WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.960 Good morning, everyone. 00:00:04.600 --> 00:00:07.540 It is great to be back after some annual leave, 00:00:08.099 --> 00:00:13.220 particularly great to be back with the full team compliment back as well 00:00:13.220 --> 00:00:16.660 after annual leave, and the Freestones are back after long service leave 00:00:16.660 --> 00:00:21.160 since sometime in December, a while ago now. 00:00:22.740 --> 00:00:27.740 And also summer camp last week was fantastic. 00:00:28.319 --> 00:00:30.379 So thanks, Ash, for the update on that. 00:00:30.419 --> 00:00:31.359 It was a huge time. 00:00:31.779 --> 00:00:33.719 And if you were at summer camp last week, 00:00:33.759 --> 00:00:39.079 then you'll notice that this passage was one of the passages that I preached on. 00:00:39.619 --> 00:00:42.460 So that helped me as my preparation for this week. 00:00:42.460 --> 00:00:45.799 But hopefully it'll remind you of a few things. 00:00:46.099 --> 00:00:50.320 I want to launch in by praying because this is Vision Series. 00:00:50.519 --> 00:00:52.439 Every year I'm excited about Vision Series. 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:55.060 I buy a new shirt for Vision Series every year. 00:00:55.099 --> 00:00:56.439 I've been doing it for 13 years. 00:00:56.439 --> 00:01:02.920 So I'm ready to kick off and look at where God's taking us in the next five years. 00:01:02.979 --> 00:01:05.679 So let's pray and we'll launch into that. 00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:12.000 Gracious God, we thank you for this opportunity for us as a church 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:16.140 to think about the things of where you might be leading us 00:01:16.140 --> 00:01:20.359 because we're looking in the past and what you have commanded us to do. 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:25.900 Lord, we pray that throughout this term and even this day, 00:01:26.900 --> 00:01:30.739 that you would captivate each one of our lives 00:01:30.739 --> 00:01:36.680 so that we are more dusty from the dust of Jesus' feet. 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:38.519 And we ask it for your glory. 00:01:38.960 --> 00:01:39.299 Amen. 00:01:39.299 --> 00:01:44.039 So as I've indicated, this is a very important term for us at St. Paul's. 00:01:44.679 --> 00:01:47.399 After closing out 11 years of Vision 2020, 00:01:47.899 --> 00:01:49.140 at the end of last year, 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:53.099 we're launching into this new stage of ministry and life together 00:01:53.099 --> 00:01:54.799 here at St. Paul's with Follow 25. 00:01:55.459 --> 00:02:00.120 You've got a copy on your seats of Follow 25 in our strategic plan. 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:06.439 It's a shift in our ministry culture to the deliberate development of disciples, 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:09.719 all of life disciples of Jesus by the end of 2025. 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:16.680 And if one of the pages, you'll notice what is the big, hairy, audacious goal. 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:21.520 And that is for 65%, it's towards the back of it, 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:28.599 65% of St. Paul's identifying much growth in faith through this church. 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:36.860 It is my understanding that no church can do that 00:02:36.860 --> 00:02:39.420 or has done that or is currently doing that. 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:42.480 So that's why it's a big, hairy, audacious goal. 00:02:42.599 --> 00:02:45.259 And if there are a very small number of churches 00:02:45.259 --> 00:02:49.520 that are deliberately developing disciples in that kind of way, 00:02:49.780 --> 00:02:51.219 certainly in the Western world, 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:54.219 that's our big, hairy, audacious goal, 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:58.500 which means this plan is not just, 00:02:58.500 --> 00:03:01.060 well, let's just work a bit harder what we're already doing. 00:03:02.500 --> 00:03:09.400 Every vision, every ministry strategy means there must be some form of change 00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:11.840 in the way we behave. 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:14.199 And so this one here is no different. 00:03:16.580 --> 00:03:20.319 Whatever stage of the journey you are on with Jesus right now, 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:24.439 whether you are a not yet follower of Jesus 00:03:24.439 --> 00:03:29.299 through to someone who has been a lifelong follower of Jesus, 00:03:29.299 --> 00:03:33.280 our goal here is for the vast majority of us 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:36.639 being able to self-identify 00:03:36.639 --> 00:03:41.259 that I am moving forward and grasping more of Jesus 00:03:41.259 --> 00:03:42.859 as he's grasping more of me. 00:03:42.860 --> 00:03:47.100 So in our preaching this term, 00:03:47.180 --> 00:03:50.360 we're taking a sweeping look at Christian discipleship. 00:03:50.720 --> 00:03:52.980 Things like it's the foundation of it, 00:03:53.020 --> 00:03:54.040 the resources for it, 00:03:54.040 --> 00:03:55.560 and what it looks like in practice. 00:03:56.060 --> 00:03:58.660 We're going to refine the strategic plan 00:03:58.660 --> 00:04:00.820 and commit to it by the end of the term. 00:04:00.880 --> 00:04:03.800 We're going to pledge our resources to seeing it realized. 00:04:04.640 --> 00:04:06.200 There's a raise a bunch of money 00:04:06.199 --> 00:04:09.519 by the end of the term to see discipleship 00:04:09.519 --> 00:04:12.000 amongst our next generation flourish 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:14.379 and just a range of other stuff. 00:04:14.479 --> 00:04:16.500 So today we're looking at the key foundation 00:04:16.500 --> 00:04:17.779 of Christian discipleship. 00:04:18.159 --> 00:04:20.480 And if you've got the St. Paul's app in front of you, 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:22.159 I want to encourage you to open that up 00:04:22.159 --> 00:04:26.639 and follow along with the outline. 00:04:27.379 --> 00:04:30.219 There's really two main points here 00:04:30.219 --> 00:04:32.539 for us to see that being a Christian, 00:04:32.539 --> 00:04:33.500 being a disciple, 00:04:33.500 --> 00:04:36.360 means that we are following the Lord 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:37.660 and secondly, 00:04:37.819 --> 00:04:39.500 we are following the crucified Lord. 00:04:40.399 --> 00:04:42.620 So following the Lord first of all. 00:04:43.399 --> 00:04:44.839 The word disciple 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:48.899 used in Christian circles nowadays mainly 00:04:48.899 --> 00:04:54.300 is a word that was not coined by Jesus himself. 00:04:54.480 --> 00:04:56.959 It's not a uniquely Christian term. 00:04:57.920 --> 00:04:59.680 John the Baptist had disciples, 00:04:59.879 --> 00:05:01.259 Pharisees had the disciples, 00:05:01.259 --> 00:05:03.879 Greek philosophers had their disciples, 00:05:04.039 --> 00:05:05.800 Jewish rabbis had their disciples. 00:05:06.300 --> 00:05:11.259 It was common word in Greek and Roman empires. 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:13.879 And the word disciple literally means 00:05:13.879 --> 00:05:14.779 to be a student, 00:05:14.939 --> 00:05:15.639 to be a learner. 00:05:16.439 --> 00:05:18.159 That's its core meaning. 00:05:19.139 --> 00:05:20.800 In the Jewish context, 00:05:22.019 --> 00:05:24.860 a disciple would take the posture 00:05:24.860 --> 00:05:28.800 of sitting and learning from their teacher, 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:30.240 sitting at the feet of their teacher 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:31.879 and learning from them, 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:34.120 not just a set of doctrines, 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:35.420 but all of life. 00:05:36.980 --> 00:05:37.759 But also, 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:41.139 that disciple would follow closely 00:05:41.139 --> 00:05:45.120 as they watched their teacher 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:47.720 live all of life. 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:50.920 And so the saying 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:55.000 that a disciple should become dusty 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:56.460 with the dust of their rabbi 00:05:56.460 --> 00:05:58.840 was a Jewish saying 00:05:58.840 --> 00:06:00.840 in the first century. 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:03.420 That is, 00:06:03.500 --> 00:06:05.440 they are to follow them so closely 00:06:05.440 --> 00:06:07.820 in all of life 00:06:07.820 --> 00:06:11.440 that they would be covered in the dust 00:06:11.440 --> 00:06:13.940 stirred up from the feet of their teacher 00:06:13.940 --> 00:06:14.880 as they walked. 00:06:14.879 --> 00:06:16.939 Now, 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:17.800 one notable thing 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:21.980 about the disciple-teacher relationship 00:06:21.980 --> 00:06:23.100 in Jewish tradition 00:06:23.100 --> 00:06:27.060 is that the disciples chose their teacher. 00:06:27.459 --> 00:06:28.879 Disciples chose their rabbis. 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:31.019 The Christian, however, 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:34.779 is chosen and called by Jesus. 00:06:35.459 --> 00:06:38.360 From the moment his public ministry commenced, 00:06:39.180 --> 00:06:41.600 Jesus called disciples 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:44.220 to leave everything, 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:46.760 your family, 00:06:46.900 --> 00:06:47.680 your fishing nets, 00:06:47.740 --> 00:06:49.560 and follow me. 00:06:52.840 --> 00:06:54.439 And from those early, 00:06:54.439 --> 00:06:57.020 early disciples, 00:06:57.220 --> 00:06:57.980 those fishermen, 00:06:59.100 --> 00:06:59.920 tax collectors, 00:07:00.080 --> 00:07:01.180 he has changed the world. 00:07:01.660 --> 00:07:02.980 And he continues 00:07:02.980 --> 00:07:04.480 to call people 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:05.520 from every tribe, 00:07:05.660 --> 00:07:05.939 language, 00:07:06.100 --> 00:07:06.379 nation, 00:07:06.420 --> 00:07:06.740 and people 00:07:06.740 --> 00:07:07.660 to follow him today. 00:07:07.660 --> 00:07:11.080 So who is it 00:07:11.080 --> 00:07:13.080 that has the authority 00:07:13.080 --> 00:07:14.800 to call people 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:16.480 to leave everything 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:19.800 and fully align themselves 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:20.440 to him? 00:07:21.500 --> 00:07:22.480 Who is it 00:07:22.480 --> 00:07:23.520 that the Christian follows? 00:07:24.820 --> 00:07:25.840 That's the question. 00:07:26.540 --> 00:07:27.620 That's the question 00:07:27.620 --> 00:07:28.560 posed in front of us 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:29.320 in Mark 8. 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:32.440 Who do you say I am 00:07:32.440 --> 00:07:33.440 is the question 00:07:33.440 --> 00:07:34.500 that Jesus asked 00:07:34.500 --> 00:07:35.540 his closest followers. 00:07:35.540 --> 00:07:37.740 But before he asked 00:07:37.740 --> 00:07:38.480 that question, 00:07:38.660 --> 00:07:40.080 he asked them another question. 00:07:40.400 --> 00:07:41.000 Who do 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:42.379 others 00:07:42.379 --> 00:07:44.960 say I am? 00:07:46.400 --> 00:07:48.100 What's the general consensus 00:07:48.100 --> 00:07:48.780 out there 00:07:48.780 --> 00:07:50.540 about who I am? 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:55.780 Jesus of Nazareth, 00:07:56.820 --> 00:07:57.920 Jesus the Christ, 00:07:58.759 --> 00:07:59.840 is undoubtedly 00:07:59.840 --> 00:08:01.180 the most popular, 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:02.820 the most recognized, 00:08:02.819 --> 00:08:04.800 the most quoted, 00:08:05.339 --> 00:08:06.360 the most admired, 00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:08.420 and the most controversial figure 00:08:08.420 --> 00:08:10.319 in all of the history 00:08:10.319 --> 00:08:12.599 of humanity 00:08:12.599 --> 00:08:14.459 and human society. 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:16.920 No other person 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:19.539 has been more scrutinized, 00:08:20.039 --> 00:08:21.319 more studied 00:08:21.319 --> 00:08:23.199 than Jesus of Nazareth, 00:08:23.339 --> 00:08:23.620 ever. 00:08:25.620 --> 00:08:26.600 No one. 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:29.920 Entire philosophies 00:08:29.920 --> 00:08:30.840 and religions 00:08:30.840 --> 00:08:32.100 have been founded 00:08:32.100 --> 00:08:32.920 on his teaching. 