WEBVTT 00:00:00.620 --> 00:00:08.939 Matthew 16 verses 21 to 28. This comes just after Peter has confessed that Jesus is the 00:00:08.939 --> 00:00:13.359 Christ. So 16 verses 21 to 28. 00:00:15.179 --> 00:00:21.800 From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:28.179 things from the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and on the third day 00:00:28.179 --> 00:00:34.899 be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him saying, far be it from you Lord, 00:00:34.899 --> 00:00:42.439 this shall never happen to you. But he turned and said to Peter, get behind me Satan, 00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:50.719 you are a hindrance to me for you are not setting your mind on the things of God but on the things 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:59.679 of man. Then Jesus told his disciples, if anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take 00:00:59.679 --> 00:01:06.859 up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life 00:01:06.859 --> 00:01:13.819 for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his 00:01:13.819 --> 00:01:21.979 soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? For the son of man is going to come with his 00:01:21.979 --> 00:01:28.639 angels in the glory of his father and then he will repay each person according to what he has done. 00:01:29.659 --> 00:01:36.299 Truly I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the son of 00:01:36.299 --> 00:01:37.920 man coming in his kingdom. 00:01:47.219 --> 00:01:48.399 Well good morning everyone. 00:01:52.019 --> 00:01:54.340 It's good that there's three people awake this morning. 00:01:58.759 --> 00:02:04.359 My name's Dave. I've met you before. I'm one of the pastors here and I really hope you can stick around 00:02:04.359 --> 00:02:10.560 for lunch after the service. Why don't we pray as we come to God's word. Let's pray. 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:27.079 Father, you have words for us this morning that challenge us deep into our heart, to our very bone. 00:02:27.080 --> 00:02:35.340 And so Lord, if you don't help us have humility in hearing your word, there's going to be so many 00:02:35.340 --> 00:02:42.080 things that get in the way from hearing you. So I pray for your help for all of us to sit under your 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:47.920 word and so that we might have life. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:54.819 Well, what does it look like to be a disciple of Jesus? What does it look like? 00:02:56.719 --> 00:03:02.619 Do you think of it in terms of making Jesus your top priority in life? 00:03:03.119 --> 00:03:10.719 Is he to be first on your agenda? Put him first with your time, put him first with your money, 00:03:10.939 --> 00:03:13.099 put him first with your abilities, put him first. 00:03:13.099 --> 00:03:21.299 Trying to do that, I don't know if you found this, is super hard in a culture that is obsessed 00:03:21.299 --> 00:03:35.519 with self. But having Jesus as your top priority, first on your agenda, falls far short of what 00:03:35.519 --> 00:03:43.079 Jesus calls you and I to in our passage today. He's not going to settle for being first with 00:03:43.099 --> 00:03:50.000 first on your agenda. He wants to set for you a totally new agenda. 00:03:54.259 --> 00:03:58.180 I want to do two things today as we try and answer the question, 00:03:58.799 --> 00:04:07.180 what does it look like to pledge allegiance to this suffering king? So Peter has confessed him as 00:04:07.180 --> 00:04:14.120 the Christ and then he immediately says, here's my plan, I'm going to submit and suffer and die. 00:04:14.340 --> 00:04:17.400 What does it look like to belong to this kind of king? 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:26.120 So first, I want to spend some time seeing that his call to deny self and to take up our cross is a call 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:27.459 to come and die. 00:04:29.859 --> 00:04:31.379 Die to self-rule. 00:04:32.339 --> 00:04:37.239 The second thing I want to do today is to see how this king motivates us. 00:04:37.799 --> 00:04:41.859 He doesn't motivate us through compulsion, he motivates us through choice. 00:04:41.860 --> 00:04:47.580 So that's where we're going. Let me just say one statement from the outset. 00:04:48.180 --> 00:04:54.639 Let's be clear on this. Jesus' words here are not a prerequisite for being a Christian. 00:04:55.480 --> 00:04:58.139 You don't have to do this to become a Christian. 00:04:59.060 --> 00:05:03.759 That's totally based on confessing Jesus as Lord. 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:09.639 The belief that confesses Jesus as Lord, you're a Christian, you're saved. 00:05:10.060 --> 00:05:14.759 What's here is a description of what it means to live the saved life. 00:05:15.420 --> 00:05:20.180 It's not how you become saved, it's how you live being saved. 00:05:21.599 --> 00:05:23.860 And it's a description for all disciples. 00:05:24.199 --> 00:05:25.699 This isn't just for keen beings. 00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:29.120 This is discipleship 101. 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:36.000 Okay, so what does it mean to confess allegiance to a king who chooses to suffer 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:39.420 and submit to those who are under his authority? 00:05:40.660 --> 00:05:45.660 What does it mean to believe in the son of the living God who chooses to die? 00:05:46.840 --> 00:05:47.620 Verse 24. 00:05:47.620 --> 00:05:47.660 Verse 24. 00:05:49.340 --> 00:05:57.560 If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:04.399 I wonder what you're imagining by that call of deny yourself. 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:08.620 Are you hearing something like, don't be selfish? 00:06:11.280 --> 00:06:18.199 Does it mean an attitude of when you're a youth group and not enough pizza has been ordered 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:22.480 and there's one more slice and you are salivating and you're ready to kill, 00:06:23.060 --> 00:06:24.780 but you go, oh, you have it. 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:27.939 Is that what he's calling to, self-denial? 00:06:27.939 --> 00:06:34.600 Does it mean not living as luxurious a life as you possibly could afford 00:06:34.600 --> 00:06:37.199 so that you can give to the church and missions? 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:43.000 Is self-denial not being selfish with your time, 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:46.019 that you are bone-weary after a week of work, 00:06:46.159 --> 00:06:50.139 but you choose to do your part in making church happen? 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:53.439 Don't be selfish. 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:55.040 Is that what you're hearing? 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:58.879 And what does take up your cross mean? 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:06.540 Is it about the excruciating experiences of living in a broken world 00:07:06.540 --> 00:07:11.560 where someone's cross is that their adult children have turned away from God? 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:13.400 Is that their cross? 00:07:13.939 --> 00:07:17.680 Is carrying the cross of cancer or chronic fatigue, 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:19.200 is that your cross to bear? 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:20.879 Is that what it means here? 00:07:25.019 --> 00:07:29.860 I think what Jesus is calling us to is even more radical still. 00:07:30.819 --> 00:07:33.480 It's more radical than not being selfish. 00:07:34.539 --> 00:07:38.279 It's more radical than enduring the painful situations of life. 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:42.339 The word deny can mean renounce. 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:50.099 Adam's introduction about high court's decisions. 00:07:50.100 --> 00:07:56.000 I was reminded of that saga, I don't know how long ago, 00:07:56.060 --> 00:07:57.140 it was a number of years ago, 00:07:57.200 --> 00:07:59.420 where the politicians had dual citizenships 00:07:59.420 --> 00:08:02.800 and the high court ruled that you can't stand in office 00:08:02.800 --> 00:08:05.020 if you've got allegiance to a foreign power. 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:09.020 And that put all these politicians in a very tricky position. 00:08:09.019 --> 00:08:15.359 They had to renounce their allegiance to a foreign power. 00:08:15.959 --> 00:08:18.879 Like, imagine if what actually happened was, 00:08:19.399 --> 00:08:22.740 I'm going to renounce my Australian citizenship 00:08:22.740 --> 00:08:27.519 in any right to be a person in authority. 00:08:28.159 --> 00:08:29.459 That just wouldn't happen. 00:08:29.620 --> 00:08:32.919 But that kind of idea of renouncing allegiance 00:08:32.919 --> 00:08:36.460 is closer to what Jesus is saying here. 00:08:36.460 --> 00:08:43.700 Each person's natural-born disposition since sin entered the world 00:08:43.700 --> 00:08:47.920 is to think that you and I have a right to rule your life. 00:08:50.060 --> 00:08:53.560 That's a delusion because God made us. 00:08:54.400 --> 00:08:55.360 Our life is his. 00:08:56.160 --> 00:08:58.800 And so Jesus is saying, deny that. 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:01.360 Your allegiance to self-rule. 00:09:02.420 --> 00:09:02.879 Deny. 00:09:03.259 --> 00:09:03.780 Renounce. 00:09:06.460 --> 00:09:08.560 And to take up your cross. 00:09:10.360 --> 00:09:13.060 Crucifixion was not only a painful execution, 00:09:13.280 --> 00:09:15.320 it was reserved for the worst of criminals. 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:17.340 It was a public shaming. 00:09:18.139 --> 00:09:20.700 You were forced to carry the implement 00:09:20.700 --> 00:09:23.000 on which you would be condemned by the world. 00:09:23.300 --> 00:09:24.780 You were a dead man walking. 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:28.700 As you carry that cross, you are losing your life, 00:09:28.920 --> 00:09:31.500 you're losing your reputation, anything in the world. 00:09:31.500 --> 00:09:33.700 You are dead to the world. 