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 Verse 30, page 1013.

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 They left that place and passed through Galilee.

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 Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were,

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 because he was teaching his disciples.

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 He said to them,

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 The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.

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 They will kill him, and after three days he will rise.

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 But they did not understand what he meant,

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 and were afraid to ask him about it.

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 They came to Capernaum, where he was in the house.

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 When he was in the house, he asked them,

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 What are you arguing about on the road?

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 But they kept quiet,

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 because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest.

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 Sitting down, Jesus called the twelve and said,

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 If anyone wants to be first,

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 he must be the very last and the servant of all.

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 He took a little child and had him stand among them.

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 Taking him in his arms, he said to them,

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 Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me,

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 and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me,

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 but the one who sent me.

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 Teacher, said John,

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 We saw a man driving out demons in your name,

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 and we told him to stop,

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 because he was not one of us.

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 Do not stop him, Jesus said.

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 No one who does a miracle in my name

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 can in the morning,

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 in the next moment,

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 say anything bad about me,

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 for whoever is not against us

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 is for us.

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 I tell you the truth,

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 anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name

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 because you belong to Christ

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 will certainly not lose his reward.

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 And if anyone causes one of these little ones

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 who believe in me to sin,

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 it would be better for him to be thrown into the sea

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 with a large millstone tied around his neck.

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 If your hand causes you to sin,

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 cut it off.

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 It is better for you to enter life maimed

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 than with two hands

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 to go into hell,

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 where the fire never goes out.

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 And if your foot causes you to sin,

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 cut it off.

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 It is better for you to enter life crippled

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 than to have two feet

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 and be thrown into hell.

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 And if your eye causes you to sin,

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 pluck it out.

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 It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God

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 with one eye

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 than to have two eyes

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 and be thrown into hell,

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 where their worms do not die

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 and the fire is not quenched.

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 Everyone will be salted with fire.

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 Salt is good,

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 but if it loses its saltiness,

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 how can you make it salty again?

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 Have salt in yourselves

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 and be at peace with each other.

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 Thanks very much, Maria.

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 Well, please keep your Bibles open

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 at that section we've just read.

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 We've just started a new series,

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 which is looking at the second half

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 of Mark's Gospel,

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 which really is the last few months of his life

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 while he was on earth

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 and the journey that he takes

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 with his disciples towards the cross.

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 So we're going to be looking at that section

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 that Maria just read.

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 And before we do,

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 we're going to pray.

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 Hopefully you've got a piece of paper,

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 maybe to take notes,

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 or you can use the back of your news sheet there.

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 And if you have any questions

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 or anything that you want to ask after,

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 then please feel free to do that.

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 So let's pray.

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 Father, we thank you for this account

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 about Jesus while he was here on earth,

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 for the things that have been recorded.

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 And yet, even as we've just read them now,

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 some of them sound quite strange to us.

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 Some of it perhaps quite hard.

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 And so, Father, we need the help of your Holy Spirit

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 to not only understand with our minds,

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 but we need your Spirit

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 so that it will change our hearts

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 to show us what it is

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 to be a disciple of Jesus.

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 So please help us right now.

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 We come as disciples,

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 people who want to learn from you.

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 We want you to teach us

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 through your word.

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 So come, Spirit, teach us.

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 We ask this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Now, before I start,

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 has anybody got the flicker?

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 I'll do it.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you very much.

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 You're hired.

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 That's what every contestant longs to hear

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 from Lord Sugar

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 as they seek to become the winner

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 of The Apprentice.

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 What's on offer?

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 Well, a six-figured salary

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 and the opportunity to partner with him

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 in a multi-billion business.

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 The way to win is simple.

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 You must be arrogant and stubborn

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 with a ruthless desire to be successful.

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 Stab your opponent in the back.

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 Rather than serve people,

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 you must use people.

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 In Mark's gospel here,

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 we are introduced to the apprentices of Jesus.

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 Verse 30.

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 They left.

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 That's Jesus and his disciples.

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 They left that place and passed through Galilee.

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 Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were

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 because he was teaching his disciples.

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 known as the Twelve.

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 They were to learn what it meant to be a disciple.

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 That's what disciple means.

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 They are a learner.

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 And Jesus is teaching them

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 what it is to be a follower of Jesus.

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 But in contrast to Lord Sugar,

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 not sure who gave him that title,

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 the one and only Lord Jesus Christ,

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 offers his apprentices not success,

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 but suffering.

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 Look at verse 31.

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 He said to them,

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 The Son of Man is going to be betrayed

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 into the hands of men.

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 They will kill him,

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 and after three days he will rise.

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 The Son of Man was a title for Jesus,

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 a title of absolute power and supreme authority.

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 But this man of great power,

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 the God-man,

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 would be killed.

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 You see, the death of Jesus

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 is not just the means for becoming a disciple,

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 but is also the model for living as a disciple.

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 That's why he's teaching about his death.

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 It's not just the means for becoming a disciple,

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 but his death is also the pattern,

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 the shape of a disciple's life.

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 At this point in the account,

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 Jesus is six months from his death,

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 and the journey that is going to lead him to his death

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 is a journey that we are called to live

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 every single day.

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 It is nothing less than a life of humble service

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 with a ruthless desire to remove any hint

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 of self-centred living.

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 Look at verse 32.

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 But they didn't understand what he meant,

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 and they were afraid to ask him about it.

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 Who in their right mind

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 wants to model their life

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 on someone who's going to die a terrible death?

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 Do you?

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 Surely there must be an easier way to go.

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 No.

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 This is a call to radical discipleship.

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 If we crave comfort

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 and a nice, gentle lifestyle,

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 if we long for popularity and acceptance,

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 if we desire to be the ones who control our life,

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 then please close your Bible right now.

