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 Well, good morning everyone.

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 As Nick has said, we're kicking off our annual vision series today.

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 This one is, in my view, particularly special

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 because it's the final one for Follow 25.

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 Follow 25, if you're relatively new around here,

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 is our five-year strategic plan

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 that was launched four years ago

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 to see the majority of us at St Paul's

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 growing in faith, growing in God confidence.

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 And over the past five years or four years,

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 we have learnt quite a lot

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 in terms of what does that look like in our day and age.

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 And so this vision series,

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 we're going to build on that work

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 by digging a bit deeper

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 into how we follow Jesus here at St Paul's

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 in this season, 21st century,

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 as we live out our purpose

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 of treasuring Jesus together for the joy of all people,

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 which is our purpose statement.

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 It's our statement which tries to capture, if you like,

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 both the great commandment and the great commission.

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 That is, the great commandment to love God and love people

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 and to make disciples of all nations.

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 So, you know, worship God, love each other,

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 and serve the world.

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 That's really what the three things

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 that we're on about here at St Paul's.

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 And so as we do that in our vision series,

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 we are planning to take our collective next step

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 to see lives flourish in Jesus in our city.

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 And the key to that,

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 which we want to get down to the nitty-gritty

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 through this vision series,

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 that for us to see lives flourishing

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 and for us to collectively take our next step,

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 we individually need to be intentionally

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 taking our next step to grow as disciples of Jesus.

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 So the thrust of what I am calling us to

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 over the course of this term

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 is to intentionally practice rhythms of grace,

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 what have been called godly habits,

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 spiritual disciplines over the centuries.

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 And this is a need for all of us.

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 None of us have got any of this right.

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 Some of us are stuck in a rut

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 and happy to be there.

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 Some of us don't even realise we're stuck in a rut.

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 So my call throughout this series

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 will be for us to intentionally follow Jesus

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 and to fulfil his purpose for us in life.

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 And that is that we would be transformed

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 into his image day by day.

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 Now, this is my 15th vision series at St Paul's.

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 It's been my privilege and my honour

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 to lead St Paul's for almost 16 years now.

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 It'll be coming up real soon.

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 The Ad of Mercy for that.

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 You're not marking it.

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 It's in my calendar.

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 I am so, so personally confident

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 that pursuing intentional Jesus,

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 intentional discipleship in Jesus Christ

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 is so absolutely right

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 in terms of what God has called us to.

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 It is my strong conviction

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 after nearly three decades of pastoral ministry

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 that treasuring Jesus above everything else

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 is what we all need

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 and to do it in every aspect of life

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 to him to be,

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 for us to fully surrender to him

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 is what every one of us needs to do

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 and yet it's the thing

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 that is often lacking in Western Christianity.

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 You may or may not remember

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 but back when I launched Follow 25,

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 my personal commitment

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 was that I was going to read

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 the Old Testament once

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 and Psalms and New Testament twice

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 every year

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 for the course of Follow 25

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 and so far I've been on track

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 for the past four years

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 and it's become more of a habit now

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 and much easier to do

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 after four years of slogging away at it.

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 I'm glad I've done it.

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 Over the past four years,

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 in conjunction with that,

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 I have faced many personal challenges

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 that have forced me

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 to go deeper in understanding myself

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 of seeing areas that needed to be changed in my life

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 and working on those areas.

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 And I'm grateful for God and his spirit.

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 I'm grateful for the community of saints

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 who have assisted and walked with me

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 and mentors and coaches

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 who have helped me through that process.

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 And so after four years

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 of following Christ in this process,

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 of Follow 25,

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 I have seen change in my life.

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 I feel more stable and content.

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 I have more mystery in life,

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 in the things of God.

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 I feel like I'm more restful in him

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 after four years of Follow 25.

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 And yet,

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 I come to this series

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 very conscious.

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 After walking with Jesus

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 for over three decades,

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 I struggle day by day

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 to live out the life of discipleship.

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 I am like you,

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 a sheep before I am a shepherd.

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 I'm conscious of the setbacks.

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 I'm conscious of the apathy

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 and the battle in my life to change.

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 And after 16 years of leading St. Paul's,

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 for those who've been around

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 the whole time of that,

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 you know that.

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 You can see straight through me.

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 That's the difficulty of standing up here

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 almost week after week after week.

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 I feel exposed and vulnerable

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 as I call us to surrender everything to Jesus.

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 I am a sheep like you

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 and I struggle to do that too.

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 I can bring it to you

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 with an element of sharpness

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 and clarity and humour

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 and conviction

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 and yet struggle to do it myself.

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 I'm a flawed saint

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 journeying with you.

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 For instance,

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 I need to crucify the love

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 of praise and affirmation

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 every day.

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 I have to crucify the desire

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 to make a name for myself

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 rather than a name for Christ.

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 I am drawn to security

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 and comfort and possessions.

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 I struggle with some of the fears

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 at 55

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 that I struggled with at 15

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 and I'm frustrated

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 by the lack of change in those areas,

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 the fear of rejection.

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 The fear of rejection.

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 The fear of looking foolish.

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 I have battled personal insecurity,

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 identity and social anxiety

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 all of my life.

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 I am prone to self-pity.

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 I feel it quickly

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 if I don't get the love

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 and the respect

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 the way that I want to.

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 I'm a lover of progress

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 and productivity

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 and so I constantly battle

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 the guilt around the use of my time.

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 procrastination is one thing

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 that I hate about myself.

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 I'm generally quick

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 on critical analysis

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 and problem solving

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 and decision making

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 and slower

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 on listening and compassion.

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 I love to praise God

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 with you

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 in this setting

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 and I'm very conscious

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 that I feel a constraint

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 in my own soul

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 when it's just me and God.

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 I constantly question

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 the motives of my heart

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 and so I question

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 the motives of yours

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 and others too.

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 I've loved my wife

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 imperfectly for 26 years.

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 and my children

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 imperfectly for 17 years.

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 I want to know God.

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 I want to know myself

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 and I want to see the gap

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 and the difference

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 between who I am

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 and what he's called me to.

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 And so I say all of that

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 and have it included everything

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 just simply to say

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 I'm with you

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 and I invite you

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 to take your next step

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 with me.

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 In the embrace

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 of our Saviour

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 who knows us

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 Saviour who is gentle

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 and humble

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 and tender

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 towards flawed saints

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 like me

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 and you

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 as we are made more

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 in his image this year.

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 so you will hear

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 tenderness

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 in this series

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 but you will also hear

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 or feel

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 some boots up the backside.

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 It's in the context

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 of a tender boot

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 if you like

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 because after 16 years

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 of leading St Paul's

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 I can say

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 that some of us

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 here have not even

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 moved to scratch.

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 I can say

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 in reflecting

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 in 16 years

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 there's been

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 no change

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 in some people

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 at St Paul's

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 in 16 years.

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 Your value systems

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 are still the same

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 your habits

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 are still the same

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 your priorities

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 are still the same.

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 in fact

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 for some of us here

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 I'm actually

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 seeing it get worse.

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 I'm seeing a decline

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 in discipleship.

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 There may be

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 a growth in

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 knowledge

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 but don't make

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 the mistake

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 that a growth

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 in knowledge

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 means transformation.

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 That's the mistake

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 of Western society.

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 And so

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 I invite you

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 to come on this

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 journey

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 and take your

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 next step.

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 And so today

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 we're really

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 just going to

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 start at the

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 beginning

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 of Christian

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 discipleship

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 where it all

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 begins

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 before we go

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 into the details

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 which is

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 following Jesus.

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 And so

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 four points

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 today

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 you'll see

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 them up

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 on the screen

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 and the first

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 point

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 who is Jesus?

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 Who do you

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 say I am?

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 That's the question

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 Jesus asked

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 his closest

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 followers

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 in Mark 8.

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 But just

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 before that

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 question

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 he also

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 asked them

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 the question

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 so who

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 do

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 other people

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 say I

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 am?

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 What's

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 people's

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 opinion

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 to me?

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 Now

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 Jesus of

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 Nazareth

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 is undoubtedly

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 the most

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 popular

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 most

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 recognisable

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 most quoted

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 the most

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 admired

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 the most

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 controversial

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 figure in

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 all of

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 history

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 and human

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 society.

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 no other

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 person

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 has been

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 more

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 scrutinised

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 or studied

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 ever

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 in the

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 history

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 of

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 humanity.

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 Entire

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 philosophies

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 and religion

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 have been

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 founded on

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 his teaching.

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 More books

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 have been

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 written about

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 him than

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 any other

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 person who

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 has ever

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 lived.

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 Every day

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 his name

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 is spoken

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 more than

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 any other

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 name from

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 affectionate

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 admiration

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 and worship

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 to absent

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 minded

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 curses

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 and

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 denouncements.

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 The large

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 figures of

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 history

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 have had to

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 acknowledge

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 him from

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 communist

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 dictators like

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 Fidel Castro,

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 Napoleon

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 Bonaparte,

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 Donald Trump,

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 I mean

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 name them,

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 Caesar,

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 Charlemagne,

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 they've all

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 had to

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 reckon with

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 Jesus Christ.

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 No message

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 has ever

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 been used

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 or exploited

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 more than

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 that of

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Politicians

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 grab some

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 of his

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 quotable quotes

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 to prop

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 up their

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 political

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 platform.

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 Every religion

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 in the world,

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 whether it be

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 Christian or

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 not,

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 has to

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 factor in

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 some appraisal

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 of Jesus

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 himself.

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 It might

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 be to

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 honour him

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 as one

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 of the

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 God's

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 great

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 prophets

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 or as

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 an

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 enlightened

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 man

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 or to

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 reject him

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 as a

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 fraud

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 or to

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 hail him

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 as the

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 king of

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 kings

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 and the

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 saviour

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 of the

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 world.

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 A person

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 is more

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 misunderstood,

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 marginalised

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 or

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 commercialised

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 than

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 Jesus.

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 He's

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 been

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 fictionalised

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 in the

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 last

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 temptation

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 of

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 Christ,

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 humanised

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 in the

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 passion

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 of the

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 Christ

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 and

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 satirised

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 by the

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 Simpsons

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 and South

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 Park.

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 He's

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 viewed as

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 either a

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 stern

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 taskmaster

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 or a

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 moral

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 jellyfish,

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 willing to

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 hand out

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 forgiveness

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 and to

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 turn a

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 blind eye

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 to anyone,

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 anyone who

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 prays just a

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 simple shallow

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 prayer of

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 confession only

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 to live a

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 life from

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 that moment

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 devoid of

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 his presence

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 at all.

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 And there's a

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 summary of

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 Western

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 Christianity

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 since the

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 1970s.

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 you see,

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 the point

00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:34.000
 is,

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 you get

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 Jesus

00:14:36.299 --> 00:14:37.059
 wrong

00:14:37.059 --> 00:14:38.620
 and you

00:14:38.620 --> 00:14:39.159
 get the

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 meaning of

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 the Christian

00:14:40.299 --> 00:14:41.159
 faith and

00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:41.480
 what it

00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:41.899
 means to

00:14:41.899 --> 00:14:42.500
 be Christian

00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:43.220
 entirely

00:14:43.220 --> 00:14:43.699
 wrong.

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 And Mark

00:14:47.259 --> 00:14:48.319
 longs that

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 we get an

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 accurate picture

00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:50.659
 of who

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 Jesus is

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 and what

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 he came

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 to do.

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 So Mark

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 8,

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 it's the

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 pivotal

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 chapter,

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 take those

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 off the

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 screen,

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 it just

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 really

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 freaking

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 me out

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 a little

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 bit.

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 It's the

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 pivotal

00:15:05.280 --> 00:15:07.180
 chapter in

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 the gospel.

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 Jesus'

00:15:10.460 --> 00:15:11.540
 early followers

00:15:11.540 --> 00:15:12.220
 begin to

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 see the

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 true identity

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 of who

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 he is

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 and in

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 verse 29

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 Peter answers

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 the big

00:15:18.300 --> 00:15:19.000
 question of

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 the identity

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 of Jesus.

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 He is the

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 Messiah.

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 It's a

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 word that

00:15:25.259 --> 00:15:25.920
 literally means

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 the anointed

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 one.

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 You're the

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 anointed

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 one.

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 You're the

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 Messiah.

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 You're the

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 Christ.

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 You are

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 the king

00:15:32.659 --> 00:15:34.139
 to end

00:15:34.139 --> 00:15:35.159
 all kings.

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 You are

00:15:37.779 --> 00:15:38.779
 the long

00:15:38.779 --> 00:15:40.579
 promised

00:15:40.579 --> 00:15:42.079
 ruler of

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 the world

00:15:42.799 --> 00:15:44.600
 and Jesus

00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:45.279
 accepts the

00:15:45.279 --> 00:15:45.559
 title.

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 Doesn't reject

00:15:47.079 --> 00:15:47.600
 it in any

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 way.

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 But the

00:15:49.819 --> 00:15:50.600
 next thing

00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:51.379
 that comes

00:15:51.379 --> 00:15:51.819
 out of

00:15:51.819 --> 00:15:52.079
 Jesus'

00:15:52.299 --> 00:15:52.899
 mouth is

00:15:52.899 --> 00:15:53.460
 shocking.

