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 All throughout last week there was a lot of speculation as to who the Vatican would nominate as the new Pope.

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 Back in 2005, shortly after the death of Pope John Paul II, somebody called Roger Cadenhead,

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 registered domain space for Benedict.

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 He didn't know that the new Pope was going to be called Benedict,

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 but took a bit of a punt looking back at history, at popular names among Popes,

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 and so he registered the website www.benedict16.com.

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 Before the new Pope's name was even announced.

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 He secured it before Rome even knew they needed it.

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 See, domain space is quite lucrative.

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 He wasn't the only one in on this.

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 Somebody else had registered a very similar one, whereas he had registered Benedict 16.

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 Somebody else had registered Pope Benedict 16.com and put that on eBay and it surpassed $16,000, believe it or not.

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 But Cadenhead didn't want any money for this registered domain space.

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 A Catholic himself, he was happy for the Vatican to have the name.

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 He said this,

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 I'm going to try and avoid angering over one billion Catholics and my grandmother.

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 He did, however, ask for something else in return.

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 In fact, he asked for three things and these are the three things that he asked for.

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 Number one, a free stay at the Vatican Hotel.

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 Number two, one of those hats.

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 Number three, complete absolution, no questions asked for the third week of March 1987.

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 Now, it was never publicly said what actually happened during the third week of March 1987

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 and you can use your imagination.

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 But I would hazard a guess that every single one of us has got a third week of March 1987

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 somewhere lurking in our lives, whatever that was.

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 A week, a day, a weekend, a month, a year, even a decade that we just wish hadn't happened.

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 That we look back on and we cringe over.

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 These things can haunt us.

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 They can take a grip on us.

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 They can take a grip on us.

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 See, everybody is a combination of the good and the bad and the downright ugly.

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 And if you spend a lot of time worrying, preoccupied over whatever your third week of March 1987 might have been,

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 welcome to the club.

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 No, welcome to the human race.

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 Because every single human being on this planet has a combination of the good and the bad and the ugly.

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 Bring on Peter.

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 Bring on Peter.

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 And that's what I love so much about Peter.

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 And I want to suggest, whilst there are so many different things that we can draw on from his story,

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 from the character of Simon Peter as he's presented to us in the Gospels,

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 I want to suggest that what we have there is a combination of getting it spectacularly right and getting it spectacularly wrong.

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 But Jesus still called him his disciple.

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 And that's important.

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 You see, even in this one scene, he stands out as the one who gets it right.

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 When Jesus is saying, well, who do you say I am?

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 And Peter puts his finger right on it there and then.

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 You are the Messiah.

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 And yet, almost in the same breath, he finds himself being rebuked by Jesus,

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 because it becomes very clear that he has radically misunderstood what being the Messiah is about.

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 And we'll come on to that in just one moment.

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 The combination of the spectacularly right and the spectacularly wrong.

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 He got it right so many times, and yet he also finds himself rebuking Jesus, being rebuked by Jesus.

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 He eventually denies Jesus.

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 And yet, Jesus still went on to call him the Rock.

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 You see, God believes in you, even when you don't believe in him.

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 Jesus knew the worst things, as well as the best things, about Peter.

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 And it's okay.

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 Jesus knows the very worst things about you and me.

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 And it's okay.

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 What I love about Peter is the way he just blurts it out.

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 He hasn't got a filter.

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 Which means sometimes what he blurts out on those finer moments,

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 you're the Messiah.

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 Yes.

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 Comes completely unfiltered.

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 But at other times, no, I don't know him.

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 Unfiltered.

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 Spectacularly right and spectacularly wrong.

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 Jesus knows the very best and the worst about Jesus, about Peter.

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 And it's okay.

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 I think that lack of filter tends to apply in relationships,

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 when we're closest, with the people that we're closest to.

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 Those that we really love, those that we're really open with,

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 those who probably do know the worst things about us.

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 And it's okay.

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 We tend to let the filter down.

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 Just an illustration.

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 Just imagine that there's two people in a car.

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 That's a busy high street.

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 And that car needs to be parallel parked.

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 And it's a tight spot.

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 And there's loads of traffic queuing up behind.

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 And there's quite a lot of pressure on.

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 And just imagine that the two people in that car,

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 two people that have just met for the first time.

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 Maybe they're just work colleagues and they're on their way to a meeting.

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 And they haven't known each other very long.

