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 Good morning, everyone. Nice to see you. Please turn to John's Gospel, chapter 21.

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! Over the last few weeks, we've been looking at this short series of encounters with the risen Jesus.

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 And what we can learn when people met the risen Jesus. There was Mary Magdalene, then Jesus met with the disciples, and then with Thomas.

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 And today, we're going to focus in on a particular event as Jesus meets with Peter.

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 So we're going to read from John's Gospel, chapter 21, verse 15 through to 25.

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 John 21, starting in at verse 15.

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 When they, that is, the disciples, had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter,

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 Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?

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 Yes, Lord, he said.

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 You know that I love you.

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 Jesus said, feed my lambs.

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 Again, Jesus said, Simon, son of John, do you love me?

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 He answered, yes, Lord.

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 You know that I love you.

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 Jesus said, take care of my sheep.

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 The third time he said, Simon, son of John, do you love me?

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 Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, do you love me?

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 Peter said, Lord, you know all things.

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 You know that I love you.

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 Jesus said, feed my sheep.

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 Very truly, I tell you, when you were younger, you dressed yourself and went where you wanted.

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 But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.

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 Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God.

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 Then he said to him, follow me.

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 Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them.

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 This is the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, Lord, who is going to betray you?

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 When Peter saw him, he asked, Lord, what about him?

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 Jesus answered, if I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?

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 You must follow me.

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 Because of this, the rumor spread among the believers that the disciple would not die.

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 But Jesus did not say that he would not die.

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 He only said, if I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?

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 This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down.

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 We know that his testimony is true.

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 Jesus did many other things as well.

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 Well, if every one of them were written down, I suppose that not even the whole world would have room for the books that would have been written.

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 Well, let us pray first before we look at this word together.

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 Father, we do not have every word or every account of the Lord Jesus.

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 But we do have the word that you have provided.

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 This eyewitness account written by John, recorded for us today.

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 And we pray that as we read this word, we would encounter afresh the risen Lord Jesus

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 and experience his grace afresh so that we would love him deeply and follow him wherever he calls us.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 What could be better?

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 After a long night of fishing, Jesus meets the disciples in their need.

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 Have a look back at verse 9.

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 When they landed, that is, the disciples, when they landed their boats,

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 they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it and some bread.

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 Can you smell the barbecue?

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 Verse 12.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 Come and have breakfast.

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 What an incredible morning.

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 The risen Jesus preparing food and inviting the disciples to come to them.

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 But for Peter, all was not well.

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 That smell of burning coals brought back a flood of guilt and shame.

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 It had all began about four weeks before.

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 Go back with me, please, to chapter 13.

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 Here, Jesus has been talking about his death that was to soon come.

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 And they are having dinner with Jesus.

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 We'll pick it up in verse 37.

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 So Jesus has been explaining that he will have to die.

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 Verse 37.

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 Peter asked, Lord, why can't I follow you now?

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 I will lay down my life for you.

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 Then Jesus answered, will you really lay down your life for me?

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 Very truly, I tell you, before the cock crows, you will disown me three times.

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 Well, a few days later, Peter had the chance to prove himself right and Jesus wrong.

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 Have a look at chapter 18.

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 Jesus has just been arrested and Peter is following closely behind.

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 And one of the servant girls confronts Peter.

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 Chapter 18, verse 17.

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 You aren't one of this man's disciples too, are you?

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 She asked Peter.

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 He replied, I am not.

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 It was cold.

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 And the servant's officials stood round a fire they had made to keep warm.

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 Peter was also standing with them, warming himself.

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 Time passed.

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 We pick it up in verse 25.

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 Meanwhile, Simon Peter was still standing there, warming himself.

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 So they asked him, you aren't one of his disciples too, are you?

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 He denied it, saying, I am not.

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 One of the high priest's servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, that's when the soldiers had come to arrest Jesus.

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 He challenged Peter, didn't I see you with him in the garden?

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 Again, Peter denied it.

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 And at that moment, a cock began to crow.

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 Well, Peter had been so confident in his love for Jesus, wasn't he?

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 I will lay down my life for you.

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 But now he's blown it.

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 He's denied Jesus, just as Jesus said.

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 Let's go back to chapter 21.

