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 Like Kyle said, we're going to be in Matthew 8, right in the middle of the chapter.

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 We're going to be in a little bit of a sandwich this morning.

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 This little nugget is sandwiched in between some big stories of Jesus' power and authority,

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 some of which we looked at last week with Jesus' power that Mike talked about, exercised for outsiders.

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 Next week, some really cool stories about Christ exercising his power as well.

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 So right in the middle of that chapter, Matthew 8.

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 If you happen to bump into me in late June of this year, or early July,

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 and you happen to ask what Jess and I are doing in our free time,

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 I might tell you that we're enjoying the TV series John Adams.

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 Anybody seen it?

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 It's a really fantastic TV series.

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 Jess and I enjoy watching this series every once in a while around July 4th.

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 It really helps you treasure the sacrifices of our founding fathers as they struggled in the war of independence.

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 And one of my favorite scenes in this series takes place in the episode

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 where there is an intense debate surrounding the Declaration of Independence,

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 whether it should be adopted by the Continental Congress or not.

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 And John Adams is very for it.

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 And there are some states who are wondering how much it's going to cost them to sign this Declaration of Independence.

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 And so there's a very intense scene where the final roll call of voting happens.

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 And as the names of each state are called and finally all the yay votes are tallied

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 and the resolution passes to adopt this Declaration of Independence,

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 you would imagine there would be celebration,

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 but in fact, a hush falls over the assembly

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 as they realize the gravity of what they've just done.

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 They realize that they are all in.

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 They are wholeheartedly now devoted to this cause

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 that if it succeeds, it will grant them freedom,

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 freedom from tyranny, freedom to govern themselves.

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 But if it fails, they lose everything.

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 John Adams makes a speech to the Continental Congress

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 before the vote was cast,

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 and his words capture this wholehearted devotion

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 that the Founding Fathers had

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 toward the freedom they desired.

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 He said this,

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 Before God, I believe the hour has come.

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 My judgment approves this measure,

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 and my whole heart is in it.

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 All that I have,

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 and all that I am,

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 all that I hope in this life,

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 I am now ready here to stake upon it,

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 and I leave off as I began that live or die,

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 survive or perish,

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 I am for the declaration.

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 It is my living sentiment,

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 and by the blessing of God,

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 it shall be my dying sentiment.

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 Independence now,

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 and independence forever.

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 John Adams can make a good speech.

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 John Adams and the rest of the Founding Fathers

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 personally and wholeheartedly

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 threw themselves in to this cause.

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 They held absolutely nothing back.

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 Everything was in.

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 They staked it all

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 on a free and independent nation.

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 Well, today we're going to hear

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 a call to wholehearted devotion

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 in Matthew chapter 8.

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 But it's not devotion to an idea

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 or a nation

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 or a political cause.

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 It's a call to devote yourself

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 wholeheartedly to a person.

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 So before we read,

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 let's remind ourselves

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 of where we are.

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 It's sandwiched right in between

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 Jesus exercising his authority

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 powerfully for outsiders,

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 and then later on

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 in the rest of the chapter,

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 Jesus exercising his authority

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 powerfully as well.

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 And it's right in the middle

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 between these big demonstrations

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 of Jesus' absolute power

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 and authority,

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 even just by the virtue of his word.

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 It's in this little nugget episode

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 between these

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 that Jesus clarifies

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 what it means to follow him.

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 So let's read it together.

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 Now when Jesus saw

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 a great crowd around him,

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 he gave orders

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 to go over to the other side.

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 And a scribe came up to him

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 and said to him,

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 Teacher, I will follow you

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 wherever you go.

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 Foxes have holes

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 and birds of the air

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 have nests,

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 but the Son of Man

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 has nowhere to lay his head.

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 Another of the disciples

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 said to him,

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 Lord, let me first go

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 and bury my father.

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 Follow me

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 and leave the dead

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 to bury their own dead.

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 So what we're going to find

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 in this passage

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 is that,

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 yes,

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 Jesus has the authority

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 to heal,

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 cast out demons,

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 calm storms,

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 even raise the dead.

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 But he also has authority

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 to call for our

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 wholehearted devotion.

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 Jesus has the authority

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 to call for

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 our wholehearted devotion.

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 And we're going to see

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 this wholehearted devotion

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 unfold in two conversations

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 where Jesus gives

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 two sober words.

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 The first word

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 is a word of caution

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 and the second

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 is a word of invitation.

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 So let's look at them

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 one at a time.

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 Afterwards,

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 we'll see what sort of effect

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 Jesus' words of caution

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 and invitation

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 intend for us

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 in our lives today.

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 So first,

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 let's look at the sober

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 word of caution,

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 verses 18 through 22.

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 At the end,

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 it will become clear

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 what this word of caution is.

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 But let's just dive in.

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 So the scene begins

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 with Jesus surrounded

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 by a crowd.

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 Jesus is often

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 surrounded by crowds.

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 His teaching

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 and his miracles

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 exude authority

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 and people are drawn

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 to this authority.

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 But it's evident

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 that Jesus is also

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 wanting to get out of there.

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 Whether it's to

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 continue his ministry

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 on the other side

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 of the lake

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 or to get out of the way

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 with his disciples

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 and have some rest,

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 we're not told why,

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 but he's leaving.

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 So he gives an order

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 to embark in a boat

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 to the other side

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 of the lake.

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 Jesus is in charge here.

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 He's not making suggestions.

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 He's giving commands here.

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 He's the Lord.

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 The Lord has spoken.

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 It's time to move out.

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 So while before

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 Jesus departs,

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 though,

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 a scribe

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 comes to him.

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 In other translations,

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 a teacher of the law.

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 And he enthusiastically

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 promises

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 to follow Jesus

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 wherever Jesus

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 is going.

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 So this scribe,

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 this is pretty rare actually.

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 If you read the Gospels,

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 most scribes

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 are not too fond of Jesus.

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 Most teachers of the law

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 don't like him that much.

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 But he's eager

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 to follow Jesus.

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 And so we as readers

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 are like,

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 all right,

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 this is encouraging.

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 He wants to follow Jesus

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 wherever he goes.

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 And he's a religious leader.

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 That doesn't happen that often.

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 All right, cool.

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 But Jesus isn't interested

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 in just gaining followers

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 for the sake

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 of gaining followers.

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 Jesus is after

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 this man's

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 wholehearted devotion.

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 And so it seems

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 that he saw through

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 to this man's heart

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 and saw something

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 that told him

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 that this scribe

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 hadn't thought through

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 the kind of commitment

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 he was so eager to make.

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 Jesus doesn't take him up

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 on his offer,

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 but neither does he reject him

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 or brush him off.

