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 So, I'm just going to pray as we come to think about God's Word.

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 To begin, let's just bow our heads in prayer.

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 Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you that you are our great God and King,

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 that you reveal yourself through your Word,

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 and we can understand what you expect and want from us.

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 We apologise, Lord, for all the times when we fail at this

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 and go so far astray from you and your Word,

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 Lord, we thank you, Lord, that you bring us back,

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 that you're forgiving, kind and gentle with us.

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 We pray tonight that this time of worship would be pleasing to you.

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 We pray for your Holy Spirit to come and equip us to listen, Lord,

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 and understand so that we would become more moulded to the image of your Son,

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 the Lord Jesus Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So, tonight we'll be continuing our series on distinct discipleship

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 and being distinct disciples.

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 And the question I want to start with, to focus our subject on service,

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 and the question is, who do you serve?

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 So, I want us to think about that tonight.

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 Who are we serving?

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 Because everyone is serving someone.

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 And I hope by the end of the sermon that we'll all be saying

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 that we're serving God more, and we're not serving ourselves,

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 and we're serving his kingdom and not our own kingdom.

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 In C.S. Lewis's famous work,

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 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,

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 which some of us might have read,

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 and some of us will watch the film,

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 I've watched the film and not read the book,

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 We see an act and an example of self-service right away,

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 in the very beginning,

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 from this character, who is Edmund,

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 the younger of the two brothers,

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 for those of us who really know our stuff on it.

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 Edmund goes through the wardrobe by himself,

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 and he gets lost in the forest that's frozen and snowy,

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 and begins to walk through it to try and find his way home.

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 He's alone, and he gets cold,

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 and he gets hungry and disorientated.

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 And he must have been miserable,

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 wondering how am I going to get home,

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 where am I,

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 and what's going to happen to me now.

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 And then he encounters the villain of the peace,

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 the White Witch,

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 and she offers him his favourite sweet,

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 Turkish delight.

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 And with the circumstances,

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 it is easy to see why Edmund accepted

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 this supposedly very kind offer,

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 and his circumstances.

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 But this leads Edmund later to be captured by the White Witch,

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 because he's wrapped up in his own circumstances,

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 and then from there,

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 his siblings have to come and rescue him,

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 and in the process,

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 risk themselves for him.

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 And I was thinking about this,

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 because we can all be like Edmund,

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 we can be wrapped up in our own selves,

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 and in our own circumstances,

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 and we can want to serve ourselves,

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 and make a priority of our own needs.

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 But this isn't the way of the Lord Jesus,

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 and this isn't the way of his kingdom,

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 and it's not the way of his people,

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 us, the church.

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 Or at least it shouldn't be.

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 But as we heard from our reading tonight,

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 even the disciples had this sinful tendency,

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 and this weakness,

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 and this failing,

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 that they sought to serve themselves.

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 These men that we hold up in church,

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 as paradigms and examples to follow,

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 of Christian service,

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 didn't always demonstrate their service

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 to God,

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 or to their brothers.

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 And in this reading,

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 it's quite the opposite.

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 In this passage from the Gospel of Mark,

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 we see James and John,

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 the two brothers,

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 seek their own good,

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 and their own advantage,

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 over the Lord's,

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 over the Lord Jesus,

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 and their brothers.

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 And it's bookended at the end as well,

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 by their brother's response to this,

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 and how the Lord Jesus responds.

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 And from there we should see,

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 and how we should respond to our desire

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 to serve ourselves.

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 So, self-service.

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 Or selfless service.

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 When the passage opens in verse 32,

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 the Lord Jesus and his disciples

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 are making their final climactic journey

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 to Jerusalem.

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 James and John followed the Lord Jesus

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 from the very beginning

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 of his earthly ministry.

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 And they've seen how the Lord Jesus

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 is completely different from everyone else,

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 in every way that they've ever met.

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 they've seen the Lord Jesus

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 show real power

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 in his works,

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 and in his words,

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 in comparison with the other leaders

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 of the day.

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 And you would hope that this group of men,

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 above everyone else,

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 above all others,

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 would see

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 and understand

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 who Jesus is,

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 why he came,

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 and what he came to do.

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 He's the king

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 come to establish his kingdom

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 on the earth.

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 And although he is a king,

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 he's not a king like any earthly monarch,

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 and he won't establish his kingdom

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 like any other earthly king would.

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 He won't establish it with force

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 and with might,

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 but he'll establish it

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 with weakness

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 and humility.

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 In verse 33,

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 the Lord Jesus tells the disciples

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 in no uncertain terms

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 that he's going to be tortured

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 and killed.

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 And we, like the disciples,

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 are so selfish

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 as people that our brains

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 have natural inbuilt instincts

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 when we're in risky situations.

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 Fight or flight,

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 the Lord Jesus was in this situation.

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 One of us would have fought

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 or fled,

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 and our brains tell us

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 to do this

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 in this sort of instinct.

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 And these aren't always wrong.

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 They take us out of risk,

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 which is sometimes right.

