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 Well, what does it take to be a follower of Jesus?

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 What does Jesus require for those who wish to become a disciple of his?

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! That's our focus today, and it's what Jesus talks about as we find him walking along the road.

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 We're in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 14, and we'll jump right in.

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 And then verse 25, large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them, he said,

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 and we'll hear what he said in a moment, but for now, Luke sets the scene.

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 He's no longer at the house of that prominent Pharisee, as we heard last Sunday.

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 Now he's on the road again, and Luke tells us that he's not alone.

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 Of course, his disciples are usually with him,

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 but there are also large crowds traveling with Jesus.

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 And this next teaching moment of Jesus happens on the way.

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 That is the wrong verse.

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 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus,

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 and turning to them, he said,

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 if anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother,

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 wife and children, brothers and sisters,

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 yes, even their own life,

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 such a person cannot be my disciple.

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 These are shocking words, aren't they?

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 First, we can get a little more clear of what Jesus is talking about.

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 Just look at the main part of this statement.

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 I just took out part for just a moment,

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 so we can sort of see it clearly.

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 Jesus' main point here is,

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 if anyone comes to me and does not,

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 such a person cannot be my disciple.

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 And so Jesus is talking about what's required to be a disciple of his,

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 what's required to be a true follower of him.

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 And what Jesus says is required is shocking, isn't it?

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 If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother,

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 wife and children, brothers and sisters,

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 yes, even their own life,

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 such a person cannot be my disciple.

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 Is Jesus saying that we should hate our family members?

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 Is Jesus saying that we should hate our own lives?

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 Jesus was a master teacher.

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 The best teachers know how to get the attention of their audience

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 and how to get them thinking about things.

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 And one very effective way to do that is to use shocking statements.

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 Because we kind of, you know,

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 expect this to say the very opposite, don't we?

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 If anyone comes to me and does not love father and mother

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 and children and wife and brothers and sisters,

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 and yes, even their own life,

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 such a person cannot be my disciple.

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 But no, that's not what Jesus says.

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 He says that in order to be a disciple of his,

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 we must hate our family members

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 and even ourselves,

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 even our own lives.

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 Boy, Jesus knew how to stir the pot

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 and get us thinking.

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 We all know,

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 every single one of us knows

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 that Jesus does not want us

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 to harbor hatred towards our family members

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 or to act out of hatred

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 towards someone in our family.

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 How do we know that?

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 Well, Jesus makes it clear

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 in many other teaching moments

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 that we are to love one another.

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 He says the greatest commandment is to love God

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 and the second greatest is

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 to love our neighbor as ourself.

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 The whole law, he says,

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 is summed up in those two things.

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 In love.

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 And we hear from Jesus

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 that we're to love one another.

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 John 13, 35,

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 by this everyone will know

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 that you are my disciples

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 if you love one another.

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 Not only that,

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 but Jesus has clearly spoken of hatred

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 as wrong and sinful.

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 It's a wrong that others might do to us.

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 And he's clearly taught

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 that we must not hate our enemies.

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 Instead, we are to love them

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 and do good to them.

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 Hatred is listed

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 in some of those sin lists

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 in the Bible

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 where there's sort of

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 a bunch of sins

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 talked about at once.

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 And so if we've spent any time

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 listening to the word of God,

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 to Jesus,

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 and even if we haven't,

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 we all have a conscience

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 and we all know

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 that God does not want us

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 to harbor hatred

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 towards our family members

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 or to act out of hatred

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 or ill will

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 towards our family members.

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 And so,

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 why would Jesus say this?

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 And what does he mean by it?

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 Well, as I mentioned,

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 Jesus did use shocking statements

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 to get our attention

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 and to get us to think.

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 Let's just think for a moment

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 about another shocking statement

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 Jesus made.

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 Maybe you've heard this one before.

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 Matthew 5, 29.

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 If your right eye

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 causes you to stumble,

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 gouge it out

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 and throw it away.

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 It's better for you

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 to lose one part of your body

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 than for your whole body

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 to be thrown into hell.

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 And if your right hand

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 causes you to stumble,

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 cut it off

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 and throw it away.

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 It's better for you

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 to lose one part of your body

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 than for your whole body

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 to go into hell.

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 Did Jesus really want

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 his followers

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 to be cutting off

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 their own arms

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 and legs

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 and gouging out

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 their eyes?

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 But this statement

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 makes us think,

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 doesn't it?

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 It makes us think,

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 why am I sinning?

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 What's causing me to sin?

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 Is it my hand?

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 Is it my eyes?

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 Well, Jesus will answer

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 that question later.

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 He says,

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 our sinning comes

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 from deep down inside of us.

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 Out of our hearts

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 come the evil things

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 that we do.

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 And so the answer is no.

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 Cutting off our arms

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 and our legs

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 doesn't really solve

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 the problem.

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 But if it could,

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 it would be worth it.

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 What Jesus really meant

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 was that we should take

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 our own sinning

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 very, very seriously.

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 We should take

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 drastic measures.

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 We should do

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 whatever it takes

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 to eliminate

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 and eradicate sin

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 from our lives

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 because sin

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 will land us

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 in hell.

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 It provokes

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 the punishment

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 of God.

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 It's a very serious

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 thing.

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 Jesus used

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 shocking language

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 and statements

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 to get us

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 to think deeply

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 about things.

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 And I think

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 that's what he's doing

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 here again

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 in Luke chapter 14.

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 And so what does he mean

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 when he says

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 to be his disciple

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 we must hate

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 our family members

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 and even our own lives?

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 Well, let's think

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 about what Jesus said

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 a little earlier

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 in this gospel

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 back in chapter 12.

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 Verse 51,

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 he said,

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 do you think

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 I came to bring

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 peace on earth?

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 No, I tell you,

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 but division.

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 From now on

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 there will be

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 five in one family

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 divided against each other.

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 Three against two

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 and two against three.

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 They will be divided.

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 Father against son.

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 Mother against daughter.

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 Jesus has already

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 talked about

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 how his coming

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 causes division.

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 And we looked at that

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 a few weeks ago.

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 And it's not that

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 Jesus wants there

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 to be discord

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 in a family.

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 He understands though

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 that this will

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 in many cases

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 be the result.

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 Some will accept him

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 in the family

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 while others will not.

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 and families

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 will be divided

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 because of this.

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 Fathers and sons

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 will find themselves

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 at odds with each other

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 over Jesus.

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 And sometimes

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 mothers and daughters

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 will be in conflict

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 with each other

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 over Jesus.

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 And inevitably,

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 sometimes people

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 will have to make

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 a difficult choice

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 between following

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 Jesus

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 and family.

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 And I think

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 that's what Jesus

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 is talking about here

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 in Luke 14.

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 To be

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 a disciple of mine,

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 to follow me,

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 you must hate

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 your family.

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 You must think

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 way lower

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 of your family

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 than of me.

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 you must

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 love them

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 so much less

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 than me.

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 Listen to how

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 Jesus says it

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 on another occasion.

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 We hear this

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 from Matthew's gospel.

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 Matthew 10, 37.

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 Anyone who loves

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 their father

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 or mother

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 more than me

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 is not worthy

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 of me.

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 Anyone who loves

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 their son

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 or daughter

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 more than me

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 is not worthy

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 of me.

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 So we are

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 to love Jesus

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 so much more

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 than even

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 the most precious

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 people in our lives

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 is what Jesus

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 is saying.

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 Only if we

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 love him

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 more

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 are we

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 worthy of him.

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 Can we be

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 a true disciple

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 of Jesus?

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 Because sometimes

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 we have to choose.

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 between them.

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 Another way

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 to understand

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 the word hate

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 in this

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 teaching of Jesus

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 is like this.

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 How many of you

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 have ever had a moment

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 where you wanted

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 something

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 and

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 somebody else

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 wanted something

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 different

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 and you kind of

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 had a conflict

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 over this

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 and you were

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 dead set

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 against each other

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 and you won't

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 budge because

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 what you want

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 that's what you

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 think is best.

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 And they won't

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 budge because

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 what they want

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 they think

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 that's what's

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 best.

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 And when you

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 won't give in

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 to them

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 what sometimes

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 they say

00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:34.940
 in that moment?

