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 Today's Gospel reading is from the Gospel according to Mark, chapters 9 and 10.

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 They came to Capernaum.

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 When he was in the house, he asked them,

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 What were you arguing about on the road?

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 But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest.

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 Sitting down, Jesus called the twelve and said,

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 Anyone who wants to be the first must be the very last and servant of all.

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 They were on their way up to Jerusalem with Jesus leading the way,

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 and the disciples were astonished while those who followed were afraid.

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 Again, he took the twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him.

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 We are going up to Jerusalem, he said,

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 and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law.

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 They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles,

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 who will mock him and spit on him, flog him, and kill him.

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 Three days later, he will rise.

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 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him.

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 Teacher, they said, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.

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 What do you want me to do for you, he asked.

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 They replied,

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 Let one of us sit at your right hand and the other at your left in glory.

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 You don't know what you're asking, Jesus said.

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 Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?

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 We can, they answered.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with.

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 But to sit at my right or my left is not for me to grant.

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 These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared.

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 When the ten heard about this, they became very indignant with James and John.

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 Jesus called them together and said,

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 You know that those who were regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lorded over them,

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 and their high officials exercise authority over them.

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 Not so with you.

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 Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant.

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 And whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.

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 For even the son of man did not come to be served,

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 come to be served, but to serve,

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 and to give his life as a ransom for many.

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 Then they came to Jericho.

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 As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd,

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 were leaving the city,

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 a blind man, Bartimaeus, which means son of Timaeus,

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 was sitting by the roadside begging.

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 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth,

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 he began to shout,

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 Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me.

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 Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet,

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 but he shouted all the more,

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 Son of David, have mercy on me.

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 Jesus stopped and said,

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 Call him.

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 So they called the blind man,

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 Cheer up, on your feet, he's calling you.

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 Throwing his cloak aside,

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 he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.

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 What do you want me to do for you?

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 Jesus asked him.

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 The blind man said,

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 Rabbi, I want to see.

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 Go, said Jesus,

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 your faith has healed you.

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 Immediately he received his sight

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 and followed Jesus along the road.

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 This is the gospel of the Lord.

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 Good morning, Christ Church.

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 As we are drawing closer to Easter,

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 we only have a few weeks left in the gospel of Mark.

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 And what we're going to talk about today

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 is of,

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 it's a vital subject

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 of great importance

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 with far-reaching implications

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 in every sphere of our lives,

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 our homes,

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 our churches,

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 our workplaces,

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 our society as a whole.

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 And if as individual people

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 and as a collective community,

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 we can embrace the essence of this text

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 and by the power of the Holy Spirit

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 and the grace of God

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 begin to live it out together,

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 many, many people would come to see

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 the light and the life

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 and the love of Jesus Christ

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 in us

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 to such a degree

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 that they'd be compelled

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 to consider

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 why our lives are so radically different

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 than everyone else's.

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 Why we are a counterculture,

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 an alternative society,

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 a city within the city,

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 defying the prevailing social norms

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 and values of our time.

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 I want to remind you

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 before we get into the text

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 of the larger context

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 in the Gospel of Mark,

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 if you're paying attention

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 to the literary structure,

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 Mark has written this Gospel

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 as a three-act play.

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 And we looked at Act 1

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 where Jesus is in Galilee

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 and He's demonstrating

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 His authority and His power

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 in the first eight chapters

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 of this Gospel.

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 And then you come to Act 2,

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 which is Jesus on the way

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 to Jerusalem,

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 and He's taking His disciples

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 on this journey

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 in order to teach them

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 about His cross

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 and to re-educate them

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 about the kingdom of God

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 in light of the cross.

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 And then in Act 3,

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 we come to Jerusalem,

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 the final days leading up

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 to Jesus' cross,

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 and that's the last chapters,

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 chapters 11 through 16.

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 But here we are

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 in this middle portion,

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 Act 2 of this Gospel,

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 chapters 8, 9, and 10,

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 where Jesus gives us

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 these three prophecies

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 of His passion,

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 these three predictions

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 of His coming cross.

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 And Jesus solemnly repeats

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 these prophecies

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 about His cross three times

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 so that His disciples

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 can know that what's going

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 to happen to Him

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 is not going to take Him

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 by surprise.

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 And in fact,

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 this third prediction

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 is the most elaborate

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 and most detailed.

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 It says in verse 33,

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 it says,

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 we're going to Jerusalem.

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 The Son of Man

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 is going to be delivered

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 over to the chief priests

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 and the teachers of the law,

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 that is,

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 the Jewish authorities.

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 And they will condemn Him

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 to death

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 and they'll hand Him

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 over to the Gentile authorities

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 who will mock Him,

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 spit on Him,

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 flog Him,

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 and kill Him.

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 And in three days later,

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 He will rise.

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 Now, you would think

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 with such a prophecy

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 that the disciples

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 would be in a state

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 of reflection

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 and a prayer.

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 And yet,

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 this prophecy

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 is followed

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 by this request,

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 this incredible request

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 by James and John

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 for positions

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 of privilege

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 and power.

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 And then we have

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 Jesus' brilliant response,

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 which is capped off

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 by verse 45,

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 which is really

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 the key verse

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 in our entire gospel.

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 And so that's where

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 I'd like to focus

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 our attention

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 as we begin

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 there in verse 45.

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 And my whole message

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 today is this,

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 that Jesus came

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 to serve

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 and to create

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 a counterculture

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 of servants.

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 That Jesus came

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 to serve

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 and create

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 a counterculture

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 of servants.

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 And I want to talk

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 first about

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 how Jesus came

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 to serve.

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 He says that

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 in verse 45.

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 He says,

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 For even the Son of Man

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 did not come

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 to be served,

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 but to serve.

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 And the choice

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 of that word

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 that the Son of Man

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 has come

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 is a strong giveaway

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 that Jesus existed

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 before He was born.

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 That He's come

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 into the world.

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 And why has He come

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 into the world?

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 Well, a major part

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 of our identity formation

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 is to get clear

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 on who we are not.

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 And to be able to say

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 who we are not.

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 And I'm not this,

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 so I'm not going

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 to do this,

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 that, or the other.

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 And Jesus knows

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 who He's not.

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 Jesus has not

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 come to be served.

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 And that assumes

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 that He has every right

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 to expect to be honored

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 and served,

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 but He's not come

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 to seek that.

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 To be served

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 is the default mode

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 of the human heart.

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 There's a part of us

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 and every single one

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 of us that says,

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 I'm here to be served.

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 Serve me.

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 Give to me.

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 My will be done.

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 I'll be the superior.

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 You be my inferior.

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 I'll be the center.

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 You be the circumference.

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 The reason Jesus came

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 is because the only way

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 this world could be put

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 right again

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 is for there to be

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 a new human being

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 with a new kind of heart

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 that's operating

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 in a new kind of way.

