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 Let me add my welcome to you.

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 My name is Sam and I'm one of the pastors here.

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 If I haven't met you yet,

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 hopefully I'll get the chance to

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 over the course of tonight's service or afterwards.

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 And if you are our guest tonight

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 or if you are here for the first time,

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 you've timed your run well.

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 We're starting a new series tonight.

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 So you're on the same page as everyone else.

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 So I'm going to pray for us

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 and then we're going to open that passage

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 from Mark that Ali read out.

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 Father God, we thank you for bringing us here tonight.

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 We thank you for this word that you have given to us.

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 And we ask that as we look at it now,

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 that it would not be my words that are spoken,

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 but it would be you who speaks

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 and you give us ears to hear.

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 We pray that the result of tonight

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 would not be that we know more information,

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 but that we see you more clearly

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 and love you as you deserve.

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 Amen.

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 I have reached a really exciting milestone

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 in terms of parenting over the last couple of weeks.

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 Those of you who know my son know he's very enthusiastic

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 and he's very energetic,

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 but he's added to that repertoire

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 the ability to say a few words.

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 So this week he welcomed me home with,

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 hey, buddy, when I walked through the door.

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 That wasn't the milestone that I was aiming for,

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 but it was kind of exciting just the same.

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 But the milestone in particular,

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 which for me was a really significant moment,

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 was when I was,

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 I think I was putting him in the car.

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 And I make a habit of telling him this as often as I can

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 to the point where it will annoy him,

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 but it will be imprinted on his brain.

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 And I did up his seatbelt,

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 I tickled his leg,

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 and I said,

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 love you.

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 And as I'm backing out of the car to close the door,

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 I heard this,

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 love you!

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 And I can't tell you

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 how much it warmed my heart.

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 He still hasn't quite got the ver down,

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 but the sentiment is really significant

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 that he,

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 even as a not quite two-year-old,

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 could express that emotion towards me

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 was something that was quite warming.

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 But I noticed that just in passing,

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 every time he says it now,

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 I get very excited,

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 and I give him a big hug,

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 and let him know how fantastic it is.

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 But my wife tells me that she loves me all the time.

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 And I've noticed that I don't give her

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 the same amount of excitement

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 that I do when my son says it.

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 And I was reflecting that

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 her love for me is just as significant,

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 if not more.

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 She's the one who has to look after me,

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 whereas Bailey, of course,

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 is going to love me.

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 All I do is feed the kid

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 and play with him

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 and do fun things.

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 But it's amazing how

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 when we get familiar with something,

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 we can empty it of its meaning.

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 My wife still means,

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 I love you.

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 I want to be with you.

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 I want to serve you.

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 I'm excited about our family.

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 I'm excited about our future.

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 She still means all those things

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 when she says it,

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 just as much as Bailey means

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 that he loves me when he says it.

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 But for some reason,

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 I've heard it so many times

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 that there's this desensitization for me.

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 Today, we're going to open up

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 the Gospel of Mark,

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 potentially a Gospel that we've heard before,

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 potentially words that we're familiar with,

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 stories that we've heard before.

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 And I wonder if we are in danger,

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 if we're running the risk

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 of being over-familiar

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 with the things that we're about to read.

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 This Gospel begins with a very basic

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 but very significant sentence.

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 Mark 1.1 says,

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 The beginning of the Gospel

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 about Jesus Christ,

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 the Son of God.

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 Now, it is really easy to read that

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 and to move on,

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 to wait and see what comes afterwards.

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 But you've got to actually sit here

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 and imagine what it would have been like

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 to read this when it was first written.

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 Imagine what it would have been like

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 for the author as he wrote these words

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 and the weight and force

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 and importance and gravity

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 that were wrapped up in these words.

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 These words were written somewhere around 60 AD.

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 And at the point where Mark was writing,

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 the Christian church was under fierce persecution.

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 The Emperor Nero was known for

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 basically skewering Christians on poles

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 and setting them on fire

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 as torches for his garden parties.

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 He set Rome on fire

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 and then blamed the Christians for it

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 so that he had an excuse

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 to basically wholesale murder Christians

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 left, right and centre.

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 And into that context

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 where the church and Christians

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 fear for their life,

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 Mark pens this message

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 and begins it with the words,

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 The beginning of the Gospel

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 about Jesus Christ,

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 the Son of God.

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 He calls this message

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 in a time where he has seen

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 the great missionaries

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 and the Apostle Peter

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 and the missionary Paul die.

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 He calls his message,

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 he begins his message

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 with the good news,

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 it's what Gospel means,

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 the good news about Jesus Christ,

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 the Son of God.

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 Can you imagine the urgency

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 with which he wrote this message?

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 Having watched his mentors die,

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 probably fearing for his own life,

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 the pressure is on,

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 people need to know

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 what he knows,

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 Mark has an agenda.

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 He's a desperate man

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 who wants to share

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 the good news

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 that have changed his life

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 to the point

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 where he will willingly die

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 for this man, Jesus Christ.

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 So hear the words again.

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 With that weight,

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 with that context,

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 the beginning of the Gospel

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 about Jesus Christ,

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 the Son of God.

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 Mark begins this Gospel

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 at a rapid pace.

