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 Good morning.

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 And please, if you would turn to our passage this morning.

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! I think in your Bibles, page 825, Matthew chapter 20 and verse 17.

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 If you would keep that open in front of you.

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 And let me pray before we hear God's word.

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 Our heavenly Father, not my words, but your eternal word.

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 Not our understanding, but your Holy Spirit.

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 Not our knowledge, but your wisdom and what you would reveal to us.

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 For your glory alone. Amen.

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 The ability to pay attention would seem a vanishing commodity.

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 I know it's getting harder and harder in my life.

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 It's probably the same for you.

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 In fact, it's getting harder and harder that people are even writing books about it.

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 And in his book by Matthew Crawford, The World Beyond Your Head,

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 which on reflection I decided was probably a pretty good title for this sermon.

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 He quotes from a commencement speech given by the writer David Foster Wallace at Kenyon College some years ago.

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 Who was commenting on the problem faced by most human beings of being too wrapped up in themselves.

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 He began thus.

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 He said,

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 A huge percentage of the stuff that I tend to automatically be certain of,

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 it turns out, is totally wrong and deluded.

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 In particular, everything in my immediate experience supports my deep belief that I am the absolute center of the universe.

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 He went on,

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 What needs to happen is to somehow alter or get free of my natural hardwired default setting,

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 which is to be deeply and literally self-centered,

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 and sees and interprets everything through this lens of self.

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 And he concluded that he desires not to be deluded,

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 not lost in abstract argument inside my own head,

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 instead of paying attention to what is going on right in front of me.

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 And that is a problem, isn't it, of modern life,

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 paying attention to the wrong thing,

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 not paying attention to what's going on right in front of us.

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 It's essentially not a problem of failing to pay attention whatsoever,

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 but failing to pay attention to the right thing,

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 and paying attention only to ourselves,

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 the world inside our own heads, we might say.

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 But this is not a new problem.

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 In our passage, and in fact the preceding chapters,

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 2,000 years ago Jesus gave a sermon on what the kingdom of God was like,

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 about what true greatness was, about what it was like.

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 But the people, the disciples who heard it,

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 could only concern themselves with how great that they could be.

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 They were only concerned about their kingdoms.

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 Jesus spent the previous two chapters,

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 from verse 13 of chapter 19,

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 if you quickly glance down,

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 that famous passage of the children coming to Jesus,

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 summarizing the character of the coming kingdom.

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 And it's summed up in those,

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 a verse that is repeated,

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 a very famous verse,

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 but many who are first will be last,

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 and the last will be first,

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 and then verse 16 of chapter 20,

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 it says, so the last will be first,

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 and the first will be last.

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 Why it's swapped around,

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 I couldn't tell you.

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 It's probably something significant.

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 But certainly that it was repeated,

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 was because Jesus wanted to tell something to his disciples,

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 and he wanted them to know it.

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 Our passage also begins with Jesus talking about

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 how he was going to die a painful and humiliating death on a cross.

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 But this isn't the first time he's said this to the disciples.

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 It's the third time in Matthew's Gospel.

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 And just finally, just so that we will pay attention,

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 because I think God is trying to say something in this passage,

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 for the reason is that this is repeated both in Mark and in Luke,

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 almost verbatim, the passage that we have today.

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 You'd think he's trying to tell us something.

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 And it's not just that the prophecy of Jesus' death, as I say,

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 is the most important aspect to focus on here,

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 because it bookends the passage that we have.

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 In between teaching about spiritual ambition

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 is about Jesus' death.

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 And that's why I want to talk about attention today,

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 because it's more than just an example of poor taste

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 or crass insensitivity on behalf of the disciples

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 and James and John's mother.

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 What's really at the heart of the verses here

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 is not the disciples or us,

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 but it's about Jesus.

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 But the Jesus that we're asked to pay attention to

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 is not an easy example.

