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 So, again, if you haven't got a Bible, I encourage you to get a Bible.

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 You can get one as you came in.

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 Also, the notes, if you like to take notes, that's simply to help you focus,

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 focus, concentrate, and something you can take home and reflect on afterwards.

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 So, if you want one of these, there's some on the table.

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 Feel free to go and get one now, and a pen as well at the door.

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 Turn in your Bibles, please, to Matthew's Gospel, Chapter 16.

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 Matthew's Gospel, Chapter 16.

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 And we're going to start in verse 13.

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 We're going to read from verse 13 to the end of the chapter.

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 Matthew's Gospel, Chapter 16.

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 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples,

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 Who do you say the Son of Man is?

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 They replied,

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 Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah,

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 and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.

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 But what about you?

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 He asked.

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 Who do you say I am?

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 Simon Peter answered,

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 You are the Messiah, the Son of the Living God.

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 Jesus replied,

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 Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah,

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 for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood,

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 but by my Father in heaven.

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 And I tell you that you are Peter,

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 and on this rock I will build my church,

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 and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

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

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 Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven.

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 Whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

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 Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

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 From that time on, Jesus began to explain to his disciples

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 that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders,

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 the chief priests and teachers of the law,

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

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 Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him.

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 Never, Lord, he said.

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 This shall never happen to you.

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 Jesus turned and said to Peter,

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 Get behind me, Satan.

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 You are a stumbling block to me.

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 You do not have in mind the concerns of God,

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 but merely human concerns.

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 Then Jesus said to his disciples,

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 Whoever wants to be my disciples

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 must deny themselves, take up their cross,

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 and follow me.

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 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it,

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 but whoever loses their life for me will find it.

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 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world,

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 yet forfeit their soul?

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 Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?

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 For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels,

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 and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.

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 Truly I tell you,

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 some who are standing here

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 will not taste death

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 before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.

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 Well, let's pray.

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 Amen.

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 Jesus said to Peter,

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 Blessed are you,

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 for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood,

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 but by my Father in heaven.

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 Lord, as we come to your word,

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 we recognize that we have not got the ability within ourselves

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 to comprehend and understand fully

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 the words that we read

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 and all that they mean.

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 And so we pray that just as you worked in Peter's life,

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 you would work in our hearts today

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 and reveal to us

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 the truth of who Jesus is

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 so that we are convinced

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 and convicted

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 that we would follow him,

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 that we would give our life

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 for him.

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 Help us now, we pray.

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Do you know Jesus?

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 I don't mean do you know about him,

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 but do you know him personally

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 and intimately?

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 Because as we get to Matthew 16,

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 we come to a turning point

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 in the gospel.

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 We have heard Jesus.

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 We have seen his actions.

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 We have observed his miracles.

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 And now Jesus confronts us with this question.

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 Do you know me?

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 Do you know me?

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 Three things Jesus wants us to know

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 that we're going to look at together.

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 We're going to look at his identity,

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 his purpose,

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 and the cost.

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 Identity, purpose, and cost.

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 So here's the first one.

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 Identity, who Jesus is.

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 To get to the heart of who Jesus is,

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 he asks a question.

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 We see it there.

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 Do you follow with me?

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 At the end of verse 13.

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 Who do people say

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 the Son of Man is?

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 Who do you say

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 the Son of Man is?

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 Now the Son of Man

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 was a person of great significance

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 promised by God.

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 And we can find out

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 all about who the Son of Man is

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 in Daniel chapter 7.

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 So if you turn with me

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 to Daniel chapter 7,

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 verse 13 and 14.

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 And if you've got a page number,

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 you can help me out there

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 and I'll call it out.

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 Daniel chapter 7.

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 892.

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 892.

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 Page 892.

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 Daniel chapter 7.

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 Daniel is a prophet of God

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 and in this chapter

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 he has a vision.

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 And in his vision

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 he sees four beasts

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 which represent the

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 powerful kingdoms and empires,

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 the rulers and the leaders

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 of this world.

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 But by the end of the vision

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 Daniel sees something else.

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 We pick it up in verse 13.

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 In my vision at night

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 I looked and there before me

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 was one like a Son of Man.

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 Son of Man here just simply means

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 a human being, a man.

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 Coming with the clouds of heaven.

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 So he was a unique man.

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 He approached the Ancient of Days,

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 that's God himself,

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 and was led into God's presence.

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 And this man was given authority,

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 glory and sovereign power.

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 All nations and peoples

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 of every language

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 worshipped him.

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 And his dominion is an everlasting dominion

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 that will not pass away.

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 And his kingdom is one

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 that will never be destroyed.

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 Daniel's vision is striking, isn't it?

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 He's saying kings and kingdoms will come,

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 empires and rulers will rise up,

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 but they will be surpassed

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 by the coming

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 of one who is called

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 the Son of Man.

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 His rule will be with absolute power

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 and supreme authority.

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 Let's go back to Matthew's Gospel.

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 So with that in mind,

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 we can see the significance

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 of Jesus' question to the disciples

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 when he asks them,

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 who do you say

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 the Son of Man is?

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 Where's this man

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 with all power

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 and all authority?

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 Well, they answer,

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 verse 14,

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 some say it's John the Baptist,

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 others say Elijah,

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 still others,

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 Jeremiah or one of the prophets,

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 each of which

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 were great prophets

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 in their own time and age.

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 But what about you?

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 He asked,

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 I'm not interested

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 in what other people say.

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 I'm interested

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 in what you say.

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 Who do you say

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 I am?

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 Simon Peter answered,

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 you are the Messiah,

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 the Son of the living God.

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 Now we might wonder,

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 why didn't Peter say

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 you're the Son of Man

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 since that was the very question

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 Jesus asked.

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 But Peter's answer

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 is affirming

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 the very same thing.

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 Together,

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 with the disciples,

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 they recognise

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 that Jesus

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 is God's Messiah.

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 He's the promised King

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 who's come to establish

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 an eternal kingdom.

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 He is the Son of the living God.

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 God in human form

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 to reign and to rule.

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 this Jesus

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 who stands before them,

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 who they can hear

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 and see

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 and laugh with

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 and eat with

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 is nothing less

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 than the God-man

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 with all power

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 and all authority.

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 Of course,

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 Jesus has been proving this

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 all the way

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 through his ministry

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 as he healed the sick,

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 controlled nature,

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 overpowered demons,

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 defeated death.

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 Jesus confronted

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 the forces of evil

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 and the powers of darkness

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 and he was champion

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 over them all.

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 So the question for us

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 today is,

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 do you,

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 not talking about

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 anybody else,

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 but to you personally,

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 do you know

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 this Jesus?

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 Have you acknowledged

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 his position of power

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 and his rule

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 over all things

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 and all people?

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 Have you identified

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 Jesus as the God-man

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 who owns your life

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 and has authority

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 over your life?

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 You see,

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 for Peter,

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 identifying Jesus

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 correctly

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 was not just

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 an academic exercise.

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 He wasn't out

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 to impress

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 his fellow disciples.

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 Oh,

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 do you see

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 what answer I gave?

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 A.

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 A plus.

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 Or somehow

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 kind of

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 moving up

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 the pecking order.

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 No,

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 Peter's confession

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 of who Jesus is

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 is both

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 a universal

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 declaration

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 and a personal

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 conviction.

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 declaration.

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 First,

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 it's a universal

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 declaration.

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 You see,

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 the rule of Jesus

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 is not confined

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 to some people

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 in some places.

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 It is declared

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 to all nations

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 and all people.

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 Look at verse 18.

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 Jesus says to Peter,

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 I tell you

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 that you are Peter

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 and on this rock

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 I will build

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 my church.

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 Now,

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 there's a clever

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 play on words here

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 because the word

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 Peter means

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 rock.

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 So,

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 we can read

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 verse 18.

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 Jesus says,

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 I tell you

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 that you are rock

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 and on this rock

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 I will build

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 my church.

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 So,

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 who or what

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 is the rock

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 on which the church

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 will be built?

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 Well,

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 it's Peter

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 and his confession

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 of who Jesus is.

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 In other words,

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 the rock

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 or the foundation

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 is the declaration

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 that Jesus

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 is king.

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 So,

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 as the identity

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 of Jesus

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 is proclaimed,

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 as the authority

00:14:25.940 --> 00:14:26.640
 and power

00:14:26.640 --> 00:14:27.160
 of Jesus

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 is declared

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 over all things

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 and all people,

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 on this foundation,

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 the church

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 will be built.

