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 All right, well this morning we return to the story of Jesus as told by Luke.

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 And today we're going to look at just a few verses.

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 We pick up the story in verse 21 of Luke chapter 9.

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 Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone.

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 And he said,

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

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 the chief priests, and the teachers of the law.

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 And he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

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 As we saw last week, Jesus is talking to his disciples in private.

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 And the conversation up till this point has been about who Jesus is.

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 Remember they asked,

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 Jesus actually asked the disciples,

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 Who do the crowds say I am?

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 And the disciples go through a short list of the answers that they've heard from different people.

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 Some say you are John the Baptizer, resurrected from the dead.

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 Others that you are the prophet Elijah.

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 He didn't die but was taken up to heaven by God and now perhaps God has sent him back.

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 And some others say you are one of the prophets from long ago, come back to life from the dead.

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 Jesus finally asks the disciples themselves,

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 What about you?

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 Who do you say I am?

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 And Peter, one of the twelve, answers,

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 God's Messiah.

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 Literally, the Christ of God.

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 Matthew records an even fuller answer of Peter's.

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 In his gospel,

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 You are the Messiah,

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 the Son of the Living God.

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 That title, Christ,

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 it means Messiah.

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 And Messiah means Anointed One.

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 It carries within it the meaning of being divinely chosen as king.

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 A king selected by God himself.

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 Up until this point,

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 there's been centuries of God speaking to the people of Israel through the prophets.

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 And great promises have been made by God.

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 There are these great expectations of a Messiah.

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 A coming king who is chosen by God.

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 We're not talking about, you know,

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 just a good and wise regional ruler for a time.

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 We're talking about a king whose reign,

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 whose kingdom will have global implications.

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 Something the likes of which the world has never seen.

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 Even the great empires of old,

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 even the modern day nations of today,

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 don't come close to what is promised about the Messiah.

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 Long ago, through the prophets.

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 A kingdom characterized by peace,

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 that endures.

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 By righteousness.

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 By justice.

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 By justice.

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 By justice.

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 By justice.

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 And not by the violence and corruption

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 that we have seen through the centuries

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 and even still see today all over the world.

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 Well, because of these many great promises

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 spoken by the prophets long ago,

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 the Jews who had faith

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 carried within them

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 great expectations

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 and a deep longing

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 for this Messiah

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 to be given.

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 And so Peter and the disciples

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 who have been following Jesus

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 for a little while now,

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 they've been listening to his preaching,

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 they have witnessed his miracles,

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 and here's the moment

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 where they finally come to answer this question

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 of who Jesus is out loud.

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 When Jesus asks,

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 who do you say I am?

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 Peter blurts it out.

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 You are the one.

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 You are God's king.

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 There was some wondering at first.

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 If you recall the gospel of John,

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 as they went and found each other

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 and told each other about Jesus at first,

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 we, you know,

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 this could be the Messiah.

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 But this is that moment

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 where Peter just sort of blurts it out

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 and says,

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 I know it for sure.

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 But then what Jesus says next,

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 which we just read,

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 might be a shock to us.

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 Jesus strictly warned them

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 not to tell this to anyone.

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 Matthew's gospel is even more explicit.

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 Then he ordered his disciples

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 not to tell anyone

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 that he was the Messiah.

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 That's kind of surprising, isn't it?

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 Like, why not?

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 Why can't we tell people?

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 This is what this is all about, isn't it?

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 And none of the gospels at this moment

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 gives us a clear statement of why not.

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 Some suggestions have been made about this.

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 Some think that perhaps

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 just telling people that Jesus is the Messiah

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 would have brought about opposition too quickly.

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 And in the gospel of John,

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 we read that Jesus does seem to have

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 this sense of God's timing

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 and how things should unfold.

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 We hear him say,

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 my hour has not yet come.

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 There's sort of a pace

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 at which he reveals himself to the people.

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 Another idea is that Jesus wants the people

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 to arrive at this faith in him as Messiah,

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 not by just hearing him declare,

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 I'm the Messiah,

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 but by looking at the signs.

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 And perhaps just, you know,

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 saying it out loud all over the place

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 right from the beginning

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 would short circuit this process.

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 The most popular suggestion

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 is that Jesus commands them

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 not to speak of him as Messiah

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 because he knows that

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 their understanding of Messiah

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 and the people's understanding of Messiah

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 is full of misconceptions

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 and wrong ideas.

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 And so to go around declaring Jesus as Messiah

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 at this point might stir up ideas

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 of political revolution

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 when God's plan for the Messiah will unfold

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 contrary to expectations.

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 And this last idea kind of fits

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 with what we see in these next words of Jesus

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 in verse 22.

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 Jesus strictly warned them

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 not to tell this to anyone.

