WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.580 Good evening, friends. 00:00:06.259 --> 00:00:10.740 We have before us this evening a difficult passage, 00:00:11.140 --> 00:00:14.339 so I'd like to invoke the Lord's help before we begin. 00:00:14.620 --> 00:00:15.060 Let's pray. 00:00:17.100 --> 00:00:20.539 Lord, I do pray that you would speak to us from your word 00:00:20.539 --> 00:00:25.600 and that you would clarify our confusions 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:28.820 and that you would lead us into a deeper love of you 00:00:28.820 --> 00:00:30.980 through your words this evening. 00:00:31.600 --> 00:00:32.820 And I pray that you do with me 00:00:32.820 --> 00:00:35.939 the meditation of my heart and the words of my mouth 00:00:35.939 --> 00:00:37.079 would be acceptable to you. 00:00:37.740 --> 00:00:39.060 In the name of Jesus, I pray these things. 00:00:39.420 --> 00:00:39.620 Amen. 00:00:39.620 --> 00:00:39.759 Amen. 00:00:58.820 --> 00:00:59.020 How's it? 00:00:59.380 --> 00:00:59.600 Yeah. 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:05.739 Hi, everybody. 00:01:06.180 --> 00:01:12.920 So, our passage this evening is Luke 14, verse 25 to 32. 00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:15.980 You can turn there with me if you would. 00:01:17.740 --> 00:01:21.819 Luke 14, verses 25 through 32. 00:01:21.819 --> 00:01:31.699 When I was a little boy and then in my teenage years as well, 00:01:31.819 --> 00:01:37.319 I had this vivid memory of living in this old sort of farmhouse. 00:01:38.099 --> 00:01:40.859 I moved from the city to a farmhouse. 00:01:41.019 --> 00:01:45.219 And no matter where we lived, every time I would go to bed at night, 00:01:45.219 --> 00:01:47.120 I remember one last thing. 00:01:47.760 --> 00:01:52.900 This was my dad walking around the house to lock all of the doors. 00:01:53.659 --> 00:01:55.359 And he would rattle every single door. 00:01:55.659 --> 00:01:57.340 And when I was young enough, 00:01:57.379 --> 00:02:01.799 I thought this was just the most heroically brave thing I could possibly imagine. 00:02:02.039 --> 00:02:03.859 This man not only locked up our house, 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:07.319 but even locked up his office, which was in the dark out there. 00:02:07.319 --> 00:02:11.099 He went out every single night and locked up all of the doors. 00:02:11.560 --> 00:02:12.719 And then he'd come back in. 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:20.139 And I understood this to be something like the epitome of fatherliness. 00:02:20.620 --> 00:02:24.680 To go around and make sure all of the entrances 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:30.560 by which somebody could come in undesired were closed and secured. 00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:35.379 This to me was a down payment of my dad's love for his family 00:02:35.379 --> 00:02:37.379 and his desire that we'd be secure. 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:41.439 He went around and he looked at all of the vulnerabilities in the house 00:02:41.439 --> 00:02:42.639 and secured them. 00:02:42.719 --> 00:02:53.620 The passage before us tonight is Jesus telling us to count the cost of following him. 00:02:55.319 --> 00:02:58.379 And I think another way of asking this question 00:02:58.379 --> 00:03:02.039 or thinking about this question of the cost of following Jesus 00:03:02.039 --> 00:03:04.520 is asking this question of, 00:03:05.219 --> 00:03:09.000 where are the vulnerabilities in our souls? 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:12.539 Those things that we are particularly tempted toward? 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:17.520 Where are the dangers that we ought to be on guard against? 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:22.219 Because from those sides, danger might come. 00:03:24.039 --> 00:03:27.300 What are the things that we would be willing to trade Christ for? 00:03:27.300 --> 00:03:33.420 This is the question I want to have in the back of our minds as we read this text. 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:38.980 Luke 14, verse 25 through 33. 00:03:38.979 --> 00:03:42.719 Now great crowds accompanied him. 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:45.219 And he, Jesus, turned and said to them, 00:03:45.299 --> 00:03:50.359 If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, 00:03:50.780 --> 00:03:54.339 yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 00:03:55.159 --> 00:04:00.000 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:05.979 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, 00:04:06.300 --> 00:04:08.240 whether he has enough to complete it? 00:04:08.979 --> 00:04:12.919 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, 00:04:13.180 --> 00:04:16.000 all who see it begin to mock him, saying, 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:19.060 This man began to build and was not able to finish. 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:23.079 Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, 00:04:23.420 --> 00:04:25.360 will not sit down first and deliberate, 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:30.939 whether he is able with 10,000 to meet him who comes against him with 20,000. 00:04:31.520 --> 00:04:34.680 And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, 00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:38.680 he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. 00:04:39.480 --> 00:04:46.620 So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple. 00:04:47.860 --> 00:04:50.060 As I said, these are hard words. 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:53.120 I think the main point of this passage 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:57.199 is that we are to count the cost of following Jesus. 00:04:58.139 --> 00:05:01.759 So here's how I think this passage is working, just a broad overview. 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:06.120 Jesus has got, notice, great crowds with him, 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:09.259 and he says harsh words to great crowds. 00:05:09.920 --> 00:05:13.399 He's not interested only in getting a large audience. 00:05:14.220 --> 00:05:17.519 He's interested in people following him for the right reasons 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:20.620 and understanding what it will cost them. 00:05:20.620 --> 00:05:23.280 So great crowds accompany him, 00:05:23.560 --> 00:05:24.980 and he turns and says to them, 00:05:25.740 --> 00:05:28.980 if anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife 00:05:28.980 --> 00:05:30.199 and children and brothers and sisters, 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:32.800 yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 00:05:33.780 --> 00:05:35.780 The first thing, hate your family. 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:37.199 We'll come back to that. 00:05:37.759 --> 00:05:41.300 Second thing, take up your cross and follow me. 00:05:41.300 --> 00:05:47.639 I think these two things are the things that are necessary for following Christ. 00:05:48.199 --> 00:05:50.100 And the rest of the passage is examples. 00:05:51.300 --> 00:05:53.780 So the foundation, the tower, 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:58.340 is about preparing yourself beforehand before you begin a task. 00:05:58.819 --> 00:06:00.860 And the going to war against the other king 00:06:00.860 --> 00:06:05.080 is about preparing yourself beforehand before you go and undo a task. 00:06:05.079 --> 00:06:10.439 It's about making sure you're ready to do the thing you're going to commit to doing. 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:14.879 And I think one of the ways we can judge our hearts 00:06:14.879 --> 00:06:19.360 and see if we're willing to pay the price of following Christ 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:20.719 is to ask, 00:06:21.279 --> 00:06:24.599 what's the price we would pay to abandon him? 00:06:25.779 --> 00:06:28.599 Where are we most tempted to abandon him? 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:29.200 Temptation. 00:06:30.740 --> 00:06:32.939 Temptation comes in all shapes and sizes 00:06:32.939 --> 00:06:37.080 and not every temptation is effective on every person. 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:39.360 So I'll ask you the question, 00:06:40.340 --> 00:06:42.920 which door of your soul 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:46.200 is the one through which the danger would come? 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:48.980 The danger being forsaking Christ. 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:50.939 What's that temptation? 