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 Let's ask God for his help as we look at his word together.

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 Father God, by your Holy Spirit, would you please open up our eyes so that we may see

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 Jesus, that we may know who he is, that we may understand what he has done for us, and

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 what it means to follow him.

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 Father, please, we ask that every one of us here this morning would encounter Jesus afresh,

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 and that not one of us would leave this building without being changed, without being transformed

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 by you.

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 We come with open hands because we are needy people and we ask you to fill us and to teach

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 us.

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 We pray this for your honour and for your glory.

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 Amen.

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 Men wanted for hazardous journey, small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness,

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 constant danger, safe return doubtful, honour and recognition in case of success.

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 Well, that was the advert placed in a London newspaper by the great explorer Ernest Shackleton as

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 he looked for a team to travel to the Antarctic.

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 In reality, it was a call to come and die.

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 Here in Mark's Gospel, Jesus called us to come and die.

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 Look at verse 32.

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 They were on their way up to Jerusalem with Jesus leading the way.

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 Jerusalem for Jesus meant one thing, suffering and ultimately death.

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 It was the place where he would be executed and nailed to a cross.

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 No wonder the disciples were astonished while those who followed were afraid.

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 Jesus leading from the front deliberately and intentionally walking towards his death.

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 Now we struggle with that because, well let's be honest, we crave comfort.

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 We desire safety.

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 We want prosperity.

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 We want health and wealth.

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 We want a Jesus who will say to us, hold on to your nice, private, material life.

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 We want a Jesus who will say, I'm going to make your life easy and suffering free.

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 We really don't want a Jesus who says, come and die.

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 But like the disciples, we need Jesus to teach us.

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 Look at the rest of verse 32.

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 Again, he took the twelve aside and he told them what was going to happen to him.

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 And what follows in this section is an invitation to come and die with Jesus.

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 First, Jesus must suffer for us, but calls us to die for him.

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 Look at verse 33.

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 He says, we are going up to Jerusalem.

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 He said, and the Son of Man, that's Jesus, will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law.

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 This is my mission.

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 This is why I have come.

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 I have come to suffer and to die for you.

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 Verse 33.

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 They will condemn him, that's Jesus, to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles who will mock him, spit on him, flog him and kill him.

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 And three days later, he will rise.

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 The physical suffering, the pain and the agony of Jesus was immense.

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 The deep lacerations caused by the barbs of lead on each strand of the whip.

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 The twisted crown of nail-like thorns crushed into his skull.

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 The punching, the loss of blood, the timber beam that he carries.

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 The jagged nails hammered into sinew and bone, piercing feet and hands.

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 Naked.

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 Hanging.

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 Suffering.

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 Dying.

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 But that is nothing compared to the ultimate suffering.

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 Jesus refers to it a little later on when he describes what he must go through.

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 Look down at verse 38.

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 Jesus says in response to the disciples who thought they could do what Jesus was going to do.

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 Jesus says, you don't know what you are asking.

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 Jesus said, can you drink the cup I drink?

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 Or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?

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 Jesus said, can you drink the cup?

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 Jesus said, can you drink the cup?

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 The cup and baptism, well, they were word pictures of his death.

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 The cup, on the one hand, was symbolic of God's wrath, his judgment, his fair and just response to rebels like you and me.

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 The baptism, well, that was being forsaken, abandoned by God when he cried out on the cross,

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 why have you forsaken me?

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 As Jesus took my sin and your sin upon himself.

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 And Jesus is saying here, I drank that cup for you.

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 I endured that cup for you.

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 Jesus died our death for us.

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 Jesus suffered hell for us so that we don't have to.

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 Now Jesus calls us to die for him.

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 Look back at verse 32.

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 They were on their way up to Jerusalem with Jesus leading the way.

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 Verse 33.

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 We are going up to Jerusalem.

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 The way that I go is also the way that you go.

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 The path that I take is the path that you must take.

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 We are going up to Jerusalem.

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 We must be ready to die for him.

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 Of course, the death of Jesus is unique.

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 None of us can repeat that.

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 That was a once and for all.

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 But his way to the cross is the model and the pattern for my life and for your life.

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 You say, I can't do that.

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 I can't live like that.

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 Well, listen.

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 If Jesus suffered the ultimate suffering for us, hell itself,

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 that means we can face any suffering for him knowing that the worst has been taken for us.

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 And if Jesus died our death for us and was raised three days later to life,

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 that means we can face even death for him knowing that we too will be raised to life with him for all eternity.

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 Verse 33.