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 We jump in,

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 we read through just chapter one

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 and already we've seen

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 a stack of stuff happen.

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 So begin with a prophecy

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 from the Old Testament

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 and then John shows up

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 to prepare us for Jesus

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 and then Jesus shows up

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 and is baptised

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 and then Jesus is tempted

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 and then all of a sudden

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 Jesus is preaching

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 and then he's driving out

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 an evil spirit,

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 then he's healing people,

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 then he's praying,

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 then he's healing more people.

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 It is just rapid fire

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 and there is hundreds of kilometres

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 covered in just these 28 verses.

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 Jesus is journeying

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 all over the Middle East

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 to do his ministry

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 and so you've got to ask

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 the question,

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 why is Mark in such a rush?

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 He keeps using words like,

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 immediately this happened

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 and then this happened

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 and he's skipping us through

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 all these really significant stories

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 and you've got to ask yourself

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 the question,

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 what's his agenda?

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 Where's he trying to take us

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 in such a rush

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 as we jump through

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 all these different events?

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 And I want to take you to

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 the clue which I think

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 is found in Jesus' baptism.

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 This week on Wednesday

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 I'll have the privilege

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 of officiating a wedding

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 for two friends of mine.

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 These are friends

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 who don't come to church,

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 who aren't Christians,

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 but who because of my job

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 invited me to be a part

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 of their special day.

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 And if you've ever been

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 to a wedding,

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 you'll know that

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 the most important words,

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 and they're not,

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 you may kiss the bride,

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 just to clarify,

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 the most important words

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 that I say

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 in a wedding ceremony are,

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 I declare them

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 to be husband and wife.

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 That's the official point

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 where we have crossed a line

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 and there is a new family

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 now standing at the front

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 of the building.

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 But just because

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 that is the important bit,

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 just because that's the climax,

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 just because that's

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 what everything else

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 is leading up to,

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 doesn't mean that

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 all the things before that

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 are unimportant.

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 For me to say that,

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 we need the context

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 of having talked about

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 what marriage is

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 at the beginning.

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 We need the context

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 of a husband and a wife

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 making promises to each other

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 so that when I announce it,

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 we know what we're announcing.

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 I'm not just saying

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 some empty words.

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 And so even though Mark

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 is obviously in a hurry

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 to get somewhere,

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 we do actually need to look

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 at some of the details

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 in these stories

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 if we're going to understand

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 where it is

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 that he's taking us.

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 So look with me

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 at the baptism of Jesus.

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 So let's start,

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 before we get to

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 the baptism of Jesus,

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 by looking at John

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 in verse 4.

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 So John came,

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 baptising in the desert region

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 and preaching a baptism

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 of repentance

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 for the forgiveness of sins.

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 The whole Judean countryside

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 and all the people of Jerusalem

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 went out to him

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 confessing their sins.

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 They were baptised

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 in the Jordan River.

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 Jesus' baptism

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 in this passage,

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 it happens so quickly

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 that you could miss it,

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 but Jesus' baptism

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 is a response

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 to the ministry

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 that John is doing.

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 You've got to understand

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 before John comes,

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 baptism is a foreign idea.

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 It's not something

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 that people had been doing

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 and then Jesus just jumps in.

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 John shows up

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 and is the one

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 who introduces baptism.

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 But did you see

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 what his baptism is about?

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 It's not just about

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 splashing water.

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 John's baptism is,

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 verse 4,

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 a baptism of repentance

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 for the forgiveness

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 of sins.

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 And the people come to him,

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 confess their sins,

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 and are baptised.

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 John's baptism,

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 while it's an invitation

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 to come back to God,

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 an invitation for forgiveness,

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 his ministry has to have started

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 by telling people

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 that they needed to be forgiven.

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 John's message was,

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 God is not happy.

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 You do not deserve the love

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 that God has shown you.

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 You are not entitled

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 to God's goodness

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 and God's promises.

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 You need to come back.

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 You need to confess.

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 You need to apologise.

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 John's message

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 was a message of judgement.

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 And the people

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 who heard his message

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 knew that he was

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 right on the mark,

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 and so they came out

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 in their droves

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 to be baptised

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 and seeking forgiveness.

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 Jesus doesn't need

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 a baptism

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 for forgiveness of sins.

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 So you've got to stop

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 in these stories,

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 even though Mark

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 skips through them.

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 It doesn't make sense

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 that Jesus,

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 who is perfect,

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 needs to be baptised

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 for forgiveness.

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 That's why we get

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 a clue here

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 as to where Mark

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 is taking us

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 in this gospel.

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 If you look in Matthew's

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 account of the same thing,

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 John gets really uncomfortable

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 when Jesus shows up

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 to be baptised.

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 John's kind of,

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 you know,

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 standing on the spot

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 when Jesus comes

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 to the front of the queue

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 and is ready to be dipped.

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 John's like,

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 um,

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 I think you're supposed

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 to baptise me.

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 I think that's how it works.

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 I was just for a little while,

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 now Jesus,

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 it's up to you.

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 But Jesus insists

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 that he be baptised

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 by John.

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 And the reason is,

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 Jesus wants to identify

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 with sinful people.