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 Put it under your seat,

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 close your eyes,

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 and go to sleep.

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 Because what follows

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 is not for you

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 if you want a gentle life.

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 After all, as we've just read in verse 31,

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 Jesus doesn't want others to hear

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 what it is that he teaches

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 to his disciples.

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 Because not everybody can handle it.

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 So what does he teach?

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 Well, first,

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 being a disciple means

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 serving the weak,

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 not seeking to be great.

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 Verse 33,

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 they came to Capernaum.

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 When he was in the house,

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 obviously,

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 of one of the disciples,

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 he asked them,

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 what were you arguing about on the road?

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 But they kept quiet,

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 red-faced,

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 and embarrassed.

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 Because on the way,

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 they had argued about

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 who was the greatest.

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 So who do you think

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 is the greatest in this church?

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 Go on.

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 Who do you think?

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 Well, we don't like to publicly

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 talk about it, do we?

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 That is embarrassing.

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 But we can unconsciously

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 practice it.

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 You see,

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 we can be preoccupied

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 with appearing great,

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 that we simply forget

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 to do great things.

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 Verse 35,

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 sitting down,

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 which in that culture,

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 in that time,

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 was actually a position

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 of authority.

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 So Jesus sits down,

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 he's saying basically

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 to his disciples,

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 hang on a minute,

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 you're talking about greatness?

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 Well, listen to the one

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 who knows what true greatness

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 is all about.

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 He called the twelve

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 and he said,

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 if anyone wants to be first,

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 he must be the very last

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 and the servant of all.

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 Did we get that quite right?

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 Did he say last?

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 Did he say servant?

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 How is that greatness?

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 But yet,

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 that's what Jesus came to do for us.

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 He was the one

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 who was great,

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 but became last,

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 the lowest of the low.

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 He was the one

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 who became a servant,

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 giving up of his rights

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 and ultimately,

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 giving of his life.

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 That's what greatness is.

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 And Jesus now demonstrates

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 to us what this

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 will look like

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 in practice.

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 verse 36.

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 He took a little child

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 and had him stand among them.

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 What's so great about that,

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 you think?

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 Well,

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 children

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 in that culture

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 are not treated

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 as they are

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 in ours.

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 We have a special place

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 for children

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 in the

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 Roman Greek culture.

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 The father would decide

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 if the child

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 actually lived or died

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 when it was born.

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 If he thought

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 they couldn't support

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 the child

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 for financial reasons,

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 or if they thought

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 the baby was going

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 to be sick,

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 they were left

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 outside

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 or abandoned.

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 So children

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 in this context

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 were a good example

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 of the lowest

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 of all people

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 and nobody.

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 But look what Jesus does.

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 It's both shocking

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 and surprising.

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 He takes the little child,

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 has them stand

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 among them,

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 but not only that,

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 he takes him

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 in his arms

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 and he said to them,

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 whoever welcomes

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 one of these

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 little children

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 in my name

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 welcomes me.

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 Now this isn't

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 about cute

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 little kids.

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 It's about

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 all those

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 regardless of age

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 who are considered

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 insignificant

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 and less

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 than everybody else.

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 So through this

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 very visual example,

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 Jesus is saying

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 to his disciples,

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 look,

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 if you want to

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 not just appear

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 great,

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 but if you

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 really want

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 to do

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 great things,

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 then we need

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 to begin

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 to serve

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 the weak

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 and the insignificant,

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 the nobodies

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 within our community.

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 For us,

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 it might mean

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 inviting

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 not the popular

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 nice people

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 to our home,

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 but the outsider,

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 the one that

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 nobody really

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 bothers with.

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 It might mean

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 giving of our

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 time.

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 Not to those

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 who are like us

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 and might say

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 thank you

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 or give us

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 something in

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 return,

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 but to those

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 who are

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 ostracized,

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 those who

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 struggle to fit in,

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 those who

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 can't give

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 anything in

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 return.

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 Isn't that

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 what Jesus

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 did for us?

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 Jesus came

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 into this world

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 to serve

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 weak,

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 insignificant,

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 nobodies

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 like us.

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 He came

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 to welcome

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 sinful

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 outsiders

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 like us

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 to welcome

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 us in,

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 to bring us

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 in,

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 to be part

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 of his

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 family.

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 family.

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 You see,

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 a church

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 family that

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 does not

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 welcome

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 all people,

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 regardless of

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 their race

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 or their

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 particular

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 social

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 background

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 or class

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 or their

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 religion,

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 is a church

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 of pseudo

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 disciples,

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 fake believers

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 who want

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 to appear

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 great

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 rather than

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 do great

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 things.

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 So first,

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 being a

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 disciple means

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 serving the

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 weak and

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 not seeking

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 to be

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 great.

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 Second,

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 he goes

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 on,

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 being a

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 disciple means

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 humility in

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 ministry,

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 not superiority

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 in ministry.

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 Verse 38,

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 Teacher,

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 said John,

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 well,

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 we saw a

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 man driving

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 out demons

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 in your

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 name.

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 But don't

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 worry,

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 we told

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 him to

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 stop because

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 he wasn't

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 one of us.

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 Literally,

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 he wasn't

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 following us.

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 Now,

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 how arrogant

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 is that?

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 John,

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 it seems,

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 is more

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 concerned about

00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:58.280
 his privileged

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 position.

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 John wants

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 status,

00:17:01.920 --> 00:17:03.840
 not service.

00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:04.840
 discipleship.

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 But John

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 is so far

00:17:08.120 --> 00:17:08.940
 from true

00:17:08.940 --> 00:17:09.900
 discipleship

00:17:09.900 --> 00:17:12.640
 because the

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 way of

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 Jesus was

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 marked by

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 humility.

