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 Thank you so much for having me and our friends from Atlanta here.

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 Been really enjoying your hospitality from Keith and James and the members here.

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 It's only been three days since we've been in Edinburgh now.

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 Been enjoying the city a lot, especially just the amount of walking that you have to do here,

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 which is healthy. It's a good thing.

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 My Apple Watch has been giving me shout-outs that I didn't know existed.

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 I got all kinds of medals yesterday for walking.

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 I got a gold coin or some kind for walking 81 minutes straight,

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 which in Atlanta, Georgia, is an eternity.

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 So I think another few more days here, I'm definitely going to be going home with more medals.

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 I'm going to, and as you can tell, yes, I am from the States,

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 so I don't have the beautiful accent that James has.

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 And I don't know if you knew this, but in the States,

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 if you're somebody with a British accent or a Scottish accent,

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 your credibility skyrockets.

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 So I don't know if the reverse is true,

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 where if you lack such an accent here, your credibility goes down.

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 I hope that's not the case.

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 But either way, you know, the good news is God's word is true,

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 whatever accent it's spoken in.

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 So I do want to go into God's word with you and read with you one verse.

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 And I just happen to have a ESV Bible.

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 So I'm going to read you that one verse from the ESV Bible.

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 I think the NIV that you use is a fine translation.

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 I just happen to have the ESV.

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 So let me read that for us,

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 and I think it will be also up on the screen as well in the ESV,

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 Luke chapter 9, verse 23.

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 So as I read this, let's give it our attentive hearing,

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 because this is God's word.

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 And he said to all,

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 if anyone would come after me,

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 let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

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 May God bless the reading and preaching of his word.

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 The gospel of Luke is structured in a way where

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 the first nine chapters are about revealing who Jesus is.

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 So you get to see Jesus is the calm in your storm.

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 Jesus is the source of your blessedness,

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 or that's a biblical word for your happiness.

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 He is the true Lord of the Sabbath.

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 He's the giver of true rest.

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 These wonderful revelations of who Jesus is,

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 chapters 1 through 9.

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 Here is the transition point that Luke is making now,

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 in the middle of chapter 9.

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 And it's a transition that he's, in a way,

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 inviting you and me to consider making.

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 And it's this.

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 Having learned these things about Jesus,

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 what will you do with him?

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 Maybe more pointedly,

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 for those of you who grew up learning about Jesus

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 and kind of living in the chapters 1 through 9,

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 and having been revealed to you, right,

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 who Jesus is,

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 the question Luke is asking now is,

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 will you go beyond knowing about him

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 to actually following him?

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 And what does that mean?

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 What does it mean to follow him as his disciple?

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 I think Jesus explains it all so simply and yet so thoroughly in this single verse,

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 chapter 9, verse 23.

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 Every phrase in this verse is important,

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 so I would like to chew on this slowly with you.

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 And I think we can break this down into three parts

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 and consider how Jesus' call to discipleship is,

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 one, it's a call to go after something.

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 Two, it's a call to deny.

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 And three, it's a call to daily carry.

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 These three.

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 It's a call to go after.

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 It's a call to deny.

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 And a call to daily carry.

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 Let's go through these one at a time.

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 Point number one,

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 the call to discipleship is a call to go after something.

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 The NIV says,

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 whoever wants to be my disciples,

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 and I think that's a fine translation

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 of what it says in the Greek,

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 that is,

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 if anyone will come after me,

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 or go after me,

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 because that's essentially what a disciple is.

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 A disciple is somebody who goes after someone.

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 And if you're going after someone,

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 you're a disciple.

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 But I think it's interesting that Jesus says,

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 if anyone would come after me,

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 because before that tells you,

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 you ought to go after Jesus,

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 I think it tells you something even more basic

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 about yourself and me.

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 And that is,

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 you are someone who goes after things.

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 Everybody in this world,

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 even if you're not going after Jesus,

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 is going after something.

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 We're creatures that go after stuff.

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 We latch on to things.

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 We get hooked on things.

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 We commit ourselves to things.

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 And we get consumed by things.

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 We must.

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 Why?

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 I think,

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 I think C.S. Lewis is a popular author around here,

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 so I may quote him.

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 I think he explains this really well

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 in his little book,

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 The Weight of Glory.

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 There's an excerpt that goes like this.

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 God has given us the morning star already.

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 You can go and enjoy the gift on many fine mornings

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 if you get up early enough.

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 What more, you may ask,

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 do we want?

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 Ah, but we want so much more.

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 The poets and the mythologies know all about it.

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 We do not want merely to see beauty,

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 though God knows even that is bounty enough.

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 We want something else,

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 which can hardly be put into words,

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 to be united with the beauty we see,

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 to pass into it,

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 to receive it into ourselves,

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 to bathe in it,

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 to become part of it.

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 In other words,

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 you're wired in such a way,

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 human beings are wired in such a way,

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 as to not just chase after something

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 we consider to be ultimately beautiful

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 and glorious,

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 but we're wired to go after it

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 until we enter into it,

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 until we're one with it.

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 We're wired to receive it into us,

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 as Lewis says,

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 to bathe in it and become a part of it,

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 if you believe it to be

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 a beautiful and glorious thing.

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 And one way people manifest this

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 is by putting on maybe a certain

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 football team jersey,

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 or hang a certain work of art in your home.

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 All these ways we go after something in life

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 we consider to be beautiful, glorious,

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 until we are in some sense

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 one with it.

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 Our team was

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 having a team meeting

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 and just talking about

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 the sites we should visit

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 and see while we're here.

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 And at one point,

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 one of our team members, Ross,

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 he pulled up his phone

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 and he showed us

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 a photo image of Arthur's seat.

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 And he said,

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 guys,

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 I need,

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 need,

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 to enter

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 this.

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 He even went as far as to say,

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 I need,

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 pointing at Arthur's seat,

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 I need to be one

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 with whatever this is.

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 And I said,

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 Ross, calm down.

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 We're going to go there.

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 We'll visit.

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 Don't worry.

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 As in,

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 he didn't just want to see

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 a photo of it.

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 He didn't want to hear

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 someone else

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 talking about their

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 experience of it.

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 He wanted to enter into it.

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 He wanted to be

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 one with it.

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 And that's the meaning

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 of going after something.

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 Go after you means

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 you're not satisfied

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 until you're one with it somehow.

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 A similar word

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 the Bible uses for that,

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 I think,

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 is the word communion.

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 Just think about

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 what that word sounds like.

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 The word common

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 and the word union

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 put together.

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 It's to have something

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 in common through union.

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 That's why Paul,

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 when he describes

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 the sacrament of communion

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 in 1 Corinthians,

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 he describes it

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 not as a mere

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 observance

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 of Christ,

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 but as a

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 participation

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 in Christ.

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 it's our receiving

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 of Christ

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 into ourselves,

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 being united

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 to him spiritually.

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 But do you know

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 where we first

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 see this communion

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 in the Bible?

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 It's in Genesis,

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 in the Trinity.

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 The triune God

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 who created all things

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 and said,

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 let us make mankind

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 in our own image.

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 We see God being

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 communal

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 from all eternity,

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 perfectly satisfied

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 in their union

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 with each other,

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 Father,

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 Son,

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 Holy Spirit,

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 in their beauty,

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 perfection,

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 and glory.

