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 All right, well, we've been working through the Gospel of John, and we're just now coming to John chapter 12, verse 20.

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 So if you have your Bible with you, you can open it up to John chapter 12, verse 20.

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 Last Sunday, we heard about how Jesus rode into the city of Jerusalem on a donkey's back to shouts of Hosanna.

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 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

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 Blessed is the King of Israel.

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 It was a royal coronation kind of procession, parading him into the city with celebration.

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 And we watched as the crowds led him into the city, and we saw how the Pharisees were seething with frustration and anger about this.

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 See? This is getting us nowhere.

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 Look how the whole world has gone after him.

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 And there was some truth to that, says John.

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 Let's pick up the story in verse 20 of chapter 12.

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 Now, there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival.

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 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request.

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 Sir, they said, we would like to see Jesus.

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 These Greeks are an example of how news about Jesus is spreading.

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 About how people from all over the place are going after Jesus.

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 You know, it's easy for us, maybe, to take for granted.

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 We're so used to knowing Jesus in our own culture, having the scriptures in our own language,

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 worshiping in our own way.

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 But there was a time when it was not that way.

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 Paul reminds us of this in his letter to the church in Ephesus.

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 Ephesians chapter 2, verse 12.

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 Paul's writing to those who he refers to as Gentiles by birth.

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 And he says this to them.

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 He says, remember that at that time, you were separate from Christ.

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 In other words, you had no share in the Messiah.

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 You were excluded from citizenship in Israel.

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 You were foreigners to the covenants of the promise.

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 Without hope.

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 And without God in the world.

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 I often tell you to put yourself in the story.

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 But in a very real sense, if we could, none of us would have been among Jesus' disciples.

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 We'd be like these foreigners.

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 Like these Greeks who had no connection with Jesus.

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 We'd be hearing the news about Jesus wherever we happened to live in the Roman world.

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 But it would probably have sounded very different to us.

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 News of a Jewish Messiah.

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 Doing all sorts of miracles and signs and wonders.

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 Even if we happened to be Gentiles who lived in the region.

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 In Israel.

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 We would still very much have felt like outsiders.

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 Looking in on all of this.

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 Jesus in his work.

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 And ministry.

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 Came first to the Jewish people.

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 Those who are by blood.

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 Descended from Jacob.

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 And even though Jesus has been talking a lot about how.

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 What he is coming to do is for the people of the world.

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 How they will come to be included in what's going on here.

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 It hasn't really happened yet.

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 Now don't get me wrong.

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 Jesus has not been shutting the Gentiles out.

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 Or turning away the non-Jews.

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 But the main focus and the main following of Jesus has been Jewish.

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 And so this is a significant moment here.

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 Some Greeks work up the courage to ask to meet with Jesus.

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 And there's lots of speculation about who these Greeks were.

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 Most of it is just that.

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 Speculation.

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 All we know is that they were Greeks.

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 That is ethnically Greek people.

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 And that they were among those who went up to worship at Passover.

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 Passover.

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 We don't even know if they were from Greece.

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 Or if they happened to live somewhere else.

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 Because by this time Greeks lived all over the Mediterranean world.

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 Some have suggested that they were Jews born in Greece.

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 Others have suggested that they were Greeks who converted to Judaism.

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 Both are doubtful.

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 Because there were other words John could have used to describe that.

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 If that was the case here.

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 Best we know they were just God-fearing Greeks.

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 And we know that they were God-fearing.

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 Because they went up to Jerusalem to worship at Passover.

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 You didn't do that as a Gentile.

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 Unless you believe something significant about Yahweh.

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 The God of Israel.

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 So they came to Philip, these Greeks.

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 Who was from Bethsaida in Galilee with a request.

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 Sir, they said.

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 We would like to see Jesus.

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 Philip went to tell Andrew.

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 Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.

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 For whatever reason the Greeks don't come straight to Jesus.

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 Perhaps they didn't know if or how they would be received.

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 After all, they were Gentiles.

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 And Jews didn't associate with Gentiles.

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 So they first go to Philip.

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 One of the twelve disciples.

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 And here again, there's lots of speculation.

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 Why Philip?

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 Philip was a Jew.

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 But he had a Greek name.

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 Was that the reason?

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 Maybe.

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 We don't know.

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 Philip seemed to have some hesitation about what he should do about this.

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 And so he goes and kind of talks to Andrew about it.

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 Why the hesitation?

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 Again, we don't know.

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 But it probably shows us at the least that this is a big deal.

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 What's happening here?

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 This is out of the ordinary.

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 What's they're asking?

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 And finally, Philip and Andrew come to Jesus together.

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 And they tell him about these Greek guys who would like to meet with him.

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 And Jesus responds in verse 23 by saying,

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 The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

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 Well, that's an interesting response, isn't it?

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 It doesn't really answer the question.

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 Will he meet with the Greeks or not?

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 Why this response?

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 The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

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 What does Jesus mean by this?

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 Well, we've heard Jesus say something similar to this quite a few times in the Gospel of John.

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 Maybe you'll recall back to John 2, verse 4.

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 The wedding in Cana.

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 Jesus' mother was trying to get him to do something about the wine shortage there.

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 And he answered her saying,

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 My hour has not yet come.

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 Or you might think back to John chapter 7.

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 There he said a similar sort of thing.

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 His brothers were trying to convince him to go and do a bit of a Judean miracle tour

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 and connect with his followers before the festival began in Jerusalem.

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 They said,

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 Leave Galilee.

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 Go to Judea.

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 So that your disciples there may see the works you do.

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 No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret.

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 Since you're doing these things, show yourself to the world.

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 And Jesus responded saying,

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 My time is not yet here.

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 My time has not yet fully come.

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 So Jesus seems to have this awareness of God's schedule.

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 Of God's timeline for when and how things should unfold for him.

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 At the beginning, my hour has not yet come,

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 seems to refer to the hour for him to go public.

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 To begin to do all these signs and miracles.

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 And then here in John 7,

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 Jesus' time seems to refer to his going up to Judea

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 and getting into the spotlight of the world.

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 My time for that has not yet fully come.

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 Though we found out that Jesus did end up going up for the festival

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 later in chapter 7.

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 And he got into almost some trouble there

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 with the religious leaders in the temple courts.

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 John tells us in John 7 verse 30,

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 he was there teaching,

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 but no one laid a hand on him

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 because his hour had not yet come.

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 Then again in chapter 8,

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 while he was teaching in the temple courts,

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 a different time,

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 things seemed to be heating up again.

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 And John told us there,

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 no one seized him at that time

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 because his hour had not yet come.

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 So now John is telling us

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 that there is an hour coming for Jesus.

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 And this hour has to do with Jesus being seized

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 and arrested.

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 So now finally,

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 chapter 12,

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 we come to the moment where Jesus says,

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 the hour has come.

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 And yet it's not quite the hour that we expected,

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 the way he describes it.

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 He says,

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 the hour has come

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 for the Son of Man to be glorified.

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 Well, what kind of hour is this?

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 Is this the time to show yourself to the world

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 that's finally come?

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 Or is this the hour

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 in which you're going to be arrested

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 and captured by your enemies?

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 Or is this the hour

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 in which you will be glorified?

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 I think the answer is

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 all three.

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 All three of these things

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 are coming together

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 all at once.

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 Here are the Greeks,

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 the outsiders,

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 the foreigners,

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 these people of the world

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 who are now seeking after Jesus.

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 It's not just the attention of Israel

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 that Jesus holds anymore,

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 but people from the world.

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 And here also,

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 we see the religious leaders,

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 their opposition to Jesus

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 is at an all-time high.

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 They are fed up with him

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 and ready to kill him.

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 And yet,

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 in the midst of all this moment,

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 Jesus looks at that

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 and he refers to that

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 as the hour

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 for the Son of Man,

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 for me,

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 to be glorified.

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 Huh.

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 That's surprising.

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 To be glorified

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 means to be exalted.

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 It means to be lifted up.

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 To be worshipped.

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 To be praised.

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 To have the spotlight

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 put on you

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 in usually a positive way.

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 How does that fit

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 with being captured

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 and killed?

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 Well, John is getting to that.

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 For now,

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 we'll wait with the disciples

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 until we get to that part.

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 So these Greeks

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 who have come to see Jesus,

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 they are an indication

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 that things are right

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 on schedule.

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 That everything is

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 going according

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 to God's plan

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 and timing.

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 Jesus has the attention

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 of the world now

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 as he's supposed to

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 at this moment.

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 And then Jesus tells us

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 about what's coming next

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 for him.

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 What seeing these Greeks

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 reminds him of.

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 Verse 24.

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 The hour has come

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 for the Son of Man

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 to be glorified.

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 Very truly,

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 I tell you,

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 unless a kernel of wheat

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 falls to the ground

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 and dies,

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 it remains

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 a single seed.

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 But if it dies,

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 it produces

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 many seeds.

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 Jesus gives them

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 an illustration

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 from farming.

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 something that's

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 so basic

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 that all of us

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 can understand it.

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 This is Farming 101.

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 And yet,

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 Jesus is not

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 trying to teach

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 us about farming.

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 He hones in

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 on a very specific

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 reality of farming.

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 He zeroes in

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 on how it goes

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 for a single seed,

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 a single kernel

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 of wheat.

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 It falls

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 to the ground

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 and dies.

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 And from it

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 springs up

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 a whole plant

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 which will bring

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 many more

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 kernels of grain

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 into existence.

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 From one seed

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 comes many.

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 But here's the catch.

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 It's an exchange.

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 You can't have

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 the many

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 without the one

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 dying.

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 You must give up

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 and lose that seed

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 to gain

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 the harvest

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 from it.

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 Now for you

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 farmers

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 and agronomists,

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 you might notice

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 that Jesus said

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 the seed dies

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 and you might

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 be thinking,

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 well actually

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 the seed is alive

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 and it's just

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 kind of developing

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 according to

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 the plant

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 it was made to.

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 Well I think

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 we all know

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 that Jesus

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 is not intending

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 to write

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 a science textbook

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 here.

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 And he's not

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 saying that the

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 seed physically

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 or biologically

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 dies either.

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 He's just giving

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 an illustration.