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 And the fact

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 that there are people

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 all over the world

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 today,

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 including ourselves

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 right here,

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 right now,

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 giving glory

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 and praise

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 and honour

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 to Jesus

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 proves

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 the promise

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 of Jesus.

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 Look at the end

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 of verse 18.

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 He says,

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 I will build

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 my church

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 and the gates

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 of Hades,

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 literally,

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 the forces

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 of darkness

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 and evil,

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 of hell itself

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 will not

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 be able

00:15:06.059 --> 00:15:07.960
 to overcome it.

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 So,

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 as the authority

00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:12.539
 and power

00:15:12.539 --> 00:15:13.159
 of Jesus

00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:14.019
 is declared,

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 so the church

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 is being built

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 and it is

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 being built.

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 But it's not

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 just a universal

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 declaration,

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 it's a personal

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 conviction.

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 temptation.

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 Because for Peter

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 this was not

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 just some

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 abstract idea,

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 this was a

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 personal,

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 deep-hearted

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 belief.

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 Look at how

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 Jesus affirms

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 Peter in verse 19.

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 He says to Peter,

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 I will give you

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 the keys of the

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 kingdom of heaven,

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 whatever you

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 bind on earth

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 will be bound

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 in heaven,

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 whatever you

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 loose on earth

00:15:53.199 --> 00:15:54.480
 will be loosed

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 in heaven.

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 Now,

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 it's an

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 extraordinary

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 statement and

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 there's lots

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 we could say

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 about it and

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 maybe there's

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 more you want

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 to discuss

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 with me

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 afterwards.

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 But basically,

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 I want us to

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 get this,

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 that Peter

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 and the church

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 that follows

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 the people

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 today,

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 we are the

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 church,

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 people who

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 confess

00:16:13.580 --> 00:16:15.259
 Jesus Christ

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 have been

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 given the

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 keys

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 to the

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 kingdom.

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 kingdom.

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 That is,

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 the church

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 discerns

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 who is in

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 the kingdom

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 and who is

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 not in the

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 kingdom.

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 Jesus has

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 given the

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 church the

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 authority

00:16:33.640 --> 00:16:35.300
 to open

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 the door

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 and to

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 close the

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 door.

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 But you

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 say,

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 how do you

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 discern who

00:16:42.260 --> 00:16:42.720
 is in the

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 kingdom?

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 Well,

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 by the

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 person's

00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:45.960
 confession

00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:46.980
 of who

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 Jesus is.

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 As people

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 hear the

00:16:49.379 --> 00:16:50.039
 declaration

00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:50.600
 about

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 Jesus,

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 and as

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 people make

00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:53.259
 a personal

00:16:53.259 --> 00:16:54.000
 confession

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 of Jesus,

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 so they

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 are welcomed

00:16:56.439 --> 00:16:57.120
 into the

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 kingdom of

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 Jesus.

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 You see,

00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:01.539
 knowing the

00:17:01.539 --> 00:17:02.539
 identity of

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 Jesus is

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 not just a

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 tick-box

00:17:04.859 --> 00:17:05.559
 exercise.

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 We're not

00:17:07.299 --> 00:17:07.980
 here giving

00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:09.740
 answers like

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 we would in

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 school.

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 It's a

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 personal

00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:12.940
 confession,

00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:13.700
 a deep

00:17:13.700 --> 00:17:14.240
 conviction

00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:15.579
 that Jesus

00:17:15.579 --> 00:17:16.480
 is God

00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:17.759
 with absolute

00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:18.640
 power and

00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:19.800
 supreme

00:17:19.800 --> 00:17:20.500
 authority.

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 It's

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 admitting

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 and submitting

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 to the

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 fact that

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 Jesus is

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 king of

00:17:27.100 --> 00:17:27.700
 the universe

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 and rules

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 over every

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 aspect of

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 my life.

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 Do you

00:17:36.180 --> 00:17:36.700
 know

00:17:36.700 --> 00:17:38.560
 this Jesus?

00:17:40.940 --> 00:17:41.640
 So,

00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:42.160
 we've looked

00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:42.560
 at the

00:17:42.560 --> 00:17:43.180
 identity.

00:17:43.180 --> 00:17:44.980
 second,

00:17:45.140 --> 00:17:45.880
 the purpose,

00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:48.180
 why Jesus

00:17:48.180 --> 00:17:48.880
 came.

00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:51.220
 Having made

00:17:51.220 --> 00:17:52.160
 his identity

00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:52.740
 clear,

00:17:53.539 --> 00:17:54.200
 Jesus now

00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:54.880
 tells us

00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:55.920
 his purpose,

00:17:56.080 --> 00:17:56.840
 verse 21.

00:17:57.880 --> 00:17:58.539
 From that

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 time on,

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 Jesus began

00:18:01.320 --> 00:18:02.160
 to explain

00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:02.600
 to his

00:18:02.600 --> 00:18:03.519
 disciples that

00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:04.600
 he must

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 go to

00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:05.980
 Jerusalem and

00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:06.600
 suffer many

00:18:06.600 --> 00:18:07.220
 things at

00:18:07.220 --> 00:18:07.640
 the hands

00:18:07.640 --> 00:18:07.960
 of the

00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:08.340
 elders,

00:18:08.340 --> 00:18:09.440
 the chief

00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:10.100
 priests,

00:18:10.560 --> 00:18:10.799
 and the

00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:11.420
 teachers of

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 the law,

00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:12.700
 and that

00:18:12.700 --> 00:18:13.480
 he must

00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:14.300
 be killed

00:18:14.300 --> 00:18:15.200
 and on

00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:15.640
 the third

00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:16.200
 day be

00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:17.620
 raised to

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 life.

00:18:19.300 --> 00:18:19.960
 This is

00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:21.019
 where everything

00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:21.960
 is headed in

00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:22.500
 Matthew's

00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:22.840
 gospel.

00:18:23.320 --> 00:18:23.840
 This is

00:18:23.840 --> 00:18:24.960
 the mini

00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:26.400
 mission statement

00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:27.120
 of Jesus.

00:18:28.380 --> 00:18:28.980
 Jesus,

00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:29.680
 why did

00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:30.140
 you come?

00:18:31.860 --> 00:18:32.980
 I came to

00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:33.360
 suffer,

00:18:34.420 --> 00:18:35.279
 I came to

00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:35.660
 die,

00:18:35.660 --> 00:18:37.420
 and I

00:18:37.420 --> 00:18:37.860
 came to

00:18:37.860 --> 00:18:38.600
 rise again.

00:18:40.840 --> 00:18:41.420
 Jesus

00:18:41.420 --> 00:18:42.920
 must

00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:44.320
 suffer,

00:18:44.900 --> 00:18:45.700
 verse 21.

00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:48.120
 He began

00:18:48.120 --> 00:18:48.940
 to explain

00:18:48.940 --> 00:18:49.400
 to his

00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:50.000
 disciples

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:51.259
 that he

00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:52.259
 must go

00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:53.100
 to Jerusalem

00:18:53.100 --> 00:18:55.120
 and suffer.

00:18:56.360 --> 00:18:56.620
 Now,

00:18:56.660 --> 00:18:57.400
 hang on a

00:18:57.400 --> 00:18:57.540
 minute,

00:18:57.660 --> 00:18:58.040
 you say.

00:18:58.580 --> 00:18:59.620
 Jesus is

00:18:59.620 --> 00:19:00.120
 God's

00:19:00.120 --> 00:19:00.660
 king with

00:19:00.660 --> 00:19:01.220
 supreme

00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:02.620
 power and

00:19:02.620 --> 00:19:03.120
 sovereign

00:19:03.120 --> 00:19:03.740
 authority.

00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:04.800
 He's the

00:19:04.800 --> 00:19:05.220
 son of

00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:05.720
 man that

00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:06.160
 everybody

00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:06.460
 was

00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:07.059
 expecting.

00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:08.400
 He rules

00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:08.720
 over

00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:09.240
 everything,

00:19:09.660 --> 00:19:10.279
 and you're

00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:11.000
 telling me

00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:12.079
 he's going

00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:12.779
 to Jerusalem

00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:13.519
 to suffer?

00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:16.160
 Doesn't

00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:16.779
 sound very

00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:17.579
 kingly to

00:19:17.579 --> 00:19:17.880
 me.

00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:19.519
 Sounds

00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:20.059
 more like

00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:20.839
 weakness

00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:22.559
 than power.

00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:24.680
 Peter's

00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:25.440
 response is

00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:26.100
 understandable.

