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 Father, we are abundantly rich in so many things.

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 You are the Father of all blessing, and you have blessed us with so much

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 that if we were to name everything we have, our thanksgiving would fill a library of books.

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 Father, you are the one who is worthy of all praise because you are the fountain of all life.

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 So often our thanksgiving only focuses on the physical blessings we receive,

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 as if they deserve the greatest mention.

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 And yet you, the sovereign God, the creator of everything, who has no need of us,

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 who has every right to turn away from us and ignore us and reject us,

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 yet you choose to come down to us and call us to yourself through your Son.

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 I pray that we would never forget the privilege that it is that we are your children.

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 May it stun and amaze us that you would love us so much.

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 Forgive us where we become so familiar with the gospel that it fails to wow us again.

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 Please work in our hearts, Lord.

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 Excite us with the glory of your name and how beautiful you are.

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 Father, I want to thank you so much for ICF.

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 Thank you for what you're doing in the lives of Irina and Fred and just so many other students.

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 We pray that right there on that campus where there's so much pressure to perform,

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 that they would have such a big God-centered view of things,

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 that they would be so different from those around them,

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 that they'd be a light, a beacon, Lord, to all those around,

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 that they would have this confident security,

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 that their worth is not found in how great their grades are,

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 but their worth is found in how great you are and the love that you have poured on them.

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 Father, I pray for the local church in Hong Kong.

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 Thank you so much for the faithful witness of men and women over decades and decades

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 of being a light, Lord, in this city.

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 I want to think of Holy Light Church in Yuen Long and Pastor Paul there.

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 Lord, thank you for them and their faithful ministry.

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 Would you let the gospel go deeper and richer into that church

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 as they celebrate 80 years of being in the city?

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 And would they just not rest on their past,

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 but would they push into you more as they reach out to local kids

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 and the elderly up in Yuen Long?

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 Would they be a beacon of light to draw other people to know you?

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 Father, I want to pray for the Filipino community in this city.

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 Many of them have religious backgrounds since their childhood,

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 and yet many of them have never truly known you.

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 Father, we want to pray for Janet and Arlene and Julie and Jonah and Zari and Leonara

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 and the whole foundations of faith fellowship in our midst, Lord,

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 as they are seeking to reach out to their Filipino and Indonesian friends and neighbors.

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 Lord, please, would they know the calling on their lives?

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 Would they know the love that you have for them?

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 And would you use them mightily in reaching out to this community?

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 I pray for all of us.

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 Lord, I'm just so challenged by the fact that when we have so much,

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 sometimes our faith can be so small.

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 We can think we're following you,

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 and yet I know so much in my own life and our own lives

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 that our lives are consumed by little trinkets

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 and not by the calling you have on us.

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 We worry far more about things that people who have far less do not worry about.

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 But may we lay our lives down before you with open hands,

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 not assuming that you have to meet our expectations of convenience and comfort,

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 but seeing your faithful goodness will lead and guide us,

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 and we can trust you with whatever's going on in our lives right now.

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 Father, we just lay ourselves before you.

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 We thank you that you are good.

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 We need you.

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 Change us.

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 Speak to us.

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 In Jesus' mighty name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 I'd love to invite Janet to come and read the scripture to us this morning.

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 Thank you so much.

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 The scripture reading comes from Matthew chapter 4.

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 Please follow along in your bulletins or on the screen.

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 Now, when Jesus heard that John has been arrested,

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 he withdrawed in Galilee.

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 And leaving Nazareth, he went and left in Capernaum by the sea,

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 in the territory of Zebulun in Naptali,

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 so that what was spoken by Prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled.

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 The land of Zebulun in the land of Naptali,

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 the way of the sea beyond the Jordan,

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 Galilee of the Gentiles.

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 The people dwelling in darkness have been a great light,

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 and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death,

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 on them a light has dawned.

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 For that time, Jesus began to preach, saying,

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 Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

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 While walking by the sea of Galilee,

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 he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter,

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 and Andrew, his brother,

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 casting on it into the sea,

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 for they were fishermen.

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 And he said to them,

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 Follow me, and I will make you a fisher of men.

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 Immediately they left their nets and followed him.

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 And going on from there,

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 he saw two other brothers,

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 James, the son of Zebedee,

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 and John, his brother,

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 in the boat with Zebedee, their father,

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 mending their nets,

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 and he called them.

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 Immediately they left the boat and their father

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 and followed him.

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 And he went throughout all Galilee,

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 teaching in their synagogues

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 and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom

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 and healing every disease

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 and every affliction among the people.

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 So his fame spread throughout all Syria,

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 and they brought him all the sick,

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 those afflicted with various diseases and pains,

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 those oppressed by demons,

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 those having seizures and paralytics,

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 and he hallowed them.

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 The great crowd followed him

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 from Galilee and the Decapolis

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 and from Jerusalem and Judea

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 and from beyond the Jordan.

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 And this is the word of God.

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 Great.

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 If you don't know,

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 my name is Chris.

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 I'm one of the leaders here at Watermark.

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 And we're continuing in our series

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 of going through Matthew's gospel.

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 And so,

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 I don't know if you've had a recent performance review

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 at your work,

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 but what happens when you do a performance review

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 is you look back

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 over your past history

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 of what you've done,

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 whether in the last three months,

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 six months,

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 or year,

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 and you evaluate it,

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 and then you hope that you will actually,

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 from the mistakes that you've learned

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 and the good things you've done,

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 you'll actually move forward

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 to not repeat the same things

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 and to grow and improve.

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 That's the idea,

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 I think.

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 Well,

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 the people of Israel,

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 God's people,

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 had been given enough performance reviews

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 by God

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 throughout a thousand years of history

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 and every single performance review

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 they'd failed.

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 Every one of them,

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 they'd made exactly the same mistakes

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 that the previous generation had made

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 again and again and again and again.

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 They never seemed to learn.

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 And yet,

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 God had been so good to them

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 that they kept trusting in other gods.

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 God kept showing them His goodness.

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 He brought them out of Egypt,

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 out of slavery.

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 He brought them through the wilderness

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 and provided for them.

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 He brought them again and again,

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 provision and grace,

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 and again and again,

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 they refused to trust Him.

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 Every trial,

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 every test,

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 they failed.

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 I don't know if any of you

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 have ever felt like that.

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 But that is actually

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 not just Israel's story,

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 that's our story.

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 before a holy God.

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 And Matthew,

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 in his gospel,

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 has been showing

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 how the story of Israel,

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 their life,

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 it needs a rewrite.

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 It needs someone to come

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 and rewrite the story

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 so that their future

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 will be different from their past.

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 And so John the Baptist

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 has come proclaiming,

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 repent for the kingdom of God is near.

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 There's a new future coming.

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 And there's someone who's coming,

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 the only person

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 who can actually rewrite your future.

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 The only person who's actually

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 passed the performance review,

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 which is Jesus Christ,

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 who comes.

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 And so Matthew has been showing us

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 how he's been baptized in the Jordan,

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 just like Israel went through the Red Sea.

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 He's led into the wilderness,

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 just like Israel did.

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 But where they failed,

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 he succeeded.

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 Where they failed the test,

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 he didn't.

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 And now John the Baptist's ministry

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 of saying,

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 pointing to this one

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 who's going to come

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 to bring in the future,

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 John the Baptist got arrested.

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 His deal is done.

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 And he's passing on the baton

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 to Jesus.

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 And Jesus heads into his time of ministry.

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 And this is where the rest

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 of the book of Matthew is going.

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 And we're going to see his teaching

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 coming up in the Sermon on the Mount.

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 But before that,

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 we're going to see some key things

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 about what Jesus is doing

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 in gathering a new people,

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 a new community,

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 who know how to repent

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 and follow him.

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 So what we're going to do,

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 I'm going to go through

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 three key points today.

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 The first one,

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 Jesus goes out into the darkness.

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 And the last one,

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 which is going to be about

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 Jesus calls us to something

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 bigger than ourselves,

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 they're going to be short.

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 The middle one,

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 which is going to be

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 about Jesus calls us to himself,

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 is going to be most of our time.

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 So if you're wondering

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 at the end of the second point,

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 are we ever going to end?

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 Take courage.

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 We will.

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 So let's kind of dive in.

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 If you've got your bulletin with you,

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 the first point,

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 Jesus goes into the darkness.