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 He's speaking

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 with the language

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 of phenomenon.

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 We do this

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 all the time.

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 I still hear

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 people say

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 the sun

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 rises,

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 the sun

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 comes up,

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 the sun

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 goes down.

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 I have yet

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 to hear anybody

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 say,

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 I'll see you

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 tomorrow

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 when the

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 earth turns

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 to face

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 the sun.

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 It's the

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 language of

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 phenomenon.

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 It's not

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 technically

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 correct,

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 but that's

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 what we see

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 from our vantage

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 point.

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 And Jesus

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 is just doing

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 the same

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 kind of thing

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 here with

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 the seed

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 illustration.

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 From the

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 vantage point

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 of the

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 farmer,

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 he must

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 give up

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 the seed

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 and lose

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 it in order

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 to get

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 more from

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 it.

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 From the

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 vantage point

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 of the

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 seed,

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 it must

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 die,

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 it must

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 give up

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 its seed-like

00:14:28.439 --> 00:14:29.199
 existence

00:14:29.199 --> 00:14:30.279
 for there

00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:30.620
 to be a

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 plant that

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 comes from

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 it and

00:14:32.639 --> 00:14:33.199
 bears more

00:14:33.199 --> 00:14:33.559
 seed.

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 Here's the

00:14:34.899 --> 00:14:35.219
 point.

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 An exchange

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 is required.

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 There cannot

00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:40.579
 be a harvest.

00:14:41.620 --> 00:14:42.219
 There cannot

00:14:42.219 --> 00:14:43.000
 be many

00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:44.719
 more unless

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 the one

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 dies.

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 this is

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 what is

00:14:48.379 --> 00:14:48.899
 on Jesus'

00:14:49.079 --> 00:14:49.819
 mind right

00:14:49.819 --> 00:14:50.679
 now as

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 the Greeks

00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:52.599
 show up,

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 as the

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 attention of

00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:55.039
 the world

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 comes to

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 rest on

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 him.

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 The hour

00:14:58.779 --> 00:14:59.399
 has come

00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:00.439
 for me.

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 Yes,

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 it's the

00:15:03.059 --> 00:15:03.519
 hour for

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 me to be

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 glorified,

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 but the

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 glory of

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 the plant

00:15:07.099 --> 00:15:07.439
 that will

00:15:07.439 --> 00:15:07.679
 be,

00:15:07.779 --> 00:15:08.219
 the glory

00:15:08.219 --> 00:15:08.599
 of the

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 harvest

00:15:08.959 --> 00:15:09.419
 that will

00:15:09.419 --> 00:15:09.899
 come,

00:15:10.099 --> 00:15:10.899
 will not

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 happen unless

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 I die

00:15:13.219 --> 00:15:14.079
 first.

00:15:16.539 --> 00:15:17.740
 as we'll

00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:18.179
 see next

00:15:18.179 --> 00:15:18.439
 week.

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 This is

00:15:18.899 --> 00:15:19.620
 not Jesus

00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:20.259
 just giving

00:15:20.259 --> 00:15:20.559
 us some

00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:20.919
 kind of

00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:21.699
 academic

00:15:21.699 --> 00:15:22.459
 sage-like

00:15:22.459 --> 00:15:23.139
 wisdom about

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 how to get

00:15:23.899 --> 00:15:24.879
 more than

00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:25.259
 what you've

00:15:25.259 --> 00:15:25.719
 got or

00:15:25.719 --> 00:15:26.659
 about farming

00:15:26.659 --> 00:15:27.120
 or about

00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:27.860
 economics.

00:15:27.860 --> 00:15:29.960
 this is

00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:30.720
 the reality

00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:31.139
 of what's

00:15:31.139 --> 00:15:31.560
 about to

00:15:31.560 --> 00:15:32.139
 happen to

00:15:32.139 --> 00:15:33.120
 Jesus in

00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:33.519
 the days

00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:33.940
 ahead,

00:15:34.899 --> 00:15:35.379
 this very

00:15:35.379 --> 00:15:35.779
 week,

00:15:36.419 --> 00:15:37.279
 striking home

00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:37.680
 to his

00:15:37.680 --> 00:15:38.060
 heart.

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 It's like

00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:41.100
 the Greeks

00:15:41.100 --> 00:15:42.000
 show up

00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:43.019
 and all of a

00:15:43.019 --> 00:15:43.820
 sudden the

00:15:43.820 --> 00:15:44.340
 writing's on

00:15:44.340 --> 00:15:44.860
 the wall and

00:15:44.860 --> 00:15:45.840
 Jesus sees

00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:46.240
 it right,

00:15:46.980 --> 00:15:47.740
 the time is

00:15:47.740 --> 00:15:48.019
 here,

00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:49.919
 my death

00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:51.659
 is right

00:15:51.659 --> 00:15:52.259
 around the

00:15:52.259 --> 00:15:52.560
 corner,

00:15:53.320 --> 00:15:55.379
 but it

00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:55.840
 has to

00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:56.120
 be.

00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:57.960
 there's

00:15:57.960 --> 00:15:58.279
 no way

00:15:58.279 --> 00:15:58.759
 around it.

00:15:58.840 --> 00:15:59.299
 If I

00:15:59.299 --> 00:16:00.060
 do not

00:16:00.060 --> 00:16:00.799
 die,

00:16:01.019 --> 00:16:01.659
 there will

00:16:01.659 --> 00:16:02.080
 be no

00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:02.600
 harvest.

00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:04.240
 If I

00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:04.759
 do not

00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:05.039
 die,

00:16:05.139 --> 00:16:05.560
 the human

00:16:05.560 --> 00:16:06.620
 race will

00:16:06.620 --> 00:16:07.560
 perish at

00:16:07.560 --> 00:16:08.159
 the judgment,

00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:08.919
 all of

00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:09.179
 them,

00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:10.360
 and there

00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:10.980
 will be

00:16:10.980 --> 00:16:12.080
 no people

00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:13.019
 of God.

00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:15.320
 All have

00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:16.779
 sinned and

00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:17.419
 fall short of

00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:18.080
 the glory of

00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:18.480
 God.

00:16:19.060 --> 00:16:19.480
 No,

00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:20.799
 there must

00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:21.340
 be this

00:16:21.340 --> 00:16:21.940
 exchange.

00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:22.840
 I must

00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:25.180
 die for

00:16:25.180 --> 00:16:25.539
 there to

00:16:25.539 --> 00:16:25.820
 be.

00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:27.000
 a harvest

00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:27.580
 so that

00:16:27.580 --> 00:16:28.139
 I can

00:16:28.139 --> 00:16:29.000
 redeem

00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:29.600
 them.

00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:34.759
 And

00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:35.100
 there's a

00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:35.519
 sense in

00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:35.899
 which this

00:16:35.899 --> 00:16:36.620
 matters even

00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:38.100
 more for

00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:39.320
 these Greek

00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:39.659
 men.

00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:41.720
 Why?

00:16:44.060 --> 00:16:45.060
 Because they

00:16:45.060 --> 00:16:45.879
 cannot become

00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:46.659
 followers of

00:16:46.659 --> 00:16:47.000
 Jesus.

00:16:47.700 --> 00:16:48.399
 They cannot

00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:49.179
 be included

00:16:49.179 --> 00:16:49.720
 in the

00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:50.220
 harvest

00:16:50.220 --> 00:16:52.279
 unless the

00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:53.019
 dividing wall

00:16:53.019 --> 00:16:53.759
 that exists

00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:54.639
 between Jew

00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:56.100
 and Gentile

00:16:56.100 --> 00:16:57.559
 is destroyed

00:16:57.559 --> 00:16:59.080
 unless that

00:16:59.080 --> 00:16:59.819
 barrier is

00:16:59.819 --> 00:17:00.679
 broken down

00:17:00.679 --> 00:17:02.080
 and that

00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:02.699
 cannot be

00:17:02.699 --> 00:17:03.039
 done

00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:04.980
 unless Jesus

00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:06.079
 first goes to

00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:06.619
 the cross

00:17:06.619 --> 00:17:08.299
 and dies.

00:17:09.980 --> 00:17:10.799
 Let me read

00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:11.359
 you the rest of

00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:11.920
 what Paul wrote

00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:12.660
 to the Ephesians

00:17:12.660 --> 00:17:13.539
 back in Ephesians

00:17:13.539 --> 00:17:14.299
 chapter 2.

00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:15.500
 We'll take it

00:17:15.500 --> 00:17:16.019
 back up to

00:17:16.019 --> 00:17:16.559
 verse 11

00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:16.859
 there.

00:17:16.859 --> 00:17:18.759
 this is what

00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:19.719
 Paul came to

00:17:19.719 --> 00:17:20.319
 write later.

00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:21.079
 He said,

00:17:21.199 --> 00:17:21.839
 remember that

00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:23.219
 formerly you

00:17:23.219 --> 00:17:23.619
 who are

00:17:23.619 --> 00:17:24.539
 Gentiles by

00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:25.759
 birth and

00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:26.139
 called

00:17:26.139 --> 00:17:27.479
 uncircumcised

00:17:27.479 --> 00:17:28.399
 by those who

00:17:28.399 --> 00:17:29.119
 call themselves

00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:30.000
 the circumcision.

00:17:32.199 --> 00:17:33.419
 Remember that

00:17:33.419 --> 00:17:34.279
 at that time

00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:34.659
 you were

00:17:34.659 --> 00:17:35.279
 separate from

00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:35.719
 Christ.

00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:38.079
 you were

00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:38.900
 excluded from

00:17:38.900 --> 00:17:39.960
 citizenship in

00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:40.480
 Israel

00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:42.039
 and foreigners

00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:42.539
 to the

00:17:42.539 --> 00:17:43.100
 covenants of

00:17:43.100 --> 00:17:43.700
 the promise

00:17:43.700 --> 00:17:45.700
 without hope

00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:46.980
 and without

00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:48.100
 God in

00:17:48.100 --> 00:17:48.620
 the world.