00:09:33.700 --> 00:09:41.200 So if you confess that Jesus really is God's king, 00:09:41.520 --> 00:09:42.860 the son of the living God, 00:09:44.720 --> 00:09:47.960 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a writer during World War II, 00:09:48.060 --> 00:09:48.759 put it famously, 00:09:49.220 --> 00:09:52.220 when Christ calls a man, when Christ calls a person, 00:09:52.560 --> 00:09:54.340 he bids him come and die. 00:09:54.340 --> 00:10:01.220 He's not exaggerating. 00:10:01.399 --> 00:10:02.519 He's saying, come and die. 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:06.879 Renounce self in this world and give yourself to me. 00:10:06.879 --> 00:10:15.240 I think we see the problem in Peter's reaction 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:18.240 in verses 21 to 23 that we saw last week. 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:21.580 He just confessed Jesus to be the Christ. 00:10:21.939 --> 00:10:24.460 They've been waiting generations for this guy, 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:25.360 for this Messiah. 00:10:26.419 --> 00:10:29.480 He's just been told he's going to have this position 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:31.139 of influence in the kingdom. 00:10:31.139 --> 00:10:36.679 He knows that God has promised this king he's going to rule 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:39.419 over everyone forever, bringing blessing. 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:43.699 And after hearing Jesus' pathway to glory of suffering, 00:10:44.220 --> 00:10:47.179 he takes him aside and tells him off. 00:10:48.439 --> 00:10:49.039 Why? 00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:50.960 Well, Jesus tells us, 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:56.360 you are not setting your mind on the things of God, 00:10:56.639 --> 00:10:58.460 but on the things of man. 00:10:59.560 --> 00:11:03.720 Peter's devotion to this world's idea of life 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:07.379 and success and victory and glory 00:11:07.379 --> 00:11:11.720 was blinding him to true greatness, 00:11:12.019 --> 00:11:14.259 to where life could actually be found. 00:11:14.259 --> 00:11:24.080 Jesus is challenging us to see a very deep view of sin 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:27.960 where it's allegiance to self is the problem 00:11:27.960 --> 00:11:30.840 and allegiance to this world. 00:11:33.419 --> 00:11:36.899 He isn't simply calling us to give up vaping 00:11:36.899 --> 00:11:40.580 or gambling or drinking or sexual immorality. 00:11:40.759 --> 00:11:43.399 Some of those things are very hard to be free from. 00:11:44.259 --> 00:11:46.860 But he's saying something so much more radical. 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:49.039 He's saying, 00:11:50.319 --> 00:11:52.799 give up allegiance to self 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:57.100 in all areas of life. 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:04.159 Your devotion to the things that this world can offer 00:12:04.159 --> 00:12:08.360 that you're clinging to as if you must have them to have life. 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:12.360 Because that self-rule 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:15.620 and that idolatry of the heart 00:12:15.620 --> 00:12:18.159 is offensive to God. 00:12:21.500 --> 00:12:23.519 It is why he came to die. 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:29.360 So to deny self 00:12:29.960 --> 00:12:31.840 and to take up our cross 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:33.159 is a call. 00:12:34.039 --> 00:12:34.779 Come and die. 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:38.139 Die to self, die to the world. 00:12:38.139 --> 00:12:41.120 That's discipleship 101. 00:12:41.620 --> 00:12:43.199 Again, it's not for keen beings. 00:12:43.419 --> 00:12:45.899 That's what it means to follow Jesus. 00:12:51.299 --> 00:12:52.740 So the second thing I want to do 00:12:52.740 --> 00:12:56.000 is notice how this Christ motivates us. 00:12:56.699 --> 00:12:57.899 It's not through compulsion. 00:12:58.080 --> 00:12:59.019 It's through choice. 00:12:59.019 --> 00:13:02.000 I think we see in these verses 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:04.120 he gives us freedom to obey. 00:13:06.939 --> 00:13:08.199 Notice in verse 24 00:13:08.199 --> 00:13:10.659 that you and I are the ones 00:13:10.659 --> 00:13:13.500 who are doing the actions of these verbs. 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:16.000 He doesn't crush self. 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:18.919 He says, 00:13:19.039 --> 00:13:20.939 you must choose to deny self. 00:13:20.940 --> 00:13:24.680 He doesn't place the cross on us. 00:13:24.680 --> 00:13:24.980 He says, 00:13:25.100 --> 00:13:26.440 take it up willingly. 00:13:28.920 --> 00:13:31.920 He doesn't compel obedience through fear. 00:13:32.060 --> 00:13:33.220 He invites us, 00:13:33.420 --> 00:13:33.860 follow me, 00:13:34.340 --> 00:13:35.080 imitate me. 00:13:38.360 --> 00:13:39.340 It's choice. 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:41.580 And then he gives us 00:13:41.580 --> 00:13:43.200 wonderful reasons 00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:45.000 to win over our heart 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:46.879 so that we do this willingly. 00:13:48.980 --> 00:13:50.240 Verse 25, 00:13:50.620 --> 00:13:51.220 four. 00:13:52.860 --> 00:13:55.500 For whoever would save his life 00:13:55.500 --> 00:13:57.299 will lose it. 00:13:57.299 --> 00:14:00.120 But whoever loses his life 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:01.039 for my sake 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:02.839 will find it. 00:14:04.500 --> 00:14:05.419 He's warning. 00:14:06.839 --> 00:14:08.419 Death and judgment is coming. 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:11.519 You will lose it in the end. 00:14:13.219 --> 00:14:15.120 But if you choose to give it up 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:16.159 for my sake, 00:14:16.539 --> 00:14:18.120 then you will find your life. 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:20.019 Notice that you don't save your life. 00:14:20.099 --> 00:14:20.959 He does the saving. 00:14:21.500 --> 00:14:22.199 You find it. 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:23.539 You find your life. 00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:26.539 What is Jesus appealing to? 00:14:27.299 --> 00:14:29.939 You want to find life, 00:14:30.079 --> 00:14:30.359 don't you? 00:14:30.719 --> 00:14:31.939 Don't you want life? 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:36.639 This is the most selfish thing 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:37.559 you could do. 00:14:38.359 --> 00:14:39.359 Renounce self 00:14:39.359 --> 00:14:41.959 and give your life to Jesus. 00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:42.959 That is the most 00:14:42.959 --> 00:14:47.079 selfish thing you can do 00:14:47.079 --> 00:14:49.099 is give up self 00:14:49.099 --> 00:14:51.019 and hand it over to Jesus. 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:53.899 That's what he's appealing to. 00:14:55.539 --> 00:14:57.039 You want life, don't you? 00:14:57.799 --> 00:14:58.859 Here's where you find it. 00:15:01.579 --> 00:15:02.740 And he doesn't stop there. 00:15:02.819 --> 00:15:03.679 He convinces us 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:04.779 why this is the case. 00:15:04.899 --> 00:15:05.759 Verse 26. 00:15:06.899 --> 00:15:08.819 For what will it profit a man 00:15:08.819 --> 00:15:10.459 if he gains the whole world 00:15:10.459 --> 00:15:11.939 and forfeits his soul? 00:15:13.079 --> 00:15:14.559 Or what shall a man give 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:15.939 in return for his soul? 00:15:16.939 --> 00:15:18.519 Take a good look 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:21.639 at what this man-centered world 00:15:22.259 --> 00:15:24.000 that killed Christ 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:25.179 wants nothing to do with him 00:15:25.179 --> 00:15:25.919 is offering you. 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:26.819 Take a good look 00:15:26.819 --> 00:15:28.120 even if you had it all. 00:15:29.199 --> 00:15:30.620 What will it profit a person? 00:15:31.939 --> 00:15:33.379 Now, to be clear here, 00:15:33.439 --> 00:15:35.339 soul is the same word 00:15:35.339 --> 00:15:35.919 as life 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:37.000 in the previous verse. 00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:38.859 It's not necessarily 00:15:38.859 --> 00:15:39.639 talking about 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:40.419 the immaterial 00:15:40.419 --> 00:15:41.939 part of you. 00:15:42.039 --> 00:15:42.719 It's saying 00:15:42.719 --> 00:15:43.399 your life, 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:44.139 your person. 00:15:44.139 --> 00:15:48.019 So put all the comfort 00:15:48.019 --> 00:15:49.559 and health, 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:51.539 people's praise 00:15:51.539 --> 00:15:52.319 and popularity, 00:15:53.299 --> 00:15:54.319 being lovely 00:15:54.319 --> 00:15:55.740 and lovable, 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:57.960 being important 00:15:57.960 --> 00:15:58.919 and powerful 00:15:58.919 --> 00:15:59.899 and successful, 00:16:00.419 --> 00:16:01.539 all the world's riches, 00:16:02.199 --> 00:16:03.399 no pleasure denied. 00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:04.399 Put it all 00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:05.620 on one side 00:16:05.620 --> 00:16:06.120 of the ledger 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:07.259 and you've got 00:16:07.259 --> 00:16:08.639 all it costs you 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:09.740 is yourself. 00:16:09.740 --> 00:16:12.299 Jesus is saying 00:16:12.299 --> 00:16:14.399 just have a think about it. 00:16:14.740 --> 00:16:16.180 You are being ripped off, man. 00:16:16.560 --> 00:16:17.919 It is a scam. 00:16:20.700 --> 00:16:22.700 It doesn't feel like a scam 00:16:22.700 --> 00:16:24.000 because the whole world 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:25.480 is willingly 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:27.080 buying into it. 00:16:33.940 --> 00:16:35.519 So if the man-centered world 00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:36.299 is a rip-off, 00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:38.480 we're given the true perspective 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:39.440 in verse 27. 