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 Now it happened that as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him.

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 And he asked them, Who did the crowd say that I am?

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 And they answered, John the Baptist.

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 But others say, Elijah.

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 And others, and one of the prophets of old has risen.

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 And he said to them, But who do you say that I am?

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 And Peter answered, The Christ of God.

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 And he strictly charged and commanded them to tell this to no one, saying,

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 The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes,

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 and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

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 And he said to all, If anyone would come after me,

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 let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

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 For whoever will save his life will lose it,

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 but whoever loses his life for my sake will save me.

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 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world,

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 and loses or forfeits himself?

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 For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words,

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 of him will the Son of Man be ashamed,

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 when he comes in his glory,

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 and the glory of the Father and of all the angels.

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 But I tell you truly,

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 there are some standing here who will not taste death

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 until they see the kingdom of God.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 The weeks leading up to Resurrection Sunday

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 are when people think about Christianity a lot more than usual.

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 People that are not normally church groups,

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 not Christians.

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 And a lot of people assume that they know what Christianity is all about.

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 But there are a lot of misconceptions about what Christianity really is,

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 what it means to be a true Christian.

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 For example, many people think of Christianity the same way

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 that they think about charms or talismans.

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 Nowadays I hear that who's, what do you call those,

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 the ham, the hamza hand.

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 Jewelries are popular.

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 A hand with like an eye on it.

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 Or an eye jewelry is supposed to protect people against the evil eye,

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 which is supposed to bring a curse.

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 It has Middle Eastern or Latin origin,

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 but it's very popular here in North America now.

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 Or if you're walking around the streets in Cambridge Street,

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 at the restaurants on Cambridge Street,

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 you probably notice the maneki deko,

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 the cat,

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 with the hand waving.

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 It has a Chinese character that means good luck,

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 good fortune written on the token.

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 And people believe that it brings them good luck.

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 It will bring more customers.

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 And in much the same way,

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 some people think of Christianity like that.

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 They hang wooden classes on their walls.

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 Or have statutes of Catholic saints in their yards,

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 as if that's going to war off evil and bring good fortune.

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 Some other people think about Christianity as like any sort of an insurance coverage.

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 They make sure that their children and grandchildren are baptized after they're born,

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 even though they pay no heed to their Christian upbringing afterward.

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 They attend worship services on Easter,

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 Christmas,

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 but the rest of their lives bear no resemblance to Christ and his Easter.

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 It's for them just an insurance coverage.

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 In case something goes wrong,

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 something's happened to me,

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 at least uncovered.

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 Some other people use Christianity as a crutch.

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 They feel lonely,

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 so they turn to church for community.

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 They are poor,

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 so they turn to church for financial support.

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 They rely on Christianity to provide a social network,

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 or a system of morality,

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 so that they can improve themselves as human beings,

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 as moral citizens.

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 It functions as a crutch to meet their needs.

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 But Christianity as defined by Jesus in this passage

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 is not a charm or an insurance coverage or a crutch,

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 but rather a cross.

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 A cross that we're supposed to bear every day.

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 And what I mean by that is that we are to follow the character of Christ

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 to bore the cross for us,

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 and follow an example of humility, submission,

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 his suffering.

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 That's what a true Christian is.

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 That's the main point of this passage,

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 that a true Christian takes up his cross daily.

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 To follow Jesus Christ.

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 And we examine this passage in three parts

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 by looking at the crowds,

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 the Christ,

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 and the Christian.

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 First, let's look at the crowds

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 and their speculation concerning Jesus

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 in verse 18 to 19.

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 When Jesus was away from the crowds

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 and alone with his disciples,

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 Jesus asked his disciples in verse 18,

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 Who do the crowds say that I am?

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 And they reply in verse 19,

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 John the Baptist.

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 But others say Elijah,

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 and others say one of the prophets of old

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 has risen.

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 These were the most popular opinions

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 about Jesus in their day.

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 And these are kind of flattering identifications,

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 aren't they?

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 They're not really bad rumors.

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 These are all great people.

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 John the Baptist,

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 according to Jesus' own judgment

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 in Luke 7.28,

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 in terms of his relation to God

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 and his privileged status

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 as a forerunner to the Messiah.

