

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 And then, George,

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 just listen to what he goes on to say.

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 For what does it profit a man,

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 verse 36,

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 to gain the whole world

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 and forfeit his soul?

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 For what can a man give

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 in return for his soul?

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 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

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 We want to teach

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 that you get both your soul and the world.

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 That's the way of wisdom.

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 You get your soul and the world.

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 You get your life

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 and you make your life.

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 And then in verse 38,

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 for whoever is ashamed of me

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 and of my words

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 in this adulterous and sinful generation,

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 like how dare him refer

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 to Canadian culture

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 as adulterous and sinful?

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 For whoever is ashamed of me

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 and of my words

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 in this adulterous and sinful generation,

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 of him will the Son of Man

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 be ashamed when he comes

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 in the glory of his Father

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 and the Holy Angels?

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 George, this is the big problem

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 with religious people.

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 This guy is a raging narcissist.

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 And somehow or another,

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 religion is all about

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 raging narcissists,

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 getting away with

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 their raging narcissism

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 and encouraging people

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 to deny themselves

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 and give up the good things.

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 Like, George,

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 you shouldn't be telling people

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 the wisdom of tithing.

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 Like, what sense does it make

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 to give away money?

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 You should be talking about

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 how to make more money,

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 how to build self-esteem.

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 Nothing in this text

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 makes sense

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 to most Canadians

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 and most Canadian Christians,

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 which is why we spiritualize it.

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 So what do we do?

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 Well, first of all,

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 we have to acknowledge,

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 we have to acknowledge

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 that the average Canadian way

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 of understanding these things,

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 that there's a lot to say for it

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 that's very good.

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 Like, I can speak

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 very personally about this.

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 I can tell you

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 that my parents

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 were very, very, very disappointed

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 when I chose

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 to become an Anglican minister.

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 They wanted me to be an engineer

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 and make good money.

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 I was good at math.

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 It might be hard

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 for some of you to believe,

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 but I can figure things out

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 occasionally and be practical

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 like engineers can.

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 And I had the aptitude for it.

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 I was good at school.

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 I'd have the marks

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 to get into an engineering school.

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 I was going that direction

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 when I changed

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 for a variety of things.

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 But they were very disappointed

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 when, first of all,

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 I wanted to become a minister.

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 And then to make matters worse,

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 it was an Anglican minister.

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 Because at least

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 if I'd become a Baptist minister

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 or an associated gospel minister,

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 at least those are Christians.

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 I mean, Anglicans

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 aren't even Christians

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 from their point of view

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 back then.

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 So it was just

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 a terrible decision

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 that I was making.

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 And just to top it off,

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 just one more example,

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 they would never have picked

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 Louise to be my wife.

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 They did not approve.

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 Now, just to be fair,

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 I was maybe close

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 to the bottom of the barrel.

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 Like Louise's parents

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 definitely did not approve of me.

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 They would never have picked

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 either me

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 or someone like me

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 for their daughter.

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 And Louise's status

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 in the family

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 dropped lots and lots

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 and lots of steps

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 by choosing to marry me.

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 So you know what?

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 There's something to be said

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 about the fact

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 that one of the problems

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 is that society

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 or family,

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 that people can be squeezing

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 you into their molds.

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 I mean, you know,

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 basically Louise,

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 my parents would never

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 have picked Louise

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 because at the time

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 Louise was a Roman Catholic.

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 And Louise's family

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 would never have picked me.

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 I mean,

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 they actually once said

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 we were overheard

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 for one of the family members

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 saying to Louise's parents

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 about the fact

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 that she was marrying me,

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 they said literally,

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 it could be worse,

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 he could be a Baptist.

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 So they definitely

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 wouldn't have picked me, right?

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 So sometimes,

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 and you know,

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 my parents desire,

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 and my parents are immigrants

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 and you know,

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 they want their,

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 they come to a country

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 for opportunity

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 and they want to see

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 their kids make more money

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 and all of that type of stuff.

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 But you know,

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 there is something

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 to what Canadians say

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 about the fact that,

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 you know,

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 family and culture

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 and society can,

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 people can want to live

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 their lives

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 through their children

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 and there's all these,

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 there's something

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 to what Canadians say

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 which we need

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 to take seriously.

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 And if in fact

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 what Jesus means

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 is something

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 which denies those things,

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 then there is some problem

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 with Jesus' teaching

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 if we're honest.

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 But what there is,

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 what Canadians

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 don't want to acknowledge

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 is it's as if

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 often in Canada

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 there's these two types

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 of conversations

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 that go on

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 and people never realize

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 that they're actually

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 working in conflict

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 with each other.

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 That to pursue one

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 means you won't get the other.

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 It somehow feels

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 as if they can get both

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 and often when there's

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 this particular thing

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 that they really want,

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 they double down,

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 Canadians double down

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 on this

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 to try to get this.

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 And what are the two things?

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 Well, most people,

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 what most people in Canada want

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 is they really would love,

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 they want love.

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 Like love is very important.

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 When you see the slogan

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 love is love,

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 that resonates very deeply

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 as it should

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 with Canadians.

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 And it doesn't,

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 they don't just want,

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 most Canadians,

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 most of us don't just want,

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 like it's,

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 romantic love of course

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 is good,

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 but a stable relationship

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 to find another person

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 that they could have

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 a stable relationship with,

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 to have a family

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 that's not broken

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 and divided

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 and severed,

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 to have friends

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 that last,

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 that these things

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 are very, very important

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 to Canadians.

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 I, you know,

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 I talked to some young people

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 and it's,

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 and probably some of you here

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 who don't just have one dad,

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 they have two or three dads.

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 And I'm not talking,

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 but a same-sex couple,

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 I just mean their mom

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 has been married

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 two or three times

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 and that's not counting boyfriends

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 and they have stepchildren

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 and stepbrothers and sisters

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 and they're all not together.

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 And you can tell in talking

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 that on one hand

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 they deeply long

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 that as they move forward

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 they will have a partnership,

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 a marriage that will last

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 and that their family will last

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 and that there will be

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 something enduring

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 because there is this

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 deep hunger and desire for love.

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 But think about it for a second.

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 You do you.

