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 Have you been on a road trip or driven interstate heading out from Sydney?

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 One of the things I look forward to when I go on a road trip is the big things I get to visit.

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 If I'm heading up to Queensland, there is the big bananas at Coffs Harbour.

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 If I'm heading down south to Canberra or Melbourne, there's a big merino in Melbourne.

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 Hitting those landmarks means I'm around halfway to where I'm planning to go to.

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 Today, I feel like hitting one of those big things in the life of disciples.

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 We have only a few more weeks before we finish the launch of our Finish 25 Vision Series.

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 We reiterate what Steve, our senior minister, said this morning and also at the beginning of the launch of our Vision Series.

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 This is, follow 25 is like a roadmap for what we want to get to by 2025,

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 our journey into a new stage of life and mission together.

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 The journey for us, collectively, as a church, and for us as individuals,

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 to get to a point where we can identify much growth as disciples of Christ, a Christian.

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 Through our connection in this church as we follow our crucified, resurrected, and exalted Lord Jesus.

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 If you identify yourself as a Christian, a follower of Christ, you are on this journey already.

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 It's time to leave the big banana or the big merino and keep going with the journey.

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 If you are not yet a follower of Jesus, we would love you to join us

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 to find out what it means for you to be on this adventure.

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 If you have been following our preaching series, we have learned that God has given us his word,

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 which is the Bible, the Holy Spirit, and the church to assist us in our journey of living our whole-of-life discipleship,

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 living a life following Jesus.

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 We have also looked at how to follow Jesus in our holiness and finance over the last two weeks.

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 If you have missed any of these preachings, you can find them in our website,

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 st.paul's.org.au, or our St. Paul's app.

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 And you will find today's outline in our app as well.

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 I will look at the big landmark and ultimate goal of Disciples Review today and next week.

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 They are signposted by the final words of Jesus in the John's and Matthew's Gospel, respectively.

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 Starting from chapter 13 to chapter 19 of John's Gospel,

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 it recorded the final words of Jesus' life before he was crucified.

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 And then the final two chapters show us Jesus' resurrection and exaltation.

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 At the beginning of John 13, John says,

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 it was just before the Passover festival.

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 Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father.

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 Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

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 And as done in verse 33, it keeps saying,

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 Jesus says,

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 God is most commonly labeled as love,

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 and we should not be surprised that love is the hallmark of those who follow him.

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 However, are you surprised that Jesus has made love one another as a new command that we must obey today?

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 If it is love,

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 if we are under obligation or a command to do so.

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 I have four questions I want to answer today from our passage from John 13.

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 What does Jesus mean by love?

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 What is new about this command?

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 How are we to respond to this command?

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 And what difference are you going to make?

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 We need to ask the question,

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 what does Jesus mean by love in our current day and age?

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 Because we live in an age that focuses on individualistic value.

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 Love can mean many different things,

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 and if we are not careful,

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 we may be importing a definition from elsewhere

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 that is not the Christian love that Jesus is talking about.

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 As you read through John's Gospel and the whole Bible,

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 you will become clear of what Jesus means by love

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 and how he expressed his love for his own.

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 That is why we encourage everyone to spend time with God

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 as part of their daily and weekly life,

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 to aim for four or more quality devotional time a week with God.

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 One important thing for us to take notice from today's passage is

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 the very fact that love is commanded

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 means to focus us on loving action

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 rather than on feeling of love.

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 When Jesus commands his disciples to love,

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 we are not being commanded primarily to feel something,

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 but to do something,

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 to show love by loving action.

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 We see from early parts of chapter 13,

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 when Jesus saw love,

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 he does so by washing the disciples' feet.

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 His action may not mean much to you

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 if you do not see it in the eyes of those living in the first century,

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 living around Jesus.

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 They wore sandals, no shoes or socks.

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 They walked on unsealed dirt road without curbs and gutter

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 to drain away all the runoff.

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 They shared a road with animals

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 and whatever they left behind as they go.

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 Can you imagine what the disciples' feet looked like

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 after a day of walking?

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 Food washing at the time of Jesus

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 was a task generally reserved for the lowest of the manual servant.

