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 Father, we ask that you would continue to gently but powerfully pour out the Holy Spirit upon us.

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 Father, sometimes your word teaches us things that really go against the grain of our culture

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 and things that really go against the grain of just ourself, of how we see ourselves.

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 And so, Father, this is one of those times when your word does this.

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 And we ask that your Holy Spirit would help us to see the beauty and the wisdom and the power of your word

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 and that we would believe it and trust you and live our lives in light of your word.

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 And Father, we ask that you would do this gentle but powerful work of your Holy Spirit within us.

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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, I am the opposite of hip and au courant.

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 I learned things probably months after others know that there are...

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 In fact, probably when I learn about a phenomenon going on in social media, it's probably already declining.

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 But I have discovered this week that there's something going on for those under 30 involved in social media called manifesting.

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 And it must be a bit more popular than our church.

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 They get like... I think they've had 150 million views at one of the main sites for this,

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 which is a little bit more views than our webpage gets by like 150-fold almost.

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 More than that, way, way more.

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 150 million-fold.

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 Anyway, what it is, it's very popular.

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 And it's... Basically, it's...

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 There's things that I deserve in life and that I want in life, and I really want to have them.

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 And so, I need to focus my thoughts and focus my energies and believe that these things are going to happen to me.

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 That I'm going to get that job.

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 I'm going to get that relationship.

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 I'm going to get that friendship.

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 I'm going to get that recognition.

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 I'm going to get that raise.

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 You know, whatever it is, I'm going to get that trip.

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 And I just need to, like, believe it and put my energy into it and be positive about it.

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 And that will go out into the universe, and the universe will give me what I desire.

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 I think I've tried to summarize what manifesting is.

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 It's a little bit, for those of us who are older, it's like the secret, only more contemporary.

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 And it's very popular.

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 150 million views and talked about in lots of different spots.

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 I mention that because in such a world where something like this is so possible, so powerful and popular,

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 I read to you just a moment ago this sentence.

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 Abba, Father, all things are possible for you.

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 Remove this cup from me.

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 Now, that's not particularly controversial, but this next bit is.

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 Yet not what I will, but what you will.

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 Yet not what I will, but what you will.

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 This is a profoundly anti-Canadian comment and belief.

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 In fact, if one of you were to go to your very good, just, social justice, Canadian, secular friends,

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 you had a group of them over, maybe your neighbors, you have really great neighbors,

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 and you were to say, by the way, you know, on Sunday we heard about this text,

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 and George encouraged us and showed us a way that it applies to our lives,

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 and we should believe it.

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 Yet not what I will, but what you will.

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 And if they felt comfortable, or maybe after they'd had a couple of glasses of wine or something like that,

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 and their inhibitions were removed, they would probably say something like,

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 really, like Jesus said that?

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 And you'd say yes.

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 And then you'd say, and you believe that?

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 And you'd say yes.

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 And they'd say, you actually think this is a good idea?

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 And you'd say yes.

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 And then they'd probably point to you and say, you've got blood on your hands.

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 That's the language of abusers.

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 That's the language of oppressors.

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 That's the type of language that leads women and children to be abused by men.

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 It is the language that is used by tyrants to oppress.

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 And you have blood on your hands, if you encourage people to believe this.

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 They might also say this.

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 You know, that sounds like it's a really, you know, okay, I'm going to give you a bit of credit,

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 but, you know, it's very, very, very disempowering.

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 Like, don't you think, George, that, you know, young men and young women

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 just starting out in their careers and trying to get careers and trying to get ahead

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 and hoping to maybe save up, make a down payment on a house or get a car,

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 and don't you think, George, that that's a very disempowering thing to have the model

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 that they're to say over and over not what I will but what you will?

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 Don't you think that?

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 George, don't you think that real religion and real spirituality should empower people,

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 empower them to get what they want, empower them to move forward in life,

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 and what you've just said is the complete, it's just wrong.

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 It's wrong-headed.

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 It's foolish.

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 You see, Jesus is saying, not yet what I will but what you will goes deeply against the grain

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 of the Canadian, one of the Canadian cultural stories that we all just understand and we all breathe.

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 So, what do we say?

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 Well, first of all, of course, abuse is wrong and a problem.

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 And I'm not going to say that if you look at it a little bit closely,

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 you'll see that it's not as bad as it looks.

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 I'm going to say something different.

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 I'm going to say that in its context, when you hear Jesus speak,

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 you understand what he says, that it's beautiful and wise.

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 That it's beautiful and wise.

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 And that if you listen to what Jesus says,

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 and you take it into your heart,

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 it will help you to achieve the deep yearnings and longings of your heart.

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 In fact, that when you listen to it more closely,

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 you'll realize that key bits and pieces of the Canadian cultural story

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 are actually taking you away from the deep longings and yearnings of your heart.

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 So, those are bold claims.

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 Let's go.

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 If you have your Bibles, let's go.

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 That's Mark chapter 14, verses 32 to 42, we're going to look at.

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 And in terms of the context, just before I read it,

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 in some ways you could say that the 24 hours,

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 this is part of a 24-hour period that literally,

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 and I mean literally in the old-fashioned way of literally,

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 it literally changes the world.

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 The world will be different after this 24-hour period than it was before.

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 And in this profound 24-hour period,

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 it begins with Jesus as an observant Jew celebrating the Passover meal

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 and the story of God's delivering his people from slavery and bondage in Egypt.

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 And by the end of that 24-hour period, that day,

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 he will have been betrayed,

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 he will have been falsely accused,

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 he will have been whipped and beaten,

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 he will have been crucified,

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 he will die,

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 he will be embalmed,

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 and he will be buried,

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 and this all takes place in 24 hours.

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 And this story is right here in the middle of it.

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 And it goes like this.

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 And they went to a place called Gethsemane,

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 so they've just finished celebrating the Passover supper.

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 He's predicted, amongst other things,

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 that they're all going to fall away and leave him.

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 And they went to a place called Gethsemane,

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 and he said to his disciples,

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 sit here while I pray.

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 And he took with them Peter and James and John,

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 and began to be greatly distressed and troubled.

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 And he said to them,

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 my soul is very sorrowful,

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 even to death.

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 Remain here and watch.

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 And going a little farther on,

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 he fell on the ground and prayed

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 that if it were possible,

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 the hour might pass from him.

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 I'll just sort of pause here for a second.

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 This has been well commented on by lots of people,

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 but it's not bad to point it out again.

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 I've done many, many, many funerals,

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 and I've talked to many, many, many people

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 who've gotten a terrible piece of news

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 that they have cancer,

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 that it's inoperable,

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 that their days are not going to be numbered in decades,

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 not even in years,

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 probably not even in months,

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 but maybe in weeks.

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 And almost all of them handle the news better than Jesus

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 is handling his upcoming death right now.

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 I think all of them handle it better.

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 So what's going on?

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 That Jesus,

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 in fact, actually,

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 if you know the original language,

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 it's even more desperate

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 than it's talked about in English.

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 When it says greatly distressed and troubled,

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 you need to understand

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 that's greatly distressed and troubled.

