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 Good morning, everyone.

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 Please turn with me to Matthew chapter 10.

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 We're going to read from verses 16 through to 33.

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 Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and

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 innocent as doves.

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 Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to the courts and flog you in their synagogues,

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 and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before

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 them and the Gentiles.

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 When they deliver you over, do not be anxious about how you are to speak or what you are

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 to say, for you are to say what will be given to you, given to you in that hour.

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 For it is not you who speak, but the spirit of your father speaking through you.

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 Brother will deliver brother over to death, and father his child, and children will rise

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 against parents and have them put to death, and you will be hated by all for my name's

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 sake.

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 But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

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 When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly I say to you, you will

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 not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

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 A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.

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 It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master.

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 If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those

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 of his household?

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 So have no fear for them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will

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 not be known.

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 What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.

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 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.

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 Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

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 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?

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 And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your father.

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 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.

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 Fear not, therefore, you are of more value than many sparrows.

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 So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who

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 is in heaven.

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 But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

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 Most, I think, will be familiar with the idea of a cost-benefit analysis.

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 It's used very commonly in business.

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 And it's a really helpful process when it's done well.

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 And it's used to evaluate a particular decision.

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 And cost-benefit, just as it sounds, you add up all the costs and you put that against the

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 benefits.

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 And that's your analysis.

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 That helps you see the value of a decision.

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 Now, I introduce that because as we move into this topic this morning, I think typically

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 we see cost as loss.

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 So we say something that's really costly.

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 We sort of feel as if, whoa, there was a considerable loss involved in that.

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 But that's not always the case.

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 So, for example, I decide to buy a particular product and I research and I find it.

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 I find one in a shop and it's $100.

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 And I think, whoa, that's a fair bit of money.

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 But then, over the next couple of days, I discover there's actually a very similar product,

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 an identical product, but it's a better quality.

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 But the price tag's $200.

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 Now, I pay twice as much money.

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 It costs me twice as much.

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 But I get the more expensive product.

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 Because the benefit outweighs the extra cost.

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 So, what I want to set up this morning as we move into these verses is to ask the question,

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 what would a cost-benefit analysis, what would your cost-benefit analysis suggest

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 in the matter of getting involved in the work of mission or harvesting

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 or proclaiming the gospel of Jesus,

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 which is at the heart of this section we're working through at the minute

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 from chapter 9, verse 35 to the end of chapter 10 of Matthew's gospel.

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 What would your cost-benefit analysis look like?

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 What would it suggest to you in terms of,

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 will I get involved in this harvest work?

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 Will I get involved in mission proclaiming the work of Jesus?

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 Or is it too costly?

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 Jesus describes his mission as harvesting.

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 We saw that last week.

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 And as well as describing it as harvesting,

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 he invites, not just invites,

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 but he expects his disciples

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 to share in this exciting but challenging work.

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 And it's work we saw last week that's actually guaranteed by him.

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 He's the Lord of the harvest.

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 So the harvest is hard work,

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 but the outcome is guaranteed.

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 But here's the question as we move into verse 16.

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 Could anybody remain excited

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 about this work of mission,

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 this work of harvest,

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 when we read these verses?

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 They're not easy to sugarcoat, are they?

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 If you just start with that picture in verse 16,

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 sheep in the midst of wolves.

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 Well, coming off a farm,

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 I've seen firsthand what a pack of wild dogs does in a flock of sheep.

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 And it's gruesome.

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 That's the picture.

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 They isolate one sheep after another,

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 and they work together.

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 And literally, they rip that sheep to pieces.

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 And in case you think, well, maybe they're hungry.

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 They're not.

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 When they're doing that,

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 it's for the sheer joy of killing,

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 when they get in that pack mentality.

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 That's the picture.

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 And then against that,

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 Jesus keeps on saying,

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 do not fear.

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 Do not fear.

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 Do not be anxious.

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 Do not fear.

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 Now,

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 another question arises.

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 There's lots of questions.

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 Hopefully, I'll be able to give you some answers this morning.

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 Why would Jesus use such a terrifying image,

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 followed by several equally confronting scenarios,

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 if he wants to encourage his followers to get involved in this work of mission?

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 It doesn't seem like the way to go, does it?

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 I went to a cross-cultural mission seminar thing.

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 It was setting out all the different people came and set up their stalls.

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 And I was really saddened but intrigued by how many images of beautiful landscapes and smiling children.

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 It was almost as if the appeal was,

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 come and work on the mission field,

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 and you'll see some beautiful places,

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 and you'll meet some lovely people.

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 I didn't see any stalls who had this picture of wild dogs attacking sheep.

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 You just wouldn't use it for advertising, would you?

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 And yet, Jesus did.

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 So, what's the go?

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 Well, I think Jesus is presenting a cost-benefit analysis,

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 for want of another picture to help you see it.

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 So, he's not trying to sugarcoat that which can't be sugarcoated.

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 The costs are real.

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 But the benefits make it a no-brainer.

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 So, what at first glance looks totally negative, totally repulsive,

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 is actually, I think, a perspective which allows courage, confidence, and opportunity

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 to triumph over fear and a sense of inability

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 when it comes to thinking about our engagement in the work of mission,

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 the work of harvesting,

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 as Jesus describes it.

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 Now, stepping back from the passage for a minute,

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 looking historically,

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 clearly this worked for the disciples.

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 Because the reality is that all the disciples,

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 with the exception of Judas,

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 mentioned in the beginning of chapter 10 here,

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 all of those disciples spent a lifetime,

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 as far as we know,

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 spent a lifetime on the mission field,

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 wandering around Asia Minor and various other countries,

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 speaking the good news of Jesus.

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 Most of them,

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 and the evidence here is a little bit more iffy,

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 but it seems like,

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 on reasonable balance,

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 most of them,

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 either died under arrest,

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 or were killed,

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 in the line of duty, as it were.

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 So, with that,

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 let's jump into the text

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 and dig into the details a little bit more.

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 But I'm going to jump in in two stages.

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 I want a big perspective in the text,

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 and then we're going to look at some of the detailed scenarios.

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 Hopefully that will help.

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 The first heading I want to use,

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 is that the Lord of the Harvest briefs his harvest workers.

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 Now, if you know anything about Special Forces troops,

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 and I know little,

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 but my son did a commando training course a few years ago,

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 and they spend weeks and weeks and weeks

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 preparing for any given mission.

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 Why?

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 Because the success of the mission

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 is largely determined by the quality of the preparation.

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 Each soldier in the unit

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 or the section,

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 typically 10 or 12 in a commando section.

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 Each soldier must have

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 total confidence in their commander.

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 Total confidence.

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 Each soldier must know

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 each part of the operation

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 so that any one of them,

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 in the event of a casualty,

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 can step in and do any particular task

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 on that particular mission.

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 They need to know the lay of the land.

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 They need to have confidence in their weaponry.

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 They need to know the strength of the enemy.

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 They need to know the point

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 at which counterattack may be launched.

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 They need to know what time frame they work on,

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 and so on and so on and so forth.

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 And when all of that is just

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 second nature to them,

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 then they're ready for mission.

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 I think that's what Jesus has said

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 to his disciples here.

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 Look, this is so big.

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 This is so different.

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 I want to get you ready

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 for that which I'm asking you to do.

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 This is a loving briefing

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 by Jesus for his stormtroopers.

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 Now is the time to prepare

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 for harvest mission.

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 To be forewarned is to be forearmed.

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 So as I said before,

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 Jesus, verse 16 again,

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 come back to that picture.

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 There just cannot be sugarcoating in this.

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 It will be really tough, says Jesus.

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 It will be really dangerous.

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 Sheep are no match for wild dogs.

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 I'm calling you to work

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 in the context of which

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 you can expect to be savaged.

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 So Jesus is sending his disciples

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 to do something so new to them,

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 so left field to what their life experience

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 has been thus far,

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 so difficult for them,

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 so different from anything

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 they've ever experienced.

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 And he says to them,

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 okay, to get ready for this,

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 you need to be aware of the dangers,

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 and then the doves and the snake thing,

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 that's idiomatic language,

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 you need to be strategic and thoughtful

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 as you prepare for this.

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 It's going to be rough,

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 but you need to be cunning.

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 That's the imagery of a snake.

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 And you need to be cunning

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 and yet maintain integrity

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 and gentleness towards people.

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 That's the image of a dove.

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 And now is the time

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 to get that sort of stuff prepared

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 because when you're in the battlefield,

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 as it were,

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 and I'm mixing my metaphors here

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 between harvest and battlefield,

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 but when you're on the battlefield,

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 there is no time.

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 That is not the time

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 to sit down and think,

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 well, okay,

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 how are we going to do this

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 or how are we going to think about that?

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 They need to listen to Jesus.

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 He's calling them to the task.

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 He's the Lord of the harvest.

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 He knows the end from the beginning.

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 So listen to me,

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 says Jesus.

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 Take your lead from me,

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 says Jesus.

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 I'll talk you through it.

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 Understand the cost-benefit analysis

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 as you go into the task

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 because if you don't understand that,

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 you just won't have the stomach for it.

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 It's my harvest,

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 says Jesus,

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 and I'm the one that's sending you out.

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 Don't forget that.

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 Big picture.

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 Now it's interesting that even though

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 the imagery here is quite gory,

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 there's no sense of panic on Jesus' part.

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 The harvest is going according to plan.

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 And if we go back and look at chapter 9,

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 verse 37,

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 Jesus says it's going to be a bumper crop.

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 All systems go.

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 Let's get into it.