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 He is the greatest prophet

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 and indeed the greatest human being

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 that ever lived

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 of the time of Jesus.

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 Elijah, similarly,

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 was a great prophet,

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 one of the most powerful prophets

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 in the Old Testament.

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 And in fact,

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 Luke has been building

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 his comparison with Elijah

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 throughout the Gospel

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 by comparing their ministries

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 intentionally.

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 The third option

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 is also a great one.

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 It's just one of the

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 great prophets of old

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 has risen.

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 There was popular expectation

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 that a great prophet

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 of old would return.

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 And so all three of these

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 are really flattering options

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 for who Jesus might be.

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 The crowds are not saying

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 nasty things about him.

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 They adore him, in fact,

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 and they're saying

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 wonderful things about him.

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 But even though

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 the crowd's estimation

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 of Jesus is high,

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 it's not high enough.

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 as we learn

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 the following verses.

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 And there's a lesson

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 here for us.

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 Many people in our day

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 still have very good

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 opinions about Jesus.

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 Muslims believe

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 that Jesus was one

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 of the highest ranked

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 and most beloved prophets.

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 The Sikhs believe

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 that Jesus was a high ranked

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 holy man.

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 Jehovah's Witnesses

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 believe that Jesus

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 is the highest

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 of all God's creatures.

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 Christian scientists

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 believe that Jesus

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 was the first human

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 to manifest fully

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 the truth of Christian science.

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 Some political

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 and social theories

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 believe that Jesus

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 was a social

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 and political revolutionary

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 that preached liberation

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 and called for radical

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 restructuring of society.

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 Many Buddhists,

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 atheists,

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 and secular moral theists

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 believe that Jesus

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 was a great moral teacher.

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 It's a great thing

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 to say about somebody.

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 Their estimation

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 of Jesus is high,

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 but it's not

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 high enough.

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 That's the crowd.

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 Why?

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 That brings me

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 to our second point,

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 to Christ.

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 Look at verse 20 with me.

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 Then Jesus said to them,

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 What do you say

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 that I am?

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 And Peter answered,

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 The Christ of God.

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 Before explaining

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 what Peter's reply means,

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 let me first point

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 your attention

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 to how Jesus

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 rephrases his question.

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 Jesus is saying,

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 in effect,

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 That's enough

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 of what the crowd

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 say about me.

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 What do you say

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 that I am?

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 Jesus is not really

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 interested in the

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 public sentiment

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 or public approval.

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 He couldn't care less

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 about that.

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 He's asking

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 his disciples,

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 and he's asking

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 you tonight,

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 Who do you say

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 that I am?

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 Many of you

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 have had all kinds

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 of ideas

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 about who Jesus is.

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 And many of you

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 have had ideas

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 that are not your own,

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 but simply an assimilation

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 of what the crowds say,

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 what the masses

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 say about Jesus.

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 But you cannot

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 become a Christian,

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 a Father of Christ

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 be of toxic.

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 You must make up

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 your own mind

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 about what Jesus is.

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 You have to have

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 a personal faith

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 And I want to ask you,

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 have you ever

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 seriously,

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 open-mindedly,

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 and honestly

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 consider the question,

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 What do you say

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 that I am?

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 And tonight,

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 this has been

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 an opportunity to say.

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 We have Peter's answer

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 recorded here

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 in verse 20,

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 the Christ of God.

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 Even though it's

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 Peter alone

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 who speaks,

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 he's answering

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 really for all

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 of the apostles,

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 the twelve,

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 because he's the leader

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 among the apostles.

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 That's why Jesus'

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 initial question

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 is addressed

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 to all of them,

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 and his charge

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 not to speak of it

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 later is also addressed

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 to all of the apostles.

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 He's speaking

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 for them all.

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 And the word Christ

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 is not Jesus'

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 last name,

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 but the title

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 that means Messiah,

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 or anointed one,

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 because the Jews

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 believe in accordance

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 with the Old Testament

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 prophecies,

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 that God would raise

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 up a king

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 from the line

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 of David,

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 who would represent

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 the presence of God

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 and the favor of God

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 back upon his people,

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 and that he would

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 restore the kingdom

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 of God

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 to his former glory

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 and splendor.