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 Not just sort of greatly,

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 but really distressed and troubled.

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 And when he says his soul is sorrowful,

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 even to death,

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 that he has like a deathly type of sorrow.

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 And his collapsing on the ground

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 in his sorrow and in his distress,

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 that's how he's handling

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 his impending betrayal and death.

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 So what's going on?

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 Well, we're going to talk about

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 what's going on in a moment.

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 But what we need first

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 is to see this un-Canadian prayer.

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 That's the context.

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 He's not handling this.

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 Doesn't seem to be handling it very well

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 by a Canadian point of view, outsider.

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 And then this is what he prays.

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 And he said,

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 Abba, Father,

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 all things are possible for you.

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 Verse 36.

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 Abba, Father,

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 all things are possible for you.

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 Remove this cup from me,

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 yet not what I will,

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 but what you will.

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 Now there's, you know,

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 a couple of things about this.

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 If you think about it for a second,

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 it's actually...

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 I've met a few people

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 who've said something like this,

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 but it's a very,

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 very common thing on the internet,

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 and it's a very,

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 very common thing in books and movies.

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 And the reason why many people

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 become irreligious

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 or walk away from the Christian faith

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 or some other type of faith

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 is because they've observed a loved one

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 in deep sorrow

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 and deep pain

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 calling out to God

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 that they would be spared

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 from the suffering and death,

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 and God is silent,

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 and they die.

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 And that's actually

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 what we're seeing right here,

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 at least on one level, isn't it?

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 It's a story where it appears

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 as if God is silent

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 in the anguished cries of Jesus.

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 And it seems as if

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 he says in this context,

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 yet not what I will,

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 but what you will.

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 It seems, at least to our Canadian ears,

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 as if it's him disempowering himself.

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 It's as if he's enabling abusers

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 to our Canadian ears.

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 Well, let's consider this story

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 a little bit more

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 and think about it a little bit.

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 I just finished reading a novel,

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 a very good novel,

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 and the novel centered around

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 a dad and his best friend

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 and a six-year-old boy.

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 So the dad, his six-year-old boy,

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 and the dad's best friend.

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 And the story centers around

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 the fact that the dad

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 and the best friend,

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 the dad convinces the best friend

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 that this boy,

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 the dad had to spend some time

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 in jail for something.

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 And the dad convinces his best friend

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 that his wife is an abusive mom

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 and convinces his best friend

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 that the mom's dad

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 is sexually abusing

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 the six-year-old boy.

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 And so the best friend

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 helps his friend

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 to kidnap the boy.

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 And so a big part of the novel,

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 of course,

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 is that conversation

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 and then, of course,

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 the kidnapping.

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 And then, of course,

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 is the chase

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 as people,

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 especially the grandfather

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 of the little boy,

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 begin a chase

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 to try to get the,

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 from their point of view,

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 to rescue the child back.

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 And as part of their

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 trying to evade,

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 that's the father

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 and his best friend

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 and the six-year-old boy,

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 as part of their attempt

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 to evade being captured,

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 they go into a wilderness area

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 and it's night.

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 And as this whole journey

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 is going on,

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 one of the things

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 which is very interesting

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 in the novel

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 is that the best friend

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 starts to realize

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 that he has made

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 a terrible, terrible,

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 tragic mistake

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 and that the abusive parent

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 was the dad,

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 his best friend,

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 not the mom

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 and that he probably

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 shouldn't believe anything

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 that his best friend

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 has said.

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 And it's a very well-written novel,

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 the anguish

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 and the puzzlement

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 as he starts to dawn on him

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 that he has believed

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 these lies

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 of his best friend

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 and that his best friend,

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 I mean,

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 the dad,

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 is abusive.

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 And so as the chase goes on,

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 the dad is very hard

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 towards the little child,

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 always ordering him around

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 and this other fellow,

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 we'll just call him Bob,

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 and Bob continually ends up

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 being one who protects

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 the six-year-old boy

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 and comforts him.

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 So they get into this situation

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 where they're in trouble,

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 it's cold,

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 they're going to die of exposure,

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 they need to get out of it

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 and they can't go backwards

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 because of where they are

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 and the only way

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 to get out of it

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 is to go down

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 a fairly steep side

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 of a mountain

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 and then cross some rapids.

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 And at every stage

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 as they're going down

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 this thing,

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 which is needed

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 if they're not going to die

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 of exposure,

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 at every time

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 it's at all difficult,

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 the little six-year-old boy

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 says,

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 I can't do it,

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 I'm afraid.

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 And at every time

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 that the little boy

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 says,

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 I can't do it

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 because I'm afraid,

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 the dad gets angry at him

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 and says,

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 I need to toughen you up.

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 You just got to do it.

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 But Bob,

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 who loves the little boy

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 and cares for him

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 and consoles him,

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 reaches his arms out

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 and says,

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 we can do this.

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 We can do this together.

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 Trust me.

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 And it's very moving.

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 So here's the question for us.

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 When we read Jesus' prayer,

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 why do we assume

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 that God is the abusive father

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 and not the friend

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 who consoles?

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 Why do we assume

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 that God is the abusive father,

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 not the friend who consoles?

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 You see,

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 at every little point

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 in that journey,

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 what does the boy say?

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 I can't do it.

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 It's not my will to do it.

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 And what does the friend

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 who loves the boy,

00:16:51.940 --> 00:16:52.200
 Bob,

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 who loves the boy say?

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 You need to not do

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 what you will.

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 You need to do

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 what I will.

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 And if you don't do

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 what you will

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 but do what I will,

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 you will ultimately be safe

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 and you will arrive

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 at a place of safety.

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 You will arrive

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 at a good destination.

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 So why is it

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 when we read the text

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 that we assume

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 that this is an abusive relationship?

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 Why is it

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 that the Canadian cultural story

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 bends us

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 to assume

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 something like that?

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 if you could put up

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 the first point

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 for a second?

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 Jesus' prayer

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 is not hurtful foolishness.

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 It is deep

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 and beautiful wisdom.

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 Jesus' prayer

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 is not hurtful foolishness.

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 It is deep

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 and beautiful wisdom.

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 And we see the beauty

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 and the wisdom of it

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 if you think

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 of another situation.

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 You see,

00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:55.160
 on one level,

00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:56.140
 what is the deep longing

00:17:56.140 --> 00:17:56.920
 of our hearts?

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 One of the deep longings

00:17:58.900 --> 00:17:59.500
 of our hearts

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 is that we would have

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 a friend like Bob.

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 That we would have

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 a friend who consoles us

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 and loves us.

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 That is a deep longing

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 of our hearts.

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 We have a crisis

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 of loneliness

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 in our world.

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 I mean,

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 one of the reasons

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 I urge you to,

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 if you can,

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 to come back

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 to in-person worship

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 is that

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 as wonderful

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 as the technology

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 can be

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 to enter into worship online,

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 it's not the same

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 as being able

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 to see

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 the disruptive joy

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 of children

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 at certain points

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 and times

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 of the service.

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 And you need

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 to be present

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 with others

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 because we need friends.