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 And in creating,

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 in creation,

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 God was extending

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 that joy,

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 that communal joy,

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 to the creatures

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 who are made

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 in his image

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 so that they would

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 join in that fellowship

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 and have communion

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 with God as well.

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 And because we're made

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 in that image,

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 in the image

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 of this triune God,

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 that's why we cannot

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 help but long

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 for communion

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 with a beauty

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 and glory

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 that is perfectly

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 satisfying.

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 We will not

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 stop

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 going after

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 things

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 until we find

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 this beautiful

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 and glorious thing.

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 It's how we're made.

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 It's how we're wired.

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 Now,

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 Jesus' point is,

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 of course,

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 come after me,

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 right?

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 Because I'm here

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 to restore to you

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 this communion

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 with God

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 that was once lost

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 because of sin's wages.

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 But here's the thing

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 I hope you also understand.

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 That is,

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 even if you don't,

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 okay,

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 even if you don't

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 go after Jesus

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 and have communion

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 with him,

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 because you were made

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 in his image,

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 you will have

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 communion

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 with something.

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 You will chase after

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 and latch on

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 to something

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 you consider to be

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 glorious,

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 beautiful,

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 ultimately,

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 and you will end up

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 uniting yourself

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 to it.

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 You'll be discipled

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 into it,

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 even if you're not

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 being discipled

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 into Christ.

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 It's how you're made.

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 It's how you're wired.

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 You can't help it.

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 So the question,

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 the bigger question,

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 is not whether

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 you're a disciple.

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 You are.

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 The real question is,

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 what are you

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 discipled by?

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 What are you

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 uniting yourself

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 to?

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 We're all doing it.

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 The only question is,

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 what is it?

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 What do you identify

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 yourself with

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 most closely?

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 Whose jersey

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 are you wearing?

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 Which picture

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 do you want to

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 enter into

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 and be one with?

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 We must.

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 What is it?

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 The trouble

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 we fall into

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 as a result

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 of our human

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 fallenness,

00:11:49.799 --> 00:11:50.539
 our sinful nature,

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 is that we latch

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 onto things that are

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 never completely

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 satisfying.

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 Never permanent

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 enough,

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 never true enough,

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 never secure enough,

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 never loving us

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 enough,

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 therefore never

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 satisfying enough.

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 And it's not

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 satisfying enough

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 because we were

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 not made for

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 these things.

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 We were made

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 for God

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 as Augustine

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 put it.

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 Until

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 we are

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 finding our

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 rest in him,

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 our hearts

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 will be restless

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 because he made

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 us for himself.

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 That's why Jesus

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 says,

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 come after

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 me.

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 Don't just

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 hear about me,

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 learn about me,

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 listen to

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 teachings about

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 me.

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 Come after

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 me

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 until you're

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 one with me,

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 until you're

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 entered into

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 me,

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 I've entered

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 into you,

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 until we have

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 communion,

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 come after

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 me.

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 He even

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 says,

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 eat me

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 and drink

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 me

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 and be

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 fully

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 satisfied.

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 This is

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 Jesus'

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 call

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 to

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 discipleship,

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 to go

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 after him

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 and to be

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 satisfied

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 in him

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 ultimately.

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 And I think

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 this is

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 something we

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 have to

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 as saints

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 and believers

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 understand.

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 To be a

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 Christian does

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 not mean we

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 see Jesus

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 for who he

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 is.

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 But to be a

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 Christian means

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 we go after

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 Jesus because

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 we see him

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 for who he

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 is.

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 Until we're

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 one with him,

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 until we're

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 bathed in

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 him,

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 he's

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 that

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 beautiful

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 and glorious

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 and worthwhile.

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 Have you

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 gone after

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 him this

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 way?

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 Are you

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 going after

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 him this

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 way as

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 if you

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 must be

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 absolutely

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 identified

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 with him

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 until his

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 beauty,

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 his glory,

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 his life,

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 his character,

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 all that

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 reflects him

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 is reflected

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 in your

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 life,

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 reflected in

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 your character

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 too.

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 So the

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 first thing

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 this phrase

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 tells,

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 come after

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 me,

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 tells us

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 is this

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 is what

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 you're

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 wired to

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 do,

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 everyone is

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 doing it,

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 the only

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 question is

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 what are

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 you going

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 after?

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 And the

00:14:08.740 --> 00:14:09.080
 other thing

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 this tells

00:14:09.460 --> 00:14:10.340
 us is you

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 must go

00:14:10.720 --> 00:14:11.600
 after Christ

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 if you

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 want to be

00:14:13.500 --> 00:14:13.940
 satisfied.

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 Only through

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 Christ will

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 you restore

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 your fellowship

00:14:18.660 --> 00:14:19.240
 and communion

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 with your

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 maker,

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 with the

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 triune God

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 and he

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 will,

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 he will

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 satisfy you.

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 The next

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 thing he

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 reveals to

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 his followers

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 is this,

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 as soon

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 as you

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 take that

00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:31.240
 first step

00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:31.940
 to go

00:14:31.940 --> 00:14:32.779
 after him,

00:14:34.279 --> 00:14:34.639
 as you

00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:34.899
 put your

00:14:34.899 --> 00:14:35.340
 left foot

00:14:35.340 --> 00:14:35.680
 forward to

00:14:35.680 --> 00:14:36.000
 go after

00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:36.279
 him,

00:14:36.800 --> 00:14:37.279
 here's what

00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:37.980
 your right

00:14:37.980 --> 00:14:38.639
 foot does

00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:39.580
 immediately as

00:14:39.580 --> 00:14:39.980
 a follow

00:14:39.980 --> 00:14:40.240
 through,

00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:41.800
 you deny

00:14:41.800 --> 00:14:42.300
 yourself.

00:14:45.220 --> 00:14:45.899
 The call

00:14:45.899 --> 00:14:46.500
 to discipleship

00:14:46.500 --> 00:14:46.840
 is a call

00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:47.220
 to deny

00:14:47.220 --> 00:14:47.560
 yourself,

00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:48.080
 that's the

00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:48.560
 second point.

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 And I

00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:49.759
 think it's

00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:50.060
 interesting

00:14:50.060 --> 00:14:50.460
 that Jesus

00:14:50.460 --> 00:14:50.879
 says,

00:14:51.899 --> 00:14:52.399
 let him,

00:14:53.500 --> 00:14:54.480
 let him

00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:54.940
 deny

00:14:54.940 --> 00:14:56.039
 himself,

00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:56.599
 as if

00:14:56.599 --> 00:14:57.759
 he'll do

00:14:57.759 --> 00:14:58.219
 this willingly

00:14:58.219 --> 00:14:58.879
 and voluntarily,

00:14:59.059 --> 00:14:59.399
 let him,

00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:01.199
 allow him,

00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:01.679
 no need to

00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:02.399
 coerce him,

00:15:03.980 --> 00:15:04.679
 drag him

00:15:04.679 --> 00:15:05.179
 to church

00:15:05.179 --> 00:15:05.779
 against his

00:15:05.779 --> 00:15:06.039
 will,

00:15:07.419 --> 00:15:07.860
 let him

00:15:07.860 --> 00:15:08.259
 gladly,

00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:08.819
 freely,

00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:09.539
 willingly do

00:15:09.539 --> 00:15:09.799
 this,

00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:10.139
 do what?

00:15:10.259 --> 00:15:10.719
 Deny

00:15:10.719 --> 00:15:11.099
 himself.