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 You deserve it.

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 self-esteem.

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 You do you

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 is in fact

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 the attitude and slogan

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 for entitlement.

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 Isn't it?

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 And you deserve it.

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 That's the language of entitlement.

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 Entitlement ruins romantic love.

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 Entitlement ruins marriages.

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 It ruins families.

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 It ruins workplaces.

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 It ruins friendships.

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 You do you

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 is the language of entitlement.

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 Listen,

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 you can't tell me

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 to come home

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 at a certain particular time

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 because

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 I gotta be me.

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 I gotta be me.

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 You can't tell me

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 who I am.

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 I know who I am.

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 I gotta do me.

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 I gotta develop me.

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 I deserve this.

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 It is the language

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 of entitlement

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 and it's also

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 the language of narcissism.

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 It's the language

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 of narcissism.

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 And this is what I mean.

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 Like if you look

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 even within Canadian literature

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 and if you wanted

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 I could find examples

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 in movies.

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 I could find things

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 in newspapers.

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 On one hand

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 the language is

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 you do you,

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 you do you,

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 you do you.

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 Work on your self-esteem.

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 You deserve it.

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 At the same time

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 why do we have

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 all these problems

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 with narcissism?

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 This person,

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 this politician,

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 this leader,

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 this boss,

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 this, you know,

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 you're looking

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 at your marriage

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 and trying to give

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 your advice

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 to your friend

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 and you just realize

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 that the person

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 that your friend

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 is married to

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 is a raging narcissist

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 who feels

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 completely and utterly

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 and completely

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 and utterly entitled

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 and they're ruining

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 the marriage,

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 they're ruining

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 the family,

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 they're ruining

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 their workplace

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 and yet this person

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 that we're complaining

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 about when he's

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 getting counseling

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 they're saying

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 you do you.

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 And we wonder

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 why workplaces

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 and politics

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 and media

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 and family

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 and friendships

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 are so impermanent

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 and begin

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 so beautifully

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 and quickly

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 become so toxic.

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 We long for love

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 and are committed

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 to the belief

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 of you do you

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 which kills love.

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 and we are often

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 completely and utterly

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 blind to this.

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 Friends,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 only the gospel

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 can provide a way

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 that you can really

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 be yourself

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 in a way

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 which isn't entitled

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 and which isn't

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 narcissistic.

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 Only the gospel,

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 only the words

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 of Jesus.

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 So let's look again

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 at what Jesus says

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 and let's begin

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 by looking at the things

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 just before it

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 because if the things

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 before it weren't there

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 then I would agree

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 with Canadians

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 that you should disregard

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 what Jesus says.

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 But look what goes on

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 before it.

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 If you turn in your Bibles

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 to verse 27

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 and we looked at 27 to 30

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 last week,

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 I'm just going to give you

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 a very,

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 and if you're interested

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 more in understanding

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 27 to 30,

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 you can look at

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 last week's sermon.

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 But listen to what

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 Jesus says

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 just before this.

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 And Jesus went

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 with his disciples

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 to the villages

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 of Caesarea Philippi

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 and on the way

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 he asked his disciples

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 who do people

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 say that I am?

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 And they told him

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 John the Baptist,

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 Elijah,

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 one of the prophets.

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 And Jesus asked them

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 and this is the beginning

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 of the Christian life.

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 It's not the Christian life,

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 it's the beginning

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 of the Christian life.

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 The beginning

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 of the Christian life,

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 if you're here as a seeker,

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 if you're watching this

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 and you're curious,

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 the beginning of the Christian life

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 is when Christ asked you,

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 he's asking you right now,

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 but who do you say

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 that I am?

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 Who do you say

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 that I am?

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 Peter answered him,

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 you are the Christ.

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 And Jesus strictly charged them

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 to tell no one about him.

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 And as I sort of tried

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 to show in last week

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 and develop,

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 but basically what

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 we have here

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 is this moment

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 of Holy Spirit-driven,

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 birthed insight

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 that all of these

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 different threads

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 of what our Jewish friends

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 call the Tanakh

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 and we call the Old Testament,

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 all the Jewish threads

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 of prophet

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 and prophecy

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 of king

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 and dominion

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 and proper authority

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 of priests

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 and being connected

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 to God

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 and all of the longings

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 and the yearnings

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 for deliverance,

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 for redemption,

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 for freedom,

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 for being at one

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 with God

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 and at one with others

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 and at one

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 with the creation

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 and all of these

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 other mysteries

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 and riddles

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 that are posed

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 in the Old Testament,

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 that all of these

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 separate disparate threads,

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 in this one moment

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 of illumination,

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 Peter realized

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 that they all

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 actually point to

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 and are weaving

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 a picture

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 of the person

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 of Jesus

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 who is the Christ.

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 He is where

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 they all come

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 to.

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 And in this moment

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 of illumination,

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 Peter gets that.

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 And in the language

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 of it,

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 the disciples get it.

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 It's not Peter voices it

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 and as he voices it,

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 it's as if there's

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 this collective

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 illumination of yes.

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 You know,

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 we've seen him

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 raise the dead,

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 we've seen him

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 heal the sick,

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 we've seen him

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 make matter

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 out of nothing,

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 we've seen him

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 calm the storm,

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 we've seen him

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 stop the waves,

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 we've seen him

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 do all of these things,

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 we've heard his teaching

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 and yes,

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 all of these

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 different threads

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 which nobody

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 had ever put together

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 into one

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 is pointing to him,

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 this man,

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 right here,

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 this man,

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 Jesus,

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 the Christ.

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 And if

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 it just ended there,

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 we would be

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 in very comfortable

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 territory.

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 We would be fine.

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 The language of longing,

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 the language of yearning,

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 the language of mystery,

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 the language of riddle,

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 the language of illumination,

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 we'd be fine.

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 That's actually very good.

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 It's very Canadian,

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 it's very human,

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 we'd all be fine with it.

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 Ah,

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 a moment of illumination

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 for us to

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 contemplate

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 and meditate upon

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 in those quiet moments,

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 maybe with us

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 having that glass

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 of red wine

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 at the end of the day

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 or that cup of coffee

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 in the middle of the morning

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 or the cup of tea

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 in the afternoon

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 with the cookie

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 and those moments

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 of quiet illumination,

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 that's very good.

