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 Every four years, except for 2020, since 1896, nations from around the world have gathered together in one place or another for the Olympic Games.

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 And as you know, every country has its own Olympic committee that goes to great lengths to ensure that its very best athletes are chosen to represent the nation.

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 And for nearly 100 years of that time, participation in the Olympic Games was limited to collegiate or domestic league amateurs.

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 In other words, professionals weren't allowed to participate.

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 So these Olympic committees would have to study those who were performing or competing collegiately or in certain local leagues throughout their nations to find someone that could represent them.

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 But in 1992, as some of you will remember, the International Basketball Federation allowed professional players to participate in the Summer Olympics for the very first time.

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 And it was a team from the United States that consisted of a group of men that many have considered to be the greatest sports team to ever be put together, ever.

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 It was replete with superstars like Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson and Larry Bird and Charles Barkley and Patrick Ewing.

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 And we could go on and on and on.

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 And maybe the one that we would say really shouldn't have belonged on the team was Christian Laettner.

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 But they needed one collegiate player and Duke was the only place that had someone available.

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 And so Christian Laettner joined the team as well over Shaquille O'Neal, actually.

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 What was amazing about this team is that they were absolutely unbeatable.

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 They defeated every opponent on average by 44 points a game.

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 Not that they scored 44 points, but they beat everyone by 44 points a game.

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 And actually, 30 years ago this week, Sports Illustrated, the issue for February of that year, 1991, had a picture of a few of the players on its front cover.

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 And they dubbed the team the Dream Team.

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 It was the very best that basketball had to offer, not only in the United States, but actually all around the world.

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 And so from 1991 until now, that term has become something that we recognize quite often.

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 Even if you don't like basketball or sports in general, you know what people mean when they say the Dream Team.

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 Hopefully you know what they mean when they say the Dream Team.

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 Well, the passage that we're studying today, this text, was also involving the selecting of a group of individuals

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 that by human standards was more of a nightmare than it was a dream.

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 In fact, one of the Gospels' themes, as you study through Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John,

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 one of the themes that characterize the way that they deal and talk about and write about Jesus and His ministry

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 is they write about Him as the King who was establishing His kingdom on earth in power and in authority.

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 And if we were to imagine that Jesus was going to put together a team of men or individuals or whoever

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 that would help Him to establish this kingdom, that would inaugurate this kingdom on earth,

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 we would assume that that team would be made up of individuals who were brilliant, strong, loyal,

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 along with many other adjectives that we may assign, that they would be worthy of that calling.

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 But the men that Jesus actually chose were uneducated, they were weak men,

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 and they were completely unreliable.

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 In fact, consider Jesus' life.

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 Specifically consider His arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane.

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 This is the night of His arrest.

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 It's leading into His crucifixion.

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 These 12 men have been with Him for nearly three years.

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 One of them at this point has already betrayed Him, which is why He's being arrested.

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 And you would think, surely at least, Peter would continue and try to be there and support the Lord

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 and do what he could, but what the Scripture tells us happened is that all of them forsook Him.

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 All of them.

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 Now, we focus often, when we're thinking through this time frame, we think a lot about Judas' betrayal, right?

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 We acknowledge that.

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 We always think about that.

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 We think about Peter's denial because it's just so prominent in this gospel story, right?

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 And we appreciate that so much because of his restoration.

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 What we don't often think about is the fact that the other 10, they ran too.

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 In fact, the Scripture says they all forsook Him, every single one of them.

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 This team of people that Jesus had put together, they were completely unreliable.

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 But Jesus wasn't trying to build a dream team.

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 But He wasn't choosing the best out of what was available.

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 He was selecting individuals that He Himself would transform.

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 He was going to transform them from nothing.

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 And He was going to use them mightily in His purpose and in His plan.

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 And this is a common theme in the Scriptures, isn't it?

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 God specializes in taking insignificant people from insignificant places

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 and making them unbelievably useful in His purpose.

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 If you had heard the rumors about the significant events that were taking place in Galilee

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 and decided that you were going to go to Capernaum and check out Jesus and what was going on,

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 you'd have been completely underwhelmed by the team that He had assembled.

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 But consider for just a moment,

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 all the people that have come to know Christ as Lord and Savior over the last 2,000 years,

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 the gospel has transformed millions and millions of people, including us.

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 We have been transformed by this gospel message that Christ died for our sins,

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 that He rose from the dead, that He is transforming us by the power of His Holy Spirit.

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 And of all of that, through 2,000 years, it all gets traced back to these 12 misfits.

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 Because they're the ones that Jesus started with.

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 It's a motley crew, it really is.

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 But God used them.

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 And so we may read through this in Mark chapter 3,

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 similar to the way that we read through verses 7 through 12 last week,

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 and we think, really, what really is there here for us to understand?

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 But we're reminded, what Paul wrote to Timothy,

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 that all Scripture is profitable.

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 All Scripture is of profit to us.

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 And this simple calling of the 12 apostles is profitable for us as well.

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 I want to kind of wrap our thoughts around just three words.

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 Calling, commissioning, and then warning.

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 Calling, commissioning, and warning.

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 Let's first look at the calling in verse 13.

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 Would you read it with me again?

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 And he went up into a mountain,

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 and called unto him whom he would,

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 and they came unto him.

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 That second phrase there, called unto him whom he would,

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 it's emphatic in the Greek.

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 It literally means he summoned those that he wanted.

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 So it wasn't an arbitrary thing.

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 It was very, very specific.

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 It was a specialized call.

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 Let's look, he went up into the mountain.

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 There's a dramatic shift.

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 If you were here last Sunday,

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 or maybe you listened to the audio online,

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 there's a dramatic shift in the context between the summary scene in verses 7 through 12,

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 and then what is taking place here with the calling of the apostles.

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 The chaos of the crowds in Galilee stand in stark contrast to this progression of purpose,

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 really is what it is, in the ministry of Jesus that's taking place on the mountain.

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 But Luke adds a note here that Mark omits that I think is significant for us,

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 and I'd like to just briefly take a moment to look at it.

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 In fact, would you turn with me there?

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 Luke chapter 6.

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 I want you to see it.

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 Luke chapter 6.

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 In Luke's account, he also records both of these events together.

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 He just reverses the order.

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 The emphasis is not on, you know, which came first.

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 They're not necessarily dealing chronologically.

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 The emphasis is on presenting these two scenes together to see the contrast between the crowds

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 and then the small group that Jesus was actually investing more time in.

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 Look at Luke chapter 6 and verse number 12.

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 And it came to pass in those days that he went out into a mountain,

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 and what did he do?

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 To pray.

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 And he continued all night in prayer to God.

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 And this is significant for us to understand, I think.

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 Not so much for the sake of Jesus and what he was doing,

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 but the model, the example that he gives to us here.