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 Opposition and hostility,

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 while fully expected by Jesus,

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 does not mean,

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 does not mean that either Jesus

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 or the success of the harvest

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 is somehow or other in doubt

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 or in trouble.

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 And so what's left then?

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 Well, what's left is this.

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 that the very things that are expected

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 ahead of us

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 do not generate the same amount of fear.

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 Let me just use an illustration of that.

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 A couple of years ago,

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 I went and did the Southwest Trail

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 in Tasmania,

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 Southwest Coast Trail,

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 90 kilometers.

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 Some really hard climbs,

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 some really exposed areas,

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 tough weather.

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 I was quite fearful

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 about doing it with my son

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 who is also the one

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 who's done his commander training.

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 So he's super fit

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 and I'm,

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 well,

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 you know,

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 Matt's already covered that this morning.

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 But in preparation,

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 I got the maps out

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 and I looked at the topography.

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 I saw where the climbs were.

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 I knew what days,

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 what climbs would be on,

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 what time would take me.

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 I read the track notes

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 that you can find on the web

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 and it tells you

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 what sort of terrain you're in,

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 how long it'll take to climb,

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 where the shelter spots are,

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 et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

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 And when I got to do the track,

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 it was quite manageable.

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 Why?

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 My fears settled

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 because I knew what was coming.

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 I had prepared for it.

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 My friends,

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 if we listen to the words of Jesus,

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 we can have full confidence

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 in the Lord of the harvest.

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 He has actually provided us

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 ahead of time

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 as what we might call

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 a harvest manual.

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 The track notes,

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 the topographic maps,

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 in a sense.

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 The things we need

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 to prepare ourselves

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 for what lies ahead.

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 And if you look at the language

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 throughout these verses,

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 verse 16,

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 I'm sending you.

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 Verse 18,

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 on my account

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 or for my sake,

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 you will such and such.

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 Verse 19,

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 when this happens,

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 da, da, da, da.

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 Verse 22,

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 because of me,

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 da, da, da, da.

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 Jesus is stepping us

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 through the mission.

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 When this happens,

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 make sure you're thinking that.

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 When that happens,

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 make sure you're hanging

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 on to this truth.

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 And at all time,

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 keep looking to me,

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 the Lord of the harvest.

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 If we expect to be targeted

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 for speaking the gospel,

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 then we can't,

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 at the same time,

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 be blindsided

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 when that

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 incoming round

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 comes to us.

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 We won't be,

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 therefore,

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 devastated.

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 We won't be debilitated

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 because we've been prepared

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 for it.

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 We're expecting it.

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 And we know

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 what we need to be thinking

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 to counter it.

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 So Jesus says,

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 identify with me,

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 identifying with me

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 means opposition

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 will be normal for you.

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 Identifying with me

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 means opposition

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 will be normal for you.

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 Being a disciple of Jesus

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 can be described

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 in many ways,

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 but one way,

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 it's just to say,

00:18:03.140 --> 00:18:04.660
 is to identify with Jesus,

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 living under his rule,

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 expressing his likeness

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 to those around us.

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 And verse 32 and 33,

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 in this passage,

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 in choosing to serve Jesus,

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 we are automatically

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 choosing at the same time

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 to be on a collision course

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 with our culture.

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 The two choices

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 are made in one choice,

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 as it were.

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 Our culture is determined

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 to find life apart from Jesus,

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 so therefore,

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 by definition,

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 if we choose Jesus

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 and choose to build a life

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 around him

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 and in him

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 and through him,

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 then we're choosing

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 to be opposed

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 to our culture.

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 And we can expect

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 a clash.

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 If you look at the details then,

00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:03.480
 verse 24 and 25,

00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:11.620
 sharing in the mission

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 of Jesus,

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 oh,

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 I got a fright there

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 because the verse

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 didn't line up.

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 It's the wrong chapter.

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 I mean,

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 that helps.

00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:19.539
 Verse 24 and 25,

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 a disciple is not

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 above his teacher,

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 nor a servant

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 above his master.

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 It is enough

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 for the disciple

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 to be like the teacher

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 and for the servant

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 like his master.

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 If they've called

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 the master of the house

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 Beelzebub,

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 how much more

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 will they malign

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 those of his household?

00:19:42.339 --> 00:19:43.740
 Sharing in the mission

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 of Jesus

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 is to step

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 into the role

00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:48.980
 of the suffering servant.

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 Is to follow

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 the pathway

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 that Jesus followed,

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 which was the pathway

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 of suffering

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 and then glory.

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 Verse 17 and 18.

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 Beware of men,

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 for they will deliver

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 you over to courts

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 and flog you

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 in their synagogues

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 and you'll be dragged

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 before governors

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 and kings

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 for my sake

00:20:22.580 --> 00:20:24.660
 to bear witness

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 before them

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 and the Gentiles.

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 Like Jesus,

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 we can expect

00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:35.059
 all sorts of people

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 to try and silence

00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:37.600
 our testimony

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 from the informal,

00:20:41.899 --> 00:20:43.019
 subtle exclusion

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.980
 from family

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 or conversations

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 at work

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 to the much more

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:48.099
 formal,

00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:50.839
 judicial exclusions

00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:51.619
 of courtrooms

00:20:51.619 --> 00:20:53.719
 and punishment.

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 And at times

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:00.399
 that means

00:21:00.399 --> 00:21:01.159
 we'll be cast

00:21:01.159 --> 00:21:01.879
 as criminals

00:21:01.879 --> 00:21:04.139
 when the things

00:21:04.139 --> 00:21:04.799
 that we see

00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:05.879
 vile in society

00:21:05.880 --> 00:21:07.060
 are venerated

00:21:07.060 --> 00:21:08.920
 and applauded

00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:09.480
 and protected.

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 We'll be the subject

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 of unjust accusations

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 and I think

00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:19.660
 in the not too distant future

00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:20.820
 imprisonment.

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.660
 Physical and verbal

00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:25.100
 balance

00:21:25.100 --> 00:21:25.740
 and so the list

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.340
 can go on.

00:21:28.060 --> 00:21:29.160
 And verse 21.

00:21:31.080 --> 00:21:32.080
 You will be hated

00:21:32.080 --> 00:21:32.780
 by all

00:21:32.780 --> 00:21:34.360
 for my name's sake.

00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:36.179
 So Jesus has

00:21:36.179 --> 00:21:37.079
 some very specific

00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:37.539
 scenarios

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.139
 but then he sort of

00:21:38.139 --> 00:21:38.619
 steps back

00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:38.819
 and says,

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 well look,

00:21:39.159 --> 00:21:39.479
 actually,

00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:40.639
 the truth of the matter

00:21:40.639 --> 00:21:41.799
 is that there'll just

00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:42.879
 be a randomness

00:21:42.879 --> 00:21:43.879
 to people who hate you.

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:44.779
 People who've got

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.759
 no other reason

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.359
 to hate you

00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:47.119
 except that

00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:49.139
 you use the word

00:21:49.139 --> 00:21:49.639
 Christian.

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:53.899
 We've experienced that.

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:56.019
 It's just,

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:57.399
 there's no rationale

00:21:57.399 --> 00:21:57.839
 to it,

00:21:57.919 --> 00:21:58.559
 except that

00:21:58.559 --> 00:22:00.039
 I'm a Christian

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:01.000
 therefore I've got

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.479
 to be

00:22:01.479 --> 00:22:03.119
 the subject

00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:03.639
 of hatred.

00:22:08.639 --> 00:22:09.559
 Verse 22.

00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:13.219
 That was verse 22

00:22:13.219 --> 00:22:14.119
 I was looking at

00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:14.539
 there more.

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:14.899
 Yep.

00:22:17.239 --> 00:22:18.039
 Verse 21.

00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:18.919
 Got myself back

00:22:18.919 --> 00:22:19.659
 to front here again.

00:22:19.939 --> 00:22:20.519
 We can expect

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:20.859
 the hatred

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.459
 of family.

00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:27.959
 How many times

00:22:27.959 --> 00:22:28.759
 have we seen that?

00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:31.119
 One family member

00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:31.939
 becomes a Christian

00:22:31.939 --> 00:22:33.759
 and they're just

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:34.279
 excluded,

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:35.500
 if not formally.

00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:36.719
 They're excluded

00:22:36.719 --> 00:22:38.219
 by sniggering

00:22:38.219 --> 00:22:39.159
 behind the scenes.

00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.519
 Innuendo.

00:22:43.379 --> 00:22:44.199
 And sometimes

00:22:44.199 --> 00:22:46.139
 just the hatred

00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:47.619
 against Christ

00:22:47.619 --> 00:22:48.699
 will actually

00:22:48.699 --> 00:22:49.639
 override

00:22:49.639 --> 00:22:50.779
 the strong

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.899
 binds

00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:52.599
 of family.

00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:56.959
 and in their

00:22:56.959 --> 00:22:58.159
 most extreme

00:22:58.159 --> 00:22:58.599
 cases

00:22:58.599 --> 00:23:00.219
 will actually

00:23:00.219 --> 00:23:00.699
 result in

00:23:00.699 --> 00:23:01.639
 total exclusion

00:23:01.639 --> 00:23:02.619
 or even

00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:03.059
 in cases

00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:03.959
 of murder.

00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.639
 Brothers and

00:23:08.639 --> 00:23:08.939
 sisters,

00:23:09.719 --> 00:23:10.659
 various levels

00:23:10.659 --> 00:23:11.579
 of opposition

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:12.599
 will be

00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:13.079
 normal.

