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 Heavenly Father, we thank you that you are a God who has spoken in the past and that you continue to speak today through the pages of the Bible.

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 Please strengthen us today by your Holy Spirit and help us to put these words into practice in our own lives.

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 And we ask it for Jesus' sake. Amen.

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 Well, advertising is one of Australia's most successful industries.

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 Just think of the adverts that you come across every day on the television, on the radio, on billboards, newspapers, magazines, the internet.

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 Companies spend millions of dollars to promote their products and their services in the hope that we will buy them, that we will spend money on these products.

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 Christians are into advertising as well.

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 We want to promote Jesus as the only Saviour and Lord at every opportunity.

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 Our message is about a unique product, not just another option on the supermarket shelf of religions and ideologies.

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 Your mission month that you're having at this time reminds us that this great task and privilege of proclaiming salvation in Jesus Christ alone

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 is not just the job of the professionals.

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 It's not just the job of people like Chris Jones and Steve Jeffrey and Brian Tung and Sam and whoever else is on the staff here at St. Paul's.

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 It's not just the professionals.

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 It belongs to every person who claims to be a Christian.

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 We are involved in ministry and we are to be involved in ministry locally, in outback Australia and overseas.

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 Isn't it interesting the way that the globe is coming back to South America?

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 I don't know whether that means God wants to send you all to South America or not, but I'm facing Australia right now.

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 So we're still there.

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 So all around the world, that is our privilege.

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 So let's look at our passage from Matthew's Gospel, page 950, if you like to open the Bible that may be in front of you there,

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 to see what light God shines on this great task of making the Gospel known, of making Jesus Christ known.

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 The first thing that we notice as we look at the passage is that Jesus' true identity is recognised.

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 Advertisers, going back to that idea,

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 advertisers need to be sure that they have the correct product and that they market it accurately.

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 I never cease to be amazed at the news reports about surveys that are being held.

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 You know, I'm 64 and a half and the only time I have ever been asked for an opinion was about whether the police do a good job once when we were living in Western Australia.

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 Who are all these people whose opinions direct our government and direct our media and all sorts of things?

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 I don't know who they are, but advertisers, I'm told, conduct surveys.

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 They might interview 1,200 people and make amazing statements on the basis of 1,200 people.

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 Labour has gone down and the coalition has gone up.

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 1,200 people say so.

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 I don't know whether you were asked.

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 But anyway, the advertisers need to be sure that they have the correct product and market it accurately.

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 Well, Jesus was conducting a survey in this passage, wasn't he, in Matthew chapter 16.

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 And he asked two questions in order to clarify who he was.

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 The first question is in verse 13, which he was really asking,

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 what views are held about me in general?

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 And then in verse 15, who do you disciples, who do you followers say that I am?

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 And as we look at the answers to these questions, we can note that the, first of all, that there are three suggestions identifying Jesus as a figure from the past rather than seeing him as unique.

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 Look at verse 14.

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 The crowd here.

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 They replied, some say that you are John the Baptist.

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 Others say Elijah.

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 And others say Jeremiah or one of the prophets.

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 These answers contained dangerous half-truths.

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 For Jesus did have some qualities in common with these great people from God's servants from the past.

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 But Jesus transcends all of them.

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 He is unique and not simply to be identified as somebody from the past.

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 And then we notice that Peter's answer was spot on.

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 Peter answered on behalf of the disciples in verse 16.

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 You are the Christ, the son of the living God.

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 Now do you notice what Jesus says about his answer?

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 In verse 17.

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 He says, Peter, you didn't work this out for yourselves, for yourself.

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 God has revealed this to you.

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 He has opened your eyes to see who I am.

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 God has opened your eyes to see who I am.

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 And then we notice in verses 18 and 19 that the faith that was expressed by Peter was the rock, the foundation upon which Jesus would build his church.

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 And in which Peter would have a unique part to play in the early critical years.

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 And I tell you that you are Peter.

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 And on this rock I will build my church.

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 This rock, this statement of faith that you've made.

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 And the gates of Hades or the gates of hell will not overcome it.

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 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven.

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 Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven.

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 And whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

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 There are many different sorts of Jesus who are proclaimed in the world today.

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 These people who proclaim a different Jesus either discard the Bible's account of the true Jesus or they misinterpret what they read.

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 To tell others about the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 To tell others about the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 We need to know who he is.

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 We need to be certain of our product.

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 We need to know who he is.

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 We need to know who he is.

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 We need to know who he is.

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 We need to know who he is.

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 Whom God has made known.

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 Now this doesn't come by osmosis.

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 It comes by regularly, prayerfully reading the Bible.

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 And it sometimes comes from somebody else telling us, telling us the news.

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 I was 17 when I had been hearing.

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 I'd been going to Sunday school.

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 I'd been going to Christian youth camps.

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 But it wasn't until I was 17 when somebody preached about Jesus in such a way that God opened my eyes.

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 To understand who Jesus was and what he had done for me.

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 It took somebody else to share the truth about Jesus.

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 Exactly the task that all Christians have.

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 And so Jesus' true identity is recognised.

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 The second thing that we notice here in verses 21 to 23 is that Jesus' death and resurrection are absolutely central to biblical Christianity.

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 There's confusion today about Jesus' purpose in coming to earth.

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 Some see him as a good moral teacher.

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 Some see him as a champion for the poor and the disadvantaged.

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 Some see him as a great healer.

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 Jesus was in no doubt as to why he came and the purpose for his life.

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 It's partly spelled out for us in verses 21 and 22.

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 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem

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 and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law.

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

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 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

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 Never, Lord, he said.

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 This shall never happen to you.