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 The Gospels often present Jesus as going into seasons of earnest prayer

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 just before monumental moments in his life and in the Gospel narrative.

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 And we've seen him do this already a couple of times in the Gospel of Mark.

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 If you'll remember back in Mark chapter 1,

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 Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist,

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 and there was this amazing scene surrounding that.

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 And then immediately the Holy Spirit drove him into the wilderness.

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 Well, what did he do in the wilderness?

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 For 40 days he fasted and he prayed.

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 He was tempted of Satan in that,

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 which is significant to the prayer and the fasting as well.

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 But he fasted and prayed.

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 Well, what was that?

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 That was a preparation stage for his public ministries beginning in Galilee.

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 It is after he returns from that time of fasting and prayer

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 that Jesus launches into this public ministry.

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 And it says in verse 15 that he went about in Galilee,

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 preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom.

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 Repent and believe the good news.

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 The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

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 And then we see it again later on in Mark chapter 1.

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 After Jesus had had that day in Capernaum

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 where all of those people were coming to him to be healed,

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 and he healed Peter's mother-in-law,

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 he got up early before dawn,

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 and he went out into a solitary place.

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 And what did he do?

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 He prayed.

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 Well, what was he praying about?

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 To leave Capernaum.

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 He had every reason to stay.

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 But his prayer is actually what led him to leave,

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 which was a significant part.

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 And of course, we study the life of Christ.

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 We see this time and again.

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 The most important, perhaps, being in the Garden of Gethsemane.

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 Just before Jesus is arrested,

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 just before he is crucified,

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 what does he pray?

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 Not what I will, but what you will.

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 And what's that all about?

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 Prayer's not merely about making requests to God.

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 That's a dynamic of it.

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 But it's not the sum of it.

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 Prayer, in summary,

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 is aligning our hearts to the will of God.

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 That's what it is.

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 Now, I'll tell you what my tendency is.

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 My tendency is to make a decision,

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 to act upon my will,

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 and then go to the Lord in prayer

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 if I need some help to make it right

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 because something really messed up in the process, right?

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 Most of us are that way, aren't we?

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 We get in the business of life, right?

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 And things are happening.

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 You don't have time to stop 100 times a day

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 and pray about every decision

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 and things like that, right?

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 And so you go through

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 and you make all these decisions,

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 and before long,

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 you're not really giving any consideration

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 to the Lord's will

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 or to the Lord's heart

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 and what you're doing.

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 And then something just blows up on you, right?

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 And what do you do then?

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 You immediately go to the Lord.

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 Lord, I'm really going to need your help here.

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 I don't know what's going on.

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 And what's going on is that

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 you didn't spend any time in prayer to begin with.

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 You were acting on your will.

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 You were never having a moment

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 to where you could align your own heart

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 with the will of God.

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 Oh, what a difference it would make in our lives

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 if we first aligned our hearts with God in prayer

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 before we made a decision,

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 before we made that decision about a relationship

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 or before we made that decision about a career,

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 before we made that decision about our money

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 or whatever it may be.

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 perhaps our weakness in prayer is actually a sign

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 of how little we desire the will of God over our own.

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 But Jesus modeled something very different than that.

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 And here again, as he is just on the cusp

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 of calling his 12 apostles, what did he do?

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 He labored earnestly all night in prayer.

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 Well, back to Mark chapter three.

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 We're told in verse 13 that he called to him

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 those he desired and they came to him

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 on the mountain that is.

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 Now out of all of Jesus's followers,

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 he only called 12 of them on the mountain.

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 And I wanna be careful here.

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 I wanna be careful to hold intention

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 the fact that these men had a unique purpose

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 in the work of God,

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 but that they do not represent

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 an elite group of Christians

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 that consists of the most committed followers

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 or committed believers.

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 That's not really what's happening here.

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 Jesus had a lot of followers at this point,

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 a lot of disciples,

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 even is what he would have called them.

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 The calling of these 12 men

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 wasn't about looking amongst this group

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 and saying, okay, these are the cream of the crop

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 and they're kind of rising to the surface.

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 So I'm gonna choose them.

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 That's not what's happening.

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 They weren't an elite group of Christians.

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 They weren't an elite group of believers.

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 But God did have a very specific purpose for these men.

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 And we gotta hold those two things in tension

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 as we go through.

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 It's helpful for our understanding,

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 especially as we apply this passage to our own lives.

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 But sometimes we get the idea

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 that there is a difference

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 between a believer and a disciple.

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 But the scripture makes no such distinction.

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 The call to salvation is the same

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 as the call to discipleship.

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 It's one and the same.

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 The uniqueness of these men in this passage

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 is that they were being called to apostleship,

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 not to discipleship.

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 There was a specific purpose that God had for them.

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 But even still, their apostleship,

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 which is something that did not continue

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 beyond these men, was a matter of calling,

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 not personal value.

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 Again, Jesus didn't look at them and say,

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 okay, these are the best.

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 I'm gonna go with them.

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 No, it was just a matter of he called them.

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 He called them and then he was gonna do the work

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 to make them into what he wanted them to be.

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 And James Edwards helps us here.

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 The emphasis in Mark, he writes,

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 is not on designating a special category

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 of super followers who are distinct from others.

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 This is made evident, he says,

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 by the fact that the word apostle

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 occurs only once for certain,

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 and that's in Mark chapter six,

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 whereas the word disciple or disciples

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 occurs 45 times in the gospel of Mark

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 with still other expressions for Jesus's followers.

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 And here's what I'm getting at.

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 These men weren't the only people following Jesus.

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 They weren't the only disciples,

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 but God did have a specific purpose for them.

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 The common denominator between these men,

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 as we've mentioned already,

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 is that they were utterly ordinary.

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 There was actually nothing significant about them.

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 And we constantly have to come back to this question,

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 why then, if Jesus had all of these followers,

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 if there were all these people

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 that were truly believing in him,

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 why did he choose these men?

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 And the scripture just doesn't tell us.

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 We don't know.

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 It just says that he did.

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 And then we learn something from that,

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 that it's not actually what they could offer him.

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 It's what he would do in and through them.

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 Though their purpose was unique,

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 the call and the commission of these 12 men

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 represent all people who have and will follow Christ.

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 They did have a unique purpose in the beginning stage,

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 this beginning era of the church.

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 But what Jesus called them to,

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 what he commissioned them to do,

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 is the same for the rest of us.

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 And so that's why we care about this passage.

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 These men represent us as believers.

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 Their call is the same that Jesus issues to us.

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 Their job, their role is the same

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 that God has given to us.

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 In fact, Paul wrote that they laid the foundation for us.

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 Think about it in Ephesians chapter two.

