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 Today's scripture reading is from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 4, verse 43 through chapter 5, verse 13,

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 chapter 5, verses 18 through 20, and verses 27 through 32 as printed in your liturgy.

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 A reading from the Gospel according to Luke.

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 But he said,

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 I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God in other towns also, because that is why I was sent.

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 And he kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea.

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 One day, as Jesus was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,

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 the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God.

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 He saw at the water's edge two boats left there by the fishermen who were washing their nets.

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 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon,

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 and asked him to put out a little from shore.

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 Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.

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 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon,

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 put out into deep water and let down the nets for a catch.

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 Simon answered,

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 Master, I've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything,

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 but because you say so, I will let down the nets.

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 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.

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 So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them,

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 and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

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 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' knees and said,

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 Go away from me, Lord, I am a sinful man.

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 For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken,

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 and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners.

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 Then Jesus said to Simon,

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 Don't be afraid.

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 From now on, you will fish for people.

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 So they pulled their boats up on shore,

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 left everything, and followed him.

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 While Jesus was in one of the towns,

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 a man came along who was covered with leprosy.

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 When he saw Jesus,

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 he fell with his face to the ground

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 and begged him,

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 Lord, if you are willing,

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 you can make me clean.

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 Jesus reached out his hand

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 and touched the man.

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 I am willing, he said.

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 Be clean.

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 And immediately the leprosy left him.

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 Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat

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 and tried to take him into the house

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 to lay him before Jesus.

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 When they could not find a way to do this

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 because of the crowd,

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 they went up on the roof

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 and lowered him on his mat

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 through the tiles into the middle of the crowd

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 right in front of Jesus.

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 So when Jesus saw their faith,

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 he said,

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 Friend, your sins are forgiven.

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 After this,

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 Jesus went out

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 and saw a tax collector

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 by the name of Levi

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 sitting at his tax booth.

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 Follow me, Jesus said to him.

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 And Levi got up,

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 left everything,

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 and followed him.

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 Then Levi held a great banquet

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 for Jesus at his house,

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 and a large crowd of tax collectors

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 and others were eating with them.

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 But the Pharisees

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 and the teachers of the law

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 who belonged to their sect

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 complained to his disciples,

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 Why do you eat and drink

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 with tax collectors and sinners?

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 Jesus answered them,

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 It is not the healthy

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 who need a doctor,

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 but the sick.

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 I have not come to call the righteous,

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 but sinners to repentance.

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 This is the gospel of the Lord.

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 Praise to you, O Christ.

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 Good morning, Christ Church.

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 Is it warm enough in here?

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 We turn the heat up a little bit.

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 You good?

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 All right.

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 We are,

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 we've been looking at the gospel of Luke,

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 and we're here in the early days

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 of the ministry of Jesus,

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 and we're looking at

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 some of the ways that Jesus calls

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 his first disciples to come

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 and follow him

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 and to begin to participate

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 in his mission.

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 And Peter is,

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 you know,

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 the main person

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 we're going to be talking about

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 this morning.

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 And Peter is a guy who,

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 he met Jesus the way

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 that most people do,

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 which is that

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 someone invited him.

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 You know,

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 someone brought him to Jesus.

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 Peter would have never

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 encountered Jesus

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 had he not been brought

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 by another person.

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 We would have never

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 heard of Peter

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 unless his brother Andrew

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 had met Jesus

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 and begun to follow Jesus.

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 And the very first thing

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 that his brother Andrew does

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 is he says,

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 I'm going to go get Peter.

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 And he gets Peter

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 and he says,

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 hey,

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 we found,

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 we found the Messiah.

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 We found the Christ.

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 You've got to come

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 meet Jesus.

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 And so that's kind of

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 where our story

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 picks up.

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 Peter has,

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 he's a guy who's,

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 he's met

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 Jesus,

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 but he's never

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 really experienced

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 the power of Jesus.

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 Peter,

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 he's met Jesus,

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 but he's not yet

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 a follower

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 who surrendered himself

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 to Jesus.

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 He's not yet a disciple

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 or an apprentice

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 who submitted himself

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 to Jesus.

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 And so we notice

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 in the story

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 that Jesus intentionally

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 seeks Peter out.

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 He deliberately steps

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 into not just

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 any old boat,

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 but into Peter's boat.

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 And why did he get

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 into Peter's boat?

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 Well,

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 on one level,

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 you know,

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 the crowds are pressing in

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 and Jesus figures

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 he can more effectively

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 preach the word of God

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 and about the kingdom of God

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 to all these people

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 better from the boat.

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 But on another level,

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 why does he choose

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 to get into Peter's boat?

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 And I believe

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 that this moment,

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 like pretty much

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 every moment

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 in the ministry

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 and the life of Jesus,

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 it's not random.

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 Right?

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 It happens carefully

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 and prayerfully

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 because it's something

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 Jesus planned to do.

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 And the reason

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 Jesus steps

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 into Peter's boat

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 is that

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 Jesus is fishing

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 for people.

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 Right?

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 Jesus wants to catch

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 people

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 and he's fishing

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 for this particular

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 fisherman

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 named Peter.

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 He sees this man

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 who's not yet

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 a disciple

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 and he wants

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 to catch him.

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 He wants to gather him

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 into his net.

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 And how does Jesus

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 do that?

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 Well,

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 it says in verse 2

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 that he saw

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 the water's edge

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 two boats

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 left there by the fishermen

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 who were washing their nets

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 and he got into

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 one of the boats

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 the one belonging

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 to Simon Peter

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 and he asked him

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 to put out

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 a little bit

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 from shore.

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 So Jesus just

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 initiates

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 this simple

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 relationship,

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 this simple

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 conversation.

