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 Today, the gospel lesson is a reading from the gospel according to John.

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 The next day, the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.

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 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,

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 Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Blessed is the King of Israel.

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 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written,

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 Do not be afraid, daughter Zion. See, your king is coming, seated on a donkey's colt.

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 At first, his disciples did not understand all this.

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 Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him

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 and that these things had been done to him.

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 Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead

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 continued to spread the word. Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign,

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 went out to meet him. So the Pharisees said to one another,

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 See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him.

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 Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival.

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 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request.

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 Sir, they said, we would like to see Jesus.

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 Philip went to tell Andrew. Andrew and Philip, in turn, told Jesus.

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 Jesus replied,

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 The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

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 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies,

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 it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.

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 Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world

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 will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me,

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 and where I am, my servant also will be.

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 My Father will honor the one who serves me.

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 Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say?

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 Father, save me from this hour?

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 No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.

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 Father, glorify your name.

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 Then a voice came from heaven.

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 I have glorified it and will glorify it again.

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 The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered.

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 Others said an angel had spoken to him.

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 Jesus said,

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 This voice was for your benefit, not mine.

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 Now is the time for judgment on this world.

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 Now the prince of this world will be driven out,

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 and I, when I am lifted up from the earth,

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 will draw all people to myself.

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 He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.

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 This is the gospel of the Lord.

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 Praise to you, O Christ.

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 Good morning.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, we thank you for being a God who writes better stories than we would write for ourselves.

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 We thank you for sending forth your son,

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 a better king than we could have dreamed of.

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 And we pray that as your word goes forth this morning,

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 that your presence would go with it.

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 That we'd behold him, our king.

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 And that we would sing our hosannas to him.

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 And hear his words of assurance that there is salvation in his name.

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 Because of what he's done.

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 So bring glory to your son this morning, we pray.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Alright, so this is my sixth time,

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 sixth time in my life,

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 preaching a Palm Sunday sermon.

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 It kind of comes with the territory when you're not the lead pastor.

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 Because next week is Easter, right?

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 And I'm definitely not going to get that one.

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 Not ready for the big boy pants.

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 But you know, I've always thought Palm Sunday was kind of strange.

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 I've always felt a little unsure about how to handle it,

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 or like how to enter into Palm Sunday emotionally.

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 Because like, on the one hand, it is a celebration.

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 It really is.

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 And that's why we have these cute little kids walking up,

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 you know, entering into that tradition

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 that started all the way back in the fourth century

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 of reenacting what happened in Jerusalem

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 on that first Palm Sunday.

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 When Jesus came in as king, right?

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 Rode in on a donkey.

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 Palms were waving.

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 Crowds were chanting and singing.

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 No doubt, as we heard read in this passage,

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 there was a ton of joy and energy

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 and excitement on the first Palm Sunday,

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 and rightfully so.

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 They were right to recognize Jesus as their king

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 with joyful exuberance and singing.

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 Yet on the other hand,

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 as much as they had reason to honor and acknowledge

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 that Jesus is king,

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 we also know that they sang far better than they knew.

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 And that this moment, though genuine,

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 was also filled with a lot of misunderstanding.

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 No one had any idea what kind of king

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 was riding into Jerusalem.

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 Even his own disciples had no clue.

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 No one but Jesus had any idea

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 that this triumphal entry

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 was far from the happy ending

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 that they all expected to unfold.

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 No one had any idea

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 that this was not the climax,

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 not the pinnacle,

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 not the final destination.

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 Actually, things were about to get

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 a lot worse for Jesus.

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 And it kind of makes you wonder

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 if they knew what was about to happen.

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 If they knew that just in a few days,

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 Jesus would be arrested,

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 beaten, mocked,

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 and lifted up on a cross,

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 would they still be celebrating?

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 Would they still claim him as their king?

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 Or would they just walk away?

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 So like, knowing what happens next,

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 it's hard to read these Palm Sunday accounts

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 throughout the Gospels

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 and not wonder,

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 was Jesus' Palm Sunday celebration

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 something to be celebrated?

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 Or was this just the short-sighted,

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 nationalistic fervor

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 of a people who saw in Jesus

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 a kind of king

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 that he actually never intended to be?

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 What are we supposed to feel on Palm Sunday?

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 Joy and triumph?

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 Or something more like uneasy anticipation?

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 You know, I'm beginning to think

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 that it's actually both.

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 Palm Sunday shows us something true

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 but not yet complete.

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 It tells us that Jesus really is king,

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 but it doesn't show us yet

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 what kind of king he is

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 or what his glory really looks like

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 or consists of.

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 And you can feel that tension

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 when you picture the scene.

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 Recently, I watched some of the

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 Palm Sunday episode of The Chosen.

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 Anyone watch The Chosen?

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 I love The Chosen.

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 And I have no idea, you know,

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 how it actually went down,

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 and neither do the writers of The Chosen.

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 I have no idea what Jesus'

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 actual emotional state was

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 on Palm Sunday,

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 but personally,

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 I thought The Chosen did a great job

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 capturing all that Jesus

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 might have felt

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 as he rode into Jerusalem

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 on that donkey

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 with palms waving,

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 people singing his praises.

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 So like in The Chosen,

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 Jesus is, he's smiling,

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 he's enjoying the moment

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 with his disciples,

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 he doesn't stop the people

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 from singing Hosanna,

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 he doesn't stop them

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 from lining the path

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 with palms and with their cloaks.

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 And when the religious leaders

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 tell him to silence the crowds,

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 he's even bold enough to say

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 that if they stop,

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 what will happen?

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 The stones will cry out

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 in their place, right?

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 He willingly receives

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 all this glory, praise,

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 and honor that's being

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 heaped upon him.

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 And yet at the same time,

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 if you watch closely,

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 he's also not nearly

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 as enthusiastic as disciples,

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 as his disciples,

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 especially Peter, right?

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 He doesn't let himself

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 get caught up

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 in the fervor of the crowd.

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 It's not like he hops

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 off the donkey

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 and body surfs

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 through Jerusalem, right?

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 No.

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 In The Chosen,

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 they did this so well.

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 But like what happens

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 is he gets into Jerusalem

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 and he gets to this point, right,

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 where he's riding

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 into the city,

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 everyone's cheering,

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 everyone's chanting,

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 the disciples are on cloud nine,

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 right?

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 This is our guy, right?

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 We've got access

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 to the guy

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 that the whole city

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 is glorifying.

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 But then at one point,

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 while the crowd

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 is going wild,

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 Jesus rides up

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 to one of the walls

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 of the temple

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 and what he sees,

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 staining the cracks

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 of the stone wall,

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 is the blood

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 of countless lambs

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 slain for the sins

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 of the people.