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 Jesus wants to take on

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 the identity

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 and the place

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 of people

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 like you and me

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 who have spent our lives

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 treating God

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 like he doesn't matter.

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 Jesus doesn't need

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 to be baptised

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 for his own sin.

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 But what he does

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 in choosing to be baptised

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 even when he doesn't need to,

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 is shows that his agenda

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 is not to be some

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 person out there

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 who is just distant from us

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 and perfect

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 and beyond approach,

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 but to be the one

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 who comes down

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 and understands

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 our struggle.

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 To be the one

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 who takes on

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 the judgement

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 that we deserve

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 and stands before God

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 in our place.

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 Mark is showing us

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 right from the very beginning

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 of this gospel

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 that Jesus' life

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 and Jesus' ministry

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 and everything

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 that he will do

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 is directly connected

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 to the hope

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 that they had

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 all through the Old Testament

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 that one day

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 God would provide

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 a means for forgiveness.

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 Permanent forgiveness.

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 Not the kind of forgiveness

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 where you come back

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 every week

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 with a new apology

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 and a new sacrifice

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 because you've done

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 more things wrong.

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 All through that history

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 they were hoping

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 that one day

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 God would give them

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 a way to be

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 completely clean,

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 completely forgiven,

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 forever forgiven.

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 they hoped

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 that one day

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 God would provide

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 a substitute

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 to take the judgement

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 that they deserved.

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 Right here

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 in chapter 1

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 of Mark's gospel

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 Mark is pointing us

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 to the cross.

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 This is the beginning

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 even from verse 1

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 his agenda

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 is for us

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 to be looking

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 to the end

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 to the climax

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 to the finish.

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 Mark is rushing us

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 through his gospel

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 to Jesus' destination

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 which is the cross

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 where he will

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 give up his life.

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 Mark is telling us

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 these first bits

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 of the gospel

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 and all the bits

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 that we're going to cover

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 for the next few weeks

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 he's telling us

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 these bits

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 with the cross

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 in view.

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 And so we need

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 to look at all

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 these little stories

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 that Ali just read

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 out for us

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 all these little episodes

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 from Jesus' life

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 and ministry

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 conscious

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 that the cross

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 casts a shadow

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 over all of it.

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 That that's always

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 the agenda.

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 that Jesus

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 turned up

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 to offer forgiveness.

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 This gospel

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 is a proclamation.

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 Gospel is good news.

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 The word gospel

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 isn't necessarily

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 a Bible word

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 it's just a word

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 to describe

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 an exciting announcement

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 a significant announcement

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 something that you need

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 to share and pass on

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 and so right from the beginning

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 Mark says

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 this is important

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 and this is good news.

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 But there's a bit

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 of a tension

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 I don't know

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 if you picked it up

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 as we were reading

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 through there

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 you've got this emphasis

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 on focus on Jesus

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 Jesus is important

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 from the first verse

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 Jesus is the Christ

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 we go to Old Testament

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 telling us about

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 Jesus being the Lord

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 we've got this amazing

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 scene in the baptism

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 but there's this

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 tension going on

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 I mean four times

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 we get an announcement

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 about Jesus

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 in verse one

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 Mark the author

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 says Jesus is the Christ

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 and then immediately

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 following that

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 in verse two

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 we have a quote

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 from two Old Testament

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 prophets

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 explaining that

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 Jesus is the Lord

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 who was promised

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 Jesus is the one

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 who they've been waiting

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 for who will come

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 and he will bring

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 judgment

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 but he will also

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 bring grace

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 then we get an announcement

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 from John

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 in verse eight

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 sorry in verse seven

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 this was his message

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 after me will come

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 one more powerful

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 than I

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 the thongs of whose

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 sandals I am not worthy

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 to stoop down

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 and untie

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 I baptize you with water

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 but he will baptize you

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 with the Holy Spirit

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 so Mark says Jesus

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 is significant

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 Isaiah says Jesus

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 is significant

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 John says Jesus

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 is more significant

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 than he is

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 and then perhaps

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 the most significant

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 voice

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 in verse eleven

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 as Jesus is baptized

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 the heavens open

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 and the voice

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 of God in heaven

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 speaks

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 you are my son

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 whom I love

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 with you

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 I am well pleased

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 this is all

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 in the first eleven

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 verses of this gospel

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 Jesus matters

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 Jesus is important

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 Jesus is significant

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 Jesus is divine

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 Jesus is from heaven

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 but then at the same time

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 three times in this chapter