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 Much like he did

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 with that woman

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 at the well

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 in Samaria.

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 He just said,

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 hey, I'm thirsty.

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 Can you give me

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 a drink?

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 You can imagine

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 this conversation

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 where Jesus

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 has asked

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 Peter for help

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 and says,

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 hey, Peter,

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 I know you're

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 doing your job.

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 I know you're

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 washing your nets.

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 I know that we barely

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 even know each other

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 but would you mind

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 helping me out?

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 Would it be okay

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 if I use your stuff?

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 Would you mind

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 if I borrow your boat?

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 You mind pushing out

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 a little bit

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 from shore?

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 And Jesus

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 just simply begins

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 to share his life

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 with Peter

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 and asks Peter

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 to share his life

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 with him.

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 And Jesus

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 puts himself

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 interestingly

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 in this non-religious

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 space

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 with this not-yet-disciple

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 Peter

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 and he steps

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 into Peter's world

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 and he gets on

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 Peter's calendar

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 and he gets involved

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 in Peter's life

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 and he asks Peter

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 for help

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 and he shares

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 Peter's stuff

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 and what happens

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 as a result

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 when Jesus

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 just shares his life

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 is amazing.

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 And that's

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 what we're going

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 to look at

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 in the next few minutes

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 this incredible

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 scene

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 of Jesus

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 and Peter's boat.

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 And I want to look

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 at it together

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 under three headings.

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 I want to think

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 together about

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 the challenge

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 of Jesus

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 and the transforming

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 grace of Jesus

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 and then the mission

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 of Jesus.

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 Okay?

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 So the challenge

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 of Jesus

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 the transforming

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 grace of Jesus

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 and the mission

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 of Jesus.

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 So first of all

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 let's think together

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 about the challenge

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 of Jesus

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 that Peter gets.

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 Peter

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 finds himself

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 involved

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 in Jesus' work

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 by letting him

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 use his boat

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 and now Jesus

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 begins to involve

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 himself in Peter's work

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 by showing Peter

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 how to fish.

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 And it says

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 in verse 4

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 when Jesus

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 had finished speaking

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 he said to Simon

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 Peter

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 put out into deep water

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 and let down the nets

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 for a catch.

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 Now you need to know

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 that that is

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 terrible fishing advice.

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 Peter is tired.

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 He's frustrated.

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 He's been fishing

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 all night long.

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 He's caught

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 nothing

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 and he must

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 have had

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 some sort

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 of visceral

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 reaction

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 to Jesus'

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 words

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 but you can

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 kind of tell

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 he's trying

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 to hold it

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 together

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 and be

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 respectful

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 and diplomatic

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 so Peter

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 says to Jesus

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 in verse 5

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 Master

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 we've worked

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 hard all night

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 and haven't

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 caught

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 anything.

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 You see

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 Jesus

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 is not a fisherman.

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 Jesus

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 is a

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 tectone.

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 He's a builder.

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 He's a stonemason

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 and he's

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 just a preacher.

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 What does he know?

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 But Peter

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 spent his whole life

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 fishing these waters.

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 Peter

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 like his father

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 before him

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 and his grandfather

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 before him

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 he knows

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 how to fish

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 and he's made

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 a really good

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 living

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 at fishing

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 and Peter

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 knows

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 that Jesus

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 is giving him

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 bad advice.

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 Jesus

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 is asking him

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 to do something

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 that's against

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 his own instincts

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 and his own

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 experience

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 and Jesus

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 knows this too.

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 Jesus

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 knows

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 what a high

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 challenge

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 this is going

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 to be

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 for Peter.

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 Jesus

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 actually knows

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 right?

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 He knows

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 that the

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 optimal time

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 to go fishing

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 is at night

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 when the waters

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 have cooled down

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 and the fish

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 have come up

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 to the surface

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 in the shallows

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 and they can't

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 see in the dark

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 and you trap

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 them in your nets

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 that's how

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 you're supposed

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 to fish.

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 And Jesus

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 also knows

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 that the most

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 absurd time

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 to go

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 would be right

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 now

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 when the sun

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 has come up

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 and the waters

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 heated up

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 and the fish

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 have gone

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 deeper

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 Jesus knows

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 that this seems

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 like terrible

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 advice

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 and that

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 in the eyes

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 of others

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 Peter is going

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 to look

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 absolutely

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 ridiculous

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 and absurd.

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 And by the way

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 this is how

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 pretty much

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 most of the

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 Christian life

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 works.

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 Jesus

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 says hey

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 I want you

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 to trust me

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 to go against

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 conventional wisdom.

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 Jesus says

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 hey I want you

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 to do things

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 that viewed

00:11:18.100 --> 00:11:18.440
 from the

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 outside

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 are going

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 to look

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 stupid.

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 Stuff like

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 being sacrificial

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 with your power.

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 Being self-giving

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 with your time.

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 Things like

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 being generous

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 with your money

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 and disciplined

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 with your sexuality.

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 Things like

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 having integrity

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 at work

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 and being faithful

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 even when it

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 hurts.

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 Jesus tells us

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 try it my way.

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 Try it my way.

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 And that's

00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:43.960
 exactly what he's

00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:44.940
 saying to Peter.

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 Try it my way.

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 Now how does

00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:47.740
 Peter respond

00:11:47.740 --> 00:11:48.220
 to Jesus

00:11:48.220 --> 00:11:49.780
 challenge to

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 trust him?

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 Well it's

00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:51.880
 incredible.

00:11:52.040 --> 00:11:52.420
 He says in

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 verse 5

00:11:52.760 --> 00:11:53.240
 Master we

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 worked hard

00:11:53.800 --> 00:11:54.280
 all night

00:11:54.280 --> 00:11:54.720
 we haven't

00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:55.540
 caught anything

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 but because

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 you say so

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 I will let

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 down the

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 nets.