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 But then Jesus

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 does something

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 that shocks Peter

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 to the point

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 that he is going to use

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 the same language

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 when sometimes

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 in the Gospels

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 Jesus rebukes a demon.

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 The same language

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 of rebuke

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 is what comes on

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 Peter's lips

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 to speak to Jesus.

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 When Jesus says this,

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 look what he says

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 in verse 31,

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 immediately after this moment

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 of illumination.

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 For Peter,

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 he says in verse 31,

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 and he began

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 to teach them

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 that the Son of Man

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 must suffer many things

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 and be rejected

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 by the elders

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 and the chief priests

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 and the scribes.

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 And here,

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 the version that we're using,

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 some of you,

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 I know there's

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 some of you here

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 who speak two languages,

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 some three,

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 I know of at least

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 one person in the room

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 who speaks four languages.

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 And so you know

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 that sometimes

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 when you're translating

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 from one language

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 into another,

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 to make it,

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 the thing smooth,

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 you need to smooth off

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 some of the translation

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 and that's what's

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 being done here.

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 But there's a second must.

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 And so here's,

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 I'm going to read it again

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 as it is in the original language.

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 Verse 31,

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 and he began to teach them

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 that the Son of Man

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 must suffer many things

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 and be rejected

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 by the elders

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 and the chief priests

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 and the scribes

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 and must be killed

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 and after three days

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 rise again.

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 Must,

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 said twice,

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 to bring home

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 the emphasis.

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 He must die.

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 He must be rejected.

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 He must suffer.

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 He must rise.

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 This little sentence

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 is profoundly important.

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 And if we don't get

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 the full force

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 of the must,

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 then the language

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 that Jesus is going

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 to use in a moment,

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 if anyone would come

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 after me,

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 let him deny himself

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 and take up his cross

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 and follow me,

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 makes no sense.

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 But when you understand

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 the must,

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 you understand the beauty

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 and the wisdom

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 of what Jesus

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 is just inviting us to.

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 You see,

00:21:35.879 --> 00:21:36.279
 Christianity

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 is the religion

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 and the spirituality

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 and the philosophy

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 of love.

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 no other philosophy,

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 no other spirituality,

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 no other religion.

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 I don't mean

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 to offend

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 any Buddhist

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 or Hindu

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 or Muslim friends

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 who might be watching this.

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 I don't mean

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 to offend you.

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 But just think about it.

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 You need another

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 to love.

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 Whether it's romantic love

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 where you need

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 an other,

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 whether it's

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 familial love

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 where you need

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 another,

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 whether it's

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 friendship love

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 where you need

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 a friend.

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 A person who says

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 he loves his friends

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 but has no friends

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 isn't talking about

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 anything that makes

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 any sense.

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 In fact,

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 you'd think

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 they're delusional.

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.680
 But you see,

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.599
 all of the religions

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 and spiritualities

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 of the world,

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 they posit either

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 that everything

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 is God

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 in some type of way

00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:27.319
 but then where's

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:27.799
 the other?

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:29.400
 Or they posit

00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:30.460
 something like Allah

00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:31.420
 but Allah is all

00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:31.980
 by himself

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:33.099
 so how can Allah

00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:34.039
 actually be a God

00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:34.339
 of love?

00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:35.279
 But only the Christian

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:36.680
 faith teaches us

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:38.240
 that before anything

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:39.000
 was created,

00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:39.720
 before there was

00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.519
 anything at all

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.299
 other than God

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:42.240
 from all eternity

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:43.200
 the Father has loved

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.640
 the Son

00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:44.060
 and the Son

00:22:44.060 --> 00:22:44.860
 has loved the Father

00:22:44.860 --> 00:22:46.100
 and the Holy Spirit

00:22:46.100 --> 00:22:46.940
 has loved the Father

00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:47.440
 and the Son

00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:48.120
 and the Son

00:22:48.120 --> 00:22:48.980
 has loved the Holy Spirit

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.519
 and the Father

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.900
 and there has been this

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:51.799
 in a sense

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:54.259
 eternal dance

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:55.200
 of love,

00:22:55.320 --> 00:22:55.880
 of giving

00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.960
 and receiving,

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:58.100
 of true love,

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:58.960
 of all that is

00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:00.140
 implied with love,

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 of the desire

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.460
 for the best

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:03.000
 of the other,

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:04.000
 of affection,

00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:04.860
 of delight,

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:06.079
 of the delight

00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:06.579
 of giving

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:07.199
 and the delight

00:23:07.199 --> 00:23:07.919
 of receiving

00:23:07.919 --> 00:23:09.199
 and from all eternity

00:23:09.199 --> 00:23:10.199
 there was love

00:23:10.199 --> 00:23:12.099
 and so when God

00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:12.799
 the Father,

00:23:12.939 --> 00:23:13.199
 the Son,

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.859
 and the Holy Spirit

00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.519
 three persons

00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:15.000
 one God

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.859
 when that God

00:23:15.859 --> 00:23:17.419
 when he creates

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 he does not create

00:23:18.959 --> 00:23:20.139
 out of any need

00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:20.639
 whatsoever

00:23:20.639 --> 00:23:22.539
 he has no

00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:23.819
 you see when you

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.419
 and I love

00:23:24.419 --> 00:23:25.279
 we can't love

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:26.379
 purely and utterly

00:23:26.379 --> 00:23:26.939
 I mean

00:23:26.939 --> 00:23:29.099
 here's the thing

00:23:29.099 --> 00:23:31.559
 if we're always

00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:32.659
 just loving our family

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.720
 and we never get

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.720
 anything out of it

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.100
 at all

00:23:35.100 --> 00:23:36.380
 at some point in time

00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:37.980
 and I'm not just saying

00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:38.720
 it has to always be