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 So here we find Peter again, sitting by a fire, keeping himself warm.

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 This isn't the first time Peter has seen the risen Jesus.

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 He's seen him at least twice before.

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 But no one had said anything about that night.

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 The guilt weighed heavy.

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 Does Jesus still love me?

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 The shame ran deep.

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 Will he forgive me?

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 The disappointment was great.

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 Is there a way back for me?

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 Now we know exactly how Peter feels because, well, we've all been there, haven't we?

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 So confident of our own goodness.

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 I will always love Jesus.

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 I'll never turn my back on him.

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 Sure, others might do it, but you'll not find me drifting.

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 I'm too loyal for that.

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 And then the moment comes.

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 You're out with friends.

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 You get drunk.

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 And you make an absolute fool of yourself.

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 You're checking out your social media, scrolling along.

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 And within a few minutes before you know it, you're scrolling through porn.

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 You promise to read your Bible and pray.

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 And it suddenly dawns on you that you haven't actually read the Bible in months.

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 You began with a gentle word.

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 But as the conversation continued, you just let them have it.

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 Maybe that's been your week.

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 Perhaps it's been a pattern for years.

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 And the guilt is weighing heavy.

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 And the shame runs deep.

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 And the disappointment with yourself is great.

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 What does the risen Jesus have to say to fallen and failing people like you and me?

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 Well, if we were to answer this with a song, we would all now sing,

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 Our sins, they are many.

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 His mercy is more.

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 Well, let's see what Jesus has to say to Peter and to us.

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 First, I want us to see the gentle grace.

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 Notice the way in which Jesus graciously deals with Peter.

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 Grace takes the initiative.

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 Now, maybe Peter had no hope of any restoration at all.

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 Perhaps he just didn't know how to broach the subject.

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 Well, whatever about Peter, Jesus takes the initiative and he comes to Peter.

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 Verse 15.

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 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter,

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 Simon, son of John.

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 Now, why does he address Peter as Simon, son of John?

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 Well, those were the very first words that Jesus spoke to Peter almost three years before.

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 John records it in chapter 1 where it tells us that Jesus looked at him and said,

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 You are Simon, son of John.

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 You will now be called Peter, which means rock.

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 The first words that Jesus spoke to him are now bringing him back to that very beginning when he first met Jesus.

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 When Jesus intervened in his life.

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 And now Jesus addresses him with those same words.

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 In other words, Peter, I showed you grace then.

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 And I will show you grace again.

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 The risen Jesus takes the initiative and comes to us.

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 But not only does it take the initiative,

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 grace also shows us our deep need.

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 Verse 15.

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 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter,

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 Simon, son of John,

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 do you love me more than these?

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 Do you love me more than the other disciples love me?

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 Well, Peter had been so confident, you remember, in front of his peers.

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 I'll lay down my life for you.

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 I love you more than anybody else in the whole world, Jesus.

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 But this time, Peter is humble.

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 There's no sense of superiority.

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 Look at the rest of verse 15.

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 Yes, Lord, he said.

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 You know that I love you.

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 Jesus said, feed my lambs.

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 Again, Jesus said, Simon, son of John,

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 do you love me?

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 He answered, yes, Lord.

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 You know that I love you.

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 Jesus said, take care of my sheep.

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 The third time he said to him,

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 Simon, son of John, do you love me?

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 Peter was hurt because Jesus had asked him the third time,

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 do you love me?

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 Peter is hurt inside.

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 He's grieving.

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 You see, asking him a third time

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 mirrors his three-time denial.

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 Peter is hurt because now he comes to see

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 the extent of his sinful failure.

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 But now he's owning it all

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 and his response is not self-righteous,

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 but a humble confession.

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 Look at the rest of verse 17.

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 Lord, you know all things.

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 You know that I love you.

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 Lord, you can see my heart.

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 You know my true self.

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 Yes, in my failure,

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 I love you.

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 You see, the gracious words of Jesus

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 speak afresh

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 that no matter what our worst day is,

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 no matter what our best day is,

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 we are always in need of grace.

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 But third, grace provides a way back

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 for people like you and me.

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 With the confession of Peter,

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 there comes a command.

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 Peter says,

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 you know that I love you.

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 What does Jesus say?