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 Verse 18,

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 See, we are going up to Jerusalem,

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 and the Son of Man will be delivered over

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 to the chief priests and the scribes,

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 and they will condemn him to death,

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 and deliver him over to the Gentiles

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 to be mocked and flogged and crucified,

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 and he will be raised on the third day.

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 Jesus had been talking about his kingdom,

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 the kingdom of God.

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 And for the disciples,

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 and in fact any Jew listening,

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 a kingdom would have been just what they wanted to hear about.

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 Any kingdom, as long as it wasn't a Roman kingdom,

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 which they had been under for quite some time.

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 But then Jesus here talks about

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 not only being killed and put to death by the Romans,

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 but also being condemned to death

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 by the Jewish authorities also.

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 Jesus' words make clear

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 that this would be a total rejection of him.

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 So that even if there was a Jew,

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 the Jewish authorities,

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 who would be the establishment of the day,

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 they are going to reject him too,

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 as well as the Romans.

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 So there's no glorious triumph

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 as far as the disciples are concerned

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 here in this death of what's going to happen.

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 It was a humiliating death.

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 And one more that was going to happen

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 in Jerusalem itself,

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 on the eve of them going up

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 in the city of God,

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 the centre of the Jewish religion and nation.

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 It's a bit like

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 Serena Vigman when she first took over

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 the England women's football team.

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 I don't know if they've won.

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 I don't know if it's still going on at the moment.

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 But let's just imagine the scene.

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 She goes into the dressing room,

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 disappointing results,

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 and she says,

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 right, I'm going to take you to the World Cup final.

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 And she says,

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 I'm going to teach you a bit about football

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 and skills and stuff like that.

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 But really, the crux of what I want you to learn,

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 you're going to learn by coming to watch me

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 every week

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 clean out a public toilet.

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 And it's that kind of

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 incongruency

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 that kind of

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 just doesn't make sense

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 that Jesus' death represents here

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 for the disciples.

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 It should, as that kind of death,

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 even shock us now,

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 even though we're very familiar with the cross.

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 The cross now to us is a symbol of hope,

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 of life.

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 We make gold crosses.

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 We put crosses in paintings

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 all through our culture.

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 But then that wasn't what the cross meant.

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 The cross then meant

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 humiliation,

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 degradation,

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 a complete rejection,

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 and of course, pain.

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 And so even now,

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 it should give us pause for thought

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 about why this was necessary

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 and what was the cost.

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 It demands our attention.

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 And you would have thought

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 that it would have given the disciples

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 pause, at least, for thought too.

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 But instead, we have the scene

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 that unfolds.

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 Verse 20,

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 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee

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 came up to him with her sons,

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 and kneeling before him,

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 she asked him for something.

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 And he said to her,

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 What do you want?

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 And she said to him,

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 Say that these two sons of mine

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 are to sit,

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 one at your right hand

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 and one at your left,

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 in your kingdom.

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 Now, one partial explanation

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 for this may be,

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 it's not certain,

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 but it might,

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 it's,

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 a lot of scholars think

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 it's probable that

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 the mother of James and John

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 was related to

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 Jesus' mother, Mary.

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 And it's not unusual,

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 and it still isn't in many cultures,

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 in fact,

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 even our own,

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 to some extent,

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 for family to approach

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 those in authority

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 and ask them for special preferment

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 from powerful relatives.

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 It's one possible explanation.

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 We don't know for sure.

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 But whatever it is,

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 James and John's mother

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 isn't really the issue here,

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 because Jesus is not fooled

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 by her coming to ask.

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 And in his response,

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 he immediately uses the plural you

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 in addressing James and John.

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 And in fact,

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 as we see later on

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 from the disciples,

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 he's really addressing the disciples.

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 Jesus answered,

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 You do not know

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 what you are asking.

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 Are you able to drink the cup

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 that I am to drink?

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 You see,

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 he knew what was on their mind.

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 He knew that when they heard

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 that there was a kingdom going,

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 the next thing

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 that they were thinking was,

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 what's in it for us?