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.560
 a quid pro quo

00:23:39.560 --> 00:23:40.340
 that you know

00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:40.840
 for every

00:23:40.840 --> 00:23:41.680
 every you know

00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:42.660
 ten bits of love

00:23:42.660 --> 00:23:43.060
 that we get

00:23:43.060 --> 00:23:44.100
 we get ten bits back

00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:44.640
 but if we get

00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:45.519
 bit after bit

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.019
 after bit

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.500
 after bit

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:46.960
 after bit

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.420
 after bit

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:47.880
 after bit

00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:48.840
 and there's never

00:23:48.840 --> 00:23:49.740
 any response

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.519
 from the child

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.500
 or from the friend

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:53.540
 or from the husband

00:23:53.540 --> 00:23:54.120
 or the wife

00:23:54.120 --> 00:23:54.720
 or the beloved

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:56.100
 at some point in time

00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:56.620
 we realize

00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:57.580
 they are too entitled

00:23:57.580 --> 00:23:58.700
 and too narcissistic

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.279
 and this love

00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:00.279
 just isn't going to work

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:02.279
 because we understand

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:04.059
 that we still have

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:05.240
 some type of a need love

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:06.339
 but even at the same time

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:07.299
 that we have a need love

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:07.940
 for those who are

00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:08.720
 the best of us

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.720
 the greatest of us

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.940
 you have this sense

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:12.599
 that probably the greatest

00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:13.379
 type of love

00:24:13.379 --> 00:24:13.680
 at all

00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:14.799
 that could possibly be

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.500
 is a love

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:17.119
 that has no need

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:19.399
 that's pure gift

00:24:19.399 --> 00:24:22.059
 pure giving

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:24.160
 that needs nothing

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:24.859
 in return

00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:27.279
 and that only describes

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:28.099
 God the Father

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:28.899
 God the Son

00:24:28.899 --> 00:24:29.960
 God the Holy Spirit

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:30.740
 three persons

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.640
 one God

00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:32.720
 and so that

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.720
 when God the Father

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.120
 the Son

00:24:34.120 --> 00:24:34.779
 and the Holy Spirit

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.500
 when God

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.920
 creates human beings

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:38.259
 it is pure gift

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:40.140
 pure giving

00:24:40.140 --> 00:24:41.920
 pure grace

00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:44.519
 God has no need

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.680
 of us

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:47.500
 no need

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:49.000
 to receive from us

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:50.779
 it is pure gift

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:52.539
 and it is this God

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.220
 who acts

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:54.960
 to create human beings

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:56.140
 and to save us

00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:57.779
 and so the first must

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:59.240
 is a must of love

00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:06.059
 love

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.079
 love

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:07.000
 must

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:08.819
 bestow love

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:10.059
 and deliverance

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:11.579
 upon those

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:12.400
 who are needy

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:13.740
 and the love

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:15.059
 that Jesus offers

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:16.120
 that the Father

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:16.500
 the Son

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.019
 and the Holy Spirit

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.480
 offers

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.599
 is a love towards us

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.620
 that has no need

00:25:19.620 --> 00:25:20.880
 that's pure

00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:21.920
 gift

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.920
 and grace

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:31.060
 and the love

00:25:31.060 --> 00:25:31.779
 and the love

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.220
 that he

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:33.660
 and his death

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:34.519
 and his resurrection

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:36.180
 which flows out of love

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:37.720
 and actually just one more thing

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.840
 sorry before I move on

00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.600
 to the next two things

00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:39.759
 right

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.700
 and this is part of the mystery

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.700
 I pointed out occasionally

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.400
 as we've been going through

00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:43.320
 the Gospel of Mark

00:25:43.320 --> 00:25:44.560
 if you go back now

00:25:44.560 --> 00:25:45.600
 and you read the Gospel of Mark

00:25:45.600 --> 00:25:46.759
 and you just think about this

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:48.180
 this is part of the reason

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:49.279
 why it's such a shock

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:50.480
 to Peter to hear this

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.779
 and it's going to be a shock

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:53.420
 that even when it comes time

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:55.019
 for Jesus to get captured

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:56.860
 they don't actually believe

00:25:56.860 --> 00:25:58.480
 that he's actually going to be captured

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.880
 he's actually going to be rejected

00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:01.059
 he's actually going to die

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:01.720
 why?

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.440
 how can a man

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:05.319
 who can heal a paralyzed man

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.799
 die?

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:07.259
 how can a person

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:08.380
 who can create fish

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:09.599
 and bread out of nothing

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:11.019
 how can he die?

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:12.420
 how can a person

00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:13.960
 who can stop the wind

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:15.140
 by his mere word

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:15.680
 or thought

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:17.079
 how could he die?

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:18.180
 how could a person

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.720
 who could take

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:20.319
 waves that are going

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:20.740
 like this

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.839
 higher than these posters

00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:22.720
 and all of a sudden

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.519
 it goes flat

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.839
 how could he die?

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.779
 how could someone

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.839
 who raises the dead

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:28.360
 how could he die?

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:32.360
 like how could he?

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:35.380
 they could stick spears

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:36.319
 up to a side of him

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:36.980
 all day

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.680
 he'll

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:38.500
 steer in

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:38.900
 he'll

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.360
 steer in

00:26:39.360 --> 00:26:39.480
 he

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:41.740
 nails pop out

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:43.660
 wind to blow

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.539
 the soldiers away

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:45.799
 or just to levitate them away

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.640
 or just to annihilate them

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.759
 he can do all of that

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:50.240
 only

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:51.519
 pure love

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.700
 can hold him

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.299
 to the cross

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:55.200
 only pure love

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:56.519
 only

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.500
 pure love

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.019
 can hold him

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.660
 to the cross

00:26:58.660 --> 00:27:01.140
 why else

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:01.799
 must he die?