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:41.180 For the Son of Man 00:16:41.180 --> 00:16:42.600 is going to come 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:44.560 with his angels 00:16:44.560 --> 00:16:45.159 in the glory 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:45.759 of his Father 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:46.899 and then he will repay 00:16:46.899 --> 00:16:47.840 each person 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:49.200 according to what he has done. 00:16:52.460 --> 00:16:53.480 If you weigh up 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:54.299 the value 00:16:54.299 --> 00:16:55.399 of following 00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:56.379 Christ's life 00:16:56.379 --> 00:16:57.299 of suffering 00:16:57.299 --> 00:16:58.220 only in terms 00:16:58.220 --> 00:16:58.840 of this life, 00:16:58.980 --> 00:17:00.320 even Paul says, 00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:01.600 I can't remember 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:02.360 where it is, 00:17:02.620 --> 00:17:04.019 but where to be pitied. 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:06.759 That's not 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:07.480 the reference point. 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:07.900 That's not 00:17:07.900 --> 00:17:08.920 the right time frame 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:09.640 to work it out. 00:17:09.740 --> 00:17:11.720 Like, 00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:13.680 a soccer illustration 00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:14.460 just came to my mind. 00:17:15.120 --> 00:17:15.980 The other week, 00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:17.279 we were winning 3-1 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:18.019 at halftime, 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:19.660 but then we lost 00:17:19.660 --> 00:17:21.579 6-1 at the end. 00:17:21.579 --> 00:17:22.859 If halftime 00:17:22.859 --> 00:17:24.099 is not the reference point, 00:17:24.299 --> 00:17:25.039 you need the right 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:25.819 reference point 00:17:25.819 --> 00:17:26.559 to work out 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:27.980 what's actually going on. 00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:31.519 If we keep this 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:32.539 eternal perspective 00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:33.299 that Christ 00:17:33.299 --> 00:17:34.519 is going to return, 00:17:34.620 --> 00:17:35.539 not to suffer again, 00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:36.740 but as judge, 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:37.779 to repay, 00:17:39.360 --> 00:17:42.160 that's our reference point. 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:45.720 Now, 00:17:45.860 --> 00:17:46.620 I'm expecting 00:17:46.620 --> 00:17:48.799 that that verse, 00:17:48.940 --> 00:17:50.180 that idea of repayment 00:17:50.180 --> 00:17:51.140 is probably putting 00:17:51.140 --> 00:17:51.880 dread 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:53.460 in some people's 00:17:53.460 --> 00:17:55.120 minds right now. 00:17:55.119 --> 00:17:57.079 according to what 00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:57.879 I have done. 00:17:58.519 --> 00:17:58.759 Oh, 00:17:59.259 --> 00:18:02.099 if that's causing 00:18:02.099 --> 00:18:03.059 you dread right now, 00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:04.439 can I just 00:18:04.439 --> 00:18:06.099 urge you to 00:18:06.099 --> 00:18:08.239 find your assurance 00:18:08.239 --> 00:18:08.919 of salvation 00:18:08.919 --> 00:18:10.500 not in verse 27, 00:18:10.719 --> 00:18:12.179 but in verse 21. 00:18:12.180 --> 00:18:16.060 that he must 00:18:16.060 --> 00:18:16.820 go to Jerusalem 00:18:16.820 --> 00:18:18.580 and suffer many things 00:18:18.580 --> 00:18:19.380 and be killed 00:18:19.380 --> 00:18:20.660 and on a third day 00:18:20.660 --> 00:18:21.039 be raised. 00:18:21.120 --> 00:18:21.779 That's where your 00:18:21.779 --> 00:18:22.500 assurance is, 00:18:22.560 --> 00:18:23.200 verse 21. 00:18:24.840 --> 00:18:25.740 Verse 27 00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:27.860 is meant to be 00:18:27.860 --> 00:18:31.080 an encouragement 00:18:31.080 --> 00:18:31.900 to his people. 00:18:33.060 --> 00:18:34.660 It will be worth it 00:18:34.660 --> 00:18:35.660 in the end. 00:18:38.700 --> 00:18:39.980 This really is 00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:40.519 the path 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:41.580 to true glory. 00:18:42.180 --> 00:18:47.620 it's saying, 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:48.759 make no mistake, 00:18:49.700 --> 00:18:50.700 this Christ 00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.640 who submitted 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:52.640 to sinful men, 00:18:53.340 --> 00:18:54.320 this Christ 00:18:54.320 --> 00:18:55.279 who became weak 00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:56.539 and who was rejected 00:18:56.539 --> 00:18:58.360 and humiliated 00:18:58.360 --> 00:18:59.580 and defeated, 00:19:00.580 --> 00:19:02.000 this guy owns 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:02.720 angels. 00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:05.220 Do not 00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:06.200 miss the 00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:07.600 glory of this guy. 00:19:08.660 --> 00:19:09.560 He owns them. 00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:12.079 like, 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:12.819 no one 00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:13.779 shares the glory 00:19:13.779 --> 00:19:14.379 of God, 00:19:14.579 --> 00:19:15.379 but this son 00:19:15.379 --> 00:19:15.839 does. 00:19:19.019 --> 00:19:19.879 You want, 00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:20.740 whatever glory 00:19:20.740 --> 00:19:21.720 he is offering you, 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.480 you want it. 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:29.539 With this kind 00:19:29.539 --> 00:19:30.099 of eternal 00:19:30.099 --> 00:19:30.679 perspective, 00:19:31.940 --> 00:19:33.299 it gives us 00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:34.259 resolve, 00:19:34.379 --> 00:19:35.139 it gives us 00:19:35.139 --> 00:19:37.000 joy and hope 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.700 in the present, 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:38.119 I think. 00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:39.839 Because what loss 00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:40.539 have you really 00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:41.640 suffered if in the 00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:41.940 end, 00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:43.579 if the most 00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:44.640 important people, 00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:46.220 the closest people 00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:46.900 to you even, 00:19:46.980 --> 00:19:47.700 reject you, 00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:50.279 but in the end, 00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:52.440 the one who made 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:53.359 you and owns 00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:54.640 the angels 00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:55.680 welcomes you. 00:19:55.680 --> 00:20:00.900 what injustice 00:20:00.900 --> 00:20:01.700 have you really 00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.799 suffered if you 00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:03.799 forego vengeance 00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:06.240 for the king 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:07.100 to avenge you 00:20:07.100 --> 00:20:07.980 in the end 00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:10.640 or to die 00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:11.299 for their sin 00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:12.240 and pay for it? 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:13.920 What pleasure 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:14.799 have you really 00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:15.620 missed out on 00:20:15.620 --> 00:20:17.700 if at his 00:20:17.700 --> 00:20:18.539 right hand 00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:19.259 are pleasures 00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:20.100 forevermore? 00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:20.759 What pleasure 00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.019 have you, 00:20:21.120 --> 00:20:21.620 come on, 00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:23.700 forevermore? 00:20:23.700 --> 00:20:25.480 what sacrifice 00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:26.340 have you really 00:20:26.340 --> 00:20:27.660 made in his 00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:28.880 service if he 00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:29.960 shares all the 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.940 joy and blessing 00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:31.580 of his kingdom 00:20:31.580 --> 00:20:32.059 with you, 00:20:32.539 --> 00:20:33.420 knowing the 00:20:33.420 --> 00:20:33.779 father? 00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:38.620 There's a 00:20:38.620 --> 00:20:39.140 mystery, 00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:39.519 I can't even 00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:39.920 remember who 00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:40.240 it is, 00:20:40.380 --> 00:20:44.240 but David 00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.779 Livingston, 00:20:44.900 --> 00:20:45.100 maybe? 