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 Well, good morning, everyone.

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 The year, as we've already heard a bit this morning,

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 you probably remember yourself, 2020 was the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19.

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!

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 We had a limit of five and funerals a limit of 10 people.

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 Only five days after that, the first general public lockdown happened here in New South Wales.

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 It was so rapid, unprecedented times.

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 All of our habits and behaviours were shifted dramatically.

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 We had to think every time before we moved outside.

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 In fact, from that general public lockdown on the 31st of March 2020,

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 we experienced the constant process of restrictions being eased,

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 only to be tightened again until the 25th of June 2021,

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 when the Delta variant of COVID caused Sydney to go into strict lockdowns once again.

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 And this hard lockdown stayed in force until the 11th of October 2021,

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 when the New South Wales government allowed us to take off our pyjamas and venture out once again.

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 And we started to regather for Sunday services like this in November 2021.

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 That was basically the end of the first year of follow 25.

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 We regathered like this, but with ongoing restrictions until the end of 2021.

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 I think it's hard to reflect on follow 25 without factoring in COVID as an issue.

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 Because even from the process of regathering, it was 18 months after that, well into 2022,

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 before an element of a new normality started to settle in amongst us.

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 COVID-19 cast a very big shadow over,

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 not just the early days of follow 25, but the planning leading up to it.

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 It was a pandemic that had a profound impact on society.

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 As we know now, things like anxiety and mental health issues went through the roof.

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 During lockdowns, issues of alcohol abuse and domestic violence climbed dramatically.

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 And so the issue, people argue nowadays that the COVID-19 pandemic

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 sped up the issues of anxiety and mental health in our society by 10 years,

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 sped it up so fast.

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 Of course, what it also did was it had a profound impact on churches.

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 Early thinking of the COVID-19 pandemic was that it estimated that the pandemic sped up

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 the great de-churching of the West by at least 10 years as well,

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 where church attendance rapidly declined.

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 And the longer we stayed online, the less people were tuning in.

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 So what COVID-19 did was expose for the church in the West,

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 something that some of the greats had been saying for many years,

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 and that there was a shallowness to discipleship,

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 to following Jesus in Western Christianity.

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 For too long, the focus of churches had been, in fact,

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 growing church attendance on programs and buildings,

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 but in fact not on intentionally forming disciples of the Lord Jesus

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 who would multiply themselves as forming other disciples of the Lord Jesus.

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 And so COVID-19 was the wake-up call that we needed,

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 if we were willing to be woken up,

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 to push follow Jesus in all of life back into the focus for the church like ours.

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 And it was the context that produced follow 25,

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 and the key objective to see the majority of us grow in faith in the Lord Jesus.

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 And so this morning, what we're doing is we're going to go back

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 to see what it is to be a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 where we started, in fact, in follow 25 and Mark 8.

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 So get Mark 8 open for us there.

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 And I've got, this is where we're headed today in these points.

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 It's also in the St. Paul's app if you want to follow along in there.

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 The word disciple, not uniquely Christian word,

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 it was in fact common in Greek and both the Greek and Roman empires.

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 It's a word that literally means a student, learner.

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 In Jewish context, the context of Jesus,

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 is that there was a saying that says that a disciple

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 should become dusty with the dust of their rabbi.

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 That is, we should follow their rabbi so closely

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 that they would be covered in the dust that the rabbi stirred up

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 by their feet as they walked.

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 That is, the idea was that you would follow them in all of life

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 and reflect them in all of life,

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 that as they were dirty, so you became dirty with their dust.

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 And it's in this context that Jesus calls disciples

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 to leave everything to come follow him.

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 And Mark tells us why.

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 Why would they do that?

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 You see, the crucial question here

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 is the question of who is Jesus.

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 Jesus says that.

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 Well, you know, who do people say I am?

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 What's the general consensus?

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 Jesus says that.

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 Jesus says that.

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 And the views are many throughout history.

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 You see, Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus the Christ,

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 is undoubtedly the most popular, recognizable,

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 the most quoted, the most admired,

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 the most controversial figure in all of history

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 and human society.

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 No other person has been more scrutinized and studied.

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 Entire philosophies and religions have been founded on his teaching.

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 No more books, sorry, more books have been written about him

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 than any other person in human history.

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 Every day his name is spoken by more people

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 from affectionate admiration to absent-minded curses

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 right through to denouncements.

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 No teaching has ever been more exploited and used than that of Jesus.

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 Politicians grab one of his quotable quotes

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 in order to prop up their political platform.

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 It might be to honor him as one of God's prophets

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 or simply as an enlightened man.

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 It might be to reject him as a fraud,

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 to hail him as the king of kings and the saviour of the world.

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 No person is more misunderstood,

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 marginalized, commercialized than the person of Jesus.

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 He's viewed as a stern taskmaster

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 or as a moral jellyfish,

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 just willing to hand out forgiveness

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 and turn the blind eye to anyone

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 who might pray a simple shallow prayer of confession

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 only to go on the next moment living life

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 devoid of his presence.

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 In other words, the point is that if you get the person

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 of Jesus wrong,

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 you get Christianity entirely wrong.

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 Entirely wrong.

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 Who he is and what he did

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 are the crucial questions

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 because it defines what does it mean to follow him.

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 And Mark is one of those biographies of Jesus

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 that he wants to make sure that we're not vague

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 about the answers to those questions.

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 Who he is, what he's done

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 and what does it mean to follow him.

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 In verse 29, Peter answers the big question

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 of the identity of Jesus.

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 He says Jesus is the Messiah.

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 He's the Christ.

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 He's using a word that literally means

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 you are the anointed one.

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 The anointed one.

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 You're the Messiah.

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 You are the Christ,

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 which means you are the greatest king.

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 You are the king to end all kings.

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 You're the ruler to end all rulers.

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 And you're the king.

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 Using the word Messiah means that you will come

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 to defeat evil.

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 And Jesus accepts the title.

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 He does not rebuke Peter at all.

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 And that has massive implications

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 for all of humanity.

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 Because Peter is using a title

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 that has implications for every single human being.

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 It's a title which means that Jesus

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 is not calling people here to be curious onlookers.

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 He's not even calling people to be converts.

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 He's calling them to be disciples.

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 Followers.

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 Followers.

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 Fully committed followers

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 to the Christ.

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 The king to end all kings.

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 The ruler of all rulers.

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 And the word Christian,

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 the word disciple,

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 the word follower of Jesus,

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 whatever you want to use,

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 are interchangeable words

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 which really describe

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 a relationship with Jesus

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 that is a lifelong,

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 all of life journey

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 where you follow,

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 where you are getting dusty

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 with the dust

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 of the Christ.

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 The ruler of all.

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 That's a Christian.

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 But then he,

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 Jesus throws a little bit more light

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 on what it means to be,

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 what it means for him to be the Christ

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 and implications for us who follow it.

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 So verse 31,

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 he then began to teach them

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 that the son of man

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 must suffer many things

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 and be rejected by the elders,

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 the chief priests

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 and the teachers of the law

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 and then he must be killed

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 and after three days rise again.

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 He spoke plainly about this

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 and Peter took him aside

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 and began to rebuke him.

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 He says,

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 the son of man

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 must suffer.

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 So,

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 he accepts the title

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 of the anointed one

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 and now he refers to himself

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 as the son of man.

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 As I said last week,

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 the son of man

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 is a divine figure

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 mentioned hundreds of years earlier

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 in the book of Daniel chapter 7.

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 And this son of man

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 comes with authority,

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 all the authority of God

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 to put everything right

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 in a world,

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 in God's world

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 that has gone horribly wrong

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 because of sin.

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 And Jesus refers to himself

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 as that one.

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 But,

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 the idea

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 of the son of man's suffering

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 makes absolutely

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 no sense

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 whatsoever

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 to these Jewish lads

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 following Jesus

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 in this moment.

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 You see,

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 the Messiah,

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 the son of man

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 was meant to defeat

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 evil and injustice

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 and make everything wrong,

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 everything right

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 that's wrong in the world.

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 How on earth

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 could the Messiah,

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 the son of man

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 do that

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 by suffering?

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 But Jesus

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 is emphatic.

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 He is

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 planning

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 to die.

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 It's a planned

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 and a voluntary

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 act.

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 You see,

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 it's one thing

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 for Jesus to say,

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 listen guys,

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 I'm here,

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 I'm going to fight evil.

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 And,

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 you know,

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 but in the end

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 I will die,

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 I will be defeated.

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 It's another thing

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 entirely

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 for them to say,

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 in actual fact,

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 death is the reason

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 I came

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 to live.

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 And none of this

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 makes sense

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 to Peter at all.

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 At all.

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 You see,

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 from an early age

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 when he could crawl,

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 he was told

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 that the Messiah

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 would come

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 and defeat

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 evil and

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 injustice

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 and he would

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 ascend the throne

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 in Jerusalem

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 and reestablish

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 the nation

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 of Israel,

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 God's people.

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 people.

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 And Jesus

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 says,

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 I am the Messiah.

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 Peter said it

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 with his own mouth,

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 I am the Messiah.

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 I am the

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 Son of Man

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 but I've come

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 to die

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 not to

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 live

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 and reign.

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 I've come

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 to lose

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 power

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 not gain it.

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 I've come

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 to serve

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 not to

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 be served.

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 And so

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 Peter in this

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 moment

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 condemns

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 Jesus

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 in the

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 strongest

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 possible

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 terms.

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 The

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 strongest

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 possible

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 terms.

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 And Jesus

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 rebukes him.

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 You see,

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 Jesus is emphatic.

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 I must

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 suffer.

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 And the

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 word must

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 there

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 controls

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 the

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 entire

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 sentence.

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 I must

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 suffer.

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 I must

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 be rejected.

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 I must

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 be killed.

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 And I

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 must be

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 resurrected.

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 And all

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 of those

00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:32.180
 musts

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 have to

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 happen

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 for humanity

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 to be

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 saved

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 and for

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 the world

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 to be

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 renewed.

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 For justice

00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:41.340
 to be

00:15:41.340 --> 00:15:41.600
 served,

00:15:41.700 --> 00:15:41.900
 Jesus

00:15:41.900 --> 00:15:42.280
 must

00:15:42.280 --> 00:15:42.620
 suffer.

00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:45.960
 He

00:15:45.960 --> 00:15:46.320
 must

00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:46.639
 suffer.