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 And all the conversation is pretty polite, surface level stuff.

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 And one of them is trying to park this car.

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 And the other relatively, well, basically a stranger,

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 but a very new person in their life.

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 They interact with one another as this car is in the process of being parked.

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 The conversation couldn't be more polite.

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 Oh, sorry.

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 Just back a bit.

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 Yeah, no.

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 I think back a bit.

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 Sorry about this.

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 I'm not very good at parallel parking.

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 It's all right.

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 Neither am I.

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 Honestly, I don't think I would be doing a very good job either.

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 Just back a little.

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 Oops.

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 Oh, you nearly hit that thing.

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 The car there.

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 Don't worry.

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 There's a bit of traffic behind me.

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 Don't feel pressured.

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 No.

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 It's all right.

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 That's right.

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 Oh, thank you very much.

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 Same situation.

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 Stick a married couple in that same car.

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 I know I don't need to say any more.

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 The filter comes down with those that we're nearest to.

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 And I think that's what we see going on with Peter in the way that he interacts with Jesus.

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 Whatever Peter blurts out, when we see Jesus' response, it's really clear and it's consistent.

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 Jesus knows the worst thing about him.

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 And it's okay.

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 He knows the worst thing about you.

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 And it's okay.

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 You know, I often think to myself that, you know, probably if you knew the worst things about me, you would not want me to be your minister.

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 And if I knew the worst thing about you, I probably wouldn't want to be your minister.

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 Well, that's not how it works.

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 God does know the worst things about you and me.

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 And it's okay.

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 And it's okay.

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 So how do we see this in more detail actually played out in the life of Peter?

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 Well, let's zoom out for a moment

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 and let's see where this part comes

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 in Mark's telling of the story of Jesus.

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 So Mark's Gospel is structured in a very, very clear way.

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 16 chapters, two halves, eight chapters each.

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 And the first half is this kind of whistle-stop tour of ministry.

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 It's not very reflective.

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 It's just very fact-based.

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 It's to the point and it moves very quickly.

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 We've got a scene with teaching going on,

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 with healing going on,

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 with calling disciples going on,

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 with healing, with teaching, with miracles,

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 signs and wonders.

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 It happens really, really fast-paced.

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 That's the first eight chapters.

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 The second eight chapters, the second half of that Gospel,

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 is given over to the last week of Jesus' life,

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 his journey to the cross.

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 And landing right there in the middle is Mark chapter 8,

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 where we have this story,

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 this scene at Caesarea Philippi,

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 where it brings it right into focus.

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 With all this going on,

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 who do you say I am?

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 Who is this guy?

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 Who is Jesus?

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 What is he about?

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 What's all this happening for?

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 Why all of this ministry leading up to this halfway point?

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 And why what is about to happen in the journey to the cross?

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 It's all played out in this one scene.

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 Who do you say I am?

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 The prophet?

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 John the Baptist?

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 Elijah?

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 No, you're the Messiah.

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 Now the other fascinating thing that runs through the Gospels,

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 and we find this in Mark's Gospel as well,

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 is what is often referred to as the Messianic secret,

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 which can seem a slightly bizarre thing

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 when we first come across it.

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 The Messianic secret.

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 In other words,

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 for all the proclamation about the signs,

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 about the kingdom of God,

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 about the stuff that Jesus is doing,

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 Jesus seems to want to keep it secret.

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 Where he says to somebody or other,

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 and we see it in this very scene with Peter,

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 he says,

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 don't tell anybody about this.

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 We see it on occasions when people are healed.

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 Don't tell anybody about this.

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 And here,

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 Jesus is saying,

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 the Messiah,

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 don't tell anybody about this.

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 Why?

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 Well,

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 we find that

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 becomes clearer

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 as Mark's Gospel unfolds

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 in that second half.

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 And it's focused in

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 on this middle

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 centrepiece

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 in Mark's Gospel,

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 because as soon

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 as Peter has said,

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 you're the Messiah,

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 that's who you are,

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 and then Jesus goes on to say,

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 and he said,

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 there's nobody about this,

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 but he then just goes on

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 to talk about how,

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 as the Messiah,

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 he has to go to the cross.

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 He must suffer and die.

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 In other words,

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 he wants this kept secret

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 unless it's properly understood.

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 It can only be proclaimed

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 when it's going to be proclaimed

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 accurately and clearly

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 as it is.