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 Paul wrote, so then you are members of the household of God,

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 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets,

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 Christ being the cornerstone,

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 in whom the whole structure being joined together

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 grows into a holy temple of the Lord.

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 Do you understand that illustration?

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 There's a cornerstone, that's Jesus.

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 That starts the whole thing, all right?

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 Has to start with him.

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 He's the cornerstone.

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 If that's not there,

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 nothing else is gonna work out

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 in this construction process of the church, right?

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 And so Jesus is the cornerstone.

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 And then how did he lay the rest of the foundation?

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 With these 12 apostles.

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 Each one of them representing a foundation stone.

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 And then what happened from there?

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 Every single believer,

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 every person that knows Christ as savior

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 is a living stone that then is put on this foundation of Christ

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 and the message that the apostles preach.

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 These apostles, these disciples,

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 we're not an elite group.

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 They are representative of all of us.

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 Jesus calls us the same way he called them.

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 He commissions us to the same task that he commissioned them.

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 Now we noted in our study of,

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 in chapter one of Jesus's call of the fishermen in Galilee,

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 that rabbis did not typically call students to follow them,

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 as I understand it.

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 Instead, students chose to follow a particular rabbi

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 in the same way that we would choose

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 to go to a particular college or a university.

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 It's not so much that we are recruited to that

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 as we make a choice.

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 And rabbis, from what I understand,

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 were careful not to give the impression

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 that their person themselves superseded the law.

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 In other words,

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 the student had a focus on the law,

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 not on the teacher.

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 So the student chose who they were going to learn from,

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 but the end goal was not to be like the teacher.

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 The end goal was to learn the law

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 and to understand the law and to move forward.

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 That is very different than what Jesus does though.

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 These men didn't choose Jesus.

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 Jesus chose them.

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 And what did he call them to?

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 Notice verse 13.

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 And he went up into the mountain

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 and he called unto what?

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 Him.

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 He called unto him.

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 This calling of discipleship and salvation,

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 for that matter,

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 is not like we just are in this realm

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 of choosing religions

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 and trying to find some philosopher

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 that we want to kind of pattern after

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 to get to the greater good

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 of learning the ideas of life.

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 That's not what this is.

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 Jesus has this authoritative call.

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 He calls us not to the law.

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 He calls us to himself.

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 Do you see the distinction in this?

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 And that's probably why some of the Pharisees

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 really struggled with him

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 because this was so unordinary.

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 This was unusual.

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 Jesus wasn't calling these men

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 in order to teach them the law.

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 He was calling them to himself.

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 He wasn't saying,

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 come and learn the law with me.

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 He was saying,

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 come and be with me.

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 Come and watch me.

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 Come and follow me.

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 Come and learn of me.

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 Why?

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 Well, this is a nod to his identity.

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 He wasn't just a teacher.

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 He wasn't merely a rabbi.

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 He was the one that wrote the law.

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 He was greater than the law.

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 And the call that Jesus extends to us

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 is just the same.

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 He doesn't call us to a system of religion.

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 He doesn't call us to Christianity.

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 That is as a religion.

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 He calls us to himself.

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 I thought about him studying this week.

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 There was a song that we sang a lot

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 when I was growing up.

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 You probably know it.

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 It's called Softly and Tenderly.

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 Do you know that song?

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 Softly and tenderly,

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 Jesus is calling,

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 calling for you and for me.

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 See on the portals.

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 He's waiting and watching,

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 watching for you and for me.

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 Do you know the chorus?

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 Come home, come home.

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 Ye who are weary, come home.

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 Come home.

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 Earnestly, tenderly,

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 Jesus is calling,

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 calling,

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 O sinner,

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 come home.

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 This call is extended

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 to every believer.

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 No person will ever follow Jesus

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 without him first initiating this call.

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 So these men

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 are representative of us

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 in that

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 Jesus has issued his call

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 and each one of us

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 must respond to that call.

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 But then he's also commissioned us

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 beyond that call.

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 Commissioned us to a task.

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 That's the second point.

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 Commissioning.

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 Look with me at verse 14.

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 And he ordained 12

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 that they should be with him

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 and that he might send them forth to preach

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 and to have power to heal sicknesses

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 and to cast out devils.

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 But once Jesus called these men

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 up onto the mountain,

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 what took place?

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 What was it all about?

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 Mark says he ordained them

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 or he appointed them.

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 There's purpose in this.

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 It's not merely a formality.

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 It had a distinct purpose.

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 He wasn't asking them for companionship.

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 He was appointing them

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 to apostleship.

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 Jesus reminded his disciples of this in John 15.

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 John chapter 15 and verse 16.

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 He said,

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 You did not choose me.

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 I chose you.

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 And I appointed you.

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 And here's what he said.

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 That you should go

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 and bear fruit

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 and that your fruit should abide.

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 So Jesus' call to salvation

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 and to discipleship

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 and then by extension,

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 at least for these 12 men

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 to apostleship,

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 this call is not in a vacuum.

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 It's not purposeless.

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 It's connected to the rest of life.

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 He calls to salvation

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 in order that he may transform

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 and then commission us,

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 commission these men

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 and then to commission all believers

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 to a particular task.

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 Jesus has called us to himself

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 in order that he might commission us

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 for his purpose.

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 And what is that purpose?

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 That we would go,

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 that we would bear fruit

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 and that that fruit would abide.

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 Well, there's three things here

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 in these verses

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 that I think show us exactly.

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 It actually becomes pretty evident.

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 It's not just the typical preacher

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 coming up with three things.

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 There really are three things here.

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 Look at verse 14.

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 What's the first thing

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 that he was calling them to do

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 or commissioning them to do?

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 To be with him.

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 To be with him.

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 And he ordained 12

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 that they should be with him.

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 The foundational element

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 of discipleship

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 is time spent with Jesus.

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 Now, listen.

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 True discipleship

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 is a relationship

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 before it is a task.

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 Discipleship

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 is a relationship

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 before it is a task.

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 We often think as disciples

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 that we have a job to do

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 and we do.

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 We have a calling.

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 We have a duty even,

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 you could say.

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 But before we ever get to the task,

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 we are called to a relationship.

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 And the biblical idea here

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 behind discipleship

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 refers to an apprentice.

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 It's someone who would

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 learn his trade

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 over a number of years

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 by living with

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 and observing his master.

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 We don't have

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 very many things

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 in our culture

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 that are equivalent to this.

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 Perhaps the closest thing

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 is a residency program

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 perhaps

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 in the medical profession.

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 These 12 disciples,

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 they traveled with Jesus

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 for years.

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 They lived with him.

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 They saw him.

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 And he left his mark on them.

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 In fact,

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 in Acts chapter 4,

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 Peter and John

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 are preaching

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 to the Jews.

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 And this is what verse 13 says

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 the reaction of the Jews were.