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 But the Lord Jesus,

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 instead of fighting

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 or flying,

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 running away,

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 he still,

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 instinct,

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 went up to Jerusalem

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 purposefully,

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 even though he knew

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 what was going to happen there.

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 He lays aside his status

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 and his power

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 and his authority

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 and makes the decision

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 to go up to Jerusalem

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 to hand himself over

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 and to die the death

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 of a criminal

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 for sinful people.

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 For the sinful people

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 he's met and spoken to

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 on the way to Jerusalem,

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 the sinful people

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 who are following him,

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 and all of us

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 sitting here tonight,

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 this is the great service

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 he performed

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 and the greatest service.

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 There will be no

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 active service

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 greater.

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 And we could not

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 do this ourselves.

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 only the Lord Jesus

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 can do this.

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 And only he came

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 to do it

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 to serve us all

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 by dying on the cross.

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 And we have this example

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 to follow now,

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 but we won't ever be able

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 to follow it perfectly

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 as we are sinful,

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 limited,

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 and finite.

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 So there are things

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 we just cannot do

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 that the Lord Jesus did,

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 including this.

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 and it also means

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 that we will inevitably

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 fail and fall into

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 either serving

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 ourselves

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 or something else

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 or not serving at all

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 or serving

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 for the wrong reasons.

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 And I think,

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 in my thinking

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 for this sermon,

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 that it's easier

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 for us

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 in Britain

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 where we have

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 a culture

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 of hard work

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 and volunteering

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 and serving others

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 to fall into

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 serving

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 for the wrong reasons.

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 And hard work

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 and volunteering

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 are both good things.

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 I'm not saying

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 go into work tomorrow

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 and just sit on your computer

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 and watch YouTube videos.

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 And I'm not saying

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 stay in bed.

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 And I'm not saying

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 if you volunteer somewhere

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 to just quit

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 because I've made you feel guilty.

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 Don't do either of those.

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 Keep going to work.

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 Keep volunteering.

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 But for the right reasons.

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 Because these are both

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 good things

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 that God gives us

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 where we're supposed

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 to be distinct disciples

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 and where we worship God

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 in our thought,

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 our word,

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 and our conduct.

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 But if we listen

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 to the world

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 about our work

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 or our service

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 and work

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 or volunteering

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 organizations

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 or in church as well,

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 we'll fall into thinking

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 that these things

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 are for us,

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 to benefit us,

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 that we are part

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 of these bigger organizations

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 and do our part,

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 but we're actually there

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 to benefit ourselves

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 and for our own gain.

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 That we're there

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 to purely go to our desk,

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 to get our head down,

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 do our work,

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 and get paid

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 at the end of the month.

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 While avoiding

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 as much trouble

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 and inconvenience

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 from our colleagues

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 as possible.

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 Whereas what the Lord

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 Jesus is saying,

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 we should be doing

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 the opposite of this.

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 We should be

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 the best employees

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 and the best servants

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 of the people

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 we work with

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 and our colleagues with

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 and let them know

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 that through

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 our service,

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 our attitudes,

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 and our demeanors,

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 and that we will

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 serve them

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 even at cost

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 to ourselves

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 because of who

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 we serve.

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 In a volunteering role,

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 we can begin

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 as well to think

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 rather than God

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 putting us into

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 that place

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 and in that role

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 to spread

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 his fame and renown,

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 that we are there

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 to just pass time

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 or pursue

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 our interests

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 or our hobbies.

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 But that's not the case.

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 God puts us

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 into that situation

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 to serve him,

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 to serve the people

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 we're there with,

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 and serve the organization

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 we're members of.

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 And this isn't a small task,

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 any of this.

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 However,

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 this is the way

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 the Lord has created

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 the world to be.

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 So by accepting Jesus

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 and his service,

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 we are fulfilling

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 what God has intended

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 and how the world

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 has been created

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 to be.

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 And the Lord Jesus says

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 his yoke is easy

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 and his burden is light.

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 So if you're sitting here

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 tonight

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 and you don't know

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 the Lord Jesus,

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 don't be discouraged

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 or put off

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 by anything I'm saying

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 because Jesus himself

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 is not a hard taskmaster

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 who press gangs people

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 into service,

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 but rather his yoke

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 is easy

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 and his burden

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 is light.

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 And then we see

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 selfish service

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 in the next part

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 of the passage.

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 Selfish service.

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 And James and John,

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 they haven't paid attention

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 clearly to anything

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 that the Lord Jesus

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 has just said to them

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 in the previous verses

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 when in verse 35,

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 they approach

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 the Lord Jesus

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 and they ask him

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 to do for us

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 whatever we ask of you.

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 They're speaking

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 to Jesus like

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 up on the slide

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 like he's a genie

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 or a wizard

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 and it reminded me

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 of how

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 in Aladdin,

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 Aladdin finds a lamp

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 and rubs it

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 and then the genie

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 pops out

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 and grants him

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 three wishes

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 to fulfill

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 his earthly desires.

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 But the Lord Jesus

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 isn't a genie

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 or a wizard

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 in any sense.