00:20:45.620 --> 00:20:45.980 He said, 00:20:46.080 --> 00:20:46.640 I never made 00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:47.420 a sacrifice. 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:48.819 Because his 00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.259 point was, 00:20:49.340 --> 00:20:49.779 what Christ 00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:50.340 gave him 00:20:50.340 --> 00:20:52.519 totally outweighed 00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:53.039 anything he 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:53.259 lost. 00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:53.619 And he did 00:20:53.619 --> 00:20:54.200 lose a lot. 00:20:55.619 --> 00:20:56.460 This eternal 00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:57.480 perspective can 00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:58.839 count all 00:20:58.839 --> 00:20:59.339 things as 00:20:59.339 --> 00:21:00.000 lost compared 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.440 to the 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:01.220 surpassing 00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:01.740 worth of 00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.480 knowing Christ 00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.000 my Lord. 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:05.599 We just need 00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:05.940 the right 00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:06.700 reference point. 00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:07.980 He's going 00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:08.359 to come. 00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.579 Imagine that. 00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:10.740 You won't 00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.339 have to listen 00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:12.099 to me anymore. 00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:13.900 We're going 00:21:13.900 --> 00:21:14.400 to be before 00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:14.779 him. 00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.299 That day 00:21:16.299 --> 00:21:16.799 is coming. 00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:19.299 We need 00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:19.599 the right 00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:20.180 reference point. 00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:22.460 And it's 00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:23.120 so hard to 00:21:23.120 --> 00:21:23.640 keep this 00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:23.960 eternal 00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:24.440 perspective, 00:21:24.620 --> 00:21:24.960 isn't it? 00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:30.340 I think it 00:21:30.340 --> 00:21:30.519 would have 00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.100 been sufficient 00:21:31.100 --> 00:21:31.820 for Christ 00:21:31.820 --> 00:21:32.340 to give us 00:21:32.340 --> 00:21:32.820 his word 00:21:32.820 --> 00:21:33.960 and his 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.340 promises, 00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:34.740 and we 00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.160 should trust 00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:35.420 him in 00:21:35.420 --> 00:21:35.539 that. 00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:36.080 But he 00:21:36.080 --> 00:21:36.820 even adds, 00:21:37.320 --> 00:21:37.799 verse 28, 00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:38.680 a guarantee, 00:21:39.680 --> 00:21:40.539 a foretaste 00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:41.580 of the glory 00:21:41.580 --> 00:21:41.920 to come. 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:42.539 Truly I 00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:42.840 say to 00:21:42.840 --> 00:21:43.019 you, 00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:43.880 there are 00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:44.680 some standing 00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:45.600 here who 00:21:45.600 --> 00:21:46.019 will not 00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.720 taste death 00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:47.779 until they 00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.400 see the 00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:49.000 Son of Man 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.680 coming in 00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.160 his kingdom. 00:21:52.580 --> 00:21:53.200 This is 00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:53.560 like the 00:21:53.560 --> 00:21:54.100 promise to 00:21:54.100 --> 00:21:56.140 Simeon in 00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:56.759 Luke's gospel 00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.400 that he's 00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:57.720 not going 00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:58.340 to experience 00:21:58.340 --> 00:21:59.120 death until 00:21:59.120 --> 00:21:59.860 he sees 00:21:59.860 --> 00:22:00.680 the promised 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:01.380 Messiah and 00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:01.800 he gets to 00:22:01.800 --> 00:22:03.240 hold the 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:04.140 newborn in 00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:04.700 his hands. 00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:07.759 So what 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.259 did some 00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:08.539 of these 00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:09.259 apostles get 00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.759 to see 00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.680 before they 00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:11.160 experienced 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:11.519 death? 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:14.600 Was it 00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:14.940 the very 00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:15.660 next verse? 00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:16.279 Is that 00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:17.259 six days 00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.640 later, 00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:18.500 Jesus took 00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:19.000 Peter and 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.440 James and 00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:20.320 John up 00:22:20.320 --> 00:22:20.779 a mountain 00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:21.720 and they 00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.300 saw Jesus 00:22:22.300 --> 00:22:23.100 transfigured? 00:22:23.620 --> 00:22:24.120 And what 00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:24.840 they saw 00:22:24.840 --> 00:22:26.940 just blinded 00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:27.160 them. 00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.620 Everything 00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:29.300 in earth 00:22:29.300 --> 00:22:30.340 just looks 00:22:30.340 --> 00:22:31.460 dim and 00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:31.960 pathetic 00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.519 compared to 00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:32.840 what they 00:22:32.840 --> 00:22:33.060 saw. 00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:33.480 Is that 00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:34.800 what it's 00:22:34.800 --> 00:22:35.360 referring to? 00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.660 Well, 00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:38.080 maybe it's 00:22:38.080 --> 00:22:38.720 referring to 00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.200 all the 00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:40.039 apostles except 00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:40.519 Judas, 00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.920 who saw 00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:43.139 Christ 00:22:43.139 --> 00:22:43.559 risen, 00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.599 him coming 00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:46.400 in his 00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:47.019 rule, 00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.660 who 00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:50.539 received 00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:50.859 his 00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:51.379 spirit 00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:52.319 to empower 00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:52.920 them on 00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:53.619 his mission 00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:54.579 to build 00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:55.019 the church. 00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:56.639 is it 00:22:56.639 --> 00:22:57.299 his reign 00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:57.779 that came 00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.400 with his 00:22:58.400 --> 00:23:00.839 resurrection? 00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.700 I think it 00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.279 depends on 00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:04.099 what coming 00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.639 in his 00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:05.039 kingdom 00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.559 means. 