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 Now when they saw

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 the boldness of Peter and John

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 and perceived that

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 they were uneducated,

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 common men,

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 they were astonished.

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 They were amazed

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 at what they knew

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 and what they understood.

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 And then it says,

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 and they recognized

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 that they had been with Jesus.

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 What was the significance

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 of Peter and John here?

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 They didn't have

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 a formal education.

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 They didn't go

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 to the rabbinical schools.

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 None of them did.

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 None of these men did.

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 But they had been with Jesus.

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 And Jesus had left his mark.

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 And in that,

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 he sets forth the pattern

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 for discipleship

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 for all of us.

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 That we are not called

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 first to one another.

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 We are first called

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 to him.

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 To be with him.

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 And here's the amazing

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:03.140
 thing about it.

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 Relationships go two ways,

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 right?

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 Good ones do at least.

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 Jesus wanted them

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 to be with him

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 because he wanted

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 to be with them.

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 Did you catch that?

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 Jesus called them

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 to be with him

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 because he wanted

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:22.259
 to be with them.

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:23.759
 Now think about salvation.

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.660
 What is happening

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.400
 in conversion?

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:27.940
 We are separated from God

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:29.160
 because of our sin, right?

00:27:29.840 --> 00:27:31.320
 And then through Jesus,

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:32.439
 there is this ministry

00:27:32.439 --> 00:27:33.379
 of reconciliation

00:27:33.379 --> 00:27:34.720
 that Paul calls it,

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.279
 I think maybe

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:36.839
 in the Colossian letter.

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.399
 What is this reconciliation?

00:27:39.139 --> 00:27:41.019
 Sinful man being reconciled

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.819
 to a holy God.

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.859
 Well, how does that happen?

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.980
 That happens through

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:45.379
 the substitutionary death

00:27:45.379 --> 00:27:46.139
 of Jesus Christ

00:27:46.139 --> 00:27:46.819
 on the cross.

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:48.240
 Because of Christ,

00:27:48.419 --> 00:27:49.980
 we are then reconciled

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.500
 to God.

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:52.279
 Well, that's on God's initiative,

00:27:52.399 --> 00:27:53.240
 not on ours.

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.599
 He initiates that.

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:57.579
 He initiates that relationship.

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:59.179
 He has redeemed us

00:27:59.180 --> 00:28:01.080
 because he wants us.

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:03.279
 And he calls these men

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:04.080
 to be with him,

00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:05.299
 not just because he wants

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:06.200
 to show them the ropes,

00:28:06.340 --> 00:28:07.360
 but because he wants

00:28:07.360 --> 00:28:08.200
 to be with them.

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:09.360
 He wants to have

00:28:09.360 --> 00:28:11.140
 this relationship with them.

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:12.640
 He is setting right.

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:14.820
 In this example,

00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:16.060
 he is setting right,

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:17.920
 setting right what was broken

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:19.340
 in the fall.

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:21.120
 And what did time

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:22.500
 would Jesus do for these men?

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:24.539
 They were transformed.

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:27.000
 Think about the list here.

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:29.259
 Look at verse 16.

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:31.660
 Simon, he surnamed Peter.

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:33.359
 Simon was the leader

00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:33.940
 of the band.

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:36.259
 We often see that.

00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:38.140
 Jesus gave him

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.880
 a different name.

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:42.259
 Petra, rock, Peter.

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:45.640
 Jesus didn't give Peter

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:47.599
 that name because Peter

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:49.059
 was stable and strong.

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:50.900
 He was actually

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:52.000
 the opposite of that.

00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:54.480
 He wasn't stable at all.

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:57.259
 He had no control.

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.860
 Think again on the night

00:28:59.860 --> 00:29:00.880
 of Jesus' arrest.

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:02.480
 What does Peter do?

00:29:03.360 --> 00:29:05.240
 He just immediately reacts, right?

00:29:05.360 --> 00:29:06.400
 He immediately reacts

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:07.480
 and cuts a guy's ear off.

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.759
 And I don't think

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.660
 he was aiming for his ear.

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.920
 He's just really bad at it.

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:16.200
 He was brash.

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:18.420
 It was earlier that night

00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:19.819
 that Jesus said,

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.440
 all of you are going

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.099
 to forsake me.

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:21.959
 And Peter,

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:24.719
 Peter rejected Christ's statement.

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:27.119
 Great follower, wasn't he?

00:29:27.379 --> 00:29:28.480
 He said,

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:30.299
 though all of these guys,

00:29:30.459 --> 00:29:31.480
 he points to the other 11,

00:29:31.679 --> 00:29:32.519
 though all of these guys

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.199
 turn their back on you,

00:29:33.219 --> 00:29:34.759
 I will never turn my back on you.

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.399
 And what did he do

00:29:35.399 --> 00:29:36.039
 later that night?

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.379
 Denied him three times.

00:29:37.679 --> 00:29:38.579
 Peter was not a rock.

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:40.079
 He was not stable.

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.980
 And after that,

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.679
 he went through a series

00:29:41.679 --> 00:29:44.119
 of really being defeated spiritually

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:45.699
 and Christ restored him

00:29:45.699 --> 00:29:47.219
 from that in John chapter 21.

00:29:48.659 --> 00:29:49.659
 What was the purpose

00:29:49.659 --> 00:29:50.599
 in nicknaming him Peter?

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:50.719
 Peter,

00:29:51.159 --> 00:29:53.500
 it wasn't because he was a rock.

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.579
 It was because Jesus

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.240
 was going to make him

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.859
 into a rock.

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:58.659
 This was pointing Peter

00:29:58.659 --> 00:29:59.399
 to what Jesus

00:29:59.399 --> 00:30:00.599
 was going to do with him.

00:30:00.659 --> 00:30:01.519
 And that's exactly

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.219
 what he became.

00:30:02.699 --> 00:30:04.039
 You get into the book of Acts

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.699
 and it's Peter,

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.419
 the representative

00:30:05.419 --> 00:30:06.259
 of the apostles

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:07.319
 on the day of Pentecost

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:08.819
 that preaches this message

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.480
 of the gospel

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.779
 and 3,000 souls

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.439
 come to Christ.

00:30:11.659 --> 00:30:12.519
 It is through Peter

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.879
 that these men were led

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:15.159
 to preach the gospel

00:30:15.159 --> 00:30:16.639
 all throughout the world.

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.699
 He became the rock.

00:30:17.939 --> 00:30:19.000
 But then look at the next verse,

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.659
 verse 17.

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:20.680
 James,

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.580
 the son of Zebedee,

00:30:21.800 --> 00:30:22.019
 John,

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:22.960
 the brother of James.

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:24.500
 He gave them a nickname too.

00:30:24.860 --> 00:30:25.759
 This nickname was

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.340
 Bonaerges,

00:30:27.120 --> 00:30:28.100
 sons of thunder.