00:15:12.959 --> 00:15:13.419
 And you

00:15:13.419 --> 00:15:13.799
 have to

00:15:13.799 --> 00:15:14.240
 ask at

00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:14.740
 this point,

00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:15.579
 why would

00:15:15.579 --> 00:15:16.599
 anybody do

00:15:16.599 --> 00:15:16.879
 that?

00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:18.299
 Why would

00:15:18.299 --> 00:15:18.939
 anybody

00:15:18.939 --> 00:15:19.659
 willingly,

00:15:20.419 --> 00:15:20.899
 voluntarily

00:15:20.899 --> 00:15:21.519
 deny

00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:21.939
 themselves

00:15:21.939 --> 00:15:22.460
 and follow

00:15:22.460 --> 00:15:22.939
 someone

00:15:22.939 --> 00:15:23.639
 else?

00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:25.259
 I mean,

00:15:25.340 --> 00:15:25.620
 don't we

00:15:25.620 --> 00:15:26.100
 all want

00:15:26.100 --> 00:15:26.779
 to affirm

00:15:26.779 --> 00:15:27.299
 ourselves?

00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:29.199
 Nobody

00:15:29.199 --> 00:15:29.840
 wants to

00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:30.539
 be challenged

00:15:30.539 --> 00:15:31.220
 and denied

00:15:31.220 --> 00:15:32.819
 and corrected

00:15:32.819 --> 00:15:34.639
 and rebuked.

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 I want to

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 be champion,

00:15:36.500 --> 00:15:36.759
 I want to

00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:37.600
 be heard,

00:15:37.740 --> 00:15:38.679
 I want to

00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:39.399
 be approved.

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 It seems

00:15:41.139 --> 00:15:41.779
 counterintuitive,

00:15:42.079 --> 00:15:42.659
 let him

00:15:42.659 --> 00:15:43.519
 deny himself.

00:15:44.299 --> 00:15:44.419
 Right?

00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:45.139
 It's

00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:45.799
 counterintuitive

00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:46.480
 until,

00:15:47.379 --> 00:15:48.120
 until you

00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:48.659
 realize it's

00:15:48.659 --> 00:15:48.980
 not so

00:15:48.980 --> 00:15:49.679
 counterintuitive

00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:50.319
 if,

00:15:50.719 --> 00:15:51.879
 if you

00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:52.480
 have found

00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:53.000
 something in

00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:53.500
 your life

00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:54.279
 that you

00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:55.219
 actually want

00:15:55.219 --> 00:15:55.860
 to affirm

00:15:55.860 --> 00:15:56.600
 more than

00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:57.039
 you affirm

00:15:57.039 --> 00:15:57.439
 yourself.

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 And that's

00:16:00.539 --> 00:16:01.439
 possible if

00:16:01.439 --> 00:16:02.059
 and only if

00:16:02.059 --> 00:16:02.500
 you found

00:16:02.500 --> 00:16:02.980
 something in

00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:03.419
 your life

00:16:03.419 --> 00:16:03.740
 that you

00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:04.360
 consider to

00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:06.159
 be more

00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:07.120
 valuable to

00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:07.620
 you than

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 you.

00:16:11.299 --> 00:16:11.919
 Then it

00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:12.319
 becomes a

00:16:12.319 --> 00:16:13.059
 natural movement

00:16:13.059 --> 00:16:14.720
 in your heart

00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:15.240
 to say,

00:16:15.959 --> 00:16:16.360
 hey you,

00:16:16.439 --> 00:16:16.720
 talking to

00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:17.039
 yourself,

00:16:17.220 --> 00:16:17.720
 hey you,

00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:19.379
 move over.

00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:22.480
 I want

00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:23.259
 this in.

00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:25.080
 I want to

00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:25.440
 make room

00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:25.940
 for this.

00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:26.340
 I want to

00:16:26.340 --> 00:16:26.680
 let this

00:16:26.680 --> 00:16:27.759
 beautiful and

00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:28.460
 glorious thing

00:16:28.460 --> 00:16:29.080
 into my life

00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:29.720
 and let it

00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:30.279
 take control.

00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:30.660
 Why?

00:16:30.940 --> 00:16:31.519
 It's just

00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:32.279
 more beautiful

00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:32.680
 and glorious

00:16:32.680 --> 00:16:33.120
 than myself.

00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:36.600
 I want

00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:37.080
 to let it

00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:37.600
 happen.

00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:38.100
 I want to

00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:38.700
 deny myself

00:16:38.700 --> 00:16:39.120
 so I can

00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:39.740
 affirm this.

00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:43.259
 When we

00:16:43.259 --> 00:16:43.740
 find something

00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:44.240
 more lovely

00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:44.779
 than our

00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:45.860
 own selves,

00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:46.920
 self-denial

00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:47.339
 becomes

00:16:47.339 --> 00:16:47.939
 natural.

00:16:49.319 --> 00:16:49.759
 Yielding

00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:50.039
 to it

00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:50.459
 becomes

00:16:50.459 --> 00:16:51.059
 natural.

00:16:52.439 --> 00:16:53.039
 For the

00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:53.419
 sake of

00:16:53.419 --> 00:16:53.759
 that thing

00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:54.099
 we'll turn

00:16:54.099 --> 00:16:54.399
 to even

00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:54.799
 our own

00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:55.120
 thoughts

00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:55.419
 and say,

00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:55.699
 hey,

00:16:56.059 --> 00:16:56.779
 hey thoughts,

00:16:56.979 --> 00:16:57.599
 move over.

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 For the

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 thoughts of

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 my beloved,

00:17:02.979 --> 00:17:04.220
 for the

00:17:04.220 --> 00:17:04.899
 knowledge of

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 my beloved,

00:17:05.819 --> 00:17:06.399
 the will

00:17:06.399 --> 00:17:07.700
 of my

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 beloved,

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 the desires

00:17:08.940 --> 00:17:09.440
 of my

00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:09.839
 beloved,

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 the one I

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 value and

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 love more

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 than I value

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 and love

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 myself.

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 if you

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 think about

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 it,

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 I mean,

00:17:17.659 --> 00:17:17.919
 do you

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 not do

00:17:18.959 --> 00:17:19.959
 this even

00:17:19.959 --> 00:17:20.599
 in your

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 horizontal

00:17:22.679 --> 00:17:23.259
 relationships

00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:23.639
 with one

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 another?

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 Do we

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 not do

00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:26.579
 this for

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 our

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 friends,

00:17:27.379 --> 00:17:27.859
 spouse,

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 children,

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 neighbors?

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 And it's

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 when you

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 do that,

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 that's when

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 you really

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 realize,

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 okay,

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 I'm doing

00:17:38.199 --> 00:17:38.539
 this.

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 I'm

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 actually

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 caring

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 about

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 and

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 valuing

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 the

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 people

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 around

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 me

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 because

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 I'm

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 telling

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 myself

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 to move

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 aside

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 and give

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 them

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 room,

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 affirm

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 them

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 and deny

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 myself.

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 I'm trying

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 to show

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 them that I

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 do love

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 them,

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 and at

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 times I

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 do love

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 them more

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 than I

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 love

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 myself.

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 And again,

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 I want to

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 reiterate here

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 what I

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 reiterated

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 earlier,

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 and that

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 is you

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 do this

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 whether you

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 do this

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 with God

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 or not.