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 Just as Peter had done

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 earlier in chapter 19,

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 just as the rich young ruler

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 had done in that same chapter.

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 After all,

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 the disciples were,

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 weren't they,

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 the chosen ones?

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 They were the ones

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 selected by Jesus,

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 called by him.

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 They were the ones

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 who had given up most for him.

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 They were special,

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 his oldest followers.

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 What's in it for us?

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 And how often,

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 if we're honest,

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 do our hearts echo

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 those sentiments?

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 Even as mature Christians,

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 Lord, I've been good

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 all this time.

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 I've been faithful.

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 I've had to give up things.

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 Maybe a relationship.

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 Maybe just a Sunday.

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 Maybe some of my money.

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 When do I see a return?

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 What's in it for me?

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 I've born with people.

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 I've put up with elders.

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 I've put up with the

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 hymn choices

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 that I don't like

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 for so long.

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 And these thoughts,

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 these turning in on ourselves

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 to our own concerns,

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 can come,

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 as I say,

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 even when we're mature Christians.

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 When we might be called

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 strong in our faith,

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 just as the disciples were.

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 James and John's mum,

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 she was at the foot of the cross

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 when Jesus died.

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 The disciples didn't doubt

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 or have no faith in Jesus

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 at this point or later.

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 But it's that temptation,

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 isn't it,

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 to listen to,

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 as Foster Wallace said,

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 that hardwired default setting,

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 which is to be deeply

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 and literally self-centered.

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 It's there in the disciples.

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 It's there in us.

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 Pride,

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 higher position,

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 recognition,

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 status,

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 can overcome

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 even the most

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 resolute of believers.

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 Interestingly,

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 John Calvin,

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 when he was writing

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 on this passage,

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 said,

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 for often depraved thoughts

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 and feelings

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 come over us

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 in the middle of the race

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 and turn us off course.

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 Such a thought

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 is enough to make

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 any one of us despair,

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 perhaps,

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 because it's true

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 that we're all

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 as self-centered

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 as disciples.

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 But I want to now

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 come on

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 and we'll see in this passage

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 why ultimately

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 we should not despair.

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 Because it's not,

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 as I say,

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 about the disciples

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 and about us,

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 it's ultimately about Jesus

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 and how we are liberated

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 from this conflict

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 that goes on

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 inside our own heads

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 and hearts.

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 And we see Jesus' response,

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 isn't it?

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 It's gentle.

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 It's an encouragement

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 in many ways.

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 Verse 22.

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 You do not know

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 what you are asking.

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 Are you able

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 to drink the cup

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 that I am to drink?

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 And they said,

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 we are able.

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 And he said to them,

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 you will drink my cup,

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 but to sit at my right hand

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 and my left

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 is not mine to grant,

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 but it is for those

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 who have been prepared

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 by my Father.

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 Are you able?

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 We are able.

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 And this shows us

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 the amazing

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 and wonderful paradox

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 of the Christian life,

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 the yes we can

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 that goes with

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 the no we can't.

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 Could anyone

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 drink the cup

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 of God's wrath

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 except Jesus?

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 No, of course not.

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 Could anybody

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 satisfy God's wrath

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 and anger for sin

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 and make atonement

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 for our sin?

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 No.

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 But yet James and John

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 did suffer for Christ.

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 They're two of the

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 earliest martyrs.

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 We read about James

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 being killed in Acts 12.

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 John was only exiled,

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 but he suffered

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 through the course

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 of his life.

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 Both suffered greatly

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 for bearing witness

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 to Christ.

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 And so in a sense,

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 they were able

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 to share in Christ's cup.

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 And in so far

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 that that is true,

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 we are all called

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 to share in Christ's cup,

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 in Christ's suffering.

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 Paul in Philippians

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 talks of the fellowship

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 of his sufferings,

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 the fellowship

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 of his sufferings.

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 Jesus himself

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 has just said

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 in chapter 16,

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 if anyone wishes

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 to come after me,

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 he must deny himself

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 and take up his cross

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 and follow me.