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:30.759
 This wasn't because

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.519
 that's what Jesus

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.680
 was making them into though.

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.820
 It's actually the opposite here.

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:35.899
 this is what he was

00:30:35.899 --> 00:30:37.500
 transforming them from.

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:39.559
 Now think about it.

00:30:40.399 --> 00:30:41.359
 Remember there's a time

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:42.099
 in the gospels

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:44.079
 that John was upset

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:46.500
 about a particular town's

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:48.259
 rejection of Jesus.

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:50.659
 And John tells Jesus,

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.379
 why don't we pray

00:30:52.379 --> 00:30:53.099
 to the father

00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:55.139
 that he send down fire

00:30:55.139 --> 00:30:55.740
 from heaven

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.839
 to consume them?

00:30:58.359 --> 00:31:00.119
 Like he's a son of thunder.

00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:00.199
 Sure.

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:02.000
 He didn't mess around.

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:03.599
 But how do we know

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.219
 John now?

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.159
 He's actually

00:31:06.159 --> 00:31:07.359
 the apostle of love

00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:08.539
 we refer him to.

00:31:09.939 --> 00:31:10.379
 Why?

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:12.059
 Because Jesus

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:13.139
 transformed his life.

00:31:14.979 --> 00:31:15.799
 Being with Jesus

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.779
 did something for him

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.439
 that no textbook

00:31:17.439 --> 00:31:18.039
 could ever do.

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:20.159
 Being with Jesus

00:31:20.159 --> 00:31:20.779
 made a difference

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:21.359
 in his life.

00:31:21.699 --> 00:31:22.559
 Think about these other men.

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:23.559
 You've got Andrew

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.319
 on one side

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.839
 who is like

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.959
 the eternal optimist.

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:27.100
 Every time you see Andrew

00:31:27.100 --> 00:31:28.819
 he just immediately believes

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.480
 and tries to bring

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.039
 other people

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:31.400
 to remedy a situation.

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:32.259
 On the other end

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.860
 you have Thomas

00:31:32.860 --> 00:31:34.059
 who's the eternal pessimist.

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:36.559
 Who though he was loyal

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:37.840
 to an extent

00:31:37.840 --> 00:31:39.180
 still said

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:40.180
 well we might as well

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:41.279
 go with Jesus to Jerusalem

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:42.299
 and all die with him.

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.200
 He was just

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:44.420
 an eternal pessimist.

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.460
 And Jesus brings

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.539
 these two people together.

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:48.000
 And then you've got

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:49.380
 Matthew the tax collector

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:51.299
 and Simon the zealot

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:54.059
 the political radical man

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.819
 that would have sooner

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:56.119
 murdered Matthew

00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:56.980
 than actually live

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.980
 with him for three years.

00:31:59.099 --> 00:31:59.740
 Jesus brings

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:01.299
 he transforms their life.

00:32:02.419 --> 00:32:03.379
 He taught them.

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:06.200
 Why did he teach them?

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.940
 Because he had a purpose.

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.679
 What was that purpose?

00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:11.879
 Well Acts tells us

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:13.039
 again

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:14.659
 Acts chapter 1

00:32:14.659 --> 00:32:15.279
 and verse 8

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:16.179
 Jesus says

00:32:16.179 --> 00:32:19.119
 you will be my witnesses.

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:21.419
 Jerusalem and Samaria

00:32:21.419 --> 00:32:22.319
 and all around the world.

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:23.899
 Time with Jesus.

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:25.659
 He taught them truth.

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:27.740
 He taught them doctrine.

00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:29.819
 He taught them who he was.

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.759
 He trained them.

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:35.019
 He said watch me.

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:37.639
 They saw how he interacted

00:32:37.639 --> 00:32:38.279
 with people.

00:32:38.419 --> 00:32:39.599
 They saw how he cared

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:40.659
 for the needs of people.

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:42.019
 They saw his mannerisms.

00:32:42.139 --> 00:32:43.079
 They saw his love.

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:43.980
 They witnessed

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:45.019
 all of these things

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:46.319
 and then Jesus periodically

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:47.240
 would send them out

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:48.139
 like on these little

00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:48.919
 mini missions.

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:50.500
 And they would go and preach

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:51.119
 and they would come back

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:51.740
 and report to Jesus.

00:32:51.919 --> 00:32:52.919
 He trained them

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:54.440
 for their purpose.

00:32:54.580 --> 00:32:55.860
 How did all that come to be?

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:57.100
 Well it's just because

00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:57.740
 they were with him.

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:58.940
 They were with him.

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.500
 You say what does this

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.200
 have to do with me?

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.840
 We don't have the privilege

00:33:03.840 --> 00:33:05.220
 of walking through Palestine

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:05.820
 with Jesus.

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:08.339
 that's the uniqueness

00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:10.299
 of the call for these men.

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:12.399
 We don't have that opportunity.

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.859
 We have something different.

00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:17.039
 We have the scripture.

00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:21.720
 You say how can I be with Jesus?

00:33:22.159 --> 00:33:23.559
 You were Jesus through his word.

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.839
 Jesus told the Pharisees one time

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:28.460
 he said you go to the law

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.359
 you go to the scriptures

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:30.599
 believing that in them

00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:31.440
 you have eternal life

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:32.099
 but I'm telling you

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:32.779
 that what the scriptures

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.259
 are about

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:34.619
 they testify of me

00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:35.399
 Jesus said.

00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:36.359
 He said it doesn't matter

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:36.879
 where you turn.

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:37.839
 You go to the Old Testament

00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:38.759
 guess what you're going to find?

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:39.480
 Jesus.

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:41.220
 That's its purpose.

00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:42.980
 You go to the gospels

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.920
 you see Jesus.

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.740
 You go to the epistles

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.819
 you see Jesus.

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:46.759
 You want to be with Jesus?

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:47.980
 Get in the word.

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:49.900
 It's a living book.

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.740
 Hebrews tells us

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.299
 that it is

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:53.059
 it is

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:55.099
 a living book

00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:56.420
 that it is sharper

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:57.599
 than any two-edged sword

00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:58.880
 it pierces to the dividing

00:33:58.880 --> 00:33:59.359
 asunder.

00:33:59.359 --> 00:34:00.700
 It reads the thoughts

00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:01.259
 and intentions

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:02.200
 of our hearts.

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:03.359
 That's what it does.

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:05.279
 Jesus does his work

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:06.160
 through his word.

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:07.079
 That's why when we come

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:08.039
 to church on Sunday

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:09.599
 we're committed to the word.

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:10.699
 That's why we spend

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.599
 so much time praying

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.980
 that the word would increase

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:14.159
 and prevail in our lives

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:15.339
 because that's how

00:34:15.339 --> 00:34:16.659
 we spend time with Jesus

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:18.019
 through the word.