00:27:02.619 --> 00:27:03.599
 we human beings

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:06.579
 the language

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.379
 of entitlement

00:27:07.379 --> 00:27:08.119
 you know

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:09.039
 you do you

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:10.960
 you deserve this

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:16.140
 work on your

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:16.980
 self-esteem

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:18.860
 there is something

00:27:18.860 --> 00:27:19.779
 bent in human

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.220
 beings

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:21.160
 that's out of shape

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:22.140
 and that bent

00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:24.240
 is towards

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.860
 pride

00:27:24.860 --> 00:27:26.980
 it's towards

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.759
 being a god

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:29.019
 or a goddess

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:35.779
 and we can't

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.720
 seem to fix

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.660
 that bent

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:41.099
 even

00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:42.759
 amongst the most

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.940
 holiest of people

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.240
 who

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.599
 in the eastern

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.120
 religions

00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:46.859
 who desire

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:48.960
 who've lost

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.740
 their desire

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.819
 in a sense

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.640
 they never really

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:52.880
 lose their desires

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:54.700
 because they still

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.359
 desire

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:57.019
 to get out

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.940
 of the cycle

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.440
 of birth

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:58.980
 and rebirth

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.720
 and to merge

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.299
 with the one

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:01.920
 like there's just

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:03.859
 and so Jesus

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.740
 lives the life

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:06.000
 that we could

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.720
 never live

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.120
 and he

00:28:07.120 --> 00:28:08.299
 and it's

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:09.339
 the whole story

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:09.799
 of Jesus

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.680
 is the opposite

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.279
 of the bent

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:11.980
 of our life

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:14.640
 in the glory

00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:15.380
 of the father

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:16.580
 and the holy

00:28:16.580 --> 00:28:17.160
 spirit

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:18.120
 with his majesty

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:18.860
 and with his love

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:19.560
 and setting aside

00:28:19.560 --> 00:28:20.620
 everything that makes

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:21.320
 him god

00:28:21.320 --> 00:28:23.160
 except his very

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.920
 nature of god

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.460
 but all of the

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.060
 appearance

00:28:25.060 --> 00:28:26.180
 all of that

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:27.400
 he sets it aside

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:28.259
 and he takes into

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:29.120
 himself our human

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:29.440
 nature

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.039
 and he's described

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.660
 as Emmanuel

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.660
 he walks amongst

00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:31.960
 us

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.860
 he doesn't come

00:28:32.860 --> 00:28:33.420
 as a king

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:34.200
 or as a brilliant

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.700
 athlete

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.279
 or a brilliant

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:35.900
 philosopher

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.620
 or a powerful

00:28:36.620 --> 00:28:37.100
 person

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:37.939
 he comes

00:28:37.939 --> 00:28:38.719
 to a conquered

00:28:38.719 --> 00:28:39.279
 people

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:40.539
 and he comes

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:42.579
 to a lower

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:43.359
 working class

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:43.879
 existence

00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:45.039
 and he lives

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.439
 a life

00:28:45.439 --> 00:28:46.059
 without owning

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.419
 anything

00:28:46.419 --> 00:28:47.179
 or any property

00:28:47.179 --> 00:28:48.359
 and I can't

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:49.159
 because I'm on a

00:28:49.159 --> 00:28:49.659
 mic I'm not

00:28:49.659 --> 00:28:50.240
 mic like this

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.839
 I can't keep

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.379
 going down

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:51.759
 and down

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.179
 and down

00:28:52.179 --> 00:28:52.599
 and down

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.099
 but he goes

00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:53.980
 down further

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.919
 to being

00:28:54.919 --> 00:28:56.000
 rejected

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.500
 he goes

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.240
 down further

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:58.099
 to being killed

00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:58.619
 in the most

00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:59.199
 shameful

00:28:59.199 --> 00:29:00.119
 type of

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:00.699
 embarrassing

00:29:00.699 --> 00:29:01.240
 way

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:02.119
 and the bible

00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:02.799
 says he even

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.539
 tastes all there

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:04.079
 is to taste

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:04.599
 of death

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.699
 and it's as if

00:29:05.699 --> 00:29:06.359
 the thing

00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:06.759
 within us

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.400
 human beings

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:07.799
 which is

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.240
 bending us

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.779
 out of shape

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.400
 and bends

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:10.000
 us out of shape

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:11.119
 and the only way

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:11.779
 that we can begin

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.339
 to be truly

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:13.400
 reconciled to God

00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:14.059
 and reconciled

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.579
 to each other

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:15.359
 is to begin

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:15.900
 to have that

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:16.859
 bend fixed

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:17.480
 and we can't

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.240
 live that life

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:18.779
 and so what we

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.440
 see in Jesus

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:20.700
 is the complete

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.319
 opposite

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:23.039
 to straighten us

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:25.480
 to heal us

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:27.619
 he lives the life

00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:28.220
 that we cannot

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:28.940
 live ourselves

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:30.299
 and when we put

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:30.720
 our hands

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.180
 in the hands

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:31.640
 of Jesus

00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:33.140
 when we follow

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:33.559
 him

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:36.359
 we're receiving

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:36.919
 from him

00:29:36.919 --> 00:29:37.399
 the life

00:29:37.399 --> 00:29:37.679
 that we

00:29:37.679 --> 00:29:38.299
 could not

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:38.759
 live

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.279
 that we

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.740
 need to

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.119
 live

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:40.679
 to be

00:29:40.679 --> 00:29:41.019
 straight

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.399
 and to be

00:29:41.399 --> 00:29:41.719
 free

00:29:41.719 --> 00:29:43.139
 and to live

00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:43.659
 with God

00:29:43.659 --> 00:29:44.759
 we receive

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.579
 that from him

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.500
 out of pure

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.199
 gift love

00:29:47.199 --> 00:29:51.240
 and the fact

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.579
 of the matter

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:52.419
 is is that

00:29:52.419 --> 00:29:52.899
 forgiveness

00:29:52.899 --> 00:29:54.319
 always requires

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:56.059
 that the person

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.579
 to forgive

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:57.699
 bears a cost

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:59.940
 if in a

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:01.220
 over the

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.980
 next couple

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.360
 of months

00:30:02.360 --> 00:30:02.880
 we invite

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:03.440
 somebody over

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:03.799
 to our

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.140