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 Instead,

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 he looks at him in the eye,

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 no doubt,

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 and offers a sober word

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 of caution.

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 Foxes have holes,

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 and birds of the air

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 have nests,

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 but the Son of Man

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 has nowhere to lay his head.

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 Now, before we get into

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 what Jesus is saying here

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 in this word of caution,

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 we really need to unpack

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 a really important phrase

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 that Jesus just used.

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 See that phrase,

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 the Son of Man?

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 It's the first time

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 in the book of Matthew

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 that he uses this phrase,

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 and it's Jesus' favorite way

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 to refer to himself

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 through this gospel

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 and all four gospels.

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 It's used over 80 times

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 in all four gospels,

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 28 times in Matthew alone.

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 That's an average

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 of one per chapter.

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 Jesus loves to use this phrase

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 to describe himself,

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 but it's kind of vague.

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 So on the face of it,

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 it could just mean

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 a human being.

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 It could mean a man.

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 Or, there's also,

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 if you use this phrase

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 in the right context,

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 there's some pretty hefty

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 Messiah meaning

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 behind this phrase,

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 and it comes from

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 the Old Testament.

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 In Daniel chapter 7,

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 you don't have to turn there,

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 but read it this afternoon.

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 It's a fantastic chapter.

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 Daniel chapter 7

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 loads this phrase,

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 the Son of Man.

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 Daniel sees God in a vision

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 after he's just seen

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 a whole bunch of beasts

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 arise out of the sea

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 and get power

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 and dominion for a time,

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 and then it's taken away

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 four of these beasts.

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 But then eventually,

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 he sees God enthroned

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 in power and glory,

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 and he sees one

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 like a Son of Man

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 come before

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 the Ancient of Days,

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 coming on the clouds of heaven.

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 And to this Son of Man,

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 God gives a kingdom,

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 but not a temporary kingdom,

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 an everlasting kingdom,

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 a kingdom that would never

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 pass away,

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 whose glory would never fade.

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 And so,

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 it is this Son of Man

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 that becomes kind of

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 the foundation of,

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 oh, this is pointing to

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 the Messiah,

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 the coming one,

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 who would be

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 great David's greater son.

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 And so,

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 in the right context,

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 Son of Man could mean that.

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 Had a freight train

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 of Messiah meaning

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 behind it.

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 But let's look at verse 20.

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 Is that how

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 Jesus is using

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 Son of Man?

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 He will come on the clouds,

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 victorious and triumphant?

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 No.

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 Actually,

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 he's saying the Son of Man

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 isn't going to have

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 a place to sleep tonight.

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 He doesn't have a place

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 to lay his head.

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 He's homeless.

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 Even the commonest

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 and humblest

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 of God's creatures,

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 foxes and birds.

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 I was driving home

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 last night

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 and a fox ran across

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 Sheridan Road.

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 Oh, cool.

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 even the most common

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 of God's creatures

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 have places

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 to lay their heads.

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 But the Son of Man

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 does not.

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 The demands

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 of Jesus'

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 itinerant ministry

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 in those intense

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 three years

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 of preaching,

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 healing,

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 teaching

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 meant that he would

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 not own a home

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 or even have

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 a consistent place

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 to stay.

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 He would always

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 be on the move.

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 He made himself

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 dependent upon

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 the hospitality

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 of others

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 or he slept

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 in the open.

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 That very night,

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 he would be sleeping

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 in a boat.

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 Jesus' ministry

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 as the humble

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 Son of Man,

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 the Son of Man

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 who entered

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 into our brokenness

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 in order to

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 redeem us from it,

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 it required him

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 to forego

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 the comforts

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 of a middle class life.

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 He did it willingly.

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 He did it voluntarily.

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 As Paul wrote

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 years later

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 in 2 Corinthians,

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 for you know

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 the grace

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ

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 that though he was rich,

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 yet for your sake

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 he became poor

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 so that you

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 by his poverty

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 might become rich.

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 Yes,

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 he was

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 and is

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 the triumphant

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 Son of Man

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 of Daniel 7.

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 There are plenty

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 of times

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 when Jesus refers

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 to himself like that.

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 But at the same time,

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 Jesus is also

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 the Son of Man

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 who humbly

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 entered

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 into our broken world

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 and walked

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 in our shoes.

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 He experienced

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 need

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 and hardship,

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 loss

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 and pain,

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 discomfort,

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 even homelessness.

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 Only once

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 he was raised

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 from the dead

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 would it become

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 clear that it is

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 the Son of Man

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 who is both

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 the triumphant

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 King of Daniel 7

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 and the humble

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 suffering servant

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 of Isaiah 53.

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 He took our illnesses

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 and bore our diseases.

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 In fact,

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 he is the king

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 who triumphs

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 by means

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 of his suffering.

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 He triumphs

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 because of

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 his humility.

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 His greatness

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 comes through

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 his lowliness.

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 In fact,

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 the same phrase

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 lay his head

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 in the original language

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 it's used

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 in another place

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 in the Gospels

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 by the Apostle John.

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 it describes

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 Jesus laying

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 his head

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 in another place.

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 Jesus does

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 eventually lay

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 his head

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 somewhere

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 but it's at the

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 very end

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 of his life

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 when he bows

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 his head

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 on the cross

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 and breathes

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 his last

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 triumphant breath.

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 Jesus had

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 no place

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 to rest his head

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 until he came

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 to the cross

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 at the end

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 of his hard road

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 of self-sacrificing

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 love

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 for us.

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 And here's

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 this scribe

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 signing up

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 for something.

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 He doesn't know

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 the road ahead.

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 He doesn't know

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 the road

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 that the Son of Man

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 is going to walk.

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 He hasn't counted

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 the cost

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 of what it means

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 to follow

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 this Son of Man.

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 And Jesus

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 wants him

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 to know

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 that he's

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 standing

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 at the entrance

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 to the narrow gate

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 and the entrance

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 to the hard road

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 of discipleship.

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 And Jesus

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 is asking him

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 whether he's

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 counted the cost

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 of following

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 the Son of Man.

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 That's Jesus'

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 first word.

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 This is the word

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 of caution.

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 Count the cost

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 of following

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 the Son of Man.

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 Count the cost.

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 Following Jesus

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 is pretty difficult.

00:14:20.699 --> 00:14:21.179
 His grace

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 is free

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 but it costs

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 everything.

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 Following Jesus

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 means taking

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 the high

00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:28.820
 hard road

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 of dying

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 to self

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 day

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 after day

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 after day.

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 It's the road

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 that the Son of Man

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 walked

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 and he has

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 authority

00:14:37.820 --> 00:14:38.460
 to call

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 his disciples

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 to walk it

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 with him.