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 He didn't

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 hold on to

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 his position.

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 He gave

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 up his

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 position for

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 us.

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 He humbled

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 himself to

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 the point of

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 death on a

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 cross so that

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 we might become

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 the privileged

00:17:32.740 --> 00:17:34.339
 followers of

00:17:34.339 --> 00:17:34.680
 Jesus.

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 In fact,

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 Jesus shows us

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 the kind of

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 humility that

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 he looks for

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 from his

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 disciples.

00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:44.259
 Verse 39,

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 we can just

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 picture it,

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 John,

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 do not

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 stop him.

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 no one who

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 does a

00:17:52.180 --> 00:17:52.880
 miracle in

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 my name

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 can in the

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 next moment

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 say anything

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 bad about

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 me,

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 for whoever

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 is not

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 against us

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 is for

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 us.

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 Can you

00:18:02.060 --> 00:18:02.540
 not see

00:18:02.540 --> 00:18:02.940
 it's not

00:18:02.940 --> 00:18:04.040
 about superiority

00:18:04.040 --> 00:18:05.480
 over people,

00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:07.660
 but humility

00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:09.120
 towards people.

00:18:09.860 --> 00:18:10.380
 It's about

00:18:10.380 --> 00:18:11.240
 being generous

00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:12.060
 hearted to

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 other believers,

00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:14.560
 other disciples,

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 even if they're

00:18:16.080 --> 00:18:16.940
 not part of

00:18:16.940 --> 00:18:17.460
 your little

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 particular

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 denominational

00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:20.139
 group.

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 I think we

00:18:24.579 --> 00:18:25.079
 can suffer

00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:25.700
 with John's

00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:26.079
 attitude,

00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:26.740
 I know I

00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:27.059
 can,

00:18:28.619 --> 00:18:29.819
 wanting to

00:18:29.819 --> 00:18:30.419
 hold on to

00:18:30.419 --> 00:18:31.139
 my position,

00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:33.119
 wanting to

00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:34.059
 have status,

00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:36.059
 thinking that

00:18:36.059 --> 00:18:36.720
 the only

00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:37.539
 possible way

00:18:37.539 --> 00:18:38.059
 that God

00:18:38.059 --> 00:18:38.559
 can work

00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:39.159
 is through

00:18:39.159 --> 00:18:39.519
 me,

00:18:41.679 --> 00:18:42.539
 or that

00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:42.939
 the only

00:18:42.939 --> 00:18:43.439
 way God

00:18:43.439 --> 00:18:43.899
 can work

00:18:43.899 --> 00:18:44.359
 is through

00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:45.319
 this church

00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:46.399
 or through

00:18:46.399 --> 00:18:47.139
 that particular

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 denomination.

00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:51.879
 well,

00:18:51.939 --> 00:18:52.539
 as disciples,

00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:53.179
 we need to

00:18:53.179 --> 00:18:54.039
 quickly understand

00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:54.639
 that God's

00:18:54.639 --> 00:18:55.259
 work is not

00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:56.059
 confined to

00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:57.099
 any one

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 person or

00:18:57.919 --> 00:18:59.319
 one church.

00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:01.539
 If they are

00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:02.779
 preaching Christ,

00:19:03.819 --> 00:19:04.639
 or as it says

00:19:04.639 --> 00:19:05.460
 in verse 40,

00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:06.460
 whoever is

00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:07.579
 for us,

00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:09.899
 they can't be

00:19:09.899 --> 00:19:10.939
 against us.

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:13.380
 then we

00:19:13.380 --> 00:19:13.740
 should be

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:14.500
 humble enough

00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:15.320
 to accept

00:19:15.320 --> 00:19:15.740
 them and

00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:16.259
 welcome

00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:16.580
 them.

00:19:17.860 --> 00:19:18.460
 It seems

00:19:18.460 --> 00:19:19.259
 that Jesus

00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:19.980
 has a

00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:20.900
 broader view

00:19:20.900 --> 00:19:21.759
 of ministry

00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:23.840
 than perhaps

00:19:23.840 --> 00:19:24.360
 we do.

00:19:27.539 --> 00:19:28.660
 Jesus came

00:19:28.660 --> 00:19:29.340
 in humility

00:19:29.340 --> 00:19:30.080
 to minister

00:19:30.080 --> 00:19:30.779
 to us.

00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:32.840
 He didn't

00:19:32.840 --> 00:19:33.620
 just dismiss

00:19:33.620 --> 00:19:34.779
 us or

00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:35.700
 ignore us,

00:19:35.700 --> 00:19:37.019
 but he

00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:37.799
 stretched out

00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:38.299
 his arms

00:19:38.299 --> 00:19:38.700
 on the

00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:39.220
 cross to

00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:40.100
 include us.

00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:40.960
 His

00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:41.680
 ministry

00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:43.080
 was broad

00:19:43.080 --> 00:19:43.539
 enough

00:19:43.539 --> 00:19:45.360
 to bring

00:19:45.360 --> 00:19:46.380
 close to

00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:46.880
 himself

00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:47.580
 people like

00:19:47.580 --> 00:19:48.259
 us who

00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:49.100
 were against

00:19:49.100 --> 00:19:49.460
 him.

00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:51.480
 In

00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:52.120
 humility

00:19:52.120 --> 00:19:52.819
 he came.

00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:56.039
 Look at

00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:56.779
 verse 41.

00:19:58.980 --> 00:19:59.580
 Jesus

00:19:59.580 --> 00:19:59.880
 says,

00:19:59.960 --> 00:20:00.360
 I tell you

00:20:00.360 --> 00:20:00.900
 the truth,

00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:02.539
 anyone who

00:20:02.539 --> 00:20:03.299
 gives you

00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:04.180
 a cup of

00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:05.000
 water in

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:06.000
 my name

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:07.180
 because you

00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:07.740
 belong to

00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.440
 Christ will

00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:09.299
 certainly not

00:20:09.299 --> 00:20:09.819
 lose his

00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:10.279
 reward.