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 But here's the other thing.

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 Consider Louise and me

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 or any marriage

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 or any romantic relationship

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 or for that matter

00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:53.240
 any friendship.

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 In a love relationship

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 or in a friendship relationship,

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 there has to be

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 two things that go on

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 if that actually

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 is going to work.

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 If you're actually

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 going to be able

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 to be friends.

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 If you're actually

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 going to be able

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 to have that

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 loving relationship.

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 And on one hand,

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 what you need

00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:11.500
 is you need to put

00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:12.339
 yourself forward.

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 Like,

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 I need to put

00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:15.259
 myself forward.

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 Louise doesn't want

00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:16.819
 to have a relationship

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 where I'm always

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 completely absent

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 and distant

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 or when it comes time

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 for us to spend

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 time together,

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 I pretend I'm

00:19:24.019 --> 00:19:24.779
 somebody else

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 or something like that.

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 She wants me

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 to put myself forward

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 towards her.

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 But at the same time,

00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:34.160
 if I only put myself

00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:35.420
 forward all the time

00:19:35.420 --> 00:19:36.059
 towards her,

00:19:36.140 --> 00:19:36.920
 that will kill

00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:37.960
 the love relationship

00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:38.720
 because there has

00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:39.360
 to be times

00:19:39.360 --> 00:19:40.339
 when I put myself

00:19:40.339 --> 00:19:41.779
 second relative

00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:42.319
 to her.

00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:45.259
 There has to be

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 times where I say

00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:46.920
 in a sense,

00:19:47.059 --> 00:19:47.839
 not what I will

00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:48.700
 but what you will.

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 And if there's

00:19:50.140 --> 00:19:50.860
 never a time

00:19:50.860 --> 00:19:51.660
 in a relationship

00:19:51.660 --> 00:19:52.700
 where the husband

00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:53.180
 or the wife

00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:53.839
 or one of the two

00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:55.220
 friends never says

00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:56.200
 yet not what I will

00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:57.079
 but what you will,

00:19:57.160 --> 00:19:58.640
 then that relationship

00:19:58.640 --> 00:19:59.740
 will not last.

00:19:59.860 --> 00:20:00.460
 That friendship

00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:01.539
 will not last.

00:20:02.120 --> 00:20:02.440
 You see,

00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:03.180
 the fact of the matter

00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:04.299
 is there has to be,

00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:04.759
 if you're going

00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:05.579
 to have a friendship,

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.000
 if you're going

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.860
 to have a love

00:20:06.859 --> 00:20:07.479
 relationship,

00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.500
 there has to be

00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:09.479
 a bit of a dance.

00:20:09.699 --> 00:20:10.740
 The dance of putting

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.639
 yourself forward

00:20:11.639 --> 00:20:12.579
 and the dance

00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.219
 of saying,

00:20:13.699 --> 00:20:14.159
 I'm not going

00:20:14.159 --> 00:20:14.659
 to be first,

00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.619
 I'm going to be second

00:20:15.619 --> 00:20:16.659
 or third or fourth

00:20:16.659 --> 00:20:17.399
 or fifth or whatever

00:20:17.399 --> 00:20:17.759
 it is.

00:20:17.879 --> 00:20:19.839
 If it's a family

00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:20.579
 and you have kids,

00:20:20.679 --> 00:20:21.599
 there has to be times

00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:22.539
 that the dad

00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:23.000
 or the mom

00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:24.359
 put themselves last.

00:20:25.679 --> 00:20:26.459
 If that's going

00:20:26.459 --> 00:20:27.219
 to be a family,

00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:28.359
 that's a family

00:20:28.359 --> 00:20:28.979
 of love.

00:20:33.139 --> 00:20:33.979
 And we see

00:20:33.979 --> 00:20:34.819
 this very,

00:20:34.919 --> 00:20:36.079
 very same dynamic

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:36.599
 here.

00:20:36.859 --> 00:20:39.759
 like,

00:20:40.139 --> 00:20:40.979
 why is it

00:20:40.979 --> 00:20:42.359
 that with our

00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:43.479
 Canadian cultural

00:20:43.479 --> 00:20:44.019
 lens,

00:20:44.219 --> 00:20:45.099
 we see this

00:20:45.099 --> 00:20:45.819
 as being

00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:46.619
 an abusive

00:20:46.619 --> 00:20:47.519
 type of thing

00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:48.139
 and enabling

00:20:48.139 --> 00:20:48.779
 abuse

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:50.979
 and not maybe

00:20:50.979 --> 00:20:51.919
 thinking that it

00:20:51.919 --> 00:20:53.019
 actually is a little

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.639
 bit about

00:20:53.639 --> 00:20:55.279
 how love

00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:56.179
 looks.

00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:01.699
 You see,

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.000
 in fact,

00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:03.019
 in particular,

00:21:03.219 --> 00:21:03.500
 as we're going

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:04.240
 to see in a moment,

00:21:05.439 --> 00:21:06.479
 Jesus has to put

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:07.299
 himself forward.

00:21:09.299 --> 00:21:10.700
 The hour

00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:12.660
 depends upon

00:21:12.660 --> 00:21:13.680
 Jesus doing

00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:14.360
 what only

00:21:14.360 --> 00:21:15.500
 Jesus can do.

00:21:15.860 --> 00:21:16.860
 He has to put

00:21:16.860 --> 00:21:17.799
 himself forward.

00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:19.460
 It has to be

00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:19.799
 him.

00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:22.059
 There is no

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:22.900
 possible way

00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:23.480
 for it to be

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.220
 someone other

00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:24.940
 than him.

00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.720
 But not only

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.420
 does he have to

00:21:27.420 --> 00:21:28.039
 put himself

00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:28.680
 forward,

00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:30.200
 he has to put

00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:31.279
 himself last.

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:32.279
 love.

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:33.180
 And that's what

00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:34.240
 love looks like.

00:21:36.099 --> 00:21:36.539
 See,

00:21:36.619 --> 00:21:37.000
 part of the

00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:38.299
 problem that we

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:38.819
 have,

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.899
 unrecognized,

00:21:40.399 --> 00:21:41.000
 is that the

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:42.000
 Canadian cultural

00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.660
 story,

00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:43.819
 that you have to

00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:44.619
 be number one,

00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:45.519
 you have to look

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.119
 out for number

00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:46.480
 one,

00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:47.240
 you need to

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:48.119
 empower number

00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:48.480
 one,

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.759
 number one needs

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.319
 to get what

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:50.980
 number one

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:51.519
 needs,

00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:52.420
 number one needs

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:52.960
 to get what

00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:53.539
 number one

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:54.039
 wants,

00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:54.980
 number one needs

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.519
 to get what

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.079
 number one

00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:56.639
 desires,

00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:58.200
 is that entire

00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:59.480
 cultural story,

00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:00.460
 as it seeps

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:01.079
 into our

00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:01.779
 thinking and

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.480
 our affections

00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:02.740
 and our

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.319
 emotions and

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.220
 our imaginations,

00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:06.360
 kills love,

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.220
 friendship,

00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.220
 families,

00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:09.559
 and institutions.