00:14:41.860 --> 00:14:42.779
 Dietrich Bonhoeffer

00:14:42.779 --> 00:14:43.440
 was a man

00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:43.980
 who knew a thing

00:14:43.980 --> 00:14:44.259
 or two

00:14:44.259 --> 00:14:44.980
 about the cost

00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:45.840
 of following Jesus.

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 He was a German

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 church leader

00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:49.480
 during the Nazi era

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 and he stood up

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 to the Nazis

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 and he led

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 the church

00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:54.080
 the very small

00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:54.540
 remnant

00:14:54.540 --> 00:14:55.379
 that actually

00:14:55.379 --> 00:14:56.019
 wanted to stand

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 up to the Nazis

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 and therefore

00:14:58.039 --> 00:14:58.600
 he was a marked

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 man.

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 He was actually

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 in 1939

00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:02.860
 right before

00:15:02.860 --> 00:15:03.659
 the war started

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 he was safe

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 and secure

00:15:05.699 --> 00:15:06.699
 in a teaching post

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 at Union University

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 in New York City.

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 He did not have

00:15:10.299 --> 00:15:10.620
 to go back

00:15:10.620 --> 00:15:11.039
 to Germany.

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 Weeks before

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 Germany invaded

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 Poland

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 he decided

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 to board

00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:17.679
 one of the last

00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:18.360
 ships back

00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:18.819
 to Germany.

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 He knew

00:15:21.079 --> 00:15:21.720
 that by doing

00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:22.059
 this

00:15:22.059 --> 00:15:23.159
 he would seal

00:15:23.159 --> 00:15:23.679
 his fate

00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:24.419
 with the rest

00:15:24.419 --> 00:15:25.299
 of his brothers

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 and sisters

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 that were marked

00:15:27.139 --> 00:15:28.579
 by the Nazis.

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 Why would he do this?

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 He accounted

00:15:32.179 --> 00:15:32.639
 the cost

00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:33.039
 of following

00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:33.740
 the Son of Man.

00:15:34.859 --> 00:15:35.559
 As Bonhoeffer

00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:36.179
 once said

00:15:36.179 --> 00:15:37.579
 when Christ

00:15:37.579 --> 00:15:38.459
 calls a man

00:15:38.459 --> 00:15:39.599
 he bids him

00:15:39.599 --> 00:15:40.759
 come and die.

00:15:42.219 --> 00:15:43.059
 He would later

00:15:43.059 --> 00:15:43.699
 be imprisoned

00:15:43.699 --> 00:15:44.339
 by the Nazis

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 and he was hanged

00:15:45.620 --> 00:15:46.219
 a month before

00:15:46.219 --> 00:15:47.000
 Germany surrendered

00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:47.659
 in 1945.

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 Now before we move

00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:52.000
 on to the second

00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:52.779
 sober word

00:15:52.779 --> 00:15:54.359
 something needs

00:15:54.359 --> 00:15:54.939
 to be clarified.

00:15:56.299 --> 00:15:57.139
 Jesus is not

00:15:57.139 --> 00:15:57.979
 calling us

00:15:57.979 --> 00:15:59.139
 to pursue

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 discomfort

00:15:59.679 --> 00:16:00.859
 and pain

00:16:00.859 --> 00:16:02.039
 just for the sake

00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:02.599
 of experiencing

00:16:02.599 --> 00:16:03.539
 discomfort and pain.

00:16:04.839 --> 00:16:05.599
 Christians are not

00:16:05.599 --> 00:16:06.240
 masochists.

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 We don't

00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:08.439
 just love pain.

00:16:09.259 --> 00:16:09.779
 We aren't

00:16:09.779 --> 00:16:10.359
 supposed to.

00:16:12.459 --> 00:16:12.719
 No,

00:16:12.799 --> 00:16:13.699
 like Paul said

00:16:13.699 --> 00:16:14.579
 in Philippians 3

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 we consider

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 all things

00:16:16.819 --> 00:16:17.439
 loss

00:16:17.439 --> 00:16:18.859
 for the sake

00:16:18.859 --> 00:16:19.359
 of Christ.

00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:21.339
 We take inventory

00:16:21.339 --> 00:16:22.279
 of our whole life

00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:23.179
 all that we are

00:16:23.179 --> 00:16:23.939
 all that we have

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 and we push it

00:16:24.700 --> 00:16:25.520
 into the middle

00:16:25.520 --> 00:16:26.680
 of the poker table

00:16:26.680 --> 00:16:27.240
 and we say

00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:28.120
 I'm all in.

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 Just like John Adams.

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 Wholehearted devotion

00:16:32.020 --> 00:16:33.260
 no matter what it

00:16:33.260 --> 00:16:33.740
 costs me.

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 But as we'll see

00:16:35.880 --> 00:16:36.340
 in a moment

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 all that we count

00:16:37.920 --> 00:16:38.540
 as loss

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 is nothing

00:16:39.820 --> 00:16:41.100
 compared

00:16:41.100 --> 00:16:42.580
 to the surpassing

00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:43.540
 worth of what we gain.

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 Let's now look

00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.020
 at the second

00:16:47.020 --> 00:16:47.760
 sober word.

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 It's a word

00:16:48.280 --> 00:16:49.020
 of invitation.

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 invitation.

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 It's found

00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:50.879
 in the second

00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:51.480
 conversation

00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:52.279
 that Jesus has

00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:53.039
 from verses

00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:54.699
 21 to 22.

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 Another disciple

00:16:57.600 --> 00:16:58.439
 approaches Jesus

00:16:58.439 --> 00:17:00.019
 and he promises

00:17:00.019 --> 00:17:00.720
 to follow him

00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:01.379
 but he has

00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:02.220
 some family business

00:17:02.220 --> 00:17:02.879
 to attend to

00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:03.319
 first.

00:17:03.939 --> 00:17:04.319
 He needs to

00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:05.019
 bury his father.

00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:06.980
 This disciple

00:17:06.980 --> 00:17:07.680
 probably wasn't

00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:08.279
 one of the core

00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:08.759
 twelve

00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:10.720
 but he's at least

00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:11.940
 described as a disciple.

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 He had some level

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 of commitment

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 and interest

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 in following Jesus.

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 He calls him

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 Lord.

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 That's a little

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 more of a committed

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 term than saying

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 teacher like

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 the scribe did.

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 Now scholars

00:17:22.940 --> 00:17:24.059
 aren't exactly sure

00:17:24.059 --> 00:17:25.400
 what this term

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 bury my father

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 actually means.

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 It could mean

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 that this man's

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 father has just

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 died and needs

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 to bury him now.