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.379 And kingdom 00:23:06.379 --> 00:23:06.960 is about 00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.440 Christ 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.359 exercising 00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:09.099 his rule. 00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:11.639 So I 00:23:11.639 --> 00:23:12.000 think the 00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.500 promise 00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.839 is likely 00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.559 referring to 00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.459 every way 00:23:15.459 --> 00:23:16.399 that the 00:23:16.399 --> 00:23:17.199 risen Christ 00:23:17.199 --> 00:23:18.740 is exercising 00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.339 his rule. 00:23:21.219 --> 00:23:21.939 And I 00:23:21.939 --> 00:23:22.199 think the 00:23:22.199 --> 00:23:23.000 transfiguration 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.719 is just a 00:23:23.719 --> 00:23:24.059 little 00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:25.500 foretaste, 00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:25.879 a little 00:23:25.879 --> 00:23:26.719 window into 00:23:26.719 --> 00:23:27.419 heaven of 00:23:27.419 --> 00:23:28.619 who he 00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:29.099 is right 00:23:29.099 --> 00:23:29.439 now. 00:23:30.459 --> 00:23:30.819 He is at 00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.359 the Father's 00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:31.759 hand. 00:23:34.399 --> 00:23:35.119 With the 00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:35.659 eyes of 00:23:35.659 --> 00:23:36.439 faith for us 00:23:36.439 --> 00:23:37.179 today, if we 00:23:37.179 --> 00:23:37.559 take the 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:37.919 apostles' 00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:38.579 word for 00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:38.940 what they 00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.220 saw, 00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:39.740 especially 00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.139 that he 00:23:40.139 --> 00:23:40.559 is risen, 00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:41.659 that he 00:23:41.659 --> 00:23:42.659 is God's 00:23:42.659 --> 00:23:42.940 king, 00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:46.359 this 00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:47.019 testimony 00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.679 that they 00:23:47.679 --> 00:23:48.659 gladly laid 00:23:48.659 --> 00:23:49.039 down their 00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.700 lives for, 00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:50.839 with the 00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.319 eyes of 00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:52.220 faith, we 00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:52.639 can see 00:23:52.639 --> 00:23:53.159 him reigning 00:23:53.159 --> 00:23:53.559 now. 00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:58.240 If you 00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.720 try and 00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.359 see Christ 00:23:59.359 --> 00:23:59.919 reigning 00:23:59.919 --> 00:24:01.379 only in the 00:24:01.379 --> 00:24:01.919 good things 00:24:01.919 --> 00:24:02.440 of life, 00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:03.980 so all 00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:05.799 the pleasures 00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.579 and health 00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:06.879 and 00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:08.380 all the 00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:08.900 relationships, 00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:09.460 if you 00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:09.940 try and 00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:11.020 see Jesus 00:24:11.020 --> 00:24:11.720 reigning in 00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.240 only the 00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:12.680 good things 00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:12.960 but not 00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.380 the bad 00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:13.740 things, 00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.820 the sin 00:24:14.820 --> 00:24:15.380 and sickness 00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:16.120 and shame 00:24:16.120 --> 00:24:16.680 and death, 00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:20.000 because of a 00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.980 warped idea 00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.900 of what Christ 00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:23.180 came to 00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:25.380 remove in 00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:26.040 this life, 00:24:26.320 --> 00:24:26.780 he came to 00:24:26.780 --> 00:24:27.200 remove, 00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:28.480 remember that 00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.360 self-rule, 00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.480 that's what he 00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:30.840 came to 00:24:30.840 --> 00:24:31.160 remove. 00:24:32.840 --> 00:24:33.580 All those 00:24:33.580 --> 00:24:33.900 things are 00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.160 going to be 00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:34.920 removed later, 00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:36.640 but we've 00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:36.920 got to get 00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.519 his mission 00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.460 right, 00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.300 we've got to 00:24:39.300 --> 00:24:39.700 think of it 00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.080 right, 00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:42.759 because if we 00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.420 have a warped 00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:43.940 view of his 00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.259 mission, 00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:44.820 we will 00:24:44.820 --> 00:24:45.400 struggle to 00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:45.779 see his 00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.180 glory, 00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:46.500 like, 00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.340 is following 00:24:47.340 --> 00:24:47.779 Christ, 00:24:47.860 --> 00:24:48.279 is he really 00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:48.860 that glorious? 00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.740 If there's so 00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.519 much hardship 00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.720 and things 00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.120 not going 00:24:55.120 --> 00:24:55.360 well. 00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.740 But if we 00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.500 see this 00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.300 suffering in 00:25:00.300 --> 00:25:00.779 our risen 00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.180 Christ, 00:25:01.320 --> 00:25:01.740 if we 00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.360 understand his 00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:03.799 mission is 00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.439 to deliver 00:25:04.439 --> 00:25:05.879 people from 00:25:05.879 --> 00:25:07.439 the hell-bent 00:25:07.439 --> 00:25:08.599 allegiance to 00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:09.459 self in this 00:25:09.459 --> 00:25:11.419 world, then 00:25:11.419 --> 00:25:13.339 I think we 00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:13.799 can see 00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:15.199 tastes of 00:25:15.199 --> 00:25:16.279 his power 00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.839 at work 00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:19.199 in the 00:25:19.199 --> 00:25:19.859 transformed 00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.459 lives of 00:25:20.459 --> 00:25:20.979 his people, 00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:24.359 who people 00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:26.279 compelled by 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.899 his love 00:25:26.899 --> 00:25:28.159 actually answer 00:25:28.159 --> 00:25:28.859 the call to 00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.519 come and die 00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.279 to self and 00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.859 live for him. 00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.959 We can see 00:25:31.959 --> 00:25:33.279 his power 00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:33.779 at work, 00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:34.359 his kingdom 00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:35.019 is coming, 00:25:35.179 --> 00:25:35.639 we can see 00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:36.000 it in this 00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.419 room. 00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.740 We can see 00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.319 him reigning 00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:41.039 now because 00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:42.059 when people 00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.740 who once 00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.619 boasted in 00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:43.779 their 00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.399 accomplishments, 00:25:44.939 --> 00:25:45.939 they now 00:25:45.939 --> 00:25:46.539 boast in 00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.179 their weakness 00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:49.539 and they say 00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:49.979 that anything 00:25:49.979 --> 00:25:50.619 they can do 00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.240 is Christ 00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:51.839 through them. 00:25:52.219 --> 00:25:52.619 What is 00:25:52.619 --> 00:25:53.500 that change? 