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 We are going up to Jerusalem.

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 My way is now your way.

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 You know, the only reason why we are here this morning is because people in the past have understood what Jesus had done for them

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 and were willing to die for him.

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 Churches are never planted through comfort and safety.

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 Churches are planted through suffering and dying.

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 Of course, we may not die because of persecution in this country.

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 We certainly will if we go to other countries.

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 But you know what?

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 Every time we face rejection or a little bit of hostility, perhaps from a friend or a family,

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 whenever we're treated unfairly or misunderstood,

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 all because we follow Jesus,

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 don't we?

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 Don't we suffer?

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 When we give of ourselves to people,

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 when we invest into their lives

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 and give and give and give a little bit more,

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 and then it's thrown back in your face,

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 doesn't a little piece of us die?

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 The way to plant churches

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 is to follow the way to Jerusalem.

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 To walk the road,

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 to stand and be amazed

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 that Jesus suffered for us.

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 And in response,

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 be ready to die for him.

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 Second,

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 Jesus becomes a slave for us,

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 but calls us to be a servant for him.

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 Jesus becomes a slave for us,

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 but calls us to be a servant for him.

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 Verse 35,

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 James and John, the sons of Zebedee,

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 came to him,

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 Teacher,

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 we want you to do for us

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 whatever we ask.

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 Well, clearly,

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 they have not understood the call to come and die.

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 Verse 36,

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 what do you want me to do for you?

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 Jesus asked.

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 They replied,

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 well,

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 let one of us sit at your right

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 and the other one sit at your left

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 in your glory.

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 Don't you identify with James and John?

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 We all want the glory,

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 don't we?

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 without the suffering.

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 Without the suffering.

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 We want the prize,

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 but not the pain.

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 We don't want to come and die.

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 But Jesus reminds us

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 of the way in which we must follow.

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 Verse 39,

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 Jesus said to them,

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 you will drink the cup I drink

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 and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with.

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 Not that they will endure the same thing,

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 but he's saying to them,

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 if you follow me,

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 you will suffer for me.

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 In fact,

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 in just a few years from those words of Jesus,

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 James would be executed by Herod.

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 John would be banished to an island prison.

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 They both came to see

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 that the road to glory

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 is always a way of suffering.

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 And we need to understand that.

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 We've got a kind of sanitized,

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 happy version of Christianity

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 where we don't like danger,

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 we don't like upset,

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 we don't like suffering.

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 That can't possibly be the way.

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 But look at my life,

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 says Jesus.

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 Let me show you

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 what it's all about.

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 Verse 44,

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 he says to them,

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 whoever wants to be first

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 must be slave of all.

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 For even the Son of Man

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 did not come to be served,

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 but to serve

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 and to give his life

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 as a ransom for many.

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 I am the Son of Man,

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 says Jesus.

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 It was a title,

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 a great prophetic title,

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 one that meant

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 the one with absolute power

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 and supreme authority.

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 Jesus is saying,

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 I am God's King,

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 the Creator of the universe,

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 the Ruler of the universe.

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 I look after all things,

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 but I do not demand

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 to be served by you.

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 Instead,

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 I am willing to become a slave

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 and die for you.

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 That's why I've come.

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 I come from my high position

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 to take the very lowest position.

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 Why?

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 Look at the end of verse 45.

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 To give my life

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 as a ransom for many.

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 I give my life

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 in exchange for your life.

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 With arms stretched out

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 on the cross,

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 Jesus is saying,

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 I freely sacrifice my life.

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 I take your sin

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 upon my life

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 to liberate you.

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 By becoming a slave

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 who dies

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 in place of us,

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 Jesus sets us free

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 from the consequences

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 of our sin,

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 from death

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 and from hell itself.

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 He sets us free

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 to live a new,

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 radical kind of life.

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 Now Jesus calls us

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 to serve Him.

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 Look at verse 42.

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 Verse 42.

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 Jesus called them together

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 and said,

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 You know

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 that those who are regarded

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 as the rulers

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 of the Gentiles,

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 the politicians

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 and the leaders,

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 they lord it over them.

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 And their high officials,

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 the movers

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 and the shakers,

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 exercise authority

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 over them.

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 They want position

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 and power,

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 status and success,

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 glory and honour.

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 And they'll go to any length

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 to get it.

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 Verse 43.

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 Not so with you.

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 Not so with you.

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 Instead,

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 whoever wants to become great

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 among you

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 must be your servant.

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 And whoever wants to be first

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 must be slave

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 of all.