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 This is verses 12 to 16.

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 What you'll see,

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 it says,

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 Jesus withdrew into Galilee.

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 And he's called Galilee of the Gentiles.

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 It says,

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 the people dwelling in darkness

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 have seen a great light.

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 And for those dwelling in the region

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 and shadow of death,

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 on them a light has dawned.

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 And Jesus,

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 in fulfillment of a prophecy from Isaiah

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 700 years before,

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 which was related to this place,

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 Galilee,

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 in the north of Israel,

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 from where in Isaiah's time,

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 Assyria had brought God's judgment

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 for their sin

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 onto the people of Israel.

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 But now,

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 into that same place,

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 Jesus is heading.

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 Now what you probably don't realize

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 is it's Galilee of the Gentiles

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 is not a compliment

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 for a Jewish writer.

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 If you think about,

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 you know,

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 the walled city in Kowloon

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 that got knocked down 25 years ago,

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 you know its reputation

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 was kind of like this den of iniquity,

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 of like prostitution, gambling,

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 all kinds of darkness there.

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 Well,

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 that's the same kind of idea for Galilee.

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 That it was a place of compromise

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 where unclean,

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 non-Jewish people

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 had settled there

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 with their different religions.

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 And Matthew quotes Isaiah saying,

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 this people there,

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 they dwell in a darkness.

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 They dwell in the shadow of death.

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 And what's really interesting

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 is Matthew has actually changed

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 the word that Isaiah used.

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 Isaiah said,

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 the people walk in darkness.

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 But Matthew says,

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 he uses the word,

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 they dwell in darkness.

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 The word dwell means to sit,

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 to sit down,

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 to settle.

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 And he's making a point.

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 He's trying to say

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 that the people in this area,

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 they hadn't just switched off

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 the light temporarily,

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 but they were still up

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 so they could switch it back on

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 and see again.

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 He's saying,

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 they were so entrenched in darkness

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 it was like Norway in winter time.

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 There was no daylight.

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 And they were never going to get back up

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 out of their spiritual darkness.

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 There is spiritual death

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 hung over them like a shadow.

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 Like a no hope slum.

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 Many of you,

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 maybe you feel like your workplaces

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 feel like that.

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 A toxic environment

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 filled with self-interest and greed.

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 Sometimes some of your family gatherings,

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 you're worried about

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 Chinese New Year coming up

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 because they can feel like that.

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 Places that sometimes feel so dark,

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 you wonder,

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 can light ever really break through

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 in those places?

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 That was Galilee.

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 And just as we write off

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 places and people,

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 it's precisely into that place

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 that Matthew says Jesus headed.

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 And he says this,

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 light has dawned.

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 It's been a long night in Galilee,

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 but the sun is beginning to rise

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 over the horizon

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 because Jesus is here.

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 And because Jesus doesn't just go

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 into the comfortable suburbs,

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 he heads right into the place

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 where he knows that the message

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 of repentance,

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 that the kingdom of God is near,

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 is needed more than anywhere.

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 Because he's saying the king

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 and his kingdom is within reach.

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 The king has arrived

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 and when the king arrives,

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 what does this king do?

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 What does he do when he comes?

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 And that's my second point.

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 Jesus calls people to himself.

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 You know, Kevin talked about repentance

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 three weeks ago.

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 And repentance is the entry point

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 into coming into God's new kingdom,

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 his new future,

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 but it's also the ongoing life

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 of those who are in God's kingdom.

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 And Matthew wants to show us now

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 what repentance looks like.

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 So let's have a look at this story,

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 which you're going to see

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 from 18 through to 22.

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 Jesus is out for a stroll

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 by the lakeside,

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 getting some air.

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 And then he sees

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 these two disciples,

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 Simon and Andrew.

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 And this isn't the first time

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 Jesus has seen them.

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 Because we know from John 2

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 that he actually spent

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 at least a whole day with them,

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 maybe a bit more,

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 so it's not cold.

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 But these guys are right

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 in the middle of their work day.

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 Okay?

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 But some of us think

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 that the disciples

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 are just these kind of

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 poor working class people.

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 But actually that's not true.

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 The disciples,

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 though they were uneducated,

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 they were probably

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 not desperately poor

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 in their terms of that time.

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 Because they have

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 a small family fishing business,

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 which we know from Mark 1,

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 that actually they have

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 employees as well.

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 So this is like an SME.

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 Okay?

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 This is their small,

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 medium business,

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 and they're right in the middle

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 of trying to get a catch

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 to sustain their cash flow.

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 This is the equivalent

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 of them on the trading floor,

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 them in the meeting room,

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 them in the classroom,

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 them in the hospital ward,

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 them taking the kids to school.

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 It's a normal day,

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 it's the normal events

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 that happen at work,

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 they're fishermen,

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 and Jesus comes along

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 and he says,

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 follow me,

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 I will make you fishers of men.

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 There's a few things

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 that I want to pull out of this,

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 because I want to really unpack

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 this phrase,

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 because this is dynamite

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 if we get this.

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 First thing that this says,

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 who takes the initiative

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 to call the disciples?

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 Jesus does.

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 Do you know,

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 that was really unusual

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 in that day,

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 because if you had a rabbi,

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 rabbis didn't go out

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 to find disciples,

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 they actually waited

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 for disciples to come to them.

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 And so,

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 Jesus,

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 though,

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 where is he?

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 Jesus is in Galilee,

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 a place in darkness.

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 Nobody's getting up

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 to go and find him.

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 And so,

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 nobody there was going,

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 Jesus,

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 we'd love to be your disciple,

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 please make us your disciple.

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 They're not doing that.

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 He is the one

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 who has to reach out

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 down to them

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 in their darkness.

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 That's actually the same

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 for us.

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 Do you know that?

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 How many of you here

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 saved yourself?

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 No,

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 because the only reason,

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 if you are a Christian

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 here today,

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 the only reason

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 you are a Christian

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 is not because

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 you made some smart

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 intellectual decision

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 to think,

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 yeah,

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 that sounds reasonable

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 to me to follow Jesus.

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 Okay,

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 I'm going to do it.

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 It's not that.

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 The only reason

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 you are a Christian,

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 it's not because

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 you were born

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 in a Christian family.

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 It's because

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 Jesus called you

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 and Jesus saved you.

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 Nobody saves themselves

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 and he's calling

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 us today

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 to himself,

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 whether you are

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 a Christian

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 or not a Christian,

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 again and again.

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 But you know

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 when Jesus calls you,

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 it's the second thing.

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 He's always

00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:24.640
 going to disrupt

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 your life.

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 You see,

00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:29.019
 the disciples

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 didn't go away

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 from meeting Jesus

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 saying,

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 oh,

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 that was a nice

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 time we had,

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 nice guy.

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 Let's just get

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 back on with fishing.

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 Because

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 he says,

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 he doesn't say

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 either,

00:18:41.259 --> 00:18:41.779
 follow me

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 and all your

00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:42.660
 problems

00:18:42.660 --> 00:18:42.920
 are going

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 to go away.

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 Because you see,

00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:46.700
 when you meet

00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:47.400
 with Jesus,

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 you will never be,

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 and you truly

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 follow his call,

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 you will never be

00:18:51.360 --> 00:18:52.220
 the same afterwards

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 as you were before.

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 There's always

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 going to be a different

00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:56.700
 before and after shot.

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 He's coming

00:18:58.740 --> 00:18:59.519
 to disrupt

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 your life

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 and your plans

00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:01.740
 and your dreams.

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 And if you're

00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:04.740
 not living

00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:05.700
 and feeling

00:19:05.700 --> 00:19:06.559
 the tension

00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:08.100
 with living

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 for his kingdom,

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 if you don't feel

00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:11.160
 the disruption

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 in some of the way

00:19:12.620 --> 00:19:13.360
 that you wish

00:19:13.360 --> 00:19:14.400
 your life was,

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 then it may be

00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:16.299
 you're actually

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 not living

00:19:16.900 --> 00:19:17.559
 for his kingdom

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 at all.

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 Because maybe

00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:20.299
 you're just living

00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:21.400
 for your own plans.

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 Because Jesus

00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:24.900
 is calling you today

00:19:24.900 --> 00:19:26.319
 just like he was

00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:27.259
 calling the disciples

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 and he's going

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 to call you

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 to disrupt

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 your life.