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 So as we think

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 about our service,

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 we shouldn't be thinking

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 about any gain

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 or any reward

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 from it.

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 And James and John

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 want the Lord Jesus

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 to use his power

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 to just conjure up

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 whatever they want

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 upon their request.

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 From a sinful,

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 limited,

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 human perspective,

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 all of our perspectives,

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 we can maybe

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 get on board

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 with that thinking

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 because they've been

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 following the Lord Jesus

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 and they've seen him

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 perform these great miracles

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 and they think of him

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 as a great man of God

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 rather than the son of God

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 at this point

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 and in theory

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 in their thinking

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 in their minds

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 that he could use

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 that power

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 to do whatever

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 they would like of him.

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 Two sinful creatures

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 approach their creator

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 and make a demand

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 of him

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 for their own gain.

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 They're wrapped up

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 in their own desires

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 and they can't see

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 anything outside

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 of themselves.

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 James and John

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 try to advance themselves

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 at the expense

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 of the Lord himself

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 and they don't consider

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 what the Lord's purpose

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 is in Jerusalem

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 for the Lord Jesus

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 and for them

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 going forward.

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 They try to advance

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 themselves

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 at the Lord Jesus' expense

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 forgetting that

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 he's the one

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 that they've been following

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 and he's been supplying

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 all their needs

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 along the way

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 as they make their way

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 to Jerusalem

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 and they also make

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 a request

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 and try and

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 advance themselves

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 at the expense

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 of their brothers

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 trying to clamber

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 over the other disciples

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 to try and become

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 their rulers

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 and this will look

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 different in all our lives

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 we weren't there

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 doing this

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 but we still do this.

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 We are called

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 to be humble servants

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 but all too often

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 we become arrogant rulers.

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 We can fall into

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 the thinking

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 that we are better

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 than other people

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 because we are Christians

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 then seek to get

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 into positions of power

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 of authority

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 positions of power

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 and authority

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 over others.

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 Once a person

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 becomes a Christian

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 he's called to the opposite

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 of that mindset.

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 He was once

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 that way

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 and God

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 has saved him from it

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 and called him

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 into this new

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 service.

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 He is called

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 to go into all the world

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 to spread the gospel

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 and a key element

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 of that

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 and that witness

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 is humble service.

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 However

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 just like James and John

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 we all try

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 and advance ourselves

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 at the expense

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 of people around us.

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 Even in church

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 we can lose sight

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 of where we are

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 who we're supposed to be

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 and who we're supposed

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 to be serving

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 and why.

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 And although I've said that

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 I'm not grandstanding.

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 I'm really talking to myself

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 there primarily.

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 It's all too easy

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 for someone in my position

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 in ministry training

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 and theological education

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 to think of service

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 and turn it into

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 a sort of spiritual CV

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 where I attend church

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 I get involved

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 in church life

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 and in service

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 and going along

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 to class

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 and all these other things

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 conferences

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 and talks

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 to catch the attention

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 of someone

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 to boost

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 my own reputation

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 and to try

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 and get ahead

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 of other people.

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 and to

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 think of the future

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 jobs I could get

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 if these people

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 see me

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 in these places.

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 So it can be

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 all too easy

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 to apply the principles

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 of secular

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 corporate networking

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 to church life

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 for some of us

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 and me

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 most included

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 which is sinful

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 and falling right along

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 in the footsteps

00:14:46.759 --> 00:14:47.759
 of James and John

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 rather than

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 our King Jesus.

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 So we need to see

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 this in ourselves

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 repent

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 and ask the Lord

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 to renew our hearts

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 so we can serve

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 faithfully

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 as we are supposed to

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 without any idea

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 or thought

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 of reward

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 or gain

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 for ourselves.

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 Then moving down

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 in verse 36

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 the Lord Jesus

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 replies

00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:10.739
 to James and John

00:15:10.739 --> 00:15:11.559
 and asks them

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 what they would like

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 him to do for them

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 and this reveals

00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:17.259
 James and John's

00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:17.559
 heart

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 and reason

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 for serving.

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 In verse 37

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 James and John

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 make their request

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 they want to

00:15:23.899 --> 00:15:24.879
 flank the Lord Jesus

00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:26.299
 at the earthly banquet

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 they're expecting

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 will be held

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 in his honour

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 when he arrives

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 in Jerusalem.

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 However there wasn't

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 going to be

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 any earthly banquet

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 party

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 or festival

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 or big event

00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:37.139
 thrown

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 to celebrate

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 the Lord Jesus

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 entering Jerusalem.

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 He's just told them

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 that the exact opposite

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 is going to happen.

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 That's just

00:15:45.379 --> 00:15:46.299
 the first problem

00:15:46.299 --> 00:15:47.179
 with the request though

00:15:47.179 --> 00:15:48.359
 there's more to it.

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 the next problem

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 comes at the end

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 of the verse

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 when they say

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 to sit

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 in your glory.