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 I can't do it.

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 How can I be a servant

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 like this?

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 Well listen,

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 if Jesus died

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 as a slave for us

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 and set us free

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 for an eternal glory,

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 that means

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 we can give

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 our life today

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 whatever the cost

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 to serve Him

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 because

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 we already

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 have everything

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 in Christ.

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 Christ.

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 We were singing

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 about it.

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 All I have

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 is Christ.

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 That's all we need

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 so we can let go

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 of everything else.

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 He's given us

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 everything.

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 Churches are not

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 planted

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 because of

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 clever strategies.

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 Churches are planted

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 because

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 they learn

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 to be servants.

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 That means

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 we don't demand

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 our rights.

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 We don't strive

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 for status.

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 We no longer

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 crave our comfort

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 and our securities.

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 There's no longer

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 any me.

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 We become

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 last.

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 We become

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 the lowest.

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 Giving freely.

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 Giving our life.

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 What will that

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 look like for us?

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 Well,

00:18:31.580 --> 00:18:32.120
 students,

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 for those

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 who are at

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 college,

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 that might

00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:38.500
 mean thinking

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 not what

00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:40.879
 great position

00:18:40.879 --> 00:18:41.539
 can I get

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 at the end.

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 What great

00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:44.799
 big salary

00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:45.759
 can I earn?

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 But where

00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:49.099
 can I go

00:18:49.099 --> 00:18:49.920
 when I get

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 my degree?

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 What town

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 is there

00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:54.700
 that hasn't

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 got a church?

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 Or what

00:18:57.440 --> 00:18:57.980
 place is

00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:58.440
 struggling

00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:59.180
 that I could

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 go and live

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 there and

00:19:00.339 --> 00:19:01.039
 support and

00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:01.659
 help them

00:19:01.659 --> 00:19:02.519
 to plant

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 a church?

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 that's what

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 it will

00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:05.699
 mean.

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 For those

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 who are just

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 a little bit

00:19:09.459 --> 00:19:10.039
 older and

00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:10.759
 perhaps have

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 kids,

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 the same

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 applies.

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 Am I

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 ready to go?

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 Leave the

00:19:18.699 --> 00:19:19.679
 stability of my

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 nice home?

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 My nice

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 school where my

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 nice children

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 go?

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 And leave

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 my nice

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 friends and

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 start all

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 over again.

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 Oh, but what

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 about the

00:19:33.940 --> 00:19:34.160
 kids?

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 It wouldn't

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 be fair to

00:19:35.140 --> 00:19:35.980
 upset them.

00:19:36.100 --> 00:19:36.559
 After all,

00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:37.339
 we need to

00:19:37.339 --> 00:19:37.700
 keep them

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 settled.

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 Our kids

00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:40.339
 are the

00:19:40.339 --> 00:19:41.120
 most adaptable

00:19:41.120 --> 00:19:41.819
 creatures on

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 the planet.

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 They'll go

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 anywhere.

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 They'll learn

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 another language

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:46.059
 quicker than

00:19:46.059 --> 00:19:46.339
 you.

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 They're not

00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.360
 the problem.

00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:50.640
 It's us.

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 But what

00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:55.759
 about those

00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:56.059
 who are

00:19:56.059 --> 00:19:56.600
 retired?

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 Or thinking

00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.500
 of retirement?

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 settling down

00:20:01.620 --> 00:20:02.259
 and spending

00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:02.940
 their pension

00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:04.019
 if they still

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:04.480
 have one?

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 All those

00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:07.220
 missed out

00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:07.720
 holidays.

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 Am I

00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:11.140
 ready to

00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:11.779
 invest it

00:20:11.779 --> 00:20:12.180
 into the

00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:12.920
 support of

00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:13.880
 one or

00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:14.480
 two people?

00:20:16.339 --> 00:20:17.039
 All the

00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:17.640
 free time

00:20:17.640 --> 00:20:18.079
 I now

00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:18.500
 have,

00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:20.759
 will I

00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.059
 give it

00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:21.660
 to serve

00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:22.180
 the local

00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:22.660
 church?

00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:25.519
 That's

00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:25.799
 what it

00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:26.299
 means for

00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:26.779
 us all.

00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:28.620
 The way

00:20:28.620 --> 00:20:29.160
 to plant

00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:29.720
 churches.

00:20:30.220 --> 00:20:30.940
 is to

00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:31.519
 follow the

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:32.740
 way of

00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:33.160
 Jesus.