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 Whatever

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 you consider

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 to be most

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 beautiful,

00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:20.360
 glorious,

00:18:20.539 --> 00:18:20.860
 valuable,

00:18:21.059 --> 00:18:21.340
 worthwhile

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 in your

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 life,

00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:22.720
 you will

00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:23.220
 deny

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 yourself

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 to let

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 it in.

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 And

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 question again

00:18:28.140 --> 00:18:28.740
 is not

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 whether you

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 do this,

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 but what

00:18:29.980 --> 00:18:30.299
 you do

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 this with.

00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:31.440
 For

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 example,

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 if you

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 find your

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 work

00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:33.700
 identity,

00:18:34.820 --> 00:18:34.940
 your

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 career path,

00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:36.640
 career

00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:37.020
 identity,

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 to be the

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 most

00:18:38.280 --> 00:18:38.680
 beautiful,

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 glorious

00:18:39.280 --> 00:18:41.740
 thing in

00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:42.040
 your life

00:18:42.040 --> 00:18:42.860
 worth boasting

00:18:42.860 --> 00:18:43.100
 about,

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 you will

00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:43.880
 deny

00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:44.360
 yourself

00:18:44.360 --> 00:18:44.740
 to get

00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:44.880
 it.

00:18:46.080 --> 00:18:46.640
 You will

00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:46.840
 deny

00:18:46.840 --> 00:18:47.480
 your health,

00:18:49.100 --> 00:18:49.780
 your diet,

00:18:50.860 --> 00:18:51.460
 you will

00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:51.860
 deny

00:18:51.860 --> 00:18:52.660
 your sleep,

00:18:53.800 --> 00:18:54.180
 you will

00:18:54.180 --> 00:18:54.520
 deny

00:18:54.520 --> 00:18:55.040
 social

00:18:55.040 --> 00:18:55.620
 interactions

00:18:55.620 --> 00:18:56.500
 to go

00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:57.400
 after that.

00:18:58.620 --> 00:18:59.180
 That will

00:18:59.180 --> 00:18:59.740
 be a natural

00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.259
 movement for

00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:00.900
 you if you

00:19:00.900 --> 00:19:01.360
 consider your

00:19:01.360 --> 00:19:01.960
 work identity

00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.900
 to be the

00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:03.300
 most beautiful

00:19:03.300 --> 00:19:03.720
 and glorious

00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:04.020
 thing in

00:19:04.020 --> 00:19:04.300
 your life.

00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:07.700
 if you

00:19:07.700 --> 00:19:08.200
 consider

00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:09.220
 having certain

00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:09.659
 pleasures

00:19:09.659 --> 00:19:10.500
 to be the

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:10.879
 most beautiful

00:19:10.879 --> 00:19:11.259
 and glorious

00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:12.220
 thing in

00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:12.539
 life,

00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:13.200
 the most

00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:13.539
 valuable

00:19:13.539 --> 00:19:13.899
 thing in

00:19:13.899 --> 00:19:14.099
 life,

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 then you

00:19:14.539 --> 00:19:15.000
 will deny

00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:15.599
 yourself a

00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:16.079
 measure of

00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:16.759
 your character,

00:19:16.899 --> 00:19:17.740
 your self-control,

00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:19.099
 your patience,

00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:20.460
 maybe even your

00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:22.099
 goodness and

00:19:22.099 --> 00:19:22.680
 your purity

00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:23.819
 to go after

00:19:23.819 --> 00:19:24.059
 it.

00:19:25.379 --> 00:19:26.299
 You're wired

00:19:26.299 --> 00:19:27.319
 to go after

00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:28.299
 what you

00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:30.299
 believe will

00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:30.819
 bring beauty

00:19:30.819 --> 00:19:31.440
 and glory into

00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:31.899
 your life,

00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:32.980
 and you'll

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 deny yourself

00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:34.140
 to do it.

00:19:34.580 --> 00:19:35.060
 The only

00:19:35.060 --> 00:19:35.900
 question is,

00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:37.480
 what is it?

00:19:42.040 --> 00:19:42.680
 The thing

00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:43.140
 about going

00:19:43.140 --> 00:19:44.180
 after Jesus

00:19:44.180 --> 00:19:45.300
 is this,

00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:47.259
 as you go

00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:47.740
 after him

00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:48.140
 and deny

00:19:48.140 --> 00:19:48.720
 yourself for

00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:49.160
 his sake,

00:19:49.320 --> 00:19:49.900
 it will never

00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:50.500
 ruin you.

00:19:52.800 --> 00:19:53.240
 Latching

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:53.840
 onto him,

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:54.759
 indulging in

00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:54.920
 him,

00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.360
 if I may

00:19:55.360 --> 00:19:55.840
 say that,

00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:57.200
 it will never

00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:57.720
 ruin you.

00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:58.420
 If you latch

00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:59.019
 onto anything

00:19:59.019 --> 00:19:59.420
 else,

00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:00.320
 you'll self-destruct.

00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:01.339
 latch onto

00:20:01.339 --> 00:20:02.139
 Christ,

00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:02.679
 you'll come

00:20:02.679 --> 00:20:03.079
 alive.

00:20:04.899 --> 00:20:05.259
 And,

00:20:05.379 --> 00:20:05.960
 scripture says,

00:20:06.439 --> 00:20:07.179
 you will be

00:20:07.179 --> 00:20:07.839
 glorified,

00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:10.679
 as he is.

00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.579
 Have you

00:20:14.579 --> 00:20:15.059
 found this

00:20:15.059 --> 00:20:15.639
 to be

00:20:15.639 --> 00:20:17.679
 alive

00:20:17.679 --> 00:20:18.419
 at the

00:20:18.419 --> 00:20:19.879
 core of

00:20:19.879 --> 00:20:20.740
 your discipleship,

00:20:20.919 --> 00:20:21.399
 your going

00:20:21.399 --> 00:20:22.419
 after Jesus,

00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:24.419
 that for

00:20:24.419 --> 00:20:24.859
 his sake

00:20:24.859 --> 00:20:25.240
 you find

00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:25.639
 all other

00:20:25.639 --> 00:20:26.119
 things to

00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:26.519
 be worth

00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:27.460
 denying?

00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:29.360
 have you

00:20:29.360 --> 00:20:29.940
 found him

00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:30.460
 to be

00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:31.700
 more valuable

00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.460
 and worth

00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:33.140
 affirming

00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:33.700
 than your

00:20:33.700 --> 00:20:35.259
 self-affirmation?

00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:37.819
 Is he

00:20:37.819 --> 00:20:39.039
 more beautiful

00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:40.360
 and glorious,

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:40.920
 truer,

00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:42.299
 more freeing,

00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:43.019
 more life-giving

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.840
 than anything

00:20:43.840 --> 00:20:44.400
 else?

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:44.880
 Have you

00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:45.920
 found Jesus

00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:47.259
 to be that?

00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:51.180
 Jesus is

00:20:51.180 --> 00:20:51.700
 presuming,

00:20:51.840 --> 00:20:51.980
 right,

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:52.700
 if you're

00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:52.880
 going to

00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:53.319
 come after

00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:53.539
 me,

00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:54.480
 you see me

00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:54.960
 that way

00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:56.640
 because you

00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:57.180
 will deny

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.620
 yourself

00:20:57.620 --> 00:20:57.920
 as you

00:20:57.920 --> 00:20:58.240
 come after

00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:58.480
 me.