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 Other

00:12:02.220 --> 00:12:02.980
 translations say

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 but at

00:12:03.540 --> 00:12:04.520
 your word.

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 And Peter

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 he's not

00:12:07.140 --> 00:12:07.820
 thinking hey

00:12:07.820 --> 00:12:08.280
 this is going

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 to work out

00:12:08.800 --> 00:12:09.200
 for me.

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 He's not

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 thinking you

00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:11.880
 know this

00:12:11.880 --> 00:12:12.420
 yeah this

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 seems like a

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 really good

00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:13.700
 use of my

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 time.

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 He's not

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 thinking you

00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:16.299
 know what

00:12:16.299 --> 00:12:16.480
 I'm going

00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:16.799
 to get out

00:12:16.799 --> 00:12:17.019
 of this

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 is a really

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 good story

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 and it's

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 really going

00:12:20.079 --> 00:12:20.360
 to help

00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:21.059
 my reputation.

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 No he

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 just says

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 because you

00:12:23.179 --> 00:12:23.779
 say so.

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 Because you

00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:26.839
 are trustworthy

00:12:26.839 --> 00:12:28.240
 I'm going

00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:28.799
 to trust you.

00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:30.819
 the first

00:12:30.819 --> 00:12:31.620
 step of

00:12:31.620 --> 00:12:32.740
 following Jesus

00:12:32.740 --> 00:12:33.359
 as a

00:12:33.359 --> 00:12:33.799
 disciple

00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:35.539
 begins for

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 Peter by

00:12:35.959 --> 00:12:36.779
 just hearing

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 the word

00:12:37.699 --> 00:12:38.079
 of God

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 and then

00:12:38.379 --> 00:12:38.899
 stepping out

00:12:38.899 --> 00:12:39.519
 in faith

00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:40.979
 on that

00:12:40.979 --> 00:12:41.779
 word as

00:12:41.779 --> 00:12:42.120
 if it's

00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:42.579
 wiser

00:12:42.579 --> 00:12:43.479
 than

00:12:43.479 --> 00:12:44.159
 Peter's

00:12:44.159 --> 00:12:44.479
 wisdom.

00:12:46.019 --> 00:12:46.779
 And it's

00:12:46.779 --> 00:12:47.139
 a critical

00:12:47.139 --> 00:12:48.099
 moment for

00:12:48.099 --> 00:12:48.659
 Peter right?

00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:49.079
 It's a

00:12:49.079 --> 00:12:49.839
 fateful

00:12:49.839 --> 00:12:50.719
 decision.

00:12:50.859 --> 00:12:51.139
 The reason

00:12:51.139 --> 00:12:51.579
 we know

00:12:51.579 --> 00:12:52.099
 Peter at

00:12:52.099 --> 00:12:52.620
 all is

00:12:52.620 --> 00:12:53.079
 because he

00:12:53.079 --> 00:12:53.659
 responds

00:12:53.659 --> 00:12:54.659
 because you

00:12:54.659 --> 00:12:55.240
 say so

00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:56.079
 at your

00:12:56.079 --> 00:12:56.599
 word

00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:58.540
 and he

00:12:58.540 --> 00:12:59.200
 just acts

00:12:59.200 --> 00:12:59.980
 on the

00:12:59.980 --> 00:13:00.420
 word that

00:13:00.420 --> 00:13:00.700
 he gets

00:13:00.700 --> 00:13:01.019
 from the

00:13:01.019 --> 00:13:01.240
 Lord.

00:13:01.700 --> 00:13:02.700
 And it

00:13:02.700 --> 00:13:03.019
 says in

00:13:03.019 --> 00:13:03.399
 verse 6

00:13:03.399 --> 00:13:04.180
 when they

00:13:04.180 --> 00:13:04.620
 had done

00:13:04.620 --> 00:13:06.240
 so they

00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:07.120
 caught such

00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:07.700
 a large

00:13:07.700 --> 00:13:08.279
 number of

00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:08.740
 fish that

00:13:08.740 --> 00:13:09.180
 their nets

00:13:09.180 --> 00:13:09.720
 began to

00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:10.139
 break.

00:13:10.980 --> 00:13:11.420
 So they

00:13:11.420 --> 00:13:11.860
 signaled

00:13:11.860 --> 00:13:12.500
 their partners

00:13:12.500 --> 00:13:12.720
 in the

00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:13.100
 other boat

00:13:13.100 --> 00:13:13.560
 to come

00:13:13.560 --> 00:13:13.940
 and help

00:13:13.940 --> 00:13:14.820
 them and

00:13:14.820 --> 00:13:15.320
 they came

00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:15.820
 and filled

00:13:15.820 --> 00:13:17.000
 both boats

00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:17.659
 so full

00:13:17.659 --> 00:13:17.980
 that they

00:13:17.980 --> 00:13:19.080
 began to

00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:19.440
 sink.

00:13:20.540 --> 00:13:20.840
 And what

00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:21.300
 that tells

00:13:21.300 --> 00:13:21.740
 us is that

00:13:21.740 --> 00:13:22.120
 it's good

00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:22.560
 to trust

00:13:22.560 --> 00:13:22.920
 Jesus.

00:13:24.180 --> 00:13:24.700
 It's good

00:13:24.700 --> 00:13:26.139
 to obey

00:13:26.139 --> 00:13:27.179
 Jesus.

00:13:27.379 --> 00:13:27.840
 This is

00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:28.620
 the biggest

00:13:28.620 --> 00:13:29.120
 catch of

00:13:29.120 --> 00:13:29.699
 their lives.