00:23:17.539 --> 00:23:18.379
 It is

00:23:18.379 --> 00:23:18.980
 enough

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.819
 for the

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.319
 disciple

00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:21.719
 to be

00:23:21.719 --> 00:23:22.139
 like the

00:23:22.139 --> 00:23:22.519
 master.

00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:27.779
 in some

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.079
 ways you

00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:28.379
 can read

00:23:28.379 --> 00:23:28.559
 that

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:28.939
 statement,

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:29.740
 that sentence

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.319
 as a

00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:30.659
 statement

00:23:30.659 --> 00:23:30.859
 of

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.359
 privilege.

00:23:40.959 --> 00:23:41.619
 In that

00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:42.279
 context,

00:23:42.679 --> 00:23:43.059
 go back

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:43.379
 to what I

00:23:43.379 --> 00:23:43.779
 said earlier

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.199
 about verse

00:23:44.199 --> 00:23:44.759
 16,

00:23:45.159 --> 00:23:45.579
 in that

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.059
 context

00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:46.500
 we must

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.119
 be smart,

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:47.980
 we must

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.579
 be sober,

00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:49.699
 and we

00:23:49.699 --> 00:23:50.139
 must be

00:23:50.139 --> 00:23:51.199
 gospel-shaped

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:52.600
 as we

00:23:52.600 --> 00:23:54.140
 plan how

00:23:54.140 --> 00:23:54.779
 to respond

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.220
 to these

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:55.600
 sorts of

00:23:55.600 --> 00:23:55.900
 things.

00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:57.100
 And that

00:23:57.100 --> 00:23:57.620
 takes me

00:23:57.620 --> 00:23:57.900
 into the

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.380
 next point

00:23:58.380 --> 00:23:58.779
 where the

00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.259
 Lord of the

00:23:59.259 --> 00:24:00.740
 harvest calls

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.080
 us to

00:24:01.080 --> 00:24:01.900
 trust him

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:03.799
 as well as

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.460
 to serve

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:04.720
 him.

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.460
 In chapters

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.160
 8 and 9,

00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:09.100
 we worked

00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:09.500
 through a few

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:09.920
 weeks ago

00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:10.180
 now,

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:11.539
 the context

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.039
 of nine

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.460
 miracles.

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:12.559
 miracles.

00:24:14.340 --> 00:24:14.700
 And in

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.120
 those two

00:24:15.120 --> 00:24:15.640
 chapters we

00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:16.519
 were confronted

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:16.980
 with a

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.559
 theme of

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:20.100
 faith across

00:24:20.100 --> 00:24:20.500
 the different

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 miracles.

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 And some

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.519
 involved in

00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.759
 those circumstances

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.460
 and situations

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:25.160
 were commended

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:26.059
 for great

00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:26.500
 faith.

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 And the

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.299
 disciples

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:29.120
 particularly were

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.900
 called out for

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.480
 a lack of

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:30.799
 faith.

00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:32.420
 And as we're

00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:32.860
 working through

00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.380
 that, I

00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:34.140
 wanted to find

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:34.640
 a word that

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:36.620
 would pick up

00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:37.519
 the idea of

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.039
 faith there.

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:39.319
 I describe

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:40.180
 faith as the

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:41.079
 ability to

00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:42.119
 see past

00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:42.940
 what you can

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.279
 see.

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:45.000
 To see past

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.500
 immediate

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:46.399
 circumstances

00:24:46.399 --> 00:24:47.539
 to something

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.539
 that's true

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:49.299
 behind those

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:49.940
 circumstances.

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:53.220
 So there was

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:54.200
 uncleanness,

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 there was

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.139
 sickness,

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:55.639
 there was

00:24:55.639 --> 00:24:56.059
 death,

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.420
 there was

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:56.839
 storm,

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.139
 there was

00:24:57.139 --> 00:24:57.799
 demon possession.

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 So faith

00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.500
 meant being

00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.139
 able to see

00:25:00.139 --> 00:25:00.960
 past those

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.359
 immediate

00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:04.500
 things to

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.159
 the Jesus

00:25:05.159 --> 00:25:07.000
 who actually

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.740
 had the

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.339
 power and

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:09.000
 the compassion

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.319
 and the

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:10.259
 authority to

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.039
 control and

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.940
 change those

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.319
 things.

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:19.099
 Well I think

00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:19.680
 it's the same

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:20.000
 here.

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.380
 The word

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:20.960
 faith isn't

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.599
 used but I

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:21.859
 think it's

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:22.339
 the same

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:23.380
 concept here.

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:25.120
 As Jesus

00:25:25.120 --> 00:25:25.880
 sends out his

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:26.579
 disciples to

00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.099
 the work of

00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:27.620
 harvesting,

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.380
 he called

00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:29.799
 them to

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:30.519
 great faith.

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 That is,

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:32.279
 he presents

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:33.400
 scenarios here

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:34.460
 and as he

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.120
 presents these

00:25:35.120 --> 00:25:35.819
 scenarios he's

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.319
 saying to them

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:37.660
 keep looking

00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.019
 at me.

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.420
 Look through

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:39.980
 your

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.700
 circumstances

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.180
 when they

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:41.660
 arise in

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:42.000
 front of you.

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:42.700
 Look through

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.540
 your circumstances

00:25:43.540 --> 00:25:44.980
 and see the

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.519
 Lord of the

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.160
 harvest behind

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:46.779
 each one of

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.519
 those circumstances.

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.820
 The Lord of

00:25:52.820 --> 00:25:53.380
 the harvest who

00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:54.300
 will use each

00:25:54.300 --> 00:25:54.740
 of those

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.480
 circumstances

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:58.360
 towards the

00:25:58.360 --> 00:25:59.300
 success of

00:25:59.300 --> 00:25:59.840
 the harvest.

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:01.860
 Now,

00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:02.600
 just let me

00:26:02.600 --> 00:26:03.340
 prop here for a

00:26:03.340 --> 00:26:03.820
 minute and say

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:07.439
 I'm not for

00:26:07.439 --> 00:26:08.079
 a moment

00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:09.480
 advocating that

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.279
 we should go

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:10.759
 yay,

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.639
 suffering and

00:26:11.639 --> 00:26:12.079
 persecution.

00:26:12.399 --> 00:26:12.859
 That would just

00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.879
 be stupid in

00:26:13.879 --> 00:26:14.339
 the extreme.

00:26:14.939 --> 00:26:15.539
 Nobody in the

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:17.299
 right mind would

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.720
 enjoy the

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.399
 opposition and

00:26:19.399 --> 00:26:19.939
 suffering listed

00:26:19.939 --> 00:26:20.200
 here.

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.500
 There will be

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.039
 anxiety.

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.220
 There will be

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:25.639
 fears.

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:29.240
 Jesus' point

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:30.820
 here is that

00:26:30.820 --> 00:26:31.400
 when those

00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:32.200
 anxieties and

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:33.060
 fears threaten

00:26:33.060 --> 00:26:33.920
 to overwhelm us

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.700
 and debilitate us,

00:26:35.040 --> 00:26:35.520
 then he says,

00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.280
 look through

00:26:36.280 --> 00:26:36.640
 them.

00:26:37.580 --> 00:26:38.140
 Keep your

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:38.860
 eyes on me.

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.680
 Keep looking

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.220
 at me.

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.920
 Not only have I

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.680
 gone before you

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.480
 down this pathway,

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:46.100
 but I am actually

00:26:46.100 --> 00:26:46.960
 the answer to your

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.280
 fears.

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:49.980
 I am the one

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.420
 who will actually

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:51.619
 set you free

00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:52.960
 from fear and

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.920
 allow courage

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.940
 and confidence.

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:56.319
 I will set you

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:57.039
 free from saying,

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:57.980
 no, I don't want

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.500
 to go there.

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.139
 I'm not going to

00:26:59.139 --> 00:26:59.960
 risk putting my

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.599
 head up to speak

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:00.960
 for Jesus.

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:01.359
 I'll get it

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:01.819
 blown,

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.539
 clean off.

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.759
 To opportunity

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:08.319
 to speak

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:10.839
 of the Lord

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.420
 of the harvest.

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:18.319
 If we keep

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:18.839
 our eyes on

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:19.119
 Jesus,

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.680
 then we will

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.500
 have opportunity

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:21.200
 to bring

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:22.399
 gospel truth

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:23.599
 to each

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.399
 circumstance.

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.420
 Fear will be

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.319
 dispelled in

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.319
 favor of courage,

00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:30.160
 confidence,

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.579
 opportunity,

00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:32.859
 and yes,

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.259
 even

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:35.240
 privilege.

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:41.099
 If you're into

00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:41.879
 history at all,

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.559
 countless

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:44.500
 thousands

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:46.960
 of believers

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.680
 have died

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.299
 in the most

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.980
 gruesome

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.900
 circumstances

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:52.200
 expressing

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:53.100
 their sense

00:27:53.100 --> 00:27:53.920
 of privilege.

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.500
 Hard to

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:56.840
 believe.

00:27:58.120 --> 00:27:58.559
 Maybe it's

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:59.079
 an outworking

00:27:59.079 --> 00:27:59.660
 of the Holy

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.380
 Spirit saying,

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.600
 I will give

00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:02.400
 you words to

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:04.279
 say in your

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:05.019
 darkest moment.

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:08.079
 For countless

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.620
 thousands of

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:09.000
 those words

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.340
 have been,

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.920
 praise God

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:11.440
 that I've been

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:12.480
 counted worthy

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.880
 to suffer with.