00:15:53.980 --> 00:15:54.500
 Verse 31,

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 he then began

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 to teach

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 them that the

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 son of man

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 must suffer

00:15:57.419 --> 00:15:58.039
 many things

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 and be

00:15:58.259 --> 00:15:58.860
 rejected by

00:15:58.860 --> 00:15:59.259
 the elders,

00:15:59.379 --> 00:15:59.679
 the chief

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 priests,

00:16:00.299 --> 00:16:00.659
 and the

00:16:00.659 --> 00:16:01.039
 teacher of

00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:01.340
 the law,

00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:01.659
 and that

00:16:01.659 --> 00:16:01.939
 he must

00:16:01.939 --> 00:16:02.600
 be killed

00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:03.500
 and after

00:16:03.500 --> 00:16:04.299
 three days

00:16:04.299 --> 00:16:05.120
 rise again.

00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:06.799
 He spoke

00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:07.860
 plainly about

00:16:07.860 --> 00:16:09.220
 this and

00:16:09.220 --> 00:16:09.679
 Peter took

00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:10.120
 him aside

00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:10.439
 and began

00:16:10.439 --> 00:16:10.919
 to rebuke

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 him.

00:16:12.319 --> 00:16:12.799
 He

00:16:12.799 --> 00:16:14.879
 must

00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:16.279
 suffer.

00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:18.600
 And what

00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:19.019
 he does

00:16:19.019 --> 00:16:19.799
 here is he

00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:20.579
 takes up

00:16:20.579 --> 00:16:21.100
 not just

00:16:21.100 --> 00:16:24.040
 the identity

00:16:24.040 --> 00:16:24.100
!

00:16:24.100 --> 00:16:24.639
 He

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 is given

00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:26.620
 by Peter

00:16:26.620 --> 00:16:26.960
 in this

00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:27.240
 moment,

00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:27.540
 but he

00:16:27.540 --> 00:16:28.460
 actually

00:16:28.460 --> 00:16:29.139
 applies a

00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:29.600
 new one

00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:30.100
 to himself

00:16:30.100 --> 00:16:30.399
 when he

00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:30.960
 calls himself

00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:31.540
 the son

00:16:31.540 --> 00:16:32.060
 of man,

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 which is

00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:34.100
 Daniel chapter

00:16:34.100 --> 00:16:35.159
 7 in the

00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:35.779
 Old Testament.

00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:36.580
 The son of

00:16:36.580 --> 00:16:37.300
 man in

00:16:37.300 --> 00:16:37.980
 Daniel 7

00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:38.440
 is a

00:16:38.440 --> 00:16:38.980
 divine

00:16:38.980 --> 00:16:40.120
 Messiah

00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:41.659
 figure who

00:16:41.659 --> 00:16:42.440
 comes with

00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:43.100
 the angels

00:16:43.100 --> 00:16:43.500
 to put

00:16:43.500 --> 00:16:43.879
 everything

00:16:43.879 --> 00:16:44.639
 right in

00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:45.040
 a world

00:16:45.040 --> 00:16:45.580
 that's

00:16:45.580 --> 00:16:45.980
 horribly

00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:46.600
 wrong.

00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:47.300
 The son

00:16:47.300 --> 00:16:47.820
 of man in

00:16:47.820 --> 00:16:48.400
 Daniel 7

00:16:48.400 --> 00:16:49.280
 is God

00:16:49.280 --> 00:16:50.120
 himself

00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:51.200
 in the

00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:51.740
 world.

00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:56.800
 So,

00:16:57.220 --> 00:16:58.480
 how could

00:16:58.480 --> 00:16:59.720
 the

00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:00.420
 promised

00:17:00.420 --> 00:17:01.580
 Messiah

00:17:01.580 --> 00:17:03.160
 defeat

00:17:03.160 --> 00:17:04.100
 evil and

00:17:04.100 --> 00:17:05.100
 suffering and

00:17:05.100 --> 00:17:05.900
 injustice

00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:08.420
 by suffering,

00:17:08.900 --> 00:17:10.640
 by dying?

00:17:12.700 --> 00:17:13.620
 The

00:17:13.620 --> 00:17:14.320
 concept of

00:17:14.320 --> 00:17:14.900
 a suffering

00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:15.539
 Messiah,

00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:16.380
 a dead

00:17:16.380 --> 00:17:16.900
 Messiah,

00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:17.559
 a dead

00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.879
 rescuer,

00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:19.799
 makes no

00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:20.460
 sense.

00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:21.980
 And yet

00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:22.879
 Jesus is

00:17:22.879 --> 00:17:23.720
 explicit.

00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:26.079
 He's

00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:26.720
 planning to

00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:27.000
 die.

00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:27.720
 He's not

00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:28.519
 predicting that

00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:28.839
 he will

00:17:28.839 --> 00:17:29.179
 die.

00:17:29.339 --> 00:17:29.500
 I mean,

00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:30.000
 we can all

00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:30.440
 predict we

00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:30.859
 will die.

00:17:31.159 --> 00:17:31.740
 There's no

00:17:31.740 --> 00:17:32.319
 prophecy in

00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:32.500
 that.

00:17:32.619 --> 00:17:33.259
 I'm going

00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:33.639
 to die.

00:17:35.159 --> 00:17:35.700
 Ratio is

00:17:35.700 --> 00:17:36.099
 one out of

00:17:36.099 --> 00:17:36.359
 one.

00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:40.099
 He's a

00:17:40.099 --> 00:17:40.819
 plan.

00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.259
 It's one

00:17:43.259 --> 00:17:43.779
 thing for

00:17:43.779 --> 00:17:44.220
 Jesus to

00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:44.539
 say that

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 he will

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 fight for

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 justice and

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 he will be

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 defeated.

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 It's

00:17:48.139 --> 00:17:48.399
 another

00:17:48.399 --> 00:17:48.899
 thing that

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 he says

00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:50.319
 that I

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 will fight

00:17:50.939 --> 00:17:51.139
 for

00:17:51.139 --> 00:17:51.539
 injustice,

00:17:51.539 --> 00:17:52.319
 I will

00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:52.799
 overturn

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 evil.

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 It's the

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 very reason

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 I came

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 and the

00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:56.399
 way I'm

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 going to

00:17:56.619 --> 00:17:57.000
 do that

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 is through

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 my

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 death.

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 He is

00:18:00.439 --> 00:18:00.559
 the

00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:00.980
 Messiah.

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 But he

00:18:02.679 --> 00:18:03.139
 came not

00:18:03.139 --> 00:18:03.699
 to live

00:18:03.699 --> 00:18:04.419
 and reign,

00:18:05.419 --> 00:18:05.839
 but to

00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:06.500
 die and

00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:06.939
 reign.

00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:08.199
 Not to

00:18:08.199 --> 00:18:08.759
 take power,

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 but to

00:18:09.139 --> 00:18:09.720
 lose it.

00:18:10.460 --> 00:18:10.879
 Not to

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 subjugate,

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 but to

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 serve.

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 And the

00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:17.000
 word must

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 there in

00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:18.279
 those

00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:19.000
 sentences

00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:20.759
 controls the

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 whole sentence.

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 It controls

00:18:23.099 --> 00:18:23.599
 everything.

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 It's the

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 main word.

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 Jesus

00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:28.339
 must suffer.

00:18:28.859 --> 00:18:29.139
 Jesus

00:18:29.139 --> 00:18:30.359
 must be

00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:30.799
 rejected.

00:18:31.059 --> 00:18:31.299
 Jesus

00:18:31.299 --> 00:18:32.379
 must be

00:18:32.379 --> 00:18:32.740
 killed.

00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:33.359
 Jesus

00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:34.799
 must be

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 resurrected.

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 All of

00:18:38.599 --> 00:18:39.179
 those

00:18:39.179 --> 00:18:40.339
 musts

00:18:41.779 --> 00:18:42.359
 have to

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 happen

00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:44.119
 for

00:18:44.119 --> 00:18:44.759
 humanity

00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:45.339
 to be

00:18:45.339 --> 00:18:45.759
 forgiven

00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:46.459
 for crimes

00:18:46.459 --> 00:18:47.220
 against God

00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:48.019
 and saved

00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:49.359
 from God's

00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:49.879
 judgment

00:18:49.879 --> 00:18:51.759
 and for

00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:52.399
 evil to be

00:18:52.399 --> 00:18:53.279
 defeated and

00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:53.639
 for the

00:18:53.639 --> 00:18:54.220
 world to

00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:55.059
 be renewed.

00:18:57.539 --> 00:18:58.019
 And Peter

00:18:58.019 --> 00:18:58.740
 takes Jesus

00:18:58.740 --> 00:18:59.399
 aside and

00:18:59.399 --> 00:18:59.759
 says,

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 whose side

00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:01.740
 are you

00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:02.159
 on?

00:19:03.299 --> 00:19:04.500
 And he

00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:05.259
 condemns

00:19:05.259 --> 00:19:05.940
 him in

00:19:05.940 --> 00:19:06.119
 the

00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:06.740
 strongest

00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:08.019
 possible

00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:09.339
 terms.

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 And Jesus

00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:11.920
 says,

00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:12.359
 get behind

00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:12.579
 me,

00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:12.920
 Satan.

00:19:14.379 --> 00:19:14.700
 He

00:19:14.700 --> 00:19:16.000
 speaks

00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:17.200
 to

00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:18.099
 one of

00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:18.299
 his

00:19:18.299 --> 00:19:18.920
 closest

00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:19.839
 friends

00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:20.859
 and

00:19:20.859 --> 00:19:21.319
 gives

00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:21.680
 him

00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:22.099
 the

00:19:22.099 --> 00:19:22.700
 name

00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:23.059
 of

00:19:23.059 --> 00:19:23.339
 his

00:19:23.339 --> 00:19:23.940
 worst

00:19:23.940 --> 00:19:24.500
 enemy.

00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:26.879
 Don't

00:19:26.879 --> 00:19:27.099
 you

00:19:27.099 --> 00:19:27.640
 dare

00:19:27.640 --> 00:19:27.980
 stand

00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:28.140
 in

00:19:28.140 --> 00:19:28.259
 the

00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:28.460
 way

00:19:28.460 --> 00:19:28.579
 of

00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:28.740
 my

00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:29.079
 mission.

00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:32.879
 It

00:19:32.879 --> 00:19:33.160
 makes

00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:33.500
 no

00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:34.000
 sense

00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:34.220
 to

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:34.559
 Peter.

00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:38.039
 But it

00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:38.339
 does

00:19:38.339 --> 00:19:38.599
 make

00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:38.960
 perfect

00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:39.400
 sense.

00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:40.599
 You see,

00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:40.940
 Jesus'

00:19:41.140 --> 00:19:41.400
 death

00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:41.759
 makes

00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:42.500
 perfect

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:42.940
 sense

00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:43.180
 on

00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:43.299
 a

00:19:43.299 --> 00:19:43.500
 whole

00:19:43.500 --> 00:19:43.839
 different

00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:44.200
 levels.

00:19:44.299 --> 00:19:44.460
 But let

00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:44.720
 me just

00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:46.119
 focus on

00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:46.420
 one,

00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:46.680
 the

00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:47.059
 legal

00:19:47.059 --> 00:19:47.579
 level.

00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:50.119
 If you

00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:51.559
 were to

00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:52.000
 grab my

00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:52.539
 phone right

00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:52.900
 now,

00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:53.900
 take it

00:19:53.900 --> 00:19:55.119
 and

00:19:55.119 --> 00:19:57.460
 break it

00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:58.900
 so you

00:19:58.900 --> 00:19:59.759
 destroyed it,

00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:00.619
 there are

00:20:00.619 --> 00:20:01.160
 two things

00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:01.440
 that can

00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:01.900
 happen in

00:20:01.900 --> 00:20:02.060
 that

00:20:02.060 --> 00:20:02.440
 moment.

00:20:03.620 --> 00:20:03.980
 Either

00:20:03.980 --> 00:20:04.320
 I

00:20:04.320 --> 00:20:05.000
 pay for

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:07.019
 it and

00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:07.380
 I say

00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:07.820
 to you,

00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:08.920
 don't worry

00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:09.480
 about it,

00:20:09.560 --> 00:20:10.880
 it's fine,

00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:11.600
 it's only

00:20:11.600 --> 00:20:11.940
 an iPhone

00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:12.620
 12,

00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:14.519
 there's

00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:15.320
 16 now.

00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:16.720
 I

00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:17.440
 forgive you.

00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:19.220
 If I

00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:20.019
 do that

00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:20.800
 for you,

00:20:21.060 --> 00:20:21.880
 what happens

00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:22.280
 in that

00:20:22.280 --> 00:20:23.280
 moment is

00:20:23.280 --> 00:20:24.240
 I pay

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:24.840
 the debt.

00:20:26.580 --> 00:20:27.480
 I pay

00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:27.900
 the debt.

00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:29.860
 the other

00:20:29.860 --> 00:20:30.820
 alternative is

00:20:30.820 --> 00:20:31.200
 I say

00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:31.680
 to you,

00:20:32.180 --> 00:20:32.720
 you owe

00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:34.019
 me a

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:34.880
 new iPhone

00:20:34.880 --> 00:20:35.340
 12.