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 Jesus tells people

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 who know who he is

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 to be quiet

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 did you see that

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 verse twenty five

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 Jesus is doing ministry

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 he cast the demon

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 out of someone

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 and the demon says

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 in verse twenty four

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 sorry

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 what do you want

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 with us

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 Jesus of Nazareth

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 have you come

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 to destroy us

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 I know who you are

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 the holy one of God

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 be quiet

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 Jesus said sternly

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 and he wouldn't

00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:01.639
 allow this demon

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 to proclaim

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 or announce

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 who he was

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 verse thirty four

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 again

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 he is casting out demons

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 but he will not

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 let them speak

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 because they know

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 who he is

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 verse forty four

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 he heals a man

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 with leprosy

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 and he says this

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 see that you don't

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 tell this to anyone

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 but go show yourself

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 to the priest

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 and offer the sacrifices

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 that Moses commanded

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 for your cleansing

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 as a testimony

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 to them

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 four announcements

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 and three commands

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 to silence

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 what's Mark

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 trying to do

00:15:35.379 --> 00:15:36.340
 announce Jesus

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 or keep a secret

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 or at least

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 why is Jesus

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 not happy

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 for everybody

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 to stand on the rooftops

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 and shout out

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 who he is

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 if that's Mark's agenda

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 why wasn't it

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 Jesus' agenda

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 as well

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 I remember

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 a couple of years ago

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 the first time I met

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 Steve

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 our senior minister

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 was when I had the chance

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 to be a part

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 of a committee

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 that organises

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 a youth convention

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 it's a fairly

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 significant convention

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 it's about

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 six thousand teenagers

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 we'll be taking

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 our youth ministry

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 there in a couple

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 of weeks time

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 and I'm walking

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 into this room

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 with these people

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 and being really excited

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 that I had the opportunity

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 to be a part of this

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 I was maybe

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 twenty-one

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 twenty-two

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 and so I thought

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 you know

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 I've got something to offer

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 I'll be the most

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 significant member

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 of this team

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 but it was really quick

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 that I noticed

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 in the room

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 that there was

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 a pecking order

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 Steve was the chairman

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 as you might guess

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 when Steve's in a room

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 Steve's the boss

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 that's because

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 that's how Steve works

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 and because he was

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 given that title

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 as well of course

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 but as well as Steve

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 being the chairman

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 there was somebody

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 allocated as the vice chair