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 He would save

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 God's people,

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 Israel.

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 And related to

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 this concept

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 of the anointed one

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 to Christ

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 is the idea

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 of the Son of God,

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 because prophecies

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 like Psalm 2

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 said that God

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 called the Messianic

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 King, his son,

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 in Psalm 2, 7-8.

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 And so far

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 in the Gospel of Luke,

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 this is a remarkable

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 profession,

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 because for those

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 who have been with us

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 through the series,

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 the profession

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 of Jesus

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 as the Christ

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 and as the Son of God

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 have been made

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 throughout the Gospel

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 of Luke up to this point

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 only by God himself

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 or by angelic beings.

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 In Luke 2, 11,

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 an angel announced

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 that Jesus is a Savior

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 who is Christ the Lord,

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 combining the concept

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 of Christ the anointed

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 one with the divine Lord.

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 In Luke 3, 22,

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 God the Father

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 said of Jesus,

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 You are my beloved Son,

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 with you I am well pleased.

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 In Luke 4, 41,

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 he brought together

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 the concept of the Christ

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 and the Son of God.

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 And when a demon,

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 coming out of a demon

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 of this man said,

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 You are the Son of God.

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 And then Jesus

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 rebukes the demons,

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 telling them not to speak,

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 because they knew

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 that he was the Christ.

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 So Jesus' true identity

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 has been hidden

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 up to this point

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 from recognition

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 by humans.

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 But here we see

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 Peter, a mere mortal,

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 making this momentous profession

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 that Jesus is in Christ

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 of God,

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 that would restore

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 the kingdom of God

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 to Jesus.

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 And what Peter is saying

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 is really amazing,

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 but what Jesus says next

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 seems nonsensical.

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 Because he says

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 in verses 21 to 22,

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 Jesus strictly charged

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 and commanded them

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 to tell this to no one,

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 saying the Son of Man

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 must suffer many things

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 and be rejected

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 by the elders

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 and cheap priests

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 and scribes

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 and be killed

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 and on the third day

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 be raised.

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 Jesus,

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 even though he is

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 the Messianic King,

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 predicts for himself

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 suffering,

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 rejection,

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 and even death.

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 And this must have been

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 profoundly confusing

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 for these disciples

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 who have seen him

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 demonstrate his authority

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 and power

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 over and over again

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 over nature,

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 over demons,

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 over diseases,

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 and even over death

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 itself.

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 So what do you mean,

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 Jesus?

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 You're the one,

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 you're the king

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 that people are supposed

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 to welcome

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 and hail as their king.

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 What do you mean

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 the cheap priests

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 and the elders

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 will reject you?

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 You are the one

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 who is supposed

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 to kill our enemies.

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 What do you mean

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 you're going to be killed?

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 Why is this the case?

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 It's because Jesus

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 is teaching us

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 that his path

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 to glory,

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 his path to reign,

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 his glorious reign

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 as the Messianic King

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 will go through

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 the path of humility

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 and suffering.

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 And that's necessary

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 because what God's people

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 need to deliver us from

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 was not primarily

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 the oppression

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 of others,

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 but it was deliverance

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 that they needed

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 from their own sins

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 and their own rebellion

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 against God.

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 Because it was their sin

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 and rebellion against God

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 that had brought them

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 to the condition

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 that they are in now

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 of exile,

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 of alienation from God,

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 of rejection,

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 of lostness

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 from the kingdom of God.

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 They had used the temple

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 like a charm,

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 thinking that just because

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 they had the temple of God,

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 no evil would be all of them.

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 They used the religion,

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 they used Christianity,

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 they used their faith,

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 the Jews,

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 as a crutch.

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 Instead of serving God

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 and loving God

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 as who he is,

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 they turned to another God

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 when they needed reign.

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 They turned to the God Ashtoreth

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 when they needed

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 to have children.

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 They used these things

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 because what they were after

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 was not really God himself.

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 They were not worshipping him,

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 but they were using him.

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 To get their ends.

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 And the situation

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 is the same for all of us.

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 We've all sinned

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 and rebelled against God.

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 We've ungratefully used

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 God's good gifts

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 instead of acknowledging

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 the giver of all good gifts

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 and worshipping him.