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 Jesus came to die for our sins.

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 He came to die on the cross and pay the punishment that our sins deserve.

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 That we might be forgiven by God.

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 That we might become God's friends and enjoy him forever.

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 Peter didn't understand this at first.

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 And he was actually rebuked by the Lord.

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 Jesus turned and said to Peter,

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 Get behind me, Satan.

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 You are a stumbling block to me.

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 You do not have in mind the things of God,

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 but the things of men.

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 You see, the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus is absolutely central to true Christianity.

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 Any presentation of Christianity which fails to centre on this historical event is a fake

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 and needs to be recognised as such.

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 To tell others about Jesus,

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 we need to know the truth.

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 I wonder what you are doing at the moment

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 to be better equipped in knowing God's truth

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 so that you can better live it out and better share it with others.

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 Perhaps there's a course that you could be doing

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 that maybe this church offers right now.

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 Perhaps there's a Christian book that you could be reading

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 or that somebody else,

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 you might give to somebody else

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 to help them be better acquainted with God's truth.

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 Being part of a regular Bible study group.

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 Regularly being here

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 or whatever church it might be that you regularly go to.

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 Regularly sitting under the teaching

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 of able Bible teachers

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 as we've already heard from folk this morning

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 that you have here at St Paul's.

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 Jesus' death and resurrection

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 are absolutely central to biblical Christianity

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 and we need to know the truth ourselves.

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 The third thing that we notice from this passage

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 is that Jesus calls for total commitment.

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 Total commitment.

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 Companies which spend millions of dollars on advertising

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 don't do this half-heartedly.

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 Can you imagine in a boardroom

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 with a board sitting around a nice large table

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 saying, well, what will we do with all these millions?

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 Let's throw a bit at advertising.

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 Every dollar is accounted for.

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 Every dollar is spent

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 in the hope,

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 in the plan,

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 with the strategy

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 that it will achieve something

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 in selling the product

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 or selling the service.

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 They don't spend

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 these sorts of amounts of money

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 half-heartedly.

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 They invest time,

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 energy

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 and lots of money.

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 They're accountable to their shareholders.

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 They're totally committed

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 to selling their product

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 and making a profit.

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 A Ford car salesman

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 who drives a Holden

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 is not totally committed.

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 Becoming a Christian

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 is actually a death sentence.

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 That's what Jesus says.

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 Death to self.

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 Let me read from verse 24 to 26 again.

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 Then Jesus said to his disciples,

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 If anyone would come after me,

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 he must deny himself

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 and take up his cross

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 and follow me.

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 For whoever wants to save his life

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 will lose it.

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 But whoever loses his life for me

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 will find it.

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 What good will it be for a man

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 if he gains the whole world

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 yet forfeits his soul?

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 Or what can a man give

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 in exchange for his soul?

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 Death to self.

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 Death to my ambitions.

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 My goals in life.

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 My happiness.

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 My financial security.

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 My popularity.

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 Christianity is not about me.

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 It's about Jesus

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 and his plans.

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 His interests.

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 His global mission.

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 We, like the company

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 that spends money on advertising,

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 we will be held accountable.

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 We're not held accountable

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 to the shareholders.

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 We're held accountable

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 to the God and Father

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 We will be held accountable

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 for our service

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 for the Lord

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 and what we hold back

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 and how we compromise.

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 Verse 27,

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 For the Son of Man

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 is going to come

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 in his Father's glory

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 with his angels

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 and then he will reward

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 each person

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 according to what he has done.

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 to tell others

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 about Jesus.

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 We need to be

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 uncompromising

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 in our own faith.

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 The way we live it out

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 and the commitment

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 that we call others to.

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 We're not calling others

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 to an easy road.

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 To a half-hearted allegiance.

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 We're calling others

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 to a total commitment

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 to Jesus Christ.

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 So let me ask you this morning,

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 are we serious

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 about being Christians?

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 Are we serious

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 about making Jesus Christ known?

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 And what evidence

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 is there

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 for our opinion

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 of the answer

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 to this question?

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 How would other people

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 regard your answer

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 about yourself?

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 Are we distinctive Christians

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 or are we,

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 as Richard Cochan says

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 in his wonderful little book,

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 A Few Good Men,

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 are we suffering

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 from a chameleon syndrome?

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 You know,

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 a chameleon is

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 often an animal,

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 a lizard or something

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 that takes on

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 the colours

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 and the design

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 and the atmosphere

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 where it is

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 so that predators

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 won't be able to get it.

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 Are we guilty

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 of suffering

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 from such peer

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 group pressure

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 that we become

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 like a chameleon

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 and no longer

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 be distinctive

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 as a Christian?

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 There's a danger.

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 Well,

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 we've seen today

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 that what we believe

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 about Jesus

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 matters.

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 How we live

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 matters.

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 matters.

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 How we represent

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 him

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 matters.

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 And how we

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 proclaim him

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 matters.

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 May God help

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 each of us

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 to encourage

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 one another,

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 to pray for each

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 other

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 and to be

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 serious

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 about serving

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 and proclaiming

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 salvation

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 in the Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Christ.

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 Let's pray.

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 Our Heavenly

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 Father,

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 we thank you

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 for this wonderful

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 passage from the

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 Gospel of Matthew

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 and we pray

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 that you might

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 help us

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 this week

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 to be

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 distinctive

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 Christians

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 and

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 to represent

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 you

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 faithfully

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 and to

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 continue

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 to learn

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 your truth,

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 to listen

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 to your

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 voice

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 so that we

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 might proclaim

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 your truth

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 accurately

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 and we ask

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 it for Jesus'

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 sake.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.