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 Anyone

00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:33.960
 still on board?

00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:35.839
 Okay,

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 second thing.

00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:39.599
 Now,

00:19:39.879 --> 00:19:40.559
 when he comes

00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:41.039
 to disrupt

00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:41.759
 your life,

00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:42.940
 what's the call?

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 The call is

00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:44.299
 follow me

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 and I will

00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:46.900
 make you

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 fishers of men.

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 That was the call

00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:50.740
 to these four

00:19:50.740 --> 00:19:52.079
 men that day.

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 It's the call

00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:54.480
 to every person

00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:55.680
 who throughout

00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:56.579
 history,

00:19:57.279 --> 00:19:57.960
 every other

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.559
 disciple

00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:59.299
 that's the same

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 call.

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 And there are

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:02.759
 three words here

00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.880
 which he calls

00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:04.539
 these disciples

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 to which would

00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:06.779
 change their

00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:08.039
 lives forever.

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 Three words

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 which if they

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:12.120
 had not responded

00:20:12.120 --> 00:20:13.579
 positively to,

00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.480
 we would not

00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:15.259
 be here today

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.940
 talking about

00:20:15.940 --> 00:20:16.460
 these people

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 2,000 years later.

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 These are three

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 words which

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 everything changed.

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 Do you know

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 which three words

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 they are?

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 You see,

00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:28.360
 some of you

00:20:28.360 --> 00:20:28.779
 are confused

00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:29.240
 because in

00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:29.640
 English you

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 only see two

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 words which

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 are follow me.

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 But in Greek

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 there are three

00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:37.779
 words which

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.559
 literally are

00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:40.380
 come after me

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 or come behind

00:20:41.579 --> 00:20:42.140
 me.

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 That's what the

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.579
 Greek says.

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 And so I want

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 to spend a little

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 bit of time

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 unpacking these

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 three words

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 one by one

00:20:49.259 --> 00:20:50.099
 because they are

00:20:50.099 --> 00:20:51.180
 challenging words

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 and we need to

00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:52.920
 hear this.

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 the first word

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 is come.

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 When I say

00:20:58.080 --> 00:20:58.860
 come here,

00:20:59.140 --> 00:21:00.100
 what am I

00:21:00.100 --> 00:21:00.380
 doing?

00:21:04.580 --> 00:21:05.019
 Okay,

00:21:05.560 --> 00:21:06.180
 so does one.

00:21:06.360 --> 00:21:07.000
 If I say come

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 here, what am I

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:07.759
 doing?

00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:09.380
 I'm giving you a

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:10.720
 command, right?

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 I'm saying come

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.460
 here now.

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 If I say come

00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:15.220
 and join me,

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.160
 what am I doing?

00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:19.100
 I'm inviting you.

00:21:19.580 --> 00:21:20.420
 It's an invitation.

00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:21.660
 What's common

00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:22.580
 between a command

00:21:22.580 --> 00:21:23.400
 and an invitation?

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 Basically, we're

00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:27.700
 trying audience

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.800
 participation here.

00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:33.900
 Both of them

00:21:33.900 --> 00:21:35.700
 require a response.

00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:38.039
 Both of them

00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:39.500
 require a response.

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:41.740
 You see, if you

00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:42.900
 answer on Facebook

00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:46.480
 maybe, that is

00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:47.580
 not a response.

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 Or in fact, it is

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.420
 a response.

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:49.960
 You're trying to

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.940
 postpone a response

00:21:50.940 --> 00:21:51.779
 but actually your

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.680
 response is no,

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:53.420
 not now.

00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:54.440
 Right?

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.559
 You see, Jesus

00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:57.519
 also had other

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:57.799
 people.

00:21:57.880 --> 00:21:58.599
 He said, follow me

00:21:58.599 --> 00:21:59.039
 to some other

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.700
 people in Matthew

00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:00.420
 8 and they go,

00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:01.680
 hey, I'm busy.

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.339
 I've got a family

00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:02.819
 funeral.

00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:03.860
 I've just got some

00:22:03.860 --> 00:22:04.500
 work stuff.

00:22:04.860 --> 00:22:05.579
 And Jesus is

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.400
 straight down the

00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:06.579
 line.

00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.460
 He goes, maybe

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:08.620
 and not now

00:22:08.620 --> 00:22:09.279
 means no.

00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:09.960
 It means I've got

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.640
 other priorities,

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.259
 not you.

00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:14.640
 But do you notice

00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:15.360
 in the passage

00:22:15.360 --> 00:22:17.160
 what the response

00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:17.940
 of the disciples

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.420
 is.

00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:20.500
 It says, Simon

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:21.560
 and Andrew

00:22:21.560 --> 00:22:24.900
 immediately, they

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:26.140
 left immediately.

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:27.200
 Do you see that?

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:28.000
 And then James

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.600
 and John in

00:22:28.600 --> 00:22:29.860
 verse 20, it

00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:30.620
 says, they

00:22:30.620 --> 00:22:32.360
 immediately, they

00:22:32.360 --> 00:22:32.860
 left.

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.880
 Do you see that?

00:22:35.100 --> 00:22:35.620
 Immediately.

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.920
 20 and 22.

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:38.940
 He's saying

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:40.060
 procrastination is

00:22:40.060 --> 00:22:40.680
 not an option.

00:22:42.320 --> 00:22:43.240
 Jesus is calling

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:45.140
 you today and you

00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:46.240
 have to respond to

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:46.500
 him.

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:49.000
 How are we going

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.599
 to respond?

00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:52.079
 That's the third

00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:52.400
 thing.

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.039
 He takes the

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:54.400
 initiative.

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.500
 He responds.

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:57.539
 He's going to

00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:58.359
 disrupt your life.

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.640
 He calls for a

00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:00.180
 response.

00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:02.279
 Next thing is the

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.940
 next word.

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:05.140
 After or behind.

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:08.500
 The response that

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:10.079
 we are to give is

00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:11.599
 always a call to

00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:12.680
 surrender to his

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.059
 leading.

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:15.779
 Because there were

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.460
 many, when Jesus

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:17.399
 says, follow me,

00:23:17.539 --> 00:23:18.359
 follow after me,

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.299
 come after me,

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:20.139
 there were many

00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:21.200
 rabbis at the

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:21.660
 time.

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.599
 And you could

00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:23.740
 tell whose

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.920
 rabbis a person

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:25.920
 were by the

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:27.059
 behavior of the

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.559
 disciples.

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.240
 Because they'd

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:30.000
 seek to imitate

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:31.240
 their rabbi in

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.700
 everything.

00:23:32.399 --> 00:23:34.079
 So if Rabbi

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:36.000
 Leo had a

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.879
 three-inch beard,

00:23:37.399 --> 00:23:38.559
 then all of his

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.579
 disciples would

00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:40.319
 have a three-inch

00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:40.619
 beard.

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.299
 You've got to

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:41.720
 grow a little

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:41.940
 bit.

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:44.660
 If Rabbi

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:45.660
 Leo had a

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:46.440
 nervous twitch

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:47.180
 like this,

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.120
 and walking

00:23:48.120 --> 00:23:48.759
 down the road

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.140
 you saw a

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:49.519
 whole load of

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.279
 people doing

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:51.080
 this, you

00:23:51.080 --> 00:23:51.779
 would know

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.680
 they were all

00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:53.539
 disciples of

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:54.120
 Rabbi Leo.

00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:58.620
 You see, I

00:23:58.620 --> 00:23:59.539
 visited Cambodia

00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.660
 a couple of

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:01.000
 years ago.

00:24:01.080 --> 00:24:01.620
 We went to a

00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:02.600
 landmine museum.

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 And one of the

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.660
 boards in the

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.400
 museum told the

00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:07.059
 story of a guy

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:07.920
 called Aki Ra.

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:09.800
 And he'd been

00:24:09.800 --> 00:24:10.500
 responsible for

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:10.960
 putting down

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.940
 landmines for

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.940
 the Khmer Rouge

00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:13.420
 government.

00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:15.680
 But then later

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.700
 on he felt such

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.600
 guilt for what

00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:18.820
 he'd done that he

00:24:18.820 --> 00:24:19.400
 actually became

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:20.340
 this kind of ninja

00:24:20.340 --> 00:24:21.640
 landmine remover.