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 We are creatures,

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 but we have presumed

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 as creatures

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 to invent our own priorities

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 and purposes in life

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 instead of submitting

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 to the will of our creator.

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 We've disobeyed God's laws.

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 And because of that,

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 we have been separated

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 from God.

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 And we need rescuing

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 from our own sins.

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 And so even the 12 apostles

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 don't quite grasp

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 the full significance of this

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 until later,

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 after Jesus' death

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 and resurrection.

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 But that's what we're

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 reflecting on tonight

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 because Jesus'

00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:39.379
 encroachment ceremony

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 is his execution

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 on the cross.

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 Because that's the path

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 he chose

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 to save his people

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 and to gather our people

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 for himself

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 in the giving of God.

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 That's who the Christ is.

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 And Jesus chose

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 this path of suffering

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 and rejection

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 and death

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 because he loved us.

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 He wanted to save us.

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 And it's his example

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 that sets the path

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 for the Christian.

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 And that brings us

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 to our third point,

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 the Christian.

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 What does it look like

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 to live as a Christian?

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 Jesus sums it up

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 in verse 23.

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 If anyone would come

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 after me,

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 let him deny himself

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 and take up his cross

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 daily and follow me.

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 The phrase,

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 come after me,

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 is the language

00:15:18.460 --> 00:15:19.420
 of discipleship.

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 And so this is the essence

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 of what it means

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 to be a disciple of Christ.

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 That's what a Christian is.

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 And it involves

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 three things.

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 And the first thing

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 is to deny oneself.

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 And the second thing

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 is to take up

00:15:32.720 --> 00:15:33.980
 the cross daily,

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 once crossed daily.

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 And the third thing

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 is following Jesus.

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 So the first step

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 is self-denial.

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 In order to follow Christ,

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 there must be

00:15:44.500 --> 00:15:45.740
 a fundamental shift

00:15:45.740 --> 00:15:46.759
 in our allegiance.

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 We must go from

00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:49.779
 living for ourselves

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 to living for Christ.

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 We must go from

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 indulging our own wills

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 to denying ourselves

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 in order to obey

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 God's will.

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 Our lives are

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 to be God-oriented

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 and God-directed

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 rather than

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 self-oriented

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 and self-directed.

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 That means

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 everything you think,

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 everything you say,

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 everything you do,

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 everything you buy,

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 it's no longer

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 for yourself

00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:17.680
 but for God

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 and His Lord.

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 And denying oneself

00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:22.040
 is a prerequisite

00:16:22.040 --> 00:16:22.940
 for accepting

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 God's will.

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 Which brings us

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 to the second aspect

00:16:25.740 --> 00:16:26.240
 of God's

00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:27.740
 Christian discipleship.

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 the disciple

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 of Christ

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 must take up

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 his cross.

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 Crucifixion

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 was a form

00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:34.700
 of Roman execution

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 and it was

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 a picture

00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:36.860
 of a cross

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 and a picture

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 of death.

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 And the crucifixion

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 was something,

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 it was a punishment

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 so cruel

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 that the Romans

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 reserved it

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 exclusively

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 to themselves.

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 When they

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 crucified criminals,

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 they also forced

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 them to carry

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 their own cross

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 to the place

00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:53.620
 of their death

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 and usually

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 they reserved

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 that punishment

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 for people

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 who were guilty

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 of treason.

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 So a picture

00:17:00.899 --> 00:17:01.399
 of someone

00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:02.639
 carrying a cross

00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:03.779
 to his own death

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 is a picture

00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:06.380
 of that person's

00:17:06.380 --> 00:17:07.500
 total submission

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 to Rome's

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 absolute authority.

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 That's what

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 taking up

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 one's cross

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 means.

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 It means that

00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:16.240
 a disciple

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 of Christ

00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:18.099
 must surrender

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 completely

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 to the authority

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 of God.

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 This is not

00:17:23.860 --> 00:17:24.759
 a literal command

00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:25.539
 to die

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 for Christ.

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 Because Jesus

00:17:28.539 --> 00:17:29.100
 says that his

00:17:29.100 --> 00:17:29.980
 disciple must

00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:30.819
 take up his

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 cross daily.