00:17:49.360 --> 00:17:50.680
 But now

00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:52.319
 in

00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:53.259
 Christ

00:17:53.259 --> 00:17:54.220
 Jesus

00:17:54.220 --> 00:17:55.680
 you who

00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:56.180
 were once

00:17:56.180 --> 00:17:57.079
 far away

00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:57.819
 have been

00:17:57.819 --> 00:17:58.720
 brought near

00:17:58.720 --> 00:17:59.700
 how?

00:18:00.180 --> 00:18:01.279
 By the

00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:01.640
 blood

00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:02.519
 of Christ.

00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:04.639
 for he

00:18:04.639 --> 00:18:05.420
 himself is

00:18:05.420 --> 00:18:06.059
 our peace

00:18:06.059 --> 00:18:07.480
 who has

00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:08.220
 made the

00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:08.920
 two groups

00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:10.119
 one and

00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:11.259
 has destroyed

00:18:11.259 --> 00:18:11.960
 the barrier

00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:13.480
 the dividing

00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:14.019
 wall of

00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:15.259
 hostility by

00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:16.079
 setting aside

00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:17.059
 in his flesh

00:18:17.059 --> 00:18:17.700
 the law

00:18:17.700 --> 00:18:18.619
 with its

00:18:18.619 --> 00:18:19.180
 commands and

00:18:19.180 --> 00:18:19.740
 regulations.

00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:21.700
 His purpose

00:18:21.700 --> 00:18:22.559
 was to

00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:23.559
 create in

00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:24.639
 himself one

00:18:24.639 --> 00:18:25.579
 new man

00:18:25.579 --> 00:18:27.019
 out of the

00:18:27.019 --> 00:18:28.420
 two thus

00:18:28.420 --> 00:18:29.559
 making peace

00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:31.279
 and in

00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:32.099
 one

00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:32.779
 body

00:18:32.779 --> 00:18:33.519
 to

00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:34.019
 reconcile

00:18:34.019 --> 00:18:34.939
 both of

00:18:34.939 --> 00:18:35.199
 them

00:18:35.199 --> 00:18:35.759
 to

00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.259
 God

00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:36.819
 how?

00:18:37.919 --> 00:18:38.480
 Through

00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:39.079
 the cross.

00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:42.039
 Down a

00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:42.219
 couple

00:18:42.219 --> 00:18:42.839
 verses in

00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:43.500
 verse 19

00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:44.240
 he goes

00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:44.599
 on to

00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:44.939
 spell out

00:18:44.939 --> 00:18:45.039
 the

00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:45.559
 implications

00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:46.059
 of this

00:18:46.059 --> 00:18:46.539
 for us

00:18:46.539 --> 00:18:47.699
 Gentiles.

00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:49.579
 He says

00:18:49.579 --> 00:18:50.319
 consequently

00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:51.599
 you are

00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:52.319
 no longer

00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:52.899
 foreigners

00:18:52.899 --> 00:18:54.359
 and

00:18:54.359 --> 00:18:55.039
 strangers

00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:56.259
 but

00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:56.839
 fellow

00:18:56.839 --> 00:18:57.740
 citizens

00:18:57.740 --> 00:18:58.359
 with

00:18:58.359 --> 00:18:58.839
 God's

00:18:58.839 --> 00:18:59.240
 people

00:18:59.240 --> 00:19:00.699
 and

00:19:00.699 --> 00:19:01.000
 also

00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:01.639
 members

00:19:01.640 --> 00:19:03.060
 of his

00:19:03.060 --> 00:19:04.340
 household.

00:19:05.840 --> 00:19:06.540
 Listen

00:19:06.540 --> 00:19:08.100
 without

00:19:08.100 --> 00:19:08.580
 Jesus

00:19:08.580 --> 00:19:09.140
 death

00:19:09.140 --> 00:19:11.140
 without

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 Jesus

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 blood

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 shed for

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 us

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 without

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 Jesus

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 body

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 broken

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 for

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 us

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 Gentiles

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 would

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 still

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 be

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 outsiders

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 to all

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 that God

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 was doing

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 with

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 Israel.