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 Feed my lambs.

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 Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.

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 Take care of my sheep.

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 Lord, you know all things.

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 You know that I love you.

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 Feed my sheep.

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 Now, these are not three different commands,

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 but one command said in three different ways.

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 The risen Jesus is calling Peter

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 to care for God's people

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 by feeding them God's word.

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 Now, while the apostle Peter

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 would go on to have a unique role

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 of recording and writing

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 the words of God,

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 we can say it is the responsibility

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 of all believers, isn't it?

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 All of God's people

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 are all called

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 to care for one another.

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 And how do we care for one another?

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 By feeding them God's word.

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 By bringing God's word to bear

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 in each other's lives.

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 But let's not forget the main point.

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 The risen Jesus

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 provides a way back

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 for Peter to serve.

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 Not only was he lost,

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 not only was he a failure

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 and had fallen,

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 not only is he forgiven,

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 but now

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 he is invited

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 to serve.

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 The gentle grace

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 from the risen Jesus

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 proves that what Jesus

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 had said previously

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 are true.

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 Jesus said this,

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 My sheep

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 listen to my voice.

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 I know them

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 and they follow me.

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 I give them eternal life

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 and they shall never perish.

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 No one

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 will snatch them

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 out of my

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 hands.

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 Here is grace

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 that comes alongside

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 and says,

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 I will never

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 ever lose

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 those who belong

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 to me

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 no matter how many times

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 you fail

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 or fall.

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 I have you

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 in the grip

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 of my hand.

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 This

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 is the beauty

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 of God's grace.

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 There is no shame

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 so dark.

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 There is no guilt

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 so deep.

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 There is no disappointment

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 so great

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 where grace

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 will not

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 meet us.

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 You and I

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 may wander away

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 as lost sheep,

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 but he

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 will never

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 abandon us.

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 His grace

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 reaches

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 to the darkest

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 depths

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 of our sin.

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 His grace

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 intervenes

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 in our life,

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 showing us

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 our need

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 and providing

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 us

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 a way

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 back

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 in which

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 we can

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 serve him.

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 Together

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 we sing

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 our sins

00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:36.560
 they are

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 many.

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 His

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 mercy

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 is

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 more.

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 So

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 we see

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 the gentle

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 grace

00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:47.660
 of the risen

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 Jesus.

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 Second,

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 let's

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 look at

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 the costly

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:54.259
 love.

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 Peter

00:19:55.819 --> 00:19:56.359
 did

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 love

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 Jesus.

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 He had

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 said it

00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:58.759
 three times,

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 you know

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 Lord,

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 you know

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 that I

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 love you.

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 Well,

00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:03.680
 sometimes

00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:04.400
 words are

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 easy,

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 aren't

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 they?

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 Peter

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 must

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 learn

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 what it

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 truly

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 means

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 to love

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 the Lord.

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 So

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 listen to

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 what Jesus

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 said to

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 him,

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 verse

00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:13.940
 18.

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 Very

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 truly,

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 I tell

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 you,

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 Peter,

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 when you

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 were

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 younger,

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 you

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 dressed

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 yourself

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 and

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 went

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 where you

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 wanted.

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 You

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 were

00:20:23.120 --> 00:20:23.500
 young,

00:20:23.600 --> 00:20:23.700
 you

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 were

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 free,

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 you

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 could

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 do

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 what

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 you

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 liked.

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 But when

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 you are

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 old,

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 you will

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 stretch

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 out your

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 hands as

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 if on

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 a cross

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 and

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 someone else

00:20:35.259 --> 00:20:35.980
 will dress

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 you and

00:20:36.520 --> 00:20:37.420
 lead you

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 where you

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 do not

00:20:38.280 --> 00:20:38.759
 want to

00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:39.040
 go.

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 love.

00:20:41.159 --> 00:20:41.420
 Well,

00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:41.799
 what did

00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:42.119
 Jesus

00:20:42.119 --> 00:20:42.599
 mean?

00:20:43.899 --> 00:20:44.059
 Well,

00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:44.859
 verse 19

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:45.619
 tells us

00:20:45.619 --> 00:20:46.420
 Jesus said

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 this to

00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:49.420
 indicate the

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 kind of

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 death by

00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.539
 which Peter

00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:53.460
 would glorify

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 God.