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:19.119
 You say I don't feel

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:20.159
 like I know him well.

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:20.819
 I don't feel like

00:34:20.819 --> 00:34:22.460
 I have this understanding

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.119
 and I don't feel like

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.960
 I have this training

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:25.259
 to do what he's called me to do.

00:34:25.359 --> 00:34:26.659
 Well just get with him.

00:34:27.339 --> 00:34:28.539
 Just spend some time

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.159
 with him

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:30.480
 every day

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:31.879
 in the word.

00:34:32.299 --> 00:34:32.699
 And guess what?

00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:34.059
 He's going to transform you too.

00:34:34.839 --> 00:34:36.359
 Because that's what he does.

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.819
 He doesn't call us

00:34:37.819 --> 00:34:38.739
 because we're capable.

00:34:39.299 --> 00:34:40.059
 He calls us

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:41.259
 and then he transforms us

00:34:41.259 --> 00:34:42.359
 into what he wants us to be.

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:43.680
 So they were called

00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:44.240
 to be with him.

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:44.820
 Secondly,

00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:45.380
 they were called

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:46.400
 to preach the gospel.

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.900
 This just makes sense,

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.340
 doesn't it?

00:34:49.120 --> 00:34:49.500
 They were called

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.300
 to preach the gospel.

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:51.180
 Look at verse 14.

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.960
 And he ordained the twelve

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.960
 that they should be with him

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:55.880
 and that he might send them

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:57.780
 forth to preach.

00:34:58.940 --> 00:34:59.340
 Preaching

00:34:59.340 --> 00:35:00.680
 was Jesus'

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.760
 primary purpose.

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:03.300
 So it doesn't come

00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:04.559
 as a surprise for us

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:06.180
 that it was to be

00:35:06.180 --> 00:35:06.740
 the priority

00:35:06.740 --> 00:35:08.079
 of his followers as well.

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.780
 While he remained on earth,

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:11.660
 they preached the gospel

00:35:11.660 --> 00:35:12.160
 of the kingdom

00:35:12.160 --> 00:35:13.019
 that he was preaching

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.900
 in chapter one.

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.900
 But once he ascended

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.640
 back to heaven,

00:35:17.540 --> 00:35:18.280
 their message

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:19.240
 was to be about

00:35:19.240 --> 00:35:20.220
 the crucifixion

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:20.880
 and resurrection.

00:35:22.720 --> 00:35:23.300
 Flip with me

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:24.000
 to Acts chapter 10.

00:35:24.060 --> 00:35:24.660
 Would you just do that quick?

00:35:24.700 --> 00:35:25.180
 I know I've had you

00:35:25.180 --> 00:35:25.780
 turning a lot,

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.580
 but it's just good.

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:28.860
 So turn to Acts chapter 10

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:29.540
 with me if you would.

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:32.240
 Acts chapter 10.

00:35:32.680 --> 00:35:33.460
 Look down with me

00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:35.260
 at verse 39.

00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:39.240
 So Peter has gone

00:35:39.240 --> 00:35:39.960
 to this

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:41.760
 Gentile man

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:42.840
 named Cornelius

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:44.220
 and he begins

00:35:44.220 --> 00:35:45.020
 to preach the gospel.

00:35:45.100 --> 00:35:46.000
 And listen to what Peter

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:47.300
 says in verse 39.

00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:48.620
 He says,

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:49.940
 We are witnesses

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:52.080
 of all things

00:35:52.080 --> 00:35:53.680
 which Jesus did

00:35:53.680 --> 00:35:54.780
 both in the land

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:55.200
 of the Jews

00:35:55.200 --> 00:35:56.000
 and in Jerusalem

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:58.720
 whom they slew

00:35:58.720 --> 00:35:59.940
 and hung on a tree.

00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:01.820
 Him

00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:03.540
 God raised up

00:36:03.540 --> 00:36:04.380
 the third day

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:06.119
 and showed him openly.

00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:08.000
 Not to all the people,

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.720
 but unto witnesses

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:11.660
 chosen before of God.

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:13.099
 Even to us,

00:36:13.180 --> 00:36:13.700
 Peter says,

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:15.059
 who did eat and drink

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.360
 with him

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:16.599
 after he rose from the dead.

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.519
 I saw him

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:18.340
 with my own eyes.

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.340
 I witnessed it.

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:21.680
 And he commanded us

00:36:21.680 --> 00:36:23.119
 to preach unto the people

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:24.640
 and to testify

00:36:24.640 --> 00:36:26.140
 that it is he

00:36:26.140 --> 00:36:27.900
 which was ordained of God

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.840
 to be the judge

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:29.900
 of the living and the dead.

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:31.019
 To him

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:33.380
 give all the prophets witness

00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:35.680
 that through his name

00:36:35.680 --> 00:36:37.720
 whosoever believeth in him

00:36:37.720 --> 00:36:39.260
 shall receive remission

00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:40.160
 of sins.

00:36:40.680 --> 00:36:41.460
 What was it they were

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:42.280
 supposed to preach?

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:43.340
 This is it.

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:44.760
 This is it.

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:47.420
 That Jesus is the son of God.

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:49.160
 That he died

00:36:49.160 --> 00:36:50.059
 for the sins

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:51.119
 of man.

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:52.680
 That he rose

00:36:52.680 --> 00:36:53.980
 on the third day.

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:55.240
 And that all

00:36:55.240 --> 00:36:56.200
 who come to him

00:36:56.200 --> 00:36:57.180
 in faith

00:36:57.180 --> 00:36:57.840
 will receive

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.500
 forgiveness

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:59.640
 of their sins

00:36:59.640 --> 00:37:00.660
 and eternal life.

00:37:00.659 --> 00:37:02.199
 that's the message.

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:03.460
 That's what Jesus

00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:04.279
 had taught them.

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:05.859
 That's what he had taught them

00:37:05.859 --> 00:37:06.659
 not merely

00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:07.539
 in his own teaching

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:08.759
 but through the example

00:37:08.759 --> 00:37:09.420
 of the prophets.

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:10.039
 Did you notice

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.879
 what Peter said?

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:12.059
 That even the prophets

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:13.339
 witness of this

00:37:13.339 --> 00:37:14.379
 and he just goes

00:37:14.379 --> 00:37:15.019
 through what?

00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:16.559
 Not his own thoughts

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:17.359
 or ideologies.

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:18.839
 He goes through

00:37:18.839 --> 00:37:19.579
 the word.