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 Some Jews even insist that Jewish slaves

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 should not be required to wash others' feet.

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 The job was reserved for foreign workers or women or kids.

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 No Jewish man would wash the feet of another man.

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 But Jesus,

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 bent right down,

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 kneeled before his disciples,

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 washed their feet,

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 including the feet of the one that could betray him.

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 And he cleaned it,

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 dried them up with a towel wrapped around him.

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 foot washing is an act of humble,

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 self-sacrifice, sacrificial service

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 that points to the cross

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 where Jesus ultimately

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 showed his disciples how he loved them to the end.

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 In both of these examples,

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 foot washing and the cross,

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 Jesus does something.

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 He acts.

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 When he commands his followers to love one another,

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 it is a command to act,

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 to show love by loving action,

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 not focus on the feeling of love,

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 but focusing on what action

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 to demonstrate Christian love to one another.

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 Jesus said,

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 love one another is a new command

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 that he gave them from that point.

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 But what is new about this command?

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 What is highlighted

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 in what Jesus said,

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 follow the sentence,

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 it highlights the newness of this command.

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 If we go back to verse 34,

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 Jesus said,

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 a new command I give you,

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 love one another

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 as I have loved you,

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 so you must love one another.

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 The faith,

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 as I have loved you,

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 set a new standard

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 how we should love one another.

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 The measure of love for one another

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 is no longer like the song by Hathaway in 1993.

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 What is love?

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 Baby, don't hurt me.

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 Baby, don't hurt me no more.

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 The measure of love is no longer defined

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 by reframing from hurting each other.

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 It's no longer measured

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 by loving others

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 as you would love yourself.

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 The new standard of love

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 is demonstrated by Jesus

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 washing the disciples' feet

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 and laying down his life

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 for us sinners on the cross.

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 The one who is in very nature,

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 God,

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 made himself nothing

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 by taking the very nature

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 of a servant.

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 He humbled himself

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 by becoming obedient to death,

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 even death on the cross.

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 The standard of love set by Jesus

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 is extraordinary and unique.

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 How Jesus fulfilled the command to love

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 is unprecedented.

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 One scholar says,

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 No one has ever loved as he loved.

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 He gave himself to death

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 not for the righteous or the good,

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 but for the sinful,

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 for the disobedient.

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 He gave himself up to death

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 for his friends,

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 not for his friends,

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 but for those who love him,

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 but for those who denied

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 and forsook him,

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 for his enemies,

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 for those who hated him.

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 Apostle Paul,

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 in his letter to the Romans,

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 also illustrated the rarity

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 and uniqueness of Jesus' action

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 in chapter 5, verse 6 to 8.

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 You see,

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 at just the right time,

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 when we were still powerless,

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 Christ died for the ungodly.

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 Very rarely will anyone die

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 for a righteous person.

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 Though for a good person,

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 someone might possibly dare to die,

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 but God demonstrated his own love for us in this.

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 While we were still sinners,

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 Christ died for us.

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 Jesus repeated the love command

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 in chapter 15 of John's gospel

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 in verse 12 to 14.

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 Jesus said,

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 My command is this,

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 love each other as I have loved you.

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 Greater love is no one than this,

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 to lay down one's life for one's friends.

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 You are my friends

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 if you do what I command.

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 He is ready to lay down his life for his friends,

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 knowing full well that within a short time,

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 they will desert him and deny him.

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 What is new about the command

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 is a new standard

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 that Jesus has set for us

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 and for his followers.

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 The standard is so high.

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 So how are we to respond

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 and fulfill this command?

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 Bible scholar Don Carson says,

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 This new command is simple enough

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 for a toddler to memorize

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 and appreciate,

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 profound enough

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 that the most mature believers

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 are repeatedly embarrassed

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 at how poorly they comprehend it

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 and put it into practice.

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 At this moment,

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 thinking about what Jesus has done

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 to wash the disciples' feet

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 and die for us on the cross,

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 some of you may feel embarrassed.