00:25:55.139 --> 00:25:55.879 That's the 00:25:55.879 --> 00:25:56.179 kingdom 00:25:56.179 --> 00:25:56.659 coming. 00:25:58.199 --> 00:25:58.899 We see 00:25:58.899 --> 00:25:59.459 him reigning 00:25:59.459 --> 00:25:59.939 now when 00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:00.660 people who 00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:01.860 just dive 00:26:01.860 --> 00:26:02.580 headlong 00:26:02.580 --> 00:26:03.360 into the 00:26:03.360 --> 00:26:04.220 sinful pleasures 00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.660 of this 00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.240 world just 00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.460 go, 00:26:05.840 --> 00:26:06.180 I want to 00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:06.519 cut off 00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:07.160 my hand, 00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.539 I want to 00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:07.920 pluck out 00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.559 my eye 00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.340 because I 00:26:09.340 --> 00:26:10.200 found something 00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:11.759 better and 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.460 more joyful 00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.299 and this is 00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:13.880 getting in the 00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:14.600 way of that. 00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.539 What is 00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.440 that change? 00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:18.779 It's the 00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.039 kingdom 00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:20.039 coming. 00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.759 It's 00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.080 Christ 00:26:23.080 --> 00:26:23.779 ruling the 00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.180 heart. 00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:24.220 Christ. 00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.759 I think 00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.180 we see 00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:27.820 his kingdom 00:26:27.820 --> 00:26:28.340 reigning 00:26:28.340 --> 00:26:28.860 in people 00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:29.980 when people 00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.560 who once 00:26:30.560 --> 00:26:31.720 were bitter 00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:33.240 and demanding 00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:34.120 justice from 00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:34.580 those who 00:26:34.580 --> 00:26:35.140 wronged them 00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:36.480 now devote 00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.500 themselves to 00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.140 reconciliation 00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:39.140 and they 00:26:39.140 --> 00:26:40.100 want to 00:26:40.100 --> 00:26:42.720 give mercy. 00:26:43.320 --> 00:26:43.940 Not just 00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.299 have to, 00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:44.880 they want 00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.600 to because 00:26:45.600 --> 00:26:46.960 they've 00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.519 received so 00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.019 much mercy 00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.519 themselves. 00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:49.980 What is 00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.660 that change? 00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:53.440 it's the 00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:53.779 love of 00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.140 Christ 00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:54.740 compelling 00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.180 a person. 00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:55.840 It's 00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:56.440 ruling the 00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:56.779 heart. 00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:58.480 When people 00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:59.160 once clinging 00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.820 to house 00:26:59.820 --> 00:27:00.500 and family 00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.240 and land 00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.580 as their 00:27:01.580 --> 00:27:02.000 life, 00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:04.400 give it 00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:04.680 up. 00:27:06.060 --> 00:27:06.600 Hold it 00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:06.980 loosely. 00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.519 Use it 00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:08.000 all for 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.580 his sake 00:27:08.580 --> 00:27:08.880 and for 00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:09.400 the gospel. 00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.620 We can 00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:12.100 see him 00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.480 reigning. 00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:15.360 When people 00:27:15.360 --> 00:27:15.840 who once 00:27:15.840 --> 00:27:16.220 counted 00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:16.759 greatness 00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.759 as rising 00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.519 above others 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.500 now see 00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.000 greatness 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:21.079 as having 00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.740 faith like 00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.279 a child 00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:23.960 and being 00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.519 the servant 00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:24.980 of all 00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.359 others, 00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.460 that's 00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:26.839 greatness 00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.700 to serve. 00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.440 What is 00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:29.220 that change? 00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.039 It's 00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:31.759 Christ reigning 00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:33.180 over the 00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:33.759 hearts of 00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.119 people. 00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:38.640 When people 00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:39.059 who once 00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.700 faced their 00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.420 death as 00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:41.599 losing their 00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:42.259 whole life 00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.980 can now 00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:44.400 face the 00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:44.759 loss of 00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.460 all things 00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:46.980 and all 00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.319 they're getting 00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:47.799 in return 00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.480 is Christ 00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.039 and they 00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:49.519 count it 00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:51.180 I'm 00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.599 gaining. 00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:57.400 That's 00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:58.059 him 00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:58.619 reigning 00:27:58.619 --> 00:27:59.379 now. 00:28:00.879 --> 00:28:01.200 The 00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:01.420 kingdom 00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:01.980 is coming. 00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:08.220 So this 00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.819 call to 00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.079 follow 00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.599 Christ's 00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:10.000 path to 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.400 glory, 00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.759 it must 00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:14.039 sound 00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.980 incomprehensible 00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.740 to our 00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.220 culture at 00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:16.579 the moment 00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:18.740 where pain 00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.419 is to be 00:28:19.419 --> 00:28:20.059 avoided at 00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.659 all costs 00:28:20.659 --> 00:28:23.000 and you 00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.859 depend on 00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:24.859 people's 00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.679 affirmation of 00:28:25.679 --> 00:28:26.359 my thinking 00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:27.059 and feelings 00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.720 and choices. 