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:33.800 More books 00:08:33.800 --> 00:08:34.379 have been written 00:08:34.379 --> 00:08:35.080 about him 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:36.779 than any other person 00:08:36.779 --> 00:08:37.840 who has ever lived. 00:08:38.620 --> 00:08:39.500 Every day, 00:08:40.379 --> 00:08:41.100 his name 00:08:41.100 --> 00:08:41.899 is spoken 00:08:41.899 --> 00:08:43.399 more than any other name 00:08:43.399 --> 00:08:45.759 from affectionate 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:46.399 admiration 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:48.000 to absent-minded 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:48.560 curses 00:08:48.560 --> 00:08:49.840 and denouncements. 00:08:51.100 --> 00:08:52.600 The large figures 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:53.259 of history 00:08:53.259 --> 00:08:54.240 have had to 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:55.039 acknowledge him. 00:08:56.779 --> 00:08:57.759 John Lennon 00:08:57.759 --> 00:08:59.100 couldn't think 00:08:59.100 --> 00:08:59.819 of anything 00:08:59.819 --> 00:09:00.419 bigger 00:09:00.419 --> 00:09:02.360 when he said 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:03.039 at the height 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:04.000 of their fame 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:05.120 that the Beatles 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:06.179 were bigger than Jesus. 00:09:07.120 --> 00:09:07.700 He couldn't think 00:09:07.700 --> 00:09:08.639 of anything else 00:09:08.639 --> 00:09:09.100 to name. 00:09:12.019 --> 00:09:13.620 President George W. Bush 00:09:13.620 --> 00:09:15.080 cited Jesus 00:09:15.080 --> 00:09:17.139 as his favorite philosopher. 00:09:17.299 --> 00:09:18.620 The French Emperor 00:09:18.620 --> 00:09:20.299 Napoleon Bonaparte 00:09:20.299 --> 00:09:20.700 said, 00:09:21.319 --> 00:09:21.840 Alexander, 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:22.919 Caesar, 00:09:23.240 --> 00:09:23.740 Charlemagne 00:09:23.740 --> 00:09:24.279 and myself 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:25.700 founded empires, 00:09:25.700 --> 00:09:27.740 but on what foundation 00:09:27.740 --> 00:09:28.520 did they rest 00:09:28.520 --> 00:09:29.140 the creations 00:09:29.140 --> 00:09:29.940 of our genius? 00:09:30.820 --> 00:09:31.720 Upon force, 00:09:32.940 --> 00:09:33.700 Jesus Christ 00:09:33.700 --> 00:09:34.740 founded an empire 00:09:34.740 --> 00:09:35.640 upon love 00:09:35.640 --> 00:09:37.280 and this hour 00:09:37.280 --> 00:09:39.080 millions of men 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:40.080 would die for him. 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:42.340 The Cuban 00:09:42.340 --> 00:09:43.400 communist dictator 00:09:43.400 --> 00:09:44.300 Fidel Castro 00:09:44.300 --> 00:09:44.740 said, 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:46.160 I never saw 00:09:46.160 --> 00:09:47.379 a contradiction 00:09:47.379 --> 00:09:48.780 between the ideas 00:09:48.780 --> 00:09:50.000 that sustain me 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:52.240 and the ideas 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:52.879 that symbol 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:53.620 of that 00:09:53.620 --> 00:09:54.840 extraordinary figure 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:55.740 Jesus Christ. 00:09:56.980 --> 00:09:58.040 No message 00:09:58.040 --> 00:09:59.139 has been more 00:09:59.139 --> 00:09:59.740 used 00:09:59.740 --> 00:10:00.700 and exploited 00:10:00.700 --> 00:10:01.980 than Jesus Christ. 00:10:02.660 --> 00:10:03.220 Politicians 00:10:03.220 --> 00:10:04.440 grab from him 00:10:04.440 --> 00:10:05.620 quotable quotes 00:10:05.620 --> 00:10:06.220 to prop up 00:10:06.220 --> 00:10:07.500 their political platform. 00:10:08.019 --> 00:10:08.720 Every religion 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:09.340 in the world 00:10:09.340 --> 00:10:09.660 too, 00:10:09.800 --> 00:10:10.720 Christian or not, 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:11.899 has to factor 00:10:11.899 --> 00:10:14.960 to some degree 00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:15.940 an appraisal 00:10:15.940 --> 00:10:16.980 of Jesus himself. 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:18.460 It might be 00:10:18.460 --> 00:10:19.139 to honor him 00:10:19.139 --> 00:10:19.920 as one of God's 00:10:19.920 --> 00:10:20.580 great prophets 00:10:20.580 --> 00:10:21.820 or an enlightened man 00:10:21.820 --> 00:10:23.080 or to reject him 00:10:23.080 --> 00:10:24.080 as a fraud 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:25.940 or to hail him 00:10:25.940 --> 00:10:27.180 as the king of kings 00:10:27.180 --> 00:10:28.139 and the savior 00:10:28.139 --> 00:10:28.660 of the world. 00:10:29.040 --> 00:10:29.720 No person 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:31.120 is more misunderstood, 00:10:31.520 --> 00:10:32.040 marginalized 00:10:32.040 --> 00:10:33.620 and commercialized 00:10:33.620 --> 00:10:35.340 than Jesus Christ. 00:10:36.300 --> 00:10:37.740 He's been fictionalized 00:10:37.740 --> 00:10:38.940 by the last temptation 00:10:38.940 --> 00:10:39.540 of Christ, 00:10:40.020 --> 00:10:41.400 humanized by the passion 00:10:41.400 --> 00:10:42.120 of the Christ 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:43.340 and he's been 00:10:43.340 --> 00:10:45.320 satirized by the Simpsons 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:46.259 and South Park. 00:10:46.740 --> 00:10:48.220 Even the Christian church 00:10:48.220 --> 00:10:48.860 is guilty 00:10:48.860 --> 00:10:50.680 of marketing Jesus 00:10:50.679 --> 00:10:51.519 as we have put 00:10:51.519 --> 00:10:52.219 our own spit 00:10:52.219 --> 00:10:52.699 on him. 00:10:53.079 --> 00:10:53.759 He is viewed 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:54.899 as either a stern 00:10:54.899 --> 00:10:55.839 taskmaster 00:10:55.839 --> 00:10:57.620 or as a moral jellyfish 00:10:57.620 --> 00:10:58.419 willing to hand 00:10:58.419 --> 00:10:59.039 our forgiveness 00:10:59.039 --> 00:11:01.000 and turn a blind eye 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:02.019 to anyone 00:11:02.019 --> 00:11:03.399 who prays a shallow 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:04.239 prayer of confession 00:11:04.239 --> 00:11:05.459 only to live lives 00:11:05.459 --> 00:11:06.579 devoid of his presence. 00:11:08.559 --> 00:11:10.399 Get Jesus wrong, 00:11:10.939 --> 00:11:12.679 you get discipleship wrong. 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:20.819 It is incomprehensible 00:11:20.819 --> 00:11:21.439 to me 00:11:21.439 --> 00:11:23.559 that Fidel Castro 00:11:23.559 --> 00:11:25.199 saw no contradiction 00:11:25.199 --> 00:11:27.279 between his life 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:29.039 and the life of Jesus 00:11:29.039 --> 00:11:30.219 except 00:11:30.219 --> 00:11:31.639 that he has put 00:11:31.639 --> 00:11:32.579 a spin on Jesus 00:11:32.579 --> 00:11:33.959 that is not true. 00:11:35.379 --> 00:11:36.740 He has not engaged 00:11:36.740 --> 00:11:38.259 to the true Jesus Christ. 00:11:39.459 --> 00:11:40.579 Who is Jesus? 00:11:40.580 --> 00:11:42.520 What did he do 00:11:42.520 --> 00:11:43.820 and what does it mean 00:11:43.820 --> 00:11:44.580 to follow him? 00:11:45.920 --> 00:11:46.920 How do we live 00:11:46.920 --> 00:11:48.040 as committed disciples 00:11:48.040 --> 00:11:50.200 of Jesus today? 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:51.860 Those are the sorts 00:11:51.860 --> 00:11:52.379 of questions 00:11:52.379 --> 00:11:53.879 we're delving into 00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:54.920 over this term. 00:11:57.120 --> 00:11:57.980 Now Mark 00:11:57.980 --> 00:11:58.600 does not want us 00:11:58.600 --> 00:11:59.259 to be vague 00:11:59.259 --> 00:12:00.960 about the Christian faith. 00:12:02.120 --> 00:12:03.220 He longs 00:12:03.220 --> 00:12:03.560 that we get 00:12:03.560 --> 00:12:04.440 an accurate picture 00:12:04.440 --> 00:12:05.720 of who Jesus is 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:06.640 and what he came 00:12:06.640 --> 00:12:07.100 to do 00:12:07.100 --> 00:12:08.460 and chapter 8 00:12:08.460 --> 00:12:10.740 is the pivotal chapter 00:12:10.740 --> 00:12:12.680 in this gospel. 00:12:13.660 --> 00:12:14.240 The disciples 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:15.800 finally begin 00:12:15.800 --> 00:12:16.480 to see 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:17.960 who Jesus 00:12:17.960 --> 00:12:19.480 actually is 00:12:19.480 --> 00:12:21.700 and in verse 25 00:12:21.700 --> 00:12:22.540 Peter answers 00:12:22.540 --> 00:12:23.400 the big question 00:12:23.400 --> 00:12:24.080 of the identity 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:24.580 of Jesus. 00:12:25.860 --> 00:12:26.860 You're the Christ. 00:12:29.860 --> 00:12:31.220 Peter is using 00:12:31.220 --> 00:12:31.639 a word 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:32.600 that literally means 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:33.379 you are 00:12:33.379 --> 00:12:34.600 the anointed one. 00:12:35.300 --> 00:12:36.360 The anointed one, 00:12:36.460 --> 00:12:37.100 the Messiah, 00:12:37.100 --> 00:12:38.120 the king 00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:38.700 to end 00:12:38.700 --> 00:12:39.620 all kings, 00:12:39.940 --> 00:12:40.340 the king 00:12:40.340 --> 00:12:40.759 who will put 00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:41.759 everything right 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:43.220 in this world 00:12:43.220 --> 00:12:44.220 that has gone wrong 00:12:44.220 --> 00:12:46.500 and when Peter 00:12:46.500 --> 00:12:47.180 says that 00:12:47.180 --> 00:12:49.600 Jesus accepts 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:50.159 the title. 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:54.300 That is 00:12:54.300 --> 00:12:55.200 Jesus does not 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:55.759 call people 00:12:55.759 --> 00:12:56.540 to be curious 00:12:56.540 --> 00:12:57.340 onlookers. 00:12:58.379 --> 00:12:59.320 Can I say 00:12:59.320 --> 00:12:59.960 that he doesn't 00:12:59.960 --> 00:13:00.800 even call people 00:13:00.800 --> 00:13:01.660 to be converts? 00:13:03.160 --> 00:13:04.180 He calls them 00:13:04.180 --> 00:13:04.920 to be disciples. 00:13:04.919 --> 00:13:06.639 He calls them 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:07.299 to be fully 00:13:07.299 --> 00:13:08.839 committed followers 00:13:08.839 --> 00:13:10.159 and the name 00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:11.079 gives it away 00:13:11.079 --> 00:13:12.559 Christian. 00:13:14.019 --> 00:13:14.979 The term 00:13:14.979 --> 00:13:15.799 was first used 00:13:15.799 --> 00:13:16.339 in the city 00:13:16.339 --> 00:13:17.039 of Antioch 00:13:17.039 --> 00:13:18.399 in Acts chapter 11. 00:13:19.139 --> 00:13:20.079 It's part Greek 00:13:20.079 --> 00:13:20.939 part Latin. 00:13:22.139 --> 00:13:22.839 It means 00:13:22.839 --> 00:13:24.039 followers 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:25.959 of the Christ. 00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:26.060 Christ. 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:29.120 For the early 00:13:29.120 --> 00:13:29.680 Christians 00:13:29.680 --> 00:13:30.580 Christ was so 00:13:30.580 --> 00:13:31.940 much on the 00:13:31.940 --> 00:13:32.600 lips of these 00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:33.040 believers 00:13:33.040 --> 00:13:33.980 and they lived 00:13:33.980 --> 00:13:35.240 so like Christ 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:37.120 that the pagan 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:38.300 city of Antioch 00:13:38.300 --> 00:13:39.000 said 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:40.200 there's no 00:13:40.200 --> 00:13:41.040 other name 00:13:41.040 --> 00:13:43.480 but to call 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:43.780 them 00:13:43.780 --> 00:13:44.639 of the name 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:45.160 Christ. 00:13:45.920 --> 00:13:46.660 No other name 00:13:46.660 --> 00:13:47.180 would do. 00:13:47.800 --> 00:13:48.259 Christian, 00:13:48.580 --> 00:13:49.060 disciple, 00:13:49.639 --> 00:13:49.980 follower, 00:13:50.460 --> 00:13:50.920 they're all 00:13:50.920 --> 00:13:52.160 interchangeable words 00:13:52.160 --> 00:13:52.900 to describe 00:13:52.900 --> 00:13:53.860 a relationship 00:13:53.860 --> 00:13:54.860 with Jesus 00:13:54.860 --> 00:13:55.480 Christ 00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:56.340 in such 00:13:56.340 --> 00:13:56.700 a way 00:13:56.700 --> 00:13:57.060 that he 00:13:57.060 --> 00:13:57.419 is your 00:13:57.419 --> 00:13:57.960 Lord 00:13:57.960 --> 00:13:58.600 and he 00:13:58.600 --> 00:13:59.019 shapes 00:13:59.019 --> 00:13:59.940 and impacts 00:13:59.940 --> 00:14:00.759 every 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:01.720 corner 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:03.080 of your 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:04.000 existence. 