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 We'd

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 still be

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 foreigners

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 on the

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 outside

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 looking in

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 without

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 hope

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 without

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 God

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 that

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 us

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 non-Jews

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 can have

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 salvation

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 too

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 forgiveness

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 too

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 and be

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 considered

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 citizens

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 with

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 God's

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 people

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 members

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 of the

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 family

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 of God

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 it's

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 a

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 sheer

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 gift

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 of

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 grace

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 and

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 mercy

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 and

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 it

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 could

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 only

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 come

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 for

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 these

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 Greeks

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 and

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 for

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 us

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 through

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 Christ

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 in

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 Christ

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 and

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 what

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 happened

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 to

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 him

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 at

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 the

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 cross

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 his

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 death

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 how

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 easily

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 we

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 take

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 this

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 for

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 granted

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 don't

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 we

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 very

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 truly

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 I

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 tell

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 you

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 unless

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 a

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 kernel

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 of

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 wheat

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 falls

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 to

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 the

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 ground

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 and

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 dies

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 it

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 remains

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 only

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 a

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 single

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 seed

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 but

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 if

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 it

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 dies

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 it

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 produces

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 many

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 seeds

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 now

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 Jesus

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 is about

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 to

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 take

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 this

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 and

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 explain

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 how

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 this

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 also

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 applies

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 to

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 his

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 followers

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 how

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 there's

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 a

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 sense

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 in

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 which

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 they

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 too

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 must

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 die

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 in

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 order

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 to

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 get

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 something

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 better

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 but

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 we're

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 actually

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 going to

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 save

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 that

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 part

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 for

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 this

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 afternoon

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 after

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 the

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 potluck

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 I

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 typically

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 give

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 a bit

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 of a

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 devotional

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 at the

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 start

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 of the

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 meeting

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 and

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 we're

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 going to

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 save

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 verse

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 25

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 and

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 26

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 for

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 then

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 I

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 invite

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 you

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 to

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 join

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 us

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 whether

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 you

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 plan

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 to

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 stay

00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:53.819
 for

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 the

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 meeting

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 or

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 not

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 stay

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 for

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 lunch

00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.400
 and

00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:56.559
 then

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 you

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 can

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 hear

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 that

00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:57.619
 after

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 that's

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 where

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 Jesus

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 will

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 drive

00:20:59.619 --> 00:20:59.839
 this

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 home

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 and

00:21:00.159 --> 00:21:00.319
 tell

00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:00.439
 us

00:21:00.439 --> 00:21:00.599
 what

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 we

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 really

00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:01.279
 need

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 to

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 do

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:03.359
 in

00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:03.559
 light

00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:03.699
 of

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 all

00:21:03.859 --> 00:21:04.199
 this

00:21:04.199 --> 00:21:04.759
 but

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:04.899
 for

00:21:04.899 --> 00:21:05.099
 this

00:21:05.099 --> 00:21:05.699
 morning

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 let's

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 apply

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 it

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 to

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 our

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 hearts

00:21:07.919 --> 00:21:08.079
 in

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 this

00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:08.559
 way

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 have

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 you

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 been

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.339
 taking

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 for

00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:11.939
 granted

00:21:11.939 --> 00:21:12.259
 that

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 Jesus

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.220
 is

00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:13.799
 your

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 Messiah

00:21:15.139 --> 00:21:16.740
 your

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 King

00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:19.939
 God

00:21:19.939 --> 00:21:20.099
 is

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 absolutely

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 free

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 he

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 says

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 I

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 will

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:23.919
 have

00:21:23.919 --> 00:21:24.399
 mercy

00:21:24.399 --> 00:21:24.699
 on

00:21:24.699 --> 00:21:24.959
 whom

00:21:24.959 --> 00:21:25.099
 I

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 will

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 have

00:21:25.439 --> 00:21:25.839
 mercy

00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:26.899
 I

00:21:26.899 --> 00:21:27.039
 will

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 have

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 compassion

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 on

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 whom

00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:28.839
 I

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 will

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 have

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:29.799
 compassion

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 and

00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:31.480
 in

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:31.819
 God's

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 freedom

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.299
 he

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 chose

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:32.839
 one

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 man

00:21:33.199 --> 00:21:33.480
 and

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 his

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 family

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 to

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 reveal

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 himself

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 to

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 long

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 ago

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:37.099
 to

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 bless

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 and

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 to

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 make

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 a

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 people

00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:39.079
 for

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.539
 himself

00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:40.159
 from

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 he

00:21:41.699 --> 00:21:41.980
 chose

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.259
 one

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.859
 family's

00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:43.240
 descendants

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:43.559
 to

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 make

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:43.939
 into

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 a

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 great

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 nation

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 and

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 he

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 promised

00:21:47.179 --> 00:21:47.379
 the

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 Messiah

00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:49.099
 the

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 King

00:21:49.399 --> 00:21:49.659
 who

00:21:49.659 --> 00:21:49.799
 would

00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:50.119
 come

00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:50.559
 to

00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:50.899
 that

00:21:50.899 --> 00:21:51.379
 people

00:21:51.379 --> 00:21:52.299
 to

00:21:52.299 --> 00:21:52.759
 Israel

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:55.059
 Jesus

00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:55.419
 was

00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:55.580
 and

00:21:55.580 --> 00:21:55.820
 is

00:21:55.820 --> 00:21:56.120
 that

00:21:56.120 --> 00:21:56.600
 Messiah

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 that

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 King

00:21:57.320 --> 00:21:58.759
 but

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.080
 apart

00:21:59.080 --> 00:21:59.320
 from

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 the

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 grace

00:21:59.779 --> 00:21:59.980
 of

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 God

00:22:00.320 --> 00:22:01.279
 and

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:01.440
 the

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:01.920
 compassion

00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:02.279
 of

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 Christ

00:22:02.600 --> 00:22:03.019
 Jesus

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.740
 which

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.060
 took

00:22:04.060 --> 00:22:04.519
 Jesus

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:04.759
 to

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:04.940
 the

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.340
 cross

00:22:05.340 --> 00:22:07.019
 we

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:07.720
 Gentiles

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.300
 would be

00:22:08.300 --> 00:22:08.580
 left

00:22:08.580 --> 00:22:08.900
 out

00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:10.680
 we'd

00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:10.800
 be

00:22:10.800 --> 00:22:11.220
 lost

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 forever

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 forever

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 excluded

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 and it

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:16.759
 wouldn't

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.019
 have been

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.500
 unfair

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 it would

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 just be

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:19.500
 us

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:19.860
 getting

00:22:19.860 --> 00:22:20.100
 the

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 justice

00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:20.720
 we

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.180
 deserve

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 and so

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:24.180
 we

00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:24.360
 must

00:22:24.360 --> 00:22:24.880
 praise

00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:25.360
 and

00:22:25.360 --> 00:22:25.680
 give

00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:26.620
 glory

00:22:26.620 --> 00:22:27.400
 to

00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:27.779
 Jesus

00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:29.539
 that

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:29.680
 he

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:29.880
 was

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 willing

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 to

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 fall

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 to

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 the

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 ground

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 and

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 die

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 so

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 that

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 we

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 too

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 might

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 be

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 included

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 in

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 the

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:37.920
 harvest

00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:38.700
 that

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:38.880
 his

00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:39.120
 death

00:22:39.120 --> 00:22:39.560
 brings

00:22:39.560 --> 00:22:41.680
 these

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.000
 Greeks

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.519
 reminded

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.000
 Jesus

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.440
 of

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:43.620
 his

00:22:43.620 --> 00:22:44.000
 death

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:46.060
 because

00:22:46.060 --> 00:22:46.299
 he

00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:46.560
 loved

00:22:46.560 --> 00:22:46.840
 them

00:22:46.840 --> 00:22:47.820
 because

00:22:47.820 --> 00:22:48.060
 he

00:22:48.060 --> 00:22:48.420
 loves

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:49.080
 the

00:22:49.080 --> 00:22:49.460
 people

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:49.640