00:28:28.199 --> 00:28:29.220 This just 00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.639 must be, 00:28:30.639 --> 00:28:31.419 it must seem 00:28:31.419 --> 00:28:31.819 the opposite 00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.359 to life. 00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:32.399 love. 00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:36.979 But if you 00:28:36.979 --> 00:28:38.399 confess this 00:28:38.399 --> 00:28:39.319 suffering 00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:39.879 Christ, 00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:41.779 what 00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.759 ought to 00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.599 compel you 00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:44.319 to have 00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:45.019 allegiance to 00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.339 him and 00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:45.740 renounce 00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:47.419 self isn't 00:28:47.419 --> 00:28:47.919 to try and 00:28:47.919 --> 00:28:48.359 pay him 00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:48.959 back for 00:28:48.959 --> 00:28:49.619 his death 00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:49.959 for you, 00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.240 it's not 00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.679 to try and 00:28:50.679 --> 00:28:51.019 pay him 00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.319 back, 00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:52.559 it's not 00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.079 to try and 00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.839 shore up 00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:54.059 your 00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:54.559 salvation, 00:28:55.159 --> 00:28:56.000 it's rock 00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.339 solid, 00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.699 you can't 00:28:57.699 --> 00:28:58.139 shore up 00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:58.299 your 00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:58.619 salvation. 00:28:58.619 --> 00:29:00.639 It's 00:29:00.639 --> 00:29:00.939 the love 00:29:00.939 --> 00:29:01.599 of Christ, 00:29:02.159 --> 00:29:02.759 a crucified 00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.539 Christ that 00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:04.299 compels us. 00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:07.019 I think we 00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.659 grow in our 00:29:07.659 --> 00:29:09.579 love for 00:29:09.579 --> 00:29:10.099 what he has 00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.639 done for us 00:29:10.639 --> 00:29:11.000 when we 00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.739 acknowledge the 00:29:11.739 --> 00:29:12.299 fact that we 00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:12.919 are in love 00:29:12.919 --> 00:29:13.419 with self. 00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.339 I am in 00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:15.679 love with 00:29:15.679 --> 00:29:16.219 this world 00:29:16.219 --> 00:29:18.299 and he 00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:20.000 still chose 00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:21.759 to die 00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.379 to free me 00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:22.799 from that, 00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.459 to actually 00:29:23.459 --> 00:29:23.779 give me 00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.179 life. 00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:29.679 What compels 00:29:29.679 --> 00:29:30.219 us is 00:29:30.219 --> 00:29:30.679 his love 00:29:30.679 --> 00:29:31.179 for us, 00:29:31.679 --> 00:29:32.059 to make 00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.299 it a 00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:33.799 choice to 00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.559 deny self 00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.219 and take 00:29:35.219 --> 00:29:35.699 up cross 00:29:35.699 --> 00:29:36.139 and follow 00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:36.379 him. 00:29:38.719 --> 00:29:39.479 I think 00:29:39.479 --> 00:29:39.919 the last 00:29:39.919 --> 00:29:40.779 stanza of 00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:42.059 one of 00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.579 William 00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.279 Cowper's 00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:43.659 poems, 00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.259 now this 00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.819 guy, 00:29:45.939 --> 00:29:46.599 he wrestled 00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:47.719 with deep 00:29:47.719 --> 00:29:48.819 bouts of 00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.259 depression 00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:50.099 his whole 00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:50.559 life. 00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:51.719 Talk about 00:29:51.719 --> 00:29:52.159 weakness, 00:29:52.459 --> 00:29:54.019 severe 00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.659 depression. 00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:57.860 most of 00:29:57.860 --> 00:29:58.320 his life 00:29:58.320 --> 00:29:58.640 and yet 00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.380 he produced 00:29:59.380 --> 00:29:59.740 some of 00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.140 the most 00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:01.560 powerful 00:30:01.560 --> 00:30:02.180 poems 00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:04.140 of 00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:04.560 Christian 00:30:04.560 --> 00:30:04.920 literature. 00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.600 I think 00:30:07.600 --> 00:30:08.080 this last 00:30:08.080 --> 00:30:08.480 stanza 00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.300 sums it 00:30:09.300 --> 00:30:09.500 up. 00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:12.080 To see 00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:12.800 the law 00:30:12.800 --> 00:30:14.380 by Christ 00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:14.960 fulfilled 00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:17.060 and hear 00:30:17.060 --> 00:30:17.759 his 00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.380 pardoning 00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:18.840 voice 00:30:18.840 --> 00:30:21.200 changes 00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:22.300 a slave 00:30:22.300 --> 00:30:22.800 into a 00:30:22.800 --> 00:30:23.279 child 00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:24.539 and 00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.099 duty 00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:26.079 into 00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.660 choice. 00:30:31.899 --> 00:30:32.799 If we 00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.359 believe 00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:34.539 he is 00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.059 glorious 00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.579 not just 00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.000 because 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.420 he's not 00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:36.799 suffering 00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.279 anymore 00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:38.200 but 00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:39.039 precisely 00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.599 because 00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.399 he chose 00:30:40.399 --> 00:30:40.980 to suffer, 00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.539 if he's 00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:42.940 glorious 00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.700 because he 00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.399 laid down 00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:44.960 his life, 00:30:45.399 --> 00:30:45.799 we'll want 00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.180 to imitate 00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.799 him because 00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.279 we believe 00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.500 it's 00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:47.879 glorious. 00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.720 We will 00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.139 count it 00:30:51.139 --> 00:30:51.639 such a 00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:52.160 high honour 00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:53.099 to join 00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:53.480 him on 00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:53.639 his 00:30:53.639 --> 00:30:53.959 mission. 