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:56.000 I think Jesus has an idea here 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:59.019 of two big categories of temptations. 00:06:59.480 --> 00:07:04.180 Reasons we would be inclined to abandon and not follow Christ. 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:07.040 I want to look at those two broad categories, 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:11.480 say what it is that we have to give up in order to follow him, 00:07:12.079 --> 00:07:15.519 and then say how we can use these categories of things 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:18.160 actually to wing our way toward God, 00:07:18.259 --> 00:07:20.560 to encourage us in our following of him. 00:07:20.939 --> 00:07:21.160 Okay? 00:07:22.100 --> 00:07:25.120 So, I suggest there are two main things 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:28.160 that Jesus says gets in the way of our following him. 00:07:28.660 --> 00:07:29.699 Pleasures and pains. 00:07:31.920 --> 00:07:33.459 The pleasures of life, 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:35.180 I think, are represented by the things 00:07:35.180 --> 00:07:36.680 Jesus tells us to hate. 00:07:37.280 --> 00:07:38.639 Look at the things he tells us. 00:07:39.019 --> 00:07:39.899 Mother and father, 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:40.720 wife, 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:41.399 children, 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:42.939 even your own life. 00:07:43.340 --> 00:07:44.840 The natural question is, 00:07:44.980 --> 00:07:46.379 what's wrong with these things? 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:48.340 And the correct response is, 00:07:48.620 --> 00:07:49.980 nothing's wrong with them. 00:07:50.620 --> 00:07:51.840 They're good things. 00:07:52.259 --> 00:07:53.420 They're joys. 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:54.420 They are pleasures. 00:07:54.420 --> 00:07:57.759 But then why does Jesus tell us to hate them? 00:07:59.300 --> 00:08:04.840 I think it's because this is one direction from which danger might come. 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:10.939 We might be tempted to enjoy these pleasures more than we enjoy Christ. 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:14.360 Look also at the parable above ours here. 00:08:15.240 --> 00:08:16.980 Beginning in verse 15 there, 00:08:17.160 --> 00:08:20.600 you see this parable of a man who invites his friends to a banquet. 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:24.100 And all of his friends give reasons why they can't come to this banquet. 00:08:24.640 --> 00:08:25.040 They say, 00:08:25.160 --> 00:08:26.540 oh, I've taken a wife and I can't do it. 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:28.820 Oh, I have to do some business ventures and I can't do it. 00:08:28.980 --> 00:08:29.320 Again, 00:08:29.480 --> 00:08:30.879 these are all good things. 00:08:31.180 --> 00:08:32.000 So the question is, 00:08:32.200 --> 00:08:34.960 what's Jesus got against mother and father 00:08:34.960 --> 00:08:36.279 and brother and sister 00:08:36.279 --> 00:08:37.340 and children? 00:08:37.340 --> 00:08:44.360 I think he's aware that one of the dangers 00:08:44.360 --> 00:08:47.980 that would incline us away from following him 00:08:47.980 --> 00:08:49.879 is our pleasures. 00:08:49.879 --> 00:08:55.059 And the second category of things comes in the verse right afterwards. 00:08:55.580 --> 00:08:58.500 Take up your cross and follow me. 00:08:58.500 --> 00:09:01.960 If anyone's not willing to take up his cross, 00:09:02.059 --> 00:09:04.039 he can't follow me. 00:09:06.519 --> 00:09:06.960 Now, 00:09:07.139 --> 00:09:08.879 this phrase, 00:09:09.139 --> 00:09:10.059 take up your cross, 00:09:10.500 --> 00:09:13.179 has become a relatively common one. 00:09:13.299 --> 00:09:14.240 When we hear this phrase, 00:09:14.360 --> 00:09:15.120 take up your cross, 00:09:15.179 --> 00:09:17.659 we realize that we're talking in religious vocabulary. 00:09:18.379 --> 00:09:21.700 And I want to sort of get away from that idea a little bit. 00:09:21.740 --> 00:09:25.399 I want to give you a sense of just how strange this might sound 00:09:25.399 --> 00:09:27.279 to Jesus's hearers. 00:09:27.279 --> 00:09:29.819 Remember when Jesus said these words, 00:09:29.959 --> 00:09:31.259 he wasn't crucified yet. 00:09:31.539 --> 00:09:34.299 The cross didn't have any religious significance whatsoever. 00:09:34.740 --> 00:09:35.839 So read it like this. 00:09:36.299 --> 00:09:38.039 If anyone is not willing to take up, 00:09:38.659 --> 00:09:40.759 to strap himself into an electric chair, 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:42.399 he won't follow me. 00:09:43.019 --> 00:09:45.439 If any man's not willing to blindfold himself 00:09:45.439 --> 00:09:46.639 in front of a firing squad, 00:09:46.860 --> 00:09:47.699 he can't follow me. 00:09:48.059 --> 00:09:50.059 If anyone's not willing to kneel down 00:09:50.059 --> 00:09:51.419 on the executioner's block 00:09:51.419 --> 00:09:53.519 before a person with an enormous sword 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:54.779 is going to decapitate you, 00:09:54.980 --> 00:09:56.139 he's not ready to follow me. 00:09:57.279 --> 00:10:00.399 These are the sort of things that Jesus says 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:03.919 are necessary for following him. 00:10:05.659 --> 00:10:08.699 I think what's going on here is Jesus is aware 00:10:08.699 --> 00:10:10.000 that one of the dangers 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:12.079 from the other side 00:10:12.079 --> 00:10:14.379 is the danger of pains. 00:10:15.039 --> 00:10:16.220 The dangers of pleasures 00:10:16.220 --> 00:10:18.159 and the dangers of pains. 00:10:18.659 --> 00:10:21.019 These, I think, are the two broad categories 00:10:21.019 --> 00:10:22.279 that Jesus sees 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:25.439 as being able to turn our affections 00:10:25.439 --> 00:10:27.039 away from him. 00:10:29.039 --> 00:10:30.340 What does it mean 00:10:30.340 --> 00:10:32.939 to hate these good things 00:10:32.939 --> 00:10:34.980 and to be willing to take up 00:10:34.980 --> 00:10:36.899 these bad things? 00:10:37.620 --> 00:10:39.059 Here's what I think it means. 00:10:39.939 --> 00:10:41.740 The life of following Jesus 00:10:41.740 --> 00:10:44.939 means that nothing else 00:10:44.940 --> 00:10:48.720 can evermore hold our highest allegiance. 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:50.200 Nothing. 00:10:51.680 --> 00:10:53.260 Not family, not country, 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:54.180 not political party, 00:10:54.360 --> 00:10:56.720 not even allegiance to our own life. 00:10:56.860 --> 00:10:57.320 Nothing. 00:10:59.620 --> 00:11:00.880 And the corollary, 00:11:00.980 --> 00:11:02.620 the implication of that is 00:11:02.620 --> 00:11:05.360 we cannot have lives designed 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:08.360 to flee at all costs from pain. 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:11.680 We cannot have lives 00:11:11.680 --> 00:11:13.480 that seek only the good 00:11:13.480 --> 00:11:15.480 of other allegiances 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:17.419 and we cannot have lives 00:11:17.419 --> 00:11:19.840 that flee away from pain. 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:23.600 If anyone would not take up his cross, 00:11:23.700 --> 00:11:24.720 he cannot be my disciple. 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:26.080 If anyone does not hate his family, 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:27.899 he cannot be my disciple. 00:11:29.019 --> 00:11:30.700 We have the problem of pleasures 00:11:30.700 --> 00:11:32.659 and the problem of pain. 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:34.720 Jesus tells us 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:36.779 that we are to count the cost 00:11:36.779 --> 00:11:37.759 of these things. 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:39.560 And so what I want to do 00:11:39.560 --> 00:11:40.960 for the rest of our time together 00:11:40.960 --> 00:11:43.200 is ask the question, 00:11:43.560 --> 00:11:46.519 how can we use pleasures and pains 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:48.080 in such a way 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:51.159 that they do not steer us away from God, 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:53.759 but steer us toward God? 00:11:54.379 --> 00:11:55.720 That's the question I want to spend 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:57.600 the rest of our time together on. 00:11:59.240 --> 00:12:01.960 So, the questions of pleasures. 