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.839
 It kills

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.180
 them.

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:17.019
 And you know

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.339
 what?

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:18.880
 On your

00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:19.700
 deathbed,

00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:21.059
 on your

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.900
 deathbed,

00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:23.559
 the things

00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:23.980
 that will

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.880
 bother most

00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:28.099
 people is

00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:28.900
 not that they

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:29.580
 didn't have

00:22:29.580 --> 00:22:30.480
 more power.

00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:31.860
 And I'm not

00:22:31.860 --> 00:22:32.180
 saying that

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:32.540
 there's never

00:22:32.540 --> 00:22:33.019
 time when you

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.380
 shouldn't have

00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:33.700
 power.

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.519
 I'm not saying

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:34.740
 that.

00:22:35.560 --> 00:22:36.759
 What will hurt

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.180
 people?

00:22:38.280 --> 00:22:39.259
 What troubles

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:39.560
 them?

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.840
 The relationships

00:22:41.840 --> 00:22:42.720
 they wrecked.

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:48.080
 The way they

00:22:48.080 --> 00:22:48.880
 spent too long

00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:49.640
 at the office

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:51.560
 and missed

00:22:51.560 --> 00:22:52.440
 that opportunity

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:53.560
 to love their

00:22:53.560 --> 00:22:54.380
 wife and kids

00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:55.100
 or their husband

00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:55.720
 and kids.

00:22:56.280 --> 00:22:57.019
 What will bother

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.500
 you is that

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:57.900
 you spent

00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:59.000
 far too

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.700
 much time

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.359
 like this

00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:00.980
 and never

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.440
 saw the

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:01.740
 beautiful

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.460
 children for

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:03.000
 how beautiful

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.500
 they are.

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:04.920
 You spent

00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.339
 too much

00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:05.859
 time like

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.420
 this and

00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:07.599
 never thought

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:07.859
 of your

00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.299
 mom or

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.740
 your dad.

00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:09.119
 You spent

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:09.500
 too much

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:09.960
 time like

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.500
 this and

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.379
 never had

00:23:11.379 --> 00:23:11.779
 time with

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.240
 your friends

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.680
 and that's

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.200
 the regret

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:14.680
 because those

00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:14.940
 are the

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.819
 deepest and

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.099
 deeper

00:23:16.099 --> 00:23:17.200
 longings of

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:17.779
 our hearts.

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:19.539
 And that is

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.660
 why Jesus'

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:21.559
 prayer is not

00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:21.960
 hurtful

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.779
 foolishness.

00:23:23.379 --> 00:23:24.039
 It is deep

00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:24.480
 and beautiful

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:24.940
 wisdom.

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.899
 So why is

00:23:29.899 --> 00:23:30.759
 Jesus scared

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:33.259
 or apparently

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:34.859
 acting with

00:23:34.859 --> 00:23:35.539
 such drama?

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.180
 Here's a

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:37.859
 thought experiment.

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:38.960
 Imagine for a

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.559
 moment that

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:41.039
 one of you

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.639
 says I found

00:23:41.639 --> 00:23:42.119
 this cool

00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:42.759
 new app

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.960
 and you

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:44.379
 should really

00:23:44.379 --> 00:23:45.159
 download it

00:23:45.159 --> 00:23:45.799
 and you

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.500
 download the

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:46.779
 app.

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.079
 And what you

00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:48.639
 don't realize

00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:49.220
 is that

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:50.960
 in a week

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.240
 or two

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.599
 time,

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.399
 once the

00:23:52.399 --> 00:23:52.819
 app has

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.500
 gotten synced

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:53.859
 with all

00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:54.339
 those things

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:54.640
 it has

00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:54.940
 to get

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.299
 synced

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:55.579
 with,

00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:56.460
 all of a

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:56.779
 sudden you

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.099
 get a

00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:58.180
 message that

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:59.140
 you have

00:23:59.140 --> 00:23:59.660
 to show up

00:23:59.660 --> 00:23:59.859
 at a

00:23:59.859 --> 00:24:00.259
 particular

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:01.000
 room and

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:02.299
 here's what

00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:02.880
 you discover.

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:03.420
 Here's what

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:03.880
 you discover.

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:04.819
 That this

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.880
 app has

00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:06.440
 been able

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:07.160
 to record

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:08.160
 every single

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:08.740
 one of your

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:10.420
 thoughts for

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:10.880
 the last

00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:11.980
 48 hours.

00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:13.619
 Every one.

00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:15.839
 And they've

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.900
 transcribed them

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:18.619
 and you're

00:24:18.619 --> 00:24:18.980
 going to go

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:19.359
 and sit

00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:19.720
 with your

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.359
 family and

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:21.359
 friends while

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:21.700
 they're read

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:21.960
 out.

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:23.900
 everything

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.220
 you've

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.880
 thought for

00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:25.819
 48 hours.

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.259
 That

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.740
 catty

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.660
 comment about

00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:29.420
 how your

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:30.119
 best friend

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:30.640
 looks.

00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:32.240
 That

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:33.039
 smug

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:34.880
 assessment

00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:35.519
 about how

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:35.960
 better you

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.319
 are than

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:37.220
 somebody else.

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:39.019
 That

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:40.160
 lust,

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.740
 that greedy

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.359
 thought,

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:43.779
 that angry

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.339
 thought,

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:46.099
 that

00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:47.140
 constant

00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:47.920
 irritation

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.759
 with your

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.359
 mom or

00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:50.039
 your husband

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.519
 or your

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:50.940
 wife.

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:52.100
 every single

00:24:52.100 --> 00:24:52.500
 one of

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.180
 those thoughts

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:53.840
 for 48

00:24:53.840 --> 00:24:54.440
 hours has

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.500
 been transcribed

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.580
 and is

00:24:56.580 --> 00:24:56.920
 going to be

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.400
 read out

00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:59.920
 to those

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:01.120
 who you

00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:01.640
 thought about.

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.220
 And it's

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:05.460
 going to

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:07.799
 happen six

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.340
 hours from

00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:08.820
 now, four

00:25:08.820 --> 00:25:09.420
 hours from

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:09.680
 now.

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:09.779
 time.

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:16.259
 How would

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:16.700
 you feel

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.180
 about it?

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.039
 Would you

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.420
 be filled

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:19.060
 with sorrow?

00:25:21.840 --> 00:25:22.480
 Would you

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:22.920
 be filled

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:23.820
 with deep

00:25:23.820 --> 00:25:24.279
 distress?

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.519
 stress?

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.899
 Would you

00:25:27.899 --> 00:25:28.420
 maybe even

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:29.139
 collapse

00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:30.220
 emotionally?

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.339
 Because

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:34.500
 to have

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:35.119
 what you've

00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:35.680
 thought

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:36.680
 recorded

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.180
 just for

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:38.000
 48 hours,

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:38.579
 that doesn't

00:25:38.579 --> 00:25:38.980
 even count.

00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:39.440
 It could be

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:39.779
 a week,

00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:40.220
 it could be

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:40.720
 a month.