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:23.080
 So he would go

00:24:23.080 --> 00:24:24.120
 out into landmines

00:24:24.120 --> 00:24:25.279
 walking barefoot

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:26.340
 with just his

00:24:26.340 --> 00:24:27.160
 hands and a

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:28.320
 stick, and he

00:24:28.320 --> 00:24:28.840
 would remove

00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:29.680
 thousands and

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:30.300
 thousands of

00:24:30.300 --> 00:24:30.880
 landmines.

00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:32.180
 And so when the

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:34.640
 UN expert landmine

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:35.560
 removers came in,

00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:37.200
 they asked for his

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.620
 help.

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.660
 Because he knew

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.100
 everything.

00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:41.000
 And so what

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.900
 happened was when

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:43.279
 he would go in

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:44.060
 front of all the

00:24:44.060 --> 00:24:45.279
 other UN experts,

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.220
 and he would say,

00:24:46.300 --> 00:24:46.940
 listen, just put

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.980
 your foot in the

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.700
 same place that I've

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.279
 put my foot.

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.340
 Just put your foot

00:24:50.340 --> 00:24:50.960
 in the same place.

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:51.640
 Don't put it

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:52.400
 anywhere else.

00:24:52.800 --> 00:24:53.600
 Because if you put

00:24:53.600 --> 00:24:54.500
 it anywhere else,

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.700
 you may get blown

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:56.600
 to smithereens.

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:58.100
 You've got to put

00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:59.580
 your footprint in

00:24:59.580 --> 00:25:00.779
 my footprint, because

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.460
 I'm going to lead

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.360
 you into safety.

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.539
 You see, that is

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.860
 exactly what Jesus

00:25:06.860 --> 00:25:07.820
 is saying here.

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.339
 when he says,

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.079
 follow me.

00:25:09.899 --> 00:25:11.200
 Come after me.

00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:12.639
 Don't think that to

00:25:12.639 --> 00:25:14.139
 be a Christian is to

00:25:14.139 --> 00:25:15.019
 get a ticket to

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:16.200
 heaven, and then you

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:17.179
 can kind of plot your

00:25:17.179 --> 00:25:18.299
 own course through the

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:20.559
 minefield of life, and

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.559
 hope that maybe he can

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:22.179
 just give you some

00:25:22.179 --> 00:25:23.079
 guidance occasionally

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:24.119
 when you're having a

00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:24.759
 few problems.

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:26.039
 That is not

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:28.099
 Christianity, because

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:29.179
 you'll get blown up.

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:31.180
 God, I want you to

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:32.299
 He's saying, I want you

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:34.180
 to entrust and surrender

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:35.980
 every part of your life

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.460
 to me.

00:25:36.560 --> 00:25:37.640
 Let me lead you.

00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:42.200
 You are my path, is

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:42.940
 what he's saying.

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:44.299
 You are the shape and

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:46.700
 direction of my life, for

00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:48.259
 my finances, for my

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:49.660
 relationships, for my

00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:50.160
 work.

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.360
 That's what every

00:25:52.360 --> 00:25:53.259
 believer would try to

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:54.060
 say, God, I want to

00:25:54.060 --> 00:25:55.000
 discern where are you

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.360
 leading?

00:25:55.939 --> 00:25:57.199
 Right now, in your

00:25:57.199 --> 00:25:58.079
 life, where are you

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:58.359
 leading?

00:25:58.659 --> 00:25:59.579
 I don't want to go my

00:25:59.579 --> 00:25:59.979
 own way.

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:00.619
 I don't want to go the

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:01.419
 way that everyone else

00:26:01.419 --> 00:26:01.679
 says.

00:26:01.719 --> 00:26:02.759
 I want to go your way.

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.939
 The response is a call

00:26:05.939 --> 00:26:07.279
 to surrender to his

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:07.579
 leading.

00:26:09.639 --> 00:26:11.619
 Next, he takes the

00:26:11.619 --> 00:26:11.979
 initiative.

00:26:13.659 --> 00:26:14.659
 He's going to disrupt

00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:15.339
 your life.

00:26:15.419 --> 00:26:15.939
 He calls you to

00:26:15.939 --> 00:26:17.119
 respond, and it's a

00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:18.219
 call to respond in

00:26:18.219 --> 00:26:18.759
 surrender.

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.179
 Then he said, the

00:26:20.179 --> 00:26:21.319
 call of Jesus is

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:21.979
 costly.

00:26:24.199 --> 00:26:25.219
 You know, these guys

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:25.759
 are fishermen.

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:28.100
 They're fishermen.

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:30.440
 Their money is in

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:31.079
 fish.

00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:34.140
 No fish, no cash.

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:36.220
 That's their financial

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:36.900
 security.

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:39.220
 No food to feed their

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:40.279
 families if they don't

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.940
 get fish.

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:44.360
 And we know that right

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:45.680
 here, Peter is married

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.960
 as well because he's

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.660
 got a mother-in-law.

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.539
 So he's got a whole

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.720
 family to look after.

00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:51.660
 And when Jesus says,

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:54.160
 come after me, follow

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:56.100
 me, he's asking him

00:26:56.100 --> 00:26:58.160
 to put a blank check

00:26:58.160 --> 00:27:00.519
 on the table and to

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:03.279
 say, Jesus, you can

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:04.759
 fill this in however

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.660
 you like.

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:08.420
 You can fill in my

00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:09.840
 future how you like.

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.420
 You can fill in my

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:12.759
 career path how you

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.140
 like.

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:14.880
 You can fill in my bank

00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:16.300
 balance how you like.

00:27:16.840 --> 00:27:17.980
 You can, you know, I've

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:19.140
 got my savings plan.

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:20.680
 I've got my NPF.

00:27:20.840 --> 00:27:22.100
 I've got my investments.

00:27:22.560 --> 00:27:24.160
 But that's held loosely

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:25.460
 for you to guide me.

00:27:27.580 --> 00:27:28.940
 And you can lead me

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.360
 anywhere.

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:32.560
 And for Peter and

00:27:32.560 --> 00:27:34.300
 Andrew, that meant

00:27:34.300 --> 00:27:35.500
 leaving behind their

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.259
 business dreams.

00:27:37.540 --> 00:27:38.620
 I don't know what it's

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.520
 going to mean for you.

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:42.700
 But it's costly.

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.740
 You see, Jesus then

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.520
 walks along.

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.480
 He said, hey, your

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.440
 financial things to

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.799
 Peter and Andrew.

00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.779
 But then he walks along

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.539
 and then he sees James

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.019
 and John.

00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:53.099
 And they're there with

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.700
 their dad.

00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:55.900
 And you notice in the

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.619
 passage, he actually

00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:57.839
 repeats the dad's name

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.359
 twice.

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:59.460
 He says, he's the son

00:27:59.460 --> 00:27:59.980
 of Zebedee.

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.559
 And then he calls him

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.039
 Zebedee.

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.500
 And then they say,

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:02.619
 their father twice.

00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:04.000
 Because Matthew is

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:05.119
 making a point here.

00:28:08.139 --> 00:28:09.680
 When he calls them to

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:13.200
 follow him, James and

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:14.599
 John are not only just

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.839
 walking off with Jesus

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.959
 and leaving behind all

00:28:16.959 --> 00:28:18.980
 their potential cash in

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:20.119
 the nets behind them.

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:22.480
 They're also leaving the

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.579
 most precious thing in

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:25.759
 Jewish society, which was

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.359
 their family.

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:30.000
 Their dad had hopes and

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:31.959
 expectations for them, I'm

00:28:31.959 --> 00:28:32.259
 sure.

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:33.959
 And probably most of

00:28:33.959 --> 00:28:35.639
 those were tied up in the

00:28:35.639 --> 00:28:36.399
 family business.

00:28:37.659 --> 00:28:39.059
 And so, in the dad's

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:40.579
 opinion, really counted.

00:28:41.419 --> 00:28:43.019
 A rebellious son was shame

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.700
 on the family.

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:47.019
 And you think about it, for

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:48.680
 many of us, our parents'

00:28:48.879 --> 00:28:52.259
 opinion counts a lot.

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:54.500
 Some of us, it has carried

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:56.740
 so much weight over us that

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:58.519
 it actually has stifled our

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:59.940
 own call to follow Jesus.