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 And he said,

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 the Son of Man must suffer many things

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 and be rejected by the elders,

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 the chief priests,

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 and the teachers of the law.

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 And he must be killed.

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 And he must be killed.

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 This is certainly not

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 what anyone was expecting

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 of the Messiah.

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 Let's look at these words

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 a little more closely.

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 We see that Jesus refers to himself

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 in the third person

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 as the Son of Man.

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 That sounds strange

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 to us maybe.

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 It's kind of a mysterious

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 and veiled way of speaking.

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 The Son of Man

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 was what God called

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 the prophet Ezekiel

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 in the Old Testament.

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 And as to its meaning,

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 it's a figure of speech

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 that basically means

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 a male human being.

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 That's what a son of man is.

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 But then there's this one passage

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 where the prophet Daniel

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 has a strange vision.

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 Daniel chapter 7, verse 13.

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 And in his vision,

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 this is many years before this,

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 Daniel sees one

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 like a son of man

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 coming with the clouds of heaven

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 and approaching God.

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 And this one like a son of man

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 in Daniel's vision

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 receives authority

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 and glory

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 and sovereign power

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 and all nations

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 and peoples worship him.

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 And he comes to rule

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 and reign over this

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 great kingdom

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 that will last forever.

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 Well, Jesus knows

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 who he is.

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 He is the Messiah.

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 He is this Son of Man

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 described by Daniel.

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 But there's enough mystery

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 around this title

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 that many will not see

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 the title as

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 an explicit claim

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 to be the Messiah.

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 Many will wonder about this.

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 Some will see it

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 and believe.

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 And yet others

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 who are looking to take Jesus out,

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 they won't really be able

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 to pin this on Jesus

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 as an overt claim.

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 But even if they do,

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 what Jesus is saying here

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 is very surprising.

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 The Son of Man

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 must suffer

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 many things.

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 Well, there's nothing

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 in Daniel's vision

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 about that.

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 We can imagine

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 the disciples

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 sort of sitting there

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 in this moment

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 scratching their heads

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 like,

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 what do you mean

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 the Son of Man,

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 the Messiah,

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 must suffer?

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 What kinds of things?

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 And Jesus goes on.

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 He says,

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 the Son of Man

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 must be rejected

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 by the elders

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 and the chief priests

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 and the teachers

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 of the law.

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 That's also probably not

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 what the disciples

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 were expecting.

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 Perhaps they were expecting

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 that eventually

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 Jesus would win them over.

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 That they too

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 would come to own

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 or recognize

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 Jesus as their Messiah.

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 Yeah, there's been opposition.

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 Yes, they've even been

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 plotting to kill Jesus,

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 but surely God's Messiah

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 won't be killed

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 by the leaders of Israel.

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 He's supposed to be

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 the one to unify

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 the people, right?

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 Yet Jesus says,

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 no,

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 he must be rejected

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 by the elders,

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 the chief priests

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 and the teachers

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 of the law.

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 If we think about

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 those three roles,

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 that covers both

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 the political side

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 of things

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 at the leadership level

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 in Israel

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 and the spiritual

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 side of things.

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 Not just the Sanhedrin

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 or the council of elders

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 who ruled the daily affairs

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 of the people,

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 but also the spiritual leaders

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 at the temple,

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 the priests.

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 Those considered authorities

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 on how to understand

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 the scriptures,

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 all of them

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 would reject Jesus.

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 Okay.

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 So how's this going to work

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 then, Jesus?

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 If you will be king,

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 then what role

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 or place

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 will those guys have

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 in the kingdom?

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 If they reject you,

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 then what will you do

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 with them

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 once you

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 have the throne?

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 This is how I imagine

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 the disciples

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 trying to sort this

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 all out in their minds.

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 And then comes

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 the jaw dropper.

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 The son of man

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 must suffer many things

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 and be rejected

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 by the elders,

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 chief priests

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 and teachers of the law

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 and he must be killed.

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 What?

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 What?

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 This is the first plain mention

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 of this

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 by Jesus

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 to his disciples.

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 What kind of king

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 chosen by God,

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 what kind of anointed one

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 gets killed?

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 How could that be?

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 Jesus adds one more thing.

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 He says he must be killed

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 and on the third day

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 be raised to life.

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 And this last part

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 about being raised to life,

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 we know the story,

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 of course,

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 what that's talking about,

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 the resurrection,

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 but this last part,

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 it seems the disciples

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 heard it,

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 but it just didn't

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 really sink in.

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 It's like they were

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 so shocked

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 by the idea,

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 the thought,

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 that Jesus,

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 the one they've been following,

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 would be killed

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 and how that might

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 come about.

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 That very little thought

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 was given to that statement

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 that on the third day,

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 he would be raised to life.