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 Jewish burials

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 usually took place

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 within 24 hours

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 of the time

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 of death.

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 So if this was

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 the case then

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 it was a few days

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 or a week's delay

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 at most before

00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:42.120
 he thought he

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 could follow Jesus.

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 Or it is possible

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 that this man

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 is referring

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 to the duty

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 of the son

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 to bury

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 his parents

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 whenever they die.

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 Whether that's

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 in the near future

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 or the distant future.

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 His father might

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 have been ill

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 and near to death

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 therefore he's saying

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 hey listen

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 my dad's going

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 to die soon

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 I've got to

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 bury him soon.

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 Or maybe he could

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 have been

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 in decent health.

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 And it just

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 could be

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 this guy saying

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 Jesus as soon

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 as my father

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 dies

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 whenever that may be

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 I'll be free

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 to follow you.

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 I've just made

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 a commitment

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 to my dad

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 that I'll be around

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 to bury him

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 whenever he dies

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 and I can't

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 follow you

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 until then.

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 So we're talking

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 weeks here

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 months

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 maybe even

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 years

00:18:18.340 --> 00:18:19.259
 of postponement

00:18:19.259 --> 00:18:21.220
 of following

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 Jesus.

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 Well whatever

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 the phrase may mean

00:18:24.340 --> 00:18:26.000
 now or later

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 Jesus' reply

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 in verse 22

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 is quite shocking.

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 Follow me

00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:33.700
 leave the dead

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 to bury their own

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 dead.

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 Imagine the look

00:18:37.940 --> 00:18:38.660
 on that guy's face

00:18:38.660 --> 00:18:39.319
 when he heard that.

00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:41.740
 at the very least

00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:42.559
 what we should hear

00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:43.399
 from this encounter

00:18:43.399 --> 00:18:44.819
 is that Jesus

00:18:44.819 --> 00:18:45.700
 is using some

00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:46.859
 startling language

00:18:46.859 --> 00:18:48.359
 to shock this

00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:49.240
 man's priorities

00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:49.960
 back into the

00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:50.399
 right order.

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 Jesus is

00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:53.539
 audaciously

00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:54.179
 claiming

00:18:54.179 --> 00:18:55.039
 that allegiance

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 to him

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 takes precedence

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 over all

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 other human

00:18:58.700 --> 00:18:59.359
 priorities

00:18:59.359 --> 00:18:59.980
 even

00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:00.960
 family.

00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:04.179
 It seems

00:19:04.179 --> 00:19:04.599
 that Jesus

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.659
 sensed some

00:19:05.659 --> 00:19:06.599
 lack of resolve

00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:07.179
 in this

00:19:07.179 --> 00:19:07.720
 disciple's

00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:08.000
 commitment

00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:08.759
 to follow him.

00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:10.079
 And he wants

00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:11.559
 to lovingly

00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:12.639
 but firmly

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 remind him

00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:14.240
 that following

00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:15.240
 Jesus is not

00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:16.599
 a when it's

00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:17.039
 inconvenient

00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:17.759
 and my family

00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:18.759
 duties allow it

00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:19.639
 kind of commitment.

00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.379
 No there is

00:19:21.379 --> 00:19:22.139
 an urgency

00:19:22.139 --> 00:19:23.859
 to Christ's

00:19:23.859 --> 00:19:24.359
 call

00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:26.359
 and it overrules

00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:27.439
 all other human

00:19:27.439 --> 00:19:28.039
 commitments

00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:29.359
 and priorities.

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 In fact later on

00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:31.899
 in chapter 10

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 Jesus tells his

00:19:32.619 --> 00:19:33.039
 disciples

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 whoever loves

00:19:34.099 --> 00:19:34.720
 father or mother

00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:35.259
 more than me

00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:35.859
 is not worthy

00:19:35.859 --> 00:19:36.220
 of me.

00:19:36.939 --> 00:19:37.539
 Whoever loves

00:19:37.539 --> 00:19:38.200
 son or daughter

00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:39.259
 more than me

00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:40.319
 is not worthy

00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:40.960
 of me.

00:19:42.379 --> 00:19:43.079
 So does this

00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:43.619
 mean that Jesus

00:19:43.619 --> 00:19:44.200
 is some kind

00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:45.359
 of egotistical

00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:46.119
 maniac

00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:47.799
 demanding devotion

00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:48.599
 from this man

00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:49.279
 that would prevent

00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:49.879
 him from burying

00:19:49.879 --> 00:19:50.759
 his own father?

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 Just goes and

00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:53.259
 flies in the face

00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:54.240
 of common decency

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:54.819
 you would think.

00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:56.500
 Well if Jesus

00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:57.299
 were a mere human

00:19:57.299 --> 00:19:58.160
 teacher then yeah

00:19:58.160 --> 00:19:59.980
 but he's more

00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:00.420
 than that.

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 Far

00:20:01.660 --> 00:20:02.480
 far

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 more than that.

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:04.839
 Matthew is

00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:05.519
 expecting us

00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:06.039
 to see

00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:07.639
 in the sermon

00:20:07.639 --> 00:20:08.200
 on the mount

00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:09.599
 and in his

00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:10.119
 miracles

00:20:10.119 --> 00:20:12.180
 that in

00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:13.039
 these startling

00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:14.299
 works of

00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:14.859
 teaching

00:20:14.859 --> 00:20:15.779
 and demonstration

00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.559
 of his power

00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:17.359
 that Jesus

00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:17.879
 is more than

00:20:17.879 --> 00:20:18.359
 a mere human

00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:18.660
 teacher.

00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:21.059
 There is divine

00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:22.220
 weight and

00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:23.279
 authority behind

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:24.259
 Jesus' urgent

00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:24.759
 call

00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:26.920
 but it's more

00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:27.839
 than just an

00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:28.859
 authoritative call

00:20:28.859 --> 00:20:30.900
 it's also an

00:20:30.900 --> 00:20:31.339
 invitation.

00:20:31.339 --> 00:20:33.619
 Did you notice

00:20:33.619 --> 00:20:34.240
 that invitation?

00:20:35.099 --> 00:20:36.039
 It's in there.

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.039
 He calls him

00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:38.579
 to follow him

00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:39.299
 and then he

00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:39.759
 commands

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:41.539
 leave the dead

00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.959
 to bury their

00:20:42.959 --> 00:20:43.419
 own dead.

00:20:44.959 --> 00:20:46.059
 It's an invitation

00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:48.359
 to follow him

00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:49.779
 and have life.