00:12:05.139 --> 00:12:06.100 Jesus says, 00:12:06.100 --> 00:12:07.980 hate your mother and father 00:12:07.980 --> 00:12:08.759 and brother and sister, 00:12:08.899 --> 00:12:10.120 wife, children, 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:11.920 even his own life. 00:12:13.680 --> 00:12:14.659 What does this mean? 00:12:14.960 --> 00:12:15.659 This is certainly 00:12:15.659 --> 00:12:17.420 the most difficult passage 00:12:17.420 --> 00:12:18.139 in our verse, 00:12:18.220 --> 00:12:19.460 in our passage for tonight. 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:22.200 Here's what I don't think it means. 00:12:22.899 --> 00:12:24.200 I don't think it means 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:25.940 really hating our family members. 00:12:28.100 --> 00:12:28.940 Which is to say, 00:12:28.940 --> 00:12:31.040 I don't think it means 00:12:31.040 --> 00:12:33.860 what it pretty clearly seems to mean. 00:12:35.100 --> 00:12:36.940 Why do I not think it means that? 00:12:37.640 --> 00:12:38.820 Well, for the simple reason 00:12:38.820 --> 00:12:41.460 that it doesn't make a lot of sense 00:12:41.460 --> 00:12:43.080 of other parts of the Bible. 00:12:43.880 --> 00:12:45.280 If we say that the part, 00:12:45.420 --> 00:12:46.740 the essential feature 00:12:46.740 --> 00:12:47.360 of being a Christian 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:49.800 is that we hate our family members, 00:12:50.300 --> 00:12:51.280 there's a lot of the Bible 00:12:51.280 --> 00:12:53.300 that seems not to make any sense anymore. 00:12:53.299 --> 00:12:54.639 For example, 00:12:55.019 --> 00:12:55.599 Jesus says, 00:12:56.039 --> 00:12:57.639 the first commandment of the law, 00:12:57.839 --> 00:12:58.859 the most important one, 00:12:59.120 --> 00:13:00.259 love the Lord your God. 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:01.139 The second one, 00:13:01.359 --> 00:13:02.759 love your neighbor as yourself. 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:03.779 Well, 00:13:04.279 --> 00:13:05.620 if we are to hate our neighbors, 00:13:06.039 --> 00:13:06.759 hate our family, 00:13:06.899 --> 00:13:07.899 we can no longer 00:13:07.899 --> 00:13:09.519 obey that second commandment. 00:13:10.879 --> 00:13:11.659 This introduces 00:13:11.659 --> 00:13:13.179 all kinds of strangeness 00:13:13.179 --> 00:13:14.379 if we interpret this passage 00:13:14.379 --> 00:13:15.639 as literally saying 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:17.139 that we ought to hate our family. 00:13:20.419 --> 00:13:21.139 Or again, 00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:22.179 in the book of 1 John, 00:13:22.179 --> 00:13:23.899 where we learn that love, 00:13:24.019 --> 00:13:24.959 not hate, 00:13:25.359 --> 00:13:26.539 is the defining feature 00:13:26.539 --> 00:13:27.099 of the Christian. 00:13:27.959 --> 00:13:28.500 John says, 00:13:28.579 --> 00:13:28.939 Beloved, 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:30.099 let us love one another 00:13:30.099 --> 00:13:31.479 for love is from God 00:13:31.479 --> 00:13:32.819 and whoever loves 00:13:32.819 --> 00:13:33.739 has been born of God 00:13:33.739 --> 00:13:34.599 and knows God. 00:13:35.079 --> 00:13:36.359 Anyone who does not love 00:13:36.359 --> 00:13:37.359 does not know God 00:13:37.359 --> 00:13:39.399 because God is love. 00:13:41.059 --> 00:13:42.620 That seems to fly in the face 00:13:42.620 --> 00:13:43.799 of what's being said here. 00:13:44.079 --> 00:13:45.179 We have a straightforward 00:13:45.179 --> 00:13:46.319 contradiction 00:13:46.319 --> 00:13:47.899 and so what we have to do 00:13:47.899 --> 00:13:48.699 in order to make sense 00:13:48.699 --> 00:13:49.379 of this contradiction 00:13:49.379 --> 00:13:50.659 is follow 00:13:50.659 --> 00:13:52.379 an old rule 00:13:52.379 --> 00:13:53.639 in scriptural interpretation. 00:13:53.939 --> 00:13:54.719 Almost as old 00:13:54.719 --> 00:13:55.620 as the Bible itself 00:13:55.620 --> 00:13:56.879 and the rule is this. 00:13:58.279 --> 00:13:59.459 Christians interpret 00:13:59.459 --> 00:14:00.839 the difficult pieces 00:14:00.839 --> 00:14:01.360 of scripture 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:02.519 in light 00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:03.899 of the easy pieces 00:14:03.899 --> 00:14:04.459 of scripture. 00:14:05.319 --> 00:14:06.019 It's a nice rule. 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:06.980 It goes back 00:14:06.980 --> 00:14:08.240 as old as the church fathers. 00:14:08.779 --> 00:14:09.419 They recognize 00:14:09.419 --> 00:14:10.600 there are some ambiguities 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:11.339 and difficulties 00:14:11.339 --> 00:14:12.120 in the text 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:13.059 and what we're to do 00:14:13.059 --> 00:14:13.679 is we're supposed 00:14:13.679 --> 00:14:14.259 to interpret 00:14:14.259 --> 00:14:15.179 those difficulties 00:14:15.179 --> 00:14:16.480 through the lens 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:17.940 of the easier texts. 00:14:19.259 --> 00:14:20.680 I think doing that 00:14:20.680 --> 00:14:21.659 with this passage 00:14:21.659 --> 00:14:22.700 ends us up 00:14:22.700 --> 00:14:23.820 with this interpretation. 00:14:26.019 --> 00:14:27.340 We ought to be 00:14:27.340 --> 00:14:28.100 so committed 00:14:28.100 --> 00:14:29.539 in our love 00:14:29.539 --> 00:14:30.740 for Jesus 00:14:30.740 --> 00:14:33.820 that in comparison 00:14:33.820 --> 00:14:35.600 the love 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:36.480 of family 00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:37.620 and indeed 00:14:37.620 --> 00:14:38.879 of our own lives 00:14:38.879 --> 00:14:40.039 looks like 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:40.720 hatred. 00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:40.800 hatred. 00:14:42.440 --> 00:14:43.560 We ought to be 00:14:43.560 --> 00:14:44.899 so in love 00:14:44.899 --> 00:14:46.000 with Jesus 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:48.340 that in comparison 00:14:48.340 --> 00:14:49.779 all of our other 00:14:49.779 --> 00:14:50.879 loves look like 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:51.860 hatreds. 00:14:52.740 --> 00:14:54.139 It's a comparative 00:14:54.139 --> 00:14:54.759 claim 00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:56.100 that he's making here. 00:14:59.160 --> 00:15:00.240 Some examples 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:00.720 of this. 00:15:01.300 --> 00:15:02.180 How do you love 00:15:02.180 --> 00:15:03.259 Jesus in a way 00:15:03.259 --> 00:15:03.899 that makes 00:15:03.899 --> 00:15:05.060 your love of family 00:15:05.060 --> 00:15:05.700 look like 00:15:05.700 --> 00:15:06.300 hatred? 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:08.019 A big one 00:15:08.019 --> 00:15:08.679 I can think of 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:09.600 is converting 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:11.039 away from a religion 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:12.340 that has been 00:15:12.340 --> 00:15:13.000 in your family 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:13.879 for decades 00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:15.340 and is against 00:15:15.340 --> 00:15:15.919 Christ. 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:20.819 Some of you 00:15:20.819 --> 00:15:21.659 may have stories 00:15:21.659 --> 00:15:22.379 or your parents 00:15:22.379 --> 00:15:23.019 may have stories 00:15:23.019 --> 00:15:23.240 like this. 00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:23.860 I know mine 00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:24.759 do. 00:15:25.299 --> 00:15:26.559 When my parents 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:27.819 became Christians 00:15:27.819 --> 00:15:29.299 and went in their 00:15:29.299 --> 00:15:29.960 excitement to tell 00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:30.579 their parents 00:15:30.579 --> 00:15:31.220 their parents 00:15:31.220 --> 00:15:32.360 first response was 00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:33.840 what's wrong 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:34.159 with the way 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:34.720 I raised you? 00:15:38.019 --> 00:15:39.519 They thought 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:40.579 they were hated 00:15:40.579 --> 00:15:42.179 by my parents 00:15:42.179 --> 00:15:43.939 because my parents 00:15:43.939 --> 00:15:44.740 knew love 00:15:44.740 --> 00:15:45.679 for Jesus. 00:15:47.500 --> 00:15:48.799 Now my grandparents 00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:49.480 never tried to 00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:50.659 kill my parents. 