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 This morning, typically on a Sunday morning, I'm preaching through a passage of scripture.

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! This morning is more of a topical sermon because of Membership Sunday.

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! I get to remind you of something.

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 Together, following Jesus.

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 In all three words, matter.

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 And so, the most important word is Jesus.

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 And the way that we talk about Jesus is that He is the controlling center of our life.

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 He's our one-consuming passion, our all-governing reality.

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 He is the treasure center of our lives.

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 And so, we individually and corporately live for Him.

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 And so, we follow Jesus.

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 And that word for following, what's that to trigger in your mind is this idea of discipleship.

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 That we are to deny ourselves, take up our cross, follow Him every day.

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 And not just individually, we as a church are following Jesus because He is so worth it.

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 And it's that first word, together, that this Membership Sunday is so poignant about.

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 We're mutually committed to one another as we're together following Jesus.

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 And so, think about our church as a pack of disciples who are looking to live for Jesus together.

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 Here's the thing.

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 We suffer from what Paul Tripp calls theological amnesia.

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 We forget who we are.

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 We forget that Jesus is who He is.

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 And so, this morning, I want to remind you of who you are as a blood-bought follower of Jesus.

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 And that we follow Him together.

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 When someone becomes a Christian, they're converted.

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 And typically, when you may hear the word conversion, you may think about a decision made for Christ.

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 And conversion does involve a decision made for Christ.

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 But that's just the tip of the iceberg.

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 Did you know that conversion is actually this radical reorientation of who you are?

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 It is a fundamental changing of a person.

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 The Bible talks about it as someone who is going from darkness into light.

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 It talks about someone who is dead in their sin being made alive in Christ.

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 It talks about someone who is converted in Christ being a new creation.

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 It uses some really strong, important language.

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 And so, it's more than a decision.

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 It's a radical change of who you are.

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 Many of you have heard this illustration before.

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 It's one of my favorites.

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 Back in the 16th, 17th century, there's a guy named Copernicus.

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 He was a Renaissance man.

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 He was a Christian.

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 He was a Christian.

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 And pre-Copernicus, most of the world thought that the sun orbited the earth.

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 It's called a geocentric solar system.

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 But what Copernicus did, he made this discovery.

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 He realized this just by observation that we live in a heliocentric solar system.

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 That the earth orbits the sun.

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 Now, here's why that matters.

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 We've always lived in a heliocentric solar system.

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 What Copernicus did was he just brought people into the reality of that.

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 It's always been that way.

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 And so it is with becoming a Christian.

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 It's a Copernican realization.

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 It's when we're born, we're born in sin.

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 And we're born under this false pretense that it's all about us.

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 That we are the hero of our own stories.

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 That's what sin does.

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 It just kind of reduces your world to you at the center of it.

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 And everything orbits you, including God.

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 But when someone believes in Jesus, and someone believes what we talked about last weekend,

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 that Christ died for their sins and was raised from the dead.

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 He went into the tomb dead and came out of the tomb alive.

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 When someone realizes that, sees that, the Lord Jesus brings them into reality.

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 And that the reality is that he is the controlling center of all things.

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 He's always been.

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 And so conversion is being brought into reality.

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 Through the blood and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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 You're delivered from the domain of darkness and transferred into the kingdom of the beloved son.

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 You've made a new creation.

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 The old is gone.

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 The new has come.

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 You've been justified.

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 You've been adopted.

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 You've been redeemed.

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 You've been set apart as holy.

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 And that's something that only the gospel can do.

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 Only the gospel can change your heart like that.

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 That's why it's called God's power unto salvation.

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 So this morning, I want to be clear with everybody of just what a disciple of Jesus Christ is.

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 And so we use the acrostic tomb.

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 T-O-M-B.

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 And so if you're taking notes, you can write on the left side of your bulletin or whatever you're taking notes on.

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 T-O-M-B.

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 Jesus went into the tomb dead.

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 and he came out of the tomb alive

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 so that we would treasure him above all else.

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 T, O, obey him in all that he commands.

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 M, magnify him among all people.

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 B, belong to him with all of his blood bought.

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 So I'm gonna walk you through each of these letters.

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 Many of you have heard it before.

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 Many of you haven't,

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 but it's always good to be reminded of it.

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 And so Jesus died and was raised.

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 So that we could treasure, obey, magnify,

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 and belong to him together.

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 So let's talk about this idea of

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 treasuring Jesus above all else.

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 What is a disciple?

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 A disciple is someone who treasures Jesus above all else.

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 When we talk about together following Jesus,

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 we could say together treasuring Jesus.

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 So when we were dead to God in our sin

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 prior to our conversions,

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 we were living for ourselves.

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 That's what sin does.

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 It's me first living.

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 That's what our culture teaches.

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 Live for yourself.

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 But the thing is that God has created every human being in his image.

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 So there's over 8 billion people on the planet right now.

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 They all bear his image,

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 and they're all worshipers.

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 Because they're image bearers,

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 they are worshipers.

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 They're hardwired to worship God.

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 But if you're born into sin,

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 you're going to worship something other than God.

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 But you're going to worship something nonetheless.

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 Well, that all changed when he became a Christian.

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 God radically,

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 powerfully,

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 graciously,

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 dramatically changed you.

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 He gave you a new heart.

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 One of my favorite verses of the Bible

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 is in 2 Corinthians 5,

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 515.

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 And it gets at this idea of conversion.

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 It says this,

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 And he, Christ,

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 died for all,

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 that those who live,

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 those who believe in him,

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 might no longer live for themselves,

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 but for him

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 who for their sake

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 died and was raised.

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 And so what conversion is,

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 is this radical shift

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 from living for yourself

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 to living for Christ.

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 The one who died for you,

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 you now live for him.

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 It's a radical,

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 radical shift.

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 And it will result in you worshiping him.

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 Because you're going to start seeing him

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 for who he really is.

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 I find it helpful in my own thinking

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 just to help me to remember

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 how wonderful Jesus is

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 to do a little side-by-side comparison.

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 Do you remember

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 greater than,

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 less than,

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 or equal to?

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 Okay, you tell me.

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 Jesus,

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 the second person of the Trinity,

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 according to Hebrews 1,

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 according to John 1,

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 Colossians 1,

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 he's the creator of all.

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 So he's the creator.

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 I'm created.

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 You're created.

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 Greater than,

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 less than,

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 or equal to.

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 Is Jesus greater than,

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 lesser than,

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 or equal to you?

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 Greater than,

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 because he's the creator

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 and you're the created.

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 We also learn from Hebrews 1

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 that Jesus is the sustainer

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 of all things,

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 but we need sustaining.

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 Our next breath comes from him.

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 He set our days.

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 So you tell me,

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 greater than,

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 less than,

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 or equal to.

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 Jesus is the sustainer.

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 Is he greater than,

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 less than,

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 or equal to us

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 who need to be sustained?

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 He's greater.

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 We can go all the way down.

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 He's the savior.

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 We need saving.

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 He's the Lord.

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 We need to serve him.

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 He's the king.

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 We need to obey him.

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 He's the judge.

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 We will be judged by him.

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 Every time you go down,

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 every time you recognize

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 that he's greater,

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 it has an effect.

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 He's the giver of our salvation.

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 And we could only receive this

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 as a gift.

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 There's this,

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 there are these beautiful passages

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 in the New Testament.

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 I'm going to show you one right now.

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 It's Matthew chapter 13.

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 And why I love it,

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 it's because

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 it's a one verse parable.

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 In Matthew 13, 44,

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 Jesus starts using

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 treasure language.

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 Listen to this.

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 The kingdom of heaven

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 is like treasure

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 hidden in a field,

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 which man found

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 and covered up.

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 Then in his joy,

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 he goes and sells

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 all that he has

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 and buys the field.

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 So he's comparing

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 his kingdom

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 to treasure,

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 hidden treasure.

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 And someone who discovers it,

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 he covers it up

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 to sell all that he has

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 in joy.

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 It's a picture of repentance.

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 I'm turning away

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 from my old way of things.