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:03.440
 You know, you fear what they

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:05.119
 would say if ever you made a

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:07.660
 decision to adopt a child or

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:09.099
 to choose a different career

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:10.419
 path than they would expect.

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:13.559
 We live under the weight of

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:15.079
 parental expectations.

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.659
 And Jesus is clear, we're

00:29:17.659 --> 00:29:18.699
 meant to honor our parents,

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.699
 we're meant to listen to

00:29:19.699 --> 00:29:20.819
 them because they have great

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.980
 wisdom, but your parents are

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:23.019
 not your ultimate guide in

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.419
 life.

00:29:25.179 --> 00:29:26.480
 Sometimes the call to follow

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:28.000
 Christ puts you in tension

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:29.819
 with even the most close

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:31.139
 people to you, even your

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:31.699
 parents.

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:34.699
 And Jesus is saying, I'm

00:29:34.699 --> 00:29:35.839
 calling you to put your feet

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:38.039
 after me, not just after your

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.899
 mom or your dad.

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.799
 And that's challenging.

00:29:41.659 --> 00:29:42.579
 That's challenging.

00:29:43.439 --> 00:29:45.339
 But he's saying, will you

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:46.839
 write a blank check for me?

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:49.339
 Will you write a blank check

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:50.720
 and let me lead you?

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:53.000
 Let me lead you.

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:55.459
 Come after me.

00:29:58.879 --> 00:30:00.259
 You see, this is

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:01.119
 challenging, right?

00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:05.079
 But our response

00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:06.359
 is based

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:07.419
 on who

00:30:07.419 --> 00:30:08.500
 Jesus is.

00:30:09.939 --> 00:30:11.339
 You see, Jesus isn't asking

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:13.039
 you to just leave everything

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:14.599
 for a series of doctrines.

00:30:15.639 --> 00:30:16.439
 You know, Islam

00:30:16.439 --> 00:30:17.479
 will tell you,

00:30:17.899 --> 00:30:19.019
 follow the Quran,

00:30:19.199 --> 00:30:20.319
 follow the five pillars.

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.899
 Buddhism will tell you,

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:23.500
 follow the ninefold path.

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:25.079
 Judaism will tell you,

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:26.039
 follow the law.

00:30:27.179 --> 00:30:28.219
 Marketism says,

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:29.500
 follow the market analysts.

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.920
 Careerism says,

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:31.900
 follow whatever your boss

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.539
 tells you.

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:33.660
 Fashion.

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.079
 Fashion.

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.660
 Just think,

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:41.200
 you're always a disciple

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.799
 of somebody.

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:44.140
 You're always a disciple

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:44.579
 of somebody.

00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:46.740
 Fashion is just clothing

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.619
 discipleship.

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:49.680
 Right?

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:52.799
 Culture is just society

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.759
 discipleship.

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:55.579
 Like, why does everyone

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.519
 in Hong Kong want to be

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.660
 a lawyer, doctor, engineer,

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.900
 or finance and business guy?

00:30:59.500 --> 00:30:59.940
 Why?

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:02.720
 We're just following along.

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:03.519
 Right?

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:05.119
 And look at actually

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:06.240
 how that often enslaves

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.740
 many of us

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.319
 who actually wish

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:08.119
 we weren't one of those

00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:08.859
 but we've just been

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:10.220
 shoved into that.

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:13.119
 We're all disciples

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:13.839
 of someone

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.900
 because we've all

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:16.240
 got to trust someone.

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:18.359
 But I'd like you to think

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:19.920
 if you received this text,

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:23.619
 I don't know if you can see that.

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:26.259
 Let me just move the curtain.

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:30.740
 Hey Chris,

00:31:30.879 --> 00:31:31.480
 great meeting you

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:32.000
 the other day.

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.660
 I want you to quit

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.140
 your job,

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.700
 your neighborhood,

00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:36.099
 and your family

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:38.140
 and follow me

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.799
 wherever I go.

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.420
 Let me know

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:40.039
 by the end of the day.

00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:44.480
 What questions,

00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:46.019
 if you received that text,

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:46.839
 would be going

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.599
 through your mind?

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:48.940
 Sure.

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:51.180
 Who are you?

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:51.660
 Yes.

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:52.820
 Yes.

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:54.420
 Any other questions?

00:31:56.360 --> 00:31:57.340
 What do you want?

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:57.980
 Yes.

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.279
 Sorry.

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.420
 Block.

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.560
 Yes, block.

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.700
 Why block?

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.440
 Weird.

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:14.080
 Yeah, like,

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:14.759
 like,

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:16.320
 where are you going?

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.360
 Like,

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:19.420
 what's in it for me?

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:19.900
 Yeah,

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.460
 what do you want?

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.560
 What about money?

00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:24.720
 What about my family?

00:32:25.800 --> 00:32:26.600
 Are you going to just

00:32:26.600 --> 00:32:27.380
 mess up my life?

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:28.800
 What if that's a scam?

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:29.779
 What if you're just

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:30.900
 trying to play with me?

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.519
 What if?

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.580
 Right?

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:34.680
 A lot of questions

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.400
 we have.

00:32:36.320 --> 00:32:37.279
 Because doesn't

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:38.120
 that kind of call

00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:38.980
 actually raise

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:40.560
 a whole load of fears

00:32:40.560 --> 00:32:41.460
 within us?

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.860
 A whole load of

00:32:43.860 --> 00:32:44.860
 what ifs?

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:47.400
 Because we don't

00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:48.539
 precisely know

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:49.799
 A,

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:51.220
 who this is

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:52.019
 really

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.960
 and where

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:54.019
 they're taking us.

00:32:55.639 --> 00:32:56.339
 You see,

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:58.599
 we want to have

00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:59.440
 the five-year plan

00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:00.279
 ahead of us.

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:02.240
 But sometimes

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:03.379
 in discipleship,

00:33:03.639 --> 00:33:05.000
 there's an element

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.920
 of it's like a mist

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.740
 where you can just see

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.440
 the two meters

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.299
 in front of you.

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.799
 It's uncertain.

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:11.059
 And when you can't

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.779
 see your way,

00:33:11.899 --> 00:33:12.639
 we often try and

00:33:12.639 --> 00:33:13.599
 clutch onto the things

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:14.659
 that we feel are secure.

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:17.580
 But the call

00:33:17.580 --> 00:33:18.500
 of discipleship

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.440
 is always

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:20.400
 the call

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:21.140
 to answer

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:22.259
 those two questions.

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:23.620
 Who are you

00:33:23.620 --> 00:33:25.560
 and can I trust you?

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.500
 Who are you

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:28.740
 and can I trust you?

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:30.480
 That is the

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.680
 ultimate questions

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:32.380
 for deciding

00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:33.300
 a discipleship.

00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:36.060
 You know,

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:38.160
 who here has ever

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:39.220
 played Assassin's Creed?

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:41.519
 Okay,

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.840
 this is admission time.

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.740
 Mike has.

00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:45.019
 You know who

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.539
 the original

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.519
 Assassins were?

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:48.159
 The original

00:33:48.159 --> 00:33:48.899
 Assassins were

00:33:48.899 --> 00:33:49.959
 not a video game.

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:51.679
 They were a Muslim sect

00:33:51.679 --> 00:33:53.199
 which had,

00:33:53.439 --> 00:33:54.079
 at one point,

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:54.959
 they had one leader

00:33:54.959 --> 00:33:56.619
 who to prove

00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:57.439
 his authority

00:33:57.439 --> 00:33:58.740
 to people around him

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.339
 would,

00:33:59.439 --> 00:34:00.199
 when they came up

00:34:00.199 --> 00:34:00.500
 to him,

00:34:00.679 --> 00:34:01.419
 he would order

00:34:01.419 --> 00:34:02.419
 some of his followers

00:34:02.419 --> 00:34:03.740
 to just jump off a cliff

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.779
 at his command.

00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:06.099
 And they would follow.

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:06.779
 They would run

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:07.259
 and they would jump

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.699
 off a cliff

00:34:07.699 --> 00:34:08.360
 to their death.

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.400
 I think that's

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:13.180
 sometimes what we

00:34:13.180 --> 00:34:14.079
 think God is like.