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:51.419 In some parts 00:15:51.419 --> 00:15:51.659 of the world 00:15:51.659 --> 00:15:52.480 that's precisely 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:53.079 what happens 00:15:53.079 --> 00:15:53.740 when you abandon 00:15:53.740 --> 00:15:55.079 the family's religion. 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:56.799 Your love 00:15:56.799 --> 00:15:57.460 for Christ 00:15:57.460 --> 00:15:58.319 makes your other 00:15:58.319 --> 00:15:59.360 loves look like 00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:00.500 hatreds. 00:16:01.500 --> 00:16:02.379 Or what does it 00:16:02.379 --> 00:16:03.199 mean to love Christ 00:16:03.199 --> 00:16:03.799 so much that it 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:04.500 looks like your 00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:05.899 own life is hated? 00:16:06.779 --> 00:16:07.179 How about 00:16:07.179 --> 00:16:07.819 martyrdom? 00:16:08.019 --> 00:16:10.079 the idea that 00:16:10.079 --> 00:16:11.000 I will not 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:12.000 abandon Christ 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:12.620 even if it 00:16:12.620 --> 00:16:13.079 costs me 00:16:13.079 --> 00:16:14.259 my own life. 00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:17.879 Again 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:19.039 so many 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:19.600 examples 00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:21.199 of ways 00:16:21.199 --> 00:16:21.539 that our 00:16:21.539 --> 00:16:22.460 love for Christ 00:16:22.460 --> 00:16:23.299 reorients 00:16:23.299 --> 00:16:23.879 our other 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:24.519 loves. 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:26.199 You see 00:16:26.199 --> 00:16:26.639 I don't think 00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:27.139 this text 00:16:27.139 --> 00:16:27.759 means that 00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:28.120 we're supposed 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:28.639 to love our 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:29.519 families less 00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:30.100 than we do. 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:31.059 I think this 00:16:31.059 --> 00:16:31.519 means we're 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:31.860 supposed to 00:16:31.860 --> 00:16:32.319 love our 00:16:32.319 --> 00:16:33.360 families and 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:33.759 our own 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:34.720 lives better 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:35.620 than we do. 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:36.740 And how 00:16:36.740 --> 00:16:37.059 does a 00:16:37.059 --> 00:16:37.480 Christian 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:38.560 do this? 00:16:38.560 --> 00:16:39.759 The Christian 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:41.000 loves his 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:41.700 own life 00:16:41.700 --> 00:16:42.440 and the 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:42.980 lives of 00:16:42.980 --> 00:16:43.159 the people 00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:43.840 around him 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:44.779 by ordering 00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:45.580 his loves 00:16:45.580 --> 00:16:46.340 rightly. 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:48.300 Ordering your 00:16:48.300 --> 00:16:49.259 loves rightly. 00:16:50.460 --> 00:16:51.159 Here's an easy 00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:51.820 example of this. 00:16:54.779 --> 00:16:56.019 It's good 00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:57.080 to eat a 00:16:57.080 --> 00:16:57.600 hamburger. 00:16:58.800 --> 00:16:59.840 It is 00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:00.860 also good 00:17:00.860 --> 00:17:01.659 to save 00:17:01.659 --> 00:17:02.139 a drowning 00:17:02.139 --> 00:17:02.740 child. 00:17:02.740 --> 00:17:05.160 but it's 00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:05.920 not good 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:06.259 to eat 00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:06.799 a hamburger 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:08.700 while the 00:17:08.700 --> 00:17:09.359 child is 00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:09.779 drowning. 00:17:10.099 --> 00:17:10.220 Right? 00:17:11.099 --> 00:17:11.559 So there 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:11.880 are two 00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:12.579 good things 00:17:12.579 --> 00:17:12.880 that you 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:13.200 ought to 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:13.880 love doing 00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:14.480 but they 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:14.700 ought to 00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:15.180 be ordered 00:17:15.180 --> 00:17:15.460 in a 00:17:15.460 --> 00:17:15.819 particular 00:17:15.819 --> 00:17:16.319 way. 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:16.980 Such that 00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:17.299 if you 00:17:17.299 --> 00:17:17.599 have to 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:17.980 pick one 00:17:17.980 --> 00:17:18.319 of them 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:18.980 don't pick 00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:19.519 the hamburger 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:20.019 over the 00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:20.259 drowning 00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:20.779 child. 00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:22.599 Now you're 00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:22.880 not going to 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:23.359 forget this. 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:23.539 Alright. 00:17:24.120 --> 00:17:24.740 Here I think 00:17:24.740 --> 00:17:25.120 is what Jesus 00:17:25.120 --> 00:17:25.720 is trying to 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:26.579 tell us. 00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:27.359 That the 00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:28.200 love for 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:28.680 God 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:29.720 orders the 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:30.059 rest of 00:17:30.059 --> 00:17:30.240 our 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:30.640 loves. 00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:33.100 That the 00:17:33.100 --> 00:17:33.660 love of 00:17:33.660 --> 00:17:34.400 our family 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:34.880 or indeed 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:35.140 of our 00:17:35.140 --> 00:17:35.900 own lives 00:17:35.900 --> 00:17:36.539 over him 00:17:36.539 --> 00:17:37.319 results in 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:38.120 idolatry. 00:17:38.840 --> 00:17:39.319 And all 00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:39.720 our other 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:40.380 loves 00:17:40.380 --> 00:17:41.559 will end up 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:42.519 being skewed 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:43.240 in service 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:43.660 of our 00:17:43.660 --> 00:17:44.519 highest love. 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:46.039 If you 00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:46.680 love your 00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:47.340 career more 00:17:47.340 --> 00:17:47.779 than anything 00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:48.240 else 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:49.740 then everything 00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:50.620 you have 00:17:50.620 --> 00:17:51.100 will be 00:17:51.100 --> 00:17:51.779 skewed 00:17:51.779 --> 00:17:52.380 in the 00:17:52.380 --> 00:17:52.940 direction of 00:17:52.940 --> 00:17:53.640 career advancement. 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:55.059 And if you 00:17:55.059 --> 00:17:55.840 love money 00:17:55.840 --> 00:17:56.180 more than 00:17:56.180 --> 00:17:56.720 anything else 00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:57.140 then everything 00:17:57.140 --> 00:17:57.440 in your 00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:57.759 life will 00:17:57.759 --> 00:17:58.359 be skewed 00:17:58.359 --> 00:17:58.740 in terms 00:17:58.740 --> 00:17:59.000 of how 00:17:59.000 --> 00:17:59.299 you can 00:17:59.299 --> 00:17:59.680 get more 00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:00.039 money. 