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 Even after Jesus

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 rises from the dead,

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 there's that moment of,

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 oh, yes,

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 now I remember

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 he said something about that.

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 He said that he would

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 be raised to life

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 on the third day.

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 But for now,

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 it's like they hear the words

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 and they don't really hear it.

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 the part about getting killed

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 must have been

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 so utterly unexpected,

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 so contrary

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 to the expectations.

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 In fact,

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 at this point

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 in the conversation,

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 we read that

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 right after saying this,

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 Peter

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 takes Jesus aside

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 and begins

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 to rebuke Jesus.

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 We read of this

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 in Mark chapter 8.

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 Peter takes Jesus aside

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 and begins

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 to rebuke him.

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 You can almost imagine

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 Peter in this moment

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 like,

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 what are you talking

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 about, Jesus?

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 They're not going

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 to kill you.

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 You're the Messiah.

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 Don't say things

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 like this.

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 We're not going

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 to let anything

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 happen to you.

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 If anybody even

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 tries to lay

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 a finger on you,

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 and if you keep

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 talking like this,

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 Jesus,

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 you're going to start

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 scaring the people away.

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 We need their support

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 if we're going

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 to challenge

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 the elders

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 and the chief priests

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 and the teachers

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 of the law.

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 We can only imagine

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 what Peter said

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 as he rebuked Jesus.

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 It doesn't say.

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 Well, in Mark's gospel,

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 Jesus comes back

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 at Peter

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 with a stinging

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 rebuke of his own.

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 Get behind me,

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 Satan.

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 Jesus said,

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 you do not have

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 in mind

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 the concerns of God,

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 but merely

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 human concerns.

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 So this is a clue

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 that neither Peter

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 nor the rest

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 of the disciples

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 had the right

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 expectations

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 of how things

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 would go

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 with the Messiah.

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 I guess it seems

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 that they envisioned

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 this great movement

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 just sort of

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 picking up steam

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 and the followers

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 increasing

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 and as more and more

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 people become followers

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 then eventually

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 they all just

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 parade Jesus

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 right into Jerusalem

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 and toss out

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 the Romans

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 and put Jesus

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 on the throne

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 and the glory

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 days of Israel

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 will begin.

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 Kind of like

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 in the days

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 of King David.

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 I mean,

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 look at the miracles

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 that we've been able

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 to do,

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 Andrew,

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 in the name

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 of Jesus.

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 Look at the power

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 and authority

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 that he has.

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 He is God's

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 chosen one.

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 He is the Messiah.

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 This is it.

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 And then Jesus

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 just seems

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 to start raining

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 on his own parade.

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 it's wonderful

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 that you figured

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 out who I really

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 am, Peter.

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 But now

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 don't tell anyone.

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 I'm going to

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 suffer

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 many things,

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 be rejected,

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 and be killed.

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 This isn't

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 going to go

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 how you think,

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 Peter.

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 And it truly

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 baffled

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 the disciples

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 when Jesus

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 said these things.

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 We're going to

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 see that

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 bafflement

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 in the weeks

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 ahead.

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 What kind

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 of kingdom

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 begins

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 with the

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 suffering

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 of its

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 king?

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 What kind

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 of king

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 gets fiercely

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 hated and

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 despised by

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 the people

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 in the land

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 before he

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 comes to the

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 throne

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 and then

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 is put

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 to death?

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 How can

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 this be,

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 the kingdom

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 of God?

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 Why would

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 God allow

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 anyone to

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 do this

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 to his

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 chosen king?

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 This can't

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 be right,

00:17:47.639 --> 00:17:47.980
 can it?

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 This can't

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 be how the

00:17:50.980 --> 00:17:51.699
 story goes,

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 can it?

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 But it is

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 indeed how

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 the story

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 goes.

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 It was in

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 fact the

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 plan of

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 God right

00:18:01.199 --> 00:18:01.539
 from the

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 beginning.

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 And Jesus

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 knew this.

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 think about

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 this from

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 the

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 disciples

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 perspective.

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 What a

00:18:10.179 --> 00:18:10.879
 crazy thing,

00:18:10.980 --> 00:18:11.059
 eh?

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 It finally

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 comes to

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 that moment

00:18:13.199 --> 00:18:13.579
 where they

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 realize that

00:18:14.459 --> 00:18:15.059
 Jesus is

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 the Messiah

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 and they

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 say it

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 out loud

00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:18.000
 and now

00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:18.599
 Jesus says

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 good.

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 See that

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 you don't

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 tell anyone.