00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:30.779
 It's a

00:13:30.779 --> 00:13:31.120
 massive

00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:32.039
 haul of

00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:32.379
 fish.

00:13:32.500 --> 00:13:32.779
 It's the

00:13:32.779 --> 00:13:33.480
 most success

00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:34.220
 they've ever

00:13:34.220 --> 00:13:35.159
 had in

00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:35.799
 their careers.

00:13:35.939 --> 00:13:36.340
 Their nets

00:13:36.340 --> 00:13:36.840
 are breaking.

00:13:37.419 --> 00:13:38.460
 Their boats

00:13:38.460 --> 00:13:39.419
 are sinking.

00:13:39.939 --> 00:13:40.319
 And they're

00:13:40.319 --> 00:13:40.919
 thinking to

00:13:40.919 --> 00:13:41.220
 themselves,

00:13:41.379 --> 00:13:42.240
 they must be

00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:42.679
 thinking to

00:13:42.679 --> 00:13:43.019
 themselves,

00:13:43.179 --> 00:13:43.620
 where did

00:13:43.620 --> 00:13:44.139
 Jesus get

00:13:44.139 --> 00:13:44.720
 this power

00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:45.080
 and this

00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:45.480
 authority?

00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:49.080
 How does

00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:49.960
 Jesus know

00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:50.620
 better than

00:13:50.620 --> 00:13:52.559
 Peter how

00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:53.299
 Peter's life

00:13:53.299 --> 00:13:53.700
 is supposed

00:13:53.700 --> 00:13:54.159
 to go?

00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:57.819
 And how

00:13:57.819 --> 00:13:58.360
 is Jesus

00:13:58.360 --> 00:13:59.559
 able to

00:13:59.559 --> 00:14:00.039
 give us a

00:14:00.039 --> 00:14:00.659
 more abundant

00:14:00.659 --> 00:14:01.319
 and more

00:14:01.319 --> 00:14:02.519
 fruitful life

00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:03.899
 if we would

00:14:03.899 --> 00:14:04.439
 just trust

00:14:04.439 --> 00:14:05.059
 him and

00:14:05.059 --> 00:14:05.579
 surrender to

00:14:05.579 --> 00:14:06.100
 him and

00:14:06.100 --> 00:14:07.199
 submit to

00:14:07.199 --> 00:14:07.480
 him?

00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:09.639
 And look

00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:10.079
 at how

00:14:10.079 --> 00:14:10.759
 Peter responds

00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:11.019
 in verse

00:14:11.019 --> 00:14:11.179
 eight.

00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:11.719
 When Simon

00:14:11.719 --> 00:14:12.459
 Peter saw

00:14:12.459 --> 00:14:14.059
 this, he

00:14:14.059 --> 00:14:14.559
 fell at

00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:14.819
 Jesus'

00:14:15.059 --> 00:14:16.459
 knees and

00:14:16.459 --> 00:14:16.699
 said,

00:14:16.860 --> 00:14:17.240
 go away

00:14:17.240 --> 00:14:17.579
 from me

00:14:17.579 --> 00:14:17.879
 Lord,

00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:19.179
 I am a

00:14:19.179 --> 00:14:19.860
 sinful man.

00:14:19.860 --> 00:14:22.700
 this moment

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 that we

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 see, you

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 know,

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 throughout the

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 scriptures,

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 the prophet

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 Isaiah,

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 when he

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 encounters the

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 presence and

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 the power of

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 God, when he

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 comes and he

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 sees the glory

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 of God, that

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 God is holy,

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 holy, holy as

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 the Lord God

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 Almighty who

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 was, who is,

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 and who is to

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 come.

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 What does the

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 prophet Isaiah

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 say?

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 He says,

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 woe to me,

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 I am ruined,

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 for I am a

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 man of unclean

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 lips and I live

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 among a people

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 of unclean

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 lips.

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 He says,

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 go away from

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 me Lord,

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 I am a

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 sinful man.

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 When the

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 Lord speaks

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 to Job

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 out of the

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 storm,

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 what does

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 Job say?

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 How does

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 Job respond?

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 He says,

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 I despise

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 myself and

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 I repent

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 in dust and

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 ashes.

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 Peter has

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 just experienced

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 the wisdom

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 and the power

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 and the

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 authority of

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 the eternal

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 son of God

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 and he says,

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 go away from

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 me Lord.

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 I'm not

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 worthy to be

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 near you.

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 I'm not

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 worthy to

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 even be

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 anywhere close

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 to the

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 vicinity of

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 your holiness

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 because I

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 am sinful.

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 I'm a

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 sinner full

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 of sin.

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 And this

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 is how you

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 know that

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 you've begun

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 a real

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 relationship

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 with the

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 real Jesus.

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 It's that

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 you see

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 power and

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 holiness in

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 him and

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 therefore you

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 see weakness

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 and sinfulness

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 in yourself.

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 You realize

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 when you get

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 into the

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 presence of

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 Jesus'

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 beauty how

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 spiritually and

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 morally ugly

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 you are and

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 how curved in

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 on yourself

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 you've actually

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 become.

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 You realize in

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 the presence of

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 Jesus'

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 truth how

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 fraudulent and

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 false and

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 phony and

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 self-centered and

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 self-serving you

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 actually are.

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 You realize in

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 the presence of

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 Jesus'

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 goodness how

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 even your

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 best attempts

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 to love are

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 just deeply

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 flawed and

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 compromised

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 with self-interest.

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 You realize in

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 the presence of

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 Jesus'

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 sovereignty and

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 his supremacy

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 how small and

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 how puny you

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 are.

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 And you realize

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 in the presence

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 of his holiness

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 and his

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 righteousness just

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 how full of

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 sin you really

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 are.