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 And this is why

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 the New Testament

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 calls Jesus

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 the new Adam.

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 And tells us

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 why it's so important

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 to get out of

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 the old Adam

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 and to live your life

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 here under the new Adam.

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 Because Jesus,

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 the new Adam,

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 He's not infected.

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 by this disease

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 that says,

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 serve me.

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 My rights.

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 My privileges.

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 My power.

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 My status.

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 I want to be the greatest.

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 I want to be the first.

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 What's so incredibly

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 attractive about Jesus

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 is that He's radically

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 free of these things.

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 Jesus comes and He says,

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 even though I have a right

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 to be served

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 and to be honored

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 and to enjoy

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 all the privileges

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 of the Son of God,

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 I've not come

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 to exercise

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 my rights

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 and my privileges.

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 In fact,

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 what I've come to do

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 is surrender them.

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 I've come to lay them down

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 in a cause

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 greater than myself

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 and my rights.

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 So Jesus knows

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 who He's not.

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 I've not come

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 to be served,

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 but Jesus also knows

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 who He is.

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 He's very,

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 He's quite clear

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 on His identity

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 and His mission.

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 And He says,

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 in verse 45,

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 He says,

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 the Son of Man

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 did not come

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 to be served,

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 but to serve

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 and to give His life

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 as a ransom for many.

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 He has no doubt

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 about what He's come to do.

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 He says,

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 I've come to serve,

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 to be a diakoneo,

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 which is where we get

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 the word deacon

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 or the diaconate.

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 It just means a servant.

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 It literally means

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 a table waiter.

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 And a table waiter

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 is someone who comes

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 to meet your needs

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 and clean up your mess.

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 And Jesus says,

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 that's what I've come

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 to do.

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 I've come to serve.

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 All of His acts of mercy,

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 all of His acts of healing,

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 His acts of teaching

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 are to be seen

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 in light of this one

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 great purpose.

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 I've come to serve.

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 And what is Jesus'

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 greatest act of service?

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 He defines it.

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 He says,

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 I've come to give my life

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 as a ransom for many.

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 Jesus' death

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 is not incidental

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 to His identity

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 and His mission,

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 but it's quite central.

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 The death of Jesus

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 is not an accident.

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 It's not a tragic

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 waste of life

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 at the end

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 of a great career.

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 Unlike most deaths

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 that we read about

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 in biographies

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 and headlines,

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 Jesus went to His death

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 willingly

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 and quite deliberately.

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 He says in John

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 chapter 10,

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 verse 17,

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 the reason

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 my Father loves me

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 is that I lay down

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 my life

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 only to take it up again.

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 No one takes it from me,

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 but I lay it down

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 of my own accord.

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 I have authority

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 to lay it down

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 and authority

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 to take it up again.

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 Jesus' greatest act

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 of service

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 is giving over

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 His life

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 to God the Father

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 in His death

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 on the cross.

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 And why was it necessary

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 for Him to do so?

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 Well, Jesus tells us

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 not only that

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 He will die,

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 but He tells us

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 why He will do so.

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 And He says,

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 it's because we need

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 to be ransomed.

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 We, all of us,

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 every single one of us

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 need to be ransomed.

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 Right?

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 the plight of humanity

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 is that we are held

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 in captivity.

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 And if you go back

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 to the earliest part

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 of the Gospel,

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 Mark chapter 2,

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 these friends,

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 they bring their

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 paralyzed friend

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 to Jesus

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 and they lay Him down

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 before Jesus.

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 And what does Jesus

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 say to this man?

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 He says,

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 Son,

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 your greatest problem

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 is a material problem.

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 It's a physical problem.

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 No, He says,

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 Son,

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 your sins are forgiven.

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 And then He goes on

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 and deals with His material

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 and physical problem.

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 He heals His infirmity

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 and His paralysis.

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 But He says,

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 Sons,

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 your sins are forgiven.

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 The very next chapter

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 in Mark chapter 3,

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 Jesus describes His mission

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 and what does He say?

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 He says,

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 No one can enter

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 the strong man's house

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 without first tying him up.

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 Then He can plunder

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 the strong man's house.

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 And when Jesus says that,

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 He's painting for us

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 a picture of a kidnapping.

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 And this strong man

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 who's kidnapped us

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 and tied us up

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 and put us in the basement

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 of His house

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 in this kind of hostage situation.

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 And what Jesus is saying to us

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 is that you are held captive

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 internally by sin,

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 which leads to death.

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 And you're held captive externally

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 by these dark powers of evil.

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 And that's kind of a question

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 for us this morning.

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 Do we believe this diagnosis,

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 Jesus' diagnosis

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 of the human condition,

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 that we are in a spiritual

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 and a moral bondage

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 from which we cannot

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 extricate ourselves?

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 We're prisoners

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 in need of a ransom.

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 And Jesus not only talks

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 about the plight

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 from which we need

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 to be ransomed,

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 but He also talks about

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 the price with which

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 we need to be ransomed.

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 He leaves us in no doubt

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 about the price.

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 He says,

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 we need such a huge

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 sacrificial payment

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 that would not only match

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 the value of our personhood,

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 but it would also procure

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 our freedom.

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 And Jesus says,

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 the only price,

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 the only payment

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 that will work

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 in this situation

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 is me,

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 myself.

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 It's only if I give my life,

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 only if I die,

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 only if I shed my blood

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 that you could possibly hope

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 to be ransomed.

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 And this is what sets Jesus

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 apart really from

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 the founders

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 of all the other religions

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 because each of them came,

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 if you study them,

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 each of them came

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 to live.

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 Each of them came

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 to set an example.

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 They came to give

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 their teachings,

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 but Jesus says,

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 I came to die.

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 I came to give

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 not just teachings,

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 I came to give my life.

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 And how does Jesus say

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 he's going to carry out

00:15:35.339 --> 00:15:36.319
 this ransom?

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 Well, he says,

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 I'm going to do it

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 for the many.

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 And that word for

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 means instead of

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 or in place of

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 the many.

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 I'm going to be

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 a substitutionary sacrifice

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 for the many.

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 Now, when I think about

00:15:50.259 --> 00:15:52.039
 all of my favorite films

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 about kidnapping

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 and hostage situations

00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:57.800
 and ransoming,

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 am I the only one

00:15:58.680 --> 00:15:59.460
 that likes these films?

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 I think of Air Force One

00:16:02.660 --> 00:16:04.020
 with Harrison Ford

00:16:04.020 --> 00:16:04.640
 as the president

00:16:04.640 --> 00:16:05.440
 of the United States

00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:07.000
 and his aircraft,

00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:09.800
 his plane is taken captive

00:16:09.800 --> 00:16:10.640
 by terrorists.