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 And from

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 here on out

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 I want you

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 to know

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 that your

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 expectations

00:18:25.179 --> 00:18:25.719
 for the

00:18:25.719 --> 00:18:26.099
 Messiah

00:18:26.099 --> 00:18:26.779
 are way

00:18:26.779 --> 00:18:27.159
 off.

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 It's

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 going to

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 go the

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 opposite

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 of how

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 you think

00:18:30.939 --> 00:18:33.059
 in the

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 short term.

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 At this

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 point

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 Mark

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 tells us

00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:39.939
 that Jesus

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 actually

00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:41.019
 calls the

00:18:41.019 --> 00:18:41.599
 crowd to

00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:41.879
 him.

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 And so

00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:43.379
 these next

00:18:43.379 --> 00:18:43.819
 things that

00:18:43.819 --> 00:18:44.139
 we're about

00:18:44.139 --> 00:18:44.559
 to read

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 he says

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 to the

00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:46.899
 disciples

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 and to

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 the rest

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 of them

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 to them

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 all.

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 Verse

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 23

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 Then he

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 said to

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 them all

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 whoever

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 wants to

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 be my

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 disciple

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 must deny

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 themselves

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 and take

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 up their

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 cross

00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:01.399
 daily

00:19:01.399 --> 00:19:03.799
 and follow

00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:04.099
 me.

00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:07.459
 for

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 whoever

00:19:07.740 --> 00:19:08.299
 wants to

00:19:08.299 --> 00:19:08.799
 save their

00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:09.179
 life

00:19:09.179 --> 00:19:11.099
 will lose

00:19:11.099 --> 00:19:11.339
 it.

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 But

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:14.319
 whoever

00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:14.819
 loses

00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:15.079
 their

00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:15.359
 life

00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:15.859
 for me

00:19:15.859 --> 00:19:17.579
 will

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 save

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 it.

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 What

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 good is

00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:22.359
 it for

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 someone to

00:19:22.919 --> 00:19:23.659
 gain the

00:19:23.659 --> 00:19:23.980
 whole

00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.519
 world

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 and yet

00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:27.879
 lose

00:19:27.879 --> 00:19:28.859
 or

00:19:28.859 --> 00:19:29.559
 forfeit

00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:30.399
 their

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 very

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 self?

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 whoever

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 is ashamed

00:19:36.619 --> 00:19:37.240
 of me

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 and my

00:19:38.679 --> 00:19:39.139
 words

00:19:39.139 --> 00:19:39.599
 the son

00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:40.000
 of man

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 will be

00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:40.779
 ashamed

00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:41.339
 of them

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 when he

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 comes in

00:19:42.679 --> 00:19:43.359
 his glory

00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:44.259
 and in

00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:44.759
 the glory

00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.139
 of the

00:19:45.139 --> 00:19:45.519
 father

00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:47.099
 and of

00:19:47.099 --> 00:19:47.480
 the holy

00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:47.939
 angels.

00:19:50.159 --> 00:19:50.980
 So while

00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:51.359
 Peter's

00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:52.099
 probably still

00:19:52.099 --> 00:19:52.500
 trying to

00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:52.980
 figure out

00:19:52.980 --> 00:19:53.659
 why Jesus

00:19:53.659 --> 00:19:54.299
 rebuked him

00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:55.059
 so sternly

00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:55.480
 and called

00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:56.099
 him Satan

00:19:56.099 --> 00:19:57.240
 Jesus

00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:58.019
 is already

00:19:58.019 --> 00:19:58.699
 speaking to

00:19:58.699 --> 00:19:59.359
 the crowds

00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:00.679
 and proclaiming

00:20:00.679 --> 00:20:01.259
 a message

00:20:01.259 --> 00:20:02.019
 of denial

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:03.439
 and death.

00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:07.599
 Jesus

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 said in

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 private to

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 them that

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 he must

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 be killed

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 now he

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 turns to

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 the public

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 and he

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 says if

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 you want

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 to be

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 my

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 disciple

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 if you

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 want to

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 be a

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 follower

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 of

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 mine

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 then you

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 must

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 take

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 up

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 your

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 cross

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 and

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 follow

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 me.

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 You

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 must

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 stop

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 trying to

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 save

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 your

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 life

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 and

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 lose

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 it

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 for

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 me.

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 I'm

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 not

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 even

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 sure

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 how

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 the

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 crowd

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 would

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 have

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 taken

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 these

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 words.

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 When

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 they

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 heard

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 that

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 word

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 cross

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 take

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 up

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 the

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 cross

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 did

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 they

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 picture

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 convicted

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 criminals

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 being

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 marched

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 down the

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 street

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 to the

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 place

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 where

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 they

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 would

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 be

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 executed

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 or

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 was

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 Jesus

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 saying

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 this

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 so

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 that

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 later

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 they

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 would

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 understand

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 as

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 they

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 watched

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 Jesus

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 carrying

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 his

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 cross

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 to

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 his

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 death.