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 You see,

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 when

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 someone

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 wrongs

00:15:52.040 --> 00:15:52.480
 us

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 in any

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 category

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 of life,

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 what happens

00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:56.620
 in that

00:15:56.620 --> 00:15:57.259
 moment is

00:15:57.259 --> 00:15:57.700
 a debt

00:15:57.700 --> 00:15:57.940
 is

00:15:57.940 --> 00:15:58.400
 established.

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 For

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 instance,

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 if you

00:16:00.940 --> 00:16:01.620
 grab my

00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:02.000
 phone and

00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:02.360
 you break

00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:02.920
 my phone

00:16:02.920 --> 00:16:03.700
 or you

00:16:03.700 --> 00:16:04.220
 steal my

00:16:04.220 --> 00:16:04.519
 phone,

00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:05.580
 a debt

00:16:05.580 --> 00:16:06.019
 has been

00:16:06.019 --> 00:16:06.240
 established.

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 Imagine you

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 break it,

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 you tread on

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 it,

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 although

00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:12.539
 apparently

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 it's not

00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:13.179
 meant to

00:16:13.179 --> 00:16:13.439
 break.

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 So we'll

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 see.

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 Hopefully

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 not.

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 There are

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 really only

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 two options

00:16:19.579 --> 00:16:20.099
 in that

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 moment.

00:16:22.099 --> 00:16:23.240
 Either you

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 pay to

00:16:24.959 --> 00:16:25.679
 repair or

00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:26.319
 to replace

00:16:26.319 --> 00:16:27.000
 my phone

00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:28.599
 or I

00:16:28.599 --> 00:16:29.240
 say to

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 you,

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 don't worry

00:16:31.079 --> 00:16:31.519
 about it,

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 I forgive

00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:33.500
 you.

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 They're the

00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:36.500
 only two

00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:36.959
 options.

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 in the

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 first case,

00:16:40.100 --> 00:16:40.580
 you pay

00:16:40.580 --> 00:16:41.019
 the debt.

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 You

00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:42.720
 either get

00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:43.200
 my phone

00:16:43.200 --> 00:16:44.440
 repaired or

00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:45.139
 you replace

00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:45.340
 it,

00:16:45.460 --> 00:16:45.960
 you've got

00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:46.720
 to open

00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:47.180
 up your

00:16:47.180 --> 00:16:47.639
 wallet or

00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:48.360
 your key

00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:48.720
 card and

00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:49.480
 you've got

00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:49.780
 to pay

00:16:49.780 --> 00:16:50.240
 for it.

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 In other

00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:53.480
 words,

00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:54.500
 and in the

00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:55.060
 second case,

00:16:55.379 --> 00:16:56.139
 I pay for

00:16:56.139 --> 00:16:56.519
 the debt.

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 That is,

00:16:58.100 --> 00:16:58.820
 the value

00:16:58.820 --> 00:16:59.620
 of that

00:16:59.620 --> 00:17:00.580
 phone doesn't

00:17:00.580 --> 00:17:01.700
 just disappear

00:17:01.700 --> 00:17:02.720
 into the

00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:03.019
 ether

00:17:03.019 --> 00:17:03.560
 somewhere.

00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:07.079
 The value

00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:07.319
 of the

00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:07.720
 phone is

00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:08.319
 still there

00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:10.599
 and someone

00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:11.139
 has to pay

00:17:11.139 --> 00:17:11.619
 for it.

00:17:12.259 --> 00:17:12.940
 And if I

00:17:12.940 --> 00:17:13.619
 choose to

00:17:13.619 --> 00:17:14.539
 forgive you

00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:15.399
 that debt,

00:17:16.500 --> 00:17:17.539
 then I

00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:17.980
 have to

00:17:17.980 --> 00:17:18.440
 pay the

00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:18.740
 debt.

00:17:21.019 --> 00:17:21.839
 I either

00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:22.919
 pay the

00:17:22.919 --> 00:17:23.639
 repairs on

00:17:23.639 --> 00:17:24.119
 the phone

00:17:24.119 --> 00:17:24.700
 or I pay

00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:25.259
 for a new

00:17:25.259 --> 00:17:26.639
 phone or

00:17:26.639 --> 00:17:27.759
 I go back

00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:28.259
 to paper

00:17:28.259 --> 00:17:28.659
 and pen

00:17:28.659 --> 00:17:29.440
 and landline

00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:31.960
 or pigeons

00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:32.480
 or whatever.

00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:33.859
 In other

00:17:33.859 --> 00:17:34.079
 words,

00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:35.639
 I absorb

00:17:35.639 --> 00:17:36.559
 the debt

00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:37.919
 in some

00:17:37.919 --> 00:17:38.559
 way and

00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:39.179
 I have

00:17:39.179 --> 00:17:39.619
 to pay

00:17:39.619 --> 00:17:40.139
 for it

00:17:40.139 --> 00:17:40.579
 if I

00:17:40.579 --> 00:17:41.240
 forgive you.

00:17:42.579 --> 00:17:43.419
 And that

00:17:43.419 --> 00:17:44.139
 happens on

00:17:44.139 --> 00:17:45.159
 every level

00:17:45.159 --> 00:17:46.460
 in society.

00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:49.119
 If someone

00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:50.000
 robs us

00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:50.299
 of an

00:17:50.299 --> 00:17:50.819
 opportunity

00:17:50.819 --> 00:17:51.379
 of happiness

00:17:51.379 --> 00:17:52.259
 or reputation

00:17:52.259 --> 00:17:56.440
 or in

00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:56.639
 some,

00:17:56.779 --> 00:17:57.639
 a debt

00:17:57.639 --> 00:17:58.399
 is accrued

00:17:58.399 --> 00:17:58.700
 at that

00:17:58.700 --> 00:17:59.059
 point.

00:17:59.659 --> 00:18:00.319
 A relational

00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:00.940
 debt is

00:18:00.940 --> 00:18:01.460
 accrued.

00:18:01.460 --> 00:18:02.980
 And there's

00:18:02.980 --> 00:18:03.400
 only two

00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:03.860
 choices.

00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:05.440
 You can

00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:06.480
 make the

00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:07.200
 other person

00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:08.059
 pay by

00:18:08.059 --> 00:18:08.539
 destroying

00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:08.840
 their

00:18:08.840 --> 00:18:09.539
 opportunities

00:18:09.539 --> 00:18:10.480
 and ruining

00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:10.920
 their

00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:12.279
 reputation.

00:18:13.860 --> 00:18:14.740
 That is,

00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:15.019
 you can

00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:15.600
 hope that

00:18:15.600 --> 00:18:16.240
 they suffer

00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:18.360
 or you

00:18:18.360 --> 00:18:18.860
 can ensure

00:18:18.860 --> 00:18:19.200
 that they

00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:19.539
 do.

00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:22.100
 And in

00:18:22.100 --> 00:18:22.700
 that moment,

00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:23.160
 as I said

00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:23.799
 last week,

00:18:24.220 --> 00:18:25.579
 evil wins.

00:18:25.579 --> 00:18:27.619
 it's

00:18:27.619 --> 00:18:28.639
 fighting fire

00:18:28.639 --> 00:18:29.359
 with fire.

00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:30.039
 And when

00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:30.579
 you fight

00:18:30.579 --> 00:18:31.279
 fire with

00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:31.699
 fire,

00:18:31.980 --> 00:18:32.819
 one debt

00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:33.960
 creates

00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:34.960
 another debt

00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:35.679
 which creates

00:18:35.679 --> 00:18:36.419
 another debt

00:18:36.419 --> 00:18:37.079
 which creates

00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:37.720
 another debt

00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:38.519
 and it

00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:39.519
 goes on

00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:40.579
 and evil

00:18:40.579 --> 00:18:41.099
 wins.

00:18:43.099 --> 00:18:43.879
 And the

00:18:43.879 --> 00:18:44.419
 only

00:18:44.419 --> 00:18:45.179
 alternative

00:18:45.179 --> 00:18:45.899
 in that

00:18:45.899 --> 00:18:46.399
 moment

00:18:46.399 --> 00:18:47.139
 instead of

00:18:47.139 --> 00:18:47.740
 fighting fire

00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:48.359
 with fire

00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:49.659
 is to

00:18:49.659 --> 00:18:50.039
 forgive.

00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:50.319
 forgive.

00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:54.819
 But

00:18:54.819 --> 00:18:55.319
 forgiveness

00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:58.480
 is so

00:18:58.480 --> 00:18:59.139
 hard.

00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:00.799
 It's in

00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:01.200
 fact the

00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:01.859
 harder way.

00:19:03.139 --> 00:19:03.859
 It's

00:19:03.859 --> 00:19:04.559
 absolute

00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:05.259
 agony

00:19:05.259 --> 00:19:06.299
 because

00:19:06.299 --> 00:19:06.859
 forgiveness

00:19:06.859 --> 00:19:08.039
 means I

00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:08.879
 choose to

00:19:08.879 --> 00:19:09.680
 absorb the

00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:10.000
 debt

00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:11.099
 that you

00:19:11.099 --> 00:19:11.720
 have against

00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:12.079
 me.

00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:15.200
 It means

00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:15.740
 not trying

00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:16.259
 to get my

00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:16.839
 reputation

00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:17.500
 back by

00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:18.059
 tearing down

00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:18.960
 your reputation

00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:20.600
 even subtly

00:19:20.600 --> 00:19:21.840
 sharing prayer

00:19:21.840 --> 00:19:22.079
 points.

00:19:22.180 --> 00:19:22.640
 Lord we want

00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:23.120
 to pray for

00:19:23.120 --> 00:19:23.620
 this person

00:19:23.620 --> 00:19:24.079
 who's wrong

00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:24.400
 to me.

00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:25.779
 Did I mention

00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:26.299
 them by name

00:19:26.299 --> 00:19:26.819
 by the way

00:19:26.819 --> 00:19:27.620
 so that you

00:19:27.620 --> 00:19:28.140
 all know?

00:19:30.120 --> 00:19:30.500
 True

00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:31.039
 forgiveness

00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:32.140
 always

00:19:32.140 --> 00:19:33.600
 requires

00:19:33.600 --> 00:19:34.420
 suffering.

00:19:36.539 --> 00:19:36.720
 Debt

00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:37.220
 never just

00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:37.620
 vanishes.

