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 I'll tell you that this week, Thursday night, I was hit by a truck driven by a big burly guy who goes by the radio handle ragweed.

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! And I've suffered for it. You guys really, I'm sorry, you really thought I was hit by a truck. I wasn't really hit by a truck.

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 It kind of flattened me just the same. On Friday, I'm still suffering from that now. A couple of weeks ago, I was reminded of

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 a quote by Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones who said,

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 Preaching is theology coming through a man who is on fire. And this morning, I feel like I'm just smoldering.

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 But we'll get through it together. We do believe in the primacy of preaching in our corporate meetings.

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 The preached Word of God is incredibly important to the people of God, and we live in a day where that seems to be on the decline.

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 And as it is, it also seems that the church is on the decline. And so even amidst suffering, rough voices, the preaching of the Word is of great, great importance.

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 Now today will probably be a briefer sermon than we've had in the past. I think you all are due that.

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 I think over the past, if I'm remembering correctly, over the past three weeks, I've preached for two hours and 48 minutes, I think.

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 So I'm going to try to bring it in for you tonight. Although ironically, we're going to cover more text the Sunday than we have in the past Sunday.

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 So join me at the beginning of verse 32 of Mark chapter 10 as I read through the end of the chapter.

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 Woe is right.

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 And they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them.

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 And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid.

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 And taking the twelve again, He began to tell them what was to happen to Him, saying,

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 See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes,

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 and they will condemn Him to death and deliver Him over to the Gentiles.

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 And they will mock Him and spit on Him and flog Him and kill Him.

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 And after three days, He will rise.

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 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to Him and said to Him,

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 Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.

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 And He said to them, What do you want Me to do for you?

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 And they said to Him, Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.

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 Jesus said to them, You do not know what you are asking.

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 Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?

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 And they said to Him, We are able.

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 And Jesus said to them, The cup that I drink you will drink.

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 And with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized.

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 But to sit at My right hand or at My left is not Mine to grant,

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 for it is for those for whom it has been prepared.

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 And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John.

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 And Jesus called them to Him and said to them,

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 You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them,

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 and their great ones exercise authority over them.

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 But it shall not be so among you.

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 But whoever will be great among you must be your servant.

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 And whoever will be first among you must be slave of all.

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 For even the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve,

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 and to give up His life as a ransom for many.

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 And they came to Jericho.

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 And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples, a great crowd,

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 Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside.

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 And when He heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, He began to cry out and said,

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 Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on Me.

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 And many rebuked Him, telling Him to be silent.

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 But He cried out all the more, Son of David, have mercy on Me.

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 And Jesus stopped and said, Call Him.

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 And they called the blind man, saying to Him,

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 Take heart, get up, He is calling you.

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 And throwing off His cloak, He sprang up and came to Jesus.

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 And Jesus said to him, What do you want Me to do for you?

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 And the blind man said to him, Rabbi, let me recover My sight.

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 And Jesus said to him, Go your way, your faith has made you well.

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 And immediately He recovered His sight and followed Him on the way.

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 This is God's Word to us, written for His glory and our good.

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 We would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father God, we are in all ways and at all times beholden to Your strength.

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 We are completely weak apart from You.

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 But there are certainly moments in our lives that we feel that more readily.

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 And Father, this is probably the best place for us to be wholly dependent,

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 recognizing that we need You and we need You this morning to preach through me,

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 to apply the preaching of Your Word to our hearts,

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 to change us from one degree of glory to another.

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 We throw ourselves on Your promises.

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 We know that You love Your people.

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 And You want to see Your people come into perfection.

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 We know that You love Your glory, that You're zealous for it.

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 And You want a people that will honor You with their lives and with their lips.

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 And so have Your way with us this morning as we open Your Word.

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 And we pray this in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So, as we've discussed previously, Mark's Gospel is written in a sort of three-act way.

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 Now, I don't think he laid it out specifically in this way,

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 but you can kind of see some divisions.

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 And we've worked our way through Act 1 up through chapter 8, verse 21,

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 which largely accounts for Jesus' public ministry.

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 We certainly pick up some teaching in there.

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 We see lots of miracles.

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 All these miracles, they gave affirmation to the words that He was saying.

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 But since chapter 8, verse 22,

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 we've come into what we've kind of seen to be the second act,

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 where Jesus' public ministry is minimized

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 and His attention to disciples is emphasized.

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 We can see this in chapter 9, verse 30 and 31.

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 They went on from there and passed through Galilee.

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 And He did not want anyone to know,

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 for He was teaching His disciples.

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 This was the major thrust of His ministry at this time.

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 And in this act that goes through the end of chapter 10,

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 we see it punctuated by Jesus' passion predictions.

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 That is, His predictions of His suffering, His death, and His resurrection.

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 We saw that in chapter 8, verse 31.

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 And in 9, verse 31.

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 And then before us this morning in verses 33 and 34 of chapter 10.

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 So it seems to be marked out by these passion predictions.

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 And in each case of Mark's account,

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 these passion predictions are followed by a record of the misunderstanding of the disciples.

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 And I find it very easy to wag my head at the disciples

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 and not be able to comprehend how it is that they were so misled and so confused.

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 But as we've noted, the culture was informing them about who the Messiah would be.

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 They thought the Messiah was going to come and reign militarily.

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 They thought He was going to sit on a throne on this earth in that time.

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 And He was going to lead a great army and overthrow Rome.

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 That He was going to set the Jews free from their earthly oppression.

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 But because God's Word is written for us,

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 we ought not merely just muse at the response of the disciples.

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 Look at the poor, pitiful disciples and their muted understanding.

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 But we also ought to apply Jesus' teaching to our own hearts.

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 To ask the question,

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 do we rightly understand what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ?

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 We have been called from our nets on the seashore.

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 We are now following Him.

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 But do we follow Him rightly?

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 And so we see their journey continuing in verse 32.

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 And for the first time, we see the name of the place that they are headed to.

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 I have been saying to you all along that this last six months,

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 as He's putting His major focus on the disciples,

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 that He's moving towards Jerusalem.

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 This is how we know that to be the case in verse 32.

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 They're moving from the east, headed towards Jerusalem.

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 If you're looking at a map,

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 it would look as if they're heading southwest.