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:18.640
 it's a little

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:19.120
 bit foreign

00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:19.420
 to me,

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:19.860
 I have to

00:28:19.860 --> 00:28:20.819
 be honest

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.240
 and say to

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.319
 you,

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:21.660
 I have not

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.100
 experienced

00:28:22.100 --> 00:28:22.340
 that,

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:23.140
 but I sure

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:24.120
 hope that

00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.600
 will be real

00:28:24.600 --> 00:28:25.340
 for me if

00:28:25.340 --> 00:28:25.840
 the day

00:28:25.840 --> 00:28:26.299
 comes when

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:26.660
 I do have

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.000
 to face

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.160
 it.

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:28.940
 I sure

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.279
 hope and

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.559
 I sure

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:29.840
 pray.

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:34.720
 So let's

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.180
 jump into

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:36.340
 four points

00:28:36.340 --> 00:28:36.880
 very quickly

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.480
 and then I'm

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:37.700
 done.

00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:40.539
 Four detailed

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.079
 points now

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.579
 looking through

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:41.980
 each of the

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.319
 scenarios.

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:43.500
 We're never

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.299
 on our own

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:45.240
 in this

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:46.439
 harvest field.

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.679
 Verses 18,

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.460
 19 and 20.

00:28:50.419 --> 00:28:51.379
 Now imagine

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:52.019
 the fear.

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:52.740
 So he's talking

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.079
 there about

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.599
 dragging them

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.359
 before courts

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:54.939
 and governors,

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.859
 religious courts,

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:57.139
 religious professors

00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:58.000
 cross-examining

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.559
 them and so on

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:58.980
 and so forth.

00:28:59.339 --> 00:29:00.259
 Imagine the fear

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:01.460
 that would take

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.019
 hold of these

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:03.259
 twelve guys

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:04.399
 whom we said

00:29:04.399 --> 00:29:05.059
 last week

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:06.039
 were uneducated,

00:29:06.399 --> 00:29:06.980
 probably even

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.619
 uncouth,

00:29:08.399 --> 00:29:09.240
 very ordinary

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.759
 fishermen.

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:10.599
 That's all

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:11.159
 they'd ever known.

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:11.980
 The biggest

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.579
 argument they

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.279
 had to have

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.900
 was with a

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:14.240
 fish.

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.279
 And here

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.640
 Jesus is

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:16.920
 saying you're

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.140
 going to be

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.579
 dragged before

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:18.799
 courts and

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.559
 you're going to

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:20.259
 be there to

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:21.000
 give testimony

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.480
 to me.

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.059
 Imagine the

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.360
 fear.

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.500
 Before all

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:26.880
 sorts of

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.279
 powerful

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:27.839
 officials,

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:28.620
 hostile

00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:29.120
 courts,

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:29.940
 how could

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.740
 they possibly

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.500
 have any

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:32.220
 consistent

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.860
 compelling

00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:33.799
 testimony to

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.079
 Jesus,

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:35.200
 let alone

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:35.640
 one that

00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:36.180
 would stand

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.759
 up against

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:38.599
 an intimidation

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:39.559
 of public

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.380
 trial and

00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:41.339
 cross-examination?

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:42.220
 how could

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.799
 it possibly

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.419
 be possible?

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.159
 Too many

00:29:45.159 --> 00:29:45.679
 possibles in

00:29:45.679 --> 00:29:45.859
 there.

00:29:48.659 --> 00:29:49.720
 Look through

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.659
 the circumstances

00:29:50.659 --> 00:29:51.399
 says Jesus

00:29:51.399 --> 00:29:52.779
 and remember

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.779
 that the

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.579
 Holy Spirit

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.559
 will be your

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.939
 unseen resource

00:29:56.939 --> 00:29:57.319
 at that

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:57.639
 moment.

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:01.059
 The supernatural

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:02.179
 enabling of my

00:30:02.179 --> 00:30:02.839
 Holy Spirit

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.919
 will give you

00:30:03.919 --> 00:30:04.740
 both words

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:06.839
 and physical

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.419
 strength,

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:09.140
 not just

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.580
 to be

00:30:09.580 --> 00:30:10.120
 there but

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:10.539
 to be

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:11.180
 compelling

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:12.960
 as you

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.680
 testify to

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:13.900
 me.

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.200
 Truth

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:19.360
 dispels

00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:20.400
 anxiety

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:21.519
 and fear

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.620
 and means

00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:23.220
 the people

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.980
 who otherwise

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.500
 would not

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:24.960
 hear the

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:26.360
 gospel get

00:30:26.360 --> 00:30:27.019
 to do so.

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.539
 There they

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:27.900
 are in

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:28.440
 these courts.

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:28.820
 The courts

00:30:28.820 --> 00:30:29.160
 were meant

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:29.539
 to silence

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:30.440
 them and

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.860
 the court

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.460
 officials are

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.019
 actually hearing

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.480
 the gospel.

00:30:33.800 --> 00:30:34.220
 We see that

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:34.820
 right through

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.579
 the book

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.079
 of Acts.

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.439
 These same

00:30:37.439 --> 00:30:38.779
 disciples hold

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.399
 before the

00:30:39.399 --> 00:30:40.439
 Jewish religious

00:30:40.439 --> 00:30:40.899
 courts,

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:42.079
 hold before

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:43.240
 Roman courts,

00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:44.240
 before even

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.919
 the emperor

00:30:44.919 --> 00:30:45.379
 himself,

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:47.000
 Roman provincial

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.659
 leaders and so

00:30:47.659 --> 00:30:48.000
 on and so

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.839
 forth and they

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:49.579
 speak with such

00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:51.659
 passion and

00:30:51.659 --> 00:30:52.519
 conviction and

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:54.000
 clarity that

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:55.159
 blow me down,

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:55.700
 they get the

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:57.019
 better of their

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:58.919
 learned court

00:30:58.919 --> 00:30:59.359
 officials.

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.519
 Who silences

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:01.819
 who?

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:03.299
 Well read Acts

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:03.819
 and you'll find

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:04.099
 out.

00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:07.759
 We're never

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.700
 alone in the

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:09.119
 harvest field.

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.639
 Number two,

00:31:10.179 --> 00:31:11.299
 apparent defeat

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:12.819
 becomes new

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.339
 opportunity,

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.339
 verses 22 and

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:14.700
 23.

00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:15.740
 Now I'm not

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.419
 quite sure

00:31:16.419 --> 00:31:17.980
 exactly about

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.359
 this but this

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:19.279
 is my best

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.819
 take on these

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.339
 two verses.

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.839
 In verse 16

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.939
 and then verse

00:31:24.939 --> 00:31:26.099
 10 to 15

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:26.599
 last week,

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.200
 Jesus gives

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.839
 his disciples

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.559
 freedom to be

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:29.759
 strategic and

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.720
 intentional in

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.159
 their work.

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:33.119
 Without context

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:33.679
 in the background,

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:34.159
 I think the

00:31:34.159 --> 00:31:34.700
 point here in

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.720
 verse 23 is

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.600
 that at

00:31:36.600 --> 00:31:38.900
 times his

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.680
 disciples must

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.620
 just be content

00:31:40.620 --> 00:31:41.039
 to say,

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:41.640
 look, the

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:42.400
 most faithful

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:43.120
 thing for me

00:31:43.120 --> 00:31:43.880
 to do today

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.960
 is to pack

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.460
 up and move

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:45.819
 to another

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.400
 village.

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.160
 Such is the

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:48.779
 hostility and

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.299
 the persecution

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:50.680
 here that

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.019
 there's nothing

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:51.380
 to begin.

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:51.840
 I'm just

00:31:51.840 --> 00:31:52.299
 going to flee.

00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:52.740
 I'm going to

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.420
 move on while

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:53.860
 I can still

00:31:53.860 --> 00:31:54.319
 move on.

00:31:54.319 --> 00:32:00.159
 and the

00:32:00.159 --> 00:32:00.519
 reason they

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:00.960
 can do that

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.339
 is because

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:02.240
 security is

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.720
 in Jesus,

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.700
 not in the

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.319
 actual place

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:05.059
 of doing

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.539
 the harvesting.

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:08.639
 so when the

00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:09.359
 time comes to

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:09.940
 flee to a

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.519
 new place,

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:11.420
 then Jesus

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:11.779
 said,

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:14.019
 don't flee

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.859
 thinking that

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:15.279
 you've been

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:15.740
 defeated,

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:18.279
 even though it

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:19.139
 might feel and

00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:19.980
 look like defeat

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.339
 as you're

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:20.659
 fleeing,

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.720
 rather,

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.619
 in a sense,

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:24.079
 relax and

00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:24.799
 move to a new

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.559
 relocation because

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:26.359
 a new relocation

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:26.720
 is a new

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.259
 opportunity,

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:28.159
 a new village,

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:29.220
 a new setting

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:30.259
 to speak the

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:31.119
 truth of the

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:31.480
 gospel,

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:33.000
 the truth

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.579
 of Jesus.

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:37.599
 Don't fear

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:38.420
 being hated,

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:40.059
 don't fear

00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:40.799
 fleeing as

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:41.240
 refugees.

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:44.259
 In serving

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:44.720
 Jesus,

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:45.240
 you're actually

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:46.240
 more secure,

00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:47.120
 more stable

00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:48.519
 than those

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.019
 you're fleeing

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.360
 from.

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.120
 And again,

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.460
 we see that

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:52.079
 worked out in

00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:52.980
 Acts chapter 8.