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 You hate me.

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 Samson's first

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 wife even said

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 this to him

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 thousands of

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 years ago

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 because he

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 wouldn't tell

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 her the answer

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 to a riddle.

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 You hate me.

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 You don't

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 really love me.

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 maybe you've

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 heard this

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 from someone

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 in your life

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 maybe a kid

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 in your home

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 you've decided

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 firmly that

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 they can't do

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 something that

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 they want to

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 do because

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 you know

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 as a parent

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 that it's

00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:06.620
 best for them

00:12:06.620 --> 00:12:06.919
 and they

00:12:06.919 --> 00:12:07.299
 want to do

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 it so badly

00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:09.899
 and they say

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 you hate me.

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 when someone

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 doesn't affirm

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 you and

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 bless you

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 in a desire

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 that you

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 have

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 it can sure

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 feel

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 like that

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 can't it?

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 You hate

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 me.

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 All I want

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 right now

00:12:31.939 --> 00:12:33.319
 is this thing

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 and I know

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 it's good

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 for me

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 and so if

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 you won't

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 agree with

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 that and

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 help me

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 with that

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 and go

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 along with

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 it then

00:12:38.860 --> 00:12:39.960
 you hate

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 me.

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 Sometimes

00:12:44.059 --> 00:12:44.600
 in order

00:12:44.600 --> 00:12:45.079
 to follow

00:12:45.079 --> 00:12:45.500
 Jesus

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 we must

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 do

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 contrary

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 to what

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 our loved

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 ones

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 think

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 is best

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 for us.

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 They may

00:12:55.419 --> 00:12:56.179
 even accuse

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 us of

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 hating

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 them.

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 They may

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 feel like

00:13:01.100 --> 00:13:01.980
 we hate

00:13:01.980 --> 00:13:02.360
 them

00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:04.919
 because our

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 loyalty

00:13:05.379 --> 00:13:06.379
 seems stronger

00:13:06.379 --> 00:13:07.100
 to Jesus

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 than it does

00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:08.519
 to our own

00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:08.980
 flesh and

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 blood.

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 And I

00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:12.019
 think that's

00:13:12.019 --> 00:13:12.379
 what Jesus

00:13:12.379 --> 00:13:12.899
 is saying

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 here.

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 To follow

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 me,

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 to be

00:13:15.220 --> 00:13:15.500
 my

00:13:15.500 --> 00:13:15.919
 disciple,

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 you must

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 be ready,

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 you must

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 be willing

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 to go

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 against

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 father

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 or mother

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 or wife

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 or children

00:13:25.079 --> 00:13:25.620
 or brother

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 and sister.

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 These are

00:13:29.439 --> 00:13:29.819
 the most

00:13:29.819 --> 00:13:30.319
 precious

00:13:30.319 --> 00:13:30.819
 family

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 relationships

00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:32.000
 that we

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 have and

00:13:32.500 --> 00:13:33.000
 Jesus is

00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:33.460
 saying to

00:13:33.460 --> 00:13:33.980
 follow me

00:13:33.980 --> 00:13:34.379
 you must

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 love me

00:13:35.139 --> 00:13:36.220
 more than

00:13:36.220 --> 00:13:36.519
 them.

00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:38.740
 your

00:13:38.740 --> 00:13:39.319
 loyalty,

00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:39.699
 your

00:13:39.699 --> 00:13:40.279
 commitment

00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:40.980
 to me

00:13:40.980 --> 00:13:41.659
 must be

00:13:41.659 --> 00:13:42.159
 greater

00:13:42.159 --> 00:13:42.879
 than it

00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:43.299
 is to

00:13:43.299 --> 00:13:43.559
 them.

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 This is

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 radical,

00:13:48.059 --> 00:13:48.399
 isn't it?

00:13:51.340 --> 00:13:52.120
 I mean

00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:52.819
 Jesus is

00:13:52.819 --> 00:13:53.960
 calling for

00:13:53.960 --> 00:13:54.519
 our

00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:56.139
 allegiance

00:13:56.139 --> 00:13:57.919
 with these

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 words.

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 Not just

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 our belief

00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:01.039
 or our

00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:01.399
 trust,

00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:02.659
 he's requiring

00:14:02.659 --> 00:14:03.679
 our highest

00:14:03.679 --> 00:14:04.240
 allegiance.

00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:07.740
 and if

00:14:07.740 --> 00:14:08.200
 we won't

00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:08.659
 give that

00:14:08.659 --> 00:14:09.019
 to him

00:14:09.019 --> 00:14:09.379
 then he

00:14:09.379 --> 00:14:09.740
 says,

00:14:09.980 --> 00:14:11.019
 such a

00:14:11.019 --> 00:14:11.399
 person

00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:11.919
 cannot

00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:12.519
 be my

00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:12.980
 disciple.

00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:18.560
 And

00:14:18.560 --> 00:14:19.039
 Jesus is

00:14:19.039 --> 00:14:19.440
 just getting

00:14:19.440 --> 00:14:19.899
 started.

00:14:21.379 --> 00:14:21.980
 Then he

00:14:21.980 --> 00:14:22.320
 takes it

00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:22.580
 to the

00:14:22.580 --> 00:14:23.180
 next level.

00:14:23.659 --> 00:14:24.060
 He says

00:14:24.060 --> 00:14:24.419
 it's not

00:14:24.419 --> 00:14:24.840
 just our

00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:25.159
 family

00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:25.799
 relationships

00:14:25.799 --> 00:14:26.259
 that we

00:14:26.259 --> 00:14:26.960
 have to

00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:27.700
 sacrifice

00:14:27.700 --> 00:14:28.200
 on the

00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:28.460
 altar

00:14:28.460 --> 00:14:28.820
 in order

00:14:28.820 --> 00:14:29.259
 to follow

00:14:29.259 --> 00:14:29.639
 Jesus,

00:14:29.779 --> 00:14:30.039
 but our

00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:30.279
 very

00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:30.840
 selves,

00:14:31.299 --> 00:14:32.779
 our

00:14:32.779 --> 00:14:33.080
 own

00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:33.620
 lives,

00:14:33.620 --> 00:14:34.179
 we

00:14:34.179 --> 00:14:34.399
 must

00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:34.600
 give

00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:34.759
 to

00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:35.060
 him

00:14:35.060 --> 00:14:36.200
 as

00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:36.480
 well.

00:14:38.379 --> 00:14:38.899
 If

00:14:38.899 --> 00:14:39.120
 anyone

00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:39.480
 comes

00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:39.639
 to

00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:39.799
 me

00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:39.919
 and

00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:40.080
 does

00:14:40.080 --> 00:14:40.340
 not

00:14:40.340 --> 00:14:40.700
 hate,

00:14:41.299 --> 00:14:41.620
 yes,

00:14:41.860 --> 00:14:42.159
 even

00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:42.379
 their

00:14:42.379 --> 00:14:42.679
 own

00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:43.139
 life,

00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:44.700
 such

00:14:44.700 --> 00:14:44.840
 a

00:14:44.840 --> 00:14:45.100
 person

00:14:45.100 --> 00:14:45.399
 cannot

00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:45.620
 be

00:14:45.620 --> 00:14:45.860
 my

00:14:45.860 --> 00:14:46.299
 disciple.

00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:49.139
 Jesus

00:14:49.139 --> 00:14:49.480
 speaks

00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:49.740
 about

00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:50.039
 this

00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:50.539
 many

00:14:50.539 --> 00:14:51.000
 times.

00:14:51.560 --> 00:14:51.899
 We'll

00:14:51.899 --> 00:14:52.100
 just

00:14:52.100 --> 00:14:52.460
 listen

00:14:52.460 --> 00:14:52.779
 to a

00:14:52.779 --> 00:14:52.919
 few

00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:53.019
 of

00:14:53.019 --> 00:14:53.139
 the

00:14:53.139 --> 00:14:53.399
 other

00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:53.720
 ways

00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:53.879
 he

00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:54.179
 says

00:14:54.179 --> 00:14:54.340
 it

00:14:54.340 --> 00:14:54.460
 and

00:14:54.460 --> 00:14:54.580
 I

00:14:54.580 --> 00:14:54.759
 think

00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:55.159
 it

00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:56.919
 comes

00:14:56.919 --> 00:14:57.340
 clear

00:14:57.340 --> 00:14:57.539
 what

00:14:57.539 --> 00:14:57.680
 he

00:14:57.680 --> 00:14:58.060
 means.