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:09.700 And so 00:14:09.700 --> 00:14:10.340 discipleship 00:14:10.340 --> 00:14:11.120 speaks of a 00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:11.899 lifelong journey 00:14:11.899 --> 00:14:13.039 of following 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:13.700 Jesus, 00:14:14.500 --> 00:14:15.259 100% 00:14:15.259 --> 00:14:15.919 dedication 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:16.600 to him 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:18.000 where he 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:19.000 shapes 00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:19.820 every 00:14:19.820 --> 00:14:20.759 aspect of 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:21.039 you 00:14:21.039 --> 00:14:22.879 into 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:23.159 his 00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:23.579 image. 00:14:25.719 --> 00:14:26.179 However, 00:14:26.259 --> 00:14:26.519 the one 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:26.919 thing that 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:27.539 comes out 00:14:27.539 --> 00:14:27.959 of Jesus' 00:14:28.199 --> 00:14:28.599 mouth 00:14:28.599 --> 00:14:30.419 that Peter 00:14:30.419 --> 00:14:31.860 and he's 00:14:31.860 --> 00:14:32.659 a spokesman 00:14:32.659 --> 00:14:33.039 for the 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:33.559 disciples 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:34.500 that they 00:14:34.500 --> 00:14:35.539 find appalling 00:14:35.539 --> 00:14:36.279 and shocking. 00:14:36.939 --> 00:14:37.559 Take a look 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:37.919 at it with 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:38.120 me. 00:14:38.259 --> 00:14:39.019 Mark 8 00:14:39.019 --> 00:14:41.339 verse 31. 00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:42.819 He then 00:14:42.819 --> 00:14:43.399 began to 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:44.219 teach them 00:14:44.219 --> 00:14:44.559 that the 00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:44.839 Son of 00:14:44.839 --> 00:14:45.259 Man must 00:14:45.259 --> 00:14:45.779 suffer many 00:14:45.779 --> 00:14:46.360 things 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:47.039 and be 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:47.679 rejected by 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:48.120 the elders, 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:48.519 the chief 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:48.919 priests and 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:49.279 the teacher 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:49.719 of the law 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:50.960 and that 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:51.279 he must 00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:51.920 be killed 00:14:51.920 --> 00:14:52.580 and after 00:14:52.580 --> 00:14:53.340 three days 00:14:53.340 --> 00:14:54.160 rise again. 00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:56.019 He spoke 00:14:56.019 --> 00:14:57.060 plainly about 00:14:57.060 --> 00:14:59.279 this and 00:14:59.279 --> 00:14:59.740 Peter took 00:14:59.740 --> 00:15:00.160 him aside 00:15:00.160 --> 00:15:00.500 and began 00:15:00.500 --> 00:15:01.040 to rebuke 00:15:01.040 --> 00:15:01.259 him. 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:04.420 Jesus says 00:15:04.420 --> 00:15:04.600 here, 00:15:04.700 --> 00:15:05.100 the Son of 00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:06.820 Man must 00:15:06.820 --> 00:15:07.240 suffer. 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:09.060 He picks 00:15:09.060 --> 00:15:09.580 up the 00:15:09.580 --> 00:15:10.100 title, 00:15:10.700 --> 00:15:11.080 the Son of 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:11.300 Man, 00:15:11.340 --> 00:15:11.779 from Daniel 00:15:11.779 --> 00:15:12.560 chapter 7 00:15:12.560 --> 00:15:13.500 in the Old 00:15:13.500 --> 00:15:13.860 Testament. 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:14.320 The Son of 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:14.800 Man is a 00:15:14.800 --> 00:15:15.379 divine 00:15:15.379 --> 00:15:17.519 Messiah figure 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:18.180 who comes 00:15:18.180 --> 00:15:18.519 with the 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:19.040 angels to 00:15:19.040 --> 00:15:19.540 put everything 00:15:19.539 --> 00:15:20.059 right that 00:15:20.059 --> 00:15:20.459 is wrong 00:15:20.459 --> 00:15:20.740 in this 00:15:20.740 --> 00:15:21.120 world. 00:15:23.299 --> 00:15:23.779 The 00:15:23.779 --> 00:15:24.139 Messiah 00:15:24.139 --> 00:15:25.059 suffering, 00:15:25.439 --> 00:15:25.799 however, 00:15:26.740 --> 00:15:27.099 to the 00:15:27.099 --> 00:15:27.519 disciples 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:27.980 makes no 00:15:27.980 --> 00:15:28.480 sense at 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:28.759 all. 00:15:30.379 --> 00:15:30.879 The 00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:31.620 Messiah was 00:15:31.620 --> 00:15:32.120 supposed to 00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:32.500 defeat 00:15:32.500 --> 00:15:33.000 evil, 00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:34.339 was supposed 00:15:34.339 --> 00:15:35.659 to beat 00:15:35.659 --> 00:15:36.519 injustice and 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:37.159 make everything 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:37.899 right in the 00:15:37.899 --> 00:15:38.120 world. 00:15:38.199 --> 00:15:38.699 How could a 00:15:38.699 --> 00:15:39.279 Messiah 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:41.379 defeat evil 00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:43.099 by suffering, 00:15:43.659 --> 00:15:44.679 by dying? 00:15:44.740 --> 00:15:45.019 How could 00:15:45.019 --> 00:15:45.519 he do that? 00:15:47.219 --> 00:15:47.620 Jesus 00:15:47.620 --> 00:15:48.279 is explicit. 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:49.699 he is 00:15:49.699 --> 00:15:50.579 planning to 00:15:50.579 --> 00:15:51.019 die, 00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:52.480 not merely 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:53.480 predicting that 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:53.919 he would 00:15:53.919 --> 00:15:54.379 die. 00:15:55.740 --> 00:15:57.000 This is a 00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:57.919 voluntary act 00:15:57.919 --> 00:15:58.699 on his 00:15:58.699 --> 00:15:59.339 behalf. 00:16:00.019 --> 00:16:00.600 Peter is 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:01.600 offended at 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:01.959 this. 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:02.860 It is one 00:16:02.860 --> 00:16:03.299 thing for 00:16:03.299 --> 00:16:03.819 Jesus to 00:16:03.819 --> 00:16:04.039 say, 00:16:04.299 --> 00:16:04.559 I'm going 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:04.919 to take 00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:05.439 up and 00:16:05.439 --> 00:16:05.659 I'm going 00:16:05.659 --> 00:16:06.240 to fight 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:07.199 this fight, 00:16:07.319 --> 00:16:07.620 the good 00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:08.019 fight, 00:16:08.179 --> 00:16:08.620 but I 00:16:08.620 --> 00:16:09.000 will be 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:09.480 defeated 00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:11.899 and die. 00:16:12.620 --> 00:16:12.860 And it's 00:16:12.860 --> 00:16:13.360 a total 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:14.100 another thing 00:16:14.100 --> 00:16:14.679 to say that 00:16:14.679 --> 00:16:15.120 in fact the 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:16.220 very reason I 00:16:16.220 --> 00:16:17.620 came is to 00:16:17.620 --> 00:16:17.980 die. 00:16:19.539 --> 00:16:19.860 And the 00:16:19.860 --> 00:16:20.419 moment he 00:16:20.419 --> 00:16:21.399 says that, 00:16:22.060 --> 00:16:22.840 Peter begins 00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:23.779 to condemn 00:16:23.779 --> 00:16:25.419 Jesus in 00:16:25.419 --> 00:16:26.419 the strongest 00:16:26.419 --> 00:16:27.500 possible terms. 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:27.799 You see, 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:28.340 ever since 00:16:28.340 --> 00:16:29.320 Peter was a 00:16:29.320 --> 00:16:30.179 wee lad in 00:16:30.179 --> 00:16:30.639 nappies, 00:16:31.460 --> 00:16:33.139 he was told 00:16:33.139 --> 00:16:33.879 that the 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:34.620 Messiah would 00:16:34.620 --> 00:16:35.080 come, 00:16:36.060 --> 00:16:36.360 he would 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:37.379 defeat evil 00:16:37.379 --> 00:16:38.120 and injustice 00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:39.060 and ascend the 00:16:39.060 --> 00:16:39.539 throne in 00:16:39.539 --> 00:16:40.539 Jerusalem and 00:16:40.539 --> 00:16:41.639 to restore the 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:42.060 nation of 00:16:42.060 --> 00:16:42.779 Israel to 00:16:42.779 --> 00:16:43.879 its heights. 00:16:43.879 --> 00:16:43.980 hearts. 00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:46.539 And here we 00:16:46.539 --> 00:16:47.019 have Jesus 00:16:47.019 --> 00:16:47.700 saying that I 00:16:47.700 --> 00:16:48.399 am that one, 00:16:48.460 --> 00:16:48.919 I am the 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:49.259 Messiah, 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:49.799 I am the 00:16:49.799 --> 00:16:50.240 king to 00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:50.659 end all 00:16:50.659 --> 00:16:51.039 kings, 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:51.659 but I 00:16:51.659 --> 00:16:51.939 have not 00:16:51.939 --> 00:16:52.379 come to 00:16:52.379 --> 00:16:53.840 live and 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:54.860 rule and 00:16:54.860 --> 00:16:55.379 reign, 00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:56.200 but I've 00:16:56.200 --> 00:16:57.259 come to 00:16:57.259 --> 00:16:57.620 die. 00:16:58.019 --> 00:16:59.259 I have not 00:16:59.259 --> 00:16:59.720 come to 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:00.360 take power, 00:17:00.460 --> 00:17:00.740 but to 00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:01.259 lose it. 00:17:03.259 --> 00:17:03.899 I've not 00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:04.299 come to 00:17:04.299 --> 00:17:04.700 rule, 00:17:05.740 --> 00:17:06.420 but to 00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:06.880 serve. 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:09.619 And that 00:17:09.619 --> 00:17:10.099 is how I'm 00:17:10.099 --> 00:17:10.460 going to 00:17:10.460 --> 00:17:11.119 defeat evil 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:11.380 and put 00:17:11.380 --> 00:17:11.660 everything 00:17:11.660 --> 00:17:12.140 right. 00:17:12.140 --> 00:17:13.560 Jesus 00:17:13.560 --> 00:17:14.580 says he 00:17:14.580 --> 00:17:15.600 must 00:17:15.600 --> 00:17:16.460 suffer. 00:17:17.300 --> 00:17:17.940 Not that 00:17:17.940 --> 00:17:18.280 he would 00:17:18.280 --> 00:17:18.680 suffer. 00:17:19.840 --> 00:17:20.160 And the 00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:20.840 word must 00:17:20.840 --> 00:17:21.980 there controls 00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:23.500 the entire 00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:25.000 sentence in 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:25.540 such a way 00:17:25.540 --> 00:17:26.180 that everything 00:17:26.180 --> 00:17:27.060 in that list 00:17:27.060 --> 00:17:28.400 must happen. 00:17:28.700 --> 00:17:29.720 Jesus must 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:30.300 suffer. 00:17:30.420 --> 00:17:31.240 He must be 00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:31.640 rejected. 00:17:31.800 --> 00:17:32.480 He must be 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:32.800 killed. 00:17:33.060 --> 00:17:34.000 He must be 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:34.640 resurrected. 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:37.580 And all of 00:17:37.580 --> 00:17:38.920 those must 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:43.240 must happen 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:46.120 if people 00:17:46.120 --> 00:17:46.519 are to be 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:46.940 saved and 00:17:46.940 --> 00:17:47.259 the world 00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:47.640 is to be 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:48.000 renewed. 00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:50.060 Let me 00:17:50.060 --> 00:17:50.240 give you 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:51.000 two reasons. 