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:53.740
 Remember,

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:56.000
 the Christians

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.759
 were very

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.380
 reluctant to

00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:58.019
 leave Jerusalem,

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:59.720
 even though

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.160
 that's the

00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:00.700
 brief that

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.099
 Jesus had

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:01.400
 given them.

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:02.039
 What was it

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.420
 that forced

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:02.920
 them finally

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.319
 to leave

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:03.740
 Jerusalem?

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.099
 Persecution.

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.539
 And it

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:06.819
 says in

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.380
 Acts chapter 8,

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:07.799
 as they

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.660
 left and

00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:09.019
 wandered

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.920
 around various

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.500
 places looking

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:10.920
 for somewhere

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:11.539
 to bank

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:11.880
 down,

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:13.200
 they gossiped

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:13.680
 the gospel.

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.799
 Who would

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.220
 have thought

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:18.559
 persecution

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:20.360
 brought in

00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:20.900
 the harvest?

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:22.440
 Well,

00:33:23.120 --> 00:33:23.440
 who would

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:23.700
 have thought

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.640
 Jesus thought

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:24.759
 it?

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.620
 We were a

00:33:26.620 --> 00:33:27.180
 bit slow to

00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:27.500
 learn it,

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:27.860
 perhaps.

00:33:27.859 --> 00:33:31.399
 many were

00:33:31.399 --> 00:33:32.139
 saved as

00:33:32.139 --> 00:33:32.559
 a result.

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:33.459
 Number

00:33:33.459 --> 00:33:33.779
 three,

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.719
 the truth

00:33:34.719 --> 00:33:35.099
 will come

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:35.319
 out,

00:33:35.979 --> 00:33:36.559
 that life

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.099
 with Jesus

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:37.599
 is much

00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:38.279
 better than

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:38.659
 life in

00:33:38.659 --> 00:33:39.119
 this world.

00:33:39.419 --> 00:33:39.759
 And again,

00:33:39.979 --> 00:33:40.459
 26,

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:40.959
 27,

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.319
 28,

00:33:41.379 --> 00:33:41.699
 it's hard

00:33:41.699 --> 00:33:41.939
 to know

00:33:41.939 --> 00:33:42.679
 exactly what

00:33:42.679 --> 00:33:43.259
 the application

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.759
 should be

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.079
 or how to

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:44.619
 understand it,

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:44.959
 but this

00:33:44.959 --> 00:33:45.799
 is what I've

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.279
 come up with

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:46.679
 this week.

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:48.560
 So it

00:33:48.560 --> 00:33:48.860
 goes like

00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:49.120
 this,

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:50.160
 verse 26,

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:50.900
 have no fear

00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:51.140
 of them,

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.680
 for nothing

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.240
 is covered

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:53.039
 that will

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.400
 not be

00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:54.019
 revealed or

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.940
 hidden that

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.259
 will not

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.960
 be known.

00:33:56.340 --> 00:33:56.620
 What I

00:33:56.620 --> 00:33:57.019
 tell you in

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.320
 the dark,

00:33:57.560 --> 00:33:57.840
 say in the

00:33:57.840 --> 00:33:58.080
 light.

00:33:58.580 --> 00:33:58.900
 What you

00:33:58.900 --> 00:33:59.620
 hear whispered,

00:33:59.840 --> 00:34:00.299
 proclaim on

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:00.940
 the housetops.

00:34:01.820 --> 00:34:02.580
 I think it

00:34:02.580 --> 00:34:03.120
 goes something

00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:03.660
 like this,

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:04.940
 that the

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:05.580
 enemies of

00:34:05.580 --> 00:34:06.420
 Jesus think

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:06.960
 they can get

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.880
 away with

00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:09.159
 mistreating

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:10.260
 and abusing

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:11.139
 Jesus'

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:11.880
 harvesters.

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.500
 Why?

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.500
 Because those

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:15.980
 sorts of

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.639
 things often

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.500
 happen in

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:18.239
 the secret

00:34:18.239 --> 00:34:20.659
 or discreetly.

00:34:21.339 --> 00:34:21.719
 But I

00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:22.000
 think the

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.460
 point here

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.819
 is not

00:34:22.819 --> 00:34:23.179
 so.

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.659
 That every

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:25.460
 action one

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.599
 day will

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:26.960
 be made

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:28.259
 public and

00:34:28.259 --> 00:34:28.539
 they'll be

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.099
 called to

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.619
 account for

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:29.799
 them.

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:30.859
 And so

00:34:30.859 --> 00:34:31.619
 what does

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.079
 that mean

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:33.719
 for Christians

00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:34.319
 who are

00:34:34.319 --> 00:34:34.980
 perhaps in

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.299
 history,

00:34:35.339 --> 00:34:35.579
 if you want

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:35.839
 to step

00:34:35.839 --> 00:34:36.119
 back and

00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:36.299
 look at

00:34:36.299 --> 00:34:36.599
 history,

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.279
 perhaps

00:34:37.279 --> 00:34:37.480
 being

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:38.139
 severely

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:38.519
 abused

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:38.839
 if not

00:34:38.839 --> 00:34:39.299
 butchered?

00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:42.739
 Well,

00:34:42.819 --> 00:34:43.119
 it means

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:43.480
 this,

00:34:44.819 --> 00:34:45.279
 that they

00:34:45.279 --> 00:34:46.139
 can rest

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:48.239
 in their

00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:48.659
 suffering.

00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:49.920
 It is

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:51.279
 enough to

00:34:51.279 --> 00:34:51.960
 be like

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.519
 the master.

00:34:53.779 --> 00:34:54.159
 They can

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:55.000
 rest in the

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.619
 suffering knowing

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:56.119
 that one

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:57.440
 day both

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.199
 the truth of

00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:58.699
 the gospel

00:34:58.699 --> 00:35:00.400
 and their

00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:01.279
 own faithful

00:35:01.279 --> 00:35:02.019
 witness to

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:03.219
 Jesus will

00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:03.599
 be brought

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:04.079
 to light

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:06.659
 and that

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:07.219
 the deeds

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:07.639
 of their

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:08.559
 enemies will

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:08.980
 be judged

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.480
 accordingly.

00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:11.079
 in other

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:11.320
 words,

00:35:11.740 --> 00:35:13.639
 we don't

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.099
 have to

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:14.539
 worry

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:14.980
 about

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:15.599
 justice

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:15.900
 or

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.559
 injustice

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:16.940
 or

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:17.579
 validation

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:19.740
 or even

00:35:19.740 --> 00:35:20.420
 protecting

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:20.820
 life

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:21.380
 itself

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:24.659
 because the

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:25.099
 Lord of

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.460
 the harvest

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:25.860
 sees

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.320
 everything.

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:29.340
 And

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.679
 ultimately

00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:30.079
 that's where

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.420
 it takes

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:30.559
 us,

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:31.099
 verse 28

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:31.519
 I think.

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:33.039
 The gospel

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.639
 perspective

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.079
 in verse

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.619
 28 is

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:34.940
 this,

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:36.019
 that we

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.760
 need in

00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:37.380
 situations

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:38.440
 of unjust

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:41.460
 accusation

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.540
 and unjust

00:35:42.540 --> 00:35:43.120
 treatment,

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:44.580
 unjust

00:35:44.580 --> 00:35:45.200
 accusations,

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:45.780
 whatever the

00:35:45.780 --> 00:35:46.060
 word is,

00:35:46.120 --> 00:35:46.260
 I don't

00:35:46.260 --> 00:35:46.440
 know,

00:35:46.620 --> 00:35:47.220
 unjust,

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:47.500
 unjust,

00:35:47.660 --> 00:35:48.360
 I'm confused.

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.380
 In those

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:50.200
 situations we

00:35:50.200 --> 00:35:50.740
 can just

00:35:50.740 --> 00:35:51.180
 in a sense

00:35:51.180 --> 00:35:51.640
 let it

00:35:51.640 --> 00:35:51.980
 go.

00:35:54.120 --> 00:35:55.000
 We don't

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.680
 need to

00:35:55.680 --> 00:35:56.280
 fear the

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:56.920
 enemies of

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.400
 the gospel.

00:35:58.580 --> 00:35:59.460
 We sit

00:35:59.460 --> 00:36:00.280
 loosely to

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:02.180
 life because

00:36:02.180 --> 00:36:03.000
 we see life

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.260
 in this

00:36:03.260 --> 00:36:03.580
 world,

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:04.640
 physical life

00:36:04.640 --> 00:36:05.000
 here and

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.420
 now in this

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:05.860
 world as a

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:06.160
 temporary

00:36:06.160 --> 00:36:06.580
 life.

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:08.740
 And we

00:36:08.740 --> 00:36:09.160
 see this

00:36:09.160 --> 00:36:09.540
 world as

00:36:09.540 --> 00:36:09.900
 something we

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:10.480
 don't really

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.000
 belong.

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:14.960
 And we're

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:15.680
 actually waiting

00:36:15.680 --> 00:36:16.080
 for the

00:36:16.080 --> 00:36:16.900
 forever life

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:18.620
 that is the

00:36:18.620 --> 00:36:19.160
 real life

00:36:19.160 --> 00:36:19.640
 for us

00:36:19.640 --> 00:36:21.700
 in the

00:36:21.700 --> 00:36:22.060
 world to

00:36:22.060 --> 00:36:22.200
 come.