00:14:58.840 --> 00:14:59.060
 Look

00:14:59.060 --> 00:14:59.299
 at what

00:14:59.299 --> 00:14:59.419
 he

00:14:59.419 --> 00:14:59.759
 said

00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:00.120
 in

00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:00.320
 the

00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:00.680
 Gospel

00:15:00.680 --> 00:15:00.899
 of

00:15:00.899 --> 00:15:01.180
 John

00:15:01.180 --> 00:15:01.519
 chapter

00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:01.980
 12

00:15:01.980 --> 00:15:02.240
 verse

00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:02.919
 25.

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 Anyone

00:15:03.860 --> 00:15:04.179
 who

00:15:04.179 --> 00:15:04.659
 loves

00:15:04.659 --> 00:15:04.899
 their

00:15:04.899 --> 00:15:05.199
 life

00:15:05.199 --> 00:15:05.399
 will

00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:05.639
 lose

00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:05.860
 it,

00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:07.019
 while

00:15:07.019 --> 00:15:07.259
 anyone

00:15:07.259 --> 00:15:07.539
 who

00:15:07.539 --> 00:15:08.000
 hates

00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:08.279
 their

00:15:08.279 --> 00:15:08.599
 life

00:15:08.599 --> 00:15:08.759
 in

00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:09.079
 this

00:15:09.079 --> 00:15:09.559
 world

00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:10.779
 will

00:15:10.779 --> 00:15:11.079
 keep

00:15:11.079 --> 00:15:11.319
 it

00:15:11.319 --> 00:15:12.059
 for

00:15:12.059 --> 00:15:12.439
 eternal

00:15:12.439 --> 00:15:12.899
 life.

00:15:15.459 --> 00:15:15.899
 Or

00:15:15.899 --> 00:15:16.740
 what we

00:15:16.740 --> 00:15:16.939
 heard

00:15:16.939 --> 00:15:17.259
 earlier

00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:17.419
 in

00:15:17.419 --> 00:15:17.579
 Luke

00:15:17.579 --> 00:15:17.979
 9

00:15:17.979 --> 00:15:19.519
 verse

00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:20.039
 24,

00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:20.339
 for

00:15:20.339 --> 00:15:20.579
 whoever

00:15:20.579 --> 00:15:20.939
 wants

00:15:20.939 --> 00:15:21.139
 to

00:15:21.139 --> 00:15:21.439
 save

00:15:21.439 --> 00:15:21.639
 their

00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:21.919
 life

00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:22.099
 will

00:15:22.099 --> 00:15:22.360
 lose

00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:22.579
 it.

00:15:23.579 --> 00:15:24.139
 But

00:15:24.139 --> 00:15:24.379
 whoever

00:15:24.379 --> 00:15:24.919
 loses

00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:25.199
 their

00:15:25.199 --> 00:15:25.480
 life

00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:25.659
 for

00:15:25.659 --> 00:15:25.939
 me

00:15:25.939 --> 00:15:26.759
 will

00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:27.079
 save

00:15:27.079 --> 00:15:27.279
 it.

00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:29.779
 In

00:15:29.779 --> 00:15:29.980
 other

00:15:29.980 --> 00:15:30.159
 words,

00:15:30.219 --> 00:15:30.459
 there are

00:15:30.459 --> 00:15:30.699
 things

00:15:30.699 --> 00:15:31.059
 in life

00:15:31.059 --> 00:15:31.399
 that we

00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:31.699
 must

00:15:31.699 --> 00:15:31.959
 give

00:15:31.959 --> 00:15:32.199
 up

00:15:32.199 --> 00:15:32.480
 and

00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:32.879
 lose

00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:33.079
 in

00:15:33.079 --> 00:15:33.399
 order

00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:33.679
 to

00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:33.980
 follow

00:15:33.980 --> 00:15:34.419
 Jesus.

00:15:35.339 --> 00:15:35.500
 And

00:15:35.500 --> 00:15:36.039
 it's

00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:36.319
 of

00:15:36.319 --> 00:15:36.480
 course

00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:36.799
 not

00:15:36.799 --> 00:15:37.019
 that

00:15:37.019 --> 00:15:37.179
 we

00:15:37.179 --> 00:15:37.659
 actually

00:15:37.659 --> 00:15:38.059
 hate

00:15:38.059 --> 00:15:38.620
 ourselves

00:15:38.620 --> 00:15:39.659
 but

00:15:39.659 --> 00:15:39.819
 that

00:15:39.819 --> 00:15:40.000
 we

00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:40.480
 choose

00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:41.539
 to

00:15:41.539 --> 00:15:42.000
 deny

00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:42.740
 ourselves

00:15:42.740 --> 00:15:43.759
 things

00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:44.099
 in

00:15:44.099 --> 00:15:44.319
 this

00:15:44.319 --> 00:15:44.679
 world

00:15:44.679 --> 00:15:45.939
 and

00:15:45.939 --> 00:15:46.099
 in

00:15:46.099 --> 00:15:46.299
 this

00:15:46.299 --> 00:15:46.679
 life

00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:47.639
 for

00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:47.839
 the

00:15:47.839 --> 00:15:48.039
 sake

00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:48.219
 of

00:15:48.219 --> 00:15:48.620
 Christ.