 house

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:05.019
 and somebody

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.539
 comes to

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:05.980
 our house

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.660
 and they

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:07.580
 do something

00:30:07.580 --> 00:30:09.140
 they cause

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.779
 some damage

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.340
 to the wall

00:30:10.340 --> 00:30:10.720
 maybe

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.400
 or they break

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:12.000
 something which

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.779
 is expensive

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.299
 they break

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:14.299
 our TVs

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:14.960
 we don't really

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.680
 have any expensive

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.279
 things but we'll

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:16.980
 pretend that we

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.480
 have something

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.100
 expensive

00:30:18.100 --> 00:30:19.340
 an antique

00:30:19.340 --> 00:30:20.100
 lamp or something

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:20.420
 like that

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:21.000
 and it's broken

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:22.460
 and the person

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:22.799
 that we've

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.400
 invited over

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:24.279
 it's somebody

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:24.819
 who has very

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.259
 very little

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:25.599
 money

00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:28.000
 and so

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.599
 if we're

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:28.779
 going to

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.460
 forgive them

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:31.500
 we're still

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:31.879
 out that

00:30:31.879 --> 00:30:32.460
 broken thing

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:32.839
 let's say

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:33.359
 it's a

00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:34.440
 let's say

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:34.859
 it's a

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.859
 very expensive

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:36.779
 sound system

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.259
 five

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:38.039
 five ten

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.420
 thousand

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:38.680
 dollars

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.259
 I have to

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.619
 be careful

00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:40.099
 somebody say

00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:40.599
 five thousand

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:41.000
 dollars not

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.440
 an expensive

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:42.160
 sound system

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:43.759
 like for me

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.259
 probably two

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.940
 hundred dollars

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.619
 is expensive

00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:46.220
 because I'm

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.759
 cheap about

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.279
 that type

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.640
 of stuff

00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:47.980
 you know

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:49.279
 but you know

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.660
 your ten

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.240
 thousand dollar

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.799
 sound system

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:51.339
 is broken

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:51.680
 well

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.980
 who's going

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.299
 to pay

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:55.559
 well if I

00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:56.059
 forgive the

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.599
 other person

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:57.059
 I'm still

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.299
 out a

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:57.759
 ten thousand

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.079
 dollar

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:59.159
 sound system

00:30:59.159 --> 00:31:01.579
 like I

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:02.019
 either have

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.319
 to live

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:02.879
 without it

00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:03.339
 which still

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:03.779
 means the

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.159
 loss

00:31:04.159 --> 00:31:04.599
 or I

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:04.899
 have to

00:31:04.899 --> 00:31:05.579
 replace it

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.259
 which means

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:07.079
 I pay

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:07.740
 the price

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:09.299
 now the

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.919
 opposite of

00:31:09.919 --> 00:31:10.299
 trying to

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:10.759
 forgive them

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.059
 is to

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.779
 pursue them

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:14.440
 to pursue

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:14.819
 them and

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.359
 pursue them

00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:16.200
 pursue them

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.700
 to get

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.359
 that money

00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:17.819
 back

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:18.740
 to require

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.279
 them to

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.659
 take a

00:31:19.659 --> 00:31:19.839
 loan

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.279
 to get

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:21.099
 mad at

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.440
 them if

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:21.759
 we don't

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.319
 receive the

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:22.779
 payments

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.539
 or if

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:23.720
 it's

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:23.960
 something

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.299
 else

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.799
 if there's

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.039
 something

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.440
 that they've

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:25.559
 done

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:25.940
 that's not

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.639
 just material

00:31:26.639 --> 00:31:27.099
 it's maybe

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:27.519
 they've done

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:28.099
 something to

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:28.779
 hurt my

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.359
 reputation

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:29.819
 they've said

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:30.379
 some lies

00:31:30.379 --> 00:31:30.779
 about me

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.339
 or slandered

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:31.759
 me or done

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.339
 something which

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:33.160
 has hurt me

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:33.680
 maybe in the

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.440
 congregation or

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.119
 some other type

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:35.859
 of place or in my

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:36.599
 family or whatever

00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:37.779
 and I have to

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.660
 either decide that

00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:39.079
 I'm going to

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.559
 sort of just

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:40.660
 swallow the cost

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:41.259
 of this

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:42.879
 that I'm in a

00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:43.339
 sense going to

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:44.160
 pay the price

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.819
 of this because

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.460
 I want to be

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.960
 free or

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:48.639
 I need to try to

00:31:48.639 --> 00:31:49.240
 get it from

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.740
 them and if I

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.539
 can't maybe get

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.019
 it from them

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:51.779
 then maybe I

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:53.440
 you know maybe

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:54.099
 what I have to

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:54.759
 do is I have to

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:56.539
 start telling bad

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.460
 things about them

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.480
 and I have to do

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.399
 bad things to them

00:31:59.399 --> 00:32:00.359
 so they're belittled

00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:01.460
 and they come down

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:02.240
 to my level so

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:03.119
 that we're equal

00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:03.899
 and I can feel

00:32:03.899 --> 00:32:04.779
 justified but the

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.440
 problem is when I

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:06.119
 do all of those

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:07.720
 things I'm becoming

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.500
 like them

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:09.980
 how do I not

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:11.160
 become like them

00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:12.880
 and how do I be

00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:13.660
 free and the only

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.740
 way to do that is

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:16.180
 often to absorb the