00:19:26.299 --> 00:19:26.779
 It's perhaps

00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:27.720
 how we

00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:28.640
 might respond.

00:19:28.819 --> 00:19:29.579
 Verse 22.

00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:31.360
 Peter took

00:19:31.360 --> 00:19:31.900
 him aside

00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:32.400
 and began

00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:33.060
 to rebuke

00:19:33.060 --> 00:19:33.480
 Jesus.

00:19:33.860 --> 00:19:34.420
 Never,

00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:34.920
 Lord,

00:19:35.080 --> 00:19:35.700
 he said.

00:19:36.820 --> 00:19:37.440
 This shall

00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:38.440
 never happen

00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:39.000
 to you.

00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:40.580
 You can't

00:19:40.580 --> 00:19:40.940
 suffer.

00:19:41.940 --> 00:19:42.500
 You're the

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:42.920
 son of

00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:43.280
 man.

00:19:43.820 --> 00:19:44.300
 You can

00:19:44.300 --> 00:19:44.820
 overthrow

00:19:44.820 --> 00:19:45.840
 anyone and

00:19:45.840 --> 00:19:46.420
 overcome

00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:47.140
 anything.

00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:50.280
 No,

00:19:51.280 --> 00:19:51.920
 Jesus

00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:53.080
 must

00:19:53.080 --> 00:19:54.100
 suffer.

00:19:55.620 --> 00:19:56.040
 You see,

00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:56.560
 through the

00:19:56.560 --> 00:19:57.259
 sufferings of

00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:57.720
 Jesus,

00:19:58.460 --> 00:19:59.940
 he identifies

00:19:59.940 --> 00:20:01.000
 with our

00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:01.559
 suffering,

00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:02.920
 and he

00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:03.740
 helps us

00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:05.059
 in our

00:20:05.059 --> 00:20:05.579
 suffering.

00:20:06.119 --> 00:20:06.940
 That's what

00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:07.660
 the writer of

00:20:07.660 --> 00:20:08.519
 Hebrews makes

00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:08.900
 clear.

00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:09.940
 You can read

00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:10.500
 it there on

00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:11.000
 screen.

00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:13.460
 Because

00:20:13.460 --> 00:20:14.160
 Jesus

00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:14.960
 himself

00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:15.519
 suffered

00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:16.920
 when he

00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:17.720
 was tempted

00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:19.299
 or tested,

00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:19.779
 it's the

00:20:19.779 --> 00:20:20.460
 same word,

00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:22.200
 he is able

00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:22.680
 to help

00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:23.519
 those being

00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:24.240
 tested

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:25.799
 and tempted.

00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:29.460
 it literally

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:31.460
 means that

00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:32.500
 Jesus suffers

00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:34.180
 with us.

00:20:35.379 --> 00:20:36.159
 Jesus is,

00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:36.819
 if you like,

00:20:36.879 --> 00:20:38.819
 our co-sufferer.

00:20:39.919 --> 00:20:40.599
 It's a

00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:41.759
 heart-to-heart

00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:42.720
 solidarity.

00:20:43.339 --> 00:20:43.899
 Jesus is

00:20:43.899 --> 00:20:44.240
 saying,

00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.440
 your struggle

00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:46.240
 is my

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:46.680
 struggle.

00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.839
 Your burden

00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:48.460
 is my

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:48.859
 burden.

00:20:48.859 --> 00:20:50.299
 Your pain

00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:51.339
 is my

00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:51.740
 pain.

00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:53.359
 Jesus

00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:54.319
 feels

00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:55.539
 for us

00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:56.279
 in our

00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:56.879
 suffering

00:20:56.879 --> 00:20:57.859
 as if it

00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:58.379
 was his

00:20:58.379 --> 00:20:59.159
 very own,

00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.059
 even though

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:00.799
 it isn't.

00:21:02.460 --> 00:21:03.220
 Jesus

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:04.480
 must

00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:05.180
 suffer

00:21:05.180 --> 00:21:07.200
 so that

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.859
 we might

00:21:07.859 --> 00:21:08.480
 have one

00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:09.659
 who understands

00:21:09.659 --> 00:21:10.740
 us in

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.599
 our own

00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:12.119
 struggles

00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:13.139
 and trials.

00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:15.579
 But one

00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:16.079
 who merely

00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:16.700
 suffers

00:21:16.700 --> 00:21:18.000
 is not

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.359
 enough,

00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:18.819
 is it?

00:21:19.659 --> 00:21:20.240
 As the

00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:20.740
 suffering

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.579
 God-man,

00:21:21.879 --> 00:21:22.399
 he not

00:21:22.399 --> 00:21:22.940
 only knows

00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:23.319
 what it

00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:23.819
 is to

00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:24.200
 suffer,

00:21:24.639 --> 00:21:25.059
 but he

00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:25.539
 helps

00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:26.179
 us

00:21:26.179 --> 00:21:27.399
 in our

00:21:27.399 --> 00:21:27.919
 suffering.

00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:29.419
 No matter

00:21:29.419 --> 00:21:30.419
 what depth

00:21:30.419 --> 00:21:31.439
 you may

00:21:31.439 --> 00:21:31.980
 descend,

00:21:32.939 --> 00:21:33.500
 no matter

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:34.439
 what darkness

00:21:34.439 --> 00:21:35.559
 you may

00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:36.079
 enter,

00:21:37.179 --> 00:21:37.819
 Jesus is

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:38.439
 not just

00:21:38.439 --> 00:21:39.259
 with you,

00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:39.939
 but he

00:21:39.939 --> 00:21:40.779
 is under

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.200
 you,

00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:42.259
 strengthening

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.819
 you,

00:21:43.099 --> 00:21:44.059
 and upholding

00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:44.319
 you.

00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:46.439
 Jesus

00:21:46.439 --> 00:21:47.480
 experienced

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.139
 the full

00:21:48.139 --> 00:21:48.919
 effects and

00:21:48.919 --> 00:21:49.740
 consequences

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.799
 of living

00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:51.240
 in a

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.559
 fallen

00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:52.079
 world.

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:52.599
 He

00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:53.059
 literally

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:53.859
 clothed

00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:54.339
 himself

00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:54.640
 with

00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:55.140
 human

00:21:55.140 --> 00:21:55.740
 weakness.

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:56.359
 His

00:21:56.359 --> 00:21:56.960
 mind

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.819
 and his

00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.279
 body

00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:59.099
 struggled

00:21:59.099 --> 00:22:00.339
 just like

00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:00.880
 we do.

00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:02.160
 He

00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:02.839
 suffered

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:05.099
 so that

00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:05.740
 he might

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.740
 understand

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.579
 us

00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:09.500
 and give

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:10.319
 to us

00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:11.859
 what we

00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:12.339
 need.

00:22:13.880 --> 00:22:14.380
 Jesus

00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:15.920
 must

00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:16.460
 suffer.

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:19.840
 But more

00:22:19.840 --> 00:22:20.299
 than that,

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:20.759
 Jesus

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:22.160
 must

00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:22.660
 die.

00:22:24.360 --> 00:22:25.120
 We can

00:22:25.120 --> 00:22:25.819
 understand

00:22:25.819 --> 00:22:26.440
 Peter's

00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:26.940
 objection,

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.980
 but they're

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.319
 wrong.

00:22:30.620 --> 00:22:30.900
 Jesus

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.460
 must

00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:32.000
 suffer

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.920
 and he

00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.500
 must

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.360
 die.

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:34.759
 Look at

00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:35.539
 verse 23

00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.140
 with me.

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:37.940
 Jesus

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.640
 turned and

00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:39.019
 said to

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.360
 Peter,

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.700
 get behind

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.059
 me,

00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:41.460
 Satan.

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:43.259
 You're a

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.940
 stumbling

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.559
 block to

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:44.799
 me.

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.180
 You do

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:46.620
 not have

00:22:46.620 --> 00:22:47.039
 in mind

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.220
 the

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:47.720
 concerns

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.299
 of God,

00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:49.580
 but

00:22:49.580 --> 00:22:49.980
 merely

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.480
 human

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.060
 concerns.

00:22:52.380 --> 00:22:53.000
 From

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.620
 being the

00:22:53.620 --> 00:22:54.420
 foundational

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:55.180
 rock,

00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:56.480
 Peter

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:56.820
 now

00:22:56.820 --> 00:22:57.340
 becomes

00:22:57.340 --> 00:22:57.620
 the

00:22:57.620 --> 00:22:58.220
 stumbling

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:58.840
 block.