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:22.640
 So therefore

00:36:22.640 --> 00:36:23.020
 we don't

00:36:23.020 --> 00:36:23.360
 need to

00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:23.680
 fear the

00:36:23.680 --> 00:36:24.140
 enemies of

00:36:24.140 --> 00:36:24.400
 the gospel

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:25.420
 because they

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:26.360
 don't have

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:26.780
 ultimate

00:36:26.780 --> 00:36:27.120
 power.

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:27.840
 They think

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:28.140
 they have

00:36:28.140 --> 00:36:28.400
 ultimate

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:29.160
 power but

00:36:29.160 --> 00:36:29.460
 in actual

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:30.100
 fact they

00:36:30.100 --> 00:36:30.420
 have very

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:30.740
 limited

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:31.020
 power.

00:36:31.120 --> 00:36:31.400
 The most

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:31.700
 they can

00:36:31.700 --> 00:36:32.000
 do is

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:33.140
 just take

00:36:33.140 --> 00:36:33.620
 my life

00:36:33.620 --> 00:36:34.020
 physically.

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:34.980
 They can't

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.560
 actually get

00:36:35.560 --> 00:36:36.140
 close to

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:36.799
 my spiritual

00:36:36.799 --> 00:36:37.079
 life,

00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:37.599
 my forever

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:38.039
 life.

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:39.799
 And again

00:36:39.799 --> 00:36:40.199
 if you look

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:40.539
 back through

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:41.879
 history that

00:36:41.879 --> 00:36:43.599
 has absolutely

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:45.000
 caused rage

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:46.440
 from those

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:46.819
 who have been

00:36:46.819 --> 00:36:47.420
 butchering

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:48.079
 Christians in

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:48.659
 the most awful

00:36:48.659 --> 00:36:49.559
 ways because

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.159
 they knew

00:36:50.159 --> 00:36:51.039
 jolly well that

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:51.900
 having inflicted

00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:52.539
 the worst

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.179
 horrors they

00:36:53.179 --> 00:36:53.480
 could on

00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:54.079
 that person

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:55.420
 that person

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:55.980
 in a sense

00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:56.679
 was defying

00:36:56.679 --> 00:36:56.920
 them.

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.259
 There was

00:36:58.259 --> 00:36:58.859
 something they

00:36:58.859 --> 00:36:59.440
 couldn't get

00:36:59.440 --> 00:36:59.719
 to.

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:04.739
 Jim

00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:05.079
 Elliot,

00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:06.879
 missionary to

00:37:06.879 --> 00:37:07.319
 Indian

00:37:07.319 --> 00:37:07.959
 tribes in

00:37:07.959 --> 00:37:08.559
 South America

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.199
 once said,

00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:11.719
 he is no

00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:12.439
 fool who

00:37:12.439 --> 00:37:13.119
 gives up

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:14.159
 that which

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:14.579
 he cannot

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:16.919
 keep in

00:37:16.919 --> 00:37:17.699
 order to

00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:18.899
 gain that

00:37:18.899 --> 00:37:19.359
 which he

00:37:19.359 --> 00:37:20.179
 cannot lose.

00:37:22.959 --> 00:37:23.799
 I think

00:37:23.799 --> 00:37:24.059
 it was only

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:24.879
 months after

00:37:24.879 --> 00:37:25.339
 that that

00:37:25.339 --> 00:37:25.879
 Jim Elliot

00:37:25.879 --> 00:37:26.579
 was murdered

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:27.920
 by the

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.659
 Indians he

00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:29.779
 had sought

00:37:29.779 --> 00:37:30.380
 to gospel

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:31.019
 for so many

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.380
 years.

00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:33.340
 And I

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:33.639
 think the

00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:34.159
 story is

00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:35.259
 that I

00:37:35.259 --> 00:37:35.579
 think there

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:36.119
 was nobody

00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:36.500
 had been

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:37.319
 responded to

00:37:37.319 --> 00:37:37.900
 Jesus before

00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:38.139
 he was

00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:38.460
 murdered.

00:37:40.299 --> 00:37:41.079
 But strangely

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:42.360
 to us

00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:42.639
 anyway,

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:43.259
 not to the

00:37:43.259 --> 00:37:43.579
 Lord of the

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:43.860
 harvest,

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:45.739
 that tribe

00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:46.319
 of Indians

00:37:46.319 --> 00:37:47.340
 became

00:37:47.340 --> 00:37:47.940
 Christian,

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.940
 many of

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.199
 them,

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:51.940
 observing

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.940
 Elliot as

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.380
 he died.

00:37:54.819 --> 00:37:55.159
 Again,

00:37:55.299 --> 00:37:55.599
 who would

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:56.000
 have thought?

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:58.199
 And again,

00:37:58.259 --> 00:37:58.559
 the answer

00:37:58.559 --> 00:37:58.739
 is,

00:37:58.840 --> 00:37:58.940
 well,

00:37:59.019 --> 00:37:59.319
 the Lord

00:37:59.319 --> 00:37:59.579
 of the

00:37:59.579 --> 00:37:59.819
 harvest

00:37:59.819 --> 00:38:00.400
 thought that.

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.440
 We're just

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:01.920
 a bit slow

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:02.360
 to catch

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:02.779
 up on that

00:38:02.779 --> 00:38:03.279
 gospel

00:38:03.279 --> 00:38:03.860
 perspective.

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:09.019
 Lastly,

00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:10.519
 your father

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:11.420
 cares deeply

00:38:11.420 --> 00:38:11.920
 for you

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:13.079
 and controls

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:13.960
 every detail

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.239
 of your

00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:14.579
 life.

00:38:16.799 --> 00:38:17.340
 Look at

00:38:17.340 --> 00:38:18.059
 verses 29

00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:18.500
 through to

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:19.079
 31.

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.400
 Jesus

00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:21.940
 tells his

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:22.360
 disciples,

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:22.920
 and it's a

00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:23.480
 funny verse

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:23.759
 here,

00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:25.159
 Jesus tells

00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:25.779
 his disciple

00:38:25.780 --> 00:38:26.680
 that a

00:38:26.680 --> 00:38:27.100
 sparrow

00:38:27.100 --> 00:38:27.620
 does not

00:38:27.620 --> 00:38:28.200
 die

00:38:28.200 --> 00:38:30.120
 apart from

00:38:30.120 --> 00:38:30.280
 your

00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:30.640
 father.

00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:32.100
 Now,

00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:33.000
 it seems

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:33.420
 to me like

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:33.860
 the sentence

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:34.540
 stopped

00:38:34.540 --> 00:38:34.960
 abruptly

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.280
 there.

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:36.840
 Apart

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:37.180
 from your

00:38:37.180 --> 00:38:37.760
 father's

00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:38.100
 what?

00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:40.420
 I think

00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:40.840
 the word

00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:41.220
 we have to

00:38:41.220 --> 00:38:41.720
 supply there,

00:38:41.780 --> 00:38:41.900
 and we're

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.160
 meant to

00:38:42.160 --> 00:38:42.620
 supply there,

00:38:42.680 --> 00:38:43.140
 apart from

00:38:43.140 --> 00:38:43.720
 your father's

00:38:43.720 --> 00:38:43.940
 will.

00:38:43.940 --> 00:38:44.000
 will.

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:51.260
 The point

00:38:51.260 --> 00:38:51.700
 is simple,

00:38:51.780 --> 00:38:52.099
 I think.

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:54.380
 God's

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:54.760
 will

00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:55.380
 determines

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:55.659
 the

00:38:55.659 --> 00:38:56.240
 lifespan

00:38:56.240 --> 00:38:56.940
 of a

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:57.420
 sparrow

00:38:57.420 --> 00:38:59.599
 whose

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:00.240
 relationship

00:39:00.240 --> 00:39:00.860
 to God

00:39:00.860 --> 00:39:01.579
 is simply

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:03.179
 creature

00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:03.760
 to

00:39:03.760 --> 00:39:04.179
 creator.

00:39:06.579 --> 00:39:07.119
 By

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:07.780
 comparison,

00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:10.360
 we relate

00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:10.780
 to God

00:39:10.780 --> 00:39:11.400
 as father

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:12.059
 and child.

00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:14.519
 So it's a

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:14.960
 how much

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.320
 more

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:16.500
 argument.

00:39:17.820 --> 00:39:19.019
 If God

00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:19.619
 cares for

00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:20.320
 the details

00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:20.820
 of a

00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:21.360
 sparrow,

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:23.680
 how much

00:39:23.680 --> 00:39:24.460
 more does

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:25.019
 he care for

00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:25.680
 the details

00:39:25.680 --> 00:39:26.300
 of his

00:39:26.300 --> 00:39:26.780
 child?

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:33.200
 Again,

00:39:33.740 --> 00:39:35.380
 we do

00:39:35.380 --> 00:39:36.019
 not need

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:36.500
 to fear.

00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:36.780
 if we

00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:37.460
 can see

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:37.940
 through

00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:38.199
 the

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:38.860
 circumstance.

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:40.139
 We feel

00:39:40.139 --> 00:39:41.139
 abandoned.

00:39:43.219 --> 00:39:44.039
 We feel

00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:44.400
 as if

00:39:44.400 --> 00:39:44.699
 in the

00:39:44.699 --> 00:39:44.940
 middle of

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:45.239
 ministry,

00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:45.519
 well,

00:39:45.639 --> 00:39:46.079
 God's so

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:46.539
 busy around

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:46.860
 the world,

00:39:47.099 --> 00:39:47.420
 he doesn't

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:47.880
 even see

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:48.940
 this that

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:49.179
 I'm

00:39:49.179 --> 00:39:49.739
 experiencing

00:39:49.739 --> 00:39:50.440
 and enduring.