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 So they're expecting

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 that this

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 big party

00:15:58.659 --> 00:15:59.180
 will be thrown

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 they'll sit

00:15:59.820 --> 00:16:00.519
 at either side

00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:00.940
 of Jesus

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 and they'll share

00:16:02.120 --> 00:16:02.720
 in his glory.

00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:04.759
 That that can't happen.

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 You can't take

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 no one

00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:08.139
 not even James and John

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 these disciples

00:16:08.940 --> 00:16:10.000
 or the others

00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:11.200
 can take a share

00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:11.820
 in God's glory

00:16:11.820 --> 00:16:12.860
 and none of us

00:16:12.860 --> 00:16:13.379
 can either.

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 He's the son of God

00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:16.659
 come to rescue men

00:16:16.659 --> 00:16:17.480
 from their sins

00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:18.840
 by being physically

00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:19.620
 put to death

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 and then

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 rising again.

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 This is where

00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:25.139
 the whole of history

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 has been leading

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 to this moment

00:16:26.300 --> 00:16:27.460
 where Lord Jesus

00:16:27.460 --> 00:16:28.680
 will be crucified

00:16:28.680 --> 00:16:29.779
 and rise.

00:16:31.139 --> 00:16:32.080
 So James and John

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 just like us

00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:33.360
 don't deserve

00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:33.960
 any share

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 in this glory.

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 This is not

00:16:36.259 --> 00:16:36.879
 a team effort

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 it is a work

00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:38.539
 of God alone.

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 And then Jesus replies

00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:41.940
 as you can see

00:16:41.940 --> 00:16:42.399
 on the screen

00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:43.840
 in the next verse

00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:44.399
 as he often

00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:44.960
 answer people

00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:46.000
 who are questioning

00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:47.639
 him with a question

00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:49.320
 he asked them

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 you do not know

00:16:50.820 --> 00:16:51.740
 what you are asking

00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:53.620
 are you able

00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:54.180
 to drink

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 the cup

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 that I drink

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 or to be baptized

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 with the baptism

00:16:57.960 --> 00:16:59.300
 with which I am baptized?

00:17:00.500 --> 00:17:01.420
 The background

00:17:01.420 --> 00:17:02.100
 of the phrase

00:17:02.100 --> 00:17:03.280
 in Jesus' question

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 is important

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 as it shows us

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 his meaning

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 and the full extent

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 of how unqualified

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 James and John were.

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 The cup

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 he refers to

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 is the cup

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 of God's wrath.

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 In the Old Testament

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 the prophets

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 pictured God's wrath

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 as a cup

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 a cup

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 full of all

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 of God's hatred

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 for sin

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 and his righteous

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 anger

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 with sinners.

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 The Lord Jesus

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 is going up

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 to Jerusalem

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 to drink that cup

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 and to have it

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 poured out on him

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 for all of our sin.

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 And the baptism

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 he speaks of here

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 as well

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 is another reference

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 to the Old Testament.

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 This baptism

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 refers to

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 the Lord Jesus

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 death and resurrection.

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 Just like in baptism

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 here

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 where a person

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 is lowered

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 under the water

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 and rises up

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 the Lord Jesus

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 will be killed

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 be put in the earth

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 and then

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 he will rise again

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 out of the earth

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 to be his people's

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 living saviour

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 to continue

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 to serve his people

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 to serve us

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 by standing

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 in heaven for us.

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 And then

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 James and John

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 have the nerve

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 to answer Jesus

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 that they can

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 drink this cup

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 and be baptised

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 with this baptism

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 almost in an attempt

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 to claw back

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 please let us

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 have those places.