00:18:00.980 --> 00:18:01.460 So on 00:18:01.460 --> 00:18:02.119 for fame 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:02.819 and so on 00:18:02.819 --> 00:18:03.480 for your 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:04.220 own safety 00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:04.680 for good 00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:05.079 health. 00:18:05.579 --> 00:18:06.039 Notice 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:06.279 this. 00:18:06.339 --> 00:18:06.599 This is 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:06.940 the way 00:18:06.940 --> 00:18:08.019 we work. 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:08.799 We love 00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:09.480 so many 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:09.900 different 00:18:09.900 --> 00:18:10.559 things 00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:11.500 but that 00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:12.079 thing we 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:12.480 put in 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:12.980 our position 00:18:12.980 --> 00:18:13.599 of highest 00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:14.140 love 00:18:14.140 --> 00:18:15.099 has a 00:18:15.099 --> 00:18:15.920 tendency 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:17.079 to attract 00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:17.740 all of 00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:18.119 our other 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:18.599 loves 00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:19.379 to it. 00:18:20.740 --> 00:18:21.220 There's 00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:21.900 an implication 00:18:21.900 --> 00:18:23.099 for what 00:18:23.099 --> 00:18:23.400 we put 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:23.640 at our 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:23.960 highest 00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:24.440 love 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:25.519 on the 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:26.059 rest of 00:18:26.059 --> 00:18:26.299 our 00:18:26.299 --> 00:18:26.740 loves. 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:31.319 perhaps 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:31.740 you 00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:32.119 might 00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:32.700 know 00:18:32.700 --> 00:18:34.039 a 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:35.059 woman 00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:35.819 or a 00:18:35.819 --> 00:18:36.259 man 00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:36.720 a 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:37.220 child 00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:37.559 or a 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:37.879 parent 00:18:37.879 --> 00:18:38.299 who 00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:38.779 loves 00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:39.140 their 00:18:39.140 --> 00:18:41.359 child 00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:41.839 more than 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:42.200 anything 00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:42.619 else in 00:18:42.619 --> 00:18:43.079 the world. 00:18:44.859 --> 00:18:45.539 And the 00:18:45.539 --> 00:18:46.160 result is 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:46.460 that that 00:18:46.460 --> 00:18:47.000 child is 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:47.940 not loved 00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:48.519 well 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:49.259 that child 00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:49.539 is turned 00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:49.879 into an 00:18:49.879 --> 00:18:50.180 idol. 00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:52.500 Or again 00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:53.160 a person 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:53.559 who loves 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:54.220 their spouse 00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:54.579 more than 00:18:54.579 --> 00:18:55.180 anything else 00:18:55.180 --> 00:18:55.660 in the 00:18:55.660 --> 00:18:56.080 world 00:18:56.080 --> 00:18:56.860 is turned 00:18:56.860 --> 00:18:57.560 into an 00:18:57.560 --> 00:18:57.940 idol. 00:18:59.140 --> 00:19:00.120 You can't 00:19:00.120 --> 00:19:00.519 see it 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:00.980 properly. 00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:01.860 You can't 00:19:01.860 --> 00:19:02.460 relate to 00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:03.039 it well. 00:19:03.460 --> 00:19:03.860 You turn 00:19:03.860 --> 00:19:04.200 it into 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:04.560 an 00:19:04.560 --> 00:19:04.920 idol. 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:09.080 But the 00:19:09.080 --> 00:19:09.539 claim of 00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:10.160 Jesus here 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:10.460 is that 00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:10.960 when we 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:11.960 put God 00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:12.759 in that 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:13.160 position 00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:13.640 of our 00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:14.560 first love 00:19:14.560 --> 00:19:16.100 then that's 00:19:16.100 --> 00:19:16.640 the only 00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:17.380 right way 00:19:17.380 --> 00:19:18.200 to order 00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:18.940 all of the 00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:19.400 rest of 00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:19.980 our loves. 00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:20.700 God 00:19:20.700 --> 00:19:21.860 when we 00:19:21.860 --> 00:19:22.940 love God 00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:23.819 we love 00:19:23.819 --> 00:19:24.420 everything 00:19:24.420 --> 00:19:25.720 for God's 00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:26.299 sake. 00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:28.319 So we 00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:29.539 love our 00:19:29.539 --> 00:19:30.579 wife and 00:19:30.579 --> 00:19:31.839 husband and 00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:32.579 children and 00:19:32.579 --> 00:19:33.140 parents, 00:19:33.660 --> 00:19:34.220 brothers and 00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:34.539 sisters, 00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:34.940 even our 00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:35.519 own lives 00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:36.819 for the 00:19:36.819 --> 00:19:37.220 sake of 00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:38.059 loving God. 00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:41.599 What might 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:42.140 this mean? 00:19:43.940 --> 00:19:44.620 Well, 00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:45.480 it means that 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:45.860 we ought to 00:19:45.860 --> 00:19:46.759 love everything 00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.240 in our 00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:47.759 life 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:49.579 in so 00:19:49.579 --> 00:19:50.279 far as 00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:50.839 it helps 00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:51.559 us love 00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:52.059 God 00:19:52.059 --> 00:19:53.819 and in 00:19:53.819 --> 00:19:54.500 such a way 00:19:54.500 --> 00:19:54.980 as to 00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:55.900 help them 00:19:55.900 --> 00:19:57.220 love God. 00:19:59.079 --> 00:19:59.960 There is 00:19:59.960 --> 00:20:00.559 plenty of 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:01.279 confusion in 00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:01.619 