00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:35.100
 To be

00:20:35.100 --> 00:20:36.500
 amazed as

00:20:36.500 --> 00:20:37.079
 we walk

00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:37.700
 the road

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:39.039
 that Jesus,

00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:39.880
 the King,

00:20:40.660 --> 00:20:41.240
 the one who

00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:42.500
 controls all

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.200
 things,

00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:44.500
 became a

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:46.000
 slave for

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:46.400
 you and

00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:46.940
 for me.

00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:48.700
 And in

00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:49.380
 response,

00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:50.960
 that we

00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:51.279
 would be

00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:51.900
 ready to be

00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:52.380
 a servant

00:20:52.380 --> 00:20:53.440
 for him.

00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:57.320
 third,

00:20:58.660 --> 00:20:59.920
 Jesus gives

00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:01.220
 sight to

00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:01.700
 us,

00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:04.019
 but calls

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:05.380
 us to

00:21:05.380 --> 00:21:06.080
 follow him.

00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:07.940
 Jesus gives

00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:09.140
 sight to

00:21:09.140 --> 00:21:09.600
 us,

00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:11.880
 but calls

00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:13.220
 us to

00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:13.960
 follow him.

00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:14.980
 Look at

00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:15.820
 verse 46.

00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:18.819
 Then they

00:21:18.819 --> 00:21:19.279
 came to

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:19.799
 Jericho,

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.859
 and as

00:21:21.859 --> 00:21:22.639
 his disciples

00:21:22.639 --> 00:21:23.399
 together with

00:21:23.399 --> 00:21:23.819
 a large

00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:24.379
 crowd were

00:21:24.379 --> 00:21:24.879
 leaving the

00:21:24.879 --> 00:21:25.099
 city,

00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.579
 a blind

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:25.919
 man,

00:21:26.419 --> 00:21:27.220
 Bartimaeus,

00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:28.139
 that is the

00:21:28.139 --> 00:21:28.480
 son of

00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:29.019
 Timaeus,

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:29.839
 was sitting

00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:30.319
 by the

00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:30.859
 roadside

00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:31.259
 begging.

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:32.720
 He's a

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.079
 nobody,

00:21:33.659 --> 00:21:34.220
 he's an

00:21:34.220 --> 00:21:34.899
 outsider,

00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:35.839
 nothing to

00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:36.159
 offer,

00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:37.039
 nothing to

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.539
 give,

00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:39.159
 but yet he

00:21:39.159 --> 00:21:39.619
 knows how

00:21:39.619 --> 00:21:40.480
 to ask.

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.419
 Verse 47,

00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:42.840
 when he

00:21:42.840 --> 00:21:43.320
 heard that

00:21:43.320 --> 00:21:43.600
 it was

00:21:43.600 --> 00:21:44.220
 Jesus of

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:44.660
 Nazareth,

00:21:44.860 --> 00:21:45.360
 he began

00:21:45.360 --> 00:21:45.860
 to shout,

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.640
 Jesus,

00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:48.240
 son of

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:48.620
 David,

00:21:48.800 --> 00:21:49.160
 literally,

00:21:49.600 --> 00:21:50.000
 king,

00:21:50.360 --> 00:21:51.300
 or Messiah,

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.820
 have mercy

00:21:52.820 --> 00:21:53.420
 on me.

00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.340
 Many

00:21:56.340 --> 00:21:57.039
 rebuked him

00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:57.560
 and told him

00:21:57.560 --> 00:21:58.259
 to be quiet.

00:21:59.420 --> 00:21:59.980
 Shh,

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:00.759
 he doesn't

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.480
 want you.

00:22:03.100 --> 00:22:03.600
 But he

00:22:03.600 --> 00:22:04.160
 shouted all

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:04.539
 the more,

00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:05.660
 son of

00:22:05.660 --> 00:22:06.060
 David,

00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:07.060
 Messiah,

00:22:07.580 --> 00:22:08.820
 have mercy

00:22:08.820 --> 00:22:09.460
 on me.

00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:11.279
 He

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:12.599
 comes in

00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:13.240
 absolute

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:14.240
 dependence,

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.639
 knowing he

00:22:15.639 --> 00:22:16.279
 is helpless

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:17.700
 and hopeless.

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:19.879
 And look

00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:20.119
 at the

00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:20.940
 response of

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.319
 Jesus,

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.799
 verse 51.

00:22:26.379 --> 00:22:26.980
 Look at

00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:27.500
 what Jesus

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.039
 says in

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:28.480
 response,

00:22:28.619 --> 00:22:29.160
 verse 51.