00:16:11.660 --> 00:16:12.700
 Or there's this great movie

00:16:12.700 --> 00:16:14.140
 called Taken

00:16:14.140 --> 00:16:15.520
 where Liam Neeson

00:16:15.520 --> 00:16:18.040
 is this ex-CIA operative

00:16:18.040 --> 00:16:18.680
 and his daughter

00:16:18.680 --> 00:16:20.400
 has been snatched away

00:16:20.400 --> 00:16:21.560
 by human traffickers.

00:16:22.300 --> 00:16:23.820
 Or a more recent film,

00:16:23.920 --> 00:16:24.760
 Captain Phillips,

00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:25.980
 where Tom Hanks

00:16:25.980 --> 00:16:26.600
 is the captain

00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:27.779
 and his ship

00:16:27.779 --> 00:16:28.559
 and his whole crew

00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:29.600
 has been overtaken

00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:30.379
 by these pirates.

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 And, you know,

00:16:31.299 --> 00:16:32.399
 in every single one

00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:33.220
 of these films,

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 how are the prisoners

00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:37.120
 set free?

00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:39.600
 How do those hostages

00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:41.659
 end up making it home safe

00:16:41.659 --> 00:16:42.980
 if they make it home safe

00:16:42.980 --> 00:16:43.519
 at all?

00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:45.340
 Well, in every single film,

00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:46.600
 many, many people

00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:47.319
 have to die.

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 I mean,

00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:50.139
 Liam Neeson's like

00:16:50.139 --> 00:16:51.220
 killing a lot of people.

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 Many people

00:16:53.420 --> 00:16:54.080
 are shedding

00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:55.680
 their blood.

00:16:56.100 --> 00:16:57.340
 But this is what makes

00:16:57.340 --> 00:16:58.399
 the drama of Jesus

00:16:58.399 --> 00:16:59.700
 so very different

00:16:59.700 --> 00:17:00.420
 because he says

00:17:00.420 --> 00:17:01.820
 instead of the many people

00:17:01.820 --> 00:17:02.879
 dying for the ransom

00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:03.540
 of one,

00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:06.000
 he says it's going to be

00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:07.440
 the one for the many.

00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:10.980
 One person

00:17:10.980 --> 00:17:11.799
 will die

00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:12.640
 to ransom

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 the many.

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 And I love,

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 if you'll just turn with me

00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:17.700
 back to verse 32.

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 I love this verse.

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 It says,

00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:20.660
 they were on their way

00:17:20.660 --> 00:17:21.579
 up to Jerusalem

00:17:21.579 --> 00:17:23.680
 with Jesus leading the way

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 and the disciples

00:17:24.339 --> 00:17:25.700
 were astonished

00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:27.319
 while those who followed

00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:28.620
 were afraid.

00:17:28.860 --> 00:17:30.759
 And where exactly

00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:32.539
 is Jesus leading them?

00:17:33.900 --> 00:17:36.680
 Here is almighty God himself

00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:37.519
 come in the flesh.

00:17:37.620 --> 00:17:38.880
 He stepped out of eternity

00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:40.180
 and into time

00:17:40.180 --> 00:17:41.559
 and he's striding ahead

00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:42.299
 with purpose

00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:44.079
 to Jerusalem.

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 He's on a determined march

00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:47.960
 to his cross

00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:49.399
 to voluntarily

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 give his life

00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:51.619
 to be a ransom

00:17:51.619 --> 00:17:52.779
 for those who are

00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:53.539
 in captivity.

00:17:53.779 --> 00:17:55.059
 One substituted

00:17:55.059 --> 00:17:56.200
 in the place

00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:57.200
 of the many.

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 Out ahead

00:17:58.339 --> 00:17:59.639
 leading everybody

00:17:59.639 --> 00:18:00.559
 to the cross.

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 And Jesus says here

00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:04.339
 in this exchange

00:18:04.339 --> 00:18:05.919
 with James and John,

00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:07.279
 he asks them this question

00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:07.879
 in verse 38.

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 He says,

00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:09.899
 can you drink the cup

00:18:09.899 --> 00:18:10.980
 that I drink?

00:18:12.299 --> 00:18:13.319
 Can you drink the cup

00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:13.899
 that I drink?

00:18:13.900 --> 00:18:15.380
 And in Hebrew scriptures,

00:18:15.560 --> 00:18:18.800
 the cup is representative

00:18:18.800 --> 00:18:20.019
 of the just judgment

00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:22.300
 of God upon human evil.

00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:23.840
 The cup is the wrath

00:18:23.840 --> 00:18:24.900
 and the condemnation

00:18:24.900 --> 00:18:26.420
 of God on sin.

00:18:26.500 --> 00:18:27.280
 And when Jesus says,

00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:28.400
 can you drink the cup

00:18:28.400 --> 00:18:29.340
 that I'm going to drink?

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 He's saying,

00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:31.720
 I'm going to make the payment.

00:18:32.840 --> 00:18:34.780
 I'm going to pay the price

00:18:34.780 --> 00:18:36.620
 by drinking that cup.

00:18:37.800 --> 00:18:38.200
 He says,

00:18:38.280 --> 00:18:39.160
 I'll be condemned

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 so you don't have to be.

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 I'll take on the wrath

00:18:42.080 --> 00:18:42.920
 of God,

00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:44.340
 the judgment of God

00:18:44.340 --> 00:18:45.660
 on human evil

00:18:45.660 --> 00:18:46.580
 upon myself

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 so that you can be free

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 from this condemnation.

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 He says,

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 that's the payment.

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 That's the ransom

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 that you could never pay

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 but that I'll pay

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 on your behalf

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 for your freedom.

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 So friends,

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 do you know

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 that this is why

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 Jesus came?

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 He came to serve you

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 in this way.

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 Do you know

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 that He served you

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 in this way?

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 Without faith

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 in His ransom

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 for you,

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 you're still enslaved.

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 You're still a prisoner.

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 Without putting your trust

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 in Jesus

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 who gave His life

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 for you,

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 you're still in bondage

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 and in captivity

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 to sin

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 and death

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 and to evil.

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 And so I want to ask you today,

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 what in the world

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 is keeping you

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 from giving yourself

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 to this one

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 who came to give Himself

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 for you

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 and came to serve you.

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 Jesus came

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 to serve.

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 But it's not just

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 that He came to serve.

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 Jesus came to serve

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 and to create

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 a counterculture

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 of servants.

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 This is the end game

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 of His service.

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 Jesus came to create

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 a counterculture

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 of servants.

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 What Jesus accomplished

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 on His cross

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 was utterly unique.

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 Only His life

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 as the Son of God

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 could be

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 the ransom

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 for us.