00:20:37.600 --> 00:20:38.300
 And in

00:20:38.300 --> 00:20:39.000
 that instance,

00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:40.019
 you pay

00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.560
 the debt.

00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:42.380
 The value

00:20:42.380 --> 00:20:43.019
 of the

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.740
 phone itself

00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.400
 doesn't just

00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:45.300
 disappear,

00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:46.460
 doesn't just

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:46.840
 go.

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:48.960
 Someone

00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.740
 has to

00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.500
 pay the

00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:50.700
 debt.

00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:51.380
 I can

00:20:51.380 --> 00:20:51.840
 choose to

00:20:51.840 --> 00:20:52.519
 forgive you

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:53.259
 and then I

00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:53.740
 pay the

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:53.960
 debt.

00:20:54.120 --> 00:20:54.519
 And I

00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:54.880
 can do

00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:55.320
 that in

00:20:55.320 --> 00:20:55.800
 a variety

00:20:55.800 --> 00:20:56.340
 of ways.

00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:56.740
 I can

00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.220
 go out

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:57.579
 and I

00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:57.819
 buy

00:20:57.819 --> 00:20:58.180
 myself

00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:58.380
 a

00:20:58.380 --> 00:20:58.579
 new

00:20:58.579 --> 00:20:58.960
 phone

00:20:58.960 --> 00:21:00.240
 or I

00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:00.620
 have to

00:21:00.620 --> 00:21:01.120
 pay the

00:21:01.120 --> 00:21:01.319
 debt

00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:01.799
 by going

00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.180
 back

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:02.640
 to

00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:04.380
 paper

00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:06.079
 and pens

00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:06.779
 and

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.579
 pigeons

00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:09.980
 or landlines,

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:10.779
 that kind

00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:11.240
 of stuff.

00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:12.559
 I have to

00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:12.920
 pay the

00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:13.259
 debt that

00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:13.600
 way.

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.500
 I would

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:17.339
 absorb the

00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:17.900
 debt in

00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:18.960
 some kind

00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:19.559
 of way.

00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:20.600
 And that

00:21:20.600 --> 00:21:21.299
 works on

00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:22.779
 every level

00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:23.620
 of life.

00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:24.860
 If someone

00:21:24.860 --> 00:21:25.539
 robs you of

00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:26.100
 an opportunity

00:21:26.100 --> 00:21:26.600
 of your

00:21:26.600 --> 00:21:27.000
 happiness,

00:21:27.220 --> 00:21:27.500
 or of

00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:27.620
 your

00:21:27.620 --> 00:21:28.299
 reputation

00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:30.140
 or something

00:21:30.140 --> 00:21:30.559
 else,

00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:31.880
 what happens

00:21:31.880 --> 00:21:32.400
 in there is

00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:33.160
 a personal

00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:33.700
 debt is

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:34.279
 accrued in

00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:34.839
 that moment.

00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:35.759
 And there

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.299
 are only two

00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:36.799
 choices in

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.220
 that moment.

00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:38.319
 Either you

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:38.880
 make them

00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:39.960
 pay by

00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:40.700
 ruining their

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:41.120
 happiness,

00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:42.319
 their reputation,

00:21:43.360 --> 00:21:43.740
 their

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.480
 opportunities,

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.740
 or you

00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:46.319
 can forgive

00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:46.620
 them.

00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:50.940
 Ever had

00:21:50.940 --> 00:21:51.480
 the experience

00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:51.819
 of forgiving

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.400
 someone in

00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:53.059
 that scenario?

00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:54.940
 How painfully

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.799
 hard it is?

00:21:57.220 --> 00:22:00.180
 true

00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:00.660
 forgiveness

00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:01.380
 always

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:01.960
 requires

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.539
 suffering.

00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:04.680
 Always

00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.259
 requires

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:05.799
 suffering.

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:06.860
 And so it

00:22:06.860 --> 00:22:07.299
 makes no

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:07.980
 surprise

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:09.039
 that God

00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:09.720
 would say

00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:12.620
 the debt

00:22:12.620 --> 00:22:13.480
 of humanity

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.839
 against God

00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:15.400
 for crimes

00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:16.039
 against their

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:16.640
 creator,

00:22:16.819 --> 00:22:17.180
 for not

00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:18.559
 living under

00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:19.700
 his rule,

00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:21.960
 God

00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.380
 doesn't,

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:22.960
 you know,

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.360
 the moral

00:22:23.360 --> 00:22:24.059
 jellyfish

00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:24.440
 Jesus,

00:22:24.600 --> 00:22:24.819
 ah,

00:22:24.860 --> 00:22:25.480
 don't worry

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:26.059
 about it,

00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:26.360
 you know,

00:22:26.420 --> 00:22:26.700
 we'll all

00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:27.200
 make it in

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.539
 the end,

00:22:27.600 --> 00:22:27.960
 just get

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.340
 your own

00:22:28.340 --> 00:22:28.559
 way,

00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:29.160
 be fine.

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:31.200
 That does

00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:31.940
 not work

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.700
 in society.

00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:33.700
 That does

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.180
 not work

00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:34.740
 on a personal

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.160
 level in

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:35.680
 your life.

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.039
 Why would

00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:36.360
 we expect

00:22:36.360 --> 00:22:36.840
 God to

00:22:36.840 --> 00:22:37.360
 do that?

00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:38.799
 The only

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.799
 way that

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.000
 could,

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:40.519
 something

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:40.940
 would happen

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:41.440
 was God

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:41.759
 would say

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:42.440
 the only

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:43.000
 way I

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.680
 can forgive

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.360
 the sins

00:22:44.360 --> 00:22:44.660
 of the

00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.559
 human race

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.880
 is either

00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:47.559
 cause them

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.159
 to suffer,

00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:50.659
 judgment

00:22:50.659 --> 00:22:51.500
 and punishment

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:53.240
 or I

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:53.559
 suffer.

00:22:59.039 --> 00:22:59.960
 The only

00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.480
 way God

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:00.720
 can

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.259
 pardon

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:01.659
 us

00:23:01.659 --> 00:23:02.179
 and not

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 judge us

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 is for

00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:05.460
 him to

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 come under

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.599
 his own

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 judgment

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:08.259
 for our

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.599
 sin,

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.799
 for him

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.440
 to absorb

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.200
 the punishment

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:12.599
 himself

00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:15.099
 and Jesus

00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:15.659
 says that's

00:23:15.659 --> 00:23:15.919
 what I'm

00:23:15.919 --> 00:23:16.419
 here to do

00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:17.660
 on the

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:17.980
 cross.

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:18.960
 I

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.980
 must

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.940
 suffer.

00:23:22.320 --> 00:23:22.759
 Jesus

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.600
 is God

00:23:23.600 --> 00:23:24.360
 and King.

00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:25.460
 He chooses

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:27.640
 to die

00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:28.160
 to pay

00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:28.580
 the debt

00:23:28.580 --> 00:23:28.940
 that we

00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.500
 owe him

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:29.820
 and that

00:23:29.820 --> 00:23:30.500
 makes him

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:31.019
 not just

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:31.380
 the King

00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:32.120
 of Kings,

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 not just

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:34.320
 a mighty

00:23:34.320 --> 00:23:35.080
 God,

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 but a

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:37.019
 merciful

00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:37.680
 and gracious

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.200
 and loving

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:38.620
 God.

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.460
 From the

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.220
 moment his

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:43.320
 public ministry

00:23:43.320 --> 00:23:44.080
 commenced,

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.279
 Jesus

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:45.899
 called

00:23:45.899 --> 00:23:46.700
 people to

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:47.160
 repent,

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:47.619
 that is

00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:48.559
 stop walking

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:49.119
 away from

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 God and

00:23:49.619 --> 00:23:50.099
 come back

00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:50.519
 to me,

00:23:50.639 --> 00:23:51.019
 come back

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.460
 to him,

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:52.899
 to repent,

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.460
 to turn

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:54.099
 away from

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:55.660
 rejection and

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.019
 to find

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.740
 forgiveness and

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:57.480
 new life and

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.059
 a transformed

00:23:58.059 --> 00:23:58.660
 life in

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 him.

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.579
 Right from

00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:03.539
 the very go

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.000
 of his

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.940
 public ministry,

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.819
 Jesus was

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:07.240
 not interested

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:09.079
 in curious

00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:10.039
 onlookers.

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:13.019
 he was

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.379
 not

00:24:13.379 --> 00:24:14.259
 interested

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.680
 in

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.339
 converts

00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:16.079
 to pray

00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:16.980
 a shallow

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.519
 prayer of

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.039
 confession.

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:21.599
 He was

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.000
 calling

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.839
 disciples,

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:26.139
 followers,

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.279
 fully

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:27.859
 committed,

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.460
 surrendered

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.299
 followers to

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 himself.

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.440
 And he

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:34.000
 calls all

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 of humanity

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.079
 down that

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 same path

00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:35.940
 now.

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:37.799
 and some

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.080
 of us

00:24:38.080 --> 00:24:38.360
 here,

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:38.980
 our very

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.740
 next step

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:41.180
 in life

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:42.000
 is to

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:43.299
 take that

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:44.019
 next step,

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:45.120
 to come to

00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:45.660
 Jesus and

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:45.960
 we would

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.420
 love to

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:46.700
 talk to

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:46.980
 you about

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.200
 that.

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:51.160
 the call

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:52.160
 here is

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:52.740
 to follow

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.319
 Jesus.

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:54.860
 Now the

00:24:54.860 --> 00:24:55.400
 concept of

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:56.299
 discipleship

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:57.700
 was common

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.440
 in the

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:59.220
 Greek and

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.500
 Roman

00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.279
 empires.

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 The word

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 disciple,

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.220
 which was

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.640
 not coined

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.220
 by Jesus,

00:25:03.340 --> 00:25:03.680
 it's not

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.960
 a Christian

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.420
 term,

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.299
 the word

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:06.840
 disciple

00:25:06.840 --> 00:25:07.340
 literally

00:25:07.340 --> 00:25:08.019
 means a

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.660
 student or

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.380
 a learner.

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:10.880
 In the

00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:11.140
 Jewish

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:11.840
 context,

00:25:12.580 --> 00:25:13.420
 a disciple

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:14.059
 would take

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.600
 the posture

00:25:14.600 --> 00:25:15.180
 of sitting

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.920
 and learning

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:17.259
 from their

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:18.080
 teacher and

00:25:18.080 --> 00:25:18.980
 following them

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:19.800
 in their

00:25:19.800 --> 00:25:20.200
 daily

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:21.500
 activities,

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.180
 daily

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.580
 duties.

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.140
 What is

00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:25.240
 interesting in

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.120
 Jewish culture,

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.120
 it was the

00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:29.279
 student,

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:29.900
 the learner,

00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:31.039
 who chose

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:32.640
 their

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:34.480
 master,

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.279
 their rabbi,

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.060
 the person

00:25:36.060 --> 00:25:36.420
 that they

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:37.779
 were following.

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.000
 And so

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.519
 there was a

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:40.960
 saying that

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:41.740
 a disciple

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:43.180
 should become

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:44.720
 dusty with

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.380
 the dust

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:45.880
 of their

00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.420
 rabbi,

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:48.940
 dusty with

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.300
 the dust

00:25:49.300 --> 00:25:49.580
 of their

00:25:49.580 --> 00:25:50.020
 rabbi.

00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:52.160
 That is to

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:52.640
 follow them

00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:53.640
 so closely

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:54.520
 in all

00:25:54.520 --> 00:25:55.400
 of life

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:56.480
 that they

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:56.940
 would be

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.680
 covered in

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:58.220
 the dust

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.560
 that was

00:25:58.560 --> 00:25:59.240
 stirred up

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.660
 from the

00:25:59.660 --> 00:25:59.940
 feet of

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:00.560
 their teacher

00:26:00.560 --> 00:26:02.200
 because they

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.540
 were just

00:26:02.540 --> 00:26:03.040
 with them

00:26:03.040 --> 00:26:03.540
 all the

00:26:03.540 --> 00:26:04.000
 time.

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:07.820
 And that

00:26:07.820 --> 00:26:09.740
 concept has

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.280
 been flown

00:26:10.280 --> 00:26:10.860
 over into

00:26:10.860 --> 00:26:11.200
 the New

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.640
 Testament.

00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:12.920
 the word

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:14.140
 Christian

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:15.520
 which was

00:26:15.520 --> 00:26:16.300
 first used

00:26:16.300 --> 00:26:16.960
 in the

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.460
 book of

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:17.780
 Acts

00:26:17.780 --> 00:26:20.460
 to try

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:21.120
 and capture

00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:22.660
 these

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:23.820
 people who

00:26:23.820 --> 00:26:24.860
 were following

00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:25.500
 Jesus and

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.020
 committed to

00:26:26.020 --> 00:26:26.460
 Jesus.

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.060
 What do we

00:26:27.060 --> 00:26:27.580
 call them?

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.840
 And the word

00:26:28.840 --> 00:26:29.680
 Christian is a

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.280
 combination of

00:26:30.280 --> 00:26:31.120
 two words

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:32.200
 from Latin

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.540
 and from

00:26:32.540 --> 00:26:32.780
 Greek

00:26:32.780 --> 00:26:34.840
 which means

00:26:34.840 --> 00:26:36.140
 Christiane,

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:38.960
 followers of

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.660
 the Christ.