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:20.859
 And as he preaches

00:37:20.859 --> 00:37:21.539
 the word

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:22.859
 he inevitably preaches

00:37:22.859 --> 00:37:23.619
 the gospel

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:24.779
 and Cornelius

00:37:24.779 --> 00:37:25.779
 and a bunch of other people

00:37:25.779 --> 00:37:26.359
 get saved

00:37:26.359 --> 00:37:27.440
 and they receive the spirit

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:28.199
 and they are baptized

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:29.039
 in that moment

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.859
 and it's amazing.

00:37:31.319 --> 00:37:31.899
 Guess what?

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:34.799
 This wasn't a commission

00:37:34.799 --> 00:37:36.019
 only for these 12 men.

00:37:37.759 --> 00:37:38.599
 It's a commission

00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:39.039
 for you.

00:37:39.879 --> 00:37:40.639
 It's a commission

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:41.139
 for me.

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.839
 That we take

00:37:43.839 --> 00:37:44.719
 this same gospel

00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:46.899
 and we share it.

00:37:48.339 --> 00:37:48.859
 Somebody told me

00:37:48.859 --> 00:37:49.679
 recently that

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:51.179
 you'll never find

00:37:51.179 --> 00:37:52.139
 evidence

00:37:52.139 --> 00:37:52.939
 in the New Testament

00:37:52.939 --> 00:37:53.619
 of the church

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:54.699
 exhorting people

00:37:54.699 --> 00:37:56.339
 to evangelize.

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:58.159
 Well that's foolish.

00:37:59.199 --> 00:38:00.519
 Jesus himself said

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:01.460
 in Matthew 28

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:03.579
 all authority

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:04.099
 in heaven

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:04.819
 and on earth

00:38:04.819 --> 00:38:05.559
 is given to me.

00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:06.699
 Go therefore

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:07.759
 and make disciples.

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:10.439
 It wasn't just

00:38:10.439 --> 00:38:11.159
 the disciples

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:11.839
 the 12

00:38:11.839 --> 00:38:12.539
 that were gathered

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:13.219
 at that moment.

00:38:13.339 --> 00:38:14.379
 There were lots of people

00:38:14.379 --> 00:38:15.099
 gathered around

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:16.379
 when Jesus made this statement.

00:38:16.839 --> 00:38:17.519
 Go therefore

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:19.019
 and preach the gospel.

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:20.219
 Baptize them

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:21.259
 in the name of the Father

00:38:21.259 --> 00:38:21.699
 and the Son

00:38:21.699 --> 00:38:22.419
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:38:22.859 --> 00:38:24.000
 Teach them to observe

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.719
 all things

00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:25.819
 whatsoever I have commanded.

00:38:26.399 --> 00:38:26.879
 And then he gives

00:38:26.879 --> 00:38:27.619
 this great promise.

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:28.400
 I'll go with you.

00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:30.099
 Isn't that the worst thing

00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:30.980
 about evangelism?

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:31.920
 Is you're worried

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:32.859
 that you won't know

00:38:32.859 --> 00:38:33.599
 what to say

00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:34.500
 and you're worried

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:34.880
 that you're going to be

00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:35.619
 asked a question

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:36.319
 that you won't be able

00:38:36.319 --> 00:38:36.839
 to answer

00:38:36.839 --> 00:38:38.359
 and then you're just scared

00:38:38.359 --> 00:38:39.619
 because people are just

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:40.599
 sometimes malicious

00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:41.679
 and you're not sure

00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:42.539
 if you want to stick yourself

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:43.400
 out there like that.

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:44.219
 But then you think

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:45.019
 back to this promise.

00:38:45.359 --> 00:38:46.199
 Jesus says go

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:47.619
 so it's a matter of command.

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:48.819
 He commissions us

00:38:48.819 --> 00:38:49.679
 to do it as believers

00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:50.900
 but then he says look

00:38:50.900 --> 00:38:52.480
 I'm going to go with you.

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:55.099
 I will help you.

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:57.420
 And what you'll find

00:38:57.420 --> 00:38:57.920
 is the more

00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:58.980
 that you share the gospel

00:38:58.980 --> 00:39:00.900
 it's amazing Marty.

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:02.159
 It's amazing how

00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:03.400
 when you share the gospel

00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:04.719
 Jesus helps.

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:06.320
 He brings to your mind

00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:07.659
 exactly the verses

00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:08.940
 that otherwise beforehand

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.500
 you wouldn't have been

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:10.199
 prepared to share

00:39:10.199 --> 00:39:10.840
 but he brings them

00:39:10.840 --> 00:39:11.340
 to your mind.

00:39:11.539 --> 00:39:11.719
 Why?

00:39:11.900 --> 00:39:13.059
 Because you've been with him.

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:15.019
 You've been with him.

00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:16.659
 And in the process of that

00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:17.139
 he's given you

00:39:17.139 --> 00:39:18.199
 a burden to share

00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:18.940
 and then he's also

00:39:18.940 --> 00:39:20.420
 taught you what to share

00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:21.119
 and I should share

00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:21.700
 this truth.

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.800
 He brings it on

00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:23.659
 and then sometimes

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:24.139
 people are going

00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:24.920
 to be aggravated

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:25.619
 and they're going

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:26.559
 to ostracize you

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:27.559
 for the message

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:28.079
 and guess what?

00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:29.200
 He's still with you.

00:39:29.740 --> 00:39:30.720
 He's still with you.

00:39:31.720 --> 00:39:32.780
 To the end of the age

00:39:32.780 --> 00:39:33.300
 he says.

00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:34.460
 We could go on

00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:35.280
 and on in the New Testament

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:36.240
 but look this wasn't

00:39:36.240 --> 00:39:37.260
 just a call for these men.

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:38.039
 This is a call

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:38.820
 for every one of us.

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:39.700
 Anyone who names

00:39:39.700 --> 00:39:40.480
 the name of Christ

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:42.099
 preach the gospel.

00:39:42.840 --> 00:39:43.220
 Thirdly

00:39:43.220 --> 00:39:44.500
 to do good

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:45.519
 and oppose evil.

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:47.280
 To do good

00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:48.700
 and oppose evil.

00:39:49.340 --> 00:39:49.840
 Look with me

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:50.680
 back at Mark 3

00:39:50.680 --> 00:39:53.079
 verse 15

00:39:53.079 --> 00:39:54.900
 and to have power

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:56.019
 to heal sicknesses

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:57.840
 and to cast out

00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:59.280
 devils.

00:40:00.220 --> 00:40:00.740
 Now

00:40:00.740 --> 00:40:02.140
 the Holy Spirit

00:40:02.140 --> 00:40:02.860
 did empower

00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:03.600
 these men

00:40:03.600 --> 00:40:05.220
 to do supernatural

00:40:05.220 --> 00:40:05.980
 things.

00:40:06.600 --> 00:40:07.800
 Healing sicknesses

00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:08.600
 we see it in the scripture

00:40:08.600 --> 00:40:09.820
 casting out demons.