00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:38.640
 And that's

00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:39.059
 why Jesus

00:19:39.059 --> 00:19:39.779
 says here

00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:41.160
 I

00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:42.380
 must

00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:43.160
 suffer.

00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:45.059
 The

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:46.200
 only way

00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:46.880
 that the

00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:47.500
 son of

00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:48.200
 man can

00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:48.700
 defeat

00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:49.259
 evil

00:19:49.259 --> 00:19:49.759
 and

00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:50.279
 maintain

00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:51.319
 justice.

00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:52.840
 The

00:19:52.840 --> 00:19:53.920
 only way

00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:54.539
 that God

00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:55.180
 can forgive

00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:56.019
 us is

00:19:56.019 --> 00:19:56.640
 if he

00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:57.080
 was to

00:19:57.080 --> 00:19:57.840
 absorb the

00:19:57.840 --> 00:19:58.120
 debt

00:19:58.120 --> 00:19:58.779
 himself

00:19:58.779 --> 00:19:59.700
 and pay

00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:00.080
 for it

00:20:00.080 --> 00:20:00.539
 himself.

00:20:02.819 --> 00:20:03.480
 The

00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.019
 alternative

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:04.420
 is he

00:20:04.420 --> 00:20:05.180
 obliterates

00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:05.779
 humanity.

00:20:11.779 --> 00:20:12.380
 It's

00:20:12.380 --> 00:20:12.640
 either

00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:13.279
 humanity

00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:14.019
 pays the

00:20:14.019 --> 00:20:14.440
 debt for

00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:15.019
 its sin

00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:15.720
 of rejecting

00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:16.299
 God their

00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:16.799
 creator

00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.940
 by

00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:18.480
 suffering

00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:18.980
 under

00:20:18.980 --> 00:20:19.279
 the

00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:20.059
 justice

00:20:20.059 --> 00:20:20.379
 of

00:20:20.379 --> 00:20:20.799
 God.

00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:21.359
 You

00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:22.099
 reject

00:20:22.099 --> 00:20:22.519
 the

00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:23.019
 author

00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:23.379
 of

00:20:23.379 --> 00:20:23.960
 life

00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:25.440
 and

00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:25.919
 so you

00:20:25.919 --> 00:20:26.460
 die

00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:27.099
 eternal

00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:27.680
 life.

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:32.279
 Or

00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:33.220
 God

00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:33.859
 chooses to

00:20:33.859 --> 00:20:34.279
 forgive

00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:34.759
 sin

00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:35.879
 in which

00:20:35.879 --> 00:20:36.359
 means he

00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:36.940
 pays for

00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:37.119
 it.

00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:40.199
 Jesus

00:20:40.199 --> 00:20:40.919
 must suffer.

00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:42.019
 He

00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:42.519
 must go

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:42.819
 to the

00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:43.119
 cross

00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:43.519
 and he

00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:43.739
 must

00:20:43.739 --> 00:20:44.239
 die.

00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:48.299
 And so

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:48.599
 we have

00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:48.759
 this

00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:49.199
 remarkable

00:20:49.199 --> 00:20:49.659
 moment

00:20:49.659 --> 00:20:49.979
 here.

00:20:50.159 --> 00:20:50.399
 Jesus

00:20:50.399 --> 00:20:51.019
 is the

00:20:51.019 --> 00:20:51.500
 Christ.

00:20:52.899 --> 00:20:53.039
 He

00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:54.759
 is the

00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.399
 king to

00:20:55.399 --> 00:20:56.159
 end all

00:20:56.159 --> 00:20:56.959
 kings.

00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:58.079
 He is

00:20:58.079 --> 00:20:58.719
 the ruler

00:20:58.719 --> 00:20:59.739
 and deserves

00:20:59.739 --> 00:21:00.500
 our allegiance.

00:21:00.679 --> 00:21:01.459
 He deserves

00:21:01.459 --> 00:21:02.379
 us to

00:21:02.379 --> 00:21:03.000
 follow him.

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 He has the

00:21:04.939 --> 00:21:05.599
 authority to

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 command it.

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 But he's

00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:12.279
 the king

00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:12.599
 that we

00:21:12.599 --> 00:21:12.980
 could never

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.459
 possibly

00:21:13.459 --> 00:21:13.939
 imagine.

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 He's the

00:21:15.619 --> 00:21:16.219
 king who

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 must die

00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:18.619
 because he

00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:19.299
 chooses to

00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:19.740
 forgive.

00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:22.359
 You see,

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:22.919
 as the

00:21:22.919 --> 00:21:23.639
 Christ with

00:21:23.639 --> 00:21:24.839
 all authority,

00:21:25.459 --> 00:21:26.059
 Jesus can

00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:26.919
 demand us

00:21:26.919 --> 00:21:27.519
 to follow

00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:29.500
 him, but

00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:29.879
 it's the

00:21:29.879 --> 00:21:30.459
 Christ who

00:21:30.459 --> 00:21:31.399
 chooses to

00:21:31.399 --> 00:21:32.799
 suffer for

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.699
 us out of

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:35.160
 love in

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:35.539
 order to

00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:36.380
 forgive us,

00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:38.880
 that compels

00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:39.240
 us to

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 follow him.

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 But he

00:21:43.580 --> 00:21:44.000
 doesn't just

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.580
 stop there

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 because as

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 he walks

00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:49.960
 this journey

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.700
 and our

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:52.420
 role as

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:53.019
 followers of

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 him is to

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 get dust,

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 dust,

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 let's just

00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:58.039
 keep reading

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 verse 34,

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 for then

00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.740
 he called

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 the crowd

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 to him

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 along with

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 his disciples

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 and said,

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 whoever wants

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 to be my

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.920
 disciple must

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 deny themselves

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.360
 and take up

00:22:06.360 --> 00:22:06.799
 their cross

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 and follow

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 me.

00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:09.340
 Whoever

00:22:09.340 --> 00:22:09.980
 wants to

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.420
 save their

00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:10.819
 life will

00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:11.319
 lose it,

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.100
 but whoever

00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:12.840
 loses their

00:22:12.840 --> 00:22:13.500
 life for me

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.100
 and for the

00:22:14.100 --> 00:22:14.740
 gospel will

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.279
 save it.

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 What good

00:22:16.900 --> 00:22:17.799
 is it for

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.160
 someone to

00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:18.539
 gain the

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.420
 whole world

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 and yet

00:22:20.600 --> 00:22:20.940
 forfeit

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.579
 their soul?

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:22.819
 Or what

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.319
 can anyone

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:24.220
 give in

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:24.940
 exchange for

00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:25.400
 their soul?

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:27.640
 Now what

00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:27.900
 does it

00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:31.360
 mean to

00:22:31.360 --> 00:22:32.259
 lose our

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:33.200
 life for

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.880
 the gospel

00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:35.080
 in order

00:22:35.080 --> 00:22:36.160
 to save

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.320
 it?

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 The word

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 translated

00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:39.660
 life there

00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:40.220
 in verse

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 35 is a

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.880
 word that

00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:44.280
 literally stems

00:22:44.280 --> 00:22:44.600
 from the

00:22:44.600 --> 00:22:45.060
 original word

00:22:45.060 --> 00:22:45.480
 ego.

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 It means

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.440
 your identity,

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 it means

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:50.020
 your personality,

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 it means

00:22:51.300 --> 00:22:52.620
 your sense

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 of selfhood.

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 Ah.

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 It means

00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:57.660
 the things

00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:58.440
 that make

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 you

00:22:58.620 --> 00:22:59.340
 distinctively

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 you,

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.460
 what you

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:01.940
 have built

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.539
 your life

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.039
 on.

00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.220
 In other

00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:04.360
 words,

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:04.740
 what Jesus

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.180
 is saying

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:06.480
 here in

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:06.799
 a roundabout

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.100
 kind of

00:23:07.100 --> 00:23:07.420
 way is

00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:07.740
 he's saying

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:09.400
 don't build

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:10.340
 your identity

00:23:10.340 --> 00:23:12.400
 on gaining

00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:13.700
 the whole

00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:14.200
 world for

00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:14.660
 yourself.

00:23:16.340 --> 00:23:17.080
 He says

00:23:17.080 --> 00:23:17.440
 in verse

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.059
 36,

00:23:18.620 --> 00:23:19.420
 what good

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:19.920
 is it

00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:21.100
 for someone

00:23:21.100 --> 00:23:21.900
 to gain

00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:22.620
 the whole

00:23:22.620 --> 00:23:23.380
 world

00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:25.060
 and yet

00:23:25.060 --> 00:23:25.400
 forfeit

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:26.060
 their soul

00:23:26.060 --> 00:23:26.660
 or forfeit

00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:27.040
 their very

00:23:27.040 --> 00:23:27.640
 self.

00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:31.320
 Now

00:23:31.320 --> 00:23:31.620
 every

00:23:31.620 --> 00:23:32.200
 culture,

00:23:33.320 --> 00:23:33.600
 no matter

00:23:33.600 --> 00:23:34.100
 what culture

00:23:34.100 --> 00:23:34.520
 we come

00:23:34.520 --> 00:23:34.940
 from,

00:23:35.760 --> 00:23:36.860
 says that

00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:37.260
 if you

00:23:37.260 --> 00:23:38.280
 gain certain

00:23:38.280 --> 00:23:39.200
 things in

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.700
 life,

00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:40.800
 if you

00:23:40.800 --> 00:23:41.280
 acquire

00:23:41.280 --> 00:23:42.020
 them or

00:23:42.020 --> 00:23:42.900
 you achieve

00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:43.340
 them,

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:44.780
 then you

00:23:44.780 --> 00:23:46.300
 will have

00:23:46.300 --> 00:23:47.080
 a strong

00:23:47.080 --> 00:23:47.720
 sense of

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.400
 identity of

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:48.740
 who you

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:50.680
 are and

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.160
 you'll know

00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:51.480
 at that

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.240
 moment that

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.799
 you are

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.480
 valuable,

00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:54.720
 that you

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.259
 are worthy

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:57.400
 and then

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:57.779
 you'll have

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:58.220
 rest.

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.099
 Traditional

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:01.819
 cultures would

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.500
 say that

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.200
 you have

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:03.819
 no sense

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.259
 of self

00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:04.700
 unless you

00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:05.160
 gain the

00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:05.940
 respectability

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.460
 and legacy

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.079
 of family

00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:08.839
 and children.