00:17:51.660 --> 00:17:51.940 If you're 00:17:51.940 --> 00:17:52.300 looking on 00:17:52.300 --> 00:17:53.700 your outline, 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:55.300 there's a 00:17:55.300 --> 00:17:56.080 personal reason 00:17:56.080 --> 00:17:56.539 and there's a 00:17:56.539 --> 00:17:57.320 legal reason, 00:17:57.980 --> 00:17:58.940 legal necessity 00:17:58.940 --> 00:17:59.539 and a personal 00:17:59.539 --> 00:18:00.840 necessity as to 00:18:00.840 --> 00:18:01.420 why Jesus 00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:02.440 must die. 00:18:03.380 --> 00:18:03.800 Firstly, 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:04.460 the personal 00:18:04.460 --> 00:18:05.080 necessity, 00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:05.720 the personal 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:06.240 must. 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:07.900 Now, 00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:08.620 we probably 00:18:08.620 --> 00:18:09.160 know by 00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:10.859 now the 00:18:10.859 --> 00:18:11.339 difference 00:18:11.339 --> 00:18:12.120 between, 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:13.319 you don't 00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:13.700 have to live 00:18:13.700 --> 00:18:14.099 long, 00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:14.539 the difference 00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:15.160 between fake 00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:15.980 love and 00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:16.380 authentic 00:18:16.380 --> 00:18:16.839 love. 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:17.839 In fake 00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:18.319 love, 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:19.660 our aim 00:18:19.660 --> 00:18:20.819 is to 00:18:20.819 --> 00:18:22.059 show some 00:18:22.059 --> 00:18:22.660 kind of 00:18:22.660 --> 00:18:23.839 love to 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:24.099 another 00:18:24.099 --> 00:18:25.660 person in 00:18:25.660 --> 00:18:26.059 order to 00:18:26.059 --> 00:18:26.980 extract something 00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:27.620 from them. 00:18:29.120 --> 00:18:30.480 And ultimately, 00:18:30.620 --> 00:18:31.220 it's about our 00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:31.799 happiness. 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:33.279 That is, 00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:33.819 our love is 00:18:33.819 --> 00:18:34.299 conditional. 00:18:34.299 --> 00:18:36.519 We only 00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:37.099 give it 00:18:37.099 --> 00:18:38.200 when the 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:38.960 other person 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:39.659 is affirming 00:18:39.659 --> 00:18:40.119 us and 00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:40.579 meeting our 00:18:40.579 --> 00:18:41.019 needs and 00:18:41.019 --> 00:18:41.440 filling us 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:41.839 up on the 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:42.299 inside. 00:18:43.180 --> 00:18:43.960 Fake love 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:45.240 never allows 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:45.919 itself to be 00:18:45.919 --> 00:18:46.240 vulnerable. 00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:47.980 You always 00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:48.759 have to hold 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:49.680 something back 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:50.839 in case you 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:51.359 need to cut 00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:51.819 your losses 00:18:51.819 --> 00:18:52.460 and run. 00:18:53.379 --> 00:18:54.019 The aim of 00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:54.980 authentic love 00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:56.059 is to spend 00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:57.279 yourself and 00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:58.279 use yourself 00:18:58.279 --> 00:18:59.019 for the 00:18:59.019 --> 00:18:59.740 happiness of 00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.180 the other 00:19:00.180 --> 00:19:00.899 because your 00:19:00.899 --> 00:19:01.879 joy is their 00:19:01.879 --> 00:19:02.220 joy. 00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:03.019 I would 00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:03.500 love to 00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:03.839 go on a 00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:04.059 great 00:19:04.059 --> 00:19:04.740 excursus 00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:05.539 now about 00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:06.120 how the 00:19:06.120 --> 00:19:07.339 definition of 00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:08.000 marriage, 00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:08.420 and I'm not 00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:08.860 talking about 00:19:08.860 --> 00:19:09.299 same-sex 00:19:09.299 --> 00:19:09.579 marriage, 00:19:09.660 --> 00:19:10.279 the definition 00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:10.960 of marriage 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:12.100 has shifted 00:19:12.100 --> 00:19:12.860 in Western 00:19:12.860 --> 00:19:14.440 culture to 00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:15.039 one where 00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:15.680 love is the 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:16.440 primary issue. 00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:22.380 Authentic 00:19:22.380 --> 00:19:24.140 love is 00:19:24.140 --> 00:19:24.880 unconditional. 00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:26.720 You give 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.240 it whether 00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:28.100 your needs 00:19:28.100 --> 00:19:28.420 are being 00:19:28.420 --> 00:19:28.940 met or 00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:29.319 not. 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:31.899 it is 00:19:31.899 --> 00:19:32.460 radically 00:19:32.460 --> 00:19:33.000 vulnerable. 00:19:33.859 --> 00:19:34.619 You spend 00:19:34.619 --> 00:19:35.240 everything. 00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:36.099 You hold 00:19:36.099 --> 00:19:36.740 nothing back. 00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:37.220 You give 00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:37.619 it away. 00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:39.119 The problem 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:41.019 is if you're 00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:41.460 sitting there 00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:41.859 now and 00:19:41.859 --> 00:19:42.500 allowing these 00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:42.919 words to 00:19:42.919 --> 00:19:43.480 filter down 00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:43.899 to a little 00:19:43.899 --> 00:19:44.460 depth, 00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:45.460 you will 00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:46.279 realize that 00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:47.119 you are 00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:48.059 incapable of 00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:48.659 doing that. 00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:50.839 That no one 00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:51.879 is actually 00:19:51.879 --> 00:19:53.839 fully capable 00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:55.099 of giving 00:19:55.099 --> 00:19:56.359 true love 00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:56.459 love. 00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:58.119 All the 00:19:58.119 --> 00:19:58.479 time. 00:19:59.219 --> 00:19:59.359 We 00:19:59.359 --> 00:19:59.959 desperately 00:19:59.959 --> 00:20:00.799 need it 00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:01.819 and want 00:20:01.819 --> 00:20:02.199 it, but 00:20:02.199 --> 00:20:03.059 nobody can 00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:03.359 give it 00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:04.019 to us. 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.839 Not that we 00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:06.279 can't give 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:07.019 any kind 00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:07.539 of authentic 00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:08.519 love, but 00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:09.559 no one is 00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:10.879 fully always 00:20:10.879 --> 00:20:11.659 capable of 00:20:11.659 --> 00:20:11.799 it. 00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:13.339 We need to 00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:14.639 be loved as 00:20:14.639 --> 00:20:15.679 human beings. 00:20:16.619 --> 00:20:17.579 Like we need 00:20:17.579 --> 00:20:18.219 oxygen and we 00:20:18.219 --> 00:20:18.819 need water. 00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.439 What every 00:20:20.439 --> 00:20:21.259 single one of 00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:22.939 us needs is 00:20:22.939 --> 00:20:23.500 someone to 00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:24.460 love us 00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:26.599 who doesn't 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:27.819 need our 00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:29.039 love back. 00:20:30.619 --> 00:20:31.559 Someone who 00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:32.160 loves us 00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:32.720 radically, 00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:33.740 unconditionally, 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:34.539 vulnerably, 00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:35.380 and that 00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:36.400 person is 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:37.059 Jesus. 00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.420 At the 00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:39.059 baptism of 00:20:39.059 --> 00:20:39.339 Jesus, 00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:39.980 earlier in 00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:40.779 Mark, we 00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:41.319 see that the 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:42.140 very essence 00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:43.519 of God is 00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:44.859 mutual love 00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:45.579 relationship, 00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.759 a relationship 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:47.460 where the 00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:48.160 three persons 00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:48.380 of the 00:20:48.380 --> 00:20:49.240 Trinity have 00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:51.140 forever given 00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:51.779 to each 00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:53.460 other love. 00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:55.119 self-giving, 00:20:55.619 --> 00:20:56.640 selfless love. 00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:57.460 Within 00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:58.460 himself, God 00:20:58.460 --> 00:20:59.420 has forever 00:20:59.420 --> 00:21:00.680 had all the 00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:01.480 love, all 00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:02.140 the fulfillment, 00:21:02.460 --> 00:21:03.559 all the joy 00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:04.359 that he could 00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:05.319 possibly ever 00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:05.799 want. 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:08.240 Which means 00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:08.759 that Jesus 00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:09.660 does not need 00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:10.799 to extract any 00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.460 more love 00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:12.000 from anyone. 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.480 He's filled 00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:13.859 up. 00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:14.980 He lacks 00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:15.480 nothing. 