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 But you see it says they're going up to Jerusalem.

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 But everything was up to Jerusalem in this day.

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 Jerusalem was the great pinnacle of civilization.

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 And furthermore, since they're coming from the east,

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 there actually was a climb.

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 They had quite a steep road on their journey to Jerusalem.

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 So they're traveling up to Jerusalem.

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 And we see in verse 32 a difference in the way in which they're walking.

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 Mark records that Jesus was walking ahead of them.

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 It doesn't seem to be a stroll amongst the disciples any longer,

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 where He's teaching them as they talk along the way.

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 But now He's walking out ahead of them.

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 He's now determined where He's going and what He's going to go and do.

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 You will note, for the original language,

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 we see that this fear and amazement is the fear of the disciples

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 and is the amazement of the crowd.

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 And these things should be read in light of the following words

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 that Jesus is going to speak to them.

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 Saying to them,

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 See, we're going up to Jerusalem.

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 And He makes this prediction once again,

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 a more expanded version of the predictions that He's made earlier

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 in chapter 8, verse 31,

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 and chapter 9, verse 31.

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 And we know from our hindsight,

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 from our position in redemptive history,

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 that all of these things came to pass.

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 Turn with me to Mark 15.

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 We'll look in a short text here

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 and see all of the realizations of all of these things.

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 Mark 15, beginning in verse 15,

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 So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd,

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 released for them Barabbas.

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 And having scourged Jesus,

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 they flogged Him.

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 He delivered Him to be crucified.

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 And the soldiers led Him away inside the palace,

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 that is the governor's headquarters.

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 And they called together the whole battalion.

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 And they clothed Him in a purple cloak

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 and twisted together a crown of thorns.

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 They put it on Him.

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 And they began to salute Him.

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 Hail, King of the Jews!

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 They mocked Him.

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 And they were striking His head with a reed

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 and spitting on Him.

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 They spit on Him

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 and kneeling down in homage to Him.

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 And when they had mocked Him,

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 they stripped Him of the purple cloak

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 and put His own clothes on Him.

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 And they led Him out to crucify Him.

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 We know what follows.

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 They did in fact kill Him.

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 So this tragic prediction that Jesus makes for us

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 in chapter 10 certainly comes true.

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 And the disciples are having a hard time understanding

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 why.

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 Why would the King of the Jews,

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 why would the Messiah,

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 the One who has come to deliver us,

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 die?

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 It seems that the fear of the disciples

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 is rooted in their temporal mindsets

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 of what this death march Jerusalem

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 was going to mean for them.

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 They had yet to fully comprehend

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 and understand the eternal purposes

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 of God and Jesus Christ.

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 They had yet to understand

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 that Jesus came to inaugurate

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 a spiritual kingdom

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 that would be consummated

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 someday in the future.

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 They seemed to miss that Jesus

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 had always finished

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 His passion predictions

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 with His resurrection.

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 He never fails.

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 Never fails to say it.

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 After three days,

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 He will rise.

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 He never leaves them hopeless.

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 After three days,

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 I will rise.

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 This is the exclamation mark

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 on the end of these predictions

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 of suffering.

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 Death will have no dominion

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 over me.

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 And therefore,

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 death has no dominion

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 over us.

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 Peter put it this way

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 in 1 Peter 1.3,

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 Blessed be the God and Father

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 According to His great mercy,

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 He has caused us

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 to be born again

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 to a living hope

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 through the resurrection

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 of Jesus Christ

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 from the dead.

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 In Jesus' resurrection,

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 we ourselves

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 have been resurrected.

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 We were put to death

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 and we have been raised again

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 to live with Him.

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 This is the beautiful promise

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 of the Gospel

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 when Jesus is giving it

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 to them right here

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 and He's laying it out

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 before them

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 and they have just yet

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 to fully understand.

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 And we see it again.

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 This is the third time now.

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 Look at the response

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 of James and John.

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 These brothers,

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 the sons of Zebedee,

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 they make a request of Him.

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 They want to sit,

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 one at the right,

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 one at the left hand,

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 in glory.

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 They want to reign with Him

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 in glory.

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 Perhaps because they're familiar

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 with 1 Samuel 2.8.

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 Which says,

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 He raises up the poor

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 from the dust.

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 He lifts the needy

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 from the ash heap

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 to make them sit with princes

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 and inherit a seat of honor.

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 They were rightly asking

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 in some sense,

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 Lord, we want to reign with You.

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 We want the promise

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 of 1 Samuel 2.8

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 to come true for us.

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 But look at how Jesus responds

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 to them in verse 38.

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 You do not know

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 what you are asking.

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 If you are to receive

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 the blessing of reigning with Me

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 in glory,

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 do you understand

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 what that means?

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 And He asks them a question,

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 a rhetorical question,

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 which He answers

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 that they will in fact

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 be able to do.

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 Are you able to drink

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 the cup that I drink

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 or to be baptized

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 with the baptism

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 with which I am baptized?

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 And this question

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 is saturated

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 with Old Testament imagery

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 of suffering.

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 They would have understood

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 what He meant

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 when He talked about

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 drinking of a cup

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 and being baptized

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 with this baptism.

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 Drink the cup that I drink

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 means the cup of God's wrath.

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 This is what He's specifically

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 referring to in this case.

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 At the hands of men,

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 Jesus Christ on the cross

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 was going to experience

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 the full cup of God's wrath.

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 Psalm 75.8 reads,

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 For in the hand of the Lord

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 there is a cup

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 with foaming wine

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 well mixed

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 and He pours out from it

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 and all the wicked of the earth

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 shall drain it down

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 to the dregs.

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 This is why Jesus prays

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 in the Garden of Gethsemane.

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 Good record of this

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 is Luke 22.42.

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 Father, if You are willing,

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 remove this cup from Me.

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 Nevertheless,

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 not My will,

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 but Yours.

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 Let us be done.

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 Jesus knew that it was

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 the very wrath of God

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 that was going to be

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 poured out on Him

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 for our sins

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 that He was going to drink of.

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 And in His human nature

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 asked that if God's will

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 could be accomplished

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 in another way

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 that He wouldn't have

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 to do this thing.