00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:00.259
 You will.

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.600
 You will

00:21:02.600 --> 00:21:02.980
 say to

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.480
 yourself,

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:04.660
 move over,

00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:05.160
 self.

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.259
 I want

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:08.079
 Jesus and

00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:08.559
 his beauty

00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:08.980
 and his

00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:09.360
 glory,

00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:10.600
 his truth,

00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.279
 his wisdom,

00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:12.220
 his character,

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.420
 his love

00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:14.200
 in my life

00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:14.640
 more than

00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.120
 I want

00:21:15.120 --> 00:21:15.400
 you,

00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:15.840
 self.

00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.279
 Move

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:19.660
 over

00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:21.480
 thoughts

00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:22.079
 so I

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:22.500
 can meditate

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.120
 on his

00:21:23.120 --> 00:21:23.920
 words more

00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:24.200
 than I

00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:24.500
 meditate

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:25.500
 on what

00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:25.800
 you have

00:21:25.800 --> 00:21:26.200
 to say.

00:21:27.580 --> 00:21:28.120
 You can

00:21:28.120 --> 00:21:28.539
 at times

00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:28.960
 even say

00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.279
 to your

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:29.840
 anxieties,

00:21:30.340 --> 00:21:30.740
 move over

00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.420
 anxieties,

00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:32.640
 I've listened

00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:33.000
 to you

00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:33.560
 long enough,

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.180
 let me

00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:35.060
 tune into

00:21:35.060 --> 00:21:36.120
 his words

00:21:36.120 --> 00:21:37.000
 of reassurance,

00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:38.380
 his words

00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:39.039
 of control,

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.400
 his words

00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:40.880
 of love.

00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:43.740
 And you

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.019
 will do

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.240
 this

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:44.660
 willingly

00:21:44.660 --> 00:21:46.200
 and

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:46.800
 voluntarily

00:21:46.800 --> 00:21:48.800
 because you

00:21:48.800 --> 00:21:49.240
 love him.

00:21:50.600 --> 00:21:51.360
 So let

00:21:51.360 --> 00:21:52.259
 him deny

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:52.980
 himself.

00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:54.440
 As in

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:54.680
 this is

00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:54.960
 what a

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:55.300
 disciple

00:21:55.300 --> 00:21:55.660
 does

00:21:55.660 --> 00:21:55.960
 willingly

00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:56.360
 and

00:21:56.360 --> 00:21:56.940
 voluntarily.

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:57.440
 When you

00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:57.920
 find Jesus

00:21:57.920 --> 00:21:58.380
 to be

00:21:58.380 --> 00:21:59.200
 the most

00:21:59.200 --> 00:21:59.560
 beautiful,

00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:00.279
 most glorious

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:00.600
 thing in

00:22:00.600 --> 00:22:01.019
 your life,

00:22:01.100 --> 00:22:01.500
 you will

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:01.940
 make room

00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:02.240
 for him.

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:02.539
 Like we

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:02.820
 sing in

00:22:02.820 --> 00:22:03.320
 that carol,

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:05.160
 let every

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:05.500
 heart

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.380
 prepare him

00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:06.960
 room.

00:22:07.100 --> 00:22:07.320
 Why?

00:22:07.600 --> 00:22:07.920
 He's

00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:08.380
 bringing us

00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:11.080
 joy and

00:22:11.080 --> 00:22:11.680
 blessings

00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:13.000
 far as

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.660
 the curse

00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:14.019
 is found.

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:16.980
 Lastly,

00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:18.640
 the call

00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:19.560
 to discipleship

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.500
 is a

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:21.159
 call to

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 daily

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:22.639
 carry.

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 Jesus

00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:25.259
 says,

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.539
 and take

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:26.960
 up his

00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.419
 cross

00:22:27.419 --> 00:22:28.480
 daily and

00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:30.039
 follow me.

00:22:30.159 --> 00:22:30.319
 And I

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:30.579
 just want

00:22:30.579 --> 00:22:31.599
 to hone

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:31.960
 in on the

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.440
 word daily

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:32.779
 for a

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:32.980
 moment.

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 What's the

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:34.659
 implication of

00:22:34.659 --> 00:22:35.059
 that word

00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:35.539
 daily?

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 Every day?

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 It implies

00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:40.980
 without ceasing,

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.859
 continuously,

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:45.119
 as in for the

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:45.960
 rest of your

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.440
 life.

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:48.420
 every morning

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:49.480
 you wake up.

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 That's daily.

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.240
 What's he saying?

00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:52.640
 He's saying,

00:22:52.840 --> 00:22:53.519
 once you find

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:55.240
 me, and you

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:55.740
 begin to come

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:57.460
 after me, and

00:22:57.460 --> 00:22:57.860
 you're denying

00:22:57.860 --> 00:22:58.600
 yourself as you

00:22:58.600 --> 00:22:59.400
 do it, you

00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:00.220
 find that's,

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:01.080
 this is it.

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.539
 Your daily

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.840
 agenda, your

00:23:03.840 --> 00:23:05.220
 daily mission,

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:06.019
 your daily

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.960
 calling in

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.140
 life.

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 This is the

00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:10.980
 reason you get

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.380
 out of bed.

00:23:13.820 --> 00:23:14.500
 This is what

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.019
 you prescribe

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:16.019
 daily for your

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.420
 body and

00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:18.080
 soul to come

00:23:18.080 --> 00:23:18.660
 after me and

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.400
 get more of

00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:19.680
 me.

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.360
 Because, he

00:23:22.360 --> 00:23:23.140
 says, carry

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:24.140
 your cross and

00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:25.060
 follow me, which

00:23:25.060 --> 00:23:25.640
 is another way of

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.640
 saying, imitate

00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:27.779
 me and become

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.680
 more and more

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:31.259
 like me, your

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:32.060
 cross-carrying

00:23:32.060 --> 00:23:32.660
 savior.

00:23:34.100 --> 00:23:35.100
 As I carry the

00:23:35.100 --> 00:23:35.920
 ultimate cross for

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.840
 you, he's saying

00:23:36.840 --> 00:23:37.580
 you must carry

00:23:37.580 --> 00:23:38.340
 your little cross

00:23:38.340 --> 00:23:39.580
 and follow me.

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.500
 Imitate me.

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 Grow in your

00:23:42.320 --> 00:23:43.060
 likeness to me

00:23:43.060 --> 00:23:43.759
 daily.

00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:44.600
 That's your

00:23:44.600 --> 00:23:45.180
 mission now.

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:46.279
 That is your

00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:48.039
 primary objective

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.380
 in life.

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:48.940
 That's your

00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.779
 ultimate career.

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.340
 It's your

00:23:51.340 --> 00:23:52.640
 ultimate vocation.

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.380
 Your

00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:55.080
 Christ-likeness.

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.920
 And this is

00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.220
 why you should

00:23:59.220 --> 00:23:59.700
 get out of bed

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.120
 every morning.

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:02.220
 To do this

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.960
 another day and

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.539
 do it better than

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:03.860
 yesterday.

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:06.160
 To be more like

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:06.420
 Jesus.

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.259
 Of course, we

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:09.120
 get out of bed to

00:24:09.120 --> 00:24:11.120
 get to work and

00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:12.160
 I get out of bed to

00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:13.960
 also get my kids

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.560
 to school.