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 I'm cashing out

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 so that I can obtain

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 this treasure beyond treasures.

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 And what Jesus is describing

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 in that is his kingdom,

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 his saving reign,

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 the saving reign of God.

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 He talks about it

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 as treasure

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 and in joy,

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 giving up everything to have.

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 If you flip in your Bibles

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 to Philippians chapter 3,

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 verse 8,

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 this is the Apostle Paul speaking.

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 It's page 1166

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 of your pew Bible.

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 He says,

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 Paul says,

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 indeed I count everything

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 as loss

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 because of the surpassing worth

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 of knowing

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 Christ Jesus,

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 my Lord.

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 It's treasure language.

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 It's value language.

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 Paul valued

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 Jesus so much,

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 he would then say things like,

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 for me to live

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 is Christ

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 and to die is gain.

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 He treasured Jesus

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 more than his own life.

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 in Mark 8,

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 Peter has just confessed

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 that Jesus

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 is the Christ

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 and Jesus

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 corrects that

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 to make sure

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 that they understand

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 that the Christ

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 will suffer,

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 die,

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 and be raised

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 on the third day.

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 And then Jesus

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 says this.

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 He says this

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 in verse 34,

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 if anyone would

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 come after me,

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 let him deny himself

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 and take up his cross

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 and follow me.

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 For whoever

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 would save his life

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 will lose it,

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 but whoever

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 loses his life

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 for my sake

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 in the gospels

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 will save it.

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 For what does it

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 profit

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 a man

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 to gain the whole world

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 and forfeit his soul?

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 For what can a man

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 give in return

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 for his soul?

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 He's doing a

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 cost-benefit analysis.

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 And here's what it is.

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 Jesus is saying,

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 I'm worth it.

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 Deny yourself,

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 to gain me,

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 you save your soul.

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 But if you deny me

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 to gain the world,

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 you lose your soul.

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 What Jesus is doing here

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 is saying,

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 I am the treasure.

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 I am your salvation.

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 At the core of being

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 a disciple of Jesus

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 is a changed heart

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 that is treasuring

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 Jesus

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 more and more

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 and more

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 above all else,

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 including

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 yourself.

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 The reason why

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 we

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 start by talking

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 about Jesus

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 as the treasure

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 when it comes to

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 talking about a disciple

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 is that

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 this is the great

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 headwaters

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 of discipleship.

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 becoming a follower

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 of Jesus

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 starts and continues

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 by treasuring Jesus.

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 It's where it all starts.

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 It's where it all

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 happens every day.

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 It's that initial

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 step of conversion

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 and then every day

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 after that,

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 you deny yourself,

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 take up your cross

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 and follow him

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 because he is worth it.

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 He's the treasure.

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 what we're talking

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 about here

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 is worship.

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 Worship-driven

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 discipleship.

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 It's seeing

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 and savoring

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 the glory

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 of Jesus

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 and following

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 him

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 in light of it.

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 He is

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 so worth it.

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 So we can say

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 things like this.

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 We don't follow

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 Jesus because

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 we have to.

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 We follow Jesus

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 because we want to.

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 He's changed

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 our hearts.

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 We value him now.

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 We love him.

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 So let me ask you

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 a question.

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 When was the last

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 time

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 you

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 privately

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 adored

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 Jesus?

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 Worshipped him?

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 You

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 spoke

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 his worth

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 to him?

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 You told him

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 how wonderful

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 he is?

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 When was the

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 last time

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 you did that?

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 A disciple

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 is someone

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 who has been

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 radically changed

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 by the gospel

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 and treasures

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 Jesus

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 above all

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 else.

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 So let me

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 issue a challenge

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 this week.

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 There is a way

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 to treasure

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 Jesus

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 daily.

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 You take

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 things from

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 what the Bible

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 says about Jesus,

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 you read it,

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 you take it to heart,

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 and then you speak

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 it back to him.

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 Let me give you

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 an example.

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 Last week I made

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 reference to Isaiah

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 9-6,

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 which is that

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 great Christmas

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 prophecy.

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 You know,

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 this son is going

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 to be given,

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 a child given

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 to us.

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 His name

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 shall be called

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 Wonderful Counselor,

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 Mighty God,

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 Everlasting Father,

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 Prince of Peace.

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 These are four titles

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 of the Christ,

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 and here's what you

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 can do.

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 You can say,

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 oh Lord Jesus,

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 you are my

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 Wonderful Counselor,

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 and today I'm

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 going to need

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 your wisdom.

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 Would you help

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 me?

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 Lord Jesus,

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 you are my

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 mighty God.

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 You are totally

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 God, totally

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 man.

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 You are risen

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 and reigning.

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 All things are

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 in your hands.

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 You are

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 Everlasting Father,

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 which is a way

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 of talking about

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 kingship.

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 You're my king.

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 I will obey you.

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 You're the Prince

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 of Peace.

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 Oh Lord Jesus,

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 will you bring

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 shalom to my life

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 today?

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 Would you help

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 me to walk in

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 peace and be a

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 peacemaker?

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 Do you see how

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 that works?

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 And so you take

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 these truths about

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 Jesus, you digest

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 them, and you speak

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 them back to him.

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 Nobody drifts

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 into treasuring

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 Jesus.

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 You cultivate it.

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 It's like opening

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 up a treasure chest

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 and letting your

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 fingers work

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 through the gold

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 coins and lift

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 up rubies and

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 look at them in

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 the light.

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 That's what we're

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 doing with

00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:07.539
 different aspects

00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:08.299
 of who Jesus

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 is.

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 And it affects

00:17:10.779 --> 00:17:11.700
 our souls.

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 What is a

00:17:14.420 --> 00:17:14.759
 disciple?

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 Someone who's

00:17:17.500 --> 00:17:17.960
 been radically

00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:18.620
 changed by the

00:17:18.620 --> 00:17:19.380
 gospel, and now

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 they treasure Jesus

00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:21.059
 above all else,

00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:22.660
 even more than

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 themselves.

00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:26.240
 Jesus went into

00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:26.920
 the tomb, dead,

00:17:27.019 --> 00:17:27.680
 came out alive,

00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:28.279
 so that you would

00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:29.119
 treasure him as

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 well as obey him

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 in all that he

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 commands.

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 At the end of

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 Matthew 28, Jesus

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 has been raised

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 from the dead, he

00:17:37.139 --> 00:17:37.779
 appears to his

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 disciples, and he

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 speaks to them what's

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 called the Great

00:17:39.940 --> 00:17:40.339
 Commission.

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 And this is what he

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 says.

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 He says, all

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 authority in heaven

00:17:47.879 --> 00:17:48.899
 and on earth has

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 been given to me.

00:17:51.059 --> 00:17:51.940
 It is a massive

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 statement.

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 What Jesus is

00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:56.139
 saying here is

00:17:56.140 --> 00:17:57.800
 that I have the

00:17:57.800 --> 00:17:59.280
 right to require

00:17:59.280 --> 00:18:01.480
 obedience of all

00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:03.440
 people because I'm

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 the king of kings

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 and lord of lords.

00:18:06.520 --> 00:18:07.300
 He's been risen

00:18:07.300 --> 00:18:07.980
 from the dead.

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 And he's just not

00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:14.780
 an all-authoritative

00:18:14.780 --> 00:18:15.120
 king.

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 He is our all-authoritative

00:18:19.380 --> 00:18:21.860
 treasured king.

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 He's got all this

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 authority and he's

00:18:25.439 --> 00:18:26.759
 got all this worth

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 and it is our joy

00:18:28.879 --> 00:18:30.779
 to obey him in all

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 that he commands.

00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:34.339
 As you read through

00:18:34.339 --> 00:18:34.659
 the Great

00:18:34.659 --> 00:18:36.459
 Commission, you read

00:18:36.459 --> 00:18:36.959
 this.

00:18:37.179 --> 00:18:38.119
 Go, therefore, make

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 disciples of all

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 nations, baptizing

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 them in the name of

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 the Father and the

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 Son and the Holy

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 Spirit.