00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:55.720
 Then he

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 said to

00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:56.559
 him,

00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:58.240
 follow

00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:59.440
 me.

00:21:01.099 --> 00:21:01.599
 You

00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:01.920
 see,

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:03.379
 to love

00:21:03.379 --> 00:21:04.000
 Jesus

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:06.319
 is costly.

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 It's not

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 just a

00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:09.059
 word.

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 It means

00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:11.539
 being willing

00:21:11.539 --> 00:21:12.119
 to give

00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:12.819
 your life

00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:13.759
 for

00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:14.720
 Jesus.

00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:16.220
 Peter

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:17.079
 had said

00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:17.279
 it,

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:18.259
 I will

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:18.960
 lay down

00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:19.579
 my life

00:21:19.579 --> 00:21:19.940
 for you,

00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:20.720
 but now

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.279
 he comes

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:22.619
 to understand

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 it,

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:24.299
 that following

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:25.380
 Jesus is

00:21:25.380 --> 00:21:26.259
 an invitation

00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:27.019
 to come

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.680
 and die

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 with

00:21:28.580 --> 00:21:29.320
 Jesus,

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:31.420
 to forsake

00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:32.320
 ourselves

00:21:32.320 --> 00:21:33.320
 and to

00:21:33.320 --> 00:21:33.779
 give our

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:35.000
 all to

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 him.

00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:38.299
 Now,

00:21:38.360 --> 00:21:38.820
 we mustn't

00:21:38.820 --> 00:21:39.799
 get confused.

00:21:40.820 --> 00:21:41.460
 We don't

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:42.220
 love to

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:43.220
 earn grace.

00:21:44.060 --> 00:21:44.900
 We love

00:21:44.900 --> 00:21:45.860
 sacrificially

00:21:45.860 --> 00:21:46.820
 because we

00:21:46.820 --> 00:21:48.000
 have experienced

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:49.480
 grace deeply.

00:21:50.060 --> 00:21:50.440
 In other

00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:50.740
 words,

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:51.880
 love is not

00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:52.460
 a payment

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:53.440
 for grace,

00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:54.840
 it's the

00:21:54.840 --> 00:21:55.840
 measure of

00:21:55.840 --> 00:21:56.820
 our joy.

00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:59.400
 remember

00:21:59.400 --> 00:22:00.200
 how Jesus

00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:01.019
 expressed

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:02.019
 his costly

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.519
 love

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.620
 for us?

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.240
 You can

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.720
 follow it

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.840
 here on

00:22:06.840 --> 00:22:07.420
 the screen.

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.620
 The thief

00:22:09.620 --> 00:22:10.480
 comes only

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.420
 to steal

00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:12.759
 and kill

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 and destroy.

00:22:14.660 --> 00:22:15.299
 I have

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:15.799
 come that

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.200
 they may

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:16.840
 have life

00:22:16.840 --> 00:22:17.220
 and have

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:17.620
 it to the

00:22:17.620 --> 00:22:17.840
 full.

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 I am

00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.220
 the good

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:19.720
 shepherd

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:21.420
 and the

00:22:21.420 --> 00:22:22.340
 good shepherd

00:22:22.340 --> 00:22:23.360
 lays down

00:22:23.360 --> 00:22:24.279
 his life

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:25.480
 for the

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:25.940
 sheep.

00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:27.539
 Jesus

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:28.259
 understood

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:28.759
 what

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.320
 costly

00:22:29.320 --> 00:22:29.799
 love

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.340
 was all

00:22:30.340 --> 00:22:30.759
 about

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.600
 because

00:22:31.600 --> 00:22:32.100
 Jesus

00:22:32.100 --> 00:22:32.559
 was

00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.160
 mockingly

00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:33.700
 dressed

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.120
 in a

00:22:34.120 --> 00:22:34.440
 purple

00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:34.940
 robe

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:35.500
 and

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:35.980
 crushed

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.420
 with a

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:36.680
 crown

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:36.900
 of

00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:37.299
 thorns.