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 And so this prophecy

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 is very much

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 about Himself,

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 but it's also

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 a prophecy

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 that becomes

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 a pattern

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 for us.

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 It's the mold

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 into which

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 our lives

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 are to be formed.

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 And perhaps you notice

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 in this text

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 and perhaps

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 when you look around

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 at the church

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 in North America,

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 have you ever noticed

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 that the life

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 of Jesus' disciples

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 doesn't always reflect

00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:37.599
 the life

00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:38.500
 of Jesus Himself?

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 Has anyone

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 noticed this?

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 Do you know anything

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:44.259
 about the church today?

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 That the life

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 of Jesus' disciples

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 does not always reflect

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 the life

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 of Jesus Himself.

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 And when you look

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 at verse 35,

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 it says,

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 Then James and John,

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 the sons of Zebedee,

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 came to Him

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 and they said,

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 Teacher,

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 we want you to do

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 whatever we ask.

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 Very often we address

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 Jesus as our teacher,

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 but we've not yet

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:05.799
 assimilated into our lives

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 the major focus

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 of His teaching.

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 And this story

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 makes abundantly clear

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 that the sons of Zebedee

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 and the Son of Man

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 are in this

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 irreconcilable contradiction

00:21:17.380 --> 00:21:18.380
 with one another.

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 The sons of Zebedee

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 are seeking after

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 power and glory

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 and thrones.

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 Right?

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 And the Son of Man

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 is seeking after

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 humility and service

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 and the cross.

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 And we too

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 are faced with this choice

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 between these two

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 radically different

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 alternative value systems

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 and lifestyles.

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 And we've got to decide

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 what kind of people

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 we're going to be.

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 And to what degree

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 are we willing

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 to adjust our lives

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 to the pattern

00:21:51.820 --> 00:21:52.960
 and the practices

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 of Jesus.

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 And we've got to make

00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:57.040
 three key choices.

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 And the first choice

00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:59.279
 is we've got to choose

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 between self-seeking

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 and self-sacrifice.

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 If we're going to be

00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:06.939
 disciples of Jesus

00:22:06.939 --> 00:22:07.759
 we've got to choose

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.859
 between self-seeking

00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:10.500
 and self-sacrifice.

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 They say to Jesus

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 we want you to do for us

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 whatever we ask.

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 Now what kind of prayer

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.539
 is that?

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 We want you to do

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 whatever we ask.

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 That is a terrible prayer.

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 It is actually

00:22:22.979 --> 00:22:24.099
 the exact opposite

00:22:24.099 --> 00:22:25.219
 of true prayer.

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 True prayer says

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 Lord your name

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 be hallowed.

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 Your kingdom come.

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 Your will be done.

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 Not my will

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 but your will be done.

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 But James and John

00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:36.640
 are somehow determined

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:38.319
 to bend God's will

00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:39.160
 to their own will.

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 We want you to do for us

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 whatever it is

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 that we ask.

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 But Jesus

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:44.759
 being full of grace

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.480
 he works with

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.720
 his self-seeking disciples

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 and he says to them

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:48.740
 in verse 36

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 what do you want me

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.440
 to do for you?

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 And they replied

00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:52.819
 let one of us

00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:53.519
 sit at your right

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 and the other

00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:55.119
 at your left

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 in your glory.

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 They think

00:22:59.859 --> 00:23:00.799
 when the kingdom

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.819
 of God comes

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.859
 our Messiah

00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:03.299
 is going to

00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:04.119
 rout the Romans

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:06.019
 and he's going to

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.639
 set up a new

00:23:06.639 --> 00:23:07.180
 administration

00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:08.720
 in the royal palace

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 and at that moment

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 like there always is

00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:12.599
 in these moments

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 in history

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 there's going to be

00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.139
 a scramble

00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:15.139
 for the best seats.

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 And you're probably aware

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.240
 that the Caesars

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:18.920
 in that time

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:19.579
 they set their

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:20.500
 victorious generals

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.599
 on either side

00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:22.700
 of their royal throne.

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.539
 And so they're

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.059
 thinking to themselves

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:25.660
 well we need to

00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:26.559
 kind of get on this.

00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:27.360
 We need to compete.

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 We need to

00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:29.700
 get at the front

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.100
 of the line.

00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:30.640
 We need to make

00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:31.700
 advance reservations

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.980
 so that we can

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.620
 rule there

00:23:33.620 --> 00:23:34.319
 with Jesus.

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:37.680
 And Jesus says

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.519
 to them in verse 38

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.200
 you don't know

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.940
 what you're asking.

00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:42.120
 And that must be

00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:43.100
 how he responds

00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:43.880
 to so many

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:44.720
 of my prayers.

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.460
 Jonathan

00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:47.740
 you have no clue

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:49.140
 what you're asking.

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.840
 Yours is the way

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.819
 of self-seeking

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.859
 but mine is the way

00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:55.039
 of self-sacrifice.

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:57.659
 Jesus emptied himself

00:23:57.659 --> 00:23:59.079
 of all of his heavenly glory

00:23:59.079 --> 00:24:00.879
 to take on human flesh

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:01.859
 and throughout his life

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:02.879
 he humbled himself

00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.879
 he never sought

00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:05.679
 his own glory.

00:24:06.159 --> 00:24:07.039
 In fact for the sake

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.480
 of God

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.240
 and for the welfare

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:09.859
 of other people

00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.819
 he chose

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:12.019
 the self-sacrifice

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.879
 of his cross

00:24:12.879 --> 00:24:13.980
 from the very beginning.

00:24:15.399 --> 00:24:16.480
 And he's saying to us

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:16.799
 you

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.959
 my disciples

00:24:17.959 --> 00:24:19.000
 must choose

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.519
 between

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.759
 self-seeking

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.799
 for your own glory

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.859
 and your own honor

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:24.220
 and self-sacrifice

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:25.359
 for the glory of God

00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:25.900
 and the honor

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.660
 of other people.

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:28.019
 That's just a basic

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:29.599
 choice you've got to make.

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:31.220
 A choice between

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:31.920
 self-seeking

00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:32.740
 and self-sacrifice.

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:34.220
 But the second choice

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:34.940
 that we've got to make

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.519
 is a choice

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.379
 we've got to choose

00:24:36.379 --> 00:24:37.359
 between power

00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:38.680
 and service.

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:41.019
 The church

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.660
 as a whole

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:42.940
 and Christians

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.859
 as individuals

00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.720
 need to choose

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.720
 between power

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.980
 and service.

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:49.579
 They say in verse 37

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.299
 let one of us

00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:50.980
 sit at your right

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.440
 and the other

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.120
 at your left

00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:53.400
 in your glory.

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.480
 Basically they're saying

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:56.180
 Jesus forget Peter.

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:58.500
 Forget about Peter.