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 In other words, as

00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:47.099
 people are converted,

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 they are to publicly

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 identify with me.

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 And then he says,

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 verse 20,

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 teaching them to

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 observe all that I

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 have commanded you.

00:19:02.399 --> 00:19:03.519
 Teaching them to

00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:05.639
 observe all that I

00:19:05.639 --> 00:19:06.639
 have commanded you.

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 Now, the observation

00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:09.440
 that Jesus is

00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:10.920
 requiring right here

00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:11.579
 is not just

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 looking.

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 He's talking about

00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:16.079
 obeying.

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 He's requiring

00:19:18.879 --> 00:19:21.839
 obedience of us

00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.439
 who are present

00:19:22.439 --> 00:19:23.339
 followers of Jesus

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 and then anyone

00:19:24.339 --> 00:19:25.059
 who becomes a

00:19:25.059 --> 00:19:26.819
 follower of Jesus,

00:19:26.939 --> 00:19:29.059
 we teach them to

00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:30.240
 obey all that Jesus

00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:31.019
 has commanded.

00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:34.740
 Disciples are

00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:35.279
 those who have

00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:35.960
 been radically

00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:36.819
 changed by the

00:19:36.819 --> 00:19:37.960
 grace of God and

00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:38.619
 now they treasure

00:19:38.619 --> 00:19:39.980
 Jesus and obey

00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:41.059
 him in all that he

00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:41.579
 has commanded.

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 He went into the

00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:43.879
 tomb dead and he

00:19:43.879 --> 00:19:44.519
 came out of the

00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:45.819
 tomb alive so that

00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:47.079
 we would so that

00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:48.399
 we could obey

00:19:48.399 --> 00:19:50.619
 him even with

00:19:50.619 --> 00:19:51.019
 joy.

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 Because we know

00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:53.819
 his commandments

00:19:53.819 --> 00:19:54.899
 are not burdensome.

00:19:56.339 --> 00:19:56.819
 Therefore,

00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.319
 are good.

00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:00.099
 So,

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 what commands are

00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:02.740
 we talking about?

00:20:04.619 --> 00:20:05.480
 One could say,

00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:06.460
 well, all of the

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:07.000
 commands of the

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:08.539
 Bible we are to

00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:08.819
 obey.

00:20:09.099 --> 00:20:10.240
 It's as if the

00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:11.200
 triune God is

00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:12.059
 calling us to

00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:13.019
 obey from all of

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.480
 the scriptures,

00:20:13.659 --> 00:20:13.839
 right?

00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:15.079
 But more

00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:17.000
 specifically, we

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.720
 can point to a

00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:19.459
 specific place in

00:20:19.459 --> 00:20:20.439
 the Gospels where

00:20:20.439 --> 00:20:24.159
 Jesus lays out a

00:20:24.159 --> 00:20:24.779
 series of his

00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:25.159
 commands.

00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:26.740
 And that is in

00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.819
 Matthew chapter 5,

00:20:27.899 --> 00:20:28.480
 6, and 7.

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 Would you turn with

00:20:29.459 --> 00:20:30.099
 me there?

00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:31.459
 Matthew 5, 6, and

00:20:31.459 --> 00:20:31.679
 7.

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.159
 This is the

00:20:32.159 --> 00:20:32.639
 Sermon on the

00:20:32.639 --> 00:20:32.819
 Mount.

00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:36.819
 This is Jesus, his

00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:38.339
 kingdom manifesto.

00:20:38.619 --> 00:20:39.259
 This is him

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 declaring in the

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 Beatitudes, this is

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 what my followers, my

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 citizens are like, and

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 then he goes on to

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 say, this is how

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 they live.

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 And he unpacks a

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 series of commands.

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 What I want to do

00:20:51.780 --> 00:20:53.259
 right now is I want

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 to help you to see

00:20:54.100 --> 00:20:54.600
 the commands.

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 I want you to see

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 what Jesus is calling

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 you to.

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 So that's not just

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 vague, but specific.

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 So in Matthew

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 chapter 5, if you

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 look at verse 21,

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 there's a heading.

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 It says, anger.

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 Anger.

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 Jesus calls his

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 citizens, his

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 followers, to live a

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 certain way when it

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 comes to our anger.

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 He requires something

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 of us.

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 Not to be ruled by

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 anger.

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 Not to sin in our

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 anger.

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 And then in verse 27,

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 he talks about lust.

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 He requires something

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 of us when it comes to

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 the stewardship of our

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 bodies sexually.

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 Both physically and

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 mentally.

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 He says things about

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 divorce.

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 He requires things of

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 us in verse 31 and

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 32.

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 He talks about oaths.

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 What he's getting at

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 there is being a man

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 and woman of your

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 word.

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 He requires something.

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 Retaliation.

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 When you get slapped,

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 he wants us, requires

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 us to respond a certain

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 way because we're his

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 disciples.

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 love your enemies.

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 This is a requirement, a

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 calling of us.

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 It's not optional.

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 We are to love our

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 enemies.

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 So what I'm helping you

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 to see here is there is

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:23.960
 commands that Jesus has

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 made known clearly for us

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 to trust him and obey him

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 in.

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 Chapter 6, verse 19,

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 addressing materialism.

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 Chapter 6, verse 25,

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:38.519
 being anxious over what

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 you have or don't have.

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 Chapter 7, verse 1 through

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 5, talking about judging

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 other people.

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 Not to be hypocritical in

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 that.

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 But I wanted to point you

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 to something at the end

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 of chapter 7.

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 People don't realize that

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 this parable of building

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 your house on the rock,

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 they don't realize this is

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 the conclusion to the

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:05.619
 Sermon on the Mount.

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 This is Jesus kind of

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:09.619
 summing up the sermon.

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 Look what he says.

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 Everyone then who hears

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 these words of mine and

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 does them.

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 will be like a wise man

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 who built his house on

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 the rock and the rain

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 fell and the floods

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 came and the winds

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 blew and beat on the

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 house but it did not

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 fall because it had been

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 founded on the rock.

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 It perseveres all the way

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 to the end.

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 Remains faithful.

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 But then, verse 26,

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:37.180
 everyone who hears the

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:38.879
 words of mine and does

00:23:38.879 --> 00:23:42.099
 not do them will be like

00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:43.099
 a foolish man who built

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:44.059
 his house on the sand

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 and the rain fell and the

00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:46.500
 floods came and the winds

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.480
 blew and beat against the

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.480
 house and it fell and

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 great was the fall of it.

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 And so we have two sets of

00:23:52.360 --> 00:23:52.700
 builders.

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 Both hear what Jesus says

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 but only one of those

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 groups does it.

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 Be a hearer of the word

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 and a doer of the word.

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 James 1.22.

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 What Jesus is calling us to

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.460
 is obedience.

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 Now I know that it's not

00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:14.819
 popular to talk about

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:16.000
 obedience in our culture.

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 But this is exactly what

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.640
 Jesus is calling us to.

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:23.079
 It's normal for Christians

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:26.619
 to obey our king because

00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:27.460
 he's our treasure.

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:30.819
 He's got all authority and

00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:32.740
 his commandments are not

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.980
 burdensome.

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 They're always meant for our

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 good.

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 I think it was Gary Smalley

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:44.400
 that wrote a book years ago

00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:45.480
 The Five Love Languages.

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 Anybody hear that book?

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.420
 Do you know what Jesus'

00:24:51.600 --> 00:24:52.200
 love language is?

00:24:55.040 --> 00:24:56.420
 Turn with me to John

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.240
 chapter 14.

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 What communicates love to

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.480
 Jesus?

00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:12.039
 John chapter 14 verse 15.

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:13.560
 Jesus says,

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 If you love me,

00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:19.560
 you will keep my commandments.

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.640
 Verse 21.

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 Whoever has my commandments

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.820
 and keeps them,

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.960
 he it is who loves me.

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:31.340
 Verse 23.

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 If anyone loves me,

00:25:34.459 --> 00:25:36.000
 he will keep my word

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:37.299
 and my father will love him

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:39.139
 and we will come to him

00:25:39.139 --> 00:25:40.099
 and make our home with him.