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 And it's like time stops

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 for him.

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 And his breath gets heavy.

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 And all the singing

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 and noise gets drowned out

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 and it's like he's frozen.

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 And this is so puzzling

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 to his disciples

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 because this is like

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 the greatest moment

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 in their lives.

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 Surely it must be for him,

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 right?

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 And they cannot fathom

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 why he might not be

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 soaking in the moment,

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 soaking in all the glory

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 that is being poured out

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 upon him.

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 They cannot understand

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 what is going on

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 in the mind of Jesus

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 all because

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 while they rightly

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 see his glory

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 and while they rightly

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 celebrate his kingship,

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 there is still something

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 about his glory,

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 something about his kingship

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 that they have yet

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 to understand.

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 And this is what

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 Palm Sunday invites us into.

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 On this side of the cross

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 and resurrection,

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 we do join in the joy.

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 We do join in giving

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 Jesus the glory.

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 He really is the king.

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 But the glory we celebrate

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 has far more to do

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 with his wooden cross

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 than his golden crown.

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 That's what the crowds

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 didn't understand.

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 Even as they shouted

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 their hosannas,

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 meaning save us now,

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 and even as they called him

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 the blessed one

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 who comes in the name

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 of the Lord,

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 the king of Israel,

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 no one understood

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 the nature of Jesus' glory.

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 Verse 16 says,

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 even his disciples

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 did not understand

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 all the depth

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 of what was happening

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 in the scene.

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 All that they knew

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 was that Jesus

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 had come in power

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 full of signs and wonders.

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 He'd just raised

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 Lazarus from the dead

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 and word was spreading

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 and momentum was gaining.

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 And much to the dismay

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 of Jesus' opposition,

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 the Pharisees

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 are just whining

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 to each other.

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 Verse 19,

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 see,

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 this is getting us nowhere.

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 Look how the whole world

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 has gone after him.

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 So I mean,

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 when you're being hailed

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 as king

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 and you're the most celebrated

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 person in this place

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 that's supposed to be

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 the very city of God,

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 and when even your enemies

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 are throwing up their hands

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 in frustration

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 and in defeat,

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 isn't this,

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 isn't Palm Sunday

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 the ultimate picture

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 of glory?

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 I don't know about you,

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 but that sounds

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 pretty good to me.

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 If I were to write

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 a story for myself,

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 Jesus' story

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 up to this point,

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 it sounds,

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 pretty good.

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 A miracle baby

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 with massive prophecies

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 spoken over him,

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 narrowly escapes death

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 in Bethlehem,

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 flees to Egypt,

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 and though growing up

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 in relative obscurity,

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 even as a 12-year-old boy,

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 he shows incredible promise,

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 incredible wisdom,

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 incredible theological prowess,

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 and though coming up

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 in the no-name town

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 of Nazareth

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 and rejected by

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 maybe his own village

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 and maybe some

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 of the religious establishment,

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 here he is,

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 a man of the people,

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 demonstrating a power

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 and authority

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 unlike anything

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 anyone had ever seen

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 up to this point.

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 What a story,

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 right?

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 With the exception,

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 you know,

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 of a few small blips,

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 the temptation probably

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 wasn't very great,

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 and also the beheading

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 of his cousin,

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 but apart from those,

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 just a couple things

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 like opposition,

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 rejection here and there,

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 but for the most part,

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 Jesus' story

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 up to this point

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 is basically going

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 up and to the right,

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 right?

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 Is that up and to the right

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 for you?

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 It's up and to the right.

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 More and more influence,

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 more and more attention,

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 more and more momentum.

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 And at this moment,

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 as he rides into Jerusalem,

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 his stock's at an all-time high,

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 right?

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 His glory level

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 is over 9,000, right?

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 And if we're honest,

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 this is a storyline

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 most of us

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 would want for our own lives,

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 is what we'd want

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 for our children.

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 Wouldn't it be nice

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 if all our stories

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 could just end here,

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 right?

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 And just like Palm Sunday,

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 because this,

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 this to us,

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 is glory.

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 This is a weighty life.

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 This is a life that matters.

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 This is a life

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 that's made a difference.

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 This is the kind of life

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 that's revered,

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 respected,

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 admired,

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 and adored

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 as praiseworthy.

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 This is winning at life,

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 right?

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 This picture right here

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 of Palm Sunday.

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 He's winning at life.

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 And yet,

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 if we're honest,

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 can you think of a story

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 like this

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 that has moved you,

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 stirred you,

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 inspired you,

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 surprised you,

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 and shaped you

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 to be a better,

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 deeper,

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 more loving human being?

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 Can you think of a linear,

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 up-and-to-the-right story

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 that you find yourself

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 returning to again and again

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 and modeling the whole pattern

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 of your life after?

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 You know,

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 we may think that we want

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 an up-and-to-the-right story.

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 We may think that we want

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 our stories to end

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 at the triumphant entry.

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 But at the same time,

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 let's be real.

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 These aren't even the stories

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 that stick with us.

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 The stories that we come back to,

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 the stories that move us

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 and shape us,

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 the ones that we tell

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 again and again,

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 the ones we hope

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 will inspire generation

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 after generation

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 are the stories

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 of selfless love,

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 service,

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 and sacrifice

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 in adversity.

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 The stories of people

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 laying down their lives,

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 choosing others

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 over themselves

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 at enormous cost

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 to themselves.

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 Think of Harry Potter,

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 Deathly Hallows.

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 Think of the Iron Giant,

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 right?

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 Stopping the nuke.

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 Think of that final pilot

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 in Independence Day,

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 Bing Bong from Inside Out.

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 Tony Stark, right?

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 Avengers, Endgame,

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 the billionaire

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 who had everything

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 he ever wanted,

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 power, influence, legacy,

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 and yet in the end,

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 what made him unforgettable,

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 what made him a hero,

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 what made so many people

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 cry in the movie theaters?

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 It wasn't what he built,

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 it was what he gave.

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 He laid down his life

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 to save the world.

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 There is something

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 about these kinds of stories

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 that feels like

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 both unnatural, right,

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 and yet somehow

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 more true

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 than anything else,

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 even supernatural,

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 as if these stories

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 are portraying for us

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 the life

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 as it was meant

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 to be lived.

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 See, these stories,

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 they aren't just moving

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 and inspiring

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 in and of themselves.

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 No, actually,

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 every story of love,

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 every story of sacrifice

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 and service

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 that stirs our soul,

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 every single such story

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 is a derivative story,

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 an echo,

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 a shadow of something

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 far greater

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 and far more real.