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 And since you

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 can physically

00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:34.480
 die for Christ

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 only once,

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 there's a figurative

00:17:36.180 --> 00:17:36.900
 meaning to it.

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 You're supposed

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 to die for him

00:17:38.180 --> 00:17:38.600
 daily.

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 And that means

00:17:40.840 --> 00:17:41.519
 to acknowledge

00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:42.680
 every day

00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:43.440
 that living

00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:44.600
 for yourself

00:17:44.600 --> 00:17:45.319
 is a way

00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:46.000
 of death

00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:47.340
 and choosing

00:17:47.340 --> 00:17:48.100
 to live

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 and to believe

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 in Jesus

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 and to live

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 for him

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 in every

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 aspect

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 of your

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 life.

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 Paul puts it

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 this way

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 in Galatians

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 2.20

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 I have been

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 crucified

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 with Christ.

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 It is no

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 longer I

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 who live

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 but Christ

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 who lives

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 in me.

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 And the

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 life I now

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 live in the

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 flesh I

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 live by faith

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 in the

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 Son of God

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 who loved

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 me and

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 gave himself

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 for me.

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 So to

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 take up

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 one's cross

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 daily is

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 to die

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 to oneself

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 and to live

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 to Christ.

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 And but even

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 though the

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 primary meaning

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 here is

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 figurative,

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 because Jesus

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 himself was

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 persecuted

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 and killed,

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 he taught

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 that those

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 who follow

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 him too

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 will be

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 persecuted.

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 And this

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 could mean

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 suffering,

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 rejection,

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 and even

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 death for

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 following Christ.

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 Taking a

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 far cross

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 does mean

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 martyrdom

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 for some

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 people.

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 discipleship.

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 The third

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 aspect of

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 Christian

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 discipleship

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 is following

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 Jesus.

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 It means

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 learning Jesus'

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 teachings and

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 observing the

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 pattern of

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 his life and

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 following it.

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 Discipleship in

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 the ancient

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 world also

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 entails joining

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 yourself with

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 other disciples

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 who are also

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 following the

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 same teacher.

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 And likewise

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 being a Christian

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 involves joining

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 yourself to a

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 church, which

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 is the group

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 of disciples who

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 are following

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 Jesus together.

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 And having

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 explained the

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 essence of the

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 Christian life,

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 Jesus then gives

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 three parallel

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 reasons to

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 motivate us in

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 verses 24 to

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 26.

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 There's three

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 different things

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 really saying the

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 same thing.

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 The first reason

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 is this,

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 for whoever

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 would save

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 his life will

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 lose it, but

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 whoever loses

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 his life for my

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 sake will save

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 it.

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 Whoever claims

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 to his own

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 life and tries

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 to preserve his

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 autonomy, his

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 independence, his

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 own lordship

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 over his own

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 life, instead

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 of surrendering

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 his life to

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 God, to

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 Christ will

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 actually end

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 up losing his

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 life.

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 But whoever

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 forsakes his

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 or her life for

00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:47.740
 the sake of

00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:48.400
 following Christ

00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:49.060
 will end up

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 saving their

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 lives.

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 Second, for

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 what does it

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 prop him in if

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 he gains the

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 whole world and

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 loses or forfeits

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 himself?

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 What good is

00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:01.980
 spending your

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 entire life

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 earning billions

00:20:04.120 --> 00:20:04.660
 of dollars?

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 What good is

00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:07.119
 having all the

00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:07.879
 respect and

00:20:07.879 --> 00:20:08.359
 power you

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 could have

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 in this

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 world?

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 If you die

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 apart from

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 Christ and

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 perish eternally.

00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:16.259
 Third, for

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 whoever is

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 ashamed of

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 me and of

00:20:17.819 --> 00:20:18.500
 my works,

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 of him will

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 a son of

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 man be

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 ashamed when

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 he comes in

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 his glory and

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 the glory of

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 the Father and

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 of the holy

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 angels, who

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 reject Christ in

00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:28.759
 this life, will

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 himself be

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 rejected by

00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:31.679
 Christ in the

00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:33.539
 next life, when

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 Christ returns

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 with his

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 heavenly

00:20:35.060 --> 00:20:35.440
 glory.