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 It was a hard saying

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 for those who heard it then.

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 It's a hard saying

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 for us now.

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 But James and John

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 and the other disciples

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 and countless Christians

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 down the century

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 show us that through

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 listening to Christ's teaching

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 and the work of the Holy Spirit,

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 we are equipped to share

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 in his sufferings

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 as well as in his glory.

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 As I said,

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 it's important to remember

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 both the can and the cannot

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 of the Christian life.

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 We need to understand both.

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 One, the can that we can

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 imitate our Lord

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 in his suffering

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 and in his sacrifice.

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 The cannot that we cannot

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 take his place.

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 too much emphasis

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 or teaching on the

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 yes we can.

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 Well, that can lead to pride,

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 arrogance,

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 perhaps even some sort

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 of Messiah complex.

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 Too much emphasis

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 on the teaching

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 that we can't.

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 It's all Jesus.

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 It can lead to lethargy,

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 complacency,

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 and perhaps even

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 a kind of despair

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 or spiritual depression.

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 We can and we can't.

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 It's a question of degree.

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 Jesus, again,

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 is calling us back

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 out of ourselves

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 to pay attention to him.

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 Only through looking to him,

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 learning from him,

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 calling on him,

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 are we equipped

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 for the Christian life

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 and its highs and nos.

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 All through this passage,

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 Jesus is saying,

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 look at me,

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 pay attention to me.

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 So I think

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 there's two areas

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 of application for us.

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 Firstly,

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 to pay attention

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 to each other

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 and secondly,

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 to pay attention

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 to Jesus.

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 Pay attention

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 to each other

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 because glory

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 looks like a servant.

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 Jesus teaches

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 his disciples,

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 doesn't he,

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 after calling them out.

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 But,

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 you know that the rulers

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 of the Gentiles

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 lord it over them

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 and their great ones

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 exercise authority

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 over them.

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 It shall not be so

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 among you.

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 But whoever

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 will be great

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 among you

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 must be your servant

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 and whoever

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 will be first

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 among you

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 must be your slave.

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 James and John

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 had not asked themselves

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 how they could build

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 the kingdom of God

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 but I hope

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 it's a question

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 that we would ask ourselves.

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 I hope

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 and I believe

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 we all do

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 want to help

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 build God's kingdom.

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 And what Jesus

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 is teaching here

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 is that to build

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 the kingdom

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 we must first

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 serve the kingdom.

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 To build the kingdom

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 we must serve

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 the kingdom.

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 And building anything

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 is hard

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 and dirty work.

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 When I was thinking

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 about this

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 I was thinking

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 about how I used

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 to commute

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 wearing a suit

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 backwards and forwards

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 from the city

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 and pretty much

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 every evening

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 you'd stop

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 at certain stations

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 the doors would open

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 the other people

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 sitting in business

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 attire

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 and suddenly

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 the construction workers

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 or the builders

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 would come on.

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 And they looked

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 very very different.

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 They were covered

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 in dust

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 hair was everywhere

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 they had clothes

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 and boots

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 that were all

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 worn away

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 or dusty

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 or whatever.

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 Nails were all chipped.

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 They're the worst

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 dressed people there

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 but they have to

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 get filthy.

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 It's part of the job

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 in all weathers

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 and they have to work.

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 They have to be prepared

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 to hit their thumb

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 with a hammer

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 get splinters

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 or stand in a trench

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 full of water

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 digging.

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 but more than that

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 they need to be prepared

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 and the way they look

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 shows that they are prepared

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 they need to be prepared

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 to work

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 within the physical realities

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 of the site

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 that they're

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 working with

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 and the materials

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 that they have to use.

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 To be a good builder

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 requires to be

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 in some sense

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 a servant

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 of the physical environment

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 that you find yourself in

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 and working with that.

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 and so too

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 the kingdom of God.

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 The kingdom of God

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 is synonymous

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 with the people of God

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 the church.