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.960
 That's what

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.200
 the word

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:43.000
 Christian is.

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:46.140
 Followers of

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:46.720
 the Christ.

00:26:50.600 --> 00:26:51.400
 And it

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:52.259
 speaks of a

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:53.220
 lifelong journey

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:53.900
 of following

00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:55.620
 Jesus and

00:26:55.620 --> 00:26:56.980
 a 100%

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.900
 dedication to

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:58.240
 him.

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.140
 That's how

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.880
 he describes

00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:01.259
 it in verse

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.740
 34.

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:02.960
 Whoever wants

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.360
 to be my

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:03.960
 disciple must

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.660
 deny themselves,

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.019
 take a

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:06.140
 follow me.

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:06.920
 For whoever

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.500
 wants to

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.200
 save their

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:08.720
 life or

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.279
 lose it,

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.059
 but whoever

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.680
 loses their

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.100
 life for

00:27:11.100 --> 00:27:11.620
 me and

00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:11.860
 for the

00:27:11.860 --> 00:27:12.420
 gospel will

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:12.900
 save it.

00:27:13.860 --> 00:27:14.299
 What good

00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:15.299
 is it for

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:15.779
 someone to

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.360
 gain the

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:17.140
 whole world

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:18.200
 and yet

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:19.000
 forfeit their

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.319
 soul?

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:20.819
 Or what

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.600
 can anyone

00:27:21.600 --> 00:27:23.059
 give in

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:24.059
 exchange for

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.880
 their soul?

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.519
 This is

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:27.980
 crucial.

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.079
 In this

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:31.240
 whole section

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:32.500
 of Mark

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.680
 8, we are

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:34.240
 told that

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.319
 Jesus must

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:35.779
 die.

00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:36.960
 And then

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.579
 Jesus says,

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:37.819
 well,

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.380
 actually,

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.700
 you must

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.799
 die if

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.220
 you follow

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.559
 me.

00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:43.299
 Now, the

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:44.039
 word that

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.779
 is translated

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.559
 life, verse

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.220
 35, let's

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.680
 just hone in

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:46.980
 there for a

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.779
 moment, is

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.440
 a word that

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:48.980
 means your

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:50.940
 identity, your

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:52.240
 personality, your

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:53.720
 selfhood.

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.440
 He says in

00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:57.279
 verse 36,

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:59.119
 what good is

00:27:59.119 --> 00:28:00.539
 it for

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.839
 someone to

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:02.619
 gain the

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.500
 whole world

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:05.019
 and yet

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:06.099
 forfeit their

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:07.000
 soul or

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:08.899
 forfeit their

00:28:08.899 --> 00:28:10.339
 very self?

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:10.459
 self?

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:14.019
 Now, every

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:14.720
 culture in

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.379
 our world

00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:16.199
 throughout

00:28:16.199 --> 00:28:18.699
 history has

00:28:18.699 --> 00:28:19.639
 pointed to

00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:21.220
 certain things

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:22.319
 and says

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:22.759
 that if you

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.480
 gain those

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.220
 things or

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.559
 if you

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.379
 acquire those

00:28:25.379 --> 00:28:25.939
 things, if

00:28:25.939 --> 00:28:26.379
 you achieve

00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:27.039
 those things

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.679
 or if you

00:28:27.679 --> 00:28:28.319
 become like

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:29.139
 those things,

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.399
 then you

00:28:30.399 --> 00:28:31.299
 will know

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:32.000
 who you

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:33.159
 truly are

00:28:33.159 --> 00:28:33.980
 and you'll

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.839
 become valuable

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.559
 to us in

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:36.099
 this culture.

00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:39.579
 every culture

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:40.019
 says it

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.859
 differently, what

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:41.359
 those things

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:43.079
 are, but

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:44.279
 ultimately they

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:45.539
 say exactly

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.079
 the same

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.579
 thing, no

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.019
 matter what

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.519
 culture you

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.159
 come from,

00:28:48.659 --> 00:28:49.079
 it says

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:49.939
 exactly the

00:28:49.939 --> 00:28:50.779
 same things.

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:53.179
 Your sense

00:28:53.179 --> 00:28:55.379
 of self, of

00:28:55.379 --> 00:28:56.179
 who you

00:28:56.179 --> 00:28:58.339
 are, your

00:28:58.339 --> 00:29:00.299
 identity is

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:00.879
 performance

00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:01.539
 based.

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:04.519
 You achieve

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.619
 your identity.

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:07.759
 and if you

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.559
 perform well

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:10.379
 enough, you

00:29:10.379 --> 00:29:11.179
 will find the

00:29:11.179 --> 00:29:12.199
 love and the

00:29:12.199 --> 00:29:13.059
 approval you

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:14.099
 desperately need

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:15.159
 to feel secure

00:29:15.159 --> 00:29:16.299
 and valuable

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:17.099
 within that

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:18.379
 system.

00:29:19.919 --> 00:29:21.039
 And Jesus

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.859
 says here,

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.939
 if you gain

00:29:23.939 --> 00:29:24.839
 the whole

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:27.399
 world, it

00:29:27.399 --> 00:29:28.199
 will never be

00:29:28.199 --> 00:29:28.619
 enough.

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:31.519
 Because as

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.240
 you are gaining

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:33.299
 the whole world

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:34.419
 to pursue

00:29:34.419 --> 00:29:35.419
 your sense

00:29:35.419 --> 00:29:35.939
 of self,

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:36.539
 you will

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:37.659
 entirely lose

00:29:37.659 --> 00:29:38.159
 your sense

00:29:38.159 --> 00:29:38.719
 of self

00:29:38.719 --> 00:29:39.679
 in the

00:29:39.679 --> 00:29:40.299
 process.

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.439
 It's

00:29:43.439 --> 00:29:43.859
 never going

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:44.039
 to be

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.859
 enough to

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:45.339
 make you

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:45.779
 know who

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.319
 you are

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:47.319
 because

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:48.099
 ultimately

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:49.079
 you're

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:49.419
 pursuing

00:29:49.419 --> 00:29:50.019
 God.

00:29:50.459 --> 00:29:51.019
 You're not

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.859
 pursuing God

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:52.279
 who has

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:52.839
 made you

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.559
 and relationship

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.099
 with him.

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:54.959
 You're

00:29:54.959 --> 00:29:55.319
 pursuing

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.859
 everything

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:56.419
 else, the

00:29:56.419 --> 00:29:57.000
 whole world.

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:58.859
 Jesus

00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.799
 did not

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:01.460
 come to

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:01.920
 recruit

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.579
 followers

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:03.359
 from one

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:03.880
 performance

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.279
 based

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.900
 identity

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.759
 into

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.400
 another

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:07.039
 performance

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.500
 based

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.160
 identity

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:09.220
 that's

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.460
 centered

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:10.079
 on him.

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:12.199
 He

00:30:12.199 --> 00:30:12.639
 wants us

00:30:12.639 --> 00:30:13.460
 to lose

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:14.980
 the old

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.619
 performance

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.259
 based

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:17.059
 identity

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:19.279
 and base

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:19.960
 our sense

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.559
 of worth

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:21.299
 and value

00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:22.000
 and self

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.779
 on him

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:24.159
 and what

00:30:24.159 --> 00:30:24.539
 he has

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.000
 achieved

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.720
 for us.

00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:27.199
 Fundamental

00:30:27.199 --> 00:30:27.639
 to the

00:30:27.639 --> 00:30:28.019
 Christian

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.599
 faith

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.779
 is a

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.439
 solid

00:30:30.439 --> 00:30:31.359
 secure

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:32.220
 identity

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.799
 that we

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.559
 are God's

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:34.599
 much loved

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:35.319
 children

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:38.519
 through

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:38.939
 Jesus

00:30:38.939 --> 00:30:39.359
 Christ

00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:39.639
 and what

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:39.759
 he's

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.079
 achieved

00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:40.659
 for us.

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.699
 That is

00:30:41.699 --> 00:30:42.219
 the Christian

00:30:42.219 --> 00:30:42.779
 faith

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.939
 is a

00:30:43.939 --> 00:30:44.579
 secure

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:45.019
 sense

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.599
 of self

00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:46.039
 that is

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.980
 received.

00:30:47.959 --> 00:30:48.599
 It's

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:48.819
 not

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:49.359
 achieved

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:50.039
 by

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.419
 religious

00:30:50.419 --> 00:30:51.159
 performance.

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.639
 Notice

00:30:53.639 --> 00:30:54.339
 verse 35

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:55.039
 for whoever

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.539
 wants to

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.000
 save their

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.459
 life will

00:30:56.459 --> 00:30:56.959
 lose it

00:30:56.959 --> 00:30:58.019
 but whoever

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.559
 loses

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:59.119
 their life

00:30:59.119 --> 00:30:59.439
 for me

00:30:59.439 --> 00:30:59.679
 and for

00:30:59.679 --> 00:31:00.099
 the gospel

00:31:00.099 --> 00:31:00.619
 will save

00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:00.819
 it.

00:31:02.139 --> 00:31:02.419
 You see

00:31:02.419 --> 00:31:03.099
 the foundation

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:04.039
 of following

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.480
 Jesus

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.339
 is the

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:05.819
 good news

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.220
 of Jesus

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.700
 Christ.

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.039
 It is

00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:07.620
 the gospel.

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:08.500
 The gospel

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:09.099
 is something

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:09.740
 that is done

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.319
 for us

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:10.839
 in Jesus.

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.539
 It is

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:11.940
 God's

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.279
 grace

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.620
 to us

00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:12.799
 from

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.140
 beginning

00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:13.880
 to end.

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.599
 We

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:17.240
 believe

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.759
 and we

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:18.279
 receive

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:19.460
 and we

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:20.019
 live

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.799
 as followers

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:21.460
 of Jesus

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.360
 in the

00:31:22.360 --> 00:31:22.940
 light

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.880
 of what

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:24.319
 he has

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:25.559
 100%

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.019
 fully

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.599
 completely

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:27.079
 achieved

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.640
 for us.

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.559
 It's

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.079
 essential

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:32.220
 to see

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.620
 Jesus

00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:33.180
 Christ

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:33.900
 as the

00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:34.140
 king

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.300
 of

00:31:34.300 --> 00:31:34.840
 kings

00:31:34.840 --> 00:31:35.780
 the

00:31:35.780 --> 00:31:36.040
 son

00:31:36.040 --> 00:31:36.200
 of

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.640
 man

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:37.000
 the

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.540
 divine

00:31:37.540 --> 00:31:37.800
 the

00:31:37.800 --> 00:31:38.100
 God

00:31:38.100 --> 00:31:38.259
 the

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.740
 creator

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.180
 dying

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:39.420
 for

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:39.900
 us.

00:31:41.120 --> 00:31:41.580
 If

00:31:41.580 --> 00:31:42.420
 we

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:42.920
 simply

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.259
 just

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.540
 see

00:31:43.540 --> 00:31:43.820
 him

00:31:43.820 --> 00:31:44.060
 as

00:31:44.060 --> 00:31:44.240
 a

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.680
 king

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.180
 on

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:45.360
 a

00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:46.019
 throne

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.540
 who's

00:31:46.540 --> 00:31:46.880
 calling

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:47.120
 us

00:31:47.120 --> 00:31:47.300
 to

00:31:47.300 --> 00:31:47.880
 obey

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.519
 then we

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:48.680
 will

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:49.060
 obey

00:31:49.060 --> 00:31:49.460
 purely

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:49.920
 because

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.720
 it will

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:50.880
 be

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.340
 an

00:31:51.340 --> 00:31:51.780
 obedience

00:31:51.780 --> 00:31:52.180
 out of

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.540
 fear.

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:55.420
 That

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:56.160
 is just

00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:56.780
 performance

00:31:56.780 --> 00:31:57.320
 based

00:31:57.320 --> 00:31:57.820
 religion

00:31:57.820 --> 00:31:58.340
 and it

00:31:58.340 --> 00:31:58.800
 is not

00:31:58.800 --> 00:31:59.000
 the

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.280
 Christian

00:31:59.280 --> 00:31:59.720
 faith.

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:02.079
 the

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:02.480
 Christian

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:02.960
 follows

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.400
 Jesus

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:03.839
 because

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.120
 they

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:04.339
 have

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:05.100
 received

00:32:05.100 --> 00:32:06.019
 complete

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.680
 acceptance

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:07.019
 in

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.380
 him

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:09.259
 not

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.680
 because

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:09.940
 we're

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.220
 hoping

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.500
 to

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:10.940
 achieve

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:11.079
 it

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.279
 and

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.660
 receive

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:11.819
 it

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.039
 in

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.180
 the

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:12.500
 end.

00:32:14.100 --> 00:32:14.339
 He

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.720
 is the

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.059
 king

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.920
 who

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.140
 went

00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:16.279
 to

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.440
 the

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:16.700
 cross

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.019
 for

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.440
 us

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:18.440
 and

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:18.700
 therefore

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:18.980
 we

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.360
 submit

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:19.640
 to

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:20.019
 him

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.920
 out

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:21.079
 of

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.460
 love

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:22.319
 trust

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:22.539
 and

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:23.079
 reverence.