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 Then, Jesus

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 gives a bonus

00:20:39.940 --> 00:20:40.940
 encouragement in

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 verse 26 to

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 assure his

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 followers that

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 denying yourself

00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:45.660
 and taking up

00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:46.799
 your cross and

00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.460
 telling him he's

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:48.900
 not in vain, he

00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:49.600
 tells them, but I

00:20:49.600 --> 00:20:51.200
 tell you truly, there

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:52.039
 are some standing

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:53.019
 here who will not

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:54.560
 taste death until

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 they see the

00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:56.019
 kingdom of God.

00:20:56.080 --> 00:20:56.680
 This is really a

00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.500
 preview of our

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 passage for

00:20:58.299 --> 00:20:58.620
 Sunday.

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 What Jesus is

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.679
 promising here is

00:21:01.679 --> 00:21:02.379
 that what you're

00:21:02.379 --> 00:21:04.079
 doing in following

00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:04.879
 Jesus is not

00:21:04.879 --> 00:21:05.819
 wishful thinking.

00:21:05.939 --> 00:21:06.879
 In fact, there

00:21:06.879 --> 00:21:08.619
 are some among my

00:21:08.619 --> 00:21:09.539
 own disciples here,

00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.339
 these old disciples

00:21:10.339 --> 00:21:11.179
 among the twelve,

00:21:11.419 --> 00:21:12.019
 that will see with

00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:12.879
 their own eyes the

00:21:12.879 --> 00:21:13.559
 kingdom of God

00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:14.559
 before their death.

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:19.099
 What are the

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:20.119
 comforts and

00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:21.139
 pleasures of this

00:21:21.139 --> 00:21:21.899
 life that make

00:21:21.899 --> 00:21:22.859
 you cling to your

00:21:22.859 --> 00:21:24.159
 life instead of

00:21:24.159 --> 00:21:25.000
 giving it up to

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.279
 Christ?

00:21:28.619 --> 00:21:30.019
 What are the

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.539
 things in your

00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:31.139
 life that you

00:21:31.139 --> 00:21:32.739
 value more highly

00:21:32.739 --> 00:21:34.319
 than Jesus Christ

00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:36.139
 and the eternal

00:21:36.139 --> 00:21:37.239
 life he offers?

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:41.419
 Whoever will

00:21:41.419 --> 00:21:42.259
 save his life

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:43.139
 will lose it,

00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:44.039
 but whoever

00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:44.919
 loses his life

00:21:44.919 --> 00:21:45.639
 for my sake

00:21:45.639 --> 00:21:46.719
 will save it.

00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:50.259
 What are your

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:51.279
 personal ambitions

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:52.919
 that prevent you

00:21:52.919 --> 00:21:54.159
 from pursuing the

00:21:54.159 --> 00:21:55.039
 priorities and

00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:56.500
 purposes of Christ?

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:59.259
 what plans have

00:21:59.259 --> 00:22:00.000
 you laid for your

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.680
 life that you

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:01.259
 are not willing

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:02.579
 to exchange for

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:03.440
 God's plan?

00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:05.839
 What are you

00:22:05.839 --> 00:22:06.599
 trying to gain

00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:07.299
 with all of it?

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.539
 What does the

00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:10.480
 profit of man if he

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.200
 gain the whole

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:12.099
 world and loses

00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:13.000
 or forfeits his

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:14.059
 soul, himself?

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:16.740
 What are the

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.539
 people you are

00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:18.579
 trying to impress,

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.339
 to please?

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.339
 A man?

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:25.259
 A woman?

00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:27.319
 A friend?

00:22:27.619 --> 00:22:28.259
 A parent?

00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:29.920
 A boss?

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:31.759
 The crowds?

00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:34.240
 What good is it

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:35.200
 to be esteemed

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:36.140
 and popular in

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:37.480
 this world if

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.480
 King Jesus in

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.420
 all his glory

00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:40.700
 is ashamed of

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.779
 you and will

00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.500
 not receive you

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.059
 in this kingdom?

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:47.180
 Have you

00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:48.519
 openly, sincerely

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.480
 and seriously

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.599
 weighed these

00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:51.200
 questions?