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 Maybe you're still enjoying

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 too much fun

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 at the Big Banana

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 or the Big Marino

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 and have not got back

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 in your car

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 to keep on with the journey.

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 Maybe it's a sense of guilt,

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 worrying about what others

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 will think of you

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 if they find out

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 how immature you are

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 or how your spiritual life

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 is going.

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 You are not alone.

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 In the whole Bible,

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 the person that knows

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 what it means

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 to embarrass himself

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 in front of Jesus

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 will be Peter.

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 After hearing Jesus' command

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 to love one another

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 as he has loved them,

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 this is Peter's reply

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 in verse 36 of chapter 13.

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 Simon Peter asked him,

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 Lord, where are you going?

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 Jesus replied,

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 where I am going

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 you cannot follow now,

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 but you will follow later.

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 Peter asked,

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 Lord, why can't I follow you now?

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 I will lay down my life for you.

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 Then Jesus answered,

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 will you really lay down

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 your life for me?

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 Very truly I tell you,

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 before the rooster crows,

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 you will disown me three times.

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 Peter self-confidently

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 proclaimed that

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 he will lay down

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 his life for Jesus,

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 was met with Jesus

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 repeating his word

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 as a question,

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 will you really lay down

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 your life for me?

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 After all,

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 who is laying down

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 his life for whom?

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 Peter's response

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 highlights one of the common

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 human nature

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 and weaknesses,

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 especially when it comes

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 to love.

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 We often quit to speak

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 and make promises

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 but fail to deliver.

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 And there's another

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 deeper issue

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 illustrated by his response,

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 but translated differently

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 in modern day Christian,

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 the issue of pride

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 and independence.

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 instead of responding

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 with a determination

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 in the affirmative,

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 we often respond

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 to God's command

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 in the negative.

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 When we are asked

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 to consider

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 to be a leader

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 or disciple

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 to help others

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 to love and serve God,

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 we are very quick

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 to say no,

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 very quick

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 to come up

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 with reasons

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 why we are not suitable

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 to fulfill

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 God's command.

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 Jesus said

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 in chapter 14

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 of John

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 verse 15 to 17,

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 if you love me,

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 keep my commands

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 and I will ask

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 the Father

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 and he will give you

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 another advocate

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 to help you

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 and be with you

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 forever,

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 the spirit of truth.

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 And then in chapter 15

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 when he repeated

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 this command,

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 he says again,

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 you did not

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 choose me

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 but I chose you

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 and appointed you

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 so that you might

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 go and bear fruit,

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 fruit that will last

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 and so that

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 whatever you ask

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 in my name,

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 the Father

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 will give you.

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 We are to respond

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 to Jesus' command

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 by the empowerment

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 of God,

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 the Holy Spirit,

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 the advocate

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 that sent to us

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 at the request

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 of Jesus

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 to be our helper.

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 If you intend

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 to be fruitful

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 in living for God,

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 whatever you ask

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 in Jesus' name,

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 the Father

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 will give you.

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 What is impossible

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 with man

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 is possible

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 with God.

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 Our relationship

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 with God

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 has a direct

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 correlation

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 to how well

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 we follow

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 and fulfill

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 God's commands

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 and that is one

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 reason why

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 we have set

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 our objective

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 to identify

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 much growth

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 in our relationship

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 and knowledge

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 of God.

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 the high standard

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 set by God

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 is meant

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 to drive us

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 in a closer

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 relationship

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 with him.

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 Independent

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 from God,

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 it will be

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 impossible

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 to fulfill

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 God's command

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 to love one another

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 as Jesus

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 has loved us.

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 Away from God,

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 we can do

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 nothing.

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 But on the contrary,

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 as disciples

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 remain in Jesus,

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 keeping close

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 to him,

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 praying for help

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 and strength,

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 we experience

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 the power

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 of the

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 indwelling spirit.

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 Because of this

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 and only

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 because of this

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 we can love.

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 With the spirit's

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 help,

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 we have the power

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 to change

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 and know

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 what it means

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 to love

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 the Jesus way.

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 Jesus commands

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 his followers

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 to love one another

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 as he has loved us.

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 And love

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 is a big thing

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 in Christianity.