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 which I found

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 a little bit comical

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 because I figured

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 it was Steve

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 and the rest of us

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 but in order to ensure

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 my position on the team

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 I appointed myself

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 as the vice vice chair

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 it was a self-appointment

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 and it remained

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 a self-appointment

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 for the amount of time

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 that I served

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 on that committee

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 it was light-hearted

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 most of the time

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 but every now and then

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 I would pull rank

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 and go hey

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 I'm the vice vice chair

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 but the funny thing is

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 when you give

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 a vague title

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 like vice vice chair

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 or even vice chair

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 or even chairman

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 for that matter

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 what we do

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 is we import

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 our definition

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 of what that means

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 and so for me

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 vice vice chair

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 meant that I didn't

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 have to do any extra work

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 I could basically

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 put the kibosh

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 on anyone else's idea

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 and I got all the perks

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 of being on the committee

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 like not having

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 to put chairs out anymore

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 or getting to the front

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 of the morning tea line

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 those sorts of things

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 vice vice chair

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 was an important task

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 and I set out

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 to make it

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 very beneficial

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 for myself

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 when you have

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 a vague title

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 you just import

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 and you add things

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 to it

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 and there is this

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 risk for us

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 as we read this gospel

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 and there was this risk

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 for people

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 as they met Jesus

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 in his ministry

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 that they would hear

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 his title

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 they would hear

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 that he was the Christ

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 the saviour

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 they would hear

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 that he was the Lord

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 they would hear

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 that he was the son of God

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 and they would begin

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 to shape their own picture

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 of what that meant

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 they would begin

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 to join the dots

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 for themselves

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 and decide

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 what they thought

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 the Christ should be

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 in fact

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 that's exactly

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 what happens

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 and that's exactly

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 what happens

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 even now

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 so often you talk

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 to people

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 and they have

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 their version

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 of what Jesus

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 should be

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 if Jesus

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 is the son of God

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 he should love

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 everyone

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 I have spent time

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 in a previous church

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 sitting with

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 someone who I consider

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 to be a close friend

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 and basically

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 wrestling

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 with this issue

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 they deeply

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 struggle

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 with the possibility

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 that God

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 would condemn

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 someone

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 who struggles

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 with something

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 like homosexuality

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 they have

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 a family member

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 who is a practicing

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 homosexual

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 and so for them

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 they've adjusted

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 their picture

00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:50.079
 of Jesus

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 to suit themselves

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 they hear

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 certain bits

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 of the title

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 Christ

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 or the title

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 saviour

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 or the title

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 lord

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 and they adjust

00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:01.839
 it to be

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 the kind

00:19:02.660 --> 00:19:03.119
 of saviour

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 they want

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 the kind

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 of lord

00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:05.940
 they want

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 the kind

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 of king

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 they want

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 and so

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 when they come

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 to bits

00:19:09.660 --> 00:19:10.160
 in the bible

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 where Jesus

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 might say

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 certain things

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 are wrong

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 or certain

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 things are

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 unhelpful

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 what they do

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 is they just

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 adjust

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 their picture

00:19:16.339 --> 00:19:16.740
 of Jesus

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 so they don't

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 have to

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 include that

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 but before

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 we point

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 the finger

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 too much

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 we all

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 do it

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 when we

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 are called

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 to sacrifice

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 and treasure

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 Jesus

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 above all

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 else

00:19:29.379 --> 00:19:30.839
 above things

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 that matter

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 in our life

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 how quickly

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 we adjust

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 our version

00:19:34.399 --> 00:19:34.939
 of Jesus

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 he doesn't

00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:36.439
 want me to

00:19:36.439 --> 00:19:36.819
 sacrifice

00:19:36.819 --> 00:19:37.500
 that area

00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:38.099
 because it's

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 harmless

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 he doesn't

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 want me to

00:19:41.159 --> 00:19:41.439
 give up

00:19:41.439 --> 00:19:41.899
 that hobby

00:19:41.899 --> 00:19:42.240
 that I've

00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:42.419
 got

00:19:42.419 --> 00:19:42.939
 which takes

00:19:42.939 --> 00:19:43.339
 me away

00:19:43.339 --> 00:19:43.939
 from time

00:19:43.939 --> 00:19:45.159
 with important

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 relationships

00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:46.339
 takes me

00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:46.720
 away from

00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:47.119
 ministry

00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:47.619
 takes me

00:19:47.619 --> 00:19:47.879
 away

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 from spending

00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.480
 time in

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 the word

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 because it's

00:19:51.800 --> 00:19:52.080
 harmless

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 but actually

00:19:54.860 --> 00:19:57.780
 Jesus

00:19:57.780 --> 00:19:58.620
 demands

00:19:58.620 --> 00:19:59.180
 everything

00:19:59.180 --> 00:20:00.440
 demands

00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:00.920
 our whole

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 life

00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:03.000
 there is a

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.500
 tension in

00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:03.920
 this beginning

00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:04.420
 of Mark's

00:20:04.420 --> 00:20:05.040
 gospel because

00:20:05.040 --> 00:20:05.720
 Mark wants

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.500
 us to know

00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:06.920
 Jesus

00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:07.620
 he wants us

00:20:07.620 --> 00:20:07.920
 to know

00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:08.720
 who he is

00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:09.660
 but he is

00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:10.560
 protecting us

00:20:10.560 --> 00:20:11.580
 from making

00:20:11.580 --> 00:20:12.240
 up our own