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 But yet,

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 this being the will of God,

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 the preordained will of God,

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 Jesus drank it

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 to the very last drop.

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 How about the baptism

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 that He refers to here?

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 That's a clear allusion

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 to God's judgment

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 in the flood.

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 That Jesus was going to be

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 overwhelmed by God's judgment.

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 Again,

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 poured out on Him

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 because of the sinfulness

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 of mankind.

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 And James and John

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 respond to Him,

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 we are able.

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 We are able.

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 And I don't think that they

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 fully comprehended

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 what Jesus was talking about

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 in His suffering.

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 None of us can suffer

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 the way that Jesus suffered.

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 I don't know how many of you

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 saw the passion of the Christ

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 such a brutal depiction,

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 a fairly accurate depiction

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 of what crucifixion looked like.

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 The thing that was

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 heartbreaking to me

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 about that

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 is everybody said,

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 oh, look at this man

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 and what they did for me

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 and the things he did

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 in his flesh,

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 others would do.

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 I think James and John

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 understand that.

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 I would do that for you.

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 I would receive that kind

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 of physical suffering

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 for you,

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 but the thing that I could

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 never do for you

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 is to be punished

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 in my spirit

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 the way that Jesus was.

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 To drink of the full wrath

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 of God

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 for the sins of the church.

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 To have His judgment

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 wash over Him.

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 One who had been

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 in perfect union

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 with the Godhead

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 for all eternity.

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 Suddenly had God

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 turn His back on Him.

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 This is something

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 that none of us

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 could have ever bore

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 except for Jesus Christ.

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 So they say we are able

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 and if we're getting

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 to this point in the text

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 and we've yet to read

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 the rest of it,

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 we should say,

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 no you can't.

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 Impossible.

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 How could you possibly?

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 But what does Jesus

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 respond to them?

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 The cup that I drink,

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 you will drink.

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 With the baptism

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 with which I am baptized,

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 you will be baptized.

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 Now is He talking about

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 the exact same suffering

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 that He would go through?

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 No.

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 He's not.

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 But He is talking about

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 the physical suffering.

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 The persecution

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 that He'll receive

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 at the hands of the Gentiles.

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 They will receive

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 as well.

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 Surely you will.

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 James and John

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 were not lacking

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 in willingness.

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 But they didn't fully get

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 what they were saying.

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 They wanted a reward

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 for their part in the suffering.

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 It's if they're coming

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 to Him to say,

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 we want to guarantee

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 that if we're going to continue

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 to follow you to Jerusalem

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 and this is what's going

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 to happen to you,

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 that something really good

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 and positive is going

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 to happen for us.

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 We are willing,

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 we are able to suffer

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 if only we can have

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 the promise of glory.

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 You see,

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 they wanted to serve Jesus

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 for their sake

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 and not for the sake

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 of others.

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 And they certainly did.

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 James,

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 you can read about

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 in Acts 12.2,

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 was killed by King Herod

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 with a sword.

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 John was exiled

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 to the island of Patmos.

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 Tradition holds

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 that he's the only apostle

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 that was not martyred.

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 However,

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 he was tortured.

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 He suffered greatly.

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 It's believed that he died

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 of natural causes,

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 but he took on

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 all kinds of torment.

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 He had even been dipped

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 in hot oil

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 and the skin on his body

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 was removed

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 by that process.

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 They certainly suffered

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 for the sake of the name

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 but Jesus presses to them

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 that this suffering

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 does not guarantee

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 some special status,

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 a future glory to be sure,

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 but not some special status.

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 However,

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 humility does lead

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 to exaltation.

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 It turns me to Luke 14

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 while I take a water break

00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:01.960
 from my throat.

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 He says to them,

00:20:18.859 --> 00:20:19.859
 it's not for me to decide

00:20:19.859 --> 00:20:21.099
 who will sit at the right hand

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 or the left hand of me

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 in glory.

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 This place has been prepared

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 beforehand.

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 But what does

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 humiliation

00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:32.319
 award us?

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 How can we

00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:35.259
 persevere

00:20:35.259 --> 00:20:36.419
 through persecution?

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 And there is a future promise

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 for us.

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 He tells a parable

00:20:41.819 --> 00:20:42.799
 beginning in verse 7,

00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:43.700
 Luke 14.

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 Now he told a parable

00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:45.399
 to those who were invited

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 when he noticed

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 how they chose

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 the places of honor,

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 saying to them,

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 when you are invited

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 by someone to a wedding feast,

00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:53.980
 do not sit down

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 in a place of honor,

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 lest someone more distinguished

00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:56.700
 than you

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 be invited by him.

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 People in this day

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 who were more distinguished

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 sat closer to the head

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 of the table.

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 Verse 9,

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 And he who invited you both

00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:06.899
 will come and say to you,

00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:08.159
 give your place

00:21:08.159 --> 00:21:08.859
 to this person,

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 and then you will begin

00:21:09.859 --> 00:21:10.559
 with shame

00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:11.859
 to take the lowest place.

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 But when you are invited,

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 go and sit in the lowest place

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 so that when the host comes,

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 he may say to you,

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 friend,

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 move up higher.

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 Then you will be honored

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 in the presence of all

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 who sit at table

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 with you.

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 For everyone

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 who exalts himself

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 will be humbled,

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 and he who humbles himself

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 will be exalted.

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 So the very thing

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.700
 that they're asking for

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:36.500
 is the self-exaltation.

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 And the point is further made

00:21:38.879 --> 00:21:40.319
 by the response

00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:41.740
 of the other ten.

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 This activity amongst

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:44.059
 James and John

00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:45.420
 and the other disciples

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 leads Jesus

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:48.319
 to the teaching

00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:52.539
 of verse 42, 43, 44, and 45.

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 It says when the ten heard it,

00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.399
 verse 41,

00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:58.099
 they began to be indignant

00:21:58.099 --> 00:22:00.220
 at James and John.

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:01.960
 They became angry with them

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:03.440
 because James and John

00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:05.640
 were asking for seats of honor.

00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:06.539
 It was the same problem

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:07.960
 we saw back in chapter 9

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.819
 where they're arguing

00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:10.220
 about who is the greatest

00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:11.400
 among them.

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:13.420
 They're feuding in between

00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:14.480
 of their little band.