00:22:59.600 --> 00:23:00.000
 Without

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.700
 realizing

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:00.960
 it,

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:01.200
 he's

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:01.480
 become

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:01.680
 an

00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.160
 obstacle

00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:02.799
 to

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.100
 what

00:23:03.100 --> 00:23:03.519
 Jesus

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:04.000
 must

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.420
 do.

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:05.840
 But

00:23:05.840 --> 00:23:06.019
 to

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.380
 stop

00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:06.820
 Jesus

00:23:06.820 --> 00:23:07.120
 from

00:23:07.120 --> 00:23:07.700
 dying

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.259
 is

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.420
 to

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:08.600
 be

00:23:08.600 --> 00:23:08.779
 on

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:08.940
 the

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.240
 side

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:09.440
 of

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:09.860
 Satan.

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:11.400
 Jesus

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:12.620
 must

00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:13.600
 die.

00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:13.659
 die.

00:23:15.879 --> 00:23:16.259
 Now

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:16.899
 while Peter

00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:17.439
 struggles

00:23:17.439 --> 00:23:18.439
 with what

00:23:18.439 --> 00:23:19.119
 it means

00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:20.079
 at this

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.639
 stage,

00:23:21.199 --> 00:23:21.639
 he would

00:23:21.639 --> 00:23:22.339
 later come

00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:23.279
 to understand

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.759
 that Jesus

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.599
 must die.

00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.139
 Peter

00:23:27.139 --> 00:23:27.679
 himself

00:23:27.679 --> 00:23:28.019
 would

00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:29.159
 write this

00:23:29.159 --> 00:23:30.000
 in

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.759
 1 Peter.

00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:32.359
 Follow

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:32.779
 with me

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.119
 on the

00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:33.500
 screen.

00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:35.359
 He

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:36.219
 himself,

00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:37.159
 that's

00:23:37.159 --> 00:23:37.519
 Jesus

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.159
 himself,

00:23:38.159 --> 00:23:38.659
 bore

00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:39.040
 our

00:23:39.040 --> 00:23:39.700
 sins

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.580
 in

00:23:40.580 --> 00:23:40.820
 his

00:23:40.820 --> 00:23:41.220
 body

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.480
 on

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:41.640
 the

00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:42.080
 cross

00:23:42.080 --> 00:23:43.240
 so

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.440
 that

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:43.620
 we

00:23:43.620 --> 00:23:43.920
 might

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.340
 die

00:23:44.340 --> 00:23:44.640
 to

00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:45.240
 sins

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:46.360
 and

00:23:46.360 --> 00:23:46.759
 live

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.040
 for

00:23:47.040 --> 00:23:47.640
 righteousness.

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.420
 By

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:49.779
 his

00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:50.259
 wounds

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:50.580
 you

00:23:50.580 --> 00:23:51.000
 have

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.460
 been

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.240
 healed.

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.000
 You

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.240
 see,

00:23:54.360 --> 00:23:54.620
 sin

00:23:54.620 --> 00:23:55.080
 is not

00:23:55.080 --> 00:23:55.519
 just

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.560
 rejection

00:23:56.560 --> 00:23:56.960
 and

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.480
 rebellion

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:57.980
 against

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.340
 God.

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.080
 Sin

00:23:59.080 --> 00:23:59.300
 is

00:23:59.300 --> 00:23:59.940
 replacing

00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:00.500
 God

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:00.779
 with

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.300
 self.

00:24:02.060 --> 00:24:02.320
 It's

00:24:02.320 --> 00:24:02.580
 saying,

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:02.900
 I'm

00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:03.080
 the

00:24:03.080 --> 00:24:03.320
 king,

00:24:03.560 --> 00:24:03.980
 I

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.360
 rule

00:24:04.360 --> 00:24:04.660
 my

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:04.980
 life,

00:24:05.080 --> 00:24:05.140
 and

00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:05.380
 I'm

00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:05.580
 going

00:24:05.580 --> 00:24:05.800
 to

00:24:05.800 --> 00:24:05.960
 live

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.120
 as

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:06.300
 I

00:24:06.300 --> 00:24:06.660
 please.

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:07.960
 It's

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.300
 taking

00:24:08.300 --> 00:24:08.580
 the

00:24:08.580 --> 00:24:09.060
 crown

00:24:09.060 --> 00:24:09.300
 of

00:24:09.300 --> 00:24:09.820
 sovereign

00:24:09.820 --> 00:24:10.440
 authority

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.160
 that

00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:11.820
 belongs

00:24:11.820 --> 00:24:12.080
 to

00:24:12.080 --> 00:24:12.500
 Jesus,

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.259
 taking

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.500
 it

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:13.720
 off

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.040
 his

00:24:14.040 --> 00:24:14.360
 head

00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:14.840
 and

00:24:14.840 --> 00:24:15.180
 putting

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:15.380
 it

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:15.580
 on

00:24:15.580 --> 00:24:15.880
 my

00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:16.380
 head.

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.380
 It's

00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:18.940
 declaring

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.660
 war

00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:20.620
 on

00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:21.000
 Jesus.

00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:23.320
 It's

00:24:23.320 --> 00:24:23.660
 what we

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:23.920
 all

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.180
 do.

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.519
 But

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:26.779
 Jesus

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.120
 says

00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:27.320
 there

00:24:27.320 --> 00:24:27.440
 will

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:27.660
 only

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:27.880
 be

00:24:27.880 --> 00:24:28.120
 one

00:24:28.120 --> 00:24:28.620
 outcome.

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:30.320
 Either

00:24:30.320 --> 00:24:30.800
 Jesus

00:24:30.800 --> 00:24:31.120
 is

00:24:31.120 --> 00:24:31.360
 going

00:24:31.360 --> 00:24:31.600
 to

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:31.840
 die

00:24:31.840 --> 00:24:32.100
 for

00:24:32.100 --> 00:24:32.540
 you

00:24:32.540 --> 00:24:34.279
 or

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:34.540
 you

00:24:34.540 --> 00:24:34.779
 will

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.100
 die

00:24:35.100 --> 00:24:35.380
 for

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:35.700
 your

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.120
 sin.

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:37.340
 What's

00:24:37.340 --> 00:24:37.440
 it

00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:37.640
 going

00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:37.820
 to

00:24:37.820 --> 00:24:38.080
 be?

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.340
 Either

00:24:39.340 --> 00:24:39.840
 Jesus

00:24:39.840 --> 00:24:40.500
 dies

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.740
 or

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.019
 you

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.360
 die.

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.060
 You

00:24:45.060 --> 00:24:45.220
 see,

00:24:45.320 --> 00:24:45.420
 the

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:45.680
 king,

00:24:45.840 --> 00:24:46.160
 with all

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:46.620
 power

00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.080
 and all

00:24:47.080 --> 00:24:47.680
 authority,

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.240
 came not

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:49.740
 just to

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.120
 suffer

00:24:50.120 --> 00:24:51.000
 with

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.500
 us,

00:24:52.320 --> 00:24:52.900
 but he

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:53.360
 came to

00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:53.720
 suffer

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.800
 for

00:24:54.800 --> 00:24:55.240
 us.

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.220
 He

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.420
 would

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.000
 become

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:57.759
 our

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.279
 sin

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.960
 for

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.380
 us.

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:00.180
 Every

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:00.560
 word

00:25:00.560 --> 00:25:00.740
 of

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.240
 rejection,

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.000
 every

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.400
 act

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:02.580
 of

00:25:02.580 --> 00:25:03.040
 rebellion

00:25:03.040 --> 00:25:03.700
 would

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:03.920
 be

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:04.340
 borne

00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:04.600
 by

00:25:04.600 --> 00:25:05.080
 Jesus

00:25:05.080 --> 00:25:06.100
 as

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.240
 he

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:06.459
 hung

00:25:06.459 --> 00:25:06.639
 on

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:06.779
 the

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.219
 cross.

00:25:08.219 --> 00:25:08.459
 He

00:25:08.459 --> 00:25:09.039
 died

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.480
 my

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.019
 death.

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:11.339
 He

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:11.939
 suffered

00:25:11.939 --> 00:25:12.319
 my

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:13.199
 condemnation.

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:13.859
 He

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.519
 endured

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.379
 my

00:25:15.379 --> 00:25:15.980
 punishment

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.939
 so that

00:25:16.939 --> 00:25:17.419
 I

00:25:17.419 --> 00:25:17.980
 could

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.240
 be

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:18.779
 healed,

00:25:19.419 --> 00:25:19.819
 forgiven,

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.199
 welcomed,

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:21.919
 and

00:25:21.919 --> 00:25:22.639
 treasured.