 of

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 the

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 world

00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:51.019
 not

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 just

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:51.460
 the

00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:51.779
 Jews

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:53.840
 he

00:22:53.840 --> 00:22:54.060
 knew

00:22:54.060 --> 00:22:54.279
 they

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:54.620
 needed

00:22:54.620 --> 00:22:54.840
 what

00:22:54.840 --> 00:22:55.039
 his

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.279
 death

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:55.460
 would

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:55.779
 bring

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 to

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 be

00:22:57.080 --> 00:22:57.539
 included

00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:59.259
 to

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 be

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 his

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:03.200
 let's

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 pray

00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:07.100
 thank

00:23:07.100 --> 00:23:07.259
 you

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:07.460
 Lord

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:07.800
 Jesus

00:23:07.800 --> 00:23:08.140
 for

00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:08.440
 going

00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:08.600
 to

00:23:08.600 --> 00:23:08.759
 the

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.080
 cross

00:23:09.080 --> 00:23:09.320
 for

00:23:09.320 --> 00:23:09.640
 us

00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:12.240
 for

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.519
 loving

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:12.779
 us

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.460
 Gentiles

00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:13.900
 too

00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:16.680
 for

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:16.920
 laying

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.140
 down

00:23:17.140 --> 00:23:17.320
 your

00:23:17.320 --> 00:23:17.740
 life

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.880
 for

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 us

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.480
 to

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 welcome

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.240
 us

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.640
 into

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 the

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:21.099
 fold

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.319
 so

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:21.480
 that

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:21.779
 we

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:21.960
 can

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.160
 be

00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:22.460
 sheep

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:22.799
 to

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 outsiders

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:23.980
 though

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.160
 we

00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:24.500
 were

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:27.160
 may

00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:27.279
 we

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:27.460
 not

00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:27.740
 take

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:27.920
 our

00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:28.400
 salvation

00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:28.660
 for

00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:29.000
 granted

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.339
 Lord

00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:31.359
 may

00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:31.539
 we

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.220
 continue

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.480
 to

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 grow

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:34.099
 in

00:23:34.099 --> 00:23:34.319
 that

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:34.839
 heartfelt

00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:35.500
 knowledge

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:35.839
 of

00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.120
 your

00:23:36.120 --> 00:23:36.940
 great

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.240
 and

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.460
 deep

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:37.720
 love

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:37.960
 for

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 us

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:38.740
 of

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:38.880
 your

00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:39.420
 grace

00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:40.220
 and

00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:40.359
 of

00:23:40.359 --> 00:23:40.500
 your

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:40.819
 truly

00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.380
 undeserved

00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:41.960
 mercy

00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:42.460
 towards

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:42.880
 us

00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:46.279
 we

00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:46.500
 ask

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:46.660
 this

00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:46.819
 in

00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:46.940
 your

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:47.220
 name

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:49.200
 amen

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:51.039
 before

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.339
 I

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:51.579
 get

00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:51.700
 to

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:51.819
 the

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.279
 devotional

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.420
 I

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:52.579
 just

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:52.740
 want

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:52.839
 to

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.000
 say

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.140
 a

00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:53.360
 quick

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 word

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 with

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 regards

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.440
 to

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:54.600
 my

00:23:54.600 --> 00:23:54.940
 message

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.120
 I

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:55.240
 was

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.539
 chatting

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:55.920
 to

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:57.380
 someone

00:23:57.380 --> 00:23:57.680
 after

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:57.880
 the

00:23:57.880 --> 00:23:58.259
 service

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:59.000
 and

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.140
 if

00:23:59.140 --> 00:23:59.279
 you

00:23:59.279 --> 00:23:59.579
 heard

00:23:59.579 --> 00:23:59.779
 that

00:23:59.779 --> 00:23:59.980
 it's

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.519
 possible

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:00.860
 that

00:24:00.860 --> 00:24:01.079
 if

00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:01.440
 Jesus

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.000
 hadn't

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.420
 died

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:03.640
 for

00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:03.839
 us

00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:04.319
 Gentiles

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:04.640
 to be

00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:04.920
 lost

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:05.220
 and the

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.420
 Jews

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:05.600
 to

00:24:05.600 --> 00:24:05.799
 still

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:05.980
 be

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.339
 saved

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:07.380
 you

00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:07.640
 heard

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:08.000
 wrong

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:09.440
 if

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:09.720
 Jesus

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.019
 hadn't

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.279
 died

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:11.220
 nobody

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.480
 would

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:11.680
 be

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.039
 saved

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.720
 Jew

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:12.980
 or

00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:13.519
 Gentile

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:13.960
 so I

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.140
 just

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:14.319
 hope

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:14.460
 that

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:14.700
 that's

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.000
 clear

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:15.840
 in fact

00:24:15.840 --> 00:24:16.120
 you can

00:24:16.120 --> 00:24:16.440
 probably

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:16.860
 back it

00:24:16.860 --> 00:24:17.200
 up even

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:17.500
 further

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:17.980
 than that

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.519
 if

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:18.799
 Jesus

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.080
 hadn't

00:24:19.080 --> 00:24:19.299
 died

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:19.720
 every

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.160
 promise

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:20.400
 that

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:20.620
 God

00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:20.960
 ever

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.279
 made

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:21.480
 to

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:21.720
 bless

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.299
 anybody

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.680
 throughout

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:23.259
 all human

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.620
 history

00:24:23.620 --> 00:24:24.080
 would fall

00:24:24.080 --> 00:24:24.539
 flat

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.480
 and God

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:25.740
 would be

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.160
 unjust

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:26.539
 for all

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:26.940
 the times

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.200
 that he

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.680
 did show

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.080
 mercy

00:24:28.080 --> 00:24:28.480
 and

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.340
 forgiveness

00:24:29.340 --> 00:24:31.100
 before

00:24:31.100 --> 00:24:31.519
 Jesus

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:31.980
 died

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:33.660
 all of

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:33.779
 it

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.460
 requires

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.420
 Jesus

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:35.940
 death

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:36.620
 to bring

00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:36.860
 about

00:24:36.860 --> 00:24:37.120
 that

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:37.400
 new

00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:37.740
 covenant

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.559
 so that

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.360
 any

00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:39.680
 of us

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.000
 can be

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.340
 saved

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:42.359
 and

00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:42.699
 you

00:24:42.699 --> 00:24:42.859
 could

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.059
 even

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.319
 back

00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:43.439
 it

00:24:43.439 --> 00:24:43.539
 up

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:43.759
 one

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:43.980
 step

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.259
 further

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.519
 than

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:44.839
 that

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.399
 if

00:24:45.399 --> 00:24:46.319
 it's

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:46.519
 not

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:46.720
 even

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.299
 possible

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.959
 for

00:24:47.959 --> 00:24:48.119
 the

00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:48.439
 plan

00:24:48.439 --> 00:24:48.639
 that

00:24:48.639 --> 00:24:48.939
 God

00:24:48.939 --> 00:24:50.259
 came

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:50.459
 up

00:24:50.459 --> 00:24:50.619
 with

00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:50.819
 to

00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.179
 save

00:24:51.179 --> 00:24:51.839
 to

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.039
 fall

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.359
 flat

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.519
 or

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:52.659
 to

00:24:52.659 --> 00:24:52.939
 fail

00:24:52.939 --> 00:24:53.399
 because

00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:53.679
 no

00:24:53.679 --> 00:24:54.000
 plan

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.159
 of

00:24:54.159 --> 00:24:54.459
 God

00:24:54.459 --> 00:24:55.240
 ever

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:55.619
 does

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.139
 Jesus

00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:56.500
 had

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:56.679
 to

00:24:56.679 --> 00:24:56.959
 die

00:24:56.959 --> 00:24:57.559
 and

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:57.720
 he

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:57.899
 was

00:24:57.899 --> 00:24:58.159
 going

00:24:58.159 --> 00:24:58.419
 to

00:24:58.419 --> 00:24:58.639
 and

00:24:58.639 --> 00:24:58.779
 he

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.079
 did

00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:00.319
 so I

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:00.500
 just

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:00.679
 wanted

00:25:00.679 --> 00:25:00.899
 to

00:25:00.899 --> 00:25:01.379
 clarify

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:01.799
 that

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.079
 before

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:02.259
 I

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:02.419
 said

00:25:02.419 --> 00:25:02.700
 anything

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.059
 more

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:04.419
 as

00:25:04.419 --> 00:25:04.799
 promised

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.019
 we're

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.099
 going

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:05.179
 to

00:25:05.179 --> 00:25:05.339
 come

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:05.619
 back

00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:05.799
 for

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:05.919
 a

00:25:05.919 --> 00:25:06.139
 moment

00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:06.500
 to

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.259
 John

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.579
 chapter

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:07.960
 12

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.179
 verse

00:25:08.179 --> 00:25:08.700
 25

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:10.359
 I'm

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:10.419
 going

00:25:10.419 --> 00:25:10.519
 to

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:10.720
 start

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:10.919
 by

00:25:10.919 --> 00:25:11.179
 reading

00:25:11.179 --> 00:25:11.339
 it

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:11.539
 back

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:11.720
 up

00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:11.839
 in

00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.659
 23

00:25:12.659 --> 00:25:12.980
 though

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.240
 just

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.539
 to

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:13.839
 bring

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:13.939
 in

00:25:13.939 --> 00:25:14.059
 the

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.500
 context

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:14.899
 again

00:25:14.899 --> 00:25:16.759
 the

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.019
 hour

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.259
 has

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:17.539
 come

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:17.720
 for

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:17.899
 the

00:25:17.899 --> 00:25:18.059
 son

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.200
 of

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:18.419
 man

00:25:18.419 --> 00:25:18.599
 to

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:18.740
 be

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.359
 glorified

00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:20.399
 very

00:25:20.399 --> 00:25:20.759
 truly

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:20.980
 I

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.259
 tell

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.519
 you

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.259
 unless

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:22.480
 a

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:22.720
 kernel

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:22.939
 of

00:25:22.939 --> 00:25:23.099
 wheat

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.439
 falls

00:25:23.439 --> 00:25:23.599
 to

00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:23.740
 the

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.000
 ground

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.200
 and

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.559
 dies

00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:30.700
 many

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.179
 seeds

00:25:31.179 --> 00:25:32.899
 anyone

00:25:32.899 --> 00:25:33.259
 who

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.679
 loves

00:25:33.679 --> 00:25:33.919
 their

00:25:33.919 --> 00:25:34.359
 life

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:35.139
 will

00:25:35.139 --> 00:25:35.399
 lose

00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:35.679
 it

00:25:35.679 --> 00:25:36.659
 while

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 anyone

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.319
 who

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:37.679
 hates

00:25:37.679 --> 00:25:37.899
 their

00:25:37.899 --> 00:25:38.200
 life

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:38.359
 in

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:38.579
 this

00:25:38.579 --> 00:25:38.919
 world

00:25:38.919 --> 00:25:39.779
 will

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 keep

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:40.319
 it

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:40.740
 for

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.119
 eternal

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:41.559
 life

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:42.859
 whoever

00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:43.439
 serves

00:25:43.439 --> 00:25:43.759
 me

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.079
 must

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.379
 follow

00:25:44.379 --> 00:25:44.679
 me

00:25:44.679 --> 00:25:45.539
 and

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:45.779
 where

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:45.980
 I

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.259
 am

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.819
 my

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.179
 servant

00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:47.599
 also

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:47.819
 will

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:48.099
 be

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:49.259
 my

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:49.679
 father

00:25:49.679 --> 00:25:50.279
 will

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.679
 honor

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 the

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:51.679
 one

00:25:51.679 --> 00:25:51.879
 who

00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:52.220
 serves

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.519
 me

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:54.279