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 And here in John 12,

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 Jesus begins to show us

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 what glory really looks like

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 and what kind of king

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 he truly is,

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 and it's nothing like

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 what was expected.

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 So remember in verse 19,

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 the Pharisees are despairing,

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 the whole world

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 is going after Jesus,

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 and it's as if

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 they are prophesying

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 because in verse 20,

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 they say,

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 we see that some,

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 you know,

00:14:32.020 --> 00:14:32.980
 God-fearing Greeks

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 are in town to worship,

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 and then these Greeks

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 are desiring to see Jesus.

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 Word has spread.

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 His glory cannot

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 and will not be contained.

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 And at this point,

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 you might expect Jesus to say,

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 here,

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 bring them to me.

00:14:46.780 --> 00:14:47.840
 Bring all the nations.

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 Let's scale the kingdom up

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 from the river to the sea

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 and from Judea to Samaria

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 to the ends of the earth.

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 But that's not what he does.

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 Instead,

00:14:56.480 --> 00:14:57.380
 Jesus' reply

00:14:57.380 --> 00:14:58.420
 seems almost like

00:14:58.420 --> 00:14:59.480
 a complete non sequitur.

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 He starts talking about his death.

00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:02.420
 He says in verse 23,

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 the hour has come

00:15:04.179 --> 00:15:05.539
 for the Son of Man

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 to be glorified.

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 And you might think

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 that he's saying,

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 this is it,

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 glory time,

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 time to be glorified

00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:12.879
 as all the nations come

00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:13.879
 flocking to me

00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:14.639
 to worship me,

00:15:14.699 --> 00:15:15.500
 to bow down to me

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 as king.

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 But if you've been paying attention

00:15:18.059 --> 00:15:19.039
 to John's gospel,

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 you'll notice that

00:15:20.599 --> 00:15:21.519
 when Jesus talks about

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 his hour coming,

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 it is most often used,

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 what?

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 To note the hour,

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 the time,

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 the moment

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 of his death,

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 of his crucifixion.

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 So you see,

00:15:33.560 --> 00:15:35.560
 the hour of his glorification here,

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 it's actually the hour

00:15:38.060 --> 00:15:39.560
 of his murder,

00:15:40.019 --> 00:15:40.980
 the moment of his murder.

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 What Jesus is saying here

00:15:43.259 --> 00:15:43.780
 is that yes,

00:15:43.820 --> 00:15:44.740
 he has just received

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 a ton of glory

00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:46.759
 in this triumphal entry

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 and even the Greeks

00:15:48.100 --> 00:15:49.320
 are looking to see him

00:15:49.320 --> 00:15:50.340
 and soon the whole world

00:15:50.340 --> 00:15:51.040
 will come.

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 But, he says,

00:15:53.019 --> 00:15:53.860
 this fame

00:15:53.860 --> 00:15:55.060
 and this popularity

00:15:55.060 --> 00:15:56.639
 are not the center

00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:57.559
 or the essence

00:15:57.559 --> 00:15:58.480
 of his glory.

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 No.

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 Rather,

00:16:00.059 --> 00:16:00.980
 what Jesus understands

00:16:00.980 --> 00:16:02.360
 as the primary

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 and most essential moment

00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:05.179
 of his glorification

00:16:05.179 --> 00:16:07.460
 is actually his death.

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 Good Friday.

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 Friday's still ahead.

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 Verse 24.

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 He says this.

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 Truly, truly,

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 unless a kernel of wheat

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 falls to the ground

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 and dies,

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 it remains only

00:16:20.179 --> 00:16:21.019
 a single seed.

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 But if it dies,

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 it produces many seeds.

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 For Jesus,

00:16:25.419 --> 00:16:27.120
 scale and multiplication

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 come not through,

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 come,

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 I wrote that poorly.

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 Scale and multiplication

00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:33.159
 do not come

00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:35.479
 through self-preservation,

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 but through self-sacrifice,

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 through dying to oneself.

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 The whole point

00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:44.519
 and the whole glory

00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:45.039
 of a seed

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 is not to be preserved

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 and put into

00:16:46.819 --> 00:16:48.959
 a nice fancy glass container

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 to be showcased

00:16:50.019 --> 00:16:50.539
 for the world

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 to see and admire.

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 You don't see farmers

00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:53.259
 going out there

00:16:53.259 --> 00:16:53.439
 and say,

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 check out my seed.

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 Oh, my precious seed.

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 Right?

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 Everybody look

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 at my seed.

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 No.

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 Isn't it glorious?

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 No.

00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:03.620
 The glory of a seed

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 is the way it falls

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 into the ground

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 and becomes undone

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 in order to generate

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 new life

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 and multiply

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 other seed-bearing

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 organisms.

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 And that's what

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 Christ came to do.

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 Not to preserve

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 his own life,

00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:20.319
 but to bring new life

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 into the world

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 through his death

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 and resurrection.

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 And he says,

00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:24.160
 this is his glory.

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 It's his cross.

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 His glory is his agony.

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 That's the most glorious

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 thing about him,

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 actually.

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 Not that he avoids

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 the cross,

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 but that he chooses

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 the cross.

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 You see,

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 the cross is not

00:17:37.259 --> 00:17:37.860
 the interruption

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 of his glory.

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 It's the revelation

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 of his glory.

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 Because on the cross,

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 we see the most glorious

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 thing about God.

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 And in Jesus'

00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:47.860
 glorious willingness

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 to go to the cross,

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 he simultaneously

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 testified to the world

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 that there is more

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 to life than life.

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 At least life

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 in this world.

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 He says in verse 25,

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 anyone who loves

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 their life

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 will lose it.

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 While anyone who hates

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 their life in this world

00:18:01.939 --> 00:18:02.799
 will keep it

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 for eternal life.

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 And what he means

00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:06.439
 by that

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 is that there is

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 a glory more glorious

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 than the glory

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 of self-preservation

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 and survival.

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 A glory that

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 outlasts the glory

00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:15.779
 of self-preservation,

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 shines more brightly

00:18:16.699 --> 00:18:17.139
 than it.

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 It's the glory

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 of self-surrender,

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 the glory

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 of understanding

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 that my life

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 in this world

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 is not the main event,

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 not the most necessary,

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 not the most essential thing,

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 not the center

00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:28.000
 of the universe.

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 And therefore,

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 it need not be cherished

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 as my highest,

00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:34.980
 greatest possession.

00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:35.460
 In fact,

00:18:35.520 --> 00:18:36.840
 if I should love my life

00:18:36.840 --> 00:18:37.960
 as if it were

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 my most treasured possession,

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 then that is the surest way

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 to lose it.

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 Like, think about it.