00:25:23.919 --> 00:25:24.519
 Jesus

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.099
 came to

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.639
 die for

00:25:25.639 --> 00:25:26.079
 you

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:27.199
 and for

00:25:27.199 --> 00:25:27.519
 me.

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.819
 To

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.119
 quote

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:30.679
 one old

00:25:30.679 --> 00:25:31.139
 preacher,

00:25:32.139 --> 00:25:33.079
 if we

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.699
 trust in

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.039
 Jesus,

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.400
 he

00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:34.779
 says,

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:35.860
 you

00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:36.240
 now

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:36.759
 stand

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.240
 before

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.880
 God

00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:39.000
 as

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.180
 if

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:39.360
 you

00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:39.539
 were

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.080
 Christ,

00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:41.519
 because

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.039
 Christ

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.380
 stood

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:42.759
 before

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.299
 God

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:44.640
 as

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:44.799
 if

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:44.960
 he

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.160
 were

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.500
 you.

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:48.880
 Jesus

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.299
 must

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:49.700
 suffer,

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.319
 Jesus

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:52.180
 must

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:53.220
 die,

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:54.680
 and

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.019
 Jesus

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:56.220
 must

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:56.940
 rise.

00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:58.160
 That's

00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:58.440
 what he

00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:58.980
 says in

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.180
 verse

00:25:59.180 --> 00:25:59.680
 21.

00:25:59.840 --> 00:26:00.000
 This

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.400
 is my

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:01.380
 reason

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:01.640
 for

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:02.000
 coming,

00:26:02.120 --> 00:26:02.280
 that

00:26:02.280 --> 00:26:02.800
 I

00:26:02.800 --> 00:26:03.160
 would

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:03.400
 be

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:03.759
 killed

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:03.960
 and

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.140
 on

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.280
 the

00:26:04.280 --> 00:26:04.720
 third

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.080
 day

00:26:05.080 --> 00:26:05.420
 be

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:06.300
 raised

00:26:06.300 --> 00:26:06.600
 to

00:26:06.600 --> 00:26:07.019
 life.

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.440
 Jesus

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.100
 came in

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:09.500
 weakness.

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:10.600
 He

00:26:10.600 --> 00:26:10.800
 would

00:26:10.800 --> 00:26:11.220
 suffer

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:11.440
 and

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:11.580
 he

00:26:11.580 --> 00:26:11.759
 would

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.080
 die,

00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:12.640
 but

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:12.960
 only

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.240
 so

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.440
 that

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:13.580
 he

00:26:13.580 --> 00:26:13.759
 would

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.340
 display

00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:14.660
 his

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.120
 greatness

00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:15.400
 and

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:15.580
 his

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:15.960
 power,

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:16.680
 because

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:17.120
 through

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:17.380
 the

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:17.980
 resurrection

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.900
 Jesus

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.600
 proves

00:26:19.600 --> 00:26:19.840
 his

00:26:19.840 --> 00:26:20.380
 authority

00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:20.980
 over

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.380
 death

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:21.920
 and

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.080
 the

00:26:22.080 --> 00:26:22.519
 glory

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:22.820
 that

00:26:22.820 --> 00:26:22.980
 is

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.220
 yet

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.420
 to

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:23.740
 come.

00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:25.840
 Again,

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.220
 Peter

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:26.460
 was

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:26.900
 struggling

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.380
 to see

00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:27.620
 how

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:27.860
 any

00:26:27.860 --> 00:26:28.019
 of

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.180
 this

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:28.340
 could

00:26:28.340 --> 00:26:28.519
 be

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:28.940
 true,

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:29.720
 but

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:29.960
 as

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.079
 he

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.500
 became

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:30.740
 a

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.079
 witness

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:31.360
 to

00:26:31.360 --> 00:26:31.559
 the

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:31.860
 death

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:32.059
 of

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.539
 Jesus

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:33.120
 and

00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:33.299
 a

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.620
 witness

00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:33.880
 to

00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.079
 the

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.420
 risen

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:34.960
 Jesus

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.740
 it

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:35.880
 would

00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:36.100
 all

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:36.480
 become

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:36.920
 clear.

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.319
 Come

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:39.740
 with me

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.180
 please

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:40.420
 to

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.360
 1 Peter

00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:43.460
 chapter

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:43.900
 1.

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.180
 Follow

00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:45.680
 with me

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.200
 in this.

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.700
 1 Peter

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.079
 chapter

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.460
 1.

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.180
 And

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.420
 again,

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:52.740
 if you've

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.000
 got a

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.299
 page

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.700
 number,

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.039
 shout

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.460
 it out

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:56.940
 and I'll

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:58.500
 call it

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:58.740
 out.

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:01.539
 1 Peter

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:01.640
 chapter

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:02.079
 1.

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.559
 1.217

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:06.100
 There's the

00:27:06.100 --> 00:27:06.740
 teacher for

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:06.940
 you,

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.600
 always loud

00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:08.120
 and clear.

00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:11.279
 1 Peter

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:11.700
 chapter

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.180
 1

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:17.079
 verse

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.539
 3

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:23.960
 So here's

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.620
 the promise

00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:25.200
 that we

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.980
 have because

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.559
 of Jesus'

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.420
 resurrection.

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.319
 And note

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.639
 again,

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.639
 it's Peter

00:27:29.639 --> 00:27:30.399
 having

00:27:30.399 --> 00:27:31.039
 witnessed

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:32.059
 the death

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.339
 and

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:32.819
 resurrection

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:33.519
 of Jesus.

00:27:33.679 --> 00:27:34.139
 He now

00:27:34.139 --> 00:27:34.939
 writes

00:27:34.939 --> 00:27:35.859
 these things.

00:27:36.879 --> 00:27:37.399
 Follow

00:27:37.399 --> 00:27:37.839
 with me

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.460
 verse 3.

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.559
 Praise

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.159
 be to

00:27:40.159 --> 00:27:40.619
 the God

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:41.179
 and Father

00:27:41.179 --> 00:27:41.579
 of our

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.200
 Lord Jesus

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.779
 Christ.

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.059
 In his

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:44.819
 great mercy

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.319
 he has

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:45.919
 given us

00:27:45.919 --> 00:27:47.039
 new birth

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.919
 into a

00:27:47.919 --> 00:27:48.579
 living hope

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.119
 through

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:50.619
 the

00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:51.279
 resurrection

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:52.119
 of Jesus

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:52.720
 Christ

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.439
 from the

00:27:53.439 --> 00:27:53.799
 dead

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:55.500
 and into

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:56.279
 an inheritance

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:57.599
 that can

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:58.539
 never perish,

00:27:59.319 --> 00:27:59.740
 spoil,

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.359
 or fade.

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:04.039
 Our bodies

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:05.759
 will perish.

00:28:06.899 --> 00:28:08.059
 Our possessions

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:10.059
 will spoil.

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:12.319
 Our world

00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:14.079
 will fade.

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:15.379
 but the

00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:16.159
 glory of

00:28:16.159 --> 00:28:16.359
 the

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:16.839
 eternal

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:17.319
 kingdom

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:18.559
 will never

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.220
 perish,

00:28:19.899 --> 00:28:21.139
 never spoil,

00:28:21.939 --> 00:28:23.279
 never fade.

00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:27.399
 Verse 4

00:28:27.399 --> 00:28:27.859
 This

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.839
 inheritance

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:30.779
 is kept

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.339
 in heaven

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:32.079
 for you

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:33.319
 who

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:34.319
 through faith

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:36.419
 are shielded

00:28:36.419 --> 00:28:37.179
 by God's

00:28:37.179 --> 00:28:37.939
 power until

00:28:37.939 --> 00:28:38.519
 the coming

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:38.899
 of the

00:28:38.899 --> 00:28:39.500
 salvation

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:41.000
 that is

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.759
 ready to be

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.480
 revealed in

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:42.939
 the last

00:28:42.939 --> 00:28:43.359
 time.

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:45.539
 I wonder

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:45.980
 if you can

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.639
 see there

00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:47.639
 in verse

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:48.059
 4 and

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:49.319
 5 how

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.539
 the

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:49.980
 resurrection

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.759
 is our

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.519
 security

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.699
 and our

00:28:52.699 --> 00:28:53.199
 safety.