00:20:12.659 --> 00:20:13.419
 Jesus is

00:20:13.419 --> 00:20:14.159
 looking forward

00:20:14.159 --> 00:20:14.879
 at this stage

00:20:14.879 --> 00:20:15.419
 to a time

00:20:15.419 --> 00:20:15.859
 when the

00:20:15.859 --> 00:20:17.220
 disciples will

00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:17.799
 actually be

00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:18.299
 out on

00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:18.759
 ministry

00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:19.379
 themselves,

00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:20.039
 no longer

00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:21.159
 with Jesus.

00:20:21.579 --> 00:20:22.180
 Jesus will

00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:22.720
 have returned

00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:23.119
 to heaven

00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:23.440
 and they

00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:23.759
 would be

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.579
 out on

00:20:24.579 --> 00:20:25.119
 their own.

00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:25.720
 And he's

00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:25.879
 saying,

00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:26.059
 look,

00:20:26.099 --> 00:20:26.399
 as you

00:20:26.399 --> 00:20:26.960
 go about

00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:27.299
 doing

00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:27.759
 ministry,

00:20:27.879 --> 00:20:28.039
 you're

00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:28.279
 going to

00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:28.940
 meet people

00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:29.339
 and they're

00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:29.599
 going to

00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:29.980
 come to

00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:30.220
 you and

00:20:30.220 --> 00:20:30.799
 serve you,

00:20:30.879 --> 00:20:31.419
 perhaps give

00:20:31.419 --> 00:20:31.779
 you some

00:20:31.779 --> 00:20:32.359
 water or

00:20:32.359 --> 00:20:32.960
 some food.

00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:33.519
 They're

00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:33.960
 going to

00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:34.299
 welcome

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:34.619
 you.

00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:35.799
 And the

00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:36.259
 people who

00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:36.960
 do that,

00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:38.659
 it's evidence

00:20:38.659 --> 00:20:39.319
 that they

00:20:39.319 --> 00:20:39.940
 too are

00:20:39.940 --> 00:20:40.460
 disciples,

00:20:40.619 --> 00:20:40.899
 that they

00:20:40.899 --> 00:20:41.639
 too love

00:20:41.639 --> 00:20:42.059
 Jesus.

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 So the

00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:47.639
 question is,

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 are we as

00:20:49.899 --> 00:20:51.419
 generous and

00:20:51.419 --> 00:20:52.259
 welcoming of

00:20:52.259 --> 00:20:53.079
 God's people?

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:56.339
 People who

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:57.159
 perhaps come

00:20:57.159 --> 00:20:58.359
 to this

00:20:58.359 --> 00:20:59.000
 family of

00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:59.599
 this church

00:20:59.599 --> 00:21:00.720
 from other

00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:01.279
 places,

00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:02.519
 other Christians

00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:02.940
 who've

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 moved here?

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 Do we

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.200
 show that

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.839
 generosity

00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:07.359
 of a

00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:07.700
 welcome?

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 Or do

00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:09.519
 we kind

00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:09.940
 of keep

00:21:09.940 --> 00:21:10.680
 people at

00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.559
 arm's length

00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:11.920
 with a

00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:12.420
 sense of

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 superiority

00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:13.920
 because,

00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:14.779
 well,

00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:15.160
 they don't

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 really fit

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.099
 in and

00:21:16.099 --> 00:21:16.500
 they don't

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:17.079
 do things

00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:17.579
 our way,

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 you know.

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:22.500
 So being

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.059
 a disciple

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 means humility

00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:25.700
 in ministry,

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 not superiority

00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:30.160
 in ministry.

00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.680
 Third,

00:21:34.220 --> 00:21:36.019
 being a

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.440
 disciple

00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:38.160
 means being

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 ruthless

00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:39.580
 with sin,

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 not casual

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 with sin.

00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.940
 Verse 42,

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 and if

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 anyone

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 causes one

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:51.580
 of these

00:21:51.580 --> 00:21:52.340
 little ones,

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 that is,

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.519
 any other

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:54.100
 disciple,

00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:54.640
 a follower

00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:55.160
 of Jesus,

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 if anyone

00:21:56.299 --> 00:21:57.100
 causes one

00:21:57.100 --> 00:21:57.700
 of these

00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:59.080
 disciples who

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 believes in

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 me to sin,

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 it would

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:03.259
 be better

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.700
 for them

00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.080
 to be

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 thrown into

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 the sea

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 with a

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 large

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:06.860
 millstone

00:22:06.860 --> 00:22:07.620
 tied around

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 his neck.

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 How

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 serious

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.420
 he is,

00:22:12.860 --> 00:22:13.480
 causing

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.460
 another

00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:15.140
 disciple,

00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:16.380
 another

00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:16.940
 follower

00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:17.580
 of Jesus

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 to fall

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 away

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 from God

00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:20.180
 or to

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:20.920
 turn away

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 from God

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 is serious.

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 Because what

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 we say

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 and how

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 we live

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.700
 as a

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 disciple

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:31.100
 really

00:22:31.100 --> 00:22:31.740
 matters.

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:34.120
 Sin is

00:22:34.120 --> 00:22:34.980
 not personal,

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.140
 it's not a

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:37.060
 private matter,

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 it not only

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:40.440
 affects my

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:40.960
 life

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:42.060
 if I

00:22:42.060 --> 00:22:42.440
 sin,

00:22:42.580 --> 00:22:42.759
 but

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:44.240
 my sin

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:45.539
 affects the

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.079
 community

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:47.180
 of believers

00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.880
 around me.