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 death.

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 I'm

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 trying to

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 think of

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 how they

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 would have

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 thought of

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 these

00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:05.759
 words.

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 Is

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 Jesus

00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:07.320
 calling

00:21:07.320 --> 00:21:07.660
 us

00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:07.880
 to

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 die

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 for

00:21:08.340 --> 00:21:08.560
 him?

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 Are

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:09.980
 things

00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:10.240
 about

00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:10.420
 to

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 get

00:21:10.600 --> 00:21:11.000
 ugly

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.759
 or

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 violent?

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 We're

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 going to

00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:14.940
 talk more

00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:15.460
 next week

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:15.940
 about what

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.220
 Jesus

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:16.880
 is saying

00:21:16.880 --> 00:21:18.380
 about

00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:19.220
 being a

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.640
 disciple

00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:20.160
 of his

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 with

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.220
 these

00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:21.620
 words.

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 But

00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:24.500
 for

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:24.920
 today

00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:25.279
 through

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 all of

00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:26.160
 this

00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:26.559
 we see

00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:26.920
 Jesus

00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:27.360
 hinting

00:21:27.360 --> 00:21:27.680
 to the

00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:28.000
 crowds.

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 We hear

00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:29.360
 him

00:21:29.360 --> 00:21:29.900
 alluding

00:21:29.900 --> 00:21:30.320
 to what

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 he just

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.180
 told the

00:21:31.180 --> 00:21:31.600
 disciples

00:21:31.600 --> 00:21:31.860
 in

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 private.

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 Not

00:21:32.840 --> 00:21:33.180
 only

00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:33.620
 will

00:21:33.620 --> 00:21:33.740
 he

00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:33.940
 be

00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:34.340
 killed

00:21:34.340 --> 00:21:35.900
 but

00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:36.019
 he

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.180
 will

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:36.360
 be

00:21:36.360 --> 00:21:36.960
 crucified.

00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:40.460
 The

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:40.900
 cross.

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:42.980
 He

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.259
 calls

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:43.600
 them to

00:21:43.600 --> 00:21:43.920
 follow

00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:44.299
 him.

00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:44.799
 How?

00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:46.080
 By

00:21:46.080 --> 00:21:46.460
 taking

00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:46.720
 up

00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:46.960
 their

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.559
 cross.

00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:51.580
 Jesus

00:21:51.580 --> 00:21:52.059
 knows

00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:52.339
 that

00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:52.619
 this

00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:52.779
 is

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:52.940
 what

00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:53.159
 he

00:21:53.159 --> 00:21:53.339
 will

00:21:53.339 --> 00:21:53.639
 do

00:21:53.639 --> 00:21:54.519
 in

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:54.659
 the

00:21:54.659 --> 00:21:54.899
 days

00:21:54.899 --> 00:21:55.259
 ahead.

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.059
 The

00:21:58.059 --> 00:21:58.339
 cross

00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:58.599
 was

00:21:58.599 --> 00:21:59.319
 the

00:21:59.319 --> 00:21:59.639
 method

00:21:59.639 --> 00:21:59.980
 used

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.159
 by

00:22:00.159 --> 00:22:00.339
 the

00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:00.599
 Romans

00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:00.819
 to

00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:01.339
 execute

00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:01.879
 criminals

00:22:01.879 --> 00:22:02.079
 and

00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.259
 make

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:02.440
 a

00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:02.819
 spectacle

00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:03.179
 of

00:22:03.179 --> 00:22:03.379
 them.

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 It

00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:04.299
 was

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:04.460
 a

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:04.799
 bloody

00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:05.720
 and

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.440
 torturous

00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:07.619
 death.

00:22:09.419 --> 00:22:09.980
 Slow,

00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:11.519
 painful,

00:22:12.379 --> 00:22:12.679
 brutal.

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:15.799
 But

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:15.940
 the

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.159
 Bible

00:22:16.159 --> 00:22:16.519
 tells

00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:16.720
 us

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:16.919
 that

00:22:16.919 --> 00:22:17.259
 this

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.599
 was

00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:17.740
 the

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.000
 plan

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.179
 of

00:22:18.179 --> 00:22:18.460
 God.

00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.579
 That

00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:20.819
 this

00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:21.139
 was

00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:21.360
 the

00:22:21.360 --> 00:22:21.759
 only

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.180
 way

00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:23.460
 to

00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:23.860
 restore

00:22:23.860 --> 00:22:24.040
 the

00:22:24.040 --> 00:22:24.600
 relationship

00:22:24.600 --> 00:22:25.040
 between

00:22:25.040 --> 00:22:25.480
 God

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:26.920
 and

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.259
 man.