00:34:15.180 --> 00:34:16.300
 We actually think

00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:17.119
 that this call

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:18.180
 is actually a call

00:34:18.180 --> 00:34:19.360
 to either make my life

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:19.820
 miserable,

00:34:20.200 --> 00:34:20.500
 lonely,

00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:21.059
 hard,

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:22.039
 or just make me suffer.

00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:22.960
 You're going to ruin

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.740
 my life.

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:26.860
 Because

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:28.599
 we maybe know

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:29.180
 the doctrine

00:34:29.180 --> 00:34:30.119
 about who Jesus

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:31.059
 is up here,

00:34:31.200 --> 00:34:32.099
 but we don't really

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:33.360
 know who are you?

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:35.360
 Can I trust you?

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:37.220
 And the whole of Matthew

00:34:37.220 --> 00:34:38.880
 in his first four chapters

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.860
 has been trying

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.380
 to tell us

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:41.160
 again and again

00:34:41.160 --> 00:34:42.820
 who Jesus is

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:44.059
 so that we can say

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:45.240
 I can trust you.

00:34:46.780 --> 00:34:47.180
 You know,

00:34:47.220 --> 00:34:47.660
 in a world

00:34:47.660 --> 00:34:48.920
 where every politician,

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:50.039
 every boss,

00:34:50.300 --> 00:34:51.140
 every spouse,

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:52.240
 every friend

00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:53.400
 will let you down

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:54.320
 at some point,

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.480
 Matthew says

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.840
 he's the promised Messiah

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:58.360
 who is always faithful

00:34:58.360 --> 00:34:59.099
 to his word.

00:34:59.340 --> 00:35:00.280
 He always delivers

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:01.039
 on his promises

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:02.260
 and he will never

00:35:02.260 --> 00:35:03.800
 use or manipulate you.

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.640
 Do you know him?

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.980
 In a lonely world

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.820
 where we're craving

00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:09.860
 acceptance and love,

00:35:10.100 --> 00:35:11.080
 Jesus draws near

00:35:11.080 --> 00:35:11.700
 as Emmanuel,

00:35:11.860 --> 00:35:12.760
 the creator God,

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:14.000
 God with us

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:15.480
 to love us,

00:35:15.580 --> 00:35:16.320
 to save us,

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:17.320
 to deliver us.

00:35:17.660 --> 00:35:18.700
 Do you know him?

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:21.120
 In a world

00:35:21.120 --> 00:35:22.700
 which is power hungry,

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.940
 filled with nationalism,

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:25.140
 filled with division,

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:26.680
 filled with self-interest,

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:28.900
 Jesus is the global king

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:30.300
 who calls people

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:31.320
 from all nations

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:32.100
 in unity

00:35:32.100 --> 00:35:33.580
 to come and worship him.

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:35.740
 In a world of injustice

00:35:35.740 --> 00:35:36.820
 with families

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.559
 and communities

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:38.380
 torn apart

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:39.320
 by greed

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:40.759
 and oppression,

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:42.179
 Jesus is the

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:43.860
 unbribable judge

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:45.400
 who has a winnowing fork

00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:46.199
 in his hand

00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:47.539
 and he will bring

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:48.519
 justice to bear

00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:49.420
 on this world.

00:35:49.779 --> 00:35:50.519
 Heaven and hell

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:51.539
 are in his hands.

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.500
 Do you know him?

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:55.799
 In a world of indulgence

00:35:55.799 --> 00:35:56.799
 and faithlessness

00:35:56.799 --> 00:35:58.159
 and where we lack

00:35:58.159 --> 00:35:59.279
 self-control,

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:01.259
 Jesus is the faithful,

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:02.639
 obedient one

00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:03.779
 who has never failed.

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:05.199
 Do you know him?

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:07.019
 In a world

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:08.139
 where it's every man

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:09.099
 who seeks to exalt

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:09.759
 themselves,

00:36:10.899 --> 00:36:12.199
 Jesus humbles himself,

00:36:12.919 --> 00:36:14.119
 identifies with us

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:14.939
 in his baptism,

00:36:15.319 --> 00:36:16.159
 in our weakness,

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.379
 takes our sin

00:36:17.379 --> 00:36:18.259
 on the cross

00:36:18.259 --> 00:36:20.319
 to lift us up

00:36:20.319 --> 00:36:20.859
 and bring him

00:36:20.859 --> 00:36:21.619
 to himself.

00:36:21.819 --> 00:36:22.559
 Do you know him?

00:36:24.319 --> 00:36:25.079
 In a world

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.799
 where the strong

00:36:25.799 --> 00:36:26.619
 eat the weak,

00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:28.539
 Jesus is the tender king

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:29.480
 who will not break

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:30.480
 a bruised reed,

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:32.320
 but he lifts up

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:32.900
 those of us

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:33.760
 who right now

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:34.860
 feel crushed

00:36:34.860 --> 00:36:35.800
 and broken.

00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:37.960
 In a world

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.460
 where we're called

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:39.219
 to be disciples

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:39.900
 of fashion

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.800
 and technology

00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:42.099
 for the sake

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:42.699
 of increasing

00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:44.179
 business profit margin,

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.780
 Jesus is calling you

00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:46.440
 to himself

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:47.039
 for the sake

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.740
 of his glory

00:36:47.740 --> 00:36:48.460
 and your good.

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.800
 Do you know him?

00:36:49.800 --> 00:36:49.860
 Do you know him?

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:56.380
 It was 1783.

00:36:58.260 --> 00:36:59.140
 George Washington

00:36:59.140 --> 00:37:01.400
 was facing a mutiny

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:02.340
 from his troops.

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:05.019
 They hadn't been paid

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:05.760
 for ages.

00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:08.579
 And they were refusing

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:09.539
 to fight for him

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:10.320
 and they were

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:11.640
 on the verge

00:37:11.640 --> 00:37:12.820
 of going to the parliament

00:37:12.820 --> 00:37:14.240
 to overthrow the parliament

00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:15.420
 to get what they wanted.

00:37:16.820 --> 00:37:18.000
 Washington stood up

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.940
 and he made a speech

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.860
 to try and persuade

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.840
 all of his troops

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:23.119
 to trust him

00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:23.920
 and to follow him.

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:25.260
 But they refused

00:37:25.260 --> 00:37:25.760
 to listen.

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:28.920
 None of them trusted.

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:31.280
 And then at one moment

00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:33.400
 he went to get a letter

00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:34.260
 from a senator

00:37:34.260 --> 00:37:36.059
 to prove

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:36.700
 that the troops

00:37:36.700 --> 00:37:37.559
 were going to get paid.

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:38.760
 And as he did

00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:40.220
 he pulled out

00:37:40.220 --> 00:37:40.740
 of his pocket,

00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:41.880
 he fumbled in his pocket

00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:42.800
 and he kind of pulled out

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:43.659
 a pair of glasses

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:45.340
 that not one of his

00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:46.700
 even closest officers

00:37:46.700 --> 00:37:48.059
 had ever seen him wear.

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:49.440
 And as he pulled

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:50.340
 and opened the letter

00:37:50.340 --> 00:37:51.139
 and held it up

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:52.219
 he said this,

00:37:52.299 --> 00:37:52.619
 he said,

00:37:52.699 --> 00:37:53.139
 Gentlemen,

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.259
 I,

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:57.539
 you must pardon me

00:37:57.539 --> 00:37:58.960
 for I have grown

00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:00.000
 not only grey

00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:01.099
 but blind

00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:01.860
 in the service

00:38:01.860 --> 00:38:02.779
 of my country.

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:06.880
 All the troops

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:07.539
 were stunned.

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:10.400
 Many just started weeping.

00:38:11.840 --> 00:38:12.639
 Washington read

00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:13.320
 the letter

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:14.299
 and he walked out

00:38:14.299 --> 00:38:15.139
 within ten minutes

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:15.639
 the mutiny

00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:16.599
 was called off.

00:38:17.739 --> 00:38:18.460
 Every troop

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:19.159
 swore allegiance

00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:20.559
 to Washington

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:23.259
 because they trusted him.

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:26.519
 Because they saw

00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:27.460
 who he was

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:28.920
 and the sacrifice

00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:30.259
 he had paid

00:38:30.259 --> 00:38:31.319
 for this cause.

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:31.940
 He wasn't just

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.679
 saying words.

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.920
 He had paid for it

00:38:33.920 --> 00:38:35.000
 with his very own body

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.719
 and his life.