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 If your whole life

00:18:45.900 --> 00:18:47.380
 is about protecting yourself,

00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:48.019
 feeding yourself,

00:18:48.120 --> 00:18:49.640
 securing your own future

00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:50.220
 and well-being,

00:18:50.340 --> 00:18:51.820
 keeping your comfort,

00:18:52.080 --> 00:18:53.180
 protecting your reputation,

00:18:53.620 --> 00:18:54.340
 gaining control,

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 sure, you might preserve

00:18:56.160 --> 00:18:57.300
 your life for a moment,

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 maybe longer

00:18:58.019 --> 00:18:58.840
 than the next person.

00:18:59.460 --> 00:19:00.420
 That tech billionaire,

00:19:00.580 --> 00:19:01.100
 Brian Johnson,

00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:01.820
 he's probably going to live

00:19:01.820 --> 00:19:03.240
 20, 30, 40 years

00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:03.720
 more than me

00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:04.580
 based on my lifestyle.

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 But in the end,

00:19:07.860 --> 00:19:08.840
 if we all live,

00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:10.140
 if all we live for

00:19:10.140 --> 00:19:11.680
 is to preserve

00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:12.440
 our own lives,

00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:13.759
 if we're committed

00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:14.779
 to a life

00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:16.039
 of self-love only

00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:17.700
 and not self-giving love,

00:19:18.860 --> 00:19:20.500
 have we even really lived?

00:19:21.620 --> 00:19:22.519
 Have we even really lived

00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:23.259
 a full life

00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:24.480
 as we were meant to?

00:19:25.340 --> 00:19:26.279
 And maybe that's a question

00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:27.100
 for all of us

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 to grapple with.

00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:29.720
 Which is more unnatural?

00:19:30.580 --> 00:19:31.620
 Which is more unnatural,

00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:33.440
 a life of self-giving love

00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:35.420
 or a life that revolves

00:19:35.420 --> 00:19:36.680
 entirely around

00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:37.900
 self-preservation?

00:19:37.900 --> 00:19:40.940
 What Jesus is saying here

00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:41.680
 is that if you hate

00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:42.820
 your life in this world,

00:19:43.080 --> 00:19:44.259
 that is if you loosen

00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:46.080
 your grip on the here and now,

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 if you stop acting like

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 you are the center

00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:48.900
 of the universe

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 and if you're willing

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 to subordinate

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:52.320
 your love for yourself

00:19:52.320 --> 00:19:54.800
 in order to love

00:19:54.800 --> 00:19:55.500
 something higher,

00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:56.620
 something more worthy,

00:19:57.620 --> 00:19:59.820
 that is how you will

00:19:59.820 --> 00:20:00.780
 keep your life in the end,

00:20:00.840 --> 00:20:01.420
 Jesus says.

00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:03.640
 But listen,

00:20:03.780 --> 00:20:04.720
 this isn't just about

00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:05.640
 being more selfless,

00:20:05.780 --> 00:20:06.820
 loosening your grip

00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:07.879
 on life in this world.

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.480
 More importantly,

00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:09.679
 it's about what you're

00:20:09.679 --> 00:20:11.039
 gripping most tightly,

00:20:11.419 --> 00:20:12.339
 who you're entrusting

00:20:12.339 --> 00:20:13.279
 your life to.

00:20:13.379 --> 00:20:13.980
 We're all gripping

00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.639
 onto something,

00:20:15.139 --> 00:20:16.039
 who you're following

00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:16.839
 as your way,

00:20:16.939 --> 00:20:17.359
 your truth,

00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:18.099
 your life.

00:20:18.619 --> 00:20:20.019
 Look with me at verse 26.

00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:22.339
 Whoever serves me

00:20:22.339 --> 00:20:23.779
 must follow me,

00:20:24.439 --> 00:20:25.179
 and where I am,

00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:26.299
 my servant also will be.

00:20:26.379 --> 00:20:27.639
 My Father will honor

00:20:27.639 --> 00:20:28.939
 the one who serves me.

00:20:30.179 --> 00:20:30.899
 See what he's doing?

00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:33.079
 You don't just let go

00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:33.480
 of your life,

00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:34.839
 you commit your life

00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:36.559
 to serving and following

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.279
 a king.

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:39.720
 Even perhaps denying yourself,

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:41.440
 taking up your own cross,

00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:43.759
 and following him to his.

00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:46.519
 To those who simply,

00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:50.119
 excuse me,

00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:51.740
 following him to his.

00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:54.179
 But get this.

00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:56.519
 Listen to Jesus'

00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:57.679
 incredible words

00:20:57.679 --> 00:20:58.819
 here after he says this.

00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:00.579
 He says,

00:21:00.579 --> 00:21:01.199
 my Father

00:21:01.199 --> 00:21:03.240
 will honor the one

00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:04.039
 who serves me.

00:21:04.659 --> 00:21:05.559
 My Father will honor

00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:06.599
 the one who serves me.

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.519
 You hear that?

00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:10.519
 The very thing

00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:11.259
 we're all after,

00:21:11.939 --> 00:21:12.339
 honor,

00:21:12.899 --> 00:21:13.199
 glory,

00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:14.519
 a life that matters.

00:21:14.619 --> 00:21:15.179
 Jesus says,

00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:16.179
 you don't earn it,

00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:17.539
 you don't build it,

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:18.279
 you don't secure it,

00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:19.199
 but if you follow me,

00:21:19.679 --> 00:21:20.220
 my Father

00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:21.480
 will give it to you

00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:22.439
 freely,

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:23.720
 freely.

00:21:24.179 --> 00:21:25.039
 And that should change

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.480
 everything.

00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:26.199
 That changes everything

00:21:26.199 --> 00:21:26.839
 for us.

00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:27.960
 Because if that's where

00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:29.079
 glory comes from,

00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.440
 you don't need to spend

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:31.380
 your life chasing

00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:32.120
 after it anymore.

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:32.759
 You don't have to

00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.620
 glorify yourself,

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.140
 you don't have to

00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:34.819
 build your brand,

00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:35.860
 protect your image,

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:36.819
 prove your worth.

00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:37.559
 No, because the very

00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:38.460
 thing you've been chasing,

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:40.220
 the Father freely

00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.980
 gives you.

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:42.500
 To those who simply

00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:43.740
 serve and follow

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.299
 his Son,

00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:45.440
 he'll give honor

00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:46.319
 to you,

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.259
 just as he's about

00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:47.880
 to give honor

00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:48.460
 to me,

00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:49.180
 Jesus says.

00:21:49.840 --> 00:21:50.160
 And again,

00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:50.860
 this changes everything.