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.240
 Jesus

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:38.940
 was led

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.640
 by Roman

00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:40.120
 soldiers

00:22:40.120 --> 00:22:40.539
 to a

00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:40.900
 place

00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.440
 he

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:41.900
 didn't

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.180
 want

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:42.640
 to go,

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.340
 to a

00:22:43.340 --> 00:22:43.680
 place

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:43.860
 of

00:22:43.860 --> 00:22:44.559
 execution

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:45.340
 and

00:22:45.340 --> 00:22:45.820
 Jesus

00:22:45.820 --> 00:22:46.180
 with

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:46.500
 his

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:46.860
 arms

00:22:46.860 --> 00:22:47.299
 stretched

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:47.620
 out

00:22:47.620 --> 00:22:47.880
 was

00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:48.279
 nailed

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.740
 to a

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.240
 cross.

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.360
 Why?

00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:52.599
 To lay

00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:53.139
 down

00:22:53.139 --> 00:22:53.679
 his

00:22:53.679 --> 00:22:54.439
 life

00:22:54.439 --> 00:22:55.799
 for the

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:56.259
 sheep

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:58.079
 because

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.639
 on the

00:22:58.639 --> 00:22:59.019
 cross

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.639
 he takes

00:22:59.639 --> 00:22:59.939
 our

00:22:59.939 --> 00:23:00.459
 sin.

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.399
 He's

00:23:01.399 --> 00:23:01.839
 judged

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.500
 for my

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.079
 shame.

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:03.939
 He is

00:23:03.939 --> 00:23:04.500
 condemned

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.240
 for my

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.839
 guilt.

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.339
 All my

00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:08.039
 failings

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.539
 and all

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:08.859
 my

00:23:08.859 --> 00:23:09.439
 flaws

00:23:09.439 --> 00:23:10.399
 Jesus

00:23:10.399 --> 00:23:11.419
 dies

00:23:11.419 --> 00:23:12.639
 for me

00:23:12.639 --> 00:23:14.179
 so that

00:23:14.179 --> 00:23:14.759
 I might

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.619
 have life

00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:17.479
 and have

00:23:17.479 --> 00:23:17.879
 it in

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:18.619
 all its

00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:19.059
 fullness.

00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:22.240
 You see

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:22.740
 when we

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.479
 stop and

00:23:23.479 --> 00:23:23.859
 when we

00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:24.439
 consider

00:23:24.439 --> 00:23:25.919
 the costly

00:23:25.919 --> 00:23:26.899
 love of

00:23:26.899 --> 00:23:27.740
 Jesus for

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.399
 us

00:23:28.399 --> 00:23:30.139
 when we

00:23:30.139 --> 00:23:30.919
 see that

00:23:30.919 --> 00:23:31.379
 Jesus

00:23:31.379 --> 00:23:32.039
 suffered

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.939
 hell for

00:23:32.939 --> 00:23:33.359
 us

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:34.559
 to secure

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.379
 heaven

00:23:35.379 --> 00:23:36.399
 for us

00:23:36.399 --> 00:23:37.740
 the question

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.399
 is not

00:23:38.399 --> 00:23:39.639
 why should

00:23:39.639 --> 00:23:40.339
 I love

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:42.559
 but how

00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:43.079
 can I

00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:43.639
 not

00:23:43.639 --> 00:23:44.339
 love?