00:24:58.599 --> 00:24:59.559
 We know you've made him

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.259
 the number one.

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:01.319
 We know that he's

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:03.740
 our lead disciple

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.500
 but

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:06.339
 forget about him.

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:07.220
 We want to rule

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:08.319
 on thrones

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:09.140
 next to you.

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:10.519
 We want the top places

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:12.240
 in your cabinet.

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:12.860
 We want to be

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.799
 your prime minister

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:15.519
 and your chief of staff.

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:17.960
 Give us these seats

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.539
 of authority

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.660
 so that we can enjoy

00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:21.079
 all the connections

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:22.160
 and all the status

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:23.160
 and all the influence

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:24.279
 and all the power

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.099
 with you Jesus.

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.660
 And it says in verse 41

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.639
 that when the ten

00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:29.259
 heard about this

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:30.339
 they became indignant

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:32.200
 with James and John.

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:33.339
 This includes Peter.

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:34.920
 They're all full of fury

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.639
 because they've been

00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:36.220
 outsmarted.

00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:38.319
 They're full of fear

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:39.319
 because they've been

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:40.259
 beaten to the punch.

00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:41.319
 All of them

00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:42.299
 every single one

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:43.500
 of Jesus' twelve disciples

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:46.319
 are hungry for power

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:48.740
 because the lust

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.440
 for power

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:50.940
 is so intoxicating.

00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:53.579
 And we see this

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.000
 everywhere

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:55.740
 in our public life

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.160
 don't we?

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.660
 We see it

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.380
 in our professions.

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:59.099
 We see it

00:25:59.099 --> 00:26:00.039
 in our politics.

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.740
 Somehow this lust

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.279
 for power

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:03.160
 even enters

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:04.039
 into our places

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:05.039
 of worship.

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:06.180
 And Jesus says

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:07.779
 I'm calling you

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.559
 my disciples

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:10.380
 to a different way.

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:13.320
 He says in verse 42

00:26:13.320 --> 00:26:14.460
 Jesus called them together

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:15.500
 you know that those

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.140
 who are regarded

00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:16.900
 as rulers

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:18.080
 of the Gentiles

00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:19.120
 lord it over them

00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:20.040
 and their high officials

00:26:20.040 --> 00:26:21.200
 exercise authority

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:22.440
 over them.

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:24.320
 Now we have to say

00:26:24.320 --> 00:26:25.280
 that the exercise

00:26:25.280 --> 00:26:27.200
 of good authority

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:28.560
 the good exercise

00:26:28.560 --> 00:26:29.240
 of authority

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:30.320
 is something that

00:26:30.320 --> 00:26:31.400
 God intends for us

00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:32.020
 and we see that

00:26:32.020 --> 00:26:33.140
 in Genesis 1 and 2

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:34.220
 where God puts Adam

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.680
 and Eve

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.980
 in the Garden of Eden

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.700
 and he tells them

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.700
 to rule over it.

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.080
 He tells them

00:26:38.080 --> 00:26:39.520
 to exercise their authority

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:40.500
 over it by caring

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.960
 for it and cultivating

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:43.259
 and that's a good thing.

00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:44.299
 That's what human beings

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:45.119
 are for.

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 But we see very quickly

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.879
 in Genesis chapter 3

00:26:48.879 --> 00:26:49.720
 that Adam and Eve

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.779
 begin to misuse

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.920
 their authority

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:53.139
 and begin to control

00:26:53.139 --> 00:26:54.079
 and domineer

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:55.139
 over one another

00:26:55.139 --> 00:26:56.420
 and by Genesis 4

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.799
 that authority

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.940
 is not just being misused

00:26:58.940 --> 00:27:00.160
 it's being abused

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 and the descendants

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:01.920
 of Adam and Eve

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:03.000
 are dehumanizing

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:04.000
 and killing each other

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.879
 they're coercing

00:27:04.879 --> 00:27:06.240
 and overpowering

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:06.740
 each other

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.779
 and this is what

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.960
 Jesus has in mind.

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.400
 He's thinking about

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:12.279
 how all of this

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.940
 has gotten baked

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:14.180
 into the systems

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.879
 and the structures

00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:15.519
 of power

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.879
 in the Roman Empire

00:27:16.879 --> 00:27:18.859
 this empire

00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:19.720
 that's organized

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:20.859
 hierarchically

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:22.039
 with different levels

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.980
 of power

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.579
 and privilege

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:24.339
 from Caesar

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:25.359
 and the Senate

00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:26.119
 at the top

00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:27.539
 down to the peasants

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.259
 and the slaves

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:29.259
 at the bottom

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:30.339
 and Jesus looks

00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:30.799
 at all that

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.319
 and he says

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:33.039
 not so with you.

00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:35.139
 In fact

00:27:35.139 --> 00:27:36.039
 Jesus will take

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:36.920
 those slaves

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.539
 at the very bottom

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.379
 and he turns

00:27:38.379 --> 00:27:38.879
 that kingdom

00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:39.619
 upside down

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 and he says

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:41.899
 in verse 43

00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:42.819
 not so with you

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:43.480
 instead whoever

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:44.440
 wants to become

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:45.319
 great among you

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:46.200
 must be your servant

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.920
 and whoever

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.879
 wants to be first

00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:48.859
 must be slave

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.899
 of all.

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:52.319
 Do you want to be

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:52.899
 great?

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:55.000
 Do you want to be

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.519
 first?

00:27:55.879 --> 00:27:56.519
 Jesus says.

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.259
 He says

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:59.480
 I came not to

00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:01.139
 grab hold of power

00:28:01.139 --> 00:28:02.039
 I came to give

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.940
 power away.

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:05.140
 I came not to

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:06.400
 wield power

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:07.180
 over people

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:07.820
 like Caesar

00:28:07.820 --> 00:28:08.519
 but I came to

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.620
 show you the power

00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.580
 of relinquishing

00:28:10.580 --> 00:28:11.279
 your power

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.380
 to serve other

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:12.799
 people.

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.860
 And Jesus is saying

00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:15.340
 do you want to be

00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:15.720
 great?

00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:16.259
 Do you want to be

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:17.160
 first among

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:18.120
 my disciples?

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.039
 Then try on

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:20.420
 these labels

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:21.240
 for size.

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.799
 Be a diakonos

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:24.140
 and a doulos.

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.779
 We already saw

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.759
 that the word

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.620
 diakonos means

00:28:28.620 --> 00:28:30.100
 be a table waiter

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:32.019
 who is there

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.819
 to meet the needs

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.399
 of other people

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:33.939
 and clean up

00:28:33.939 --> 00:28:34.779
 their messes.

00:28:35.639 --> 00:28:36.240
 But then

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:37.699
 what is a doulos?

00:28:38.939 --> 00:28:39.740
 A doulos

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:41.259
 is a slave.