00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:51.200
 Because listen,

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:52.019
 if the Father

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:53.180
 can take a cross,

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.819
 an instrument of shame

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.640
 and suffering

00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:56.259
 and death,

00:21:56.860 --> 00:21:57.880
 and he can turn it

00:21:57.880 --> 00:21:58.320
 into the most

00:21:58.320 --> 00:21:59.240
 glorious moment

00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:00.200
 in history,

00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:02.120
 if the Father

00:22:02.120 --> 00:22:03.020
 can bring the highest

00:22:03.020 --> 00:22:04.080
 honor to his Son

00:22:04.080 --> 00:22:05.560
 nailed to a cross,

00:22:07.580 --> 00:22:08.040
 then what would

00:22:08.040 --> 00:22:08.540
 make you think

00:22:08.540 --> 00:22:09.100
 he can't take

00:22:09.100 --> 00:22:09.680
 your life,

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.380
 your weakness,

00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.580
 your losses,

00:22:12.840 --> 00:22:13.540
 your sacrifices,

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.680
 your hidden obediences,

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:16.160
 and turn them

00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:16.780
 into something

00:22:16.780 --> 00:22:18.320
 incredibly glorious too?

00:22:19.360 --> 00:22:20.660
 Do you believe

00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:21.800
 that he's a good

00:22:21.800 --> 00:22:23.140
 Father who loves

00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:24.700
 to give us

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.260
 good things,

00:22:25.340 --> 00:22:26.160
 a good Father

00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:26.660
 who delights

00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:27.700
 to honor his children

00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:28.700
 and to answer

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.299
 their prayers?

00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:30.240
 I love what it says

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:31.299
 here in verses

00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:32.200
 27 to 30.

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:33.480
 So Jesus,

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.519
 he's admitting

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.059
 that his soul

00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:35.539
 is troubled,

00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:35.860
 right?

00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:36.880
 And if he were

00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:37.860
 like most other

00:22:37.860 --> 00:22:38.200
 kings,

00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:38.799
 he would wield

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.259
 this power

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:39.779
 to relieve

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.240
 his troubled

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:40.559
 heart,

00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:40.840
 right?

00:22:41.360 --> 00:22:42.000
 Just as he could

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.299
 have turned

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:42.700
 the stones

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.200
 to bread,

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:44.000
 just as he could

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.460
 have said no

00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:44.940
 to the cross,

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.420
 just sat on

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:45.740
 the throne,

00:22:45.840 --> 00:22:46.259
 on top of the

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:46.799
 world as king

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.460
 of it,

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:48.039
 because he already

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.480
 was.

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:49.940
 He also could

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.299
 have asked

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:50.640
 his Father

00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:51.400
 to send legions

00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:51.860
 of angels

00:22:51.860 --> 00:22:52.420
 to save him

00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:53.039
 from his hour

00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:53.740
 of death,

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:53.940
 right?

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.220
 Father,

00:22:54.340 --> 00:22:54.819
 save me from

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.279
 this hour.

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:56.420
 But that's not

00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:56.819
 the prayer

00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:57.680
 that he prays,

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.460
 because he knows

00:22:59.460 --> 00:23:00.240
 who he is,

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:00.920
 he knows why

00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:01.559
 he's come,

00:23:01.619 --> 00:23:01.980
 and he knows

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:03.000
 who he serves,

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.779
 he knows whom

00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.399
 he wants to

00:23:05.399 --> 00:23:05.980
 glorify.

00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:07.779
 He submits

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.399
 to his Father's

00:23:08.399 --> 00:23:08.579
 plan,

00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:09.220
 verse 27,

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:10.799
 shall I pray

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.500
 for deliverance

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.160
 from my Father's

00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:12.399
 plan,

00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:13.019
 which includes

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.519
 my torture

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:14.359
 and crucifixion?

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:15.579
 No,

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.180
 he says.

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:17.220
 It was for

00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:18.039
 this very reason

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.639
 I came to

00:23:18.639 --> 00:23:19.099
 this hour.

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.539
 And so in

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.119
 this moment,

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.720
 this kind of

00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:25.160
 pre-Gethsemane

00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:25.580
 moment where

00:23:25.580 --> 00:23:26.019
 his soul

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.540
 is troubled,

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:28.120
 because everyone

00:23:28.120 --> 00:23:28.700
 is celebrating

00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:28.900
 him,

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.400
 everyone is

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:30.200
 glorifying him

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:30.680
 while he

00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.019
 knows the

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:31.220
 truth,

00:23:31.320 --> 00:23:31.820
 the truth

00:23:31.820 --> 00:23:32.320
 of what

00:23:32.320 --> 00:23:32.820
 his glory

00:23:32.820 --> 00:23:33.640
 will involve.

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.540
 In this

00:23:35.540 --> 00:23:36.080
 moment of

00:23:36.080 --> 00:23:36.560
 anguish,

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.440
 he does not

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:38.960
 pray for his

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.460
 own comfort,

00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:40.500
 he does not

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.060
 pray for his

00:23:41.060 --> 00:23:41.580
 own deliverance,

00:23:41.600 --> 00:23:41.940
 he does not

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.500
 pray even for

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:43.320
 strength to

00:23:43.320 --> 00:23:44.259
 endure what

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.560
 he's about

00:23:44.560 --> 00:23:45.000
 to go through.

00:23:45.060 --> 00:23:45.140
 No,

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.560
 he simply

00:23:45.560 --> 00:23:46.720
 prays the

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 prayer that

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 he taught

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 us to

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 pray.

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 Our

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 Father in

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 heaven,

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 hallowed be

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 your name.

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 Verse 28,

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 Father,

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 glorify your

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 name.

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 Father,

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 you are still

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 the center,

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 even if that

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 means death

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 for me,

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 even if that

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 means suffering

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 for me,

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 your kingdom

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:01.840
 come,

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 your will be

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:02.980
 done,

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 glorify your

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 name,

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 the name

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 above all

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.580
 names,

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 whatever it

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 means,

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 that's what

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 I want,

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 Father.

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 And for me,

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 it is enough

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 that I

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 can start my

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.419
 prayer with

00:24:12.419 --> 00:24:13.299
 Father,

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 my Father,

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 our Father.

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 This is

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 absolutely

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 incredible.

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 He is

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 practicing what

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 he is

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 preaching.

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 This is

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 him hating

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 his own

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 life in

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 order to

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 maintain a

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 life with

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 his Father.

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 This is

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 him becoming

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 a humble,

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 lowly,

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:29.099
 unglorified

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 servant and

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 trusting that

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 his Father

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 will indeed

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 honor him.