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:30.099
 What do

00:22:30.099 --> 00:22:30.680
 you want

00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:31.200
 me to

00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:32.059
 do for

00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:32.539
 you?

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:33.799
 Jesus

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.460
 asked him.

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.220
 It's the

00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:36.019
 exact same

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:37.000
 question Jesus

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.500
 had asked

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.220
 the disciples

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:39.119
 a little

00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:39.559
 earlier.

00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:41.500
 but the

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.379
 request of

00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:43.139
 Bartimaeus

00:22:43.139 --> 00:22:43.759
 is so

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.200
 different.

00:22:45.579 --> 00:22:46.440
 The blind

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:47.220
 man said,

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:48.779
 Rabbi,

00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:51.619
 I want

00:22:51.619 --> 00:22:52.179
 to see.

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:55.039
 Not,

00:22:55.399 --> 00:22:56.799
 I want

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.139
 to have

00:22:57.139 --> 00:22:57.579
 greatness

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:58.399
 and glory.

00:22:59.679 --> 00:23:00.119
 Not,

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:01.279
 I want

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:02.019
 position and

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:02.480
 power.

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:03.899
 Not,

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.519
 I want

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:05.259
 comfort and

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:06.480
 security and

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:06.960
 a nice,

00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:07.599
 comfortable,

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.539
 easy kind

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:09.139
 of life.

00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:12.319
 I want

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:12.980
 to see.

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.379
 Jesus

00:23:16.379 --> 00:23:17.000
 is the

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:17.799
 one who

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.519
 has come

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.460
 to give

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.460
 us sight.

00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:22.119
 Yes,

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.539
 Bartimaeus

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.339
 is healed

00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:24.980
 physically,

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:26.819
 but when

00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.240
 Mark,

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.039
 the author

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.960
 here of

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.559
 this gospel,

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:29.980
 when he

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.659
 talks about

00:23:30.659 --> 00:23:31.399
 the blind

00:23:31.399 --> 00:23:31.960
 seeing,

00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:33.619
 he is

00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:34.099
 always

00:23:34.099 --> 00:23:35.200
 talking about

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:36.659
 seeing

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:37.320
 who

00:23:37.320 --> 00:23:37.740
 Jesus

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.080
 is,

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.940
 perceiving,

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:40.120
 understanding.

00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:42.259
 Remember,

00:23:43.080 --> 00:23:43.540
 Jesus'

00:23:43.820 --> 00:23:44.960
 rebuke to

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.620
 these same

00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:46.540
 disciples back

00:23:46.540 --> 00:23:47.100
 in chapter

00:23:47.100 --> 00:23:47.480
 8,

00:23:47.800 --> 00:23:48.560
 after all

00:23:48.560 --> 00:23:49.360
 his teaching

00:23:49.360 --> 00:23:50.300
 and after

00:23:50.300 --> 00:23:50.860
 all the

00:23:50.860 --> 00:23:51.560
 miracles they

00:23:51.560 --> 00:23:52.100
 had seen

00:23:52.100 --> 00:23:52.820
 and witnessed,

00:23:53.820 --> 00:23:54.940
 what does he

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.519
 say to them?

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:56.920
 Do you

00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.620
 still not

00:23:57.620 --> 00:23:59.700
 see or

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.320
 understand?

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:02.119
 do you

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:03.259
 have eyes

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:05.200
 but fail

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.980
 to see?

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.299
 Jesus has

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:08.720
 come to

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.679
 give sight,

00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:11.299
 to open up

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:12.480
 our blind

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.359
 eyes so

00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:13.819
 that we

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.759
 might know

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.980
 and understand

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:17.259
 who Jesus

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.839
 is.

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.899
 that he's

00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:19.159
 the one

00:24:19.159 --> 00:24:19.779
 with absolute

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.899
 power and

00:24:20.899 --> 00:24:21.419
 supreme

00:24:21.419 --> 00:24:22.019
 authority,

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.399
 but became

00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:24.159
 a suffering

00:24:24.159 --> 00:24:25.839
 slave to

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:26.399
 set us

00:24:26.399 --> 00:24:27.480
 free so

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:27.839
 that we

00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:28.199
 can have

00:24:28.199 --> 00:24:28.679
 life.

00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:30.439
 Jesus

00:24:30.439 --> 00:24:32.000
 came to

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.379
 give us

00:24:32.379 --> 00:24:35.639
 sight and

00:24:35.639 --> 00:24:36.439
 now Jesus

00:24:36.439 --> 00:24:38.459
 calls us to

00:24:38.459 --> 00:24:39.279
 follow him.