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 Jesus almost

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 corrects them

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 and says

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 without them fully

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 knowing what

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 he means

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 that they will

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 go through

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 similar hardship

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 as well

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 for their service

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 to the king

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 and that actually

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 the honour

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 James and John

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 asked for

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 cannot be given

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 by Jesus

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 even Jesus

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 God the son

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 God in the flesh

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 cannot give

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 these places

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 further saying

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 that Jesus

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 is that perfect servant

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 although he's

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 God in the flesh

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 he's still

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 putting himself

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 under the authority

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 of God the father

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 and serving

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 and then

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 as I clicked

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 on to

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 earlier

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 a minute ago

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 we see

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 the other

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 disciples

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 weigh in

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 in the conversation

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 and they're

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 not happy

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 and an argument

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 breaks out

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 between the

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 brothers

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 but not for

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 the same reasons

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 as you might

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 hope

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 I sort of

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 picture it

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 as friends

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 coming in

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 and telling

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 their other

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 friends

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 no you've

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 said the wrong

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 thing

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 draw back

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 stop talking

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 shut up

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 come away

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 but it's not

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 for that

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 reason

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 unfortunately

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 it's

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 because

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 James and John

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 have got in there

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 before them

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 because they

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 asked for those

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 places

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 before the other

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 disciples got the

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 chance

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 the other

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 disciples are in

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 the thinking

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 we wanted

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 those places

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 we wanted

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 that honour

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 we wanted

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 that glory

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 we wanted

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 that power

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 that would

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 come

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 with those

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 places

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 instead of

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 seeing them

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 all seeing

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 themselves

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 as unworthy

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 of those

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 places of

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 honour

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 and as

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 servants of

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 God

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 they want

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 to propel

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 themselves

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 into those

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 places of

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 honour

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 at Jesus

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 right and

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 left

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 it shows

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 as well

00:20:02.660 --> 00:20:02.940
 that they

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 don't understand

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 who Jesus

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 is and

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 what he's

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 come to

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 do

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 rather than

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 use his

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 power and

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 pose his

00:20:09.180 --> 00:20:09.720
 rightful rule

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 on the

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 earth

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 he came

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 he's going

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 to be

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 crushed

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 sorry

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 this incident

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 in the

00:20:17.320 --> 00:20:17.660
 gospel

00:20:17.660 --> 00:20:18.320
 and the

00:20:18.320 --> 00:20:18.680
 rest of

00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:19.080
 the gospel

00:20:19.080 --> 00:20:19.440
 shows

00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:20.059
 who Jesus

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 is and

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:21.860
 what he

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 has done

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 so we

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 have no

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 excuse to

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 act like

00:20:25.380 --> 00:20:25.860
 James and

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 John and

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 the other

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 disciples

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 Jesus never

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 tried to

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 undermine

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 anyone for

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 his own

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 gain

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 and as I

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 was looking

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 through

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 things to

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 speak with

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 this sermon

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 I came across

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 a lot of

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 self-help

00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:41.400
 books and

00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:41.960
 self-help

00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:43.100
 and self-improvement