00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:17.200 The only 00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:18.759 way we get 00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:19.619 true love 00:21:19.619 --> 00:21:20.859 is from 00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:21.720 him. 00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:23.779 The security 00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:24.380 of Jesus' 00:21:24.600 --> 00:21:25.600 love enables 00:21:25.600 --> 00:21:26.400 us to 00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:27.360 need less 00:21:27.360 --> 00:21:28.700 and to 00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:29.339 love others 00:21:29.339 --> 00:21:29.779 more. 00:21:31.360 --> 00:21:32.279 True love 00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:33.600 actually creates 00:21:33.600 --> 00:21:34.880 more true 00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.299 love. 00:21:36.380 --> 00:21:36.740 Jesus 00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:39.400 must die 00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:41.279 because 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:42.360 without it, 00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:44.279 this world 00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:44.779 has nothing 00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.440 to break the 00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:46.460 cycle of 00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:47.160 destructive, 00:21:48.100 --> 00:21:48.819 manipulative, 00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.879 conditional, 00:21:50.539 --> 00:21:51.399 non-vulnerable 00:21:51.399 --> 00:21:51.980 love. 00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:56.119 Legally, 00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:56.960 secondly, 00:21:57.139 --> 00:21:57.700 Jesus must 00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:58.039 die. 00:21:58.519 --> 00:21:59.079 It's a legal 00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.619 necessity. 00:22:01.399 --> 00:22:02.079 When someone 00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.980 wrongs you, 00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:04.599 a debt 00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.460 is established. 00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:07.539 Happens in 00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.200 all of life, 00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:08.539 not just 00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:09.000 financially, 00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:10.019 emotionally, 00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.779 psychologically, 00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:11.859 a debt is 00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:12.359 established. 00:22:12.359 --> 00:22:13.579 So for 00:22:13.579 --> 00:22:13.799 instance, 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:15.139 if you 00:22:15.139 --> 00:22:15.559 got my 00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:16.679 phone and 00:22:16.679 --> 00:22:17.079 you broke, 00:22:17.159 --> 00:22:17.779 it's alright. 00:22:17.959 --> 00:22:18.779 If I have my 00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.219 phone up here 00:22:19.219 --> 00:22:19.619 and I held 00:22:19.619 --> 00:22:20.059 it up and I 00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:20.219 said, 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:20.979 if you broke 00:22:20.979 --> 00:22:21.639 my phone, 00:22:21.919 --> 00:22:22.299 there are only 00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:22.819 two things 00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.059 that can 00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:23.359 happen. 00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:23.839 You take 00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:24.159 my phone 00:22:24.159 --> 00:22:24.399 and you 00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:24.759 break it, 00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:25.199 two things 00:22:25.199 --> 00:22:25.599 can happen 00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:25.919 at this 00:22:25.919 --> 00:22:26.199 point. 00:22:26.699 --> 00:22:27.379 Either I 00:22:27.379 --> 00:22:27.919 say to 00:22:27.919 --> 00:22:28.399 you that 00:22:28.399 --> 00:22:29.099 will be 00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:30.839 $1,000, 00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:32.559 whatever it 00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:32.979 is, the 00:22:32.979 --> 00:22:33.559 cost of it, 00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:36.039 or I can 00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:36.459 say to 00:22:36.459 --> 00:22:37.219 you, I 00:22:37.219 --> 00:22:37.919 forgive you. 00:22:38.139 --> 00:22:38.459 That's the 00:22:38.459 --> 00:22:38.779 only two 00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.279 options you 00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:39.519 got. 00:22:40.139 --> 00:22:40.639 Either you 00:22:40.639 --> 00:22:41.199 pay for 00:22:41.199 --> 00:22:41.459 it, 00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:42.799 or I 00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.120 can say 00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:43.480 to you, 00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.559 I forgive 00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:44.799 you. 00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:47.140 In the 00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:47.940 first case, 00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:49.140 you pay 00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:49.680 the debt. 00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.340 You've 00:22:50.340 --> 00:22:50.840 created the 00:22:50.840 --> 00:22:51.980 wrong, you 00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:52.460 pay the 00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:52.680 debt. 00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:53.759 In the 00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.079 second 00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:54.720 instance, 00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.120 I pay 00:22:56.120 --> 00:22:56.539 the debt. 00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:58.759 That is, 00:22:59.140 --> 00:22:59.799 the value 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.559 of the 00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:01.680 phone doesn't 00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.900 just disappear. 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.660 If I 00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.420 choose to 00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:09.240 forgive you, 00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:11.259 absorb you 00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.759 of the 00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.079 debt, 00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:13.720 then I 00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.220 have to 00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:14.640 pay the 00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:14.879 debt. 00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:18.240 Either I 00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:18.539 have to 00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.019 buy a 00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.640 new phone, 00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.559 or I 00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:21.779 have to 00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.140 go back 00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:22.480 to pen 00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:22.940 and paper 00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:23.879 and pigeons. 00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:28.200 In one 00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.519 way or 00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.119 another, I 00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:30.019 absorb the 00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:31.079 debt for 00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:31.680 your wrong 00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:33.240 against me 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:34.700 if I 00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.539 say I 00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:36.119 forgive you. 00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:37.379 And that 00:23:37.379 --> 00:23:37.960 happens on 00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:39.019 all levels 00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.740 of life. 00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:40.460 If someone 00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:41.000 robs you 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.299 of an 00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:41.859 opportunity 00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:42.579 or of your 00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:43.180 happiness or 00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:43.400 of your 00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:44.559 reputation or 00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.299 something else, 00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.680 it creates a 00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.180 sense of 00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.460 debt, 00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:48.680 relational 00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.059 debt. 00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:50.539 Justice has 00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.279 been violated 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:52.079 and a debt 00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:52.480 has been 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.259 accrued and 00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:53.639 there are only 00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:54.240 two options 00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.539 in that 00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:54.879 moment. 00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.339 You can 00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:56.900 make them 00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:58.519 pay by 00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:59.299 destroying 00:23:59.299 --> 00:24:00.519 their 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.180 opportunities, 00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:02.599 ruining their 00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:03.220 reputation. 00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:03.879 You can hope 00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.160 that they 00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:04.680 suffer or 00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:04.980 you can 00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.540 ensure that 00:24:05.540 --> 00:24:05.980 they do. 00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:11.080 But there 00:24:11.080 --> 00:24:11.800 is always a 00:24:11.800 --> 00:24:12.500 personal toll 00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:12.860 to that. 00:24:14.100 --> 00:24:14.880 When you're 00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.440 making them 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.120 pay off their 00:24:16.120 --> 00:24:16.800 personal debt 00:24:16.800 --> 00:24:17.340 to you by 00:24:17.340 --> 00:24:17.840 suffering, 00:24:18.340 --> 00:24:18.780 you are 00:24:18.780 --> 00:24:19.620 becoming like 00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:19.940 them. 00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:20.860 You are 00:24:20.860 --> 00:24:21.620 doing what 00:24:21.620 --> 00:24:22.260 done to 00:24:22.260 --> 00:24:22.520 you. 00:24:23.120 --> 00:24:23.680 You become 00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.040 harder, 00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.020 you become 00:24:25.020 --> 00:24:25.480 older, 00:24:25.800 --> 00:24:26.740 colder and 00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:26.980 older, 00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:29.560 and evil 00:24:29.560 --> 00:24:30.120 wins. 00:24:31.320 --> 00:24:32.300 The only 00:24:32.300 --> 00:24:33.380 alternative is 00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:33.840 to forgive, 00:24:34.600 --> 00:24:35.380 but it is 00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:36.680 really hard 00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.480 to forgive. 