00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:15.559
 Who's going to be generals

00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:17.100
 and who's going to be colonels

00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:18.980
 in Jesus' army?

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:21.579
 And Jesus calls to them together

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.400
 and says,

00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:25.059
 You know those

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.600
 who are considered

00:22:25.600 --> 00:22:26.480
 rulers of the Gentiles,

00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:28.079
 lord it over them.

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:30.180
 They deal with them unjustly.

00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:31.500
 And their great ones

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:33.980
 exercise authority over them.

00:22:34.600 --> 00:22:35.720
 You know it to be true

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.380
 of this world

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:37.299
 that people who are

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:38.460
 in positions of power

00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:40.420
 rain down on people

00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:41.720
 who are lowly.

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 But God's kingdom

00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:45.519
 looks different.

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.339
 Verse 43,

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:48.860
 But it shall not be so

00:22:48.860 --> 00:22:50.640
 among you.

00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:52.480
 But whoever will be great

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:53.100
 among you

00:22:53.100 --> 00:22:54.539
 must be your servant.

00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:56.399
 And whoever will be first

00:22:56.399 --> 00:22:56.899
 among you

00:22:56.899 --> 00:22:58.000
 must be slave

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:59.279
 of all.

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 It seems to be

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.899
 a little backwards

00:23:01.899 --> 00:23:03.180
 in God's economy

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:04.500
 that if we want to be

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.279
 first,

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:07.039
 we must be last.

00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:07.539
 That we must

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:09.039
 empty ourselves

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:10.039
 and serve

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:11.200
 others.

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:13.220
 And then Jesus

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:14.259
 gives for this

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:15.500
 the great

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:18.039
 example

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:19.720
 of His own life.

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.460
 For even

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:22.360
 the Son of Man

00:23:22.360 --> 00:23:24.140
 came not to serve,

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.920
 not to be served,

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.900
 but to serve,

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:28.740
 and to give His life

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:30.140
 as a ransom

00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:31.539
 for many.

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:32.839
 The Son of Man,

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:33.640
 Jesus,

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:34.660
 the Christ,

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.700
 the Messiah

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:37.200
 came not to rule

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:38.039
 militarily,

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:38.819
 not to be set up

00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.480
 on a throne

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.480
 and worshipped

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.680
 in the temporal,

00:23:42.180 --> 00:23:42.880
 but to serve

00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:43.900
 in the eternal.

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:44.799
 To give up

00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:45.559
 His life

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.379
 that we may

00:23:46.379 --> 00:23:47.139
 have life

00:23:47.139 --> 00:23:47.960
 in Him.

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:49.000
 He secured

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.839
 an eternal

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.359
 redemption

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:51.679
 for the church

00:23:51.679 --> 00:23:53.139
 in this great

00:23:53.139 --> 00:23:53.879
 climax

00:23:53.879 --> 00:23:55.419
 of redemptive

00:23:55.419 --> 00:23:56.099
 history.

00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:58.259
 He's just

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:59.000
 driving the same

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.359
 point.

00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:00.139
 It's the theme

00:24:00.139 --> 00:24:00.759
 of this second

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.919
 act of Mark's

00:24:01.919 --> 00:24:02.419
 that He's made

00:24:02.419 --> 00:24:03.339
 previously to us.

00:24:03.399 --> 00:24:03.899
 Remember Mark

00:24:03.899 --> 00:24:04.679
 chapter 8,

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:06.319
 34 and 35.

00:24:06.679 --> 00:24:07.740
 This is in response

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.700
 to the improper

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.299
 understanding

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:09.960
 of the disciples.

00:24:11.179 --> 00:24:11.599
 If anyone

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:12.179
 would come after

00:24:12.179 --> 00:24:12.480
 Me,

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.980
 let him deny

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.519
 himself

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.700
 and take up

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.460
 his cross

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:17.639
 and follow

00:24:17.639 --> 00:24:17.839
 Me.

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.240
 That is,

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.099
 empty him

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:19.799
 of himself,

00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:20.279
 all of his

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:21.240
 self-determination,

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:21.980
 all of his

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.960
 self-worship

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:24.359
 and follow

00:24:24.359 --> 00:24:25.180
 Jesus.

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:27.079
 Verse 35,

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.519
 For whoever

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.039
 would save

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.539
 his life

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:29.700
 will lose it.

00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:30.500
 But whoever

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.480
 loses his life

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.400
 for My sake

00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:33.460
 and the Gospels

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:35.379
 will save it.

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.259
 Again,

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:38.619
 Mark chapter 9,

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:40.000
 after the inappropriate,

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:40.900
 the misunderstanding

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:42.319
 of the disciples,

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.480
 their argument

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:44.379
 about who

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:45.380
 would be first

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:45.640
 and who

00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:46.240
 would be the

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.640
 greatest.

00:24:46.840 --> 00:24:47.600
 In verse 35

00:24:47.600 --> 00:24:48.260
 of chapter 9,

00:24:48.320 --> 00:24:48.680
 if anyone

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.500
 would be first,

00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:50.480
 he must be

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.440
 last of all

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:53.160
 and servant

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:54.920
 of all.

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.460
 And Jesus

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.460
 again drives

00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:59.180
 all of this

00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.740
 with the great

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.700
 example of

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.300
 His life

00:25:01.300 --> 00:25:02.060
 and the way

00:25:02.060 --> 00:25:02.540
 in which

00:25:02.540 --> 00:25:04.060
 He came

00:25:04.060 --> 00:25:05.720
 to serve.

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.540
 Why do we

00:25:08.540 --> 00:25:09.000
 think,

00:25:10.060 --> 00:25:10.920
 why do we

00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:11.540
 misunderstand

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.000
 understand

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.920
 that we

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.279
 would be

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:14.920
 any greater

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:16.279
 than this?

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:18.319
 Jesus came

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:18.639
 into this

00:25:18.639 --> 00:25:18.960
 world

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.779
 and was

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.759
 hated.

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.220
 You see,

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:23.000
 the thousands

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.759
 that are following

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.279
 Him through the

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.859
 first part of

00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:25.519
 Mark are

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:25.980
 following Him

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.440
 because of the

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.159
 things that they

00:25:27.159 --> 00:25:27.559
 do,

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:28.579
 not because of

00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:30.200
 who He is.