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 Jesus says here

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 that to build

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 particularly in a position

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 of leadership

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 in Christ's kingdom

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 is to be a servant

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 a slave

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 to the human material

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 that makes up the church

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 the men and women there

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 in the place

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 where you are.

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 And to do that

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 we have to pay attention

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 to others

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 if we are to build

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 the kingdom

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 and be like Christ.

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 We are called

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 are we not

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 to serve others needs

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 above our own

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 and to that

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 we need to know

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 what their needs are

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 what the needs

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 of the church are

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 we need to pay attention

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 to each other.

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 And while Jesus

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 is talking primarily

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 about leadership here

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 it applies to us all

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 but particularly

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 in leadership

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 leaders need to be

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 not so wrapped up

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 in their own self image

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 or their own welfare

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 or glory

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 or reputation

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 that they become

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 unaware of those

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 over whom they have

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 authority.

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 They above all others

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 need to pay attention.

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 Practically

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 it means two things

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 I think

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 one we are not

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 above anybody

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 whatever our role

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 we are called to

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 in the church

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 even those in authority

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 are to think of themselves

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 not even as equals

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 but as servants.

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 And secondly

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 that we are not

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 above anything

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 all service

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 however menial

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 is service.

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 In fact

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 the more ordinary

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 the more necessary

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 it often is

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 and often

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 the less noticed.

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 Paul sums this up

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 in Philippians

00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:09.079
 chapter 2

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 do nothing from

00:19:10.339 --> 00:19:11.179
 selfish ambition

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 or conceit

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 but in humility

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 count others

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 more significant

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 than yourselves.

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 secondly

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 we are to

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 pay attention

00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:23.160
 to Jesus

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 because glory

00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:25.619
 authority

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 looks like Jesus.

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 Glory and authority

00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:31.019
 looks like Jesus.

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 and when we say

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 we should act

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 in humility

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 we can be a servant

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 and yet we still

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 recognise

00:19:39.619 --> 00:19:40.379
 that we are

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 totally prone

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 to being inward looking

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 and thinking

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 only of ourselves

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 that can be

00:19:45.579 --> 00:19:46.519
 a daunting thought

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 surely if my heart

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 is so prone

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 to sin and pride

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 if I achieve

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 even humility

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 won't these things

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 just become

00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:53.619
 another source

00:19:53.619 --> 00:19:54.160
 of pride

00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:55.099
 another way

00:19:55.099 --> 00:19:55.920
 to put myself

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 above others.

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 We probably know

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 some Christians

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 who can show

00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:01.700
 some of that tendency.

00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:03.339
 Humble is a very

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 overused word

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 these days

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 I've noticed.

00:20:06.140 --> 00:20:06.680
 Most people

00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:07.519
 talk about

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:08.200
 being humbled

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 but I'm not sure

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 they mean it

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 and most of them

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:11.500
 don't appear

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 very humble

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 for very long.

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 The truth is

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 that on its own

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 teaching about

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 being a servant

00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:18.100
 or being humble

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 is impossible

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 for us.

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 Impossible.

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 And this is where

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 I want you to

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 remind you of

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 what I said

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 at the beginning

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 this passage

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 is not about

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 the disciples

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 or us

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 or even

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 the disciples

00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:30.079
 mothers

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 but it's

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 about Jesus.

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 Jesus says

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 to us

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 I know

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 this is hard

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 I know

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 that better

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 than you do

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 but if you

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 look to me

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 to my example

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 you'll be able

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 to do it.

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 And verse 28

00:20:43.419 --> 00:20:44.259
 tells us this

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 even as the

00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:47.299
 son of man

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 came not to

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 be served

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 but to serve

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 and to give

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 his life

00:20:50.439 --> 00:20:50.960
 as a ransom

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 for many.

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 Jesus is

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 our example

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 in this

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 and it's

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 worth noting

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 what the end

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 the results

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 of his

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 service

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 is

00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:01.360
 isn't it?