00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.279
 Individualistic

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:11.259
 cultures say

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.960
 things like

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.660
 you're nobody

00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:13.200
 unless you

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.500
 have a

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:13.819
 fulfilling

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.819
 career that

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:15.259
 brings you

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.980
 reputation,

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.200
 money,

00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:18.200
 status,

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:18.880
 that kind

00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:19.259
 of stuff.

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.539
 Either way,

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.200
 it doesn't

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:22.659
 matter what

00:24:22.659 --> 00:24:23.200
 culture you

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:24.039
 come from,

00:24:24.359 --> 00:24:25.059
 all cultures

00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:25.399
 of this

00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:26.659
 world basically

00:24:26.659 --> 00:24:27.339
 say the

00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:28.139
 same thing.

00:24:29.899 --> 00:24:30.480
 Who you

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.680
 are as a

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:32.139
 person,

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:33.500
 your identity,

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.220
 your sense

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:34.759
 of who you

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:36.059
 are is

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:37.079
 based on

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:38.379
 your performance.

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.619
 In one way

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.000
 or another,

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.920
 it's based on

00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:42.559
 your performance.

00:24:43.879 --> 00:24:44.920
 It's based on

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:45.399
 what you've

00:24:45.399 --> 00:24:45.960
 achieved.

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:48.420
 If you

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.100
 perform well

00:24:49.100 --> 00:24:49.779
 enough in

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:51.400
 conforming to

00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:52.259
 your culture,

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.200
 then you

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:54.079
 will find the

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.680
 love and the

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:55.279
 approval and

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.880
 the acceptance

00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:56.539
 that you so

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.400
 desperately need.

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:58.840
 And what

00:24:58.840 --> 00:24:59.700
 Jesus says here

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.900
 is if you

00:25:00.900 --> 00:25:01.620
 gain the

00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:03.000
 entire world,

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:05.140
 you do it

00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.579
 better than

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:07.120
 anyone else,

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:09.340
 it won't be

00:25:09.340 --> 00:25:10.700
 enough because

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.740
 you will lose.

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.579
 the more

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.539
 you try to

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.200
 gain,

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:16.420
 the more

00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:17.079
 you will lose

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.980
 your sense

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.380
 of self.

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.579
 It's not

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:22.180
 without a

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.859
 certain sense

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:23.420
 of irony

00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:25.200
 that one of

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.579
 the things

00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:26.660
 that COVID-19

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.220
 brought out

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.880
 for us,

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:29.120
 particularly in

00:25:29.120 --> 00:25:29.880
 lockdowns in

00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.279
 the Western

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.740
 world,

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.660
 a growing

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.740
 sense of

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.680
 mental health,

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.660
 an actual

00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.279
 pandemic of

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.920
 mental health.

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:39.079
 Why?

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:43.299
 One of the

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:44.500
 core foundational

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:46.799
 values of

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.079
 Western

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:48.599
 civilisation is

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:49.240
 personal

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.880
 freedom.

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.380
 And a whole

00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:53.120
 generation have

00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:53.740
 been grown up

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.319
 through schools.

00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:54.859
 You can be

00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:55.259
 whoever you

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:55.599
 want, you

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:55.880
 can do

00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:56.380
 whatever you

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:56.680
 want.

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.539
 That is until

00:25:59.539 --> 00:25:59.920
 the government

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:00.539
 says I can't

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:01.019
 leave home.

00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:06.599
 My core

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.920
 value of my

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:09.859
 identity has

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:11.019
 been rocked.

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:13.400
 by not

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:14.120
 being able to

00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:14.880
 even leave

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:15.620
 my home.

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.799
 You can

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.140
 gain the

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.740
 whole world,

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.539
 it won't be

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:24.839
 enough.

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:28.420
 If we build

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:29.180
 our identity

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.640
 on a

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:30.279
 relationship

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:31.380
 or a

00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:31.940
 career

00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:33.900
 or whatever

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.660
 it might be,

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.640
 what happens

00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.339
 when something

00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:37.120
 goes wrong

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.500
 with that

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:37.859
 thing?

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:40.160
 Our sense

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.819
 of self

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.679
 is rocked.

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:42.779
 I don't

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.200
 just lose

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.779
 a job,

00:26:43.919 --> 00:26:44.659
 I lose

00:26:44.659 --> 00:26:45.159
 part of

00:26:45.159 --> 00:26:45.659
 myself.

00:26:50.939 --> 00:26:51.539
 And so

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:52.059
 what Jesus

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.779
 says here is

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.159
 I'm not

00:26:53.159 --> 00:26:53.599
 come to

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.139
 convince you

00:26:54.139 --> 00:26:54.619
 to shift

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.159
 from one

00:26:55.159 --> 00:26:56.399
 performance-based

00:26:56.399 --> 00:26:57.519
 identity to

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.039
 another

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:59.259
 performance-based

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.799
 identity.

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.919
 He wants

00:27:00.919 --> 00:27:01.339
 us to

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:02.299
 lose our

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:03.180
 old self,

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.079
 the old

00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:04.599
 identity,

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.619
 and base

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:06.200
 our sense

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:06.899
 of approval

00:27:06.899 --> 00:27:07.720
 and worth,

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:08.639
 our value,

00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:09.319
 on the

00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:09.980
 identity

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.779
 that only

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.960
 He can

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.619
 give us.

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:14.839
 Notice it

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:15.039
 there in

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.680
 verse 35.

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.419
 For whoever

00:27:16.419 --> 00:27:17.440
 wants to save

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.159
 their life will

00:27:18.159 --> 00:27:18.879
 lose it,

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.240
 and here's the

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.740
 alternative.

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:22.779
 But whoever

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:24.740
 loses their

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:27.259
 life for me

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.839
 and for the

00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:28.359
 gospel will

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:28.599
 save it.

00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:28.819
 In other

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:28.960
 words,

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.500
 whoever

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:30.640
 surrenders

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.240
 their life

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.559
 to me,

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:31.859
 whoever

00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:32.920
 hands over

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.660
 themselves to

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.019
 me,

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.660
 and the

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:37.500
 gospel will

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:37.940
 save it.

00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:39.319
 When our

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:40.259
 life is lost

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.720
 in the

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.079
 gospel,

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:42.039
 we save it.

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.059
 And the

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.480
 gospel,

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.879
 if you're new

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.299
 here,

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.359
 or even if

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:46.740
 you're not,

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:47.559
 let me remind

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.140
 you again,

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.680
 it is the

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.819
 foundation of

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.440
 what we believe

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:51.720
 here at

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.099
 St. Paul's.

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:52.500
 It is the

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.019
 heart of

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.640
 Christianity and

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.019
 the Christian

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.779
 discipleship.

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.779
 You don't

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.579
 ever move

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.059
 beyond the

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:57.440
 gospel.

00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:59.480
 The gospel is

00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.859
 not something

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.519
 we do,

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.059
 it is something

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:01.660
 God has done

00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:02.059
 for us in

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.359
 Jesus.

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.859
 It is God's

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.720
 grace to us

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.559
 from beginning

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:06.639
 to end.

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.319
 We believe

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.000
 and receive

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:10.259
 and we live

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:11.099
 as followers

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:11.559
 of Jesus

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.339
 in the light

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:12.759
 of the

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.119
 gospel.

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:13.660
 And the

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.720
 gospel is

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.160
 the good

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.819
 news that

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.639
 Jesus Christ,

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.299
 the Son of

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:17.660
 God,

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:19.180
 died for

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:20.379
 our sins

00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:21.940
 and he

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.980
 rose again

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:24.539
 eternally

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.440
 triumphant

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:26.539
 over all

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:26.819
 of his

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.319
 enemies,

00:28:27.639 --> 00:28:27.980
 evil,

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:28.920
 sin,

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.579
 death,

00:28:30.159 --> 00:28:32.000
 in such

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.500
 a way

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.980
 that there

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.720
 is now

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.980
 no condemnation,

00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:36.700
 not even

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:37.839
 a skerrick

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.859
 of condemnation

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.720
 for anyone

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.259
 who puts

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.740
 their trust

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.420
 in Jesus

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:43.039
 but only

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.700
 the hope

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.619
 of everlasting

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.240
 joy

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:47.220
 in him.

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:49.139
 1 Thessalonians

00:28:49.139 --> 00:28:50.299
 5 is

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:51.159
 pure gospel

00:28:51.159 --> 00:28:51.659
 for God

00:28:51.659 --> 00:28:52.039
 did not

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.599
 appoint us

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.000
 to suffer

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:54.359
 but to

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:54.759
 receive

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.319
 salvation

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:55.859
 through

00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.220
 our

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.460
 Lord

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:56.740
 Jesus

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.180
 Christ.

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:57.680
 He

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.119
 died

00:28:58.119 --> 00:28:58.700
 for us

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.339
 so that

00:28:59.339 --> 00:28:59.859
 whether we

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.660
 are awake

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.640
 or asleep

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:02.900
 we may

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:03.640
 live together

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.180
 with him.