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 It's by our love

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 for one another

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 that everyone

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 will know

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 that we are

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 Jesus' disciples.

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 We are primarily

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 talking about

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 the interaction

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 between Christian

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 brothers and

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 sisters here.

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 John's gospel

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 reports Jesus

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 giving his love

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 command in the

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 final week

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 before his

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 crucifixion,

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 resurrection,

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 and exaltation.

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 We saw how

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 Peter

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 respond to

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 Jesus'

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 prediction

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 of his imminent

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 departure.

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 The other

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 three gospels,

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 Matthew 20,

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 Mark 10,

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 and Luke 22,

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 reported how

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 the other

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 disciples

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 responded

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 to Jesus'

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 departure

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 and what

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 Jesus said

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 to them.

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 All

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 these three

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 gospels

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 reported

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 that

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 instead

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 of loving

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 and serving

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 one another,

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 the disciples

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 argued

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 and fought

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 for the top

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 position

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 and disputed

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 about

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 who is

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 the greatest

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 among them.

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 And Jesus

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 replied to

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 the argument

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 in Mark 10,

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 verse 42,

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 you know

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 those who

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 are regarded

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 as rulers

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 of the

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 Gentiles

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 lord it

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 over them

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 and their

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 high officials

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 exercise

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 authority

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 over them,

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 not so

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 with you.

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 Instead,

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 whoever wants

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 to become

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 great among

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 you must

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 be your

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 servant

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 and whoever

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 wants to

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 be first

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 must be

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 slave of

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 all.

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 For even

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 the Son

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 of Man

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 did not

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 come to

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 be served

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 but to

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 serve

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 and to

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 give his

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 life

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 as a

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 ransom

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 for many.

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 I've been

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 talking about

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 Jesus'

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 commands to

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 love one

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 another.

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 Why do I

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 concur

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 by addressing

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 the issue

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.759
 of exercising

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 authority

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 and lording

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 over others?

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 I'm putting

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 myself on

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 notice

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 because our

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 attitude

00:20:20.560 --> 00:20:21.900
 and handling

00:20:21.900 --> 00:20:22.980
 of authority

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 are strong

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 determinants

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 of whether

00:20:26.140 --> 00:20:26.820
 love is

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 lived out

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 in Jesus'

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 way.

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 and whether

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 we will

00:20:29.800 --> 00:20:30.279
 get to

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 our

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 destination

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 of

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 intentionally

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 discipling

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 each other

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 to treasure

00:20:35.560 --> 00:20:36.279
 Jesus in

00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:36.759
 all of

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 life.

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 At

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 church,

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 at home,

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 and while

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 I had my

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 own office

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 before,

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 I would

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 become

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 aggressive

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 in my

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 language or

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 tone

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 to control

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.940
 others or

00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:53.360
 manipulate

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 them to

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 agree with

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 my points

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 or do

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 things my

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 way.

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 or project

00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:00.059
 my

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 disappointment

00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:01.359
 or even

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 sometimes

00:21:01.700 --> 00:21:02.059
 say it

00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.419
 out loud

00:21:02.419 --> 00:21:02.839
 to them.

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 My

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 sense of

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:05.940
 entitlement

00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:06.680
 and use

00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:07.419
 of authority

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 come out

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:09.059
 at the

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 worst when

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 I need

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 things to

00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:11.399
 be done.

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 I want

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 to be

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:13.940
 served

00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:15.059
 and I

00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.539
 want things

00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:15.840
 to be

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 done.

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 I

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 completely

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:19.559
 ignore the

00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:20.799
 fact that

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.539
 Jesus gave

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:22.059
 his life

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:22.660
 to ransom

00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:23.680
 me and

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 those I

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 am speaking

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 to.

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 And he

00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.059
 is in

00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:28.120
 control of

00:21:28.120 --> 00:21:28.759
 our life,

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:29.799
 not me.

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 And that's

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.220
 why I

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:33.419
 need to

00:21:33.419 --> 00:21:33.859
 bring us

00:21:33.859 --> 00:21:34.200
 back to

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:34.779
 that point.