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:52.339
 Jesus is

00:20:52.339 --> 00:20:53.059
 inviting him

00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:53.720
 to leave

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.439
 the spiritually

00:20:54.439 --> 00:20:54.939
 dead

00:20:54.939 --> 00:20:55.679
 to deal with

00:20:55.679 --> 00:20:56.059
 death

00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:57.599
 and to count

00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:58.199
 the cost

00:20:58.199 --> 00:20:58.839
 of dying

00:20:58.839 --> 00:20:59.539
 to every other

00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:00.059
 priority

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:01.419
 in order to

00:21:01.419 --> 00:21:02.240
 find real

00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:03.319
 spiritual

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:04.359
 life.

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:05.960
 In other words

00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.759
 Jesus is saying

00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.679
 look

00:21:07.679 --> 00:21:09.000
 following me

00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:09.779
 means entering

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.480
 into my kingdom

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:11.740
 and my kingdom

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.859
 means life

00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:13.859
 real

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.659
 eternal

00:21:14.659 --> 00:21:15.839
 spiritual life.

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:17.019
 There's no life

00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.919
 outside

00:21:17.919 --> 00:21:18.720
 of my kingdom.

00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:20.240
 So

00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:21.139
 why are you

00:21:21.139 --> 00:21:21.619
 messing around

00:21:21.619 --> 00:21:22.139
 with death?

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:24.240
 Your real business

00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:24.839
 has to do with

00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:25.279
 life

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:26.659
 not death.

00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.079
 So if you

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:28.839
 place any other

00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:29.579
 priority before

00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:30.199
 following me

00:21:30.199 --> 00:21:30.699
 you're flirting

00:21:30.699 --> 00:21:31.319
 with spiritual

00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:31.740
 death.

00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.519
 Leave those

00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.039
 who are outside

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.539
 the kingdom.

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.559
 They're spiritually

00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:35.939
 dead.

00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:36.899
 Don't hang around

00:21:36.899 --> 00:21:37.339
 the spiritually

00:21:37.339 --> 00:21:37.579
 dead.

00:21:37.699 --> 00:21:38.419
 Come follow me

00:21:38.419 --> 00:21:39.019
 and have life.

00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:42.220
 Jesus is using

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:42.980
 this situation

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.839
 as a teaching

00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:44.439
 opportunity.

00:21:45.939 --> 00:21:46.919
 Jesus is not

00:21:46.919 --> 00:21:47.720
 trying to tell

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.240
 this man to

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:48.720
 neglect his

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.639
 family priorities

00:21:49.639 --> 00:21:50.220
 his family

00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:50.539
 duties.

00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:52.159
 We know from

00:21:52.159 --> 00:21:52.639
 elsewhere in

00:21:52.639 --> 00:21:53.199
 scripture that

00:21:53.199 --> 00:21:54.579
 God desires us

00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.099
 to honor our

00:21:55.099 --> 00:21:55.439
 parents,

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:55.980
 to love our

00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:56.319
 children,

00:21:56.899 --> 00:21:57.419
 to provide for

00:21:57.419 --> 00:21:57.960
 our families,

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:58.759
 care for our

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.099
 spouses.

00:21:59.339 --> 00:21:59.619
 We know

00:21:59.619 --> 00:22:00.200
 that's true.

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:01.359
 And neither

00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:01.799
 is Jesus

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.980
 exhibiting a

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.359
 lack of

00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:04.119
 compassion on

00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:04.700
 the spiritually

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:06.299
 dead, those

00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:06.819
 who are outside

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.220
 the kingdom.

00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:08.180
 No, this is a

00:22:08.180 --> 00:22:08.579
 matter of

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.039
 priorities.

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.500
 He's looking

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:09.980
 at this guy

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.539
 in the face

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:12.200
 who is flirting

00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:12.940
 with spiritual

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:14.339
 death by delaying

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:15.220
 his following

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:16.599
 of Jesus, by

00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:17.799
 prioritizing family

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.619
 more than

00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:19.400
 following Jesus.

00:22:19.900 --> 00:22:20.279
 And it's

00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:20.799
 keeping him

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.500
 outside the

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:21.779
 kingdom.

00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:24.480
 like Peter

00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:25.420
 later on

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:26.319
 walking on

00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:26.759
 the waves

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.000
 of the

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.279
 Sea of

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:27.740
 Galilee.

00:22:28.859 --> 00:22:29.299
 This man's

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:29.720
 eyes are

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.299
 distracted

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:31.139
 and concerned

00:22:31.139 --> 00:22:31.599
 with the

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:32.180
 waves and

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:32.599
 wind of

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:33.399
 human priorities

00:22:33.399 --> 00:22:34.220
 and he has

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:35.000
 lost sight

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:36.319
 of single-minded

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:37.399
 devotion to

00:22:37.399 --> 00:22:37.799
 Christ.

00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:39.019
 And Jesus

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.519
 loved him

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.119
 too much

00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:40.579
 to let him

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:41.200
 stay there.

00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:43.079
 So what

00:22:43.079 --> 00:22:43.599
 is Jesus'

00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:44.519
 sober word

00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:45.180
 of invitation

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:46.279
 to us?

00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:47.819
 It's this.

00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:49.919
 make Christ

00:22:49.919 --> 00:22:51.519
 the governing

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.359
 priority

00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:53.720
 of your life

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:55.099
 and you will

00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:55.859
 find life.

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.859
 Make Christ

00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:58.720
 the governing

00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.539
 priority

00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:00.460
 of your life

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:01.000
 and you will

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:02.000
 find life.

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:04.879
 To quote

00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:05.179
 Dietrich

00:23:05.179 --> 00:23:05.700
 Bonhoeffer

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.119
 again, he

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:06.879
 describes this

00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:08.099
 call to

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.799
 wholehearted

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:10.200
 devotion in

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:10.899
 terms of

00:23:10.899 --> 00:23:12.679
 costly grace.

00:23:14.399 --> 00:23:15.099
 He wrote

00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:15.519
 in his book

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:15.939
 The Cost

00:23:15.939 --> 00:23:16.720
 of Discipleship

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:18.259
 Such grace

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.920
 is costly

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:19.880
 because it

00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:20.220
 calls us

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:20.640
 to follow

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.980
 and it

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:22.680
 is grace

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:24.000
 because it

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.360
 calls us

00:23:24.360 --> 00:23:24.740
 to follow

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.600
 Jesus Christ.

00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:27.140
 It is

00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:27.600
 costly

00:23:27.600 --> 00:23:28.880
 because it

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:29.539
 costs a man

00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:29.960
 his whole

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:31.600
 life and

00:23:31.600 --> 00:23:32.339
 it is grace

00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:33.400
 because it

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.180
 gives a man

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:34.620
 the only

00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:35.259
 true life.