00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:52.879
 Perhaps you

00:22:52.879 --> 00:22:53.279
 have not

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:54.359
 consciously rejected

00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:55.119
 Jesus but

00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:55.859
 you have never

00:22:55.859 --> 00:22:57.000
 seriously considered

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.339
 them.

00:22:58.899 --> 00:22:59.500
 Perhaps you're

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.259
 just too busy.

00:23:02.899 --> 00:23:04.000
 But what about

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:05.119
 the 50, 60

00:23:05.119 --> 00:23:06.639
 years that you

00:23:06.639 --> 00:23:07.279
 might have left

00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:07.839
 of your life

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.479
 here on earth?

00:23:08.719 --> 00:23:09.759
 It's so all

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.959
 important that you

00:23:10.959 --> 00:23:11.679
 neglect the

00:23:11.679 --> 00:23:12.319
 questions of

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:12.779
 eternity.

00:23:14.879 --> 00:23:15.699
 What about

00:23:15.699 --> 00:23:16.199
 that next

00:23:16.199 --> 00:23:17.599
 application or

00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:18.679
 grant or

00:23:18.679 --> 00:23:19.759
 paper or

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.479
 project or

00:23:20.479 --> 00:23:21.279
 deadline or

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.799
 client?

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.859
 is so all

00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:23.599
 important that

00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:24.299
 you risk

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:25.659
 forfeiting your

00:23:25.659 --> 00:23:26.500
 soul for it.

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.859
 What does it

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.539
 cost a man?

00:23:31.639 --> 00:23:32.200
 He gave the

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:32.980
 whole world yet

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.619
 loses or

00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:34.379
 forfeits himself.

00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.619
 Some people

00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:38.720
 mistakenly think

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.019
 that the

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.759
 Christian life

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:41.019
 which calls us

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:41.460
 to deny

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.419
 ourselves and

00:23:42.419 --> 00:23:42.980
 take up our

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.839
 cross, they

00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.519
 think that it's

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.419
 mistakenly that it

00:23:45.419 --> 00:23:45.960
 must be a

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.440
 drudgery.

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.180
 Who wants to

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:48.879
 live a life like

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:49.100
 that.

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:50.780
 But that

00:23:50.780 --> 00:23:51.360
 cannot be

00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:51.840
 further from

00:23:51.840 --> 00:23:52.240
 the truth.

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.860
 Do you call

00:23:54.860 --> 00:23:56.260
 getting up the

00:23:56.260 --> 00:23:57.540
 daily latte on

00:23:57.540 --> 00:23:58.340
 your commute for

00:23:58.340 --> 00:24:00.200
 a year so that

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.740
 you could save

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.580
 money and buy

00:24:01.580 --> 00:24:02.220
 an engagement

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:03.140
 bank for your

00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:03.500
 girlfriend?

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.040
 Do you call

00:24:04.040 --> 00:24:04.700
 that a sacrifice?

00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:09.160
 Do you call

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:09.860
 eating home

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 cooked meals

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 instead of

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 eating out in

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 restaurants?

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 Do you

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 could save for

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 your sacred

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 child's college

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:15.620
 tuition?

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 Do you call

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 that a sacrifice?

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 Do you call

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 experiencing

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:23.400
 momentary pain

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 a vaccination

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 so that you're

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 not afflicted

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 with more

00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:28.839
 serious illnesses

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.740
 later a

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.380
 sacrifice?

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.579
 Do you call

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 losing sleep at

00:24:34.600 --> 00:24:35.220
 night to take

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:36.259
 care of alien

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.920
 parents who

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 loved and

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:37.880
 supported you

00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:38.160
 for your

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:38.759
 entire life?

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.059
 Do you call

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 that a

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:39.779
 sacrifice?

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 No, that's

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 not a

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 sacrifice.

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 That's a

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 privilege.

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 It's a

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 blessing.

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 It's an

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 investment for

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 the future.

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 Forgoing the

00:24:54.120 --> 00:24:54.980
 conveniences of

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 this life,

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 risking danger,

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 experiencing

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:59.380
 suffering and

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 persecution,

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 giving up your

00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:02.220
 life out of

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.960
 love for the

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.579
 Savior who

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 gave himself

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:05.460
 for you so

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:05.740
 that you

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 might share

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 eternity in

00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:07.700
 glory with

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:07.960
 him.