00:24:37.860 --> 00:24:38.220 It is 00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:39.620 agony to 00:24:39.620 --> 00:24:39.920 forgive. 00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:40.520 It is 00:24:40.520 --> 00:24:41.600 agony to 00:24:41.600 --> 00:24:42.440 refrain from 00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:42.800 vengeance. 00:24:43.020 --> 00:24:43.300 It is 00:24:43.300 --> 00:24:44.100 agony because 00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:45.380 you choose 00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:46.000 to absorb 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.620 the cost 00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:46.880 of the 00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.120 debt. 00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:50.300 You're not 00:24:50.300 --> 00:24:50.600 trying to 00:24:50.600 --> 00:24:50.880 get your 00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:51.320 reputation 00:24:51.320 --> 00:24:51.820 back by 00:24:51.820 --> 00:24:52.300 tearing down 00:24:52.300 --> 00:24:52.480 their 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.080 reputation. 00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:54.560 True 00:24:54.560 --> 00:24:55.200 forgiveness 00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:57.080 always requires 00:24:57.080 --> 00:24:57.720 suffering. 00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.420 Love 00:24:59.420 --> 00:25:01.000 requires 00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.860 suffering. 00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:02.000 suffering. 00:25:02.899 --> 00:25:03.259 It is 00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:03.779 a nonsense 00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.299 to say, 00:25:04.419 --> 00:25:04.719 why does 00:25:04.719 --> 00:25:05.179 God not 00:25:05.179 --> 00:25:05.759 just go, 00:25:07.199 --> 00:25:07.859 just forget 00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.379 about it. 00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:11.179 Debt 00:25:11.179 --> 00:25:11.839 never just 00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.299 vanishes. 00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.199 Either they 00:25:14.199 --> 00:25:14.959 pay or you 00:25:14.959 --> 00:25:15.319 pay. 00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.459 It should 00:25:16.459 --> 00:25:17.119 come as no 00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:18.259 surprise that 00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.779 God would 00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.179 say the 00:25:19.179 --> 00:25:20.079 only way 00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:20.500 that I 00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.139 can forgive 00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:21.759 the sins 00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.039 of the 00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.740 human race 00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.879 against me 00:25:23.879 --> 00:25:24.839 is either 00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.500 make them 00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:27.579 pay or I 00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:27.899 pay. 00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:31.040 either 00:25:31.040 --> 00:25:31.759 humanity 00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.259 has to 00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:32.800 pay for 00:25:32.800 --> 00:25:33.460 its debt 00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:34.519 of sin 00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.400 in rejecting 00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:35.660 me, 00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.340 its creator, 00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.580 or I 00:25:37.580 --> 00:25:38.360 will. 00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:40.000 The only 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.560 way God 00:25:40.560 --> 00:25:41.120 can pardon 00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:41.519 us and 00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.000 not judge 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:44.160 us is 00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:44.580 to go to 00:25:44.580 --> 00:25:45.019 the cross 00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.540 and absorb 00:25:45.540 --> 00:25:46.060 it himself. 00:25:47.080 --> 00:25:47.380 And that's 00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:47.840 why Jesus 00:25:47.840 --> 00:25:48.220 says I 00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:48.820 must suffer 00:25:48.820 --> 00:25:50.519 because if 00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:50.960 I don't, 00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.380 you do. 00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.640 If I 00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:53.880 don't, 00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.280 you do. 00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:58.200 He is 00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:58.660 saying that 00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:59.019 He is 00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.559 the King, 00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.259 the King, 00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.359 but not 00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:01.779 just like 00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.379 any King 00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:02.819 you've ever 00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.259 imagined. 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:03.779 He is 00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.299 the King 00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.859 who must 00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.259 die. 00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:05.859 He is 00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:06.420 the King 00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:07.160 who must 00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:08.119 suffer in 00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:08.619 order for 00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:09.139 us to be 00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:09.519 loved and 00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:10.099 forgiven and 00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:10.660 filled up. 00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:13.279 But He 00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:13.779 doesn't stop 00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.099 there. 00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:16.059 Following 00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.839 Him means 00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:17.379 we die 00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:17.839 too. 00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:18.940 Let's keep 00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.480 reading verse 00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.079 34, 00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.200 Mark chapter 00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.440 8. 00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:21.700 Then He 00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.139 called the 00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:22.519 crowd to 00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:22.940 Him along 00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.259 with His 00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.819 disciples and 00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:23.879 said, 00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.320 whoever wants 00:26:24.320 --> 00:26:24.520 to be 00:26:24.520 --> 00:26:25.100 my disciple 00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:25.940 must deny 00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.500 themselves and 00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:26.880 take up 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:27.460 their cross 00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:28.460 and follow 00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.420 me. 00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.280 For whoever 00:26:30.280 --> 00:26:31.220 wants to 00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.700 save their 00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.140 life will 00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:32.660 lose it, 00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.360 but whoever 00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:34.180 loses their 00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:34.740 life for me 00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.040 for the 00:26:35.040 --> 00:26:35.540 gospel will 00:26:35.540 --> 00:26:36.060 save it. 00:26:36.340 --> 00:26:36.840 What good 00:26:36.840 --> 00:26:37.220 is it for 00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.700 someone to 00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.100 gain the 00:26:38.100 --> 00:26:38.780 whole world 00:26:38.780 --> 00:26:39.080 and yet 00:26:39.080 --> 00:26:39.780 forfeit their 00:26:39.780 --> 00:26:40.360 soul? 00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:41.480 Or what 00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:41.920 can anyone 00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.380 give in 00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:43.000 exchange for 00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.460 their soul? 00:26:44.560 --> 00:26:44.900 What does 00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:45.480 it mean 00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:47.280 for us to 00:26:47.280 --> 00:26:47.820 lose our 00:26:47.820 --> 00:26:48.300 life for the 00:26:48.300 --> 00:26:49.020 gospel in 00:26:49.020 --> 00:26:49.420 order to 00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:49.880 save it? 00:26:50.820 --> 00:26:51.340 The word 00:26:51.340 --> 00:26:51.600 that's 00:26:51.600 --> 00:26:52.080 translated 00:26:52.080 --> 00:26:53.400 life there 00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:53.740 in verse 00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.740 35 is a 00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.100 word that 00:26:55.100 --> 00:26:55.600 means your 00:26:55.600 --> 00:26:56.100 identity, 00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:57.519 your personality, 00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.600 your selfhood. 00:26:59.360 --> 00:27:00.100 It is the 00:27:00.100 --> 00:27:01.280 things that 00:27:01.280 --> 00:27:01.780 make you 00:27:01.780 --> 00:27:02.540 distinctively 00:27:02.540 --> 00:27:04.040 you. 00:27:05.040 --> 00:27:05.840 Now Jesus 00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:06.720 isn't saying 00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.200 there that you 00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.900 need to lose 00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.460 the things that 00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:08.800 make you 00:27:08.800 --> 00:27:09.340 distinctively 00:27:09.340 --> 00:27:09.580 you. 00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:09.980 You just 00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.900 need to lose 00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:11.480 all of who 00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:12.080 you are. 00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.580 That would 00:27:14.580 --> 00:27:15.000 make no 00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.640 sense whatsoever. 00:27:16.300 --> 00:27:16.900 What he is 00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:18.519 saying is that 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.460 you don't build 00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:20.460 your identity on 00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.220 gaining things in 00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:21.720 this world. 