00:25:41.419 --> 00:25:42.980
 What communicates

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:44.559
 devotion

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:46.299
 and love to Jesus?

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 It's not

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:50.639
 ecstatic experience.

00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:51.919
 It's obedience.

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.879
 Obeying him.

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.559
 Trusting him.

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.480
 Obeying him.

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:59.419
 So here's a question for you.

00:25:59.420 --> 00:26:02.220
 When was the last time

00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:04.420
 you consciously

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:05.640
 obeyed

00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:06.259
 a command

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.840
 of Jesus?

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:09.259
 You came across

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.960
 a command of his

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.440
 in the word

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.220
 and you're like,

00:26:11.300 --> 00:26:12.200
 I've got to obey him

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.580
 here.

00:26:13.100 --> 00:26:13.680
 I've got to change

00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:14.360
 the way I'm living

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:15.160
 and I'm going to

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:16.039
 obey him here

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:17.080
 out of

00:26:17.080 --> 00:26:17.940
 trust

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:19.240
 and love

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:19.820
 for him.

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:21.480
 When was the last time?

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:23.420
 So here's the challenge.

00:26:24.600 --> 00:26:25.380
 This week,

00:26:26.060 --> 00:26:28.120
 make your way

00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:29.319
 through the Sermon on the Mount.

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:32.279
 Walk your way

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.699
 through

00:26:32.699 --> 00:26:34.079
 all of this

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:35.299
 glorious sermon

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:35.839
 in which

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:37.659
 Jesus is laying

00:26:37.659 --> 00:26:39.459
 out his kingdom manifesto.

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:41.419
 This is what is to be true

00:26:41.419 --> 00:26:42.159
 of my citizens.

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:44.319
 And as you're reading

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:44.779
 through it,

00:26:44.919 --> 00:26:46.179
 ask the Lord Jesus

00:26:46.179 --> 00:26:46.699
 to

00:26:46.699 --> 00:26:47.939
 pierce your heart

00:26:47.939 --> 00:26:48.519
 with his word.

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.879
 Show me areas,

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.359
 Lord,

00:26:51.419 --> 00:26:52.939
 where I am disobeying you

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:54.059
 and show me

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.759
 where you want me

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.539
 to obey you.

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.519
 And because

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.759
 you are my treasure

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.680
 and I love you,

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.720
 I will obey you.

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.600
 Could you imagine

00:27:02.600 --> 00:27:03.140
 a church

00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:04.960
 postured

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:06.220
 towards the Lord Jesus

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.720
 and his word

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.180
 like that?

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.299
 What is a disciple?

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.519
 A disciple

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:13.920
 is someone

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.580
 who's been radically

00:27:14.580 --> 00:27:16.039
 changed by God's grace,

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:16.620
 the gospel.

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.860
 And now they treasure

00:27:17.860 --> 00:27:19.039
 Jesus above all else

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:20.320
 and they are seeking

00:27:20.320 --> 00:27:21.460
 to obey Jesus

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:22.279
 in all that he commands.

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:23.039
 Not perfectly,

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.579
 but they're seeking

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.399
 to obey him.

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:28.079
 Which brings me

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:30.839
 to the M

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.700
 of tomb.

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:32.539
 Treasure,

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.160
 obey,

00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:34.779
 magnify.

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:37.279
 Magnify Jesus

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:38.559
 among all people.

00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:41.240
 When you treasure

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:42.859
 Jesus above all else

00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:44.559
 and you're seeking

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.799
 to obey him

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:47.000
 in all that he commands,

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:48.579
 do you know

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.160
 what happens?

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:52.640
 you shine.

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:57.220
 You stand out

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:58.040
 from the rest.

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.700
 It's what Jesus

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.320
 talks about

00:28:01.320 --> 00:28:03.300
 in Matthew 5, 16.

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:04.460
 He uses

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:05.820
 light language.

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.820
 You're the light

00:28:07.820 --> 00:28:08.460
 of the world.

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:09.620
 In verse 16,

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.759
 let your light

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.840
 shine before others

00:28:11.840 --> 00:28:12.440
 so that they may

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.480
 see your good works

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.860
 and give glory

00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:16.019
 to your Father

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:17.580
 who is in heaven.

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.179
 Do you know

00:28:18.179 --> 00:28:19.139
 what a marquee is?

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.119
 A marquee

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:21.359
 is this lit up sign

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:21.799
 on the side

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.299
 of a theater

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:23.659
 and it's like

00:28:23.659 --> 00:28:24.339
 an arrow

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:25.199
 pointing to

00:28:25.199 --> 00:28:26.139
 what's inside.

00:28:27.179 --> 00:28:28.179
 And so when a Christian

00:28:28.179 --> 00:28:29.480
 is treasuring Jesus

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.399
 above all else

00:28:30.399 --> 00:28:32.019
 and seeking to obey him

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.879
 in all that he commands,

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.139
 he gets lit up

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:35.059
 like a marquee

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:36.139
 but he's not drawing

00:28:36.139 --> 00:28:37.279
 attention to himself

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.919
 or herself.

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:39.419
 He's drawing attention

00:28:39.419 --> 00:28:40.939
 to Christ.

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:43.000
 You see,

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:43.779
 what happens

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:45.380
 is that when we

00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:46.500
 are seeking to treasure

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.620
 and obey Jesus

00:28:47.620 --> 00:28:50.160
 is that God

00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:51.059
 brings our

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:52.140
 changed life.

00:28:52.600 --> 00:28:53.039
 What he does

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:54.019
 is he brings

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.880
 the kingdom,

00:28:55.320 --> 00:28:56.120
 his kingdom

00:28:56.120 --> 00:28:57.380
 into the public eye.

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:01.460
 That word magnify,

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:04.460
 there's two ways

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.259
 to think about it.

00:29:05.580 --> 00:29:06.460
 Either microscopic

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.660
 magnification,

00:29:08.320 --> 00:29:09.140
 it's when you're

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:09.860
 looking through

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.479
 a microscope

00:29:10.479 --> 00:29:11.519
 at a mitochondria

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.379
 and you're looking

00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:13.699
 to kind of bring it up

00:29:13.699 --> 00:29:14.439
 so you can see

00:29:14.439 --> 00:29:15.379
 it's a small thing

00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:16.059
 made big.

00:29:16.679 --> 00:29:17.500
 That's not the kind

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.279
 of magnifying

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:19.119
 we're talking about.

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:20.039
 We're talking about,

00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:21.179
 as John Piper says,

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:22.919
 telescopic magnification

00:29:22.919 --> 00:29:24.139
 and that is where

00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:25.859
 you are kind of

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:27.799
 being used by God

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:30.759
 to show other people

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:32.539
 this heavenly glory

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:34.039
 brought near.

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.479
 The kingdom

00:29:36.479 --> 00:29:38.039
 is brought near

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:39.779
 through your changed life.

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:42.719
 by obeying him

00:29:42.719 --> 00:29:43.740
 because you treasure him.

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:48.179
 When you're seeking

00:29:48.179 --> 00:29:49.699
 to build your house

00:29:49.699 --> 00:29:51.879
 upon the rock

00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:53.939
 of Jesus' commands,

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:56.659
 it brings something

00:29:56.659 --> 00:29:58.039
 of Christ's kingdom

00:29:58.039 --> 00:30:00.939
 into the public eye.

00:30:01.679 --> 00:30:03.000
 You start to stand out.

00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:04.919
 People will experience

00:30:04.919 --> 00:30:06.240
 the difference Christ

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:07.380
 makes in your life

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:08.480
 and some people

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:10.019
 will mock you for that.

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:10.980
 Other people

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.779
 will be curious

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.400
 about that.

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:15.420
 I believe

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:15.920
 one of the most

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.400
 compelling

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:18.960
 witnesses to Christ

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:21.380
 is a changed life.

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:24.039
 It's a life

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:25.880
 that contrasts

00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:27.120
 from everyone else

00:30:27.120 --> 00:30:27.880
 around you.