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:05.559
 You see

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:06.180
 once we

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:06.900
 see the

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.279
 Son of

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:07.619
 God

00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:08.440
 loving us

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:08.940
 like that

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:10.119
 we begin

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:10.400
 to get

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:11.140
 a strength

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:12.420
 and assurance

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:13.539
 and identity

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.480
 that actually

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:15.019
 sets us

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.380
 free

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:19.240
 and Peter

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:20.300
 in this

00:29:20.300 --> 00:29:20.700
 moment

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.040
 is

00:29:21.040 --> 00:29:21.900
 furious

00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:23.920
 he's

00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:24.420
 furious

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:25.720
 because

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.700
 his

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:27.160
 agenda

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.440
 for

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:27.800
 Jesus

00:29:27.800 --> 00:29:28.800
 was an

00:29:28.800 --> 00:29:29.240
 agenda

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.960
 that led

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.980
 from strength

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.840
 to strength

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.839
 to strength

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:34.859
 and while

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:35.679
 he acknowledged

00:29:35.679 --> 00:29:36.299
 that Jesus

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:36.839
 was the

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.220
 king

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:39.419
 he was

00:29:39.419 --> 00:29:39.799
 hoping

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.839
 that he

00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:41.740
 would at

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.220
 least be

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.699
 the prime

00:29:42.699 --> 00:29:43.099
 minister

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:45.579
 and bask

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.039
 in the

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.799
 glory of

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.119
 Jesus'

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:47.740
 victory

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.019
 as he

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.359
 took the

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:48.639
 throne

00:29:48.639 --> 00:29:49.599
 in Jerusalem

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:52.019
 and so

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.599
 Peter's

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.059
 agenda

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.599
 did not

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.059
 involve

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.599
 suffering

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:58.740
 as it

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.319
 is the

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.699
 agenda

00:29:59.699 --> 00:30:00.179
 for so

00:30:00.179 --> 00:30:00.399
 many

00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:00.899
 Christians

00:30:00.899 --> 00:30:01.419
 in the

00:30:01.419 --> 00:30:01.699
 western

00:30:01.699 --> 00:30:02.240
 world

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:05.299
 it does

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:05.559
 not

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:06.000
 involve

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.500
 suffering

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:09.419
 if Jesus

00:30:09.419 --> 00:30:09.939
 is the

00:30:09.939 --> 00:30:10.199
 king

00:30:10.199 --> 00:30:10.740
 to end

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.099
 all

00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:11.679
 kings

00:30:11.679 --> 00:30:12.539
 what we

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:12.959
 are told

00:30:12.959 --> 00:30:13.399
 here is

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:13.779
 we do

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.099
 not

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.679
 negotiate

00:30:14.679 --> 00:30:15.539
 with him

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:17.799
 it's

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.299
 essential

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:18.619
 that we

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:19.199
 see Jesus

00:30:19.199 --> 00:30:19.779
 the king

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.199
 on the

00:30:20.199 --> 00:30:20.619
 cross

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:22.139
 if we

00:30:22.139 --> 00:30:22.579
 simply

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:23.219
 see him

00:30:23.219 --> 00:30:23.599
 as a

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:23.859
 king

00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:24.240
 on a

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.579
 throne

00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:27.079
 we'll

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.779
 obey him

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.359
 because we

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:28.699
 have to

00:30:28.699 --> 00:30:29.359
 obey him

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:29.980
 and there's

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.559
 a definition

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:31.279
 of religion

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:33.299
 but he

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:33.720
 is the

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.199
 ultimate

00:30:34.199 --> 00:30:34.699
 king

00:30:34.699 --> 00:30:36.059
 who went

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.439
 to the

00:30:36.439 --> 00:30:36.759
 cross

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.599
 for us

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.539
 and therefore

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:39.039
 we can

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.480
 submit

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.480
 to him

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:41.179
 out of

00:30:41.179 --> 00:30:41.519
 love

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:42.319
 and trust

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:44.079
 and so

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.480
 following

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:44.960
 Jesus

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:46.539
 means dying

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:47.059
 to self

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.720
 determination

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:49.079
 it means

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.879
 dying to

00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:50.419
 control

00:30:50.419 --> 00:30:51.339
 my life

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:52.119
 it means

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:52.859
 dying to

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.379
 using

00:30:53.379 --> 00:30:53.960
 Jesus

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:55.279
 for my

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:55.600
 own

00:30:55.600 --> 00:30:56.059
 agenda

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:57.500
 and

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:57.960
 simply

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.500
 saying

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:58.779
 with

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:58.980
 our

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.279
 whole

00:30:59.279 --> 00:30:59.700
 being

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:03.019
 whatever

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.360
 you

00:31:03.360 --> 00:31:03.740
 call me

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.100
 to do

00:31:04.100 --> 00:31:04.400
 I will

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:04.640
 do

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:07.019
 and

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.259
 whatever

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:07.840
 you send

00:31:07.840 --> 00:31:08.180
 I will

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:08.579
 accept

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:10.419
 it's

00:31:10.419 --> 00:31:10.740
 a life

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:10.859
 of

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:11.259
 submission

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:13.659
 and what

00:31:13.659 --> 00:31:13.980
 is the

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.339
 goal

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:15.199
 of that

00:31:15.199 --> 00:31:17.240
 you see

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.619
 if you get

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:17.939
 Jesus

00:31:17.939 --> 00:31:18.480
 wrong

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.619
 we get

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:20.879
 follow him

00:31:20.879 --> 00:31:21.240
 wrong

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.839
 and we

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:22.519
 also get

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:22.899
 what his

00:31:22.899 --> 00:31:23.559
 plan for

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:23.819
 us

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.720
 is wrong

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:27.400
 verse 38

00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:28.380
 is the

00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:28.680
 goal

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:28.839
 of

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.079
 Jesus

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.640
 entire

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:30.160
 mission

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:32.380
 if

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:32.600
 anyone

00:31:32.600 --> 00:31:32.759
 is

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.120
 ashamed

00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:33.259
 of

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:33.420
 me

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:33.539
 and

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:33.720
 my

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.140
 words

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.299
 in

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.460
 this

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:34.900
 adulterous

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.160
 sinful

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:35.660
 generation

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:35.880
 the

00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:36.019
 son

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.120
 of

00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:36.380
 man

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:36.960
 will

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:37.079
 be

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.380
 ashamed

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:37.539
 of

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:37.880
 them

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.279
 when

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.440
 he

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.100
 comes

00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:39.900
 in

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.120
 his

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:40.880
 father's

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.539
 glory

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.779
 with

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:42.920
 the

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.160
 holy

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:43.740
 angels

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:45.039
 in

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.220
 other

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:45.440
 words

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.380
 what

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:46.640
 he's

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:46.920
 saying

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.220
 here

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:47.579
 is

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:49.039
 Jesus

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.620
 mission

00:31:49.620 --> 00:31:50.279
 is

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:50.839
 not

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.440
 just

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:52.079
 simply

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:53.880
 to

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:54.880
 save

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.339
 sinners

00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:57.339
 but

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:57.559
 it's

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:57.740
 in

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:57.980
 fact

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.380
 to

00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:59.319
 save

00:31:59.319 --> 00:31:59.720
 sinners

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.120
 for

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:00.519
 God's

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.019
 glory

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:02.759
 until

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.019
 the

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.299
 very

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.779
 end

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:03.980
 when

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.240
 God

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.400
 is

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:05.019
 glorified

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:06.700
 Jesus

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.120
 came

00:32:07.120 --> 00:32:07.700
 into

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.059
 this

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.420
 world

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:08.640
 to

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.039
 reveal

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:09.279
 the

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:09.680
 glorious

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.140
 God

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.559
 to

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:10.759
 a

00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:11.059
 world

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.259
 that

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.440
 is

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:12.599
 intoxicated

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:13.240
 with

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.440
 its

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:13.859
 own

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.440
 glory

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:16.079
 and

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.259
 its

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.660
 own

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.240
 passions

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.500
 to

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:17.799
 gain

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:17.960
 the

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.299
 entire

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:18.859
 world

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:22.720
 growth

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:23.220
 as a

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.759
 disciple

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.160
 of

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:24.620
 Jesus

00:32:24.620 --> 00:32:26.500
 is

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.779
 a

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.200
 simultaneous

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:28.240
 process

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:30.000
 of

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.319
 getting

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:30.640
 a

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:31.120
 bigger

00:32:31.120 --> 00:32:31.500
 and

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:31.880
 bigger

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.480
 vision

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:32.859
 and

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.440
 grasping

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:33.759
 more

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.120
 and more

00:32:34.120 --> 00:32:35.039
 faith

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.940
 the

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:36.240
 Lord

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.559
 Jesus

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:37.180
 Christ

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:37.460
 as

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:37.779
 king

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.079
 over

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.339
 my

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:38.799
 life

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:40.160
 and

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:41.039
 a

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.440
 growth

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.400
 downwards

00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:44.080
 as I

00:32:44.080 --> 00:32:44.900
 divest

00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:45.540
 myself

00:32:45.540 --> 00:32:45.759
 of

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.019
 all

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:46.560
 sense

00:32:46.560 --> 00:32:46.740
 of

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.880
 who

00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:48.120
 I

00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:48.519
 am

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:48.660
 and

00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:48.860
 my

00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:49.780
 worthiness

00:32:49.780 --> 00:32:50.900
 I

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.080
 grow

00:32:51.080 --> 00:32:51.780
 downwards

00:32:51.780 --> 00:32:52.140
 as I

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:52.600
 see

00:32:52.600 --> 00:32:52.940
 my

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.540
 frailty

00:32:53.540 --> 00:32:53.540


00:32:53.540 --> 00:32:53.880
 and my

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:54.920
 sin!