00:22:28.360 --> 00:22:28.840
 A

00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:29.380
 relationship

00:22:29.380 --> 00:22:30.140
 that

00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:30.540
 is

00:22:30.540 --> 00:22:31.020
 broken

00:22:31.020 --> 00:22:32.300
 because

00:22:32.300 --> 00:22:32.500
 of

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:32.720
 our

00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:33.060
 sins.

00:22:35.560 --> 00:22:36.300
 A

00:22:36.300 --> 00:22:36.759
 sacrifice

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.420
 had to

00:22:37.420 --> 00:22:37.560
 be

00:22:37.560 --> 00:22:37.900
 made.

00:22:39.340 --> 00:22:40.060
 A

00:22:40.060 --> 00:22:40.440
 sentence

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:40.940
 had to

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:41.140
 be

00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:41.540
 served.

00:22:42.820 --> 00:22:43.500
 Justice

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:44.300
 had to

00:22:44.300 --> 00:22:44.460
 be

00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:44.780
 done.

00:22:47.600 --> 00:22:48.000
 Jesus'

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:48.640
 enemies,

00:22:48.860 --> 00:22:49.160
 as they

00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:50.140
 crucify him,

00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:51.280
 meant it

00:22:51.280 --> 00:22:51.500
 for

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:51.920
 evil,

00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:54.560
 but God

00:22:54.560 --> 00:22:55.060
 used it

00:22:55.060 --> 00:22:55.240
 for

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:55.520
 good.

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.560
 The

00:22:58.560 --> 00:22:58.759
 Bible

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.259
 tells us

00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.480
 that

00:22:59.480 --> 00:22:59.920
 by

00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:00.340
 Jesus'

00:23:00.540 --> 00:23:00.780
 death,

00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:01.000
 he

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:01.220
 made

00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:01.780
 atonement

00:23:01.780 --> 00:23:02.340
 for

00:23:02.340 --> 00:23:02.560
 the

00:23:02.560 --> 00:23:02.860
 sins

00:23:02.860 --> 00:23:03.040
 of

00:23:03.040 --> 00:23:03.180
 the

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:03.460
 world.

00:23:06.360 --> 00:23:06.880
 It

00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:07.280
 tells us

00:23:07.280 --> 00:23:07.620
 that we

00:23:07.620 --> 00:23:08.000
 can be

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.420
 forgiven

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:09.380
 of any

00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:09.960
 wrong

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.420
 we have

00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:10.720
 done

00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:11.700
 in the

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:11.940
 sight

00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:12.100
 of

00:23:12.100 --> 00:23:12.420
 God

00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:14.300
 because

00:23:14.300 --> 00:23:15.120
 2,000

00:23:15.120 --> 00:23:15.759
 years ago,

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.220
 Jesus

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.660
 stepped

00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:17.040
 forward

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.240
 and

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:17.579
 allowed

00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:18.119
 himself

00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:18.539
 to

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:18.940
 suffer

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.839
 many

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.379
 things

00:23:20.379 --> 00:23:22.059
 and be

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.579
 rejected

00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:24.480
 and be

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:24.839
 killed.

00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:27.359
 He

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:27.579
 took

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:27.859
 upon

00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:28.299
 himself

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:28.599
 the

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:29.000
 punishment

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.980
 that we

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.500
 deserve

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:32.220
 for our

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.539
 sins

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:34.339
 so that

00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:34.659
 we could

00:23:34.659 --> 00:23:35.180
 be healed,

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:36.819
 forgiven,

00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:38.819
 restored

00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.079
 to

00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:39.420
 God.

00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:39.460
 God,

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:44.140
 why would

00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:44.740
 Jesus do

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.220
 this for

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.539
 us?

00:23:48.060 --> 00:23:48.700
 The

00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:49.220
 answer of

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:49.600
 the Bible

00:23:49.600 --> 00:23:50.140
 again and

00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:51.500
 again is

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:51.980
 it's because

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.400
 of his

00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:53.259
 great love

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:54.240
 for us.

00:23:58.060 --> 00:23:58.720
 It's

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.120
 amazing.

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:02.160
 Why

00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:02.420
 would

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:02.900
 God,

00:24:03.620 --> 00:24:04.140
 holy

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:04.640
 God,

00:24:05.360 --> 00:24:05.740
 offer

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.259
 eternal

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:07.640
 life and

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:08.120
 forgiveness

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:08.519
 to

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.099
 stubborn

00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:09.419
 and

00:24:09.419 --> 00:24:10.019
 rebellious

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.419
 sinners

00:24:10.419 --> 00:24:12.099
 like you

00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:12.500
 and me

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:16.099
 because

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:16.519
 of his

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.239
 great love

00:24:17.239 --> 00:24:18.039
 for us.