00:28:54.179 --> 00:28:54.679
 On the

00:28:54.679 --> 00:28:55.199
 one hand,

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.759
 verse 4,

00:28:56.179 --> 00:28:56.779
 heaven is

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.539
 kept for

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.079
 us,

00:28:59.159 --> 00:29:00.759
 beginning

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.199
 of verse

00:29:01.199 --> 00:29:01.699
 5,

00:29:02.699 --> 00:29:03.119
 and we

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:03.779
 are kept

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.519
 for heaven.

00:29:04.659 --> 00:29:04.939
 We are

00:29:04.939 --> 00:29:05.859
 shielded

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:07.359
 by God's

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:07.779
 power.

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:08.740
 Heaven

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.500
 is kept

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.939
 and we

00:29:10.939 --> 00:29:11.599
 are kept.

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:13.039
 Those

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.879
 who trust

00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:14.580
 in Jesus

00:29:14.580 --> 00:29:16.000
 have this

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.840
 living hope

00:29:16.840 --> 00:29:17.800
 because

00:29:17.800 --> 00:29:18.640
 Jesus

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.280
 suffered

00:29:19.280 --> 00:29:20.120
 for you,

00:29:21.120 --> 00:29:21.460
 Jesus

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:22.440
 died for

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:22.920
 you,

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:24.460
 and Jesus

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:25.420
 rose again

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.660
 for you.

00:29:29.340 --> 00:29:30.340
 Of course,

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.380
 facing death

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:33.380
 is still a

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:33.740
 struggle.

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:35.900
 And you

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.420
 know why

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:37.040
 death is

00:29:37.040 --> 00:29:37.760
 always so

00:29:37.760 --> 00:29:38.240
 hard?

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:40.039
 death is

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.819
 because death

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.519
 takes from

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.799
 us the

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.299
 things we

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.920
 cherish,

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.559
 the people

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.140
 we deeply

00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:46.660
 love.

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.359
 Yet

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:49.920
 they're always

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.420
 temporary.

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:51.039
 The things

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.460
 of this

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.859
 world will

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:53.359
 perish,

00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:53.940
 spoil,

00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:54.680
 and fade.

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.720
 But yet

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.680
 in God's

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.079
 hands,

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.279
 they are

00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:00.160
 gifts from

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.799
 God to

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.740
 prepare us

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:03.120
 for the

00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:04.059
 greatest gift

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.579
 of all,

00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.220
 God

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:06.880
 himself

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:08.620
 in his

00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:09.039
 eternal

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.500
 kingdom.

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.920
 Jesus

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:14.480
 came

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:16.740
 to suffer

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.319
 for you,

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:19.720
 to die

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.420
 for you,

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:22.720
 to rise

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.140
 again

00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:24.059
 for you.

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:28.000
 but there's

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.639
 something else

00:30:28.639 --> 00:30:29.460
 Jesus wants

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:29.859
 us to

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:30.119
 know.

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.500
 The cost.

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:35.639
 You see,

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.159
 what we

00:30:36.159 --> 00:30:37.039
 think about

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.839
 Jesus will

00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:39.419
 determine how

00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:40.399
 we respond

00:30:40.399 --> 00:30:41.259
 to Jesus.

00:30:42.379 --> 00:30:43.159
 If we

00:30:43.159 --> 00:30:44.079
 understand his

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.779
 identity,

00:30:45.399 --> 00:30:45.819
 if we

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.659
 understand his

00:30:46.659 --> 00:30:47.259
 purpose,

00:30:47.639 --> 00:30:48.200
 then we

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:49.119
 will count

00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:49.799
 the cost.

00:30:50.179 --> 00:30:50.559
 Look at

00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:51.279
 verse 24.

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:51.839
 Go back

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.299
 with me to

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:52.559
 Matthew

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.559
 chapter 16.

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:57.379
 chapter 16,

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.339
 verse 24.

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 Then Jesus

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:04.220
 said to his

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:04.759
 disciples,

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.200
 look,

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.599
 he says,

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.980
 you've got

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.919
 my identity

00:31:07.919 --> 00:31:08.480
 clear.

00:31:10.899 --> 00:31:11.659
 You've got

00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:12.379
 the purpose

00:31:12.379 --> 00:31:12.839
 clear.

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:16.339
 So whoever

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:17.019
 wants to

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.519
 be my

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:18.119
 disciple

00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:20.059
 must deny

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:20.720
 themselves,

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.039
 take up

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.759
 their cross.

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:24.679
 and follow

00:31:24.679 --> 00:31:25.059
 me.

00:31:26.139 --> 00:31:26.519
 The

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:27.200
 evidence

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:28.220
 that we

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.940
 understand

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.599
 who

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:30.059
 Jesus

00:31:30.059 --> 00:31:30.579
 is

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:31.500
 and why

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:31.980
 Jesus

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.519
 came,

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:33.980
 that if

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.240
 we've

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:35.039
 accepted it

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.679
 and embraced

00:31:35.679 --> 00:31:36.000
 it,

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.779
 it will be

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.200
 seen,

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:37.579
 it will be

00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:38.419
 worked out

00:31:38.419 --> 00:31:39.679
 in our

00:31:39.679 --> 00:31:40.079
 life.

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:42.000
 And the

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.539
 evidence will

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:43.039
 be crystal

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.679
 clear to

00:31:43.679 --> 00:31:44.500
 us all.

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 will mean

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.420
 three things

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:48.220
 very simply.

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 It will

00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:50.859
 mean denying

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.700
 yourself.

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:53.880
 Jesus

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:54.539
 says, if you

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:54.920
 want to be

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.779
 my disciple,

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:58.039
 you must

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.420
 deny

00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:59.019
 yourself.

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.839
 To deny

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.700
 yourself is

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:03.200
 to die

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:04.440
 to self.

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.500
 rule.

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.059
 You see, we

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.700
 all want to

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.100
 play the

00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:07.539
 role of

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:07.920
 sovereign

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:08.299
 king,

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:08.820
 don't we?

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.799
 We're all

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.180
 king of

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.420
 our

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:10.940
 castles.

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:12.080
 I want

00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:12.340
 to be

00:32:12.340 --> 00:32:12.799
 the boss

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.220
 of my

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.559
 life.

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:14.200
 I don't

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.740
 want anybody

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.340
 telling me

00:32:15.340 --> 00:32:15.740
 what I

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.160
 should do

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.559
 or how

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:16.940
 I should

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.200
 live.

00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:18.080
 I want

00:32:18.080 --> 00:32:18.380
 to do

00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:18.799
 things

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.900
 my way.

00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:22.340
 But to

00:32:22.340 --> 00:32:22.700
 deny

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.380
 yourself

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:25.259
 is to

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.720
 give up

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.559
 the fight

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:28.059
 to self

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.460
 rule.

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.860
 Instead,

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.400
 it means

00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:31.080
 living under

00:32:31.080 --> 00:32:32.200
 his authority

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:33.279
 and submitting

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.879
 to his

00:32:33.879 --> 00:32:34.180
 rule.

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:34.940
 It's about

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.839
 seeking first

00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:36.420
 the kingdom

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:37.160
 of God,

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:38.019
 not the

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:39.200
 kingdom of

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:40.160
 Johnny Grant

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:41.359
 that will

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:41.819
 come to

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:42.160
 nothing.

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:45.079
 What will

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:45.500
 this look

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:45.960
 like for

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.279
 us?

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.259
 Well, it

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:50.500
 starts with

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:51.119
 the king's

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:52.579
 word, the

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:53.019
 king's

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.619
 authority.

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.500
 It means

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.579
 not just

00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:57.680
 listening to

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:58.420
 a few words

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.079
 on a Sunday,

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:01.279
 but reading

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:02.160
 his word,

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:03.240
 coming under

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:04.180
 his authority

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:06.460
 and obeying

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.940
 what he

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.539
 says,

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:09.799
 because he

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.519
 is king

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:12.079
 and he

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.660
 is lord.

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:15.660
 Deny

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:16.299
 yourself.

00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:18.960
 Second,

00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:19.579
 take up

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:20.220
 your cross.

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:21.880
 Jesus

00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:22.420
 says if

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:23.079
 you're a

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.620
 disciple,

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.660
 then you

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:26.220
 must take

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:26.579
 up your

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:27.019
 cross.

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:28.599
 To take

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:28.980
 up your

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.720
 cross is

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.900
 to lose

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.519
 your life.

00:33:32.300 --> 00:33:32.759
 Remember,

00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:33.480
 the cross

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.960
 was a

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.519
 form of

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.280
 execution.

00:33:35.800 --> 00:33:36.120
 It was

00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:36.660
 the death

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.180
 penalty.