00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:50.400
 In fact,

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:51.079
 it is so

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:51.980
 serious that

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 such a

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.839
 person will

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.359
 face the

00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:55.039
 full weight

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.720
 of God's

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.000
 wrath.

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 It will

00:22:56.380 --> 00:22:56.880
 be like,

00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:57.380
 as he says

00:22:57.380 --> 00:22:57.700
 at the end

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:57.980
 of verse

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.500
 42,

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 being thrown

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.240
 into the

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:01.079
 sea with

00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:01.599
 a large

00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:02.259
 millstone

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:02.960
 tied around

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.579
 his neck.

00:23:08.620 --> 00:23:09.220
 Jesus

00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:09.960
 took sin

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.620
 seriously.

00:23:10.619 --> 00:23:13.239
 he came

00:23:13.239 --> 00:23:13.699
 into the

00:23:13.699 --> 00:23:14.219
 world to

00:23:14.219 --> 00:23:14.579
 take

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:16.239
 our sin

00:23:16.239 --> 00:23:17.139
 on himself.

00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:19.399
 He faced

00:23:19.399 --> 00:23:20.079
 the full

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.779
 weight of

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.319
 God's

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:22.059
 wrath around

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:23.139
 his neck

00:23:23.139 --> 00:23:24.059
 for us.

00:23:24.979 --> 00:23:26.179
 He died

00:23:26.179 --> 00:23:26.799
 in our

00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.399
 place on

00:23:27.399 --> 00:23:27.779
 the cross.

00:23:27.899 --> 00:23:28.179
 He took

00:23:28.179 --> 00:23:28.699
 the blame

00:23:28.699 --> 00:23:29.159
 for our

00:23:29.159 --> 00:23:30.039
 sin so

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.419
 that we

00:23:30.419 --> 00:23:30.779
 could live

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.239
 a different

00:23:31.239 --> 00:23:31.519
 way,

00:23:31.619 --> 00:23:32.039
 so that

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:33.519
 we could

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.299
 be ruthless

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:35.000
 with the

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.579
 sin that

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:35.899
 is in

00:23:35.899 --> 00:23:36.599
 our lives.

00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:39.939
 let's

00:23:39.939 --> 00:23:40.339
 read the

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:40.959
 verses of

00:23:40.959 --> 00:23:42.019
 verse 43

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.980
 to 48.

00:23:45.179 --> 00:23:46.019
 If your

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.599
 hand

00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:47.639
 causes you

00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:48.219
 to sin,

00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:50.500
 cut it

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:50.879
 off.

00:23:52.159 --> 00:23:52.799
 It is

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.359
 better for

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:53.779
 you to

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.519
 enter life

00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.240
 maimed

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:56.199
 than with

00:23:56.199 --> 00:23:56.939
 two hands

00:23:56.939 --> 00:23:57.359
 to go

00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:58.000
 into hell

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:59.279
 where the

00:23:59.279 --> 00:23:59.899
 fire never

00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:00.599
 goes out.

00:24:02.139 --> 00:24:02.939
 And if

00:24:02.939 --> 00:24:03.459
 your foot

00:24:03.459 --> 00:24:04.079
 causes you

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:04.539
 to sin,

00:24:05.459 --> 00:24:06.019
 cut it

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:06.399
 off.

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:07.539
 it is

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:07.980
 better for

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.240
 you to

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.819
 enter life

00:24:08.819 --> 00:24:09.459
 crippled

00:24:09.459 --> 00:24:09.899
 than to

00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:10.379
 have two

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:11.779
 feet and

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.279
 be thrown

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:12.879
 into hell.

00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:15.219
 And if

00:24:15.219 --> 00:24:15.699
 your eye

00:24:15.699 --> 00:24:16.319
 causes you

00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:16.779
 to sin,

00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:18.259
 pluck it

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.559
 out.

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:20.039
 It is

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:20.559
 better for

00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:20.839
 you to

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.299
 enter the

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:21.799
 kingdom of

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.299
 God with

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.939
 one eye

00:24:22.939 --> 00:24:24.039
 than to

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.519
 have two

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.619
 eyes and

00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:26.019
 be thrown

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.639
 into hell.

00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.539
 If ever

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.019
 we were

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.779
 in doubt

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:33.740
 as to

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.599
 the seriousness

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.919
 of avoiding

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.860
 sin in

00:24:36.860 --> 00:24:37.600
 our lives

00:24:37.600 --> 00:24:39.880
 or not

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.860
 dealing with

00:24:40.860 --> 00:24:41.539
 sin in

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:42.300
 our lives,

00:24:43.300 --> 00:24:44.340
 this awakens

00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:44.980
 us to the

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:46.500
 terrible and

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.060
 eternal

00:24:47.060 --> 00:24:48.700
 consequences of

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.860
 being casual

00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:51.500
 about sin.

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:51.559
 sin.

00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:54.480
 I'm going to

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:54.839
 read that

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:55.220
 again.

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.400
 If ever

00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:57.779
 we're in

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.400
 doubt as to

00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:59.299
 the seriousness

00:24:59.299 --> 00:25:00.400
 of avoiding

00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:02.619
 or not

00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:03.539
 dealing with

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.259
 sin in

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:05.000
 our lives,

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:07.519
 this must

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.380
 awaken us to

00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:09.440
 the terrible and

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:10.759
 eternal consequences

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:12.200
 of just being

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:12.799
 casual.

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:12.919
 sin.