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 And as

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 soon as he

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 prays this

00:24:34.879 --> 00:24:35.059
 prayer,

00:24:35.159 --> 00:24:35.599
 verse 28

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 says,

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 a voice

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 came from

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 heaven.

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 I have

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 glorified it

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 and will

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 glorify it

00:24:41.979 --> 00:24:42.319
 again.

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 Which was

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 the Father

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 saying,

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 yes,

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 my son.

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 You know

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 that this is

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 the one

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.839
 prayer I

00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:50.479
 will always

00:24:50.479 --> 00:24:51.119
 say yes

00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:51.339
 to.

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 I have

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 always existed

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 and acted

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 to glorify

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 myself and

00:24:56.479 --> 00:24:57.019
 my name

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 in any

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 and every

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 circumstance.

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 And I will

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 continue to do

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 so.

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.099
 I will

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 glorify my

00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:04.539
 name again

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 and again

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 and again,

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 even on the

00:25:06.159 --> 00:25:06.699
 darkest day

00:25:06.699 --> 00:25:07.339
 of history

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:07.899
 when my

00:25:07.899 --> 00:25:08.179
 son,

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 my only

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.119
 son,

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 the son

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 whom I

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 love,

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 will be

00:25:11.419 --> 00:25:11.979
 lifted up

00:25:11.979 --> 00:25:12.539
 on a

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 cross.

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.279
 This was

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.739
 the Father's

00:25:14.739 --> 00:25:15.079
 comforting

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:16.039
 word to

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 his son.

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 As his

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 son faced

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:17.919
 his hour,

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.959
 he alone

00:25:18.959 --> 00:25:19.559
 understanding

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.039
 the weight

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 and significance

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.219
 of his

00:25:21.219 --> 00:25:22.000
 entrance into

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 Jerusalem as

00:25:22.899 --> 00:25:23.219
 king,

00:25:23.379 --> 00:25:24.000
 a king not

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.619
 coming to

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 dawn a

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.639
 crown of

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 gold but

00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:26.839
 a crown of

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 thorns.

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 And even

00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:29.139
 though the

00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:29.619
 people on

00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:29.959
 that day

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 could not

00:25:30.379 --> 00:25:31.179
 understand what

00:25:31.179 --> 00:25:31.639
 was said,

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:32.080
 thinking it

00:25:32.080 --> 00:25:32.360
 was a

00:25:32.360 --> 00:25:32.680
 thunder,

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:34.020
 some thunder

00:25:34.020 --> 00:25:34.380
 or an

00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:34.620
 angel,

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.360
 Jesus says

00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:36.340
 in verse 30

00:25:36.340 --> 00:25:37.300
 that it was

00:25:37.300 --> 00:25:37.700
 for their

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:38.200
 benefit and

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:38.560
 not his,

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:40.560
 meaning that

00:25:40.560 --> 00:25:41.160
 one of our

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:41.720
 greatest needs

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.180
 and one of the

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:42.620
 greatest gifts

00:25:42.620 --> 00:25:43.440
 God has given

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:44.880
 us is the

00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:45.540
 rock solid

00:25:45.540 --> 00:25:47.120
 assurance that

00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:47.860
 he will always

00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:48.880
 say yes to

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.380
 this prayer,

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.840
 Father, glorify

00:25:50.840 --> 00:25:51.340
 your name.

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:57.879
 If you want to

00:25:57.879 --> 00:25:57.879


00:25:57.879 --> 00:25:58.240
 that can never

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:59.220
 crumble beneath

00:25:59.220 --> 00:25:59.639
 you, if you

00:25:59.639 --> 00:26:00.019
 want to pray

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.519
 the kinds of

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:01.199
 prayers and

00:26:01.199 --> 00:26:01.599
 set your

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:02.519
 hearts upon

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.000
 the kinds of

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.419
 things that

00:26:03.419 --> 00:26:03.740
 God will

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.359
 never say

00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:04.859
 no to,

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:06.299
 pray this

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:06.599
 prayer.

00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:08.919
 Father, glorify

00:26:08.919 --> 00:26:09.519
 your name.

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.759
 Our Father in

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.399
 heaven, hallowed

00:26:11.399 --> 00:26:11.779
 be your name.

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.439
 Your kingdom

00:26:12.439 --> 00:26:13.119
 come, your

00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:13.720
 will be done,

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.480
 and the answer

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.759
 will always be

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.919
 yes, always.

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.839
 Delight yourself

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.359
 in the Lord,

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:18.619
 right?

00:26:18.659 --> 00:26:19.000
 That's what the

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.259
 psalm says,

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:20.000
 delight yourself in

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.900
 the Lord, and

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.400
 he will give

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:22.460
 you the desires

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:23.359
 of your heart.

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.359
 Do you realize

00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:26.420
 what a gift this

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:27.900
 is in all the

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.799
 uncertainty that

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.619
 exists in our

00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:30.380
 life and in our

00:26:30.380 --> 00:26:30.759
 world?

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:31.799
 And maybe you're

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.160
 thinking to

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:32.519
 yourself, but

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.059
 what if God is

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.779
 glorified in my

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.140
 suffering?

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.500
 What if God is

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.160
 glorified in the

00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:37.099
 loss of my job?

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:37.839
 What if God is

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.500
 glorified in the

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.039
 loss of my

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:39.640
 health, in the

00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:40.359
 loss of my

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:40.980
 child?

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.619
 Jesus would

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.259
 remind us,

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:45.740
 anyone who

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.400
 loves their life

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:47.059
 will lose it,

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:48.900
 while anyone who

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.599
 hates their life

00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:50.299
 in this world

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:51.759
 will keep it for

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.359
 eternal life?

00:26:52.419 --> 00:26:52.839
 Jesus says,

00:26:52.919 --> 00:26:54.659
 sure, sure.

00:26:55.399 --> 00:26:56.439
 God may glorify

00:26:56.439 --> 00:26:57.779
 himself in any of

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.819
 those situations,

00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:00.179
 maybe even worse

00:27:00.179 --> 00:27:00.599
 ones.

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.619
 He says, even look

00:27:02.619 --> 00:27:03.419
 at me, he glorified

00:27:03.419 --> 00:27:05.059
 himself in me,

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:06.099
 naked, tortured,

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:07.119
 forsaken, and

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:08.319
 crucified on a

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:08.980
 Roman cross.

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:11.480
 But what if that's

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:12.279
 the best news of

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.480
 all?

00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:14.959
 What if my cross is

00:27:14.959 --> 00:27:15.519
 my glory?

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.839
 What if that means

00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:18.299
 that there is

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:19.500
 nothing God can't

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:19.859
 redeem?