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:52.159
 Not so.

00:39:55.659 --> 00:39:56.199
 God's

00:39:56.199 --> 00:39:56.980
 sovereign power

00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:57.360
 and will

00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:58.219
 guards and

00:39:58.219 --> 00:39:58.760
 determines

00:39:58.760 --> 00:40:00.420
 every moment

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:01.239
 of your

00:40:01.239 --> 00:40:01.780
 life and

00:40:01.780 --> 00:40:02.340
 my life.

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:04.660
 and our

00:40:04.660 --> 00:40:05.940
 moment and

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:06.720
 method of

00:40:06.720 --> 00:40:07.100
 death.

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:11.059
 Your

00:40:11.059 --> 00:40:11.840
 father is

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:12.280
 equally

00:40:12.280 --> 00:40:12.840
 caring in

00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:13.180
 the hardest

00:40:13.180 --> 00:40:14.640
 times as

00:40:14.640 --> 00:40:15.100
 in the

00:40:15.100 --> 00:40:15.480
 easiest

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:16.059
 times.

00:40:17.340 --> 00:40:17.940
 In

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:18.800
 whatever part

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:18.980
 of the

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.539
 harvest field

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:19.860
 you may

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:20.440
 find yourself

00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:20.700
 in.

00:40:22.800 --> 00:40:23.579
 He will

00:40:23.579 --> 00:40:24.579
 never deny

00:40:24.579 --> 00:40:25.480
 or abandon

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:26.480
 his child.

00:40:28.780 --> 00:40:29.380
 Picking

00:40:29.380 --> 00:40:29.960
 up this

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:30.240
 verse,

00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:31.240
 David Livingstone,

00:40:31.239 --> 00:40:32.459
 missionary to

00:40:32.459 --> 00:40:32.859
 Africa,

00:40:33.359 --> 00:40:33.979
 once said,

00:40:34.939 --> 00:40:37.079
 we are

00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:37.719
 immortal

00:40:37.719 --> 00:40:40.139
 until God

00:40:40.139 --> 00:40:40.639
 has done

00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:41.059
 with us.

00:40:46.979 --> 00:40:47.619
 That would

00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:48.299
 allow courage

00:40:48.299 --> 00:40:48.759
 to come to

00:40:48.759 --> 00:40:49.119
 the surface,

00:40:49.219 --> 00:40:49.439
 wouldn't it,

00:40:49.459 --> 00:40:49.879
 over fear?

00:40:50.939 --> 00:40:51.219
 Corrie

00:40:51.219 --> 00:40:51.699
 Ten Boom,

00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:52.579
 the same,

00:40:52.659 --> 00:40:53.000
 didn't use

00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:53.500
 exactly their

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:53.699
 words,

00:40:53.759 --> 00:40:54.099
 but the same

00:40:54.099 --> 00:40:55.659
 idea as she

00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:56.679
 expressed her

00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:58.219
 faith in

00:40:58.219 --> 00:40:58.779
 front of the

00:40:58.779 --> 00:41:00.659
 Nazis day

00:41:00.659 --> 00:41:01.139
 in and day

00:41:01.139 --> 00:41:02.679
 out in a

00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:03.460
 concentration

00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:03.960
 camp.

00:41:08.359 --> 00:41:08.799
 Friends,

00:41:08.879 --> 00:41:09.460
 we need to

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:09.980
 learn to

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:11.079
 trust God

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:12.659
 as well as

00:41:12.659 --> 00:41:13.039
 serve him.

00:41:16.420 --> 00:41:17.139
 I think that's

00:41:17.139 --> 00:41:17.480
 been my

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:18.000
 problem over

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:18.359
 the years.

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:20.019
 I've been

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:20.539
 busy trying

00:41:20.539 --> 00:41:21.119
 to serve,

00:41:22.179 --> 00:41:22.500
 but I

00:41:22.500 --> 00:41:23.179
 haven't quite

00:41:23.179 --> 00:41:23.639
 been as

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:24.279
 busy trying

00:41:24.279 --> 00:41:24.579
 to make

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:25.039
 sure I

00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:25.619
 trust him

00:41:25.619 --> 00:41:25.920
 in every

00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:26.460
 situation.

00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:30.500
 we need

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:31.019
 to keep

00:41:31.019 --> 00:41:31.760
 our eyes

00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:32.460
 on Jesus.

00:41:35.740 --> 00:41:36.579
 We need

00:41:36.579 --> 00:41:37.440
 to always

00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:37.820
 have our

00:41:37.820 --> 00:41:38.340
 eyes on

00:41:38.340 --> 00:41:38.639
 Jesus,

00:41:38.780 --> 00:41:40.179
 because that's

00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:41.500
 who we're

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:42.240
 looking through

00:41:42.240 --> 00:41:43.139
 the circumstances

00:41:43.139 --> 00:41:43.679
 to see.

00:41:44.820 --> 00:41:45.400
 And only

00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:45.920
 that, I

00:41:45.920 --> 00:41:46.199
 think,

00:41:46.740 --> 00:41:47.220
 will give

00:41:47.220 --> 00:41:47.519
 us the

00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:48.099
 perspective

00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:49.559
 to be

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:50.539
 faithful and

00:41:50.539 --> 00:41:53.740
 engaged

00:41:53.739 --> 00:41:55.699
 with

00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:56.199
 excitement

00:41:56.199 --> 00:41:56.719
 in the

00:41:56.719 --> 00:41:57.099
 harvest.

00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:00.439
 So,

00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:01.479
 wrapping up,

00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:01.739
 and I

00:42:01.739 --> 00:42:02.079
 know I've

00:42:02.079 --> 00:42:02.519
 gone way

00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:02.919
 over length,

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:03.619
 so you've

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:04.000
 been very

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:04.459
 kind that you

00:42:04.459 --> 00:42:04.839
 haven't actually

00:42:04.839 --> 00:42:05.439
 worked out yet

00:42:05.439 --> 00:42:05.879
 only, but

00:42:05.879 --> 00:42:07.479
 I just want to

00:42:07.479 --> 00:42:08.059
 wrap up with a

00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:08.339
 couple of

00:42:08.339 --> 00:42:08.619
 thoughts.

00:42:10.439 --> 00:42:11.219
 Where has

00:42:11.219 --> 00:42:12.879
 your cost-benefit

00:42:12.879 --> 00:42:13.979
 analysis of

00:42:13.979 --> 00:42:15.379
 what Jesus is

00:42:15.379 --> 00:42:16.899
 calling you to

00:42:16.899 --> 00:42:17.259
 hear in the

00:42:17.259 --> 00:42:17.539
 harvest,

00:42:17.699 --> 00:42:18.319
 where has that

00:42:18.319 --> 00:42:19.319
 left you or

00:42:19.319 --> 00:42:19.799
 taken you?

00:42:19.800 --> 00:42:22.760
 what's your

00:42:22.760 --> 00:42:24.019
 mindset when

00:42:24.019 --> 00:42:24.580
 it comes to

00:42:24.580 --> 00:42:25.620
 engaging in

00:42:25.620 --> 00:42:26.480
 the harvest,

00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:28.580
 as Jesus

00:42:28.580 --> 00:42:29.380
 invites you to

00:42:29.380 --> 00:42:29.880
 and expects

00:42:29.880 --> 00:42:30.280
 you to,

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:30.880
 as his

00:42:30.880 --> 00:42:31.260
 child?

00:42:33.680 --> 00:42:33.980
 Do you

00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:34.580
 find yourself

00:42:34.580 --> 00:42:35.620
 wanting to

00:42:35.620 --> 00:42:36.100
 get involved

00:42:36.100 --> 00:42:37.340
 in witnessing

00:42:37.340 --> 00:42:37.960
 for Jesus,

00:42:38.760 --> 00:42:39.420
 but you just

00:42:39.420 --> 00:42:40.380
 can't find

00:42:40.380 --> 00:42:40.980
 yourself getting

00:42:40.980 --> 00:42:42.740
 past how

00:42:42.740 --> 00:42:43.180
 much you'd

00:42:43.180 --> 00:42:43.620
 have to give

00:42:43.620 --> 00:42:44.360
 up to do

00:42:44.360 --> 00:42:44.640
 so?

00:42:46.280 --> 00:42:47.300
 Basic comfort,

00:42:47.480 --> 00:42:48.200
 personal freedom,

00:42:48.720 --> 00:42:49.300
 reputation,

00:42:49.300 --> 00:42:49.860
 money.

00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:51.420
 Is that

00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:51.740
 where you're

00:42:51.740 --> 00:42:52.000
 stuck?

00:42:54.360 --> 00:42:54.700
 Do you

00:42:54.700 --> 00:42:55.220
 find that your

00:42:55.220 --> 00:42:56.060
 anxiety and

00:42:56.060 --> 00:42:57.019
 fear renders

00:42:57.019 --> 00:42:57.640
 you silent?

00:42:57.920 --> 00:42:58.440
 When you know

00:42:58.440 --> 00:42:59.039
 jolly well,

00:42:59.320 --> 00:42:59.880
 it's not a

00:42:59.880 --> 00:43:00.180
 lack of

00:43:00.180 --> 00:43:00.640
 opportunity,

00:43:00.900 --> 00:43:01.300
 even though we

00:43:01.300 --> 00:43:02.019
 often say that.

00:43:02.280 --> 00:43:02.780
 It's actually

00:43:02.780 --> 00:43:03.940
 fear.