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:26.980
 instead

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.439
 of

00:32:27.439 --> 00:32:29.399
 negotiating

00:32:29.399 --> 00:32:30.299
 with

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:30.659
 him

00:32:30.659 --> 00:32:31.460
 what

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:31.919
 following

00:32:31.919 --> 00:32:32.220
 him

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.539
 looks

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:33.019
 like

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:34.019
 we

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.439
 simply

00:32:34.439 --> 00:32:35.019
 say

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:36.079
 Lord

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:36.359
 whatever

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:36.659
 you

00:32:36.659 --> 00:32:37.159
 ask

00:32:37.159 --> 00:32:37.379
 I

00:32:37.379 --> 00:32:37.539
 will

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:37.899
 do

00:32:37.899 --> 00:32:38.980
 whatever

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.359
 you

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:39.859
 send

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.259
 I

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:40.519
 will

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.019
 accept.

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:46.699
 So

00:32:46.699 --> 00:32:46.960
 that's

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.079
 who

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.259
 he

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.619
 is

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:48.679
 that's

00:32:48.679 --> 00:32:48.799
 what

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:48.980
 he's

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.240
 called

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.399
 us

00:32:49.399 --> 00:32:49.539
 to

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:49.839
 do

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:50.939
 what's

00:32:50.939 --> 00:32:51.119
 his

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:51.559
 goal

00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:52.480
 what's

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:52.699
 his

00:32:52.699 --> 00:32:53.059
 goal

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:56.379
 verse

00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:56.859
 38

00:32:56.859 --> 00:32:59.039
 if

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.319
 anyone

00:32:59.319 --> 00:32:59.740
 is

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.240
 ashamed

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.480
 of

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:00.700
 me

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:00.940
 and

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.279
 my

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.679
 words

00:33:01.679 --> 00:33:01.819
 in

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:01.980
 this

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.480
 adulterous

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:02.639
 and

00:33:02.639 --> 00:33:02.879
 sinful

00:33:02.879 --> 00:33:03.500
 generation

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:03.740
 the

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:03.919
 son

00:33:03.919 --> 00:33:04.039
 of

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:04.220
 man

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.359
 will

00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:04.480
 be

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:04.839
 ashamed

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:05.039
 of

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.319
 them

00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:06.159
 when

00:33:06.159 --> 00:33:06.339
 he

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.960
 comes

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.299
 in

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.559
 his

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.379
 father's

00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:09.079
 glory

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:10.460
 with

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:10.659
 the

00:33:10.659 --> 00:33:10.899
 holy

00:33:10.899 --> 00:33:11.559
 angels

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.819
 what

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.240
 he's

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.519
 saying

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:13.759
 in

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:13.940
 this

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.440
 context

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:14.639
 of

00:33:14.639 --> 00:33:14.940
 calling

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:15.159
 his

00:33:15.159 --> 00:33:15.700
 disciples

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:16.339
 to

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:16.779
 fully

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.159
 commit

00:33:17.159 --> 00:33:17.359
 to

00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:17.539
 him

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:17.639
 and

00:33:17.639 --> 00:33:17.799
 to

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.000
 follow

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.440
 him

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:18.940
 he's

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.139
 saying

00:33:19.139 --> 00:33:19.299
 there

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.440
 is

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:19.579
 an

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:19.899
 end

00:33:19.899 --> 00:33:20.039
 of

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.220
 all

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.539
 this

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:20.799
 there

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:20.899
 is

00:33:20.899 --> 00:33:21.039
 a

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:21.480
 goal

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:22.059
 to

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:22.220
 it

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.679
 all

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:23.460
 and

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 it's

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:23.920
 wrapped

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 up

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 in

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 those

00:33:24.580 --> 00:33:25.000
 words

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.279
 for

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.460
 the

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:25.900
 father's

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:26.400
 glory

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 for

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:27.580
 the

00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:27.980
 father's

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.380
 glory

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:30.299
 it

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:30.560
 gives

00:33:30.560 --> 00:33:30.720
 us

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 the

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.259
 goal

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.460
 of

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:31.680
 Jesus

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:32.220
 entire

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.680
 mission

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:33.880
 and

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.019
 the

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.259
 goal

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.400
 of

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:34.519
 his

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:34.920
 entire

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.299
 mission

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:35.720
 is

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.140
 not

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:36.700
 first

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:37.019
 and

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.620
 foremost

00:33:37.620 --> 00:33:38.299
 about

00:33:38.299 --> 00:33:38.700
 sinners

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.060
 being

00:33:39.060 --> 00:33:39.759
 saved

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 it's

00:33:42.620 --> 00:33:42.980
 about

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.340
 sinners

00:33:43.340 --> 00:33:43.640
 being

00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:44.019
 saved

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.259
 for

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.600
 God's

00:33:44.600 --> 00:33:45.000
 glory

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:47.779
 maybe

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:47.940
 you've

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.080
 never

00:33:48.080 --> 00:33:48.360
 thought

00:33:48.360 --> 00:33:48.640
 about

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:48.779
 it

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.080
 all

00:33:49.080 --> 00:33:49.860
 at

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 all

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.440
 before

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.559
 but

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:51.900
 Jesus

00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:52.299
 going

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.500
 to

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:52.660
 the

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.059
 cross

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.460
 was

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:53.759
 first

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 and

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 foremost

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 not

00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:55.120
 about

00:33:55.120 --> 00:33:55.759
 you

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 or

00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:56.420
 me

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:57.299
 or

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:57.880
 humanity

00:33:57.880 --> 00:33:58.759
 it

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:58.960
 was

00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.279
 first

00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.500
 and

00:33:59.500 --> 00:33:59.960
 foremost

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:00.600
 about

00:34:00.600 --> 00:34:01.500
 God's

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.259
 glory

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:04.860
 it

00:34:04.860 --> 00:34:04.980
 was

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.220
 about

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.420
 his

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:05.900
 character

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.539
 being

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.000
 displayed

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:07.200
 to

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:07.580
 all

00:34:07.580 --> 00:34:07.779
 the

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.139
 world

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:09.400
 Jesus

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:09.960
 came

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.379
 into

00:34:10.379 --> 00:34:10.559
 the

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:10.779
 world

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:10.960
 to

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.279
 reveal

00:34:11.279 --> 00:34:11.460
 the

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:11.859
 glorious

00:34:11.859 --> 00:34:12.279
 character

00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:12.480
 of

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:12.819
 God

00:34:12.819 --> 00:34:13.819
 to

00:34:13.819 --> 00:34:14.059
 a

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.539
 world

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.219
 that

00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:15.539
 is

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.759
 intoxicated

00:34:16.759 --> 00:34:17.759
 with

00:34:17.759 --> 00:34:17.960
 its

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.359
 own

00:34:18.359 --> 00:34:18.900
 glory

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.920
 and

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.599
 passion

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:21.659
 to

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.279
 gain

00:34:22.279 --> 00:34:22.539
 the

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:22.819
 whole

00:34:22.819 --> 00:34:23.460
 world

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:27.599
 the

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:27.879
 late

00:34:27.879 --> 00:34:28.279
 English

00:34:28.279 --> 00:34:28.960
 theologian

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.480
 pastor

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:29.839
 and

00:34:29.839 --> 00:34:30.179
 author

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:30.519
 John

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:30.980
 Stott

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.639
 in

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:31.859
 his

00:34:31.859 --> 00:34:32.359
 final

00:34:32.359 --> 00:34:32.759
 book

00:34:32.759 --> 00:34:35.159
 a

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:35.420
 book

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:35.739
 on

00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:36.099
 whole

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.659
 hearted

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:37.400
 discipleship

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:37.559
 of

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:37.900
 Jesus

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:40.000
 wrote

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.200
 that

00:34:40.200 --> 00:34:40.440
 in

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:40.660
 his

00:34:40.660 --> 00:34:41.039
 early

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.420
 years

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:41.720
 as a

00:34:41.720 --> 00:34:42.119
 Christian

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:42.760
 the

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:43.180
 question

00:34:43.180 --> 00:34:43.420
 of

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:43.599
 what

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:43.860
 is

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.260
 God's

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:44.700
 purpose

00:34:44.700 --> 00:34:44.980
 for

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.340
 me

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:46.980
 really

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.960
 dominated

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.740
 captivated

00:34:48.740 --> 00:34:48.980
 him

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.099
 and

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.340
 his

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:50.059
 friends

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:51.860
 at

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:52.000
 the

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.139
 end

00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:52.260
 of

00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:52.440
 his

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:52.840
 life

00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:53.260
 as

00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:53.539
 he

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:54.720
 writes

00:34:54.720 --> 00:34:54.940
 his

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.539
 final

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:56.320
 work

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:56.900
 that

00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:57.019
 was

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.400
 published

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:57.800
 after

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:58.079
 his

00:34:58.079 --> 00:34:58.500
 death

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.559
 he

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:00.139
 finally

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:00.700
 settles

00:35:00.700 --> 00:35:00.900
 on

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:01.039
 the

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.380
 answer

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:01.539
 to

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:01.720
 that

00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:02.320
 question

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:05.639
 the

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:06.180
 goal

00:35:06.180 --> 00:35:06.480
 of

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:07.180
 salvation

00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:07.839
 in

00:35:07.839 --> 00:35:08.339
 Jesus

00:35:08.339 --> 00:35:09.159
 Christ

00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:10.419
 God's

00:35:10.419 --> 00:35:10.859
 purpose

00:35:10.859 --> 00:35:11.239
 for

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:11.559
 his

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:12.119
 people

00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:13.279
 is

00:35:13.279 --> 00:35:13.519
 for

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:14.019
 them

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:15.000
 to

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.639
 become

00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:16.619
 like

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:16.899
 their

00:35:16.899 --> 00:35:17.339
 saviour

00:35:17.339 --> 00:35:17.719
 Jesus

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:18.299
 Christ

00:35:18.299 --> 00:35:18.519
 for

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:18.679
 the

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:18.919
 glory

00:35:18.919 --> 00:35:19.079
 of

00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:19.399
 God

00:35:19.399 --> 00:35:24.259
 personal

00:35:24.259 --> 00:35:24.960
 transformation

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.579
 is the

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:25.980
 goal

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:29.420
 he

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:29.860
 quotes

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:30.340
 Romans

00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:30.699
 8

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:31.159
 28

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:31.740
 29

00:35:31.740 --> 00:35:32.039
 in

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:32.260
 all

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:32.559
 things

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:32.800
 God

00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:33.139
 works

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.300
 for

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:33.400
 the

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:33.519
 good

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:33.639
 of

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:33.940
 those

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.340
 who

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:34.679
 love

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:34.960
 him

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.260
 who

00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:35.360
 have

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.500
 been

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:35.820
 called

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:36.199
 according

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:36.400
 to

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:36.539
 his

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:36.920
 purpose

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.280
 for

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:37.480
 those

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:37.860
 God

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:38.420
 for

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:38.719
 those

00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:39.000
 God

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.300
 fore

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:39.519
 knew

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:39.760
 he

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:40.280
 predestined

00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:40.500
 to be

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:41.400
 conformed

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:41.740
 to

00:35:41.740 --> 00:35:41.860
 the

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.079
 image

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.179
 of

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:42.320
 his

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:42.639
 son

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:43.199
 2

00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:43.519
 Corinthians

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:43.940
 3

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.579
 18

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:44.880
 and

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:45.079
 we

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:45.420
 all

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:45.800
 who

00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:45.960
 with

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.300
 unveiled

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:46.679
 faces

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:46.679


00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:47.340
 contemplate

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:47.519
 the

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:47.820
 Lord's

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.179
 glory

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:48.559
 are

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:48.719
 being

00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:49.420
 transformed

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:50.380
 into

00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:50.679
 his

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:51.099
 image

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:51.300
 where

00:35:51.300 --> 00:35:51.420
 there

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:51.559
!