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.560
 And so

00:32:56.560 --> 00:32:56.840
 I

00:32:56.840 --> 00:32:57.160
 grow

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:57.660
 upwards

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:57.820
 in

00:32:57.820 --> 00:33:00.600
 and

00:33:00.600 --> 00:33:01.120
 downwards

00:33:01.120 --> 00:33:01.380
 in

00:33:01.380 --> 00:33:01.840
 humility

00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:03.000
 and

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.200
 they

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.540
 happen

00:33:03.540 --> 00:33:04.019
 together

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:05.720
 concurrently

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:08.940
 and

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:09.259
 Jesus

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.620
 Christ

00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:09.980
 calls

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:10.140
 him

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:10.240
 to

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.660
 follow

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:11.480
 him

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:11.740
 so

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:11.880
 that

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:12.140
 we

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:12.539
 might

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:13.200
 become

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:14.259
 like

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.539
 him

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:14.740
 for

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.019
 God's

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.279
 glory

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.740
 1

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:15.940
 John

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:16.420
 3

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:16.759
 now

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.000
 we

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.160
 are

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:17.460
 children

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:17.680
 of

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.019
 God

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.460
 and

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:18.880
 what

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.380
 we

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:19.660
 will

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:20.039
 be

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.360
 has

00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:20.720
 not

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.079
 yet

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:21.420
 been

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:21.740
 made

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.100
 known

00:33:22.100 --> 00:33:22.579
 but

00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:22.799
 we

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.100
 know

00:33:23.100 --> 00:33:23.299
 that

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:23.539
 when

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:23.960
 Christ

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.539
 appears

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.000
 we

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.200
 shall

00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:25.360
 be

00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:25.700
 like

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:25.920
 him

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.059
 for

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.259
 we

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.720
 see

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:26.960
 him

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.140
 as

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:27.279
 he

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:27.640
 is

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:29.240
 all

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:30.100
 who

00:33:30.100 --> 00:33:30.420
 have

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:30.900
 that

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.200
 hope

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.339
 in

00:33:31.339 --> 00:33:31.480
 the

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:31.860
 future

00:33:31.860 --> 00:33:32.620
 my

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:32.940
 words

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:34.039
 in

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.400
 him

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:35.580
 purify

00:33:35.580 --> 00:33:36.080
 themselves

00:33:36.080 --> 00:33:36.920
 just

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.340
 as

00:33:37.340 --> 00:33:37.680
 he

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.019
 is

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:39.779
 in

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.019
 other

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.539
 words

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:41.880
 the

00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:42.519
 goal

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:42.900
 of

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:43.240
 being

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.759
 saved

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:43.980
 by

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.220
 Jesus

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:44.380
 the

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:44.980
 goal

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:45.259
 of

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.559
 following

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.039
 Jesus

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.860
 is

00:33:46.860 --> 00:33:47.500
 personal

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:48.460
 transformation

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:49.700
 into

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.500
 the

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.000
 likeness

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.400
 of

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:52.080
 Jesus

00:33:52.080 --> 00:33:54.460
 to

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:54.740
 become

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:54.900
 as

00:33:54.900 --> 00:33:55.059
 he

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:55.500
 is

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:57.059
 like

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.519
 Jesus

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:57.880
 in

00:33:57.880 --> 00:33:58.120
 his

00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:58.620
 patient

00:33:58.620 --> 00:33:59.539
 endurance

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.100
 like

00:34:00.100 --> 00:34:00.539
 Jesus

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:00.920
 in

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:01.140
 his

00:34:01.140 --> 00:34:01.799
 priority

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:03.299
 like

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.700
 Jesus

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:03.980
 in

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.159
 his

00:34:04.159 --> 00:34:04.440
 mission

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:04.619
 to

00:34:04.619 --> 00:34:04.759
 the

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.119
 world

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:07.460
 to

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:08.300
 be

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:08.719
 a

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:09.159
 Christian

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:10.159
 is

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.440
 to

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:10.880
 walk

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.139
 the

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.639
 path

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:11.920
 of

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:13.599
 transformation

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:14.860
 into

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.199
 the

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.699
 image

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.239
 of

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.779
 Jesus

00:34:16.779 --> 00:34:20.800
 Christianity

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.579
 is

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:21.860
 not

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.179
 just

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:22.679
 about

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.539
 sin

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:24.119
 management

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:25.860
 I

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.179
 pray to

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:26.500
 praise

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:26.800
 forgive

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.099
 my

00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:27.639
 sins

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:28.539
 and

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:28.759
 now

00:34:28.759 --> 00:34:29.219
 Jesus

00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:29.599
 job

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:29.820
 is

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:30.159
 to

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:31.019
 support

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.300
 me

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:31.460
 and

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:31.780
 my

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:32.460
 agenda

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:32.700
 for

00:34:32.700 --> 00:34:33.039
 life

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:34.080
 that's

00:34:34.080 --> 00:34:34.240
 what

00:34:34.240 --> 00:34:34.500
 Peter

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.700
 got

00:34:34.700 --> 00:34:35.019
 wrong

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:41.660
 and

00:34:41.660 --> 00:34:41.840
 we

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.160
 cannot

00:34:42.160 --> 00:34:42.760
 grow

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:43.820
 in

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.260
 personal

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:45.100
 transformation

00:34:45.100 --> 00:34:46.060
 unless

00:34:46.060 --> 00:34:46.640
 we are

00:34:46.640 --> 00:34:47.280
 consistently

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:48.240
 looking at

00:34:48.240 --> 00:34:49.200
 and to

00:34:49.200 --> 00:34:49.400
 the

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:49.800
 one

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.539
 we are

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:50.660
 to

00:34:50.660 --> 00:34:51.000
 become

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.400
 like

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:52.800
 that's

00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:52.980
 been

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.160
 the

00:34:53.160 --> 00:34:53.539
 essence

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:53.920
 of

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.140
 follow

00:34:54.140 --> 00:34:54.680
 25

00:34:54.680 --> 00:34:55.660
 in

00:34:55.660 --> 00:34:55.760
 fact

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:55.900
 the

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.080
 key

00:34:56.080 --> 00:34:56.500
 objective

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:56.880
 there

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:57.640
 was

00:34:57.640 --> 00:34:59.019
 75%

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.900
 growing

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.440
 much

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:01.159
 in

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:01.800
 faith

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:02.539
 why

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.099
 that

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.340
 key

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:03.940
 objective

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:08.880
 because

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:09.460
 unless

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:10.420
 we are

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:11.000
 specifically

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.639
 growing

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:12.000
 in

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.500
 faith

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.719
 all

00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:14.000
 the

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.400
 other

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:14.920
 things

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.159
 that

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:15.360
 we

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:15.599
 would

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.019
 do

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:16.759
 associated

00:35:16.759 --> 00:35:17.159
 with

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:17.380
 being

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:17.539
 a

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.940
 disciple

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.199
 of

00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:18.659
 Jesus

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:20.860
 generosity

00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:23.320
 doesn't

00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:23.579
 happen

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:24.059
 evangelism

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.239
 doesn't

00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:24.500
 happen

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:26.079
 although

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:27.579
 growing

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.159
 greater

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:29.019
 confidence

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:31.699
 the

00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:31.860
 rest

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.119
 doesn't

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:32.420
 happen

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:37.360
 and

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:37.739
 we've

00:35:37.739 --> 00:35:37.940
 heard

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.679
 again

00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:40.760
 about

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:40.980
 the

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:41.260
 last

00:35:41.260 --> 00:35:41.579
 five

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:41.940
 years

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.360
 and

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:43.079
 remind

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.380
 again

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:43.840
 today

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.519
 that

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:46.139
 research

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.699
 has

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:47.360
 indicated

00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:47.719
 that

00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:47.960
 there's

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.280
 only

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:49.000
 really

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:50.119
 one

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.460
 I mean

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:50.619
 there's

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:50.920
 multiple

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.340
 things

00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:51.500
 that

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:51.980
 contribute

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.219
 to

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:52.460
 growth

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:52.619
 in

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:52.860
 faith

00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:53.000
 but

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.179
 there's

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:53.420
 one

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:53.719
 key

00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:54.079
 one

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.679
 and

00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:54.920
 that

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.380
 is

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:55.940
 reading

00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:56.460
 God's

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:56.819
 word

00:35:56.819 --> 00:35:57.440
 more

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:57.599
 than

00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:57.840
 four

00:35:57.840 --> 00:35:58.199
 times

00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:58.360
 a

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:58.619
 week

00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:59.420
 in

00:35:59.420 --> 00:35:59.619
 other

00:35:59.619 --> 00:35:59.840
 words

00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:00.360
 constantly

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:00.960
 gazing

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.380
 on

00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:01.659
 the

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:02.000
 glory

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.759
 of

00:36:02.759 --> 00:36:03.259
 Christ

00:36:03.259 --> 00:36:03.920
 and

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:04.299
 God

00:36:04.299 --> 00:36:04.639
 and

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:04.880
 his

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.340
 gospel

00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:06.719
 four

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:06.960
 more

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:07.259
 times

00:36:07.259 --> 00:36:07.420
 a

00:36:07.420 --> 00:36:07.619
 week

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:08.679
 and

00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:08.860
 so

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:09.139
 when

00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:09.739
 I

00:36:09.739 --> 00:36:10.079
 put

00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:10.420
 down

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:10.779
 there

00:36:10.779 --> 00:36:12.739
 65%

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:13.960
 us

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.299
 growing

00:36:14.299 --> 00:36:14.539
 in

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:14.980
 faith

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:15.719
 that

00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:16.380
 was

00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:17.000
 a

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.619
 target

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:18.239
 according

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:19.679
 to

00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:20.420
 people

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:20.639
 who were

00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:20.980
 helping us

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.159
 at this

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:21.440
 point

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:22.420
 was a

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:22.819
 very

00:36:22.819 --> 00:36:23.299
 ambitious

00:36:23.299 --> 00:36:23.840
 target

00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:26.220
 especially

00:36:26.220 --> 00:36:26.680
 so

00:36:26.680 --> 00:36:26.980
 because

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.220
 in

00:36:27.220 --> 00:36:28.039
 2021

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:29.140
 the

00:36:29.140 --> 00:36:29.400
 figure

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:29.880
 for us

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:30.100
 here

00:36:30.100 --> 00:36:30.240
 at

00:36:30.240 --> 00:36:30.400
 St.