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 If you're going to go off

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 and preaching who Jesus is

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 for the wrong reasons,

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 then forget it.

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 The only way you can understand

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 who Jesus is

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 is when you grasp

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 that he has to go to the cross.

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 The only way you can understand

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 what being a follower of Jesus is

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 authentically

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 is when you understand

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 that it's not an easy ride.

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 That to follow Jesus

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 means following him,

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 yes,

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 through those first eight chapters

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 of the signs and wonders

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 and all the big amazing stuff

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 there is to happen,

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 but also it doesn't stop there.

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 If you're going to confess him

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 as Messiah,

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 you need to know

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 that you're following him

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 through the whole Gospel,

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 all 16 chapters

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 which lead to the cross.

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 In other words,

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 if you're going to be

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 a follower of Jesus,

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 if you're going to know

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 that God knows

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 all the very worst things

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 about you

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 and it's okay,

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 great,

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 but that's not just

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 some nice,

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 sparkly,

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 fluffy,

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 clean,

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 fluffy,

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 wrapped message

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 that just,

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 just to massage your ego

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 and to make you feel

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 good about yourself.

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 It's a message

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 that says,

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 yes,

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 he loves you

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 and accepts you

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 unconditionally,

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 but when you start

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 to accept that

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 and follow him,

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 it's not going to be

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 an easy ride.

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 Following Jesus

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 is not just

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 about having

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 a positive self-image.

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 Now you believe in God.

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 It is that,

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 but it's so much more.

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 And Mark's Gospel

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 tells us in no uncertain terms

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 what that is.

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 That the discipleship

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 is costly.

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 It involves

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 taking up your cross.

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 It involves

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 rolling up your sleeves.

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 It involves

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 taking risks.

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 It involves

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 life that will be difficult.

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 Because as Bonhoeffer

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 famously said,

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 God's grace

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 is free,

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 but it's never cheap.

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 If you're going to know

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 the unconditional love

00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:34.319
 of Jesus,

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 you need to know

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 that it's costly stuff.

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 He will call you

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 into places,

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 into situations

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 where frankly

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 you will not want to go.

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 Because that is what

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 being a follower

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 of Jesus is about.

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 He knows the worst

00:14:46.740 --> 00:14:47.480
 things about you

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 and it's okay.

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 God meets you

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 where you are,

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 but he will not

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 leave you there.

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 So back to Peter.

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 And let's just see

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 what happens here

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 because what we see

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 is he says,

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 you are the Messiah.

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 father.

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 Then,

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 we also see

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 that later on,

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 even after he has been

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 corrected by Jesus

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 and it's been explained

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 to him what

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 Messiahship means,

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 the cross

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 and resurrection,

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 and whilst it also

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 sees that

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 discipleship means

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 a tough ride,

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 we find him

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 later on

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 denying Jesus.

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 So what's going on there?

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 Why,

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 why would Peter

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 deny Jesus

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 three times?

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 Now for a long,

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 long time

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 I thought that was

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 something to do with

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 Peter being cowardly.

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 that he ran out of courage.

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 Then it became clear,

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 when you look at the life

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 of Jesus,

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 the life of Peter,

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 whilst he had many faults,

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 being a coward

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 was not one of them.

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 I mean,

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 just think about this.

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 Putting aside the fact

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 that he has just,

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 in front of everybody else,

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 he's the first one

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 to step up to the mark

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 and say,

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 Jesus,

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 you are the Messiah.

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 That's a bold,

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 risky and dangerous

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 thing to do.

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 Look at the other things

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 that happen in Jesus' life.

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 Think, for example,

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 of the way Matthew

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 regards the story

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 of when

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 they were out

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 at sea

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 and Jesus is walking

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 on the water

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 towards

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 the disciples.

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 There was one disciple

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 and only one

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 who gets out

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 of the boat

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 and says,

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 Jesus,

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 I'm coming out

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 towards you.

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 And it's Peter.

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 Of course,

00:16:49.379 --> 00:16:50.139
 he quickly sinks

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 but Jesus pulls him

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 back up again

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 because he's not a coward.

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 Or in John's Gospel

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 where we have the story

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 of when Judas,

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 the betrayer,

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 leads a group

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 of Pharisees

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 and Roman soldiers

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 to come and arrest

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 Jesus by night

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 and they're armed

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 and we're not told

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 how many there are

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 but we're told

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 that there are

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 the teachers of the law

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 and the Roman soldiers.