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:52.059
 increasing

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.579
 glory

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.280
 2

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:56.840
 now

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:57.199
 we

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:57.579
 are

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:58.099
 children

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:58.440
 of

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:58.880
 God

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.340
 and

00:35:59.340 --> 00:35:59.659
 what

00:35:59.659 --> 00:35:59.920
 we

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.199
 will

00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:00.579
 be

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:00.900
 has

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.219
 not

00:36:01.219 --> 00:36:01.500
 yet

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:01.760
 been

00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:02.039
 made

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.480
 known

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:02.960
 but

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.199
 we

00:36:03.199 --> 00:36:03.659
 know

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:04.119
 that

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.340
 when

00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:04.900
 Christ

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.780
 appears

00:36:05.780 --> 00:36:07.199
 we

00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:07.400
 shall

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:07.539
 be

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:07.880
 like

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:08.240
 him

00:36:08.240 --> 00:36:09.159
 for

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:09.380
 we

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:09.659
 shall

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:10.179
 see

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:10.400
 him

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:10.599
 as

00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:10.760
 he

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:11.320
 is

00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:11.960
 and

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.579
 all

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:12.980
 who

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.219
 have

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:13.699
 that

00:36:13.699 --> 00:36:14.280
 hope

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:14.920
 in

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.340
 him

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:16.699
 purify

00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:17.320
 themselves

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:18.320
 now

00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:19.199
 just

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:19.440
 as

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:19.639
 he

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:19.800
 is

00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:20.099
 pure

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:20.500
 now

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:25.280
 if

00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:25.760
 being

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:26.960
 changed

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:28.160
 transformed

00:36:28.160 --> 00:36:29.480
 renewed

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:30.040
 in the

00:36:30.040 --> 00:36:30.460
 image

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:30.720
 of

00:36:30.720 --> 00:36:31.060
 Jesus

00:36:31.060 --> 00:36:31.500
 is

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:31.740
 the

00:36:31.740 --> 00:36:32.480
 purpose

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:33.960
 for

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:34.340
 which

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:34.660
 you

00:36:34.660 --> 00:36:34.960
 have

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:35.240
 been

00:36:35.240 --> 00:36:36.140
 saved

00:36:36.140 --> 00:36:37.460
 through

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:38.200
 Jesus

00:36:38.200 --> 00:36:41.620
 then

00:36:41.620 --> 00:36:41.800
 it's

00:36:41.800 --> 00:36:41.980
 no

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:42.220
 wonder

00:36:42.220 --> 00:36:42.420
 he

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:42.800
 calls

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:43.040
 us

00:36:43.040 --> 00:36:43.240
 to

00:36:43.240 --> 00:36:43.580
 cooperate

00:36:43.580 --> 00:36:43.900
 with

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:44.060
 him

00:36:44.060 --> 00:36:44.340
 now

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:46.980
 to

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.300
 be

00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:47.640
 a

00:36:47.640 --> 00:36:48.020
 Christian

00:36:48.020 --> 00:36:49.180
 is

00:36:49.180 --> 00:36:49.420
 to

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:49.940
 become

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.480
 like

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:51.000
 Jesus

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:52.620
 the

00:36:52.620 --> 00:36:53.000
 purpose

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.320
 of

00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:54.160
 information

00:36:54.160 --> 00:36:54.820
 in the

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:55.160
 Christian

00:36:55.160 --> 00:36:55.620
 faith

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:56.039
 is

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:57.719
 transformation

00:36:57.719 --> 00:37:02.339
 to

00:37:02.339 --> 00:37:02.679
 become

00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:03.039
 like

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:03.420
 Jesus

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:03.739
 in

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:03.900
 his

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.259
 complete

00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:04.739
 surrender

00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:04.960
 to

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:05.119
 the

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:05.539
 father

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.539
 like

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:06.980
 Jesus

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:07.380
 in

00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:07.719
 his

00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:08.179
 life

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:08.359
 of

00:37:08.359 --> 00:37:08.859
 service

00:37:08.859 --> 00:37:09.559
 like

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:09.940
 Jesus

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.259
 in

00:37:10.259 --> 00:37:10.420
 his

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:10.779
 love

00:37:10.779 --> 00:37:11.440
 like

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:11.880
 Jesus

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.199
 in

00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:12.380
 his

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:12.859
 patient

00:37:12.859 --> 00:37:13.519
 endurance

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:14.199
 like

00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:14.599
 Jesus

00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:14.940
 in

00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:15.099
 his

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:15.400
 mission

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:15.619
 to

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:15.799
 the

00:37:15.799 --> 00:37:16.239
 world

00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:16.359
!

00:37:16.359 --> 00:37:19.159
 And

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:19.479
 yet

00:37:19.479 --> 00:37:21.500
 the

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:23.439
 scholars

00:37:23.439 --> 00:37:23.899
 the

00:37:23.899 --> 00:37:24.519
 pastors

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:26.099
 the

00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:27.500
 missiologists

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:28.459
 researchers

00:37:28.459 --> 00:37:29.139
 in this

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:30.379
 are all

00:37:30.379 --> 00:37:30.799
 saying

00:37:30.799 --> 00:37:31.439
 the same

00:37:31.439 --> 00:37:32.099
 thing

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:34.399
 very few

00:37:34.399 --> 00:37:34.939
 people

00:37:34.939 --> 00:37:35.779
 in the

00:37:35.779 --> 00:37:36.019
 modern

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.519
 world

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.159
 who

00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:37.719
 identify

00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:38.339
 as

00:37:38.339 --> 00:37:38.879
 Christians

00:37:38.879 --> 00:37:39.939
 are

00:37:39.939 --> 00:37:40.299
 taking

00:37:40.299 --> 00:37:40.559
 the

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:40.959
 path

00:37:40.959 --> 00:37:41.199
 of

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:41.619
 personal

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:42.419
 transformation

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:43.559
 into

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:44.240
 the

00:37:44.240 --> 00:37:44.599
 image

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:44.800
 of

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:45.280
 Jesus

00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:47.960
 and

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.139
 are

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:48.460
 more

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.940
 content

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.639
 instead

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:50.940
 with

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.139
 the

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:52.119
 superficiality

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:52.220
 and

00:37:52.220 --> 00:37:53.099
 discipleship

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:53.960
 that

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.619
 identifies

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:55.579
 as being

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:56.079
 Christian

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.840
 intellectually

00:37:56.840 --> 00:37:58.120
 and

00:37:58.120 --> 00:37:58.440
 yet

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:59.559
 orientation

00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:00.500
 practically

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:01.680
 are

00:38:01.680 --> 00:38:01.960
 still

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.300
 trying

00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:02.460
 to

00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:02.780
 gain

00:38:02.780 --> 00:38:02.960
 the

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:03.240
 whole

00:38:03.240 --> 00:38:03.780
 world

00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:06.140
 still

00:38:06.140 --> 00:38:06.720
 trying

00:38:06.720 --> 00:38:06.940
 to

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.260
 gain

00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:07.460
 the

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:07.720
 whole

00:38:07.720 --> 00:38:08.260
 world

00:38:08.260 --> 00:38:09.640
 because

00:38:09.640 --> 00:38:09.920
 their

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.180
 vision

00:38:10.180 --> 00:38:10.400
 of

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:10.720
 Jesus

00:38:10.720 --> 00:38:11.579
 is

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:11.740
 the

00:38:11.740 --> 00:38:12.840
 moral

00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:13.500
 jellyfish

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:15.400
 his

00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:15.700
 job

00:38:15.700 --> 00:38:15.880
 is

00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:16.360
 love

00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:16.559
 his

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:16.780
 job

00:38:16.780 --> 00:38:16.920
 is

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.400
 grace

00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:18.019
 that's

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.140
 what

00:38:18.140 --> 00:38:18.240
 he

00:38:18.240 --> 00:38:18.700
 does

00:38:18.700 --> 00:38:20.340
 thank

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:20.480
 you

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:20.920
 Jesus

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:23.880
 far

00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:24.120
 too

00:38:24.120 --> 00:38:24.420
 many

00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:24.780
 in

00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:25.039
 our

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:25.480
 modern

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:25.820
 world

00:38:25.820 --> 00:38:26.039
 and

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:26.180
 we

00:38:26.180 --> 00:38:26.340
 can

00:38:26.340 --> 00:38:26.700
 brain

00:38:26.700 --> 00:38:26.900
 the

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:27.460
 preachers

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:27.680
 for

00:38:27.680 --> 00:38:28.039
 this

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:29.220
 have

00:38:29.220 --> 00:38:29.400
 a

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:29.660
 view

00:38:29.660 --> 00:38:29.880
 that

00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:30.019
 the

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.320
 Christian

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:30.780
 life

00:38:30.780 --> 00:38:30.960
 is

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:31.140
 just

00:38:31.140 --> 00:38:31.420
 simply

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:31.660
 about

00:38:31.660 --> 00:38:31.880
 sin

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:32.300
 management

00:38:32.300 --> 00:38:33.720
 he

00:38:33.720 --> 00:38:33.940
 deals

00:38:33.940 --> 00:38:34.039
 with

00:38:34.039 --> 00:38:34.180
 my

00:38:34.180 --> 00:38:34.460
 sin

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:34.680
 that's

00:38:34.680 --> 00:38:34.780
 what

00:38:34.780 --> 00:38:34.860
 he

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.220
 does

00:38:35.220 --> 00:38:36.360
 rather

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:36.500
 than

00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:36.680
 being

00:38:36.680 --> 00:38:37.000
 brought

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:37.240
 into

00:38:37.240 --> 00:38:37.380
 a

00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:37.559
 living

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:38.180
 relationship

00:38:38.180 --> 00:38:38.460
 with

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:38.640
 our

00:38:38.640 --> 00:38:39.079
 creator

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:40.340
 who

00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:40.980
 plans

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:41.320
 to

00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:41.579
 renew

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:41.940
 all

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.519
 things

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:44.120
 in

00:38:44.120 --> 00:38:44.280
 the

00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:44.480
 end

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:44.880
 including

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:45.380
 us

00:38:45.380 --> 00:38:47.320
 and

00:38:47.320 --> 00:38:47.500
 that

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:47.660
 is

00:38:47.660 --> 00:38:47.820
 his

00:38:47.820 --> 00:38:48.039
 goal

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.220
 for

00:38:48.220 --> 00:38:48.380
 you

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:48.680
 right

00:38:48.680 --> 00:38:49.019
 now

00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:49.539
 personal

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:50.340
 transformation

00:38:50.340 --> 00:38:52.079
 so

00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:52.240
 how

00:38:52.240 --> 00:38:52.340
 do

00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:52.440
 we

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:52.620
 do

00:38:52.620 --> 00:38:52.900
!