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.560
 Hopefully on

00:24:16.560 --> 00:24:16.840
 time.

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 Doesn't always

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 happen.

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:21.279
 To meet our

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:22.060
 friends on time.

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:23.360
 To make our

00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:23.720
 appointments.

00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:25.700
 That's what.

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 The question is

00:24:26.580 --> 00:24:27.160
 why.

00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:29.180
 Why do any of

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:29.320
 this?

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:29.740
 What's the

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.540
 ultimate end to

00:24:30.540 --> 00:24:30.820
 it all?

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 And of course,

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.860
 our catechism

00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.820
 tells us it's to

00:24:33.820 --> 00:24:34.980
 glorify God and

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.900
 to enjoy him

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.320
 forever.

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.120
 That is the chief

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:37.800
 end of our

00:24:37.800 --> 00:24:38.300
 existence.

00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:40.099
 And that's

00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:40.519
 wonderful.

00:24:40.919 --> 00:24:41.279
 How's.

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.440
 What does that

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:44.359
 look like in

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:45.480
 all these different

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.419
 spheres of life?

00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:49.819
 Scripture tells

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:51.480
 us through all

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:52.339
 these arenas of

00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:53.500
 life becoming for

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:55.039
 you your school of

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.720
 Christ-likeness.

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:59.019
 To love your

00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.619
 neighbors as

00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.319
 Christ as first

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:00.899
 loved you.

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:03.119
 Becoming more and

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:04.099
 more like Jesus in

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:05.799
 those very arenas.

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.039
 And making that

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.859
 your daily mission.

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.599
 That's why you

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:09.279
 got sent into

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:10.139
 those places to

00:25:10.139 --> 00:25:10.719
 begin with.

00:25:12.459 --> 00:25:14.000
 To display Christ

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.459
 in you.

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:15.099
 Your hope of

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.399
 glory.

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.500
 To be a

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.240
 disciple daily

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:20.779
 means that your

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.539
 ultimate calling,

00:25:21.639 --> 00:25:21.919
 your ultimate

00:25:21.919 --> 00:25:23.259
 identity, your

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:23.959
 ultimate vocation

00:25:23.959 --> 00:25:24.579
 is this.

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.459
 You have become

00:25:28.459 --> 00:25:29.319
 one with Christ

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.339
 and you are

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.119
 daily becoming

00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:32.240
 more and more

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:33.339
 like him.

00:25:34.199 --> 00:25:34.859
 This is the

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:36.439
 the dailiness of

00:25:36.439 --> 00:25:37.379
 Christian discipleship

00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:37.840
 or the Christian

00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:38.260
 life.

00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:40.580
 The radical

00:25:40.580 --> 00:25:41.780
 ordinary nature

00:25:41.780 --> 00:25:43.420
 of Christian

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:44.500
 discipleship.

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.400
 And when we

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:46.280
 deviate from this

00:25:46.280 --> 00:25:47.360
 path and fall

00:25:47.360 --> 00:25:47.980
 into sin we

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:49.560
 return and that

00:25:49.560 --> 00:25:50.000
 is our daily

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.420
 repentance.

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.600
 The trouble I

00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:57.100
 think comes to

00:25:57.100 --> 00:25:57.840
 us believers

00:25:57.840 --> 00:25:59.740
 when we complicate

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.480
 this very simple

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.160
 faith and start

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:02.020
 treating Christianity

00:26:02.020 --> 00:26:03.540
 more like this

00:26:03.540 --> 00:26:04.180
 sort of special

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:05.940
 program to improve

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:06.900
 our lives just a

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.299
 little bit.

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:11.660
 Or like a

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.620
 fitness program to

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:13.320
 sort of enrich

00:26:13.320 --> 00:26:14.400
 our lives when we

00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:15.200
 feel kind of weak

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:17.420
 and suffering

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:18.259
 through trials.

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.960
 Or some self-help

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.840
 program to better

00:26:21.840 --> 00:26:23.320
 certain aspects of

00:26:23.320 --> 00:26:24.519
 our lives.

00:26:24.580 --> 00:26:25.480
 Like you can go to

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.039
 the Barnes and

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.799
 Noble section and

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:28.039
 just find whether it's

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:29.080
 a finance section or

00:26:29.080 --> 00:26:30.100
 a health section and

00:26:30.100 --> 00:26:31.340
 you flip open the

00:26:31.340 --> 00:26:32.620
 Bible for a section

00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:33.539
 that might help

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:33.779
 you.

00:26:36.239 --> 00:26:38.579
 And Jesus, that is

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.219
 not his call.

00:26:39.459 --> 00:26:40.139
 He's not talking

00:26:40.139 --> 00:26:40.699
 about that at all.

00:26:40.739 --> 00:26:41.459
 He's not saying take

00:26:41.459 --> 00:26:42.119
 me as a sort of

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:44.979
 useful tool to

00:26:44.979 --> 00:26:45.879
 improve your life.

00:26:45.919 --> 00:26:46.979
 He's saying I am

00:26:46.979 --> 00:26:47.500
 your life.

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.459
 He's not saying let

00:26:50.459 --> 00:26:50.879
 me show you a

00:26:50.879 --> 00:26:51.359
 better way.

00:26:51.459 --> 00:26:52.099
 He's saying I am

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:52.519
 the way.

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.479
 I'm it.

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:56.479
 I am the life.

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.379
 Don't live anything

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:57.659
 else.

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:59.299
 Live me is what

00:26:59.299 --> 00:26:59.739
 he's saying.

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:04.339
 Come after me

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:04.740
 daily.

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.940
 Rest of your life.

00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:11.859
 Now that you are

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:12.799
 in me, I am in you.

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:14.440
 Put more and more

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:15.720
 of me on display

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:17.079
 through all that

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:18.180
 I've given you.

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.819
 Your relationships,

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.680
 your situations,

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.779
 even your trials

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:22.500
 and your sufferings.

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.779
 That's his call

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.880
 to discipleship.

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:26.420
 And to kind of

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.079
 sum it all up

00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:27.740
 in an image,

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.799
 Jesus says this

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.720
 pathway of daily

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.319
 becoming more

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:30.900
 like Christ,

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.559
 imitating his

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.759
 character, his

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.380
 love and putting

00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:34.120
 it on display.

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.600
 It looks like

00:27:35.600 --> 00:27:35.920
 this.

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:37.100
 You carrying

00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:37.759
 your cross.

00:27:41.600 --> 00:27:42.380
 And that to

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:44.720
 me, before it

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.559
 sounds difficult,

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.620
 it does sound

00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:47.019
 difficult.

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.120
 It should.

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.779
 Before it sounds

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.360
 difficult, it

00:27:50.360 --> 00:27:51.360
 tells me Jesus

00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:53.059
 is a realist.

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:55.079
 Jesus is not

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.600
 naive.

00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:58.500
 The world might

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:58.700
 be.

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.660
 Jesus is not.

00:28:00.080 --> 00:28:00.759
 The world might

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.380
 think, yeah, you

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:02.519
 just got to love

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.700
 on people.

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.500
 All you need

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.000
 is love.

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:08.120
 And love is love.

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.720
 Love is an

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.120
 intuition.

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.980
 It's a passion.

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:10.640
 It's a feeling.

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.259
 It's an instinct.

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:11.980
 You don't need an

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:13.680
 ancient religion to

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:15.299
 tell you how to love

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:16.279
 or what love is.