00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.460 Verse 36, 00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:24.759 what good is it 00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.420 for someone to 00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.000 gain the whole 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.600 world and yet 00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:27.180 forfeit their 00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.500 soul? 00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.259 Every single 00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:30.980 culture points 00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.860 to the things 00:27:31.860 --> 00:27:32.680 and says that 00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:33.279 if you gain 00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:34.019 those things, 00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.059 if you acquire 00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.779 those things, 00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.819 if you achieve 00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.700 those things, 00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:38.640 then you will 00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:39.319 know that you 00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:40.220 are truly valuable, 00:27:40.380 --> 00:27:40.720 that you are 00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.360 truly loved. 00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.799 You become 00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.539 lovable to 00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:44.059 others. 00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:45.819 Traditional 00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.759 cultures say 00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.680 that we have 00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.440 no sense of 00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.420 self unless you 00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:49.759 gain the 00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:51.079 respectability and 00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.759 the legacy of 00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.240 family and 00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.579 children. 00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.339 Individualistic 00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:55.559 cultures are 00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.000 different. 00:27:56.159 --> 00:27:56.720 We say that 00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:56.980 you are a 00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:58.039 nobody unless 00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.500 you have a 00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.159 fulfilling career 00:27:59.159 --> 00:27:59.720 that brings you 00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.619 money, reputation 00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.399 and status. 00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.419 Either culture 00:28:03.419 --> 00:28:04.720 ultimately says 00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.899 the same thing. 00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:07.399 Your identity, 00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.859 your sense of 00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.939 self-worth is 00:28:09.939 --> 00:28:10.500 based on 00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.179 performance. 00:28:11.639 --> 00:28:12.419 It is based on 00:28:12.419 --> 00:28:13.139 your achievements. 00:28:14.159 --> 00:28:15.059 If you perform 00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:15.720 well enough, 00:28:16.179 --> 00:28:16.939 you will find 00:28:16.939 --> 00:28:17.500 the love and 00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.220 the approval that 00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.220 you crave and 00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.879 it will fill you 00:28:19.879 --> 00:28:20.299 up on the 00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:20.720 inside. 00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:22.519 And Jesus 00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:24.059 says, if you 00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.619 gain the 00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:25.759 entire world, 00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:27.119 it won't be 00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:27.559 enough. 00:28:29.919 --> 00:28:30.939 No matter 00:28:30.939 --> 00:28:31.419 what you 00:28:31.419 --> 00:28:32.079 achieve, 00:28:33.439 --> 00:28:34.240 no matter 00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.740 what you 00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.339 gain, 00:28:36.699 --> 00:28:37.679 it's never 00:28:37.679 --> 00:28:38.240 going to be 00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.759 enough to 00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.339 make you 00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:40.039 sure that 00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.519 you know 00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:40.939 who you 00:28:40.939 --> 00:28:41.559 really are. 00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.159 If you 00:28:42.159 --> 00:28:42.799 build your 00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.500 identity on 00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.099 the fact that 00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:44.839 someone loves 00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.740 you or you've 00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.199 got a good 00:28:46.199 --> 00:28:47.079 career, what 00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:47.939 happens when 00:28:47.939 --> 00:28:48.399 those things 00:28:48.399 --> 00:28:48.879 are gone? 00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:49.780 gone and 00:28:49.780 --> 00:28:50.400 it will 00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:51.120 go. 00:28:53.520 --> 00:28:54.340 Your whole 00:28:54.340 --> 00:28:55.060 sense of 00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:55.600 self is 00:28:55.600 --> 00:28:56.140 gone. 00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.680 Speak to 00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:59.180 people who 00:28:59.180 --> 00:28:59.560 have just 00:28:59.560 --> 00:29:00.060 retired. 00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:02.059 God's 00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:03.059 life. 00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.700 God's 00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.059 life. 00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.500 God's 00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:05.059 life. 00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:05.700 God's 00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.059 life. 00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.720 Jesus did 00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.299 not come to 00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:08.119 convince us to 00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:08.899 shift from one 00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:09.679 performance-based 00:29:09.679 --> 00:29:10.480 identity to 00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:10.819 another. 00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:12.399 He wants us to 00:29:12.399 --> 00:29:13.039 lose the old 00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:14.399 self, the old 00:29:14.399 --> 00:29:15.079 identity and 00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:15.879 base our sense of 00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:16.720 worth and value 00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.859 and self on 00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:19.079 him, what he's 00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:20.359 achieved for us, 00:29:21.179 --> 00:29:22.899 the good news of 00:29:22.899 --> 00:29:23.419 the gospel. 00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:24.720 Did you notice 00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.079 that in verse 00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.419 35? 00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.160 For whoever 00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:27.279 wants to save 00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:27.940 their life will 00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.740 lose it, but 00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.620 whoever loses 00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:30.340 their life for 00:29:30.340 --> 00:29:31.300 me and for 00:29:31.300 --> 00:29:32.700 the gospel will 00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.340 save it. 00:29:37.060 --> 00:29:37.800 Foundation of 00:29:37.800 --> 00:29:38.080 Christian 00:29:38.080 --> 00:29:38.960 discipleship is 00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.480 the good news 00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:39.860 of Jesus 00:29:39.860 --> 00:29:40.259 Christ. 00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:40.620 It's the 00:29:40.620 --> 00:29:40.960 gospel. 00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:42.200 Christianity 00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.759 is not 00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.720 performance-based 00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:45.400 except it's 00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:45.820 based on the 00:29:45.820 --> 00:29:46.279 performance of 00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:46.900 Jesus Christ. 00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:49.640 True 00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.779 gospel, sorry, 00:29:50.860 --> 00:29:51.539 the gospel is 00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.220 not something we 00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.720 do. 00:29:53.080 --> 00:29:53.500 It's something 00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.240 that God has 00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.000 done for us in 00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.319 Jesus. 00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.079 It is God's 00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:57.079 grace from the 00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.759 very time you 00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.500 begin to the 00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.319 time you end. 00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:00.720 We believe, we 00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.859 receive, we live 00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:03.220 as followers of 00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:04.339 Jesus in the 00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.779 light of the 00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.180 gospel. 00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.500 Jesus went to 00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.519 the cross and 00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.359 on the cross he 00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:09.460 lost his identity 00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:10.799 so to speak so 00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.539 that we can have 00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:11.779 one. 00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:13.000 Once we see that 00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.859 the Son of God 00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:15.059 doing that for us, 00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.920 loving us like 00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.880 that, we begin to 00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:18.059 get a strength and 00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.859 assurance and 00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.920 identity that sets 00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:22.299 us free from our 00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:23.240 culture's identities. 00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:29.319 But no, Peter 00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:30.000 here when he 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.700 hears these words 00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.619 from Jesus is 00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:32.480 furious. 