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:41.680
 Just to

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.039
 have that

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.740
 recorded and

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.319
 revealed to

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:43.779
 everybody,

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:44.940
 and to

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.599
 have to

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.319
 experience

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:47.319
 their anger

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:48.899
 and all

00:25:48.899 --> 00:25:49.279
 those other

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:49.960
 things at

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.259
 you,

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.740
 in a

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.039
 room,

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:53.599
 that would

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:54.480
 be something

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:54.899
 that you

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.500
 could never

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.539
 recover from

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:57.619
 and that you

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:58.059
 could never

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.960
 be consoled

00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.259
 for.

00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:04.159
 Listen again

00:26:04.159 --> 00:26:04.819
 to what Jesus

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.619
 prays in

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:06.500
 verse 36.

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:07.960
 And he

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.220
 said,

00:26:08.379 --> 00:26:08.700
 Abba,

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.159
 Father,

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.440
 all things

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.059
 are possible

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.659
 for you.

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:12.740
 Remove

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.339
 this cup

00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:13.940
 from me,

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.680
 yet not

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.099
 what I

00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:15.339
 will,

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:15.779
 but what

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.200
 you will.

00:26:16.659 --> 00:26:17.099
 So what

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:17.420
 is the

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:17.639
 cup?

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:17.940
 If you

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.180
 could put

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.420
 up the

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:18.859
 next point,

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.180
 that would

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:19.680
 be handy.

00:26:20.659 --> 00:26:21.180
 The cup

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:21.740
 is an

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.420
 image that

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:22.980
 comes from

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.259
 what our

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.500
 Jewish

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.039
 friends call

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.559
 the Tanakh

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:24.839
 or the

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.079
 Torah,

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.519
 what we

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:25.880
 call the

00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:26.400
 Old Testament,

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:26.819
 Christians

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.200
 call the

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:27.759
 Old Testament.

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:28.880
 It's in

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.240
 about a

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.519
 dozen,

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.339
 15 some

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:30.819
 odd different

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.319
 places.

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.500
 And if

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:32.960
 you look

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.579
 at those

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.059
 references,

00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:34.940
 it is this,

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.680
 your cup,

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:36.819
 sort of a

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.120
 metaphor,

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:37.819
 an analogy,

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.420
 it is the

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.160
 accumulated

00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:40.640
 wrong that

00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:40.940
 you are

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:42.160
 responsible for

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:43.420
 and the

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:44.480
 Lord's just

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:46.059
 anger at

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.680
 the wrong

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.359
 you are

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:48.420
 responsible for.

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.700
 Your cup

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:51.019
 is the

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.619
 accumulated

00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:52.319
 wrong that

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:52.619
 you are

00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:53.200
 responsible

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:54.599
 for and

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.119
 the Lord's

00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:55.940
 just anger

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:57.059
 or wrath at

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.920
 the wrong you

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.619
 are responsible

00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:58.980
 for.

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.079
 Now notice I

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.799
 said responsible

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.639
 for because I

00:27:01.639 --> 00:27:02.240
 want to capture

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:02.779
 sins of

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.400
 omission and

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:03.819
 sins of

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.220
 commission.

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.440
 It's both

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:08.059
 those times,

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:09.039
 using my

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:10.440
 analogy of the

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:11.160
 lustful thought

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:11.740
 or the angry

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.420
 thought or the

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.160
 vengeful thought

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:13.420
 or the

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:13.920
 unforgiving

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.359
 thought,

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:15.740
 and it's also

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.680
 those times that

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.700
 you pretended you

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.319
 didn't get a

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:19.319
 text to pick up

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:20.039
 your brother or

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:21.200
 your sister or

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:22.500
 your friend and

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.019
 give them a

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.639
 drive and you

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:24.500
 pretended you

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.200
 didn't get it.

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.079
 And it's not just

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.639
 the pretending,

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.700
 it's the failure to

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.359
 do something that

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:28.700
 you could have

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:28.939
 done.

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:29.919
 You're responsible

00:27:29.919 --> 00:27:30.359
 for that.

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.279
 It's things you've

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:32.879
 done and the good

00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.439
 things that you

00:27:33.439 --> 00:27:33.939
 could have done,

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.619
 should have done,

00:27:34.899 --> 00:27:35.579
 and didn't do.

00:27:35.659 --> 00:27:36.419
 You turned a blind

00:27:36.419 --> 00:27:37.859
 eye, you were a

00:27:37.859 --> 00:27:38.839
 deaf ear to it.

00:27:39.679 --> 00:27:42.240
 And so those of us

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:43.720
 who like fantasy

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.720
 movies and all,

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:46.419
 it's like those

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:46.920
 things that you

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.680
 see in fantasy

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.539
 movies where,

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.120
 you know,

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:49.860
 there's some evil

00:27:49.860 --> 00:27:50.660
 wizard or whatever

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.279
 and he wants to

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:51.860
 make himself or

00:27:51.860 --> 00:27:52.560
 she wants to make

00:27:52.560 --> 00:27:53.720
 herself stronger

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.880
 and she somehow

00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:56.019
 finds a way to get

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.920
 the evil from other

00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:57.860
 people into a cup

00:27:57.860 --> 00:27:59.060
 and they can drink

00:27:59.060 --> 00:27:59.259
 it.

00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:00.019
 And of course,

00:28:00.080 --> 00:28:00.920
 that is only a bad

00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:01.519
 thing for that

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.539
 person and for

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.180
 everybody else.

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:05.000
 But it's almost as

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:06.080
 if every time you

00:28:06.080 --> 00:28:06.920
 go through life and

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.820
 you have that thing

00:28:07.820 --> 00:28:08.600
 that you're responsible

00:28:08.600 --> 00:28:09.279
 for that you're

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:10.360
 wrong and it goes

00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:10.880
 into the cup,

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.660
 imagine something

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:13.000
 really black and

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:14.340
 foul smelling,

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:15.460
 really just not

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:17.019
 even pure black,

00:28:17.340 --> 00:28:18.120
 just something that

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:19.140
 muddy and foul

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:20.539
 smelling and rank

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.180
 and it goes into

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.799
 a cup and every

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.500
 time that happens

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.200
 it goes into a

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.680
 cup and it goes

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.819
 into a cup and

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:25.500
 the cup doesn't

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.200
 overflow, it just

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.720
 becomes more

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.519
 concentrated and

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.240
 more concentrated.

00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:29.579
 And it's not just

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:30.380
 like in the fantasy

00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:31.640
 novels where it's

00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:32.360
 just that the bad

00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:33.120
 things go into the

00:28:33.120 --> 00:28:33.720
 cup because then

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.240
 you might be an

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.460
 evil wizard and

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:36.460
 actually desire to

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:36.980
 have that because

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.840
 you might foolishly

00:28:37.840 --> 00:28:38.779
 think that if you

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.360
 can get all that

00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:40.640
 badness back in you

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:41.299
 you'll only be

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:43.819
 stronger but that's

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:44.340
 not the way the

00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:44.920
 world works and

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:45.680
 it's not just

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.620
 anger in the cup

00:28:46.620 --> 00:28:47.320
 as if God is

00:28:47.320 --> 00:28:48.279
 this crazy,

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.440
 anal, angry,

00:28:50.080 --> 00:28:51.440
 angry, driven

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.000
 person.