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 That there's

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 this vast

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 difference between

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 you and

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 Jesus.

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 And that

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 radically begins

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 to deconstruct

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 yourself.

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 It begins to

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 deconstruct your

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 identity, your

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 foundation, your

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 core of who

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 you thought you

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 were.

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 Seeing Jesus for

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 who he really

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 is causes you to

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 see yourself for

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 who you really

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 are and it fills

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 you with this

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 sense that I'm

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 more flawed, I

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 am more sinful

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 than I ever

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 dared to believe.

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 And you have

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 this fresh

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 awareness of

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 your own poverty,

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 your own

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 unworthiness, your

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 own humility

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 before the Lord.

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 And you say,

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 you know what,

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 I have, actually,

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 I have nothing to

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 offer God.

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 I am poor in

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 spirit, I am

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 utterly bankrupt

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 before God.

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 You see, many

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 people are like

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 Peter, they have

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 some familiarity

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 with Jesus, they've

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 come into contact

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 with Jesus, maybe

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 they've even listened

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 a little bit to

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 Jesus, and perhaps

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 even they've let

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 Jesus use their

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 stuff, but they're

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 not yet a humbled

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 and surrendered

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 follower.

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 Many people, they've

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 only experienced

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 the invitation of

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 Jesus, but they've

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 not yet stepped

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 into this challenge

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 of Jesus, they've

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 not yet taken a

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 step to trust in

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 Jesus, they've not

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 yet taken that

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 risk of looking

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 foolish and

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 ridiculous and

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 absurd in response

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 to Jesus.

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 They've not yet

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 surrendered and

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 submitted themselves

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 to Jesus and

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 therefore have not

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 really experienced

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 the wisdom and

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 the power and

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 the authority of

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 Jesus or the

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 sinfulness and

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 self-centeredness of

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 their own hearts.

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 And maybe that's

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 you today.

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 Maybe you're at

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 that critical moment,

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 maybe you're at

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 that fateful decision

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 where Peter was,

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 where Jesus is just

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 waiting for you to

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 say to him,

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 because you say

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 so, at your word.

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 And I wonder what

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 might be keeping

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 you from just

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 quietly, even just

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 silently in your

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 heart today, just

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 saying to Jesus,

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 you know, because

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 you say so, I'm

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 going to try to

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 trust in you.

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 That's the

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 challenge of

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 Jesus.

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 But I also want to

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 think together about

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 the transforming

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 grace of Jesus.

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 Let's talk about the

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 transforming grace of

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 Jesus.

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 Look at verse

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 10.

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 It says,

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 then Jesus said to

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 Simon,

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 don't be afraid,

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 from now on you

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 will fish for

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 people.

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 So they pulled

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 their boats up on

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 shore, left

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 everything, and

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 followed him.

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 And what I want to

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 do for a moment is

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 just I want to

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 explore those five

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 words, from now on

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 you will.

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 Okay?

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 Five words, from

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 now on you will.

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 If you want to

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 underline those, you

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 can.

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 And you've got to

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 pay close attention

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 and just follow me

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 because it's going to

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 take me a minute to

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 unpack these five

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 words.

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 But God's grace in

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 Jesus Christ is this

00:19:36.100 --> 00:19:37.800
 unconditioned and

00:19:37.800 --> 00:19:39.720
 incongruous gift.

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 We talked about this

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 last week.

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 It does not match the

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 worth of its

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 recipients and it's

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 unlimited by our

00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:47.300
 sinfulness, right?

00:19:47.360 --> 00:19:48.940
 Peter confesses, I

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 am sinful.

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 I am full of sin.

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 He acknowledges, I

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 have no claim to

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:54.480
 status or favor with

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 God.

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 He recognizes the

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 incongruity, right,

00:19:58.080 --> 00:19:58.700
 between how

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 poor and how

00:20:00.580 --> 00:20:02.779
 unworthy he is and

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 how good and

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 gracious and how

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 powerful and holy

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 the Lord is.

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 And

00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:11.680
 nevertheless, God's

00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:12.720
 grace is given

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 freely to Peter.

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 It's given without

00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:17.539
 prior conditions to

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 Peter.

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 It's given without

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 regard to Peter's

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 worth or his

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 capacity.

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 And this is

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 incredibly good news

00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:25.420
 if you're a sinful

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:26.600
 person like Peter or

00:20:26.600 --> 00:20:27.080
 like me.

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 It's just really good

00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:30.079
 news that God and

00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:31.079
 his grace works like

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 this.

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 But it's so very easy

00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:35.359
 to misunderstand the

00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:36.299
 grace of God because

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 many people will say,

00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:40.399
 ah, because the grace

00:20:40.399 --> 00:20:41.980
 of God is free, it must

00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:42.559
 be cheap.

00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:44.519
 Right?

00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:45.759
 Because the grace of

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:47.359
 God is free, it must be

00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:47.859
 cheap.

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 And it must not cost God

00:20:51.159 --> 00:20:52.480
 very much to offer it if

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 it's free and it must not

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 cost me very much to

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 receive it if it's free.

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 And because this is such

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 a widely held

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 misunderstanding and

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 creating so much

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 dysfunction in the

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 lives of individual

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 Christians and in

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 collective Christian

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 communities, I just want

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 to go a little deeper

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 here.

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 Because the grace of God

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 is free, it must be

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 cheap.

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 But you know, when we

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 look at God's side,

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 when we look at the

00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:21.259
 incarnation and the

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 crucifixion, when we look

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 at God's side, God's

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 grace is anything but

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 cheap.

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 Right?

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 It costs God very much

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 to give His grace to

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 Peter and to us.