the world 00:20:01.619 --> 00:20:02.359 about what 00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:03.500 love is. 00:20:04.140 --> 00:20:04.700 And the 00:20:04.700 --> 00:20:05.519 dominant idea 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:06.279 seems to be 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:07.059 something like 00:20:07.059 --> 00:20:08.359 leaving people 00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:09.460 alone to do 00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:10.039 whatever they 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.440 want. 00:20:11.539 --> 00:20:12.359 That's just 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:12.980 not the 00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:13.759 Christian idea 00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.420 of love. 00:20:15.099 --> 00:20:15.940 The Christian 00:20:15.940 --> 00:20:16.579 idea of 00:20:16.579 --> 00:20:17.680 love is to 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:18.680 love everyone 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:19.640 around us 00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:20.580 in such a 00:20:20.580 --> 00:20:21.180 way that 00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:21.980 their highest 00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:23.100 joy would 00:20:23.100 --> 00:20:23.680 be found 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:24.980 in God. 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:26.840 So what 00:20:26.840 --> 00:20:27.160 does it 00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:27.840 mean to 00:20:27.840 --> 00:20:28.340 love your 00:20:28.340 --> 00:20:29.740 neighbor or 00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.460 your mother or 00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:31.060 your sister or 00:20:31.060 --> 00:20:31.740 your brother or 00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.420 your child? 00:20:33.560 --> 00:20:34.100 Well, 00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:35.759 it means to 00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.700 love them in 00:20:36.700 --> 00:20:37.539 such a way as 00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:38.759 to always point 00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:39.420 them to 00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:40.120 God. 00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:42.320 Not to 00:20:42.320 --> 00:20:43.100 allow them to 00:20:43.100 --> 00:20:43.900 indulge in 00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:44.460 destructive 00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:45.060 behaviors, 00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:45.259 behaviors, 00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:46.759 but rather 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:47.859 to point 00:20:47.859 --> 00:20:48.399 them toward 00:20:48.399 --> 00:20:48.879 the thing 00:20:48.879 --> 00:20:49.159 that will 00:20:49.159 --> 00:20:49.899 truly make 00:20:49.899 --> 00:20:50.960 them happy. 00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:52.980 Sometimes 00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:53.779 this will 00:20:53.779 --> 00:20:54.339 look like 00:20:54.339 --> 00:20:54.879 hatred, 00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:56.720 as it does 00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.059 when a 00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:58.159 parent pulls 00:20:58.159 --> 00:20:58.940 their child's 00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.419 hand away 00:20:59.419 --> 00:20:59.819 from the 00:20:59.819 --> 00:21:00.299 stove, 00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:02.299 intervening 00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:02.980 in their 00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.519 desires, 00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:04.879 not allowing 00:21:04.879 --> 00:21:05.419 them to do 00:21:05.419 --> 00:21:05.720 what they 00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.339 want to do. 00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:06.940 Surely you 00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:07.399 must hate 00:21:07.399 --> 00:21:07.839 a person 00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:08.379 like that. 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.079 No, 00:21:09.639 --> 00:21:10.259 you love 00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:10.700 a person. 00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:11.840 And so 00:21:11.840 --> 00:21:12.400 you love 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:12.819 them by 00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:13.279 pointing 00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:13.779 them to 00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.460 the highest 00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:15.259 good. 00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:17.400 When the 00:21:17.400 --> 00:21:18.340 loves of 00:21:18.340 --> 00:21:18.840 the Christian 00:21:18.840 --> 00:21:19.460 are ordered 00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:20.019 properly, 00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:21.500 the Christian 00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:22.120 then goes 00:21:22.120 --> 00:21:22.460 out to 00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:22.980 try to 00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.880 help all 00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:24.279 other 00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:24.660 fellow 00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:25.200 Christians 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.840 order 00:21:25.840 --> 00:21:26.160 their 00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:26.620 loves 00:21:26.620 --> 00:21:27.519 properly. 00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:29.500 So the 00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:30.080 way we 00:21:30.080 --> 00:21:30.620 use the 00:21:30.620 --> 00:21:31.039 pleasures 00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:32.080 of other 00:21:32.080 --> 00:21:33.559 people is 00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:34.200 we use 00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:34.819 people in 00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:35.420 such a way 00:21:35.420 --> 00:21:35.940 that we 00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:37.180 might help 00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:37.700 them on 00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:38.080 their way 00:21:38.080 --> 00:21:38.740 to God. 00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:43.220 consider 00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:43.740 some things 00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.019 that the 00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.380 writer of 00:21:44.380 --> 00:21:44.660 Hebrews 00:21:44.660 --> 00:21:45.140 says. 00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.400 The writer 00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:46.759 of Hebrews 00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.100 says, 00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:47.740 let us 00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.120 consider 00:21:48.120 --> 00:21:48.819 how to 00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.100 stir 00:21:49.100 --> 00:21:49.620 one up 00:21:49.620 --> 00:21:50.660 one another 00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:51.080 to love 00:21:51.080 --> 00:21:51.340 and good 00:21:51.340 --> 00:21:51.700 works, 00:21:51.840 --> 00:21:52.819 not neglecting 00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:53.140 to meet 00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:53.960 together as 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.200 is the 00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:54.580 habit of 00:21:54.580 --> 00:21:54.840 some, 00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.519 but encouraging 00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.100 each other 00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:56.759 all the more 00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.240 as you see 00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:57.660 the day 00:21:57.660 --> 00:21:58.860 drawing near. 00:21:59.319 --> 00:22:00.539 We love 00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:01.220 each other 00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:03.059 not by 00:22:03.059 --> 00:22:03.559 forgetting 00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:04.039 about each 00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:04.440 other and 00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:04.819 letting each 00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:05.100 other do 00:22:05.100 --> 00:22:05.660 whatever we 00:22:05.660 --> 00:22:06.200 desire, 00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:07.059 but rather 00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.779 by stirring 00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.180 each other 00:22:08.180 --> 00:22:08.940 up to love 00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.519 and good 00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:10.299 works. 