00:25:12.919 --> 00:25:17.220
 So as I

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.759
 read this,

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.220
 and maybe

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.899
 you're thinking,

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:20.859
 how come I

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:22.379
 still have my

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:23.460
 two hands and

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:25.180
 my two feet and

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:26.180
 my two eyes?

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:28.240
 Have I never

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.799
 sinned?

00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:32.659
 Well, you can be

00:25:32.659 --> 00:25:33.599
 sure it's not

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.879
 because I never

00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:35.240
 sin.

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:36.319
 I do.

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:38.379
 Too much.

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:40.940
 Jesus'

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:41.920
 teaching about

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.860
 cutting and

00:25:42.860 --> 00:25:44.580
 plucking is

00:25:44.580 --> 00:25:45.100
 not to be

00:25:45.100 --> 00:25:46.080
 taken literally.

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:46.880
 We're not to

00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:47.660
 go and perform

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.740
 surgery on each

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.740
 other and cut

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.500
 each other's hands

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.220
 and feet and

00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:52.060
 pull each other's

00:25:52.060 --> 00:25:52.660
 eyes out.

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:55.480
 But this means

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.280
 we are to take

00:25:56.280 --> 00:25:57.480
 things seriously.

00:25:58.520 --> 00:25:59.300
 He's using

00:25:59.300 --> 00:26:00.600
 strong language

00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:01.480
 deliberately to

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.620
 drive the point

00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:03.000
 home.

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:04.360
 Whatever we do

00:26:04.360 --> 00:26:05.320
 with our hands,

00:26:06.560 --> 00:26:07.340
 wherever we

00:26:07.340 --> 00:26:08.040
 happen to go

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.879
 with our feet,

00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:10.899
 whatever we

00:26:10.899 --> 00:26:11.779
 see with our

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:14.059
 eyes, if any

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.899
 part of our

00:26:14.899 --> 00:26:17.159
 life causes

00:26:17.159 --> 00:26:18.220
 us to sin,

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.559
 kill it,

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.839
 cut it out,

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.500
 deal with it

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:26.359
 before it

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:27.159
 kills you.

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.399
 Anything

00:26:29.399 --> 00:26:31.339
 less is to

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:31.879
 ignore the

00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:33.619
 reality of

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:34.339
 hell itself.

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:39.899
 God's

00:26:39.899 --> 00:26:40.899
 love.

00:26:40.899 --> 00:26:41.139
 Johnny, you

00:26:41.139 --> 00:26:41.720
 can't really

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.319
 mean this,

00:26:42.399 --> 00:26:42.779
 can you?

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.700
 If Jesus

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.680
 didn't literally

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.960
 mean cut

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.339
 off your

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:48.039
 hands, then

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:50.000
 it's not too

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.720
 far to kind of

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.399
 go as far to

00:26:51.399 --> 00:26:51.920
 say, well, he

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.740
 didn't literally

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.500
 mean hell.

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.200
 Well, to

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:56.960
 underline that

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:58.119
 hell is real,

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.259
 Jesus quotes

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:01.259
 from Isaiah.

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:01.659
 Look at

00:27:01.659 --> 00:27:02.920
 verse 48.

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:04.860
 The end of

00:27:04.860 --> 00:27:05.759
 verse 47, he

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.060
 says, you'll

00:27:06.060 --> 00:27:06.400
 be thrown

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:06.940
 into hell

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.340
 where?

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.000
 And he

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:09.019
 quotes Isaiah

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.880
 where their

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:10.640
 worm does

00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:12.039
 not die and

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:13.060
 the fire is

00:27:13.060 --> 00:27:13.980
 not quenched.

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.560
 That quote is

00:27:17.560 --> 00:27:18.380
 from the very

00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:19.360
 last verse,

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:19.900
 you can look it

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.600
 up later if you

00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:21.360
 wish, the very

00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:22.779
 last verse in

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.320
 the book of

00:27:23.320 --> 00:27:25.060
 Isaiah, which

00:27:25.060 --> 00:27:25.980
 comes at the

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:27.180
 end of two

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:29.019
 long chapters of

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:30.200
 God's wonderful

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:32.039
 salvation, his

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.819
 promise of

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:34.339
 restoration and

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:35.139
 renewal and

00:27:35.139 --> 00:27:35.839
 all that he's

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:37.899
 going to do, but

00:27:37.899 --> 00:27:39.019
 at the very end

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.740
 it ends with

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.519
 this serious

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.119
 note of

00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:41.519
 judgment.

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 The very last

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.399
 verse.

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 Let me read

00:27:45.639 --> 00:27:46.240
 it to you.

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 Here's the

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.639
 full verse.

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 They will go

00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:51.079
 out and look

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.940
 upon the dead

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:53.000
 bodies of those

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:54.200
 who rebelled

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.899
 against me.

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.740
 Their worm

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.680
 will not die,

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.759
 nor will their

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.879
 fire be quenched

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.460
 in other words,

00:28:02.560 --> 00:28:03.720
 this is eternal

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:06.620
 suffering and

00:28:06.620 --> 00:28:07.120
 they will be

00:28:07.120 --> 00:28:07.980
 loathsome to

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.840
 all mankind.

00:28:11.600 --> 00:28:12.740
 It's a reality.

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:17.000
 And you know

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.320
 what?

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:19.360
 If it were not

00:28:19.360 --> 00:28:20.120
 for the death

00:28:20.120 --> 00:28:20.740
 of Jesus,

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:23.460
 we would all

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.080
 be facing

00:28:24.080 --> 00:28:24.460
 hell.

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:28.160
 Jesus came

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:29.580
 to be ruthless

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:30.859
 with sin

00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:32.799
 because we

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.299
 could never

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:33.879
 do it.

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.579
 He came to

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:36.359
 be our

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:36.759
 sin.