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.119
 For the things

00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:31.700
 that can be

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:33.279
 granted to them,

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.299
 not because they

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:35.440
 want Him.

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.859
 He's rejected

00:25:36.859 --> 00:25:37.659
 in His own

00:25:37.659 --> 00:25:38.359
 town.

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.479
 People will

00:25:39.479 --> 00:25:40.039
 follow Him

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.559
 for a while

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.099
 and then when

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:41.399
 He says

00:25:41.399 --> 00:25:42.199
 something difficult,

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:42.859
 they will

00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:43.419
 leave.

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.479
 He's got a

00:25:44.479 --> 00:25:45.619
 very small

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:46.859
 group of

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.619
 people that

00:25:47.619 --> 00:25:48.039
 are devoted

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.519
 to Him.

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.139
 We see in

00:25:49.139 --> 00:25:49.539
 the beginning

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.019
 of Acts

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:51.479
 probably about

00:25:51.479 --> 00:25:52.459
 120.

00:25:53.979 --> 00:25:54.619
 120!

00:25:55.219 --> 00:25:56.000
 Our normal

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.559
 Sunday morning

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.419
 congregation is

00:25:57.419 --> 00:25:58.139
 larger than

00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:58.479
 that.

00:25:58.979 --> 00:25:59.379
 This is

00:25:59.379 --> 00:25:59.779
 Jesus,

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:00.779
 the Christ.

00:26:01.219 --> 00:26:01.819
 Why do we

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:03.019
 think we

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.479
 would be any

00:26:03.479 --> 00:26:03.740
 better?

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.699
 He was

00:26:05.699 --> 00:26:06.599
 delivered to

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.159
 the authorities.

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:08.400
 He was

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:09.060
 spit on.

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.480
 He was

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.180
 flogged.

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:10.660
 He was

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.340
 mocked.

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:11.759
 And He was

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.540
 finally killed.

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.400
 Why do we

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:14.840
 think anything

00:26:14.840 --> 00:26:16.000
 different would

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.720
 come to us?

00:26:18.300 --> 00:26:19.060
 In case you

00:26:19.060 --> 00:26:19.340
 do,

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:20.460
 Matthew

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:21.019
 chapter 10.

00:26:21.320 --> 00:26:21.740
 Turn there

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.019
 please.

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.360
 Jesus is not

00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:34.420
 unaware of what

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:35.040
 will happen to

00:26:35.040 --> 00:26:35.600
 us as we

00:26:35.600 --> 00:26:36.080
 devote our

00:26:36.080 --> 00:26:36.540
 lives to

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:36.839
 us,

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.779
 as we

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:39.079
 die to

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.619
 ourselves,

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.200
 take our

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:40.599
 crosses,

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.359
 as we

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:42.119
 follow Him.

00:26:46.379 --> 00:26:46.920
 Beginning of

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.339
 verse 16,

00:26:47.399 --> 00:26:47.839
 Matthew 10,

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:48.379
 Behold,

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:49.980
 I am sending

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.859
 you out as

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:51.960
 sheep in

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.559
 the midst

00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:53.680
 of wolves.

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:54.819
 So be

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.359
 wise as

00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:56.759
 serpents and

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.659
 innocent as

00:26:57.659 --> 00:26:58.180
 doves.

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:58.779
 Do you know

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.279
 what happens to

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.659
 sheep in the

00:26:59.659 --> 00:27:00.159
 midst of wolves?

00:27:02.159 --> 00:27:02.799
 Beware of

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.259
 men, for they

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.899
 will deliver you

00:27:03.899 --> 00:27:04.839
 over to courts

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.740
 and flog you

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.039
 in their

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.679
 synagogues.

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.299
 And you

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:07.539
 will be

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.220
 dragged before

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:09.099
 governors and

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.699
 kings for

00:27:09.699 --> 00:27:10.319
 my sake,

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:11.179
 to bear witness

00:27:11.179 --> 00:27:11.799
 before them

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.079
 and the

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:12.579
 Gentiles.

00:27:12.959 --> 00:27:13.459
 When they

00:27:13.459 --> 00:27:13.980
 deliver you

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.399
 over, do

00:27:14.399 --> 00:27:14.720
 not be

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.519
 anxious how

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:15.919
 you are to

00:27:15.919 --> 00:27:16.619
 speak or what

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:16.980
 you are to

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.579
 say, for what

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:17.959
 you are to

00:27:17.959 --> 00:27:18.399
 say will be

00:27:18.399 --> 00:27:18.899
 given to you

00:27:18.899 --> 00:27:19.419
 in that hour.

00:27:20.179 --> 00:27:20.639
 For it is not

00:27:20.639 --> 00:27:21.519
 you who speak,

00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.199
 but the spirit of

00:27:22.199 --> 00:27:22.539
 your father

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.139
 speaking through

00:27:23.139 --> 00:27:23.399
 you.

00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:25.179
 Brother will

00:27:25.179 --> 00:27:25.879
 deliver brother

00:27:25.879 --> 00:27:26.619
 over to death

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:27.379
 and the father

00:27:27.379 --> 00:27:28.019
 his child,

00:27:28.419 --> 00:27:29.019
 and children will

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.639
 rise against

00:27:29.639 --> 00:27:30.259
 parents and have

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.720
 them put to

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.659
 death, and you

00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:32.259
 will be hated

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:33.019
 by all for

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.599
 my name's

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:33.879
 sake.

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:34.900
 But the one

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.720
 who endures to

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.779
 the end will

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.359
 be saved.

00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:38.500
 When they

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.099
 persecute you

00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:39.700
 in one town,

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:40.200
 flee to the

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.440
 next.

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.059
 For truly I

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.400
 say to you,

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:41.660
 you will not

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:42.119
 have gone

00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:42.619
 through all

00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:43.000
 the towns

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.359
 of Israel

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:43.759
 before the

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.059
 Son of

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:45.180
 Man comes.

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.740
 A disciple

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:48.000
 is not above

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.680
 his teacher,

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:50.160
 nor a servant

00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:51.079
 above his

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.519
 master.