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 version of

00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.240
 the truth

00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:15.360
 see when we

00:20:15.360 --> 00:20:16.080
 make Jesus

00:20:16.080 --> 00:20:16.880
 who we want

00:20:16.880 --> 00:20:17.440
 him to be

00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:18.960
 we reduce

00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:19.220
 him

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 at best

00:20:21.320 --> 00:20:22.400
 he becomes

00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:23.360
 a better

00:20:23.360 --> 00:20:23.940
 version of

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 us

00:20:24.420 --> 00:20:27.160
 our goodness

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 plus some

00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:29.380
 our love

00:20:29.380 --> 00:20:30.160
 plus some

00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:31.279
 our forgiveness

00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:32.299
 plus some

00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:33.120
 our servant

00:20:33.120 --> 00:20:33.460
 heart

00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:34.259
 plus some

00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:36.559
 but when you

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.000
 see him

00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:37.640
 for who he

00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:38.080
 is

00:20:38.080 --> 00:20:38.860
 when you

00:20:38.860 --> 00:20:39.320
 see him

00:20:39.320 --> 00:20:39.779
 as he is

00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:40.420
 revealed in

00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:40.940
 his word

00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:41.320
 in the

00:20:41.320 --> 00:20:41.720
 gospel

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:43.680
 his majesty

00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:45.080
 his goodness

00:20:45.080 --> 00:20:46.380
 his holiness

00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:47.600
 his justice

00:20:47.600 --> 00:20:48.660
 his love

00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:49.320
 and his

00:20:49.320 --> 00:20:49.900
 authority

00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:51.580
 far exceed

00:20:51.580 --> 00:20:52.360
 even your

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 wildest

00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.720
 imagination

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.799
 or dreaming

00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:57.799
 when it

00:20:57.799 --> 00:20:58.279
 comes to

00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:58.960
 Jesus the

00:20:58.960 --> 00:20:59.580
 truth is

00:20:59.580 --> 00:21:00.240
 better than

00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:00.900
 your inventions

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:02.620
 and Mark

00:21:02.620 --> 00:21:03.240
 is trying to

00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:03.759
 spare us

00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.279
 even at the

00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:04.640
 beginning

00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:06.140
 false dreams

00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:06.820
 and false

00:21:06.820 --> 00:21:07.680
 ideas about

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.200
 who Jesus

00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:08.640
 is

00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:10.160
 he wants us

00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:10.460
 to have

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:11.100
 the blessing

00:21:11.100 --> 00:21:11.960
 of seeing

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.400
 him in

00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:12.940
 his fullness

00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:15.620
 and his

00:21:15.620 --> 00:21:16.000
 fullness

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:17.779
 is seen

00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:18.540
 in the

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 cross

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 that's why

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:21.880
 even from

00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:22.740
 verse 1

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:23.700
 chapter 1

00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:24.220
 Mark

00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:25.060
 wants us

00:21:25.060 --> 00:21:25.920
 to see

00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.800
 the cross

00:21:26.800 --> 00:21:27.880
 we need

00:21:27.880 --> 00:21:28.320
 the cross

00:21:28.320 --> 00:21:29.000
 to understand

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.480
 what Jesus

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:30.040
 is doing

00:21:30.040 --> 00:21:31.060
 we need

00:21:31.060 --> 00:21:31.540
 the cross

00:21:31.540 --> 00:21:32.180
 to understand

00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:32.480
 what it

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:32.960
 means for

00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:33.440
 him to be

00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:33.900
 Christ

00:21:33.900 --> 00:21:34.540
 we need

00:21:34.540 --> 00:21:35.000
 the cross

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.560
 to understand

00:21:35.560 --> 00:21:35.820
 what it

00:21:35.820 --> 00:21:36.240
 means for

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.580
 him to

00:21:36.580 --> 00:21:36.980
 be Lord

00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.620
 that's why

00:21:37.620 --> 00:21:38.940
 this opens

00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:39.300
 up in

00:21:39.300 --> 00:21:39.660
 verse 1

00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:39.980
 this is

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.620
 the beginning

00:21:40.620 --> 00:21:41.220
 of the

00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:41.580
 gospel

00:21:41.580 --> 00:21:41.940
 about

00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:42.240
 Jesus

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:42.779
 Christ

00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:43.500
 there's

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:43.980
 more for

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.259
 us to

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 know

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 but we

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 need

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 to use

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 the cross

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 as our

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 starting

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 point

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 you'll find

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 in a couple

00:21:49.320 --> 00:21:49.620
 of weeks

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 when we

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 look at

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 chapter 8

00:21:50.820 --> 00:21:51.300
 of Mark's

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 gospel

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 that even

00:21:52.800 --> 00:21:53.480
 when Jesus

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 gets explicit

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 and says to

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 his disciples

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 me being

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 Christ

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 me being

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 saviour

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 means I

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 have to

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 die

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 the first

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 thing his

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 disciples do

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 are

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 Jesus

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 I think

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 you've

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 got it a

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 bit wrong

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 if you

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 don't talk

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 like that

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 it's probably

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 going to make

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 more people

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 want to

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 follow you

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 Jesus

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 if you're

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 going to be

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 Christ

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 if you're

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 going to be

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 saviour

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 you win

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 you don't

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 die

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 you win

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 and Jesus

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 response

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 is the

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 scary

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 rebuke to

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 Peter

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 get behind

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 me

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 Satan

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 even as

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 Jesus says

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 to Peter

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 I must

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 die

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 to be

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 your

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 saviour

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 Peter

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 has his

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 own vision

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 of what

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 a saviour

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 will do

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 for him

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 even

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 as we

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 get to

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 the end

00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:37.579
 of Mark's

00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:37.980
 gospel

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.700
 the disciple

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 Peter

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 still

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 doesn't

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 get it

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 and as

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 Jesus

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 is arrested

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 Peter

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 denies

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 that he

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.359
 even

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 follows

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.119
 him

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:47.660
 we

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:48.139
 need

00:22:48.139 --> 00:22:48.440
 the

00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:48.920
 cross

00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:49.799
 to make

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.180
 sense

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:50.480
 of what

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:50.779
 Jesus

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.279
 is doing

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:51.559
 in his

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:51.960
 life

00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:52.920
 we need

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 the cross

00:22:53.379 --> 00:22:54.000
 to understand

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.220
 his

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 preaching

00:22:54.639 --> 00:22:55.019
 when he

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 says

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 the time

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.299
 has come

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 the kingdom

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 of God

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 is near

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 repent

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 and believe

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 the good

00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:00.579
 news

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:01.720
 the good

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.099
 news

00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:02.480
 is that

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:02.779
 in the

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:03.240
 cross

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:04.659
 we can

00:23:04.659 --> 00:23:05.159
 be welcomed

00:23:05.159 --> 00:23:05.659
 into the

00:23:05.659 --> 00:23:05.879