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 To give

00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:02.400
 his life

00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:03.220
 as a ransom

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:04.460
 for many.

00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.240
 Christ gave

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:05.560
 his life

00:21:05.560 --> 00:21:06.080
 as a ransom.

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 He's lived

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 a life

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 of service

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 and he died

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 on a cross

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 to liberate

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 his people

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 to set us

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 free

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 and that's

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 what service

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 does.

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 When we serve

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:16.060
 others' needs

00:21:16.060 --> 00:21:17.440
 in a sense

00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:17.980
 we do

00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.660
 liberate them.

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 It's a question

00:21:20.080 --> 00:21:20.539
 of degree

00:21:20.539 --> 00:21:21.340
 I'm not saying

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 as I said

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.340
 before

00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:22.679
 that we

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 can liberate

00:21:23.199 --> 00:21:23.519
 them like

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:23.779
 Christ

00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:24.559
 but it

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:25.039
 works in

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.359
 the same

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 way.

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 It is

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.139
 similar

00:21:26.139 --> 00:21:26.439
 to

00:21:26.439 --> 00:21:26.759
 it is

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.119
 like

00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:30.839
 when we

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 serve each

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:31.459
 other

00:21:31.459 --> 00:21:32.019
 we liberate

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 them.

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 Isn't that

00:21:33.419 --> 00:21:33.779
 a wonderful

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.159
 thought?

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 And even

00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:35.919
 though we

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 know the

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:36.740
 depth of

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:37.199
 our pride

00:21:37.199 --> 00:21:37.599
 and self

00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:38.159
 centredness

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 it's not

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 really one

00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:40.959
 of the deep

00:21:40.959 --> 00:21:41.619
 desires of

00:21:41.619 --> 00:21:42.119
 our hearts

00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:42.859
 to join

00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:43.319
 with Jesus

00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:43.939
 in building

00:21:43.939 --> 00:21:44.459
 his church

00:21:44.459 --> 00:21:44.839
 and bringing

00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:45.259
 freedom

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:46.279
 to his

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:46.599
 people.

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:48.699
 Our

00:21:48.699 --> 00:21:49.079
 service

00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:49.720
 like Christ

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.119
 frees

00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:50.480
 others.

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 Which

00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:56.399
 brings us

00:21:56.399 --> 00:21:56.879
 back to

00:21:56.879 --> 00:21:57.480
 where our

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 true

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 motivation

00:21:58.359 --> 00:21:58.720
 and the

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 source

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.319
 of our

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 power

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 comes

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 from

00:22:00.199 --> 00:22:00.859
 that

00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:01.299
 enables

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:01.720
 us to

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:01.980
 follow

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.119
 in

00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:02.319
 Jesus'

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:02.819
 footsteps.

00:22:04.859 --> 00:22:05.379
 I've

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:05.539
 talked

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:05.879
 about

00:22:05.879 --> 00:22:06.539
 paying

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:06.919
 attention

00:22:06.919 --> 00:22:07.159
 to

00:22:07.159 --> 00:22:07.459
 Jesus

00:22:07.459 --> 00:22:07.919
 but

00:22:07.919 --> 00:22:08.519
 really

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:08.699
 we

00:22:08.699 --> 00:22:08.899
 want

00:22:08.899 --> 00:22:09.059
 to

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:09.240
 love

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.399
 him

00:22:09.399 --> 00:22:09.599
 don't

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:09.779
 we?

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 And

00:22:11.159 --> 00:22:11.299
 to

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:11.519
 love

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:11.720
 him

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.199
 is

00:22:12.199 --> 00:22:12.339
 to

00:22:12.339 --> 00:22:12.500
 pay

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:12.879
 attention

00:22:12.879 --> 00:22:13.119
 to

00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:13.279
 him.

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.679
 We

00:22:14.679 --> 00:22:14.879
 pay

00:22:14.879 --> 00:22:15.240
 attention

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.539
 to

00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:15.699
 the

00:22:15.699 --> 00:22:15.980
 things

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.139
 that

00:22:16.139 --> 00:22:16.259
 we

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:16.579
 love.