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:19.739
 Listen to

00:24:19.739 --> 00:24:20.059
 how the

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.619
 Apostle Paul

00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:21.059
 puts it

00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:21.299
 in his

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:21.639
 letter to

00:24:21.639 --> 00:24:22.119
 the church

00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:22.599
 in Rome.

00:24:23.439 --> 00:24:24.159
 He says,

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.679
 you see,

00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:25.879
 at just

00:24:25.879 --> 00:24:26.299
 the right

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:26.719
 time,

00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:28.599
 while we

00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:29.219
 were still

00:24:29.219 --> 00:24:30.159
 powerless,

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 Christ

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:33.019
 died for

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.959
 the ungodly.

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 Very

00:24:36.419 --> 00:24:37.039
 rarely will

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.799
 anyone die

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.940
 for a

00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.259
 righteous

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 person.

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 Though for

00:24:42.379 --> 00:24:42.779
 a good

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.200
 person,

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:43.960
 someone might

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.839
 possibly dare

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.319
 to die,

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.960
 but God

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.659
 demonstrates

00:24:48.659 --> 00:24:49.379
 his own

00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:50.039
 love for

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.859
 us in

00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:51.240
 this.

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 While we

00:24:52.659 --> 00:24:53.279
 were still

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.940
 sinners,

00:24:55.419 --> 00:24:56.859
 Christ died

00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:57.720
 for us.

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 trust,

00:24:57.779 --> 00:25:10.100
 God does

00:25:10.100 --> 00:25:10.900
 something amazing

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:11.539
 and wonderful.

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:13.799
 He gives

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.299
 us a new

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.680
 birth.

00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:16.640
 He gives

00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:17.100
 us a new

00:25:17.100 --> 00:25:17.500
 life.

00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:20.339
 He changes

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:20.759
 us.

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.779
 He saves

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.759
 us from

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.059
 what the

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:24.660
 Bible tells

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:24.980
 us is

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:25.300
 coming.

00:25:26.620 --> 00:25:27.200
 As we

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.620
 talked about

00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:28.080
 this morning

00:25:28.080 --> 00:25:28.560
 in Sunday

00:25:28.560 --> 00:25:28.820
 school,

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 yes,

00:25:29.840 --> 00:25:30.180
 judgment

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:31.080
 and wrath

00:25:31.080 --> 00:25:32.279
 are what

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 we deserve.

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 But there

00:25:34.100 --> 00:25:34.800
 is a way

00:25:34.800 --> 00:25:35.400
 that God

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.140
 has provided

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:36.560
 to be

00:25:36.560 --> 00:25:36.980
 saved from

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.240
 that.

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 And that

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:39.279
 way is

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.779
 through faith

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.320
 in Jesus,

00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:41.500
 the one

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.000
 he sent.

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 Not only

00:25:44.820 --> 00:25:45.160
 that,

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.560
 but he

00:25:45.560 --> 00:25:46.440
 promises us

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.320
 citizenship

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:48.119
 in his

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:48.500
 kingdom

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:52.259
 when Jesus

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:52.879
 returns.

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.980
 Many in

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.559
 our world

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:58.839
 are asleep

00:25:58.839 --> 00:25:59.179
 at the

00:25:59.179 --> 00:25:59.500
 wheel

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:01.279
 and headed

00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:02.059
 for disaster.

00:26:04.919 --> 00:26:05.899
 By God's

00:26:05.899 --> 00:26:06.460
 grace and

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:06.779
 mercy,

00:26:06.919 --> 00:26:07.259
 he has

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:08.079
 awakened us

00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:09.299
 to the

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:10.039
 danger ahead

00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:10.500
 and he

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:10.939
 has shown

00:26:10.939 --> 00:26:11.299
 us the

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:11.759
 way out.

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.919
 And now

00:26:14.919 --> 00:26:15.579
 he has

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:16.119
 sent us

00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:16.639
 to go

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:18.360
 and to

00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:18.960
 wake others

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.340
 to the

00:26:19.340 --> 00:26:20.080
 danger ahead

00:26:20.080 --> 00:26:21.220
 and show

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.540
 them the

00:26:21.540 --> 00:26:22.400
 way to

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:22.940
 be saved.

00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:25.840
 And that

00:26:25.840 --> 00:26:26.480
 way is not

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.100
 complicated.

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.740
 Sometimes we

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.560
 overcomplicate

00:26:28.560 --> 00:26:28.759
 it.

00:26:29.840 --> 00:26:30.520
 It's just

00:26:30.520 --> 00:26:31.140
 telling people

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:31.620
 this very

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.240
 story of

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:32.580
 Jesus.