00:15:48.620 --> 00:15:51.340
 And

00:15:51.340 --> 00:15:51.460
 it

00:15:51.460 --> 00:15:51.659
 may

00:15:51.659 --> 00:15:51.879
 to

00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:52.220
 others

00:15:52.220 --> 00:15:52.440
 at

00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:52.759
 times

00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:53.060
 look

00:15:53.060 --> 00:15:53.539
 like

00:15:53.539 --> 00:15:53.919
 yeah

00:15:53.919 --> 00:15:54.159
 that

00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:54.419
 guy

00:15:54.419 --> 00:15:54.960
 what

00:15:54.960 --> 00:15:55.100
 is

00:15:55.100 --> 00:15:55.200
 he

00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:55.440
 doing

00:15:55.440 --> 00:15:55.639
 with

00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:55.799
 his

00:15:55.799 --> 00:15:56.120
 life

00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:57.120
 he's

00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:57.379
 missing

00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:57.639
 out

00:15:57.639 --> 00:15:57.799
 on

00:15:57.799 --> 00:15:58.279
 everything

00:15:58.279 --> 00:16:00.080
 maybe

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 we

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 choose

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 to

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 forego

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 illicit

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 pleasures

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 or

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 refuse

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 to

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 participate

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 in

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 certain

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 activities

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 you know

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 and the

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 message

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 of our

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 world

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 is

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 well

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 you

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 gotta

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 love

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 yourself

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 you

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 gotta

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 live

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 for

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 yourself

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 but

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 Jesus

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 is

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 saying

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 the

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 opposite

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 here

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 he

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 says

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 to

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 follow

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 me

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 you

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 have

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 to

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 live

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 for

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 me

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 you

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 gotta

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 love

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 me

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 far

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 above

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 yourself

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 verse

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 27

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 Jesus

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 goes

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 on

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 he

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 says

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 whoever

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 does

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 not

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 carry

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 their

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 cross

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 and

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 follow

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 me

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 cannot

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 be

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 my

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 disciple

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 we

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 heard

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 Jesus

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 say

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 almost

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 the

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 same

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 thing

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 back

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 in

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 chapter

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 9

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 whoever

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 wants

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 to

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 be

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 my

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 disciple

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 must

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 deny

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 themselves

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 and

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 take

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 up

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 their

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 cross

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 daily

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 and

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 follow

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 me

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 carrying

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 the

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 cross

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 was

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 a

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 familiar

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 picture

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 to

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 the

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 people

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 in

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 Jesus

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 day

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 that's

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 what

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 the

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 Romans

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 made

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 criminals

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 do

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 criminals

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 who

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 had

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 been

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 sentenced

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 to

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 death

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 for

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 serious

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 crimes

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 they

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 forced

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 them

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 to

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 carry

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 a

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 wooden

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 cross

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 to

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 the

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 place

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 where

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 they

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 would

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 be

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 executed

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 and

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 what's

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 maybe

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 surprising

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 about

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 this

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 is

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 that

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 Jesus

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 is

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 using

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 this

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 as

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 the

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 illustration

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 the

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 metaphor

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 and

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 it

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 hasn't

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 happened

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 to

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 him

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 yet

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 that's

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 still

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 later

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 in

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 the

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 story

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 and

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 so

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 even

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 before

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 it

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 happens

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 Jesus

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 he's

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 saying

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 I

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 know

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 how

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 it's

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 going

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 to

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 go

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 for

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 me

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 and

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 he

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 uses

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 this

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 language

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 to

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 describe

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 what's

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 required

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 for

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 those

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 who

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 wish

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 to

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 follow

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 him

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 and

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 be

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 his

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 disciples

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 to

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 be

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 my

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 disciple

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 you

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 must

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 be

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 willing

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 to

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 do

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 what

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 you

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 will

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 see

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 me

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 do

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 later

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 on

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 you

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 must

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 be

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 willing

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 to

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 follow

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 me

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 to

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 your

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 own

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 death

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 to

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 hate

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 your

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 own

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 life

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 so

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 much

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 that

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 you

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 would

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 give

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 it

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 up

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 for

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 me

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 and

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 so

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 what

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 kind

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 of

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 followers

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 is

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 Jesus

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 looking

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 for

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 what

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 are

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 the

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 requirements

00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:08.019
 to be

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 a

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 disciple

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 of

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 him

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 well

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 Jesus

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 paints

00:18:11.660 --> 00:18:11.799
 a

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 very

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 serious

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 picture

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 here

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 he's

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 looking

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 for a

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 love

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 and a

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 loyalty

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 to him

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 that is

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 greater

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 than the

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 love

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 and loyalty

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 we have

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 to our

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 own

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 families

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 he's

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 looking

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 for a

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 willingness

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 to lay

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 down

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 our

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 own

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 lives

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 and what

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 we want

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 for him

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 and to

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 follow him

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 even if it

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 means that

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 we're

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 rejected

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 and killed

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 for it

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 and then

00:18:43.820 --> 00:18:44.420
 Jesus gives

00:18:44.420 --> 00:18:44.900
 us two

00:18:44.900 --> 00:18:45.539
 illustrations

00:18:45.539 --> 00:18:47.279
 to reinforce

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 this truth

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 verse 28

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 he says

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 suppose one

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 of you wants

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 to build a

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 tower

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 won't you

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 first sit

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 down and

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 estimate the

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 cost

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 to see if

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 you have

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 enough money

00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:03.280
 to complete

00:19:03.280 --> 00:19:03.560
 it

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 for if you

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 lay the

00:19:06.420 --> 00:19:07.220
 foundation and

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 are not able

00:19:07.780 --> 00:19:08.259
 to finish

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 it

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 everyone who

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 sees it

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 will ridicule

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 you saying

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 this person

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 began to

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 build and

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 wasn't able

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 to finish

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 or suppose a

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 king is about

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 to go to war

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 against another

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 king

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 won't he

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 first sit

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 down and

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 consider

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 whether he's

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 able with

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 10,000 men

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 to oppose

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 the one

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 coming against

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 him with

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 20,000

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 if he's not

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 able he will

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 send a delegation

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 while the other

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 is still a long

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 way off and

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 will ask for

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 terms of

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 peace

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 in the same

00:19:42.080 --> 00:19:42.940
 way those of

00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:43.480
 you who do

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 not give up

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 everything you

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 have

00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:47.079
 cannot be

00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:48.519
 my disciples

00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:53.160
 so Jesus

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 gives us

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 these two

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 illustrations

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 and they

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 sort of share

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 a main point

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 and the main

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 point is simply

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 this

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 consider very

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 carefully

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 the cost

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 of following

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 me

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 before you

00:20:06.360 --> 00:20:06.720
 go any

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 further

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 because the

00:20:07.600 --> 00:20:08.059
 cost

00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:09.059
 is high

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 it would be

00:20:12.360 --> 00:20:12.960
 foolish to

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 start building

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 a building

00:20:14.119 --> 00:20:15.379
 before you

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 know

00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:17.359
 whether you

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 have enough

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 money to

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 finish it

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 somewhere here

00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:22.019
 in Davidson

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 I can't

00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:23.319
 remember the

00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:24.079
 exact street

00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:25.779
 maybe you've

00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:26.079
 seen it

00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:26.500
 there's an

00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:26.939
 unfinished

00:20:26.939 --> 00:20:27.459
 house

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 and

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 it's

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 it's a

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 concrete

00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:32.699
 foundation

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 or basement

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 and some

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 walls

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 and there's

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 plywood over

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 top of the

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 doors and

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 windows where

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 they should

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 be

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 there's no

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 roof

00:20:40.699 --> 00:20:41.599
 there's trees

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 and all

00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:43.000
 kinds of

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.579
 weeds just

00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:43.939
 growing

00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.320
 out of

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 control

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.559
 in this

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 property

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 to be

00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:48.580
 honest I

00:20:48.580 --> 00:20:48.900
 don't even

00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:49.240
 know the

00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:49.900
 story behind

00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.320
 it but

00:20:50.320 --> 00:20:51.539
 it sure

00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:52.539
 stands out

00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:54.340
 like a

00:20:54.340 --> 00:20:54.860
 sore thumb

00:20:54.860 --> 00:20:57.580
 a building

00:20:57.580 --> 00:20:57.960
 that was

00:20:57.960 --> 00:20:58.460
 started

00:20:58.460 --> 00:21:00.160
 somebody went

00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:00.700
 to all the

00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:01.120
 work of

00:21:01.120 --> 00:21:02.180
 excavating it

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:03.380
 the basement

00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:04.940
 digging the

00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:05.559
 hole doing

00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:06.340
 that foundation

00:21:06.340 --> 00:21:07.400
 work I'm

00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:07.740
 not even

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:08.240
 really sure

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:08.580
 what kind

00:21:08.580 --> 00:21:08.980
 of walls

00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:09.519
 those are

00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:10.200
 but all

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:10.820
 that was

00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:12.240
 put in

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.960
 for time

00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:13.659
 and effort

00:21:13.659 --> 00:21:14.279
 and money

00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:16.659
 was a

00:21:16.659 --> 00:21:17.039
 waste

00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:19.419
 because it's

00:21:19.419 --> 00:21:19.819
 now just

00:21:19.819 --> 00:21:20.519
 sitting there

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:22.639
 ugly and

00:21:22.639 --> 00:21:23.039
 useless

00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:23.939
 it's good

00:21:23.939 --> 00:21:24.460
 for nothing

00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:26.079
 what happened

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:28.399
 who did

00:21:28.399 --> 00:21:28.799
 that

00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:31.279
 didn't they

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:31.839
 first sit

00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:32.379
 down and

00:21:32.379 --> 00:21:32.839
 count the

00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:33.339
 cost

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 I don't

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.179
 know maybe

00:21:38.179 --> 00:21:38.919
 somebody's

00:21:38.919 --> 00:21:39.119
 going to

00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:39.679
 enlighten me

00:21:39.679 --> 00:21:40.179
 and tell me

00:21:40.179 --> 00:21:40.539
 they know

00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:41.019
 the story

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:41.679
 I'd love

00:21:41.679 --> 00:21:42.119
 to know

00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:46.839
 Jesus'