00:28:52.580 --> 00:28:53.340
 It's both.

00:28:53.560 --> 00:28:54.640
 It's the wrong

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:57.360
 and people's,

00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:59.200
 and God's anger

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.820
 at the wrong.

00:29:00.120 --> 00:29:01.480
 To give you a sense

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.060
 of why that's a

00:29:02.060 --> 00:29:02.539
 just thing, it

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.200
 would be just as

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:04.420
 imagine for a

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:05.580
 moment that Louise

00:29:05.580 --> 00:29:06.460
 was to share with

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.100
 you something that

00:29:07.100 --> 00:29:07.740
 I had done which

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:09.140
 was wrong and

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:10.480
 she shares that

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.220
 wrong with you and

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:12.519
 all of you would

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.279
 have turned from

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:14.019
 looking at her and

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.799
 looked at me and

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.639
 said, George, that

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:16.339
 was wrong.

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:19.180
 And if Louise says

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.960
 that was wrong, you'd

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.920
 all be going like

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:22.259
 this, yes, that was

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.639
 wrong.

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.920
 You're right to be

00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:24.359
 angry.

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:26.799
 And George, like,

00:29:26.879 --> 00:29:27.420
 what were you

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:28.319
 thinking that was

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.740
 wrong?

00:29:29.139 --> 00:29:30.019
 Louise is right to

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.559
 be angry.

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.960
 And God, in a sense,

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.579
 is involved in

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:33.240
 everything you do

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.839
 that's wrong and

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.440
 it's not only that

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:35.039
 he's involved with

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.559
 everything that you

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.139
 do that's wrong,

00:29:36.379 --> 00:29:37.259
 he's also doing

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.920
 something which

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.899
 social justice

00:29:38.899 --> 00:29:39.720
 warriors and others

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.900
 properly want, which

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.559
 is to hear the

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:42.259
 cries of the

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:43.500
 victims and to

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.279
 have the victims'

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.860
 cries heard so

00:29:45.860 --> 00:29:46.620
 that those who

00:29:46.620 --> 00:29:47.799
 are perpetrating

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.819
 terrible things on

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.779
 the victims, that

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:51.500
 they know and

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.220
 they hear that and

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.880
 they feel it.

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.880
 And so in that

00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:55.519
 cup is all of the

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.299
 wrong that I'm

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:57.420
 responsible for and

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:59.000
 God's proper anger

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.960
 at that wrong and

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.819
 it goes into a

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.039
 cup.

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.579
 And if I would

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:04.180
 be unmade and

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:06.079
 inconsolable and

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:07.640
 devastated after just

00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:09.460
 having 48 hours of

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:11.360
 my thoughts revealed,

00:30:12.360 --> 00:30:14.700
 how destroyed would

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:16.579
 I be to have my

00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:17.400
 whole life revealed?

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.519
 If you could put up

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:25.140
 the next slide.

00:30:26.120 --> 00:30:26.860
 So when Jesus

00:30:26.860 --> 00:30:28.620
 prays, Abba,

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:29.620
 Father, all things

00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:30.680
 are possible for you,

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.740
 remove this cup from

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.940
 me, yet not what I

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:33.799
 will, but what you

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.059
 will.

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.960
 This is giving us

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.740
 another image of

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.180
 what's going to

00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:37.880
 happen when Jesus

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.940
 dies on the cross.

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:40.700
 The death of Jesus

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:42.440
 on the cross is

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:43.539
 his taking your

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:45.420
 place and drinking

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:47.180
 your cup.

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.840
 That's what you

00:30:54.840 --> 00:30:55.660
 see when you see

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:56.600
 Jesus dying on the

00:30:56.600 --> 00:30:56.940
 cross.

00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:01.400
 It is the weight of

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:02.559
 not just having to

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:05.759
 drink my cup, and

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.539
 that would be a very

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:07.480
 foul cup.

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:11.519
 But also drinking

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:13.819
 yours, and

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.460
 yours, and

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:15.500
 yours, and

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:16.480
 yours, and

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.059
 yours, and

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:17.640
 yours, and

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:19.000
 yours, and

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.339
 yours.

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:25.200
 And because he's

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:25.879
 God, the son of

00:31:25.879 --> 00:31:26.960
 God, he has a

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:28.539
 sense of just how

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:29.700
 foul that

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.859
 accumulated cup

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:31.819
 will be of all

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.839
 the cups of all

00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:33.839
 the world, of all

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:35.679
 the people, that

00:31:35.679 --> 00:31:38.759
 he will drink, and

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:40.220
 he will be unmade

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:41.939
 and desolate, because

00:31:41.939 --> 00:31:43.240
 he drank my cup, and

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:44.199
 he drank yours.

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.759
 And that's what he's

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.579
 doing on the cross.

00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:50.659
 Listen to the

00:31:50.659 --> 00:31:51.339
 prayer again.

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:53.240
 Abba, Father, all

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:54.039
 things are possible

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.639
 for you.

00:31:55.639 --> 00:31:56.500
 All things are

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.399
 possible for you,

00:31:57.439 --> 00:31:57.699
 God.

00:31:59.199 --> 00:32:00.179
 Remove this cup

00:32:00.179 --> 00:32:01.299
 from me, yet not

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:02.059
 what I will, but

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.720
 what you will.

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.619
 And Jesus will

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:08.319
 leave there, as

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:08.799
 we'll see in a

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:11.119
 moment, to walk

00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:13.039
 towards the

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.980
 cross, to

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.720
 drink the

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.019
 cup.

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.639
 If there was

00:32:17.639 --> 00:32:18.659
 no other way

00:32:18.659 --> 00:32:19.819
 other than Jesus

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.680
 drinking the

00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:22.000
 cup for you

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.639
 to be made

00:32:22.639 --> 00:32:23.159
 right with

00:32:23.159 --> 00:32:25.279
 God, that

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:25.839
 means your

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.859
 situation is

00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:28.059
 vastly worse than

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.440
 you've ever

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:28.779
 dreamed.

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:33.599
 but at the

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.279
 same time, if

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:34.720
 there's no

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:36.019
 way, if

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:38.779
 Jesus has

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.720
 done such a

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.279
 thing for

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:43.399
 you, you

00:32:43.399 --> 00:32:44.139
 are vastly

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:45.500
 more loved by

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:48.519
 God than

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:48.980
 you can ever

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:50.079
 possibly imagine.

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.639
 And that's the

00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:54.160
 message of the

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:54.559
 gospel.

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.379
 I'm vastly

00:32:55.379 --> 00:32:55.899
 worse.

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:57.180
 I'm vastly

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:57.759
 worse.

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:59.420
 than my

00:32:59.420 --> 00:32:59.980
 three o'clock

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.279
 in the

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:01.660
 morning, and

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:02.160
 I can't

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:03.599
 sleep, times

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:04.140
 of torment.