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:38.539
 He took

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:39.599
 on all the

00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:40.259
 wrong things

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.879
 that I've

00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:41.319
 ever done

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:42.139
 and that you've

00:28:42.139 --> 00:28:42.539
 ever done.

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.559
 He endured

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:44.339
 the judgment

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:45.179
 that we deserve.

00:28:45.639 --> 00:28:46.419
 He suffered

00:28:46.419 --> 00:28:47.559
 the depths

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.240
 of hell

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:49.240
 for us

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:50.179
 so that we

00:28:50.179 --> 00:28:50.859
 don't have

00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:51.199
 to.

00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:54.379
 He did it

00:28:54.379 --> 00:28:55.099
 all for us

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.619
 so that we

00:28:55.619 --> 00:28:56.159
 could actually

00:28:56.159 --> 00:28:56.819
 live a different

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.839
 way so that

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.480
 we could

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.879
 fight the

00:28:59.879 --> 00:29:00.379
 sin in our

00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:00.939
 lives.

00:29:02.879 --> 00:29:03.819
 This is a

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.720
 sober reminder

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:06.419
 to all of us

00:29:06.419 --> 00:29:07.599
 as disciples

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.259
 of Jesus.

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:11.159
 How we view

00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:13.000
 sin and

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.879
 more importantly

00:29:13.879 --> 00:29:15.259
 what we do

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:16.240
 with the sin

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.980
 that is still

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.919
 in our lives

00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:19.240
 determines

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:21.059
 our eternal

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.659
 destiny.

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:24.759
 so being a

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.519
 disciple means

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.200
 being ruthless

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.900
 with sin

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:28.940
 and not

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:29.779
 casual with

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.080
 sin.

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.380
 I said it

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:34.900
 was hard

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:37.540
 and I think

00:29:37.540 --> 00:29:38.019
 that's why

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:39.340
 Jesus took

00:29:39.340 --> 00:29:40.000
 his disciples

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.500
 alone

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:42.940
 because it

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.540
 is difficult

00:29:43.540 --> 00:29:45.920
 but yet

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:46.640
 there's joy

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:48.320
 in discipleship.

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:50.120
 This is the

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:51.000
 radical nature

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:52.000
 of discipleship.

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.839
 This is what

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.460
 it means

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:54.000
 to follow

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.480
 Jesus

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:56.119
 and if we're

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:56.839
 in any doubt

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.720
 as to its

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.240
 difficulty

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.680
 look at

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.519
 verse 49

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:01.460
 everyone

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:02.119
 will be

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:02.660
 salted

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:03.420
 with fire.

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:04.880
 In other

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:05.319
 words he's

00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:05.680
 saying the

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.259
 path of

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:07.140
 discipleship

00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:08.180
 will mean

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:08.559
 a life

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.200
 of suffering.

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.220
 Serving

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:11.700
 the weak

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:13.220
 being humble

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:14.140
 towards others

00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:15.420
 being ruthless

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:15.980
 with sin

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:17.579
 that's not a

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.059
 walk in the

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.400
 park

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:19.460
 that's really

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:20.000
 tough.

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:22.960
 but it's

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.660
 really good.

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.400
 It's really

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:25.839
 good.

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.140
 It's good

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:27.660
 for you.

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.059
 Look at

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.700
 verse 50

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:31.480
 changing the

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:31.900
 metaphor

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:33.819
 Jesus says

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.779
 salt is

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.380
 good

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:36.940
 but if it

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.640
 loses its

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.279
 saltiness

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:39.440
 how can you

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.200
 make it salty

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.599
 again?

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:42.019
 Have salt

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:43.000
 in yourselves

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:44.700
 and be at

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.180
 peace with

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.680
 each other.

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:45.740
 water.

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:50.200
 We don't

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.779
 use salt

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.100
 in the

00:30:51.100 --> 00:30:51.680
 same way

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.779
 but again

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.080
 in the

00:30:53.080 --> 00:30:53.759
 times that

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.060
 it was

00:30:54.060 --> 00:30:54.360
 written

00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:54.980
 salt

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:56.180
 will

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:57.700
 preserve

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:59.080
 and salt

00:30:59.080 --> 00:31:00.120
 will purify

00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:00.840
 food.

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:03.259
 So Jesus

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.740
 is saying

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.440
 the suffering

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:05.480
 and the

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:06.019
 path that

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.539
 we take

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:07.299
 as disciples

00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:09.539
 it will

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:10.100
 preserve

00:31:10.100 --> 00:31:11.779
 and purify

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.259
 you.

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:13.720
 if there's

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:14.400
 no salt

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:14.700
 in the

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:14.940
 food

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.319
 it's going

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:15.759
 to rot

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.099
 and be

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:16.559
 mouldy

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:17.119
 and stink

00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:17.539
 and go

00:31:17.539 --> 00:31:17.859
 off.

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.379
 So without

00:31:20.379 --> 00:31:21.420
 the salt

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:22.420
 of suffering

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:24.579
 we will

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:25.359
 never become

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:26.140
 the disciples

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:26.599
 and the

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:27.119
 people that

00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:27.799
 God calls

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.379
 us to be.

00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:30.460
 so he

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:30.880
 says it's

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:31.360
 good.