00:43:05.280 --> 00:43:05.800
 We render

00:43:05.800 --> 00:43:06.400
 us silent

00:43:06.400 --> 00:43:06.720
 when we

00:43:06.720 --> 00:43:07.280
 should speak.

00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:12.340
 Are you

00:43:12.340 --> 00:43:13.120
 stuck being

00:43:13.120 --> 00:43:13.960
 debilitated and

00:43:13.960 --> 00:43:15.160
 crushed by

00:43:15.160 --> 00:43:16.100
 previous attempts

00:43:16.100 --> 00:43:16.660
 at witnessing

00:43:16.660 --> 00:43:18.019
 because you

00:43:18.019 --> 00:43:18.420
 think they've

00:43:18.420 --> 00:43:19.000
 not worked out

00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:19.619
 well for you

00:43:19.619 --> 00:43:20.519
 or because the

00:43:20.519 --> 00:43:20.880
 person you

00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:21.280
 spoke to in

00:43:21.280 --> 00:43:21.679
 the end didn't

00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:22.039
 become a

00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:22.360
 Christian?

00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:25.380
 Or perhaps

00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:26.460
 worst case

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:27.019
 scenario is you

00:43:27.019 --> 00:43:27.619
 actually know you

00:43:27.619 --> 00:43:28.239
 actually mucked it

00:43:28.239 --> 00:43:28.500
 up.

00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:30.119
 I didn't say

00:43:30.119 --> 00:43:30.460
 what I should

00:43:30.460 --> 00:43:30.960
 have said or I

00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:31.860
 said too much

00:43:31.860 --> 00:43:33.260
 in the wrong

00:43:33.260 --> 00:43:33.559
 way.

00:43:34.139 --> 00:43:34.719
 Is that where

00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:35.139
 you're stuck?

00:43:35.659 --> 00:43:36.179
 By your own

00:43:36.179 --> 00:43:36.860
 failures in the

00:43:36.860 --> 00:43:37.159
 past?

00:43:39.940 --> 00:43:40.219
 Well my

00:43:40.219 --> 00:43:40.960
 friend, can I

00:43:40.960 --> 00:43:41.400
 just say to you

00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:41.820
 this morning, if

00:43:41.820 --> 00:43:43.300
 that's you, then

00:43:43.300 --> 00:43:44.300
 can I suggest you've

00:43:44.300 --> 00:43:45.019
 taken your eyes

00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:45.519
 stuffed Jesus?

00:43:48.880 --> 00:43:49.619
 And that's a

00:43:49.619 --> 00:43:50.360
 lonely place to

00:43:50.360 --> 00:43:50.840
 be, I think.

00:43:50.920 --> 00:43:51.460
 I know because

00:43:51.460 --> 00:43:52.039
 I've been there.

00:43:55.880 --> 00:43:56.519
 You've stopped

00:43:56.519 --> 00:43:57.300
 listening to him.

00:43:59.099 --> 00:43:59.800
 You're probably

00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:00.679
 trying to serve

00:44:00.679 --> 00:44:01.400
 Jesus in the

00:44:01.400 --> 00:44:02.460
 harvest mission

00:44:02.460 --> 00:44:04.860
 without having

00:44:04.860 --> 00:44:05.719
 learned to

00:44:05.719 --> 00:44:06.239
 trust him.

00:44:06.239 --> 00:44:21.459
 cost benefit

00:44:21.459 --> 00:44:22.819
 analysis that we

00:44:22.819 --> 00:44:23.379
 could remember

00:44:23.379 --> 00:44:27.059
 of Jesus in

00:44:27.059 --> 00:44:28.059
 his saving of

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:28.279
 you.

00:44:30.059 --> 00:44:31.079
 Massive cost

00:44:31.079 --> 00:44:32.119
 to deal with

00:44:32.119 --> 00:44:33.979
 the sins of

00:44:33.979 --> 00:44:34.779
 David Calderwood.

00:44:36.239 --> 00:44:36.739
 Benefit.

00:44:39.819 --> 00:44:40.599
 Jesus doesn't

00:44:40.599 --> 00:44:41.179
 get the benefit.

00:44:42.039 --> 00:44:42.559
 I get the

00:44:42.559 --> 00:44:43.099
 benefit of his

00:44:43.099 --> 00:44:43.419
 death.

00:44:46.179 --> 00:44:46.479
 And the

00:44:46.479 --> 00:44:47.019
 scripture tells

00:44:47.019 --> 00:44:47.559
 me I've been

00:44:47.559 --> 00:44:48.159
 filled.

00:44:48.319 --> 00:44:49.399
 Jesus was

00:44:49.399 --> 00:44:50.439
 rich and he

00:44:50.439 --> 00:44:51.279
 became poor

00:44:51.279 --> 00:44:54.079
 and I get the

00:44:54.079 --> 00:44:54.979
 riches of his

00:44:54.979 --> 00:44:55.279
 blessing.

00:44:55.479 --> 00:44:56.099
 I'm filled

00:44:56.099 --> 00:44:57.519
 daily with the

00:44:57.519 --> 00:44:58.299
 riches of his

00:44:58.299 --> 00:44:59.779
 blessing to

00:44:59.779 --> 00:45:00.439
 overflowing.

00:45:03.739 --> 00:45:04.799
 So when I see

00:45:04.799 --> 00:45:05.719
 Jesus and look

00:45:05.719 --> 00:45:08.179
 at Jesus, I

00:45:08.179 --> 00:45:09.179
 can be free to

00:45:09.179 --> 00:45:09.899
 allow those

00:45:09.899 --> 00:45:10.519
 blessings to

00:45:10.519 --> 00:45:11.500
 overflow for the

00:45:11.500 --> 00:45:12.199
 sake of Christ.

00:45:18.399 --> 00:45:19.319
 Pray the

00:45:19.319 --> 00:45:19.839
 Lord of the

00:45:19.839 --> 00:45:20.439
 harvest might

00:45:20.439 --> 00:45:21.559
 send you into

00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:22.079
 the harvest

00:45:22.079 --> 00:45:23.459
 field with

00:45:23.459 --> 00:45:24.819
 new faith,

00:45:25.559 --> 00:45:26.519
 new ability to

00:45:26.519 --> 00:45:27.199
 see the Lord of

00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:28.159
 the harvest behind

00:45:28.159 --> 00:45:29.239
 every immediate

00:45:29.239 --> 00:45:30.119
 circumstance of

00:45:30.119 --> 00:45:30.839
 persecution or

00:45:30.839 --> 00:45:31.159
 suffering.

00:45:32.359 --> 00:45:33.679
 And pray that

00:45:33.679 --> 00:45:34.559
 you might learn

00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:35.139
 to trust.

00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:39.299
 Pray with me

00:45:39.299 --> 00:45:39.539
 now.

00:45:42.739 --> 00:45:43.400
 Lord, we

00:45:43.400 --> 00:45:44.000
 thank you for

00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:44.599
 your kindness.

00:45:46.139 --> 00:45:46.960
 That in a

00:45:46.960 --> 00:45:47.739
 passage that

00:45:47.739 --> 00:45:48.219
 immediately

00:45:48.219 --> 00:45:49.119
 presented as

00:45:49.119 --> 00:45:50.299
 just overwhelmingly

00:45:50.299 --> 00:45:53.400
 negative, and

00:45:53.400 --> 00:45:54.259
 yet it opens up

00:45:54.259 --> 00:45:55.019
 with a rich

00:45:55.019 --> 00:45:56.460
 warmth and

00:45:56.460 --> 00:45:57.039
 positivity.

00:45:57.239 --> 00:45:57.799
 We thank you,

00:45:57.920 --> 00:45:58.480
 Lord, that you've

00:45:58.480 --> 00:45:59.539
 not just called us

00:45:59.539 --> 00:46:01.900
 to a task that

00:46:01.900 --> 00:46:02.840
 you haven't also

00:46:02.840 --> 00:46:05.000
 equipped us for.

00:46:05.400 --> 00:46:06.059
 And we pray,

00:46:06.179 --> 00:46:06.519
 Lord, that we

00:46:06.519 --> 00:46:07.639
 might, in a

00:46:07.639 --> 00:46:08.420
 sense, read your

00:46:08.420 --> 00:46:09.119
 manual that's

00:46:09.119 --> 00:46:09.980
 before us today,

00:46:10.539 --> 00:46:11.679
 and take it on

00:46:11.679 --> 00:46:13.139
 board, and

00:46:13.139 --> 00:46:14.199
 practice, practice,

00:46:14.380 --> 00:46:15.039
 practice, so that

00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:15.960
 we might be able to

00:46:15.960 --> 00:46:16.880
 keep our eyes on you

00:46:16.880 --> 00:46:18.619
 and see through

00:46:18.619 --> 00:46:19.860
 immediate circumstances

00:46:19.860 --> 00:46:22.119
 and find that our

00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:23.599
 fears and anxieties

00:46:23.599 --> 00:46:24.360
 are dispelled.

00:46:24.360 --> 00:46:25.900
 health, and we

00:46:25.900 --> 00:46:27.120
 have instead courage

00:46:27.120 --> 00:46:29.039
 and confidence and

00:46:29.039 --> 00:46:30.320
 compassion like you

00:46:30.320 --> 00:46:31.500
 and desire to

00:46:31.500 --> 00:46:33.740
 speak your word to

00:46:33.740 --> 00:46:34.480
 those around us.

00:46:35.579 --> 00:46:36.059
 I pray in Jesus'

00:46:36.220 --> 00:46:36.740
 name, amen.

00:46:36.739 --> 00:47:06.719
 Thank you.