00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:05.480
 And I'm

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:06.500
 vastly more

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:09.059
 loved by the

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:10.000
 triune God

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.599
 than I can

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.400
 ever possibly

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:11.940
 imagine.

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:18.480
 Why is

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:20.180
 this whole

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.519
 story?

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:20.879
 We can

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.359
 begin to

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:21.779
 see that

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.079
 Jesus'

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:22.839
 prayer is

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:23.359
 not just

00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:24.140
 hurtful

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.839
 foolishness,

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:25.460
 it is deep

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:25.960
 and beautiful

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.460
 wisdom.

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:27.860
 And this

00:33:27.860 --> 00:33:28.420
 becomes even

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:28.960
 more clear

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.539
 as we wrap

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:29.840
 up, and

00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:30.059
 we're going

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.519
 to conclude

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:30.860
 with a

00:33:30.860 --> 00:33:31.240
 prayer in

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:31.559
 just a

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:31.940
 couple of

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.200
 minutes.

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:32.940
 Look at

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:33.559
 what continues

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.160
 after verse

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.779
 37.

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.660
 And he

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.180
 came and

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:37.600
 found them

00:33:37.600 --> 00:33:38.059
 sleeping.

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.660
 Remember, he

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:39.120
 asked them if

00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:39.380
 they would

00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:39.880
 watch and

00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:40.299
 pray with

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:40.519
 them, and

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:40.779
 he found

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.319
 them sleeping.

00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:41.740
 And he

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.079
 said to

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:42.340
 Peter,

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.559
 Simon, are

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:44.220
 you asleep?

00:33:44.840 --> 00:33:45.180
 Could you

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.700
 not watch

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.340
 one hour?

00:33:47.120 --> 00:33:47.700
 Watch and

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.240
 pray that you

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.860
 may not enter

00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:49.620
 into temptation.

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.340
 The spirit

00:33:51.340 --> 00:33:51.920
 indeed is

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.460
 willing, but

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:52.900
 the flesh

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.420
 is weak.

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:55.019
 And again,

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:56.019
 Jesus went

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.420
 away and

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:57.019
 prayed, saying

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.380
 the same

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:57.800
 words.

00:33:58.880 --> 00:33:59.640
 And again, he

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:00.160
 came and

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:00.620
 found them

00:34:00.620 --> 00:34:01.779
 sleeping, for

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.180
 their eyes

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:03.360
 were heavy, and

00:34:03.360 --> 00:34:03.779
 they did not

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.320
 know what to

00:34:04.320 --> 00:34:04.840
 answer him.

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:05.920
 And he came

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.660
 the third time

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:07.140
 and said to

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:07.560
 them, are you

00:34:07.560 --> 00:34:08.280
 still sleeping

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:08.800
 and taking

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.320
 your rest?

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:10.000
 It is enough,

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:10.800
 the hour has

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.139
 come.

00:34:11.700 --> 00:34:12.220
 The Son of

00:34:12.220 --> 00:34:12.619
 Man is

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:13.260
 betrayed into

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:13.920
 the hands of

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.240
 sinners.

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:15.720
 Rise, let

00:34:15.720 --> 00:34:16.320
 us be going,

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:18.099
 see my

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.900
 betrayers at

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.300
 hand.

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:24.380
 See, there

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:24.900
 is nothing

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:25.780
 more empowering

00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:26.320
 than being

00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:26.720
 loved.

00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:30.039
 And to

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.580
 seek power

00:34:30.580 --> 00:34:31.200
 without love

00:34:31.200 --> 00:34:32.420
 is disempowering,

00:34:33.100 --> 00:34:34.300
 but to be

00:34:34.300 --> 00:34:34.760
 loved is

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:35.280
 empowering.

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:36.920
 To have a

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.340
 friend who

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:38.160
 understands you

00:34:38.160 --> 00:34:38.780
 is empowering.

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.780
 To have a

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:42.480
 good purpose

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.019
 and a meaning

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.720
 in life is

00:34:43.720 --> 00:34:44.260
 empowering.

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.920
 To die, to

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.460
 always having

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:50.039
 to be number

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:52.159
 one, because

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:52.659
 you know there

00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:54.220
 are times that

00:34:54.220 --> 00:34:55.099
 for justice's

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.599
 sake and

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:56.460
 goodness's sake

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.200
 and beauty's

00:34:57.200 --> 00:34:57.680
 sake and

00:34:57.680 --> 00:34:58.400
 love's sake,

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.880
 you must

00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.519
 choose to be

00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:00.119
 number two

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:00.539
 or number

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:01.220
 five or

00:35:01.220 --> 00:35:01.980
 number 15

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.780
 or even way

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:03.180
 down the

00:35:03.180 --> 00:35:03.659
 ladder than

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.960
 that, is

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.539
 profoundly

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:06.240
 empowering.

00:35:07.680 --> 00:35:07.880
 And the

00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:08.240
 Canadian

00:35:08.240 --> 00:35:09.200
 cultural story

00:35:09.200 --> 00:35:09.639
 will never

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:10.180
 lead you to

00:35:10.180 --> 00:35:10.840
 that truth,

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:12.240
 but the

00:35:12.240 --> 00:35:12.960
 gospel will.

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.240
 And it

00:35:14.240 --> 00:35:14.800
 also says

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.440
 something very

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:15.740
 helpful.

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.019
 If you

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:16.480
 could put up

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.440
 the next

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:17.880
 to last

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.260
 point,

00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:19.940
 you know

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.599
 that thing

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:21.139
 about you're

00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:21.680
 sleeping,

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:23.000
 there's

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.599
 temptation,

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:24.519
 the spirit

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:24.940
 is willing

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.180
 and the

00:35:25.180 --> 00:35:25.579
 flesh is

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:25.820
 weak.

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:27.019
 Here's the

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.260
 thing,

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:28.019
 Jesus drinks

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.519
 this cup

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:29.099
 for ordinary

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:29.820
 people like

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.180
 me and

00:35:30.180 --> 00:35:30.420
 you,

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:31.280
 and this

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:31.940
 line is

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.139
 for

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:32.579
 Christians.

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:34.460
 This is

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:34.820
 part of

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:35.480
 the emotional

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:36.380
 power and

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:36.900
 beauty of

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:37.539
 the gospel.

00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:38.900
 Until you

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.500
 see him

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.079
 face to

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.519
 face,

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:42.320
 you are

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:42.920
 weak,

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:43.980
 and you're

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.559
 complex,

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:45.800
 and you're

00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:46.360
 divided,

00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:46.500
 wounded,

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.480
 and you're

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:48.000
 held in

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.440
 the palm

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:48.760
 of his

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:49.200
 hand.

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:53.099
 I am

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:53.420
 weak.

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:53.980
 Sometimes I

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.380
 want to do

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:54.900
 things and

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:55.680
 my body

00:35:55.680 --> 00:35:56.140
 just gives

00:35:56.140 --> 00:35:56.700
 out on me

00:35:56.700 --> 00:35:57.180
 as I get

00:35:57.180 --> 00:35:57.480
 older.