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:34.720
 And

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.220
 thankfully

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.700
 Jesus

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.300
 took the

00:31:36.300 --> 00:31:36.780
 ultimate

00:31:36.780 --> 00:31:37.340
 suffering

00:31:37.340 --> 00:31:38.160
 for us

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:39.260
 our sin

00:31:39.260 --> 00:31:40.020
 death

00:31:40.020 --> 00:31:40.480
 hell

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.100
 itself

00:31:41.100 --> 00:31:42.900
 so that

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:43.520
 the path

00:31:43.520 --> 00:31:44.140
 of suffering

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.500
 that we

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.320
 now walk

00:31:45.320 --> 00:31:46.060
 as his

00:31:46.060 --> 00:31:46.700
 disciples

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:47.820
 as we

00:31:47.820 --> 00:31:48.360
 journey

00:31:48.360 --> 00:31:49.100
 with him

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:50.200
 it will

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:51.140
 change us

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:52.080
 and transform

00:31:52.080 --> 00:31:52.600
 us

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:53.380
 and make

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:53.860
 us to be

00:31:53.860 --> 00:31:54.400
 more like

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:54.800
 Jesus.

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:58.000
 in a

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.619
 contradiction

00:31:58.619 --> 00:31:59.139
 to the

00:31:59.139 --> 00:31:59.740
 world's

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.220
 standards

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:01.259
 suffering

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:02.599
 is good

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:03.279
 for us

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:05.319
 and we

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:05.740
 can be

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.419
 joyful

00:32:06.419 --> 00:32:07.279
 in walking

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:07.839
 the path

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.559
 because

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:10.159
 one day

00:32:10.159 --> 00:32:11.839
 suffering

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.599
 will end

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:14.359
 and

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:14.839
 suffering

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.220
 will

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:16.019
 have

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.559
 fulfilled

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.259
 its work

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.899
 within us

00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:18.740
 because we

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.579
 will see

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:20.359
 Jesus

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:22.919
 and not

00:32:22.919 --> 00:32:23.319
 only will

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.899
 we see

00:32:23.899 --> 00:32:24.539
 Jesus

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:26.240
 but we

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:26.579
 will be

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:27.099
 like

00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:27.579
 Jesus

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:28.960
 the

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:29.460
 ultimate

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:30.200
 and true

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:30.799
 disciple

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:32.500
 we will

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:32.879
 become

00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:33.539
 like him

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:35.440
 in every

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:35.839
 way

00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:37.279
 living with

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.599
 him

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:38.899
 for all

00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:39.440
 eternity

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:41.599
 this is

00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:42.180
 the joy

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:43.720
 in being

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.379
 a disciple

00:32:44.379 --> 00:32:46.079
 is it

00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:46.480
 hard

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:49.099
 absolutely

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:50.879
 is it

00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:51.700
 worth it

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:53.059
 without

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:54.019
 a doubt

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:56.920
 are we

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.519
 hired

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:59.299
 are we

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.480
 an

00:32:59.480 --> 00:32:59.940
 apprentice

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:01.299
 of the

00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:01.599
 Lord

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:02.160
 Jesus

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:03.579
 following

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:04.039
 him

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:05.579
 as his

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:06.139
 disciple

00:33:06.139 --> 00:33:07.619
 let's

00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:07.859
 pray

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:27.899
 father

00:33:27.899 --> 00:33:28.539
 perhaps

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:30.119
 in some

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:30.339
 ways

00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:30.559
 we're

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:30.819
 just

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.159
 like

00:33:31.159 --> 00:33:31.379
 the

00:33:31.379 --> 00:33:31.859
 disciples

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.319
 as they

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:32.740
 first

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.079
 heard

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:33.379
 those

00:33:33.379 --> 00:33:33.699
 words

00:33:33.699 --> 00:33:33.879
 of

00:33:33.879 --> 00:33:34.179
 Jesus

00:33:34.179 --> 00:33:34.619
 we

00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:36.219
 find it

00:33:36.219 --> 00:33:36.659
 hard to

00:33:36.659 --> 00:33:37.279
 understand

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:37.659
 and

00:33:37.659 --> 00:33:38.799
 we're

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.000
 even

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.339
 afraid

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:39.959
 to ask

00:33:39.959 --> 00:33:40.500
 what all

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:40.719
 this

00:33:40.719 --> 00:33:41.239
 means

00:33:41.239 --> 00:33:43.299
 this is

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:43.879
 this is

00:33:43.879 --> 00:33:44.399
 hard

00:33:44.399 --> 00:33:45.259
 for us

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:47.019
 this is

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.639
 not easy

00:33:47.639 --> 00:33:48.399
 for us

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:51.240
 so please

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.560
 would you

00:33:51.560 --> 00:33:51.900
 give us

00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:52.320
 a heart

00:33:52.320 --> 00:33:52.680
 to

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:54.280
 accept

00:33:54.280 --> 00:33:54.600
 your

00:33:54.600 --> 00:33:55.100
 teaching

00:33:55.100 --> 00:33:58.180
 and to

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.960
 follow in

00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.180
 it

00:33:59.180 --> 00:34:00.140
 trusting you

00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:00.820
 that your

00:34:00.820 --> 00:34:01.380
 way is

00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:01.860
 perfect

00:34:01.860 --> 00:34:02.440
 and good

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:03.300
 and the

00:34:03.300 --> 00:34:03.720
 journey

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:04.060
 and the

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 path

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 that you

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 call us

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 to

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 while it

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 is hard

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 it is

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 good for

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 us

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 and it

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 is your

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 good way

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 of changing

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 us and

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 transforming us

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 to be more

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 like Jesus

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 so that as

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 we go out

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 into the

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:21.840
 world we

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 reflect the

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 beauty of

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 Christ

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 and we

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 begin to

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 serve

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 others who

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 are weak

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 the nobodies

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 and we

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 begin to be

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 humble in

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 our ministry

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 and we

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 begin to see

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 the sin that

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 needs to be

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 rooted out

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 father be

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 gentle with

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 us

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 and continue

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 your work

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 in our

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 lives

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:49.659
 as we

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 seek to

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 follow you

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 and learn

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 from you

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 in Jesus

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 name we

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 pray

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 amen

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 and we

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 you

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 you