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 websites

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 they're everywhere

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 now it seems

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 like every

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 bookshop

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 in the

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 city and

00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:50.059
 through the

00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:50.679
 country is

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 packed with

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 lots of

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 these things

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 and it's

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 permeated our

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 culture and

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 our society

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 and our

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 thinking and

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 the way we

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 operate as

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 a culture

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 and one

00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:03.239
 website I

00:21:03.239 --> 00:21:03.719
 looked up in

00:21:03.719 --> 00:21:04.879
 particular had

00:21:04.879 --> 00:21:05.939
 across the top

00:21:05.939 --> 00:21:06.159
 of it

00:21:06.159 --> 00:21:06.939
 serve yourself

00:21:06.939 --> 00:21:07.479
 first

00:21:07.479 --> 00:21:09.539
 these things

00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:10.039
 are in all

00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:10.599
 these books

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 and websites

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 it's not

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 usually as

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 explicit as

00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:14.819
 that but it

00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:15.299
 is marketed

00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:16.639
 in a gentle

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 way so it's

00:21:18.220 --> 00:21:18.799
 not marketed

00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:19.139
 as the

00:21:19.139 --> 00:21:19.779
 selfishness

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.319
 it is

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 but these

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 things all

00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:24.059
 logically lead

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 in the same

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 direction

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:26.079
 into one

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 place

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:27.919
 looking out

00:21:27.919 --> 00:21:28.519
 for yourself

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 at the

00:21:29.059 --> 00:21:29.539
 expense of

00:21:29.539 --> 00:21:29.859
 others

00:21:29.859 --> 00:21:31.319
 to undermining

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 and trying to

00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:33.339
 get ahead of

00:21:33.339 --> 00:21:33.819
 other people

00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:34.559
 for your own

00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:35.720
 gain and for

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.019
 your own

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.399
 benefit

00:21:36.399 --> 00:21:37.659
 and James

00:21:37.659 --> 00:21:38.099
 and John

00:21:38.099 --> 00:21:39.139
 were buying

00:21:39.139 --> 00:21:39.799
 in to this

00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:40.059
 here

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:41.859
 and the other

00:21:41.859 --> 00:21:42.639
 disciples then

00:21:42.639 --> 00:21:43.079
 came at their

00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:43.940
 back and did

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.299
 the same

00:21:44.299 --> 00:21:45.080
 thing and

00:21:45.080 --> 00:21:45.539
 bought into

00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:46.039
 this thinking

00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:47.120
 and into

00:21:47.120 --> 00:21:47.880
 this mindset

00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:49.380
 trying to

00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:49.960
 outmaneuver

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.980
 anyone for

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:51.220
 their own

00:21:51.220 --> 00:21:51.480
 gain

00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:52.580
 especially here

00:21:52.580 --> 00:21:53.120
 in church

00:21:53.120 --> 00:21:54.620
 especially among

00:21:54.620 --> 00:21:54.980
 our brothers

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.600
 and sisters

00:21:55.600 --> 00:21:57.279
 in Christ

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:58.000
 is not

00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:58.660
 Jesus way

00:21:58.660 --> 00:21:59.980
 it's not

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.299
 the way of

00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:00.700
 his kingdom

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:02.860
 and then

00:22:02.860 --> 00:22:03.380
 in the next

00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:03.840
 few verses

00:22:03.840 --> 00:22:04.500
 towards the

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:04.820
 end of our

00:22:04.820 --> 00:22:05.240
 passage

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:06.240
 Jesus

00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:06.980
 reiterates

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.460
 his teaching

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:08.559
 and further

00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:09.059
 explains it

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:09.360
 from the

00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:09.700
 beginning

00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:10.440
 of the

00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:10.820
 passage

00:22:10.820 --> 00:22:12.860
 in verse

00:22:12.860 --> 00:22:13.400
 42

00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:13.880
 he calls

00:22:13.880 --> 00:22:14.180
 them all

00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:14.540
 to him

00:22:14.540 --> 00:22:15.120
 to settle

00:22:15.120 --> 00:22:15.800
 the debate

00:22:15.800 --> 00:22:16.340
 that is

00:22:16.340 --> 00:22:17.780
 going on

00:22:17.780 --> 00:22:18.560
 between them

00:22:18.560 --> 00:22:19.980
 you know

00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.640
 that those

00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:20.880
 who are

00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:21.280
 considered

00:22:21.280 --> 00:22:21.920
 rulers of

00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:22.600
 the Gentiles

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 lord are

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:23.980
 over them

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:25.120
 and their

00:22:25.120 --> 00:22:25.740
 great ones

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.460
 exercise

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:27.120
 authority

00:22:27.120 --> 00:22:27.700
 over them

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 the Lord

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.540
 Jesus is

00:22:31.540 --> 00:22:31.960
 essentially

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 saying here

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 that his

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 disciples are

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 behaving

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 according to

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 the pattern

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 of the

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 world

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 the rulers

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 of the day

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 made sure

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 that the

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 people that

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 they were

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 ruling

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 knew who

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 was in

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 charge

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 and who

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 they were

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 to be

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 serving

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 and then

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 the Lord

00:22:46.379 --> 00:22:46.619
 Jesus

00:22:46.619 --> 00:22:47.159
 continues

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 and says

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 but it

00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:50.099
 shall not

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 be so

00:22:50.699 --> 00:22:51.599
 among you

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 the Lord

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:53.659
 Jesus is

00:22:53.659 --> 00:22:54.179
 saying here

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 that they

00:22:54.439 --> 00:22:54.759
 are to be

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 different

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 that we

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 are to be

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 different

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 that the

00:22:58.439 --> 00:22:58.859
 people of

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 God

00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.639
 the church

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 are to be

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 different

00:23:00.699 --> 00:23:02.279
 out in the

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.559
 world

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 we're constantly

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:04.000
 being told

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.740
 to strive

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.919
 for promotions

00:23:05.919 --> 00:23:06.679
 and for pay

00:23:06.679 --> 00:23:07.000
 rises

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:09.079
 as we

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 look

00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:09.859
 when we

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 leave

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 school

00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:10.559
 for

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 university

00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:11.380
 and

00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:11.660
 college

00:23:11.660 --> 00:23:12.079
 courses

00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:12.920
 we're

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 encouraged

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 to go

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.460
 to the

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 best

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 college

00:23:15.140 --> 00:23:15.640
 we can

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 the best

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 university

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 we can

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 for what

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 we can

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 get out

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 of it

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 it will

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.539
 serve

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:20.839
 us

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 better

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.400
 as we

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:21.740
 train

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.220
 and it

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.339
 will

00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:22.680
 stand

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:22.859
 us

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 in

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.220
 better

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 stead

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:23.920
 when we

00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:24.259
 leave

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:24.839
 to find

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 jobs

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.640
 and

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.039
 careers

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 so often

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:28.440
 all these

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:28.839
 things

00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:29.420
 of life

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:29.880
 are sold

00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:30.380