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:58.000
 The body

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.480
 gives out

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:58.760
 on you

00:35:58.760 --> 00:35:59.140
 more and

00:35:59.140 --> 00:35:59.400
 more.

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.559
 And then I

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.260
 am both

00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:01.900
 doing good

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.400
 things and I

00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:02.960
 do sinful

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.280
 things.

00:36:03.380 --> 00:36:04.099
 I'm divided.

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:05.059
 I'm divided.

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:05.760
 You know,

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:06.840
 the models of

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:07.440
 human beings

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:08.039
 is if somehow

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.640
 you can pick

00:36:08.640 --> 00:36:09.300
 one thing

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:09.700
 in you and

00:36:09.700 --> 00:36:10.120
 build your

00:36:10.120 --> 00:36:10.700
 whole identity

00:36:10.700 --> 00:36:11.200
 around you,

00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:11.860
 that's just a

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.760
 foolish understanding

00:36:12.760 --> 00:36:13.380
 of what human

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:13.840
 beings are

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:14.079
 like.

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:15.039
 Human beings

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.519
 aren't just

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:16.200
 one thing.

00:36:16.300 --> 00:36:16.780
 We're not just

00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:17.280
 their skin

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:19.320
 color or the

00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:20.599
 sexual desires

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:21.220
 of the week

00:36:21.220 --> 00:36:21.820
 or the month.

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:22.640
 We're not

00:36:22.640 --> 00:36:23.059
 that.

00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:24.240
 We are weak.

00:36:24.660 --> 00:36:25.519
 We do get

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:25.920
 tempted.

00:36:26.180 --> 00:36:26.500
 We are

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.240
 complicated.

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:28.760
 We are

00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:29.400
 divided.

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:29.960
 That's what

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.599
 human beings

00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:30.900
 are.

00:36:31.260 --> 00:36:31.840
 And here we

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.400
 see that

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:33.340
 Jesus knows

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:34.240
 all of that.

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:37.500
 And we

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:38.160
 know that if

00:36:38.160 --> 00:36:38.680
 we are his,

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:39.200
 we are held

00:36:39.200 --> 00:36:39.720
 in the palm

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:40.340
 of his hand.

00:36:41.700 --> 00:36:42.240
 I'd like to

00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:42.780
 invite you to

00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:43.099
 stay,

00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:43.659
 stand,

00:36:43.819 --> 00:36:44.099
 please.

00:36:45.179 --> 00:36:45.779
 If you could

00:36:45.779 --> 00:36:46.199
 put up the

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:47.239
 final thing,

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:47.619
 yes,

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:48.119
 I'm going to

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.659
 invite you to

00:36:48.659 --> 00:36:49.159
 pray this

00:36:49.159 --> 00:36:49.719
 prayer with

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:49.940
 me.

00:36:50.319 --> 00:36:50.699
 I'll read

00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:51.360
 it out first.

00:36:51.819 --> 00:36:52.259
 And in some

00:36:52.259 --> 00:36:52.460
 ways,

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:52.920
 what I've just

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:53.460
 tried to do

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:53.759
 is I've

00:36:53.759 --> 00:36:54.179
 tried to

00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:55.179
 summarize this

00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:55.739
 prayer of

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:56.319
 Jesus in

00:36:56.319 --> 00:36:56.659
 light of

00:36:56.659 --> 00:36:57.299
 this story.

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:59.079
 And it's,

00:36:59.339 --> 00:36:59.599
 you know,

00:36:59.659 --> 00:37:00.099
 for some of

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:00.179
 you,

00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:00.440
 if you've

00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:00.839
 never given

00:37:00.839 --> 00:37:01.360
 your life to

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:01.579
 Christ,

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:02.099
 this is a

00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:02.599
 conversion

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:03.139
 prayer.

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:05.039
 And for

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.599
 those of us

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:05.960
 who have

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:06.440
 known him,

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.079
 this is just

00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:07.679
 a deepening

00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:08.099
 prayer.

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.460
 To pray,

00:37:09.739 --> 00:37:09.900
 Abba,

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.360
 Father,

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:11.319
 from the depths

00:37:11.319 --> 00:37:12.119
 of your love,

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:13.079
 your son

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:13.799
 drank my

00:37:13.799 --> 00:37:14.420
 cup of

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:15.339
 sin and

00:37:15.339 --> 00:37:15.900
 your just

00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:16.519
 wrath at

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:17.079
 my sin.

00:37:17.799 --> 00:37:18.880
 Please fix

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:19.759
 my heart

00:37:19.759 --> 00:37:20.559
 on his

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.339
 once-for-all

00:37:21.339 --> 00:37:22.219
 sacrifice,

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:23.679
 so that I

00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:24.259
 will pray

00:37:24.259 --> 00:37:25.179
 boldly,

00:37:26.319 --> 00:37:27.679
 knowing that

00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:28.279
 all things

00:37:28.279 --> 00:37:28.900
 are possible

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.400
 for you,

00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:31.039
 and that I

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:31.480
 will pray

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:32.039
 humbly,

00:37:32.839 --> 00:37:33.199
 saying,

00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:34.880
 yet not what

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:35.559
 I will,

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.380
 but what

00:37:36.380 --> 00:37:36.920
 you will,

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:37.940
 in Jesus'

00:37:38.259 --> 00:37:38.500
 name.

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:39.500
 I invite

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:40.099
 you to

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.559
 pray that

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:41.059
 with me

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:41.739
 right now.

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:42.480
 Let us

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:42.739
 pray.

00:37:43.699 --> 00:37:44.260
 Abba,

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:45.019
 Father,

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:46.059
 from the

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.619
 depths of

00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:47.219
 your love,

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:48.260
 your son

00:37:48.260 --> 00:37:48.940
 drank my

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.599
 cup of

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:50.539
 sin and

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:51.119
 your just

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:51.860
 wrath at

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:52.420
 my sin.

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:54.079
 Please fix

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.820
 my heart

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:55.420
 on his

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:56.199
 once-for-all

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:57.079
 sacrifice,

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:58.380
 so that I

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:58.860
 will pray

00:37:58.860 --> 00:37:59.619
 boldly,

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:00.639
 knowing that

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:01.280
 all things

00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:01.960
 are possible

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.519
 for you,

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:03.820
 and that I

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:04.300
 will pray

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:04.880
 humbly,

00:38:05.239 --> 00:38:05.579
 saying,

00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:06.860
 yet not what

00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:07.460
 I will,

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.360
 but what

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:08.860
 you will,

00:38:09.220 --> 00:38:09.780
 in Jesus'

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:10.360
 name.

00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:11.079
 Amen.

00:38:11.680 --> 00:38:12.079
 Father,

00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:12.720
 may this

00:38:12.720 --> 00:38:13.340
 prayer grow

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:13.760
 as a

00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:14.160
 prayer of

00:38:14.160 --> 00:38:14.640
 our heart,

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:15.099
 and we

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:15.500
 ask this

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:15.920
 in Jesus'

00:38:16.200 --> 00:38:16.460
 name.

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:17.220
 Amen.

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:18.579
 Please take

00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:18.700
 up.