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.460
 People see something

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:30.799
 that has changed

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.120
 in you.

00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:32.000
 You're starting

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:33.420
 to go to church

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:34.460
 on a Sunday morning,

00:30:34.860 --> 00:30:35.819
 Sunday after Sunday.

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:37.799
 It wasn't that way

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.740
 and now people are like,

00:30:38.840 --> 00:30:39.279
 why are you going

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:40.380
 to church on Sunday morning?

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.100
 And you're like,

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.500
 I can't get enough

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:42.880
 of Jesus.

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:45.360
 There's been a change.

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:50.600
 People start seeing

00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:52.119
 that you are living

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:53.139
 by the words

00:30:53.139 --> 00:30:54.019
 of Jesus

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:57.659
 and they take notice.

00:31:00.139 --> 00:31:01.319
 It could look like this.

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:04.619
 A friend comes up to you.

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:07.579
 I notice you don't sleep around

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.279
 like you used to.

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:11.740
 And you get to say,

00:31:12.919 --> 00:31:14.139
 well, I don't sleep around anymore

00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:17.259
 because I follow Jesus now.

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:20.859
 And I'm just obeying

00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:21.660
 what he's commanded.

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:23.240
 I'm trusting that

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:25.400
 his good and right ways

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:26.140
 are one man,

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:27.059
 one woman,

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:28.000
 for life,

00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:28.660
 in marriage,

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:30.140
 and that this good gift

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:30.700
 of sex,

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:32.879
 it is to be enjoyed

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.960
 in the context of marriage

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.660
 between one man

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:35.099
 and one woman.

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:38.460
 That's how you answer it.

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:41.559
 I'm just following Jesus.

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:43.019
 I'm just building my house

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:44.000
 on that rock.

00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:46.720
 You have co-workers

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.620
 come up to you at work

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:48.339
 and they're like,

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:49.420
 hey, why don't you

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:51.400
 trash talk everybody else

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:52.579
 like we do?

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.400
 What are you,

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:54.100
 better than us?

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:57.019
 And you get to say something

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:58.319
 like,

00:31:58.440 --> 00:32:00.039
 I actually used to

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:01.059
 trash talk you, buddy.

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.460
 Just kidding.

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:07.100
 I used to trash talk,

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.960
 but as a follower

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.759
 of Jesus now,

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:12.819
 I'm just taking

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.720
 what he said seriously.

00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:15.960
 He says in the sermon,

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.759
 he said,

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.079
 hey,

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:20.380
 treat other people

00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:22.120
 like you would be treated.

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.920
 It's the golden rule.

00:32:24.100 --> 00:32:24.360
 And so,

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:25.400
 I realized,

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:25.640
 man,

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.779
 I don't want people

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.740
 trash talking me,

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:29.120
 so I'm not going to

00:32:29.120 --> 00:32:30.120
 trash talk other people.

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:30.700
 That's it.

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.640
 You want to know

00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:33.279
 why I don't do it?

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:34.279
 It's because of Jesus.

00:32:40.120 --> 00:32:41.700
 This is how we magnify Jesus.

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:41.819
 Jesus.

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:45.600
 We name drop him.

00:32:46.600 --> 00:32:47.960
 We give him the reason

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:49.380
 for the change in us.

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:51.220
 We're just given credit

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:52.120
 to where credit's due.

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:57.200
 The way to magnify Jesus

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:58.200
 among all people

00:32:58.200 --> 00:33:00.539
 is by treasuring him

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:01.319
 above all else

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:03.279
 and obeying him

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:04.240
 in all that he commands.

00:33:04.340 --> 00:33:05.000
 Now, you may be

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:06.500
 asking a question like this.

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:06.819
 Hey,

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:09.920
 I'm not magnifying Jesus.

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:10.900
 Well,

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.839
 then the question becomes,

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.099
 well,

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.599
 are you obeying Jesus?

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:13.960
 No,

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.960
 I'm not obeying Jesus.

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:16.480
 Why aren't you obeying Jesus?

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:16.759
 Well,

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:18.099
 I'm not treasuring Jesus.

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.359
 Well,

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:19.019
 that's where we go.

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:21.940
 That's where the heart change starts.

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.700
 Treasure Jesus.

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.660
 And then will come

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:26.180
 the obedience.

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:27.480
 And then will come

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:28.319
 the magnifying.

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:31.339
 And when people come

00:33:31.339 --> 00:33:32.539
 into contact

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:33.839
 with a genuine Christian

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:35.619
 whose life is actually

00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:36.299
 being changed

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:37.220
 by God's grace,

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:39.240
 it's a game changer.

00:33:43.919 --> 00:33:45.179
 On Christmas Eve,

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:46.199
 we do this thing here

00:33:46.199 --> 00:33:48.500
 where we darken the sanctuary.

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:49.659
 It's the last move

00:33:49.659 --> 00:33:50.159
 of the service

00:33:50.159 --> 00:33:51.619
 and we light candles

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:52.259
 at the front

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:53.519
 and those candles

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:54.959
 get lit all the way

00:33:54.959 --> 00:33:55.500
 to the back

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:56.359
 and then all of a sudden

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:57.399
 this dark room

00:33:57.399 --> 00:33:59.240
 is lit up

00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:01.659
 with light shining.

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:03.940
 That's who we are,

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.320
 church.

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:08.019
 We're God's light

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:09.880
 shining in a dark place.

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:11.300
 This dark city.

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:12.840
 Your neighborhood,

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.680
 your family,

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.940
 your workplace.

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.500
 So here's the question.

00:34:19.720 --> 00:34:20.940
 When was the last time

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.680
 you actually

00:34:21.680 --> 00:34:23.360
 named dropped Jesus

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:24.519
 with a non-Christian?

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:27.960
 That you gave him

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.519
 the credit

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:30.180
 for the change

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:31.279
 that was being seen

00:34:31.279 --> 00:34:31.699
 in you?

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:33.219
 The contrast.

00:34:33.339 --> 00:34:33.960
 When was the last time

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.399
 you did that?

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:36.440
 So here's the challenge.

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:39.419
 Would you pray?

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.579
 Lord Jesus,

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.199
 this week,

00:34:42.839 --> 00:34:43.919
 would you give me

00:34:43.919 --> 00:34:44.399
 an opportunity

00:34:44.399 --> 00:34:45.440
 to witness to you

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:45.980
 and the change

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.339
 you've wrought

00:34:46.339 --> 00:34:46.839
 in my life?

00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:48.179
 Would you help me

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:49.039
 to see it when it comes

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:50.079
 and would you make me brave,

00:34:51.399 --> 00:34:52.259
 unashamed of you?

00:34:54.319 --> 00:34:55.119
 I love talking

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.759
 about my wife.

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.419
 Do you know why?

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:59.599
 Because I treasure her.

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:02.199
 Out of the overflow

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:03.960
 of your treasuring,

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:05.940
 the mouth speaks.

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.859
 So if you're having

00:35:07.859 --> 00:35:08.279
 a hard time

00:35:08.279 --> 00:35:09.079
 talking about Jesus,

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:10.219
 maybe you need

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:11.179
 to treasure him more.

00:35:13.739 --> 00:35:14.619
 This brings us

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:15.980
 to the belonging.

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.719
 Jesus went into

00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:19.519
 this tomb dead

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:20.239
 and came out

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:20.960
 of the tomb alive

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.699
 so that we would

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.199
 treasure him

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:22.839
 and obey him

00:35:22.839 --> 00:35:23.839
 and magnify him

00:35:23.839 --> 00:35:24.559
 among all people.

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:26.119
 And the B

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:27.539
 is the B

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:28.259
 of belonging.

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:29.739
 Belonging to Jesus

00:35:29.739 --> 00:35:31.500
 with all of his

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.079
 blood bought.

00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:35.699
 What we're talking

00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:36.119
 about here

00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:36.779
 in this belonging

00:35:36.779 --> 00:35:37.420
 piece

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:38.739
 is being a meaningful

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:39.340
 relationship

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:39.980
 with one another

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.800
 because of Christ.