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 It's not a

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.339
 sacrifice.

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:10.759
 That's a

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.140
 privilege.

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 That's a

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.299
 blessing.

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:13.460
 It's a blessing.

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 It's a blessing.

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 It's a blessing.

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:13.519
 It's a blessing.

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 It's a blessing.

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 It's a blessing.

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 It's a blessing.

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 to gain what he

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 cannot lose.

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:24.519
 On October 28th,

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:25.480
 1949,

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:29.059
 Jim Elliot penned a

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.700
 journal entry.

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 He said this,

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:33.920
 He is no fool

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:35.759
 who gives what he

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:38.000
 cannot keep to gain

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.779
 what he cannot

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.299
 lose.

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:50.079
 Then after years of preparation, on January 3, 1956, he along with four other missionaries

00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:55.759
 landed in the jungles of Ecuador in order to share the saving message of Jesus with

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.779
 the Alca Indians.

00:25:58.779 --> 00:26:05.019
 The Alca's were a notoriously dangerous tribe, and they had previously attacked all the foreigners

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:06.539
 that had come in contact with them.

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:10.279
 And these missionaries understood the dangers.

00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:14.039
 Their wives had already discussed the possibility of being widowed.

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:21.119
 And five days after their landing, all five men were ambushed and speared to death by the

00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:21.559
 Alca's.

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.720
 All were married.

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:27.019
 All four of them were fathers.

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:29.279
 One wife was pregnant.

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:36.079
 And her three-year-old was overheard telling later the newborn baby, crying baby,

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:37.179
 Never you mind.

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:39.720
 When we get to heaven, I'll show you which one is dead.

00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:47.279
 The rescue party that came, only to recover their dead bodies, found Jim Elliott's diary,

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:52.240
 and this was his last journal entry before the Alca's came for him.

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:58.599
 All the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on earth.

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:03.279
 I care not if I never raise my voice again for him.

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:07.079
 If only I may love him, please him.

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:12.179
 Perhaps in mercy he shall give me a host of children.

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:14.819
 By that he means spiritual children, converts.

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:20.279
 Then I might lead them through the vast star fields to explore his delicacies,

00:27:20.659 --> 00:27:22.919
 whose finger ends set them to burn.

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:30.920
 But if not, if only I may see him, touch his garments, and smile into his eyes,

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:35.960
 then not stars nor children share, not shall matter, only himself.

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:41.299
 O Jesus, Master and Center and End of all,

00:27:41.860 --> 00:27:47.860
 How long before that glory which is yours, which has so long waited you,

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:50.620
 Now there is no thought of you among men,

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:54.019
 But then there shall be thought for nothing else.

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:56.620
 Now other men are praised,

00:27:57.440 --> 00:28:00.680
 Then none shall care for any other's merits.

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:04.120
 Hasten, hasten, glory of heaven.

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.920
 Take your crown.

00:28:06.340 --> 00:28:07.720
 Subdue your kingdom.

00:28:08.320 --> 00:28:10.279
 Enthrall your creatures.

00:28:13.820 --> 00:28:18.620
 Jim Elliot died without any spiritual children among the others.

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:21.740
 But that day he saw Jesus,

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:24.840
 And neither stars nor children mattered,

00:28:25.340 --> 00:28:26.120
 Only Jesus.

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:29.500
 Because he had denied himself,

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:32.039
 He had taken up his cross to follow Jesus.

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:37.819
 He saved his life because he lost it for Christ's sake.

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:40.539
 He lost the world, but he gained his soul.

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:44.039
 He was unashamed of Jesus and his words.

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:47.220
 And Christ the King was not ashamed of him

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:49.380
 To receive him into his glory.

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:53.759
 It's my prayer tonight that all of you

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:57.599
 Will take a long and hard look at the cross of Jesus Christ.

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:59.639
 Then count the cross.

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.659
 And follow him.

00:29:01.659 --> 00:29:01.719
 Thank you.

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:01.880
 Good.

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:02.860
 I'm enjoying this.

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 And drive me through it.

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.299
 Thank you.

00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:06.779
 Peace.

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.920
 I'm sorry.

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