00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:12.819 Or consider 00:22:12.819 --> 00:22:13.279 again the 00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.640 words of 00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:13.940 C.S. 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.500 Lewis in 00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:14.799 a sermon 00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.100 called 00:22:15.100 --> 00:22:15.440 The Weight 00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:16.000 of Glory, 00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.039 which I 00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.480 recommend to 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:17.660 you if 00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:17.759 you've 00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.080 never read 00:22:18.080 --> 00:22:18.160 it. 00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:18.480 He says 00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:18.819 this, 00:22:19.900 --> 00:22:20.539 it is a 00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:20.860 serious 00:22:20.860 --> 00:22:22.180 thing to 00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:22.559 remember 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.380 that the 00:22:23.380 --> 00:22:23.880 dullest 00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:24.460 and most 00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:25.360 uninteresting 00:22:25.360 --> 00:22:26.259 person you 00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:26.720 can talk 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:27.960 to will 00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.539 one day 00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:28.920 be a 00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.200 creature 00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.779 which if 00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.180 you saw 00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.720 it now 00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:31.500 you would 00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:32.100 be strongly 00:22:32.100 --> 00:22:32.759 tempted to 00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.160 worship 00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:35.580 or else 00:22:35.580 --> 00:22:36.200 it would 00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:36.519 be a 00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:36.880 horror 00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:37.660 and a 00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:38.059 corruption 00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:38.720 such as 00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.140 you now 00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:39.640 meet if 00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:40.059 at all 00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.619 only in 00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:41.240 a nightmare 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.759 and all 00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.599 day long 00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:44.700 we in 00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.419 some degree 00:22:45.419 --> 00:22:46.299 are helping 00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:46.899 each other 00:22:46.899 --> 00:22:47.539 to one 00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.339 or other 00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:48.980 of these 00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.679 destinations. 00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:52.079 There are 00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:53.119 no ordinary 00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:53.779 people. 00:22:54.919 --> 00:22:55.839 You have 00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:56.759 never talked 00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.679 to a mere 00:22:57.679 --> 00:22:58.559 mortal. 00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.659 You have 00:23:00.659 --> 00:23:01.419 never talked 00:23:01.419 --> 00:23:01.899 to a mere 00:23:01.899 --> 00:23:03.139 mortal and 00:23:03.139 --> 00:23:04.000 every interaction 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.579 with every 00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:05.200 person you 00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:06.379 meet is 00:23:06.379 --> 00:23:07.339 helping them 00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:08.059 become a 00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.480 lover of 00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:09.079 God or 00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:09.420 a lover 00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:09.660 of 00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.160 themselves. 00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:12.599 And 00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:12.980 Jesus 00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.579 says 00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.799 counting 00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.380 the cost 00:23:15.380 --> 00:23:15.900 of following 00:23:15.900 --> 00:23:16.319 him 00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:17.240 means 00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:17.980 loving 00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.839 everything 00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:19.380 in this 00:23:19.380 --> 00:23:19.819 world 00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.579 in such 00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:21.039 a way 00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:21.819 that we 00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.319 help 00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:23.180 that thing 00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:24.059 move 00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:24.759 toward God 00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.480 that person 00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:26.000 move 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.599 toward God 00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:27.140 that we 00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:27.680 love even 00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.099 our own 00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:28.700 selves 00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:29.500 only as 00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:29.940 we move 00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.380 ourselves 00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:31.360 toward God. 00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:32.200 This is 00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:32.579 the way 00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:33.360 we use 00:23:33.360 --> 00:23:33.900 the pleasures 00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.759 around us. 00:23:35.120 --> 00:23:35.579 We use 00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:36.180 them to 00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.799 wing us 00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.119 on our 00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:37.639 way up 00:23:37.639 --> 00:23:38.299 to God. 00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:40.399 We cannot 00:23:40.399 --> 00:23:41.539 follow Jesus 00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.720 and make 00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.299 the pleasures 00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:43.839 of this 00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.559 world into 00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:44.960 idols. 