00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:54.640
 that's

00:38:54.640 --> 00:38:55.140
 fundamentally

00:38:55.140 --> 00:38:55.600
 what this

00:38:55.600 --> 00:38:55.880
 series

00:38:56.340 --> 00:38:57.600
 how do

00:38:57.600 --> 00:38:57.780
 we

00:38:57.780 --> 00:38:58.079
 follow

00:38:58.079 --> 00:38:58.620
 Jesus

00:38:58.620 --> 00:39:00.740
 basically

00:39:00.740 --> 00:39:01.300
 what it

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:01.660
 means is

00:39:01.660 --> 00:39:01.940
 we need

00:39:01.940 --> 00:39:02.620
 to relearn

00:39:02.620 --> 00:39:03.039
 a whole

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.200
 heap

00:39:03.200 --> 00:39:03.340
 of

00:39:03.340 --> 00:39:03.720
 things

00:39:03.720 --> 00:39:04.160
 and we

00:39:04.160 --> 00:39:04.480
 need to

00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:04.820
 when I say

00:39:04.820 --> 00:39:05.400
 relearn

00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:05.740
 we need

00:39:05.740 --> 00:39:05.880
 to

00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:06.720
 reform

00:39:06.720 --> 00:39:07.700
 a bunch

00:39:07.700 --> 00:39:07.900
 of

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:08.180
 rhythms

00:39:08.180 --> 00:39:08.800
 and habits

00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:09.280
 in our

00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:09.740
 lives

00:39:09.740 --> 00:39:10.620
 over the

00:39:10.620 --> 00:39:11.120
 decades

00:39:11.120 --> 00:39:11.519
 Christians

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:11.880
 in the

00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:12.200
 western

00:39:12.200 --> 00:39:12.780
 church

00:39:12.780 --> 00:39:13.440
 have been

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:13.900
 sucked

00:39:13.900 --> 00:39:14.440
 into a

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:14.800
 culture

00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:15.079
 of

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:15.500
 instant

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:16.320
 gratification

00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:17.920
 we

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:18.080
 have

00:39:18.080 --> 00:39:18.539
 turned

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:18.900
 the

00:39:18.900 --> 00:39:19.600
 church

00:39:19.600 --> 00:39:19.980
 in the

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:20.220
 western

00:39:20.220 --> 00:39:20.539
 world

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:20.760
 into

00:39:20.760 --> 00:39:21.120
 another

00:39:21.120 --> 00:39:21.600
 consumer

00:39:21.600 --> 00:39:22.140
 product

00:39:22.140 --> 00:39:23.600
 that we

00:39:23.600 --> 00:39:24.320
 consume

00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:24.940
 week in

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:25.320
 or once

00:39:25.320 --> 00:39:25.820
 a fortnight

00:39:25.820 --> 00:39:26.180
 or once

00:39:26.180 --> 00:39:26.620
 a month

00:39:26.620 --> 00:39:27.380
 depending

00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:27.940
 on how

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:28.140
 I

00:39:28.140 --> 00:39:28.460
 feel

00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:30.340
 our

00:39:30.340 --> 00:39:30.720
 lives

00:39:30.720 --> 00:39:31.260
 are so

00:39:31.260 --> 00:39:31.740
 busy

00:39:31.740 --> 00:39:33.120
 that the

00:39:33.120 --> 00:39:33.620
 Christian

00:39:33.620 --> 00:39:35.300
 or

00:39:35.300 --> 00:39:37.360
 spiritual

00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:37.880
 part of

00:39:37.880 --> 00:39:38.039
 our

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:38.460
 life

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:40.200
 has been

00:39:40.200 --> 00:39:41.300
 set out

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:41.640
 to the

00:39:41.640 --> 00:39:42.360
 margins

00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:43.519
 a Christian

00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:43.740
 bit

00:39:43.740 --> 00:39:43.920
 in the

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:44.099
 spirit

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:46.000
 where we

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.260
 just

00:39:46.260 --> 00:39:47.380
 include it

00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:47.760
 in just

00:39:47.760 --> 00:39:48.180
 things like

00:39:48.180 --> 00:39:48.680
 activities

00:39:48.680 --> 00:39:49.059
 like

00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:50.079
 Sunday

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:50.539
 worship

00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:50.960
 or a

00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:51.280
 community

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:51.720
 group

00:39:51.720 --> 00:39:52.039
 or

00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:53.980
 serving

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:54.220
 morning

00:39:54.220 --> 00:39:54.539
 tea

00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:57.680
 following

00:39:57.680 --> 00:39:58.220
 Jesus

00:39:58.220 --> 00:39:59.340
 is just

00:39:59.340 --> 00:39:59.900
 one of

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:00.039
 the

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:00.760
 activities

00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:01.500
 amongst

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:02.059
 many other

00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:02.559
 activities

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:02.840
 in my

00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:03.079
 given

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:03.539
 week

00:40:03.539 --> 00:40:04.460
 and so

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:05.099
 we talk

00:40:05.099 --> 00:40:05.640
 about

00:40:05.640 --> 00:40:07.240
 a

00:40:07.240 --> 00:40:09.380
 prayer

00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:09.820
 life

00:40:09.820 --> 00:40:10.380
 is like

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:10.720
 a love

00:40:10.720 --> 00:40:11.000
 life

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:11.260
 or a

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:11.480
 work

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:11.720
 life

00:40:11.720 --> 00:40:11.960
 or a

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.260
 social

00:40:12.260 --> 00:40:12.720
 life

00:40:12.720 --> 00:40:13.320
 as

00:40:13.320 --> 00:40:13.680
 opposed

00:40:13.680 --> 00:40:13.960
 to

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:14.220
 a

00:40:14.220 --> 00:40:14.540
 life

00:40:14.540 --> 00:40:14.760
 of

00:40:14.760 --> 00:40:15.080
 prayer

00:40:15.080 --> 00:40:18.440
 superficiality

00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:19.080
 is the

00:40:19.080 --> 00:40:19.640
 curse

00:40:19.640 --> 00:40:20.700
 of our

00:40:20.700 --> 00:40:21.320
 age

00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:23.320
 the

00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:23.720
 doctrine

00:40:23.720 --> 00:40:23.940
 of

00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:24.380
 instant

00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:25.240
 gratification

00:40:25.240 --> 00:40:26.140
 is our

00:40:26.140 --> 00:40:26.800
 primary

00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:27.820
 spiritual

00:40:27.820 --> 00:40:28.380
 problem

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:30.420
 the

00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:30.800
 desperate

00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:31.340
 need

00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:31.720
 for

00:40:31.720 --> 00:40:33.100
 you

00:40:33.100 --> 00:40:33.560
 in your

00:40:33.560 --> 00:40:33.880
 own

00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:34.440
 life

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:36.080
 for

00:40:36.080 --> 00:40:36.260
 your

00:40:36.260 --> 00:40:37.080
 for

00:40:37.080 --> 00:40:37.840
 settledness

00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:38.540
 for rest

00:40:38.540 --> 00:40:39.100
 rather than

00:40:39.100 --> 00:40:39.680
 restlessness

00:40:39.680 --> 00:40:40.960
 the need

00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:41.340
 for your

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:42.100
 families

00:40:42.099 --> 00:40:42.880
 the need

00:40:42.880 --> 00:40:43.199
 for your

00:40:43.199 --> 00:40:43.579
 friends

00:40:43.579 --> 00:40:44.159
 for this

00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:44.579
 church

00:40:44.579 --> 00:40:45.380
 for society

00:40:45.380 --> 00:40:45.819
 at a

00:40:45.819 --> 00:40:46.239
 large

00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:46.960
 is not

00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:47.539
 for more

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:48.219
 and more

00:40:48.219 --> 00:40:49.380
 intelligent

00:40:49.380 --> 00:40:50.659
 entrepreneurial

00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:52.219
 hard

00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:52.960
 working

00:40:52.960 --> 00:40:53.519
 gifted

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:54.279
 people

00:40:54.279 --> 00:40:55.940
 but deep

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:56.440
 people

00:40:56.440 --> 00:40:57.519
 in Jesus

00:40:57.519 --> 00:41:00.880
 that's what's

00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:01.159
 needed

00:41:01.159 --> 00:41:04.400
 deep people

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:06.159
 people who

00:41:06.159 --> 00:41:07.139
 know God

00:41:07.139 --> 00:41:09.980
 and know

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.579
 themselves

00:41:10.579 --> 00:41:15.460
 learning new

00:41:15.460 --> 00:41:16.019
 behaviors

00:41:16.019 --> 00:41:16.719
 rhythms of

00:41:16.719 --> 00:41:17.159
 grace

00:41:17.159 --> 00:41:17.940
 are crucial

00:41:17.940 --> 00:41:19.119
 to the

00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:19.779
 disruption

00:41:19.779 --> 00:41:20.519
 of those

00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:21.179
 old habits

00:41:21.179 --> 00:41:21.819
 and behaviors

00:41:21.819 --> 00:41:23.219
 that we are

00:41:23.219 --> 00:41:23.799
 so committed

00:41:23.799 --> 00:41:24.239
 to

00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:24.839
 that are so

00:41:24.839 --> 00:41:25.460
 habitual in

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:25.960
 our lives

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:26.599
 and yet

00:41:26.599 --> 00:41:27.279
 block

00:41:27.279 --> 00:41:29.059
 personal

00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:30.039
 transformation

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:32.539
 there are

00:41:32.539 --> 00:41:33.259
 three dynamics

00:41:33.259 --> 00:41:33.679
 that work

00:41:33.679 --> 00:41:34.239
 together to

00:41:34.239 --> 00:41:34.679
 bring about

00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:35.119
 personal

00:41:35.119 --> 00:41:35.880
 transformation

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:36.759
 personal

00:41:36.759 --> 00:41:37.320
 transformation

00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:38.400
 happens best

00:41:38.400 --> 00:41:39.019
 as an

00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:39.779
 inside out

00:41:39.779 --> 00:41:40.279
 process

00:41:40.279 --> 00:41:41.099
 of obedience

00:41:41.099 --> 00:41:41.699
 to God

00:41:41.699 --> 00:41:42.440
 in his

00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:42.820
 word

00:41:42.820 --> 00:41:43.500
 a commitment

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:44.119
 to obey

00:41:44.119 --> 00:41:44.659
 everything

00:41:44.659 --> 00:41:45.340
 that he says

00:41:45.340 --> 00:41:45.639
 and he's

00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:46.139
 calling me

00:41:46.139 --> 00:41:46.380
 to

00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:47.119
 personal

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:47.759
 transformation

00:41:47.759 --> 00:41:49.340
 happens best

00:41:49.340 --> 00:41:50.360
 in the context

00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:50.960
 of a loving

00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:51.559
 community

00:41:51.559 --> 00:41:52.539
 of truth

00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:53.300
 and grace

00:41:53.300 --> 00:41:54.179
 personal

00:41:54.179 --> 00:41:54.679
 transformation

00:41:54.679 --> 00:41:55.840
 happens in

00:41:55.840 --> 00:41:56.519
 the context

00:41:56.519 --> 00:41:57.199
 of a

00:41:57.199 --> 00:41:57.599
 reflective

00:41:57.599 --> 00:41:58.179
 life

00:41:58.179 --> 00:41:59.719
 it's a

00:41:59.719 --> 00:42:00.179
 dynamic

00:42:00.179 --> 00:42:00.719
 where they

00:42:00.719 --> 00:42:01.359
 are all

00:42:01.359 --> 00:42:01.919
 working

00:42:01.919 --> 00:42:02.440
 together

00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:03.759
 we need

00:42:03.759 --> 00:42:04.639
 all three

00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:05.339
 operating

00:42:05.339 --> 00:42:05.960
 together

00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:07.980
 personal

00:42:07.980 --> 00:42:08.619
 transformation

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:09.719
 happens

00:42:09.719 --> 00:42:10.619
 as we

00:42:10.619 --> 00:42:11.359
 intentionally

00:42:11.359 --> 00:42:12.839
 slow down

00:42:12.839 --> 00:42:13.579
 commune

00:42:13.579 --> 00:42:14.179
 with God

00:42:14.179 --> 00:42:14.599
 in the

00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:14.919
 Bible

00:42:14.919 --> 00:42:15.619
 and prayer

00:42:15.619 --> 00:42:16.519
 and to

00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:17.279
 understand

00:42:17.279 --> 00:42:18.119
 ourselves

00:42:18.119 --> 00:42:18.679
 and our

00:42:18.679 --> 00:42:19.039
 weak

00:42:19.039 --> 00:42:19.419
 and our

00:42:19.419 --> 00:42:20.019
 reactions

00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:20.399
 and our

00:42:20.399 --> 00:42:21.059
 relationships

00:42:21.059 --> 00:42:21.859
 and our

00:42:21.859 --> 00:42:22.259
 habits

00:42:22.259 --> 00:42:22.980
 and to

00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:23.379
 obey

00:42:23.379 --> 00:42:23.819
 his

00:42:23.819 --> 00:42:24.379
 call

00:42:24.379 --> 00:42:25.859
 to take

00:42:25.859 --> 00:42:27.079
 our next

00:42:27.079 --> 00:42:27.759
 step towards

00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:28.500
 transformation

00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:31.260
 and yet

00:42:31.260 --> 00:42:31.900
 with that

00:42:31.900 --> 00:42:32.920
 reflective

00:42:32.920 --> 00:42:34.480
 intentional

00:42:34.480 --> 00:42:35.260
 deliberate

00:42:35.260 --> 00:42:35.980
 life

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:37.120
 we need

00:42:37.120 --> 00:42:37.380
 the

00:42:37.380 --> 00:42:37.840
 fellowship

00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:38.960
 of community

00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:39.680
 of brothers

00:42:39.680 --> 00:42:40.320
 and sisters

00:42:40.320 --> 00:42:41.180