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 Or

00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:18.259
 too

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:18.639
 frequently

00:22:18.639 --> 00:22:18.919
 it's

00:22:18.919 --> 00:22:19.359
 ourselves

00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:20.879
 but it

00:22:20.879 --> 00:22:21.139
 holds

00:22:21.139 --> 00:22:21.480
 true

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:22.319
 in

00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:22.640
 anything.

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.319
 It's

00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:26.640
 about

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:27.480
 this

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:27.819
 passage

00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:28.039
 how

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:28.339
 Jesus

00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:28.900
 is

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:29.200
 and

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.360
 how

00:22:29.360 --> 00:22:29.779
 wonderful

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.039
 he

00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.319
 is.

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.140
 It's

00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:31.339
 about

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:31.620
 paying

00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:32.000
 attention

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.259
 to

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:32.500
 him

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:32.860
 something

00:22:32.860 --> 00:22:33.559
 the

00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:33.779
 sons

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:33.940
 of

00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.259
 Zebedee

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:34.480
 and the

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:34.620
 other

00:22:34.620 --> 00:22:34.920
 ten

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.299
 were

00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:35.620
 failing

00:22:35.620 --> 00:22:35.860
 to

00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:36.079
 do.

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.220
 And

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.460
 as I

00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:38.620
 said

00:22:38.620 --> 00:22:38.980
 attention

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.220
 is

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.480
 very

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:39.920
 close

00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:40.180
 to

00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:40.400
 love.

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:40.559
 In

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:40.799
 fact

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:40.960
 it

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.180
 goes

00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:41.440
 with

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:41.740
 love.

00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:43.220
 Iris

00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:43.700
 Murdoch

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:43.860
 in

00:22:43.860 --> 00:22:43.980
 the

00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:44.380
 essay

00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:44.819
 God

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:44.960
 and

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.059
 the

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.240
 good

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.460
 said

00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:45.680
 this

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:45.920
 about

00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:46.519
 overcoming

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:48.000
 negative

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.559
 influences

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:48.839
 or

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:49.400
 experiences

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:49.660
 in

00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:49.819
 her

00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.140
 life.

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:51.920
 Where

00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:52.539
 strong

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:52.980
 emotions

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.180
 of

00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:53.519
 sexual

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:53.779
 love

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:53.920
 or

00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:54.079
 of

00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:54.400
 hatred

00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:54.720
 or

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.140
 resentment

00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:55.420
 or

00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:55.759
 jealousy

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:55.940
 are

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.420
 concerned

00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:58.160
 pure

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:58.440
 will

00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:58.720
 can

00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.120
 usually

00:22:59.120 --> 00:22:59.519
 achieve

00:22:59.519 --> 00:22:59.860
 little.

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 It's

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:01.559
 a small

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:01.819
 use

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.079
 telling

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.460
 oneself

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:02.880
 stop

00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:03.120
 being

00:23:03.120 --> 00:23:03.279
 in

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:03.440
 love

00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:03.660
 stop

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:04.000
 feeling

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.420
 resentment

00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:04.720
 be

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.140
 just.

00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:06.660
 What

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:06.819
 is

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:07.160
 needed

00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:07.839
 is a

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.860
 reorientation

00:23:08.860 --> 00:23:09.120
 which

00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:09.319
 will

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.740
 provide

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:09.960
 an

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.360
 energy

00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:10.640
 of a

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:10.880
 different

00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:11.279
 kind

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:11.900
 from

00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:12.059
 a

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.319
 different

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:12.740
 source

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:12.940
 the

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.420
 acquiring

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:13.460
!

00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:14.259
 of

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.519
 new

00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:15.059
 objects

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.360
 of

00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:15.860
 attention

00:23:15.860 --> 00:23:16.960
 and

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.360
 thus

00:23:17.360 --> 00:23:17.640
 of

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:17.840
 new

00:23:17.840 --> 00:23:18.319
 energies

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.880
 as a

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.259
 result

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.660
 of

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.579
 refocusing.