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:37.039
 It is

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.420
 costly

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:37.920
 because it

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.720
 condemns sin

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:40.180
 and it is

00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:40.880
 grace because

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.660
 it justifies

00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:42.100
 the sinner.

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:44.200
 Above all,

00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:44.960
 it is costly

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.400
 because it

00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:46.100
 cost God

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:46.519
 the life

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:46.839
 of his

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.139
 son.

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.399
 And what

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:48.899
 has cost

00:23:48.899 --> 00:23:49.659
 God cannot

00:23:49.659 --> 00:23:50.339
 be cheap

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:50.939
 for us.

00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:52.939
 Above all,

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.719
 it is grace

00:23:53.719 --> 00:23:55.179
 because God

00:23:55.179 --> 00:23:55.659
 did not

00:23:55.659 --> 00:23:56.299
 consider the

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:56.879
 life of his

00:23:56.879 --> 00:23:57.539
 son too

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.559
 dear a price

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:59.279
 to pay for

00:23:59.279 --> 00:23:59.959
 our life

00:23:59.959 --> 00:24:01.039
 but delivered

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:01.579
 him up for

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:01.899
 us.

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.179
 Now,

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:07.279
 as we look

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:07.719
 to our own

00:24:07.719 --> 00:24:08.079
 lives,

00:24:09.179 --> 00:24:09.859
 what are we

00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.339
 to make

00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:10.859
 of this

00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.319
 call

00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:13.099
 to wholehearted

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:13.500
 devotion?

00:24:14.719 --> 00:24:15.539
 How are we

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:15.959
 to count

00:24:15.959 --> 00:24:16.459
 the cost

00:24:16.459 --> 00:24:17.000
 of following

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.399
 the son

00:24:17.399 --> 00:24:17.779
 of man?

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.199
 How do we

00:24:19.199 --> 00:24:19.799
 respond to

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.559
 this invitation

00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:21.740
 to make

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.099
 him the

00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:22.419
 governing

00:24:22.419 --> 00:24:23.079
 priority

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:24.139
 and so

00:24:24.139 --> 00:24:24.799
 find life?

00:24:25.159 --> 00:24:25.439
 Let me

00:24:25.439 --> 00:24:26.659
 encourage you

00:24:26.659 --> 00:24:27.119
 to consider

00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:28.059
 two categories

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:29.599
 in which

00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.119
 Christ is

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:30.599
 calling you

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.259
 to wholehearted

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:31.699
 devotion.

00:24:32.959 --> 00:24:33.679
 The first

00:24:33.679 --> 00:24:34.139
 is this,

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:36.259
 in the

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:37.140
 broad

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:37.920
 trajectory

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.720
 of your

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.040
 life.

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.020
 Jesus

00:24:43.020 --> 00:24:43.960
 is

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.820
 inviting

00:24:44.820 --> 00:24:45.220
 you to

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.759
 make him

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.200
 the

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.500
 governing

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:46.960
 priority

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.259
 of your

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.620
 life.

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.480
 And so

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.240
 look at,

00:24:49.540 --> 00:24:49.940
 consider,

00:24:50.860 --> 00:24:51.259
 where is

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:51.560
 your life

00:24:51.560 --> 00:24:51.800
 headed?

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:53.200
 What

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:53.800
 trajectory

00:24:53.800 --> 00:24:54.360
 is your

00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:54.960
 life on?

00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:57.080
 This is

00:24:57.080 --> 00:24:58.120
 no matter

00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:58.560
 whether you're

00:24:58.560 --> 00:24:58.980
 at the

00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.280
 beginning

00:24:59.280 --> 00:24:59.600
 of your

00:24:59.600 --> 00:24:59.860
 life,

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.200
 you're a

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:00.560
 teenager,

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.280
 you're a

00:25:01.280 --> 00:25:01.860
 young person,

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:02.820
 or you're

00:25:02.820 --> 00:25:02.980
 in the

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.300
 middle of

00:25:03.300 --> 00:25:03.759
 your life,

00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:04.540
 or you're

00:25:04.540 --> 00:25:04.900
 toward the

00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:05.180
 end.

00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:06.360
 Jesus

00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:07.060
 is asking

00:25:07.060 --> 00:25:07.920
 your whole

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.600
 life's

00:25:08.600 --> 00:25:09.120
 direction

00:25:09.120 --> 00:25:09.980
 to be

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.360
 aimed

00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:11.180
 at him.

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:12.640
 So

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:13.340
 big questions

00:25:13.340 --> 00:25:14.240
 of dreams

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:15.180
 and careers,

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:16.880
 issues in

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.500
 your marriage,

00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:18.680
 your parenting

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:19.120
 of your

00:25:19.120 --> 00:25:19.480
 children,

00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:20.660
 where you

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:21.180
 live,

00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:22.440
 these are

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:22.680
 to be

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:23.220
 subjected

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:24.400
 to his

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:24.920
 vast

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.480
 authority

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.480
 and his

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:26.720
 kingdom

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.300
 call to

00:25:27.300 --> 00:25:27.780
 follow him

00:25:27.780 --> 00:25:28.080
 and have

00:25:28.080 --> 00:25:28.380
 life.

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:28.660
 So

00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:29.540
 what big

00:25:29.540 --> 00:25:29.960
 decisions

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.420
 are you

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:30.820
 considering

00:25:30.820 --> 00:25:31.300
 right now?

00:25:32.340 --> 00:25:32.860
 My

00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:33.180
 wife and

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:33.360
 I are

00:25:33.360 --> 00:25:33.580
 weighing

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:33.919
 options

00:25:33.919 --> 00:25:34.259
 about

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.919
 schooling

00:25:34.919 --> 00:25:35.319
 for our

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:35.599
 children.

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.619
 Maybe you're

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.179
 thinking about

00:25:38.179 --> 00:25:39.279
 if you should

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:40.019
 change jobs

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.519
 or careers.

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:41.639
 Maybe you're

00:25:41.639 --> 00:25:42.059
 thinking about

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.399
 moving.

00:25:43.179 --> 00:25:43.679
 Wherever you

00:25:43.679 --> 00:25:44.159
 might be,

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.939
 whatever decisions

00:25:44.939 --> 00:25:45.599
 you're considering

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.659
 that are part of

00:25:46.659 --> 00:25:47.199
 the overall

00:25:47.199 --> 00:25:47.980
 trajectory of

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.379
 your life,

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.240
 Jesus is

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:50.039
 clearly calling

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:51.319
 us to

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:51.980
 serve him

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.919
 and his

00:25:52.919 --> 00:25:53.240
 kingdom

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:55.079
 in and

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.500
 through

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.559
 these big

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.059
 trajectories

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.339
 of our

00:25:57.339 --> 00:25:57.639
 lives.