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.199
 second

00:21:47.199 --> 00:21:47.599
 illustration

00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:48.199
 is about

00:21:48.199 --> 00:21:48.819
 kings going

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.299
 to battle

00:21:49.299 --> 00:21:50.399
 well we

00:21:50.399 --> 00:21:50.819
 don't see

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:51.619
 many kings

00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:52.039
 going to

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.439
 battle with

00:21:52.439 --> 00:21:52.939
 their soldiers

00:21:52.939 --> 00:21:53.399
 in our

00:21:53.399 --> 00:21:54.599
 days but

00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:54.980
 we might

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.480
 find some

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.000
 similarities

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:57.000
 to this

00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:57.359
 sort of

00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:57.679
 war

00:21:57.679 --> 00:21:58.299
 illustration

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:58.779
 in our

00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.159
 modern

00:21:59.159 --> 00:21:59.779
 times

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.700
 as we

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:01.039
 look at

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.500
 the current

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:02.180
 conflicts

00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:02.960
 happening in

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:03.399
 the world

00:22:03.399 --> 00:22:05.799
 who started

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.159
 them

00:22:06.159 --> 00:22:08.399
 and did

00:22:08.399 --> 00:22:08.899
 they really

00:22:08.899 --> 00:22:09.440
 sit down

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:09.799
 and count

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.359
 the cost

00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:12.539
 I heard

00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:12.980
 in a news

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.519
 piece this

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.000
 week that

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.399
 the US

00:22:14.399 --> 00:22:15.000
 is finally

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.599
 pulling out

00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:16.859
 of Iraq

00:22:16.859 --> 00:22:18.339
 not Iran

00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:19.339
 but Iraq

00:22:19.339 --> 00:22:21.680
 and it

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.059
 makes me

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:22.559
 wonder did

00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:22.919
 they have

00:22:22.919 --> 00:22:23.559
 any idea

00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:23.919
 when they

00:22:23.919 --> 00:22:24.599
 first went

00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.680
 in 2003

00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:26.599
 to go

00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:27.279
 after Saddam

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:27.759
 Hussein

00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.079
 that they

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.500
 would still

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.160
 be there

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:30.819
 23 years

00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:31.220
 later

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:34.039
 I'm not

00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:34.200
 going to

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:34.480
 get all

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:34.819
 political

00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:35.220
 and we're

00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:35.500
 not going

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:35.759
 to go

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.140
 into all

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:36.420
 that

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:36.779
 but the

00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:37.160
 point is

00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:37.420
 this

00:22:37.420 --> 00:22:38.379
 it's

00:22:38.379 --> 00:22:38.700
 foolish

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.299
 to commit

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:39.960
 to a

00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:40.299
 course

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:41.099
 of action

00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:41.660
 that has

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.180
 serious

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:42.980
 consequences

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.359
 without

00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:44.319
 first giving

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:45.079
 it sober

00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:46.920
 reflection

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:48.119
 and consideration

00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:50.059
 that's

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:50.619
 Jesus point

00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:50.960
 here

00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:53.519
 this is

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:53.980
 almost the

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.660
 opposite of

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.619
 what we

00:22:55.619 --> 00:22:56.460
 hear sometimes

00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:57.519
 from preachers

00:22:57.519 --> 00:23:00.019
 come

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.879
 follow Jesus

00:23:00.879 --> 00:23:01.799
 it's easy

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:03.339
 it's better

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:05.200
 and there is

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:05.980
 some real

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:06.700
 truth to that

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.339
 there are

00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:07.839
 some things

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.160
 that get

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:08.519
 easier

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:08.839
 and there

00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:09.119
 are some

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:09.519
 things that

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:10.019
 get better

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:11.420
 but Jesus

00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:12.339
 himself also

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:12.920
 said it

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:13.319
 will be

00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:13.779
 hard

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.619
 and being

00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:15.240
 a disciple

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:16.359
 comes at

00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:16.680
 a great

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:17.160
 cost

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:19.579
 and what

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:20.119
 is that

00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:20.639
 cost

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:23.759
 well Jesus

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.340
 states it

00:23:24.340 --> 00:23:25.060
 as plain

00:23:25.060 --> 00:23:25.400
 as can

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:25.700
 be

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:27.300
 verse 33

00:23:27.300 --> 00:23:28.580
 in the

00:23:28.580 --> 00:23:29.020
 same way

00:23:29.020 --> 00:23:29.420
 those of

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:29.680
 you who

00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.100
 do not

00:23:30.100 --> 00:23:30.500
 give up

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:31.200
 everything

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.940
 you have

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:34.140
 cannot be

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:34.840
 my

00:23:34.840 --> 00:23:35.380
 disciples

00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:39.740
 that's what

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.140
 it means

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:40.759
 to hate

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.420
 your own

00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:41.800
 life

00:23:41.800 --> 00:23:43.300
 or to

00:23:43.300 --> 00:23:43.840
 lose your

00:23:43.840 --> 00:23:44.340
 life for

00:23:44.340 --> 00:23:44.660
 Jesus

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:45.100
 it means

00:23:45.100 --> 00:23:45.460
 to give

00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:45.620
 up

00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:46.240
 everything

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.940
 you have

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:48.299
 in order

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:48.740
 to follow

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.059
 him

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:51.920
 now we

00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:52.339
 need to be

00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:52.839
 clear here

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.400
 Jesus is

00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:53.880
 not saying

00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:54.200
 that we

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.559
 have to

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.000
 do this

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.839
 before we

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.400
 become a

00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:56.980
 follower of

00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:57.259
 his

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:58.859
 this isn't

00:23:58.859 --> 00:23:59.400
 a price

00:23:59.400 --> 00:23:59.759
 that we

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.200
 pay

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:01.880
 to sort

00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:02.539
 of buy

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:03.460
 salvation

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:04.579
 as if

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.039
 it could

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.559
 be bought

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:07.720
 salvation

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.319
 can't be

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:08.700
 bought

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:10.380
 it's free

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:11.620
 it's a

00:24:11.620 --> 00:24:11.960
 gift

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:13.460
 the kingdom

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:13.920
 of God

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.620
 is free

00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:17.199
 it's a

00:24:17.199 --> 00:24:17.519
 gift

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.859
 we enter

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.559
 by faith

00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:20.219
 and by

00:24:20.219 --> 00:24:20.799
 faith alone

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.299
 and not

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:22.079
 by works

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:22.459
 that we

00:24:22.459 --> 00:24:22.739
 do

00:24:22.739 --> 00:24:24.739
 all we

00:24:24.739 --> 00:24:25.019
 need to

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:25.279
 do

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:25.939
 to be

00:24:25.939 --> 00:24:26.299
 saved

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:26.659
 is to

00:24:26.659 --> 00:24:27.079
 repent

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:28.239
 and believe

00:24:28.239 --> 00:24:30.819
 but

00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:31.779
 true faith

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:32.319
 in Jesus

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:34.159
 must also

00:24:34.159 --> 00:24:34.859
 own him

00:24:34.859 --> 00:24:36.299
 not just

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:36.779
 as savior

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.379
 but also

00:24:37.379 --> 00:24:37.979
 as lord

00:24:37.979 --> 00:24:41.139
 in Jesus

00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:41.679
 we do not

00:24:41.679 --> 00:24:42.139
 just get a

00:24:42.139 --> 00:24:42.639
 sacrifice

00:24:42.639 --> 00:24:43.459
 offered for

00:24:43.459 --> 00:24:44.079
 our sins

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:44.779
 but also

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.379
 along with

00:24:45.379 --> 00:24:45.899
 that a

00:24:45.899 --> 00:24:46.299
 king

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:47.519
 who requires

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:47.759
 our

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.240
 allegiance

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:53.079
 when we

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.559
 first put

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.000
 our trust

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.439
 in Jesus

00:24:54.439 --> 00:24:55.579
 and repent

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:56.579
 and believe

00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:57.559
 we confess

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.039
 what we

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.500
 know of

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:58.899
 our sins

00:24:58.899 --> 00:24:59.379
 to him

00:24:59.379 --> 00:25:00.819
 but from

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.240
 then on

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.759
 we learn

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.139
 more and

00:25:02.139 --> 00:25:02.519
 more of

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:02.779
 what it

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.159
 is to

00:25:03.159 --> 00:25:03.759
 follow him

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.720
 and what

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.379
 else in

00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:05.960
 our lives

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.859
 we must

00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:07.639
 surrender to

00:25:07.639 --> 00:25:08.059
 him as

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:08.639
 part of

00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.159
 following

00:25:09.159 --> 00:25:09.519
 him

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:11.359
 we get a

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:11.899
 new life

00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:13.280
 he comes

00:25:13.280 --> 00:25:13.660
 to live

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.019
 inside

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.500
 of us

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:16.240
 he works

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.519
 in our