00:23:47.659 --> 00:23:48.439
 Jim

00:23:48.439 --> 00:23:48.779
 Elliot

00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:50.399
 some

00:23:50.399 --> 00:23:50.680
 of you

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.039
 will know

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.680
 this story

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.099
 was a

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:52.359
 young

00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:52.859
 husband

00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.220
 and

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.680
 father

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:55.500
 he was

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.019
 a missionary

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:57.500
 in 1950

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.079
 to the

00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:58.440
 Yauka

00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:59.059
 Indians

00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.440
 of the

00:23:59.440 --> 00:23:59.819
 Amazon

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.559
 rainforest

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:03.000
 his aim

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:04.940
 to share

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:05.920
 the love

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:06.960
 of Christ

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:08.779
 and on

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.240
 one of his

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:10.139
 early visits

00:24:10.139 --> 00:24:10.879
 to these

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:11.480
 people

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.619
 Jim and

00:24:12.619 --> 00:24:13.119
 his three

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.859
 friends were

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.500
 killed

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:16.279
 Jim

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:16.900
 knew that

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:17.180
 it would

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:17.819
 be dangerous

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.359
 he knew

00:24:18.359 --> 00:24:18.759
 it could

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.380
 cost his

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:19.759
 life

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.460
 and he

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:20.940
 had written

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.460
 in his

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:21.960
 diary

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:23.180
 some months

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:23.819
 before

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.880
 and this

00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:25.259
 is what

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:25.920
 he wrote

00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:28.119
 he is

00:24:28.119 --> 00:24:29.119
 no fool

00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:30.140
 who gives

00:24:30.140 --> 00:24:31.160
 what he

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:32.180
 cannot keep

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:33.759
 to gain

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.799
 what he

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.480
 could never

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:36.740
 lose

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:38.180
 did you

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:38.799
 get that?