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.279
 Look at

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:42.159
 verse 52.

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:43.959
 Go,

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:46.059
 said Jesus,

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:48.179
 your faith

00:24:48.179 --> 00:24:49.579
 has healed

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.000
 you.

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:52.599
 Healed

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:54.220
 is the

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:54.759
 same word

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.279
 there as

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:56.240
 saved.

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.700
 Physically

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:59.480
 he can

00:24:59.480 --> 00:24:59.960
 see.

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:02.079
 Spiritually

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:03.679
 he can

00:25:03.679 --> 00:25:04.200
 see.

00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:04.980
 He

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.779
 understands

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.359
 who

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.059
 Jesus

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.679
 is.

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.019
 Immediately

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:10.000
 he received

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.679
 his sight

00:25:10.679 --> 00:25:12.460
 and followed

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.720
 Jesus along

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.319
 the road

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:15.440
 because to

00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:16.680
 see Jesus

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:18.279
 is to

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:18.680
 follow

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:19.360
 Jesus.

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:20.480
 To

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:20.799
 go,

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:22.320
 to know

00:25:22.320 --> 00:25:23.200
 him is

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.680
 to go

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.460
 with him.

00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:25.799
 We can't

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.460
 claim to

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:27.160
 have faith

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:28.200
 in Jesus

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:29.799
 but not

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:30.380
 follow

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:31.019
 Jesus.

00:25:32.360 --> 00:25:32.880
 Look back

00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:33.200
 at verse

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.880
 49.

00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:35.380
 Jesus

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:36.059
 stopped and

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.380
 he had

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:36.920
 said to

00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:37.660
 Bartimaeus,

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:39.340
 call him.

00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:41.539
 Verse 50,

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.360
 throwing his

00:25:42.360 --> 00:25:43.080
 cloak aside

00:25:43.080 --> 00:25:43.720
 he jumped

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.019
 to his

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:44.940
 feet and

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.480
 he came

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.100
 to Jesus.

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:46.819
 He was

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.420
 called

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:48.519
 and he

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.019
 came.

00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.400
 But look

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:50.880
 how he

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.240
 came.

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.400
 He threw

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:53.960
 his cloak

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.539
 aside,

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.579
 perhaps the

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:56.519
 only possession

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.279
 this blind

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:58.180
 beggar had

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:59.799
 but symbolically

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.900
 he throws

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:01.579
 it to

00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:02.440
 one side

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.700
 to follow

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.200
 Jesus.

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:05.880
 He has

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:06.339
 come to

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:06.940
 see that

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.400
 Jesus

00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:08.440
 had given

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.240
 all of

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:09.779
 himself

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.920
 for him

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:12.460
 and now

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:12.920
 he is

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.500
 willing to

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.279
 give all

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:15.240
 of himself

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:17.019
 to Jesus.

00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:20.759
 Look,

00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:23.220
 if Jesus

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.960
 gave his

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:25.920
 life so

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:26.360
 that we

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:27.080
 may gain

00:26:27.080 --> 00:26:27.940
 life in

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.420
 all its

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:28.820
 fullness

00:26:28.820 --> 00:26:30.460
 now and

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:30.980
 for all

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.640
 eternity,

00:26:32.600 --> 00:26:33.620
 that means

00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:34.100
 we can

00:26:34.100 --> 00:26:34.860
 let go

00:26:34.860 --> 00:26:35.940
 of all

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.340
 that we

00:26:36.340 --> 00:26:37.660
 have to

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.360
 follow him.

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:40.259
 if Jesus

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:40.779
 gave

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.839
 everything

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:42.699
 to us,

00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:44.919
 that means

00:26:44.919 --> 00:26:45.319
 we can

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:45.879
 let go

00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.399
 of everything

00:26:46.399 --> 00:26:47.139
 we have

00:26:47.139 --> 00:26:48.419
 to follow

00:26:48.419 --> 00:26:48.819
 him.

00:26:51.379 --> 00:26:52.099
 We

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:52.819
 thank God

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:54.619
 that churches

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.279
 have been

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.719
 planted

00:26:55.719 --> 00:26:57.839
 and the

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.299
 only way

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:58.699
 that we'll

00:26:58.699 --> 00:26:59.359
 see more

00:26:59.359 --> 00:26:59.819
 churches

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.299
 planted

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:01.779
 is to

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.119
 follow

00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:02.799
 Jesus

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.979
 along

00:27:03.979 --> 00:27:04.579
 the road.