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 We're told that

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 one disciple

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 is not having this

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 and he stands

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 in front of Jesus

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 and draws his sword

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 and takes on

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 the Roman soldiers,

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 the greatest

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 fighting force

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 in the world.

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 Cuts off

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 the high priest's ear.

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 Who is that?

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 Peter.

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 Tempestuous,

00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:37.960
 yes.

00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:40.180
 Hot tempered

00:17:40.180 --> 00:17:40.660
 at times,

00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.440
 most definitely.

00:17:41.740 --> 00:17:42.460
 But a coward,

00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.380
 not Peter,

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 never.

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 So if it's not

00:17:47.679 --> 00:17:48.519
 being a coward

00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:49.480
 that would drive

00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:50.559
 Peter to deny

00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:51.439
 Jesus three times,

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 what is it?

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 I want to suggest,

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 and I don't know this,

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 this is just

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 guesswork,

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 but it's led

00:18:04.699 --> 00:18:05.500
 by the patterns

00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:06.319
 that we see

00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:08.119
 in the character

00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:09.059
 as he is presented

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 to us

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 in the Gospel narratives.

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 I want to suggest

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 that what we see

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 at Peter

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 by the time

00:18:15.199 --> 00:18:15.819
 we get to that

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 denial

00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:18.480
 is frankly

00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:19.359
 a broken man.

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 And that

00:18:22.859 --> 00:18:24.199
 he's at that point

00:18:24.199 --> 00:18:25.319
 where he denies

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 Jesus frankly

00:18:26.159 --> 00:18:26.919
 because he's lost

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 the plot.

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 He doesn't know

00:18:28.460 --> 00:18:29.579
 what's going on

00:18:29.579 --> 00:18:29.899
 anymore.

00:18:31.659 --> 00:18:32.659
 He's invested

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 everything

00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:34.359
 in following Jesus.

00:18:35.399 --> 00:18:36.339
 He's given up

00:18:36.339 --> 00:18:36.699
 everything,

00:18:36.819 --> 00:18:37.279
 walked away

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 and followed

00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:38.639
 him

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 for three years.

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 He's the one

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 who dared

00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:45.720
 to call him

00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:46.180
 Messiah

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 before anybody

00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:47.799
 else.

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 He's the one

00:18:49.639 --> 00:18:50.259
 who got out

00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:50.920
 of that boat

00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:52.339
 and tried

00:18:52.339 --> 00:18:52.899
 to walk on

00:18:52.899 --> 00:18:53.700
 water towards him

00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:54.539
 and found himself

00:18:54.539 --> 00:18:55.480
 he did for a while

00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:56.220
 whilst his focus

00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:56.879
 was on Jesus

00:18:56.879 --> 00:18:57.779
 and now

00:18:57.779 --> 00:18:58.559
 he sees

00:18:58.559 --> 00:18:59.460
 that same Jesus

00:18:59.460 --> 00:19:01.180
 who's taken away,

00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:02.680
 arrested

00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:04.480
 and his whole world

00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:04.899
 is coming

00:19:04.899 --> 00:19:05.619
 crashing down.