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 Right?

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 God the Father gave His

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 only and beloved Son.

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 Jesus had to empty

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 Himself of all of His

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 heavenly glory and

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 riches to come to

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 earth.

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 He had to empty

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 Himself of all of His

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 status and His

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 privileges of eternity

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 to step into time and

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 take on human flesh.

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 But we really see the

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 cost of God's grace

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 most clearly in the

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:57.399
 crucifixion where Christ

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 crucified is at the

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 center of this gospel of

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 grace because it shows

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 us how much it costs

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 God to deal with our

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 sin.

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 The Apostle Paul summarizes

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 it this way in one of

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 the greatest verses of

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 the Bible.

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 He says in 2 Corinthians

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 5.21, God made Him who

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 knew no sin or had no

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 sin to be sin for us so

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 that in Him we might

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 become the righteousness

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 of God.

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 That's the cost of grace

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 is that the one who had

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 no sin had to become sin

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 for us.

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 The crucifixion is the

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 price tag for how much

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 it costs, how much free

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 grace actually costs God.

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 But what about on our

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 side?

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 Does grace cost us

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 anything?

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 Does it cost us anything

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 to receive God's free

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 grace?

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 And I want to show that

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 Peter demonstrates to us

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 that yes, God's grace

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 coming into our lives

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 costs us actually

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 everything.

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 If you look at verse 10

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 again it says, Jesus

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 says to Peter, don't be

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 afraid, from now on you

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 will fish for people.

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 So they pulled their

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 boats on shore, left

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 everything, and followed

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 Him.

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 You guys still with me a

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 little bit?

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 Am I?

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 Okay.

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 I know I'm going up a

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 little bit.

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 But what happens when

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 sinful Peter experiences

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 the grace of God in

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 Jesus Christ?

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 Jesus says to him,

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 Peter, from now on you

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 will.

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 The grace of God is a

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 watershed before and

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:43.639
 after event in our lives

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 where we hear these

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:46.379
 words, from now on you

00:23:46.379 --> 00:23:46.720
 will.

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 Right?

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:50.720
 From now on you, Peter,

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:52.000
 are no longer your own.

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 From now on you no longer

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 belong to yourself anymore.

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 anymore.

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 From now on you are not

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.779
 your own master, you have

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.460
 a new master.

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 From now on you're no

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:08.259
 longer in control of your

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 life.

00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:12.060
 From now on you do not get

00:24:12.060 --> 00:24:13.620
 to decide what doctrines are

00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:14.500
 true and what you're going

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:14.840
 to believe.

00:24:15.100 --> 00:24:17.039
 From now on you don't get

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.980
 to pick and choose what

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:19.380
 ethics are right and how

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:20.580
 you're going to live.

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 From now on you're no

00:24:22.060 --> 00:24:23.060
 longer the Lord of your

00:24:23.060 --> 00:24:24.279
 life because why?

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 Jesus is Lord.

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 That's the message of the

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 whole New Testament is

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 that Jesus is the Lord

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 and we're not.

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 Yes, God freely welcomes

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 us and he includes us as

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 we are but his free grace

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:43.339
 does not allow us to

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 remain as we are.

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 And if Peter were here

00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.740
 today he would tell you

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 Jesus did not allow me to

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 stay as I was.

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 That would be cheap grace

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 and that you receive

00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:56.339
 God's grace and after

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 that anything goes and

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.940
 you can just live as you

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 please.

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 But the grace of God,

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.720
 what I'm trying to say is

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:04.259
 that the grace of God is

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:06.960
 free but it's not cheap.

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 The grace of God is both

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:11.599
 free and as we can see

00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:12.960
 with Peter it's demanding.

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 The grace of God is both

00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:16.799
 liberating and as we can

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:18.059
 see with Peter it's

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.700
 transforming.

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:21.200
 Cheap grace is grace

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:22.240
 without expectations.

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:24.500
 Cheap grace is grace

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 without obligations of

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.359
 response.

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:29.500
 But how does Peter respond?

00:25:29.620 --> 00:25:30.960
 He pulled his boat up on

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:33.120
 shore, left everything and

00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:33.819
 followed him.

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:36.700
 God's grace in Jesus Christ

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:39.500
 is so transforming that

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.819
 Peter leaves his old life

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:43.039
 behind to begin a new life

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:44.319
 as a surrendered apprentice,

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:46.620
 a submitted disciple of

00:25:46.620 --> 00:25:46.859
 Jesus.

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:49.839
 God's grace in Jesus Christ

00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:52.599
 is so transforming that

00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:53.899
 Peter leaves behind the

00:25:53.899 --> 00:25:55.359
 biggest catch of his life,

00:25:55.959 --> 00:25:57.759
 all the enormous profits

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:59.059
 that would accrue to him

00:25:59.059 --> 00:26:00.359
 as a result of taking it

00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:00.740
 to market.

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:02.639
 He leaves behind piles of

00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:05.799
 cash, all the wealth that

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.559
 would have given him to

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.559
 feed his family for an

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.939
 entire year.

00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:10.559
 God's grace in Jesus Christ

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.919
 is so transforming that

00:26:11.919 --> 00:26:13.000
 Peter leaves all of that

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:15.019
 behind to go and follow

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:16.619
 Jesus in this new identity

00:26:16.619 --> 00:26:17.740
 in this new mission that

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:19.099
 Jesus has for him.

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:20.400
 It's not cheap grace.

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:22.120
 It's costly grace.

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:24.059
 It literally costs Peter a

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.799
 lot of money.

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:28.940
 The grace of God is given

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:31.460
 freely in that it's given

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.700
 without prior conditions.

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:34.680
 It's given without regard to

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.680
 worth, the capacity.