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.799
 Is that how

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.419
 any of you

00:28:43.419 --> 00:28:44.559
 identify yourself

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:46.299
 as a slave?

00:28:47.179 --> 00:28:48.240
 In our late

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:49.319
 modern western

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:50.279
 culture of

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:51.240
 self-expressive

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:52.339
 individualism

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:53.039
 we're all searching

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.899
 for these identity

00:28:53.899 --> 00:28:55.079
 markers so that

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.759
 we can say

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:57.240
 who we

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:58.279
 uniquely are

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.919
 in this me

00:28:58.919 --> 00:28:59.519
 culture

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.819
 so that I

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.480
 can tell you

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:01.980
 the truth

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:03.519
 about myself.

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:04.259
 Right?

00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:06.440
 But how many

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.039
 of us

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:08.920
 define ourselves

00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:10.579
 as a slave

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.639
 of Jesus Christ?

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:14.000
 Listen to

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.660
 Romans chapter

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.400
 1 verse 1.

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.819
 This is the

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.839
 greatest letter

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.920
 in the New

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:18.799
 Testament and

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.819
 it opens with

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.259
 these words.

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:21.220
 He says Paul

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:22.460
 a slave

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:23.299
 a doulos

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:24.339
 of Christ Jesus

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:25.039
 called to be

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.579
 an apostle

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.639
 and set apart

00:29:26.639 --> 00:29:27.720
 for the gospel

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.639
 of God.

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.480
 How does Paul

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.819
 identify himself?

00:29:32.360 --> 00:29:33.460
 What does he say

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:34.120
 is the first

00:29:34.120 --> 00:29:34.599
 and the most

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.440
 important thing

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.039
 that you need

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.839
 to know about

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.120
 him?

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:40.579
 He's a slave

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:42.960
 and that's what

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.860
 a Christian is.

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:46.480
 This transcends

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.099
 all other

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:48.360
 identity markers

00:29:48.360 --> 00:29:49.000
 that you

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.880
 willingly

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.539
 surrendered

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.160
 yourself

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:52.799
 to the lordship

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:54.160
 of Jesus Christ

00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:54.980
 and if you don't

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.980
 identify yourself

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.940
 as a slave

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.559
 of Jesus

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:58.460
 you need to

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:59.000
 ask yourself

00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:00.039
 am I really

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.900
 even a Christian?

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.080
 Paul says

00:30:05.080 --> 00:30:05.799
 in 2 Corinthians

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.360
 chapter 4

00:30:06.360 --> 00:30:06.660
 he says

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:07.320
 for what we

00:30:07.320 --> 00:30:08.019
 preach is not

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.559
 ourselves

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.620
 but Jesus Christ

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:10.180
 as Lord

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:10.840
 and ourselves

00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:13.299
 as your slaves

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:14.039
 for Jesus'

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.500
 sake.

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.400
 So if we

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:17.799
 measure

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:19.000
 greatness

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:21.900
 by how much

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.539
 of a slave

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.080
 you are

00:30:23.080 --> 00:30:24.380
 well how great

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:24.760
 are we?

00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:26.540
 How great

00:30:26.540 --> 00:30:26.860
 are we?

00:30:28.340 --> 00:30:28.960
 The third

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.560
 choice we have

00:30:29.560 --> 00:30:29.900
 to make

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.360
 is not just

00:30:30.360 --> 00:30:30.780
 a choice

00:30:30.780 --> 00:30:31.500
 between self

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:31.880
 seeking

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.320
 and self

00:30:32.320 --> 00:30:32.880
 sacrifice

00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:33.640
 and a choice

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:35.080
 between power

00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:35.720
 and service

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.240
 but we also

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.880
 need to choose

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.880
 between security

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:39.580
 and suffering.

00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:41.540
 We need to

00:30:41.540 --> 00:30:42.120
 choose between

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:42.940
 security and

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.480
 suffering and

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:44.140
 Jesus says

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:44.800
 to James and

00:30:44.800 --> 00:30:45.140
 John

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:46.040
 he says in

00:30:46.040 --> 00:30:46.560
 verse 38

00:30:46.560 --> 00:30:47.140
 you don't know

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:47.440
 what you're

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:47.820
 asking

00:30:47.820 --> 00:30:49.420
 can you drink

00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:49.900
 the cup I

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.460
 drink or be

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.160
 baptized with

00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:51.660
 the baptism

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.260
 I'm baptized

00:30:52.260 --> 00:30:52.900
 with and they

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:54.200
 say we can

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:56.340
 and again

00:30:56.340 --> 00:30:57.140
 they didn't

00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:58.259
 know what

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:58.920
 Jesus was

00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.480
 talking about

00:30:59.480 --> 00:30:59.960
 they thought

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.460
 that Jesus

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:02.120
 cup was

00:31:02.120 --> 00:31:02.640
 the wine

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:03.019
 that they'd

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.519
 be drinking

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:03.840
 at the

00:31:03.840 --> 00:31:04.340
 messianic

00:31:04.340 --> 00:31:04.980
 banquet in

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.319
 the kingdom

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:05.799
 of God

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:07.400
 and they

00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:07.840
 thought that

00:31:07.840 --> 00:31:08.140
 Jesus'