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:12.180
 In the gospels

00:40:12.180 --> 00:40:13.260
 it was an extension

00:40:13.260 --> 00:40:14.840
 of Jesus' ministry.

00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:17.000
 In the book of Acts

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.760
 it was

00:40:17.760 --> 00:40:18.800
 a sign

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:19.520
 of this

00:40:19.520 --> 00:40:21.120
 apostolic age

00:40:21.120 --> 00:40:21.580
 in which

00:40:21.580 --> 00:40:23.020
 the Holy Spirit

00:40:23.020 --> 00:40:23.880
 was empowering

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:24.720
 these men

00:40:24.720 --> 00:40:26.040
 as a proof

00:40:26.040 --> 00:40:26.760
 of the gospel.

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:28.260
 Now

00:40:28.260 --> 00:40:29.840
 God doesn't call us

00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:30.520
 to heal people

00:40:30.520 --> 00:40:31.440
 and he doesn't call us

00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:32.380
 to exercise demons.

00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:33.380
 You'll never find that

00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:33.940
 in the New Testament

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.360
 anywhere.

00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:36.920
 How does this apply

00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:37.400
 to us?

00:40:38.400 --> 00:40:39.260
 Do good

00:40:39.260 --> 00:40:41.120
 and oppose evil.

00:40:41.660 --> 00:40:42.120
 There's plenty

00:40:42.120 --> 00:40:42.640
 of instruction

00:40:42.640 --> 00:40:43.320
 in the New Testament

00:40:43.320 --> 00:40:43.820
 for that.

00:40:45.340 --> 00:40:46.620
 I can't heal anybody

00:40:46.620 --> 00:40:48.580
 but I can help them.

00:40:50.100 --> 00:40:51.300
 I can see a need

00:40:51.300 --> 00:40:52.800
 and try to make

00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:53.180
 a difference

00:40:53.180 --> 00:40:53.840
 in their life

00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:55.059
 and the resources

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:56.200
 that God has given me.

00:40:57.720 --> 00:40:58.740
 I can't cast out

00:40:58.740 --> 00:40:59.120
 a demon

00:40:59.120 --> 00:41:01.200
 but I can stand firm

00:41:01.200 --> 00:41:02.100
 on the truth of God

00:41:02.100 --> 00:41:03.340
 and stand against

00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:04.300
 the cultural evils

00:41:04.300 --> 00:41:04.840
 of our day.

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:07.640
 Both of these things

00:41:07.640 --> 00:41:08.280
 are accomplished

00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:09.380
 first when we

00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:09.980
 faithfully share

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.460
 the gospel.

00:41:10.620 --> 00:41:11.380
 It's just by nature

00:41:11.380 --> 00:41:11.940
 how it is

00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:13.119
 but Jesus did

00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:13.579
 much more

00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:14.140
 than preaching.

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:15.980
 Preaching was his purpose

00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:17.700
 but he put a significant

00:41:17.700 --> 00:41:18.559
 amount of time

00:41:18.559 --> 00:41:19.180
 and effort

00:41:19.180 --> 00:41:20.860
 into helping people

00:41:20.860 --> 00:41:23.099
 loving people

00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:24.920
 opposing

00:41:24.920 --> 00:41:25.980
 the evil

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:27.119
 of his day.

00:41:27.660 --> 00:41:28.240
 James Edwards

00:41:28.240 --> 00:41:28.619
 again

00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:29.519
 disciples are not

00:41:29.519 --> 00:41:30.440
 simply defined

00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:31.760
 by what they stand for

00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:33.079
 but also

00:41:33.079 --> 00:41:33.940
 what they stand

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:34.700
 against.

00:41:35.740 --> 00:41:36.800
 They're commissioned

00:41:36.800 --> 00:41:37.579
 to confront

00:41:37.579 --> 00:41:39.140
 demonic and evil powers

00:41:39.140 --> 00:41:40.519
 however they manifest

00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:41.119
 themselves

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:42.920
 and to confront

00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:43.719
 them not only

00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:44.359
 in thought

00:41:44.359 --> 00:41:45.699
 but in word

00:41:45.699 --> 00:41:46.199
 and action.

00:41:47.420 --> 00:41:48.119
 Remember what

00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:48.799
 James said

00:41:48.799 --> 00:41:49.779
 in James chapter 2

00:41:49.779 --> 00:41:52.039
 what good is it

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:52.619
 my brothers

00:41:52.619 --> 00:41:54.099
 if someone says

00:41:54.099 --> 00:41:54.799
 he has faith

00:41:54.799 --> 00:41:55.400
 but does not

00:41:55.400 --> 00:41:56.079
 have works

00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:57.500
 can that faith

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:58.099
 save him?

00:41:58.559 --> 00:41:59.400
 That is the important

00:41:59.400 --> 00:41:59.819
 thing there.

00:42:00.259 --> 00:42:01.039
 Can that kind

00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:01.880
 of faith save him?

00:42:02.679 --> 00:42:03.099
 If a brother

00:42:03.099 --> 00:42:03.599
 or sister

00:42:03.599 --> 00:42:04.719
 is poorly clothed

00:42:04.719 --> 00:42:05.179
 and lacking

00:42:05.179 --> 00:42:06.019
 in daily food

00:42:06.019 --> 00:42:06.579
 and one of you

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:07.299
 says to them

00:42:07.299 --> 00:42:08.339
 go in peace

00:42:08.339 --> 00:42:08.880
 and be warmed

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:09.339
 and filled

00:42:09.340 --> 00:42:10.500
 without giving

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 them the things

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 needed for the body

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 what good is that?

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 So also

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 faith by itself

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 if it does not

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 have works

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 is dead.

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 It's dead.

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 What's God

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 called us to?

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 We'll be with him

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 share the gospel

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 and then do good.

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 Do good

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 and oppose evil

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 in whatever way

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 it may manifest itself.

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 As we close

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 I just want to say

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 discipleship

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 is not about

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 what disciples

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 can do for Jesus

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 but it's about

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 what Jesus

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 will make

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 of disciples.

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 You say

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 I've come to Jesus

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 because I have

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 so much to offer him.

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 No you don't.

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 You may have

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 a lot to offer me.

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 You may have

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 a lot to offer

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 our church

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 but there's nothing

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 you can offer him.

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 But the grace

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 of Jesus

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 is exemplified

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 in the fact

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 that he wants you

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 anyways.

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 No matter what

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 your qualifications

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 he'll transform you

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 into what

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 he desires

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 for you to be.

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 The commission

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 given to these men

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 is unique.

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 There's no doubt

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 about that.

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 We are not apostles

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 but they're

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 representatives

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 of every disciple.

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 Church

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 we have a call

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 to be with Jesus

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 to preach

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 his gospel

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 to do good

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 and to oppose

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 evil.

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