 so

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.599
 Jesus

00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:54.839
 is

00:25:54.839 --> 00:25:55.019
 not

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.179
 the

00:25:55.179 --> 00:25:55.379
 only

00:25:55.379 --> 00:25:55.599
 one

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:55.799
 who

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.000
 must

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.240
 make

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.379
 an

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:56.939
 exchange

00:25:56.939 --> 00:25:58.379
 a

00:25:58.379 --> 00:25:58.659
 loss

00:25:58.659 --> 00:25:58.819
 of

00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:58.980
 his

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.399
 life

00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:00.519
 for

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:00.700
 a

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.019
 gain

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.340
 of

00:26:01.340 --> 00:26:01.440
 a

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:01.820
 harvest

00:26:01.820 --> 00:26:02.620
 he

00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:02.800
 now

00:26:02.800 --> 00:26:03.080
 turns

00:26:03.080 --> 00:26:03.240
 to

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.420
 his

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:03.900
 disciples

00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.780
 to

00:26:04.780 --> 00:26:05.160
 us

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:06.440
 and

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:06.640
 lets

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:06.800
 us

00:26:06.800 --> 00:26:06.980
 know

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.140
 that

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:07.360
 we

00:26:07.360 --> 00:26:07.660
 too

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.120
 must

00:26:08.120 --> 00:26:08.360
 make

00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:08.480
 an

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.060
 exchange

00:26:09.060 --> 00:26:10.420
 a

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:10.759
 loss

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.060
 of

00:26:11.060 --> 00:26:11.180
 a

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.540
 life

00:26:11.540 --> 00:26:13.180
 in

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.340
 order

00:26:13.340 --> 00:26:13.580
 to

00:26:13.580 --> 00:26:13.920
 gain

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:15.759
 or

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.100
 else

00:26:16.100 --> 00:26:16.600
 in

00:26:16.600 --> 00:26:16.840
 trying

00:26:16.840 --> 00:26:17.080
 to

00:26:17.080 --> 00:26:17.400
 keep

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:18.280
 to

00:26:18.280 --> 00:26:18.460
 lose

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:18.920
 everything

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:21.660
 these

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:21.800
 are

00:26:21.800 --> 00:26:22.019
 deep

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.500
 words

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.860
 anyone

00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:24.160
 who

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:24.500
 loves

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:24.720
 their

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.060
 life

00:26:25.060 --> 00:26:25.259
 will

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.500
 lose

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:25.759
 it

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.860
 while

00:26:26.860 --> 00:26:27.240
 anyone

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.560
 who

00:26:27.560 --> 00:26:27.840
 hates

00:26:27.840 --> 00:26:28.060
 their

00:26:28.060 --> 00:26:28.440
 life

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:29.080
 in

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.299
 this

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.639
 world

00:26:29.639 --> 00:26:30.379
 will

00:26:30.379 --> 00:26:30.619
 keep

00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:30.720
 it

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:30.859
 for

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.220
 eternal

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.659
 life

00:26:31.659 --> 00:26:32.879
 we

00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:33.019
 need

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.179
 to

00:26:33.179 --> 00:26:33.480
 meditate

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:33.799
 and

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.000
 chew

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.159
 on

00:26:34.159 --> 00:26:34.359
 these

00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:34.659
 words

00:26:34.659 --> 00:26:34.960
 long

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.099
 and

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:35.399
 hard

00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:37.619
 there's

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:37.879
 a lot

00:26:37.879 --> 00:26:38.220
 here

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:38.859
 what is

00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:39.119
 Jesus

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.599
 saying

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:41.159
 let's

00:26:41.159 --> 00:26:41.359
 start

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:41.500
 with

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:41.639
 the

00:26:41.639 --> 00:26:42.139
 outcomes

00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:43.439
 there

00:26:43.439 --> 00:26:43.659
 are

00:26:43.659 --> 00:26:44.039
 two

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.699
 outcomes

00:26:44.699 --> 00:26:46.319
 some

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:46.720
 people

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.839
 will

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.259
 lose

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.939
 their

00:26:48.939 --> 00:26:49.359
 life

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:52.599
 others

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:52.839
 will

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.059
 keep

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.259
 their

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.699
 lives

00:26:53.699 --> 00:26:54.119
 and

00:26:54.119 --> 00:26:54.439
 attain

00:26:54.439 --> 00:26:54.639
 to

00:26:54.639 --> 00:26:54.980
 eternal

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.419
 life

00:26:55.419 --> 00:26:56.279
 two

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.779
 outcomes

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.779
 some

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.019
 lose

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.160
 their

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.500
 life

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.059
 some

00:26:59.059 --> 00:26:59.379
 keep

00:26:59.379 --> 00:26:59.599
 it

00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:00.259
 and

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:00.539
 attain

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:00.720
 to

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.039
 eternal

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.480
 life

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:03.920
 life

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.099
 that

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:04.299
 goes

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:04.519
 on

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:04.920
 forever

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.980
 some

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.240
 people

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:06.440
 will

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:06.639
 get

00:27:06.639 --> 00:27:06.920
 that

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.160
 good

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:07.379
 gift

00:27:07.379 --> 00:27:07.559
 of

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:07.839
 God

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.299
 and

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:08.639
 others

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:08.839
 will

00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:09.200
 not

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:10.480
 what

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:10.720
 makes

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:10.879
 the

00:27:10.879 --> 00:27:11.339
 difference

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:13.440
 according

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:13.680
 to

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.039
 Jesus

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:15.759
 it's

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.119
 how we

00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:16.440
 thought

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:17.079
 and felt

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.359
 about

00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:17.599
 our

00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:18.039
 lives

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.379
 here

00:27:18.379 --> 00:27:18.539
 and

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:18.819
 now

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:20.139
 in

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:20.359
 this

00:27:20.359 --> 00:27:20.720
 world

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:22.660
 if

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:22.819
 we

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.240
 love

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.559
 and

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.600
 cherish

00:27:24.600 --> 00:27:24.880
 our

00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:25.180
 lives

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.360
 in

00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:25.519
 this

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:25.880
 world

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:27.220
 seek

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.420
 to

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:27.920
 hang

00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.160
 on

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:28.319
 to

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.539
 them

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.519
 Jesus

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:29.900
 says

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:30.059
 we

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.220
 will

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.460
 lose

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:30.640
 our

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.019
 lives

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:32.319
 but

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:32.440
 if

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:32.620
 we

00:27:32.620 --> 00:27:33.019
 hate

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.259
 our

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.559
 lives

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:33.720
 in

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:33.900
 this

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.240
 world

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.920
 and

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.240
 give

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.440
 them

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:35.740
 up

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:37.259
 we

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.380
 will

00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:37.559
 be

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:37.900
 saved

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:38.059
 and

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:38.380
 attained

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:38.839
 to

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.140
 eternal

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:39.620
 life

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:41.880
 becoming

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.339
 a follower

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:42.559
 of

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:42.799
 Jesus

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.059
 is

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.480
 absolutely

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:44.039
 free

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.519
 in

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:44.740
 one

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.100
 sense

00:27:45.100 --> 00:27:45.620
 there's

00:27:45.620 --> 00:27:45.759
 no

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.220
 cost

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.940
 there's

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.059
 no

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.279
 amount

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.420
 of

00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:47.660
 money

00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:47.839
 that

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:47.960
 we

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.180
 must

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.559
 give

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.279
 there's

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.400
 no

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:49.600
 amount

00:27:49.600 --> 00:27:49.740
 of

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:49.900
 good

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.280
 works

00:27:50.280 --> 00:27:50.440
 that

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:50.560
 we

00:27:50.560 --> 00:27:50.800
 must

00:27:50.800 --> 00:27:51.120
 do

00:27:51.120 --> 00:27:52.759
 all

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.019
 that's

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.380
 required

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:53.640
 is

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:53.800
 a

00:27:53.800 --> 00:27:54.160
 simple

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:55.060
 childlike

00:27:55.060 --> 00:27:55.460
 faith

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:55.660
 that

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:55.940
 comes

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.100
 from

00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:56.240
 a

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.680
 repentant

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:57.000
 heart

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:58.380
 and

00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:58.500
 if

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:58.740
 out

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:58.860
 of

00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.120
 that

00:27:59.120 --> 00:28:00.000
 trusting

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.340
 and

00:28:00.340 --> 00:28:00.800
 penitent

00:28:00.800 --> 00:28:01.160
 heart

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:01.880
 we

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.280
 ask

00:28:02.280 --> 00:28:02.700
 Jesus

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:02.960
 to

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.100
 be

00:28:03.100 --> 00:28:03.320
 our

00:28:03.320 --> 00:28:03.720
 savior

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.080
 our

00:28:04.080 --> 00:28:04.340
 good

00:28:04.340 --> 00:28:04.700
 shepherd

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:04.920
 our

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.280
 king

00:28:05.280 --> 00:28:06.580
 he

00:28:06.580 --> 00:28:06.820
 will

00:28:06.820 --> 00:28:07.080
 be

00:28:07.080 --> 00:28:08.380
 it's

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:08.540
 that

00:28:08.540 --> 00:28:08.980
 simple

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:11.060
 it

00:28:11.060 --> 00:28:11.300
 is

00:28:11.300 --> 00:28:11.660
 that

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.019
 free

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:13.519
 but

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:13.740
 there's

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:13.980
 also

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.180
 a

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.420
 sense

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:14.580
 in

00:28:14.580 --> 00:28:14.900
 which

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:16.480
 becoming

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:16.720
 a

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:16.980
 follower

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.220
 of

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.500
 Jesus

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:17.820
 will

00:28:17.820 --> 00:28:18.160
 cost

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.340
 us

00:28:18.340 --> 00:28:18.880
 everything

00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:20.420
 Jesus

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:20.780
 speaks

00:28:20.780 --> 00:28:21.020
 about

00:28:21.020 --> 00:28:21.240
 this

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.480
 on a

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:21.660
 number

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:21.860
 of

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.440
 occasions

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:23.320
 our

00:28:23.320 --> 00:28:23.660
 very

00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:24.200
 lives

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:25.700
 there's

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:25.820
 a

00:28:25.820 --> 00:28:26.040
 sense

00:28:26.040 --> 00:28:26.360
 in which

00:28:26.360 --> 00:28:26.840
 we must

00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:27.380
 die

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:28.340
 to the

00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:28.740
 life

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:30.240
 that we

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.420
 could

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:30.840
 otherwise

00:28:30.840 --> 00:28:31.500
 have in

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.040
 this world

00:28:32.040 --> 00:28:33.600
 in order

00:28:33.600 --> 00:28:34.020
 to gain

00:28:34.020 --> 00:28:34.480
 the eternal

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.000
 life that

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.880
 Jesus offers

00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:36.420
 in the

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:36.780
 next

00:28:36.780 --> 00:28:38.440
 why is

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:38.760
 it like

00:28:38.760 --> 00:28:39.140
 this

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:40.820
 because

00:28:40.820 --> 00:28:41.580
 Jesus is a

00:28:41.580 --> 00:28:42.340
 good shepherd

00:28:42.340 --> 00:28:43.440
 he is a

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:43.800
 righteous

00:28:43.800 --> 00:28:44.460
 king

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:45.360
 and he's

00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:45.539
 not

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:45.840
 content

00:28:45.840 --> 00:28:46.400
 to leave

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:46.759
 us

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.779
 as the

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.140
 selfish

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.559
 sinners

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.059
 that we

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.340
 are

00:28:49.340 --> 00:28:50.400
 in this

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:50.720
 world

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:52.360
 he makes

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:52.860
 us new

00:28:52.860 --> 00:28:54.240
 he brings

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.840
 change in

00:28:54.840 --> 00:28:55.120
 us

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:56.100
 he calls

00:28:56.100 --> 00:28:56.319
 us

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:56.880
 and commands

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.200
 us

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.779
 to live

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.240
 differently

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.660
 than we

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:59.100
 otherwise

00:28:59.100 --> 00:28:59.480
 would in

00:28:59.480 --> 00:28:59.660
 this

00:28:59.660 --> 00:28:59.980
 world

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:01.819
 we might

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.220
 think about

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.539
 it like

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:02.920
 this

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:04.519
 we may

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:04.920
 seek to

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.220
 be the

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:05.620
 masters

00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:06.519
 of our

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:06.900
 own

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.579
 destiny

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:08.819
 and live

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.059
 for

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:09.559
 ourselves

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:10.120
 for our

00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:10.360
 own

00:29:10.360 --> 00:29:10.759
 aims

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.340
 and wants

00:29:11.340 --> 00:29:11.660
 whatever

00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:12.140
 that may

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:12.480
 be

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:13.680
 or

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.720
 we can

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.039
 put our

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.420
 faith

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:15.779