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:53.039
 It is enough

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.299
 for the

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.779
 disciple to

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.379
 be like his

00:27:54.379 --> 00:27:54.700
 teacher,

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.460
 and the

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.440
 servant like

00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:57.119
 his master.

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:58.220
 If they

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.700
 have called

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.359
 the master

00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:00.480
 of the house

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.460
 Beelzebul,

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.519
 how much

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.019
 more will

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.700
 they malign

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:05.420
 those of

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:06.140
 his household?

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.579
 He says

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:08.019
 again,

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:09.400
 John 15

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:10.839
 18-20,

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.559
 If the

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.120
 world hates

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:12.440
 you,

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.440
 you know

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:13.980
 that it

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.339
 has hated

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:14.960
 me before

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.339
 it hated

00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:15.720
 you.

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.700
 If you

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.160
 were of

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:17.680
 the world,

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.180
 the world

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:18.720
 would love

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.579
 you as

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.099
 its own.

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:21.140
 But because

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:21.620
 you are not

00:28:21.620 --> 00:28:22.099
 of the world,

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.640
 but I chose

00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:23.240
 you out of

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.660
 the world,

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:24.980
 therefore the

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.620
 world hates

00:28:25.620 --> 00:28:25.900
 you.

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.400
 Remember the

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:27.980
 word that I

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.539
 said to you,

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:29.160
 a servant

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.880
 is not greater

00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:30.240
 than his

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.640
 master.

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:31.620
 If they

00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:32.100
 persecuted

00:28:32.100 --> 00:28:32.500
 me,

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:33.840
 they will

00:28:33.840 --> 00:28:34.360
 also

00:28:34.360 --> 00:28:35.420
 persecute

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:36.120
 you.

00:28:37.620 --> 00:28:38.560
 So if we

00:28:38.560 --> 00:28:39.860
 belong to

00:28:39.860 --> 00:28:40.400
 the Lord,

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:41.800
 if we are

00:28:41.800 --> 00:28:42.720
 following Jesus

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:44.080
 in his way,

00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:46.280
 we will

00:28:46.280 --> 00:28:48.040
 suffer.

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:50.240
 There's no

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.980
 wiggle room

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.320
 in this.

00:28:51.360 --> 00:28:51.720
 There's no

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:53.040
 way around

00:28:53.040 --> 00:28:53.320
 it.

00:28:53.560 --> 00:28:54.000
 And so what

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.260
 does it

00:28:54.260 --> 00:28:54.860
 mean for

00:28:54.860 --> 00:28:55.700
 us if we

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.540
 don't

00:28:56.540 --> 00:28:57.760
 suffer?

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:59.940
 v. 19

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.500
 of John

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.259
 15,

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.140
 if you

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:03.200
 were of

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.779
 the world,

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.759
 the world

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.180
 would love

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:06.279
 you as

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:07.559
 its own.

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.119
 It is

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:11.480
 possible to

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.140
 be a

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:12.819
 disciple of

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.420
 Jesus Christ,

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:13.660
 to have

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:13.859
 made a

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:14.379
 profession of

00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:14.759
 faith in

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.019
 him,

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.579
 to be

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.480
 truly saved,

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:16.900
 and to

00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:17.420
 have stopped

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:17.879
 following

00:29:17.879 --> 00:29:19.059
 him altogether.

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:20.599
 That

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:21.379
 possibility

00:29:21.379 --> 00:29:22.779
 exists that

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.180
 you become

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:24.599
 so ensnared

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.140
 by the

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:25.599
 traps of

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:26.079
 this world

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.459
 that he

00:29:26.459 --> 00:29:26.779
 has gone

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.819
 on ahead

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.240
 of you,

00:29:28.419 --> 00:29:28.759
 and you're

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.279
 just sitting

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:29.699
 in the

00:29:29.699 --> 00:29:30.779
 luxury of

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.299
 the things

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:32.359
 around you.

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.399
 If the

00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:34.959
 world doesn't

00:29:34.959 --> 00:29:35.419
 hate you,

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:35.799
 it's because

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.439
 you look

00:29:36.439 --> 00:29:37.439
 like the

00:29:37.439 --> 00:29:37.839
 world.

00:29:39.179 --> 00:29:39.839
 If you're

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:40.139
 following

00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:41.240
 Christ and

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.559
 you look

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:42.240
 like him,

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.319
 you will

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:44.279
 be

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:45.919
 persecuted.

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.000
 Now,

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.259
 what does

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:48.579
 this look

00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:48.959
 like for

00:29:48.959 --> 00:29:50.659
 us as

00:29:50.659 --> 00:29:51.119
 American

00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:51.799
 Christians?

00:29:52.179 --> 00:29:52.599
 We have

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:54.119
 laws that

00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:54.919
 prevent

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:56.019
 by and

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.560
 large

00:29:56.560 --> 00:29:57.220
 physical

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.900
 persecution.

00:29:58.080 --> 00:29:58.360
 It's not

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:58.920
 likely that

00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.279
 any of

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.900
 us would

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:01.180
 be beheaded,

00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:02.160
 drug out

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.460
 of our

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.140
 homes,

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:03.700
 thrown

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:03.980
 into

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.420
 prison,

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:05.720
 certainly

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.140
 not

00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:06.900
 crucified.