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.819
 he is

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.480
 no fool

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.539
 who gives

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:43.240
 what he

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:44.339
 cannot keep

00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:46.039
 to gain

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 what he

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 could never

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 lose

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 Jim had

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 tasted

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 something

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 of the

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 unlimited

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 depths

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 of God's

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 grace

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 and the

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 only response

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 that he

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 could give

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 was to

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 lay down

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 his life

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 be ready

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 to give

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 his all

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 because he

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 loved

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 Jesus

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 and so

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 we will

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.100
 all want

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 to sing

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 our sins

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 they are

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 many

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 but his

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 mercy

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 is more

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 so there's

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 gentle

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 grace

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 there's

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 costly

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 love

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 let's

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 see the

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 personal

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 call

00:25:28.800 --> 00:25:30.940
 the gift

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 of grace

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 is great

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 the life

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 of love

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 is costly

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 but that

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 cost

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 for each

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 one of

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:38.759
 us

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.759
 is going

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 to be

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 different

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 look at

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 verse 20

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 Peter

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 turned and

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 saw that

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 the disciple

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 whom Jesus

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 loved was

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 following them

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 that was

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 John

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 the disciple

00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:52.039
 John

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.699
 who wrote

00:25:52.699 --> 00:25:53.419
 the gospel

00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:54.199
 we're reading

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 verse 21

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 when Peter

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.699
 saw him

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 he asked

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 Lord

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 what about

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:01.059
 him

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:03.579
 we're just

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.500
 like Peter

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.139
 aren't we

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 we're always

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.940
 wanting to

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.440
 know the

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.200
 details of

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.960
 other people's

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.440
 lives

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.720
 what's their

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.600
 calling going

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 to be

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 okay I have

00:26:14.040 --> 00:26:14.520
 to serve

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 but how are

00:26:15.340 --> 00:26:15.960
 they going

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.640
 to serve

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.400
 what about

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:17.920
 him

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.840
 what about

00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:19.300
 her

00:26:19.300 --> 00:26:20.880
 I'm doing

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.500
 more than

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:21.840
 them

00:26:21.840 --> 00:26:22.680
 they're doing

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.220
 less than

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.520
 me

00:26:23.520 --> 00:26:24.100
 who

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 what did

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.740
 Jesus say

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 verse 22

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 if I

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 want him

00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:32.820
 to remain

00:26:32.820 --> 00:26:33.320
 alive

00:26:33.320 --> 00:26:33.960
 until I

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 return

00:26:34.580 --> 00:26:36.200
 what is

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.660
 that to

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.000
 you

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:38.500
 you

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.400
 must

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:40.200
 follow me

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:42.080
 in other

00:26:42.080 --> 00:26:42.580
 words what

00:26:42.580 --> 00:26:43.080
 the risen

00:26:43.080 --> 00:26:44.080
 Jesus calls

00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:44.660
 you to

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:44.960
 do

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.820
 or calls

00:26:45.820 --> 00:26:46.400
 me to

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:46.700
 do

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:48.259
 is actually

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.840
 none of

00:26:48.840 --> 00:26:49.460
 each other's

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:50.019
 business

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:51.539
 it's the

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:52.060
 Lord's

00:26:52.060 --> 00:26:52.660
 business

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:54.240
 Jesus

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.980
 may call

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.400
 you to

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:55.900
 much

00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:56.480
 suffering

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:58.740
 or he

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.299
 may call

00:26:59.299 --> 00:26:59.740
 you to

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 little

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:01.279
 suffering

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:03.720
 the point

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.660
 is following

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.519
 Jesus is

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.019
 costly

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.920
 but it's

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.500
 going to be

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.519
 different for

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.019
 each and

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.839
 every person

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:10.799
 we all

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.640
 have our

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:12.599
 personal

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.940
 call

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:16.940
 Dietrich

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.779
 Bonhoeffer

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:19.319
 was a

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:20.019
 pastor in

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.420
 Germany

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:21.019
 during the

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:21.700
 second world

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.180
 war

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:23.920
 he preached

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.480
 the gospel

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:25.099
 faithfully

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:25.460
 and he

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:26.160
 stood against

00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:26.779
 the Nazi

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.500
 regime

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:29.519
 and he

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.019
 had written

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.480
 a book

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.060
 called

00:27:31.060 --> 00:27:32.420
 The Cost

00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:33.000
 of

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:34.060
 Discipleship

00:27:34.060 --> 00:27:35.940
 here's

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:37.180
 what he

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.640
 said

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:41.460
 each

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:41.900
 must

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.620
 endure

00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:43.060
 his

00:27:43.060 --> 00:27:43.500
 allotted

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.040
 share

00:27:44.040 --> 00:27:44.360
 of

00:27:44.360 --> 00:27:45.019
 suffering

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.440
 and

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:46.000
 rejection

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:47.660
 but

00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:47.980
 each

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.440
 has a

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:48.800
 different

00:27:48.800 --> 00:27:49.240
 share

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:50.960
 some

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.360
 God

00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:51.800
 deems

00:27:51.800 --> 00:27:52.300
 worthy

00:27:52.300 --> 00:27:52.759
 of the

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.200
 highest

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.640
 form

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:53.860
 of

00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:54.320
 suffering

00:27:54.320 --> 00:27:55.220
 and

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.640
 gives

00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:55.900
 them

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.140
 the

00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:56.740
 grace

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.880
 of

00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:58.500
 dying

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:58.839
 for

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.460
 Christ

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:02.120
 while

00:28:02.120 --> 00:28:02.799
 others

00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:03.380
 he

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:03.680
 does

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:03.920
 not

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.259
 allow

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.700
 to be

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:05.120
 tempted

00:28:05.120 --> 00:28:05.600
 above

00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:06.120
 that

00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:06.420
 that

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:06.620
 they

00:28:06.620 --> 00:28:06.799
 are

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.160
 able

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.440
 to

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:07.779
 bear

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:09.160
 but

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.339
 it

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:09.799
 is

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.100
 the

00:28:10.100 --> 00:28:10.559
 one

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.279
 and

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:11.480
 the

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.880
 same

00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.600
 cross

00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:13.620
 in

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:14.160
 every

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:15.160
 case

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.300
!