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:30.780
 Paul's

00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:30.920
 was

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.720
 17%

00:36:31.720 --> 00:36:38.280
 and

00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:38.559
 so

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:39.000
 did we

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:39.160
 hit

00:36:39.160 --> 00:36:40.100
 65%

00:36:40.100 --> 00:36:42.960
 no

00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:47.920
 research

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:48.600
 our own

00:36:48.600 --> 00:36:48.960
 research

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.200
 this

00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:49.900
 year

00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:51.119
 we

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.280
 hit

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:52.200
 48%

00:36:52.200 --> 00:36:59.380
 is

00:36:59.380 --> 00:36:59.500
 that

00:36:59.500 --> 00:36:59.639
 a

00:36:59.639 --> 00:36:59.980
 failure

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:05.360
 10

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:07.960
 years ago

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:08.119
 I would

00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:08.380
 have said

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:08.740
 yes

00:37:08.740 --> 00:37:10.740
 right now

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:11.019
 I'd say

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.280
 no

00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:14.620
 in

00:37:14.620 --> 00:37:14.980
 fact

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.440
 along

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:15.620
 with

00:37:15.620 --> 00:37:15.760
 that

00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:16.780
 48%

00:37:16.780 --> 00:37:17.740
 and

00:37:17.740 --> 00:37:17.880
 I

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:18.120
 might

00:37:18.120 --> 00:37:18.580
 add

00:37:18.580 --> 00:37:19.260
 that

00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:19.519
 in

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:19.860
 our

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.240
 own

00:37:20.240 --> 00:37:20.480
 church

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:21.000
 culture

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.460
 here

00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:22.160
 in

00:37:22.160 --> 00:37:23.080
 Sydney

00:37:23.080 --> 00:37:24.100
 the

00:37:24.100 --> 00:37:24.480
 average

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:24.940
 is

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:25.200
 around

00:37:25.200 --> 00:37:25.360
 the

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:26.340
 24%

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:29.280
 but

00:37:29.280 --> 00:37:29.660
 along

00:37:29.660 --> 00:37:29.840
 with

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:29.980
 that

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:30.820
 48%

00:37:30.820 --> 00:37:31.340
 we

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:31.480
 are

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:31.840
 also

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:32.360
 seeing

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:32.960
 in

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:33.080
 the

00:37:33.080 --> 00:37:33.320
 last

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:33.620
 12

00:37:33.620 --> 00:37:34.080
 months

00:37:34.080 --> 00:37:35.840
 94%

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.180
 of us

00:37:36.180 --> 00:37:36.300
 are

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:36.540
 saying

00:37:36.540 --> 00:37:36.700
 that

00:37:36.700 --> 00:37:36.900
 they're

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:37.200
 growing

00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:37.559
 in

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:37.939
 faith

00:37:37.939 --> 00:37:44.000
 what's

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.339
 the

00:37:44.339 --> 00:37:44.839
 bedrock

00:37:44.839 --> 00:37:48.219
 78%

00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:48.659
 of us

00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:48.919
 are

00:37:48.919 --> 00:37:49.359
 saying

00:37:49.359 --> 00:37:49.639
 that

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:49.919
 they're

00:37:49.919 --> 00:37:50.299
 doing

00:37:50.299 --> 00:37:50.599
 a

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:51.039
 personal

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:51.659
 devotional

00:37:51.659 --> 00:37:52.159
 life

00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:53.039
 more

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:53.199
 than

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:53.500
 a few

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:53.879
 times

00:37:53.879 --> 00:37:54.059
 a

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:54.299
 week

00:37:54.299 --> 00:37:55.539
 there

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:55.679
 it

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:55.819
 is

00:37:55.819 --> 00:37:56.079
 right

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.419
 there

00:37:56.419 --> 00:37:57.019
 gazing

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.219
 on

00:37:57.219 --> 00:37:57.379
 the

00:37:57.379 --> 00:37:57.759
 glory

00:37:57.759 --> 00:37:57.919
 of

00:37:57.919 --> 00:37:58.019
 the

00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:58.359
 gospel

00:37:58.359 --> 00:38:01.059
 and

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.319
 so

00:38:01.319 --> 00:38:02.059
 for me

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:02.539
 personally

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:04.319
 I

00:38:04.319 --> 00:38:04.799
 started

00:38:04.799 --> 00:38:05.059
 follow

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.599
 25

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:06.239
 with a

00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:06.639
 commitment

00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:07.400
 to

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:08.199
 read

00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:08.440
 the

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:08.659
 Old

00:38:08.659 --> 00:38:09.099
 Testament

00:38:09.099 --> 00:38:09.639
 five

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:10.159
 times

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:10.779
 and

00:38:10.779 --> 00:38:10.940
 the

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:11.139
 New

00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:11.639
 Testament

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:12.739
 and

00:38:12.739 --> 00:38:13.699
 Psalms

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:14.039
 ten

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.379
 times

00:38:14.379 --> 00:38:14.839
 over

00:38:14.839 --> 00:38:14.940
 the

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.179
 course

00:38:15.179 --> 00:38:15.299
 of

00:38:15.299 --> 00:38:15.400
 the

00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:15.679
 five

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:16.099
 years

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:17.920
 I

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:18.099
 had

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:18.379
 never

00:38:18.379 --> 00:38:18.839
 had

00:38:18.839 --> 00:38:19.199
 to

00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:19.619
 do

00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:19.839
 that

00:38:19.839 --> 00:38:20.259
 before

00:38:20.259 --> 00:38:21.759
 and

00:38:21.759 --> 00:38:23.099
 I

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:23.279
 wasn't

00:38:23.279 --> 00:38:23.480
 sure

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:23.659
 how

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:23.699
 I

00:38:23.699 --> 00:38:23.779
 was

00:38:23.779 --> 00:38:23.920
 going

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:24.000
 to

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.159
 do

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:24.319
 it

00:38:24.319 --> 00:38:25.940
 but

00:38:25.940 --> 00:38:26.139
 the

00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:26.699
 disruption

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:27.219
 of

00:38:27.219 --> 00:38:27.500
 my

00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:28.279
 routines

00:38:28.279 --> 00:38:29.059
 during

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:29.779
 COVID

00:38:29.779 --> 00:38:30.960
 19

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:31.900
 restrictions

00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:33.079
 provided

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:33.539
 the

00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:34.159
 opportunity

00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:34.960
 that I

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.500
 needed

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:36.420
 for

00:38:36.420 --> 00:38:36.739
 new

00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:37.139
 habits

00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:37.659
 to

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:37.920
 be

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:38.480
 formed

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:41.019
 the

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.659
 lockdowns

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:41.940
 were a

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.260
 blessing

00:38:42.260 --> 00:38:42.780
 on one

00:38:42.780 --> 00:38:43.079
 level

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:43.619
 for me

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:45.780
 as it

00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:46.139
 was for

00:38:46.139 --> 00:38:46.400
 most

00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:47.739
 introverts

00:38:47.739 --> 00:38:48.059
 by the

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:48.320
 way

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:52.119
 and

00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:52.480
 those

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:53.019
 habits

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.360
 that were

00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:53.860
 formed

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:54.380
 in those

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:54.699
 days

00:38:54.699 --> 00:38:54.980
 still

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.420
 continue

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:55.820
 to this

00:38:55.820 --> 00:38:56.199
 day

00:38:56.199 --> 00:38:57.059
 and

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:57.380
 so

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:57.840
 I'm

00:38:57.840 --> 00:38:58.139
 hoping

00:38:58.139 --> 00:38:58.619
 just in

00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:58.920
 the next

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.219
 couple

00:38:59.219 --> 00:38:59.360
 of

00:38:59.360 --> 00:38:59.539
 weeks

00:38:59.539 --> 00:38:59.820
 to be

00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:00.000
 able

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.559
 to say

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:02.059
 based

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:02.299
 on

00:39:02.299 --> 00:39:02.539
 I'm

00:39:02.539 --> 00:39:02.699
 up

00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:02.840
 to

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:03.059
 date

00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:03.279
 and

00:39:03.279 --> 00:39:03.799
 I

00:39:03.799 --> 00:39:04.099
 see

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:04.360
 no

00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:04.840
 reason

00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:06.000
 why

00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:06.380
 I

00:39:06.380 --> 00:39:06.719
 would

00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:06.960
 not

00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:07.460
 finish

00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:08.460
 that

00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:09.299
 commitment

00:39:09.299 --> 00:39:13.799
 I am

00:39:13.799 --> 00:39:14.059
 so

00:39:14.059 --> 00:39:14.519
 thankful

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:15.360
 for the

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:15.779
 challenging

00:39:15.779 --> 00:39:16.380
 times

00:39:16.380 --> 00:39:16.820
 in the

00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:17.000
 early

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:17.360
 stage

00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:17.500
 of

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:17.659
 Follow

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:18.139
 25

00:39:18.139 --> 00:39:19.019
 and

00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:19.199
 the

00:39:19.199 --> 00:39:19.440
 fruit

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:19.619
 that

00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:19.799
 it

00:39:19.799 --> 00:39:20.139
 bore

00:39:20.139 --> 00:39:20.900
 I

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.099
 can

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:21.519
 tell

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:21.860
 you

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:22.219
 over

00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:22.400
 the

00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:22.699
 last

00:39:22.699 --> 00:39:23.219
 five

00:39:23.219 --> 00:39:23.559
 years

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:23.679
 and

00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:23.820
 the

00:39:23.820 --> 00:39:24.119
 commitment

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:24.360
 to

00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:24.599
 read

00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:24.920
 God's

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:25.119
 word

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:25.259
 in

00:39:25.259 --> 00:39:25.480
 that

00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:25.860
 way

00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:27.700
 my

00:39:27.700 --> 00:39:28.460
 grasp

00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:28.700
 of

00:39:28.700 --> 00:39:28.900
 the

00:39:28.900 --> 00:39:29.380
 landscape

00:39:29.380 --> 00:39:29.680
 of