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:17.119
 cost yourself

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:18.799
 and that's what

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.720
 forgiveness is

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.319
 amongst other

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:22.299
 things and so

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:23.019
 that's what we see

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:24.019
 here on the cross

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:26.039
 that the debt

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.500
 that we

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:30.140
 justice properly

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:30.859
 says that we

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:31.480
 should pay

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:34.860
 and God the

00:32:34.860 --> 00:32:35.620
 father God the

00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:36.160
 son God the

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:36.799
 holy spirit

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.480
 seen our

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:38.259
 profound need

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.620
 and knowing

00:32:38.620 --> 00:32:39.079
 that we could

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.960
 never pay it

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:42.160
 because they

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:42.900
 are pure gift

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:43.339
 love

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:45.559
 the cost

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.319
 of our

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:46.759
 forgiveness

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.420
 of our

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:48.420
 offenses

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:50.079
 is borne by

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.740
 God himself

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:53.000
 and so that

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.559
 when we see

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.299
 Jesus dying

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:55.099
 upon the cross

00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:55.740
 for us

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:59.940
 we see pure

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:01.019
 gift love

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:02.500
 in action

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:04.660
 and we see

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.700
 pure gift love

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.339
 that lives the

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.839
 life that we

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:08.200
 cannot live

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:09.120
 that is offered

00:33:09.120 --> 00:33:09.819
 to us as a

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.539
 gift to clothe

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:11.339
 us and to

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:12.039
 stand for us

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.980
 and we see

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:14.319
 pure gift love

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:16.160
 which we can

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:16.940
 never pay

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.940
 paying that

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.480
 which we can

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:19.140
 never pay

00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:21.579
 and not because

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.339
 God needs

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:23.359
 anything from

00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:24.279
 you or me

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:25.480
 but just because

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.660
 God is

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:28.400
 love

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:40.319
 I began by

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:40.799
 saying about

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.220
 the Russian

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.940
 war bonds

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:44.200
 in light of

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:44.740
 all this

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:46.019
 let's listen

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.579
 again to what

00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:47.360
 Jesus says

00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:48.900
 in verse

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.460
 34

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:51.099
 in calling

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:51.539
 the crowd

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:52.140
 to him with

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.799
 his disciples

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.420
 that means

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:53.960
 you know

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.180
 what

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:55.480
 he wants

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.539
 people like

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:56.799
 you and

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.100
 me to

00:33:57.100 --> 00:33:57.420
 come to

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:57.720
 him and

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.220
 follow him

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.920
 he summons

00:33:58.920 --> 00:33:59.299
 us

00:33:59.299 --> 00:33:59.980
 that's the

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:00.299
 language

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:00.759
 there's an

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.380
 urgency in

00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:01.759
 the original

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.380
 language

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:03.600
 an urgency

00:34:03.600 --> 00:34:04.720
 he's summoning

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.000
 you

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:06.440
 he's summoning

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:06.779
 me

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:08.759
 if anyone

00:34:08.759 --> 00:34:08.779
 if anyone

00:34:08.779 --> 00:34:09.219
 would come

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:09.239
 to come

00:34:09.239 --> 00:34:09.739
 after me

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.279
 because that's

00:34:10.279 --> 00:34:10.480
 what he

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:10.880
 wants

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.880
 let him

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.179
 deny

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:12.599
 himself

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.079
 and take

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.400
 up his

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:13.739
 cross

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:14.199
 and follow

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:14.539
 me

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.400
 whoever

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.659
 would

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:15.980
 save

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.500
 his life

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:17.279
 will lose

00:34:17.279 --> 00:34:17.480
 it

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:18.099
 but whoever

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.759
 loses his

00:34:18.759 --> 00:34:19.320
 life for my

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:19.800
 sake in the

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.460
 gospels will

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:20.880
 save it

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.519
 for what does it

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.259
 profit a man

00:34:22.259 --> 00:34:22.800
 to gain the

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.320
 whole world

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:23.920
 and forfeit

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:24.340
 his soul

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:24.880
 for what can

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.400
 a man give

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:25.880
 in return

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.599
 for his soul

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:27.400
 for whoever

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:27.960
 is ashamed

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.360
 of me

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:28.779
 and of my

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:29.440
 words in this

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:30.119
 adulterous and

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.880
 sinful generation

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.259
 of him

00:34:31.259 --> 00:34:32.119
 will the son of

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:33.199
 man also be

00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:34.139
 ashamed when he

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.639
 comes in the

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:35.199
 glory of his

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:35.819
 father with the

00:34:35.819 --> 00:34:36.339
 holy angels

00:34:36.339 --> 00:34:36.960
 but it doesn't

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.579
 end with this

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:38.299
 it ends with

00:34:38.299 --> 00:34:39.159
 and he said

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:39.619
 to them truly

00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:40.379
 I say to you

00:34:40.379 --> 00:34:41.299
 there are some

00:34:41.299 --> 00:34:41.980
 standing here

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.500
 who will not

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.079
 taste death

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.699
 until they see

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.319
 the kingdom of

00:34:44.319 --> 00:34:45.319
 God after it

00:34:45.319 --> 00:34:45.719
 has come with

00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:46.339
 power and he's

00:34:46.339 --> 00:34:47.079
 not referring to

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.799
 the second coming

00:34:47.799 --> 00:34:49.059
 he's referring to

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.699
 his death upon

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:50.359
 the cross and

00:34:50.359 --> 00:34:51.000
 his resurrection

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:53.939
 they will see

00:34:53.939 --> 00:34:54.339
 this

00:34:54.339 --> 00:34:56.159
 they will see

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:57.939
 the resurrected

00:34:57.939 --> 00:34:58.679
 Jesus

00:34:58.679 --> 00:35:01.859
 they will see

00:35:01.859 --> 00:35:02.199
 him

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:04.419
 death does not

00:35:04.419 --> 00:35:05.099
 have the final

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:05.539
 word

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:06.940
 injustice

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.960
 and rejection

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.539
 and sin

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:09.059
 does not

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.739
 have the final

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:10.199
 word

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:12.779
 they will see

00:35:12.779 --> 00:35:13.000
 him

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:15.099
 so what does

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:15.519
 it mean to

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:16.139
 deny himself

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:17.339
 in this context

00:35:17.339 --> 00:35:18.880
 the best analogy

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.539
 that I can give

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:20.000
 is this

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:21.319
 and I don't

00:35:21.319 --> 00:35:21.739
 think we have

00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:22.199
 a young enough

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:22.819
 baby in the

00:35:22.819 --> 00:35:23.039
 room

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:25.019
 but some of

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.400
 us who are

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:25.980