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:36.859
 It's given to people who say,

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:38.359
 I am a sinful man.

00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:41.220
 But that does not mean that

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:42.420
 God's grace comes without

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:44.000
 expectations of return, with

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:45.400
 no hope for a response, with

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:46.460
 no strings attached.

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:48.960
 God's grace carries strong

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:51.220
 expectations because it's a

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:52.079
 costly grace.

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:54.140
 It's a transforming grace.

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.920
 When the Apostle Paul writes

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:58.140
 his greatest letter, the

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:59.059
 letter to the Romans, he

00:26:59.059 --> 00:27:01.380
 spends 11 chapters unpacking

00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:02.779
 what grace means.

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.500
 And then when you get to

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.480
 chapter 12, he says,

00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:07.420
 therefore, I urge you,

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:09.100
 brothers and sisters, in

00:27:09.100 --> 00:27:10.539
 view of God's mercy, in view

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:12.740
 of his grace, to offer your

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:15.559
 bodies as living sacrifices,

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:17.660
 holy and pleasing to God, just

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.740
 as Peter's doing here.

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:21.440
 This is your true and proper

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:21.819
 worship.

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:24.640
 He says, do not conform to the

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.980
 pattern of this world, but be

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:29.000
 transformed by the renewing of

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.500
 your mind.

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:32.539
 Jesus says, from now on, you

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.000
 will.

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.740
 And it's a word of costly

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.299
 grace.

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:39.039
 God's grace in Jesus Christ

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:41.599
 causes such a fundamental

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:44.839
 reconfiguration and remolding of

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:46.839
 the self that it recreates in us

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:49.960
 a whole new set of values, new

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:51.759
 dispositions, new habits, new

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:55.139
 practices, new purposes, as the

00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:56.899
 inevitable and the necessary

00:27:56.899 --> 00:28:00.639
 expression of God's grace in our

00:28:00.639 --> 00:28:01.079
 lives.

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:03.919
 Does any of that make sense?

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:08.119
 So, if you're going to become a

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:09.879
 disciple of Jesus, you've got to

00:28:09.879 --> 00:28:12.759
 not only respond to the invitation

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:14.099
 of Jesus, but also there's the

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:15.199
 challenge of Jesus.

00:28:16.399 --> 00:28:17.500
 And then if you respond to the

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.720
 challenge of Jesus, there's this

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:20.720
 transforming grace of Jesus, right?

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:22.500
 You can't stay as you were.

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:25.259
 But then finally, I want you to just

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.819
 see for a minute the mission of

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.240
 Jesus.

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:29.179
 The mission of Jesus.

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:30.980
 Here is Peter and he's eyeball to

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:34.360
 eyeball with this person who he now

00:28:34.360 --> 00:28:36.140
 realizes is a person of incredible

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:38.140
 wisdom and power and authority.

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:40.900
 That Jesus has absolute control over

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.319
 nature.

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:43.819
 That he's sovereign over every square

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:45.579
 inch of space, every molecule of

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:47.579
 matter, every nanosecond of time.

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:50.500
 And what does the sovereign Lord say

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:52.000
 to sinful Peter?

00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:54.279
 He says in verse 10, from now on you

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.819
 will what?

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:57.420
 Fish for people.

00:28:58.420 --> 00:29:00.000
 From now on you're going to fish for

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.220
 people.

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:02.579
 Peter, I have a future for you.

00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:05.779
 I want you to be my partner.

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:07.539
 I want you to join in what I'm doing.

00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:09.380
 I want you to participate in my

00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:10.180
 mission.

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:12.900
 Peter, just as you've been fishing for

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:15.359
 fish, and just as I've been fishing

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:18.160
 for you, Peter, from now on you're going

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:19.960
 to join me in fishing for people and

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:21.279
 catching people.

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:24.079
 And that's what God's free but costly

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:25.480
 grace does to us.

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:27.859
 It sends us out into the world to serve

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:30.279
 others.

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:29.919
 It sends us to no longer live for

00:29:29.919 --> 00:29:33.479
 ourselves but to live for a greater

00:29:33.479 --> 00:29:35.199
 and bigger cause, the greatest mission

00:29:35.199 --> 00:29:37.279
 that's ever been conceived in this

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:39.139
 world, the mission of Jesus.

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:42.539
 And Luke chapter 5 gives us these four

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:44.939
 amazing examples of Jesus catching

00:29:44.939 --> 00:29:45.579
 people.

00:29:45.699 --> 00:29:46.779
 First of all, he catches Peter.

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:49.439
 And then he goes and catches a leper and

00:29:49.439 --> 00:29:51.439
 a paralytic and a tax collector.

00:29:51.699 --> 00:29:53.459
 Each of these deserves a sermon.

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:54.799
 I'm going to give them each about a minute.

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.259
 You ready?

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:57.799
 First of all, the leper.

00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:02.419
 This man has debilitating skin disease.

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:04.359
 He's a social outcast.

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:07.659
 He's not allowed to live in town.

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.819
 He's not allowed to have a job.

00:30:08.919 --> 00:30:10.299
 He's not allowed to go to worship.

00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:12.680
 And because of these things, this man is

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:13.779
 economically poor.

00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:17.259
 He's relationally and emotionally isolated.

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:19.379
 He's spiritually cursed.

00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:22.859
 And Jesus is bringing Peter along and he's

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:25.079
 showing Peter, okay, let me show you how to

00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:26.519
 catch people like this.

00:30:27.419 --> 00:30:29.500
 This is how you fish for a man like this.

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:34.219
 And it says that Jesus reaches out his

00:30:34.219 --> 00:30:36.799
 hand and he touches the leper.

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:40.240
 Like, when's the last time this guy's been

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.619
 touched?