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.799
 You just got to love.

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.819
 We all have it in us.

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:20.580
 To me, and with all

00:28:20.580 --> 00:28:21.700
 due respect to those

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.480
 who believe that, and

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.039
 maybe some of you

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:24.860
 believe that, I think

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.439
 that's just quite

00:28:25.439 --> 00:28:25.859
 naive.

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:29.859
 Because we cannot

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.879
 love, at least not

00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:33.219
 truly, and we don't

00:28:33.219 --> 00:28:33.899
 know love, I don't

00:28:33.899 --> 00:28:35.079
 think, until we know

00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:36.740
 how to put ourselves

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:38.019
 to death somehow.

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:41.119
 Until we somehow

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:42.959
 carry a cross of

00:28:42.959 --> 00:28:44.319
 self-denial as we

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:45.159
 approach our

00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:45.399
 neighbors.

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:48.199
 Until we do that, I

00:28:48.199 --> 00:28:48.699
 think what we call

00:28:48.699 --> 00:28:49.879
 love is just self-love,

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:51.940
 and it's not

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.500
 self-giving.

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.480
 It's a love that

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:55.080
 only takes.

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.900
 It's not sacrificial.

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:59.740
 It's a love that

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.260
 demands.

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:01.200
 And that's not true

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.560
 love.

00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:05.240
 Jesus is being very

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:06.140
 real with us when he

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:07.620
 says, here's what you

00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:09.420
 imitating my love and

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:10.720
 putting that on display

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.180
 looks like.

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:11.800
 It looks like you

00:29:11.800 --> 00:29:14.420
 struggling in carrying

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:15.100
 your cross.

00:29:16.360 --> 00:29:17.240
 Just as I did.

00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:19.300
 If you want true love,

00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:20.319
 not the selfish,

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.480
 self-asserting kind,

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.279
 but the self-giving,

00:29:22.419 --> 00:29:23.480
 sacrificial, right, the

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:24.180
 truly noble and

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:25.919
 virtuous kind, if

00:29:25.919 --> 00:29:26.419
 you're sure that's

00:29:26.419 --> 00:29:27.899
 what you want, know

00:29:27.899 --> 00:29:28.759
 this, this is what it's

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.359
 going to look like.

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.359
 You carrying your

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:33.759
 cross as I carried

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.859
 your ultimate cross

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:35.319
 for you.

00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:37.460
 Your sin is upon my

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:37.879
 shoulders.

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:40.480
 Your sin is nailing

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.519
 me there until it is

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:41.960
 accomplished.

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:43.879
 My dying breath

00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:45.659
 bringing you life,

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.639
 letting you know that

00:29:46.639 --> 00:29:47.960
 it is finished as we

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.839
 sing in our hymn.

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:50.859
 If you want to know

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.839
 true love this way,

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.859
 this kind of love,

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:54.299
 you have to look to my

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:55.440
 cross that was for you

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:57.079
 and learn from that

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:59.859
 and do that for others.

00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:02.759
 And that's why I say

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.680
 this idea that anybody

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.559
 can love anybody.

00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:05.859
 Love is love.

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.759
 It's just a passion and

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.819
 an intuition and an

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.259
 instinct.

00:30:08.399 --> 00:30:09.339
 I think it's quite

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:09.919
 naive.

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.700
 I want to just take,

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.399
 for example,

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.159
 a scenario

00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:16.779
 where, imagine,

00:30:17.040 --> 00:30:17.840
 you had a long day

00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:18.279
 at work

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:20.560
 or in class.

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:22.660
 You're back home.

00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:24.600
 You're ready to unwind

00:30:24.600 --> 00:30:27.019
 and de-stress.

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:29.480
 So you have your

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.879
 favorite TV show

00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:32.359
 ready to play

00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:34.359
 and you also have

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:34.839
 your favorite

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:36.279
 bucket of ice cream

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:37.980
 ready to go.

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:38.940
 Right?

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:40.279
 So whether that's

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:41.259
 your favorite Korean

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.680
 drama,

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:42.400
 which I'm sure

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:43.619
 you're crazy fans of,

00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:45.799
 or Ben and Jerry's

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.039
 ice cream,

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:46.759
 whatever it is,

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:48.879
 you're good to go,

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:50.980
 ready to relax.

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:54.360
 And then the phone

00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:54.759
 rings.

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:56.960
 It's your friend.

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:59.380
 They had the worst

00:30:59.380 --> 00:30:59.720
 day.

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:02.120
 And they want to tell

00:31:02.120 --> 00:31:03.599
 you all about it.

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:07.880
 What is love

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.660
 in that moment?

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:12.160
 Love would be

00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:13.759
 turning off the TV,

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.839
 putting the lid back

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:16.500
 on the ice cream,

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:17.960
 putting it back in

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.360
 the freezer,

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.400
 picking up,

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:22.000
 saying to your

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.319
 friend,

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.980
 go ahead.

00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:26.420
 Tell me all about it.

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.880
 I'm here to listen.

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.960
 Which is your doing

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.240
 what?

00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:33.140
 Putting your evening

00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:33.779
 of relaxation

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.579
 to death.

00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:38.000
 Putting your

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:39.059
 unwinding to death

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:41.920
 for the next hour

00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:42.880
 or two or three.

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.440
 I don't know what

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:44.120
 your friends are like.

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:46.299
 As long as they

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.940
 want to

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:48.880
 talk to you.

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:49.839
 Yeah, I'm here.

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:51.099
 I'm here for you.

00:31:51.679 --> 00:31:52.439
 I'm listening.

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:55.079
 Tell me what's going on.

00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:56.740
 Or let's say you're

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.459
 having an argument

00:31:57.459 --> 00:31:58.199
 with your spouse.

00:32:00.159 --> 00:32:01.000
 I'm sure it doesn't

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.720
 happen very often

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:03.339
 in Scotland.

00:32:03.899 --> 00:32:04.720
 Happens quite a bit

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.959
 in Atlanta, Georgia.

00:32:06.899 --> 00:32:07.919
 I counsel quite a few

00:32:07.919 --> 00:32:08.659
 couples who run into

00:32:08.659 --> 00:32:08.859
 this.

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.619
 You're having an argument

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:11.259
 with your spouse,

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.899
 and it's this classic

00:32:12.899 --> 00:32:13.819
 back and forth between

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.819
 what you view as the

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.419
 right thing and what

00:32:15.419 --> 00:32:16.379
 your spouse thinks

00:32:16.379 --> 00:32:17.000
 is the right thing.

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:18.220
 It's a conflict.

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:19.160
 It's escalating.

00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:22.400
 What does it mean

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:23.359
 to love your spouse

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:24.079
 in that moment?

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:28.140
 I'm tired.

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.819
 Let's stop talking

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:29.059
 about this.

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:29.640
 Let's go to bed.

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:31.619
 That's not love.

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:33.680
 That's not making

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.960
 that's a ceasefire.

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:39.059
 But the war is

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.819
 technically still

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:41.160
 going on.

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.940
 That's like North Korea

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.400
 and South Korea

00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:43.120
 right now, by the way.

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:44.259
 It's a ceasefire.

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.799
 They're not at peace.

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:47.620
 Here's one thing

00:32:47.620 --> 00:32:48.600
 love could do

00:32:48.600 --> 00:32:49.279
 in that moment.