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.659
 That there is no

00:27:20.659 --> 00:27:21.659
 way we can screw

00:27:21.659 --> 00:27:22.639
 up his plan to

00:27:22.639 --> 00:27:23.619
 glorify himself, and

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.480
 not only to glorify

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:25.399
 himself, but to

00:27:25.399 --> 00:27:26.599
 bring honor to his

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:26.980
 children?

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:29.039
 Because don't you

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.779
 see, the glory of

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:31.419
 the Father is the

00:27:31.419 --> 00:27:31.980
 glory of his

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.299
 children.

00:27:33.159 --> 00:27:34.299
 And as Jesus says

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:35.220
 in verse 26, if we

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:36.439
 follow him, we follow

00:27:36.439 --> 00:27:37.459
 our big brother Jesus,

00:27:37.699 --> 00:27:38.759
 the Son of God, the

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:40.259
 Father will honor us.

00:27:40.439 --> 00:27:41.240
 That's his promise.

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.319
 Glory for him and

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:43.339
 glory for us by virtue

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:44.119
 of our union and

00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:44.819
 communion with the

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.839
 Son of God, Jesus

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.339
 Christ.

00:27:47.899 --> 00:27:48.759
 This is the cheat

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.019
 code.

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.259
 This is power

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.759
 overwhelming.

00:27:50.879 --> 00:27:51.899
 The cross is the

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.839
 glory of our Savior.

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.959
 It's his victory over

00:27:53.959 --> 00:27:55.379
 the world and all

00:27:55.379 --> 00:27:56.000
 that is evil.

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.859
 Verse 31.

00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.619
 Now is the time for

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.439
 judgment on this

00:28:01.439 --> 00:28:01.720
 world.

00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:02.539
 Now the prince of

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.199
 this world will be

00:28:03.199 --> 00:28:03.740
 driven out.

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.839
 This is Jesus doing

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:07.139
 the ultimate judo

00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:07.619
 move, right?

00:28:07.679 --> 00:28:08.579
 Putting death to

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:09.359
 death by his own

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:10.240
 death on a cross,

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.399
 right?

00:28:10.419 --> 00:28:11.079
 This is Harry Potter

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.980
 laying down his life

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.619
 to destroy the

00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:13.159
 horcrux.

00:28:13.439 --> 00:28:14.679
 This is Jesus breaking

00:28:14.679 --> 00:28:15.559
 the power of sin,

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.379
 the power of the

00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:16.879
 prince of this

00:28:16.879 --> 00:28:17.079
 world.

00:28:17.399 --> 00:28:18.079
 Because of the

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:19.579
 cross, the enemy

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.659
 has no claim, no

00:28:20.659 --> 00:28:21.799
 charge, no dominion

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.179
 over us.

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:23.559
 He has no say, no

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.460
 word of condemnation

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.179
 that he can level

00:28:25.179 --> 00:28:25.879
 against us.

00:28:26.159 --> 00:28:27.159
 Every lie that

00:28:27.159 --> 00:28:27.740
 comes into your

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.639
 head telling you

00:28:28.639 --> 00:28:29.259
 that you are not

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:30.039
 worthy and that you

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.779
 are not enough and

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.460
 that you cannot be

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:32.200
 loved and you cannot

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:33.480
 be forgiven and that

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:35.059
 there is no hope and

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.819
 that you are unwanted

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:37.019
 and that you have no

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.460
 value.

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.299
 The glory of the

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:40.539
 cross is that it

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.579
 speaks a better word

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:42.419
 and not a word of

00:28:42.419 --> 00:28:44.399
 positive psychology or

00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:45.720
 optimistic therapy,

00:28:45.860 --> 00:28:46.759
 but the gospel is

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.560
 what it speaks to us.

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.540
 The gospel that says,

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.940
 yes, you are far more

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.980
 sinful than you could

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:53.100
 ever imagine and yet

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 at the very same time

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 far more loved than you

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:57.180
 would ever dare hope.

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 Yes, your sins are many,

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 but his mercy is more.

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 Your sins were that bad.

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 They cost the son of

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 God his life and yet

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 your worth is infinite

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 because the son of God

00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:10.080
 purchased you with that

00:29:10.080 --> 00:29:10.480
 life.

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 Our sins have been paid.

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:14.039
 Our debt's been canceled.

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:15.319
 Apostle Paul writes this

00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:16.139
 in Colossians 2,

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.779
 when you were dead in

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:19.700
 your sins, God made you

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.879
 alive with Christ.

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 He forgave us all our

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:23.799
 sins, having canceled

00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:25.359
 the charge of legal

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:26.680
 indebtedness which stood

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 against us and condemned

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 us.

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 He has taken it away,

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 nailing it to the cross

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 and having disarmed the

00:29:32.879 --> 00:29:33.859
 powers and authorities,

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 he made a public

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:36.119
 spectacle of them,

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 triumphing over them by

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 the cross.

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 You see, upon the cross,

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 when the entire world

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:44.620
 believed that Jesus was

00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:45.860
 losing, he was actually

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 winning.

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 High and lifted up.

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 It's like what the

00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:50.259
 prophet Isaiah wrote,

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 see my servant, he will

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 be raised and lifted up

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 and highly exalted.

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 Just as there were many

00:29:57.620 --> 00:29:58.860
 who were appalled at him,

00:29:59.180 --> 00:30:00.140
 his appearance was so

00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:01.559
 disfigured beyond that of

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:03.120
 any human being and his

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 form marred beyond human

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:06.559
 likeness, so he will

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 sprinkle many nations

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 and kings will shutter

00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:09.820
 their mouths because of

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.079
 him.

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 But he was pierced for

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:13.039
 our transgressions.

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 He was crushed for our

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.159
 iniquities.

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 The punishment that

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:18.159
 brought us peace was on

00:30:18.159 --> 00:30:19.480
 him and by his wounds

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.439
 we are healed.

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:22.980
 Therefore, I will give

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 him a portion among the

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:25.240
 great, he has promised,

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 because he poured out

00:30:26.859 --> 00:30:28.419
 his life unto death.

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 And though the prophet

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:31.399
 did not know exactly

00:30:31.399 --> 00:30:32.319
 what this would look like

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:33.200
 today, we can find

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:34.700
 depictions of this event

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.779
 all over the world.

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.899
 Over the past 2,000 years,

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.980
 many of them ghastly,

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:39.059
 many of them frightening,

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.960
 many of them hard to

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.960
 look at and troubling to

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.960
 gaze upon, and yet at the

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:44.159
 same time, beautiful,

00:30:45.419 --> 00:30:46.460
 preserved for ages,

00:30:46.619 --> 00:30:47.659
 venerated, they continue

00:30:47.659 --> 00:30:48.639
 to exist for centuries

00:30:48.639 --> 00:30:48.919
 now.