 to us

00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:31.019
 in a

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:31.420
 packaging

00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:31.880
 that's

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:32.279
 for us

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 for

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 ourselves

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:34.319
 for our

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 improvement

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.460
 for our

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 gain

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.899
 what we

00:23:36.899 --> 00:23:37.259
 can get

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.440
 from

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 something

00:23:37.879 --> 00:23:39.079
 how it

00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:39.680
 will help

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 us

00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:40.940
 in our

00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:41.319
 next

00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:41.859
 endeavour

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:42.759
 or project

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:44.279
 and there's

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:44.819
 nothing wrong

00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:45.399
 with going to

00:23:45.399 --> 00:23:46.220
 good universities

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:46.980
 or good

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.440
 colleges

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.240
 and doing

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.619
 these good

00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:49.039
 courses

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:50.420
 but we

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:50.660
 shouldn't

00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:50.980
 just see

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.700
 these places

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.819
 as stepping

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.299
 stones

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:55.139
 because that

00:23:55.139 --> 00:23:55.639
 leads us

00:23:55.639 --> 00:23:56.240
 logically

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:57.299
 to see

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:57.680
 the people

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.099
 that we

00:23:58.099 --> 00:23:58.399
 are there

00:23:58.399 --> 00:23:58.740
 with

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.339
 the people

00:23:59.339 --> 00:23:59.779
 we study

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 under

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.619
 the people

00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:01.019
 we work

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.379
 with

00:24:01.379 --> 00:24:02.660
 as stepping

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.079
 stones

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:05.039
 and as

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.279
 we know

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.639
 the thing

00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:06.140
 with stepping

00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:06.460
 stones

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:06.740
 is

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.840
 we step

00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:08.200
 on the

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:08.400
 top

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:08.680
 of them

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:09.640
 and we

00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:09.860
 aren't

00:24:09.860 --> 00:24:10.120
 called

00:24:10.120 --> 00:24:10.740
 to step

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.240
 on the

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.580
 top

00:24:11.580 --> 00:24:12.420
 of anyone

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 and then

00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:14.280
 the next

00:24:14.280 --> 00:24:14.640
 part

00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:15.080
 of verse

00:24:15.080 --> 00:24:15.520
 43

00:24:15.520 --> 00:24:16.560
 the Lord

00:24:16.560 --> 00:24:16.800
 Jesus

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 actually

00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:17.460
 states

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 the opposite

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:19.840
 which is

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 totally

00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:20.580
 against

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 our

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 culture's

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 thinking

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:22.500
 and our

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 way of

00:24:22.780 --> 00:24:22.960
 doing

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.380
 things

00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:24.980
 but whoever

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.620
 would be

00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:25.960
 great

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.640
 among you

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.700
 must be

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.240
 your servant

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:29.759
 if you

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.280
 want to be

00:24:30.280 --> 00:24:30.780
 great in the

00:24:30.780 --> 00:24:31.220
 kingdom of

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:31.500
 God

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.100
 as we

00:24:32.100 --> 00:24:32.400
 should

00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:32.940
 rightly

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:34.180
 you

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:34.360
 must

00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:34.580
 put

00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:34.960
 yourself

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.380
 to the

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:35.559
 bottom

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:35.779
 of the

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.059
 pile

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.820
 instead

00:24:36.820 --> 00:24:37.180
 of trying

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:37.480
 to get

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:37.740
 to the

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.039
 top

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:39.240
 and stop

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.980
 striving

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.420
 for the

00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:40.779
 top

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.180
 spot

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:42.279
 or to be

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.980
 top dog

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:44.140
 or trying

00:24:44.140 --> 00:24:44.559
 to get

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:45.039
 into the

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.460
 spotlight

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.980
 God's

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.200
 kingdom

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:47.539
 doesn't

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:47.920
 work that

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.140
 way

00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:49.019
 and we

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:49.200
 should

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.559
 praise

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:49.940
 God

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.600
 that it

00:24:50.600 --> 00:24:51.000
 doesn't

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:52.500
 and then

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:52.820
 he goes

00:24:52.820 --> 00:24:53.420
 even further

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:54.140
 in the last

00:24:54.140 --> 00:24:54.580
 part of the

00:24:54.580 --> 00:24:54.880
 verse

00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:55.940
 and calls

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.320
 them to be

00:24:56.320 --> 00:24:56.740
 slaves of

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.160
 each other

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:59.559
 not in the

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.340
 21st century

00:25:00.340 --> 00:25:00.759
 sense

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.779
 we hear this

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.400
 word slave

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:02.940
 and our

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.420
 minds go

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:04.380
 to the

00:25:04.380 --> 00:25:04.680
 American

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.160
 south

00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:05.560
 and the

00:25:05.560 --> 00:25:05.800
 terrible

00:25:05.800 --> 00:25:06.200
 things that

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:06.720
 happened there

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.440
 to people

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:08.280
 but it's

00:25:08.280 --> 00:25:08.800
 being said

00:25:08.800 --> 00:25:09.200
 in the

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.759
 first century

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.400
 context

00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:11.680
 and the

00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:12.080
 Lord Jesus

00:25:12.080 --> 00:25:12.820
 is emphasizing

00:25:12.820 --> 00:25:13.580
 that they

00:25:13.580 --> 00:25:13.920
 must be

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.480
 at each

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.800
 other

00:25:14.800 --> 00:25:15.300
 service

00:25:15.300 --> 00:25:16.380
 as a

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:16.660
 slave

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.220
 was always

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:18.080
 at the

00:25:18.080 --> 00:25:18.400
 service

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:18.720
 of his

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.019
 master

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.360
 in that

00:25:19.360 --> 00:25:19.600
 day

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:21.400
 then he

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:22.000
 reiterates

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.460
 his previous

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:22.820
 teaching

00:25:22.820 --> 00:25:23.380
 from verses

00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:24.240
 33

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:25.259
 and 34

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:26.120
 that he's

00:25:26.120 --> 00:25:26.780
 freely giving

00:25:26.780 --> 00:25:27.280
 himself

00:25:27.280 --> 00:25:28.220
 over to be

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:28.800
 killed for

00:25:28.800 --> 00:25:29.560
 them and

00:25:29.560 --> 00:25:30.040
 for us

00:25:30.040 --> 00:25:31.340
 with the

00:25:31.340 --> 00:25:32.040
 result that

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.299
 we are

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:32.700
 brought into

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.019
 God's

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.359
 family

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:34.019
 we're

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.519
 ransomed

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.859
 from death

00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:36.639
 and destruction

00:25:36.639 --> 00:25:37.359
 and we're

00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:37.759
 brought into

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.159
 life

00:25:38.159 --> 00:25:39.579
 we're made

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:40.159
 friends of

00:25:40.159 --> 00:25:40.440
 God

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:40.899
 where we

00:25:40.899 --> 00:25:41.460
 were once

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.099
 enemies

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:43.599
 that we'll

00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:44.099
 not have to

00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:44.539
 pay the

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.139
 price for

00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:45.619
 our sin

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:46.819
 as Jesus

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.379
 has already

00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:48.619
 taken the

00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:49.059
 punishment

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:49.779
 and was

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.359
 with God

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:50.740
 the Father

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.779
 speaking on

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.359
 our behalf

00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:53.680