00:38:38.299 --> 00:38:39.119
 Jesus didn't just

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:40.000
 grow old,

00:38:40.279 --> 00:38:41.539
 didn't just grow blind

00:38:41.539 --> 00:38:42.759
 and grey for us.

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:44.539
 He died

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:45.460
 for you and me

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:46.219
 on a cross.

00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:49.000
 He's not going to call you

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:50.119
 to jump off a cliff

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:50.820
 because he's already

00:38:50.820 --> 00:38:51.699
 jumped off the cliff

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:52.199
 for you.

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:54.239
 He's already taken

00:38:54.239 --> 00:38:55.380
 the hit for you

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:56.920
 and for me

00:38:56.920 --> 00:38:58.059
 though we did not

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:58.940
 deserve it

00:38:58.940 --> 00:39:02.099
 so that he can lead you

00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:03.880
 to safety

00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:05.400
 and wholeness

00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:06.440
 and freedom

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:08.059
 to the kingdom of God

00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:08.840
 that he wants you

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:09.539
 to be involved

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:10.659
 and be part of.

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:13.199
 And so he calls

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:14.199
 every single one

00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:14.960
 of us today.

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:17.000
 Will you follow me?

00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:19.440
 It's a costly call.

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:20.739
 It's a call

00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:22.019
 to go into the unknown

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:23.460
 wherever he leads.

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:25.139
 But it's a call

00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:26.259
 to trust the one

00:39:26.259 --> 00:39:27.300
 who has loved you

00:39:27.300 --> 00:39:28.380
 more than anyone

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:29.460
 has ever loved you

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:30.300
 or ever will.

00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:33.519
 Will you follow?

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:33.599
 Will you follow?

00:39:39.539 --> 00:39:42.820
 You know,

00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:43.639
 as I've been reflecting

00:39:43.639 --> 00:39:44.179
 on this,

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:47.159
 I realize

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:47.900
 how so many

00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:48.579
 of my fears

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:49.539
 come from that fact

00:39:49.539 --> 00:39:50.360
 that I don't really

00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:51.279
 know him well.

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:55.440
 And my prayer,

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:57.639
 I've been a Christian

00:39:57.639 --> 00:39:58.779
 over 30 years.

00:39:58.780 --> 00:40:02.840
 I can never assume

00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:03.400
 that I already

00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:04.460
 know him enough.

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:07.019
 Is our prayer

00:40:07.019 --> 00:40:07.519
 that we want

00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:08.320
 to know him more

00:40:08.320 --> 00:40:09.400
 so we can trust him

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:09.960
 more so that we

00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:10.800
 can walk with him?

00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:12.760
 If you are not

00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:13.860
 a Christian today,

00:40:14.820 --> 00:40:16.920
 he's calling you

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:18.000
 to respond to him.

00:40:21.220 --> 00:40:21.860
 Some of you

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:22.580
 have been in church

00:40:22.580 --> 00:40:23.260
 for a long time.

00:40:23.360 --> 00:40:24.340
 You know the message,

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:25.260
 but you've been saying

00:40:25.260 --> 00:40:25.640
 maybe.

00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:28.379
 Today is a day

00:40:28.379 --> 00:40:29.119
 where God says,

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:30.460
 no, today I'm calling

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:31.599
 you to respond to me.

00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:33.460
 Will you lay down

00:40:33.460 --> 00:40:34.639
 and write that blank check

00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:35.539
 in repentance

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:36.139
 and say,

00:40:36.359 --> 00:40:37.539
 I want you to lead me

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:37.900
 wherever.

00:40:38.739 --> 00:40:39.679
 Forgive me for leading

00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:40.279
 my own life

00:40:40.279 --> 00:40:40.920
 my own way.

00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:44.759
 Some of you

00:40:44.759 --> 00:40:45.779
 may have more questions.

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:46.420
 We're going to be

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:47.279
 starting a Christianity

00:40:47.279 --> 00:40:48.460
 Explored course

00:40:48.460 --> 00:40:50.400
 in a few weeks' time

00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:51.039
 in March.

00:40:51.759 --> 00:40:52.379
 That's going to be

00:40:52.379 --> 00:40:52.900
 an opportunity

00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:53.779
 for you to respond

00:40:53.779 --> 00:40:54.179
 and just say,

00:40:54.239 --> 00:40:54.759
 I want to come

00:40:54.759 --> 00:40:55.440
 to know Jesus

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:55.860
 more.

00:40:58.099 --> 00:40:58.760
 But if you're

00:40:58.760 --> 00:40:59.300
 a Christian

00:40:59.300 --> 00:41:00.240
 this morning,

00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:02.179
 I don't know

00:41:02.179 --> 00:41:02.820
 where you are.

00:41:03.740 --> 00:41:04.400
 I don't know

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:05.320
 what God has been

00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:06.260
 saying to you,

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:07.740
 but I know

00:41:07.740 --> 00:41:08.500
 that he is calling

00:41:08.500 --> 00:41:09.420
 you right now

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:10.400
 with whatever

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:11.519
 you're wrestling with

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:12.480
 to lay that blank

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:13.400
 check on the table

00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:14.840
 and to say,

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:15.179
 Jesus,

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:16.220
 you can take me.

00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:18.659
 I surrender

00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:19.539
 to you today.

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:20.840
 Would you lead me?

00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:23.200
 That's what repentance

00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:24.019
 looks like.

00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:26.159
 That's what repentance

00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:27.000
 looks like.

00:41:27.399 --> 00:41:28.639
 It's a daily thing.

00:41:35.419 --> 00:41:36.460
 I was going to share

00:41:36.460 --> 00:41:37.019
 another point,

00:41:37.139 --> 00:41:38.099
 but I think I'm going to

00:41:38.099 --> 00:41:40.819
 just stop

00:41:40.819 --> 00:41:41.639
 and allow us

00:41:41.639 --> 00:41:46.179
 just to close your eyes

00:41:46.179 --> 00:41:46.639
 for a minute.

00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:59.480
 I want you

00:41:59.480 --> 00:42:00.259
 just to ask God,

00:42:00.420 --> 00:42:02.759
 where are you

00:42:02.759 --> 00:42:03.799
 calling me today?

00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:09.159
 Where are you

00:42:09.159 --> 00:42:09.819
 calling me?

00:42:09.820 --> 00:42:13.820
 And I want you

00:42:13.820 --> 00:42:14.240
 right now

00:42:14.240 --> 00:42:14.740
 to just do

00:42:14.740 --> 00:42:15.260
 some business

00:42:15.260 --> 00:42:15.800
 with God.

00:42:20.080 --> 00:42:21.320
 Just lay before him

00:42:21.320 --> 00:42:21.900
 your life.

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:22.720
 Lay before him

00:42:22.720 --> 00:42:23.320
 the things which

00:42:23.320 --> 00:42:23.980
 have been wrapping

00:42:23.980 --> 00:42:24.480
 you up.

00:42:24.640 --> 00:42:25.440
 Lay before him

00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:26.240
 the things which

00:42:26.240 --> 00:42:27.960
 have consumed you.

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:32.620
 Are you willing

00:42:32.620 --> 00:42:33.200
 to say,

00:42:33.880 --> 00:42:34.559
 as he's calling you

00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:35.360
 to follow him,

00:42:36.200 --> 00:42:37.080
 to lay down

00:42:37.080 --> 00:42:39.180
 with open hands

00:42:39.179 --> 00:42:39.599
 to say,

00:42:39.659 --> 00:42:39.819
 God,

00:42:39.859 --> 00:42:40.399
 would you speak

00:42:40.399 --> 00:42:40.819
 to me?

00:42:41.679 --> 00:42:42.019
 Jesus,

00:42:42.139 --> 00:42:42.519
 I want you

00:42:42.519 --> 00:42:43.039
 to lead me

00:42:43.039 --> 00:42:43.440
 wherever.

00:42:44.059 --> 00:42:44.819
 And I'm scared,

00:42:45.199 --> 00:42:47.039
 but I can trust you

00:42:47.039 --> 00:42:47.759
 because you're good.

00:42:51.159 --> 00:42:52.000
 If the musicians

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:52.980
 just want to come up.