00:25:57.640 --> 00:26:00.860
 Jesus is

00:26:00.860 --> 00:26:01.240
 not an

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.820
 add-on

00:26:01.820 --> 00:26:02.900
 to our

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.200
 life.

00:26:04.020 --> 00:26:04.360
 He is

00:26:04.360 --> 00:26:04.700
 not a

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.000
 separate

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.700
 category

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.680
 that we

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.180
 tend to

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:07.700
 along with

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.360
 family and

00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:08.720
 children,

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.200
 et cetera,

00:26:09.300 --> 00:26:09.560
 et cetera.

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:11.380
 He governs

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:11.880
 it all

00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:13.800
 because he

00:26:13.800 --> 00:26:14.120
 owns it

00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:14.300
 all.

00:26:16.080 --> 00:26:16.600
 Perhaps

00:26:16.600 --> 00:26:17.160
 you have

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:17.360
 never

00:26:17.360 --> 00:26:17.800
 considered

00:26:17.800 --> 00:26:18.200
 this.

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:19.980
 Perhaps

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.220
 you've

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.620
 never been

00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:21.040
 confronted

00:26:21.040 --> 00:26:21.640
 with this.

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.240
 Or

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.540
 perhaps

00:26:23.540 --> 00:26:23.780
 you've

00:26:23.780 --> 00:26:23.980
 lost

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.400
 sight of

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:24.680
 this.

00:26:25.280 --> 00:26:25.600
 Wherever

00:26:25.600 --> 00:26:25.900
 you're

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.080
 at

00:26:26.080 --> 00:26:26.440
 today,

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:27.440
 your

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:27.880
 Lord is

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.240
 inviting

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.640
 you to

00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:28.900
 make

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.480
 him the

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:29.840
 governing

00:26:29.840 --> 00:26:30.540
 priority

00:26:30.540 --> 00:26:31.259
 of your

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:33.320
 life so

00:26:33.320 --> 00:26:33.519
 that you

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:33.960
 can find

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.340
 life.

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.700
 Arrange

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.320
 your life

00:26:37.320 --> 00:26:37.700
 around

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:37.980
 him.

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:38.940
 The

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.140
 second

00:26:39.140 --> 00:26:39.700
 category

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.620
 is a

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:40.700
 little

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.120
 more

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.940
 nitty

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.240
 gritty.

00:26:43.800 --> 00:26:43.980
 The

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.180
 second

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:44.680
 category

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.340
 has to

00:26:45.340 --> 00:26:45.560
 do

00:26:45.560 --> 00:26:45.880
 with

00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:46.480
 the

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:46.860
 daily

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.540
 grind

00:26:47.540 --> 00:26:48.420
 of

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:48.680
 counting

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:48.900
 the

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.200
 cost

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.360
 to

00:26:49.360 --> 00:26:49.560
 follow

00:26:49.560 --> 00:26:49.880
 Jesus.

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.180
 What

00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:52.180
 are the

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.660
 things

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.480
 in your

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:53.780
 life,

00:26:53.820 --> 00:26:54.060
 not

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:54.880
 decisions,

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:55.480
 but

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:55.680
 the

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.400
 small

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:56.980
 and

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.519
 essential

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.500
 things

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.120
 that we

00:26:59.120 --> 00:26:59.420
 have to

00:26:59.420 --> 00:26:59.880
 die to

00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:00.259
 ourselves

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:00.600
 to

00:27:00.600 --> 00:27:01.160
 every

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:01.480
 day

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.320
 in

00:27:02.320 --> 00:27:02.460
 the

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:02.700
 daily

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:03.100
 grind

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:03.259
 of

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.519
 normal

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:03.880
 life.

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:04.980
 Jesus

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.300
 is

00:27:05.300 --> 00:27:05.620
 asking

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:05.840
 you

00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:06.019
 to

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.280
 count

00:27:06.280 --> 00:27:06.480
 the

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:06.940
 cost

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.519
 of

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:07.860
 following

00:27:07.860 --> 00:27:08.200
 him

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:09.080
 even

00:27:09.080 --> 00:27:09.240
 in

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.400
 your

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:09.980
 small

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.580
 decisions.

00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:11.860
 From

00:27:11.860 --> 00:27:12.100
 waking

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.420
 up in

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:12.519
 the

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:12.740
 morning

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:12.880
 and

00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:13.000
 how

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.120
 you

00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:13.360
 spend

00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:13.500
 your

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:13.820
 time

00:27:13.820 --> 00:27:15.100
 to

00:27:15.100 --> 00:27:15.560
 the

00:27:15.560 --> 00:27:16.540
 commitments

00:27:16.540 --> 00:27:16.780
 and

00:27:16.780 --> 00:27:17.280
 responsibilities

00:27:17.280 --> 00:27:17.660
 of

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:17.759
 your

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.060
 day,

00:27:18.780 --> 00:27:19.060
 whether

00:27:19.060 --> 00:27:19.360
 you're

00:27:19.360 --> 00:27:19.500
 in

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:19.920
 school

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.620
 and

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:20.740
 you're

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:20.840
 a

00:27:20.840 --> 00:27:21.019
 young

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:21.400
 person

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:22.060
 or

00:27:22.060 --> 00:27:22.240
 whether

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.480
 you're

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.000
 retired

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.380
 and

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:23.680
 everywhere

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:23.920
 in

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.300
 between,

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.180
 the

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.440
 daily

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:25.740
 grind

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:25.860
 of

00:27:25.860 --> 00:27:25.960
 your

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.220
 normal

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.520
 life

00:27:26.520 --> 00:27:26.720
 is

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:26.840
 to

00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:27.000
 be

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.300
 spent

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 counting

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 the

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 cost

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 of

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 following

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 Jesus.

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 There

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 is not

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 a sphere

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 of your

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 life

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 that

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 Christ's

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 call

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 to

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 count

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 the

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 cost

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 does

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 not

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 touch.

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 So

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 the

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 Son of

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 Man

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 is

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 beckoning

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 you.

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 He's

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 beckoning

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 you to

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 take

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 the

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 hard

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 road

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 of

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 humility

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 and

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 lowliness

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 and

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 love.

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 Maybe

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 you're

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 the parent

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 of small

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 children

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 and this

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 means

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 desperately

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:50.960
 asking

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 Jesus

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 for help

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 to treat

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 your

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 children

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 with

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 dignity

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 and

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 gentleness

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 when

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 they're

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 driving

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 you

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 bonkers.