00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.980 We can 00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.779 follow Jesus 00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.859 and make 00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:49.419 the pleasures 00:23:49.419 --> 00:23:50.039 of this 00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.579 world 00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:52.180 signposts 00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:52.899 that point 00:23:52.899 --> 00:23:53.619 to his 00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:54.240 goodness. 00:23:57.879 --> 00:23:58.619 There's a 00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.259 temptation I 00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.740 think among 00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.539 some of 00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.099 loving the 00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:01.680 world too 00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:02.099 much. 00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:03.539 It's a good 00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.019 temptation. 00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.019 When you 00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.480 love the 00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:05.879 world too 00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:06.160 much, 00:24:06.380 --> 00:24:06.620 that's 00:24:06.620 --> 00:24:06.880 called 00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:07.780 idolatry. 00:24:08.080 --> 00:24:08.440 Or if 00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:08.680 you love 00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:09.000 the world 00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.900 wrongly, 00:24:10.040 --> 00:24:10.560 it's called 00:24:10.560 --> 00:24:11.300 idolatry. 00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.540 But if 00:24:13.540 --> 00:24:13.940 you look 00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.280 at the 00:24:14.280 --> 00:24:15.260 words of 00:24:15.260 --> 00:24:15.680 Jesus 00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:17.140 in the 00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:17.820 Gospels, 00:24:18.280 --> 00:24:19.260 it seems 00:24:19.260 --> 00:24:19.900 like he 00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.460 actually 00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.180 loves this 00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:21.540 world. 00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:22.740 He's 00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.120 come to 00:24:23.120 --> 00:24:23.680 redeem it, 00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:23.900 that he 00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.320 loves it, 00:24:24.380 --> 00:24:24.560 that he 00:24:24.560 --> 00:24:24.840 sees that 00:24:24.840 --> 00:24:25.140 there are 00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:26.200 good things 00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.660 in it, 00:24:26.780 --> 00:24:27.160 that he 00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:27.800 desires 00:24:27.800 --> 00:24:28.860 to save. 00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.380 If we 00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:32.020 can see 00:24:32.020 --> 00:24:32.700 each other 00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.720 and the 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.080 things of 00:24:34.080 --> 00:24:34.660 this world 00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.900 through his 00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.640 eyes, 00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:38.200 to see 00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:38.920 those things 00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.440 as they're 00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:39.940 good in 00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.519 themselves, 00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.160 that is 00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:42.620 the way 00:24:42.620 --> 00:24:43.140 we can 00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:44.060 love each 00:24:44.060 --> 00:24:44.980 other and 00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.380 the things 00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:45.680 of this 00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.480 world in 00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:46.980 such a way 00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.400 as to 00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:48.400 encourage us 00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:49.040 on our 00:24:49.040 --> 00:24:49.820 way to 00:24:49.820 --> 00:24:50.160 God. 00:24:51.040 --> 00:24:51.320 So, 00:24:51.820 --> 00:24:52.500 the use 00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.160 to be made 00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:53.960 of pleasures 00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:55.279 in following 00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.900 the Lord 00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:56.980 is not 00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.460 to make 00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:57.800 them into 00:24:57.800 --> 00:24:58.200 idols, 00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.200 but to 00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.519 use them 00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:00.180 as sign 00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:00.740 posts 00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:02.240 that 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.539 point 00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:02.779 to the 00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.039 beauty 00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.559 of God. 00:25:04.620 --> 00:25:04.980 To 00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.359 understand 00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:05.740 ourselves 00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.319 as fellow 00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:07.000 pilgrims 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.579 on the 00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:07.940 way 00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.579 moving 00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:08.920 up 00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:09.559 to 00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:09.900 heaven, 00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:10.740 we 00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:10.880 ought 00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:11.000 to 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.400 encourage 00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:11.640 each 00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:11.940 other 00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.440 on 00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:12.559 our 00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:12.759 way 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.059 there. 00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.680 That's 00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:13.940 the use 00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:14.079 to be 00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.240 made 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.559 of 00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:15.200 pains. 00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:15.940 What 00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:16.220 about 00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:16.759 the use 00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.019 to be 00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.299 made 00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.839 of 00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:19.059 pleasures? 00:25:19.380 --> 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