 in Christ

00:42:41.180 --> 00:42:42.520
 who lovingly

00:42:42.520 --> 00:42:43.580
 speak the

00:42:43.580 --> 00:42:44.380
 truth to us

00:42:44.380 --> 00:42:44.780
 of things

00:42:44.780 --> 00:42:45.060
 that we

00:42:45.060 --> 00:42:45.900
 cannot see

00:42:45.900 --> 00:42:48.280
 but do so

00:42:48.280 --> 00:42:48.780
 in a loving

00:42:48.780 --> 00:42:49.300
 way

00:42:49.300 --> 00:42:50.600
 as sheep

00:42:50.600 --> 00:42:50.880
 on the

00:42:50.880 --> 00:42:51.140
 journey

00:42:51.140 --> 00:42:51.760
 with us

00:42:51.760 --> 00:42:55.980
 transformation

00:42:55.980 --> 00:42:56.600
 does not

00:42:56.600 --> 00:42:57.120
 come from

00:42:57.119 --> 00:42:57.940
 merely learning

00:42:57.940 --> 00:42:58.279
 new

00:42:58.279 --> 00:42:58.980
 information

00:42:58.980 --> 00:43:00.480
 or from

00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:00.980
 developing

00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:01.539
 some extra

00:43:01.539 --> 00:43:02.119
 skills

00:43:02.119 --> 00:43:03.539
 it is the

00:43:03.539 --> 00:43:04.119
 work of the

00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:04.920
 Holy Spirit

00:43:04.920 --> 00:43:05.679
 as we

00:43:05.679 --> 00:43:06.239
 intentionally

00:43:06.239 --> 00:43:06.839
 keep in

00:43:06.839 --> 00:43:07.199
 step

00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:08.319
 with what

00:43:08.319 --> 00:43:08.699
 God is

00:43:08.699 --> 00:43:09.239
 teaching us

00:43:09.239 --> 00:43:09.679
 through his

00:43:09.679 --> 00:43:10.119
 word

00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:11.039
 together

00:43:11.039 --> 00:43:14.359
 now we

00:43:14.359 --> 00:43:14.619
 have a

00:43:14.619 --> 00:43:14.880
 tendency

00:43:14.880 --> 00:43:15.619
 to think

00:43:15.619 --> 00:43:17.159
 that if

00:43:17.159 --> 00:43:17.519
 we have

00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:18.119
 mastered

00:43:18.119 --> 00:43:18.380
 the

00:43:18.380 --> 00:43:19.159
 information

00:43:19.159 --> 00:43:20.219
 then the

00:43:20.219 --> 00:43:20.559
 personal

00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:21.179
 transformation

00:43:21.179 --> 00:43:22.059
 just happens

00:43:22.059 --> 00:43:23.799
 and so

00:43:23.799 --> 00:43:24.139
 if I'm

00:43:24.139 --> 00:43:25.199
 stuck

00:43:25.199 --> 00:43:25.940
 what I

00:43:25.940 --> 00:43:26.219
 need to

00:43:26.219 --> 00:43:26.460
 do is

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:26.619
 I need

00:43:26.619 --> 00:43:26.799
 to buy

00:43:26.799 --> 00:43:27.000
 another

00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:27.320
 book

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:28.539
 I need

00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:31.139
 more

00:43:31.139 --> 00:43:31.799
 information

00:43:31.799 --> 00:43:32.619
 I need

00:43:32.619 --> 00:43:32.860
 new

00:43:32.860 --> 00:43:33.420
 information

00:43:33.420 --> 00:43:36.059
 we need

00:43:36.059 --> 00:43:36.400
 to know

00:43:36.400 --> 00:43:36.860
 God

00:43:36.860 --> 00:43:38.119
 we need

00:43:38.119 --> 00:43:38.440
 to know

00:43:38.440 --> 00:43:38.980
 ourselves

00:43:38.980 --> 00:43:40.219
 and we

00:43:40.219 --> 00:43:40.739
 need time

00:43:40.739 --> 00:43:41.320
 and space

00:43:41.320 --> 00:43:42.059
 to reflect

00:43:42.059 --> 00:43:43.119
 on both

00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:43.539
 of those

00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:44.059
 things

00:43:44.059 --> 00:43:44.940
 and a

00:43:44.940 --> 00:43:45.420
 community

00:43:45.420 --> 00:43:46.099
 of spiritual

00:43:46.099 --> 00:43:46.500
 friends

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:46.840
 to help

00:43:46.840 --> 00:43:47.099
 us do

00:43:47.099 --> 00:43:47.500
 both

00:43:47.500 --> 00:43:51.340
 so for

00:43:51.340 --> 00:43:51.780
 the solo

00:43:51.780 --> 00:43:52.480
 flyers

00:43:52.480 --> 00:43:54.199
 there is

00:43:54.199 --> 00:43:54.820
 no such

00:43:54.820 --> 00:43:55.519
 thing as

00:43:55.519 --> 00:43:56.039
 personal

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:56.639
 transformation

00:43:56.639 --> 00:43:57.260
 with our

00:43:57.260 --> 00:43:57.679
 corporate

00:43:57.679 --> 00:43:58.360
 disciplined

00:43:58.360 --> 00:43:58.780
 slow

00:43:58.780 --> 00:43:59.139
 thoughtful

00:43:59.139 --> 00:43:59.559
 life

00:43:59.559 --> 00:44:05.079
 so what

00:44:05.079 --> 00:44:05.480
 this series

00:44:05.480 --> 00:44:05.719
 is going

00:44:05.719 --> 00:44:06.219
 to be

00:44:06.219 --> 00:44:06.780
 with

00:44:06.780 --> 00:44:07.300
 everything

00:44:07.300 --> 00:44:09.239
 is a

00:44:09.239 --> 00:44:09.619
 push

00:44:09.619 --> 00:44:10.619
 against

00:44:10.619 --> 00:44:12.199
 the

00:44:12.199 --> 00:44:12.559
 habits

00:44:12.559 --> 00:44:12.960
 we have

00:44:12.960 --> 00:44:13.340
 formed

00:44:13.340 --> 00:44:14.159
 in life

00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:14.699
 that

00:44:14.699 --> 00:44:15.320
 ultimately

00:44:15.320 --> 00:44:16.119
 declare

00:44:16.119 --> 00:44:17.539
 that

00:44:17.539 --> 00:44:17.900
 we're

00:44:17.900 --> 00:44:18.359
 still

00:44:18.359 --> 00:44:19.039
 pursuing

00:44:19.039 --> 00:44:19.759
 to gain

00:44:19.759 --> 00:44:19.960
 the

00:44:19.960 --> 00:44:20.219
 whole

00:44:20.219 --> 00:44:20.719
 world

00:44:20.719 --> 00:44:22.880
 and

00:44:22.880 --> 00:44:23.239
 just

00:44:23.239 --> 00:44:23.639
 hoping

00:44:23.639 --> 00:44:23.980
 Jesus

00:44:23.980 --> 00:44:24.339
 helps

00:44:24.339 --> 00:44:24.739
 us

00:44:24.739 --> 00:44:28.759
 what

00:44:28.759 --> 00:44:28.940
 we're

00:44:28.940 --> 00:44:29.079
 going to

00:44:29.079 --> 00:44:29.219
 be

00:44:29.219 --> 00:44:29.659
 exploring

00:44:29.659 --> 00:44:29.940
 in the

00:44:29.940 --> 00:44:30.159
 coming

00:44:30.159 --> 00:44:30.559
 weeks

00:44:30.559 --> 00:44:30.819
 are

00:44:30.819 --> 00:44:31.159
 rhythms

00:44:31.159 --> 00:44:31.400
 of

00:44:31.400 --> 00:44:31.759
 grace

00:44:31.759 --> 00:44:32.159
 God's

00:44:32.159 --> 00:44:32.319
 gift

00:44:32.319 --> 00:44:32.480
 to

00:44:32.480 --> 00:44:32.679
 us

00:44:32.679 --> 00:44:32.859
 his

00:44:32.859 --> 00:44:33.279
 means

00:44:33.279 --> 00:44:33.480
 of

00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:34.279
 gracious

00:44:34.279 --> 00:44:34.880
 transformation

00:44:34.880 --> 00:44:35.259
 in our

00:44:35.259 --> 00:44:35.539
 lives

00:44:35.539 --> 00:44:36.079
 this is

00:44:36.079 --> 00:44:36.480
 not new

00:44:36.480 --> 00:44:37.000
 information

00:44:37.000 --> 00:44:37.339
 if it's

00:44:37.339 --> 00:44:37.599
 new to

00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:37.759
 you

00:44:37.759 --> 00:44:37.920
 it's

00:44:37.920 --> 00:44:38.000
 I

00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:38.119
 want

00:44:38.119 --> 00:44:38.239
 you

00:44:38.239 --> 00:44:38.319
 to

00:44:38.319 --> 00:44:38.420
 go

00:44:38.420 --> 00:44:39.059
 this

00:44:39.059 --> 00:44:39.440
 stuff

00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:39.679
 has

00:44:39.679 --> 00:44:39.900
 been

00:44:39.900 --> 00:44:40.239
 around

00:44:40.239 --> 00:44:40.500
 for

00:44:40.500 --> 00:44:41.380
 centuries

00:44:41.380 --> 00:44:43.179
 and

00:44:43.179 --> 00:44:43.339
 we're

00:44:43.339 --> 00:44:43.639
 trying to

00:44:43.639 --> 00:44:44.059
 work on

00:44:44.059 --> 00:44:44.239
 it

00:44:44.239 --> 00:44:45.779
 in this

00:44:45.780 --> 00:44:46.440
 context

00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:47.519
 21st

00:44:47.519 --> 00:44:47.820
 century

00:44:47.820 --> 00:44:48.340
 life

00:44:48.340 --> 00:44:49.000
 we're

00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:49.480
 exploring

00:44:49.480 --> 00:44:49.940
 rhythms

00:44:49.940 --> 00:44:50.160
 of

00:44:50.160 --> 00:44:50.519
 worship

00:44:50.519 --> 00:44:50.740
 and

00:44:50.740 --> 00:44:51.300
 devotions

00:44:51.300 --> 00:44:51.519
 and

00:44:51.519 --> 00:44:51.900
 rest

00:44:51.900 --> 00:44:52.460
 and

00:44:52.460 --> 00:44:52.880
 friendship

00:44:52.880 --> 00:44:53.160
 and

00:44:53.160 --> 00:44:53.660
 generosity

00:44:53.660 --> 00:44:53.980
 and

00:44:53.980 --> 00:44:54.320
 service

00:44:54.320 --> 00:44:54.560
 and

00:44:54.560 --> 00:44:54.920
 mission

00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:55.820
 rhythms

00:44:55.820 --> 00:44:56.300
 that

00:44:56.300 --> 00:44:56.620
 get us

00:44:56.620 --> 00:44:56.740
 to

00:44:56.740 --> 00:44:57.740
 look up

00:44:57.740 --> 00:44:57.900
 to

00:44:57.900 --> 00:44:58.380
 God

00:44:58.380 --> 00:44:59.460
 worshipping

00:44:59.460 --> 00:44:59.900
 him

00:44:59.900 --> 00:45:00.380
 rhythms

00:45:00.380 --> 00:45:00.540
 that

00:45:00.540 --> 00:45:00.780
 get us

00:45:00.780 --> 00:45:01.019
 to look

00:45:01.019 --> 00:45:01.140
 at

00:45:01.140 --> 00:45:01.720
 ourselves

00:45:01.720 --> 00:45:02.360
 and

00:45:02.360 --> 00:45:02.760
 rhythms

00:45:02.760 --> 00:45:02.940
 that

00:45:02.940 --> 00:45:03.200
 get us

00:45:03.200 --> 00:45:03.480
 to look

00:45:03.480 --> 00:45:03.680
 out

00:45:03.680 --> 00:45:03.860
 to

00:45:03.860 --> 00:45:04.260
 love

00:45:04.260 --> 00:45:04.580
 all

00:45:04.580 --> 00:45:05.000
 people

00:45:05.000 --> 00:45:06.860
 these

00:45:06.860 --> 00:45:07.440
 rhythms

00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:08.480
 carve

00:45:08.480 --> 00:45:08.860
 out

00:45:08.860 --> 00:45:09.180
 a

00:45:09.180 --> 00:45:09.920
 pathway

00:45:09.920 --> 00:45:10.760
 for

00:45:10.760 --> 00:45:11.180
 God

00:45:11.180 --> 00:45:11.400
 to

00:45:11.400 --> 00:45:11.820
 do

00:45:11.820 --> 00:45:12.019
 the

00:45:12.019 --> 00:45:12.280
 work

00:45:12.280 --> 00:45:12.420
 of

00:45:12.420 --> 00:45:13.220
 transformation

00:45:13.219 --> 00:45:15.839
 these

00:45:15.839 --> 00:45:16.159
 rhythms

00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:16.399
 are

00:45:16.399 --> 00:45:17.000
 uniquely

00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:17.579
 designed

00:45:17.579 --> 00:45:17.939
 by

00:45:17.939 --> 00:45:18.459
 God

00:45:18.459 --> 00:45:18.959
 to

00:45:18.959 --> 00:45:19.259
 help

00:45:19.259 --> 00:45:19.480
 us

00:45:19.480 --> 00:45:20.139
 receive

00:45:20.139 --> 00:45:20.480
 his

00:45:20.480 --> 00:45:21.059
 grace

00:45:21.059 --> 00:45:21.839
 by

00:45:21.839 --> 00:45:22.139
 putting

00:45:22.139 --> 00:45:22.319
 us

00:45:22.319 --> 00:45:22.459
 in

00:45:22.459 --> 00:45:22.639
 the

00:45:22.639 --> 00:45:23.099
 place

00:45:23.099 --> 00:45:23.659
 before

00:45:23.659 --> 00:45:24.199
 God

00:45:24.199 --> 00:45:25.159
 where

00:45:25.159 --> 00:45:25.319
 he

00:45:25.319 --> 00:45:25.539
 can

00:45:25.539 --> 00:45:26.059
 transform

00:45:26.059 --> 00:45:26.619
 us

00:45:26.619 --> 00:45:29.539
 the

00:45:29.539 --> 00:45:29.959
 path

00:45:29.959 --> 00:45:30.379
 itself

00:45:30.379 --> 00:45:30.639
 does

00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:30.879
 not

00:45:30.879 --> 00:45:31.559
 produce

00:45:31.559 --> 00:45:31.859
 the

00:45:31.859 --> 00:45:32.339
 change

00:45:32.339 --> 00:45:32.559
 we

00:45:32.559 --> 00:45:32.980
 need

00:45:32.980 --> 00:45:34.399
 it

00:45:34.399 --> 00:45:34.659
 puts

00:45:34.659 --> 00:45:34.799
 us

00:45:34.799 --> 00:45:34.919
 in

00:45:34.919 --> 00:45:35.059
 the

00:45:35.059 --> 00:45:35.379
 place

00:45:35.379 --> 00:45:35.559
 where

00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:35.699
 the

00:45:35.699 --> 00:45:35.959
 change

00:45:35.959 --> 00:45:36.159
 can

00:45:36.159 --> 00:45:36.659
 occur

00:45:36.659 --> 00:45:39.119
 but

00:45:39.119 --> 00:45:39.239
 we

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 need

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 to

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 get

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 on

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 the

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 path

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 of

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 following

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 Jesus

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 change

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 all

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 of

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 our

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 lives

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 is

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 right

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 where

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 you

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 are

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 right

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 now

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 right

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 now

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 we're

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 all

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 in

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 different

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 stages

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 it's

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 where

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 you

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 are

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 right

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 now

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 not

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 where

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 you

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 want

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 to

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 be

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 some

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 here

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 have

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 not

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 yet

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 started

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 but

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 you

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 long

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 for

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 real

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 change

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 in

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 your

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 life

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 some

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 are

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 stalled

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 some are crawling, some are walking and some are running the race of faith and the constant call

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 throughout this series is for all of us to take our next step and get covered, I mean doused,

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 completely covered in the gracious, merciful, kind dust of our Lord Jesus Christ as we follow him in

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 2025.