 parents

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:27.860
 and maybe

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:28.179
 you're not

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:28.500
 like me

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.339
 but this was

00:35:29.339 --> 00:35:30.199
 what my wife

00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:30.559
 and I were

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:31.079
 like you get

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:31.539
 these little

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:32.519
 tiny toddlers

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.139
 who can just

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:34.219
 barely stand

00:35:34.219 --> 00:35:35.439
 you know

00:35:35.439 --> 00:35:35.859
 they can just

00:35:35.859 --> 00:35:36.719
 barely stand

00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:37.679
 like this

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.559
 and you put

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:38.899
 them on the

00:35:38.899 --> 00:35:39.319
 edge of a

00:35:39.319 --> 00:35:39.619
 stair

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.579
 and they have

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.219
 a very healthy

00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:41.739
 fear of

00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:42.239
 stairs

00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:44.579
 and you say

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.859
 jump to me

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:50.200
 and so at

00:35:50.200 --> 00:35:50.680
 first for the

00:35:50.680 --> 00:35:51.240
 little kids

00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:52.039
 the distance

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.480
 you can't

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:52.920
 see this

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:53.740
 it might just

00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:54.440
 be this far

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:56.079
 just this far

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:57.360
 and the little

00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:57.720
 kid

00:35:57.720 --> 00:35:58.680
 you know

00:35:58.680 --> 00:35:59.140
 totters

00:35:59.140 --> 00:36:00.480
 and looks

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.000
 down and

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.559
 looks around

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:02.380
 and everything

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:03.240
 within them

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:04.000
 says you

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.579
 don't

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:06.519
 get too

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.099
 far from

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:07.559
 vertical

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:11.240
 and jump

00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:12.959
 they look

00:36:12.959 --> 00:36:13.479
 down

00:36:13.479 --> 00:36:14.299
 they look

00:36:14.299 --> 00:36:14.579
 at their

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:14.919
 mom

00:36:14.919 --> 00:36:15.199
 or their

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:15.599
 dad

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:16.059
 they look

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.379
 down

00:36:16.379 --> 00:36:16.679
 they look

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:16.899
 at their

00:36:16.899 --> 00:36:17.119
 mom

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:17.359
 and their

00:36:17.359 --> 00:36:17.619
 dad

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:17.959
 they look

00:36:17.959 --> 00:36:18.259
 around

00:36:18.259 --> 00:36:18.559
 they look

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:18.819
 at their

00:36:18.819 --> 00:36:19.059
 mom

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.299
 and their

00:36:19.299 --> 00:36:19.679
 dad

00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:20.579
 and then

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:20.859
 while they

00:36:20.859 --> 00:36:21.099
 look at

00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:21.439
 their mom

00:36:21.439 --> 00:36:21.859
 and dad

00:36:21.859 --> 00:36:22.219
 they do

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:22.619
 this

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 and they

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 jump

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 and then

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 after

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 they've done

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 it a little

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 bit for

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 this distance

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 it can be

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 this distance

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 between

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 this distance

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 and before

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 you know

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 it

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 if you're

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 not careful

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 you're

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 going up

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 the stairs

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 and your

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 kid jumps

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 six feet

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 and you

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 hope you can

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 catch them

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 and they

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 don't knock

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 you down

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 the stairs, but that's good. But you see, you don't tell the kid, go to the top of the stairs and jump.

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 And that's what we hear when we hear these words of Jesus. Go to the top of stairs and jump. That's

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 killing yourself. That's just denying everything about you and it's talking about your

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 ruination. No, what is Jesus saying? Look at me. Pure love. Pure love. Live the life that you cannot live

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 so that you can live, that paid the price you cannot pay so that you can live in me with me.

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 I am here. It is love calling. Jump. You know what the world's going to tell you?

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 Yeah, don't give 10% of your money to the church and to the poor and to missions. That's foolishness.

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 Deny yourself, is Jesus saying, and trust me. Don't forgive. Fight. Jesus says, jump. Don't be generous.

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 Go into debt because you deserve it. Jesus says, don't listen to the world.

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 This is love calling and love speaking. I want you to jump and trust me that I'll catch you.

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 And you'll have the wonder of the jump, that feeling of flying, and it ends with being caught

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 in your father's arms.

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 And so when you learn to stop, to listen to everything the world says and keep your eyes

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 on Jesus and pick up your cross and follow him.

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 Contrary to the advice of the world, there is a thrill, there is a beauty, and it ends in far more.

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 And a kid jumping into the arms of his mom or his dad is not a kid demeaned, but a kid alive.

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 And secure and loved.

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 And brothers and sisters and friends, this is what Jesus is calling you and me for today.

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 Just want to end with a quote just to seal the whole deal.

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 If you could put the final quote up, it's famous words by Jim Elliott.

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 Here's the thing.

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 Hold on to money, you're going to lose all your money.

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 Hold on to your looks, you're going to lose all your looks.

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 Hold on to your life, you're going to lose all your life.

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 Hold on to your power, you're going to lose all your power.

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 How do I know this?

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 It is 100% guaranteed.

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 What does Jim Elliott say, who died a martyr's death?

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 He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep in order to gain what he cannot lose.

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 If you're watching this and you have not given your life to Jesus, there's no better time right now.

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 In a sense, the Christian life begins with this jump.

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 And it grows with learning to just being so trusting in the love and the eyes and the message of the gospel

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 that more and more and more you are willing to deny yourself and to jump.

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 And so if you have not given your life to Christ, there's no better time now.

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 He is calling you.

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 Jump into his arms.

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 I invite you to stand.

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 Just bow our heads in prayer.

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 Father, in times like this and days like this, we realize that there are two parts within us.

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 One part that says, I don't want to.

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 Father, it's scary and it's hard.

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 And another part that makes us realize that, in fact, this call of Jesus to himself, this call of love,

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 is in fact the longing and the yearning of our hearts.

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 And that in him, we can be fully ourselves.

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 And fulfilling that desire we have to be really and fully ourselves.

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 In the thrill of the flying, in the thrill of the landing, in the new arms, your arms of love.

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 The arms of our crucified Savior, who is love.

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 And so, Father, we ask that your Holy Spirit would move and work deeply within us.

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 In the context of our own lives.

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 Father, whatever the specific thing is today that we feel that we must have, that we have to have,

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 that we can't let go of, that, Father, that your Holy Spirit would bring before us those ways that,

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 right today and these days this week, that we need to deny ourselves and to pick up our cross

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 and to come following you.

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 And we give you thanks and praise, Father, that we follow Jesus because he's with us.

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 He's with us.

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 He doesn't go so far ahead to leave us behind.

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 He helps us to carry the cross as we follow him.

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 And that we only know, Father, help us to know that we only know that when we embark with Jesus to follow him.

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 And help us to keep our eyes on him, both as individuals and as a church.

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 And we ask all these things in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior.

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 And all God's people said, Amen.

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 Amen.