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:16.920
 hearts

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:18.740
 and our

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.480
 new aim

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.540
 becomes

00:25:20.540 --> 00:25:21.340
 to please

00:25:21.340 --> 00:25:21.660
 him

00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:23.180
 and not

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:24.000
 just

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.600
 ourselves

00:25:24.600 --> 00:25:26.980
 from then

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.360
 on we

00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:27.980
 continue to

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.420
 learn what

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:28.840
 it means

00:25:28.840 --> 00:25:29.340
 to follow

00:25:29.340 --> 00:25:29.740
 Jesus

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.420
 and to

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:30.840
 obey

00:25:30.840 --> 00:25:31.160
 his

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:31.600
 commands

00:25:31.600 --> 00:25:33.640
 and we

00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:34.060
 must make

00:25:34.060 --> 00:25:34.440
 an effort

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:34.900
 from then

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:35.320
 on to

00:25:35.320 --> 00:25:35.620
 bring

00:25:35.620 --> 00:25:36.600
 every area

00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:37.040
 of our

00:25:37.040 --> 00:25:37.460
 life

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:38.779
 every

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.360
 aspect

00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:39.940
 of our

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.319
 lives

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:40.740
 under

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.079
 his

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:41.539
 command

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.940
 under

00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:43.319
 his

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:44.079
 lordship

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:46.700
 and right

00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:46.980
 at the

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.440
 beginning

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:47.940
 Jesus

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.600
 does not

00:25:48.600 --> 00:25:49.079
 hide

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:50.220
 that this

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.640
 is how

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:51.140
 it must

00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:51.519
 be

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:53.440
 for those

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:54.120
 who come

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:54.519
 to him

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.420
 he just

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:55.960
 states it

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.480
 plainly

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.240
 right up

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:57.559
 front

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:59.880
 he doesn't

00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:00.539
 push people

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:01.299
 or coerce

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:01.940
 people to

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.779
 make the

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.200
 decision

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.680
 quickly

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:05.579
 without

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.240
 first counting

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.840
 the cost

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:09.939
 here he is

00:26:09.939 --> 00:26:10.619
 surrounded by

00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:11.139
 crowds

00:26:11.139 --> 00:26:12.019
 large crowds

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.439
 and he's

00:26:12.439 --> 00:26:12.859
 saying are

00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.359
 you willing

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:13.799
 to go

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.419
 against your

00:26:14.419 --> 00:26:14.899
 family

00:26:14.899 --> 00:26:17.059
 your mother

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:18.059
 your father

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:19.759
 your dad

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:21.019
 your mom

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:22.299
 your spouse

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:23.039
 your children

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.899
 if it comes

00:26:23.899 --> 00:26:24.379
 to that

00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:28.459
 because that's

00:26:28.459 --> 00:26:30.339
 what is

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:30.939
 required to

00:26:30.939 --> 00:26:31.359
 be one of

00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:32.000
 my disciples

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:33.159
 are you

00:26:33.159 --> 00:26:33.619
 willing to

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:33.959
 give me

00:26:33.959 --> 00:26:34.459
 your very

00:26:34.459 --> 00:26:34.980
 life

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:36.559
 and

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:37.039
 everything

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.579
 in it

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:40.339
 because that's

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:40.900
 what's required

00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:41.420
 to be one

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:41.740
 of my

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.299
 disciples

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:46.180
 this hits

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:46.579
 us hard

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:46.960
 in a few

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.500
 places

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.940
 first of

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.220
 course we

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.480
 have to

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:49.900
 ask the

00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:50.339
 question

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:51.819
 of whether

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:52.400
 or not we

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:53.180
 are truly

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.740
 a disciple

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.420
 of Jesus

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:56.339
 have you

00:26:56.339 --> 00:26:56.900
 become a

00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:57.339
 disciple

00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:58.400
 of Jesus

00:26:58.400 --> 00:27:01.460
 and if the

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.160
 answer is no

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:02.940
 Jesus wants

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.360
 you to

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:03.920
 consider the

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.300
 cost

00:27:04.300 --> 00:27:05.660
 this is

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.039
 here for

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.300
 you

00:27:06.300 --> 00:27:07.920
 he wants

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:08.220
 you to

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.500
 know

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:09.560
 that it

00:27:09.560 --> 00:27:10.039
 will cost

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.200
 you

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.759
 everything

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:13.480
 no less

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:13.800
 than

00:27:13.800 --> 00:27:14.380
 everything

00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:16.300
 he's looking

00:27:16.300 --> 00:27:17.060
 for a total

00:27:17.060 --> 00:27:17.620
 devotion

00:27:17.620 --> 00:27:18.519
 a total

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.039
 surrender

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.840
 of your

00:27:19.840 --> 00:27:20.240
 life to

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.500
 him

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:22.660
 and nothing

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.080
 less

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:28.099
 and if

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:28.539
 we have

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.019
 become a

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.439
 disciple

00:27:29.439 --> 00:27:29.839
 then

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:31.039
 we're

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.659
 challenged

00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:31.899
 here

00:27:31.899 --> 00:27:32.139
 are we

00:27:32.139 --> 00:27:32.419
 not

00:27:32.419 --> 00:27:34.179
 are there

00:27:34.179 --> 00:27:34.619
 things in

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.000
 my life

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.339
 that I'm

00:27:35.339 --> 00:27:35.939
 withholding

00:27:35.939 --> 00:27:37.379
 from

00:27:37.379 --> 00:27:37.779
 Jesus

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:39.379
 he asks

00:27:39.379 --> 00:27:39.939
 for all

00:27:39.939 --> 00:27:40.299
 and so

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.699
 we must

00:27:40.699 --> 00:27:41.279
 give all

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:42.159
 is there

00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:42.500
 anything

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:44.019
 that you

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.379
 have been

00:27:44.379 --> 00:27:45.000
 holding back

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.679
 from Jesus

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:49.039
 that you

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:49.340
 need to

00:27:49.340 --> 00:27:49.880
 offer up

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:50.519
 to Jesus

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:54.860
 I know

00:27:54.860 --> 00:27:55.480
 many of

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:55.700
 you in

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.080
 this room

00:27:56.080 --> 00:27:56.460
 have

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:56.980
 surrendered

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.500
 your life

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:57.840
 to him

00:27:57.840 --> 00:27:58.140
 and are

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.500
 following

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:58.860
 him

00:27:58.860 --> 00:28:00.279
 you are

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.840
 a disciple

00:28:00.840 --> 00:28:01.700
 and I

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.220
 feel this

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.580
 burden

00:28:02.580 --> 00:28:03.519
 this morning

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:05.019
 to press

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.560
 on us

00:28:05.560 --> 00:28:07.500
 that when

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:07.920
 we hear

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.279
 Jesus

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:08.720
 command

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.320
 to go

00:28:09.320 --> 00:28:09.799
 and make

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.440
 disciples

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:11.539
 of all

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:12.060
 nations

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:13.740
 that we

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.019
 need to

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:14.559
 have this

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.200
 understanding

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.519
 of a

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:15.919
 disciple

00:28:15.919 --> 00:28:16.419
 in our

00:28:16.419 --> 00:28:16.839
 minds

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:20.659
 the

00:28:20.659 --> 00:28:21.119
 temptation

00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:21.619
 here is

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.220
 to invite

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.740
 people to

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:22.980
 check

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.339
 Jesus

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:23.700
 out

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:24.599
 and to

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:24.980
 just put

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.579
 before them

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:25.919
 some of

00:28:25.919 --> 00:28:26.419
 the promises

00:28:26.419 --> 00:28:27.059
 of blessing

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:28.359
 and

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:30.000
 leave it

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.440
 at that

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:32.500
 we're

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.019
 tempted to

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.740
 hide these

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.259
 words of

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.579
 Jesus

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:35.460
 about the

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:35.899
 cost

00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:38.639
 we're

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.200
 tempted to

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:39.579
 encourage

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:40.159
 people to

00:28:40.159 --> 00:28:40.779
 make the

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.500
 quick decision

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:44.640
 but does

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:45.339
 Jesus sound

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:45.839
 in a rush

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.200
 to get

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:46.480
 quick

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.019
 decisions

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:50.339
 I mean

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:50.839
 this is

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.359
 an urgent

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:51.799
 matter

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:53.420
 we've heard

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:53.720
 Jesus

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.200
 emphasize

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:54.960
 the urgency

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.380
 he said

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:55.900
 the time's

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.180
 coming

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.940
 when the

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.339
 door of