00:33:38.300 --> 00:33:38.780
 So to

00:33:38.780 --> 00:33:39.320
 take up

00:33:39.320 --> 00:33:40.220
 your cross

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:41.160
 is saying,

00:33:41.600 --> 00:33:41.980
 I am

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.640
 willing to

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:44.120
 die for

00:33:44.120 --> 00:33:44.560
 Jesus.

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:44.740
 Jesus.

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.879
 Some of

00:33:47.879 --> 00:33:49.619
 you are

00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:50.480
 perhaps wearing

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:51.079
 a cross

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:51.799
 today on

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.359
 a chain

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:52.940
 around your

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:53.319
 neck.

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:54.619
 I have

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:55.220
 no problem

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.659
 with it,

00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:56.179
 by the way,

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.879
 with that

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:57.319
 chain,

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.440
 with that

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:58.919
 cross.

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:00.859
 But what

00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:01.179
 does it

00:34:01.179 --> 00:34:01.579
 mean to

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:01.879
 you if

00:34:01.879 --> 00:34:02.220
 you put

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:02.559
 it on

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:02.799
 in the

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:03.139
 morning?

00:34:05.179 --> 00:34:05.759
 As you

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.099
 put it

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:06.440
 on in

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:06.579
 the

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:06.879
 morning,

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.240
 it's

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.559
 saying,

00:34:08.299 --> 00:34:09.159
 I'm

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.659
 willing to

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.320
 die for

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.739
 Jesus.

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.179
 That's

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:12.500
 what the

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:12.799
 cross

00:34:12.799 --> 00:34:13.259
 means.

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:14.740
 rather

00:34:14.740 --> 00:34:15.020
 than

00:34:15.020 --> 00:34:15.580
 save

00:34:15.580 --> 00:34:15.900
 my

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.460
 life,

00:34:17.240 --> 00:34:18.200
 I

00:34:18.200 --> 00:34:18.460
 will

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.000
 lose

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.300
 my

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:19.780
 life

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:21.020
 for

00:34:21.020 --> 00:34:21.460
 him.

00:34:22.620 --> 00:34:23.300
 Verse

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:23.860
 25.

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.700
 For

00:34:25.700 --> 00:34:26.060
 whoever

00:34:26.060 --> 00:34:26.540
 wants

00:34:26.540 --> 00:34:26.900
 to

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:28.020
 save

00:34:28.020 --> 00:34:28.340
 their

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:28.820
 life

00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:29.260
 will

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:30.260
 lose

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:30.620
 it,

00:34:31.660 --> 00:34:32.140
 but

00:34:32.140 --> 00:34:32.500
 whoever

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:33.140
 loses

00:34:33.140 --> 00:34:33.520
 their

00:34:33.520 --> 00:34:33.920
 life

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:34.160
 for

00:34:34.160 --> 00:34:34.520
 me

00:34:34.520 --> 00:34:36.040
 will

00:34:36.040 --> 00:34:36.460
 find

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:36.800
 it.

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.180
 You

00:34:38.180 --> 00:34:38.360
 see,

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:38.560
 if

00:34:38.560 --> 00:34:38.900
 Jesus

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.460
 gave

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:39.760
 his

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:40.460
 all

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:40.740
 for

00:34:40.740 --> 00:34:40.900
 you,

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.100
 if

00:34:41.100 --> 00:34:41.280
 he

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:41.600
 gave

00:34:41.600 --> 00:34:41.820
 his

00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:42.180
 life

00:34:42.180 --> 00:34:42.380
 for

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:42.580
 you,

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:43.019
 to

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.460
 save

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:43.739
 you,

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.159
 and

00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:44.440
 bring

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:44.659
 you

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.119
 safely

00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:45.380
 and

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:45.880
 securely

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.519
 to

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:46.799
 his

00:34:46.799 --> 00:34:47.279
 eternal

00:34:47.279 --> 00:34:47.719
 kingdom,

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:48.239
 if

00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:48.639
 Jesus

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:48.960
 did

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.199
 that

00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:49.440
 for

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:49.920
 you,

00:34:50.759 --> 00:34:52.360
 then

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:52.500
 we

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:52.679
 will

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:52.880
 give

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.039
 our

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:53.440
 life

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:54.179
 to

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:54.480
 him.

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:56.319
 At

00:34:56.319 --> 00:34:56.460
 the

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:56.699
 very

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:57.139
 least,

00:34:57.299 --> 00:34:57.380
 it

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:57.719
 means

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:58.619
 embracing

00:34:58.619 --> 00:34:59.380
 a

00:34:59.380 --> 00:34:59.739
 path

00:34:59.739 --> 00:34:59.920
 of

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.340
 loving

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:01.159
 sacrifice

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:01.460
 and

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:01.779
 humble

00:35:01.779 --> 00:35:02.319
 service.

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.139
 Taking

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:03.420
 up

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:03.619
 your

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:04.239
 cross

00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:06.119
 is

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:06.340
 going

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:06.559
 to

00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:06.759
 mean

00:35:06.759 --> 00:35:07.119
 walking

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:07.380
 a

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:07.699
 path

00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:07.880
 of

00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:08.360
 suffering.

00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:08.440
 life.

00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:11.760
 If

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:11.980
 you're

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.300
 after

00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:12.539
 an

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:12.820
 easy

00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:13.360
 life,

00:35:14.700 --> 00:35:15.240
 if

00:35:15.240 --> 00:35:15.400
 you

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:15.620
 want

00:35:15.620 --> 00:35:15.820
 a

00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:16.280
 comfortable

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:16.900
 life,

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.440
 if

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:18.599
 you

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:18.840
 want

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.019
 a

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.400
 safe

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:19.720
 life,

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:19.920
 if

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.059
 you

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.260
 want

00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:20.420
 a

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:20.660
 life

00:35:20.660 --> 00:35:20.840
 where

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:21.039
 you

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.240
 can

00:35:21.240 --> 00:35:21.539
 just

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:22.220
 keep

00:35:22.220 --> 00:35:22.640
 people

00:35:22.640 --> 00:35:22.820
 at

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.240
 arm's

00:35:23.240 --> 00:35:23.820
 distance,

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:26.440
 don't

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:26.760
 be a

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:27.220
 disciple.

00:35:28.660 --> 00:35:29.000
 Don't

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.300
 be a

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.740
 disciple.

00:35:31.160 --> 00:35:31.680
 But

00:35:31.680 --> 00:35:31.820
 if

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:31.980
 you

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.240
 want

00:35:32.240 --> 00:35:32.440
 to

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:32.820
 save

00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:33.019
 your

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.440
 life,

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:35.000
 be

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:35.280
 ready

00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:35.539
 to

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:35.900
 suffer

00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:37.519
 and

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:37.679
 be

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:37.940
 ready

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.200
 to

00:35:38.200 --> 00:35:38.500
 die.

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:44.679
 You

00:35:44.679 --> 00:35:44.840
 want

00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:44.920
 to

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.200
 be a

00:35:45.200 --> 00:35:45.619
 disciple

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:45.880
 of

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.220
 Jesus?

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.179
 He

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:48.440
 says,

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:48.599
 you

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:48.860
 must

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.200
 follow

00:35:49.200 --> 00:35:49.559
 me.

00:35:52.200 --> 00:35:52.760
 Following

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:53.240
 Jesus

00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:53.860
 is both

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:54.599
 costly,

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:56.579
 costly

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:57.920
 and

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:59.019
 glorious.

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.380
 It's

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:00.860
 costly

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.280
 because

00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:01.780
 it will

00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:02.099
 mean

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:02.559
 dying

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:02.800
 to

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:03.200
 yourself

00:36:03.199 --> 00:36:03.419
 and

00:36:03.419 --> 00:36:03.699
 taking

00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:03.939
 up

00:36:03.939 --> 00:36:04.099
 your

00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:04.399
 cross.

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:04.899
 It

00:36:04.899 --> 00:36:05.179
 will

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:05.480
 mean

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:05.859
 walking

00:36:05.859 --> 00:36:06.099
 a

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.379
 path

00:36:06.379 --> 00:36:06.559
 of

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:07.019
 suffering.

00:36:07.919 --> 00:36:08.179
 But

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:08.439
 that

00:36:08.439 --> 00:36:08.899
 same

00:36:08.899 --> 00:36:09.539
 path

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:11.159
 leads

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:11.439
 to

00:36:11.439 --> 00:36:11.980
 glory.