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:17.860
 a few

00:28:17.860 --> 00:28:18.279
 years

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:18.640
 after

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:19.160
 writing

00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:19.519
 that

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:19.920
 book

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:21.560
 Bonhoeffer

00:28:21.560 --> 00:28:21.820
 was

00:28:21.820 --> 00:28:22.180
 taken

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.500
 off

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:22.700
 to

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:22.900
 the

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:23.480
 concentration

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.279
 camp

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:25.360
 where

00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:25.540
 he

00:28:25.540 --> 00:28:25.800
 was

00:28:25.800 --> 00:28:26.440
 eventually

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:27.320
 hanged

00:28:27.320 --> 00:28:28.680
 his

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.279
 personal

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.940
 call

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:31.400
 was

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:31.620
 the

00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:32.140
 grace

00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:32.540
 of

00:28:32.540 --> 00:28:33.019
 dying

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.360
 for

00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:33.960
 Christ

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:35.040
 and

00:28:35.040 --> 00:28:35.220
 the

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.700
 gospel

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:37.060
 that

00:28:37.060 --> 00:28:37.360
 is

00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:37.680
 what

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:37.940
 the

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.300
 risen

00:28:38.300 --> 00:28:38.800
 Jesus

00:28:38.800 --> 00:28:39.380
 called

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:40.000
 Dietrich

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.779
 Bonhoeffer

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.220
 too

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:42.759
 for

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.119
 one

00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:43.380
 the

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:43.680
 call

00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:43.960
 may

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.140
 be

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:44.640
 much

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:45.200
 suffering

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:46.700
 but

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:46.920
 for

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.259
 another

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.900
 person

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:49.099
 it

00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.299
 may

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:49.480
 be

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:49.660
 a

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:49.900
 little

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.559
 suffering

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.759
 a

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.079
 little

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.740
 rejection

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:54.119
 but

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:54.339
 to

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:54.799
 all

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:54.980
 of

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.539
 us

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:56.500
 the

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.859
 risen

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.299
 Jesus

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.640
 is

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.019
 saying

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:59.420
 don't

00:28:59.420 --> 00:28:59.680
 worry

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:00.019
 about

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.500
 him

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.759
 don't

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.039
 worry

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.440
 about

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:02.960
 her

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:04.519
 you

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.920
 must

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:06.279
 follow

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.660
 me

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:08.519
 you

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:08.720
 see

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:08.900
 our

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.240
 life

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.440
 is

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:09.660
 not

00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:09.840
 to

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:10.000
 be

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.360
 spent

00:29:10.360 --> 00:29:10.940
 comparing

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.300
 with

00:29:11.300 --> 00:29:11.759
 others

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.660
 instead

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:13.540
 as

00:29:13.540 --> 00:29:13.759
 we

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.340
 wonder

00:29:14.340 --> 00:29:14.720
 at

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.240
 God's

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.779
 grace

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.800
 we

00:29:16.800 --> 00:29:17.040
 will

00:29:17.040 --> 00:29:17.620
 discover

00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:18.000
 that

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.180
 we

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:18.380
 will

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:18.580
 be

00:29:18.580 --> 00:29:18.840
 able

00:29:18.840 --> 00:29:19.120
 to

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:19.460
 love

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:19.720
 at

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.279
 great

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.840
 cost

00:29:20.840 --> 00:29:21.940
 we

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.140
 will

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:22.540
 serve

00:29:22.540 --> 00:29:22.740
 in

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.120
 ways

00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:23.340
 we

00:29:23.340 --> 00:29:23.680
 never

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:24.100
 thought

00:29:24.100 --> 00:29:24.680
 possible

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.300
 we

00:29:25.300 --> 00:29:25.540
 will

00:29:25.540 --> 00:29:25.880
 go

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:26.160
 where

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:26.360
 we

00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:26.700
 never

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:27.120
 thought

00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:27.340
 we

00:29:27.340 --> 00:29:27.620
 could

00:29:27.620 --> 00:29:28.100
 imagine

00:29:28.100 --> 00:29:28.680
 we

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:28.900
 will

00:29:28.900 --> 00:29:29.360
 give

00:29:29.360 --> 00:29:29.800
 more

00:29:29.800 --> 00:29:29.980
 than

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.180
 we

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:30.460
 ever

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:30.980
 thought

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.700
 our

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.420
 love

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:33.080
 for

00:29:33.080 --> 00:29:33.660
 Jesus

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 will

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 know

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 no

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 bounds

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 as

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 we

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 experience

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 the

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 measureless

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 grace

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 of the

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 risen

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 Christ

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 and so

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 together

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 we sing

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 our

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 sins

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 they are

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 many

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 his

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 mercy

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 is

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 more

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 let us

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 pray

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 together

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 whatever

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 our

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 guilt

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 whatever

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 our

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 shame

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 and

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 whatever

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 our

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 disappointment

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 right now

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 Lord

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 you

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 know

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 our

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 hearts

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 you

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 know

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 all

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 about

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 us

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 you

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 see

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 deep

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 within

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 your

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 offer

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 of

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 grace

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 today

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 your

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 costly

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 love

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 in

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 giving

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 your

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 life

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 so

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 that

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 we

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 might

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 have

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 life

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 and be

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 restored

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 calling

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 us

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 enabling

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 us

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 to

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 serve

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 you

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 help

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 us

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 that

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 we

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 may

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 follow

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 you

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 and

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 may

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 we

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 help

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 each

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 other

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 to

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 follow

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 the

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 Lord

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 as

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 you

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 have

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 called

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 us

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 in

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 Jesus

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 name

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 amen