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:08.819
 but maybe

00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.519
 like me,

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:11.939
 you're just

00:27:11.939 --> 00:27:12.379
 struggling

00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:13.019
 to follow.

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.399
 Maybe

00:27:16.399 --> 00:27:18.179
 this is

00:27:18.179 --> 00:27:18.639
 all too

00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:19.139
 much.

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:20.859
 Maybe

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.159
 you're

00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:21.639
 worried

00:27:21.639 --> 00:27:22.079
 about

00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:23.319
 how much

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:23.699
 you will

00:27:23.699 --> 00:27:24.099
 suffer.

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:25.899
 Maybe

00:27:25.899 --> 00:27:26.220
 you're

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.779
 scared

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.179
 of

00:27:27.179 --> 00:27:28.119
 where

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:28.460
 you'll

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:28.759
 go

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.139
 or where

00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:29.419
 you'll

00:27:29.419 --> 00:27:29.639
 end

00:27:29.639 --> 00:27:30.000
 up.

00:27:31.379 --> 00:27:31.960
 Maybe

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.599
 inside

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:32.899
 you're

00:27:32.899 --> 00:27:33.279
 fighting

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.519
 the

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:33.899
 battle

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.600
 about

00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:34.880
 the

00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:35.460
 cost

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.120
 that

00:27:36.120 --> 00:27:36.259
 is

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.880
 involved.

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.640
 To be

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:39.980
 honest,

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.880
 I don't

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.460
 really like

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.140
 this passage

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:43.900
 very much.

00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:45.640
 It's a

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.280
 bit hard.

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.460
 Unlike

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:49.160
 the disciples

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:49.560
 at the

00:27:49.560 --> 00:27:49.780
 very

00:27:49.780 --> 00:27:50.200
 beginning,

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.400
 I'm

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:53.000
 afraid.

00:27:53.840 --> 00:27:54.660
 I'm

00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:55.080
 afraid

00:27:55.080 --> 00:27:55.960
 to

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.280
 follow.

00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:00.440
 Well,

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:00.880
 if that's

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:01.160
 you,

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.519
 we need

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:03.960
 to become

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.279
 like

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:05.240
 Bartimaeus,

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:07.400
 a blind

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:07.900
 beggar,

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:10.099
 hopeless,

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:11.740
 helpless,

00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:13.920
 nothing to

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.420
 offer,

00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:16.480
 nothing to

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:16.960
 give,

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.200
 except the

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:20.079
 simple cry,

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:22.180
 have mercy

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:23.039
 on me,

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:25.319
 I want

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:25.940
 to see.

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:29.820
 and when

00:28:29.820 --> 00:28:30.200
 Jesus

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.960
 opens up

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.840
 our eyes,

00:28:32.860 --> 00:28:34.380
 we see

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:34.820
 him in

00:28:34.820 --> 00:28:35.200
 all his

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.680
 glory

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.799
 and in

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:37.160
 all his

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.539
 beauty.

00:28:39.080 --> 00:28:39.920
 We begin

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.640
 to grasp

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:41.019
 as the

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.680
 Holy Spirit

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.360
 takes it

00:28:42.360 --> 00:28:43.220
 and applies

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.580
 it to

00:28:43.580 --> 00:28:44.140
 our lives.

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:44.900
 We see

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:45.140
 the

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.779
 sluffering

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.680
 slave on

00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:47.220
 the cross

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:48.320
 who died

00:28:48.320 --> 00:28:48.779
 for you

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.120
 and for

00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:49.420
 me.

00:28:51.120 --> 00:28:51.640
 And when

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:52.140
 it begins

00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:52.779
 to capture

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.620
 our hearts

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:54.659
 and our

00:28:54.659 --> 00:28:55.259
 minds,

00:28:56.459 --> 00:28:57.419
 there is

00:28:57.419 --> 00:28:57.899
 nothing

00:28:57.899 --> 00:28:59.139
 we will

00:28:59.139 --> 00:28:59.959
 not give.

00:29:01.459 --> 00:29:02.179
 There is

00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:02.639
 nowhere

00:29:02.639 --> 00:29:04.019
 we will

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.779
 not go

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:07.000
 and there

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.739
 is no one

00:29:07.739 --> 00:29:08.859
 we will

00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:09.599
 not reach.

00:29:11.979 --> 00:29:12.639
 Like

00:29:12.639 --> 00:29:13.479
 Bartimaeus,

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:15.899
 we simply

00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:16.299
 need to

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:17.059
 ask for

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.519
 sight

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:20.299
 and follow

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:20.940
 Jesus

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:22.400
 along the

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:22.720
 road.