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:45.340
 Here's the reality.

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.739
 If it weren't

00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:47.300
 for Christ,

00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:49.659
 we wouldn't

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:50.239
 know each other.

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:52.279
 We wouldn't.

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:54.600
 Christ has brought

00:35:54.600 --> 00:35:55.160
 us together.

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:57.040
 He is

00:35:57.040 --> 00:35:58.600
 the unifying

00:35:58.600 --> 00:35:59.360
 agent

00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:00.560
 of our relationships.

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:02.480
 He's the hub

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:04.340
 of our fellowship.

00:36:05.160 --> 00:36:06.580
 We are in relationship

00:36:06.580 --> 00:36:07.400
 with one another

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:08.320
 because he

00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:09.080
 died

00:36:09.080 --> 00:36:10.000
 and was raised

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.920
 for us.

00:36:12.660 --> 00:36:13.480
 And Jesus

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:14.540
 calls us

00:36:14.540 --> 00:36:15.460
 to live out

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:16.420
 our relationships

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:17.400
 with one another

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:18.440
 in a particular

00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:18.920
 way.

00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:21.680
 In John

00:36:21.680 --> 00:36:22.639
 13,

00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:25.280
 34 and 35,

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:25.619
 he says,

00:36:25.700 --> 00:36:26.180
 A new commandment

00:36:26.180 --> 00:36:26.680
 I give to you

00:36:26.680 --> 00:36:27.159
 that you love

00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:27.579
 one another.

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.639
 Just as I have

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:29.019
 loved you,

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:29.740
 you also are

00:36:29.740 --> 00:36:30.480
 to love one another.

00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:31.180
 By this,

00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:31.840
 all people will

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.320
 know that you

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:32.960
 are my disciples

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.800
 if you have

00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:35.139
 love for one

00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:35.380
 another.

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.139
 And so,

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:36.780
 this love

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:37.960
 ethic is to

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:39.159
 be the thing

00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:39.860
 governing our

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:40.400
 relationships

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:41.099
 with one another.

00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:41.760
 But let me

00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:42.360
 just be clear

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:42.700
 on that.

00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:43.240
 It's just not

00:36:43.240 --> 00:36:43.720
 like rubbing

00:36:43.720 --> 00:36:44.360
 our backs.

00:36:45.720 --> 00:36:46.619
 How did Jesus

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:47.360
 love us?

00:36:47.700 --> 00:36:48.720
 He laid down

00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:49.299
 his life

00:36:49.299 --> 00:36:49.799
 for us

00:36:49.799 --> 00:36:50.579
 so that we

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.019
 would live

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.579
 for him.

00:36:51.899 --> 00:36:52.119
 And so,

00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:52.859
 the best way

00:36:52.859 --> 00:36:53.519
 that I can

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:54.099
 love you

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:55.139
 is by giving

00:36:55.139 --> 00:36:56.379
 myself so

00:36:56.379 --> 00:36:56.879
 that you

00:36:56.879 --> 00:36:57.619
 would treasure

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:58.539
 Jesus above

00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:59.359
 all else.

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.259
 How about

00:37:01.259 --> 00:37:01.839
 that?

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.739
 How about

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:04.119
 we give

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.599
 each other

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:05.779
 ourselves to

00:37:05.779 --> 00:37:06.119
 one another

00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:07.119
 to that end

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:09.079
 that we

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:09.459
 would love

00:37:09.459 --> 00:37:10.199
 Jesus more,

00:37:10.399 --> 00:37:10.879
 treasure him

00:37:10.879 --> 00:37:11.279
 and obey

00:37:11.279 --> 00:37:11.619
 him and

00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:12.319
 magnify him

00:37:12.319 --> 00:37:12.679
 together.

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:16.799
 This kind

00:37:16.799 --> 00:37:17.199
 of loving

00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:17.599
 one another

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:18.059
 is not

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.579
 conditioned

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:19.460
 on someone

00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:19.940
 else's

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.500
 ethnicity

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:21.420
 or someone

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:21.759
 else's

00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:22.159
 biological

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:22.759
 sex

00:37:22.759 --> 00:37:23.480
 or someone

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:23.980
 else's

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.380
 neighborhood

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:24.739
 that they

00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:25.179
 live in

00:37:25.179 --> 00:37:25.840
 or someone

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:26.380
 else's

00:37:26.380 --> 00:37:27.199
 experience,

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:27.860
 time in

00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:28.219
 jail,

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:29.039
 success in

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.440
 life.

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:31.059
 We are to

00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:31.639
 love one

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.199
 another as

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:32.779
 Christ has

00:37:32.779 --> 00:37:33.699
 loved us

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:35.920
 sacrificially

00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:37.840
 and unto

00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:38.299
 Jesus.

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:40.799
 This

00:37:40.799 --> 00:37:42.659
 is,

00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:44.259
 I wanted to

00:37:44.259 --> 00:37:44.799
 quote a

00:37:44.799 --> 00:37:45.519
 Boston song,

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:47.079
 more than a

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.340
 feeling.

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:50.480
 this is a

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:50.900
 commitment

00:37:50.900 --> 00:37:52.019
 that we

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.559
 make to

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:53.019
 one another.

00:37:54.779 --> 00:37:55.059
 Our

00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:55.860
 salvation

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:58.719
 is bound

00:37:58.719 --> 00:37:59.639
 up together,

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:00.900
 our salvation

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:02.079
 in Christ.

00:38:03.299 --> 00:38:03.920
 So here's a

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.639
 specific way I

00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:05.139
 want to apply

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:05.539
 that this

00:38:05.539 --> 00:38:05.980
 morning, on

00:38:05.980 --> 00:38:06.579
 this membership

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:06.980
 Sunday.

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.019
 Sunday.

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:10.619
 I'm not sure

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:11.740
 if you have

00:38:11.740 --> 00:38:12.699
 thought about

00:38:12.699 --> 00:38:13.920
 why you come

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:14.500
 to church on

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:14.960
 a Sunday.

00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:17.400
 Maybe you come

00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:18.039
 to church on a

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:19.019
 Sunday because,

00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:19.800
 hey, I just

00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:20.159
 want to get

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:21.099
 built up, I

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:22.300
 love to sing, I

00:38:22.300 --> 00:38:22.599
 want to hear

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:23.900
 God's word, it's

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:24.860
 good, I want to

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:26.039
 pray, that's good,

00:38:26.219 --> 00:38:27.420
 or I come on

00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:27.900
 Sunday because I

00:38:27.900 --> 00:38:28.900
 need to serve and

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:31.079
 that's good, but

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:31.840
 have you ever

00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:34.000
 thought that you

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.940
 come and gather

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:35.500
 on a Sunday

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:37.320
 morning out of

00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:39.380
 love for other

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.840
 Christians?

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:42.579
 I am showing

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:44.900
 up to build

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.300
 up.

00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:46.840
 I am showing

00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:47.800
 up, not so much

00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:49.219
 for myself, but

00:38:49.219 --> 00:38:50.099
 for others.

00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:54.219
 I am gathering

00:38:54.219 --> 00:38:55.900
 in order to

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.480
 experience this

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:57.420
 belonging because

00:38:57.420 --> 00:38:58.360
 I love these

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.900
 people, I'm

00:38:58.900 --> 00:38:59.339
 committed to

00:38:59.339 --> 00:38:59.619
 them.

00:39:02.799 --> 00:39:03.759
 Think about

00:39:03.759 --> 00:39:06.500
 belonging as

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:08.119
 uniquely taking

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:09.440
 place when we

00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:10.039
 gather on a

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:10.500
 Sunday morning.

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:12.539
 This 75

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:14.480
 minutes on a

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:15.119
 Sunday morning

00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:17.159
 is the most

00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:18.759
 important 75

00:39:18.760 --> 00:39:20.320
 minutes in our

00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:21.280
 life as a

00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:22.480
 church week by

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:23.740
 week, bar none.