 kingdom

00:23:05.879 --> 00:23:06.439
 of God

00:23:06.439 --> 00:23:08.139
 this

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 gospel

00:23:08.699 --> 00:23:09.519
 this

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:10.039
 message

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.599
 of Jesus

00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:11.240
 is the

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:11.659
 proof

00:23:11.659 --> 00:23:13.139
 that it

00:23:13.139 --> 00:23:13.439
 was the

00:23:13.439 --> 00:23:13.879
 cross

00:23:13.879 --> 00:23:14.939
 the death

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 and resurrection

00:23:15.439 --> 00:23:16.039
 of Jesus

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:17.119
 that enabled

00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:17.639
 Peter to

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 understand

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 everything

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.379
 that he

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 had experienced

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.679
 while spending

00:23:20.679 --> 00:23:21.119
 time with

00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:21.379
 Jesus

00:23:21.379 --> 00:23:22.919
 this gospel

00:23:22.919 --> 00:23:23.259
 is written

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:23.839
 by Mark

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 but Mark

00:23:24.439 --> 00:23:24.879
 probably

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 was writing

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 what Peter

00:23:25.899 --> 00:23:26.500
 told him

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 writing

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:28.740
 what Peter

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.379
 experienced

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 as he

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 spent time

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 with Jesus

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 doing

00:23:31.139 --> 00:23:31.559
 ministry

00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:32.059
 with him

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:34.259
 and it

00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:34.599
 appears

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:35.240
 that Peter

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:35.819
 goes from

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.459
 telling Jesus

00:23:36.459 --> 00:23:37.240
 to rethink

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.839
 his idea

00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:38.179
 of what it

00:23:38.179 --> 00:23:38.500
 means to

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:38.720
 be the

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.099
 saviour

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:40.339
 Peter goes

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:40.919
 from denying

00:23:40.919 --> 00:23:41.279
 that he

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.759
 even knows

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.299
 Jesus

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:44.699
 to rejoicing

00:23:44.699 --> 00:23:45.099
 in him

00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:46.639
 following him

00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:48.000
 serving him

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.740
 preaching

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.399
 about him

00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:50.500
 and dying

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:50.980
 for him

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:52.720
 and the

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:53.099
 difference

00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:53.759
 between the

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.099
 Peter that

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:54.439
 we read

00:23:54.439 --> 00:23:55.019
 about here

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:56.019
 and the

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.419
 Peter who

00:23:56.419 --> 00:23:56.919
 told this

00:23:56.919 --> 00:23:57.339
 stuff to

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:57.679
 Mark

00:23:57.679 --> 00:23:59.000
 is that

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.559
 Jesus had

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.000
 died

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.799
 and Jesus

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:01.319
 had risen

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:03.240
 we need

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:03.900
 the cross

00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:05.319
 for us

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:05.680
 as we

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.339
 read Mark's

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:06.740
 gospel

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:08.119
 the cross

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:08.720
 is a past

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.279
 reality

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.779
 Jesus is

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.140
 risen

00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:13.019
 for Mark's

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.480
 readers as

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:13.859
 they open

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.299
 this up

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:14.980
 around 60

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.279
 AD

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 they would

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:16.680
 have been

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.460
 alive for

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:17.839
 some of

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.380
 them when

00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:18.740
 this all

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.119
 happened

00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:20.579
 some of

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:20.880
 them may

00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:21.200
 have even

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:22.019
 seen Jesus

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.559
 hanging on

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.019
 that cross

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.359
 for the

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:24.019
 first time

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.319
 and so

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.220
 now as

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:25.759
 they read

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.519
 these words

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.859
 there is new

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.380
 meaning as

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:29.059
 they hear about

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.720
 their saviour

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:31.700
 new meaning

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.179
 as they hear

00:24:32.179 --> 00:24:32.519
 about the

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:32.919
 one who

00:24:32.919 --> 00:24:33.379
 claims to

00:24:33.379 --> 00:24:33.659
 be their

00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:34.079
 lord and

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.379
 king

00:24:34.379 --> 00:24:37.119
 this message

00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:38.000
 of Jesus

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:39.839
 gives hope

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.720
 to Christians

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:43.119
 facing persecution

00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:43.879
 and death

00:24:43.879 --> 00:24:45.000
 at the hands

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.779
 of the Roman

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.179
 emperor

00:24:46.179 --> 00:24:48.440
 this message

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:48.940
 of Jesus

00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:49.599
 gives hope

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.059
 to people

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.359
 who are

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:50.819
 lost

00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.899
 and need

00:24:51.899 --> 00:24:52.339
 forgiveness

00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:54.639
 this message

00:24:54.639 --> 00:24:55.179
 of Jesus

00:24:55.179 --> 00:24:56.079
 calls people

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.720
 to trust

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.279
 Jesus

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:58.539
 so that

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:58.819
 they can

00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.559
 be forgiven

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:03.199
 hear verse

00:25:03.199 --> 00:25:03.799
 one again

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:06.059
 the gospel

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:07.000
 about Jesus

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.639
 Christ

00:25:07.639 --> 00:25:08.659
 the son

00:25:08.659 --> 00:25:09.359
 of God

00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:11.419
 the message

00:25:11.419 --> 00:25:12.079
 of Mark's

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.500
 gospel

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:14.279
 is that

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.740
 Jesus

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:16.480
 the Christ

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:17.220
 our saviour

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:19.019
 was the

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.639
 divine

00:25:19.639 --> 00:25:20.419
 son of

00:25:20.419 --> 00:25:20.740
 God

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:23.039
 who came

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.599
 to earth

00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:24.240
 to bear

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.859
 our sin

00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:27.000
 to take

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.699
 our punishment

00:25:27.699 --> 00:25:28.319
 to take

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:28.979
 our judgment

00:25:28.979 --> 00:25:31.539
 and who

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.039
 has died

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.559
 and risen

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.699
 as our

00:25:33.699 --> 00:25:34.139
 saviour

00:25:34.139 --> 00:25:34.859
 and king

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:38.859
 this gospel

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.799
 and these

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.299
 words

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:41.199
 contained here

00:25:41.199 --> 00:25:41.819
 in this book

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:43.919
 are used

00:25:43.919 --> 00:25:44.539
 by God

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.619
 to bring

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:46.139
 people to

00:25:46.139 --> 00:25:46.639
 trust him

00:25:46.639 --> 00:25:48.119
 to bring

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:48.699
 people to

00:25:48.699 --> 00:25:49.319
 have faith

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:49.699
 in him

00:25:49.699 --> 00:25:51.619
 if you

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:52.039
 are somebody

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.419
 who is a

00:25:52.419 --> 00:25:52.779
 Christian

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.399
 who follows

00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:53.819
 Jesus

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:55.399
 then God

00:25:55.399 --> 00:25:55.839
 used

00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:56.659
 this gospel

00:25:56.659 --> 00:25:57.639
 maybe not

00:25:57.639 --> 00:25:58.059
 Mark's

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.399
 gospel

00:25:58.399 --> 00:25:59.319
 but the

00:25:59.319 --> 00:25:59.859
 message

00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:00.980
 of Jesus

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.700
 contained in

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.019
 Mark's

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.379
 gospel

00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:03.339
 to invite

00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:03.619
 you to

00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:04.139
 trust him

00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:06.579
 and so

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:06.839
 if you

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.319
 are somebody

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:07.919
 who like

00:26:07.919 --> 00:26:08.279
 Mark

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.759
 feels the

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.159
 urgency

00:26:09.159 --> 00:26:09.659
 to share

00:26:09.659 --> 00:26:10.079
 this with

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.679
 your family

00:26:10.679 --> 00:26:11.720
 with your

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.119
 friends

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:12.500
 with your

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:12.819
 neighbours

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.159
 with your

00:26:13.159 --> 00:26:13.819
 work colleague

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:15.179
 you don't

00:26:15.179 --> 00:26:15.500
 need to

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.099
 find something

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.740
 fancy

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.839
 or clever

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.700
 or more

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.279
 exciting