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.460
 We kind

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:22.559
 of

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:22.779
 know

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.100
 this

00:23:23.100 --> 00:23:23.620
 when we

00:23:23.620 --> 00:23:23.940
 want to

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.220
 get out

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.420
 of the

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 rut

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 of

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 something

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 we need

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 to

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 replace

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 it

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 with

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 something

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 else

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 to

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 get

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 new

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 objects

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 of

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 attention

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 that

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 give

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 us

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 new

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 energies

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 as a

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 result

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 of

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 refocusing.

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 The

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 disciples

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 could

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 not

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 live

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 as

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 Jesus

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 called

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 them

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 in

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 this

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 passage

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 in

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 their

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 own

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 strength.

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 They

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 needed

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 to

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 look

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 outside

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 of

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 themselves

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 to

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 Jesus

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 a

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 reorientation

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 away

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 from

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 the

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 normal

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 patterns

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 of

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 their

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 human

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 hearts

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 new

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 energies

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 as I said

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 to use

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 Iris

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 Murdoch's

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 phrase

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 from a

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 different

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 source

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 outside

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 of

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 themselves.

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 We

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 pay

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 attention

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 to the

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 things

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 we love

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 to the

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 people

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 we

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 love

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 but

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 looking

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 unto

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 Jesus

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 paying

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 attention

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 to

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 Jesus

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 it

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 takes

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 us

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 out

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 of

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 ourselves

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 it

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 takes

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 us

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 out

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 of our

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 preoccupations

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 with

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 pride

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 and

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 status

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 and

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 position

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 that

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 are

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 so

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 natural

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 to

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 us

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 love

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 of

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 Jesus

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 enables

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 us

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 to

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 focus

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 on

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 someone

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 outside

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 of

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 ourselves

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 to

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 see

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 him

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 in

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 his

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 death

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 and

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 resurrection

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 as

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 our

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 model

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 and

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 as

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 our

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 savior

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 and

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 so

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 as

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 Christians

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 to do

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 this

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 we

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 read

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 his

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 word

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 we

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 reorientate

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 our

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 affections

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 in

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 worship

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 on

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 the

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 Lord's

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 day

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 we

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 see

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 his

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 body

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 the

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 church

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 as

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 ours

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 to

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 serve

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 all

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 of

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 these

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 things

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 some

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 of

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 them

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 are

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 called

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 the

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 ordinary

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 means

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 of

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 grace

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 what

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 we

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 do

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 every

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 day

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 to

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 take

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 us

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 out

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 of

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 ourselves

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 and

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 we

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 pray

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 we

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 pray

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 don't

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 we

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 pray

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 to

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 to

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 pray

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!

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 properly a petition, it's not a list of requests. Prayer is simply attention to

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 God which is a form of love. We pay attention to the things that we love, to

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 Jesus. I've talked a lot about attention. The word attention is interesting, it

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 doesn't mean, well the root of it doesn't come from a narrow focus or blocking out

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 everything else and concentrating on one thing. The Latin root is tendere, from

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 where we get our word tension and it means to stretch, to take out and to

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 stretch. So I think it's quite helpful in terms of thinking of paying attention to

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:43.599
 God that we think of God, of Jesus, as that attachment point for our hearts and

00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:52.779
 our minds. That we attach to him and it stretches us out of ourselves. And this

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:57.039
 is the power of the Christian life for us, even of humble service or even of

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 suffering. It's the same Saviour whom we love, who we see, who we attend to and he

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:10.419
 draws us out of ourselves, out of that internal conflict with ourselves and sets

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:20.100
 us free. And as we come to the table now we have another opportunity in a different

00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:26.560
 way to pay attention to God, to love him, to pay attention to whom we love. And God

00:26:26.560 --> 00:26:31.880
 grant that as we love him that we pay attention to him who we love and become more

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.600
 like him.