00:42:52.980 --> 00:43:05.860
 You know,

00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:06.460
 some of us,

00:43:06.579 --> 00:43:07.320
 we've been saying,

00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:07.900
 oh, Jesus,

00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:08.460
 you would never

00:43:08.460 --> 00:43:09.280
 call me to

00:43:09.280 --> 00:43:10.480
 dot, dot, dot.

00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:13.159
 You would never

00:43:13.159 --> 00:43:13.780
 call me

00:43:13.780 --> 00:43:15.880
 to take a

00:43:15.880 --> 00:43:16.740
 lower-paid job.

00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:18.079
 You'd never

00:43:18.079 --> 00:43:18.500
 call me

00:43:18.500 --> 00:43:19.360
 to quit my job.

00:43:20.139 --> 00:43:20.659
 You'd never

00:43:20.659 --> 00:43:21.159
 call me

00:43:21.159 --> 00:43:21.779
 to place

00:43:21.779 --> 00:43:22.319
 my kids

00:43:22.319 --> 00:43:22.899
 in a school

00:43:22.899 --> 00:43:23.440
 which none

00:43:23.440 --> 00:43:24.259
 of my peers

00:43:24.259 --> 00:43:25.119
 would dream

00:43:25.119 --> 00:43:25.500
 of sending

00:43:25.500 --> 00:43:26.259
 their kids

00:43:26.259 --> 00:43:26.619
 to.

00:43:28.379 --> 00:43:28.779
 Jesus,

00:43:28.899 --> 00:43:29.219
 you'd never

00:43:29.219 --> 00:43:29.739
 call me

00:43:29.739 --> 00:43:31.139
 to move

00:43:31.139 --> 00:43:31.539
 to a less

00:43:31.539 --> 00:43:31.960
 comfortable

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:32.440
 neighborhood.

00:43:35.159 --> 00:43:36.199
 We say that a lot.

00:43:36.299 --> 00:43:36.480
 Jesus,

00:43:36.599 --> 00:43:37.000
 you'd never.

00:43:39.619 --> 00:43:40.279
 But if you're

00:43:40.279 --> 00:43:40.859
 laying a blank

00:43:40.859 --> 00:43:41.839
 check before him

00:43:41.839 --> 00:43:42.279
 today,

00:43:43.460 --> 00:43:44.139
 just give him

00:43:44.139 --> 00:43:45.159
 all the you

00:43:45.159 --> 00:43:45.639
 would nevers

00:43:45.639 --> 00:43:46.319
 and just say,

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:47.159
 you can lead me.

00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:50.980
 And for some

00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:51.339
 of that,

00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:52.119
 that will be

00:43:52.119 --> 00:43:52.639
 him leading

00:43:52.639 --> 00:43:53.199
 you on his

00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:53.699
 mission,

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:55.879
 maybe to

00:43:55.879 --> 00:43:56.639
 another country,

00:43:57.819 --> 00:43:58.639
 maybe into

00:43:58.639 --> 00:43:59.139
 ministry.

00:44:01.079 --> 00:44:01.739
 For some

00:44:01.739 --> 00:44:02.000
 of you,

00:44:02.059 --> 00:44:02.359
 that will be

00:44:02.359 --> 00:44:02.859
 leading you

00:44:02.859 --> 00:44:05.079
 into Morgan

00:44:05.079 --> 00:44:05.579
 Stanley,

00:44:06.339 --> 00:44:06.839
 leading you

00:44:06.839 --> 00:44:07.159
 into the

00:44:07.159 --> 00:44:07.579
 hospital,

00:44:08.319 --> 00:44:08.679
 leading you

00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:09.039
 into the

00:44:09.039 --> 00:44:09.519
 Chinese New

00:44:09.519 --> 00:44:09.679
 Year

00:44:09.679 --> 00:44:10.379
 gatherings,

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:15.000
 with a heart

00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:15.699
 to pray for

00:44:15.699 --> 00:44:16.079
 those who

00:44:16.079 --> 00:44:16.559
 don't know

00:44:16.559 --> 00:44:16.799
 him.

00:44:17.159 --> 00:44:18.279
 with a heart

00:44:18.279 --> 00:44:18.839
 to be his

00:44:18.839 --> 00:44:19.339
 instrument,

00:44:19.839 --> 00:44:20.940
 as he goes

00:44:20.940 --> 00:44:21.319
 into the

00:44:21.319 --> 00:44:21.739
 darkness,

00:44:21.960 --> 00:44:22.399
 that you

00:44:22.399 --> 00:44:22.739
 will be

00:44:22.739 --> 00:44:23.139
 there

00:44:23.139 --> 00:44:23.819
 following

00:44:23.819 --> 00:44:24.359
 him

00:44:24.359 --> 00:44:26.099
 as a

00:44:26.099 --> 00:44:26.519
 light,

00:44:27.119 --> 00:44:29.839
 because he

00:44:29.839 --> 00:44:30.219
 loves the

00:44:30.219 --> 00:44:30.819
 people around

00:44:30.819 --> 00:44:31.199
 you.

00:44:44.619 --> 00:44:45.139
 But I

00:44:45.139 --> 00:44:45.599
 maybe ask

00:44:45.599 --> 00:44:46.019
 even just

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:46.319
 in the

00:44:46.320 --> 00:44:46.920
 prayer team

00:44:46.920 --> 00:44:47.220
 if you'd

00:44:47.220 --> 00:44:47.460
 like to

00:44:47.460 --> 00:44:47.620
 come

00:44:47.620 --> 00:44:48.059
 forward.

00:44:49.200 --> 00:44:49.640
 I think

00:44:49.640 --> 00:44:49.900
 that maybe

00:44:49.900 --> 00:44:50.260
 some of

00:44:50.260 --> 00:44:50.340
 you,

00:44:50.380 --> 00:44:50.559
 God's

00:44:50.559 --> 00:44:50.740
 just

00:44:50.740 --> 00:44:51.039
 speaking

00:44:51.039 --> 00:44:51.340
 to you

00:44:51.340 --> 00:44:51.539
 right

00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:51.780
 now,

00:44:51.800 --> 00:44:51.980
 and you

00:44:51.980 --> 00:44:52.280
 just need

00:44:52.280 --> 00:44:52.580
 to come

00:44:52.580 --> 00:44:53.000
 forward to

00:44:53.000 --> 00:44:53.160
 have

00:44:53.160 --> 00:44:53.580
 prayer.

00:44:54.580 --> 00:44:54.940
 Maybe

00:44:54.940 --> 00:44:55.180
 there are

00:44:55.180 --> 00:44:55.500
 things you

00:44:55.500 --> 00:44:55.800
 feel like

00:44:55.800 --> 00:44:56.019
 you've been

00:44:56.019 --> 00:44:56.519
 holding on

00:44:56.519 --> 00:44:56.940
 to for a

00:44:56.940 --> 00:44:57.420
 long time.

00:44:58.860 --> 00:44:59.420
 Maybe you've

00:44:59.420 --> 00:44:59.780
 been saying

00:44:59.780 --> 00:45:00.180
 no,

00:45:00.480 --> 00:45:00.860
 you've been

00:45:00.860 --> 00:45:01.460
 saying maybe,

00:45:01.660 --> 00:45:01.940
 you've been

00:45:01.940 --> 00:45:02.660
 saying wait.

00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:06.300
 Maybe you

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 just come and

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 say,

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 Jesus,

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 I need to

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 know you

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 more.

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 I just

00:45:10.740 --> 00:45:11.059
 need to

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 know you

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 more.

00:45:12.500 --> 00:45:12.980
 Show me

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 yourself.

00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:18.559
 Father,

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 thank you

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 that your

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 love for

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 us is

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 immeasurable.

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 And yet we

00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:28.019
 are so afraid

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 sometimes to

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 follow you

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 because it

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 feels like,

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 it feels

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 sometimes that

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 our own

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 securities are

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 more trustworthy

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 than you who

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 have given

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 everything for

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 us.

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 forgive us,

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 change our

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 hearts.

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 Would we

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 hear and

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 see you

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 this week

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 and immediately

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 follow you?

00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:01.019
 Father,

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 have your

00:46:01.359 --> 00:46:01.699
 way.

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 Thank you

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 that you're

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 so good to

00:46:04.839 --> 00:46:05.219
 us.

00:46:06.960 --> 00:46:07.739
 We love

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 you.

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 Jesus'

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 name.

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 Amen.