00:19:05.619 --> 00:19:10.000
 Have you ever

00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:10.619
 been in that

00:19:10.619 --> 00:19:11.319
 situation

00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:14.439
 where it feels

00:19:14.439 --> 00:19:15.239
 that there is

00:19:15.239 --> 00:19:16.099
 no hope left

00:19:16.099 --> 00:19:18.000
 only despair

00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:21.059
 to the point

00:19:21.059 --> 00:19:21.879
 where you would

00:19:21.879 --> 00:19:22.879
 deny

00:19:22.879 --> 00:19:23.679
 everything

00:19:23.679 --> 00:19:25.099
 that you've

00:19:25.099 --> 00:19:26.000
 previously held

00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:26.659
 dear about

00:19:26.659 --> 00:19:27.359
 who God is

00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:27.819
 and what God

00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:28.239
 is like

00:19:28.239 --> 00:19:30.699
 that you come

00:19:30.699 --> 00:19:31.539
 to that conclusion

00:19:31.539 --> 00:19:32.439
 that you cannot

00:19:32.439 --> 00:19:33.339
 stand God

00:19:33.339 --> 00:19:35.259
 that you cannot

00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:36.259
 bear the word

00:19:36.259 --> 00:19:36.639
 God

00:19:36.639 --> 00:19:38.639
 that church

00:19:38.639 --> 00:19:39.019
 is something

00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:39.480
 you won't

00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:39.959
 when I go

00:19:39.959 --> 00:19:41.019
 anywhere near

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:44.319
 I'm thinking

00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:44.919
 here of the

00:19:44.919 --> 00:19:45.519
 image of the

00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:46.199
 child who

00:19:46.199 --> 00:19:47.699
 who screams

00:19:47.699 --> 00:19:48.799
 to their

00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:49.819
 parents

00:19:49.819 --> 00:19:52.299
 I hate you

00:19:52.299 --> 00:19:53.359
 I hate you

00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:54.459
 I hate you

00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:57.940
 when deep

00:19:57.940 --> 00:19:58.640
 deep down

00:19:58.640 --> 00:19:59.180
 inside

00:19:59.180 --> 00:20:01.160
 is that

00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:01.799
 security

00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:03.019
 that enables

00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:03.460
 them that

00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:03.900
 space

00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:04.559
 to be able

00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:05.079
 to blurt

00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:05.660
 that out

00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:11.120
 even in

00:20:11.120 --> 00:20:12.140
 that brokenness

00:20:12.140 --> 00:20:13.600
 in his grief

00:20:13.600 --> 00:20:14.160
 where he is

00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:14.799
 torn apart

00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:15.160
 and he's

00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:15.740
 completely

00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.220
 and utterly

00:20:16.220 --> 00:20:17.000
 lost his way

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.840
 to the extent

00:20:17.840 --> 00:20:18.799
 where he denies

00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:19.279
 Jesus

00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:20.579
 not just once

00:20:20.579 --> 00:20:21.039
 not twice

00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:22.120
 but three times

00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:24.500
 Jesus

00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:25.099
 does not

00:20:25.099 --> 00:20:25.559
 stop

00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:26.219
 believing

00:20:26.219 --> 00:20:27.159
 in Peter

00:20:27.159 --> 00:20:30.279
 and even

00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:30.679
 though there

00:20:30.679 --> 00:20:31.479
 may be times

00:20:31.479 --> 00:20:32.119
 that you may

00:20:32.119 --> 00:20:32.459
 have gone

00:20:32.459 --> 00:20:32.719
 through

00:20:32.719 --> 00:20:33.099
 I don't

00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:33.299
 know

00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:33.959
 maybe even

00:20:33.959 --> 00:20:34.519
 going through

00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:35.299
 quite now

00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:37.159
 right now

00:20:37.159 --> 00:20:38.579
 where you

00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:39.299
 might feel

00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:40.119
 like throwing

00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:40.579
 the whole

00:20:40.579 --> 00:20:41.119
 thing in

00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:42.859
 and everything

00:20:42.859 --> 00:20:43.579
 inside you

00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:44.399
 screams God

00:20:44.399 --> 00:20:45.019
 is not there

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.399
 or if he

00:20:45.399 --> 00:20:46.459
 doesn't care

00:20:46.459 --> 00:20:47.659
 I don't know

00:20:47.659 --> 00:20:48.359
 who he is

00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:49.039
 or what he's

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.419
 about

00:20:49.419 --> 00:20:51.039
 even in those

00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:51.659
 moments

00:20:51.660 --> 00:20:55.640
 Jesus knows

00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:56.320
 the worst

00:20:56.320 --> 00:20:57.019
 things about

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.360
 you

00:20:57.360 --> 00:20:59.920
 and it's

00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:00.279
 alright

00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:08.860
 we're going

00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:09.240
 to pray

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:09.740
 in just a

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.040
 moment

00:21:10.040 --> 00:21:13.160
 and as we

00:21:13.160 --> 00:21:13.560
 come to

00:21:13.560 --> 00:21:13.900
 pray

00:21:13.900 --> 00:21:16.259
 I invite

00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:16.740
 you to

00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:17.600
 hold

00:21:17.600 --> 00:21:18.279
 everything

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:19.040
 about you

00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:21.379
 before

00:21:21.379 --> 00:21:22.019
 him

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:24.220
 knowing

00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:26.220
 that there's

00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:26.659
 nothing you

00:21:26.659 --> 00:21:26.980
 can hide

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.319
 from him

00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:27.720
 anyway

00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:30.740
 but he

00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.259
 knows the

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:31.740
 worst things

00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.299
 about you

00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:35.559
 and it's

00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:35.920
 okay

00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:39.480
 you see

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:39.960
 it doesn't

00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:40.960
 end at him

00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:41.399
 knowing the

00:21:41.399 --> 00:21:42.159
 worst things

00:21:42.159 --> 00:21:42.779
 about us

00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:46.019
 because he

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.740
 actually knows

00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.180
 the best

00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:47.700
 things about

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.079
 us as

00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:48.339
 well

00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:50.759
 including

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.639
 the best

00:21:51.639 --> 00:21:52.420
 things about

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:52.920
 us that we

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.319
 don't know

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:53.960
 about or

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.539
 may struggle

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.240
 to accept

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:57.940
 things that

00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:58.720
 in eternity

00:21:58.720 --> 00:21:59.700
 will become

00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:00.399
 complete

00:22:00.399 --> 00:22:01.799
 but even in

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.379
 this life

00:22:02.379 --> 00:22:05.480
 he sees

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:05.980
 things that

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 we can't

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 see

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 when he

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 looked at

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 the Peter

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 who denied

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 him three

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 times

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 Jesus

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 didn't just

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 see the

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 one who

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 let him

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 down

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 he saw

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 the rock

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 the one

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 upon whom

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 he said

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 he would

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 build his

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 church

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 he knows

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 the worst

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 and the

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 best

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 of each

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 one of

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 us

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 and calls

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 us like

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 he did

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 Peter

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 to follow

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 him