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:57.799
 salvation

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.160
 will be

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.480
 shut

00:28:58.480 --> 00:29:01.099
 it is

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.700
 an urgent

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:02.099
 matter

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:03.079
 time is

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.619
 of the

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:04.059
 essence

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:05.400
 but you

00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:05.920
 must first

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:06.480
 sit down

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:08.000
 and consider

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.619
 the cost

00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:11.339
 and the

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:11.739
 cost

00:29:11.739 --> 00:29:12.079
 is

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:12.659
 everything

00:29:12.659 --> 00:29:16.959
 but we

00:29:16.959 --> 00:29:17.299
 fear

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:17.739
 don't we

00:29:17.739 --> 00:29:18.179
 that if we

00:29:18.179 --> 00:29:18.659
 tell that

00:29:18.659 --> 00:29:19.000
 to our

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.579
 loved ones

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:19.919
 or our

00:29:19.919 --> 00:29:20.339
 friends

00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:22.319
 we fear

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:22.619
 that it

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:22.979
 will push

00:29:22.979 --> 00:29:23.479
 them away

00:29:23.479 --> 00:29:26.039
 and so

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.459
 maybe we

00:29:26.459 --> 00:29:27.059
 soften that

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.419
 part

00:29:27.419 --> 00:29:28.099
 where we

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:28.379
 just

00:29:28.379 --> 00:29:28.959
 leave it

00:29:28.959 --> 00:29:29.239
 out

00:29:29.239 --> 00:29:32.119
 could it

00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:32.439
 be that

00:29:32.439 --> 00:29:32.779
 this is

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.059
 why we

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.479
 have so

00:29:33.479 --> 00:29:33.699
 many

00:29:33.699 --> 00:29:34.099
 attending

00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:34.519
 churches

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:34.899
 today

00:29:34.899 --> 00:29:35.239
 who are

00:29:35.239 --> 00:29:35.479
 so

00:29:35.479 --> 00:29:36.219
 minimally

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:36.700
 committed

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:36.980
 to

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.420
 Christ

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:41.200
 can barely

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.700
 make it a

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.360
 priority to

00:29:42.360 --> 00:29:42.880
 gather with

00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:43.380
 his people

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:43.839
 once a

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.140
 month

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:45.559
 don't really

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.120
 bother to

00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:46.559
 do a lot

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:46.819
 of the

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.339
 stuff that

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:48.400
 Jesus has

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:49.079
 commanded us

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:49.519
 to do

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:52.360
 we've made

00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:53.220
 it easier to

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.539
 be a

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:53.900
 Christian

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:55.380
 than Jesus

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:55.960
 made it

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:58.240
 maybe that's

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.779
 why we have

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.360
 so many who

00:29:59.360 --> 00:29:59.860
 are Christian

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.299
 in name

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.799
 only

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.980
 believe in

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.500
 their hearts

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.100
 kind of

00:30:03.100 --> 00:30:04.279
 but don't

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.779
 really follow

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.440
 Jesus with

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:06.019
 their lives

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:09.019
 so I

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.220
 want to

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.559
 encourage

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:09.879
 you

00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:11.559
 not only

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:11.900
 to tell

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:12.539
 people that

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.420
 you're

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:13.920
 praying for

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:14.279
 them and

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:14.559
 you want

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:14.819
 to see

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.099
 them in

00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:15.299
 heaven

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:15.740
 someday

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.039
 but

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:18.139
 tell them

00:30:18.139 --> 00:30:18.559
 that to

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:18.859
 be a

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.019
 true

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.460
 disciple

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:19.720
 of

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.000
 Jesus

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.539
 it

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:20.920
 will

00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:21.460
 cost

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:21.639
 them

00:30:21.639 --> 00:30:22.200
 everything

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:26.700
 Jesus

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:27.279
 is

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.779
 worthy

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:29.799
 of our

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.299
 everything

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:32.119
 and they

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:32.440
 need to

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:32.960
 hear that

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:38.759
 you may

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:38.900
 have

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.279
 noticed

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:40.420
 that we've

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:40.840
 only heard

00:30:40.840 --> 00:30:41.259
 about the

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:42.400
 cost of

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:42.759
 being a

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.180
 disciple

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:44.059
 of Jesus

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:45.259
 what about

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.940
 the benefit

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:49.240
 amazingly

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:50.039
 there's nothing

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.480
 in this

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:51.000
 particular

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.840
 passage about

00:30:51.840 --> 00:30:52.420
 the benefit

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:54.220
 and I wish we

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.600
 had another

00:30:54.600 --> 00:30:55.340
 15 minutes

00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:55.840
 to go to

00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:56.120
 some of

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:56.539
 those other

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.380
 passages in

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:58.039
 Luke's gospel

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.559
 and elsewhere

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:59.700
 where we read

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.299
 of the wonderful

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:01.140
 benefits and

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:02.600
 rewards of

00:31:02.600 --> 00:31:03.460
 following Jesus

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:04.600
 the gospel of

00:31:04.600 --> 00:31:05.280
 Luke alone

00:31:05.280 --> 00:31:06.000
 is full of

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.700
 it we've

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.180
 talked about

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:07.640
 it lots

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.200
 the kingdom

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.860
 of God

00:31:08.860 --> 00:31:10.840
 but as we

00:31:10.840 --> 00:31:11.340
 bring this to

00:31:11.340 --> 00:31:11.940
 a close and

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.400
 as we move

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:12.759
 into the

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.380
 Lord's table

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:15.660
 I want to

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:15.880
 go a

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:16.120
 different

00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:16.660
 direction

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:20.520
 how do we

00:31:20.520 --> 00:31:21.080
 know that

00:31:21.080 --> 00:31:21.759
 Jesus is

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:23.620
 worthy of

00:31:23.620 --> 00:31:23.759
 our

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.180
 everything

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:28.340
 he's asking

00:31:28.340 --> 00:31:28.840
 for our

00:31:28.840 --> 00:31:29.300
 highest

00:31:29.300 --> 00:31:29.820
 allegiance

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:31.119
 he's asking

00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:31.819
 to be the

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.599
 greatest love

00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:33.000
 in our

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.419
 life

00:31:33.419 --> 00:31:36.659
 is he

00:31:36.659 --> 00:31:36.980
 really

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.559
 worthy of

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:37.799
 that

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:42.159
 I think

00:31:42.159 --> 00:31:42.599
 the place

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.139
 that we see

00:31:43.139 --> 00:31:43.599
 that most

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:44.039
 clearly

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:45.700
 comes later

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.000
 in the

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.379
 story

00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:48.700
 Jesus

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:49.399
 finally does

00:31:49.399 --> 00:31:49.799
 get to

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.339
 Jerusalem

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:52.859
 and there

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.559
 he carries

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.379
 his cross

00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:55.700
 for us

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:59.700
 he denies

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.759
 himself

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:02.360
 for us

00:32:02.360 --> 00:32:05.480
 he

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:06.100
 surrenders

00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:06.640
 and gives

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:07.100
 up his

00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:07.840
 own life

00:32:07.840 --> 00:32:10.120
 for us

00:32:10.120 --> 00:32:13.080
 he allows

00:32:13.080 --> 00:32:13.620
 himself to

00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:14.100
 be treated

00:32:14.100 --> 00:32:14.660
 terribly

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:17.160
 and gives

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.559
 up

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:18.279
 everything

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:19.600
 for us

00:32:19.600 --> 00:32:23.420
 many of you

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:23.740
 know the

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.080
 story

00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:25.039
 he's

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.399
 betrayed

00:32:25.399 --> 00:32:25.819
 by one

00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:26.079
 of his

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.279
 own

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.740
 disciples

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.980
 he eats

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.419
 the last

00:32:28.419 --> 00:32:28.699
 supper

00:32:28.699 --> 00:32:29.240
 with them

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:31.059
 he tells

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.519
 about how

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.079
 his body

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.559
 and blood

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:33.039
 will soon

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.779
 be broken

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.259
 and poured

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:34.659
 out for

00:32:34.659 --> 00:32:34.960
 them

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:36.480
 so that

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:36.839
 they might

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:37.919
 be forgiven

00:32:37.919 --> 00:32:39.339
 he talks

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.859
 about that

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.679
 new covenant

00:32:40.679 --> 00:32:42.240
 that he's

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.879
 bringing about

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.319
 between

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:44.259
 God and

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:44.539
 them

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:47.059
 and not

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.539
 long after

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.039
 that he's

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.659
 arrested in

00:32:48.659 --> 00:32:49.119
 the garden

00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:51.980