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.480
 Let's

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:25.740
 pray.

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:45.420
 Lord,

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:45.740
 we

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.859
 struggle

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:49.160
 with

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.400
 these

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:49.920
 demands

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.400
 upon

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:50.839
 our

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.259
 life.

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:55.019
 we

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.220
 are

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.799
 afraid

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.819
 and

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.000
 we're

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.500
 scared

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:58.879
 of

00:29:58.879 --> 00:29:59.059
 what

00:29:59.059 --> 00:29:59.180
 it

00:29:59.180 --> 00:29:59.339
 will

00:29:59.339 --> 00:29:59.740
 mean

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.920
 to

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.240
 follow

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:01.839
 Jesus.

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.879
 And so

00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:05.500
 afresh

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.079
 we ask

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.480
 that you

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:06.819
 would give

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.460
 us all

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.579
 sight,

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:10.859
 open up

00:30:10.859 --> 00:30:11.640
 our eyes

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:13.740
 to see

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.299
 the beauty

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:14.660
 and the

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.200
 glory of

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:15.759
 who Jesus

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.240
 is,

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:18.299
 to help

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:18.700
 us not

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:19.500
 understand,

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:20.460
 not just

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:21.039
 understand

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.399
 with our

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:21.879
 heads,

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.920
 but to

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.200
 know it

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:24.480
 in our

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:24.940
 hearts,

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:27.240
 all that

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:28.500
 Jesus was

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:28.960
 willing to

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.379
 do for

00:30:29.379 --> 00:30:29.659
 us,

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.200
 to suffer

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.960
 for us,

00:30:31.159 --> 00:30:32.299
 to become

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:32.899
 a slave

00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:33.659
 for us,

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:35.759
 so that

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.200
 we might

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.859
 have life.

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.819
 Please

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:40.740
 teach us

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:42.019
 what it

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.379
 is to

00:30:42.379 --> 00:30:42.980
 follow you

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.460
 along the

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:43.779
 road.

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:46.639
 Not

00:30:46.639 --> 00:30:47.119
 for our

00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:47.819
 own glory,

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:50.159
 not for

00:30:50.159 --> 00:30:50.759
 our honour,

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:52.980
 but for

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.619
 the fame

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.339
 of Jesus

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:56.259
 and for

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.940
 his name

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:58.220
 to be

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:58.599
 known

00:30:58.599 --> 00:31:00.220
 in our

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.700
 own local

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:01.420
 communities,

00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:02.579
 in our

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:02.779
 own

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.599
 neighbourhoods,

00:31:04.139 --> 00:31:04.680
 in our

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.359
 colleges and

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:05.960
 schools,

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.680
 across this

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:08.159
 county,

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:09.899
 across this

00:31:09.899 --> 00:31:10.240
 island,

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:12.299
 and across

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:12.839
 the world.

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:12.899
 Lord,

00:31:13.399 --> 00:31:17.459
 please help

00:31:17.459 --> 00:31:17.799
 us.

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:19.339
 We ask

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:19.699
 this in

00:31:19.699 --> 00:31:19.959
 Jesus'

00:31:20.179 --> 00:31:20.399
 name.

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:21.799
 Amen.

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:21.879
 Amen.

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:29.060
 We're

00:31:29.060 --> 00:31:29.740
 going to

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:31.720
 bring our

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.460
 time together

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:32.920
 to

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:34.560
 close through

00:31:34.560 --> 00:31:35.180
 this song

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.760
 from heaven

00:31:35.760 --> 00:31:36.320
 you came,

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:36.720
 helpless

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.240
 babe,

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 which is a

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 song that

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 really helps

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 us to fix

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 our eyes

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 and our

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 attention

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 on Jesus

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 and in

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 particular

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 the suffering

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 slave

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 on the

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 cross

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 who died

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 for us.

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 And the

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 only right

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 response

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 is to

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 follow him,

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 to give

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 our lives

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 wherever he

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 may call us.

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 Let's stand

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 together as we

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 sing this and

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 make it the

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 prayer of our

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 hearts.

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 near

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 next

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 to

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 a

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 month

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 a

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 full

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 foot

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 up

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 to

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 come

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 to

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 our

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 feet

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 who

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 are

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 in

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 a

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 ¡N Reverend

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 chapter 10

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 bless you

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 are

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 going

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 to

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 see you

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 just

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 in

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 Jesus