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:08.880
 baptism were

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:09.319
 like those

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:09.900
 luxurious

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:10.860
 pre-banquet

00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:11.660
 baths that

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.500
 King Herod was

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.500
 known to enjoy

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.500
 before a good

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:14.960
 feast

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:16.319
 and they're

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:17.160
 excited about

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:18.160
 all of this

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:18.759
 they're excited

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.360
 about the

00:31:19.360 --> 00:31:20.180
 security and the

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:20.680
 comfort that

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:20.940
 they're going

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:21.680
 to enjoy when

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.600
 Jesus becomes

00:31:22.600 --> 00:31:23.319
 king

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:25.220
 and Jesus

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.899
 says to them

00:31:25.899 --> 00:31:26.599
 in verse 39

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:28.059
 you will drink

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.799
 the cup I

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.720
 drink and be

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.399
 baptized with

00:31:30.399 --> 00:31:31.500
 the baptism I

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.619
 am baptized

00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:33.139
 with

00:31:33.139 --> 00:31:36.179
 he's saying

00:31:36.179 --> 00:31:36.720
 James and

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.539
 John you will

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.119
 have your own

00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:38.859
 little cups

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:40.619
 not of wine

00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:41.299
 but of

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:41.740
 suffering

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:43.659
 and you will

00:31:43.659 --> 00:31:44.279
 have your own

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:45.919
 smaller baptisms

00:31:45.919 --> 00:31:47.179
 not these

00:31:47.179 --> 00:31:48.019
 luxuriant

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:49.500
 baths

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:51.019
 but little

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:51.799
 baptisms of

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.379
 persecution

00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:53.640
 salvation

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:54.260
 and what's

00:31:54.260 --> 00:31:55.040
 amazing to me

00:31:55.040 --> 00:31:55.500
 and what gives

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.360
 me such hope

00:31:56.360 --> 00:31:56.880
 is that

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:58.760
 God changes

00:31:58.760 --> 00:31:59.460
 these men

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:01.120
 in such a

00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:01.700
 radical way

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.400
 these disciples

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:02.800
 who are

00:32:02.800 --> 00:32:03.680
 self-seeking

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:04.460
 and power

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:04.900
 hungry

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:06.060
 and security

00:32:06.060 --> 00:32:06.540
 focused

00:32:06.540 --> 00:32:07.100
 they become

00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:08.120
 so transformed

00:32:08.120 --> 00:32:08.720
 by the

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.540
 crucifixion

00:32:09.540 --> 00:32:10.140
 and the

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.620
 resurrection

00:32:10.620 --> 00:32:11.140
 of Jesus

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:11.540
 Christ

00:32:11.540 --> 00:32:11.980
 that they

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.940
 actually begin

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.680
 to identify

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:14.280
 themselves

00:32:14.280 --> 00:32:15.480
 as slaves

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.520
 of Jesus

00:32:16.520 --> 00:32:17.680
 and James

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:19.480
 James will

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:19.980
 go on to

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.740
 serve Jesus

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.500
 to the point

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.299
 where he

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:23.079
 loses his

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:23.480
 head

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.000
 at the

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.559
 orders of

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:25.200
 King Herod

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:25.900
 Antipas

00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:26.220
 which we

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.720
 read about

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.839
 in Acts

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.620
 chapter 12

00:32:28.620 --> 00:32:30.339
 and John

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:30.799
 will go on

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.200
 to serve

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.880
 Jesus to the

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.339
 point where

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:33.039
 he's exiled

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.339
 in the

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:33.779
 isle of

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.339
 Patmos

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:35.460
 under the

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:35.859
 reign of

00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:36.180
 emperor

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.720
 Domitian

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.059
 which we

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.559
 read about

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:38.200
 in Revelation

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:39.079
 chapter 1

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:40.699
 and for

00:32:40.699 --> 00:32:41.339
 these men

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:42.439
 their voluntary

00:32:42.439 --> 00:32:43.960
 loss of

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.619
 security

00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:46.659
 and their

00:32:46.659 --> 00:32:47.699
 willing embrace

00:32:47.699 --> 00:32:48.659
 of suffering

00:32:48.659 --> 00:32:50.619
 became for

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:51.159
 them a

00:32:51.159 --> 00:32:51.659
 joyful

00:32:51.659 --> 00:32:52.500
 participation

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:53.759
 in the

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:54.899
 very sufferings

00:32:54.899 --> 00:32:55.599
 of their

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:56.399
 servant king

00:32:56.399 --> 00:32:57.139
 Jesus

00:32:57.139 --> 00:32:57.819
 and they

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.699
 counted it

00:32:58.699 --> 00:32:59.559
 great joy

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.539
 to be

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:00.980
 considered

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.559
 worthy

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:02.480
 to suffer

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:03.899
 with Jesus

00:33:03.899 --> 00:33:05.899
 and so

00:33:05.899 --> 00:33:06.139
 friends

00:33:06.139 --> 00:33:06.439
 you might

00:33:06.439 --> 00:33:07.460
 not suffer

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:08.160
 beheading

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:09.340
 you might

00:33:09.340 --> 00:33:09.960
 not suffer

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.579
 exile

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:12.420
 but if you're

00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:12.680
 going to be

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.140
 a disciple

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:13.600
 you are

00:33:13.600 --> 00:33:14.160
 called to

00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:15.059
 be conformed

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.799
 to the

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.240
 image

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:17.420
 of the

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:17.799
 suffering

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.319
 servant

00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:18.940
 Jesus

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:20.360
 and you've

00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:20.559
 got to

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:20.920
 make that

00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:21.420
 choice

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:23.420
 now

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:24.400
 how does

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:25.120
 this apply

00:33:25.120 --> 00:33:25.559
 we're out

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:26.059
 of time

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.960
 and I hope

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.259
 the Holy

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.759
 Spirit has

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.200
 been applying

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:28.860
 this to you

00:33:28.860 --> 00:33:29.759
 as I've

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.220
 been preaching

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.680
 but I do

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:30.960
 want to

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:32.480
 make a few

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.400
 specific points

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:34.039
 of application

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.600
 and the first

00:33:34.600 --> 00:33:34.900
 thing

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.819
 is I want

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.220
 you to think

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.660
 about your

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.100
 body

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:39.339
 your body

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:41.299
 because as

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.939
 Jesus came

00:33:41.939 --> 00:33:42.539
 to serve

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:43.219
 and create

00:33:43.219 --> 00:33:44.099
 this counterculture

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:44.699
 of servants

00:33:44.699 --> 00:33:45.299
 he wants us

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:45.819
 to be thinking

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:46.279
 differently

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:47.459
 about ourselves

00:33:47.459 --> 00:33:49.799
 the Apostle

00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:50.359
 Paul says

00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:51.059
 in 1 Corinthians

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.500
 6

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.059
 you are not

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.559
 your own

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:53.459
 you were bought

00:33:53.459 --> 00:33:54.099
 at a price

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:54.799
 therefore honor

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.659
 God with your

00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:56.659
 bodies

00:33:56.659 --> 00:33:57.219
 a Christian

00:33:57.219 --> 00:33:58.519
 is a purchased

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.119
 person

00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:00.079
 which means

00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:00.419
 that

00:34:00.419 --> 00:34:02.459
 you're no longer

00:34:02.459 --> 00:34:03.259
 free to do

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:04.179
 with your body

00:34:04.179 --> 00:34:04.959
 and your time

00:34:04.959 --> 00:34:05.779
 and your energy

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:07.399
 whatever you

00:34:07.399 --> 00:34:07.879
 want to do

00:34:07.879 --> 00:34:08.480
 you've been

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.519
 saved to serve

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:11.860
 and the first

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.599
 place we begin

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:12.960
 to do that

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.420
 is just with

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:14.179
 our body

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:16.199
 second thing

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:16.519
 I want you

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.000
 to think about

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.759
 is the church

00:34:17.759 --> 00:34:18.539
 when we gather

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:19.800
 together on Sundays