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:44.359
 You don't touch lepers.

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 And Jesus could have easily healed this man

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 without touching him at all.

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 But Jesus knows that he needs to be brought back

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 into community.

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 He needs to be shown a compassion that nobody's

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.580
 ever shown him.

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 He needs not just to be cleansed.

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 He needs to be loved and accepted in the way that his

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:02.320
 heart is longing for.

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 And he shows Peter, if you want to reach people,

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 you've got to reach out and touch them.

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 And then secondly, we get not only this leper, but we

00:31:09.580 --> 00:31:12.700
 get this paralytic who has these amazing friends and

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 they go to great lengths.

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 They go way out of their way to just get people to

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.539
 Jesus.

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 And we know in the other Gospels that the house that

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:23.200
 they bring this man to and they tear the roof off of,

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 it's actually Peter's house.

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 And I'm sure Peter's, like, not super jazzed about his

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.559
 roof.

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 I mean, I just, that's a total bummer.

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 And he gets, they get the man down to Jesus.

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 And what does Jesus say to this paralyzed man?

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 He says, friend, your sins are forgiven.

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 And everybody's looking around at Jesus going like, hey,

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 that's not what they came for.

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 He's paralyzed.

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 And Jesus says, friends, your sins are forgiven.

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:54.900
 He's saying, look, you've come to me with a certain problem

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 that you think needs to be solved.

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 But what I want to tell you is that you have a much deeper

00:31:59.539 --> 00:31:59.960
 problem.

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 You've got two paralyzing diseases, not just one.

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 And Jesus is showing Peter that when you go fish for people,

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:11.539
 when you go to catch people, don't just look for the

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 paralysis of their body or their life.

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:16.059
 Look for the paralysis of their soul.

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 Jesus says to this man, there are sins between you and God.

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 You're not right with God.

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 And what you most need, your fundamental problem,

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:31.019
 the disease that's most destroying you is that you need

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:32.119
 your sins to be forgiven.

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 And Peter, when you go fish for people, when you go catch for

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:38.119
 people, that is people's most fundamental need.

00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:41.119
 They need to experience the forgiveness of God.

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 And Jesus takes Peter fishing not only for this leper and for

00:32:45.659 --> 00:32:49.819
 this paralytic to put that man back in a right relationship with

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:55.199
 God, but he also goes fishing for this tax collector, this guy

00:32:55.199 --> 00:32:56.659
 who's the worst.

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 Levi, he's been collaborating with the Roman occupying power.

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 He's been oppressing and extorting his fellow Jews.

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:08.500
 He's been making egregious spiritual, moral, and relational

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 compromises.

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 Tax collectors were just the most deeply resented and wildly

00:33:13.399 --> 00:33:14.440
 unpopular people.

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 They were traitors.

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 They were thieves.

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 They were the most hated group of social outcasts.

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 And Jesus says to Peter, let's go fishing.

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:25.359
 Let's go catch.

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 Let's go catch somebody else.

00:33:27.899 --> 00:33:30.500
 Jesus is showing Peter that fishing for people and catching

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:34.119
 people means deliberately going after those people who are out on the

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:38.879
 margins, intentionally pursuing people who've been written off as too far

00:33:38.879 --> 00:33:44.379
 from God, going after people that have been dismissed as they're never

00:33:44.379 --> 00:33:48.599
 going to become part of the family of God or the kingdom of God.

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 And Jesus says, Peter, it's all about touching people that you're not

00:33:53.419 --> 00:33:54.199
 supposed to touch.

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 It's all about helping people experience forgiveness who have deep spiritual

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:00.880
 problems.

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 It's all about eating and drinking like your family with people that don't

00:34:05.260 --> 00:34:06.120
 belong at a table.

00:34:07.320 --> 00:34:09.660
 That's what fishing for people is all about.

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 That's what it means to be part of my mission.

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 He says, I have not come to call people who think that they are healthy and who

00:34:17.640 --> 00:34:21.059
 think that they are righteous and who think that they do not need a doctor and

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:22.380
 they do not need a healer.

00:34:23.640 --> 00:34:29.079
 He says, no, I've come to call people who know themselves to be sick sinners in need

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:30.079
 of repentance.

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 And friends, if the free but costly grace of God has come into your life, I think the

00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:46.059
 question for us today is, are we willing to just begin to follow Jesus and join Him in

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:50.119
 His fishing ministry as He wants to fish for people?

00:34:51.259 --> 00:34:56.960
 Just as Peter caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break and their

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:58.119
 boats began to sink.

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 Over these past 2,000 years, Jesus has caught so many people in His nets and so many people

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.320
 in His boat.

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 And I believe He doesn't just want to do that like back then, a long time ago, but He

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:13.079
 wants to do it now.

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:15.900
 He doesn't want to do it in other parts of the world.

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:17.179
 He wants to do it here.

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 And I think that Jesus is saying to us in 2025, hey, Christ Church, let me show you how to

00:35:23.859 --> 00:35:24.539
 fish for people.

00:35:25.859 --> 00:35:32.739
 If you'll just put out in some deep water and let down your nets for a catch and do something

00:35:32.739 --> 00:35:37.699
 that maybe is uncomfortable for you, I can do it.

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 And so the question is whether or not we're going to trust Jesus.

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:45.079
 The question is whether or not we're going to respond like Peter and just say, you know

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:45.480
 what, Jesus?

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:47.639
 That sounds good.

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 Because you say so.

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 I'm going to try it your way.

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 May God give us that amazing faith that Peter had that changed his life forever, changed the

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.039
 world forever.

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 In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, amen.

00:36:05.919 --> 00:36:06.059
 Amen.

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 Amen.