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.340
 There are

00:30:08.340 --> 00:30:08.759
 laws that

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.140
 prevent

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.620
 such

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:10.220
 things,

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.259
 but yet

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:12.759
 persecution

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.920
 should

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:14.539
 exist

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:16.240
 in other

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:17.080
 forms by

00:30:17.080 --> 00:30:18.039
 us being

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:19.120
 thought

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.920
 strange,

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.320
 being made

00:30:21.320 --> 00:30:22.279
 fun of,

00:30:22.340 --> 00:30:22.920
 people thinking

00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:23.259
 that their

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.860
 intellect is

00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:24.259
 so much

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:25.619
 larger than

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:26.240
 ours,

00:30:26.399 --> 00:30:28.359
 because we

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:28.939
 do things

00:30:28.939 --> 00:30:30.319
 like skip

00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:30.859
 watching the

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.339
 Super Bowl

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:31.899
 to be with

00:30:31.899 --> 00:30:32.519
 God's people

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:33.479
 on a Sunday

00:30:33.479 --> 00:30:33.879
 evening,

00:30:34.939 --> 00:30:36.099
 because we

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:36.959
 don't let

00:30:36.959 --> 00:30:37.839
 sports get

00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:38.219
 in the way

00:30:38.219 --> 00:30:38.579
 of our

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:39.379
 child's

00:30:39.379 --> 00:30:39.939
 spiritual

00:30:39.939 --> 00:30:40.619
 growth,

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:42.899
 because we

00:30:42.899 --> 00:30:43.740
 don't go out

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.379
 late on

00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:44.879
 Saturdays,

00:30:44.879 --> 00:30:45.359
 because we

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:46.279
 care about

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.879
 our activity

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:47.679
 on Sunday

00:30:47.679 --> 00:30:48.119
 morning,

00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:50.819
 because we

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.179
 don't go

00:30:51.179 --> 00:30:51.759
 along with

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.599
 every narrative

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:53.139
 taught to

00:30:53.139 --> 00:30:53.919
 us in

00:30:53.919 --> 00:30:54.500
 the classroom,

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.039
 we don't

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.639
 make the

00:30:55.639 --> 00:30:56.159
 best grades

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:56.539
 sometimes,

00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:56.819
 because we

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.139
 don't put

00:30:57.139 --> 00:30:57.519
 down the

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:58.500
 answer the

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.639
 professor wants

00:30:59.639 --> 00:31:00.219
 to hear,

00:31:01.419 --> 00:31:02.719
 because we

00:31:02.719 --> 00:31:03.919
 work extra

00:31:03.919 --> 00:31:04.359
 hard,

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.539
 even at

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.500
 menial tasks,

00:31:06.699 --> 00:31:07.279
 even when

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:08.579
 no one is

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.119
 watching,

00:31:11.199 --> 00:31:12.719
 because ladies,

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.519
 you don't fit

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:13.879
 in on the

00:31:13.879 --> 00:31:14.199
 beach,

00:31:14.419 --> 00:31:14.779
 because you

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.139
 care about

00:31:15.139 --> 00:31:15.619
 modesty,

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:18.099
 because you

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:18.519
 would rather

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:19.679
 serve others

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.420
 than be

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:20.980
 served,

00:31:22.080 --> 00:31:22.680
 because you

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.560
 warn people

00:31:23.560 --> 00:31:24.240
 of their

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.700
 certain

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.440
 destruction

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.259
 unless they

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:26.799
 repent and

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.759
 believe in

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.560
 Jesus Christ.

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.080
 Beloved,

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:29.960
 there are so

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:31.120
 many things,

00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:31.440
 these are

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:32.560
 examples that

00:31:32.560 --> 00:31:33.060
 popped into

00:31:33.060 --> 00:31:33.660
 my head,

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:34.779
 ways in which

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.259
 we should be

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:36.080
 living that

00:31:36.080 --> 00:31:36.680
 sets us apart

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:37.019
 from this

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.320
 world,

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:39.100
 following in

00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:39.660
 the ways of

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:39.960
 God,

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:40.880
 being disciples

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.340
 of Jesus

00:31:41.340 --> 00:31:41.740
 Christ,

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.460
 is going to

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:43.660
 make us

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:45.259
 strange.

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:46.779
 We should

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:48.620
 suffer in the

00:31:48.620 --> 00:31:48.900
 world.

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:50.779
 We ask this

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.160
 question,

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.580
 do you feel

00:31:51.580 --> 00:31:52.240
 more comfortable

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:52.860
 in your

00:31:52.860 --> 00:31:53.820
 other spheres,

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.279
 the other

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:54.880
 circles that

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.519
 you run in,

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.340
 than you do

00:31:56.340 --> 00:31:56.799
 when you

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.460
 come and

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:57.740
 you're with

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.519
 the church?

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.660
 So many

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.160
 times,

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:01.940
 I've heard

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.799
 the accusation,

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.580
 people will

00:32:03.580 --> 00:32:04.380
 come here and

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:05.100
 not come back

00:32:05.100 --> 00:32:05.440
 because they

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:05.799
 don't make

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.660
 them feel good

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:07.740
 about themselves.

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.400
 It's not my

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:10.019
 job to make

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.460
 you feel good

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.200
 about yourself.

00:32:12.060 --> 00:32:12.420
 It's make

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:12.920
 you feel good

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.640
 about Jesus,

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:15.440
 to love Him,

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:15.920
 to see your

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.600
 own failing.

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.299
 But shouldn't

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:17.860
 we walk in

00:32:17.860 --> 00:32:18.360
 here together

00:32:18.360 --> 00:32:18.740
 and feel

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.380
 comfortable

00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:20.080
 in our

00:32:20.080 --> 00:32:20.420
 failing?

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:21.140
 Shouldn't

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:21.620
 we walk in

00:32:21.620 --> 00:32:22.080
 here together

00:32:22.080 --> 00:32:22.840
 and want

00:32:22.840 --> 00:32:23.100
 to be

00:32:23.100 --> 00:32:23.420
 together?

00:32:23.580 --> 00:32:24.180
 Because this

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.740
 place is a

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.520
 refuge where

00:32:25.520 --> 00:32:25.980
 we all come

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.480
 together and

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.680
 say we fail

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.300
 in the way,

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:29.040
 but we know

00:32:29.040 --> 00:32:29.580
 the way.

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.460
 And we know

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:31.120
 the way isn't

00:32:31.120 --> 00:32:31.660
 crazy.

00:32:32.120 --> 00:32:32.840
 Encourage me,

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:34.040
 spur me on

00:32:34.040 --> 00:32:34.920
 in the way.

00:32:35.360 --> 00:32:36.080
 I want to

00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:37.060
 follow Jesus.

00:32:37.340 --> 00:32:38.200
 I want to be

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:39.440
 like Him.

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.060
 Shouldn't

00:32:40.060 --> 00:32:41.000
 this be where

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.560
 we're most

00:32:41.560 --> 00:32:41.960
 comfortable?

00:32:42.260 --> 00:32:42.660
 Isn't this

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:43.440
 why we come

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:44.580
 together as the

00:32:44.580 --> 00:32:45.020
 church?