 our

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.160
 trust

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:16.460
 in

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:16.799
 Jesus

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.980
 and give

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.200
 our

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.779
 lives

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.259
 to him

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:20.160
 which means

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:20.500
 that he

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.059
 becomes the

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.420
 master

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.240
 and the

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.539
 king of

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.079
 our lives

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:24.000
 and we

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.279
 will live

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.740
 for him

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.860
 and for

00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:26.599
 his aims

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:27.319
 and wants

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:28.099
 and these

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:28.759
 two really

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.980
 are mutually

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.680
 exclusive

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.819
 says Jesus

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:33.140
 we must

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:33.720
 die to the

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.120
 one in

00:29:34.120 --> 00:29:34.500
 order to

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:34.980
 gain the

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.279
 other

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:37.420
 an exchange

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:38.779
 is required

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:40.839
 let's think

00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:41.120
 about it

00:29:41.120 --> 00:29:41.779
 practically for

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.000
 a minute

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:42.500
 in terms

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:42.799
 of

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.960
 say

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.380
 material

00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:44.900
 possessions

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:46.740
 many people

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.180
 spend their

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.599
 lives

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:48.200
 here on

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:48.420
 earth

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:49.000
 just trying

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.539
 to gain

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:50.440
 more

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:51.119
 and more

00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:52.960
 as king

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.740
 Solomon said

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.900
 death and

00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:55.380
 destruction

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:56.579
 are never

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:57.200
 satisfied

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:58.859
 and neither

00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.380
 are human

00:29:59.380 --> 00:29:59.799
 eyes

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:01.660
 we keep

00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:02.119
 seeing

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:03.400
 we keep

00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:03.819
 wanting

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:05.519
 we work

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.200
 we save

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.759
 we borrow

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.700
 to get

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.660
 get

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.359
 get

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:10.699
 to have

00:30:10.699 --> 00:30:11.219
 that next

00:30:11.219 --> 00:30:11.500
 thing

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:11.779
 that will

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.179
 make us

00:30:12.179 --> 00:30:12.579
 happy

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.959
 or at

00:30:13.959 --> 00:30:14.619
 least to

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.219
 scratch the

00:30:15.219 --> 00:30:15.759
 itch that

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.139
 we feel

00:30:16.139 --> 00:30:16.639
 inside

00:30:16.639 --> 00:30:18.339
 but if you

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:18.619
 want to

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:19.179
 follow Jesus

00:30:19.179 --> 00:30:19.539
 with your

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:19.919
 life it

00:30:19.919 --> 00:30:20.439
 means caring

00:30:20.439 --> 00:30:21.119
 so much

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:21.679
 about other

00:30:21.679 --> 00:30:22.879
 things that

00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:23.359
 can be done

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:23.699
 with your

00:30:23.699 --> 00:30:24.179
 life and

00:30:24.179 --> 00:30:24.619
 your money

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:26.879
 that your

00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:27.959
 attitude towards

00:30:27.959 --> 00:30:28.740
 getting the

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:30.099
 stuff changes

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:31.539
 you can no

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.339
 longer love to

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:33.000
 do that like

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.439
 our world

00:30:33.439 --> 00:30:34.439
 does in

00:30:34.439 --> 00:30:34.899
 fact to the

00:30:34.899 --> 00:30:35.439
 world around

00:30:35.439 --> 00:30:36.500
 you it looks

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:37.059
 like you hate

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:38.919
 yourself because

00:30:38.919 --> 00:30:39.579
 at times you

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.399
 choose to deny

00:30:40.399 --> 00:30:42.179
 yourself you

00:30:42.179 --> 00:30:42.879
 don't live to

00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:43.740
 fulfill yourself

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.480
 like the world

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:46.279
 does because

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:47.079
 instead you have

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:48.099
 your eye on

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:48.859
 what will last

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:50.519
 what will make a

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.179
 difference beyond

00:30:51.179 --> 00:30:53.419
 this life so

00:30:53.419 --> 00:30:53.859
 you make the

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:55.319
 difficult choice

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:56.000
 to give up

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:57.119
 going after that

00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:58.039
 thing that you

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.859
 do like and

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.480
 would be nice

00:30:59.480 --> 00:30:59.980
 to have

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:02.160
 so that instead

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:02.759
 you can give

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.319
 your time

00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:04.660
 your money

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.339
 your energy

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:05.960
 your attention

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:07.460
 towards what

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:08.160
 Christ leads you

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.779
 to do instead

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.579
 it's a different

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:10.400
 kind of death

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:12.259
 it's a death

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:12.860
 to self

00:31:12.860 --> 00:31:14.740
 it's a death

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.779
 to selfishness

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:17.860
 it's a death

00:31:17.860 --> 00:31:18.380
 to the kind

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:19.000
 of life that

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.880
 we would live

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.480
 if our main

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.039
 goal was just

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.500
 to do what

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.200
 we want

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:23.019
 for ourselves

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:25.680
 anyone who

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:26.200
 loves their

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:27.400
 life will

00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:27.900
 lose it

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:29.180
 while anyone

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:29.779
 who hates

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.299
 their life

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:30.660
 in this

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:30.980
 world

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:32.340
 will keep

00:31:32.340 --> 00:31:32.960
 it for

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.299
 eternal

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.740
 life

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:35.120
 and this

00:31:35.120 --> 00:31:35.600
 looks different

00:31:35.600 --> 00:31:36.259
 for everyone

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:38.480
 everyone who

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:39.039
 chooses to

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.640
 follow Jesus

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.360
 must die in

00:31:40.360 --> 00:31:40.920
 all kinds of

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:41.560
 different ways

00:31:41.560 --> 00:31:43.120
 some have

00:31:43.120 --> 00:31:43.779
 physically died

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.140
 for their

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.539
 faith

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:45.740
 at the hands

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.039
 of evil

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.320
 men

00:31:46.320 --> 00:31:48.580
 some must

00:31:48.580 --> 00:31:49.039
 die in the

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.360
 realm of

00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:49.900
 their career

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:51.680
 because maybe

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.759
 living the

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.380
 kind of life

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:53.820
 that Christ

00:31:53.820 --> 00:31:54.560
 calls us to

00:31:54.560 --> 00:31:55.960
 leads us to

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.539
 make choices

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.339
 that sometimes

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:57.920
 may even

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.399
 cost us

00:31:58.399 --> 00:31:58.940
 our job

00:31:58.940 --> 00:32:00.200
 or our

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.639
 reputation

00:32:00.639 --> 00:32:01.139
 within the

00:32:01.139 --> 00:32:01.599
 industry

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:03.599
 at other

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:04.099
 times we

00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:04.559
 die in the

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:04.879
 realm of

00:32:04.879 --> 00:32:05.500
 relationships

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:07.119
 sometimes

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:08.599
 serving Christ

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:09.559
 requires

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:10.559
 leaving those

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:11.099
 that we love

00:32:11.099 --> 00:32:11.639
 to be with

00:32:11.639 --> 00:32:12.240
 to instead

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.980
 serve and

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.500
 minister to

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:14.279
 those who

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:15.180
 are less

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:15.980
 lovely to

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.420
 be with

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:19.779
 at times

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.539
 following Jesus

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:21.159
 means that we

00:32:21.159 --> 00:32:21.779
 must die

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:23.000
 in the realm

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.700
 of our dreams

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.460
 and aspirations

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:26.720
 because maybe

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.200
 the dreams

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.880
 and aspirations

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.360
 that you

00:32:28.360 --> 00:32:28.819
 have

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:30.539
 are really

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.360
 just about

00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:31.700
 you

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.640
 and what

00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:33.480
 makes you

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:34.299
 feel good

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:34.920
 in life

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.660
 what makes

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:36.200
 you feel

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:37.039
 comfortable

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:38.039
 and happy

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:39.720
 and not so

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.140
 much about

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:40.680
 what God

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.600
 wants you

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:41.960
 to do

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.279
 with your

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.640
 life

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:44.539
 in fact

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:44.940
 following

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.340
 Jesus

00:32:45.340 --> 00:32:46.620
 means dying

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:47.460
 to ourselves

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:48.319
 in every

00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:49.059
 area of

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.400
 life

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:51.000
 and that's

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.319
 why there's

00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:51.680
 no middle

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.019
 ground

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.600
 here

00:32:52.600 --> 00:32:52.880
 there's

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.400
 no third

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:53.960
 choice

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:55.759
 now it

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.160
 doesn't mean

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:56.460
 that we'll

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.140
 never enjoy

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:57.720
 anything good

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.360
 for ourselves

00:32:58.360 --> 00:32:59.140
 in this

00:32:59.140 --> 00:32:59.519
 life

00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:01.160
 that's what

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:01.500
 the devil

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.019
 wants you

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.440
 to believe

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:02.740
 that it

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.080
 means

00:33:03.080 --> 00:33:05.360
 God has

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:05.860
 filled our

00:33:05.860 --> 00:33:06.240
 world

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.140
 and our

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:07.440
 lives

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:07.900
 with all

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:08.900
 kinds of

00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:09.320
 joyful

00:33:09.320 --> 00:33:10.080
 experiences

00:33:10.080 --> 00:33:10.840
 and good

00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:11.220
 things

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.880
 that yes

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:13.019
 are for

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.280
 our

00:33:13.280 --> 00:33:13.759
 enjoyment

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:15.259
 but these

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.680
 things are

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:16.200
 often meant

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.540
 to come

00:33:16.540 --> 00:33:16.920
 to us

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.420
 not because

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:17.900
 we live

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:18.240
 to go

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.800
 after them

00:33:18.800 --> 00:33:20.100
 but as a

00:33:20.100 --> 00:33:21.040
 byproduct

00:33:21.040 --> 00:33:22.180
 of living

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:22.519
 the way

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:23.019
 God has

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:23.660
 commanded us

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:23.980
 to in

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.480
 this world

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:26.019
 living a

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.660
 life of

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:27.059
 love

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:28.259
 just like

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:29.000
 Jesus says

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:30.180
 it's better

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.680
 to give

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:31.440
 than to

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:31.879
 receive

00:33:31.879 --> 00:33:33.619
 and that's

00:33:33.619 --> 00:33:34.160
 really at the

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.619
 core of what

00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:35.379
 Jesus is talking

00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:35.859
 about here

00:33:35.859 --> 00:33:36.480
 we can either

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:38.099
 love ourselves

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:39.099
 and our

00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:39.579
 lives

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:41.079
 or we can

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:41.619
 love God

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.920
 and other

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.299
 people

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:44.180
 we can go

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:45.019
 after and get

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.839
 for ourselves

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:47.539
 or we can

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:48.559
 give to God

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:49.339
 and to other

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:49.720
 people

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.519
 dying to

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:51.059
 ourselves

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:52.460
 the first

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:53.039
 road leads

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:54.000
 to death

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.460
 and the

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:54.740
 losing

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.539
 of everything

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.180
 the losing

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:56.519
 of our

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:57.460
 very lives

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:58.539
 the losing

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:58.839
 of our

00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.240
 souls

00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:00.980
 the second

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.339
 road

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:02.259
 the road

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:02.839
 of Christ

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:03.500
 leads

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.519
 through death

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:05.819
 to eternal

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.259
 life

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:07.779
 and it's the

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.380
 one that brings

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:09.099
 ultimate joy

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.780
 and happiness