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.519
 when you gather

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:21.079
 midweek

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:22.059
 in our homes

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:23.440
 as we go

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.159
 are we praying

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:24.880
 Lord who do you

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.699
 want me to serve

00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:27.000
 and how do you

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.659
 want me to serve

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:27.860
 them

00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:28.559
 how can I

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:29.779
 pray for them

00:34:29.779 --> 00:34:30.820
 encourage them

00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:31.619
 listen to them

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.380
 carry their burdens

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:33.059
 how do you want me

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.980
 to serve them

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.420
 how can I

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:35.259
 show up today

00:34:35.259 --> 00:34:36.179
 with this attitude

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:36.699
 that says

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:37.900
 at your service

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:39.860
 I've not come here

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.920
 today to be served

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.759
 but to serve

00:34:41.759 --> 00:34:43.500
 and if you don't

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:43.900
 have a way

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.440
 to do that

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:45.380
 I encourage you

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:46.199
 to find a ministry

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:46.739
 team

00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:47.420
 get involved

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:48.019
 in a community

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.500
 group

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:49.860
 find other people

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:50.340
 ask God

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:51.019
 to put people

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.719
 on your heart

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:52.480
 and begin

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.519
 to serve them

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:55.119
 the third thing

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.739
 I want us to think

00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:56.739
 about is our homes

00:34:56.739 --> 00:34:57.759
 and our workplaces

00:34:57.759 --> 00:35:00.400
 as you think about

00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:01.059
 your spouse

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.860
 or your roommates

00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:02.599
 or your parents

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:03.360
 whomever you live

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:03.739
 with

00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:05.139
 and you think

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:06.019
 about your boss

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.699
 and the people

00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:07.360
 you manage

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:08.319
 and your clients

00:35:08.319 --> 00:35:10.199
 it's so easy

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:10.880
 for us to say

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.179
 you know

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:12.139
 I'll serve you

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:13.059
 if and to the degree

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:14.059
 that you serve me

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:16.019
 and really that's

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:16.819
 the way of the world

00:35:16.819 --> 00:35:17.239
 isn't it

00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:18.059
 I'll serve you

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.980
 if and to the degree

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:20.039
 that you serve me

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:22.299
 but the way of Christ

00:35:22.299 --> 00:35:23.079
 is to say

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:23.860
 you know

00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:25.179
 I'm going to serve

00:35:25.179 --> 00:35:25.799
 you

00:35:25.799 --> 00:35:27.519
 and I'm going to

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.619
 lay myself down

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:29.400
 in sacrificial

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:30.079
 self-giving

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.960
 for you

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.980
 regardless of

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.679
 whether you serve

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:33.380
 me or not

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:35.519
 because that's

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:35.800
 the way

00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:36.860
 Jesus served me

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:40.059
 the fourth thing

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.579
 I want to say

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.159
 as I close

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.719
 is I'd like to

00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:42.159
 apply this

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:43.019
 to our politics

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:45.800
 it's clear

00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:46.340
 that the church

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:47.019
 in North America

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.800
 has been following

00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:48.219
 the way

00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:49.059
 of our Caesars

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:52.260
 and if you

00:35:52.260 --> 00:35:52.760
 are someone

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:53.440
 who's known

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:54.500
 more for your politics

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.079
 than you are

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:55.800
 for your religion

00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:57.000
 it's very likely

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:57.659
 that you've turned

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:58.280
 your politics

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:59.440
 into your religion

00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:02.080
 and if you're new

00:36:02.080 --> 00:36:02.480
 at Christ

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.440
 I just want to say

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:05.480
 we are part

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:06.160
 of the exhausted

00:36:06.160 --> 00:36:06.780
 majority

00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:09.160
 this congregation

00:36:09.160 --> 00:36:10.160
 is center left

00:36:10.160 --> 00:36:10.900
 center right

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.519
 but whatever

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:12.260
 it doesn't matter

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:12.980
 we're just weary

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.740
 of polarization

00:36:13.740 --> 00:36:14.680
 we're weary

00:36:14.680 --> 00:36:15.940
 of partisanship

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:17.400
 and we love

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:18.019
 that sign

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.580
 in 2020

00:36:18.580 --> 00:36:18.980
 that said

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:20.260
 any functioning adult

00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:21.100
 we just

00:36:21.100 --> 00:36:22.580
 want that bumper sticker

00:36:22.580 --> 00:36:23.600
 we want that sign

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:25.019
 and I'm tempted

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:26.940
 to say

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:27.960
 that we are called

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.599
 as a church

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:30.159
 to charitable

00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:32.400
 sober minded

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:33.579
 moderation

00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:34.739
 in these things

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:35.900
 in these political things

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.819
 but what I want to say

00:36:36.819 --> 00:36:37.759
 beyond that today

00:36:37.759 --> 00:36:39.159
 is that we are actually

00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:39.639
 called

00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:41.380
 not to advocate

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:43.059
 for this version

00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:43.900
 or that version

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:44.799
 of the United States

00:36:44.799 --> 00:36:46.279
 this red version

00:36:46.279 --> 00:36:47.360
 or this blue version

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:48.219
 of America

00:36:48.219 --> 00:36:49.139
 but what we're called

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:50.239
 to do as a church

00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:52.079
 is to bear witness

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:53.440
 to a different kingdom

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:54.400
 altogether

00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:57.460
 the church

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:57.860
 is called

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.880
 to be a sign

00:36:58.880 --> 00:37:00.700
 and an instrument

00:37:00.700 --> 00:37:01.920
 and a foretaste

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:04.280
 of this subversive

00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:05.980
 cross shaped

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:07.860
 upside down

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:09.220
 kingdom of God

00:37:09.220 --> 00:37:10.700
 in which

00:37:10.700 --> 00:37:11.280
 the greatest

00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:12.679
 people among us

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:14.240
 and the first people

00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:14.880
 among us

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:16.139
 are the people

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:17.300
 who act like servants

00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:19.320
 and like slaves

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:21.039
 and to the degree

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:21.780
 that the church

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:22.840
 is living that out

00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:24.280
 we might have

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:24.680
 some hope

00:37:24.680 --> 00:37:25.420
 to be salt

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:26.400
 in the earth

00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:27.620
 and light

00:37:27.620 --> 00:37:28.340
 to the world

00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:30.280
 so Jesus

00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:31.400
 has called us

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:31.980
 right

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:32.460
 he's come

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:33.360
 to serve us

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:34.160
 and he's calling us

00:37:34.160 --> 00:37:34.700
 to be

00:37:34.700 --> 00:37:36.280
 a counterculture

00:37:36.280 --> 00:37:37.579
 of servants

00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:38.280
 and may he give us

00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:38.760
 the grace

00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:39.360
 and the power

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:41.000
 to do that very thing

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:41.760
 in the name of the Father

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:42.740
 Son and Holy Spirit

00:37:42.739 --> 00:37:43.879
 Amen

00:37:43.879 --> 00:37:43.939
 Amen

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:46.079
 Amen

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:47.880
 Amen

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:48.500
 Amen