00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:34.960 He is furious 00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:36.339 with Jesus because 00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:38.299 Jesus' suffering is 00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:39.660 not part of Peter's 00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:40.059 agenda. 00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:43.759 His agenda led 00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:45.940 from strength to 00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:48.319 strength and it 00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:49.140 did not include 00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:49.640 suffering. 00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:49.720 suffering. 00:30:53.860 --> 00:30:54.740 And that 00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:56.759 unfortunately is 00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.680 one of the major 00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.540 undercurrents of 00:30:58.540 --> 00:30:59.600 discipleship in the 00:30:59.600 --> 00:31:00.240 Western world. 00:31:01.600 --> 00:31:03.020 We relate to Jesus 00:31:03.020 --> 00:31:04.140 in exactly the same 00:31:04.140 --> 00:31:04.480 way. 00:31:05.020 --> 00:31:06.100 We have our agenda, 00:31:06.320 --> 00:31:07.340 we have our goal, 00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:08.280 we have our visions 00:31:08.280 --> 00:31:10.380 for our lives and we 00:31:10.380 --> 00:31:11.200 think that it's good 00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:12.240 to have God on our 00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.620 side. 00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:16.460 Jesus' job is to 00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:18.680 get me established 00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:19.640 well in life, 00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:20.799 to give me the 00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:21.460 things that are the 00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.160 desires of my 00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:22.560 heart. 00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:25.580 What Christian 00:31:25.580 --> 00:31:26.600 discipleship says 00:31:26.600 --> 00:31:27.920 that if we have an 00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:30.160 end and Jesus is 00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:31.259 the means by 00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:32.019 achieving that 00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:34.160 end, then we 00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:35.519 are using 00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.360 him. 00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:38.620 It is just 00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:40.440 another form of 00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:41.660 conditional love 00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:43.960 and it will leave us 00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.360 empty. 00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:47.019 if we try to 00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.899 negotiate with 00:31:47.899 --> 00:31:48.439 all will obey 00:31:48.439 --> 00:31:50.579 you if we're 00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:51.139 not seeing him 00:31:51.139 --> 00:31:51.719 as a king. 00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.639 If Jesus is the 00:31:53.639 --> 00:31:54.539 king to end all 00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:55.219 kings, then you 00:31:55.219 --> 00:31:55.939 cannot come to 00:31:55.939 --> 00:31:56.639 hear this king 00:31:56.639 --> 00:31:57.959 negotiating your 00:31:57.959 --> 00:31:58.439 terms. 00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.539 We lay down our 00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.399 weapons at his 00:32:00.399 --> 00:32:00.879 feet. 00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:02.339 It's essential that 00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:03.559 we see Jesus Christ 00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.599 as king on the 00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:05.000 cross. 00:32:05.959 --> 00:32:06.759 If we just 00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.539 simply see him 00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.159 as king, 00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.759 then we'll 00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.699 obey him because 00:32:10.699 --> 00:32:11.819 we have to obey 00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.139 him. 00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:13.120 but he's the 00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:13.600 king who went 00:32:13.600 --> 00:32:14.080 to the cross 00:32:14.080 --> 00:32:14.620 for us and 00:32:14.620 --> 00:32:15.380 therefore we can 00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:16.020 submit to him 00:32:16.020 --> 00:32:16.600 our love and 00:32:16.600 --> 00:32:16.940 trust. 00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:18.100 He's a good 00:32:18.100 --> 00:32:18.400 king. 00:32:19.560 --> 00:32:20.080 Instead of 00:32:20.080 --> 00:32:20.920 negotiating, we 00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:21.520 simply say, 00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.120 Lord, whatever 00:32:22.120 --> 00:32:23.020 you ask, I 00:32:23.020 --> 00:32:23.720 will do. 00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.980 And whatever 00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:28.020 you send, I 00:32:28.020 --> 00:32:29.100 will accept. 00:32:31.860 --> 00:32:32.720 If he has 00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.440 utterly given 00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:34.480 himself to us, 00:32:35.060 --> 00:32:35.880 how can we 00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:36.480 not give 00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:37.560 ourselves utterly 00:32:37.560 --> 00:32:38.140 to him? 00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:40.300 Taking up our 00:32:40.300 --> 00:32:41.160 cross means that 00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:41.900 we die to 00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:42.940 self-determination, 00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:44.340 we die to 00:32:44.340 --> 00:32:45.320 self-control, 00:32:46.560 --> 00:32:47.540 sorry, we 00:32:47.540 --> 00:32:49.580 die to control 00:32:49.580 --> 00:32:50.540 of ourselves, 00:32:51.340 --> 00:32:51.880 over our 00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:53.980 lives, and 00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:54.640 we die to 00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:55.680 using him to 00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.300 achieve our 00:32:56.300 --> 00:32:56.880 agendas in 00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:57.220 life. 00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:01.259 I love the 00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.080 way C.S. 00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:04.840 Lewis closes 00:33:04.840 --> 00:33:06.060 out his book, 00:33:06.360 --> 00:33:06.580 Mere 00:33:06.580 --> 00:33:07.200 Christianity, 00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:09.000 as he 00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.820 describes the 00:33:09.820 --> 00:33:10.240 life of the 00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.660 disciple. 00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:15.800 give up 00:33:15.800 --> 00:33:17.720 yourself, and 00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.480 you will find 00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:18.940 your real 00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.380 self. 00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:21.440 Lose your 00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:23.240 life, and 00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:23.860 you will save 00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:24.060 it. 00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:25.840 Submit to 00:33:25.840 --> 00:33:27.320 death, the 00:33:27.320 --> 00:33:27.780 death of your 00:33:27.780 --> 00:33:28.620 ambitions and 00:33:28.620 --> 00:33:29.420 favorite wishes 00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:31.100 every day, and 00:33:31.100 --> 00:33:31.700 the death of your 00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:32.500 whole body in the 00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:32.740 end. 00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:33.560 Submit with 00:33:33.560 --> 00:33:34.820 every fiber of 00:33:34.820 --> 00:33:36.040 your being, and 00:33:36.040 --> 00:33:36.820 you will find 00:33:36.820 --> 00:33:37.660 eternal life. 00:33:37.780 --> 00:33:38.460 Keep back 00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.019 nothing. 00:33:39.360 --> 00:33:40.200 Nothing that 00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:41.079 you have not 00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:42.940 given away is 00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.620 in fact really 00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:44.140 yours. 00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:46.360 Nothing in 00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:46.900 you that has 00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:47.840 not died will 00:33:47.840 --> 00:33:48.680 ever be raised 00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.279 from the dead. 00:33:50.860 --> 00:33:51.960 Look out for 00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.920 yourself, and 00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.740 you will find in 00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.340 the long run 00:33:54.340 --> 00:33:55.220 only hatred, 00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.259 loneliness, 00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:58.420 despair, rage, 00:33:58.660 --> 00:33:59.380 ruin, and 00:33:59.380 --> 00:33:59.819 decay. 00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:01.679 But look to 00:34:01.679 --> 00:34:03.139 Christ, and 00:34:03.139 --> 00:34:03.759 you will find 00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:06.559 him, and 00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.059 with him 00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.939 everything else 00:34:07.939 --> 00:34:08.659 thrown in. 00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:11.219 The call of 00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:12.159 Jesus on our 00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:14.739 lives, if I 00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:15.420 might use the 00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.480 metaphor again, 00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.440 is that the 00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:19.519 dust of Jesus 00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:21.199 covers every 00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:22.759 single aspect 00:34:22.759 --> 00:34:23.860 of our being. 00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:29.079 no part is 00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:29.980 untouched by 00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:30.320 him. 00:34:31.700 --> 00:34:32.599 And as we 00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.120 journey through 00:34:33.120 --> 00:34:35.059 this term, I 00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.800 want to ask 00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:37.360 you to ask 00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:38.880 him specifically, 00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:42.880 Jesus, are 00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.519 there any 00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:44.460 parts in my 00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.880 life that 00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.320 are not 00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:47.059 covered by 00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:47.820 your dust, 00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:49.460 and by your 00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:51.220 grace, enable 00:34:51.220 --> 00:34:52.200 me to surrender 00:34:52.200 --> 00:34:52.820 it to you? 00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.420 Amen. 00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:54.539 Amen.