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 As we

00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:37.240
 love

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:37.740
 others,

00:21:38.639 --> 00:21:38.980
 we need

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:39.399
 to be

00:21:39.399 --> 00:21:41.000
 careful in

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.299
 how we

00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:42.099
 exercise our

00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:42.639
 authority.

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:45.980
 Jesus has

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.519
 given his

00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:46.960
 life to

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.919
 restore all

00:21:47.919 --> 00:21:48.819
 wrong we

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.240
 have done

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:50.000
 against God

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.500
 and each

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:50.819
 other.

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 And we

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:52.500
 can be

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:52.879
 sure of

00:21:52.879 --> 00:21:53.279
 that by

00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:53.799
 looking at

00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:54.200
 Peter's

00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:54.659
 life.

00:21:55.899 --> 00:21:56.519
 At the

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:56.879
 end of

00:21:56.879 --> 00:21:57.200
 John's

00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:57.980
 Gospel,

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:59.059
 in

00:21:59.059 --> 00:21:59.360
 chapter

00:21:59.360 --> 00:22:01.140
 21,

00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:05.980
 Jesus

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.539
 gave

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:07.059
 Peter

00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.980
 three

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.759
 occasions

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.579
 to

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.000
 declare

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.279
 his

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:10.559
 love

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:10.779
 for

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.000
 him,

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:12.660
 one

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:13.059
 for

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 each

00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:13.819
 time

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 he

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 disowned

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 him.

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 Peter

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 can let

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 his

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 failure

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 determine

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 who

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 he

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 is

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 or

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 accept

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 the

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 grace

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 that

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 gave

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 him

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 and

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 make

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 a

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 change.

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 After

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 his

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 restoration,

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 in the

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 end,

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 Peter

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 responds

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 to the

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 command

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 that

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 Jesus

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 gave

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 him.

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 A

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 very

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 simple

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 two-word

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 command

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 in

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 verse

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 19

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 of

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 chapter

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 21.

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 Jesus

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 said

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 this

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 to indicate

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 the count

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 of death

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 by which

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 Peter

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 would glorify

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 God.

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 Then he

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 said to

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 him,

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 follow

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 me.

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 Jesus

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 responded to

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 this

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 two-word

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 command

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 by Jesus

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 to follow

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 him,

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 and he

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 did follow

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 Jesus

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 to his

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 death

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 in Rome

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 about

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 30 years

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 after

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 Jesus'

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 crucifixion.

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 In

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 Peter's

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 letter to

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 the

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 churches,

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 he

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 identified

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 himself

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 as a

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 weakness

00:23:20.620 --> 00:23:20.900
 of

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 Christ's

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:22.019
 sufferings,

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 drawing

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 attention

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 to his

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 life's

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.400
 biggest

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:25.920
 failing,

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 to

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 magnify

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 the

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 big

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 love

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 that

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 he

00:23:29.580 --> 00:23:30.019
 experienced

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 from

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 Jesus.

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 And

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.160
 Jesus'

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 love for

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 him

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 enabled

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 him

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:35.980
 to

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 shepherd

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 and

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 take

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 care

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 of

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 those

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 that

00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:38.960
 God

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 entrust

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 to

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 him

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.660
 after

00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:40.920
 his

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.180
 big

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:41.600
 failure.

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.360
 In

00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:46.039
 1 Peter

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.880
 chapter 5

00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:47.580
 1-7,

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 he

00:23:48.620 --> 00:23:49.120
 is speaking

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 to the

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 old

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 and the

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 young,

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 to those

00:23:52.320 --> 00:23:52.800
 leading

00:23:52.800 --> 00:23:53.960
 and those

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.720
 being led.

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 To the

00:23:59.120 --> 00:23:59.440
 elders

00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:00.220
 among you,

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 I appeal

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:02.039
 as a

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.800
 fellow elder

00:24:02.800 --> 00:24:03.759
 and a

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.420
 witness of

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:04.880
 Christ's

00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:05.220
 suffering,

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:07.100
 who also

00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:08.039
 will share

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.460
 in the

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:09.060
 glory to

00:24:09.060 --> 00:24:09.700
 be revealed.