00:36:13.339 --> 00:36:13.819
 After

00:36:13.819 --> 00:36:14.099
 the

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:14.379
 death

00:36:14.379 --> 00:36:14.599
 of

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:14.859
 the

00:36:14.859 --> 00:36:15.619
 Lord

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.019
 Jesus

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.419
 came

00:36:16.419 --> 00:36:16.659
 the

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:17.259
 resurrection

00:36:17.259 --> 00:36:17.639
 of

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:17.980
 Jesus.

00:36:18.779 --> 00:36:19.079
 So

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:19.379
 all

00:36:19.379 --> 00:36:19.559
 who

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:20.000
 follow

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.419
 him

00:36:20.419 --> 00:36:20.939
 are

00:36:20.939 --> 00:36:21.579
 guaranteed

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:22.039
 and

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:22.460
 assured

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:22.879
 of a

00:36:22.879 --> 00:36:23.399
 resurrection

00:36:23.399 --> 00:36:23.739
 to

00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:24.039
 come,

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:24.939
 suffering

00:36:24.939 --> 00:36:25.480
 now,

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:27.519
 but

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.000
 glory

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.519
 later.

00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:30.359
 You

00:36:30.359 --> 00:36:30.559
 see,

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:30.759
 to

00:36:30.759 --> 00:36:31.139
 follow

00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:31.699
 Jesus

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:31.919
 Jesus

00:36:31.919 --> 00:36:33.359
 is to

00:36:33.359 --> 00:36:34.059
 embrace

00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:34.639
 his

00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:35.279
 life.

00:36:36.299 --> 00:36:36.699
 It's

00:36:36.699 --> 00:36:36.819
 to

00:36:36.819 --> 00:36:37.259
 follow

00:36:37.259 --> 00:36:37.579
 his

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:38.139
 example.

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:38.759
 It's

00:36:38.759 --> 00:36:39.119
 to hear

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:39.339
 the

00:36:39.339 --> 00:36:39.719
 call

00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:40.299
 as he

00:36:40.299 --> 00:36:40.759
 says to

00:36:40.759 --> 00:36:40.960
 you,

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:41.739
 come and

00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:42.099
 die

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:43.119
 with me.

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:46.000
 Come and

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.419
 live

00:36:46.419 --> 00:36:47.899
 with me.

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:50.399
 We

00:36:50.399 --> 00:36:50.739
 follow

00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:51.019
 his

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.539
 example

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:53.199
 and look

00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:53.779
 forward to

00:36:53.779 --> 00:36:54.219
 his

00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:55.339
 eternal

00:36:55.339 --> 00:36:55.799
 kingdom.

00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:58.740
 listen

00:36:58.740 --> 00:36:59.100
 to the

00:36:59.100 --> 00:36:59.560
 words

00:36:59.560 --> 00:37:01.420
 of

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:01.780
 Psalm

00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:02.519
 16,

00:37:03.260 --> 00:37:03.800
 the

00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:04.060
 end

00:37:04.060 --> 00:37:04.240
 of

00:37:04.240 --> 00:37:04.519
 Psalm

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:05.120
 16.

00:37:06.300 --> 00:37:06.920
 I'll

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.120
 read

00:37:07.120 --> 00:37:07.280
 them

00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:07.500
 to

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:07.740
 you

00:37:07.740 --> 00:37:07.920
 as

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.080
 we

00:37:08.080 --> 00:37:08.620
 reflect.

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:11.260
 Therefore,

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:12.900
 my

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:13.340
 heart

00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:13.580
 is

00:37:13.580 --> 00:37:14.000
 glad

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.240
 and

00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:14.500
 my

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:14.920
 tongue

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.800
 rejoices,

00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:17.380
 my

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:17.780
 body

00:37:17.780 --> 00:37:18.320
 also

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:18.640
 will

00:37:18.640 --> 00:37:19.260
 rest

00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:19.960
 secure,

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:21.660
 because

00:37:21.660 --> 00:37:22.060
 you

00:37:22.060 --> 00:37:22.260
 will

00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:22.519
 not

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:23.019
 abandon

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:23.380
 me

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:23.580
 to

00:37:23.580 --> 00:37:23.800
 the

00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:24.220
 realm

00:37:24.219 --> 00:37:24.799
 of

00:37:24.799 --> 00:37:24.939
 the

00:37:24.939 --> 00:37:25.339
 dead,

00:37:26.239 --> 00:37:26.879
 nor

00:37:26.879 --> 00:37:27.119
 will

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:27.279
 you

00:37:27.279 --> 00:37:27.579
 let

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:27.819
 your

00:37:27.819 --> 00:37:28.399
 faithful

00:37:28.399 --> 00:37:28.779
 one

00:37:28.779 --> 00:37:29.139
 see

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:29.679
 decay.

00:37:30.879 --> 00:37:31.579
 You

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:31.919
 make

00:37:31.919 --> 00:37:32.259
 known

00:37:32.259 --> 00:37:32.679
 to me

00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:32.919
 the

00:37:32.919 --> 00:37:33.480
 path

00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:33.659
 of

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:34.079
 life,

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:35.859
 and

00:37:35.859 --> 00:37:36.119
 you

00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:36.339
 will

00:37:36.339 --> 00:37:36.639
 fill

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:36.859
 me

00:37:36.859 --> 00:37:37.139
 with

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:37.699
 joy

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:38.139
 in

00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:38.419
 your

00:37:38.419 --> 00:37:39.159
 presence

00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:41.119
 and

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:41.339
 with

00:37:41.339 --> 00:37:41.919
 eternal

00:37:41.919 --> 00:37:42.699
 pleasures

00:37:42.699 --> 00:37:44.259
 at

00:37:44.259 --> 00:37:44.480
 your

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:44.799
 right

00:37:44.799 --> 00:37:45.199
 hand.

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:48.819
 Follow

00:37:48.819 --> 00:37:49.279
 me,

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:49.739
 says

00:37:49.739 --> 00:37:50.179
 Jesus,

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:52.519
 and I

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:52.939
 will bring

00:37:52.939 --> 00:37:53.139
 you

00:37:53.139 --> 00:37:53.459
 home.

00:37:54.219 --> 00:37:55.019
 to

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:55.299
 my

00:37:55.299 --> 00:37:55.719
 glory.

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:58.019
 Let's

00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:58.339
 pray.

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:18.379
 Father

00:38:18.379 --> 00:38:18.819
 God,

00:38:19.439 --> 00:38:21.239
 thank you

00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:21.639
 for your

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:22.039
 word.

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:24.659
 Thank you

00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:25.059
 for its

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:25.979
 truth that

00:38:25.979 --> 00:38:27.059
 declares to

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:27.599
 us so

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:28.419
 clearly who

00:38:28.419 --> 00:38:29.359
 Jesus is,

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:31.239
 why Jesus

00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:31.739
 came,

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:34.779
 and what

00:38:34.779 --> 00:38:35.459
 it demands

00:38:35.459 --> 00:38:36.139
 of us.

00:38:38.219 --> 00:38:39.159
 We pray

00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:39.619
 that these

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:40.039
 would not

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:40.539
 just be

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:41.599
 words or

00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:42.099
 a tick

00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:42.539
 box

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:43.479
 exercise,

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:46.840
 but that

00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:47.619
 we would

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:49.139
 believe

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:49.480
 these

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:49.940
 words,

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:52.179
 that we

00:38:52.179 --> 00:38:52.579
 would do

00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:53.440
 business with

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:54.079
 you today

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:54.740
 and know

00:38:54.740 --> 00:38:55.920
 Jesus for

00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:56.539
 ourselves

00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:57.260
 personally

00:38:57.260 --> 00:38:58.119
 and intimately.

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:01.179
 Father,

00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:02.039
 help us

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:03.740
 that we

00:39:03.740 --> 00:39:04.380
 might follow

00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:04.980
 you as we

00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:05.320
 should.

00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:07.400
 In

00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:07.740
 Jesus'

00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:08.219
 name,

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:09.759
 amen.

00:39:09.759 --> 00:39:09.899
 Amen.

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:13.259
 We're going to sing

00:39:13.259 --> 00:39:13.839
 together,

00:39:14.839 --> 00:39:23.500
 which speaks of

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:24.579
 the Lord Jesus

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:25.859
 who gave

00:39:25.859 --> 00:39:27.299
 his all for us,

00:39:27.300 --> 00:39:28.840
 and then

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:29.420
 towards the

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:29.600
 end,

00:39:29.660 --> 00:39:30.000
 there's a

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:30.680
 verse which