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:10.480
 forever

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:12.840
 so these words

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.480
 are worthy of

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:14.300
 much meditation

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:14.980
 and reflection

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:16.900
 do you see

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.300
 what kind

00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:17.699
 of life

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.360
 Jesus is

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:18.880
 calling you

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.099
 to

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:21.260
 at times

00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:21.820
 it does

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:23.240
 feel miserable

00:34:23.240 --> 00:34:25.460
 to ourselves

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.920
 unfulfilling

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:29.119
 it may feel

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:29.780
 like death

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:31.440
 at times

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.460
 but the

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:33.019
 reward

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:34.420
 goes beyond

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:35.300
 our wildest

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:35.780
 dreams

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.960
 and imaginings

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:38.619
 there will

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:39.019
 someday

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.599
 come a great

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.019
 harvest

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:41.740
 if we choose

00:34:41.740 --> 00:34:42.719
 to die

00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:43.300
 to ourselves

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:43.840
 and follow

00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:44.400
 Christ in

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:44.840
 this way

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:46.120
 we're not

00:34:46.120 --> 00:34:46.740
 giving up

00:34:46.740 --> 00:34:47.240
 and losing

00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:47.980
 out in

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.440
 this world

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:48.940
 for nothing

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:50.300
 we do it

00:34:50.300 --> 00:34:50.840
 because there's

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.440
 something much

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:51.980
 greater to

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.280
 gain

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:54.100
 we do it

00:34:54.100 --> 00:34:54.680
 because we

00:34:54.680 --> 00:34:55.240
 as servants

00:34:55.240 --> 00:34:55.760
 of Christ

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.100
 have been

00:34:56.100 --> 00:34:56.440
 given the

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:56.880
 opportunity

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:57.340
 to make

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:58.000
 a real

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:59.480
 impact

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.039
 in this

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.440
 world

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:01.460
 a lasting

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:02.480
 and eternal

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:03.160
 difference

00:35:03.160 --> 00:35:04.320
 in the lives

00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:04.800
 of the people

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.420
 that we serve

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:05.880
 and minister

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.180
 to

00:35:06.180 --> 00:35:07.960
 we do it

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.260
 to bring

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:08.800
 glory to

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.300
 our God

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:10.660
 and to

00:35:10.660 --> 00:35:11.160
 our King

00:35:11.160 --> 00:35:12.220
 something that

00:35:12.220 --> 00:35:12.680
 will not

00:35:12.680 --> 00:35:13.940
 fully be seen

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:14.960
 until that

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.619
 final day

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.700
 when the

00:35:16.700 --> 00:35:17.119
 fruit of our

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:17.860
 lives is ripe

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:18.280
 and God

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:18.980
 brings everything

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.420
 to its

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:20.079
 proper end

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:22.519
 and we

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:22.980
 give up our

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.360
 lives

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:24.599
 of course

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:25.320
 our claim

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:25.820
 to our

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:26.519
 own lives

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:27.679
 and surrender

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:28.139
 them to

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:28.500
 Christ

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.079
 because he

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.740
 has promised

00:35:29.740 --> 00:35:30.880
 eternal life

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:32.059
 in the age

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.559
 to come

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:34.700
 what a deal

00:35:34.699 --> 00:35:37.139
 so I

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:37.359
 want to

00:35:37.359 --> 00:35:37.679
 encourage

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:37.980
 you

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.619
 this

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.000
 afternoon

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.379
 just to

00:35:39.379 --> 00:35:39.559
 think

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:39.899
 deeply

00:35:39.899 --> 00:35:40.159
 about

00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:40.419
 these

00:35:40.419 --> 00:35:40.699
 words

00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:40.879
 of

00:35:40.879 --> 00:35:41.199
 Jesus

00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:43.339
 maybe

00:35:43.339 --> 00:35:43.599
 you've

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:43.819
 heard

00:35:43.819 --> 00:35:44.339
 and you've

00:35:44.339 --> 00:35:44.699
 known

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:44.939
 this

00:35:44.939 --> 00:35:45.379
 before

00:35:45.379 --> 00:35:46.980
 but how

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.299
 easily

00:35:47.299 --> 00:35:47.659
 we can

00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:47.899
 settle

00:35:47.899 --> 00:35:48.219
 back

00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:48.419
 into

00:35:48.419 --> 00:35:48.679
 just

00:35:48.679 --> 00:35:49.019
 chasing

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.339
 after

00:35:49.339 --> 00:35:49.559
 a

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:49.879
 comfortable

00:35:49.879 --> 00:35:50.359
 life

00:35:50.359 --> 00:35:51.279
 of

00:35:51.279 --> 00:35:51.539
 self

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:52.279
 gratification

00:35:52.279 --> 00:35:53.119
 I feel

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:53.339
 it

00:35:53.339 --> 00:35:54.779
 I trust

00:35:54.779 --> 00:35:55.119
 you do

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:55.599
 as well

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:57.460
 perhaps

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:57.879
 even now

00:35:57.879 --> 00:35:58.199
 the Lord

00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:58.719
 is convicting

00:35:58.719 --> 00:35:58.980
 you of

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.359
 some things

00:35:59.359 --> 00:35:59.619
 in your

00:35:59.619 --> 00:35:59.919
 life

00:35:59.919 --> 00:36:00.299
 that you

00:36:00.299 --> 00:36:00.679
 do

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:02.079
 that are

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.279
 just

00:36:02.279 --> 00:36:02.579
 mainly

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:03.019
 because

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.819
 it's

00:36:03.819 --> 00:36:04.059
 about

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:04.440
 you

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:06.699
 and not

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:06.919
 about

00:36:06.919 --> 00:36:07.239
 God

00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:07.679
 and his

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:08.299
 concerns

00:36:08.299 --> 00:36:08.619
 and what

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:09.059
 he wants

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.279
 you to

00:36:09.279 --> 00:36:09.440
 do

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:09.819
 so I

00:36:09.819 --> 00:36:10.119
 want to

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.699
 encourage

00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:10.980
 you to

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.319
 talk to

00:36:11.319 --> 00:36:11.639
 the Lord

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:12.159
 this week

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:12.460
 about

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:13.339
 these

00:36:13.339 --> 00:36:13.759
 things

00:36:13.759 --> 00:36:14.739
 ask him

00:36:14.739 --> 00:36:15.839
 is there

00:36:15.839 --> 00:36:16.259
 something I

00:36:16.259 --> 00:36:16.519
 need to

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:16.879
 change

00:36:16.879 --> 00:36:17.139
 Lord

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:17.460
 and how

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:17.619
 I'm

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:18.000
 following

00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:18.339
 you

00:36:18.339 --> 00:36:20.500
 let's

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:20.759
 finish

00:36:20.759 --> 00:36:21.139
 quickly

00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:21.359
 with

00:36:21.359 --> 00:36:21.579
 verse

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:22.219
 26

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:23.599
 Jesus

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:23.980
 says

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.219
 whoever

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:24.779
 serves

00:36:24.779 --> 00:36:25.119
 me

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:26.079
 must

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.379
 follow

00:36:26.379 --> 00:36:26.659
 me

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:27.619
 and

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:27.839
 where

00:36:27.839 --> 00:36:28.039
 I

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.299
 am

00:36:28.299 --> 00:36:29.219
 my

00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:29.539
 servant

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:29.919
 also

00:36:29.919 --> 00:36:30.139
 will

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:30.419
 be

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:31.880
 my

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.240
 father

00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:32.480
 will

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:32.880
 honor

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:33.300
 the

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:33.559
 one

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:33.920
 who

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.220
 serves

00:36:34.220 --> 00:36:34.460
 me

00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:36.039
 you

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.320
 cannot

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:36.700
 be a

00:36:36.700 --> 00:36:36.960
 servant

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.220
 of

00:36:37.220 --> 00:36:37.440
 King

00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:37.820
 Jesus

00:36:37.820 --> 00:36:39.220
 and at

00:36:39.220 --> 00:36:39.539
 the same

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:39.860
 time

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:40.240
 go your

00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:40.420
 own

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:40.720
 way

00:36:40.720 --> 00:36:42.220
 if you

00:36:42.220 --> 00:36:42.420
 want to

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:42.539
 have

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:42.820
 Jesus

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:43.200
 for your

00:36:43.200 --> 00:36:43.440
 king

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:43.820
 then you

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:44.200
 must

00:36:44.200 --> 00:36:44.800
 follow

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.099
 him

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:46.300
 and where

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:46.480
 he

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:46.900
 goes

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:48.579
 is to

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:48.960
 his own

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.300
 death

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:50.680
 and so

00:36:50.680 --> 00:36:50.940
 must

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.220
 we

00:36:51.220 --> 00:36:52.740
 that is

00:36:52.740 --> 00:36:53.019
 where the

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.440
 path

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:54.159
 of love

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:54.700
 for God

00:36:54.700 --> 00:36:55.920
 and love

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.559
 for others

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.260
 leads

00:36:57.260 --> 00:36:58.539
 and even

00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:58.920
 though it's

00:36:58.920 --> 00:36:59.320
 a hard

00:36:59.320 --> 00:36:59.659
 road

00:36:59.659 --> 00:37:01.299
 there is

00:37:01.299 --> 00:37:01.839
 great

00:37:01.839 --> 00:37:02.319
 reward

00:37:02.319 --> 00:37:03.000
 at the

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.299
 end of

00:37:03.299 --> 00:37:03.480
 it

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:05.039
 where I

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.339
 am

00:37:05.339 --> 00:37:06.460
 my

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:07.000
 servant

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:08.000
 also

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:08.679
 will be

00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:09.920
 these

00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:10.119
 words

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:10.519
 probably

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:10.819
 didn't

00:37:10.819 --> 00:37:11.039
 mean

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.259
 too

00:37:11.259 --> 00:37:11.480
 much

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:11.619
 to

00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:11.739
 the

00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:12.159
 disciples

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:12.440
 right

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:12.819
 now

00:37:12.819 --> 00:37:13.779
 while

00:37:13.779 --> 00:37:13.940
 they're

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:14.159
 with

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:14.639
 Jesus

00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:16.259
 but they

00:37:16.259 --> 00:37:16.579
 will mean

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:16.899
 everything

00:37:16.899 --> 00:37:17.399
 to them

00:37:17.399 --> 00:37:18.039
 when they

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.559
 finally come

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:18.960
 to cross

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.619
 that threshold

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:20.159
 themselves

00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:20.899
 and die

00:37:20.899 --> 00:37:22.639
 and they

00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:22.960
 will mean

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.199
 even

00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:23.519
 more

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:24.659
 when he

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.199
 returns

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:25.940
 in glory

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.799
 to rule

00:37:26.799 --> 00:37:27.119
 and to

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:27.379
 reign

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:28.960
 there is

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:29.220
 great

00:37:29.220 --> 00:37:29.700
 reward

00:37:29.700 --> 00:37:30.920
 at the

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:31.220
 end of

00:37:31.220 --> 00:37:31.740
 this road

00:37:31.740 --> 00:37:33.280
 of serving

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:33.700
 Christ

00:37:33.700 --> 00:37:34.300
 of following

00:37:34.300 --> 00:37:34.680
 Jesus

00:37:34.680 --> 00:37:35.019
 with

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.780
 everything

00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:37.579
 Jesus

00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:37.920
 says

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:38.180
 my

00:37:38.180 --> 00:37:38.660
 father

00:37:38.660 --> 00:37:40.360
 that's

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:40.720
 God

00:37:40.720 --> 00:37:41.380
 the creator

00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:42.079
 of our

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:42.740
 universe

00:37:42.740 --> 00:37:43.940
 my father

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.860
 will honor

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:45.940
 the one

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.519
 who serves

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:46.880
 me

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:48.920
 amazing

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:50.440
 whatever

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:51.240
 you do

00:37:51.240 --> 00:37:52.000
 in life

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:52.500
 that's not

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:53.160
 for yourself

00:37:53.160 --> 00:37:54.840
 but for

00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:55.200
 the Lord

00:37:55.200 --> 00:37:55.660
 Jesus

00:37:55.660 --> 00:37:57.220
 whatever

00:37:57.220 --> 00:37:57.860
 you do

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:58.360
 in service

00:37:58.360 --> 00:37:58.860
 of him

00:37:58.860 --> 00:38:00.320
 God

00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:00.880
 will honor

00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:01.960
 someday

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:03.940
 he will

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:04.420
 honor you

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:05.120
 for doing

00:38:05.120 --> 00:38:05.700
 it

00:38:05.700 --> 00:38:07.460
 what an

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:07.860
 encouraging

00:38:07.860 --> 00:38:08.300
 word

00:38:08.300 --> 00:38:10.640
 father in

00:38:10.640 --> 00:38:10.860
 heaven

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:12.260
 thank you

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 for the

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 amazing gift

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 of your

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 son Jesus

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 I pray

00:38:17.260 --> 00:38:17.519
 Lord

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 that we

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 would be

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 able to

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 reflect

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 well

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 on the

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 past

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 year

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 but that

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 as we

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 look to

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 this year

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 ahead

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 that we

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 would

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 consider

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 how we

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 might

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 serve

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 you

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 how

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 we

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 might

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 follow

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 you

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 in

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 the

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 decisions

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 that we

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 make

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 even

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 now

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 I ask

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 this in

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 his name

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 and for

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 your glory

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 amen