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 Be

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.500
 shepherds

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:12.080
 of God's

00:24:12.080 --> 00:24:13.539
 fog that

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:13.980
 is under

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.640
 your care,

00:24:15.300 --> 00:24:15.940
 watching over

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:17.000
 them not

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.620
 because you

00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:18.000
 must,

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 but because

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.400
 you are

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:19.759
 willing,

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.420
 as God

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.259
 wants you

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:22.720
 to be,

00:24:23.620 --> 00:24:24.420
 not pursuing

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:25.060
 dishonest

00:24:25.060 --> 00:24:25.420
 gain,

00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:26.580
 but eager

00:24:26.580 --> 00:24:27.300
 to serve,

00:24:28.120 --> 00:24:28.440
 not

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:29.140
 lulling it

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:30.220
 over those

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.800
 entrusted

00:24:30.800 --> 00:24:31.620
 to you,

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.500
 but being

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:33.440
 examples to

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:33.880
 the fog.

00:24:35.120 --> 00:24:35.440
 And when

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:35.820
 the cheap

00:24:35.820 --> 00:24:36.240
 shepherd

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:36.880
 appears,

00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:38.200
 you will

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:38.740
 receive the

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.920
 crown of

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.980
 glory that

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.360
 will never

00:24:41.360 --> 00:24:42.160
 fade away.

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:43.680
 In the

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.240
 same way,

00:24:44.860 --> 00:24:45.279
 you who

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.880
 are younger,

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:47.279
 submit yourself

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:47.800
 to your

00:24:47.800 --> 00:24:48.160
 elders.

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.039
 All of

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.420
 you,

00:24:51.080 --> 00:24:51.400
 clothe

00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:52.340
 yourself with

00:24:52.340 --> 00:24:52.920
 humanity

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:54.820
 towards one

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.299
 and other

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:56.879
 because God

00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:57.439
 opposes

00:24:57.439 --> 00:24:57.960
 the proud

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.819
 but shows

00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.460
 favor to

00:24:59.460 --> 00:24:59.960
 the humble.

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.599
 Humble

00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:02.119
 yourself

00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:02.659
 therefore

00:25:02.659 --> 00:25:03.740
 under God's

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.500
 mighty hand

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.220
 that he

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:05.659
 might lift

00:25:05.659 --> 00:25:06.099
 you up

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.919
 in due

00:25:06.919 --> 00:25:07.419
 time.

00:25:08.179 --> 00:25:08.779
 Cast all

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.439
 your anxiety

00:25:09.439 --> 00:25:09.960
 on him

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.859
 because he

00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:11.439
 cares for

00:25:11.439 --> 00:25:11.720
 you.

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.659
 Let's

00:25:13.659 --> 00:25:14.339
 follow Jesus

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:15.179
 and love.

00:25:15.179 --> 00:25:15.279
 Amen.

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:15.379
 Amen.

00:25:15.379 --> 00:25:15.879
 Amen.

00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:16.379
 Amen.

00:25:16.379 --> 00:25:16.439
 Amen.

00:25:16.439 --> 00:25:16.879
 Amen.

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:17.379
 Amen.

00:25:17.379 --> 00:25:17.439
 Amen.

00:25:17.439 --> 00:25:17.879
 Amen.

00:25:17.879 --> 00:25:17.939
 Amen.

00:25:17.939 --> 00:25:17.980
 Amen.

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.379
 Amen.

00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:18.439
 Amen.

00:25:18.439 --> 00:25:18.480
 Amen.

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:18.500
 Amen.

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:18.519
 Amen.

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.000
 Amen.

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.039
 Amen.

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.119
 Amen.

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:19.439
 Amen.

00:25:19.439 --> 00:25:19.579
 Amen.

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.439
 Amen.

00:25:20.439 --> 00:25:20.519
 Amen.

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:20.539
 Amen.

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.039
 Amen.

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:21.119
 Amen.

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:21.139
 Amen.

00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:21.480
 Amen.

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:24.799
 Amen.