00:32:45.560 --> 00:32:45.920
 We might

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.700
 encourage each

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.520
 other in this

00:32:47.520 --> 00:32:47.720
 way,

00:32:47.780 --> 00:32:48.480
 we might press

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:49.140
 each other on

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:50.000
 to go back

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.860
 out and to

00:32:50.860 --> 00:32:51.799
 keep fighting?

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:53.120
 To go to a

00:32:53.120 --> 00:32:53.660
 place that's

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:54.839
 hostile towards

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.120
 us?

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:55.839
 A place that

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:57.240
 doesn't want to

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:58.319
 hear the things

00:32:58.319 --> 00:32:59.259
 we have to say

00:32:59.259 --> 00:33:00.860
 because it's not

00:33:00.860 --> 00:33:02.160
 of the world?

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:05.680
 The answer to all

00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.220
 these rhetorical

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:06.799
 questions is a

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:08.039
 resounding yes.

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.599
 This should be

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:10.440
 true of us.

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.660
 This should be so

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.440
 true of us.

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:15.819
 James 1, 2-4.

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:16.339
 James says,

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:16.959
 Count it all

00:33:16.959 --> 00:33:17.959
 joy, my

00:33:17.959 --> 00:33:19.079
 brothers, when

00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:19.759
 you meet trials

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.659
 of various kinds.

00:33:21.199 --> 00:33:21.779
 For you know

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.419
 that the testing

00:33:22.419 --> 00:33:22.879
 of your faith

00:33:22.879 --> 00:33:24.039
 produces steadfastness

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:25.519
 and let steadfastness

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:27.179
 have its full effect

00:33:27.179 --> 00:33:28.059
 that you may be

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:29.079
 perfect and

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:30.799
 complete, lacking

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.319
 in nothing.

00:33:32.919 --> 00:33:33.899
 Do we want to be

00:33:33.899 --> 00:33:35.559
 driven on in our

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:36.119
 faith?

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:38.279
 Then welcome the

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:38.639
 suffering.

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:40.480
 I'm not suggesting

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:41.119
 that you go and

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:42.059
 seek the suffering,

00:33:42.399 --> 00:33:43.019
 but begin to

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:44.059
 arrange your life

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:44.779
 so that it looks

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.500
 like the life of

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.099
 Jesus and I

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:46.740
 promise it will

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.859
 come and count it

00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:48.960
 a joy when it

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:49.980
 comes because you

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:51.000
 will be purified by

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.200
 it.

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:52.200
 Your faith will be

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:53.920
 increased by it.

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.920
 Beloved, we are

00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:58.899
 so far ahead of so

00:33:58.899 --> 00:34:00.039
 many others in the

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.579
 Christian faith.

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:01.680
 We have much to

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:02.200
 rejoice in.

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:03.279
 God has done good

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:04.859
 things with us,

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.960
 but we are also a

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:07.500
 long way from where

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:08.079
 He would have us

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.320
 be.

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:11.239
 We have so much

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:12.840
 changing to do

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:14.000
 in our lives.

00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:16.280
 Casting off our

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:17.760
 American Christian

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 culture and truly

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 being devoted to

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 the One who has

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 called us.

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 We see in the

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 summation of

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 chapter 10 a

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 beautiful picture of

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 calling.

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 As their journey

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 brings them to

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 Jericho, northeast of

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 Jerusalem, north of

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 the Dead Sea, a man

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 named Bartimaeus

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 hears that He's

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 coming and he

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 cries out to Him

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 and he cries out to

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 Him with a very

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 specific name,

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 Jesus, Son of

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 David.

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 That means that he

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 recognized that Jesus

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 was the Son of God,

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 that He was the

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 Messiah.

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 He knew who

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 Jesus was.

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 And Jesus says in

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 verse 49,

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 call Him.

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 He hears the call

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 of the blind man

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 Bartimaeus and He

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 says to him,

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 call Him, and you

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 see in verse 52

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 that His sight is

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 restored.

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 It's immediately

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 recovered because of

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 His faith.

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 I've said to you as

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 we've worked through

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 the second act that

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 it's bookended by

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 two accounts of

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 Jesus healing

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 blind men.

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 We see the man at

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 Bethsaida, 8,

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 22-26.

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 He's a man who's

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 healed in degrees

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 and he's brought

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 to Jesus by

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 others.

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 Brought to Him.

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 Not given a name

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 here.

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 And Jesus takes

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 him away and He

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 does two miracles.

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 He partly restores

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 the sight and then

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 He fully restores

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 His sight.

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 And then He sends

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 him off and says,

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 don't go into the

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 village.

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 Then we see

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 Bartimaeus who's

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 healed immediately.

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 And these things

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 seem to be, by

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 Mark's inspired

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 account, put it

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 either in, bookmarked

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 it either in, to

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 drive the point that

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 Jesus is not only

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 the miracle worker

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 over physical

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 blindness but over

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 spiritual as well.

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 That He is the Lord

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 of spiritual blindness.

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 And I just love the

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 picture of Bartimaeus

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 calling out to Him.

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 He calls him to

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 Himself.

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 He restores His

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 sight.

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 And as He says to

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 him, verse 52,

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 go your way.

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 Your faith has

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 made you well.

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 And Mark's record

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 says, and immediately

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 He recovered a sight

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 and followed Him

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 on the way.

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 Bartimaeus' way

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 became Jesus' way

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 when Jesus restored

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 His sight.

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 When He made Him

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 whole once again.

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 And so we can take

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 some confidence in

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 the fact that Jesus

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 is Lord over

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 spiritual blindness.

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 If we will simply

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 call out to Him,

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 put ourselves

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 at His mercy.

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 Paul said this

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 in Philippians 1.6,

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 and I am sure of

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 this, that He who

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 began a good work

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 in you will bring

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 it to completion

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 at the day of

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And so as we feel

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 bad about ourselves,

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 as we recognize

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 that we don't suffer

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 for the sake of

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 Jesus Christ and

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 the gospel the way

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 we should,

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 we can take

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 confidence in the

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 fact that He is

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 completing in us

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 the work that He

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 set out to begin,

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 that we are still

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 on a road of

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 sanctification,

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 that He has not

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 given up on us.

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 Let's pray together.

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