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:49.460
 Why?

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:51.519
 Because of the enduring

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:53.159
 glory of the cross.

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:55.619
 There is no symbol of

00:30:55.619 --> 00:30:56.759
 violence and bloodshed in

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.619
 all of history that has

00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:58.679
 ever approached the glory

00:30:58.679 --> 00:31:00.039
 of Christ's cross.

00:31:00.139 --> 00:31:01.019
 But in fact, Christ's

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:02.879
 cross has only continued

00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:04.539
 to inspire and transform

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:05.259
 and unite.

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:06.720
 The Son of God lifted up

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.140
 from the earth,

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:08.519
 drawing all people to

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.799
 himself, not through power

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:12.059
 or popularity, but through

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:13.120
 his self-giving love.

00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:15.259
 This is the only kind of

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:17.240
 glory that can draw the

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:18.680
 entire world to itself

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:20.920
 without it becoming a

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:22.299
 fierce battle of competing

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:23.519
 levels of glory.

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:25.559
 Only the glory of Christ

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.960
 revealed in his cross,

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:29.380
 where shame was subverted

00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:30.839
 and glory transfigured.

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:32.879
 That's the only place,

00:31:33.459 --> 00:31:35.259
 that's the only place

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:37.639
 where all people can be

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:39.959
 drawn to Christ, to the

00:31:39.959 --> 00:31:40.980
 glory of something so

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:42.500
 bloody, so violent, his

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:42.939
 cross.

00:31:44.399 --> 00:31:45.519
 So now, you know, today we

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:45.740
 know.

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.919
 We know what they didn't

00:31:46.919 --> 00:31:48.159
 know over 2,000 years ago

00:31:48.159 --> 00:31:49.759
 on that first Palm Sunday.

00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:51.220
 They saw glory, but they

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:52.000
 didn't understand it.

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:53.799
 They saw a king, but not

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:55.179
 the kind of king he was.

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:56.480
 They shouted, Hosanna,

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:58.139
 save us now, not knowing

00:31:58.139 --> 00:31:59.240
 how he would do it.

00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:01.359
 But we do.

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:02.839
 We know.

00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:05.480
 You know, when we think

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:06.359
 about whether or not the

00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:07.900
 original Palm Sunday

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:09.299
 celebrators, whether or

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.819
 not they would have

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:11.339
 celebrated as they did if

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:12.819
 they knew where Jesus was

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:14.839
 headed, we'll never know

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.440
 that answer.

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:17.539
 But what if the question

00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:18.420
 is not whether or not

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:19.779
 they would glorify, honor,

00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:21.140
 and follow Jesus as their

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:22.359
 king even to the cross,

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:24.359
 but whether we will?

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:27.079
 The story of Christianity

00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:28.980
 is that the stone the

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:30.380
 builders rejected has

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:31.519
 become the chief

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.319
 cornerstone.

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 But the question is, is it

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:37.700
 marvelous in our eyes?

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:41.339
 A crucified king, do you

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:42.940
 have eyes to see the glory

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.819
 of his cross?

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:45.680
 And will we invite that

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:47.200
 kind of glory to shape our

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.799
 own lives?

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:49.720
 Will we wave our palms

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:51.779
 today on Palm Sunday, but

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:53.019
 still follow him tomorrow on

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.339
 Monday?

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:55.400
 Will we loosen our death

00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:56.860
 grip on life in this world

00:32:56.859 --> 00:32:58.259
 world so we can enjoy life

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:59.859
 with him, eternally abundant

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:00.799
 life forever?

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:03.559
 And will we pray with

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:04.759
 confidence, conviction,

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:06.859
 surrender, and faith?

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:08.599
 The one prayer God always

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:10.699
 says and promises that he

00:33:10.699 --> 00:33:11.599
 will say yes to.

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:14.279
 Father, glorify your name.

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:15.719
 Will that be the cry of our

00:33:15.719 --> 00:33:16.119
 hearts?

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:19.279
 If so, if so, the same

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:20.859
 father who turned his son's

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:23.819
 darkest hour into history's

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:25.759
 greatest victory, he will

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:27.419
 take our weakness and our

00:33:27.419 --> 00:33:28.919
 losses, our hidden obedience,

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:30.919
 he'll turn even our darkest

00:33:30.919 --> 00:33:33.599
 moments into glory greater

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:34.679
 than we could possibly

00:33:34.679 --> 00:33:35.639
 imagine.

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:39.099
 In Christ, who through the

00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:41.240
 glory of his cross, through

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:42.460
 the glory of his cross, he's

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:43.639
 shown us the glory of the

00:33:43.639 --> 00:33:45.559
 father is the glory of his

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:45.899
 children.

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:49.379
 He will honor us, not because

00:33:49.379 --> 00:33:51.259
 of anything we've done, but

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:52.339
 because of what Christ has done

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:52.959
 for us.

00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:55.179
 So let's serve him, let's

00:33:55.179 --> 00:33:56.299
 honor him, let's bow down to

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:56.759
 this king.

00:33:57.379 --> 00:33:58.059
 Will you pray with me?

00:34:03.939 --> 00:34:05.259
 Father, we thank you that you

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:06.439
 are a God who glorifies

00:34:06.439 --> 00:34:06.899
 yourself.

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:08.900
 You have always glorified

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:10.500
 yourself, and you will

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.519
 continue to do so.

00:34:13.799 --> 00:34:16.679
 And we thank you that even

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:19.159
 while we were sinners, your

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:20.960
 glory was not at odds with our

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:22.340
 salvation, but in fact, your

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:25.400
 glory was magnified in our

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:25.940
 salvation.

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:28.380
 Not because you are a God of

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:30.179
 compromise, but because you are

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:31.720
 indeed a God of holiness and

00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:32.980
 justice, and you sent forth your

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:34.880
 son, a king like no one the

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:37.840
 world has ever seen, to bear our

00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:39.860
 sins on a cross.

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:42.679
 Oh God, only you could write a

00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:44.740
 story making beauty out of a

00:34:44.740 --> 00:34:45.840
 cross, and that's what you've

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.760
 done in your son.

00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:47.699
 So we worship him.

00:34:47.699 --> 00:34:49.699
 We want to live like him.

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:51.480
 We want to be shaped by him, oh

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:54.759
 God, for your glory and for the

00:34:54.759 --> 00:34:55.299
 good of the world.

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:57.919
 In Jesus' name, amen.

00:34:57.919 --> 00:34:58.039
 Amen.

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.099
 Amen.

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