 after praying

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:53.039
 in anguish

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.619
 of soul

00:32:53.619 --> 00:32:56.940
 but he is

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.480
 willing to

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.599
 suffer and

00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:59.839
 die to

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.460
 save us

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:04.799
 he is

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.659
 interrogated

00:33:05.659 --> 00:33:07.200
 he is

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:08.500
 mocked

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.759
 he's

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.299
 insulted

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:12.000
 he's

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.460
 beaten

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:15.019
 he's

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.680
 tried and

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:15.960
 found

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.619
 innocent

00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:18.420
 beaten

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:18.920
 more

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:20.319
 mocked

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:20.759
 more

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:22.359
 and then

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:22.720
 finally

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.119
 he's

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:23.299
 made

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:23.480
 to

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:23.779
 carry

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:23.980
 a

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.359
 cross

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:27.379
 to

00:33:27.379 --> 00:33:27.500
 the

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:27.799
 place

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.039
 that

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.180
 he

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:28.359
 will

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:28.539
 be

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.079
 executed

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:32.940
 when

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:33.099
 they

00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:33.460
 arrive

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:33.720
 there

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.119
 he is

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:34.440
 stripped

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:34.960
 naked

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:37.579
 and

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:37.920
 nailed

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.119
 to

00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:38.339
 that

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:38.799
 cross

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:40.879
 and

00:33:40.879 --> 00:33:41.059
 they

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.559
 hang

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:41.740
 him

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:41.900
 up

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.059
 to

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.279
 die

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.420
 a

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:42.640
 very

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:43.039
 painful

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.440
 death

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:44.779
 none

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.160
 of which

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:45.319
 he

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:45.799
 deserved

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:48.519
 he was

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:49.119
 the perfect

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:50.440
 sinless

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.119
 son of

00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:51.460
 God

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:53.000
 but he

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.460
 did it

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:53.839
 all

00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:54.799
 for us

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:56.720
 out of

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.240
 love for

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:57.659
 us

00:33:57.659 --> 00:33:59.779
 to restore

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.700
 that relationship

00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:01.639
 between God

00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:02.339
 and us

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:06.699
 what kind

00:34:06.699 --> 00:34:07.000
 of king

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:07.339
 would do

00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:07.659
 that

00:34:07.659 --> 00:34:08.519
 for his

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:08.920
 people

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:11.880
 what kind

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.420
 of God

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:13.340
 would bleed

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:15.699
 for those

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.059
 who he

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.519
 created

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:20.719
 what kind

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.159
 of person

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.380
 would

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:21.799
 willingly

00:34:21.799 --> 00:34:22.319
 give up

00:34:22.319 --> 00:34:22.799
 his life

00:34:22.799 --> 00:34:23.239
 and endure

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:23.779
 such

00:34:23.779 --> 00:34:24.420
 shame

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:26.199
 and pain

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:28.099
 for

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:28.519
 self

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:28.940
 centered

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.400
 sinners

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:30.759
 like you

00:34:30.759 --> 00:34:31.119
 and me

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:34.480
 is

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:34.900
 Jesus

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:35.339
 worthy

00:34:35.339 --> 00:34:35.699
 of our

00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:36.159
 everything

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:36.920
 our

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.460
 highest

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.880
 love

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.219
 our

00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:39.000
 total

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.699
 allegiance

00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:41.719
 he

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.019
 truly

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.420
 is

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:45.799
 we're

00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:45.960
 going to

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.299
 take some

00:34:46.299 --> 00:34:46.699
 time now

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.099
 just to

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:47.359
 pray

00:34:47.359 --> 00:34:48.159
 and to

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:48.619
 reflect

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:49.199
 quietly

00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:50.519
 and then

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:50.679
 we'll

00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:51.359
 pass around

00:34:51.359 --> 00:34:52.859
 the bread

00:34:52.859 --> 00:34:53.759
 and the

00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:54.019
 cup

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:56.960
 but take

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.519
 these moments

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:58.000
 now to

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.519
 talk to

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:58.900
 the Lord

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.480
 about

00:34:59.480 --> 00:34:59.880
 your

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:00.440
 relationship

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:01.019
 with him

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:05.400
 to

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:05.840
 surrender

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:06.980
 things in

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.440
 your life

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:07.960
 to him

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:12.360
 to

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:12.860
 thank him

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:13.239
 for

00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:14.139
 the things

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:14.539
 that he

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:15.139
 has done

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:15.599
 for you

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:17.539
 and once

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.860
 we've had

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:18.900
 a couple

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.420
 minutes to

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:19.840
 do that

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.420
 I'll invite

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:22.000
 Tom and

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.539
 Dave to

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.059
 come up

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:24.659
 and pass

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:24.960
 out the

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.239
 bread and

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:25.599
 the cup

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.059
 and if

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.820
 you are

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:29.320
 all in

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:30.200
 to follow

00:35:30.200 --> 00:35:30.600
 Jesus

00:35:30.600 --> 00:35:31.140
 then this

00:35:31.140 --> 00:35:31.720
 table is

00:35:31.720 --> 00:35:32.100
 for you

00:35:32.100 --> 00:35:32.620
 and I

00:35:32.620 --> 00:35:33.240
 invite you

00:35:33.240 --> 00:35:33.900
 to participate

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:35.240
 and if

00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:35.840
 not

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.480
 then I

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:36.880
 ask that

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.300
 you just

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:39.039
 let them

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.680
 pass it

00:35:39.680 --> 00:35:40.180
 on by

00:35:40.180 --> 00:35:40.440
 you

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:42.300
 we'll wait

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:42.780
 till everybody

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:43.180
 has been

00:35:43.180 --> 00:35:43.660
 served and

00:35:43.660 --> 00:35:44.059
 then we'll

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.980
 give thanks

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:45.300
 and we'll

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:45.600
 eat and

00:35:45.600 --> 00:35:45.840
 drink

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.300
 all

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:46.700
 together

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:59.960
 let's pray

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:04.099
 father in

00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:04.539
 heaven as

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:05.799
 we hold

00:36:05.799 --> 00:36:06.279
 these things

00:36:06.279 --> 00:36:06.559
 in our

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:06.980
 hands

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:08.619
 we join

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:09.159
 ourselves

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:09.659
 to

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:11.139
 those men

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:11.799
 who sat

00:36:11.799 --> 00:36:12.379
 around the

00:36:12.379 --> 00:36:12.699
 table

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:14.039
 with you

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.579
 Jesus

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:20.300
 and we

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:20.820
 remember

00:36:20.820 --> 00:36:22.139
 what you

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:22.559
 did for

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:22.940
 us

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:27.059
 we can't

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:27.400
 help in

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:27.880
 these moments

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.400
 but think

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:28.719
 of our

00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:29.420
 own sins

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:30.599
 and the

00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:31.000
 things that

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.340
 we have

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:31.699
 done

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:34.920
 and we

00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:35.380
 lay those

00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:35.719
 at your

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:36.019
 feet

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:40.119
 and we

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:40.539
 thank you

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:40.920
 that you

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 have made

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 atonement

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 for us

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:48.980
 we

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 say you

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 are worthy

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 and we

00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:54.240
 surrender

00:36:54.240 --> 00:36:54.740
 ourselves

00:36:54.740 --> 00:36:55.220
 completely

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:55.720
 to you

00:36:55.720 --> 00:36:57.320
 thank you

00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:57.660
 for your

00:36:57.660 --> 00:36:58.000
 body

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.340
 and your

00:36:58.340 --> 00:36:58.660
 blood

00:36:58.660 --> 00:37:01.880
 in your

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 name we

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 pray

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:03.200
 amen