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:52.019
 Regardless of what

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:53.440
 the other person's

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:55.640
 speck in their eye is,

00:32:56.360 --> 00:32:57.460
 you acknowledging

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:58.880
 the log in your own eye,

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:02.100
 you owning that first,

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:03.900
 and you confessing it first.

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:04.580
 Honey,

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:07.480
 regardless of what you did,

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:08.400
 I should not have

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:09.420
 spoken to you that way.

00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:13.420
 That was sinful,

00:33:13.560 --> 00:33:14.420
 the way I spoke to you.

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.280
 Please forgive me.

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:19.460
 Owning your sin

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:20.820
 while not saying anything

00:33:20.820 --> 00:33:23.519
 about the other person's sin.

00:33:23.560 --> 00:33:24.280
 What are you doing there?

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.440
 You're putting your ego

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:25.980
 to death.

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:28.940
 You're killing your pride.

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:30.300
 You're crucifying

00:33:30.300 --> 00:33:31.900
 your self-righteousness

00:33:31.900 --> 00:33:34.100
 and your defensiveness.

00:33:34.660 --> 00:33:35.240
 And that's love.

00:33:38.860 --> 00:33:40.360
 This is why true love

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:42.640
 isn't just a natural thing

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:43.840
 that just bubbles up

00:33:43.840 --> 00:33:44.680
 and wells up in it.

00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:46.380
 Or love isn't just an instinct.

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:47.400
 It's just,

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:48.460
 that's not just a passion.

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:50.240
 It's cross-carrying.

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:55.200
 And this is how we love

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:55.720
 like Christ,

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.539
 and this is Christian

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:58.059
 discipleship.

00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:58.779
 Our carrying

00:33:58.779 --> 00:34:00.339
 our cross daily

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:01.460
 in the very spheres of life

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:02.319
 that God has called us

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:02.859
 into daily

00:34:02.859 --> 00:34:04.680
 and to carry our cross

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.579
 there.

00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:08.360
 Take up your cross

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:09.219
 daily

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:10.860
 and follow me.

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:14.579
 The only way

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:16.039
 any of us

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:17.360
 will even begin

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:17.980
 to consider

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.820
 practicing this

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:21.260
 is if you

00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:23.200
 really consider yourself

00:34:23.200 --> 00:34:24.460
 to be a true

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.720
 recipient of this.

00:34:26.720 --> 00:34:27.700
 This beautiful

00:34:27.700 --> 00:34:28.920
 self-giving love

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.340
 of Jesus.

00:34:30.160 --> 00:34:31.599
 If you've received it,

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:33.059
 then you probably know

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.539
 what it means

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:34.039
 to give it.

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.660
 That's when you'll say,

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:37.880
 I want to be one

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.400
 with

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:39.559
 a lover

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:40.539
 of my soul

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:41.180
 and I want to

00:34:41.180 --> 00:34:42.180
 imitate him

00:34:42.180 --> 00:34:43.160
 and put him

00:34:43.160 --> 00:34:43.940
 on display

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:46.019
 in my life.

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.760
 I'm okay

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:48.360
 with denying

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:49.019
 my ego,

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.320
 denying my pride

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:50.840
 and denying

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.579
 my comfort

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:52.760
 and letting him

00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:53.480
 show.

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:56.059
 Because he is

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.760
 the one I value

00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:57.160
 the most.

00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:57.720
 He is the most

00:34:57.720 --> 00:34:58.200
 beautiful

00:34:58.200 --> 00:34:59.000
 and glorious

00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.960
 thing I've ever

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.920
 encountered.

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:02.099
 This cross-carrying

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:03.079
 power of Christ.

00:35:03.180 --> 00:35:03.700
 His love.

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.519
 His love

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.660
 is my Arthur's

00:35:05.660 --> 00:35:05.940
 seat

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.840
 that I must

00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:07.639
 enter into

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:08.280
 and be one

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:08.600
 with.

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:12.100
 It's the only

00:35:12.100 --> 00:35:12.540
 way we'll know

00:35:12.540 --> 00:35:13.160
 how to do this.

00:35:14.080 --> 00:35:14.880
 It's if you

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.900
 really have

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.500
 received this

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.060
 yourself.

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:19.980
 What does

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.560
 Jesus say

00:35:20.560 --> 00:35:21.300
 of the woman

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:23.560
 crying at his

00:35:23.560 --> 00:35:23.800
 feet?

00:35:24.220 --> 00:35:24.519
 Mercy.

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:26.200
 She loves

00:35:26.200 --> 00:35:27.360
 much because

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:27.940
 she knows

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:29.019
 she's forgiven

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.660
 much.

00:35:31.540 --> 00:35:32.180
 Are you

00:35:32.180 --> 00:35:32.600
 forgiven

00:35:32.600 --> 00:35:33.360
 much?

00:35:35.040 --> 00:35:36.100
 I heard

00:35:36.100 --> 00:35:36.620
 my seminary

00:35:36.620 --> 00:35:37.280
 professor say

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:37.880
 it very simply

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.680
 and it still

00:35:38.680 --> 00:35:39.280
 hits me.

00:35:42.200 --> 00:35:42.960
 If you think

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.380
 you're a little

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:43.660
 sinner,

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.660
 tiny little

00:35:44.660 --> 00:35:44.940
 sinner,

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:45.920
 you have a

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.400
 tiny little

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:46.740
 savior.

00:35:48.740 --> 00:35:49.460
 If you think

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:50.079
 you're a great

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:50.800
 big sinner,

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.500
 then you believe

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:53.119
 in a great and

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:53.619
 big savior.

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:57.280
 Have you received

00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:58.300
 this great

00:35:58.300 --> 00:35:59.420
 mercy of God

00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:00.360
 for your

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:01.220
 great sins?

00:36:01.219 --> 00:36:02.539
 grace, then

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:03.199
 out of that,

00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:04.339
 out of that

00:36:04.339 --> 00:36:04.799
 gratitude,

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.399
 out of that

00:36:05.399 --> 00:36:05.959
 rejoicing,

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:06.519
 out of that

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.599
 thankfulness and

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:08.159
 your love for

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:09.539
 him, you'll

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.019
 extend that

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:11.659
 mercy to those

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:12.179
 around you.

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:14.379
 It's all because

00:36:14.379 --> 00:36:15.139
 for you,

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.679
 Jesus is not

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:17.719
 useful,

00:36:18.339 --> 00:36:19.079
 he's beautiful.

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:21.500
 His love for you,

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.699
 his grace for you,

00:36:22.759 --> 00:36:23.480
 his mercy,

00:36:23.859 --> 00:36:24.339
 his kindness

00:36:24.339 --> 00:36:25.000
 towards you,

00:36:25.439 --> 00:36:26.319
 is beautiful

00:36:26.319 --> 00:36:27.059
 and it's

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:27.959
 captivated you.

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.659
 you want

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:29.340
 nothing more

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:30.519
 than you

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:31.220
 putting him

00:36:31.220 --> 00:36:32.720
 therefore on

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:33.659
 display and

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:35.619
 that's God's

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:36.079
 call for our

00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:36.740
 discipleship.

00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:37.639
 May the Lord

00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:38.139
 help us in

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:38.380
 this.

00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:39.500
 Let's pray.

00:36:41.639 --> 00:36:42.440
 Our gracious

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:43.139
 heavenly father,

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:46.480
 we do ask

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:47.480
 for you