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 Maybe

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 this means

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 submitting

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 your

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 attitude

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 toward

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 your

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 spouse

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 to

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 Christ

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 and

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 seeking

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 to love

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 them

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 with

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 humble

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 care

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 and

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 self

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 sacrifice

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 whether

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 they

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 respond

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 or not.

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 This

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 means

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 asking

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 your

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 Lord

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 for help

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 in

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 your

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 daily

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.200
 combat

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.680
 against

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 sin.

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 Daily

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.100
 dying

00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:16.320
 to

00:28:16.320 --> 00:28:16.680
 self

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 and

00:28:18.100 --> 00:28:18.539
 fighting

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.100
 temptation.

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 This

00:28:20.580 --> 00:28:20.820
 means

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 seeking

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.400
 to

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 consider

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 your

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 co-workers

00:28:22.580 --> 00:28:22.920
 better

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.160
 than

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.700
 yourself

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 with

00:28:24.600 --> 00:28:24.740
 your

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.160
 actions

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:25.400
 with

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:25.539
 your

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:25.940
 words

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 as

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 well

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:27.519
 as

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:27.860
 actively

00:28:27.860 --> 00:28:28.400
 pursuing

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 to

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 tell

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 them

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.120
 about

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 the

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:30.440
 son

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 of

00:28:30.560 --> 00:28:30.720
 man

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:30.860
 that

00:28:30.860 --> 00:28:30.980
 you

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 follow.

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:33.920
 This

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.160
 means

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.560
 submitting

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 to

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 and

00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:35.420
 honoring

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:35.640
 your

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 parents

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.259
 young

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.600
 people

00:28:36.600 --> 00:28:37.700
 even

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:37.840
 when

00:28:37.840 --> 00:28:37.960
 you

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.140
 think

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.279
 they're

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.460
 old

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.740
 fuddy

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 duddies.

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 No

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.440
 matter

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:41.660
 where

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:41.820
 you

00:28:41.820 --> 00:28:42.120
 find

00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.580
 yourself

00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:43.960
 seek

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.539
 to

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:44.900
 imitate

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:45.720
 the

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:45.900
 son

00:28:45.900 --> 00:28:46.060
 of

00:28:46.060 --> 00:28:46.380
 man

00:28:46.380 --> 00:28:46.740
 in

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:46.940
 the

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:47.360
 hard

00:28:47.360 --> 00:28:47.860
 road

00:28:47.860 --> 00:28:48.440
 of

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:48.960
 costly

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.820
 discipleship.

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.220
 Pursue

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.400
 the

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:51.560
 good

00:28:51.560 --> 00:28:51.720
 of

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.120
 others

00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:53.000
 before

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.200
 your

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.380
 own

00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:53.759
 comfort

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.540
 and

00:28:54.540 --> 00:28:54.780
 pursue

00:28:54.780 --> 00:28:54.980
 the

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.240
 glory

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.460
 of

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:55.660
 his

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.000
 name

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.720
 above

00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:56.940
 your

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.160
 own.

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.540
 Let's

00:28:58.540 --> 00:28:58.700
 pray

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:58.880
 for

00:28:58.880 --> 00:28:59.019
 his

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.200
 help

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.460
 now.

00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:09.240
 Father

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.580
 thank

00:29:09.580 --> 00:29:09.680
 you

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:09.820
 that

00:29:09.820 --> 00:29:10.100
 whatever

00:29:10.100 --> 00:29:10.420
 your

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:10.840
 grace

00:29:10.840 --> 00:29:11.480
 demands

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.660
 it

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:12.940
 also

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.500
 supplies.

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.940
 thank

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:16.080
 you

00:29:16.080 --> 00:29:16.300
 Father

00:29:16.300 --> 00:29:16.540
 that

00:29:16.540 --> 00:29:16.860
 whatever

00:29:16.860 --> 00:29:17.120
 you

00:29:17.120 --> 00:29:17.420
 call

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:17.600
 us

00:29:17.600 --> 00:29:17.900
 to

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:19.700
 you

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.540
 have

00:29:20.540 --> 00:29:20.800
 already

00:29:20.800 --> 00:29:21.100
 walked

00:29:21.100 --> 00:29:21.340
 that

00:29:21.340 --> 00:29:21.640
 road.

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.300
 Father

00:29:26.300 --> 00:29:26.519
 would

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:26.600
 you

00:29:26.600 --> 00:29:26.740
 be

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:26.880
 at

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.060
 work

00:29:27.060 --> 00:29:27.180
 in

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:27.320
 our

00:29:27.320 --> 00:29:27.600
 hearts

00:29:27.600 --> 00:29:27.840
 by

00:29:27.840 --> 00:29:28.000
 your

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.200
 Holy

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.580
 Spirit

00:29:28.580 --> 00:29:30.360
 would

00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:30.480
 you

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.860
 attend

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.340
 to

00:29:31.340 --> 00:29:31.640
 the

00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:32.019
 daily

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.820
 concerns

00:29:32.820 --> 00:29:33.220
 and

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.759
 responsibilities

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.480
 that are

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:34.759
 already

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.259
 starting to

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.620
 emerge

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:35.820
 into

00:29:35.820 --> 00:29:36.000
 our

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.340
 hearts

00:29:36.340 --> 00:29:37.600
 and

00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:37.720
 would

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:37.820
 you

00:29:37.820 --> 00:29:38.120
 cause

00:29:38.120 --> 00:29:38.380
 us

00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:38.740
 Father

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:38.960
 to

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.240
 make

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.780
 Christ

00:29:39.780 --> 00:29:40.400
 and

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:40.560
 his

00:29:40.560 --> 00:29:40.860
 kingdom

00:29:40.860 --> 00:29:41.160
 our

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:41.460
 governing

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.040
 priority

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:43.819
 help

00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:43.940
 us

00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:44.019
 to

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.099
 do

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:44.259
 that

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:44.399
 as

00:29:44.399 --> 00:29:44.519
 a

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:44.879
 church

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:46.139
 and

00:29:46.139 --> 00:29:46.319
 it

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:46.720
 is

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:46.980
 in

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.099
 our

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.480
 individual

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:48.000
 lives

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:49.399
 give

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:49.519
 us

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:49.879
 power

00:29:49.879 --> 00:29:50.159
 oh

00:29:50.159 --> 00:29:50.440
 God

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:52.079
 to

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.279
 die

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:52.460
 to

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.940
 ourselves

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.879
 and

00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:54.039
 to

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.279
 seek

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.480
 to

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:54.799
 imitate

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.039
 the

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.180
 son

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:55.339
 of

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:55.559
 man

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.440
 in

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:56.759
 Christ's

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:56.899
 name

00:29:56.899 --> 00:29:57.259
 amen