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:20.119
 or modern

00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:21.639
 you need

00:26:21.639 --> 00:26:22.179
 the gospel

00:26:22.179 --> 00:26:24.979
 you need

00:26:24.979 --> 00:26:25.619
 the message

00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:26.939
 of Jesus

00:26:26.939 --> 00:26:29.879
 this is

00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:30.359
 the good

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 news

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 about our

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 saviour

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 Jesus Christ

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 and good

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 news

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 needs to

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 be shared

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 good news

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 is not to

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 be kept

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 to ourselves

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 we're beginning

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 tonight a

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 series in

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 Mark that

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 will take

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 us through

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 our focus

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 time of

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 mission in

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 a few

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 weeks that

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 will take

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 us through

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 Easter

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 and I

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 want to

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 challenge

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 you

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 as you

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 look again

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 at the

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 gospel

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 by which

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 God called

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 you to

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 know him

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 who can

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 you share

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 this gospel

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 with

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 who can

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 you put

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 these words

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 into the

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 hand of

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 maybe it's

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 the person

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 that you've

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 been praying

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 for in

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 your one

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 plus one

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 plus one

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 Chris

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 challenged

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 us this

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 morning

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 that we

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 as individuals

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 could read

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 the entirety

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 of Mark's

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 gospel in

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 an hour

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 it's not

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 huge

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 you could

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 sit down

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 and knock

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 it over

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 without too

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 much trouble

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 but the

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 other thing

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 that means

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 is you

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 could quite

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 easily hand

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 a copy

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 of Mark's

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 gospel to

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 your friend

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 and say

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 just have a

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 go at

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 reading it

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 just scribble

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 questions in

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 it

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 underline things

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 that confuse

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 you or excite

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 you and then

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 let's talk

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 about it

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 because this

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 gospel is

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 what God

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 uses to call

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 people to place

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 their trust

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 in him

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 not your

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 fancy

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 presentation

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 or your

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 amazing

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 stories

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 it's the

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 good news

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 that Jesus

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 has come

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 to earth

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 and died

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 to take

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 your sin

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 and is

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 now risen

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 as king

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 personally I

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 want to ask

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 you are you

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 at risk

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 of being

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 too familiar

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 with the

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 gospel

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 do you

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 read verse

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 one of

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 Mark's

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 gospel

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 and shrug

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 your shoulders

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 and wait

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 for what's

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 next

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 or do you

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 feel the

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 weight

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 of God's

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 son coming

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 to earth

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 and dying

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 for you

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 because that's

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 what Mark

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 says in

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 verse one

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 Jesus the

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 Christ

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 Jesus your

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 savior

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 let's pray

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 father God we

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 want to thank

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 you that you

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 give us your

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 word we want

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 to thank you

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 that you use

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 Mark to record

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 the life of

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 Jesus so that

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 we could read

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 and see him in

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 his majesty and

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 fullness God we

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 want to ask that

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 you would protect

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 us from painting

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 our own picture of

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 what we think

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 Jesus should be

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 and instead you

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 would exceed our

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 vision exceed our

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 dreams and show us

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 who Jesus really

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 is show him in

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 his majesty and

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 power his power

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 over sickness and

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 demons and

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 nature and sin

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 and death and

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 as we see him

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 may we find the

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 unshakable hope that

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 can only be found

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 in him

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 father if there

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 are people in

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 this room who

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 don't yet know

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 your son Jesus

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 who don't yet know

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 the forgiveness that

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 is found in him

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 I pray that you

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 would show yourself

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 through these

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 words

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 I pray that you

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 would show them

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 that you can and

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 will forgive them

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 if they would trust

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 you and the work

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 you have done

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 father please use

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 us to share this

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 good news with

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 people who don't

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 know you yet

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 light a fire in

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 us that we would

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 need to share the

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 hope that we have

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 and use us to bring

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 joy and peace to

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 our families and

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 friends

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 amen

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 you