00:39:29.680 --> 00:39:30.120
 God's

00:39:30.120 --> 00:39:30.519
 word

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:31.340
 and

00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:32.000
 God's

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:32.599
 character

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:33.820
 has

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:34.820
 grown

00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:35.800
 exponentially

00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:38.559
 where

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:39.039
 I can

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.620
 read

00:39:39.620 --> 00:39:40.380
 what might

00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:40.920
 be regarded

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:41.780
 as obscure

00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:42.460
 passages

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:44.120
 in the

00:39:44.120 --> 00:39:44.320
 Old

00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:44.740
 Testament

00:39:44.740 --> 00:39:45.160
 and go

00:39:45.160 --> 00:39:45.440
 there's

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:45.559
 the

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:45.820
 gospel

00:39:45.820 --> 00:39:46.099
 right

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.440
 there

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:48.539
 there's

00:39:48.539 --> 00:39:48.800
 God's

00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:49.200
 character

00:39:49.200 --> 00:39:49.680
 on display

00:39:49.680 --> 00:39:49.980
 right

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:50.320
 there

00:39:50.320 --> 00:39:53.440
 and

00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:53.620
 as

00:39:53.620 --> 00:39:54.000
 I've

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:55.079
 seen

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:55.739
 more

00:39:55.739 --> 00:39:56.039
 and

00:39:56.039 --> 00:39:56.360
 more

00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:56.739
 of

00:39:56.739 --> 00:39:57.219
 God

00:39:57.219 --> 00:39:59.400
 over

00:39:59.400 --> 00:39:59.559
 the

00:39:59.559 --> 00:39:59.779
 last

00:39:59.779 --> 00:40:00.079
 five

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:00.340
 years

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:00.519
 I've

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:00.719
 also

00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:01.059
 seen

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.279
 more

00:40:01.279 --> 00:40:01.400
 and

00:40:01.400 --> 00:40:01.519
 more

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:01.639
 of

00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:02.119
 myself

00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:04.440
 I

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:04.779
 started

00:40:04.779 --> 00:40:05.019
 to

00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:05.340
 see

00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:05.900
 in

00:40:05.900 --> 00:40:06.019
 the

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:06.279
 last

00:40:06.279 --> 00:40:06.659
 five

00:40:06.659 --> 00:40:07.239
 years

00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:09.119
 and

00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:09.579
 particularly

00:40:09.579 --> 00:40:10.199
 around

00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:10.559
 the

00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:10.739
 early

00:40:10.739 --> 00:40:11.000
 days

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:11.159
 of

00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:12.019
 COVID-19

00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:12.480
 which

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:12.980
 started

00:40:12.980 --> 00:40:13.619
 a bunch

00:40:13.619 --> 00:40:13.719
 of

00:40:13.719 --> 00:40:13.840
 the

00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:14.440
 for

00:40:14.440 --> 00:40:14.639
 me

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:16.019
 desires

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.539
 and

00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:17.159
 passions

00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:17.500
 that

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:17.639
 were

00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:17.940
 deep

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:18.219
 down

00:40:18.219 --> 00:40:18.739
 inside

00:40:18.739 --> 00:40:18.920
 of

00:40:18.920 --> 00:40:19.259
 me

00:40:19.259 --> 00:40:20.000
 that

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:20.159
 were

00:40:20.159 --> 00:40:20.480
 more

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:20.819
 akin

00:40:20.819 --> 00:40:21.019
 to

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:21.360
 Peter

00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:25.960
 Jesus

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:26.260
 I

00:40:26.260 --> 00:40:26.420
 want

00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:26.539
 to

00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:26.840
 make

00:40:26.840 --> 00:40:27.280
 your

00:40:27.280 --> 00:40:27.579
 name

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:28.099
 great

00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:30.820
 providing

00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:31.240
 you make

00:40:31.240 --> 00:40:31.660
 my name

00:40:31.660 --> 00:40:31.880
 great

00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:32.120
 with

00:40:32.120 --> 00:40:32.240
 you

00:40:32.240 --> 00:40:32.400
 as

00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:32.640
 well

00:40:32.640 --> 00:40:37.980
 glorify

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.620
 yourself

00:40:38.620 --> 00:40:39.000
 if it

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:39.300
 means

00:40:39.300 --> 00:40:39.860
 glorifying

00:40:39.860 --> 00:40:40.039
 me

00:40:40.039 --> 00:40:40.280
 with

00:40:40.280 --> 00:40:40.480
 you

00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:40.920
 with

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:50.200
 with

00:40:50.200 --> 00:40:50.500
 that

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:51.659
 unprecedented

00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:52.420
 season

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:52.820
 in

00:40:52.820 --> 00:40:53.260
 church

00:40:53.260 --> 00:40:53.639
 life

00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:53.840
 with

00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:54.900
 COVID-19

00:40:54.900 --> 00:40:55.700
 all

00:40:55.700 --> 00:40:55.920
 the

00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:56.320
 markers

00:40:56.320 --> 00:40:56.619
 of

00:40:56.619 --> 00:40:57.280
 success

00:40:57.280 --> 00:40:57.599
 of

00:40:57.599 --> 00:40:57.760
 a

00:40:57.760 --> 00:40:58.000
 church

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:58.659
 pastor

00:40:58.659 --> 00:40:59.500
 went

00:40:59.500 --> 00:40:59.800
 in

00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:00.180
 rapid

00:41:00.180 --> 00:41:00.780
 decline

00:41:00.780 --> 00:41:04.320
 rapid

00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:04.740
 decline

00:41:04.740 --> 00:41:05.079
 so

00:41:05.079 --> 00:41:05.360
 many

00:41:05.360 --> 00:41:05.980
 pastors

00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:06.760
 left

00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:07.340
 churches

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:07.980
 during

00:41:07.980 --> 00:41:08.180
 the

00:41:08.180 --> 00:41:08.559
 pandemic

00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:08.860
 and

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:09.119
 soon

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:09.700
 afterwards

00:41:09.700 --> 00:41:10.159
 in

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:10.300
 the

00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:10.920
 regathering

00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:11.420
 phase

00:41:11.420 --> 00:41:12.320
 because

00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:12.580
 it

00:41:12.580 --> 00:41:12.780
 was

00:41:12.780 --> 00:41:13.080
 just

00:41:13.080 --> 00:41:13.420
 too

00:41:13.420 --> 00:41:13.960
 hard

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:15.220
 to

00:41:15.220 --> 00:41:15.600
 rebuild

00:41:15.600 --> 00:41:16.120
 churches

00:41:16.120 --> 00:41:17.600
 and

00:41:17.600 --> 00:41:17.780
 so

00:41:17.780 --> 00:41:18.220
 with

00:41:18.220 --> 00:41:19.620
 COVID-19

00:41:19.620 --> 00:41:21.060
 came

00:41:21.060 --> 00:41:21.440
 to the

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:21.740
 surface

00:41:21.740 --> 00:41:22.019
 with

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:22.280
 me

00:41:22.280 --> 00:41:22.560
 not

00:41:22.560 --> 00:41:22.860
 just

00:41:22.860 --> 00:41:23.200
 sin

00:41:23.200 --> 00:41:23.920
 but

00:41:23.920 --> 00:41:24.120
 the

00:41:24.120 --> 00:41:24.980
 anxiety

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:25.460
 that

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:26.000
 surfaced

00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:26.220
 with

00:41:26.220 --> 00:41:26.519
 those

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:26.940
 sins

00:41:26.940 --> 00:41:27.760
 I

00:41:27.760 --> 00:41:27.980
 had

00:41:27.980 --> 00:41:28.500
 never

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:29.019
 ever

00:41:29.019 --> 00:41:29.519
 considered

00:41:29.519 --> 00:41:30.200
 myself

00:41:30.200 --> 00:41:31.019
 to be

00:41:31.019 --> 00:41:31.200
 an

00:41:31.200 --> 00:41:31.580
 anxious

00:41:31.580 --> 00:41:32.100
 person

00:41:32.100 --> 00:41:32.519
 before

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:35.240
 as

00:41:35.240 --> 00:41:35.380
 I

00:41:35.380 --> 00:41:35.660
 saw

00:41:35.660 --> 00:41:36.200
 God

00:41:36.200 --> 00:41:36.660
 more

00:41:36.660 --> 00:41:36.920
 and

00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:37.300
 more

00:41:37.300 --> 00:41:38.360
 in

00:41:38.360 --> 00:41:38.660
 his

00:41:38.660 --> 00:41:39.180
 word

00:41:39.180 --> 00:41:39.620
 through

00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:39.900
 that

00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:40.420
 season

00:41:40.420 --> 00:41:42.880
 he

00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:43.079
 has

00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:43.319
 helped

00:41:43.319 --> 00:41:43.500
 me

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:43.759
 see

00:41:43.759 --> 00:41:44.059
 my

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:44.460
 sin

00:41:44.460 --> 00:41:45.940
 and

00:41:45.940 --> 00:41:46.139
 he's

00:41:46.139 --> 00:41:46.460
 also

00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:46.839
 helped

00:41:46.839 --> 00:41:47.019
 me

00:41:47.019 --> 00:41:47.139
 to

00:41:47.139 --> 00:41:47.359
 become

00:41:47.359 --> 00:41:47.659
 more

00:41:47.659 --> 00:41:48.199
 confident

00:41:48.199 --> 00:41:48.619
 in

00:41:48.619 --> 00:41:49.019
 him

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:50.639
 and

00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:51.219
 gradually

00:41:51.219 --> 00:41:51.639
 bit

00:41:51.639 --> 00:41:51.940
 by

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:52.400
 bit

00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:53.279
 less

00:41:53.279 --> 00:41:53.920
 anxious

00:41:53.920 --> 00:41:54.420
 and

00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:55.039
 controlling

00:41:55.039 --> 00:41:55.559
 in the

00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:55.799
 midst

00:41:55.799 --> 00:41:56.079
 of a

00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:56.599
 chaos

00:41:56.599 --> 00:41:57.239
 and

00:41:57.239 --> 00:41:57.480
 more

00:41:57.480 --> 00:41:57.980
 dependent

00:41:57.980 --> 00:41:58.460
 upon

00:41:58.460 --> 00:41:58.839
 him

00:41:58.839 --> 00:41:59.699
 to

00:41:59.699 --> 00:42:00.199
 become

00:42:00.199 --> 00:42:00.599
 the

00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:01.079
 language

00:42:01.079 --> 00:42:01.880
 of

00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:03.420
 some

00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:05.859
 non-anxious

00:42:05.859 --> 00:42:06.480
 presence

00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:07.940
 to

00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:08.159
 work

00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:08.440
 more

00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:08.579
 on

00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:08.719
 that

00:42:08.719 --> 00:42:08.840
 and

00:42:08.840 --> 00:42:08.980
 so

00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:09.360
 I'm

00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:09.900
 thankful

00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:12.320
 for

00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:12.559
 what

00:42:12.559 --> 00:42:12.860
 God

00:42:12.860 --> 00:42:13.179
 has

00:42:13.179 --> 00:42:13.500
 done

00:42:13.500 --> 00:42:13.880
 in

00:42:13.880 --> 00:42:14.159
 me

00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:14.539
 over

00:42:14.539 --> 00:42:14.740
 the

00:42:14.740 --> 00:42:15.260
 past

00:42:15.260 --> 00:42:16.139
 five

00:42:16.139 --> 00:42:16.559
 years

00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:16.860
 and

00:42:16.860 --> 00:42:17.079
 what

00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:17.360
 follow

00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:18.119
 25

00:42:18.119 --> 00:42:20.340
 has

00:42:20.340 --> 00:42:20.539
 meant

00:42:20.539 --> 00:42:20.780
 for

00:42:20.780 --> 00:42:21.300
 us

00:42:21.300 --> 00:42:22.860
 despite

00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:23.360
 us

00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:23.820
 not

00:42:23.820 --> 00:42:24.320
 achieving

00:42:24.320 --> 00:42:24.900
 all

00:42:24.900 --> 00:42:26.920
 that

00:42:26.920 --> 00:42:27.059
 I

00:42:27.059 --> 00:42:27.380
 thought

00:42:27.380 --> 00:42:27.519
 it

00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:27.719
 might

00:42:27.719 --> 00:42:28.179
 achieve

00:42:28.179 --> 00:42:30.219
 but

00:42:30.219 --> 00:42:30.380
 I

00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:30.699
 am

00:42:30.699 --> 00:42:30.980
 looking

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:31.500
 forward

00:42:31.500 --> 00:42:31.960
 with

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:32.400
 hope

00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:33.079
 to

00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:33.280
 what

00:42:33.280 --> 00:42:33.539
 God

00:42:33.539 --> 00:42:33.800
 might

00:42:33.800 --> 00:42:34.039
 do

00:42:34.039 --> 00:42:38.159
 together