00:30:56.459 --> 00:30:57.019 Doing 00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.740 our part 00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.719 to get 00:30:58.719 --> 00:30:59.179 the word 00:30:59.179 --> 00:30:59.959 out about 00:30:59.959 --> 00:31:00.179 this 00:31:00.179 --> 00:31:00.599 crucified 00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.179 Christ 00:31:01.179 --> 00:31:01.919 and living 00:31:01.919 --> 00:31:02.599 a cross 00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:02.939 shaped 00:31:02.939 --> 00:31:03.579 life so 00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:04.039 that people 00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.859 can see 00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:05.379 the hope 00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:05.659 that we 00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:05.959 have. 00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:12.319 So his 00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:12.719 mission, 00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:13.919 it wasn't 00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:14.480 to die 00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.519 for a 00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:15.980 superficial 00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.799 level 00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:18.379 of sin 00:31:18.379 --> 00:31:19.000 to change 00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.639 behaviours 00:31:19.639 --> 00:31:21.419 so that 00:31:21.419 --> 00:31:23.319 he might 00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:23.559 become 00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.339 first on 00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:24.619 our 00:31:24.619 --> 00:31:24.960 agenda. 00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.659 He doesn't 00:31:25.659 --> 00:31:25.879 want to 00:31:25.879 --> 00:31:26.399 be first 00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:26.940 on our 00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.259 agenda. 00:31:27.899 --> 00:31:28.099 His 00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:28.480 mission 00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:30.039 was to 00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.799 die for 00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.659 our allegiance 00:31:31.659 --> 00:31:32.359 to self 00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:32.720 in this 00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.619 world so 00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:33.919 that he 00:31:33.919 --> 00:31:34.399 sets us 00:31:34.399 --> 00:31:34.919 a totally 00:31:34.919 --> 00:31:35.460 new 00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:35.940 agenda. 00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:38.599 He gives 00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:38.879 us the 00:31:38.879 --> 00:31:39.220 promise, 00:31:39.419 --> 00:31:39.759 whoever 00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.879 loses 00:31:40.879 --> 00:31:41.639 their life 00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:42.220 for my 00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.579 sake 00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:44.000 will find 00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.220 it. 00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.579 So I'll 00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.900 leave that 00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:51.240 challenge 00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:51.579 with you. 00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.519 Why don't 00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:52.900 we pray? 00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.559 Let's pray. 00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:11.880 Lord, 00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:13.000 even as 00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:14.039 I preach 00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:15.059 these words, 00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.640 I know 00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:16.400 how much 00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:16.799 my own 00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.279 heart is 00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:17.740 still, 00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:19.759 well, 00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:20.160 I know 00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:20.480 a little 00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:20.940 bit of 00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:21.319 how much 00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:21.700 my own 00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:21.940 heart 00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.539 still 00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:24.240 revolves 00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:24.559 around 00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:24.980 self 00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.579 and 00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:27.900 looks at 00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:28.400 life in 00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:28.660 worldly 00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:29.160 terms. 00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:29.579 And so 00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:32.000 I thank 00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.680 you for 00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:35.880 moving 00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:36.640 towards us 00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:37.859 and laying 00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.299 down your 00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:39.720 life to 00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.380 free us 00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:40.740 from the 00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.039 love of 00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:42.200 self so 00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:42.480 that we 00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:43.100 might know 00:32:43.100 --> 00:32:44.319 the depths 00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:44.640 of your 00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:45.080 love for 00:32:45.080 --> 00:32:45.340 us. 00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:47.080 Lord, 00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:47.360 I pray 00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:47.660 that you 00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:49.220 would help 00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.620 us as 00:32:49.620 --> 00:32:50.080 your people 00:32:50.080 --> 00:32:51.779 to have 00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.340 an eternal 00:32:52.340 --> 00:32:53.000 perspective. 00:32:54.580 --> 00:32:55.279 Help us 00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:56.360 to count 00:32:56.360 --> 00:32:57.420 it a joy 00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:58.240 to share 00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:59.440 your cross, 00:32:59.600 --> 00:33:00.980 not in 00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.299 saving 00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:01.799 ourselves, 00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.299 but sharing 00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:04.039 it in 00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:05.580 showing 00:33:05.580 --> 00:33:06.120 people 00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:07.759 that life 00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.539 isn't found 00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:09.240 in self 00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.500 and the 00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:09.779 world, 00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:10.120 but is 00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:10.559 found in 00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:10.819 you. 00:33:12.439 --> 00:33:12.639 So 00:33:12.639 --> 00:33:12.799 Lord, 00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:13.139 convince 00:33:13.139 --> 00:33:13.359 our 00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:13.619 hearts. 00:33:13.719 --> 00:33:13.919 I know 00:33:13.919 --> 00:33:14.299 that my 00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:14.719 words 00:33:14.719 --> 00:33:15.539 have no 00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:15.939 power, 00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:16.399 but your 00:33:16.399 --> 00:33:17.000 words have 00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.439 all the 00:33:17.439 --> 00:33:17.719 power. 00:33:17.939 --> 00:33:18.839 So convince 00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.219 us. 00:33:19.459 --> 00:33:19.899 And Lord, 00:33:19.939 --> 00:33:20.319 if there's 00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:21.219 anyone who 00:33:21.219 --> 00:33:24.919 isn't sure 00:33:24.919 --> 00:33:25.259 where they 00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.819 stand with 00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.019 you, 00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:26.479 I pray 00:33:26.479 --> 00:33:28.000 that you 00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.459 would call 00:33:28.459 --> 00:33:28.699 them, 00:33:28.939 --> 00:33:29.439 call them 00:33:29.439 --> 00:33:30.039 to yourself 00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.439 to come 00:33:30.439 --> 00:33:30.879 and die 00:33:30.879 --> 00:33:31.819 and be 00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.759 raised to 00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:34.439 a life 00:33:34.439 --> 00:33:34.619 that you've 00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:35.179 never known, 00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:36.739 full of 00:33:36.739 --> 00:33:37.079 glory. 00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:38.299 In Jesus' 00:33:38.459 --> 00:33:38.599 name, 00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:39.000 Amen.