00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:34.780
 The whole

00:26:34.780 --> 00:26:35.120
 thing,

00:26:35.600 --> 00:26:35.980
 from the

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.320
 beginning

00:26:36.320 --> 00:26:37.800
 to the

00:26:37.800 --> 00:26:38.100
 end.

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:38.840
 From his

00:26:38.840 --> 00:26:39.180
 birth,

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:39.900
 to his

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:40.320
 miracles,

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.040
 to his

00:26:41.040 --> 00:26:41.540
 message,

00:26:41.820 --> 00:26:42.259
 to his

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.560
 death,

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:42.920
 to his

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.460
 resurrection,

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:43.980
 or as

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.480
 much as

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:44.640
 they're

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.040
 willing to

00:26:45.040 --> 00:26:45.280
 hear.

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:49.320
 By

00:26:49.320 --> 00:26:49.720
 putting

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:51.480
 their

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:52.020
 faith in

00:26:52.020 --> 00:26:52.440
 him and

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:52.780
 what he

00:26:52.780 --> 00:26:53.340
 has done,

00:26:54.020 --> 00:26:54.660
 they can

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:55.200
 be saved,

00:26:55.360 --> 00:26:55.740
 just as

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.180
 we have.

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.259
 The

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.759
 people in

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.180
 Davidson,

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:02.460
 the

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:02.940
 people in

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.320
 Crake,

00:27:04.540 --> 00:27:05.220
 the people

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:05.420
 in

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:05.880
 Keniston,

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.400
 out on

00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:08.880
 the farm,

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.080
 in town,

00:27:11.860 --> 00:27:12.180
 young,

00:27:12.820 --> 00:27:13.320
 old,

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:15.319
 people in

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:16.319
 the farm,

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.700
 the people

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.359
 who

00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:17.419
 have

00:27:17.419 --> 00:27:19.019
 good news

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.919
 of God's

00:27:19.919 --> 00:27:21.240
 love and

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.720
 rescue.

00:27:22.919 --> 00:27:23.919
 And the

00:27:23.919 --> 00:27:24.679
 climax of

00:27:24.679 --> 00:27:25.220
 that news

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:26.259
 is the

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.659
 cross.

00:27:31.439 --> 00:27:32.119
 We're

00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:32.279
 going to

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.740
 take a few

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.259
 minutes now

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:34.460
 to remember

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:36.179
 and to

00:27:36.179 --> 00:27:36.779
 thank God

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.200
 for the

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.599
 cross,

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.799
 how he

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:39.859
 used the

00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:41.039
 evil of

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.439
 men,

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:42.860
 done to

00:27:42.860 --> 00:27:43.160
 his

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:43.620
 innocent

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:44.320
 son to

00:27:44.320 --> 00:27:45.019
 forgive us

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.860
 and to

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:46.440
 restore us

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:46.820
 to him.

00:27:48.580 --> 00:27:48.900
 So in

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.200
 just a

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.440
 moment,

00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:50.380
 we'll

00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:51.980
 pass out

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.480
 the bread

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.480
 and the

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:53.720
 cup.

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.240
 And if

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:57.660
 you believe

00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.160
 in Jesus,

00:27:58.320 --> 00:27:58.960
 that he is

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.539
 the Christ,

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:00.620
 then of

00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:00.920
 course the

00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:01.400
 next step

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:01.980
 for you is

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.259
 to be

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:03.100
 baptized in

00:28:03.100 --> 00:28:03.600
 his name.

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.360
 But if

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:04.860
 you believe

00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:05.420
 in Jesus

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:05.900
 like we've

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.320
 been talking

00:28:06.320 --> 00:28:06.700
 about,

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.640
 then please

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:09.420
 join with

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.759
 us in

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.140
 remembering

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:10.740
 the body

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:12.080
 and blood

00:28:12.080 --> 00:28:14.060
 which was

00:28:14.060 --> 00:28:15.180
 broken and

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.680
 poured out

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.720
 for our

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.200
 salvation.

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.640
 Let's take a

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:20.019
 few minutes

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.640
 now to

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:21.840
 quietly pray

00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:22.380
 and to

00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:22.800
 reflect.

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:25.039
 And then

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.539
 we'll have

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:27.960
 Dave and

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:31.720
 Simon come

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.340
 and serve

00:28:32.340 --> 00:28:33.060
 the elements.

00:28:34.100 --> 00:28:34.740
 We'll wait

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.300
 until everybody

00:28:35.300 --> 00:28:35.620
 has been

00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:36.460
 served and

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:37.480
 we'll give

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:38.019
 thanks and

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.740
 we'll eat and

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.140
 drink all

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.500
 together.

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:40.579
 Let's do

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:40.819
 that.