00:39:24.520 --> 00:39:25.620
 This is the most

00:39:25.620 --> 00:39:26.400
 important time we

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:27.900
 have together, and

00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:28.380
 here's why.

00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:31.540
 It's the only

00:39:31.540 --> 00:39:33.020
 time during the

00:39:33.020 --> 00:39:34.540
 week when the

00:39:34.540 --> 00:39:35.300
 whole church

00:39:35.300 --> 00:39:37.160
 gathers in

00:39:37.160 --> 00:39:37.660
 person.

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:39.520
 The only time.

00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:41.540
 When we gather

00:39:41.540 --> 00:39:42.460
 together, we see

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:43.080
 each other, we're

00:39:43.080 --> 00:39:43.700
 in each other's

00:39:43.700 --> 00:39:45.380
 presence, one

00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:47.520
 place, one

00:39:47.520 --> 00:39:48.740
 time, and

00:39:48.760 --> 00:39:51.020
 one focus, one

00:39:51.020 --> 00:39:51.440
 people.

00:39:52.140 --> 00:39:52.520
 We're the

00:39:52.520 --> 00:39:52.940
 church.

00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:54.660
 Did you know

00:39:54.660 --> 00:39:55.700
 that the word for

00:39:55.700 --> 00:39:56.340
 the church in

00:39:56.340 --> 00:39:56.820
 Greek is

00:39:56.820 --> 00:39:57.280
 ekklesia?

00:39:59.040 --> 00:40:00.280
 And that means,

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:01.160
 it means called

00:40:01.160 --> 00:40:01.780
 out ones, it

00:40:01.780 --> 00:40:02.300
 means you're set

00:40:02.300 --> 00:40:04.000
 apart, but what it

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:05.120
 also means is

00:40:05.120 --> 00:40:06.440
 simply the gathering

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:07.240
 of God's people,

00:40:07.640 --> 00:40:08.840
 the assembly of

00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:09.660
 God's people, the

00:40:09.660 --> 00:40:10.500
 congregating of

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:11.060
 God's people.

00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:12.120
 When the people

00:40:12.120 --> 00:40:12.980
 gather together,

00:40:13.100 --> 00:40:13.800
 that's the church,

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:14.660
 we're the church.

00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:17.799
 the visible

00:40:17.799 --> 00:40:18.980
 representation of

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.319
 the blood

00:40:19.319 --> 00:40:19.940
 blood of God.

00:40:21.299 --> 00:40:21.879
 That's what

00:40:21.879 --> 00:40:22.420
 happens when we

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:22.859
 come together.

00:40:25.399 --> 00:40:26.199
 It's the only

00:40:26.199 --> 00:40:26.839
 time during the

00:40:26.839 --> 00:40:27.960
 week that we

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:28.739
 sing glorious

00:40:28.739 --> 00:40:29.679
 truths about the

00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:30.199
 treasures of

00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:30.480
 Jesus.

00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:32.420
 So grateful for

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:33.399
 Zach, for his

00:40:33.399 --> 00:40:34.819
 team who lead us.

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:35.920
 They work hard,

00:40:36.199 --> 00:40:36.859
 they're skilled,

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:38.279
 so that we sing

00:40:38.279 --> 00:40:39.199
 these wonderful

00:40:39.199 --> 00:40:40.379
 truths about Jesus

00:40:40.379 --> 00:40:41.000
 together.

00:40:41.339 --> 00:40:41.719
 Together!

00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:42.819
 One of my

00:40:42.819 --> 00:40:43.339
 favorite things to

00:40:43.339 --> 00:40:44.159
 do, you might do

00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:44.739
 it too from time

00:40:44.739 --> 00:40:46.059
 to time, I'll

00:40:46.059 --> 00:40:47.939
 stop singing so

00:40:47.939 --> 00:40:48.539
 that I can listen

00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:49.259
 to everybody else

00:40:49.259 --> 00:40:49.500
 sing.

00:40:50.859 --> 00:40:52.019
 And I am so

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:53.159
 encouraged by that.

00:40:53.339 --> 00:40:53.759
 God gets

00:40:53.759 --> 00:40:54.159
 something,

00:40:54.579 --> 00:40:55.399
 Colossians 3,

00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:57.139
 done in us.

00:40:57.279 --> 00:40:58.480
 When we together

00:40:58.480 --> 00:41:00.339
 are singing to

00:41:00.339 --> 00:41:02.039
 God one time,

00:41:02.439 --> 00:41:03.319
 one place,

00:41:03.839 --> 00:41:04.619
 one focus,

00:41:05.319 --> 00:41:06.039
 one people,

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:09.500
 it's the only

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:10.079
 time when we

00:41:10.079 --> 00:41:10.659
 get to pray

00:41:10.659 --> 00:41:11.319
 together in

00:41:11.320 --> 00:41:11.780
 person.

00:41:13.160 --> 00:41:14.340
 One place,

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:15.180
 one time,

00:41:15.300 --> 00:41:15.900
 one focus,

00:41:16.080 --> 00:41:16.640
 one people,

00:41:17.080 --> 00:41:17.700
 confessing our

00:41:17.700 --> 00:41:18.220
 sin together,

00:41:18.700 --> 00:41:19.340
 thanking God

00:41:19.340 --> 00:41:21.059
 for things that

00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:21.940
 he has done in

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:22.640
 our life together,

00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:23.960
 praying for our

00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:24.620
 mission partners

00:41:24.620 --> 00:41:25.000
 together,

00:41:25.380 --> 00:41:25.760
 praying for

00:41:25.760 --> 00:41:26.300
 brothers and

00:41:26.300 --> 00:41:26.960
 sisters who are

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:27.780
 in need together.

00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:29.220
 It is so

00:41:29.220 --> 00:41:29.880
 unique.

00:41:31.580 --> 00:41:32.320
 It happens

00:41:32.320 --> 00:41:33.360
 just once a

00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:34.000
 week, 75

00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:34.500
 minutes.

00:41:36.860 --> 00:41:37.680
 And of course

00:41:37.680 --> 00:41:38.039
 there's the

00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:38.559
 preaching of his

00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:38.820
 word.

00:41:40.280 --> 00:41:40.680
 Whoever's

00:41:40.679 --> 00:41:41.179
 preaching from

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:41.679
 this pulpit

00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:42.139
 has put a

00:41:42.139 --> 00:41:42.679
 lot of time

00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:43.599
 in preparing

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:44.319
 a message to

00:41:44.319 --> 00:41:44.679
 preach.

00:41:45.679 --> 00:41:46.299
 But it's

00:41:46.299 --> 00:41:46.719
 more than

00:41:46.719 --> 00:41:47.039
 that.

00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:48.559
 When God's

00:41:48.559 --> 00:41:49.019
 word is

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:49.460
 faithfully

00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:49.899
 preached,

00:41:50.099 --> 00:41:51.000
 God himself

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:51.980
 is forming

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:52.739
 his people

00:41:52.739 --> 00:41:53.279
 with his

00:41:53.279 --> 00:41:53.699
 word.

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:55.039
 One place,

00:41:55.619 --> 00:41:56.639
 one time,

00:41:57.299 --> 00:41:58.379
 one focus,

00:41:58.839 --> 00:41:59.719
 one people.

00:42:00.199 --> 00:42:00.619
 It's

00:42:00.619 --> 00:42:01.339
 unprecedented.

00:42:01.339 --> 00:42:01.779
 It's

00:42:01.779 --> 00:42:01.500
 unprecedented.

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:01.699
 contested.

00:42:04.699 --> 00:42:05.400
 We love

00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:05.800
 one another

00:42:05.800 --> 00:42:06.280
 this way.

00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:08.360
 We love

00:42:08.360 --> 00:42:08.860
 one another

00:42:08.860 --> 00:42:10.539
 by coming

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:11.059
 on a Sunday

00:42:11.059 --> 00:42:11.599
 morning and

00:42:11.599 --> 00:42:11.900
 gathering

00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:12.300
 together.

00:42:12.739 --> 00:42:13.019
 It's

00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:13.639
 contested.