 meaning we

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.279
 can stand

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.960
 before God

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.859
 and be

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.879
 counted as

00:25:56.879 --> 00:25:57.279
 righteous

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:59.440
 if the

00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:00.039
 life of a

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.680
 humble servant

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.180
 is good

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:01.660
 enough for

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:02.000
 the Lord

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.359
 Jesus

00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:04.059
 the King

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:04.339
 of the

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:04.799
 universe

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.539
 God

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:05.920
 in the

00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:06.319
 flesh

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:07.559
 is good

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:07.940
 enough for

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.599
 the disciples

00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:09.700
 as we

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.460
 see in

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:10.779
 this

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:12.660
 passage

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:14.099
 if it's

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:14.480
 good enough

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.019
 for Jesus

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:15.920
 and the

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:16.420
 disciples

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:17.539
 it's also

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.059
 good enough

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.519
 for us

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:20.359
 both in

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:20.740
 our service

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.259
 of God

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:22.200
 the church

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:22.879
 and others

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:23.420
 outside the

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:23.700
 church

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:26.480
 so just

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.080
 to go back

00:26:27.080 --> 00:26:27.779
 to our

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.299
 previous

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.200
 idea

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:30.420
 who are

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:31.000
 you serving

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:32.180
 are you

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:32.420
 going to

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:32.980
 be like

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.420
 Edmund

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:35.180
 are you

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:35.420
 going to

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:36.559
 be like

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:37.100
 James and

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 John

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 in this

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 passage

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 or are

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 you going

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 to follow

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 the example

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 of our

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 master

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 are we

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 going to

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 serve

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 ourselves

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 and our

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 own

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 kingdoms

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 or are

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 we going

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 to serve

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 Jesus

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 and his

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 kingdom

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 I would

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 encourage

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 and implore

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 the Christian

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 sitting here

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 tonight

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 to more

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 and more

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 serve

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 the Lord

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 Jesus

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 wholeheartedly

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 to build

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 up his

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 kingdom

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 and his

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 fame

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 and renown

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 and if

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 you're not

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 a Christian

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 sitting here

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 tonight

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 I would

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 encourage

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 you

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 not to

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 be put

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 off

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 this is

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 the way

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 the world

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 has been

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 made

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 we are

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 to be

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 servants

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 of God

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 servants

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 of his

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 kingdom

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 servants

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 of his

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 glory

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 and not

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 our own

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 and to

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 serve

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 his

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 kingdom

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 so

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 as we

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 think

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 about that

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 I'm just

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 going to

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 pray

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 to close

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 heavenly

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 father

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 we give

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 you praise

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 and honour

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 you're so

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 high and

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 far above

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 our ways

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 but you

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 come down

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 to us

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 by sending

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 the Lord

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 Jesus

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 to clearly

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 tell us

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 what we

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 must do

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 to be

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 saved

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 and we

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 thank you

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 as well

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 that is a

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 free offer

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 you make

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 to us

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 we ask

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 forgiveness

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:46.720
 Lord

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 when we

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 sin against

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 you

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 in your

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:48.700
 name

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 we

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 we ask

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 Lord

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:50.779
 that you

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 continue

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 to draw

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 us back

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 to yourself

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 and show

00:27:54.100 --> 00:27:54.380
 us our

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 error

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.799
 through your

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.100
 word

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 and through

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 your people

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 we thank

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:58.980
 you for

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 your word

00:27:59.360 --> 00:27:59.640
 Lord

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 and how

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.680
 it teaches

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 and instructs

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:01.779
 us

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 we also

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:03.680
 pray that you

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:04.360
 continue to

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:04.980
 mould us

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.960
 into the

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.620
 image of

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 the Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:09.440
 we would

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.940
 just ask

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.200
 you to

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 bless us

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 now

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.120
 Lord

00:28:11.120 --> 00:28:11.579
 as we

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 part

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.360
 company

00:28:12.360 --> 00:28:13.120
 and go

00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:13.539
 into the

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:13.839
 rest of

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.079
 the week

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.920
 and we

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.539
 just ask

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 and thank

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:16.299
 you for

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 all these

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 things

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 in the

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 worthy

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 and precious

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 name of

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 the Lord

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.460
 Jesus

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:19.960
 Christ

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.759
 Amen