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 so let's

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 pray together

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 now

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 I'm going

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 to close

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 my eyes

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 because I

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 like to do

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 that when I

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 pray but

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 don't feel

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 that you

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 have to

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 invite you

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 in this

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 moment just

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 to

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 hold

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 your

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 everything

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 about

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 yourself

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 before

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 God

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 the good

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 the bad

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 and the

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 ugly

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 and hold

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 before him

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 the worst

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 things that

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 you know

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 about you

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 here's a

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 prayer as we

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 confess those

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 things to him

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 Lord you know

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 the worst

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 things about

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 us and

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 although we

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 can't really

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 get our

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 human minds

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 around this

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 it's okay

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 because you

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 are love

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 you accept

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 us and

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 you call

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 us to

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 be forgiven

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 and to

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 know we

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 are forgiven

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 and there

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 are no

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 exceptions

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 there

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 we thank

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 you

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 and we

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 confess to

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 you our

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 humanness

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 our brokenness

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 and our

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 sin

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 and we

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 are sorry

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 Lord in

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 this moment

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 touch our

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 lives afresh

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 with your

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 Holy Spirit

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 and remind

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 us that we

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 are forgiven

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 Lord we

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 bring to

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 you those

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 moments those

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 experiences where

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 we feel perhaps

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 so crushed and

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 broken where we

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 may feel so

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 distanced from

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 you where we

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 are calling you

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 into question

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 where we may

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 even deny you

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 and Lord we

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 lay that before

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 you

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 Lord touch our

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 lives afresh by

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 your Spirit

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 and remind us

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 afresh

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 that just like

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 Peter you know

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 the worst about

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 us and it's

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 okay

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 Lord we're

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 mindful that

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 you not only

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 know the

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 worst but you

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 know the best

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 about us and

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 that you

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 meet with us

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 but you don't

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 expect to leave

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 us in that

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 place

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 and so Lord

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 we pray that

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 your Holy Spirit

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 would touch us

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 and lead us

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 and mature in

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 us and grow

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 us to the

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 point that we

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 would become the

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 very best version

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 of ourselves

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 help us

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 every day of

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 our lives

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 this week

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 this day

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 to hear your

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 voice

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 to respond to

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 the challenge of

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 your voice

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 and to rise and

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 to become the

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 people that you

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 long for us to

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 be in every

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 situation

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 in every

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 conversation

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 whether that be

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 in the home

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 in the workplace

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 in our interactions

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 with people that we

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 find difficult to

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 interact with

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 faith

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 Holy Spirit

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 move in us

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 we pray

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 that your

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 kingdom would

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 come in our

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 lives

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 that we may

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 become the

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 people that you

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 long for us

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 to become

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 now

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 and in the

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 time to come

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 in Jesus name

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 we pray

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 Amen

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 Amen

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