00:42:14.380 --> 00:42:14.619
 Sometimes

00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:14.940
 you don't

00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:15.199
 want to

00:42:15.199 --> 00:42:15.380
 come.

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:15.699
 Do I

00:42:15.699 --> 00:42:15.840
 have an

00:42:15.840 --> 00:42:15.980
 amen?

00:42:18.699 --> 00:42:19.099
 Sometimes

00:42:19.099 --> 00:42:19.360
 you don't

00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:19.739
 feel like

00:42:19.739 --> 00:42:19.800
 it.

00:42:19.800 --> 00:42:20.019
 Sometimes

00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:20.280
 you don't

00:42:20.280 --> 00:42:20.480
 want to

00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:20.840
 wrestle the

00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:21.159
 kids into

00:42:21.159 --> 00:42:21.480
 the car.

00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:22.820
 Sometimes

00:42:22.820 --> 00:42:23.059
 you'd

00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:23.340
 just rather

00:42:23.340 --> 00:42:23.739
 stay at

00:42:23.739 --> 00:42:23.980
 home.

00:42:25.300 --> 00:42:25.619
 But can

00:42:25.619 --> 00:42:25.880
 I just

00:42:25.880 --> 00:42:26.280
 ask you,

00:42:26.380 --> 00:42:26.599
 do you

00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:27.059
 think those

00:42:27.059 --> 00:42:28.059
 are love

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:28.599
 motives?

00:42:28.599 --> 00:42:33.460
 We love

00:42:33.460 --> 00:42:34.119
 one another

00:42:34.119 --> 00:42:35.420
 by gathering

00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:36.940
 together on

00:42:36.940 --> 00:42:37.360
 a Sunday

00:42:37.360 --> 00:42:37.779
 morning.

00:42:39.339 --> 00:42:40.119
 So let me

00:42:40.119 --> 00:42:40.619
 ask you a

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:40.920
 question.

00:42:42.799 --> 00:42:43.519
 Are you

00:42:43.519 --> 00:42:44.119
 working it

00:42:44.119 --> 00:42:44.360
 in?

00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:46.719
 Is one of

00:42:46.719 --> 00:42:47.239
 your motives

00:42:47.239 --> 00:42:47.759
 for coming

00:42:47.759 --> 00:42:48.159
 on a Sunday

00:42:48.159 --> 00:42:48.619
 morning at

00:42:48.619 --> 00:42:49.079
 10 a.m.,

00:42:49.079 --> 00:42:49.679
 the 75

00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:50.360
 minutes of

00:42:50.360 --> 00:42:50.940
 unprecedented

00:42:50.940 --> 00:42:51.679
 time together

00:42:51.679 --> 00:42:53.360
 because you

00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:54.659
 love God's

00:42:54.659 --> 00:42:54.960
 people?

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:56.739
 Let that

00:42:56.739 --> 00:42:57.360
 soak in.

00:42:57.639 --> 00:42:57.940
 Let that

00:42:57.940 --> 00:42:58.579
 motivate you.

00:42:58.599 --> 00:42:58.739
 you.

00:42:59.940 --> 00:43:00.259
 And the

00:43:00.259 --> 00:43:00.799
 challenge,

00:43:01.299 --> 00:43:02.500
 the challenge

00:43:02.500 --> 00:43:02.799
 would be

00:43:02.799 --> 00:43:03.199
 this.

00:43:09.019 --> 00:43:09.579
 If you

00:43:09.579 --> 00:43:09.980
 don't like

00:43:09.980 --> 00:43:10.339
 coming to

00:43:10.339 --> 00:43:10.639
 church,

00:43:12.099 --> 00:43:12.940
 if you're

00:43:12.940 --> 00:43:13.360
 not wanting

00:43:13.360 --> 00:43:13.719
 to obey

00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:14.199
 Jesus,

00:43:14.920 --> 00:43:15.440
 not wanting

00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:15.940
 to magnify

00:43:15.940 --> 00:43:16.239
 him,

00:43:17.039 --> 00:43:17.440
 could it be

00:43:17.440 --> 00:43:17.900
 a treasure

00:43:17.900 --> 00:43:18.400
 issue?

00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:20.159
 A

00:43:20.159 --> 00:43:20.599
 treasuring

00:43:20.599 --> 00:43:21.039
 Jesus

00:43:21.039 --> 00:43:21.539
 issue?

00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:23.119
 I would

00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:23.619
 challenge you

00:43:23.619 --> 00:43:24.219
 to treasure

00:43:24.219 --> 00:43:25.440
 Jesus more

00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:26.239
 and you

00:43:26.239 --> 00:43:26.779
 will find

00:43:26.779 --> 00:43:27.579
 his love

00:43:27.579 --> 00:43:28.019
 for his

00:43:28.019 --> 00:43:28.659
 people in

00:43:28.659 --> 00:43:28.940
 your

00:43:28.940 --> 00:43:29.300
 heart.

00:43:32.500 --> 00:43:33.259
 On this

00:43:33.259 --> 00:43:33.619
 membership

00:43:33.619 --> 00:43:34.119
 Sunday,

00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:36.519
 I've been

00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:37.219
 asking and

00:43:37.219 --> 00:43:37.759
 answering the

00:43:37.759 --> 00:43:38.099
 question,

00:43:38.219 --> 00:43:38.599
 what is a

00:43:38.599 --> 00:43:39.199
 disciple of

00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:40.000
 Jesus Christ

00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:40.300
 and a

00:43:40.300 --> 00:43:40.900
 disciple of

00:43:40.900 --> 00:43:41.280
 someone who's

00:43:41.280 --> 00:43:41.840
 been radically

00:43:41.840 --> 00:43:42.420
 changed by

00:43:42.420 --> 00:43:43.019
 God's grace?

00:43:43.719 --> 00:43:44.719
 So much so

00:43:44.719 --> 00:43:45.820
 that they

00:43:45.820 --> 00:43:46.400
 treasure Jesus

00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:46.900
 above all

00:43:46.900 --> 00:43:47.239
 else,

00:43:48.079 --> 00:43:48.860
 obey him in

00:43:48.860 --> 00:43:49.179
 all that he

00:43:49.179 --> 00:43:49.559
 commands,

00:43:49.920 --> 00:43:50.739
 magnifies him

00:43:50.739 --> 00:43:51.300
 among all

00:43:51.300 --> 00:43:51.699
 people,

00:43:52.219 --> 00:43:52.980
 and belongs

00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:53.740
 to Jesus

00:43:53.740 --> 00:43:55.480
 by gathering

00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:56.780
 frequently out

00:43:56.780 --> 00:43:57.519
 of love for

00:43:57.519 --> 00:43:58.059
 one another.

00:44:00.019 --> 00:44:00.599
 Jesus went

00:44:00.599 --> 00:44:01.059
 to the tomb

00:44:01.059 --> 00:44:01.519
 dead and

00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:02.019
 he came up

00:44:02.019 --> 00:44:04.139
 alive so

00:44:04.139 --> 00:44:04.420
 that we

00:44:04.420 --> 00:44:04.760
 could live

00:44:04.760 --> 00:44:05.300
 this way,

00:44:06.659 --> 00:44:07.159
 together,

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 following

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 Jesus.

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 Let's pray

00:44:11.699 --> 00:44:12.000
 together.

00:44:14.199 --> 00:44:15.000
 Lord God,

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 Lord Jesus,

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 there is no

00:44:18.740 --> 00:44:19.400
 one like you.

00:44:19.400 --> 00:44:21.500
 would you

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 stir our

00:44:22.280 --> 00:44:22.760
 hearts,

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 would you

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 call us

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 to treasure

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 you all

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 in new

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 and fresh

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 and profound

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 ways,

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 and that we

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 would treasure

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 you together

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 and obey you

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 together and

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 magnify you

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 together and

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 of course,

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 belong to you

00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:36.000
 together.

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 You are so

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 worthy.

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 God, thank you

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 for adding to

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 our numbers.

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 Would you add

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 more for the

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 glory of your

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 name?

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 Amen.